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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
Sea Disaster Could Have Been Averted
 Say The Witnesses
Four Days of Testimony Prove That the Akron Would Have Been Safe Had the Tactics of Navigation Been Changed in Last Hour or Two

tie for existence over the Atlantic waves off Barnegat, N. J.
 There appeared to be no doubt that the Akron, beaten lower and lower by terrific electrical storm and failing to take advantage of the four courses of escape now held to have been open to her, was destroyed when q final des- perate to gain altitude forced her tail into the water.
 Whether blame will be attached to her captain, Commander Frank c. McCord, remains uncertain. He has been defended stoutly by the only surviving officer, Lieut. Con- mander Herbert V. Wiley. But the testimony of others indicated that had McCord made other de- cisions than the ones he did, the Akron might have come safely out of the storm.
 The investigation this week has developed along four main lines.
 1-The stories of the survivors, giving a picture of the last hours of the Akron.
 2-Testimony to determine whether structural weaknesses may have been responsible for the crash.
 3-To ascertain whether it was inadvisable to begin the flight in the face of fog and possible thun- derstorms.
 4-Study of navigation technique
 Accounts of the survivors de- veloped a conflict of opinion bet tween Wiley and the two enlisted men, +. E. Deal and M. F. Erwin. Subsequent testimony supported Wiley's version that the Akron began cracking up when her stern was smashed against the sea.
 The Akron apparently was in good structural condition. While there may have been doubts about the weather, 1t has been agreed by witnesses that the officers could not be blamed for beginning tho flight under weather conditions as they appeared at the time of talk ing off.
 The questioning regarding navi- gation technique has developed tho only apparent explanation of the disaster.
 McCord died bravely, trying to A reluctance to disparge him Is na- 
 proceeding with it's task of finding an explanation for the crash, has received testimony pointing blunt ly at courses of action, not pur- sued by tho Akron's commander, which might have prevented the disaster.
 7 Lieut. c. J. MacGuire, naval air station aerologist, testified yester- day that "any other course of action" than the one followed by McCord might have enabled the Akron to avoid disaster. He agreed with Wiley's suggestion that a westerly course, instead of one to the northeast, should have been followed when difficulties began piling up upon the dirigible. An alternative would have been to have flown eastward hours earlier.
 Capt Anton H. Einen gave two other possible ways of saving the ship--descending carefully to get q sight of land and check the alti- tude, or going up to 10000 or 12,- 900 feet and riding out the storm at that high altitude.
 The Akron did none of these things.
 Tho inquiry will be resumed in Washington next week. Meantime, the court of inquiry proceeded with an Investigation of the crash of the blimp J-3, in which two lives were lost during the search for Akron survivors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
OUT IN WISCONSIN ARE
 OUT FOR STRIKE
Make It So Terrible 1t Will GO Down in History as Greatest of Tragedies

Marshfleld, Wis, April IA. (UP) The Wisconsin unit of the Farm ers' Holiday Association to-day threw it's full support behind a proposed national farm strike to begin May 13.
 Albert Gilberts, reelected presi- dent of the Wisconsin unit, an- nounced an unanimous vote of di- rectors in favor of the strike, and said he hoped 1t would be "so terrible that 1t will darken the sky and go down as the greatest tragedy in history"
 Directors of the Wisconsin group representing 130,000 members of the state organization, voted in favor of the strike resolution last night. Their action is dependent upon whatever decision IS reached at a national convention of the Holiday association in Des Moines, Iowa, May 8.
 At the same time, directors of the Holiday group voted to support the Wisconsin milk pool if that organization called another strike. When the milk pool ordered an embargo last February, the Holi- day association did not join.
 4 provision of the resolution provided that if the states of In- diana and Ohio joined with milk strikers in New York, the Wiscon- sin group would call similar strike. It is in this strike that tho Holiday group will join regardless of what action the Nation Farm organization takes.
 If the milk strike is called, hos- pitals and similar organizations will be offered free milk if they send to farms for 1t. A previous resolution providing that milk be sold to hospitals and the money used to aid the strike, was defeat ed.
 Directors said they anticipated the national strike would be called unless congress before May 13, provided farm mortgaging ref- nancing, remonetiZed silver, paid the soldiers bonus and enacted a cost of production guarantee bill.
 Gilberts, who said that 28 states are ready to strike on an instant's notice, predicted widespread suf- fering if the strike were called.
 Tt Is truo that babies. may go without milk" he said. "but noth- ing ever was accomplished with out some suffering. I don't like to see this happen but it is American to stand up for your rights"
 Walter Singler, national presi- dent of the association, said strik- CTS would demand a basic price of $2.57 per hundredweight for milk. This price would be increased rela- lively for bottled milk delivered in cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
How She Lost 18
 Pounds of Fat
For Less Than $1.OO

