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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
S142,&7.46 SPENT
FOR RELIEF OF POOR
Associated Charities Expen-
ditures S42,83O.61 Greater
Than Last Year.

The Associated Charities expended
$l42,867.46 for the relief Of poor fam
lilies curing the nine months ended
September 80, as compared with $780,
03685 during the same period Of the
previous year, according to a report
rendered at the meeting of the board Of
managers yesterday afternoon at the
Social Service Home. OF the total
amount so expended by visitors of the
Associated Charities. $l37,429 came
from the Community Chest.
Unemployment was attributed as
largely responsible for the increase of
over 40 per cent in relief expenditures
this year.
923 Families Under Care.
In September the Associated Chari-
ties had 923 families under its care as
against 723 families a year ago. In
addition to these. 2l6 other families re-
ceived various incidental services Re-
lief expenditures for the month were
S13.408 as compared with $7.9l6 year
ago. A larger proportion Of families
now seeking relief represent more urg-
ent emergency cases. with fewer re-
sources than ever before. the report in
dicated. Unemployment was reported
as affecting 26l families in September
and under-employment affecting $50
families.
John JOY Edison. chairman Of the
Summer Outings Committee, reported
a total of 1.l29 children and ls4 adults
as having been guests at both Camp
Good Will and Camp Pleasant. The
total number of outing days was 1919.
the usual period being IS days for each
member Owing to lack of accommo-
dations. 844 applicants had to ue re-
fused
Remember Oldest EmplOye.
The board Of managers requested its
president, Coleman Jennings. to convey
to Samuel Middleton, the oldest en-
ploye of the society's staff. best wishes
for speedy recovery from his present
illness. A 5000 legacy from the estate
of the late William A. n. Church was
announced Mrs. William Stuart Mel
son. recently elected a member Of the
board. resigned because of removal from
Washington.
Members of the board present besides
Mr.. Jennings were Dwight Clark. Mr.
Edison. Franklin H. Ellis, Charles c.
Glover. jr: Arthur HELEN. Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. C. C. Morgan, Mrs. Fred
erick McReynolds. Mrs. E. K. Morris,
Miss Helen Nicolay. DR.. Frederick w.
Perkins. Herbert A. Poole, Mrs. John L.
Proctor, Miss Florence Spofford. DR..
Arson Phelps Stokes, Mrs. Sidney F.
Taliaferro. George S. Wilson and the
secretary, Walter S. Ufford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
FOUR ARE Injured
AS CAR TURNS OVER
Miss Barbara Herbert Most
Seriously Hurt-Driver
Is Missing.

Although the automobile in which
they we're riding turned completely
over. landing back on its wheels, two
young couples escaped with only minor
injuries last night in an accident on
the Marlboro pike near the District
line.
Miss Barbara Herbert, %, of 3149
Mount Pleasant street, the most seri-
ously hurt, received a wrenched back
and other injuries when the machine. a
large sport touring car, skidded off the
rounding a curve.
Three Others Bruised.
Miss Helen Goodwin, %, 1345 A
street northeast; her escort, Roy DAN
iel, also %, Of East Capitol street, and
an unidentified North Carolinian, VINO
was driving. were bruised about the
head, arms and back.
Miss Herbert said the two couples
were returning from drive down into
Southern Maryland when the accident
occurred. She and Miss Goodwin and
Daniel were picked up on the road by a
passing motorist and taken home, where
Miss Herbert was treated by an Emer-
gency Hospital inferno.
What became of the driver Miss
Herbert did not know.
Abandoned Car Found.
THE last saw of him." she said "he
was getting ready to drive away. l was
so excited and nervous that I didn't
really know what was going on. The
accident happened so suddenly The
first thing knew the car was skidding,
then we seemed to be going over and
over-I thought it would never end"
A large blood-stained touring car,
answering the general description of the
machine which turned over was picked
up by police today near the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge. 1t had been
stripped Of its license plates and other
marks of identification.
The car was taken to No. precinct
and headquarters detectives set to work
at once to search for the owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
TRUCK CARAVAN ARRIVES HERE
FOR JUSTICE BUILDING WORK
Is Heavy Vehicles, 5 Cars and 40 Men,
Women and Children Make Up Party
Coming From Milwaukee.

