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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15

Investigation of the case has
revealed radical activities and dis
tribution of Red propaganda to
such an extent that Sheriff Haw-
kins has placed four officers on
an assignment to break up the
movement in Jefferson County"
Scores Of Negro and white workers
have been arrested, including Eu-
gene Braxton, David James, and
John James, three Negro working
class leaders, and Harry Jackson,
acting southern organizer of the
Communist Party.
Lowell Wakefield, southern Or
ganizer of the International Labor
Defense, was also arrested upon his
arrival in Birmingham to arrange
defense for the prisoners. Wake
field is being held without charges.
jackson is held on a general charge.
The bosses openly admit that there
are no legal grounds for holding
these workers on the basis Of their
radical activities. They realize, how
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15
What's On
sATUR DAN--

SATTRDAN-
Downtown Unemployed Council
Openair meeting at IA ST. and
University Pr
Workers En-SerVice. League, Br.
will hold an open-air meeting IN Co
lumbus Circle, Aug. ! 5, s pm. The
main point of the speeches win be
the role of the EX- Servicemen's
League in the Next War.
HID, Gene Debs Br.
Open air meeting to be held Aug.
Is, at Burke and Crueger AYES, s
pm. All workers invited.
SATURDAY.
Workers EN-Service. League, Br. >
will hold an outdoor united front
rally and counsel of ex-sOldiers,
sailors and marines at 125th St. and
5th Ave. All workers are invited to
attend and participate.
yVomeu'S Council, No. II
Beach Party to be given this Au-
gust Is at Brighton Beach, Will
meet at $40 Neptune Ave, 4 am.
sharp. Come along and bring your
friends Proceeds to go to the Gem
trail Body of the Women's Council.
Beach parties will also be held by
Council Z and 16 on Rockaway
Beach, L. I.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15

PATERSON, N. J., Aug, 14-The
aftermath OF yesterdays tremendous
parade for unity and against fake
settlements which the police tried to
break up was an especially large and
enthusiastic mass meeting this morn
ing, in spite of the fact that the
UTW-Associated officials had their
so-caned parade this morning count
ing upon the followers Of the Nation
al Textile Workers Union to fall in
behind these misleaders. The strike
headquarters of the United Front
General Strike Committee wes pack
ed with strikers to discuss the ire
mendous success Of yesterdays dem
onstrations and hear what their lead
ers had to say about the vicious po-
lice assault on the defenseless work
ers.
Jim Reid, president of the NTWU,
brought the house down. Workers
applauded and cheered, yelled and
rose from their seats as sign Of
complete confidence in and enthusi-
asm for the union for which Jim
Reid stands. He told them that the
object of the TW-Associated was to
eliminate from the labor movement
all the best fighters, all the most mill
liant workers, everyone who really
struggled against the bosses. He
called upon the workers of the MT
WI to become their own organizers,
not to rely upon few paid officials
to line up the workers as is the prac-
tice in the A. F. of L., but to line up
their own shop-nates and build their
own union. He pointed out that it
was absolutely necessary to build the
union now in the course of the strike
so that the demands won from the
bosses would be maintained by the
militant fight Of a strong organiza-
ton afterward. He pointed out that
the workers who follow the NTWU
are not afraid Of the name red
which the takers try to fasten on to
them, but are proud of their affilia-
ton to the Red International of La
Dor Unions in Moscow. The workers
know that the Communists within
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15

which looked like cheap imitation
of an American Legion parade. a
The youth section of the NTWU is
running a dance Saturday for the
strikers at 8 pm. at Turn Hall. This
dance, besides giving the strikers
little recreation during their strenu-
Gus struggles will contribute toward
the preparation for the youth confer
ence to be held on August 10.
All the Wrappers, regardless of union
utilization, will meet in Turn Hall ON
Saturday at 2 pm.
Relief activities are becoming in
tensified. The women were especially
appealed to in todays meeting to
participate in the Passaic tag day for
Paterson relief on Saturday. Pater-
son strikers are asked to mobilize at
the relief headquarters, at 40 Ellison
st. at 10 am. to go in body to Pas
sale. On Saturday there will be a
house to house collection of food and
money in Paterson and all strikers
are asked to meet at am. at the re-
lief headquarters at 40 Ellison ST.,
Sunday morning to get their assign
ment The strikers appeal to the
workers throughout the country to
send money and food to the head
quarters on Ellison St, Paterson, N. j..
A mass meeting will be held on
Monday night at Union Hall, 205
Paterson Street, Paterson, N. j., at
8 p. m, I. AInter, District Organ
izer of the Communist Party. Dis
trict 2, will speak. B. Gordon, Sec
ton organizer of the Communist
Party will act as chairman. The
role of the Communist Party in the
struggle of the working class, and
particularly the revolutionary union
in the strike will be explained to
the workers. The meeting will alsa
serve as a rally for he election
campaign of the Communist Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15
Birmingham Police Terror
Against Negroes Extended to
include County, Other Cities
Wholesale Arrests Begun In Montgomery, Sci
ma, etc, Bosses Blows Directed at Militant
Negro Workers and Communist Party

