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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19
HOLIDAY" IS FEATURE

Everett Horton in Holiday" is the attraction for this evening at the Douglas Coliseum Theatre. Also news, special act and a comedy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19

North Carolina led all states in consumption of cotton during 1880 by using 1,420,738 bales.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19
SAVE THE DATE

Moose Dance Saturday, May 23rd. Moose Hall adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19

Nichclas' injured hand will trouble him no longer, he tells Nora tomorrow. And morning proves his prediction. hIr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19

Old papers tor sale at tie Elm pire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19
Public-Owned Utilities .
 Aim of Gov. LaFollette

Continued from page 1.o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-19

Old papers for sale at The Empire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

three or four days 10 arrive In the
metropolis. But something had 60 be
done. and done quickly.
The town decided to evacuate.
moving what possessions possible,
and destroying the balance. This Is
done.
Ferry boats ire put IN service. max
Ing one trip after the other back
and forward across the Rio Grandel
which was wider then than M "A
now. Irrigation pumps are lower
ing the river and A Ia now smaller
than It used to BEL.
soon the population has shifted
from the United States to Mexico
Carrisons az For Brown arc burned
Town Burned
And a few days later. Nov. q, tc
Ne exact. the Yankees. under Cen
rral Banks arrived and quietly took
possfssiun On the city.
We may be wrong. and our ina
eination may be wild.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

buggieE, print cloth. needles, lard
paint and powder tgun and facet In
between Is crowded. Shaggy ranch
ers are buying the months supplies.
The saloons, or c~antinas. r full OF
cowboys in town for the months
'parranda."
A dainty sofrn~ miss irips down
the wooden sidewalk, sporting a
parasol about the size or an airmatl
rtamp. The town dandy d0ffs his
hefiy hat
Mesquite. palm, huisache. srd
ebony trees. with a few sour orange
trees here and there. throw spots
OF shade in the white dust.
Excitement
Suddenly the sir or tranquility ~
broken. IA wild-eved horSeman as
trlde a sweating pony dashcs down
the main street, yelling and waving
q SornhrPrO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

The modern PAU Revere brings
equally dramatic tiuinEs. ana -
veals 70 an astonishcd pcprIace that
the Federas have landed"
A letter from what is now Port
Isabel has been nailed. carving
the bad news. but il would not BE-
received In Brownsville for q day
or two.
"A large group Immediately gather
around the cowboy. He gasps fce
breath, drinks a couple OF beers, and
tells his tale.
The Civil war Is on. OF course
and Brownsville has been doing 3
rushing business importing cotton
for Confederate troops. Several COM
panies have been stationed In the
city.
Federal transports have landed A.
Brazos. Santiago. and are "a march
on the city. No immediate danger II
felt. for ~ would take the Yankees
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

Many cther sim survive. but These
three spring 20 mind first
And now. what wcud happen "
Brownsville must Be suddenly eva
cuated7
The city Is hustling about. Bust
ness AN being carried un ns usual.
Cars dart about tne streets rHdnH-
TRANS arn dnrtInR even faster ln mn
ATTEMPT tn escape nieknl-nlmtan
bumpers. Horns are hunking.
on Twelfth street IN Valley res
idrnt Il telling a tourist that the
weather Is very uncommon
You should have been here last
week" he says.
tx was, the tourist answers.
well yuu should have been here
I'M couple KIT weeks earlier.
Enemy ships land At Fort Isabel
ga mile ur su out ln thH gulf.
The news ~ flashed To Browns
vile over telegraph wires.
Herald Helps
Ten minutes later The Browns
Vile Herald has an Extra on the
streets.
The popuHare gathers un street.
corners, in stores, discussing thH Si-
tuaticn.
Fort Brown gets pussy.
The airport warns up airplanes.
Telegraph wires are hot as as
Eistance IS requested. which Will Be
sent wsshin a few hours.
I'm the meantime, however. eva
cuHtinn AM necessary because fhg
enemy win move fast.
IA total 0f 1857 automobiles storm
the two international bridges.
Trucks are loaded with radios.
clothes. ~cigarets. ltd sticks. boiled
hams and priced possessions.
TWenty-fCur hours elapse. and
Brownsville Is a deserted city.
The enemy has landed AZ Port
Isabel.
Armed forces gather In Browns
VILE trenches Rre dug. and thn
enemy hears that thH city NM pre-
pared They take 10 their boats. and
depart
Brownsville's inhabitants return.
Maybe we're wrong again. QUEEN
sahe2
Bouquets
BUT thts la IA taIr picture nK
Brownsville then and now. Progress
nf every type haS been rapid. phe-
lUmenal. The city has grown KIN un-
expected size, and the future ia nm
limited. Unforeseen.
An1 before you turn 70 another
page, study the two photographs
again. They are proof positive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
WESLACO PASSES 1000 CAR
= Y = = y = y y
MARX FOR SEASONS LOADING
= = = y = y
MERCEDES HOLDS End PLACE