has shipped two other power shovels
from the West. Meantime, one shovel
already is on the job and the work can
go forward. The general contractor for
the first part of the work is S. VI. Siesel
Co. of Pittsburgh, winner of the con-
tract for both excavating and construc-
ton of foundations at the sum Of
s949, 900.
Meantime the excavation job on the
adjacent Archives Building site is
nearly finished. The heavy cutting
was finished today and there remains
little to be done. This first contract
was for excavation only, and there will
be another let later for construction of
the foundations. Bids will be asked
soon for this work.
The Archives excavation contractor,
Jarboe & Houghton of Mechanicsville,
Md, finished far ahead of schedule
having moved more than 10000 yards
Of earth in about "a days. About
40 per cent of the excavated earth from
the Archives site was hauled to the
Washington Hoover Airport, which now
is rapidly being extended into what
formerly was swamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
PRIZES OFFERED
TO YOUNG CRITICS
Hans Kinder to Give Medals
for Best Discussions
of Orchestra.

Gold, silver and bronze medals have
been offered by Hans Kinder, conductor
of Washington's newly organized Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra, to pupils
OF the public private and parochial
schools Of the District for the three best
criticisms written during the season on
the concerts to be given for children and
young people.
: The rules for the contest are broad,
requiring only that the essays honestly
express the views and opinions Of the
writer's on what the orchestra's juve-
nile concerts mean to school children
what compositions they like best, what
changes in program they would suggest
and anything concerning the series
which, seems to call for critical dis
cussion
The essays NAV be submitted at any
time to Mr.. Kinder at the Office of the
orchestra in Droop's, 1900 G street. The
medals will be awarded at the close CT
the season.
The first of the children's concerts
will be given November II at Central
High School, There will be eight con-
certs in all for young people four of
which will be on Thursday afternoons
at O'Clock and four on Saturday
mornings at II o'clock.
Schedule Of Concerts.
The afternoon concerts will be given
on November II. December 10, January
IA and February ID, while the Saturday
morning concerts will be on December
10. February and 81, and March 5.
All will take place at Central High
School, with Mr.. Kinder conducting.
Mrs. Royal T. McKenna, chairman Of
the Women's Committee on Schools,
has arranged through DR.. E. N. c.
Barnes, head Of the music department
of the public schools, to have music
teachers throughout the public school
system give music appreciation course
to precede each concert
The Women's Committee of the or
chestra also has worked through the
Boy and Girl Scouts to stir up interest
in the approaching series of concerts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

A caravan Of IS trucks, 5 automo-
biles, about 40 men and some women
and children pulled into Washington
yesterday afternoon from Milwaukee to
start work today on the $12 900 900 De-
partment Of Justice Building between
Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues,
Ninth and Tenth streets.
It was one Of the most unusual caval-
cades ever to file into the Capital, bring
ing with it not only q complete set Of
equipment for the fleet Of trucks, but
the wives and children Of some Of the
men.
A power shovel, which has Just fin
ished its job on the adjacent excava-
ton for the Archives Building on the
site Of old Center Market, moved onto
the Justice site today and was ready to
begin cutting" this afternoon into the
brick, concrete and earth, where, from
now on, the sound of construction will
not cease until the new building is COM
plete.
The expedition from Milwaukee was
headed by Edward Radtkc, Subcon-
tractor, who will do the excavating. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
HEALTH TALK GIVEN
Hecht Employees Hear Third o
Series on Disease Prevention.

A message of health preservation and
disease prevention was delivered to en-
ployes of The Hecht Co. Department
Store this morning by DR.. Joseph A.
Murphy Of the District Health Depart
ment.
The eighth floor dining hall and rest
hall was crowded with employees at s:45
o'clock for the lecture, which was the
third in the series of health talks be-
ing given under the auspices Of the
Washington tuberculosis Association.
William A. Loman, personal director
of the store, introduced the speaker.
DR.. Viola Russell Anderson, executive
of the tuberculosis Association, also
was present Following the lecture
free copies Of health literature were
distributed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
JAILS MAN FOUND IN CAR
Detective Suspects Attempt to Take
Radio or Auto Parts.

