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fered to take several hundred for something like $150. He did not take time to check the list care- fully and, when the books were de- livered to his store, he placed them in piles of 20 on the floor.
 Meanwhile a scout for a lower Fifth avenue concern, dealing in rare books, had come by. The ex- pert glanced at the first pile up the floor, and made & desperate effort to conceal his eagerness. For on the very top was a copy of the much sought "Tamerlane"!
 T notice a couple of fair bits of Americana in this pile" he said casually. Think could turn them over. I'll buy the whole pile"
 The books were bought for a price slightly above that paid by Schwartz for the entire library. The old book dealer thought he was in great good fortune. But before nightfall, "Tamerlane" had been delivered to g collector - and at a figure said to have been $25,000. Meanwhile an under ground top had come to my friend, who reached the experts office too late the book had been sold. My friend was upset and worried, for he knew this was an item for Owen Young's collection. Within a week, it was in Young's possession.
 And the price, l was told. was $50,000.
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NETWORK
wih Gilbert Swan

New York Those canny book sleuths who hunt down rare edi- tions for bibliophiles are Sherlocks whose adventures are rarely re- counted.
 They follow tireless trails over the earth, often covering their tracks to throw off rivals. Ex cept in the small world of collectors little is known of them. Their days are spent proving through filtered basements of old book stores, ferreting through private libraries and running down uncer- tain clues. There is, to be sure, an underground" system of obtain ing tips, even as in detectives office and there is an endless gos- siping that ofttimes leads to rich cache.
 Also accident often plays an i'm portant part in the discovery of valued volumes. A friend of mine who is particularly expert on early Americana, told me of recent search that jumped from America to France. While idling in front of little Paris book stall he stum- bled upon a first edition of Benja- min E'ranklin's Poor Richards Almanac" He bought it for a few francs. though it is forth a fortune to collectors.
 He had another tale that was quite the strangest I have ever encountered in bookdom. But be- fore retelling his story, let me ex- plain that owen D. Young. the financial wizard and industrialist Is also one of the best known bi- bliophiles; also that "Tamerlane, i ma certain edition that would hold little, attraction for the aver age eye, is a most valuable docu- ment.
 Well, so the story goes, there is little secondhand bookshop ir the upper Bowery district of New York operated by gent named Schwartz.
 One day, some months ago there came into his place one oi those old ladies. out of the laven- f der-and lace age, encountered no" and then in the Manhattan high ways. They wear ancient bonnets perched on their heads: their hail appears to conceal an old-fash' toned rat; their dresses are of tht sort to be found in Godey's Ladies Book. :. Seeming a bit nervous, the ole lady informed the bookdealer tha she was in need of funds; that sh' had large library in her Loni | Island house and would h' ! come and make a bid on it? Sh' 1 wasn't sure he would be interested but. then. there might b; something he would want | Schwartz wen. quickly glance over the number of books and of
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A movie fans Alice in Wonderland to be filmed with sound pbotogaph Some drawing will be required Jean Harlow, platinum blond become the gnng of Hollywood and IS now listed as a star of the magnitude Shirley Cray who appeared in Public Defender with Richard Dix the State this week Agnes Zersrand Waterbury girl and daughter of Nauga tuck minister like Niagara. Agnes Wby high grad green and white told you so. this Carl Laemmle of Universal Euoping for few weeks Pauline Moore her way Hollywood her hand movies Sbes professional grad of Darlington college he best cook in Harrisburg and beauty Now we'll see yhat happens East of Borneo months the making } said o b. good
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Believe it. By the time the government erecting the postoffice Grand the kid riding the bicycle the special delivery stamp will be sporting beard and sitting propped up in chair Lieutenant Murphy is having
 gala Ireland letters friends in the city be taken criterion. Mrs Joseph Mute postcards from Nurnberg Germany We visited this city last week, of the oldest cities Germany and still very interesting We both feeling fine and everywhere feel home With best regards Mrs M. J. Mutter and daughter Josephine Mrs. J. A. Benam. frequent contributor Day by Day. and all Tower Topics is Bayvwng Milford and the view IS just we'll worth paying about the bay.
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Uncle Rays
 Corner
A WHALE ADVENTURE

