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Evening star., 1932-02-28
SKIPPER OF AKRON
| DEFENDS MOFFETT
Denies Reports He Took Ship
Out of Hangar Under
Pressure.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY tGc hoSoNANNNN ASsS'
LAKEHURST, N. j., February 27.-
Lieut.. Comdr. G. E. Rosendahl. captain
of the Navy dirigible Akron. vigorously
denied tonight published reports that
he had taken the ship out of the
hangar last Monday under pressure
from Rear Admiral William A. Moffett
at washington.
Admiral Moffett has at all times
left us to decide for ourselves If weather
conditions are favorable for the ship
to fly" Comdr. Rosendahl said.
The weather had been bad Sunday
night, he explained, and conseouently
he and Capt. Harry Shoemaker. com
mandant at Lakehurst, had called off
a fight planned for midnight. Admiral
Moffett was apprised of this by tele-
phone and told that conditions for the
Monday flight, on which members of
the House Naval Subcommittee we're to
inspect tne alrship, were not good.
"A little before o'clock Monday
morning Admiral Moffett called me"
Capt: Rosendahl continued. He told
me the weather was clearing in Wash
tions at Lakehurst. 1 said they had
improved during the night, that the
weather was mild and the map showed
signs OF further improvement.
Admiral Moffett did not at any
time urge me to take the ship out
told him I would have a new weather
map prepared before 10 O'Clock and
that If the forenoon map showed the
Improvement I hoped it would the
flight would be made.
Il suggested that he have the Con-
gressmen prepared to take off at 1G
o'clock for Lakehurst."
Comdr. Rosendahl and Capt. Shoe
maker went to the meteorological sta
tion and from the teletype reports made
a new map.
AT 8:2o We decided things looked
SO well we could fly and I called
Admiral Moffett's aide and told him to
have the admiral send the Congress
men along at once. Then we called
out the ground crew and started the
ship Uut of the hangar at $40. The
accident happened 10 minutes later
Evening star., 1932-02-28

this group of amateur actors and
actresses. Probably the art of panto-
mime evolved from efforts OF deal
mutes to express themselves to world
unhandicapped by lack of speech and
hearing Certainly to them should go
the credit for a delicate shading OF
Self-expreSsion, an exquisiteness OF
meaning of facial nuance. OF gesture
Of the hands,, ,,never attained in normal
walks of life.
Proceeds from the pageant. The
Gifts of Time" will be used for char
liable work among the deaf of wash
ington, according to sponsors OF the
project. There are more than 300 OF
these, knit by their common misfor-
tune into one Of the most cohesive
groups in the citys social scheme The
majority are employed, largely in de-
partments of the Federal Government
One of the features of the groups
religious services, held every Sunday
evening at the church, is its choir.
In vestmentS of black with white trim
ming it renders religious songs so effec-
lively that hearing people are able to
follow the hymn by means of the ex-
pressiveness of the signs employed.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Lost Squadron" at Keith's
With Irene Rich ON stare.

THERE are two reasons why the
romantically impressed will find
satisfaction in THE Lost Squadron"
at R-K-O Keith'S this week. One
is that 1t is the complete airplane
drama, the other that Richard Dix Is
the appropriate hero. A third rea-
son why the show is worth while is
that Irene Rich appears in a play
1t that has a sufficiently strong plot
to employ her best talents.
Aces of the World War are repre-
sented. first In action during the last
brief period of battle before the
srmistice, then transferred to Ameri-
ca. where jobs are scarce, and finally
taken to Hollywood, where flying
skill Is employed In air stunts. It Is
here that. the intense. drama de
yelous with slaying by means Of
Evening star., 1932-02-28

