davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

On March 3 it was exactly one
year since Comrade Thaelmann
fell into the hands of the fascist
thugs, through coYardly, dastardly
treason. Under particularly severe
and ennervating guard, Comrade
Thaelmann has for one year been
dragged from one dungeon to an
other, from one prison to another.
The fascist government is afraid
OF the defenseless prisoner and is
anXiously trying always to keep the
place of his detention secret. Just
how it became known that Comrade
Thaelmann was forced to spend
several weeks in the cellar of the
prisons of the Secret State Police,
which is well known for the bestial
tortures that are carried on there.
In a specially prepared trial for
high treason Comrade Thaelmann
is now to be brought into court, and
according to fascist newspaper re-
ports this trial is to be made a
great and decisive reckoning with
Communism"
"Triar of Communism
What they were unable to get in
the Reichstag fire trial, the Nazis
now want to get in the Thaelmann
trial: the political and theological
reckoning" of national-socialism
with Communism.
The Hitler government again cal
culates wrongly Just as it calculated
wrongly in the Reichstag fire trial.
The Reichstag fire trial which was
to bring shattering defeat to the
Communist Party of Germany, did
in fact lead to a defeat; but to a
defeat of the Hitler government.
The courageous stand which the
Communist defendants took and
particularly Comrade Dimitroff, be-
came in this trial great and
immortal victory of Communism.
Buenger, justice Of the German
Supreme Court, who is said to be
one of the most intelligent of this
clan, after the trial, said to one of
his acquaintance:
If l had known who that Dimi-
troff is, l would rather have taken
sick leave than conduct the trial"
There can be no doubt that the
Hitler government has decided to
conduct the Thaelmann trial be-
hind closed doors because it has
learned from the Reichstag fire
trial. ational-Socialism, despite
all its victorious" phrases, still
feels too weak to conduct trial
against the leader of the said-to- be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

a fascist government by the hands
of Socialist" leaders. Sensing the
Decentralization of the rank and
file, they played up to it with Left"
phrases, even to the extent of adj
hitting the idea of the dictatorship
of the proletsriat-on certain oeca-
sions. The revolutionary uprising,
which was early willed as an often
sive by the workers-reduced to a
last-moment defensive by the lead
ers-was doomed to bloody defeat.
The deeds of the Austrian workers
are already part of the magnificent
tradition Of the revolutionary work.
ing class-the tradition Of the June
Days" Of 1913, Of the Paris Com
mune, Of 1905, of the Victorious Oc-
tober, of the Canton Commune.
The Austrian workers rose up
against capitalism, rose up for So
cialism, rose up to take Soviet
power. 1t was an instruction
againt the paralyzing sway of the
social-fascist leaders. The revolt
marks the collapse of Austro-Marx-
ism and the unification of the Aus
trian working-class ranks, from be-
low Though still small, the Com
munist Party of Austria played a
vital role. The belated, betrayed
revolt has specific lesson for the
world proletariat. It is the lesson
embodied in the teaching of Stain:
The proletariat has need of the
Party as its general staff if the
struggle for power is to be crowned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
BY WILL NUREMBERG

After the outlawing of the Com
munist Party of Germany by the
Hitler government about a year
ago, the National Socialist leaders
declared pathetically Communism
in Germany has been destroyed"
Today one does not hear this opin-
ion any more. The Nazi leaders have
in the meantime been forced to
understand that neither the out
having of the legal Communist
Party, nor the destruction of its
newspapers and the confiscation of
its buildings, nor the most cruel
suppression and unexampled mass
terror can destroy the Communist
movement which is part of the
working class, and its vanguard.
Despite the arrest and falling of
almost 100000 Communists and
anti-fascists, despite the terrible
tortures of defenseless prisoners,
despite 10 death sentences against
anti-fascists, despite the cowardly
numbering of 5000 workers, despite
the execution of 81 anti-fascists.
the Illegal Communist Party of
Germany is living, fighting and
growing.
G. p. Only Real Force Against
Fascism
The Communist Party of Ger
many is the only serious. real and
daily growing revolutionary force
against the hated bloody fascist
regime Of the National Socialists
in Germany. The soeial-imperiali-l
and social-fascist party of socith
democracy, with its 100000 officials
in the state apparatus, which
beasted of its strength and power.
broke down under the first attacks
of the fascist coup d'etat. It's
leaders, like Paul Loebe, loudly
proclaim the socialist blessings" of
the National-Socialist Winter Aid"
deception and of the fascist die
tatorship.
What is the goal of our world
historic struggle? The events of
the last year in Germany and the
events in Austria have again con-
firmed in blood and fire the cor
RICHNESS of the Marxist-
theory on the strategy of the pro-
letarian class-struggle. The masses
of German and Austrian workers
who trusted the demagogic phrases
and empty promises of the social
democratic leaders and expected
from them the realization of So
cialisnl on the quiet, safe and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17
Continued from Page a.

