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Evening star., 1934-09-14
FACULTY OF c. v. u.
PLANS new YEAR.
Meeting Tonight to Be At
tended by Il Added to
Membership.

The faculty Of George Washington
University win meet tonight with Or.
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president. pre-
Iiminary to the opening of the aca-
oenic year. The meeting viii be held
on the campus In Corcoran Hall.
Twelve new FACULTY members and five
Who were absent on leave during the
last year are expected to be present.
wives and husbands Of faculty
members are invited to attend the
meeting and the informal social hour
which Will follow.
Registration at the university will
open tomorrow and continue Monday
and Tuesday. Glasses VIII begin
Wednesday.
Members Of Faculty.
The new members Of the faculty
include DR.. Wilson Compton, profess
sorial lecturer In economies; George
Howland COX, PROFESSIONAL lecturer in
current Eispanic American affairs:
DR.. Lestor Born, assistant professor OF
classical languages; DR.. Wood Gray,
assistant professor Of history; DR..
vladimir Stephanovich Kolesnikoff.
lecturer in Russian; Robert Thorndike,
instructor In psychology: Arthur Ed
ward Burns, Instructor In economies;
Helen Margaret Lee, Instructor in
physical education for women, Mer-
win w. Glover, associate university
physician; DR.. Wade H. Marshall, in
etructor In physiology: DR.. Harry r.
Dowling, clinical Instructor In medi-
cine, and Or. George w. Creswell, as
sociate in dermatolcgy.
Returning From Leave.
Those returning from leave are: DR..
John Albert Tillena, associate pro-
fessor Of political science: DR.. Lowell
Joeeph Ragatz, associate professor of
history; DR.. walter Lynn Cheney,
professor of physics; Prof. Hector CAL
loway Spaulding of the law faculty
and DR.. william Crane Johnstone, jr.,
assistant professor Of political science
and acting dean Of the Junior Col
1ege.
Evening star., 1934-09-14

sary that the character OF Chief Ex-
ecutive Of any nation be held In re-
spect by any organ or dependency Of
another government"
He asserted that Ambassador Con-
zalez Roa had previously been In
structed to make representation II
he deemed It necessary. and these In
structions had been confirmed today
In view Of the precipitate manner In
which have been made public and
published imprudent afirmations
which have created . scandal which
even reached the President Of the
republic"
Evening star., 1934-09-14
By the Asseciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
sAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario. Sep
tember l4.--A worthy rival has been
found for L. e. Harris Of the Mich
igan sault who boasted Q sneeze
which send his glasses 10 feet across
. room, and won him the title Of
supreme sneezers of the Ca-Choo
Hayfever Club which convenes here
annually.
George r. Plant Of Tacoma. Wash,
Is the mighty man who challenges
Harris supremacy, Mrs. PLANT wrote
to Harris stating her husbands quail
fications as follows:
] sHe sneezed in Kansas and caused
team Of horses to run away. He
sneezed In washington and caused
q man In the front seat Of the auto
to disjoint his neck. He sneezed
during q rlmmy game. causing q
fellow who was just about to rurnmy
to Jump OF his chair and throw
his cards ssKay. On that sneeze Mr..
PLANT tore out both his tonsils."
Evening star., 1934-09-14
LICENSE REVOKED

Sale After Midnight Is Charged
to Irving Furash.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board yesterday revoked the liquor
license held by Irving Furash, 14ol
Eleventh street., The permit was for
"on SALE" Kk
The licensee was charged with hav-
ing permitted the sale Of beverages
after midnight on September 2, and
the sale Of bottled liquor, IN violation
Of the terms Of the permit.
Furash stated he had transferred
his permit to- another dealer, but he
was held responsible by the board.
Evening star., 1934-09-14
MEXICO FIGHTS USING
NAMES TN ARMS QUIZ
Ambassador Told President Of
Any Nation Should Be
Accorded Respect.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO. d. r., September A.
The Mexican Ambassador to WASH
ington was instructed yesterday to
protest to the American Government
against bringing the names OF Presi-
dent Abelardo Rodriguez and other
Mexican officials into the Senate arms
investigation hearings. q
DR.. Jose Manuel Puig Casauranc,
secretary of foreign relations. said the
protest would "insist that it Is neces-
Evening star., 1934-09-14
Champ Sneeser Adn,its Defeat
Upon Herring Kansas Exploits