sponsible for the action-eight per-
sons crowded into a railroad car all
bent for Shanghai. all of them di-
versified in type, all but two Of them
strangers and all thoroughly known
to each other before their strange
journey is over.
Into this motley" group comes
the rumble of outlaw war in China
(all the more colorful at the mo-
ment) and the threat Of revolu-
tionary brigand (Warner Oland),
who, travelling in disguise, suddenly
becomes q terrifying and merciless
war lord. When the train is held
I'D at his command, and when he
takes his victims from the train and
plants them before some kind Of an
inquisition, the situation becomes as
tense as in any cinema which the
screen has devised.
Miss Dietrich, in the colorful
habiliments of Shanghai Lily ap-
pears on the scene as the savior of
certain of the passengers, and before
the film is done has become heroine
Of unquestionable nobility. While
the taint Of her past is strong upon
her, by the time she has restored
her lover to the ranks of the
travellers and has demonstrated a
strong faith in God as well as man
kind, her cruising partners are will
ing to admit that she isn't as bad
as they thought she was. A gall
liant and spectacular role II there
ever was one, Miss Dietrich acts 1t
with great, great skill. and an ex-
traO-dinary sense of restraint.
The other travellers are played by
Louise Closer Hale. a perfect board
ing house owner: Warner GLAND, as
the b~igand; Anna May Wong, as
the Chinese flower, who avenges her
wrong handsomely; Eugene Palette,
as an American gambling gentleman:
Lawrence Grant and Gustav Won
Seyfferitz in briefer roles, and Give
Brook. Mr.. Brook, undoubtedly one
Of the more polished actors of the
screen, seems, however. overStiff in
his role as Miss Dietrich's ex-fiance,
and many times looks as though he
we're thinking OF becoming q wax doll
He does not detract noticeably from
first-rate picture-in fact one
which is even better than that.
The stage show is far less satisfac-
tory. Evelyn Wilson still pEsues her
bibulous way in songs tshe was seen
not so long ago in Mr.. Whites
"Scandals'D Abbott and Robety
are well enough when the latter plays
his violin; the three SwiitS present
their -than-ayerage tumbling
act. and Johnny Pastine and his
dancing assistants do some adagio
dancing at the very beginning, which
is just about the best part OF the
show.
(. de 8. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-02-28

lLCd A. v "
something far
removed fr o m
the ordinary.
Mr.. Won Stern
berg'S m a g / C
hand. the quiet
yet f1amboyant
beauty of Frau
Dietrich, t h e
vividness of the
settings, and the
insistent b e a t
OF railr o a d
rhythms carried
out by sound
and music, make
this something
not easily for
gotten. Eight
DeiSOnS are re-
Evening star., 1932-02-28
DELEGATES NAMED

OTTAWA, Kans., February 27 (4p.-
Two Hoover Curtis delegates to the
Republican National Convention were
chosen from the second Kansas con-
oressional district today. They are
Sidney r. Harris, editor OF the Ottawa
Herald. and A. c. Cooke of Kansas
City, Kans.
The district convention, the first to
name delegates In Kansas, indorsed
President Hoover and Vice President
Curtis for reelection. The delegates
RIere not Instructed.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Shanghai Express"
With MarIene Dietrich.

n R ISS MARLENE DIETRICH
nH is almost unbelievably good
V looking in Shanghai Ex-
1 Y i press" the new film at the
Earle. Further than that,
the picture itself ranks high among
the really artistic creations that the
screen has put forth-and this
through the uncanny direction OF
Josef Won Sternberg. who has vital
Evening star., 1932-02-28
Puppets in Public Library.

In wing of the new public library
at Prague, Czechoslovakis, a special
puppet theater has been built. 1t has
been named Rise Loutek, The King
dom of Puppets" The stage has three
levels to which the scenery Is elevated
from the basement. Each set for the
audience may be raised to accommodate
the height Of the child occupying 1t.
Evening star., 1932-02-28
POLICE HERE HONORED
Siam Sends Diplomas to Go With
Decorations of King.

Police Inspectors E. w. Brown, James
F. Beckett and L. l. H. Edwards. who
last year were awarded decorations by
the King of Siam as expressions OF
appreciation for courtesy and serv-
ice OF police during his visit here,
are recipients Of diplomas to go with
the decorations.
Inspector Browns diploma, received
through registered mail Friday, makes
him a member of the Fourth Class
of Most Noble Order Of the Crown of
Siam"
The diplomas received by Inspectors
Beckett and Edwards make them
members of the Fifth Glass of the
Order of White Elephants"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
Mrs. Roosevelt Tradnces
American Girls

HE capitalist press trying hard to play up the whole
Roosevelt family individuals of superior wisdom.
No utterance of any member of that family is too empty
banal downright ignorant for repetition in the columns
of the press few days ago Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt
dealt with the problems
the problem of learning how much
things WhisSey sticking the quantity"
the bright shining lights the
chief
Miss maintained
time Women
League, it would impossible Roosevelt
contact with them there at this time
THE really own set;
millionaire families parasitic
who participate that Hollywood duplicate
worthless individuals
capitalist the Roosevelt But insult
the girl ascrie the habits
daughters of millionaire families.
trying conditions small that
able girls boarding help supplement the
support the family There legons
work factories mills stores and Offices who drudge in the homes
playngs youth families
number
the capitalist sterilization the overwhelming
majority them increasing
hmSN2s the class against the hunger
Wall that being carried
md the ooyes AS the struggle higher stages
of their with the
tnscoH fighters the
Mrs Roosevelt IN her ignorance and nsoence attributes to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
Letters from Our Readers