crimes of the New Deal against the
workers that overwhelming evidence
Of them wells up in places most
favorable to Roosevelt.
Under the title Prom the At
lantic TO the Pacific we find that
the majority of the A. F. of l.. re-
ports show that the N. R. A. codes
have actually cut money wages-to
say nothing of real wages. Even
the number of dollars paid under
the codes are being cut, while the
value Of these dollars in the amount
of goods they buy is being still more
drastically shortened.
No wonder the A. F. of L. leaders
have such great difficulty in keep
ing the rank and file back!
We will quote just few Of the many
examples, illustrating almost every
conceivable means by which the N.
R. A. lowers the workers living
standards as forecast by the Com
munist Party when the N. r. A.
was passed.
From Torrington, Connecticut, we
get the following from A. F.. Of l..
organizer, Max Wyssenbach:
Under the N, R. A, workers in
the brass industry received a 5 per
cent wage increase, but due to the
shortening of hours, the average
pay amounts to about sl2 week"
In other words, wages are form
ally increased" but the actual
weekly wage is lower than it was
before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

destroyed Communist Party, in
public. Hitler wants the so-calIed
reckoning between National Social
ism and Communism in this trial.
to be conducted in such a manner.
that Comrade Thaelmann, cut off
from the public, robbed of all de-
Tense, is faced with the whole fas-
cist state apparatus and machinery.
The first, urgent and unpost-
ponable task in the great inter-
national action for the liberation
of Thaelmann, Torgier and all the
other imprisoned Anti -fascists is
therefore the fight for free and
unlimited defense of Comrade
Thaeimann and the conduct of
the trial in public, before a broad
international forum. This fight
must be conducted by utilizing all
means and carrying out the
broadcast and deepest mass mobi-
hzation of the world public.
Goebbels' weapon: Lies
But just as in the Reichstag trial
pigeons, provocators, ordinary
criminals, were brought and mobi-
llzed as witnesses against George
Dimitroff, about whom the court
knew nothing, just as an attempt
at the lowest kind of defamation
against Dimitroff was made, so
from plain fear of a second defeat
despite the unequal division of
forces in their favor, the Nazis are
already today trying to use the same
means, only in a still more shame
less and haser y amer, They in
tend to make the personal defama-
ton of the defendant the center of
the trial.
For months the Hitler govern
ment and especially Propaganda
Minister Goebbels, who is in charge
of the preparation for the trial, has
been trying to create the "ideolog-
ical basis" for the Thaelmann trial.
This is done by having bought
traitors, W no had been expelled
from the Communist Party for
stealing money or acting as stool
pigeons, like George Schwarz, write
pamphlets against Comrade Thael-
mann that are filled with the
dirtiest and stupidest lies.
The Personality of ThaeImann,
Workers Leader
In this atmosphere of the lowest
kind of lying campaign with mass
mobilization of STOOL pigeons and
criminals, in this atmosphere of
secret murders, the Hitler govern
ment is preparing the pompously
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

It is necessary with all
insistence to raise the
question of pOWer in the
mass work of the Commu-
mist Parties. The chief
slogan of the Communist
international is: SOUiet
PoWer.
The example of the us.
S.R. is the example of Boil
sheUisHl. Only this ex-
ample shows the way out,
and the way to save the
exploited and oppressed in
all the imperialist and CO.
lonial countries.
The example of Bolshe-
vism is the example of
proletarian International
ism. The victory of the So
cialist revolution is pos
sible only by strengthen
ing the international ties
of the revolutionary prole-
tariat. The way of Boil
shevism is the way of unit
ing the proletarisn forces
of all nationalities and
races, it is the way of their
Joint struggle hand in
hand with the proletariat
against tn e oppressors
ana explorers.
The Plenum of the &c.
CT. obliges all Sections of
the Communist Interna-
tional to be on their guard
at every turn of events,
and to exert every effort
without losing a moment
for the revolutionary prep
aration of the proletariat
for the impending decisive
battles for power.
From the Resolution of the
18th F. c. c. I, Plenum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

during the Paris Commune of 1871 of
Paris set for the first time in history what Lenn called
of Sethe Workers State" The COmmunards
hands of the bourgeois capitalists bankers
government the Commune which began
of the forms of capitalist oppression they
defended their State against the combined
blood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