wESLAcO. Feb I4-WesIaco this
week became the first shipping point
IN the Valley { opass the 1000 mark
IN the Valley 10 pass the 1000 mark
10 market BY freight. according 70
reports issued by the Southern Pa
cific and Missouri Pacific.
The actual number was 1851 cars
including f0TwardinsS or Friday.
Mercedes held to second place
with TIL cars and San Benit0 to
third with 704 San BenIto kept her
leadership IN Cameron county.
OF Veslaco's grand total, $40 cars
we're vegetables. Edcouch was sec-
ond with STA. Donna third with 500
and Mercedes fourth with 464.
San Benito maintained her lead
TN citrus shipments with a grand TO-
tai or 343. Mercedes was second In
the Valley and first In Hidalgo
county with 307. La Feria was third
with 227 and Alamo fourth With ITO.
The box score" BY points Of cri-
gin
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

banks, Is the Chamber az Commerce
building.
Both photographs were furnished
by the chamber Of commerce.
Wild Imsglnings
In paragraph four we mentioned
comparison. The best method We
can think OF TO make a comparison
" 10 use a little Imagination and
picture what happened In 1858. and
then depict what would happen nov
liz q similar evacuation was made
necessary.
It Is Monday. Nov. ?. 1858. Froverb-
ial Valley weather prevails, and the
town loafer Is sitting o n a beer kee
tn his shirt sleeves. whiting on q
piece Of kindling "A hound dog il
lolling TN the main street dust.
Business is continuing a. usual,
and the main store. a large general
store which sells everything from
tootnricks 70 plclraxeS. with plows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
County Depository
Bond Is Approved

EDTNBURG, FEB. 14s-Apprcvni
OF the Hidalgo County Depository
bond given hy the American State
Bank and Trust Company has
been made Nv the Commissioners
Court This bank Will Dc the de-
p0sitory for the county for two
years. and win pay interest month
" at the rate Of 2 and M ak
teenth per cent.
The bond covers three funds.
8 1900. 600 for county funds, S250.O00
for Drainage District No. 1. which
comprises the entire HldnlEo county
drainage district, and 100000 for
school funds.
The sureties or the bond are Har-
~ r. Seay. Clarence =. Linz. and
n. p. Seay q DailaK and W. w.
Collier and John G. JHnes az Edin-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

ohv1ous-boats Piled between che
mouth OF the river and Brownsville
and Matamoros. snd the river was
the center Of activity. But now the
business section has moved away
from the river. and the five and six
story buildings are clustered around
depots.
Town shifts
Tn the ancient engraving. four
buildings are crowdine the spot
nght-one Of the four being two
stories in height.
In the new photograph, taken
from an afrplane. II Is impossible
to count the number that exceeds
this. The buildings that stand out
are the I'll Jardin. left center, the
Travellers Hotel. diagcnaliy across
the street. the state National bank.
behind the Travellers. the Mer-
chants National bank, the Miller
Hotel fcenter righD the Missouri
Pacific depot. near the Ell Jardin.
washington Park Ccrowding the
top boundary Of the photography
the court house. IN the right corner,
the Bollack store, the Maltby build
ing. Edelsteln's, Borderland build
ing. the post office. I'D infinitum. see
how many you can name.
The street IN the lower right
hand corner Is the one leading 10
the Gateway bridge Fort Brown Is
still further 70 the right. and. UNI
fortunately. Is not pictured.
The Rio Grande IA shown NJ the
bottom. and a few yards from b.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
But Il Happened In 1863 During the Civil War - Photogra
Foreground Furnishing transportation ~


