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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
PROTEST TORTURE
OF POLITICALS IN
FASCIST POLAND
Detroit Workers Dem
onstrate Before the
Polish Consulate

DETROIT, Sept. 13.-One thous-
and white and Negro workers DEM
onstrated in front of the Polish
Consulate on Friday in vehement
protest against the fiendish torturing
of political prisoners in fascist
Poland.
Hundreds of detectives and police
men on foot, on horses and motor
cycles and in machines surrounded
the Consulate to protect the rep
resentatives of the Fascist murderers
against the protest of American
workers demonstrated in solidarity
with the tortured Polish working
class.
A committee sent into the Con-
sulate to protest against the bestial
torturing of political prisoners in the
prisons of fascist Poland was thrown
out bodily by the police at the de-
mand of the Polish Consul who said
''These are American citizens, Kick
them out"
The workers marched with BAN
ners denouncing the white terror in
Poland, shouting slogans against the
fascist murderers. After demon
strating in front of the Polish Con-
sulate for half an hour, the crowd
marched to Perrien Park where a
meeting was held, with several
speakers exposing the crimes Of the
fascist regime of Poland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
: zMAND SCHOOL
CHILDREN GET
FREE noNUUD
Many Demonstrations
Will Rally Workers
For Mass Protest

Demonstrating before the Board Of
Education on Friday, Sept. 18th, the
workers of New York, together with
the working class children, will de-
mand free food and clothing for the
children of the unemployed, to be
distributed in the public schools
when they open on Sept. 22nd.
A delegation of parents and chill
dren, elected by mass meetings all
over the city, will present the de-
mand to the Board of Education.
They will expose the terrible condi-
lions among the workers children,
and the fact that due to undernour-
ishment, the workers children in
particular were affected by the cpl
demic Of infantile paralysis.
Among the mass meetings to take
place this week will be those in
Brownsville, on Sept 18th, at 313
Hinsdale ST.; in the Bronx, on Sept.
10th, at Ambassador Hall, in Red
Hook, Sept. 18th, with three open air
mass meetings, and in downtown
Manhattan at 1874 East It'll St., on
Thursday, Sept. IT, at y. m.
In addition to the indoor meetings,
demonstrations will also take place
on Sept. 18th, simultaneous with the
one at the Board of Education, at the
Brooklyn and Bronx Boro Halls,
where the workers will demand that
the Boro officials do something about
supplying the children of the unem-
ployed with free food.
All workers are urged to attend
these indoor meetings and demon
strations. Now that our children are
going back to school, many of them
haven't enough food nor clothes for
the cold winter months. Join the
fight for free food and clothing for
the children of the unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
RAILROADS PREPARE TO
CUT WAGES OF 100000
RAILROAD WORKERS
Railway Age" Admits Cut Of Rail Wages to Start the
Landslide Of Slashes Against All Workers
Statstcian Admits Wage Cuts Increase Month By Month

That 100000 railway workers in the
United States will have their wages slashed
was openly admitted Saturday by the railroad
bosses. This admission was containedin "Rail-
way Age" the official organ of the railroads.
Railway Age admitted further that the demands of the
railroads for increase in rates during the past several months
had been made primarily for the purpose of putting
wagecut which they had planned The railroads intended
the refusal for by the Interstate Commerce
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
TO HIT POLICE
MURDER OF HASSE
Foster and Mrs. Hasse
to Speak at Meet

NEW YORK. - Calling upon the
hacknen to protest the brutal muir
der OF Herbert Hasse by the police
the Transportation Workers Indus
trial League, 5 East 10Th ST., has
called for a mass meeting. Monday,
September IA, at the New Harlem
Casino, 116th st. and Lenox Avenue,
at pm.
VIM. z. Foster, Jacques Buiten-
kant and Mrs Hasse, widow of the
murdered worker, will be among the
speakers at the meeting.
In leaflet issued to the taxicab
drivers the Transportation League
calls on the workers to organize
Garage Committees to fight against
the bad conditions and wages the
men are forced to work under.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14

grown to 500 children who need milk
the schools will also serve milk to
each one of them.
This comes as a result of a threat
ened school strike and a demon
stration before the board of educa-
ton office Saturday, when the COM
mittee presented demands for free
lunches, shoes and clothing for school
children who need them, and the
abolition of the 81 fee for vaccina-
ton before child can be admitted
to school.
The board told the committee that
it would take care of vaccinating the
children but refused to do anything
else. The committee replied that the
next step would. be a school strike
and rejoined the demonstrators out
side the building. The demonstrators
carried placards telling the demands.
Soon after the strike was threat
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
FASCISTS TRY
COUP DETAT
IN AUSTRIA
Socialists" Help To
Cut Social Aid

