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Montana labor news., 1932-12-22

"Where is everyone? ?" he asked of her.
aren't they at work." she %countered,
knowing full well they were not.
"There isn't a soul here. Where are
they? How can anyone imagine for a
moment that there are vacations in Toy
land this near Christmas? There aren't
half enough toys made to go round, l pre-
sume, and here l am, waiting for some of
my Helpers to show up so we can finish
the things in time for the holiday. Oh
dear, oh DEAR" signed poor, disgruntled
Santa.
Now the whole secret is this. A few
weeks before Christmas, when all the toy
shops in the country were clamoring for
new toys, and all the boys and girls were
busy seeing how very well they could be-
have, and were writing letters telling what
they wanted in the way of gifts, Santa
went away from his workshop in the frozen
North for a sleigh ride and got lost. Days
passed by and no one knew where to find
him. Mrs. Claus was very worried about
him. She didn't know where he was, either.
However, she felt sure he would come
home in time for the great celebration of
Christmas, and she decided she would just
go ahead with the work which was planned.
So one morning she called all the toy MAX
ers together and told them that Santa had
been called away on business and she would
oversee the work in his absence. All the
Helpers were very fond of Mother Claus
SO they went to work with a will to do her
bidding.
Everything went along all right, prac-
tically all the toys were made just as Santa
Montana labor news., 1932-12-22
Santa'S Return to Toyland y y y

"But where did you get such a silly
idea 2"
1T isn't a silly idea. Come, I want you
to take just one look at all that has been
accomplished while you have been away"
she said, as she threw open the doors of
the big cupboard.
"Oh-h-h-h!" gasped Santa as he saw
the boxes and bundles filled with toys and
dolls. There were drums and horns, there
were all kinds Of doll babies, there were
trains and wagons, sleds and skates, and
some toys l have never dreamed Of.
"And look here a moment" she contin-
ued as she led him into the old store room.
Look at all these things"
Here he saw more packages and boxes.
The shelves were piled high with the
bright and shiny p%laythings.
"And you did this by working only five
days a week ?" he asked her, hardly believ-
ing it could be possible to make so many
toys unless the Toyland workers kept on
the job day and night.
"The people on earth are finding that
it is lots better to work but five days a
week. They nave com to the conclusion
that more men and women must have jobs
and earn money so they can buy what is
made, and the only way to do that is to
divide the work so that there will be jobs
for the ones who need them. Years ago
people had to work fifteen and eighteen
hours a day, but now they work only six
or seven; that is, the most progressive
firms work but six hours a day and five
days a week. 1t is better that way. Just
take a look in this room and see what we
have done here" she said.
The room was full of candies and fruits
in boxes, fancy sacks and gay w%rappings.
What a roomful Of sweets!
81 declare" began the old fellow, 81 de-
clare, this is the grandest turnout of toys
I've ever seen. Mother Claus, is there
anything left for me to do" he asked, a
little shamefully.
"Of course, there is the most important
thing in the world for you to do"
"Yes?" he asked hopefully, because in
his heart he was beginning to feel very
Continued on Page Five
Montana labor news., 1932-12-22

ANITA CLAUS
. S receiving
of the shocks of
his life. Here it
was Saturday morn
ing and not a single
Helper was on the
job. Such a thing
had v happened
to him before, and
he really didn't
quite know what to
do about it, so he
called for his wife.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
FOOD FOR PIN0CHLE

Tournament Planned to Provide for
Poor Families.
BROOKrIELD, Mo. (R.-A public
pinochle tournament, with either canned
fruit or vegetables the admission fee,
Is o charity idea being worked out by
Brookfield society women.
A large barrel will be placed at the
entrance, in which the food will be de-
posted, later to be distributed to poor
families.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
By the Associated Press.