Three hundred and nerputv-ure
HearH after Columbus discuvered Arn-
erica. the city al 9rownsvfiie. ssbuiIt
almost entirely az wood. but 81 neat
and bright annearance.A was warm
and worried after receiving news
that n Federal feet had landed of
5<aaoe. SANTIAGO
which fhe accnmranvinr enrravinr
va faken. The Tondrn illustrated
,Knwm.
Notice fha e-nrravinc n a. nerhans
rsss ~ The r,n~f -infereefsng nicfnres
ca ssrIv BrownsviIle ever printed. Il
ehssrns "A 1854. n a interesting
\ nofe fhnt fha engraving ana fha
M-4~nv-snh warn heth tsper sro-r
sEM.srf fhe rm1,a ~rrie T-he rfvpr har
AT sInra fpee 49, uhnrm tha
rpar rtrtw-ssrht vearr 80 "
- s.rTir hrfei ~rr, ~torAr rrha
-1,-s. 1ead,r- hor.ei~r 49, 49, so.,n-
Tssian~ hs,rss6 a. ~ "A vsvsr hna
lid wnsf = remarkahle growth
e 1z,vdn,,r fro~o 4 rnrnnaraenr 80 80
ru.n rsrfT1rer art rsore ~ thaf
.iakry
60 81. r.ordon rarav.
aThn foun Nv rrevvreville a,es on
knn Trxn~ ba,ls AZ ire PIn Grsn6e
for RIO Eravel deI Norfe. about two
RIFLES fror, Nafamoroe. : town az
enr.e note a. MerIrn. - fhe souffl
4Se ~ i river
nuhn vi Hooo
Although built almost entirely OF
wunrg. BrownsViils hea n neat and
hrlrh+ arynarnnre T7harn 49, 4 rcn-
siderable Confederate garrison nj
this place. but inhabitants. having
on Nondav. Nov. > fsss. received
information Of the arrival Of q
fleet Of Federal transports off Bra
nos. Santiago began immediately Ia
evacuats ne town. and Tor two days
.Pin Grande VAS crowded ia exreEs
WITH goods cotton and barraRe:
ahila unnn both hanks uere niie6
N rnnfrsed hesnr he6dinr. cotton
bales. Iurrsre. VEHICLES ard merch-
.ardIee az rer Reservation.
aahossk thres o'cIork = - m
Tuesday. the ara ult.. the military
authorities retreated. after ha,rninr
the rarrison huiidinas. fhe cottnr.
ard AT public stores they we're not
able "a rernove.
a0r fha sfh ~ 49, rs.Aer.r.
under command 81 General Banks.
Ap0k quiet possession of the place
The engraving on this rage. and
which appeared in the london pa
Per. IS from a photograph nv A a
wedge. AZ that tire 4 resident Of
Matamoros.
What a whale ar a difference INST
a few wears makes IN fne3 fhe
river had no "silver span and when
ore wanted "a 20 from Brownsville
e. Natamcros. are either used she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

had not been secured for the other
half OF the building. The mercantile
company will retain its present
space next door and the two build
ings win be connected by means u
10 arrhEay. Mr.. Oppenheimer Il
In New York on q buying trip al
present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
Mission Gets New
Mercantile Building

MISSION. Feb lf.-Thomas Nc
Bride OK ElEin. Illinois, II con-
structing q new store building on
Lomita Ave. to be occupied by the
Valley Mercantile Company and
some ofier business.
The building will be 50x90 feet
and ON fireproof construction.
Halliday or Mission is contrac-
tor OF the building.
Mrs Edward Oppenheimcr, wife
or the manager, says that the VAL
ley Mercantile company viii oc-
cupy 26xe0 feet but that = tenant
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

Total shipments for the SEASON.
including f0~rwardings OF FRIDAY,
now are only 873 ears behind last
season to date. The comparative
figures arH s.267 I'd date this sea
son and $40 to date last season.
This years total Is made up cf s.
ISL cars OF vegetables and 2.3l6 Of
fruit. Last years total included
$3.50 cars Of fruit and $50 cars Of
vegetables.
With shipments or cabbage cont
nulng high and fruit dropping off
even with close ar the season near,
the former commodity easily led the
latter. 2.43O 20 zOl2. "A total or o.
318 cars or mixed vegetables had
moved TO date.
Other commodity totals follow:
Beets 4es. carrots 135. spinach l66.
parsley a. potatoes 100. turnips rs,
oranges rs. mixed fruit 28B. beets
and carrots 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15
TRANSFORM I

VATICAN CTTY-Much activity
IL being displayed la the remodcling
0f The Vatican City. Modern print
linz presses. telephones. radios. type
writer's. electric lights and elevators
have been installed all over the
grounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-15

