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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
ARMED TROOPS
USED FOR SALE
Police With Machine Guns,
Tear Gas, Succeeds in
Fifth Attempt
(BY L. A.

Erwinna, Pa, April 29.-This
weeks big news in these parts
centers around the fifth attemps
of the Sheriff of Montgomery
county to sell the chattels of John
LelnO of Red Hill, Pa. The sher-
Tiff succeeded last Tuesday and
thus sent LelkO ON his way with
his family-dOwn the lane.
This temporary success of the
bankers was made possible by
bringing in a vertiable army of
police in uniform and display OF
arms, machine guns and gas.
These paid mercenaries were brot
In palatial busses from the police
forces i'm all the towns in the coun-
ty and then deputized on the place.
FARMERS OUTRAGED
Farmers are outraged at this act
all over the state.
1t exposes Governor Pinch)t's
real attitude to the farmer in leav-
ing this means of terror open for
the bankers and creditirs though
he refused to give orders that the
State Police be called out.
In view of the overwhelming
display of force the farmers, and
the workers from the Unemployed
Councils, left the sale and sta
toned themselves in a field across
the road. The police did their ut
most to provoke them to violence,
even going to the extent of arrest
ing and OBTAINING for over four
hours two young farmers, holding
them incommunicadO in the patrol
wagon.
Later these boys were released
and it was learned that they had
gone only for a drink of water to
their car which was on the sale
grounds. Of course the COPS
'sweateG these boys. One of
them said, in effect, later, eff I
wasn't bolshevik before this. I'm
surely one now"
The result of this forced sale
Is that the militancy of the farm
ers everywhere is only Increasing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12

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DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
Chas. Rivers, Schenectady Co. N.
Y. wants 25 receipt books and an
other 200 papers.
VIM. Engelbert, Cook Co.,
I'LL, renews, four points, and
says 81 like to do all / can
for the paper"
Robert Kirma, Dickey Co., N.
D., sends three subs, eight points.
B. A. Faulkner, Kent Co.,
Mich. orders $50 copies.
NicOlai Nelson. Marshall Co.,
S. d. subscribes, one point.
P. j. Barrett, Mountrail Co., N.
D., orders a sub book and bundle.
Edwin Pfeutzenreuter, of
Brown Co, S. OAK, pays for
papers sold at meeting.
c. H. Sharp, Brown Co., S. D.,
sends two subs, five points.
DOING 1T IN A BIG WAY
Harry Gulbank, Racine Co.,
Wis.,, sends us Is subs. So
points. "The farmers in this
section think very highly of
the Producers News. 1t is the
only farm paper that deals
with the farmers problems in
a language that we can under
stand and shows the way out
of the terrible conditions we
farmers are in" he writes.
0. HoOPla, Wadena Co., Mimi,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12

pays for a May Day bundle of loo
John jacobson, St. Louis n
Mimi, sends two subs, four points
Frank Langdon, Clallam c.
Wash, pays for bundles and he
wants his order increased to 25
Ami Gronroos, Brown Co.. Sn
also pays for bun1las.
Albert Carlson, Pondera e.
Mont, renews his subscription. 4
points.
Hilma Maxi. Pine Co. MINI.
sends one sub. one point.
Eber Wright, Gladwin Co.. Mich.
sends one sub, two points.
RENO Maxi. st. Louis Co. MINI
sends US two subs, two points. and
says he will send more later.
c. A. Morris, San Joaquin
Co. Calf, pays for bundle Of
100.
Fred Mcintosh, Edmunds Co.. s
d. sends one sub, one point.
Con Sohaefer, Josephine Co,
Ore, sends us two subs. three
points, and HOPING to be able
to do better next time" he
writes.
F. L. Edwards, Adams Co.
N. D., is going into the bust
ness ON a safe basis. He in
vested S. in sub cards. Five
dollars invested in sub cards
Is safer than a deposit in a
trembling banks. If you have
sub cards you can always
peddle them and buy soup"
he says. He also sends feur
subs which with the five dol
lars makes 80 points in all.
John Kjorstad, Williams Co. N.
D. renews, four points.
Are Skeberg, Chippewa Co. Min
nesota sends one sub, one point.
A. w. Cromer, Hillsdale Co.,
Mich, renews, four points.
Alfred ITALIA, Crow Wing
Co., Mimi, pays for bundles
and orders 20 papers per week.
j. A. Ray, Lincoln Co. Wis, sub
scribes, two points.
Paul Woman, Crook Co. Wye,
subscribes, two points.
Ivar Husa, Mountrail Co. N. D.
serbs one sub for a year, eight
points.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
u. F. L. IN EVERY
TOWNSHIP