by the hBbOClattu FIeecs
AMES, Iowa, November 24.-From
the tallest, straightest pine q . plank
only feet wide and about $50 long
can be cut, but from boiled cornstalkS
a board as wide as city street and
two miles long can be made.
There Is nothing mysterious in the
way synthetic lumber, as hard as steel
or as soft as cork. is made In Iowa
State College laboratories, where the
processes were perfected, and by three
commercial firms in the country.
There is something magical to the
layman, however, in the dozens of kinds
of wood" their many uses and the
expected results in conserving Amer
ica's forests and in helping utilize the
biggest corn crop Iowa ever had.
Synthetic wood is not a recent dis
covery. DR.. o. r. Sweeney, dean Of
scientists interested in the utilization
Of farm wastes and head of the Iowa
State College chemical engineering de-
partment, has been hard at work on the
problem for months.
But every day, almost, some new use
is found for this product, and work
continues on related experiments hav-
ing to do with making waste products
Of the soil into useful articles for cloth
ing. shelter and commerce.
From cornstalks, cat hulls, sugar
cane, straw and weeds. millions Of tons
Of which are available annually for
bonfires or for useful purposes, can be
made every kind of lumber" knotless,
grainless, and at sizes that trees can't
furnish.
DR.. Sweeney has various samples Of
the pseudo-wood in carpentered shapes,
window frame nodded from erstwhile
cornstalks, a board too hard to drive
nail into, and one kind harder than
teak, about the hardest commercial wood
and seemingly the most ideal material
for airplane propellers and parts"
To make it, farm wastes are cooked
under pressure In steam into fibres not
more than two to ee-hundredths Of
an inch long. This Is pulpy, colloidal
mass which becomes paste. hardening
in short time. Less cooking makes
softer woods.
Such an industry, he says, will take
factories from the cities to the coun-
try and relieve population congestion
which, he believes, might presage the
downfall of the Nation.
There Is another possible result to
which he attaches great Importance.
II, he says, forests are cut down much
more the Central West, the Nations
Evening star., 1932-11-24
col. ROBINS LEAVES
CAROLINA QUIETLY
Destination Is Unannounced-Ac.
companied Only by Members
of Family.
Bv the Associated Press.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., November "a
As unobtrusively as he had appeared in
North Carolina nearly three months ago
under another name, Col Raymond
Robins left the State late yesterday
accompanied by members of his family,
his destination unannounced.
No announcement Of prospective de-
parture from sanitariuln here had
been made, and 1t was only confirmed
after he sped out Of the city in large
automobile. He has q home in Brooks
vile, Fla.
Col Robins, who was identified in
the mountain village Of Whittier last
Friday after q national search for him
since September 3, had been receiving
treatment here for what was described
as q partial mental lapse.
With him when he left were Mrs.
Robins, her sister, Miss Mary Drier, her
secretary, Miss Liza Won Borowsky, and
John Drier. nephew. who drove the
car. The automobile was rented for five
days from an agency here.
DR.. Mark A. Griffin. psychiatrist who
had charge Of Robins case, said a
statement would be issued within "a
hours giving Robins whereabouts.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
CONGRESS INVESTIGATION
OF BROADCASTING URGED
Resolution Of National COMMITTEES
on Education by Radio
Asks Action.

A resolution urging that Congress
make a general investigation of the
whole subject of radio broadcasting
was adopted at recent nesting. OF the
National Committee on Education by
Radio, 1t was announced TO-DAY.
The committee is composed OF rep
resentatives of the National Association
Of State Universities, National Uni
versity Extension Association, National
Catholic Educational Association, Amer-
lean Council on Education, National
Education Association, National Coun-
Gil of State Superintendents, Jesuit
Educational Association, Association OF
Land Grant Colleges and Universities
and Association of College and UNI
versity Broadcasting Stations.
Evening star., 1932-11-24

cnlne gun HeStn
which, not having
b cen destroyed,
opened heavy and
effective fire on
our troops, Capt
Gordon reorganiz-
ed scattered ele-
ments Of his own
company and OF
two others and
fearlessly exposing
himself to the fire
of these guns, as
well as that of our
own artillery. per-
sonally led the at
tack on the three
nests and captured
them with SO pris-
oners. But for the
Evening star., 1932-11-24
with a warning to all parties to be

with q warning to all parties to be
the principals In the case are John
v. Guy, Joseph vessilla, Freeland
Bragg and Charles w. Blalock. All four
were charged with attempted robbery
OF $1,000 from BENJAMIN Burch. col
stations. on November 13. Guy, ves-
silla and Bragg also were charged with
robbery Of 50 and some automobile
accessories from o filling station near
Fifteenth and II streets northeast.
Evening star., 1932-11-24

what the mayor Of Masee said 10 the
mayor OF Hattieshurg.
w. s. F. Tatum-"his honor" In Hat
tiesburg-was brought into the Magee
Mayors Court, where j. B. vinson pre-
sides, by q traffic cop, who said the
visitor had whipped through town
about go miles an hour"
Mayor Tatum paid the s14.5o fine
under protest.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED
Work on Huge Span Over Entrance
to San Francisco Bay to Begin
December 1T.

