davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

Colored.
Where the whites live the streets
are wide and spacious, with cory,
well-built one-story homes front
ing the paved sidewalks and con-
crete streets. Lawns green with
early spring grass spread before
most of them.
Many OF the working population
of some $4,000 are unemployed, and
those few who are working in the
mills average SO to s12 a week for
a. 12-hour day. Even the well-to-do
whites seem TO be harassed, thin,
looking as though dried by the
southern sun.
The few main thoroughfares,
where the towns stores offer
scanty selection of goods, are
almost empty.
NURIN G the Scott boro
" trial the center of interest is
in the two-story yellow brick court
house, separated by lawn from
the two-Story red brick county Jail
where the nine boys are guarded by
Sheriff Bud Davis and state militia
men always on duty, in the vermin-
infested Jail.
On the courthouse lawn, stretch
ing for hundred feet in all direc-
tons, Negroes in overalls loll about,
lying lszily in the sun or standing
about in little groups of two or
three, talking earnestly in low
tones. None gather, consciously or
lrnconsctously, near the white mar
BILE statue on the lawn erected to
the memory of Confederate soldiers
who gave their lives for a Just
csuse-states' rights, as the in
scriptlon records it. Nor do they
gather near the statue of Justice
nearby, which looks old, worn and
bedras sled.
IN TIM
COURTHOUSE
Within the courtroom are large,
spacious corridors dotted with spit
tool1s resting on round, rubber pads.
But the inhabitants and hangers
on do not seem able to hit them,
for the surrounding area is lit
tered with cigarette and cigar stubs
and wet with tobacco juice. Curious
clerks stand about in the doorTays
and stare at the crowds Of Negroes
and whites surging through or
standing about idly. Occasionally
a white woman ventures in, but that
is rare. Negroes are in the majority
among those crowding close TO the
two militiamen keeping them away
from the courtroom door with rifles
and fixed bayonets.
The Negro faces are study. Here,
pressing against the wooden bench
beyond which they may not pass,
is a white haired Negro. A battered
runpled hat sits careIessIy on his
frizzly white hair. His oyeralls are
old and dirt encrusted. In one hand
is g can Of bait and in the other q
long flslling pole which he tries to
hold uuobtrusively, but which seems
to get in bis neighbors' way. He
leans forward eagerly, peering at
the door some ten feet away into
the dim. smoke filed courtroom
where the trial is going on His
eyes strain in ar effort to see, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

tlred, harassed or worried, always
has = friendly special smile for
him.
Tow Cassidy of the New York
News is next in line. A hardboiled
newspaperman, "for nothing and
against nothing"
There are several correspondents
f,om the neigllboring cities and
tEwns, who do not seem to have 9
Permanent seat but go wandering
about the courtroom, like Benson,
editor Of the Scottsboro Progressive
Age, and magazine writer's from
The Nation, The New Republic and
Common Sense. These make their
observations, listen for q few hours
and so of to write their pieces.
Judge James E.. Horton, presiding
over the fatefu1 trial, sits in soil
tary loneliness on the high judges
bench facing the attorneys and
spectators. Tall, raw-boned, with
his hair rumpled, he peers through
tortoise shell eyeglasses at the
witness in the center Of the space
between the two counsel tables.
DESPITE the bitterness with which
" each side contests the others
motions, there is a surface attitude
of amiability between the opposing
counsel. Almost everybody active
or reporting the trial has moved to
the Cornelian Court Apartments.
It is no unusual thing for g con-
ference Of International Labor De-
Tense lawyers 10 be going on in
Joseph Brodsky's apartment, and
scarcely twenty feet across the lawn
of the Court, for another confer
ence to be progressing in the At
torney Generals apartment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

The Southern un has illusions about the real sanng the
challenge symbolzed by the Scottsboro trial.
the rapidly climax both sides
intensity feeling rising bdled brutality the South
determined national
tonary resistance Of the the other.
conflict OF solely confined The
gathering waiting for
unleash bloody The about Decatur is sinister
With lynch preparations
Against preparations Negro white toers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04
aA4eua W1MA4x4.

