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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-27
LOOSE ANKLES' FUNNYt BILLED
 FOR TOMORROW
High School Students Could Not Ma ke Fun of
 Queens Tn Spain

The pays the thing Indeed, it is. And of all kinds of plays, a comedy is best. Laughs are too few in life. They are. essential to health and happiness, and their production is leading, highly paid industry Humor is excelled by nothing in popular favor.
 No reader of a newspaper but what thinks the subscription price insignificant if he can get daily smile from the comic strip; no pa tron of a motion picture but what finds compensation for the admis- sicn charge if there be just one amusing incident of the screan'J offering.
 Stage Is Best Medium
 But, of course, comedy iil it's most delightful character emanates from the stage. The play is the most desirable medium of humorous amusement. Recognizing this fact, comedy has been chosen for this years dramatic effort by se- niors of Juneau's high school
 Loose Ankles" is the title of the students production, which vii. be given at the Coliseum theater tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening.
 A few hundrea gears ago, cour- tier in Spain lost caste with the royal family because he said the Queens legs were long, He proba- ply would have lost his head if he had thought out loud that her ankles were loose.
 No doubt about it at all, loose ankles are funny. Tomorrow will be time and the Coliseum : the place to see some of them and hear about many others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-27
GEORGE WALMSLEY
 IS HOST AT PARTY

At the home of MT. and Mrs G. H. Walmsley, today, their son, George, was host at a party in honor of his sixth birthday anni- versary. The affair was also in the nature of farewell to Hor- ace O. Adams, Jr., who will soon leave Juneau to live in Seattle. Nearly all the boys at the party were born in Alaska. Those pres ent were George Walmsley, Hor- ace O. Adams, Jr., John Gucker, William Geddes. Leroy Vestal, Jr., Keith Petrich, Harry Sperling, Jr., Harley Turner, Jr., Karl Theile, Jr.. Robert C'henard, Sunny Mat thews, Minard Mills, Jr. and Peter Warner. ~
 Games were played and ice cream and cake were served.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-27

The old Dix again-swinging straight from the shoulder and topping his gre a t e s t dramatic S m h e s with a crashing red blooded action show!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-27
LOOSE ANKLES

Coliseum aturday-Matinee 2:30 Evening 8:15. Tickets now on sale at all drug stores. adv,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-27

Trinity Cathedral Choir Recital, Sunday, March 29, 3:30 pm. adv,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12