b. the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, November a.
Two contracts for the Golden Gate
Bridge project totaling $7,714,000 were
signed here yesterday as the first big
piece Of marine equipment to be used
In the construction was towed through
the Golden Gate.
The contracts, signed by the bridge
district officials and Representatives OF
contractors, were:
John A. Roebling's Sons Co. Of Cali
fornia, for steel cables, $5,655, 900. (The
company Is q subsidiary Of the New
Jersey bridge-building concern Of the
same narne.)
Barrett & Hilp, San Francisco. for
anchorages and approach spans, ST.
$4,000.
while the bridge directors were COM
pleting this business, the giant derrick
barge Ajax was brought here from
Seattle 10 being work. December II was
set as the date for ground-breakins
rernyfnYffex
Evening star., 1932-11-24
MAYOR FINES MAYOR $40

Two officials Meet onicially when
One Drives Too Fast.
MAcEE, Miss, November "a R.--
The mayor Of Magee and the mayor
of Hattiesburg met officially here, but
It was not to exchange the keys OF
their cities.
Specifically, "$lo and costs" was
Evening star., 1932-11-24
JUDGE SCORES POLICE
FOR COURT HARDNESS
Mcmahon Censures ofacers for
Carelessness in Appearing to
Press Cases.

Police were criticized for tardiness
and carelessness in reporting 70 Police
Court to testify in cases in which they
have made arrests by Judge John r
Mcmahon yesterday.
The Judge complained when Police
men j. L. Birch and w. ]. Matthews,
first precinct, failed to appear when
four men were arraigned on charges
involving robbery.
When Policeman Birch put In o be-
lated appearance, he was censured by
the court. Matthews did not appear
After learning several important wit
nesses had not been summoned, the
Judge continued the case until Friday
Evening star., 1932-11-24
ANCIENT zAPOTECS
PAINTED IN COL0RS
Tomb In 0axaca Reveals
Brilliantly Tinted Reliefs
Made by Tribes.
nv the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, November 24.-The
romantic mystery of early America
gathered new glamour today with the
discovery that the ancient zapotec
Tribe Of Southern Mexico was accom-
plished In the highly civilized art Of
relief painting in brilliant colors.
The discovery was made in tomb on
Monte AIban in OaXAea State, the state
which early this year yielded the rich
est archaeological find ever made on this
continent.
DR.. Alfonso Case, government archie
ologist, and his associates announced
the find last night ss scientifically the
most important of all among the 10
sorr5s they have revealed on Monte
Aipan.s
Sheds Direct Light on Tribes.
Disappointing to the layman, DR.. Case
said, was the fact that none Of the rich
treasures of Jewels and geld that have
hitherto been found on Monte Alban
was present in the bare tomb uncov-
cred last Friday.
But careful exploration disclosed
paintings on the floor and door 1amb
OF the dust-f1lle burial place, and this
discovery was even more important to
the scientists because it sheds direct
light on the accomplishments OF ancient
tribes.
(Painting was known to the Indians
who inhabited the Western plains OF
the United States, although OF a crude
sort. On the continent OF South
America, the rough painting OF pottery
was known. The Central American
tribes who succeeded the ancient Mayan
empire knew painting" /. e., the
slir.ping in of colored clay on the out
side of pottery and outlining the
slipped-in portion with q contrasting
color, but that art belonged to GER
arnics.)
Juan valenzuela, one of DR.. Caso's
assistants, discovered the tomb, and the
exploitation was done by DR.. Case and
Or. Daniel de la Ecrbolla, anthropolo-
gist and graduate Of Northwestern Uni
yersity.
Done I'm Brilliant Colors.
Careful scraping showed the paintings
were done In brilliant green's, reds and
yellows. The work was in low relief,
perhaps in clay pigments, and the colors
were well preserved. 1t Is not yet pos
sible to say what was being depicted, or
what significance the paintings may
have beyond the knowledge Of crafts.
Near the door was a beheaded skel-
eton, and In O corner was heap of
bones close by four large pottery dishes
filled with an unidentified substance
mixed with small animal bones resemb-
Ling those of a dog.
There were also two dipper-like in
cense burners, two small translucent
green axes, several ear ornaments,
numerous Jade bits, bird Skull, and
several hollow engraved bones.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
TURKEY CHASES AxERS