In this atmosphere of the lowest
kind of lying campaign, with a mass
mobilization of stool-pigeons and
criminals, in this atmosphere of
secret murders, the Hitler govern
ment is preparing the pompously
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-17

lhternaHonal Action
1t is up to us, who can speak and
write, it is up to us who can move
and fight, to give maximum Of
support to the German Communist
Party, to the German Anti-Fascists,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
DISCUSS
RESTORATION
Of BENEFITS

Restoration of benefits to service
connected disabled veterans, which
were destroyed by tie economy act
of March 20, 1888, and subsequent
laws, and final appeals by the dis
abled veterans were the main top
les of discussion at a recent meet
ing of Imperial Valley chapter No.
81, Disabled American Veterans OF
the World War, held in the Veter-
ans hall at Ell Centro.
That those in Washington, who
will later vote upon the program Of
relief for the wars disabled, may
fully understand the DAVIS objec-
t,ves, copies of the organization S
national program were sent to the
senators and congressman of this
district, with the request that they
restore benefits to service connected
disabled veterans as of March &c,
1888.
The feeling here is that there
should be no further delay in grant
ing relief to these veterans, lib
eralization OF TIE regulations being
OF great importance to all disabled
and vital to those who are now be E
ing deprived of the necessities of
life through laws passed by the last
congress- states l.. E. King. adJu-
tant.
The local chapter advises dis
abled veterans de string assistance
with their appeals to get in toucE
with Commander Peter P. Schmitt,
1925 Main ST.. Ell Centre, and that
DO appeals should be made without
the advice of the DAVIS national
rehabilitation officers, or other
qualified representatives Also,
that before filing an appeal all reaS-
enable effort should be made TO
develop all evidence, receive proper
examinations to determine the ma
ture and degree of disability, and
get a final decision from the boa. d
Of original jurisdiction on the COM
plete evidence"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
Christian Science

A lesson-sermon on Soul" vii.
be presented on Sunday in all
Churches of Christ, Scientist,
branches of The Mother Church.
The First Church of Christ, Scien-
tist, in Boston, Mass.
The lesson-sermon is composed
of citations from the Bible and cor
relative passages from the Chris
tion Science textbook, Science anC
Health with Key to tie Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy.
The Scriptural selections in the
lesson sermon include these verses
from the Psalms: "The mighty God
even the Lord, hath spoken. and
called the earth from the rising OF
the sun unto the going down there
of. Out of Zion. the perfection of
beauty, God hath Shined How
amiable are lhy tabernecies, o
LORD of hosts! For the Lord
will give grace and glory no good
thing will he withhold from them
that walk uprightly."
Among the Science and Health
citations are the Statements The
sun is not affected by TIE revolt
ton of the earth. So Science re-
vcals Soul as God, untouched by sin
and death,-as the central Life
al d intelligence around which Gil =
Gle harmoniously all things in tie
systems of Mind"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
First Presbyterian

Morning worship at IL. The pas
tor will continue tie series of SER
mons on the Lords Prayer, speak
ing on forgiveness" S. P. Hoili-
day will sing by request Caro- Ro-
mas Resignation. The anthem
will be THE Builder" (Cadmar)
For the prelude the pianist will
play THE Rosary" (Nevin; for
offertory, Day in May" CFremiD
and for the postlude, selection
from Haydn.
Church school at GAS a. IN. The
attendance last Sunday was the
largest OF the year. This is grad
ed school with competent teachers
for all the classes.
Christian Endeavor at $50. Lead
er. Ulan Allen. Subject: "Recrea-
tionS."
Evening service at 7:30. A study
OF marriage and divorce from :he
Christian standpoint will be given.
All are cordially invited to these
services.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17