Mr. Harris read the letter. sneezed.
recovered his glasses from behind the
piano and Immediately sent Mr.. PLANT
. Ca-Choo Club membership card.
Evening star., 1934-09-14

Pay Minimum Likely.
Mexico Is expected to establish .
minimum wage scale for textile
workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Imperial Valley Strike
of Lettuce PIckers Off

Ing without permit, and unlawful
assembly, and were placed under
$500 bail. The camp to which
thew had come was surrounded
with police with machine guns
Dorothy Ray and Stanley Hancock
were arrested at the point OF
drawn guns. Workers believe that
their presence was betrayed by a
stoolpigeon.
Defense attorney Johnson was
cited for contempt of court in Ell
Centre today for failing to appear
on a habeas corpus writ, although
attorney Wirin had appeared in his
place.
The Cannery and Agricultural
Workers Industrial Union is plan
ming a drive to get 100 per cent
organization of farm and camp
committees and locals of the union
throughout the valley, as well as
preparations for defense against
the vigilantes in the coming
struggle.
The union and the Internationa
Labor Defense is calling for funds
flor defense of the arrested strik
ers. These should be sent to 90
9Th Ave. San Diego, Calf.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Win Wage Increase to Is
Cents an Hour Despite
Terror

BRAWLEY, Calif.-The Central
Strike Committee of the 5000
striking lettuce workers officially
called off the strike in the fields
of Imperial Valley last Thursday.
Despite the extreme reign OF
terror of the bosses, police and
American Iegionnaires, and the
falling of more than 100 of the
most active strikers, the spirit OF
the workers is high after the two
weeks struggle, and they are re,
turning to intensity organizational
work in the sheds and camps thru-
out the valley for the coming can
taloupe season.
Wage gains to Is cents an hour
were won in many fields as a re-
suit of the strike.
] Immediately upon coming lneo
Brawley. Dorothy Ray, Fat Cham
bers and Stanley Hancock, lettuce
strike leaders were arrested ane
charged with vagrancy, riot, meet
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
DESTROYING GRAIN
.AROUSES PROTESTS
OF CZECH JOBLESS
Left Wing Coop. Offer to
Supply Workers With
Cheap Bread

PRAGUE.-The continued de-
struction of enormous amounts OF
grain is arousing the growing in
dignation of the unemployed who
are starving while the granaries
are full. The reserves of wheat
and pye are being made unfit fo1
human consumption for the pur-
pose of maintaining grain prices
at the present level. But even
with the denaturalized grain the
agrarian cooperatives are contriv-
ing to do business. Grain mixed
with charcoal dust is being sold a.
forage at 80 crowns per cwt.
The revolutionary worker-con
sumers' cooperative society ''Vce
la" in Prague has now sent in al
application to the Ministerial Coun
Gil, requesting that the grain in
tended for destruction should b
sold to it at so crowns per cwt.
The "Vcela" undertakes, shoulc
this application be granted, to sup
ply bread at the price of on
crown per kilo to the unemploye'
and destitute lin Prague breat
costs 2 crowns per kilo),
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Court Ignores All Evidence
to Convict JObless Worker
For Burglar" in Pig Theft
Raymond OTOOle Is Victim of Main Street Persecution;
May Appeal Case; Judge VIII Fix
Sentence February 3