Now that start has been made
the United Farmers League shouId
De organized in every township IN
Ottertail county. The farmers IN
this case learned the benefits of
united action and the HOLIDAY
Assn. and the United Farmers
League will unite in action
again if the need arises. Under Under
rank and file leadership we can
and will win our demands
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
GRAND VIEW HOTEL
GETS BEER LICENSE

Another place where beer can b
had has been added to Plenty
wood lately, the Grand View hoteI
having secured a hotel beer Ii
ceehSe.
Phil BOurassa, proprietor, has
bees i'll for some time but is now
so that he will be able to look
after the supply and demand oil
his customers and will keep a
generous supply of cold drinks OF
hand.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
LOSING FAITH

SO while many of us still have
faith in our government there are
many getting to be Disguised. I'M
clothed, united, in a land of over
production is not to our liking and
many are ready to organize if we
could get gas to go with. But we
get together once a month even
though we have to walk and also
hold monthly united front meet
ings. The youth have their clubs.
sports teams and are also organic,
ing into the Y. C. L. We meet
up with the adjoining counties at
picnics, have speaking and dances.
In this way we manage to raise
funds to carry on and to join the
ranks with the city workers in all
demonstrations.
There are many different orga-
nizations among them. One way
that the ruling class has of keep
ing us down. But as a whole we
have world to gain and the crav-
ing for food, shelter and clothing
brings US together into a united
front that will march on to vic
tory.
At present I am very busy with
my spring work. l have no hopes
of ever getting anything out of
it, for I see the buying power of
the consumer slipping away and
this relief work puts no money in
circulation.
According to a report from the
State Shelter Relief Committee,
out of the states population of
100000, there are $4,000 on the
relief lists. They constitute our
market and they are homeless and
unemployed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
HAY S24 TON:
COWSSTARVINC
No Market for Milk Be-
cause City Workers Have
no Income
(BY E. r.

Arlington, Wash, April 23.-We
have had a very hard winter and
late spring. There are many
farmers out of hay and feed for
their cows. Hay that they sold last
fall for $3.50 a ton costs now $24.
Farmers can't afford to buy it
now and so many farmers have
been starving their cows. Milk
prices cannot advance for the
simple reason there is no buying
power.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
NEVER SEE A DIME

Most of the farmers are exist
ing on county relief work and
never see dime. Since the log
glng camps and mills have shut
down and the city workers have no
income there are no markets for
our produce and if they are sold
at all, they bring far less than the
the cost of production.
If we happen to have boy who
is sound enough to make a soldier,
under 30 and over Is, then we
have one chance out of SO to place
him on the forest relief work at
$2S a month. $50 of his wages go
to his family and thus cuts off
their relief, and the boy gets
slavery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
Holiday Assn. Joins United
Front Suggested By UFL
and Workers Club loci
MUST BUILD u. F. L.
James Flower Gives Farm
ers Real Analysis and
Program of Action
(BY J. FL

Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 2.
Three hundred farmers,
their wives and children,
gathered at the court house
today and forced the coroner,
acting in the place of the
sheriff who died last week, to
postpone for thirty days the
foreclosure on the farm of
Abraham Mattson of Leaf
Lake township.
Miattson settled on this farm
more than forty years ago and by
hard work had cleared up the land
and built a set of buildings, which
are conservatively estimated at
! $4,000. The mortgage is only ST.
800. The insurance company hold
ing the mortgage decided to fore
! close.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
UNITED ACTION UNDER RANK
And FILE LEADERSHIP

mass meeting called by Milo Reno and the Farmers
Holiday Association in Des MOines May declared for
nationwide strike of farmers to obtain higher prices for
their products AS to the strike plans have not
yet been announced.
The United Farmers League calls on all its
members and other farmers to support this strike
movement 1t stands unshakably for strug-
gle of the farmers, the only way of gaining
lief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
DOings of the
Advance Guard

busy in the field but here and there somebody has done 90
markedly well.
There is Harry Gulbank of Wisconsin COMING
in with So points. Right in the busy spring time
he goes out and gets is subs, which goes to show
that subs for the Producers News can be gotten At
any time He says the farmers think highly Of
it and want it. They do that in other part of the
country too. But many places they don't even
know have a Producers News. Don't forget to
tell them every time you have meeting, it is very
important
Then there is T. L. Edwards of North Dakota he co
in number two with 80 points Investing in sub coS
safer than the bank he says and we agree with him loo
per cent Sub cards something you can always aO T
when you get in pinch and need bowl of SOUP 'D
Robert Krmo and War Husa of North Dakota ana
John jacobson of Minnesota all have eight points that
good start too, and of them might win the prize f
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
NEIGHBORS DECIDE
AGAINST FORECLOSURE

