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, 1934-12-26
Jdzzdom$ King Paul Begins Serious Quest
For Youthful Composer Born ofDepression
f, wrote his novel. living on next TO
nothing while he did IL.

wrote his novel. living on next to
nothing while he did IT,
Halls End or Depression
What came OF II? why. ~ finer
piece OF writing than anybody
dreamed he was capable or doing
Another man I know-an artist
had gotten SO prosperous In the
good old days he hired IN staff OF
ghosts TO get hts ideas and do his
drawings for him. Why. they even
faxed his signature. All he had 70
do was take In the checks. He GOT
away with II, too. until the slump.
Then editors began 10 complain
about his work. So he had TO fire
his ghosts and get back on the JOB
himself. That was the best thing
that ever happened 70 him. for
he's better today than he ever was
In his life.
IL was another who started to
loaf on the job during the good
days. i was getting plenty soft
when the need 70 keep the home
fires burning sent me back to
work.
Mr.. whiteman agrees with Henry
Ford that the depression Is over
nov. however. MI. Furds opinion
Is based on the fact that people are
buying more automobiles. Mr..
Whiteman goes BY the fact that Tin
Pan Alley has turned back 20 writ
ing about romance. And the South.
He says it's a sign that never fails.
Hard times knock the southern and
romance songs for "A loop. But for
six months now. according 20 the
jazz king. a new tempo has been
creeping into popular music. The
songs you hear are faster and
brighter.
MY world-the show world-was
flatter on It's back even than Biz
Business" Mr.. Whiteman points
out. II lost 10000 enc wear lust
keeping my band together. Nobody
was spending any money on non
essentials. Now once more the
theaters and night clubs are fun.
Good times are back with, I am
hoping. a prospect OF musical out
pouring OF such quality as we have
never had before.
The first composer To benefit un-
der the Elfrida Whitcman scholar
ship will be chosen 5v "A committee
OF musicians from orchestral scores
submitted by contestants who must
be under IS and born in this coun-
try.
IL also is stipulated that the score
be "in the American manner" 10 be
eligible.
The composer OF the winning
music will be given the interest
from the scholarship fund for one
year TO use for payment of tuition
and maintenance " continue stud
les and writing. The Judges VIII
be distinguished figures In the world
of music.
, 1934-12-26
Stanford Squad
Leaves For Bowl

STAN UNIVERSITY. Calf, Dec.
26.-R-After a final informal
workout Wednesday afternoon,
Stanford's football squad - what
there is left OF 1t on the farm
will head south Wednesday night
for Pasadena and the New Years
Day Rose Bowl game with the Uni
versity Of Alabama.
Coach G. <. Tiny" Thornhill
planned 10 hold only a brief prac-
tice with the players who remained
here over Christmas. About half
the squad. most OF whom lived in
Southern California, left the cam
pus the first of the week.
The entire squad will hold two
practices at Brookside Park in Pa
sadena Thursday. Coach Thornhill
announced no more heavy Scrim-
images before the game.
The players were given a rest
on Christmas Day, but Bob Rev.
nolds. All-America tackle, and Jim
Monk" Moscrip. star end. held a
two-man practice OF their own for
over an hour.
, 1934-12-26
LECHE STARS AS LOCALS WIN
EX-CARDINALS
DEFEATED 20
Ex-Eagles Score in Final
Period On Pipkin's
Passes

With John "Leche' Sylvester
flashing the form which makes him
an important cog IN the champion
ship Rice eleven. the former
Brownsville high Screaming Eagles
defeated the ex-Harlingen high
Cardinals TO on Tucker Field
Christmas day before a large turn
out Of fans.
This evened the count between
the two elevens. the Red Birds hav-
ing captured the opening fray at
Harrington last week 1876.
Except for Sylvester's sparkling
work In sharing the short, flat
passes pegged by Maurice Pipkinr
the contest was relatively slow ana
dull. 1t had been hoped that jimmy
Lawrence. former Cardinal who Is
TO co-captain the T. G. u. Frogs
next season. would be able TO play,
but Christian officials turned
thumbs down on the proposal that
he play.
After three periods of hammering
away at the Red Bird line, during
which sylvester made four unsuc-
cessful attempts at field goals I'M
der unfavorable circumstance, the
Aguilas took to the air in the final
quarter with Pipkin pegging accur-
ate tosses 10 Sylvester ana Jonh
Cooper.
The drive started at midtield with
the Brownsville coach hurting short
passes to Sylvester. who fought his
way down the field for extra yard
age. and TO Cooper. .
The following play. IN whlcI
Cooper, Eagle fuilback IN 1888. took
a nice pass from Pipkin on a dead
run, was one OF the prettiest OF the
game. Cooper took the heave over
his shoulder and appeared gone for
n touchdown. but was forced out Of
bounds on the Harlingen 80 ya<c
line. Three more passes to Sylvester
placed the oval on the HarIneen
four ward stripe. Barnhart plunged
twice and Pipkin spun al center
once before Pipkin spun over the
goal line for the only touchdown Of
the day. Sylvester put on the I'M
ishing touches with a kick square
~ between the uprightS.
Late In the game. Fuzzy" Ora
ham. in good condition and play
ing a bang-up game at left end
nailed Jack Scheupbach behind the
Red Bird goal line for what looked
like a safety. but the A. a. I. flash
slipped out Of his grasp and scram-
bled into safe territory.
Scheupbach and Jack West we're
the big guns In the Harlingen at
tack. but they we're unable 70 make
much of an impression on the husky
Brownsville line.
Bill Cabler started with the locals
but was forced 10 retire early in the
contest because Of a severe knee in
fury. Many OF the old time Browns
VILE and HarlinRen stars got into
the game as a steady stream OF sub
stitutions poured onto the fielo
from both benches.
, 1934-12-26
REDSKINS
T. GET LETTERS
Reed and Stuart Elected
Co-Captains For
1885

