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The daily worker., 1932-02-22
JAPANESE BOMB CHINESE
REFUGEES; DROWN WOMEN
AND CHILDREN in CREEKS
Imperialist Press Admits Invaders Are Carry
ing On Deliberate Terror Against
Chinese Masses
Workers! Stop the Robber War Against China
Demand Withdrawal of All Imperialist
Armed Forces!

Furious at the heroic resistance of the revo-
lutionary Chinese workers of Shanghai and
soldiers fighting in defiance of the Marking
government the Japanese on Saturday intensi-
fled their campaign Of frightfulness against
the Chinese
The Japanese defeated in their obectves for the past
three weeks launched another big offensive against the de-
tenders Of Shanghai Saturday Japanese planes raned
death throughout the day the remaining working class
The daily worker., 1932-02-22

NEW YORK.--A picture Of the
acute hunger of the great majority
of the 100000 unemployed in New
York City Is shown by an investiga-
ton Of $500 applicants for relief 10
the Emergency Work and Relief
Bureau.
Even the Tammany investigators
were forced to admit that 81 per
cent Of the families they visited had
no food at all and were suffering
from hunger.
All were in debt, some heavily
The daily worker., 1932-02-22
LANDLORDS TRY :
TO BREAK BRONX
RENT STRIKE
s Arrested, 35 Get
Evictions But Strikes
Stay Strong

NEW YORK. n. Yin the rent
strikes now in progress In the
Bronx the bosses try many stunts
to break them.
Eight workers we're arrested by po-
lice called by the landlord of 1873
Arnow Ave-. after an open air meet
ing had been held in front OF the
house TO mobilize the neighborhood
in support of the strike there.
There we're he'd under $500 bail.
The attorney for the landlord de-
'nded in court that the workers
held without bail for "inciting
to riot, disorderly conduct, etc. The
workers were defended by Buiten-
kant who attacked the denial of the
police of the workers rights to hold
meetings and organize.
Thirty-five workers, tenants Of
the five houses on strike on Long
fellow Ave-, have been served with
eviction notices and are to appear
IN court on FEBRUARY 2S.
Cn Sunday the workers stopped
the attempts of someone to scab
on them by moving into the house.
The workers believe this had been
planned by the landlord to disrupt
their strike. One of the men who
tried to move in Is an executive of
the United Hat Workers Union. The
block committee will exrose his
name If he pers SITS in his attempt
to scabe.
The tenants will hold mass DEM
onstrations and rally the section TO
protest against the eviction notices
and will carry on their work for .
victorious strike.
The daily worker., 1932-02-22

districts of the South China City. The
donsely populated proletarian sections
of Hongkew and Kiangwa were turned
into bloody shamples as the Japanese
duplicated their mass murders of a
few weeks ago in the Chapel district
where over $1,000 unarmed Chinese
men. women and children we're
slaughtered, and other thousands
MANNED for life.
Inperialist press dispatches from
Shanghai admit that the Japanese
imperialists are waging the most
brutal terror against the Chinese
masses. A Shanghai dispatch reports
The homes of workers and peasants
deliberately put to the torch by the
Japanese and unarmed Chinese men,
women and children thrown into the
icy waters of creeks and ponds. The
dispatch states:
"The Japanese took Kiangwsn at
$50 p. m. for the cond time and
under a glowing sunset began what
happened to be deliberate cam
paign of terror, demolishing, every
thing in their path along the coun-
tryside.
"They set fire to the ruins of
buildings, put haystacks to the
torch and killed civilians. They
threw peasants-men, women and
children-intO creeks and sIoughs.
This detail of the days activities is
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The daily worker., 1932-02-22
Communist Party
Calls Mass Meet
for Bread Strike

The Communist Party has ar
ranged mass meeting in support
of the Brighton Beach bread strike
for Monday at SO34 Ocean Park
way Hall, 8 pm. Prominent Party
speakers will address the meeting.
The Communist Party, as distin-
guished from the Socialist Party
who has been trying TO break the
strike, gives its fullest support and
helps to lead the struggles of all
workers for better conditions.
The daily worker., 1932-02-22

