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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-22
Aunt Clarcy

Aunt Oldrcy
Saying Of an Old-Time Servant Pro-
vides Mr.. Johnson with . Text
| (Gerdld Johnson in the Bdlti-
| more Evening Sum
In the memories of,a group of
men and women whose heads are
now streaked with gray there
hangs the image of an old Ne
gro woman who tyrannized over
their childhood. Clarissa, l sup
pose, was the name which her
parents--or her master, for she
was born in slavery-intended
to give her; but she pronounced
it Clarcy. Aunt Clarcy was not
in keeping with the traditional
Southern Nanny. She was
lazy, she was dirty, she was vast
ly incompetent, and l am not
aware that she possessed any
notable degree of loyalty. But
her most unpleasant character
istic, or so it seems after thirty
years, was her reiteration of a
certain phrase. Whenever a
childish hope was defeated, a
shimmering dream demolished,
it was her habit to leer and de-
claim with a repulsive unctuous-
ness, "'Tain't whut you wants
does you good, it's whut you
gifts" And the phrase rubbed
salt into the wound, stirred
childish hearts to a frenzy of
hatred that has not been forgot
ten although a generation has
Ipassed.
The old hag has been dead
these many years-which is some
consolation. But today | am not
so sure that her existence was
altogether a bad thing. Those
children are gray-haired men
and women, now, and long ago
they learned how much bitter
truth there was in Aunt Clarcy's
words. "'Tain't whut you wants
does you good, it's whut you gifts
I'VE have known it from child
hood, and so when we learned it
from a leering, sardonic fate a
little of its edge had been taken
off by our having heard it before
from the lips of an old Negro
woman.
1t seems to me that those of
us who were born below the 20
tomac when Queen Victoria still
reigned have in these distressful
times some measure of the ad-
vantage of those children at
whom Aunt Clarcy sneered. We
have seen this sort Of thing be-
fore, and, say what you will,
having seen it before does reduce
a bit the terror with which we
view it now.
Forty years ago what we call
the Great Depression was no de-
preston at all, but the normal
state of things in the South. An
individual by the name Of Will
liam Tecumseh Sherman had
seen to that. The panic of 1929
did a pretty good job of cleaning
out the country, but it was
lchlldS play by comparison WIN
what can be done by an invad-
ing army; and when Sherman
got through the South stayed de-
pressed for half a century.
Such part of the population as
survived in that region came out
tough. From the noise they have
made, everyone judges that the
wheat farmers Of the West are
the hardest hit element in our
population; but the wheat farm
ers are sitting pretty by compari-
son with the cotton farmers,
who have not made a really
profitable crop since 1923. But
such terrifically hard times were
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Denver; and from the account
which follows it is evident that
the United States went on a NOR
alistic rampage and put on q
show which in its general SELF
righteous irrelevance reminds
one Of nothing so much a. q
political rally staged by the con-
tented members Of the. G. o. p.
j.. What had best be- called the
keynote speech wasdeiivered by
one Rev. DR.. William Chambers
Covert Of Philadelphia, and this
gentleman appears to have had
the best time of all. In an ad-
dress which seems to have been
one continuous peroration he
blamed the present condition Of
the world on our "Christless cul-
ture," denounced the products Of
our schools as educated ruff
fans" and wound up with a la
mentation concerning Christ
less men of letters, Christless
professors and philosophers,
Christless leaders in business,
and Christless politicians"
So far, perhaps, so good. But
what, after listening to this
harangue, were the specific pro-
posals which the combined wis
dom of the assembly could ex-
cogitate and present to suffer
ling world? They may be sum-
married as follows: 1t passed a
resolution requesting that 1.-The
better magazines" refuse tobacco
advertisements; it denounced
motion pictures "in genera" lit
advocated federal censorship;
lit condemned the use of radio
on Sunday; it denounced all ad-
vocates of prohibition repeal as
"the most Infamous conspirators
who attack the Constitution;
and it concluded by supporting
with no wavering loyalty the
army and navy as organizations
to be used only in self-defense."
Now it seems strange that
lanyone who contemplated this as
a sample of what the best Chris
tian minds could produce should
wonder why it is that intelligent
people everywhere do not pro-
test against the dominance Of q
|"Christless culture" But if the
leaders of the Presbyterian Gen.
eral Assembly still find itstrange
that those who are interested in
human happiness and social
we'll being have lost faith in Or
ganized Christianity, we should
like to suggest that they contem-
plate the history of modern Eu-
rope and ask themselves at
what moment the church took
the lead in any serious effort to
establish a more equitable soci-
ETY.. This age is "Christless"
and it has got itself into mess.
But before we could be convinced
that the "Christlessness" pro-
duced the mess we should have
to be shown that the "ages of
faith" were characterized by the
rule of justice and mercy.
After all, the church has had
nearly twenty centuries to show
what it could do. During the
greater part of that time nine
, out Of ten of all persons in au-
thority professed, at least, to ac-
cept its guidance, and the world,
whatever else may have been
. wrong with it, had clerics in
charge Of education and church
: members in the seats of councils
and parliaments. We wonder at
, the folly Of those who propose
to re-elect Mr.. Hoover as Presi-
dent of the United States. But
Mr.. Hoover, after all, has had
only four years to demonstrate
, the ineffectiveness of his leader
. ship. The church has had two
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women. s,' f.
There is a reason. She knows
of old what real hard timee are.
Her mother had not merely to
live. but. to maintain a position
becoming a clergyman's wife. on
the income of a Southern clergy
man, which is to say on q mere
chemical trace of an income. She
fdid it, but at what tragic cost!
Rich winter visitors from the
North had established a golf club
in the neighborhood and one day
an amiable Northern girl invited
the 'clergyman's daughter to ac-
company her to the club for a
round. Knowing nothing about
the game, the Southern girl ac-
cepted. In the locker room the
hostess dug out a garment from
her locker, and handing it to the
guest suggested that she substi-
tute it for the dress she was
wearing. The clergyman's
daughter turned white, burst in
to tears and fed, and it is prob
able that the Northerner is Won
dering yet over the curious reac-
|tions of the ex-Confederates for
it was many years before the
Southerner had the heart to ex-
plain.
The fact is, all her underwear
had been made by her mother
from whatever white cloth came
to hand. She even used -four
sacRing, from which no amount
of washing could remove quite
all the dye; and in the locker
room it had suddenly occurred
to the Southerner that across the
back of her most intimate gar
ment ran in faint, but read
able lettering "Pillsbury's Best
Xxx 4 ,u
If any such tragedy has ever
overtaken you in childhood, in
maturity you know that the
worst has already happened, SO
why worry?
In all "Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations" there is no more
maddening line than Sweet are
fuses of adversity." Neverthe-
tless, as in Aunt Clarcy's stock
phrase, there is something in it.
CONTRARY to the present wide
spread impression, quite lot of
Americans are going to survive
this depression, and those who
do get through will be far less
soft and flabby than they were
prior to 1929. At this moment
there are fewer phony business
men and phony business ideas
abroad in the land than at any
previous time in twenty years.
We are still supporting vast
army of phony statesmen, but in
dications multiply that presently
There is going to be a great mas
sacre among them. There has
been a sudden immense revival
of respect for that dour old
Scotsman, Adam Smith, whom
the New Economic Era had
tossed into the discard.
Nobody wanted a depression,
but tain't whut you wants
does you good, it's whut you
gifts" A nation that gets
pretty thorough training in hard
times is sure to believe for the
moment that it is being killed
but it is pretty sure to be mis-
taken. And if through that ex-
perience it imbibes some in
creased respect for economic law,
some larger distrust Of get-rich-
quick artists and panacea-ped-
ding politicians, there can be nc
disputing the fact that what il
gets will do it good.
| never liked Aunt Clarcy and
| never will. But her voice was
the voice of Reality, shatterer OF
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Church Announcement