To capture whale is not al- ways simple matter. John Cook, first mate on ship which sailed near the coast of Australia, dis covered that fact one stormy day.
 When whaes were sighted. the captain of the ship ordered two boats lowered. one of them in charge of Cook. With Cook were five sailors. In q short space they murled harpoon so it caught in the flesh of huge whale.
 As soon as the animal felt the harpoon, he began flashing the sea with his tail Then he opened his jaws, whcih were about IS feet in length. At this point, the men in the other boat hurled a harpoon, and the whale made for them. In moment he had crushed their boat in his jaws, and ony by div
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than we take to crack an egg

than we take to crack an eBS.
 There we were-the aft end of the boat with four men hanging to it, while one man and myself were on the forward end ((which was bottom up) holding on for dear life. The man with me shang out, Look, MT Cook, here he comes!
 We watched the monster come. hoping he would die before he could do more harm. Just as he closed his jaws on the stem of the boat, he turned on his side dying"
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ing were they able to escape death. They swan to Cooks boat and were picked up.
 Another boat was lowered, and took the sailors who had been drenched back to the ship. The rest of the story we may best tell in the words of First Mate Cook:
 "The weather was getting worse, and there was no time to lose if we were going to kill that whale. We tried to get near enough to
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n explosive bomb

shoot an explosive bomb.
 "As we hauled the line, the whale turned on our boat. We lodged him as he made mad rush and I shot a bomb, following 1t with thrust of the hand lance which I knew gave him mortal wound.
 "He was not done with us, how ever. Coming toward the surface from directly under our boat, he caught it in his jaws and bit it in two halves, with no more trouble
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Hello Chisy: notice that the hands your Tower have been painted silver We'll that's the silver lining the Tower column that all of find Now Chsty you'd better paint the hands the Tower picture the head of column. they'll look like the Some people call the Tall Tower Topics column. but mother and the of always refer Chry Column. Thanks for the you print this Mary M. A. Thanks Mary for what had Glad you enjoy the Tower -Christy.)
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Young take but notice of gal bahe the ehore But gals their stuff behind walls park swimming pool the boys all pued and bothered On nnss gal swimmers the Chase pool young crowd the hillside of the park that looks down the order to get look a female pulchritud Funny, isn't 1t?
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Wiseeraeks asked Dan Farrell where he caught his burn and attendant of At Baubys Cove and Rkers Point he with that engaging smile of his And this rank with Home Beach where lot of the under employed payboys spending their vacations
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Just suggestion. It would pay the police department officer the junction of Highland and Chase parkway Since the opening of the park boulevard this particular been verable death trap In the last
 there have been three deaths while of people have been injured Property and damage has been high The traffic light this point often disregaded people living the vicinity will verify the Towers claim. Autosts coming up the boulevard hit forty fifty hour, while making high and shoot Highland like
 New York entering by of Tamaraek swamp road 20 tremendous clip. policeman this junction would curb speeding motorists, lives we'll property and do alaround good job I'd like have Superintendent Mclean give this suggestion his able consideration.
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OR FEMALE FOR THAT MATTER
Good evening.