LOS ANGELES, November "a (F.-
c. E. Miller and his brother-in-law,
Willard Dakin, opened the pen with
too-careless confidence, prepared to give
the tom turkey the AK.
It was the turkey, not Miller and
Dakin, who took the offensive. With
wing and beak, 1t chased the men about
amid the old tires and gasoline tins of
Dakin's garage.
In the end, of course, the turkey lost
its head, but what Miller eats Of 1t
today will be with his left hand. A
doctor wrapped the right hand and
arm in a goodly footage of bandage.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
WOOD" TOO HARD FOR NAILS
PRODUCED FROM CORN WASTE
Every Kind of Lumber Can Be Manufac-
tured in Sizes Trees Cant Furnish by
Process Perfected by Professor.

pantry, is likely to become a desert. One
tree, he observes, evaporates from It's
leaves about two tons of water each
day. Thus trees serve to relay mois-
ture for local rains
Much CT the scientists efforts here
now center about the cheapening of
the process of making "maizolith," one
name for the artificial wood. (By deri-
vation 'maizolith" means stone made
from corn). It now sells for more
than 5000 ton, but DR.. Sweeney holds
that real farm relief lies In creating a
larger demand for the product.
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Cattle Win Over Sheep.

Cattle took a decision over sheep
when Judge c.. w. Bruce Of Montrose,
Colo, entered an order in district court
that set aside 25 square miles Of public
domain In Mesa, MontroSe and Delta
Counties as cattle range. Under the
decree, sheep are not to Craze on the
land
Evening star., 1932-11-24
Districts Heroes
in the
World War
Compiled by sergt L. e. Jaeckei.

-RsKINE GORDON, captain,
l. 3l9th Infantry, e0th Division,
= American Expedltionary Force,
IL was awarded NE Croix de
Guerre Of France for heroic
paIlantry in action with the enemy
near Gercourt, France, September &c
and n. 1918. After the assaulting
companies had passed over three ma
Evening star., 1932-11-24
RUBBER OFFICIAL DIES
John G.. Tufford Was Inventor Of
Suction-Type Heel.

Suction-Type Heel.
ELYRIA, Ohio. November "a R.-
John George Tufford, 7S, president Of
the I. T. s. Rubber Co. and inventor Of
suction type Of rubber heel, died yes
teriay.
He came here as o shoemaker from
Beomsville, Canada, In 1881, but in
1918 conceived the idea Of making the
inner surface of rubber heel corcave
so that suction would keep the edges
fitted tightly against the shoe without
cement. The idea made him wealthy
almost Immediately, through formation
of the rubber company
Tufford, who was well known for his
philanthrcpies, for IL years had made
Los Angeles his Winter home. His son
Leonard married Peggy Lee, sister Of
Lila Lee, movie star.
Evening star., 1932-11-24

quick action of this officer these enemy
positions might have inflicted losses
upon our troops.
Now secretary treasurer OF the wash
ington Safe Deposit Co. Resides at
3013 @ street northwest.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
The Serious and Timely
Problems of Producing
Pictures for Children
No Getting Away From the Fact That Modern
Films Do Not Fit the Requirements. but Change
for the Better Would Call for Heavy Backing
By E. de S. Melcher.