would carry weight with the aver
age American because it is by a
nom Communist, therefore ''un-
prejudiced." The fact that it is bN
such a young man would also be
in its favor. I was particularly
struck by the fact that no effort
was made to attempt any brilliant
literary masterpiece but that the
book seems to be just a relating OF
actual facts seen and experienced
1t carries with it an air of extreme
simplicity and truthfulness.
believe this book could be used
to excellent advantages for propa-
ganda purposes. Comrade Dave
Mates, our Section Organizer, said
he believed SO, too.
1t costs SIPS now. Too high.
Maybe it could be serialized in the
Daily Worker, or at least reviewed
by some prominent author or critic.
I think the book would be improved
by q good preface, also q short
history Of the author and his
background, to show that he Is
just a young avLrage American
and that he financed his own trip,
and for purely personal reasons,
so that any idea that the book has
been promoted by Moscow" would
be spiked Immediately.
hope this letter does not I'M
pose upon your time too much, but
would really like to know what
you think may be done about this
book. I have no personal interest
in this book or its author, as /
know him only casually, but / be-
lieve it fills real need in this
country for propaganda purposes
and would like to see it used TO
best advantages in this way,
Comradely yours.
LEONA JOHNSON.
The Daily Worker will soon
publish a favorable review c&
this excellent piece Of work.
,...-..-u.,.a...N --Editceis MseA 4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
Fight TOR Right to LiVe
in Black Belt

" the heat of the conflict that RACES in the heart of the
Alabama Black Belt there must be welded that unity
of Negro and white that strikes dread and fear into the
hearts of the ruling class With armed representing
the interests of landlords and mortgagehodas deputzed
hreng sheh the countryside in search of
being defended instances by white share
troopers and tenant farmers That this DEVELOPMENT was ANTICIPATED
the that shef forces from number of other counties
enlisted carry
ALREADY in the Camp Hill struggle of last July and in the
following the outbreak Of that conflict there to be
growing unity OF Negro and white share troopers in the common sg
s-a es and FREE ssssbv The heroic resistance Of the Negro
the belt the South light the hundreds
OF thousands Of Negro and white Of the land With the
growth Of the economic crisis interviewer with the aan crisis and
The attempt OF the bosses to force the tng masses to bear the entire
seemed nbeevabe to those who only knew the South of yesterday
The conflict leadership
weakened the racial hatred the poor whites
against the Negro slaves the land who suffer under common des-
meeting Hill the
Choppers membership par
4 victories and to certain extent prepared the way to unite Negro
ara white Tor common struggle against the big landlords rms de-
soent was the signal for the most arouS campaign hes and pro
sherfs lynch gangs tyranny
modified in the crush the organizations workers farm
I Every Tmo t was macs 10 pe Tree d 70 o9 5t up amy
channels
ng the agents of the bosses carried campaigns lies
Immediately clearly
lynch campaign Of the ruling class campaign carried part OF
be ndrstiss a1 on The erG o1r eir the S
s ana on te aa 0onuy 10 tnef Inc sos
Indignation throughout
became Of the growing
workers and farmers to challenge their rule forced to
stem the movement in behalf of the Scoboro boys by cal
particular dirty
the reacherou mead to hold
the that lynch could without
danger its pursuit of that aim
the modified
the INSTRUMENTATION Ministers Alliance White secretary
Pickens NAACP called the
Chattanooga
raising
struggle the
aw-abdng Negroes" ynch-IaW-abiding
bbd sections that challenge the
a whites he certainly did not the workers and share
the landlords
robbng the aborng white
the intervention these niseader the NAACP
that paved the attack Camp Hill weeks following
Pickens of the South
striking sare-croppers
determined organization the struggle the right live
which continued this will the
mirderous attack that made Monday night.
aid
this
avalanche protests resolutions kilograms
the White Washington Predent-e
yelt head of the Democratic yncIue in the South
White Negro farmers! Unite struggle
the organized campaign against the This
is the fight of all the u Imperialism
you against
the
government!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
Praise Book on the
USSR, "One-Sixth of
the World Surface"