ssWll say in regards to Krusch- ens I took it to reduce. I lost IS pounds after using one bottle and feel fine. Just bought one more bottle teddy and expect to lose IS more pounds. I now weigh 14s and feel Ane.n Mrs. Harry Robinson, Akron, Ohio (Jan. c, 1o33).
 once . day take Kruschen Salts --one half teaspoonful in a glass of hot water first thing every morning. Besides losing ugly fat SAFELY you'll gain in health and physical attractiveness--constipa- ton, gas and acidity will cease to bother-you'll feel younger--more active--full of ambition--clear skin-sparkling eyes.
 A jar. that lasts { weeks costs but n trifie at any drugstore in the world--but demand and got Krus- chen and if one bottle doesn't joy- fully please you-money back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14

Probability that Waterbury's 1S2 young men who enroll for the fed- eral rcforestation program will be put to work in either the Matta- tuck state forest, which runs from A point beyond the Chase com panies in Waterville to Thomaston, or the Naugatuck state forest, be- came known to-day.
 The Mattatuck state forest has an area of 2,582.99 acress and the Naugatuck forest has an area Of 1,- S73 acres.
 The Connecticut Unemployment commission which is taking over tho job of enrolling candidates for the reforestation work has not made known the forests in which the men will be put to work but it is assumed that the applicants will be placed as near to their homes as possible.
 There is considerable work that could be done in reforestation In either the Mattatuck or Naugatuck forests. Trails would have to be mapped, saplings planted, old trees removed. and growing trees given suitable care. All this work would be under the direction of capable foresters and men with forestry experience. ~
 William M. Harris, who Is chair man of the enrolment In this dis- trict, stated that he will begin the enrolment the first thing Monday morning. Waterbury has q needy list of 245 names and MT Harris will select 182 young men between the ages of IS and 25 who are eligible for enrolment.
 Waterbury's quota was fixed at a meeting yesterday afternoon in New Haven between James W. Hook, director of enrolment In the state, and heads of local re- lief organizations in the state. MT Harris, head of the Mutual Aid Unemployment work here, attend ed as Waterbury's representative.
 The quotas were based on popu- lation of the 169 towns and cities in the state as of the last census figures. MT Harris will be in charge of enrolment of candidates in this district. The towns includ- ed in this district and their quotas are: Watertown 15; Thomaston g.; Wolcott 2, Prospect Il; Woodbury 3, Southbury 2, Middlebury 3.
 MT ItdTTiS SldtCu tOooy S'oe O''Hs those young men who have depend- ants receiving aid from relief or ganizations are eligible for en- rollment. Homeless men and men whose families are not on the re- lief lists are ruled out.
 According to the plans as out lined at yesterdays meeting, MT Harris will begin notifying the eIigibles on Monday. Word will bc received from the army as 10 which doctor will have charge Of the physical examinations. Batch- es of 20 men will be sent to tho prescribed doctor as MT Harris is notified.
 When this districts allotment is filled, Mir Harris steps out of the picture and the army takes charge. The army then sends the young men, transportation charges free, to Fort Wright on Fishers Island. which is off New London. The will be kept there q week or ten days for conditioning purposes.
 At the end of this period, the sito to which the local delegations arc to be sent to work will have been made known and the men will be transported there.
 When the men sign up for these camps, Mir Harris pointed out. 1t will be understood that they allot $25 of the $30 monthly pay they will receive, to their dependent family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
Business in
 Bankruptcy