York district of the International
Labor Defense. Il don't care what 1t
means to me-" she said, 80 long as I
can keep up with the fight of the
working class to free Tom"
Her decision to come was made
when it was disclosed that the So
called Mooney Pardon Committee in
New York, headed by the rinity Of
nisleaders, the Thomases, Mustes and
the Lovestone renegades, tried their
utmost to disrupt the meeting ar
ranged by the LID. The Bell Tele-
phone Company allied itself with
these takers in an attempt to throw
a monkey wrench into the arrange
ments for the great meeting at which
at least 25,000 are expected to at
tend
When the New York District, LID,
which had arranged for Mother
CONTINUED ON PAGE Yygos
The daily worker., 1932-02-22
Who Will Attend the T. U. U. L. Conference:

Because of the important problems that will be taken the
New York conference the revolutionary industrial
minority the Committee Unity
Council decided to constitute the conference follows
All delegates to the newly elected Trade Unity Council
Executive and Trade Boards of unions leagues.
g. Two delegates from each shop branch
a. Two delegates<from each opposition group.
Faterna delegates from the Communist Party
International International
lief City Unemployed Council Labor Union Struggle
Rights International
The daily worker., 1932-02-22
new GAINS SCORED BY
DRESS STRIKE; MASS
MEET UNION SO. TUESDAY
Mass Labor Conference Pledges Support to
United Front; 100 Shops Settle

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-The beginning of the third week
of the United Front Dressmakers Strike finds the ranks of
the strikers increased MANIFOLD and large number of vic
tories scored Thousands of dresmakers members of the
International who crowded the Cooper Union Hall
and thousands responding enthusiastically the
movement for strike for better working conditions the
shops and against the Schesnger Dubinsky
The daily worker., 1932-02-22
HANDS OFF CHINA!

DEMAND THE RECALL OF JAPANESE TROOPS FROM
MA N H URIA A AND ALLPARTS OF CHINA!
DEMAND THE EXPULSION OF JAPANESE DIPLOMAT
&c REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES!
STOP THE SHIPMENT OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION
TO CHINA!
FROM CHINA!
The daily worker., 1932-02-22
Slackening of Efforts
Noev isDangeror.s;Rush
Funds to SAGE "Daily''

The response from District II,
which includes Florida, Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky,
to the Daily Worker Emergency
Drive, shows the close connection of
the Daily Worker with the workers
struggles, That district, which has
been marked by the bosses murder
Gus terror against the Kentucky and
Tennessee miners and against the
Tampa tobacco workers, has already
filled 43.3 percent of its quota in the
campaign to rush funds to save the
Daily Worker, as compared with the
general average, for the districts of
the entire country, of only 1871 per
cent.
The total amount received by the
Daily Worker so far is SlO,575.30
which looks like big money, but
when it is compared to the Daily
Workers debts, and to its immedi-
ate pressing needs for paper sup
plies, etc, it is a terribly small
amount The New York district has
contributed more than half of this
sum. Districts like Detroit, which
sent in only $556.S9 so far, Chicago,
which sent in only $30S.55, and
Cleveland, which sent in only S507,
are holding up the drive. These dis
tricts, we admit, are near the top,
but that means nothing when we
know that the workers can be raj
lied there on much wider scale to
support the paper that leads the
workers struggles. These districts
can also reach 40 per cent and more
of their quota if the workers are
approached and brought into the
campaign.
Get committees active. Issue bull
letins. Stimulate revolutionary COM
petition. Distribute Daily Worker
donation books and give the workers
a chance to contribute. We have
been too passive up to now. The time
is long past due for action. TIE
Daily Worker drive must be burn
ing question at Party meetings.
Speed it up! Rush funds to save the
Daily Worker.
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The daily worker., 1932-02-22
VOLUNTEERS

All volunteers for the Anti-War
meeting on Monday, February 22,
are asked to report at the District
Office at 10 am. in order TO get
their definite assignments. Sale of
literature will also be taken care
of by the District office.
All workers are asked to help
the committee TO keep proletarian
discipline at the demonstration.
The daily worker., 1932-02-22

Rush every penny to save
Daily Worker or leadership in
workers. struggles.
The daily worker., 1932-02-22

tcoNrINUED ON FACE THREE,
Evening star., 1932-02-21
George Washington Masonic National Memorial

towering temple erected Shooters Hin 6y the MA ma
dedicated will hold the priceless relics WASH
Alexandra Lodge Design OF @
their harbors by the ancient
B Hmelheber copS7"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
"LOVE IS A RACKET" AND
 SINNERS IN THE SUN" ON DOUBLE PROGRAM AT STATE