hammond, Ind.
Editor, the Daily Worker:
Dear Comrade:-I am writing to
you with reference TO book called
Zone Sixth of the Worlds Surface"
by fellow from Hammond Rus
sell Wright, who wrote some time
ago and asked me If I could help
him get this book reviewed in some
of the labor press. / wrote back
and told him If he would send me
a copy would then be able to say
better whether the Daily Worker
and other revolutionary papers
would be likely to be interested.
However, never heard from him
and never received a copy Of the
book, SO I rather gave up any ideas
about it. Then l heard that Mr..
Wright had been in New York and
made some kind of arrangements,
but he did not say what kind. But
vest erday my brother-in-law
brought me copy of this book to
read-which Is one of the first cop
les out-and is published by the
author himself. To show you
what a favorable impression the
book made with mel did not lay
it down until 1 had finished read
ing it.
Since reading 1t, am convinced
it fills a real need. Tt is not
long book-only las pages. 1t is
very easily read-even children
could understand it. And it diff
fers entirely from anything / have
ever read regarding the Soviet
Union. 1t tells in plain American
language, in a most typically
American way, about the actual
everyday living conditions Of the
workers under this new system 1t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
Special Articles in Lenin Memorial
and "Daily" Anniversary Edition

tentative list of articles in the Special Daily Worker Ami
Memorial Edition published
indicates that it will Of the interesting significant
published.
The articles will ncude "Leninsm Browder;
Eight Daily
Bill Dunno; Lenn and the Daily Worker" Robert
ism and Our Fight for the Majority Of the Working Glass; by
Sache "Jhe Socialist the Service Capitalism
Wks; "Thc Study Of Lcninsm America by Ienin
ism Growth
j. Ogn
There will biographical sketches
will be illustrated with photographs and
Workingcass organizations individual already
sending their greetings this
has not already that
be in the office Of the Daily Worker by January
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22

not dampen the optimism of the
colonel from Cleveland Just three
years ago-to be exact on Deem
Der Is, 1929-he said: Business
conditions in the United States
will be poor during the first few
months of 1890, but strong during
the close of the year" Following
up that prophesy he said on Feb
ruary IS, 1880: I'VE appear to have
reached the bottom of the bust
ness valley, but we do not know
how wide the valley may be-" OPP
timistic prophesy is here diluted
with drop Of caution.
-Four months later, on June Is,
1880, Mr.. Ayres observed: "The up
turn should not be far away"
Then on September Is of the
same year the Cleveland economic
wizard began. to see things that
ordinary mortals could not see. His
Authorizations produced this OBJ
servation: Business appears to be
turning the corner, and indus
trial activity seems to be increas-
ing" One month later, still I'M
der the same SPELL he said: at
is encouraging TO note that bust
ness activity is no longer slowing
SoUT1 +
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
BY IL. NJ. WICKS

At the close Of the year the pro-
"A phets of prosperity are on the
job. While their song is not so
strident and certain as in other
years, nevertheless we are told
that, If we only take care and do
nothing to rock the boat we will
all land in a safe harbor. One of
the most noted of these is Mr..
Leonard P. Ayres, vice president of
the Cleveland Trust Company. He
attained great eminence during the
days of relative capitalist stabili-
cation; he was one of the prophets
of the 'invincible power of Amer
lean capitalism" one of the the
orists Of permanent prosperity"
writer of eulogies to organized
capitalism" a worshiper at the
shrine Of the great technical de-
velopment" of American imperial
ism. He was one of the author
tiles" to which the Lovestoneites
referred while developing their
theories that America was an ex-
ception to all the rest of the cap
italist world.
When, in August, 1929, American
imperialism was plunging toward
its greatest economic crisis. Mr..
Ayres continued singing his fam
liar song. He wrote on the eve
of the crash This is truly new
era in which formerly Well-estab-
lished standards of value no longer
retain their old significance" Then
ensued another paen of praise to
the unbreakable prosperity of the
United States of America. That
was August Is, 1929-two months
before the economic thunderbolt
staggered Wall Street.
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
FOR RECOVERY
Events have somewhat subdued
Mr.. Ayres. Wave after wave of
calamity has rolled over his the
cries, but still they stand, some
what battered to be sure, but
quite recognizable. In his latest
prediction he tells us that 1893 will
be a year of depression" but he
paints the clouds with sunshine by
informing us also that it will be
one in which "halting and ire
gular progress will be achieved in
building the foundations for re-
covery," according to the New York
Times report of Sunday, Dec. ID.
Although purposely vague and
indefinite it is part Of the deliber-
ate deception practiced upon the
masses who, in increasing numbers
are fighting against the hunger
and war program of United States
imperialism. Instead of admitting
that the trend is definitely down
ward, according to every measure
by which economic trends are
gagged, Ayres would have us be-
heve that the worst is passed and
that gradual improvement will
set in.
PEFORE we deal with some of
II the present tricks of MIR. Ayres
1t Is well to recall some of his past
predictions during the course of
the crisis which he. like all the
other economic hacks Of capital
ism, calls "the depression" Even
the events Of october, 1929, did
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-22
BOTTOMLESS THEORY OF
TRIPLE BOTTOMS