Armed detachments Of the Helm
wehr, the Austrian fascist organiza-
ton, occupied four towns in the
southern province of Syria, accord
ing to a United Press dispatch in
the New York Sunday Enquirer. The
administration buildings of Juden-
burg, Murchfield, Bruck -an-der- Muir
and Knittlesfeld, the four towns
we're taken.
The dispatch gives the reason for
this sudden coup d etat, the Helm
wehr opposition to the compromise
economy program Of the government.
Working with the powerful So
cialist party. the Austrian bour-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
Negro Child Tortured
By Bosses Death
Threat

out of the death sentences against
them.
The ninth boy, 14-year-old Roy
Wright, in whise case there was a
mistrial, is held in Birmingham
Prison to face the same framed-up
charge second time. In letter to
the I. L. D. D. Roy gives an authentic
picture of how child feels, facing
gang of murderers, whose class mo-
tives are hidden from his under
standing. Roy writes:
Birmingham,
1851,
Ala. County Jail.
Dear Mr.. George Maurer:
Just chuck in my same old cell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14

geoisie had recently decided to re-
duce state expenditures by $60,000,-
900 to meet the threatened govern
ment deficit of s23,oOO,OOO The
biggest item to be cut is social in
surance, mostly payments for the
unemployed. The growing resent
ment of the masses against this &C
ton, similar to that of the Mac
Donald national government in Great
Britain, has forced the SOCIALIST
party organs, while acting secretly
to put over the social cuts, to ITO
serve judgment on the method ct
balancing the budget The Helms
wehr, the fascist organization. has
tried to use the rising mass resenS-
ment to attempt to turn it into fass
cist channels.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
9 MINERS ON TRIAL TODAY
ON 3 COUNTS OF MURDER;
4 OF THEM Are NEGROES
Terror Spreading All Through Kentucky Coal Fields;
Families Of jailed Miners Face Starvation j
JESSE WAKEFIELD RELEASED; NEW I.
L. d. ORGANIZER GO TO HARLAN
international Labor Defense Organizing Protest DenOn
straticns ThruOut Country

CORBIN, KY. Sept. 13-Two hundred ad-
dtional warrants for criminal syndicaIism will
probably be issued against striking Harlan
county miners as the result of the betrayal of
the miners by J. l. Lane, l. w. w. organizer
for Harlan County To his release charge of
criminal syndicaism Lane has made tratorous deal with
Sheriff Blair and turned him the membership list
his organization in Harlan County.
Lane being held without bail even cash bend having
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14

Deen refused. Ills nome was raIded
three times without finding any evil
dence they could use against him.
On Thursday Lane was taken from
the Jail to the sheriff's office. There
he asked if they were going to re-
lease him and was told that if he
turned over the I. W. w. records they
would stop prosecuting him That
night deputies raided Lanes house
for the fourth time, this time going
directly to the right spot, tearing up
the floor and digging up the buried
records. The next day Lane was re-
leased without bond.
This base betrayal of the striking
miners is directed especially against
the National Miners Union since the
membership list found by the depu-
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14

will protect the conditions of the
workers and their jobs Every laun-
dry worker, whether working as driv-
er or inside laundy, must be pre-
sent at this meeting to help build
the union and protect his job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14
Force Relief for Children;
Miners and Vices Starving
School Strike Threat Wins Cross Greek Town
ship Relief Hunger In Other Areas
Workers Must Show Solidarity With Miners
On Mine Strike Front

AVELLA, Pa, Sept 13-Beginning today every child in
all five schools of Cross Greek Township will be served with
graham crackers and peaches AS the committee of
the Women Auxiliary of the National Miners Union and the
Miners Chldrens Club complete their list which has already
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-14

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

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The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Modern Morals
In Met Picture