BIRMINGHAM Ala. Aug. 14.-The boss terror against
the N-gro workers which Birmingham police started las Wok
under the pretext of hunting for alleged Negro loup
had been extended to include al Jefferson County.
The 9rmngham News todav earvies tie sta 2ment:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15

Soviet Forced Labor" --Bedacht'
series in pamphlet form at 10 cents
per copy. Read it--Sprcad ii!
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ever, that in order to successfully
terrorize the Negro masses they
must first aim their attacks against
the Communist Party and other
class struggle organizations. They
are therefore determined to frame
these workers one way or the othe.,
just as they framed up the nine
innocent Scottsboro Negro boys on
CONTINUED ON PAGE TIvED
One way to help the Soviet
Union is to spread among the
workers Soviet Forced Labor"
by Max Bedacht, 10 cents per copy.
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Manhattan Dist. Committee for Pro-
lection of Foreign Born.
will have n meeting Aug. III at
workers Center, So e. 18th St, in
room 80, s pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-15

Volunteers! All those having some
time to spare are asked to help in
office work for the Friends of the
Soviet Union at Street. Drop in this
Saturday.
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Mass Pageant for Sept.
Rehearsal to he held Aug. IT, s
pm. sharp at Workers Center, IS
E. 18th st. All workers are urged
to attend.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
REVOLT Grows
IN VENEZUELA =

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad
Island, April 6 GN.SO.-Sharp
fighting between Venezuelan fed
eral troops and the revolutionary
forces Of Gen. Arvelo Cedeno
was reported in the vicinity of
San Fernado today, in messages
received in Venezuelan revolu,
iontary circles here.
San Fernando is the fourth
largest city in the State of Apure
and dominates important ranch
ing and agricultural sections OF
the country.
General CedenO, the reports
stated, has completely surrounded
San Fernando, to which he is
laying siege. He has captured
the towns of GuaSduaIitO, AchO
guas, and Yagual, after severe
cIoshes with the federalS in each
place.
The federals suffered ''heavy
casualties" the dispatches said
in addition to losing quantities o1
munitions, horses, cattle and
saddles.
Many recruits were reported
joining the rebels, following the
recent victories,
The Washington times., 1931-04-06

There was a real conquest on
the broad greensward of the White
House today, with Washington's
little folks marshaling a victori-
GUS army.
1t was a conquest over raw
winds and a chill, wintry rain,
with the annual Easter egg rolling
maintained as tradition that
cannot be broken.
Braved the Elements
The youngsters had read re-
Gently of official apathy over their
ancient festival. They came out
today, bundled into "slickers" and
goloshes, and with a nasty down
pour fighting them from the start,
to show how much the egg-rolling
means to them.
More than $4,000 Of them, duly
chaperoned by umbrella-burdened
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
VET KILLS SELF
To FREE WIFE

Elbert Marks, Al, a former
service man. was found shot dead
today in his apartment at the
Park Lane, 2025 I st. N. W.. the
same place where the body Of
Virginia Mcpherson was found
more than a year ago.
A revolver was in his hand
and a note expressing his in
tentiOn Of suicide was nearby.
The body was lurched forward
in q chair in the kitchen and
q bullet had crashed into his
brain.
The body was found by Marks
wife, Edna, who returned home
from the Riverside Apartments
where she is employed as tele-
phone operator. She Immediately
called w. c. Huff, manager Of
the apartment house, who
notified police.
Police said Marks, who had
been ill for some time, purchased
the revolver this morning at a
nearby shop on Pennsylvania
Avenue.
Marks note said he had been
i'll and he desired his wife to en-.
joy life without him. as she was
young and beautiful.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
REBELS SEIZE
MADE|RAS

LISBON, Portugal, April 6
Q.N.SO.-The government of
Portugal too,I measures today to
stamp out a revolt that broke
out at Funchal, Madeira Islands,
where troops sent from here re-
Gently to quell a strike, seized
military and civil authorities and
set up junta.
|. President Fragoso Carmona, on
receiving a radio message from
the Funchal rebels defying his
dictatorship, Immediately sum
moned a cabinet meeting to con-
slider retaliatory measures. Two
warShips and an army transport
with some 600 troops were ordered
to sail for the Madeiras immedi-
ately.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
BOY, W|NDP|PE
SEVERED, LIVES.

