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(Continued from Page l) city parks and on surrounding hills. and has asked local n1er- chants to contribute food and cloth. ing.
 Aided Father Cox's Army
 Johnstown's mayor has been ac. tive in the affairs of the bonus army ever since Father Cox. Pitts bursh priest, headed his famous march to Washington. Eddie Joined forces with the priest and, when the army went through this city enroute to the capital, Eddie staged huge reception for the marchers here.
 Since that day he has advocated payment of the bonus and has made several trips to Washington to visit the army and speak his piece.
 Eddie has been fighting all his lire. Raised in a mining and steel town, his early training began with street brawls staged in the shadow of blast furnaces and coal tipples. He was one of II children.
 Such training. fitted Eddie for the life of a pugilist. Before the war he was in his prime. fighting as a middleweieht, and meeting some of the best fighters in his class.
 To-day. at 42. slightly paunchv and bit gray. Mayor Eddie is still "a fighter. He is strictly a cham. pion of the peoples cause. After the widest political campaign in this towns history. he was elected by large majority and on a plat form promising to battle the gas and electric company and the Bethlehem Steel company.
 The minute he got in office he fired the chief of police - or thought he did. He found a hos tile council and a chief who re- fused to get out. So. for a time, Johnstown had two police heads, Eddie's appointee and the old ruler.
 Just Plain Eddie"
 There's nothing high-hat about the mayor. Hes as plain as his name. Seen on any street corner along Main street. he's nothing more than a man-about-town. His many acquaintances hail him as "Eddie," and to call him "Mr Me- Closkey' would call for frowns from his otherwise grlnning face.
 A few months after he was In office, Eddie hit upon a solution for the depression. His plan. which rec ceived wide publicity. included the construction of q string Of sido- waIlss across the United States to furnish work for the unemployed. He was even going to have q song. "The sidewalks of America. print. cd as the theme song for his cam. phign.
 Another point in his plan inc cluded enforcing prohibition SO strictly that everyone will be glad to repeal the law and set sood
 This point he has strictly en. forced in his local administrat ton. He has announced he viii not both. CT people making home brAw as iors ns they don't seii li. 1ut he hounds h0otlcaaers reientlesslv. even having spotters at work iocai. inp ihs apea keasles in town.
 Oh. . J0grnaiIsf. Tosi
 E8dis is an edltoF. tDs. HIS effis elai organ ib "The DeFby." There
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democratic party chose as It's lead CT a man of.oEpreased convictions and positive action as a candidate to the rebublican candidate for re- election"
 He declared, however. that he had never questioned ''the liberallty of viewpoint possessed by the choice of the convention upon any phase of our social or other relations, even through some of his sup porters are not so liberal"
 Ely is conceded an excellent chance of being reelected as gover- nor and with Ely's support and that of Mayor Jams M. Hurley Of Boston Roosevelt appeared to have fair prospect of carrying Massa- chusetts. which Smith carried in 1928.
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every community and each man sign up 20 men. either 1obless or veterans. Then we should march on Washington. It would really he a bloodless revolution. We are cit- fzens. We have constitutional rights. ri lead e division, even to the White House."
 Commander Waters declared last night that something of the sort would be done by his khaki shirts. He advised his sympathizers to be- gin training in a semi-military frage in the November elections.
 ''The sole purposeof the khaki shirts" he said, ''is to restore the
 He indicated that if the Mary land camp is successful, other can- comments will be established else- where.
 The McCloskey camp. according to present plans, will be in exist ence a week or ten days. The bon useers will then move back to the front door of the national capitol.
 with Waters announcement that the colony here would be dis banded inside of two weeks. Johnstown residents passively acc cepted the bonuseers for that pe- riod.
 'There Is nothing more for us to say" commented Harry Hessel- bein, secretary of the chamber of commerce. We hope they get out inside of ten days. If sanitary con- ditions get any worse we will cer- tainly appeal to the state depart mentof health at Harrisburg"
 Three hospital tents at the col- ony were crowded to-day. The Johnstown hospitals. already taxed to capacity. were unable to handle the numerous emergency cases.
 Large camp fires burned through
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 With Democrats
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scheduled to confer with Roosevelt soon.