BRENTWOOD, Mont.-A cOun-
ty judge and twelve farmer jurors
disregarded all evidence last Sat
urday and convicted Raymond
O'Toole, unemployed worker, Of
first degree burglary in the now
celebrated Storkan Pig Case. The
jury recommended a suspended
sentence, which will be fixed by
County Judge S. E. Paul on Fed.
3rd.
The court had earlier in the
week dismissed the case against
Jack Gunderson and Tom Feeney
held on the same charge. The
Judge was forced to admit that
there was no evidence against the
workers, and on a motion of VIM
E. Owens of Williston, defense at
torney, released them.
The trial and conviction Of
O'Toole was an open case Of per
secution from beginning to the
end. The Commercial Club haC
collected $500 to finance the prose
cution of the unemployed workers
and employed Attorney T. W
! Greer to assist County Attorney
Hoven. The case involved tn
disappearance of a butchered pig
worth about 81, from the garag
Of DR.. Joseph C. Storkan, one O.
P1entywoOd's leading citizens,
more than year ago.
Neither the doctor nor Bob Rob
ke, local constable, as witnesse
were able to establish anything
more than that the pig had dis
| appeared from the garage of tn
doctor. and that tracks led from
the garage to the alley.
Doctor Makes Speeches
When Attorney Owens insisted
on more concrete evidence, and a
least proof that the doctor identif
his pig. the doctor lost his dignit
and insisted on making speeches.
Rookie told of set of parable
! tracks" in the snow. But whe
the defense attorney question:
him, it developed that the con
stable did not know what parable
) means. "At any rate, they wer
! curved" said Rookie.
The judge at this junctuu
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Officers Hide TiaIas and
Ham in South Bend Jail;
Protest Sent Roosevelt
ACTION DEMANDED OF
PRESIDENT

Chicago. III. Jan. 2s. 1884.
Hon. Franklin D. ROOseveh
White House.
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Sir;
January 20 the National Secretary of the United
League Alfred ITALIA his wife another farmer
Ham of Syracuse, Indiana arrested Warsa
Indiana for participating in the action Of about 1000 farmers
who assembled the county courthouse stop the sale of
Clarence Geaharts farm. Charged with resisting officer
they were imprisoned under the outrageous bail Of $4,000 No
allowed to visit them except their lawyer.
The Of Indiana participated stopping
sale had previously sent telegram asking that the sale
be stopped This accordance with your request
made the radio several months the effect that
foreclosure eviction threatened any farmer telegram to
yOu would save his home But you did nothing
ut apparently the promises and made the
farmers at viii stop foreclosures eviciOns.
coming Saturday. January a. another foreclosure takes
place Warsaw County courthouse and another farmer will
thrown off his land satisfy the greed of mortgage hold
We of yO the President of the United States
order the release of Alfred Taa Mrs ITALIA and Jesse Ham
rho have broken law BY attempting to stop foreclosure
They have acted in accordance with the wishes of the
majority in the state of Indiana and indeed all
the country the promises Of your administration
be taken their face value then they have only acted
carry these promises But whether the farmers
your promises win depend large degree
tiOus and attitude IN this
We request an immediate reply.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
For the Executive Council
UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
SHOT In SELF
DEFENSE, FACES
DEATH VERDICT
Farmers National Defense
Bureau Urges Protests IN
Case of N. G. Cooper