After a year of diSappointments
and unfulflled prophesies, Mr..
AyreS was on the job bright and
early in the year 1881, and on
January Is said: 1.-THE weight of
probability is distinctly in favor of
durable improvement beginning in
1881" A month later he declared:
1.-THE present indications are that
we are at or near the bottom of
this depression" Just one year
before Mr.. Ayres had said we had
reached the bottom and were in
a long valley. The precipitous line
of descent of the crisis was such
that the. colonel had to develop a
most original economic theory, a
theory that would explain how
many bottoms the depression"
really has and so, after long
bordering of the problem the
Cleveland Trust Company econo-
mist released this unique pro-
nouncement on June Is, 1881:
Business sentiment has made
triple bottom to this depression.
Three times ought to be enough"
This triple-bottosn theory could
only sprout out of the bottomless
economic ignorance of Mr.. Ayres.
The fact that such person can
attain eminence testif1es to the
propaganda power of the capital
list press in popularizing such
frauds as Ayres and Babson, and
is a measure of the prostitution
of pseudo-science to imperialism.
HOWEVER, we DO not repeat the
III absurd prophesies of such people
as Ayres merely for the pleasure
involved in exposing them 1t is
an easy task and only demands
patience enough to read through
the bulletins of the banks and
other institutions with which such
people are connected. Our pur-
pose is to prove to workers that
such people are not economist, but
paid liars of capitalism who try
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-09-22
Rexford News Items

Miss Madge Melvin entertained at
a pinochle party Friday evening with
two tables in play. 1t was found that
Miss Mildred Fewkes had captured
high score prize. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Harry Sharar left Monday for
Seattle. She will be joined in Spo-
kane by her son Clarke, who viii ac-
company her
Mr.. Mickelsos left Monday for his
home in Spokane after spending sew
eral weeks here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A. j. Beaumeister.
Miss Ruth Madden and Miss Leone
COPYRIGHT spent the weekend visiting
at the home of Miss Madden's par
ents They returned to Libby Sunday.
Dan Parks Of Whitefish attended the
dance at ReMord Saturday night
Mr. and Mrs Bill Jerrow and daugh-
ter Barbara Ann stopped in Rexford
Tuesday enroute to their home in Kali
ispell.
Webb Carey Of Eureka was a Rex
ford caller Saturday evening.
John Koehler and Peggy Roark have
been visiting friends here the past
week.
Les La Dyer and Ted Wenzler made
business trip to Libby Friday.
w. G. Fewkes, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs Megros Artanien, motored to
Libby Friday to attend court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson and
children of Kalispell were guests at
the Frank Cochran home over the
weekend
Hugh Conroy and Caspar Kettleson
of Whitefish were business callers here
Monday
Mrs Charley Whipple left Tuesday
for Spokane where she will take medi-
cal treatment for an infected hand
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker of White
fish spent the weekend visiting at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. John Saxon.
Mrs. James Hurst and children have
moved to Rexford from the Yak and
will reside here during the school
term.
Mrs. Newell Of Whitefish spent sew
eral days here last week visiting her
sister, Mrs. Wade Martin
The dance here Saturday night given
by the Libby orchestra was well att
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl West motored
to Eureka Sunday evening for short
visit at the Fetterly home.
Carl Haglund was business caller
in Rexford Monday.
Loretta O'Brien made trip to Eu-
reka Saturday to have some dental
work attended to.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Thompson and
children spent Sunday at the L. W.
Fetterly home in Eureka They were
accompanied home by Lewis Fetterly
Jr
Mr. and Mrs Jack Parent of Yak
made trip to the country Monday.
Judge Pomeroy and family visited
at the Carl West home one day las.
week.
| Due to Indictment weather and hunt
ing season, the ball game between
Rexford and Eureka scheduled for last
Sunday was called off.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Purdv OF Eau
reka were Rexford visitors Sunday.