A man who identified himself
to police as Frederic Tilton, third
assistant Postmaster General, ran
down and critically injured a IT.
year-old boy at Sixteenth Street
and Spring Road Northwest, to-
day.
The boy, Donald Benjamin,
1910 Quincy st. N. W., was taken
to Garfield Hospital suffering
from a severed windpipe and
other injuries.
According to police, Mr.. Tilton
was driving his car out Sixteenth
Street and made a turn into
Spring Road as the boy on a
bicycle rode directly into the
path of his car.
Mr.. Tilton resides at 1888 Van
Buren st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
FINE
IS $4,000

Harry M. Blackmer, self-expa-
triated oil witness who fled to
Europe at the outbreak of the
Teapot Dome scandal, must pay
100000 in fines for his refusal
to appear as a witness in the
Sinclair trial, it was decided to.
day by the District Court of
Appeals in an opinion prepared
by Justice Charles H. Robb.
BIackmer was held in contempt
of court in two cases. One was
the conspiracy trial of Harry F.
Sinclair and Albert B. Fall in
1927 and the other the mistrial
of the conspiracy case in NOvem
Der, 1927.
Liberty bonds of Blackmer, the
only property belonging to him
in the District, amounting to
100000, were seized by U. S
Marshal E. C. Snyder and placed
in a local bank pending DISPOSE
ton of the contempt rules.
Justice Frederick L. Siddons
who conducted the contempt
hearings against Blackmer, ad
judged him guilty in each in
stance and ordered payment OF
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
BRIDGE PLUNGE
KILLS MAN

Robert E. Starke, 80, colored,
2237 Thirteenth st. N. w., was
found dead today under the
highest span of the Million Dollar
Bridge on Connecticut Avenue.
Police were undecided whether
the man had jumped or fallen
but said he had been dead 'or
several hours. The body was
found by William c. Gibbs, lila
Virginia Ave. S. w.
The colored man apparently
was smoking a cigarette at the
time of his plunge, since a half
smoked cigarette was found on
his shirt. An expensive Elgin
watch found in his clothing was
still running. Deep burrows in
the soft earth indicated that the
man fell on his head and one
knee. The body was badly con-
torted. It is 140 feet from the
top of the bridge to the spot
where the body was found.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Slight Cold Confines
GeOrqe Y to Room

LONDON, April 6 GNSD.-Ap-
prehension felt throughout En-
gland over the weekend for the
health of King Georgfe was some
what allayed today by statements
that while the monarch suffered
from a slight cold, his condition
offered no cause for alarm.
He spent a fairly comfortable
night, but will not leave his room
during the day.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
LAND RIOT
ENDS 8 LIVES

JERUSALEM, April 6 G.N.SD.
Three Jews, including a woman,
were fatally wounded and five
others we're injured today when
two unidentified assailants fired
into a party of II near the city
of Haifa.
Three Of the injured were
seriously hurt. The gunmen
escaped.
The Haifa shooting was the
only blOOdShed reported over
tense weekend. Authorities had
marshalled all armed forces in
anticipation of trouble, as
Christian, Jewish and MOsIem
holidays cOincided.
Steel helmeted troops and
machine guns were in evidence
everywhere in Jerusalem over
Easter.
Jaffa Gate, leading to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
the wailing wall and the Mosque
of Omar was heavily guarded.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
New York Capital
Air Mark Missed
Bv 2 Minutes

A Ludlngton Line plane car
rying 10 passengers today just
missed making the same time
Capt. Frank Hawks made in
his record speed flight between
Washington and New York by
two minutes.
Captain Hawks made the
flight in SO minutes. The Lud,
ington plane took 70 minutes to
come from New York. but stop
ped at Philadelphia to let off
and take on a passenger. OF,
ficials believe this operation
took five minutes leaving IS
minutes for actual flying time.
This is best run yet made
by the company's planes be,
tween these points. The plane
was piloted by Floyd Cox.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
PhOney Messengers
Get $4,000 in Gems

NEW YORK, April 6, GNS.).
New Workers with money and
jewels were careful today to
whom they opened their doors.
For Mrs. Marjorie Ardell per-
mitted two men posing as mes
sengers bearing flowers to enter
her apartment on Sunday and
she was promptly held up and
robbed of $4,000 in jewelry.
While Mrs. Ardell, a former
vaudeville actress, and her maid
were bound and gagged, the two
mn ranSacked the apartment.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06