 The belated Ely endorsement the significant assertion that the needs of the times made 1t imperative that the cabinet be composed of the aolest of public servants even regardless of party affiliation. :" and the democratic president will have the best" It was inferred that Ely and Roose- welt, in their conferences, came to an understanding as to possible dis position of cabinet posts in the event of a democratic victory in the fall.
 Ely praised the position taken by Roosevelt rgarding foreign debts, prohibition repeal, and gov ernmental economy in his radio speech Saturday night.
 Reaffirming his disappointment at Smiths defeat, he said he was still compelled to. feel that the public mind would more clearly and easily find expression if the
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the night. The mountain air was chilly. Bed covering was scanty. Men and women huddled around the blazes and went to sleep sitting up.
 Small children. some less than . month old, were housed in an au- tomobile which is being used as q nursery. Most women were as- signed to tents. The older children slept with their mothers.
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never was q more liam blasting" sheet. Sometimes 1t appears in green, and sometimes in red. It is couchod in the language of the common people. Whether 1t Is the proof-reader's fault or Eddies Is not known. but 1t remains that mis- takes and mlsspelled words creep into 1t sometimes.
 The journal carries aii the fiery personality of the mayor. Tn 1t he hits the steel and utility interests. He champions his own cause. ate tacks everyone from the grocer who runs a smelly emporium on Franklin street to the big shots of tine government. He takes person. al enjoyment in publishing letters attaoising his enemy in an editorial manner.
 Tine fighting mayors ony passive moments aFo when he ls at homo with his family. lie has two daugh. ters, Catherine, (, and irene, c, and . son. Eadie, Jr.
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BY FREDERICK KUH
lunltcd Press stan Correspondent


 Berlin. Aug 1-Communists and the Catholic party held the balance of power in Germany's reichstag today after 37,000,0O0 voters doubled Adolf Hitler's Nazi repre- s:ntation but failed to give either the right or the left" a work ing majority
 The party alignment is such that the situation almost parallels that in the American congress where shift of few votes either way would have decided many major political issue.
 ex-Chancellor Eruening's Catholic party, while not large in numbers, would be influential in the reich stag because of the close divisions; and it meant that a way had been cleared for Chancellor Franz Von Papen's cabinet to rule despite the hostile reichstag and perhaps ex- tend it's powers by dictatorial measures.
 After a recheck, the election commission announced the standing os the parties in the Reichstag as follows:
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lbiican Total, 217
Left Wing fs 123 1l
Republican Total. o41
Extreme Left fyn ts, y.a 1tnista Aq

Extreme Left
 Communists .. S9 v
 Grand Total. 6s7
 1.-The Nazis double their vote compared with the last reichstas eIection of September. 1880, but did not increase the poll given Hitler iii the run-off presidential cam Eaign last April 10. It was indicated t9iat Hitier's sensational rise was ciimaxed with the absorption of smaller parties.
 ssIn the absence of coalation to form e working ma ajority. the Mutation foreshadowed was one in which the cabinet might openly defy an adverse reichstag vote without resigning.
 Such a situation would become rorsible if the Catholics and Nabis idlicd to agree o na coalition plat korm, which politicians considered likely. This would mean that nfa ajcrity government could not be formed. for the communists would not cooperate with anybody unless 4aey made a complete reversal Of former policies.
 ssThe government might remain at the helm despite a defeat in the
  Fave been furnished by state gov. ernmeBts that turned pariiamen- fary defeat into profit. Taking ad- Vantage or q statement. they re- biained in office on the pretense ef "conductIng affairs temporarily frnGlng c'nriacation of the parlla- rsentary sifuntion."
 An outstanding feature of the hbw re.ehsfag was it's distinctly &ntI-ca pits listic tinge. Three guar. tors of the new deputies belong to fsoIiaiistic" parties. The anti-oap. flniietie tendency might influence 4he Catholics 10 abandon their op. ] bositIon to the anti.communisti Non Papen regime. Meanwhile the 'politIcaI truce" declared for the pest ten days Eavo party leaders fhs ehnnce 10 negotiate deals in Iiie hore of forming majority.
 fi s''lfe representation double f'i"' bi fife k'sf relehhlnK. Hitler s'si n1i rnntsol parliament either hlne or wilh the cooperation of 3ff Alfred lIuRenbefn'a i1aiiena lists. TAe NazIs ven 23e seats. The come lined. strength Of the right wins, 'nelu9ins the fasoists. natIonalisis.