Mother is very fond of him." Fenderton said
she is offering $25 reward for him."
"Wellr I'd rather have Is cents than that big
ugly brute May said. IT should think the
house would be full of fieas"
Its not what you'd call full Of them"
Fenderton said well, I've got to leave you.
/ suppose you're wondering what had George
stop here for aren't you?"
Il was sort Of wondering" May said with a
sketchy little laugh, looking up at the building
and then at Fendertons face. Are you going
to tell me, Fenderton do you want me to ask
you?"
They were out Of the car now and Fenderton
swung his cane gracefully
Well" he said with dignity IT haven't time
to explain just now. I'll tell you later" And
he said to George: Wait here please. If Miss
Middleton desires to be taken home, come
back"
With that he opened and entered the small
door at the side of the butchers window. The
panel of this door was well decorated with
occupying most of the space, but among the
other smaller signs was one advising the public
that the Office of Robert Connerty private in
vestigator. was two flights up.
We'll for crying out loud!" May cried as
she read this. What DO you know now? bet
Fenderton thinks he's going to be detectivei
What do you know about that?"
Fenderton climbed the two flights of stairs,
Of which the first was dirty and the second
dirtier, and turned to face door that repeated
the glad tidings that Robert Connerty was a
private investigator After an instant of hesi-
tation Fenderton raped on the door with the
crook of his cane.
Yeah? Come in!" heavy voice called from
inside the room, and Fenderton opened the
door. Mr.. Connerty, the detective, sat in a
chair that was tilted back, his feet on his desk
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IT told lim what what all right" de-
ciared Fe'Aderton. Il said, Father, it's time
this nonsense stopped and now'S the time to
stop it. " am going to college, said, 4 am
not going to chase around in a car, banging up
tenders ahd-practically- junking the every
day or tTo. consider it waste OF time and
money, and you may well know now any
time that from now on I am going to
my living go without automobile alto
gcther."
II told you he'd make you get job If you
got kicked out of school again, Fenderton,"
May said. Didn't tell you so, Fenderton2"
PUT the car now stopped before grimy
three-story building. A butchers shop oc-
cupied the street floor, the window plastered
thick with notice Of remarkable bargains in
chops and steaks. The second floor windows
were equally well Observation-Disclosures Credit
Outftters Pay While You Wear-Cloaks and
Suits---Gownc" 1t did not seem reason
able 70 think that Mrs. Roper had sent Fender
ton with the limousine to visit any of these
places
~ have to run in here, babe" Fenderton
said, looking up at the building land my bust
ness may take little time Do you want to
wait here for me?"
II have some shopping to do for mother"
May said, remembering the butter, land I'll do
it while you're gone, Fenderton, and come back
here You've got funny lot of errands today
think"
"I don't know!" Fenderton said haughtily
IT stopped at the Intelligencer to rush in an
important advertisement. Bruno is gone"
Pleas and all, Fenderton?" May asked, re-
Inembering that the big dog spent most of his
time sitting with an anxious expression scratch
ing with vigor but without much apparent sue
cess. I should think you folks would be glad"
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and a newspaper in his hand When he saw
Fenderton he yawned and let his feet drop to
the floor "Cripes!"> he calculated. Me legs
asleep. Who you lookn for?"
\ Ar. CONNERTY'S headquarters did not sug-
gest fabulous prosperity. In addition to
the $2.49 vanished chair in which he sat, there
were three other chars-of the ST 40 implanted
varlety-and beside the desk tin waste
basket in which were cigar butts and burned
matches. Against the far wall was pine
table on which was nothing but dust
Mr.. Connerty, is it not? Mr.. Robert Con.
nerty?" asked Fenderton, taking off his hat
You said it. kid; you said it," Westcote,s
most famous detective replied What comes
next? Go right ahead-Im him
Yes, sir" said Fendertcn. My name is
Roper-Fenderton Roper-and 1 have no doubt
you will be surprised at the proposition am
going to make YOU Mr.. Connerty-"
Don't want no Insurance." said Mr. Con.
nerty hatly. Il got some. Nope!"
NO, sir; I'm not selling insurance Mr. Con.
nerty. I am making you proposition" Fender
ton said "and you may be surprised on account
OF my YOUTH because, after ALL you don't know
me-"
IF it's stocks bonds" said Mr. Connerty,
Il don't want no stocks bonds. No stocks
or bonds today, son. I got plenty"
L am not selling anything" Fenderton said.
I came up to see if there position open
III your organization, Mr.. COnnerty, because ]
have just about decided to become detective
as my life work think that bringing crimi-
nails to justice is o: the nobIest works a
man can do, and, with all these complicated
mystery cases coming up, what this country
seems to need just now is a man with what
you would call detective intuition and that is
why am going to make it my life work"
We'll, some do the poor nuts" said Mr. Con-
nerty. Let me get you right kid-you mean
you come up here looking for a job? From
me?"
Yes, sir" admitted Fenderton. In de-
tective work. Because, you see. Mr.. Connerty.
there ought to be chance for a new kind
OF detective gentleman detective-when
most Of the detectives at present are rough
neckS-'
Mr.. Connerty, who often had nothing to
DO Tor 10 hours day but yawn was finding
Fenderton amusing, which what few but
May Middleton did, even his parents finding
him more aggravating than amusing
We'll, I don't know" he said. Il amt
in position to pay you salary right now,
but-listen, kid! I'll tell you what I can
do: I can let you hang around here and I
can give you split on the rewards?"
"On the rewards?"
there is reward offered in one of these big
mystery cases that come up. So say to
you Roper, you get onto this job and go
and get your man. and you go and get him.
And We split the reward fifty-ffty; you get
half and get half"
We'll, that ought to be satisfactory to be.
Continued Fourteenth Page
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Among the signs
iras one advising the
public that
the Office Of Robert
Connerty, private
investigator, ,cas t,co
flights up. "WeH,
for crying out Ioud!"
May cried as she
read this. Il bet
Fenderfou thinks
he's going to be a
defe>tiue."
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S the big limousine with the uni.
formed chauffeur drew up in front
of the modest house in the unim-
portant side street in Westcote, May
v Middleton, whose hat was already
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
RED LISTS GAIN
IN GERMANPLANTS
OVER SOCIALISTS
Fascists NJ e e t With
A FiaskO