Kay Johnson and Bert Lytell
are now playing at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan Theater in "The
Single SIM" a story of modern
morals written by A. P. Younger.
The cast also includes Paul
Hurst, Holmes Herbert, Geneva
Mitchell. Robert Emmett O'Con-
nor, Matthew Betz and Charles
McNaughton.
Kay johnson plays the role of
a girl who is sent to Jail for boot
Logging and comes out with a de-
termination to go straight. Bert
Lytell portrayS a man who has
sunk to the depths, who is always
promising to give up drink and go
to work but who doesn't find the
courage to do it until the girl sets
an example for him to follow.
A few years later, with their
paSts securely behind them, as
they think, comes one foul, evil
minded creature to torment the
girl with blackmail and threats
that will destroy the faith and
happiness of the one she loves
dearest.
The Single Sin" is said to be
a powerful drama with Paul Hurst
providing the necessary comedy
touch.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
CHATTERT0N'S
PROBLEM IS
LOVE

Ruth Chatterton's latest star,
ring vehicle for Paramount, "Un-
faithful" is the current screen
offering at Loew's Columbia
Theater.
"UnfaithfuT' is the story of
a woman who finds her life hope
leSsly entangled with the lives of
her brother and his family whose
wife is engaged in an affair with
another man. Miss Chatterton, as
the sister, attempts to put an
end to the Wife's intrigue and in
so doing finds herself also COM
promised to the extent that she
must shoulder the blame for the
others miSdeedS.
Like all good pictures the end
is inevitable and the wrongs COM
mitted earlier in the opus are
righted.
Paul Lukas plays the leading
male role with Paul Cavanaugh,
Emily Fitzroy, Juliette Compton
and Donald Cook in the more i'm
portant supporting roles.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Bobby Rollins Sings
With Fox Orchestra

So insistent has been the de-
mand for return Of Bobby Rollins,
youthful tenor who sang at the
Fox Theater for several weeks,
that he is back again.
This week he is featured once
more with Brusiloff's Music Mas
terS. He will remain during the
engagement of "a Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court" "
Will Rogers latest starring pic
ture, and may possibly remain
longer,
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
*SKIPPY" IDEA BORN
18 YEARS AGO

Although "Skippy," Percy Cros-
by's cartoon character who comes
to life with all his adult end kid
friends on the screen of the Palace
Theater this week, in the Para
mount picture of that title, like
Peter Pan, never grows up, his
cinema bow is in the nature OF an
eighteenth birthday party.
The rapidity with which the be-
loved boy rogue of CroSby'S Gre
alton has attained nationwide
favor during the past few years,
tends towards the illusion that
"Skippy" is one of those sudden
inspirations.
Began AS Youth
In reality, he was conceived in
the mind of Crosby when the car
toonist was youth of 19 trying
to crash his way into permanent
work as a newspaper artist. For
years editors passed up a chance
at "Skippy" until he finally won
editorial favor and became an
overnight public hero.
> Crosby, 81 years old, reviewed
the past career of his boy hero
as Paramount began the filmiza-
ton of "Skippy," with Jackie
Cooper as the lad; Robert Coogan,
5-year-old brother of Jackie Coo
gan, as the well-known Smoky,
and Mitzi Green and Jackie Scarf
in the juvenile cast.
Is Brooklyn Boy
Skippy was actually born when
Crosby was 6 years Of age. His
family moved from Brooklyn to
Long Island where he met the
boys who later formed the COM
posite youth who is Skippy.
After completing art school,
Crosby set out at 18 to work as
a cartoonist. His first job was
on the New York Call at $40 a
week lasted just one payday.
His second. on the Globe, ex-
tended three weeks. Crosby then
sold drawings wherever he could
and although his other works met
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

Edna May Oliver and N v y
League. Mrs. Ben Fuller, preSi-
dent of the league, and her huS-
band, Major General Fuller, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps,
were in the vice presidential box.
It happened in old Ell Dorania
not so long ago, and what hap
pened was that two cracked nuts,
in the guise of Bert Wheeler and
Robert WoolSey, were kings Of
the little monarchy simultaneous
ly. When one of the kings was
forced to abdicate, however, he
did not suffer the fate of former
King Alfonso of Spain, but pro-
claimed himself president of the
newly formed republic.
Edna May Oliver, as Aunt
Min, famous since her epochal
appearance in "Cimarron." is a
chronic complainant against the
attentions of Bert for the hand
of her niece, Dorothy, played by
Dorothy Lee. And what she
doesn't think and say of Doro-
thy's Suitor could easily be classed
as non-eSSential.
The team of w heeler, Woolsey,
Lee and Oliver provide good,
wholesome comedy, and they do
it with such perfection that there
is no need to say any more OF
their proficiency as cinematic
comedians.
John Philip Sousa, on the
screen leading the United States
Marine Band, plays 1.-The Stars
and Stripes Forever" and Pathe
news demonstrates the invasion
of spring into the baseball dia-
mond and the New York Zoo.
Thorn Terris, the vagabond
director, takes a trip through
southern Asia, and "Old Hokum
Bucket" an AeSop fable, COM
pletes the supplementary pro-
grant,. A. B.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Cantor ROsenbLatt
To Offer Recital