The neighbors of Mattson de-
cided otherwise They decided that
this man. who has been ON his
farm for 40 years, his son and
grandchildren, had the first right
to it. 1t was their living.
The neighbors, many of whom
are members of the United Farm
ers League and the Finnish Work
ers Clubs, approached the Holiday
Association to unite with them in
stopping the eviction. The HoIi-
day Assn. accepted the United
Front proposal ard preparations
were made.
At 10 o'clock, May 2, 800 peo-
pie jammed the court house. A
committee went to see the acting
sheriff at this time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12

Mrs. John Lelko (extreme
left) told the agents of the
bankers what she thought of
them. She and her family
were dispossessed when the
third attempt to sell them
out succeeded.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
FLOWER GIVES REAL
PROGRAM

James Flower, National Secre-
tary of the United Farmers
League then told the crowd that
We don't want any such laws. He
pointed out that It was only the
militant mass action of the farm
ers that had gotten hem aLy-
thing. He pointed out that il,
Mlnnesotawe caa now go TO the
federal judge and beg him to ex-
tend our mortgages and that he
can then (if he feels like it and
the security is there for a further
extension) extend the mortgage.
STRUGGLE SHARPENING
He pointed out the new methods
used by the farmers friends. .
Frame up and arrest for every
militant farmer who does not ac-
cept the bosses starvation pro-
gram. He showed the only way
that the bankers will "conciliate''
with the farmer is in favor of the
bankers and insurance companies.
WHAT FLINT OVERLOOKED
Flower then pointed out what
the Rev. Flint had overlooked
that there are classes in society.
that the class which produces gets
only misery and starvation, and
the class that owns the means of
production robs the working peo-
pie of practically all they produce
He then showed what imitation of
the currency would mean. what
the refinancing bill meant. and
that the state serves the Interests
of the rich, the capitalists.
Many farmers who were there
had never heard a speech of that
kind and come to Flower after he
was thru and offered to- arrance
meetings for him in their com.
munities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
WATCH SHERIFF, DESPITE
PROMISE

He promised that the sale would
not go thru. We watched him,
however, as we have had expert
ence with this kind of fellow be-
fore and know that they can be
trusted as far as the farmers can
see them and no more.
However, at 10 o'clock, he came
out and asked if it was the opinion
of the crowd that the sale ought
to be postponed and from the an
swer he got there was no doubt
about what the farmers thought.
The sale was postponed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
HOLIDAY LEADER SPEAKS

The Rev. Flint of the Holiday
Assn. got up and made short
speech. In it were a lot of radical
phrases but he talked about con-
cillation of the farmer with the
banker. He spoke for the Frazier
bill and the domestic allotment
plan of the sterilization of starva-
ton. He seemed to believe that
there was too much to eat in, this
country and that because people
can't buy we shouldn't raise it.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
WHATS DOING TO-DAY

Meeting-Esperanto Club, 8 p
m, Columbia Heights Center
Hiatt Place near Irving st. N. w
Meeting-Columbia Players, 8
D. M, Columbia Heights Center
Hiatt Place, near Irving st. N. w
Meeting-Job'S Daughters Drill
Team, 7::30 p. m, Mckinley Cen
ter, Second and T SITS. N. E.
Meeting-Southeast Community
Players, 8 p. M, Buchanan Audi
torium, Thirteenth and D Sts
s. E.
Meeting - Burroughs Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Burroughs
School, Eighteenth and Monroe
StS. N. e.
Meeting-Avelon Dramatic Club
6 p. M, GarnetPatterson Center
Tenth and u SITS. N. w.
Meeting-Amphion Glee Club, 2
D. M, GarnetPatterson Center
Tenth and U SITS. N. w. y
Meeting-National Card League
8 p. m, Garnet-Patterson Center
Tenth and U SITS. N. w.
Banquet - washington Branch
Of the Gardeners Association, 7:30
p. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Bingo party-Pride Of Washing
ton Council No. 26, Daughters of
America, $50 p. m, 8 Que st
N. E.,
vaudeville-Young Peoplee's So
ciety of st. Andrews Church, 8:15
d. M, Church Hall.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02