United church, Cameron ave-
nue. (Rev. c. r. Dierlamm, pas
tori; Sunday school at 9:45 A.
NJ, under the supervision of
Miles Mclean; worship at II A.
NJ; meeting of the Loyal Lea
que at 7:15.
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Don't tell Mayor Walker there
isn't any Santa Claus !-OmahG
WOrld-Herdld.
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Do-X has to be careful how
she dox.-PhAddelphia Bulletin.
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to Miss Ethel Neville.
Mrs. Saunders M. BrOokes OF
Richmond, Va, and Miss Virgil
MIA Pickett of Smithfield were
here on a visit to Mrs. w. M.
Pugh last week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pugh spent last Friday in Smith
field.
Romulus Best is i'll at his
home on Pittsboro street.
Miss Maggie Pickard is visit
ing friends in New Hampshire.
Mrs. P. r. Perry left Wednes-
day to be the guest of Mrs.
Grady Leonard in Washington,
d. c.
Zeb Councils son-in-law,
daughter, and grandson are i'll.
Mrs. Scott Barr is visiting in
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Webb,
accompanied by Mrs. J. d. Webb
and Ditsy and Caroline Buice,
went to Beaufort last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Webb re-
turned Sunday but left Mrs. j.
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ALFALFA BILL"
 E ENDORSED FOR
 PRESIDENT. PARTY
BILL WILL BEAT Tf4E GUY WHO MADE A SOUP
 HOUND OUT OF ME"