PHILADELPHIA, PA call
for protests against the trial Of
Emanuel Biddings, Negro share
cropper of Roxboro, N. c., on a
murder charge for shooting Clay
ton, his white landlord, in self
defense, has been issued by the
Farmers National Defense Bureau
(See Producers News of Jan. 5 for
details of case).
The statement of the Defense
Bureau signed by David Levinson,
secretary, says in part:
During the 1888 season Buildings
had worked for Clayton, on halves,
growing a tobacco crop. When
the tobacco was harvested the en-
tire crop was put into Clayton's
barn. Sometime later Buildings
went to ask for the share of the
tobacco crop. At Clayton's home
he met Mrs. Clayton, who told him
. to go ahead and take his share.
When Clayton found out that
Bidding had taken his full share
Of the tobacco he demanded thai
the cropper bring all of it back tx
the barn or else place it in thu
packing house. Biddings consented
but when he came to the pack
! house he found no place for hi
tobacco. Clayton had scattered
his own share over the entire floo
of the building.
The sharecropper went back an
proceeded to store his tobacco in
loft in his house. Suddenly Clay
ton appeared. He Immediate!
knocked the tobacco out of tn
hands of George Bidding, who wa
helping his father, and showed tn
= boy against the wall. The DO!
spoke up and Biddings, called b
> his wife, came down from the lof
= Clayton then became enraged, Ink
:, mad bull.
81 want you to come hear the
last words am going to tel
d this God-damned niger before
5 / blow his brains out" he shout
k ed, reaching for aiis hip pocket
Emanuel Biddings was quicker
It He took the shot gun that was
NmEN&
q hanging close to him and sno'
Clayton down.
y The Negro share cropper acte
= in defense of his family. Man,
: times it had happened that whit
i landlords killed their Negro tel
ants just because the Negro.
al were demanding their share OF u
y crop that they had grown. In 0
n der that this should not happen
= order to save his boy the Neg
- shot first and the landlord wa
&c killed.
st Emanuel Biddings lis being tri'
70 for murder. The town of RoxDoI
where the trial takes place
al seething with lynch spirit, work
DIS UP by the class of white Southe
b landlords and business men. 81
81 dings' life is gravely endangert
! Continued on page -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02

Op6IlS I(GfS EGO. D.
Meanwhile demonstrations were
taking place in hundreds of cities
and towns, CWA unions were be-
ing formed in many places, de-
signed to use mass action to put
fired workers back on jobs and to
prevent any cut in either the
wages or time of the employed
workers.
Roosevelt has not changed his
plans and will go ahead, he said,
with the complete elimination of
CWA by May 1. The prospects of
the workers and farmers, however,
has forced him to increase his ap-
preparation requested from con-
gress for PWA and CWA from
$85O,OOO,OOO to $950,0O0,OO0. Of
this only $780, 100000 is slated tC
go to CWA and will not keep the
CWA work going beyond May 1, il
was clear.
Chicago authorities revealed thai
they expected trouble" in the an
nounced demonstration of Feb. 6
when unemployed and CWA work
ers will protest the cut and de
mand the passage of the worker
unemployment insurance bill.
Police Commissioner Altman ha
refused a permit for the demon,
stration but, Unemployed Counci
has said that the workers vii
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
GREEK PEASANTS
JAILED FOR DEBT
FREED BY MASSES
Fellow Villagers Battle Sol
diers With Sticks
and Stones

ATHENS.-A number of peas
ants belonging to the village Of
Messorppi, near Kavalla, were ar
rested for debts to the state and
the agrarian, but were released
again by their fellow villagers.
The gendarmes driven away by
the villagers returned with rein
forcements. and a regular battle,
lasting for hours, took place be-
tween them and the whole popula-
ton of the village, armed with
sticks, rakes, and stones. Six peas
ants were taken to the hospital at
Kavalla, seriously wounded. one is
dying.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Bond Fixed at $1,000 for
Three; Only Lawyer
Can See Them
Events In Arrest of u. F. L.
Leader Described by
Eye-witnesses

CHICAGO, Ill. Defense
attorney David Bentall has
finally located Alfred Tiala,
national secretary of the
United Farmers League, VII
ola ITALIA, and Jesse Ham, in
the South Bend, Indiana Jail,
where authorities had re-
moved them in fear of a Jail
delivery by the aroused farm
erS. Sheriff Harley Person
of Kosciusko county, who had
arrested the three last Satur-
day, had formerly stated that
they had been taken to the
state penitentiary at Michi-
gan City.
Bond for each has been fixed at
$4,000. making a total Of $4,000
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02

mercifully recessed court and Dep
uty Sheriff Frank Murray kindly
explained the difference between
parallels and curves to the flus-
tered constable, in private.
Young O'Toole told a straight
forward story to the jury. He
had found the butchered pig in
the alley, and had taken it home to
his wife and two small children
who had had no meat in many
weeks O'Toole, has been able to
(Contirued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
eva JOBS co TO
LANDLORDS ONLY
Negro Share Chopper Tells
Of Discrimination In
Civil Works
By a Farmer Correspondent