A colored man who picked q detec-
tive's car In which to spend the night"
today was Jailed awaiting investigation
of the incident. Police said a saw
found in the car led them to believe
he intended to remove the radio or
some other accessory.
Detective Howard e. Ogle said he
discovered the man in his car on re-
turning to it after stopping at a deli
catessen In the 1900 block Of Sixteenth
street, en- route to his home last night
The man identified himself as Harry
Edward Goss, 10, of 1913 Kingman
place. and said he believed the owner
of the car had parked it for the night,
and that he planned to sleep in 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
CAFETERIA PLANS MADE
Commerce Building Lunch Room
Will Feed 1000 Employees Daily.

Preparations are nearly complete for
installing new equipment in the cafe
terra in the new Department Of Com
merce Building at Fourteenth street
and Constitution avenue and arrange
ments have been made for feeding
1000 persons there.
F. w. Hoover, general manager Of the
Welfare and Recreational Association OF
Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc,
today made this announcement, adding
that this is believed to be the largest
number to be served as single group
in washington at one time. It will
cost the association about $4,000 to
equip the structure and the organiza--
ticn has been making purchases OF
sundry equipment for the past several
weeks. .-.-----.--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

Hospital. who would either come under
the Board of Public Welfare or the
Budget of the Community Chest, should
not be limited to extreme emergencies
and that when cases are admitted an
arrangement should be possible whereby
the hospital would be reimbursed for
all special treatments necessary to carry
out this policy Extraordinarily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
NAMED BALL CHAIRMAN
Lieut.. Comdr. Knowlton Heads
Group Planning Navy Day Event.

Lieut.. Comdr. Don S. Knowlton was
named today chairman of the General
Supervisory Committee planning the
Navy day ball to be sponsored by the
Sixth Marine Brigade, in the willard
Hotel, october 81. Maj. Earl C. Lane.
Maj. Harvey L. Miller and Maj Vincent
Stack will serve on the committee with
him, 1t was announced by Lieut.. Col. j.
j. Staley, commanding the brigade.
Each of the members of this commit
tee will serve as chairmen of four
groups handling, respectively, decora-
lions, reception, publicity and finances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
FUGITIVES RETURNED
Two Captured at Baltimore Are
Taken Back to Lorton.

Two escaped prisoners, captured in
Baltimore last night, were returned to-
day to the District Reformatory in Lor-
ton, Va.
The men, Edward Marsh and John
Irwin, both serving five-year terms for
HOUSEKEEPING, were apprehended by
Sergt. Allen Crone and Patrolman
Michael Hopkins of the Baltimore police
force. A .45-caliber pistol was found
in the room where they were located,
but Marsh and Irwin offered no re-
sistance.
Marsh and Irwin were the last of
five men who escaped week ago by
saving the bars Of q window to be re-
captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
WILL DISCUSS PROBLEMS
Y. W. C. A. Will Hold Retreat at

The economic, social and religious
problems of present-day life will be the
subjects for discussion at the 1881 re-
treat of the Young Womens Christian
Association to be held at Tree Tops
the home of Mrs Luke I. Wilson, Satur-
Gay afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. William A. Slade, former Y.
W. C. 4. secretary. will preside. The
speakers are to include Miss Elizabeth
Eastman. Mrs. Wilson Compton. Mrs.
Fred De Witt Shelton, Miss Bertha
Pabst, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs. Albert H.
Putney and Mrs. George winchester
Stone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
WOMEN TO HEAR MANN
Zoo Director to Address Press Club
on Recent Expedition.

The Womens National Press Club
will hear DR.. William M. Mann, di-
rector of the Washington Zoo. tell OF
his recent expedition to British Guiana,
Tuesday afternoon, at luncheon at !
O'Clock, in the Willard Hotel, according
to announcement made today.
Mrs. Mann also will attend. The ex-
petition to South America resulted IN
the addition of a number of valuable
animals to the collection here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
Mass Struggle, Not Individual
Terrorism, Warns Rote Fahne

attacked the funeral procession of a
Communist, firing and killing the
Communist Kientopf. The police re-
port alleges that five police were in
jured by stones.
Todays "Rote Fahne' publishes
a statement of the Central Commit
tee of the Communist Party sternly
condemning individual terrorism. The
statement declares that the chief
task of the Party is the development
of the revolutionary struggle and
winning of the majority of workers
for the overthrow of capitalism. 1t
condemns the right wing danger and
declare that cleft" wing danger
exists Understanding the necessity
of mass work and causing terrorist
tendencies, application Of individual
terror against fascists. carrying out
senseless individual actions and arm
ed attacks and adventurism with
explosives.
The statement declares that such
tendencies have nothing in common
with Communism and violates the
fundamentals of Marx and Engels'
tactics and strategy of the working
class movement and violates the pro-
gram of the Communist Interna-
tiona1 which condemns expressly in
dividual terror as detracting the pro-
letariat from methods Of mass
struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
APAN ADMITS THAT U.s. BACKS ITS WAR IN MANCHURIA
Liars and War Makers