One days incoming mail at the
Ell Centric Chamber Of Commerce,
that on February 16, included the
following letters concerning a wide
variety of subjects:
From Nogales Chamber of Com
merce offering to assist in estab-
fishing airmail and passenger SER
vice between San Diego, Ell Gen.
tro, Nogales and Mexico City; from
Congressman George Burnham, re-
garding appropriations in the agri-
cultural bill for continuance of the
Bard Experiment station and irrl-
cation experiments in de-silting
Colorado River water for Imperial
Valley; from Banning Chamber OF
Commerce regarding that city's as
Sistance in maintaining highway
travel through FL Centro, over
Highway U. S. 90; from Better Busi-
ness Bureau of Los Angeles, re-
garding fraudulent magazine sub
scription solicitations reported by
the Ell Centre Chamber; from Hon
George Burnham answering cham
! Dcl iCtOCl ltSeti oiiio AC-Soee'biAoA4
ment of airmail through Imperial
Valley using army and navy planes
From E. E. Wallace, district en-
gineer of division of highways re-
! garding routing of the Blythe-In-
dio road, a matter in which the
FL Centro Chamber is interest
ed; from Geo. P. Clements, man.
ager of the agricultural department
CT the Los Angeles Chamber, re-
garding the Ell Centre Chambers
fight to continue the agricultural
department. appropriations OF par
ticular benefit to Imperial Valley;
from Lake Elsinore Chamber OF
Commerce, enclosing requested map
and specifications marking an out
board motorboat racing course at
Sandy Beach, at the south end of
Salton Sea; from All-Year Club
of Southern California, asking that
the chamber send information to
eastern resident who desires to
spend a year in warm, dry sec
| ton of California.
From Fred l.. Wilkie company,
investments, offering to finance the
production of dry ice from I'M
perial Valleys carbon dioxide gas
wells; from T. F. Bomar, manager
aviation department San Diego
Chamber, to Postmaster General
Farley, urging restoration of South
ern airmail by way of Ell Centro;
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
COMM |TTEES PREPARING FOR
VALLEY VISIT Of GOVERNOR

Committees have been appointed
to prepare for the visit of Cover
nor James Rolph. Jr to Imperial
Valley on Friday, March %.
The city council has constituted
itself as a committee to act with
the general committee and today
the Imperial Valley Pioneers an
nounce the appointment of the
following members to serve with
the general committee.
Mr. and Mrs. j. l.. Taecker, Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Stilgenbauer, Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Hastain all of Braw-
ley; Mr.. and Mrs. C. F.. Boarts,
Clarence Walker of Westmorland;
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. D. D. Brownell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Y. BroWnell, of Calipatria;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.. Kamm, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs,
l.. F. Shaw of Holtville; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. w Bates, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Mercier of CaleXico; Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Y. Preble, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j.
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Mccall
of Imperial; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Edgar, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Holt,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. GrumbleS, Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Forester, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. o. King, Mr.. and Mrs,
Howard p Meyer all of Ell Cen
tro.
The general committee composed
of representative selected by the
board of supervisors, the irrigation
district, the Ell Centre city council,
the inter-post council of the Leg
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17

ion, the Brawley Chamber of Com
merce, the CaleXico Chamber of
Commerce, the pro-rate committee
of the lettuce growers. federation
of women's clubs and the service
clubs, will meet Monday evening,
February 10, at 7:3O o'clock in the
supervisors board room, court house,
to prepare for the official visit
of Governor James Rolph, Jr.
E. B. Goodman issued the call
after consulting the representatives
of the groups. Phil Knights will
submit, on behalf of the city of
Ell Centro and the veterans COM
mittee, that the dinner to the
governor be held at the Veterans
Memorial hall, and John Drummer,
manager of California hotel will
submit the plan for serving the
dinner. Mayor John T. Rice of
El Centro is calling the valley
mayors to the general committee
meeting so that they may have
their city needs programmed.
Willis E. Brick, representing the
lettuce growers group, Harvey A.
Hastain president of hay growers
association, j. l.. Taecker represent
ing the grain growers, with C. o.
Hoober president of the farm bur-
eau and Scott B. Foulds, secretary
of the farm bureau, will stress
the problems of the farmer, and
will be active in the arrangement
of the program.
Jack Keep of the Ell Centro
Printing Co. is acting as secretary
to the general committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
New York Stocks
BY ELMER c. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Oils and
steels advanced to feature an other
wise irregular and narrow market
today on the New York stock eX-
change. The dollar eased in terms
OF sterling and ruled steady in other
currencies; bonds were mixed with
governments steady; silver metal
made q new high for more than a
years at 46A cents an ounce;
wheat eased; cotton firmed slightly.
Denial of the injunction sought by
Transcontinental & Western Air to
restrain the postmaster general
from cancelling contracts had an
adverse effect on the aviation is
sues. United Aircraft broke to 20A
off IA, and smaller losses were sus-
tanned by others of the group.
Standard Oil of New Jersey spurt-
ed to a new 1933-34 high at SO, up
rs. One block of the stock consist
ing of 10000 shares sold at that
price. Standard of California rose a
point to 4212, and fractional gains
were recorded in nearly all others
of the section.
SteelS were bid up. Steel common
crossed SO against a previous close
of 58l2. Republic Steel rose nearly
a point.
Silver issues met some selling af-
ter their recent rise and they closed
irregular
American Commercial Alcohol,
now being investigated, lost 2 points
to 40. Among other losers were
some of the rails, utilities, sugars,
amusementS, and special issues. De-
mand continued for the low-priced
issues with relatively heavy turnover
in Armour of Illinois "A, Pierce
Arrow, Park Utah, and Radio Keith
Orpheum.
Motor shares ruled firm with Au-
burn up 1l2 points for the day.
Stock sales today approximated
100000 shares against 2,l87, 900
shares last Saturday.
,. Dow Jones preliminary averages
showed industrial, 109.07 up 0.46,
railroad 5202 up DOL, utility 1891
off 0l2.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
WHAT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
is DOING TO AID Ell CENTRIC