Several persons who actually fig
ured I'm the evacuation or Browns
vile still live Three men stiu re-
side here who remember those hec-
tic days.
They we're Henry Maltby, w. A.
Neale, and Jose Don Poppy Webb.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
Hoover COnsults With His
Masters

cHRoUDED secrecy everything going pres
denta mansion Hoover has
Monday night the bankers country
lar quarterly meeting the Advisory
had dinner with stayed
him until l18o p M to tell him what to do next
1t said the particular
general business and banking conditions discussed
That is nothing but the whether this million
nothing but the Questions how to fooI the starving masses If POSSIBLE
little nothing
resistance of the workers to their program Of hunger.
primarily bOIsterng
of
necessity for unemployment relief has been emphasized so much that
capitalist comment
means that decided go on with the game
trying say danger
happens given
Starving millions needed to put through the cutting
bankers, banquet
their orders deciding the fate of those who dinners break
fast supper either
bankers industry
working against
day by day and week by week in their circles through the financial
their class reads that the crisis deeper that
restless
conspcuouy
production
further decrease the present week. the steel mills being engaged
only 281s per capacity worry Many
parts speeches addresses
all preaching the doctrine discomfort not of revolution the
And considers the fact that the impending deficit
likely
sufficient reason for starving the workers to death Profits
first matter how workers kill" the those
night with President
This that the
people of the United stateshe the president for the of the
united executive oer ana mouhpece OF the
corporation heads When the starv
with them he consus with those profit
jobess quiet they perish
bankers fear that these will not be that
great demonstrations that they will demand the right live will
demand unemployment relief will hold
big bosses Hoover and his responsible
from starvation of their families that they
This what the bankers fear Keep that fear alive
businessmen Build the
children
Let school children march the school boards and demand shoes
clothing food Let
and foreign born and DID, the
county, national
they keep aiVel Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
COAL MINERS
PICK AS
THEY STARVE
Renton Children Sick
From Lack of Food;
Rush Relief!
Guns. Bombs Menace
Pinchot's Milk Only for
Voting Towns

KINLOCK, Pa, Sept. 15.-The
crowd milling in front of the Kin
lock Mine gate is the picket line that
has marched morning and evening
from am. to am. and from 2
pm. to 4 pm. during the strike.
There was time when there were
5000 on the picket line. 1t stretched
for mile on either side of teh en-
trance, down along the ten-foot wire
fence, past the barracks and the re-
lief station, where it doubled back
and went almost to Parnassus and
doubled back again. Then it lasted
all day, and at night it picketed the
roads to Kinlock and stopped scab
trucks.
Kinlock still pickets, tall miners,
short miners, Negro miners, white
miners, native Americans, South
Slavs, Poles and Russians marching
together.
Guns and Bombs.
The states" cossacks sit around
and watch the picket line. I'VE gotta
protect our job" says the state. "
The snarling plug ugly back of the
CONTINUED % PAGE ruREEl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
Unemployment Parade Thru
East Side N. Y, Friday

NEW YORK. - Demanding relief
for the million jobless in this city,
parade will be held as protest
against starvation and evictions. The
parade was decided upon by repre-
sentatives of all the unemployed
councils of Greater New York, states
Morris Tomash, general secretary OF
the councils.
The parade will be September ID,
Friday, and the line of march will
be from Seventh st. and Ave. B.
through the East Side, past the
homes of the alderman and assem-
blymen, and back to Seventh and
Ave. A. All unemployed and en-
ployed workers are invited TO, be in
the procession, and as it swings
along, it will pick up the crowds sa-
sembled at open air meetings which
will be held that night in front OF
the city and state officials homes.
Organizations which have large
number OF unemployed in their ranks
will each participate in body u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
100 STRIKE In
INDIANAPOLIS
Fight Will Go On in
Spite of Attacks

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The bosses
here are showing their fear by sharp
ening their attack on the workers.
When 100 workers from the Sears
Cabinet Works, many of them girls
working for 81a cents an hour walked
out last week against the group sys-
tenn" new wage cutting scheme,
police squad cars we're parked all
around the place to terrorize the
strikers. Comrade Lewis who started
to speak to the strikers was imme-
diately arrested. Leaflets are being
scattered throughout the plant to
bring out all the workers to fight
this new drive against the workers
and to win despite police terrom.
Another arrest was made this week.
Comrade Gross who was speaking at
an open air meeting for the League
of Struggle for Negro Rights was
hauled down and Jailed together with
Comrade Mccoy. They were fined
$50 and cost in the charge of va
grancy even though both workers are
employed. The LID is appealing the
case.
The workers here are realizing that
this is the time to organize and stand
against the attack of the bosses to
fight against wage cuts, to fight for
unemployment relief Street meet
ings here will go on despite all police
terror.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16