OKLAHOMA CITY, Fe b. 26, - Governor William Alfalfa Bilp Murray was unanimously endor. -,, by the State Democratic conven- tion as candidate for the party's Presidential nomination.
 The Convention named Cover nor Murray chairman of the State delegation to the National Conven- tion at Chicago and authorized him to appoint his own delegates.
 The Presidential platform form ed by Murray would commit the Democratic party to un m pl y- ment relief, conscription of wealth as well as men in time of war, abol- ition of excess government bur eaus, payment of cash bonus to World War veterans and better ment of economic condition of the middle class
 The Convention enthusiastically sang Murray's campaign song of Alfalfa Bill will beat the guy who made a Soup Hound out of me"
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EXPLANATION DEMANDED
 OF JAPANESE REQUEST

MOSCOW, Feb. 26. (P-The Sov- jets demanded an explanation of the Japanese request for a troop train on the Chinese Eastern Rail- road, charging in reality troops are expected to be sent to the Sov- jet border"
 The Soviets said the request was made under pretext that the lives of Japanese were threatened" The Russian statement said the JapS are beleaguered with White Rus sians in Manchuria and that the Japs are protecting the activities of the whites as plans called for
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SEATTLE GIRL THOUGHT
 SHE WAS LITTLE EvE

SEATTLE, Feb. 26, June Car roll, sometimes A years of age and at other times, when the spirit so moves her, 29, is again, in all prob ability, the life of some wild party.
 June, some weeks ago, was ar rested on charge of imbibing too deeply from the cup that cheers.
 June was paroled and told to go along and behave herself
 But nope! Yesterday June was picked up again, this time giving a one-girl style show in an Eve costume in a local downtown hotel. A policeman said naughty, naugh- ty," and rang for the wagon but before the cart arrived, strange to relate, June had in some manner escaped from the clutches of the officer.
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FIFTY THOUSAND MORE
 JAPANESE TROOPS ON

SHANGHAI, Feb. 26, Another fierce battle is underway through out this entire battle zone. Two additional divisions of pa Il eSe troops are reported to be enroute here, numbering 50,000.
 Japanese transports, loaded with soldiers, arrived off the mouth of the river. With these and the two new divisions gigantic operations are planned.
 Prior to these new forces swing ing into battle formation Chinese Generals have laid plans for a great counter attack.
 Part of a Chinese airport was destroyed yesterday by Japanese planes and a section of the Shang- hail Chengzie railroad was bombed. This, the Chinese reported later, was immediately repaired.
 Tokyo officials interpreted Sec retary Stimson's note to Japan as branding Japan as a treaty viola tor. Japanese newspapers denied the Nine Power Pact had been vio- lated
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TARD|EU FORMS NEW
 CABINET F0R FRANCE

PARIS, Feb. 26, Andre Tar dieu, war minister in the retired Laval cabinet, announced that he has succeeded in forming new cabinet.
 The Ministry is based on the right wing in the Chamber of Dep uties, rather than on concentra- ton of parties.
 It's strength and probable life was considered doubtful The Cab inet will face the Chamber today and if it is given vote of confi- dence, Tardieu will return to the Arms conference as the chief del egate of France.
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GEN. AuGUSTIN IUsTO
 |NAUCURhTED PRESIDENT

BENDS AIRES, Feb. 9. -G Gen. eral Agustin Justo was inaugurated as President of Argentina in an impressive ceremony, replacing the Provisional president, Jose Uribura, leader of the 1880 revolution.
 President Justo declared in his inaugural address that he would seek constitutional reforms to i'm prove the electoral system and would encourage trade with coun- tries offering Argentina reciprocal advantages"
 One of the last acts of Provis- ional President Jose Uribura, was to pardon all political prisoners.
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ANOTHER BOY GONE WRONG

SEATTLE, Feb. 26, -J. P. Han sen, the big salt man from Alaska, is no more. He is now resting com fortably behind steel bars. His bar rels of salt turned out to be pure, unadalterated moonshine ire $ h from the Olympic mountains and as potent as the morning dew. Han- sen had fond hopes of reaping a harvest from Alaska halibut fish, ermen who need lots of salt.
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GRAHAM AND CO-P|LOT
 ARRIVE SAFELY IN ATL|N