inquiry asking for information con-
cerning government seed loans in
Imperial Valley; from William H.
Evans, offering to address the cham
ber on February % on the subject
of an analysis of the recovery
program; from l.. @. Market traf-
fic manager of Pacific Greyhound
Lines, complimenting the chamber
on its preparation and distribution
Of travelogue to stage passengers,
containing information of Ell Centre
and Imperial Valley.
From George T. Kellogg, secre-
tary of the Imperial Highway
association, asking the Ell Centro
Chamber to arrange for Governor
Rolph and party to return north
via the Imperial Highway on
March "a; from j. o. FarriS, Jr.
Danville, ILL.,, stating he is soon
making a trip to California, stop
, ping over in Ell Centro, and asking
for booklets and folders; from
CALIFORNIA; Sixth District Agri-
cultural association, asking for 100
of the folder Scenic Wonders of
, Imperial Valley" and copies OF
country and FL Centro booklets for
distribution at their exposition
copy of Masonic News" published
yesterday in San Diego with article
! entitled, Let's Visit the Painted
Canyon written by the chamber
| of commerce staff.
Numerous inquiries asking fol
| gzI L mi i -
Valley, information regarding clim
ate, products, etc. A number o.
such general inquiries are received
at the chamber every day through
out the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
st. Paul's Episcopal

Services Sunday at st. Paul's
Episcopal church, the Rev. Charles
Bailey, vicar will be those for tee
First Sunday in Lent with morning
prayer, litany and sermon at IL a.
m. and church school at 2:30 p. m.
Wednesday, February q, holy
communion will be at 9;30 a. m. and
eveEing prayer, litany and address
at 7:30 p. m.
The evening prayer addresses will
be on church instruction and TIC
prayer book and its usages.
The public is cordially invited 20
Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17
OWL OFFERS
FINE PROGRAM

If the opinion of the patrons Of
the Owl cabaret is a means fof
Judging, then tie unprecedented
crowds, excepting New Years eve,
patronizing the entertainment Tea
ture of the A. B. w. club in MeXi-
cali are attracted by the type c.
programs now being presented, the
management states.
This weekend will see new pro-
gram on tie floor produced by Ruth
Lenne of the Ruth and Lester team.
Tie ensemble will include a special
adagio feature created by this pop
ular team, popularly called the
"sWan dive" In the line will be
found Alice Larkin, Helen Lee
Daisy Lee, Babe Lamoine and the
RoGdy twins.
A newcomer to the Owl, in the
person of Joan Riley, will offer a
vocal refrain during the time OF
the ensemble and adagio offering
Miss Riley comes to MeXicali from
the Kit-Kat night club in New
York where she is said to have
stopped the show"
Jan Wilde continues this week
as strong favorite among the fre-
quenters of the A. B. w. club. Il
is said that Miss Wilde's work has
lost none of the artistry and da"-
ing created for it by Leroy Prirz
Paramount's impresario, since he
coached Faith Bacon for Earl Car
rolls "Vanities" in New York.
Alex and Marina will repeat
''Parisian Waltz Beautiful" and will
offer "Chiapanecas," a Mexican
6ance created by Chiapanecas of
the state of Chiapas, Mexico. They
have just finished an engagement
with Warner Bros, where they aGd.
ed color to TIE productions in Latin.
American dances.