Seven cases are scheduled for hearings at the regular session of the United States bankruptcy court to be held Monday morning at the court house. Referee Walter F. Torrance will preside.
 Reports of trustees will be given in the cases of Anthony Di Berar- dino, Cameo Shops, Inc. and Ed- ward and Carmella Donate. Ex- animation of witnesses will be held in the case of Joseph ID. Fabbir. A hearing on the petition asking that the balance of funds in the estate be turned over to the mort gagee will be held in tho case of Kolestrat Kolesnick. Adjourned hearings on objections to the dis charges of c. Neal Turned and Charles W. schwank, will wind up the session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
Beer Advertising
 Appeals To Women
QuestiOnnaire Put in Hands of Million Women Readers
 Finds S3 Per Cent in Full Accord

New York, April 14.-Beer ad- vertising is all right with the wo- men.
 Response to a questionnaire sent out by Catherine McNelis, publish CT of Tower magazines, nationally distributed, which reach over a million and a quarter women every month, was S3 per cent in favor of beer advertising.
 Simultaneously with the pas- sage of the beer bill, she shot a questionnaire to 1000 housewife readers asking them how they'd feel about seeing beer advertising in other periodicals and newspa- pers. Most of the women took beer ad- vertising for granted. AS long as beer is legalized it would be just as honorable and practicable" wrote an Illinois wo- man, flor you to advertise beer SIS any other commodity"
 "I won't serve beer" commented q Kansan, but l think the adver- tising is 0. K" A New Yorker wrote: "In the advertising, the productoin, and the SelllnB oL peer, so many new work . CTS will be put to work that 1 truly see an end to much unem- ployment." In addition to asking whether readers would object to beer ad . vertising the following questions l were asked: VIII you serve beer in your home?
 
 Would you buy bottled beer in
 a drug store?
 Would you buy bottled beer in
 a grocery store? Would you approve Of women drinking beer in restaurants, out
 door gardens, hotels, etc? Do you think the repeal Of
 prohibition will better social con
 ditions? Fewer women would serve beer in their homes than approved of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14

advertising 1t. The answers were 76 per cent affirmative and 24 per cent negative. Many said: q don't drink myself but would serve it for my husband and his friends"
 There were 61 per cent in favor of buying bottled beer in a drug store with a typical comment, eff everyone who cares for beer could buy 1t in a drug store or grocery store, people would drink it fin the open, not sneak it as they do now"
 More favored buying bottled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
MUST SALUTE
 HITLER NOW

Weimar, Germany, April 14-- (UP)-School children of the state of Saxe- Weimar, who before 1918 were privileged to loko at a pie ture of the kaiser and after 1918 at one of Friederich Ebert, found- or of the German republic, VIII look at q likeness of Adolf Hitler until further notice.
 The ministry of interior and education issued a decree ordering that busts and pictures of Hitler replace those of Ebert in the schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
BY IT. o. THOMPSON

(Un1ted Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Lakehurst, N. J., April 14.- (UP)-Four days of testimony in the Akron inquiry have developed definite opinions that the disas- ter might have been avoided by different navigation tactics in its last hour or two of flight.
 From the thousands of words spoken by witnesses who appeared before the naval court of inquiry here there emerged to-day as the first phase of the investigation was concluded, a picture of what must have happened in that tragic bat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
International Theatre
Olympiad Is Described
in workers Theatre

THE first account published in
iAmerica of the International
Workers Theatre Olympiad recent
ly concluded in Moscow. U.S.SR.,
appears in the July August issue
of Workers Theatre. 1t is the first
of a series written by John Bonn,
delegate to the Olympiad, repre-
senting the League of Workers
Theatres of the U.S.A. Among
other features are review Of the
bourgeois dance season by Ocko,
"a Film Call to Action" by the Or
ganization Committee for a Ma
tional Film and Photo League, and
q one-act play, The Bulls See
Red" by R. Casimir.
A special feature is the an
nouncement of a playwriting con-
test (for short plays) "for the pur-
pose OF selecting suitable repertory
for the workers theatres through
out the United States" The con-
test closes September 30, 1888.
"Workers' Theatre" sells for 10
cents q copy, subscription 81
year. Address: AZ East 18th ST.,
New York City,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12

