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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Nazi Tool Says
He Set Reichstag
on Fire Himself
Judge Tries to Prove
Van der Lubbe Link
to Communist Party

AT THE GERMAN FRONTIER
(Vis Zurich, Switzerland), Sept. 90
Marinus Van der Lubbe, the Nazi
tool, confessed on the stand at the
Reichstag fire trial in Leipzig that
he had set fire to the German
Reichstag.
Van der Lubbe's derneanor IN
court was in startling contrast to
his muddled and hesitant answers
I'D to now. As Judge Buenger read
his alleged confession to the police
after the fire, Lubbe clearly answered
Eyes" or mo"
1t Is obvious that something very
striking and potent must have been
said or done to the young Dutch
agent by the Nazi prosecution to
elicit such clear and unlnistakable
answers.
Van der Lubbes confession con-
trasts decidedly with the official
Nazi statements issued after the fire
that hundreds of pounds Of inflam-
mable materials had been found In
the Reichstag. Today he said that
he had casually walked about the
building setting fire to wooden
table, a tablecloth door curtain
and the like, using ordinary matches
and finder. 1t would have been OBJ
viously impossible to have set the
huge pile on fire in the manner
described by van der Lubbe today.
In the court session yesterday
Judge Buenger announced that the
trial would be adjourned Friday for
several days ito allow for the Ger
man judicial Congress"
Thirteen witnesses were heard yes
terday describing the first three fires
van der Lubbe is alleged to have set
in Berlin.
The presiding Judge permitted de-
tailed descriptions Of irrevelant mat
ter, although he had previously
stopped Dinlitroff from speaking
without direct reference to the crime
under trial.
The attack naturally was prepared
"by the Neukoelln Communist Com
mittee. The Communist Party Gen.
trail Committee furnished six men
with weapons for the attack" No
proof was. offered for this assertion,
of course.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
UMWA HEADS
FAIL TO END
COAL STRIKE
eff Clarion Strikes,
We Will Too" Say
Steel Men
Special to the Daily Worker

Special to the Daily Worker
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29.-One hun
dred thousand steel workers in west
ern Pennsylvania and along the Ohio
River may join 10000 coal miners in
the greatest strike in the American
Ruhr since 1919. Disgust with NRA
and the slavery steel code and unit
ed front with striking coal diggers
are the two causes that may lead to
this industrial revolt.
Despite the strenuous efforts of
United Mine Workers officials, the
coal strike continues to spread from
the Pittsburgh and Fayette County
regions throughout all western Penn
sylvania and into central Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia. Fifty thou
sand miners have been out for two
weeks to force H. G. Prick, the U. S.
Steel subsidiary, to recognize the
union, and this week another 10000
have joined them.
Steel and coal are linked in Penn
sylvania through the H. G. Frick
Coke Co., the largest coal company
in this region outside Andy Melons
Pittsburgh Coal Co. Prick is a U. S.
Steel subsidiary. The miners, having
closed down every pit within so miles,
have called upon the Clarion coke
workers to join them The Clarion
works, owned by U. S. Steel, is the
largest coke plant in the United
States, and its supply of coal comes
entirely from Prick mines.
'If Clarion Strikes"
IF Clarion strikes, we will, too, ?
declare steel workers of Ambridge,
company town owned by American
Bridge Co, another U. S. Steel sub
sidiary.
and all up and down the Mononga-
hela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers,
steel workers are eagerly discussing
the prospects for another great steel
strike like that led by William z.
Foster in 1919.
Fourteen thousand steel workers
ere now on strike in Weirton, w. Va,
on the Ohio River. The Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, the A. F. of L. outfit, has
of course declared that the strike is
wildcat" The Amalgamated has
failed to lead a single strike, true to
its principles of opposing strikes and
workers militancy. The A. A. organ
lied only the hot mill department at
Weirton, taking in only few hun
bred Of the 5000 workers of the Ma
tional Steel co. When the hot mill
workers demanded recognition, the
company refused to listen. Against
the orders of Mike Tighe and other
(Cnufiuued on mage y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Arrest Workers for
'Inciting Communism
at Westinghouse Co.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 20.
Police, here, arrested three wo-
men and two men for an "alleged
attempt to incite Communism"
among the workers of the West
inghouse plant, now on strike.
The two men, seized for selling
the Daily Worker, were later re-
leased but the women were booked
on the charge of passing out
handbills on public street" The
leaflets, issued by the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union,
called upon the workers Continue
to strike until your demands are
WON; and exposed the efforts of
the A. F. Of l.. union to smash
the picket line.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Eyes, I'm aCommunist
and Proud of It,
Barbusse Says
By MALCOLM COWLEY.
They had to let him land.