Following their great personal successes in "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain." First National Pic lures have again cast Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy opposite each other in the new Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring vehicle. Love Is A Rack et," now headlining a dandy dou- ble feature bill at the State.
 Ann Dvorak is the young lady who began her screen career in q chorus during the heyday of musi- cal movies. She rose to the posi-. ton of dancing instructress at the studio and seemed doomed to teaching steps when Howard Hughes gave her screen test which resulted in her choice for leading roles in Sky Devils" and "Scarface.' Howard Hawks then gave her q chance in his story, ''The Crowd Roars," which he also directed. The great promise she showed in these few pictures led to her choice for the leading femi- nine role in "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain," in which she scored such a great hit opposite Lee Tracy that she was immediate ly cast for the feminine lead in Love Is A Racket"
 Love Is A Racket" concerns the adventures of wise Broadway col umnlst who discovers he's not so wise in the ways of women after all. Ills .ove for chorus girl was doomed by her ambition to marry millions.
 Doug Fairbanks Jr, appears as the wise columnist who really isn't so smart when it comes to himself Tracy appears as his best friends
 The companion feature presents beautiful Carole Lombard in Par amounts new hit "Sinners In the Sun."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
In The Local
 TheaterS
'.TaE WET PARADE" AND
 1.-THE SILVER LINING" ON
 STRAND PROGRAM TO-DAY

That the national prohibition question. currently exciting re- newed interest in Washington, in editorial columns and over the family breakfast table, is fraught with that much sought-after screen commodity, thrilling drama" is strikingly evidenced In The Wet Parade" now on view at the Strand theater for days.
 For this picture contains more thrills, sensational episodes, dra- matic heart interest and colorful character portrayals than. have been offered the talking screen in some time. Moreover, its vivid plot gains added vigor and effectiveness from the fact that it's situations are based on historical occurrences rel ton during the second Wilson ad- math of bootleggers, rum runners and "speakeasy" proprietors.
 A view of this ambitious screen production bears out advance re- ports to the effect that 1t is one of Metro- Goldwyn- Mayors most im- portant releases of the year. It's comprehensive settings. the bril- liant direction of Victor Fleming and the expert work of 50 imposing list of players as Dorothy Jor- dan, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Walter Huston, Jimmy Durante. Nell Hamilton, Wallace Ford, Myrna Loy. John Milan, Joan Marsh. Clara Blandick and Emma Dunn.
 The companion feature is"The Silver Lining. Besides Miss O'Sul- livan the cast includes Betty Comp son. John Warburton and Mon- tague Love.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
s5. .OO0 BONDS IN TOBACCO HI-JACKING|
Robert T. Hurley
 Comes Here On Fire
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favorable rating and as matter Of official record several changes for improvement were ordered.
 Fire Marshal Lahey was on the scene of the fire last evening and early to-day resumed his investi- Ration to learn the cause. It was reported that the fire was first ob- served in an elevator shaft at the rear of the building. The flames spreading rapidly made this theory one of doubt. It seemed but q few minutes before the three upper floors were enveloped in flames and smoke. The glare was so great that hundreds of persons in all sections of the city were attracted to the scene, making 1t imperative for the police to establish police lines and to re-route traffic on South Main street, across which stretched two lines of hose. Five lines in all were brought into play. The aerial truck from neadquarters was pressed 1n- to service to direct line into the upper floors of the building.
 The fire was discovered at 11:20 o'clock and resulted in an alarm from Box 4 on South Main street. Ten minutes later the second bell alarm was registered for more ap- paratus and men.
 In addition to the dress factory, S. Lepetz, cloak merchant on the second floor, the Waterbury Coat and Apron Supply Company, Har- old c. Martins linotype shop, the Standard Printing company, Joseph F. Keenan, sign painter and the Brass City Cabinet Works are oc- cupants of the building. The four last, named occupy the first floor and suffered principally from wa ter. Considerable merchandise and stock in these places were ruined. Some valuable printing apparatus escaped when tarpaulin was hur- riedly thrown over them.
 A survey of the ruins to-day in- dicated that 1t will undoubtedly be necessary to rebuild the three up- per floors of the building. The floors and ceilings were badly dam aged. Shtairways were weakened and but few windows survived the heat vpr flames in either the front or back of the building. A fire es- cape on the south side of the build ing ended at the top of a barbed wire fence about ten feet in height. A person using it would be obliged to scale the enclosure or drop into an alleyway adjoining the build ing.
 No comments were forthcoming to-day from fire officials as to the general conditions which were ob- jected to within the past two weeks. It is expected, however. that some criticisms will be included in the official report when 1t has been completed and made ready for publication.
 The building Is owned by $. Bur- ton Spirit. It is covered by insur- ance. Some of the tenants, how ever. were not protected by insur- ance..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
De Valera Is
 { Much Puzzled
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tCOHttuueu IEOHi dbo
 