Even with the light, tarned on, I,
is difficult to see inside the cells,
ranging four in a row on either
side. 1t is dark, dingy, and the
ancient smell of the jail Is in the
air. The cotton mattresses are so
like the dark floor and the dark BED
that you look twice before you make
out the outlines Of either mattress
or bed.
YEAH" explained one Of the
boys, them beds is just full o. bugs,
climbing all over you and botherins
you when you sleep. We tried to
disinfect it, but it don't DO no
good"
There are nine windows 10 It's
bull pen, which is on the secone
story of the jail, and each window
has eleven bars of inch thick steel,
Over the bars are coarse ard a
fine screen, so that what littls lsgtrs
can get in is dinmed
IN OLE POWHL'S csN q ttse
! string is stretched from ber DO
bar and on ii an old handkerchief,
washed in the dirty yellow bsShtuhs
hes been hung to dry. Ard in cese
corner OF the cell, directly where
the light falls on It, q black spedGB
slowly weaves his net.
what will you do when you &se
freed7" 7 asked.
A pathetic, heartbreaking look Of
hope flashed into their eyes. Olin
Montgomery seized one Of the
greasy bars and leaned against IL,
peering at me intently with his
near-sighted eye.
Go home" he said simply. "Oh.
I want to go home. I been here
two years and nine days. Two
years and nine days" he, repeated
I wondered how long two yoAgS
and nine days would be with .
burning chair staring you In ths
face every day-W . hAngmanb
moose to haunt you every night.
Two years and nine days. Ard
now they want to go home.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

TIE case entering phase More and more the
egaStc rappngs being
TO face The resote the
spurred to heroic heights manifested witnesses
and challenge
long lynch domination of
the Southern ruling purpose
Judge Horton legal the Southern nchers has
nConToerbe
o. evidence mhad by the defense proving the systematic exclusion
Of all Negroes from He buquey this dsmning
evidence which throws burning spotlight the rottenn
ruling class justice white swiftly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

"Tbe teachings Of Marx are all
powerful because they are true.
They are complete and symmetrical
and give man 8 complete world ont
look which csnsot he rec0nciicd
with superstition, reaction, or de-
fonss of bourgeois oppression. 1t
!. the lswful heir Of the host that
was created by the human mind in
the 10th century as represented ky
German philosophy, British poll
teal economy ard French social >
isrr-" -LENTN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04
@ r.-Os AA~s

speedily toers the
FOR:
5. o a defense
T.
5. action
Of
o.
defense OF boy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04
and the legal lynch machinery is in motion.

and the legal ynch machinery IS N motlon
TEE real temper of the southern slayeer being
being held The Southern ruling their attempt
nchng
thriving, will nothing
rising challenge
white tolers.
More than anything else these legal lynch preparations
proof the real character the anything
indicate that the
national liberation struggles of the Negro against their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

The Communists fight fer the
aims, for the enforcement of the
momentary interests Of the work
ing class; but in the movement
sf the present day thsy also re-
present and take care Il ths ~
tnre 1t tkst s.cvesesst.s
stsssMMeMt II t4s Mensdeaks
--(1ess.s.sAs4 Ness4gsesA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04
Three Negro Sections
in Southern Town;
Many Jobless
Especial Correspondence


DECATUR, Ala, where one Of the
" most dramatic and significant
battles in the history of tlsR colored
race is being fought, sprawls fatty
under q warm, spring sun. There
are three colored sections in this
town, two consisting OF few bare
unpaved streets, and the third,
where most of the population lives,
Of implanted shacks, weather
beaten, rickety, with sagging
porches staring bleakly at cloud
flecked sky.
Little black children play in front
Of their porcies, while the adults
stare stolidly at the white passer-
by. 1t is only with their own color,
their own people, that they feel
safe and at home. Soma Of the
homes are so bad that one can
almost look in through the cracks
in the walls OF the broken window
panes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04
NO WORK
FOE THEM

Here a good portion Of Decstr;s
colored population have lived most
OF their lives. They work at labor
deemed unfit even for poor trash"
whites. And in these times when
even whites are out Of work in vast
numbers, the pressure is felt even
more keenly by the blacks. Even in
good times much of the work in
the mills around here was closed
to those whose skin happened to be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-04

William Pickens, national leaders
Of the National Association for the
Advancement of CoIored People.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
SURVEY SHOWS
MANY WOMEN
IN OFFICE
Democratic Roster includes
Governor, Judge and
73 State Posts