They had to let him land.
They wanted to keep Henri
Barbusse on shipboard in spite
of the crowds that were wait
ing to greet him at the pier.
They wanted to take him down &c
Ellis Island on an immigration Ser
vice cutter, and put him through
secret examination there, and then
maybe let him go after it was too
late for him to address the great mass
meeting held last night at Mecca
Temple and the st. Nicholas Arena
or maybe they planned to ship him
back to Europe on the same boat.
But they had to LET him land. The
officials yielded to wave Of mass
indignation such as they had never
heard before.
Barbusse arrived yesterday after
noon on the 'Berengaria" to address
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Public Hearing.

NEW YORK.-A public hearing
on the relief situation is called for
Monday, October 2, 8 pm, at 421
Stone Ave-, Brooklyn. It will be
held under the auspices of the I'm
employed Council and the United
Council of Working class Women.
Local candidates of all parties
have been invited to state their
views on this vital question.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

thrown up in front Of the mill, be-
hind which machine guns were hid
den, ready to NOW down the coal
miners and steel workers.
This Is the third march the miners
have made to Clarion in an effort
to get the steel workers to join in
a common struggle against the
Morgan-controlled steel and coal
trust.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
F.S.U. Postpones Convention.

The National Office of the
Friends of the Soviet Union an
nounces that, due to activities in
connection with the United States
Congress Against War now in SEES
sion, the convention of the F.S.U.
has been postponed to late in De-
cember.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

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the American Congress Against War
which opened last night. His pass
port was in perfect order and yet
from the time the immigration in
spectors boarded the ship at Quaran.
tine, he was submitted to an ex
hausting ross-exainination.
Why were they afraid of this tall
frail man of sixty? 1t was because
he gave them a straight answer TO
their questions.
care you a Communist" the inn
migration inspectors asked him.
Are you member of the Com
munist Party?" the reporters asked
him.
Barbusse didn't bubble or try TO
get out of it. He said, 81 am a
member of the Communist Party
and / am proud Of it,"
The immigration inspector looked
worried. He wasn't used to that kind
of answer. Barbusse faced him across
the table, quiet and courteous and
very tired. l could see the two OF
them through the door Of the lounge
where the examination was being
held. Barbusse was obviously a sick
man, worn out, with years of fight
ing in the cause of the workers. Yet
every little sub-oficial in every port
was privileged to badger him with
questions.
Was he coming here to overthrow
the American government? Was he
speaking tonight? Had he written
his speech and could the inspector
please censor it? I knew pretty well
what the inspector was saying. and
I knew the answers he was getting,
since Barbusse later repeated the sub
stance of his remarks for the benefit
Of the ship news reporters.
Barbusse was a Communist and he
was proud of it, but he was not max
ing his first visit to America in order
to represent any political party what
ever. He came to help the struggle
against war, movement which
should be independent Of all poll
tical parties. He came as delegate
from the people of his own nation
to the American Congress Against
War He came to urge that con-
gress to adhere to the program adopt
ed at the Amsterdam Congress OF
1882, where all political factions were
represented. The only doctrine he
came to advance was the doctrine Of
peace.
But the inspectors didn't want to
let Communist spread the doctrine
of peace. They kept him in the
lounge while the Berengaria
steamed up the bay. The reporters
didn't get chance to ask him how
he liked our famous skyline be-
cause he didn't see it. He didn't
even catch a glimpse of the Statue
of Liberty.
AS soon as the ship locked, an
inspector rushed off to telephone
Ellis Island for instructions from
the immigration authorities. By this
time great crowd was waiting to
meet Barbusse. On board ship was
a delegation from the American
lronk{s,~ad "a. pa~a FunA "a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Henri Bar busse
Greets u. S. Workers
Through Daily Worker
By Henri Barbusse.

To all American workers Of hand
and brain I carry the fraternal
greetings of their European COM
rades.
urge them to join as one man
in a movement to which the re-
volutionaries of all European coun-
tries have already pledged their
adherence-the struggle to the
death against Fascism and i'm
perialist war.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
WEATHER CONDITIONS

Pressure continues low over the
North Atlantic States, Eastport,
Me-, 29.44 inches, with a disturb.
anee central off the coast. and
moderate disturbances are central
this morning over the lower Rio
Grande Valley, northern Minnesota
and the far Northwest. During
the last "a hours rain has occurred
in the Central Gulf States, in east
ern and southern Texas, on the
north Pacific coast, and in south
ern California, rain or snow in
New England, and snow in Min
nesota. Pressure is moderately
high from the eastern Lake re-
gion southwark over Florida, with
temperatures somewhat below nor
NAL over much of this territory,
the minimum reading of 90 degrees
at Key West this morning being
the lowest of the winter. From
the middle and west Gulf coast
northward over the Mississippi
Valley and Plains States tempera-
lures are above the seasonal aver
age and generally slightly below in
the Rocky Mountain and Plateau
regions and Pacific States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
TODAY'S WEATHER

tonight and Tuesday; rain Tues
day; somewhat warmer tonight; in
creasing easterly winds. probably
becoming fresh.
Florida: Cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; rain Tuesday and in
north and central portions tonight;
somewhat warmer tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Increasing easterly winds, probably
becoming fresh, and overcast
weather with occasional rain to-
night and Tuesday.
East Gulf; Increasing easterly
winds becoming fresh tonight, and
shifting to westerly Tuesday over
west portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