LURAY, Va, April 6.-The de-
fense rested this morning in the
trial of Dave Sours on a charge
of murder in connection with the
mysterious death of Edward
Buracker, mountaineer neighbor,
last March S, and Immediately
afterward the State began in
PRODUCING it's rebuttal testimony,
which is expected to take up the
balance of the days session.
The State annEunced 1t would
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
ACCEPTED
DOHENY BR|BE,
COURT HOLDS
Ex-Secretary of Interior Faces
Year in Jail, 100000 Fine;
High Court Appeal Likely

Albert B. Fall, former Secretary
of Interior in the Cabinet of Presl-
dent Harding, must serve a year
in jail and pay a 100000 fine for
accepting a bribe from Edward L.
Doheny, California oil magnate,
to induce favorable leasing of the
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve, the
Court of Appeals decided today in
an opinion by Justice Van OrSdel.
Mr.. Fall was convicted in Dis.
trict Supreme Court over a year
ago in a sensational trial marked
,(Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
American Plane Sets
Record Flight to
South Africa

CAPETOWN, April 6 G.N.SO.
Lieut.. Comdr. Glen Kidston,
wealthy British sportsman and
flier, arrived here this after
noon, completing a flight from
London in the record breaking
time of six and one-half days.
The flight was made in three
days less than the last record,
established by Comdr. Kidston
in 1880.
Using a speedy American
plane, Kidston made the flight
in an effort to prove the prac-
ticability of regular mail serv-
ice between London and South
Africa. o.. !
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Raskob Forces Dry Issue
In NeuU Statement

they forward to headquarters
their individual views on the
"hOme rule" plan for liquor con-
troll which he proposed a month
ago. AT that time, the proposal
rocked the National Committee
and produced a spectacular flare
up which ended with the VETS
and DryS shaking fists at each
other.
Challenge to South
UndiSmayed by the furore it
aroused and grimly determined to
keep the issue to the forefront. de-
spite the indignation of the South
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The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Craze of ROckne
Attracts Thousands

SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 6
0N.SO The grave of Knute
Rockne today is banked with
flowers.
Thousands of friends of The
late football coach of Notre Dame
came to his grave Easter to pay
their respects. Highways leading
to Highland Cemetery were
blocked for miles with slow
traffic lines bringing those who
were unable to get near the
grave at the burial Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Bx GEORGE R. HOLMES

John J. Raskob effectually
served notice on the Democratic
party today that as National
Chain n he il not going to be
"shuSh-ed" on the controversial
issue of prohibition. but on the
contrary he intends to keep it
a live and burning issue within
the party until the convention
names ! candidate and adopt a
platform next year.
He Sid it through the simple
,xpedicnt of an open letter to
all members of the Democratic
National Committee asking hat
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Defense Rests in Murder
Trial of Sours at Luray

place 20 rebuttal witnesses on the
stand, and this was taken to in
dicate that the jury would not re-
tire to deliberate on SOur's case
before late tomorrow or WedneS-
day.
RebuttaI Witnesses
Several of the rebuttal wit
nesses are from Staunton, Va.
and testified as to the reliability
Continued on 'Pags ,, Eel. y
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
'CAFE MANAGER
DIES IN CRASH

ANNAPOLIS, April CT h e
body of a man identified by
Maryland police as Waldo I.
Hobbs, SIS, cafe manager, of 3446
Connecticut Ave. N. W., Washing
ton, D. c., found near the De-
fense Highway six miles from
here today, led to the discovery
of another man in a dazed con-
dition and an overturned automo-
bile in a ditch beside a curve.
The injured man, believed to
be, John D. Hobbs, of New York,
brother of the dead man, is in
the Emergency Hospital here.
The body was discovered at
6:15 o'clock by Richard Williams,
Of this city, who was on his way
to Washington. A few minutes
after sighting the body, Williams
discovered the other man wan
derfng around in a dazed cOndi
tiOn i9 the swamps.
State Policeman James o
Shockley. who investigated the
case, said he believed the car had
overturned when it failed to ne
gotiate the turn. The car is said
to be listed to Mrs. Margaret F.
Systeym, of 101 Bradley lane
Chevy Chase, Md.
Waldo I. Hobbs, who lives at
3446 Connecticut Ave-, NV, is
manager of the dining room at
the Broadmoor Apartments.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
Little Egg-RoAers Brave
Rain for Tradition

elders, had passed through the
White House gates before noon.
Thousands more were on their
way. The Weather Man was put
in his place from the start.
1t was a brave and lusty but
bedraggled scene as purple
patches" of cracked and broken
cOIOred eggs on the White House
Continued on Page ;, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
"BiU Wiggins" Dead
From Heart Attack