They speak of the mail order business
 And tell of its challenge to fame. But they seldom speak, of the poor little stork, Who was first in the male order game.
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Around Healey Healey have shifted offices northwestern the northeastern side of the Waterbury National Bank building. Sheriff John Gray brought in huge bouquet of gads the clerks office yesterday Johnny the spot Gunth Mathe portable photographer. will h-test Mantle Saturday when Sergeant Boka his belated decoration noted Bridgeport manufacturer the camp Smiths pond of the finest he has in this part of the country. As proof he has his young tenng there. Grandvew being arred and holes filled in. Officer Pat Foley Newngton recently official business Next Tuesday IS Boys day the Rotary Club meeting Each Rotarian asked bring least boy. Paul Sp who with Commander Byrd the South pole will be the speaker
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Superintendent Irving w. Harrison does favor lar through Fulton park In addition. MT Harrison declares tt wish of the late William Fulton whose generosity made the possible automobiles be excluded from the park So there
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Following the eallope Pat Boyce, printer and of the Eagles i'll St Marys hospital Coleman OLou9hln, warden confined his home with illness.
 Tower reader called aoquant with item stressing abilities of wreste displayed city One them threw the other with an airpane That's what the said. I joined in the general laugh Invitations Governors Mantle Sunday being received by local newspapers which probably the press mghte than the sword but gas attacks make em all weep. It reported that John Barr aided in Mike Boko receiving recognition by the government for his D. S. C. Walt Brooks showpaee Woodbury pointed by Fourth Estater what do in addition reporting City Ed Ray Tanning and wife with John Boyan wife left today for Canada look the proposed St Lawrence and heap of other things as we'll Sam Chapman of the insurance men Waterbury still writes policies Hugo Lange had such great time on his recent Boston that he's quoted saying he didn't blame the Minute Men for keeping the British and having things their way back there in 76
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us women so that we can't make more
then 300 cigars.
The working women still acceps
everything, about the class struggle
or solidarity they don't want to hear
yet. They still read the religious
newspapers, from which they only
get bunk, and comics. The priest
breaches that we shouln't listen to
the Communist because that is why
God is Furnishing the world their
suffering is changing them though,
and soon they will begin to give theit
own conditions attention. Let tta
priest and bosses enjoy the joys
the next world
In the machine floor department.
where women make cigars on ma.
chimes, only two machines worked
and last week 10 machines we're idle.
The women who knew how to make
cigars by hand were working in that
department the rest were sent home.
Now the machine cigar workers are
not allowed to work any longer then
8 to 3 P. M Women machine cigar
makers get 85 cents for 1000 cigars
and make only 1000 cigars a day.
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STLOUIS WORKERS
PLAN MAY DAY

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 9.-The Ne
gro and white workers of st. Louis
are preparing for the biggest May Day
demonstration ever held in the his
tory of this city. A call for the con-
ference has been sent out to working
class organizations by the Communist
Party, the Trade Union Unity League
and the Unemployed Councils.
Thousands Of copies of the call are
being distributed to workers in the
factories urging them to organize
committees in the factories and pre-
pare for May LIST, International Fight
ing Day Of struggle, to fight against
wage cuts, speed-up, stagger system,
lynching, persecution of Negro and
foreign born, against imperialist war,
against unemployment and for I'M
employment insurance.
The call points to the unbearable
conditions that exist in st. Louis
where the government is forced to ad-
init that there are over 100000 work
ers unemployed. The conference will
lay out plans for proper notifications
of the workers for a demonstration
the city never saw before All work
ers' organizations, locals of the A. F.
of L., fraternal groups, Negro organi-
cations, committees of workers in
factories, etc, are urged to send dele
gates to the conference on April 10Th
at the headquarters of the Trade
Union Unity League, 1901 FRANKLIN
Avenue.
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SPRING JOBS MAR
NEWS CLUB SALES
IN OAKLAND, CAL.

Oakland explains cut of 100
Spring seoson has called out in the
fields some of our best Red Builders,
and we are temporarily crippled, 80
writes c. McGinnis, Daily Worker
representative. THE cut is tenn
porary. Our district weekly page will
relp us build up the sales here The
same situation prevails, to some eX-
tent, in Albany, N. Y. Those in
charge of the Daily Worker circula-
ton in all parts Of the country must
prepare to fight against drop in
circulation during the spring and
summer. Especially with May Day
approaching, it is vital that as many
workers as possible be reached. Oak
lands past good record gives ne con-
fidence they'll return to original
figure.
Nick w. of Manville, R. /, stars
as newsstand agent. Since March 18
he's lined up 10 neWsstands at 3 a
day and two at a day.
"When unemployment institu-
tions close, lack Of funds" he says,
''it will be up to the American
masses TO figure this out: Starvc
or read the Daily Worker?" Wen
know how to bet on Rhode Island
workers!
To Oklahoma City Party members,
the Daily Worker seems to be non
existant. G.. d. L, cuts to IS, be
cause there is no one here that will
get out and help" Oklahoma City
once was q circulation bright spot
Comrades must rout out Indifference
and neglect. Monograph leaflets
calling unemployed to sell! Activize
membership before factory gates
Canvess house-to house!
4 am in debt $4550 to the Daily
Worker since the time was in Jail
for 10 days for 'obstructing the side
walk That is how the debt oc-
Cured" writes B. T. of Norfolk, Va.
If you will send me 20 copies daily
I will see that the money is sent.
To our appeal for help from stem
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THREATEN LYNCH
YOUNG CROPPER