The new World Almanac has not yet
made its appearance in Key West, though
The Citizen has received copy from the
publishers In the index the subject Beer
Production in U. S" is listed as on page
124. Turning to page 124 we find the
heading death Toll of 1882" Perhaps
the beer production of 1888 will not have
such disastrous results--at least not if it
is legitimate stuff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
D . Q 100 . . OOOO 600 O00l
CLASSIFIED
COLU N N
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Advertisements under this head
will be inserted in The Citizen at
the rate of 1c a word for each in
sertion, but the minimum for the
first insertion in every instance is
25c.
Payment for classified adver-
'tisements is invariably in advance,
but regular advertisers with ledger
accounts may have their advertise
ments charged.
Advertisers should give their
street address as well as their tele-
phone number if they desire re-
suits.
With each classified advertise
ment The Citizen will give free an
Autostrop Razor Outfit. Ask for
it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Bankers should know something
about money. Do they? Reginald Nc
Kenna, chairman of the biggest bank in
England, advises that both America and
England initiate their currencies. On the
other hand, Francis H. Sisson, president of
the American Bankers Association, warns
against an inflated currency. He claims
we do not need more credit but more con-
fidenee. That confidence can be created
'by 2 balanced budget, by sound legisla-
ton and taxation. Quite true. but where
may these be had?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Self-liquidating scrip is substituting
for money in the pockets of the iobless of
Dothan, Ala. The chairman of the relief
committee at that place believes that the
issuance of the coupons which are passed
on to the merchants in exchange for goods
has solved the city's unemployment relief
problem. If such plan is feasible any
where, il might be tried in Key West, and
if it doesn't solve, it will at least alleviate
6eal~conditions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
MULTUM IN PARvO

The Baltimore Sun has the viscera to
print the following editorial that has the
proverbial nutshell skinned to a fragile
and we reprint it with all the vehemence
of which our endorsement is capable:
If congress had the CUTS to quit
paying doles to veterans who were un-
scratched in the war it could save
$3.50, 600, 900.
1t isn't the depression that is re-
sponsihle for the crushing burden of
taxation. 1t is the white livers of the
leaders in eongress-democratic as
well as republican.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
A proposed law which will be recon

A proposed law which will be recon-
mended to the next Florida legislature is
authorization for cities to levy two cents
a gallon tax to be deducted from the
state tax on gasoline Most municipalities
in this state are in dire distress and must
have relief of some kind. The fight on
this measure viii naturally be whether the
amount thus obtained is to be distributed
proportionately among the various cities or
If Il is to be apportioned according to their
population.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Some people who have been accused
of being crooks at some time in their lives
revive the accusation by imputing dis
honest acts to home folks, and sometimes
even the wish is father to the thought.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
There's no telling what this economic

There's no telling what this economic
crisis will bring forth. Now it's weeks
business moratorium" declared by Mayor
I. b. Wright, of Mount Carmel, I'll. During
this hebdominal hiatus only a few essen
tial businesses will continue to operate.
Food stores, drug stores, public utilities,
transportation agencies and newspaper
are excluded from the so-called mora
torium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Among the improvements advocated
by The Citizen, printed hundreds of times
in a box on the editorial page, is Bridges
to Complete Road to Mainland" It is to
be hoped that imminent events will require
us to delete that line and note the adj
vocated Improvement as fat accompli.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Owing to so many folks in Key
West suffering from the flu, the
dance proposed by the B. P. o.
Elks, has been postponed. L
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Cuba's original constitution has been
lost or stolen. Some of the liberties it was
supposed to guarantee are missing also,
according to reports.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Judge Hugh Gum and Herman
Albury. deputy sheriff, left this
morning for Pine Key to investi-
gate foreign substance that was
found in the interior of a shark
caught there yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Thomas P. McGahan, special su-
preme agent of the Knights of
Columbus, was guest of honor at a
meeting of the organization last
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Four Chinese, who were captur-
ed while trying to evade the U. S.
immigration authorities, were de-
ported to Cuba yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
Credit is transported by somethin,
Observation-Disclosures