Dance and Card Party-Temple
Chapter, Order Of the Eastern
Star, $3.50 p. m, Shoreham Ho-
tel.
Dance and Card Party-Areme
Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, $3.50 p. m, Shoreham Hotel.
Lecture-"The New American
Drama" by Edward Melcher, 8
p. m, Ben Murch School, Thirty.
sixth and Ellicott SITS. N. w.
Dinner-The Thirteen Club,
$3.50 p. M, willard Hotel.
Junior Prom-Maryland Uni.
versity, 10 p. m, willard Hotel.
Meeting-Advisory Board of
Masonic Clubs, 1880 p. M, Ham
ilton Hotel.
Council Meeting-Edward Doug.
lass White Council, No. 2473,
Knights of Columbus, 8 o. m,
club house, Garrison Road, Clar.
endon, Va.
Meeting-Emery- lexington Par.
ent-Teacher Association, 8 p. m,
Emery School, Lincoln Road be-
tween r and s SITS. N. e.
Meeting-New England Mutual
Life Insurance Company, all day
and evening, Mayflower Hotel.
Dinner-Southern Wholesalers.
p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Annual Stag-WaShington Chap
ter of Pi Tau Pi Fraternity, eve
ming, Harvey'S Restaurant.
Lecture-"Modern Drama" by
William Hutchins, professor Of
art at American University, be-
fore Twentieth Century Club,
morning, Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A.
Building.
Meeting-The Better Homes
Committee of Arlington County,
8 p. m, a. the home Of Mrs. N.
D. Mitchell, chairman. Clarendon,
Pound Party-Loyalty Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows, 8 p. m, Odd Fellows Cap
itol Heights hall.
Benefit Luncheon Cheverly
Women'S Club, noon, school audi
torium, Cheverly, Md.
Dance-WaShington Lodge, NO.
Is, B. P. o. ElkS, 8 p: M, Elks'
Home, 900 block H st. N. w.
Meeting-Ye Olde Tyne Dance
Club, $3.50 p. m, Columbia Heights
Center, Hiatt Place near Irving ST..
N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
D. c. ROMANCE
|. ENDS IN RENO

Charging cruelty, Mrs. Virginia
Belt Waggaman has filed suit for
divorce in Reno against Ennals
Waggaman, jr., socially prominent
Washingtonian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waggaman were
married october 80, 1929, in the
Church of st. Stephen and the
Incarnation, following a romance
that began in the real estate of.
flee of Major Enpals Wagga-
man, the groom's father.
Thomas, an 18-month-old son,
1t is said, is spending his time
with his grandparents. An ami.
cable property agreement is re-
ported to have been effected out
Of court.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
Federal job List
Is AQ1in Available

The Civil Service Commission
today made clear that it has nc
copies for distribution Of the list
Of Federal patronage jobs not
protected by civil service rules
which the commission compiled
at the request of Senator Ken
meth D. McKellar for use of
Democratic leaders in awarding
plums after March 4.
The list, which forms a thick
booklet, is known as Senate
Document No. 173, and is obtain
able only at the Government
Printing Office, at 40 cents a
copy. A reprint has been made
Of the booklet, the first edition
being quickly sold out.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
CHURCH USHERS
ELEC HEADS.

The 1nterdenominational Ush-
ers' Board Union of the colored
churches of the city has elected
and installed william H. Davis, as
president for the ensuing year.
Other officers elected include
Emma L. Green, A. E. Smith and
Alberta Simmons, vice presidents;
Inez Clomax, financial secretary;
Jesse Burnett, recording secre.
tary; Wilhelmina johnson, cor.
responding secretary; Frederick
Collins, treasurer; James Dodson,
sergeant-at-arms; Herman M.
Wheeler. IS st a n t sergeant-at.
arms, and Mamie Spriges, junior
supervisor.
Ralph Evans was named field
secretary; Samuel Dixon, choris-
ter; William Ferguson, Carrie
Dodson, Chester Gray, John Glib
son, Henry Dean, Ada Wormley,
Katie King and Grace Bennett,
members of the directors board.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
Rotary Club Hears
Rep. 4. N. Free Talk