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 Call To Aid Vets
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chamber of commerce in inviting the homeless bonus army to stop in Johnstown overshadowed to army's commander, Walter Wal ters, in the camp here Sunday.
 He appealed to President Hoov- CT and the Red Cross for aid, and when he didn't even receive a re- ply, sent another telegram late last night in protest. which read:
 AS an American citizen, I de- mand an answer from you on my telegram appealing for aid for the B. E. F.
 "As the mayor of Johnstown, I certainly am entitled to this cour- tesy. Repeating, urgent need of immediate action"
 Some hours earlier he had sent this message:
 "Thousands of men, women and children, whose homes were de- stroyed by fire in Washington are stranded here in desperate need of food, clothing and medical SUD- plies.
 "In the name of humanity and common decency, please show you are an American by rushing aid. The situation will grow very dan- gerous unless you rush shipment of necessities.
 "The eyes of'the world are upon you. Responsibility rests on you and you alone"
 McCloskey did not exaggerate the need of food and supplies. A benefit show netted $500 which was turned into bread and coffee, but women and children needed other food, and some needed medi- cal attention.
 In the crowd here were almost 5000 persons. The fates had de- creed that red-haired, generous mayor should share with the vet erans' fair haired commander and pretty blonde Maryland widow the responsibility for food and shelter.
 Commander Waters told the cheering crowd about the 209- acre farm deeded him by the Mary land widow, Mrs Maude Edgell for the use of the veterans. Waters flew here from Washington after signing the deed for which he said he paid $1.
 "You have proved to the world
  spect," he said. Now I have ob- tained for you a 209-acre farm just 19 miles from Washington and in two or three weeks we'll move in. Until then you must stay in Johnstown.
 Log cabins will be built for married men. and cabins for the single men.
 This will be safe refuge for the destitute driven from Wash ington at the points of bayonets and tear gas at the orders of that great humanitarian. H { Hoover.
 ''The property is in my name and we'll keep everybody off who doesn't belong to us. including au- thorities. We'll be orderly and we won't fight our government. But you can stay at the caritonment the rest of your lives if you want
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SHERIFF JAMES W. GEDDEs

Extensive concentrations of Hitler brown shirt militia continued to-day, ar0using uneasiness among the citi- zens. Reliable advices from Mecklenburg, Silesia a n d other places said the brown shirts remained ''in a state of readiness" Authorities dep- recated suggestions that an armed uprising was planned.
 Rioting in Koenigsburg, East Prussia, caused m0bili- zation of police forces. Ar mored cars patrolled the streets and many stores were closed for safety.
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manent and self-stipporting colony of several thousand veterans and their families-the thousands who fled to Johnstown. Pa.
 B. E. F. headquarters in Wash ington said four other farm sites from Virginia to New York state had been offered.
 E.. W. Lambert of Michigan, one of Waters aides, already was on the scene here inspecting possible water supplies and surveying sites for cabins and barracks.
 With Lambert were a score of other veterans, some with their families. A few had crude tents. One or two had salvaged battered
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The Queen of Norway has adopt ed a Chihuahua dog from Mexico as a pet
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cots. others slept under tAe tz4@n,
 Mrs Edgell who has become tto mother" of the bedraggied bcrue army, is Iow-voieed widow wish an .'sastern shore" dsnwi. She owns a small sanitarium in Cantonsyille. Md. ana has given shelter so 1r veterans there.
 She sold 2E acres of the wood- land to Waters for fl and arranEea for leasing nearly 17s acres adoi-
 Carving the colony out of the forest will be q pioneer tagk. The veterans idled in their Wilmington camps, but here they will naye to work and work hard. Mrs Engeu expects most of them to be put to work. numbering at first. some o1 the lumber will go into cabins and barracks; the rest will be sold to obtain money for supplies.
 She expects them to acquire hve-, stock and plant gardens to raise as much of their own food as- pcss able.
 Meantime many of the neighbors are sympathetic and are providing food and tools for the early arr1v. als. Others, however, view the cois ony with dismay.