LURAY. Va. April 6.-"Bill
Virgins" is dead.
The 7S-year-old poet and
humoriSt, whose real name is
William H. Corbin, was found
dead in his bed at Hamburg, Va,
this morning. Heart disease is
believed to have caused his
death. Mr.. Corbin wrote under
his pen name for newspapers for
the past 40 years. His wife died
- wears ego
The Washington times., 1931-04-06

to stem the tide of murder, rob
berry, hOusebreaking and other
crimes.
In the last 80 days there have
been seven killings and So "stick.
ups" Last week there were two
persons slain and the killers are
still at large.
Albert Baker shot and killed
his wife, Mary Baker, at their
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
TRAPPED MAN SAVED

PATERSON, N. j., April g.
Firemen dug through SO tons
Of coal to rescue Frank Jan
son, 40, who had been buried
beneath it. He was taken to st.
Joseph'S Hospital, where he is in
a serious condition.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
PISTOL, AUTO
FOUND AS z
MEN DENY
CRIME
Thorne's Body Discovered in
Capitol Heights Yard; Two
Marine BandSmen in Jail

With the arrest of a third man
Imminent, Prince Georges county
authorities today revealed that
they have discovered an automo.
bile in which they believe EN-
manuel Thorne, Marine Corps pri-
vate, was shot to death.
The car, a light coach, is being
held in a county garage for au.
thOrities, and Deputy Sheriff
Earle Blackwell has started for
Washington in an effort to trace
the ownership of the car through
the license, tags.
Face Murder Charge
Meanwhile, the two suspects IN
the case will be charged with muir
der sometime today, Sheriff w.
Curtis Hopkins declared.
The period in which they may
be held for investigation expires
today, and Sheriff Hopkins de-
clared that he has sufficient evi"
dence to warrant the filing of the
charges. They are. held at Upper
Marlboro (Md9 jail.
The two men held are Vincent
SeIbicky and Edward C. Schaef-
fer, both members Of the famed
Marine Band.
The body of ThOrne was found
In q crude grave in the rear Of
Continued on Page 2, Col. n
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
1881 Crime Record
For The Capital

Crimes committed in the
District of Columbia between
January 1, 1881, and March
81, 1881:
Murders, 20.
Aggravated assault, 70.
Robbery with weapons, 19O.
House breaking, 553.
Automobiles stolen, SO.
Note: Another hOldup Oc-
Cured two minutes after this
compilation was turned in by
a Washington Times reporter.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
MURDER TOLL
SINCE JAN.l
NOW 20
553 BurgIarieS Committed In
Washington This Year, Data
on Wave of Crime Disclose

With its list of crimes and
violence growing daily, Washing.
ton is in the midst of an appal-
ing crime wave, and it appeared
today that a shake-up in the
Metropolitan Police Department
will be ordered in an effort to
curb the situation.
AS first step, all leaves Of
absence have been Cancelled and
every policeman in the District
has been ordered to active duty
The Washington times., 1931-04-06

Waldo I. Hobbs, who lives at
3446 Connecticut Ave-, NV, is
manager of the dining room at
the Broadmoor Apartments.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-08-22
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Subscriptions to The Herald are PAY. ABLE IN ADVANCE. This is the com. mon practice of newspapers through out the world. The rates charged are the lowest asked for newspaper anywhere In the North and are not yond the means of anyone. The profit at present prices is too small to per. nit us to carry the burden of delin- quent subscriptions. For this reason we ask that you keep your subscript. ion PAID UP, or we will be compelled to discontinue delivery of the paper when your paid subscription expires.
 The Hyder Weekly Herald
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-08-22

In view of the fact that Fair banks has become the stopping place of all the world flyers, the chamber of commerce re- gently went on record in flaw or of extending and inn proving the field.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-08-22

Charles A. Miller and his partner are working on an open cut in the Big Delta country, and are shoveling in what is said to be good ground and are three feet from bed rock. Pans run from 30 cents down.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-08-22

Unless the natives of the lower Yukon lsy in large supply of dog salmon this fall, they are liable to go hungry next winter, according to Charles Gerhart, oldtimer of the interior, who visited Anchorage this week.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-08-22

Robert and John Young, own CTS, clung to their small skiff unti a passing halibut boat picked them up.