Elaborate plans are being made
here for reception to Cantor
Josef RoSenblatt when he comes
to sing an all-request program in
the Washington Auditorium, Sun
day night, April 26.
When Cantor RoSenblatt ap-
pears he will have with him three
outstanding stars of the music
world. They are: Jasche Zayde,
the pianist from the Argentine;
Josef Gingold, violinist from
BrestLitovsk. and Henry Rosen-
blatt, son of the cantor, who is
rapidly attaining a reputation of
being the finest young baritone
singer outside of grand opera.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
COMPOSER OF
SONGS NOW
AN ACTOR

Harry Akst, the composer Of a
score of songs including Am I
Blue?" and "Dinah," makes his
debut as an actor in one of the
principal roles of Jack Oakie's
latest starring picture, June
Moon," the adaptation from the
Ring Lardner-George S. Kauf-
man, Broadway SIN h-h I
comedy, which is playing all this
week at Warner Bros. Earle
Theater.
Akst was selected for the part,
which Harry Rosenthal made
famous on the stage last season,
because he is the precise type
required for the part. Preview
critics put his work on par
with that of the actor, who
established the role. AkSt has
been composing music for pic
lures in Hollywood for the past
two years.
He has been a professional
song writer for number Of
years. Among ms OCner COM
positions are, Dearest I Love
YOU" "A Smile Will Go A Long,
Long Way" and MY Bouquet
of Memories"
The remarkable part of Akst's
performance is, that he never
before played the part of an
actor, either on. stage or screen.
During his long theatrical career
his only stage. work was an ac-
CompaniSt for singing artists.
A number of years ago he was
pianist for Nora Bayes, and he
only recently returned to Holly
wood after appearing as an
assisting artist for AL Jolson, in
a vodvil act at the Capital
theater in New York.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
NEWS-GOSSIP
OF RADIO,
WORLD
By RROADCASTER

Homer Rodeheaver, for 20 years
song leader for the reviValiSt,
Billy Sunday, will inaugurate a
series of daily poem readings over
an NB.C. network Monday, April
20. Each day of the week Rode
HEAVIER will read human and
philosophical American poem S
from II to 12:15 p. m, except
on Thursday when he will be
heard Is minutes earlier.
Rodeheaver indicated he would
select poems of the Edgar Guest
type, poetry possessing an every
day and popular appeal.
The poems will be interspersed
with appropriate stories drawn
from Rodeheaver's own life or
from the lives of authors. Occa-
Sionally he will introduce songs.
The song leader previously led
the Rodeheaver Sings, an NB.C.
adaptation of the popular "com-
munity sings"
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Ex-Heavyweight

Spencer Barnes, former heavy
weight boxing champion of Eu-
rope, who plays the role of the
Iaundryman in the Hackett-Good-
rich comedy, up Pops the Devil" "
at the Shubert BelaSco Theater,
the week of April 27, under the
auspices of the Professional
Players, once fought 15-round
draw with Harry Wills. He was
recently trainer for Jack Sharkey.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Voices From England

When Sir Johnston-F Forbes
Robertson, most famous Shake
spearean actor of the last so
years, made his farewell lecture
tour of the United States in 1919,
he declared his voice would never
again be heard here. During Co.
lumbia'S international broadcast
tomorrow, however, he will be
heard once more, radio bridging
the ocean which he said he never
would cross again.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

Wee PreSi-
dent Curtis and
several Cabinet
ri e m berS at
tended la S t
nights showing
of the picture
in connection
with the bene-
fit for the
Soldiers, Sailors
a n d Marines
CLUB OF w dSn-
ington, which
is being Spon-
Sored by the
Women'S Army
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Ridges Is Birdman

Stanley Ridges, Of the National
Theater Players, Joined the ranks
of birdmen last week and flew
to his home in Great Neck. Long
Island. Previously, Clifford Brooke
had used the air lines going to
New York and back.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Rogers First Cigar

It's fact that Will Rogers
never smoked cigar in his life
until he had to in the making of
"Connecticut Yankee" now at
the Fox. The records don't relate
whether or not his christening
had the traditional effect.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
)OUETTE" ENGAGES PLAYERS--W WHAT'S DOING IN RADIO
DON'T MISS THESE