DADEVILLE, Ala.-The Black
Selt Is in a critical condition. The
landlord tells the poor farmers
Slat they can't furnish them any
'nng to farm with but they can,
such as horses.
Inc real reason they tell the
'aSreGropper that they can't fur
.iSn them is in order to keep them
N N 1he farm and work them for
" cents a day, while the Landlords
WORK on the CWA for Sc and So
gay And there the landlords
S yea from $3.50 to $3.50 a day
a day. " ~
NJ, inns 5, does for the day hands
% NV Ine wages the landlord pays
S em Is really 81 a month. The
tSS SseS pay the whites more TO,
Sron. work than they do the Ne
S.Oes' The landlords tell the Ne.
S mus that they aren't worth al
~ as the white men.
~ IN the CWA the landlords TAX,
Ne 'JOs themselves and don't Civ,
eve TF, sharecrOpper any Job what
M This is the case with tn,
R TsS white as well as the Negroes Sas
SS0lapOOsa county has about 80,
Ss be- population, but only 200 hav
.tSs sn given CwA jobs, and most o
mem en- are landlords. w ~
wal. me poor cropper has a Ions
aSS to the CwA office @ii 10 sack sicn g e
pa o all they get is a ~ sc cram q :
tS sr, and the CWA office tell
"a S'Sr. They can't even ' get c %tge
are wear and the landlords s saw the
.thina' gSSi Oh let them have ave any any
hips We will have to do soms
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
STARVING PEASANTS
STORM MANSIONS OF
SPANISH LANDLORDS

MADRID.-In the district Of
Malagon (Ciudad Real) the starv-
ing peasantry have stormed a num-
Der of big farm houses, and have
destroyed the plantations in some
places. At Santa Eufemia (Cor-
doba) about 20 peasants attacked
the Valdegaegorie, a mansion of 8
large land owner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Taylor Points Out Promises
of President to Stop
Foreclosure Sales
UFL and INCA Urge
Storm of Protest IN Arrest
of Militant Leaders