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb 26. (P) Pilot William Graham and Mrs. Edna Christofferson, missing for 10 days in the South Atlin country while on a flight from Seattle to Point Barrow via Nome to search for the schooner Baychimo, arrived at Atlin Thursday at p. m., Pilot s. E. McGillan wired Major D. R. MacLaren. assistant general man. ager of the Canadian Airways.
 McGillan was sent out from Atlin to search for the missing pair by the company. The Graham plane was flown to Atlin.
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PLANE WAS FORGED
 DOWN, LACK OF GAS

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 26' l4) Pilot Graham's plane was forced down on the afternon of February Is upon a frozen lake about 40 miles east of Atlin, owing to lack of gasoline
 The stranded couple were located three hours after Atlin aviators took off Thursday. Neither were the worse for their sojourn in the wilderness, although they suffered considerable from cold. They will remain in Atlin for few days.
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LAW |s HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
 GUN-TOTING YOUTHS

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.(P)-Prohibi- tion and it's synthetic liquors are responsible for wholesale gun toting by Chicago youths, Municipal Judge Brooks charged in exhibiting 57 weapons taken from youthful of lenders.
 He said the guns had been col- lected in the last three weeks, be- ing a big harvest for the boys court. Prohibition is to blame for 90 per cent of the gun toting by minors.
 Edward Mackay, 19, won remit tance of his $2O0 fine when he re- fused to turn "informer" against a woman who sold him liquor. He said: T will take what is coming to me; the woman who sold me this stuff must support jobless hus- band and two children"
 While I cannot condone law breaking" the Judge said, T do not like a 'squawker.' I admire you for protecting this woman; I will not punish you for situation made possible by prohibition - responsi- bility for it rests with society"
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TWO-sTROKE ENGINE MAY
 REvOLUT|ONNE AIRCRAFT I

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 26. = Air craft engineers who have seen the two-stroke gasoline engine perfect ed by Leland L. Scott, president of the Scott Two-Stroke Motor Com pany here, have predicted that it will revolutionize the aircraft in dustry.
 Several aircraft companies have already placed orders for the new motors, despite the fact that he does not expect to have. the en- zine in the air until this spring.
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ATTEMPT SECURE SERVICES

HONOLULU, Feb. 26.-Mrs. Grace Fortescue and her three co-defend ants, Lieut. Thomas Massie, E. J. Lord and Alfred Jones, who are facing trial for the staying of Hawaiian youth, are said to be at tempting to persuade two of the leading criminal lawyers in the United States -C Clarence Darow and J. Malone-to come to Homo lulu to take up their cases
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OBSERVERS INCLINED TO
 DISCOUNT JAP CLAIMS

SHANGHAI, Feb. 26. (P)-A fierce battle of artillery, machine gun and rifle fire is underway and both sides claimed the advantage.
 The Chinese yesterday succeeded in busting the Japanese again. To- day the Japanese claimed again they had surrounded Kiangwan but observers were inclined to discount these claims
 The Chinese reported their head quarters at Hangchow, 100 miles to the southwest, had been bombed.
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CONNECTS ENJOY SELVES;
 STEP OUT OVERNIGHT

HONOLULU, Feb. 26. (A1 = The story of convicts carrying keys to their cells outside the prison, and stepping out for a night over week. ends, was told in a report on High Sheriff John Lane, who resigned during the crime wave in which a Hawaiian was lynched for an al- legged attack on Mrs. Thomas Mas sic, wife of Naval lieutenant.
 The report charged laxity of morals; also that a baby was born to a woman prisoner,
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MUNITIONS, SUPPLIES
 ARRIVE FROM JAPAN

The Chinese announced that the railway which was badly damaged as result of the Japanese bomb ing attacks, had been repaired and that Chinese military traffic over the line had been resumed.
 An advance supply transport of the Japanese has arrived. The ship is carrying munitions and supplies for the Japanese forces. The Japanese transports, carrying two divisions of Japanese soldiers, are said to be nearing Shanghai.
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DID AWAY WITH SELF

SEATTLE, Feb. 26, A coroner's jury finally figured it out how a woman could shoot herself four times then slash both wrists be- fore dying and so solved tn e strange double murder of Frank Case, bus driver, and his house keeper, Betty Woods The woman shot Case through the head and then killed herself. When found the death house was locked from the inside.
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LETTER FROM DEAD SON