2. NJ.
5:0O-PeFcy l.. Crosby (Skippy)
In an air interview Of how
his cartoon character was
born, WMAL.
5:5s-KeepinE Up With The
Times. News flashes By
Paul KeOugh, WRC.
6:45-Edmunda O'Maury and Mo
kinley High Glee Clubs,
VOL.
7:30-Ted Lewis and his Musical
Clowns, WRC.
9:OO-Birthday anniversary Of
San Francisco fire, WMAL.
1O:O0-Hank simmons Show Boat.
"My jim" WMAL.
IL :45-LittIe Jack Little, WRC.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

with success he could not get
Skippy accepted.
War intervened and Crosby re-
turned after the conflict to con-
tinue his campaign with Skippy,
which resulted, three years ago,
in having Skippy appear for the
first time in Life. Since then
the cartoon youngster has been
public favorite.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
TWO-COMEDIAN
TEAMON R-K-O
SCREEN

Official and military aristocracy
stepped into plebeian boxes at
Keith's Theater last night and
joined the multitude in it's enjoy
ment of two wiSe-cracking come
dians in Cracked Nuts"
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

wJsv-Myer Goldman's Dance
Orchestra.
wBAL-Kenny Program.
800 P. M.
wRC-Weber and Fields.
wMAL-Pryors Concert Band.
wJSV-Time Signal.
WBAL-CirCus Program.
S:O3-WJSV-Front Line Of Politics,
s15-wRC-Freddy Behrsns orches-
wMAL-Ben Ally. tenor. 'and
Ann Leaf. organist.
wBAL-Michael Weiner. violin-
ist: and Leroy Evans, pianist
S17-WJSV-Gretta Ludwig, contralto.
8:3O-wRC-Harold Veo's Orchestra.
wMAL-Herbert Gordan Dance
Orchestra.
WJsV-sunday School Lessons.
WBAL-Vocal Trio.
800 P. M.
wRC-Walter Damrosch, SYM
phony orchestra.
WMAI-San Francisco Fire Me-
mortal Program.
WISV-Rock Creek Boys.
9:3O-WJSV-Old Virginia Hoe-Down.
WBAI~Studio Program.
1000 P. M.
wRC-B. A. Rolfe Dance Or.
wBAL-The MasqueraderG
10 1Oa3O-WJSV-To be announced.
WBALIClara, Lus and bm.'
10 0A5-WBAL~Memory Lane.
HOO P. M.
q. s. Weather Report.
wMAL-Lew NevinS Dance Or"
wJsv-Blue Moon syncopaterE
Dance Orchestra.
"RAI~Slum her Music
IL :O1-WRC-Troubadour of the Moon
String Trio.
IL 1:S0-wMAL-Guy Lombardo Dance
Orchestra.
wBAL-sister of the Skillet.
11:45-WRC-Little Jack Little CrconeF.
WBAL-The Little Things in
Life.
1900 MIDNIGHT
wRC-Rudy Vallee Dance Or
chestra.
wMAL-weather Report.
WJsv-Weather Report ana
12:O1-wMGL-Bert 1own Dance Or
chestra.
IL 2:3O-wMAL-Ann Leaf. organist.
ToMoRRoW's PROGRAM
800 A. M.
WBAL-Tone Pictures.
900 A. M.
| WRC-Children's Hour.
| WBAL-Same as WRC.
1000 A. M.
wRC-Jospe Wodwind Ensemble.
| WOL-"Trinity Unveiled" ~
| Judge Rutherford.
| WBAL-String Trio.
-WOL-sprinmtime:
| 10: O:30-WRC-Troika Bells.
| WOL-Muscal Program.
| WBAL-Frank Gittelson, violin-
ist. and George Bolek, pianist
HOO A. M.
| wRC-Organ recital
| WOL-First C on gre tional
| Church services
| WJSV-Morning service, Fourth
Presbyterian Church.
II l:3O-WRC-Erno Rapee symphony
| Concert Orchestra.
WBAL--Roxy Symphony concert.
| IL 1:45-WMAI-Watch tower service.
WBAL-Same as WRC.
1900 M.
WMALs-Jewish art program.
| WOL-Birthdays
12:45-WRC-Echoes of the Orient.
II 2:5O--WMAL-H. NJ. Canadian Grena-
dier Guard Band.