If all women holding State
political offices throughout the
country were collected into one
State, they could run that State
and have plenty Of women left
over.
This imaginary estate" was
pictured by the Democratic ma
tional committee on completion of
a survey showing the number of
State offices held by women this
year.
The list covers everything from
Governor ("Ma") Ferguson, OF
Texas, to a member of the board
of BARRIERS CosmetologiStS Ex-
aminerS.
Seventy-three State offices are
included in the list, which the
committee announces is not yet
complete. In addition to the fact
that the list does not include all
the offices now held, it is expected
that more will be added before the
year is out.
The list includes a judge of a
supreme court, members of the
State house of representatives and
the senate, a secretary of State,
State treasurer, State auditor,
labor commissioner and supervisor
of public accounts.
Some of the other positions are
offices frequently held by women,
such as director of public welfare,
director Of child welfare, commits
sioner of corrections. and super
intendent Of, girls training school,
park director, superintendent of
education and director of the vital
statistics bureau.
One woman is even listed as in
charge of State highway garage,
while others are shown in more or
less minor positions.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
SEASON
Of "a OPENS

With the 1884 Scott's catalogue
in the hands of collectors, the
stamp season may be said to- be
officially ushered in.
AS a reflection of the times,
there is a general revision down.
ward of prices, but it may be said
that the revision has not been as
drastic as expected. British colo
mails and world air mails have
been the chief sufferers.
With a few reductions and a
few increases. United States
prices remain about the same as
last year. Increases are more or
less confined to the commemora-
tives. Whatever the reduction,
however, it is all considered a
part of the game.
Many prices become inflated
through a sort of common hyS-
terra and in time are due for a
fall. On the other hand, a great
many overlooked issues continue
to climb steadily in value.
The 1884 issue has AZ addi-
tional pages for more than 1000
stamps issued last year and has
the same formal.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
CLIFF TON J. DAY
+ FOUND LYING
I IN STREET
Fractures of Skull and Arm
! Revealed; 3 Roommates
y Held in Inquiry

Mysteriously injured, Clifton j.
Day, 80, of the 1900 block of Q
st. N. W., was found in a semi
conscious condition this morning
on the pavement in front Of his
home. He is in a serious condi-
ton in Emergency Hospital, suf-
fering fractures Of the skull and
left arm.
His roomates, Hoyte Brown, "a,
Bob Ainsworth O'Neill, ~ and
Warren Winders, % are being
held by police Of the third pre-
einct for investigation.
All three deny knowledge Of the
accident, claiming they were
asleep at the time. Neighbors say
they heard voices emanating from
the boys apartment, according to
police.
Day, who was found by George
Burby, who couples an apartment
an the same building, was fully
clad. His parents live in Ken
sington, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
Armistice Day Celebration
Proclaimed by President

Armistice Day will be observed
in the customary manner on No
vember II, in accordance with a
proclamation isued yesterday by
President Roosevelt. The proc
lamation reads as follows:
whereas the 11th of No
vember, 1918, marked the cessa-
ton of the most destructive,
Sanguinary, and far reaching
war in human wars; and
whereas it is fitting that
the recurring anniversary Of
this day should be commence
rated by exercises designed to
perpetuate 7eace through good
will and mutual understand
ing between nations; and
"Whereas by concurrent resO-
luton Of the Senate and the
House Of Representatives, in
1926, the President was re-
quested to issue a proclamation
for the observance of ArmiS-
tice Day;
"NOw, therefore, I, Franklin
d. Roosevelt, President Of the
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
GIVEN
MT. RAINIER

Allotment of $4,000 for con-
struction work in Mt. Rainier,
Md, was announced today by Har-
old L. Ickes, Administrator of
Public Works.
Thirty per cent of cost Of labor
and materials, which totals ap-
proximately $4,000, is a grant,
while the balance of the allotment
is loan. secured by 4 per cent
general obligation bonds.
Work on the new projects will
begin within 80 days and will give
employment to so men for four
months. Construction includes the
paving of alleys, curbs and streets.
The allotmet was one of A non
Federal allotments made today to
81 States for a total of S., ,243,37
The Washington times., 1933-10-20