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Washington, Aug 1-(U. P.) - Care of the destitute and homeless thousands of the bonus army lis now q problem for public and pri. yate charity in the local conhmunts ties" American Red Cross ofiieiAls said to-day in rejecting appeals for food and clothing for veterans who fled to Johnstown, Pa.
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Six inches of snaw fell In the mountains of sunny Fiorence, Itasy. recently. M
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 Fighting Men

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plenty of moisture available. Condi-
tions are considerably more encour-
aging so far this year.
Emil Rasmussen of the Dagmar
community is seeding in the north
half of the Chris Astrup land this
year and Frank Legge is putting n
the south half as well as the Chris
aulsen place.
Lloyd Flesjer Of Grenora was as
sisting Ole Bake with seeding the
past week putting in the Roland
place.
Ole Doe and Oscar Melby were to
Reserve on Thursday for flour for
themselves and a few neighbors.
Fred and Andrew Young are back
from Michigan, arriving on Friday,
to look after their farming interests
in this vicinity.
Henry Haven made a trip to Re-
serve on Friday for seed flax.
Our Farmers Union had their reg
ular monthly meeting at the school
house Sunday afternoon with a
very good attendance. The ladies
served a lunch following the meet
ing. A general report was given by
Secretary Henry Syverud of the oil
activity, the County Convention and
several other Union matters. Mr..
and Mrs. Mikkel Jorgensen and
daughter Lillian of the Coalridge vi
cinity were also present. Several
speakers were expected but did not
come,
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leadership who court reactionary and corporate
dictation."
The other means of misleading the masses IN
the present election campaign is that used by the
Socialist, Farmer-Labor, Liberty, Jobless and 9th
capitalist parties. These takers come out with
attacks on both the Republican and Democrat
parties, say that they are tools of big business,
etc.
Despite the paths they take the "prOgressives"
within the old parties and the leaders of the 9TH
er capitalist parties have one common task: to
prevent the masses from organizing for militant
struggle against the misery of the present crisis,
and to prevent the masses from organizing for
mhtan: struggle against imperialist war, to keep
the masses enchanted to the capitalist system.
This is their task. This, their central task they
attempt TO conceal with radical" phrases. They
make abrupt turns to the left" deliberate dema-
gOgic attempts to prevent the growing militancy
of the masses from breaking out of the bonds of
capitalist politics. capitalist parties, from break
ing with the capitalist system, breaking the CAPT.
talist system.
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RACINE VALLEY

The ball game at Viggo Johansens
Sunday only went four innings on
account of the rain. The "Pick-Ups
beat the Non-Smokers to 6, the
Pick Ups making six scores in the
fourth inning. Clifford Petersen of
the Non-Smokers did some good
fielding at second base. The Pick
Ups are planning on playing Froid,
McCabe and Culbertson later on,
and it is said that Redstone has
challenged the Non-Smokers.
The last seed loan checks arc
finally arriving and everybody is
busy in the fields.
John Andreasen is working for
Lars Larsen with his tractor outfit.
MARRIED
Friday, May 9Th, Esther Nielsen
and Henry Barrett stole a march on
their many friends and were quietly
married at Plentywood. Miss Mel.
sen was born and raised in this
country and is we'll known among
the young people. She is at present
teaching the Lew Wallace school
which she has now taught for two
years. Henry Barrett came to this
country from Denmark some years
ago. He is a member of the Danish
Brotherhood and is well know
around here. Mrs. Lars Linn is his
aunt. Mr.. Barrel is a carpenter and
whether he will follow his trade on
start farming is not known. An H.
many friends of the happy couple
wish them all the joyous blessings
OF long matrimonial voyage.
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Mrs. Raymond Porter of Virginia,
Mimi. arrived last week for an ex-
tended visit here with her mother,
Mrs. Hilda copeland. She made the
Mimi, where her husband Is en-
ployed. Mrs. Porter is known here
by her former name, Miss Helen
Johnson.
The Farmers Union met Saturday
evening. This is the first meeting
of any organization that has ma
terialized at McElroy for several
months. Either the weather or
roads has prevented people from at
tending.
Miss Olga Lundene spent the week
end at the John Rice home.