THE day after the Soviet Union delivered
acters for machinery purchased paying exactly as con-
specified there White House inspired dispatch from
Washington all the the effect that Russia was in
financial difficulties and advising American manufacturers to sell MOTH
ing Soviet except for cash"
Coming capitalist has upwards of
government which admits that
collect anything of the billions owing to it from any other
the capitalist governments and directed against the ONLY govern
anSov LIE OF HOOVER
a insult to the most ordinary intelligence.
hat Coupled with the "advice" manu-
EXCEPT FOR CASH to the Soviet Union Hoo
declaration FINANCIAL BLOCKADE AND BOYCOTT
another step TOWARDS WAR ON
THE SOVIET UNIoNl
This lie
from the wonderful growth of socialism
background of crisis
not want to admit the fact that on Oct
Hoover indirectly recognizes that the American masses look to the Soviet
hope the revolutionary out of
misery and capitalist crisis.
workers will not forget that Japan long
actually China there been reports seeng
British that the other mperahsms might" the
boycott weapon against Japan states that
intention of taking
sanctions against Japanbu it proceeds actively to build CREDIT
UNION
Neither the workers forget gang
weer SECRET DIPLOMACY
and spread the LIE THAT SOVIET FORCES ARE INTER-
vENING MANcHURIA!
While America gycine Japan
pads American munitions supplies almost daily leave
ports for the trusted lacke mitarists China subject
American ADVISERS that gather about Nanng ana
all this gets the American capitalist except by acct
while this poison its most sensational stories
Soviet forces aiding General NAH"
declaration CREDIT
SLOCKADE While American factories stand idle that might work
industrial
that this Hoover warpocy against the
Soviet is helping sarye them in unemployment,
Soviet finances:
u
only 81 per cent of its budget on defense while the s2sSo budget OF the
u. S. WARFARE EXPENSES.
The Soviet huge for social to take of
capitalist nothing
has the income all the national industry and does not have
capitalist while
aimed the tong addition
slave and die huge burden of luxury rich!
tax the rich aid the they
definitely planning the Union
that
onstratons all cities November 21st!
National
Makers
.r-nakers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
Hoover Denies Unemployment In
surance But Spends Billions for War!
Nv JOHN WILLIAMSON

THE National which unemployment
from will be decisive the
that the working whole important
participated
National really mobilize
March, attention must be
struggles against ecions immediate relief
unemployment city
We must also show the that the
which unemployment relief
die OF starvation million
Navy Army Corps
preparation against
tell truth, ambition to
Soviet Russia"
struggle
they
arations defend the Soviet Union.
Forward 70 Washington!
preparation Hunger
struggle Unemployed
warfu to unemployed!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
7humb> Nail Picture Of the Chilean Revolt;

who anarcho- fool named
full of illusions and ignored the warning OF the
they through With it
the protest raised by the
discharged from service and
jobles and penniless
inexperienced lost
deciding All this time the government and the capitalists
time passed without the rebels tax
class aned morale and regroued their
pan mobized against the rebel
fleet
and fifty workers defended the
heroica the attacking
before unden all the rebel SIDE 200 marines and
rebellion
Contrary the and file of the fleet
officers with SKILL surprising
their frightened officers locked the cabins More they shot down four
government airplanes which stopped further attacks
Generalization caused by lack of
leadership the government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
ALL OUT NOV. q
IN UNION SQUARE
ANTI-WAR MEET
Bring Workers From
Your Neighborhoods
and Shops