CHICAGO, In.-A letter to
President Roosevelt, protest
ing the foreclosure of Clar-
ence Gearheart's farm at
Leesville, Ind, and demand
ing that the president order
/ immediate release of Alfred
ITALIA, national secretary of
the United Farmers League,
Viola Tiala and Jesse Ham,
was sent Friday by Charles
E. Taylor, national chairman
for the executive council Of
the United Farmers League.
The letter pointed out that these
prisoners were arrested for lead
ing a fight on the foreclosure sale.
The letter related how the Indiana
farmers, believing in the promise
: of Roosevelt to stop foreclosures,
: had telegraphed to the White
Q House informing him of the threat
e ened action asking for protection
: for this farmer. "But," stated the
4 letter, "you did nothing"
> eff the promises Of your adj
ministratiOn are to be taken at
their face value, then they (Tialu
and the farmers) have only acted
! to carry out those promises"
4 In another letter to Chester @
Davis, Administrator Of the AAA
2 Taylor said:
j We demand Of yOn as adj
ministratOr of the Agricultural
L Adjustment Act, that You take
4 action Immediately to see that
no foreclosures and evietions
take place IN the state of In
diana or any other state. We
se demand that you do all in your
l power to effect the release Of
Alfred Tiala, Mrs. TiaIa and
Jesse Ham, vino were acting In
accordance with the wishes Of
the vast majority of farmers In
ali the state of Indiana, and indeed
OF all over the country. We de-
e. mand a statement Of the off
a clal position Of the Agriculture
~ Adjustment Administration OF
elf the action of the county Off
ne cials who used tear gas and po
an' lice to disperse the farmers ana
Tor carry through the will of tn
bankers. We can assure yO'
se that the farmers Of this country
on, hearing about the case, vii
Judge you and the genuinenes
lgs Of your promises by the actiO'
-es, you take now.
le" Letters were also sent, for t
en- executive council of the Unit
u Farmers League, to Judge Dona
ags Vanderveer, circuit Judge of KC
Cne ciusko county at Warsaw, Indian
my : to Sheriff Harley Person, WaTsa
III" and to Seth E. Rowdabaugh, pl
scouting attorney at Warsaw.
i@s Judging from copies of prote'
are received here, President RoOseve
na' Sheriff Person and Judge Vand'
az ~ veer are receiving a flood of p,
~ tests from all parts of the COZ
- try.
bis A meeting at the Stevens sch
red in Dairyland, Douglas county "
loor consin, registered its protest.
The Workers and Farmers
ord operative Unity Alliance, in
: = name of its 1000 members,
Iav manted the release Of the pris
-eiv ers and an end to foreclosures {
+bo evlctions.
NOS Hans Hardersen, state secret'
+be of the Montana United Farm
~ League sent a telegram to She
hv Person and letter to Judge V
,oft derveer. The letter said IN PAL
I;I,o CONTINUED on Page two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
SITUATION IN
DAKOTA NEEDS
QUICK ACTION
p. Down County Farmer Has
D ~ Feed, Shoots 22 Hogs;
~ Cows Perish

ABERDEEN. s. D.-An un-
'.odepted condition prevails
IeOougbout the state. In many
'a,trS the farmers will be unable
=. s0 .ors for their stock through the
y "Jr S In Brown, Marshall, ard
~ counties a large loss OF the
tick is reported daily. On Thurs
S.T At Ferney. in Brown county,
90; y.ymer who had % hogs for
SSicb he had 70 feed and no
mnans 81 securing any, shot all
tbe animals and buried them. Near
Stafford. in Brown county, a
t.mfr reported the loss Of six
Ss.3 ~ stock from starvation in
~os dav. This included both cattle
and horses
The farmers insist that the Fed
ra, Government will have to sup
alv them with food for the stock
tuing the winter, or, if the stock
4 permitted to perish, provide
tbem with horses in the spring
With which to put in the crop. Ii
he southeast section of the state
IN Union, Marshall, and Hutchin
son counties the crop was fairly
GOOD. They are the only counties
n the state so favored.
The situation is desperate, ant
Al unprecedented degree Of pow
wty prevails among the farmer
Of the state.
Certainly, when the farmers 0
south central South Dakota ha
Ire poorest crop in 70 years ever
bodv knew that help would hav
70 be forth coming from the stat
Snd federal sources or the farm
ers would be called upon to SUI
tain a double loss which they wei
IN no position to endure.
Since every kind of record col
ceivable is made Of what the farm
q has-from the amount of h
first, second ard third mortgag,
10 the number of hens in Il
chicken COOP and the glasses
Jelly IN the dugout, it would 1
necessary to have an endless pr
cession Of statisticians trailil
from the depleted areas to Pier
and from Pierre to st. Paul a,
from st. Paul to Washington,
G., and back again before the 20
starving animals could be fed. 7
many have already gone to t
bOneyard, or are reduced by m
nutrition beyond all hope Of q
eovery, and their owners have be
Tor weeks consumed by desps
over this dire and hopeless sitl
ton.
Incidentally, too much optimi
has been expressed through
papfrs and other channels of pV
lefty over the coming of meas
wheat allotment checks and
hog bonus checks. Without gu
ton, the situation of many fal
sTs has been desperate for mon
not 0nis as regards their Il
stock. buS also as regards tn
families abundant relief must
furnishes 9ntil another crop
harvested.