 De Valera could go to the polls on the basis of "the people versus the senate" because his party claims that the last Dali elections gave the republicans a mandate to eliminate the oath from the Free 3tlte constitution. But in view of important international meetings, inciuding the imperial economic conference at Ottawa, the Eucha- rist congress here, and the present Anglo Irish conversations seeking q sscommon sense solution of out standing questions, De Valera has expected to wait until autumn at least if he decides on dissolution of the Dail
 NThe oath bill is scheduled to reach the report state fin the sen ate June IS. It then will be read a third and last time and returned to the Dail. De Valera's majority in the Dali should assure passage after which 1t would become law in 18 months.
 ,'rhe senate did not actually kill the bill. but reafiirmed the sane tity of the 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty above the Free State constitution. De Valera claims that the bill does not violate the treaty. The British government holds that 1t does.
 pDe Valera has already chal- Ienged the senate with the threat or dissolution. He did not commit himself on definite date.
 yDe Valera goes to London Fri day to continue negotiations there which Dominions Secretary J. H. T,Homas and War Secretary Lord HAilsham began here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Ruth ChattertOn fin ''Thc Rich Are Always With Us at New Garden.

Ruth Chatterton, "First Lady Of the Screen," arrives to the New Garden theater today in her first starring vehicle for First National Pictures. "The Rich Are Always With Us."
 Miss Chatterton brings to the New Garden screen q new type of characterization which differs from any previous role she has played on stage or screen. Her great knowledge of stage technique has been augmented by her screen ex- perience to such a degree that "The Rich Are Always With Us' has been hailed in other cities as her greatest work to date.
 The story concerns one of the wealthiest women in the country, her marriage, subsequent loss of her husband to q debutante love pirate, and the ultimate happiness she finds with handsome young author who had long been in love with her. The young author is portrayed by George Brent, a new- conner to the screen.
 The background of the story ia one of the smartest and wea1thiest against which any screen story has been set. Gowns, and cettinen Are extremely elaborate and in the best Of taste.
 The coattraction is '.sky Lins'' with Thomas Meighan Hardis Al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
ATTORNEY FOR THE DE- FENSE' WITH ED M U N D LOWE AT STATE SATURDAY; NEW SUMMER PRICE POL. ICY.

Daring, debonair and politically ambitious as the district attorney who turns to defend criminals in- stead of prosecuting them when he finds he has sent an innocent man to the chair, Edmund Lowe inter- prets one of the most powerfully dramatic characters of his long and successful screen career in "Attor- ney for the Defense" which comes to the Warner State on Saturday.
 The life of man whose creed was hate and whose hobby was women is set against the most dra- matic background that could have been selected to give realistic sub- stimulation for the complete change in his character and his DO. sition when he. puts an innocent man to death--the famous crimin- al court in New York city. Every man he sent to the chair meant H step nearer the governors seat for Burton (Edmund Lowe), and every woman he loved was just another pleasant pastime. The climax Of the story finds Lowe on the spot ---on trial accused of murder, and brilliantly conducting his own de- fense.
 Lowe's supporting cast in the picture includes Evelyn Brent Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Double, Feature Program at Polls
 Palace Starting Today.