child: "Now, Johnny, I want you
to go and see a: nice movie I've
heard Of" little Johnny immedi-
ately goes to a movie he has heard
wasn't so nice. Likewise, no
sooner does a film company ad-
vertise its product as "juSt the
right thing for mothers and chill
dren," just SO soon does that
great mass of the public which
calls itself "sophisticates" refuse
to be bothered with it.
There have, nevertheless, been
perhaps five or six pictures this
Winter that have been suitable as
entertainment for youngsters.
Among these may be numbered
Amateur Daddy" which was
shown locally a week or so ago
at the Fox. 1t was a real pleasure
| to be able to see families large
and small having the time of
their lives and not having to
worry if they would have to leave
before it gets too bad"
1t would, of course, be an ideal
scheme to have kind of "Juve-
nile Cinema Guild" which would
come to town at regular intervals
and present some of the classics"
which have blushed modeStly and
sometimes totally unseen. Neces-
sary for such scheme of things
is, however, financial support,
and even more necessary at this
moment would it be first to get
Hollywood interested in it. Hol-
lywood, like any other hardwork-
ing industrial center, does not do
things for love. Its plans must
entail the assured return Of at
least moderate profit. CuriouSly
enough, no film is financially sue
ceSsful which does not click in the
dead center of the country. In
other words, even if a picture is
wildly prosperous on Broadway
and along the Atlantic Coast, if
it fails to satisfy in the Midwest
it cannot bring home the required
profits. And so, if assurance was
given that this part of the world
would take under its wing such
a scheme as a Juvenile Guild,
there might be some hope for it
hope, too, in spite of headwag-
gingS along Eastern metropoliSeS,
where it is no fable that juvenile
theaters and little theaterS inter
ested only in the best of things
have not Jared too successfully Of
late.
But such plan would need
tremendous backing. What the
ater would show them? How
large would be the audiences? Do
children really want to be taught
via the screen? If they know they
are going to be taken to some
thing worth while, won't the ma
jority of them rebel even before
they have gotten there? Tastes
are not by any means what they
used to be. The radio hasn't
helped to create cultural growth"
along certain lines. There must
be music nowadays, and songs,
and definite rhythm TO carry
along a plot. For instance,
even such an interesting film as
"Nanook of the North" wasn't fu-
riously popular. And If the COM
panies have a film which they see
hasn't done so well, will they try
1t again?-Ne-vairl They should,
but the chances are that they
wont.
Evening star., 1932-04-24

| not at all indispensable, will
nevertheless be found most help
full in disclosing the full richness
OF the humor of the writer. Per
haps familiarity with and the
memory OF "the good old days
may account for present enthu-
siasm, but Washington should
find the treat of its life in the
current engagement of the Aborn
Civic Light Opera Company.
y 4 II
SOMEWHERE among the chron-
icles of the unusual in this
old world is a story, the author
forgotten, at least for the nonce,
which tells of a modest cemetery
memorial to an infant, that bears
the simple inscription:
"If was so soon to be done for,
What was ever begun for?"
The accuracy of the quotation
is not here vouched for, but the
lines quoted" substantially ex-
press the meaning intended to be
conveyed.
Just one brief week ago Mana
ger Cochran's bigger and better
National Theater Players were
launched on the sea of high
hopes, with pennants f1uttering to
the winds and the spirit of Joy
entwined in the rigging of a
sturdy little craft that was con-
fldently expected to Danish the
cares OF day" for a limited season
OF 10 weeks. A generous public
was invited, in advance, to eX-
press its choice of the players; the
roster of plays was announced,
and an organization, in it's entire
ty comprising some SO people,
was engaged to redeem the prom
lSeS OF the management. Last
Monday evening, when the play
erS and all others engaged in the
enterprise assembled to unload
the first weeks cargo, they were
greeted with Equity's required two
weeks notice, that the season
would be abruptly closed, after
one more week, and the project
would be abandoned. This, it was
explained, was unavoidable, be-
cause, the management states, the
musicians demanded that an Or
chestra of seven pieces should be
employed for each performance,
and that, while it was agreed to
employ four pieces, a greater
number than that would mean a
certain loss to the stock company
enterprise. The musicians, it ap-
pears, have refused the conces-
sion, and SO there is nothing left
to do but to disband the company
and to abandon the contemplated
stock season next Saturday night.
AN interesting event is promised
= in the tag end of the current
week at the Wardman Park The
ater, by the Cue and Curtain
Club of George Washington Uni
verSity, and under the sponsor
ship OF the District of Columbia
Bicentennial Commission. No less
than the revival of "The Con-
trast," the first play with an
American theme, by an American
author, ever to be presented by
American players, in the far-dis-
tant days of 1787. 1t is a gossipy
little antique that deals with a
jealous gentleman who aspired to
the heart and hand of the daugh-
ter of one of our early American
Presidents, and it owes its origin
to the chagrin Of its hero that