BERLIN.-The balance Of the
workers councils elections in 1881
shows great gains for the revolution
airy trade union opposition. The
VoSsisChe zeitung writes: THE bal
ance of this years workers council
elections is the complete fiasco Of
the fascist lists and the success of
the Communist opposition Other
bourgeois newspapers write in the
same strain.
Revolutionary trade union lists
were put forward in about $500 fac
tories, etc, this year or more than
twice as many as last year. In the
Ruhr district the percentage Of rev.
olutionary votes increased from 1872
to g per cent, whilst the reformist
percentage sank from 42.6 per cent
to SO per cent. In many important
chemical undertakings the revolu-
tionary opposition won the majority
for the first time. Great revolution
airy successes were also won in the
important war industry undertakings,
such as Krupps, Borsig, Hoesch,
Phoenix, Leuna, Anilin. In the en-
gineering industry the revolutionary
vote increased by so per cent.
Red gains we're particularly large
in the engineering industry in the
Ruhr district. In the textile indus
try in SaXony the red lists also won
considerable success. In transport
and in the municipal undertakings
the results were, with a number of
exceptions, unsatisfactory Amongst
the landworkers the successful adj
vance continues and the majority of
the landworkers are behind the rev.
olutionsry union, Favorable results
were also obtained in the food and
drink trades, the printing works and
amongst the commercial employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
Union /.
Leaders Put Over
Pay Cuts In Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary.-Thanks to
the treachery of their socialist lead
ers, the glass cutters in Budapest
have been compelled to admit de-
feat after heroic strike lasting two
months. They have been forced to
accept wsge-cut Of Is per cent and
agree to the introduction of short
time work.
The refornlist leaders have be-
trayed strike of the textile workers
in Bekescsaba by agreeing with the
employers to a general wage-cut of
10 per cent.
The refornlist leaders OF the build
ing workers and the leather workers
are doing their best to secure the
acceptance OF wage-cuts without a
fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
CONTINUED FROM PAGE osEp


through the streets lasted an hour.
At Central Park Square, 500 work
ers welcomed the rnarchers, and in
the evening mass meeting was held
at the Central Trades and Labor
Hall, In this hall the marchers
spent the night. The use Of the hall
was obtained through the locals of
the moulders and carpenters unions.
The marchers we're fed by collections
made in and through local organiza-
tons.
Class Line Up.
At both Wooster and Ashland the
bosses tools subjected the unem-
ployed delegates to every sort of dis
comfort and restriction. They held
them in virtual imprisonment at the
latter place without warrant or any
pretence of legal Formally.
The d. A. r. stepped in next, hop
ing to starve the marchers TO sur
render Hearing that the hunger
march was to get a good reception
at Gallon Thursday night they ad-
dressed a protest to the mayor, ask
ing that the iobless marchers be de-
MED food, lodging and permission
TO circulate handbills. According to
capitalist press reports, Mayor H. H,
Hartman, who had previously been
reported as preparing friendly re-
eepHop, va scared ~ the tase1st Of
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about low wages and stuff" One of
these women said, ct thought you've
been pounded full of this National
Guard group you belong to. Why
the bosses have their guardsmen Gall
workers children) trained to go and
fight their own parents, when they
go out on strike. These boys are just
fresh out Of school-but after they
have starved and hunted for work,
and fought in a capitalist war (like
the ex-servicemen) they'll talk diff
ferent. They'll realize that they too
must cry about low wages and strike"
These boys will learn too. Their
mothers may soon be striking so that
they can get a few pennies to feed
these same mouths.
I'm doing my part and we're get
ting to be a big bunch.
A Slave at the Deubner
Shopping Bag Co.
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what can a worker make? You work
al neck-breaking speed and then dis
cover at the end of the week that
you won't be able TO eat if you pay
your rent.
Turns Off Heat
The boss has another way Of max
ing profit at our expense and that
is by not giving us any heat. 1t
is always bitter cold Most of the
girls are dissatisfied and if they do
give us 20 per cent wage eut-darn
if we'll stand for it! In talking with
some Of the women who work with
me- happened to come in contact
With a few boys, sons of the women
and these boys started yelling about
the whole trouble now is, the work
srs are striking and crying about low
wages. If they would be satisfied,
things would go better. Sure we need
g. war. He says to get after these
Reds, who are raising the racket
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
MURDER BULGAR
COMMUNIST FOR
WAR LEAFLETS
1900 Executed by Nan
king Government
Gable BY Inprecorr)