Vermont governor. That's all he
knows about what happened. Yes,
maybe it was the workers of YER
mont that made the governor tell
the president where he gets off.
Now they say they're going to
take them to California where the
big trees are. The men are being
given four blankets each. They are
going to sleep in pyramidal tents
with cots for "a men. They are
going to plant trees, prune them
down SO they'll blossom \ better.
Maybe they'll put the men on the
road. The army officers aren't
telling you Just what they got on
their mind. They've been all given
typhoid injections. Sure, it seems
like this work will take the jobs
away from farmers doing roadwork
out in such western states, also from
the lumberjacks. That'll knock their
wages down to the bottom of the
barrel. But what's a fellow going
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
HE WAS FOOTING BACK TO THE T sOCUM FORCED LABOR CAMP
with Jos

Some Of the men are more than
80. The food amt so good as what
you get at home, poor as that is.
It's steamcooked, and the coffee is
got different taste. There's plenty
OF 1t. They had lot Of young fell
lows down in the camp at first.
They sure raised the devil, tail a.
flying. The guards were called out
after them. But the guards couldn't
do anything. They tore out the
plumbing and the electric wires.
They threw the hash all around the
mess hall. Why2 The cabby hes
itates and finally answers. They
was young hotboxes, most Of them
Italian fellows. It doesn't enter
his mind 1t wasn't mere deyilry that
was egging these boys on. They
were protesting the bad conditions
in camp.
THE ARMY KNOWS HOW"
A captain. two lieutenants and
two sergeants are in charge of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12

week or two. Thirty dollars a.
months amt a hell Of lot for
single man. But for the married
fellows it is pretty tough.
That's true. And some of them
were in the army and their wounds
amt all healed. He never saw act
ual fighting, but if he had lost an
arm or a leg, he wouldn't be taken
care of by the government. That's
one thing, he knows. Yes, at the
camp they examine you and If you
are sick they'll send you home
They want only fit fellows. And
no devil-raisers like those young
Italians. Sure, they deserve to live
and eat too. But they amt the
kind the government wants, says
the cabby once more. And with this
he shakes hands and says So Long.
His pass from Fort Slocum expires
within a few hour
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12

camp. All they do now Is keep
their tents clean, do a little exer-
cising, about : facing, forward
marching, etc. No, they don't give
much real military training. Maybe
when they get us further out they'll
give us more of the stuffy the cabby
says. It's better organized than If
civilian ran the whole outfit Of
800 men. The army knows how to
do such things better. No, he Amt
heard about their preparations for
war.
THEY were going to be shipped to
l Vermont to help in the flood
control. But the governor Of YER
mont stopped that. He said that
there were enough unemployed men
in Vermont that could do such work
and he couldn't have the wages
knocked down to a dollar day.
Well, the newspapers wrote how the
President was sore as blazes at the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
BY BEN FIELD.

I MET him on the road while he
was footing it back to Fort Slo-
cum, New York State forced Labor
camp. A former cabby. He had
been out for a day on a special
pass. A short gaunt worker with
sallow cheeks and submissive
smile. Forty-five years old. No
family. The boss system never
gave him chance to settle down.
Talk to him for five minutes and
you get a picture of that large Sec
ton Of workers terrorized and Grip
pied by capitalism's club and pistol.
He's been in camp for three
weeks. They are going to send the
men, all vets, out somewhere west,
some say to California. Many of
the vets came to camp with feet
sticking out of their shoes and
clothes puff Of wind could blow
off of them. They are divided into
three classes, according to age.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
HeIl's Holiday

The accompanying mcnologue in
troduced between the scenes of this
official world war documentary by a
slick teb gued orator turns this film
that reveals the brutality and hor-
ror of imperialist war more, wildly
than any studio film,-into actual
propaganda FOR war.
Heroes for Sale
The central theme in this New
Deal" movie is that breadlines are
not so bad and that workers are
unemployed because OF laziness and
the Introduction Of improved ma
chinery by heartless bosses, to say
nothing Of the red menace. The
most demagogic of recent Holly
wood movies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
HISTORY OF RUSSIA our