TACOMA, Wash, Feb b. 26, IT. Tears fell from mothers eyes upon letter from her son in Chi na. Mrs. Elizabeth Short, mother of Bob Short, American aviator with the Chinese forces who was shot down by Japanese pilot, had just received and opened a letter from her boy, now dead. He had written: Don't worry, Mother dear, I will take good care of my self and be sensible"
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NORWEGIAN ATHLETES
 MAKE CLEAN SWEEP

LAKE PLACID, N. r., Feb. 26, - Ivan Ballangrud of Norway won both the 1,500 and 11,000 meter races, capturing individual worlds speed skating championships.
 His victories gave Norway clean sweep in the championships.
 Haakon Petersen placed first in yesterdays 500 meter race.
 The first three places for indi- vidual performance also went to Norway with fourth place to Bert Taylor of the United States.
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LOCAL NAVY YARD |S SUGGESTED
 BY GERMAN
REPRESENTATIVES HORR AND CARTER ARE OF SAME
 OPINION

A navy yard should be located at Seward, writes Louis P. Green of San Francisco in a letter received ov The Gateway in the last mail.
 A newspaper clipping from pa per accompanied his letter in which 1t was said:
 Representative Horr of Seattle and Representative Albert Carter of Okland think an airbase should oe constructed at UnalaSka. This $ as far west of San Francisco bay IS Washington is east therefrom and would form the northern end of the mid-ocean line of defense"
 The flare-up in the Far East Is stirring the California CongreSsion- Il delegation to ask the question: Are Pacific Coast defenses ade- uuate?
 Generally it is agreed that the ia yof forts and stationary big guns IS about past. It is realized that the Navy and its airmen constitute the real defense of the coast line. Navy men admit that in case the United States became involved in a war with Japan, the Philippines would easily be taken. Hence their base and first line of defense would be Pearl Harbor at Hawaii and the broad ocean stretching south to 1,he Panama Canal and northward 70 Alaska.
 Mir. Green says: There is one very important thing that ought 70 be in Seward that I have never heard anything about and that is navy yard there. There is plenty of room in your harbor to have dry docks enough to accommodate our Varships and also room enough to nave machine shops and other -lnits This would prove great nelp for the Alaska coal miners be- cause the coal is wonderfully adapted for steaming and black Smithing purposes.
 Tn case we ever have any diff iiculty with Japan, Alaska will nc doubt be a center of operations and easily taken by our opponents and ! am wondering how AlaSkans would take to the idea of having Orientals taskmasters who hate Us worse than poison.
 Such an undertaking will not involve any too eXorbitant expense Tor Alaska can furnish much of the material in the makings, ce- nent gravel rock and other build ing materials.
 If any other nation had Alaska you would see things humming, we never appreciate our wonderful possessions until it is too late. Why don't you Alaskans get busy and get some legislation through on thi proposition?"
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REFUSES PORTFOLIO

PARIS, Feb. 26. - M. Tardieu, former War Minister, has declined a portfolio in the new cabinet be- ing formed by Paul Paileve. Pierre Laval, whose cabinet fell recently, also refused to join the new minis try. The radical bloc in the Cham Der of Deputies has voted unre- served support to M. Painleve.
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BROTHER CONFEssES HE
 PLANNED ID R0B BANK

WELLINGTON, Kans., Feb. 26.- Walter Wilson, brother of Dick Will son, cashier of the Valley State Bank of Belle Plaine, has confessed that he assisted in planning the robbery of the bank on August 25, in which four bandits escaped amid a hail of lead fired by vigilantes.
 Wilson, about 30 years old, is a sign painter here. The holdup was planned, he said, after friendship with Betty Weaver, alleged mem Der of the gang now in jail in Wichita, being held as material witness.
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TRY AND GET IT

COLON, Panama, Feb. 26, - Aimee Semple McPherson, Los An geles evangelist, has a million dol- lar goal in sight. Becoming vexed at Colon cabaret owner who was serving "hallelujah cocktails sh e is suing him for that sum alleging defemation of character.
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SOME MORE NOTES

TOKYO, Feb. 26. (P)-American, British, French and Italian ambaS- sadors called on the Foreign Office to present notes expressing the de- sire of their governments in which it was said the Japanese must keep military operations out of the In- ternational Settlement.
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HUNDREDS SEEK JOBS

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Feb. 26.- Hundreds of unemployed stormed the municipal garage, seeking 200 ash and garbage collection jobs left vcant by union strikers. Union men struck because of the plan to reduce their time and salary by one-half to provide part time work for the jobless.