BERLIN. May 1.-The Marking
government reports officially that
1900 Communists were executed. The
executed were prisoners captured
during fighting in Hupeh province.
The executions were justified on the
ground that the men we're danger
Gus to the government
A delayed report from Zagreb states
that Tlobodan Mitroyitch, Commu-
mist, was murdered. Mitroyitch was
arrested at the end of March during
a raid to discover the distributors
of anti-militarist leaflets issued to
recruits to the army in Bulgaria.
Mitrovitch was tortured in the Bel
grade prison for fifty hours at a
stretch, His nails were torn out, and
his scalp was frightfully treated. He
died without speaking a word.
In the mining town of Ahlen, Ruhr
District. Germany, 81 revolutionary
strike pickets were sentenced to 1l9
months Imprisonment in connection
with the disturbance during the jan
uary strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
SOCIALIST PRESS
AIDS BOSS ATTACK
ON GERMAN REDS
Want Drastic Action
Against Communists

BERLIN.-The bourgeois and So
cial democratic press has opened up
a new campaign against the Com
munist Party and the revolutionary
trade union opposition. The slogan
of the latest campaign is, "Commu-
mist economic espionage
The Communist Party and the rev.
dictionary trade union opposition are
said to have organized economic
espionage, particularly in the works
of the chemical concern 1. G. Farben
in Frankfort on Main. The result
of this espionage is then said to have
been handed over to the Berlin Sow
let Trade Mission.
The background of this latest CAM
paign is the sweeping success achieved
by the revolutionary trade union op-
position in the chemical works dur
ing the recent workers council cleo
tons. The police have arrested 10
workers who are active in the trade
union opposition. All that the police
can say about these workers is that
they maintained connections with the
central organization of the revolu-
tionary trade union opposition in
Berlin. This is, of course, true, and
not only of these 10 workers, but of
hundreds of thousands of others
throughout the country.
Several newspapers are already
calling for drastic action against the
revolutionary trade union opposition,
in view of the building workers
strike and the coming struggles in
the Ruhr district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
Arrested on Fake Charge, Faces
Toledo Club Improves;
Reading, Pa. Cuts 100
With Influx of "Jobs''

Reading, Pa, Red Builders on the
doWngrade. Frank DIS first step as
new representative is to "cut our
bundle from 800 to 200 because our
Daily Worker apparatus has stopped
functioning as we'll as it used to. A
few of the comrades got jobs, and
others got tired of selling the Daily"
No objections to comrades getting
jobs, but we're unconvinced that
there aren't five unemployed (and
moreD to every employed who could
be drawn into important activity of
circulating the Daily, at the same
time earning expenses. Reading, Pa,
comrades should make wide distrib-
ution of mimeographed leaflets ex-
planning role of Red Builders, invit-
ing them to next janboree to attract
class conscious elements for spread
ing the revolutionary press; should
hold regular meetings discussing the
Daily, awarding prizes Original Ryan
Walker cartoon strips to best SELL
erS, etc.
Toledo Builders on the Upgrade
Toledo Red Builders show bright
er picture. According TO report of
last meeting, mcfarland sold 142
week of Apr. Fl, 135 following week;
Fisher. 45O. 500 (why the drop,
cOmrade?); Harrington, 100; Wilson
to report next week for three pre-
ceding weeks. Ginsburg entitled
to Red Cartoon book. please send
information on how to recruit new
members" erquests Clark Harring-
ton. new secretary, "and other sug-
gestions to aid the Club"
Well, inserting explanatory leaflet
regarding the DIV. into back num-
bers for preliminary distribution be-
fore canvassing house-to- house for
weekly customers minute street
corner speeches on the R.B.N.C. and
appealing for members. Wall chart
showing individual sales figures, prize
awards, to stimulate revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
Khan Busy In Canada.