Edmund Lowe, whose love em methods with women became fam ous in What Price Glory" and the "Cockeyed World" matches his strongarm courtship against the quiet, sloeeyed but highly in- flammable wiles of Claudette Col bert in "The Misleading Lady," new attraction at the Polls Palace which opened today.
 This is Paramounts talking ada tatuib if Oayk Dickey and Charles Goddard play, "Misleading Lady," and is directed by stuart Walker. The story promises all. the ele- ments of surefre entertainment, comprising generous portions of romance, thrills. action, mystery and comedy. The supporting cast includes stuart Erwin, George Meeker, Selena Royle and Robert Strange.
 Co-Featured with "M eading Lady" is strangers of the Even- ing" with Zasu Pitts and Theodore vo Eltz, . fast moving comedy mystery which leaves you barely time to breathe between laughs Fox Movietone News completes the program. Bargain matinee daily until 6 D. m. all seats 25 cents Bargain matinee Sunday until ?. m. Children always 10 cents. {. 4 z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09


 have been seen fin many different places but police never were able to find him until he appeared at the prosecutors office today.
 Accompanying Fleischer and Kennedy was Charles Friedman, attorney, who is handling appeals for the three other members of the gang convicted of killing three rival gangsters In the apartment massacre.
 Fleischer was named as a gum man in the so-called Collingwood massacre by his former friend "Solly" Levine, whose testimony resulted in the conviction of three purple gangsters now serving life terms in prison.
 Fleischer has been arrested 22 times by Detroit police since 1921. The charges ranged from simple larceny, robbery armed, extortion, Kidnapping (of bootleggers), speed | ing and carrying gun, to assault | with intent to Kill. In each case he drew a fine or was discharged. F'leischer was described by police bulletins as a Killer" They warned in bulletins to "shoot first l and ask questions later" If he made any movement when apprehended. | In his description of the Ceiling Twood massacre, "Solly" Levine said 1 that Fleischer had been first to fire into the three victims, who had been seated on dayenports and given cigars during a supposedly Friendly" conference.
 ''He shot right past my nose." Levine said. As the three killers were leaving, Levine said, one of the victims moWd.
 .'F1eischer went back, put his gun to the mans head and shot him again." he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
fire last evening. Whether there is any evidence of in- cendarism will be made known later.

State and local officials question ed a number of witnesses here to- day to determine the cause of last evenings destructive fire, which wiped out or caused severe losses to several business concerns at 31-37 Canal street threw over 150 young women out of employment and resulted in estimated damages of approximately $40, 900. More con servative estimates were placed at S3O.OO0, but without question the blaze was the most destructive one of the present year and occurred under circumstances which invite the attention of fire authorities.
 The firm of l. Dibner and Bro ther. manufacturers of dresses and suits and employing normally l5O women and girls was completely wiped out. Finished goods and a vast supply of stock were lost in the flames which roared unchecked for a time through the aged build ing. The fire gutted the three upper floors and in a determined fight to confine it to the structure, hremen hurled thousands of gallons of wa- ter into the building from all angles. Two alarms were registered for the blaze. With adjoining struc- lures in peril Chief Henry II. Heit- man wasted no efforts-in attacking the fire with every available wea- pon.
 Fire officials admitted to-day that had the fire broken out In the day time with scores of employees on the third and fourth floors 1t would have been tragic event. Fire escapes would have meant lit- tie for the flames crashed through windows on all sides of the struc- ture. The interior of the building was a seething furnace within few minutes after passers-by had discovered smoke and flames. Some of the ceilings appeared to-day to have been nothing but card board coverings, splendid food for hun gry flames. Whether any drums Of oil added fuel to the fire will be determined by the official investiga- tion. Within the past month the place had been visited by Fire Mar shaI Dennis J. Lahey and State Factory Inspector William E. Coss. The condition was not given a high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09

With one suspect facing trial in fhe present session of the superior nourt and two under arrest and de- aimed at headquarters in default of bonds of $5,000 each, members of the state police department con Uuued their search here today for more evidence In connection with the recent instance of hi-jacking en the Cheshire Waterbury high Ray on May 18th.
 John Cofucci, 2l, of this city has aected trial by jury in the super tor court on the charge of rob bery with violence. He Is one of fhree youths suspected of having Held up an auto truck driven by Henry Ennis of New Haven and at the point of gun compelled him to drive into the woods off the Cheshire e-Waterbury road. The truck was driven to Waterbury and fome s1.500 worth of merchandise SoId.