Mrs. Myron Taylor has been car
ing for her one-year-old nephew for
several weeks Will his mother, Mrs.
Taylor's sister, was sick. The baby
was returned to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ted Larsen, Friday Two
other children of the family have
been cared for at the home of their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Hell
! lem.
Mrs. Robert Mangel is sick with
some ailment in her leg. She was q
patient at the Grenora hospital sew
eral days last week on this account
| Friday she was permitted to return
home but is still unable to be up.
/ Joe Noon has been hobbling a.
round rather painfully the past weel
One evening while unloading baleC
hay from a car when it was too darl
to see what he was doing, a large
hook he was using to jab into the
bales. missed the bale entirely anC
struck in his leg instead, hence the
hobbling.
| Olaf Gronvold of Coruertown i:
helping at the R. Mangel home a
| present.
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RAYMOND

The Y c. l.. unit gave a dance at
the Wankel school Saturday evening.
Everyone reported good time.
A big baseball game was held in
town Sunday. The Y. Z. l.. boys
played Raymond. Both teams put
up a good game, the score finally
ending IA to 4 in favor of Raymond.
Otto Nagel had an accident at the
Rockne coal mine last week. The
results were not serious.
Several Of the people from this
community attended the dance in
Plentywood Saturday evening.
Mrs. X. Collins and daughter Shir-
ley spent Tuesday at the p. L. Col
Inns home
The school children of this dis
trict took in the track meet at Plen-
tywood Monday.
Montana Cosper and Mildred
Tooke of Outlook spent Sunday in
town visiting friends.
Aldon Nichols, who is attending
school in Plentywood spent the week
end with his parents.
Edna Walkden, who is employed
at the Ordahl home, spent Sunday
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Walkden.
Floyd Stewart spent Saturday ev.
ening at the Emil Severson home.
Joe Olson and Donald Cereson os
Dooley attended the ball game in
town Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Stewart and
Herbert Beglinger attended the show
in Plentywood Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Loutzenhiser
ana family made a business trip tC
Antelope Saturday
Ed Hannah hauled a load of wheat
from the Dan Mccall home at Com
ertown Monday.
Sid Gordon has been visiting in
town this past week.
Joe Billet of Outlook stopped in
town Sunday on his way to Plenty
wood to see his mother who is IL
the Plentywood Memorial hospital.
Tom Dubry and Ray Void left
Monday for Washington, where they
Will visit with Toms sister.
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RESERVE

Mr.. and Mrs. Lund were visitors
in F'roid last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Peterson spent
Sunday at the home OF Ed Sorbel
near Froid
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Andersen ane
family of Froid were Sunday guests
at the home OF Mrs. P. G. Petersen.
Carl Hole and VIM. Rokken did a
splendid job of planning the streets
OF the town last Saturday. The
Commercial Club had voted the
money to cover the cost of the gas
ana oil some time ago, but the lob
was held up awaiting volunteers to
do the work
Several carloads of school children
went to Plentywood to attend the
track meet last Monday.
The school term closed on Tues
day.
The school picnic is planned for
aext Friday. and will be held in the
Richardson grove west of Antelope.
The Community Oil Co. took in
day.
Seeding operations are progress
ing at a rapid rate, and some far
mers report their seeding all done.
especially those who are sowing only
summer fallow.
Three political conventions in
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who realizes that the United Far
mers League and the Unemployed
Council are becoming a force in
the county. Comrade Bauman Cd
emily branded the commissioners as
takers.
The crowd of farmers then de-
manded Pattison's arrest for strik-
ing Mrs. Baumann and demanded
that the county attorney serve the
warrant on Pattison. He refused
to do this altho it was his duty ae-
cording to the law.
the organizer of the United
Farmers League then pointed out
that the outlaws and takers who
are in office in Clearwater County
could beat up the wives of farm
ers and workers who had no pro-
lection from the Claw" He told
the workers and farmers TO 20
back to their homes and farms
and organize every worker and
farmer into the Unemployed Com-
ell and into the United Farmers
League for their own defense.
They must organize, fight hand IN
hand in hand 30 do away with the
capitalist system with all its fax
ers. When that is done the world
will be safe for men, women and
children.