Anyway, Huey the Kingfish, has been
aiding the unemployment situation among
government printers on the Congressional
Record
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished apart
ments, $500 to $500 per
month. Trevor and Morris, OPP
posite new Post Office.
oct25
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT,

containing IL rooms, on lot
50x198 feet, in select section of
city, 1907 Whitehead street, OPP
posite beautiful Coral Park, and
facing the sea. Garage in rear.
Rent $50 monthly. Apply to L.
P. Artman, 1909 Whitehead
street or The Citizen Office.
jan1 !
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

PERSONAL STATIONARY-Let
US furnish you with personal
stationary; 100 sheets of sta
tionary $1.00; 100 envelopes
$1.0O; both, with your name
and address printed in attrac-
tive type. The Artman Press.
Phone 81. JAM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS

AN AUTO STRoP RAZOR outfit
given free with each classified
advertisement. ASK FOR 1T.
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WANTED
FOR SALE

OLD PAPERS-Large bundle for
SC. Good to pack furniture or
for wrapping purposes. The
Citizen Office. JAM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

BEARUP'S DRY CLEANING
WORKS. 514 MARGARET ST.
PHONE 227.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
KEY WEST
in DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

More than 100 gallons of liquor
of all kinds and descriptions were
destroyed this morning at the
custom house. "Smells like a bar
ROOM" someone said while passing
the postoffice. He was told that
it was only stock of the stuff
that used to be found in barrooms,
which had been seized by the lynx
eyed officers of the customs SER
vice and was being destroyed by
them.
Local fishermen are happy and
making the dealers likewise happy
by bringing into port large catches
of Spanish mackerel and kingfish.
Boats arriving during the day
brought $4,000 pounds of these
choice inhabitants of the waters
around Key West.
Elisha Lee, vice president of the
Pennsylvania r. r. system with
Mrs. Lee and daughter, Miss Doro-
thy, arrived today for a stay in
Key West. They came here sew
eral days ago and left by p. and
o. boat for Havana.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon for Mrs. Adella Mendel,
wife of Rabbi D. Mendel. Inter-
ment was in the Jewish plot in the
cemetery. Mrs. Mendel is surviv-
ed by five sons. Julius, Jack. Will
liam, Arthur and Ray. One daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna Grossberg; one
grandchild, Fred Grossberg, and
the son-in-law, Lazar Grossberg.
The consolidated Cigar Com
pany resumed work yesterday af-
ter being closed for several weeks.
About 100 cigarmakers went to
their tables. Conditions in the
cigar trade are so much better to-
day than they were one year ago
that practically all factories are
working full forces at full time.
Superintendent of Public In
struction Virgil S. Lowe, and Mil
lard Gibson, Charles Curtis and
Abelartlo Lopez. members OF the
school board, viii make a trip to
the keys this week to select sites
for two new schools. Cost of thu
buildings win be about s.. 500.
They viii be built as soon as sites
are specified.
Miss Barbara Castleton, leading
actress of New York. now filming
q play AZ Miami, arrived yesterday
and is looking over the locations
for scenes. She declares that some
found in Key West are exactly
suited to the atmosphere she needs
Tor the scenes.
Miss Aurelia Gomez and Raj
mundO IgleSia were married last
night az the home OF the brides
mother. 1922 Daval street The
ceremony was performed by Judge
T s Caro-. Felo Rodriguez Was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

best man and Miss Maris G. Diaz
was bridesmaid.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

You always pay when the doctor
treats" you.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Miss Aurelia Gomez and Raj
mundo IgleSia were married last
night az the home OF the brides
mother. f022 Daval street The
ceremony was performed by Judge
T s Caro-. Felo Rodriguez was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30

Elisha Lee, vice president of the
Pennsylvania R. r. system with
Mrs. Lee and daughter, Miss Doro-
thy, arrived today for a stay in
Key West. They came here sew
eral days ago and left by P. and
o. boat for Havana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 8 p. M, Tuesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
RADIO REPAIRING

RADIO REPAIRING. We repair
all makes. Guaranteed service,
j. L. Showers Music Co. jana
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
PERSONALS

HAVE YOU READ HORSE
SENSE? Get Posted all players
write today, LIE Mars, 1417 East
53rd St., Chicago, I'll. jan27-4tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-30
Temperature

Barometer at 4 a. IN. today.
Sea level, 30.01.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-05-13

~ o 1t is that on a given day at
"a a given hour the well "driais in. =
~ 1t Is infrequent that the discovery
well is the big well of the field The
mere fact that Il finds ANY oil in
commercial quantities is enough. It
means a new beginning. 1t is an epoch
in itself. 1t means new opportunities,
new jobs for workmen, the building
OF new towns and cities, new pipe
lines, new roads, new refineries, new
fortunes.