Daniel Willard
Spikes Story
He Is Dead

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 20.
Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is
very much alive, he will have
his friends know, despite all
they have read in a recently
published encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia states that
Mr.. Willard died in 1881, add
ing:
From 1925 until his death
he was president Of the board
of trustees of the John Hopkins
University"
Mr.. Willard notified his asso-
ciates yesterday that he was
not only we'll, but was attend
ing to important business in
New York.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
RELIEF FUNDS
!. INADEQUATE

District relief officials today
were undecided whether to ask
Congress for a deficiency appropri-
alton or to seek funds from the
Federal Relief Administration to
carry on the local relief work
when present funds are exhausted.
The $1,300,00O appropriation
8or relief in the District appropri-
alton for the current fiscal year is
expected to be used up by January
as, five and one-half months be-
fore the end of the fiscal year.
A request for $685. 900 from Fed
eral funds was forwarded to the
Federal group yesterday. This
represents a sum equal to one
third of the amount expended
here for direct relief during the
past quarter. which is the amount
TO which local authorities are en-
titled under the law.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
capital Auto Toll
Declared Too Hiqh

The death rate from automo-
bile accidents in Washington is
unnecessarily high in compari-
son with other sections of the
Fountry, according to the 1881
1882 figures made public by the
Department Of Commerce yester-
day.
The death rate in Washington
Ia 1882 was 39.1 per 100000 of
population as compared with 1915
for 1881. The rate for the ma
Eion for 1882 was "a, and %
i'm 1881. Not only is the rate in
Washington higher than in the
nation as a whole but deaths in
Washington increased in 1882
cwhen the national figures were
eeduced, it was shown,
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
BREAD BOOSTS
UNJUSTF|ED,
SAYS HOWE
Cost of Labor Explanation Is
RidiCuIed; Lynch's
Report Ready

Boosting of the price of bread in
Washington from 7.9 to 80 cents
a pound during the period between
August 29 and September 26 was
unjustified, in the opinion of DR..
Frederick C. Howe, consumers
counsel of the Agricultural Ad.
justment Administration.
Charging that statements blam-
ing higher labor costs for the rise
are not based on fact, DR.. Howe
said:
"These costs would have to be
increased nearly 100 per cent
before they should make a diff
ference of as much as a cent in
the price the consumer pays for
the pound loaf"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert E. Lynch will report Tues
day to Senator William H. King,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, the results of his
investigation into recent bread
price boosts in the District, he
announced today.
Data Gathered
Lynch has received detailed
data on the cost of bread pro
duction from number of local
bakers and now is engaged in
studying and analyzing these
figures in an effort to determine
if the price boosts we're justified.
The data covers baking costs
for September, 1882, March Of
this year and September, 1888.
After receiving Lynch's report.
Senator King will decide whether
or not to hold hearings on the
bread situation.
Sterilization of commodity
prices, including bread, was urged
upon members of the Woman'S
National Democratic Club yes
terday by Mrs. John B. Walker.
assistant to DR.. Howe. Women
of Washington, she said, should
cooperate with the Washington
Consumers Council, of which Mrs.
John Boyle, jr., is chairman.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
113 SIGN PACTS
On WHEAT

One hundred and thirteen Prince
Georges county farmers, whose ap-
plications for benefits under the
wheat control production act have
been approved, will sign contracts
next week and the contracts will
be sent to the Federal Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
w. B. Posey, county agent, said
today.
The meetings are to be held at
the Laurel Farmers Hall Monday
night, the Mitchellville ConSoli-
dated School Tuesday, the Upper
Marlboro Court House Wednesday,
the Surrattsville High School
Thursday and the Baden High
School Friday.
Although applications of only 80
per cent of the county'S farmers
were approved, the control pro-
gram will govern IS per cent of
the total wheat grown in the
county, said Mr.. Posey. The pro-
gram includes 78 per cent of the
total county wheat acreage, and
will take about $50 acres out of
production for the next three
years.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20

United States Of America, in
pursuance of the said resoIu-
tiOn, do hereby order that the
flag Of the United States be
displayed on all Government
buildings on Saturday, Novem-
Der IL, 1888, and do invite
the people Of the United States
to observe the day in schools
and churches, or in other suit
able places, with appropriate
ceremonies expressive Of our
gratitude for peace and our
desire for the continuance of
friendly relations with all other
peoples"
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
Market Man Freed
In Traffic Trn0edU