competition, etc.
II have three small boys who
want to learn how 10 sell our
paper" whites Peter M, Westbury,
L. l., enclosing SOC for 10 dailieS.
Want to put the Daily Worker OF
the newsstand where he has all kind
of capitalist papers with no truth
except the date"
M. w. of Braintree Hills, Mass. who
was approached by a well dressed
man" to contribute to the Watch
Tower, the International Bible Stud
ents Association" has this to say:
workers are arrested for distribut-
ing free literature on the Lords Day,
but these hypocrites can peddle relig-
ious hokum and get away with it"
WIT. in County Hospital of Fort
Smith, Ark. informs us that "the
Daily Worker is being read and en-
ioyed by many Of my inmates, after
which 1t is sent out to various friends
for the purpose of getting subscrip-
tons"
Steubenville, O., now gets 20 day
I'VE are going to try to sell if we
cam" writes j. P.
Post Office Troubles
Sometimes papers rot in the post
office because some comrade who
moved failed to give us new address.
But here's a case where THIS, Wash
ington, D. c. wires us as follows:
"Why have you stopped sending
Daily. My subscription does not ex-
pire until November. Please send back
issues starting with Saturday imme-
diately. Cannot do without Daily"
We hasten to explain that two
minutes before receiving wire,
Washington Post Office sent card
requesting us to stop delivering to
the same address. We suggest To
comrades not receiving bundles,
subs, To inquire at post office, de-
manding explanation of why the
paper Is held up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
CELEBRATE MAY |
, ON A MOTORSHIP

ABOARD THE MoTORSHIP
kR1pSHOLM (By Mail from Swed-
en-. IA very successful May Bay pro-
gram was held aboard the S. s. Grip
sholm by a group Of Finnish workers
Mn their way to Soviet Karelia. 1t
&hoved the true revolutionary spirit
yof the entire party.
There we're songs, speeches. musical
numbers, all fitting for the occasion.
Connrade Salnlinen, acting as the
chairman, gays an opening speech
on the history and traditions of May
|Day. otto Sikh was the principal
Finnish speaker. He also spoke on
the purpose Of celebrating May Day.
he also spoke on the reason for work
ers leaving for the Soviet Union.
Con1rade Toivo Holpaiinen spoke in
English on the subject. why we
workers are going to the Soviet
|Union." He gave reasons and drew
comparisons of the capitalistic sys-
em and the Soviet system.
The Young Pioneer group sang the
Red Flag" and International as clos
Ing numbers.
The audience numbered about 200.
rhere was large number Of Com
nunist sympathizers, but there we're
.lso some socialists and American
iegionnaires.
The Leglonnsires started to argue
nth speakers but pretty soon they
ound themselves to be the laughing
took of the whole ship. Every point
hey brought up TO defend the CAPT
alistic system was met with a quick
md proven statement from the Com
lunist viewpoint. The listeners were
lostly Swedish, they all showed gym
sthy toward thu Cormvnist view
nln
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-08
Ohio Hunger Marchers Smash
Jim Grow Edict in Middleton

ladies into declaring that the march
ers would get "cool reception and
that the City Hall and the armory
would be barred TO them.
Fear Propaganda
At the little. ridden college
town Of Wooster, the mayor had the
hunger marchers kept away from the
square and the business section.
Deputy sheriffs were out in force,
and the marchers had to sleep on the
floor in the grantstand of the Fair
Grounds.
At Ashland the bosses we're even
more hostile. Arrangements had
been made to house the hunger
marchers at the Y. M. G. A., but the
board Of trustees double-crossed the
weary jobless marchers at the last
moment. under pressure of the
American Legion, and refused to
house them. The mayor, sheriff and
police force met the marchers, re-
fused to allow a meeting in the
square and led them to the County
Fair Grounds, where they offered
them sinking cattle barn. The
marchers had to sleep as best they
could on the damp grass of the fair
grounds, or huddle around a fire to
keep worm. Meanwhile the sheriff,
deputy sheriffs and number of
American Legion men patrolled the
i. xSQpn6A pSsYsntpg the, paaEchsgs
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from leaving and preventing any
sympathetic Ashland workers from
visiting them.
This high-handed action was pro-
tested by the unemployed delegates
in a telegram to Governor White,
demanding that the authorities cease
interference with the march and
meetings.
However, the Ashland workers,
very indignant at the way the dele
gates of the thousands of Ohio I'M
employed were being treated, man
aged to collect food for the march
ers, and the next morning they
formed, militant and cheerful as
ever, to hike on to Mansfield.
Six delegates Joined the line of
march at Mansfield; some are from
the carpenters and moulders' locals.
Toledo Marchers Advance.
F1NpLAY, Ohio, May THE To-
ledo section Of the state hunger
march reached here yesterday. 1t is
expected to Join the Cleveland
youngstown marchers tomorrow at
Marion