The present economic slump
isn't any worse than several the
country has had and survived, &C.
cording to Representative Arthur
N. Free, Of California, in an ad-
dress yesterday before the Wash.
ington Rotary Club at its weekly
luncheon.
Discussing "a History of Panics
in the United States" the Pacific
Coast l. gislator said mankind has
always had panics and somehow
always pulls through all the bet
ter for having had them.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
COLORS Dazzle
! AUTO SHOW
!. VISITORS

: Rainy weather yesterday failed
TO dampen the enthusiasm Of the
visitors to the 1888 Automobile
Show at the Auditorium. Thou
sands thronged the aisles and
exhibits examining the latest ere
ations from early morning until
late last night.
The sponsors Of the show are
giving away a car day and this
attraction gives the visitor an
other reason to stay until the
tights are turned out to find out
II he has been favored with the
award.
Lion Thrills Children
The cut-away-chassis, the min
iature factories, the new testing
machinery, and the 1877 new mod
els are keeping the visitors busy
There has been an added attrac
ton especially interesting to chill
dren-a real lion.
- - The 1888 show visitor is amazed
at the improvement in body
styles and the new, sparkling col
ors. Fred Haller, president of the
Washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation, discussing this feature
said:
"This is an age Of style and
cOlOr-the intensity and beauty
of the color combinations are
~the result of years Of expert
~mentaI work and the new
glow makes the shinieSt pos
Sible surface.
: YELLOW RED A FEATURE
among the new color fin
~ishes is yellOw-red, used as the
= body color in combination with
- yell0w-red of lower intensity.
= A pure rich green is also an
innovation. Another new color
is called green blue, with
wheels of a higher intensity
and stripes of the same color
in a still higher value.
Neutral c0lOrS have been
used widely, the idea being
that perfect heutralS lack any
hue Semblance and constitute
: values which do not tire readily
= and combine effectively with
any other color"
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
BOY SCOUTS PROGRAMS

Boy Scouts of the District Of
Columbia will present a program
next Saturday night in the audi
torium of the Ben Murch School,
Thirty-sixth and Ellicott SITS. N. W.,
in cooperation with the Chevy
Chase Community Center.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
CLARENDON REVUE

. "a Midwinter Revue" a con.
glomeration of drama, music and
dance, sponsored by the Claren.
don Volunteer Fire Department,
will be held tonight in I. o. o. F.,
Hall, Clarendon, Va.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
SEA ADVENTURES TALK

N. G. Waldorf will talk on "Ad-
ventures at Sea" before the Ad-
ventist Mems Club at its meeting
February 8 in the Washington
Sanitarium gymnasium.
The Washington times., 1933-02-02
Tax Holiday Asked
For Railroad Line

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 2.-Rep-
resentative Etzler, Of Frederick
county, asked the Maryland Legis-
lature to exempt the Emmitsburg
Railroad, in Frederick county.
from State and county taxes, in
a measure introduced yesterday
The exemption is for two years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
RAILROADS
Urged to Give Active Back
ing to MIRA

Washington, d. c. ILNS)-Rail-
roads can help the recovery program
by using every available dollar, as
traffic and revenue increase, to put
more men to work. Joseph B. East
man, federal co-ordinator of trans
portation, declared in an appeal to
the nations railroads to lend active
support to the recovery plan. He said
that the fact that the carriers are
not under the MIRA makes it all the
more important that they play their
proper part in the recovery program
The appeal sent to all steam rail
road presidents and to the heads of
q standard railroad labor organiza-
tions, said that much deferred main
tenance and other work sorely needs
to be done, adding that this would not
only help the country but be the
"soundest of economy"
The co-ordinator made four sug-
gestions for increasing railroad en-
ployment. They were:
l. That no hourly, daily or monthly
cmploye be required or permitted to
work every day in the week
?. That every effort be made to re-
duce overtime, whether at punitive or
straight time rates.
3. That where an hourly, daily or
monthly employe, whether in super
visory capacity or otherwise, is now
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1933-09-22
WORKERS REJECT
COMP ANY UNION

Pittsburgh, Pa ILNS)-Employes
Of the controlled Aluminium
Company Of America have decisively
defeated the company union plan in
the first test among workers in the
Pittsburgh area.
BY vote of 2,779 to $40, employees
of the company at New Kensington
rejected the employe representation
plan. The vote was by secret ballot.
Following the New Kensington bal
loting, the company union scheme was
abandoned in the Aluminium Com
pany's plants at Niagara Falls, Buff
falo, Bassena, n Y, and Edgewater,
N. J.
A weak mind is like microscope,
which magnifes trifing things, bat
cannot receive great ones.-Old Gold.