NEW YORK.-War Is coming with
giant steps. 1t may be upon us be-
fore We know it. November 7th was
a mighty demonstration in defense
of the Soviet Union. On November
81, Union Square must be resounded
with the voices of 100000 workers Of
New York, pledging their solidarity
and unity with the workers and
peasants of the Soviet Union, the
Chinese workers and peasants and
the workers everywhere, against the
murderous bosses and their govern
ments, who are throwing us into war.
Union Square on Saturday, Noyem-
Der 2lst, at noon must be the answer
to the bosses of this country, to Wall
Street and its government, that their
declaration of war against the Soviet
Union will be answered by a decIara-
ton of war by the American work
ing class against the bosses and their
government. This demonstration
must be mobilization of the work
ers from the shops. the unions, the
rank and file Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and socialist party,
the workers frsternal organizations
men and women, white and Negro.
young and adult--in answer to the
bosses provocations. Pass resolutions
in your shops, unions, organizations
against the coming war and for de-
Tense OF the Soviet Union.
Make November 2lst the working
class declaration of sharper fight
against the Hoover boss program Of
starvation, wage cuts, terror, lynch
ing and war, and for defense Of the
Soviet Union
All out to Union Square, Saturday.
November 81, at noon!
Communist Party, N. Y. Dist,
Young Communist League, N. Y. Dist.
Trade Union Unity League of Great
er N. ", Friends Of the Soviet Union,
Unemployed Councils OF Greater n.
Y, Anti-Imperialist League. Wseksss
Ex-Servicemen's League
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
Red Candidate
Gets Six Votes Less
Than Winning Poll

DETROIT, Mich. - During the
recent recall election I'm the viii
lage of MeIvindale for village pres
ident, Comrade jolly James, who
has been exceptionally active
among unemployed workers Of this
village, despite the SANDER con-
Quoted against him by village
boss class politicians, almost sue
ceeded In being elected.
The lackey Of the bosses who
succeeded In being elected OBJ
tanned 166 votes, only s votes more
than Comrade James. Another vii
Iage politician only received "a
votes.
This Is the first time Comrade
James has ever run for office, also
there is no doubt that a number
Of votes were stolen, but In the
coming spring he hopes to have
even better cooperation of the
workers of Melvindale and succeed
IN being elected TO this office.
Just before the elections the
local authorities took out an in
junction against Comrade James
IS being responsible for kicking In
The door of the village hall.
Preparations are now being
made in Melvindale to organize a
ranch of the Unemployed Coun-
ills and force immediate relief
rom the politicians who run the
illage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14

was given brutal third degree, the
police wanting him to sign confess
sion that he fired the shot that in
jured policeman.
: Sentiment among the workers in
Tampa against the. brutal assault of
the police and Legionnaires and then
their attempt to frame up twenty
four workers who defended them
selves is at high pitch. Talk Of a
ereral strike to force the release of
the twenty-four arrested workers is
now spreading rapidly through all
establishments, especially the cigar
factories.
The international Labor Defense
had already engaged two local attor-
',ies TO defend the twenty-four work
ets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
Workers! TakeUbthe
Fight Against War in
Mass Protests N0v. II
3OONeavbort Torpedo Workers
Cheer the Fight Against War

NEWPORT, R. l., Nov. 13.-The
fight against the war preparations Of
the imperialists was enthusiastically
taken up here by 300 torpedo boat
and other workers, all Americans,
who attended a meeting last night at
which Marcel Scherer, National
Secretary of the Friends of Soviet
Russia, gave a talk on the Five Year
Plan, illustrating it with pictures
showing the tremendous achieve
ments of socialist construction in the
Soviet Union.
When Frank Morrison, secretary of
the A. F. of L., learned that Scherer
had been invited to give his illus
trated talk before the Newport Cen
trail Labor Council, Morrison rushed
two kilograms demanding that the
invitation be cancelled. The dele
gates voted to stand by the invita-
ton, and the meeting was held.
When the picture Of Conrade
Stain was shown, the 300 workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-14
Crown Sentences Communists
in Terror Drive on Masses
Telegram to the Daily Worker,

IA verdict of guilty three counts
unlawful association and sedous
the trial Of the nine Communists
will prosecutor
possible and brought in motion Tor
conscation of all Communist Party property.
3s Of its terror campaign against
militant Canada handed out TO the work
going the The defend
Boycuk Popovc Hill and Carr were SEN
imprisonment first and
concmren Cacic sentenced
years the third his
tence also to concurrently.
Deportation in all possible All property the
Unity ordered
Immediately served Tim Buck OF
defendants made speech in court protesting the sentences and
this attempt capitalist justice to stop the growing
struggles of the workers against capitalism.
International Labor Defense here issued state
branding Canadian revolutionary
and declaring campaign would be started
to mi immediate release of these workers