William Vogel, 300 block ALI
son St. N. w., owner of a stall
in the Arcade Mraket. was freed
by coroner's jury last night of
blame in the death Wednesday
of Mrs. Mary Peet on the South
ern Maryland Pike. The death
was declared accidental. Mrs
Peet was struck by Vagers truck
when she walked from behind a
bus into its path. She died on
the way to Washington hospital.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
Fraud Charge Holds
Hart for Grand JUru

Pleading not guilty to a charge
of obtaining money under false
pretenses, Henry Otis Hart, 40,
former accountant of the F. H.
Smith Company, was held for
the grand jury by Judge John
P. Mcmahon in Police Court to-
day. Bond was set at $500, which
was posted by Hart.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20

''My daughter Lucille is eighteen:
She was terribly bothered with
cramps which would force her to
stay in bed day or two every month.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets helped
her wonderfully. She has no cramps
whatsoever now. She is telling her
girl friends how good this medicine
iS"s-Mrs. Il. HOeck.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
DR.. G.. r. ZOOk to Talk
At DADS Dan Rites

DR.. George F. Zook, United
States Commissioner of Educa-
ton, will speak at special Amer
ican University Dads Day service
in the Metropolitan Memorial
Church Sunday morning. DR..
Chesteen Smith, pastor Of the
church, will deliver the sermon.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
keep ACTIVE EVERY
DAY IN The MONTH

No busy housekeeper wants spend days in bed
every month No young girl miss the good times other
girls enjoy. No who works afford lose her pay
through illness which might be avoided Have you tried
Pinkhams Tabets Get bottle today Take them regularly and
see what difference it makes:
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
PIANO MUSIC PLANNED

Felian Garzia, pianist, will pre-"
sent a program of music at
Gunston Hall School, of the 1900
block Florida Ave-, N. W., this
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20
Do All Ny Work"

II am 20 years old. 1 always felt
dizzy and aching and sometimes 1
had a spell with my heart about
week beforehand. was always in
bed four to five days each month.
Since / took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Tablets I do all my work and am
on my feet all the time. l do not
suffer at all. "-MadeLine Gillisbie,
R.R. #3s Box 68, GOsbOrt, Indiana.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20

Rooms some with privilege of
eating at the family table can be
the WANT AD SECTION Of this news
paper.
The Washington times., 1933-10-20

MRS. r. KRAMER
sos E. Ogden Ave-, Milwaukee, Wis.
II suffered with periodic head
aches and backaches. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Tablets relieved them
and stopped my nervousness. l am
able to do my work now. think
your medicine is a wonder. p
Mrs. r Kramer.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-16
Boy SurUiUor OF
Family Tragedy

DOWNEY, Cal, Feb. 16. U.P)--
A 12-year-old boy alone today sur
vived a family of four, whose
other members were killed by an
infuriated father and husband be-
tore the terrified eyes of crowd
ed grammar school classroom.
Enraged because his wife filed
for divorce, DR.. Vernon Blythe, 35,
Santa Ana dentist, invaded the
classroom where she was waiting
for their son. Robert. 8. and fired
two shots, killing them instantly.
While panic-stricken children
covered under desks OF fled
through exits, the dentist rushed
outside and fired another shot at
his fleeing son, Vernon, Jr, miss
ing him. Returning to the class
room, he stood over the bodies of
his wife and son and killed him.
self.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-02-16
Bids Submitted On
Aqueduct Building

With extradition papers signed
yesterday by Governor James
Rolph, Jr., Undersheriff Rodney
Clarke will leave here soon for
Hilo, Hawaii, to return Gabino
Manzino to FL Centro to face a
charge of numbering Sham Singh,
Hindu. near Calipatria last fall.
Should the extradition papers
arrive at the sheriff's office today,
Clarke will leave Immediately for
San Pedro, to take a boat leaving
tomorrow for Hawaii.
II the papers are not received
today, the underSheriff will sail
March q, when the next ship
leaves.
Manzino, with Two other Fill
pinos, murdered Singh and SER
iously wounded Brahm Singh dur
ing Il holdup, in which the Fill
pinos took a pay roll destined for
gang of pea pickers Patalion
Rengor, one of Manzinos compan-
ions, is serving a life term in San
quentin penitentiary on a plea OF
guilty TO murder