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 9--Follow-
ing fight between the manager Of
plantation near Locke, Tenn, and
Paul Walker, l3-year old son Of a
tenant farmer, a sheriff's posse was
organized to run down young Walker
who is said TO fed the scene after
landing a charge Of shot gun in the
face of the plantation manager when
the latter attacked him, following an
argument between the two. The bos-
ses are threatening to lynch young
Walker.
Victor Wilson, the plantation slave
driver, was brought to a Memphis
hospital today, his face torn beyond
recognition. He is said to be in a
serious condition.
This is one of numerous incidents Of
individual revolts against the brutal
slave system of share cropping intro
duced by the bosses in the South and
Southwest following the Civil War
and the paper emancipation of the
Negroes. Both young Walker and the
plantation manager are white.
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Wage Cuts and Unemployment Rife
in Perth AmbOy Cigar Factory
Horrible Conditions In Perth Amboy Concern
Only $50 Left Out Of Grew of 800, and
These Are On Part Time

PERTH AMBOY, N. J. April g.
Conditions in the Garcia Cigar fac
tory on CORTLAND St, here are eX-
posed as follows by a women. cigar
worker: ~
"A year and a half ago the COM
pany put in IL machines, -Four girls
work ON one machine, and their con-
ditions are not the rosiest; because
they work for starvation wages, but
their conditions are rosy compared
to the handmakers conditions. Our
job is not sure, the material we work
with is bad, and we get different
prices for the cigars We make, we
get 75-80-95 cents or $1O5 for every
100 cigars we make Now most women
are working on the As cents per hun
dred cigars There are only three
teams working on the 95 cents per
hundred and about six women work
ing on the $1.05 cents per hundred
cigars. Many women were hired not
long ago to work ON the rs cents per
hundred. Women on the As cents
price make Sc, SO and $40 at the
most per week, working from Z a. m.
to 5 a. m. Some women used to
make good money and SO there never
was unity among the working women.
The younger women used to make
from four to six hundred cigars a
day.
This years crisis has created a
serious situation. There are rumors
that the factory will shut down and
start up again with machines. AT
the end of August we got a four week
forced vacation" At the end of
September we went back but about
80 women were laid Off The fore
man tells us to work slow, produce
nice work and be thankful that we
have jobs. They are always nagging
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ographers and typists, ETC., the fol-
lowing are additional volunteers who
have aided the Daily Worker in get
ting out some of the work which has
piled up as a result of the $4,000 cir
culation campaign: Anne M. Schif-
fer, New York; S. Click, New York;
Louise Bergman, Bronx; Ed Bruel,
Brooklyn; Joe Mermelman, Coney
Island; Charles Kosofsky, Brooklyn.
please send us a bundle Of ten
Daily Workers every day." write
Frank and John N. of Steubenville.
From G.V.B., Daily Worker agent
Of Unit 4, Detroit, Mich:
please change the address Of
bundle of 10 to Unit 4, and send it
to me. Also send new bundle Of
five Daily Workers to the grocery
store at - and send the bill to
Unit 4"
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fighting which followed by the muir
der Of Baght Singh, and three other
revolutionaries, by the British Labor
government. 1t is the most serious
conflict which has taken place since
the Calcutta mutiny of 1857, when
hundreds were slaughtered by the
British government.
The Dawnpore fighting took place
during demonstrations of the Indi-
an masses against the execution Of
the three revolutionaries who had
been tortured by the representatives
of the British labor" government.
British troops were called in and
slaughtered the people with cannon
and machine guns. Communal fight
ing later broke out, whipped up by
the British, as the result of the burn
ing of several religious places.
The British imperialists are now
using the Cawnpore uprising as proof
for the need of more troops in In
dia and a stronger military rule,
After the hanging of Baght Singh
and his companions fighting took
plate in other parts of India, such as
Benares, Agra and Mirzapur, and the
fight of the peasants in Burma, in
the Tharrawady district flared up
fiercer than every.
Despite the unity of the Indian
National Congress behind Gandld,
and his sell out to British imperial
ISM the masses are seething with
revolt. The Cawnpore uprising is
just partially expressive of the deep
discomfort throughout India, and
against which Gandhi is working in
alliance with the British imperial
lists.
Gandhi leaves for London soon,
where he, alone, will negotiate"
with the Labor government, acting
for the imperialists, on how best to
quel the rebellious spirit of the In
dian masses.
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After I explode these yarns" a young
lady get up and says that there is
not enough food in Soviet Russia.
I was just going to explode this nur-
sery tale when the teacher realizing
that I told the class the truth and
expressing her patriotic feeling told
me to sit down and stop talking. I
however def1ed this 1907 boss and
went on speaking when she sent me
to the Dean of boys.
The Dean said that I would have
to stop favoring Russia and sent me
back to the class. I show my revolu-
tionary spirit yet, however. 1 am
not intimidated by the threats of
the teachers. I point out quotations
from the New York Times but my
teacher still protests and tells me to
sit down.
"A Young Worker.
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for dinner was the schedule.
The carpenters were so terrified at
the prospect of losing their job that
they used to start work 20 minutes
too early every morning.
The writer visited the slave mark
ct in Fargo today. There are many
men looking for jobs but many job
less and few jobs to be had. A few
farm jobs offering from SIS to $50
a month,
During the blizzard last week the
Fargo police station was crowded like
a sardine can each night with I'M
employed and homeless workers.
The Union Mission on Front Street
has been starving 50 homeless men,
women and children every day on
the average of two meals day, all
winter long.
w. S.
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5000 MORE FIRED
BY BOSSES CREW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE>