the parade. Among such organiza-
tons will be- the Ex-SerHcemen's
League, the Unemployed Councils,
the International Workers Order,
Workers Clubs, the Young Commun-
ist League, and the Pioneers. The
thousands Of paraders will demand;
SIS a week for each unemployed
worker and SO additional for each
dependant; no evictions; reduction
in rent; free gas and electricity for
the unemployed workers; free hot
lunches and carfares for the school
children of the unemployed; free
clothing for the children of the job
less; abolition of child labor.
The Unemployed Councils have
found that 1000 families are being
evicted every month for non-pay-
ment of rent. The courts Jail those
who protest. The aldermen and as
semblymen turn deaf ears to the
cries Of the hungry. Mass demon
STATIONS like this parade are needed
to organize the unemployed into a
power that cannot be denied relief
- Af4a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
Misledders Resume Fight
On Defense Rights of Scottsboro Boys

to select their own defense, is shown
in a statement just issued by these
traitors to the effect that they have
engaged Clarence Darrow to work
on the case.
This is clearly another attempt on
the part of the N. A. A. c. P. mis-
leaders to seize control of the de
Tense in utter disregard of the wishes
of the boys and their parents. These
have time and again declared their
choice of the International Labor
Defense as the organization to which
they have entrusted the defense.
Both the boys and their parents. have
endorsed the policy of the 1. L. D.
in rallying huge masses behind the
legal defense of the boys in the hos
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
BRITISH SAILORS RESENT WAGE
CUTS; NAVY ORDERED TO PORT

The sailors of the British fleet
have already indicated their dissat-
isfaction with the Macdonald wage
cut program and as result the At
ientic fleet exercises have been sus-
pended and the fleet has been Or
dered back to England. The British
Admiralty states that the fleet has
been ordered back so that an Gin
vestigation" can be made. This Gin
vestigation" by the Macdonald gov
eminent will be an attempt to throw
the militant leaders of the sailors
into Jail and to terrorize the rest
of the fleet. The wage cuts in the
fleet under the new budget were di-
rected chiefly at the worst paid
workers in the fleet, the great mass
Of the ordinary sailors The Admir-
atty was forced to give out the news
of the rebellious temper of the sail
ors but has censured all further de-
tails of the reasons for calling back
the fleet.
The capitalist class of Great Brit
ain and its National government un-
der the leadership of Macdonald, the
Socialist, is preparing to follow up
the hunger budget with further at
tacks against the workers. Irnme-
diately after the passage of the eco
nomy" bill Monday, Macdonald ap-
pointed a subcommittee to take up
the question of increases in the
tariff. The government is not salts
fled with having cut severely into
the living standards of the British
workers thru the new budget but it
is now preparing to put thru tariff
which will raise the price of every
commodity that the workers buy.
Following the example of the Brit
ment in Ireland will meet on Sep
tember % to consider how to balance
its budget at the expense of the
workers. 1t was clearly stated Mon
day by the Minister of Labor in the
Ulster Government that the dole
would be cut as in England.
The fact that the entire weight of
the increases in the new budget are
at the expense of the workers is
again confirmed in the publicity is
sued by many British municipalities
which are asking American manu-
facturers to locate plans there. The
municipalities point out, according to
the New York Times, that Gin the
new Si1ovS3n budget there is new
liberal allowance to manufacturers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-16
Jailed Harlan Miners
Children Are Starving
Live On Weeds Because Father Is Union Man;
Send Funds to Defense to Save Their Lives

HARLAN, KY, Sept. 15.-Even
when Roy Taylor was working in the
mines of the Harlan Wallins Coal
Co. his eight children, all under II
years old, were undernowished Now
that Roy Taylor has been thrown in
the Harlan County dungeon for or
ganizing miners in the National
Miners Union his wife and his eight
children are starving to death.
Roy's children are starving be-
cause their father is guilty of the
crime" of possessing prohibited lit
erature." A copy of the Daily
Worker, which he was reading in his
home, is sole evidence against him.
During the two months this miner
has been in Jail, his family has been
living on mustard greens and polk
salad. Polk is a weed growing in
the Kentucky mountains, edible but