WHEN M. N. Pokrovsky's Brief
W History of Russia was first
published in the Soviet Union,
Lenin wrote the author:
81 congratulate you very heart
lily on your success. like your
new book Brief History Of Rus
sia' immensely. The construc-
ton End the narrative are orr
ginaI."
International Publishers has just
issued the English translation of
the first volume Of this important
work.
The book is issued in two edi-
tions. The regular cloth edition
sells at $3.50 copy; the Marxist
Library edition, at 50; obtainable
at bookshops or direct from Inter
national Publishers, 381 Fourth
Avenue, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
HONOR POTANIKIN.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--The chill
dren and councillors of the Work
ers International Relief Camp at
Lumberville have arranged a series
Of entertainments i'm honor of the
memory of Harry Alan Potamkin,
who was 50 well loved by the chill
dren of the working class.
Saturday, August IL. on the camp
grounds play by Potamkin will
be. acted by the children, chalk
talk by AL Levone on Potamkin and
a-pageant by the children will be
presented.
NEWARK, N. 1.-The Jack Lon
don Club has joined with other
working class organizations in
honoring Harry Alan Potamkin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12

manufactured cotton products, fruit
and nuts, lumber and other prod
ucts native to those states.
The chain gang Is common
sight along any of the state or
county highways In states south
Of the Mason and Dixon line.
The chain gang is just as COM
mon as cotton fields, pecan groves
or pine woods. No chain gangs,
however, are exhibited in the
Court of States or any other part
Of the Century Of Progress.)
And SO on ad nauseun. This is
the real Worlds Fair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
Minute Movie Reviews
Song of the Eagle

Song OF the Eagle
Prohibition is responsible for the
depression in this one. Reopen the
breweries and prosperity will come
pouring out of beer bottles from
around all corners. A strong ap-
peal to the war veterans to
organize themselves into fascist
gangs!
Elmer the Great
Joe E. Brown in Ring Lardners
famous baseball story. And what
baseball! In pouring rain, with
the score even in the last half of
the last inning aid the bases loaded
and even with the pitcher throw
ing crooked balls, Babe Ruth"
Joe Brown does the expected
knocks out a home run, wins the
game, the world series, the money
and the girl. Nuff sed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-12
Fighting Songs for
Workers Children
PIONEER SONG BOOK. Published
by the New Pioneer Publishing

by the New Pioneer Publishing
ri Company. 80 pp. Price
Written and edited by Harry Alan
Potamkin. Music by Gertrude
Rady. Decorations by ID. Marya.
Reviewed by SASHA SMALL
children marching through the
". trsets, pale and meybe hungry,
their. shoes are kind of torn and
tlleif skinny elbows stick out of
torn sweeters-but they are
marching and the sun is shining
and they want to sing
Empty is the cupboard, no pill
low for the head
We are the hunger children who
fight for milk and bread
We are the hunger children who
fight for milk and bread
We.,-are the worker5' children,
who must
Who must be fed"
Children sitting around a camp
fire. happy tanned faces, glisten-
ing black ones that reflect the glow
Of the fire-they want to sing
Hiking, swimming, camping, ball
We want these for children all
Workers children come with us,
We're the sens of Spartacus."
Children, tired and worn. walk
ing beside their tired and worn
parents on the picket line, staring
back defiantly at the cops, need
ing something to show their de-
fiance, want to sing
'The kids are having a peach of
n time, ,parley vous
The kids are having a peach of
a time, pariey vous
The kids are having a peach of
a time
Kicking the cops from the picket
line,
Hiriky Dinly, par-iey vous."
And now here is the Pioneer
Song Book-24 songs between
bright red covers with singing chill
dfen marching across them-24
songs for children to sing wherever
they are. The old songs of strug-
gle and new ones written by Harry
Alan Potamkin who knew what
Kids like to sing. Comrade HAP
was able to catch the sounds of
cflildren's voices and turn them
into words and jingles. The book
was one of the last pieces of work
he did before he died. 1t was ready
on the day of his funeral.
-'-He took lot of the old Mother
Goose rhymes and translated them
into songs for workers and farm
ers' kids, leaving enough of tn
fun in them and adding the fight
they needed to make them real
Like this one:
"Sing song OF profits, starving
workers die.
Nine and fifty rich men they
have all the pie
Some day when set before them,
with many a grUan and cry
They'll find hammer and sickle
carved on every pie
The same as did Tar Nicholas
How could the old guy sing
But wasn't that a dandy dish to
q set before king?
THE PIONEER SONG BOOK is
ifi1ade IN attractively enough to
rival any of the expensive, fancy
books published for pampered rich
kids. Marya Morrow's illustrations
on almost every page catch the
spirit of the songs and put them
into life.