NOOA ANASp hhpN RNA OANGB
Committee expects a new unemploy-
ment crisis worse than this one, in
the Fall, though it keeps up the bluff
that the CITY can take over the men
it is firing during the summer. 1t is
maintaining a skeleton organization.
Firing started April /. Men have
been laid off ever since. Only $4,000
of the total of a million iobless in
Greater New York were given any
work.
The New York City board of esti-
mates was notified weeks ago that
the Prosser Committee employees
we're to be thrown on the street, but
did nothing until a couple of weeks
ago, when it passed the buck to the
state legislature, saying that it would
like to appropriate $10,O000O0 to go
on hiring these men, but the law
wouldn't permit. Laws never stop a
ruling class from doing whatever il
legal thing it wants to, but are eX-
ceptionally sacred when there is
something to be done that the rulers
don't want to do.
The legislature, however, with an
eye on the coming elections, passed
the buck right back. The republican
legislators put through a law that
New York Tammany administration
could appropriate the money.
Now the board of estimates will
have the question of appropriations
up once more today. But Tammany
has already announced, through its
city officials that a lot of the men
formerly employed by the ProsseI
Committee, will not be taken on be-
cause they are not voters here for the
past two years And it is already
made clear that the $l0,00O000 will
not be paid out in wages to the hun
cry. Instead it will be used "only as
needed for city construction work
and wages will be a small part Of
that. The Prosser Committee spent
about $3,00O000.
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which is generally expected.
Many of the old hands "are fin
ally getting their eyes opened as to
the prospects for steady employment
and good wages at Armollrs,"
Railroad Firing
The N.P.R.R. is going very slow
in rehiring its maintenance of way
men it fired before Xmas, contrary
to its promise. 1t is transferring its
foremen here to another point, so
the discharged workers will find it
doubly hard to get hired again by
the new foreman, who may bring his
old crew with him.
The new Interstate Grain Eleva-
tor is completed now. Tt was built
up under a speed-up and starvation
wage plan such as hasn't often been
exceeded here, Minneapolis contrac-
tors did the job. Ten hours a day
at 30c per hour with half an hour