DONNA, Dec. 26.-Seventeen OF
the young gridiron stalwarts who
helped Coach George Vests Donna
High School Redskins to the dis
trict and bi-district Class b cham
pionships Of South Texas and the
Lower Rio Grande Valley this year
have been named lettermen.
The awards were announced when
members OF the team, school off,
Gals and city leaders gathered at
the I. O. O. r. nall here for the
annual Donna football banquet.
II. A. More, La Feria, chairman
OF the district BIB athletic COM
mite, presented the team with the
big trophy emblematic of the dis
trict football championship Of 1884.
The cup will rest in RedSkin hands
for the first time In 10 years.
Stanley Reed, l85-pound haltback
flash, and Martin Red" Stuart,
l50-pound running mate TO Reed,
were elected co-captains Of the
1885 Indian eleven during the ban
quet. Both men ere among the
most dangerous backfield threats
Vest presented the past season.
Lettermen who were listed by
Coach Vest were: Reed, Stuart,
backs: Chestnut. end. Matteson,
end; Ledbetter, tackle; Sergeant,
end: Paschal. guard: Reyes, tackle;
Ned Martin, halfback; Groves,
guard: Louis Towns. tackle; Bar
ron Holloway, guard; Pete Finch,
center; Sanders, guard; Joe Stocks
berry. halfback; Captain Menzies
Turner. quarterback and Leon
Barnard. fullback. A managerial
letter went TO "Skeeter" Steele,
All-Valley waterboy Of 1884.
Honorable mention 10 reserve
squad members went to Whiting
ton, Yerger, e. Barnard and Weav-
err. Special honors were also paid
three members OF the team who
we're placed on the mythical ALI
Valley team Of 1884 These were
Finch. Barnard and Towns.
The exact number OF men whom
Vest will lose next season due "a
graduation and expiration OF the
eight-semester period was not an
nounced.
The Redskins this season o the
Valley district No. BIB champion
ship with eight straight victories
and no defeats. The district title
was sewed up with a 1916 win over
the Pharr Bears.
The Vestmen went on TO win the
bi -district title Of districts 32-B and
35-B with an inspired 53-7 victory
over the Arkansas Pass Golden
Partners In Donna. The regiona,
pennant was lost TO Coach @. NJ
Flory'S powerful Hondo Flying
Owls. who defeated Donna $50 or
the Redskins hume Ad.
Much OF the material which made
the Donna club a versatile otfens-
i've squad will again be Vests wher
he starts work for his 1885 club
fullback Barnard. halves Stocks
berry. Red and Martin, and at least
three o four seasoned linemen
will return.
, 1934-12-26

out OF nine. II was Waner who
started the Southpaw swing in 1927,
when he averaged $50. Frank o.
Doul, Bill Terry and Chuck Klein
carried on. with Horasby and Chick
Hafey coming In with a pair OF
right handed triumphs. then Big
Poison" came back In 1884 with a
mark Of .342 in the Official record
released Wednesday.
The final figures for the season
showed 20 players who hit 800 or
better and Of these l6 were south
paws and two were switch hitters
as compared TO eleven confirmed
right handlers .
Waner won the top post by eight
percentage points from Terry, an
other portside sv1nger. Other lead
ing regulars-players who took ps~
in rs or more -games-were HaZen
CKiki) Cuyler, Chicago, 1888; Jim
(Ripper) Collins st. Louis. and
Floyd (Arky) Vaughan. Pittsburga,
353; Sam Leslie. Brooklyn, 1892; Joe
Moore, New York, .33i; Ethan Al
len, Philadelphia. $50; John Moore
Cincinnati and Philadelphia, SOC
and Harlan Pool, Cincinnati, 1877
Cuyler and Allen are right hand
hitters while Collins can connect
from either side.
Waner and Collins we're the out
standing all-around hitters. The
Pittshurgher made high marks Of
DIT hits and 1872 runs. Collins TIED
Mel OFT Of New York for home run
honors with 35 and collected 1855
total bases on his hits.
Other individual leaders we're
Jack Rothrock, st. Louis, SAT times
at bat; Terry. l69 n base hits;
Cuyler and Allen. ~ two-bagger:
each; Joe Medwick, st. Louis, IL
triples: Hughey Critz, New York. q
sacrifices; John CPepper) Martin
st. Louis. % stolen bases.
, 1934-12-26

The most densely populated Is
land in the West Indies Is Barbados.
Billiards have been played since
the time OF Homer In ancient
Greece.
, 1934-12-26
RIVER BULLETIN

There will probably be no material
change in the river during the next
"a hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage stage Chang. Rain
, 1934-12-26
Tulane And Temple
Ease Up Training

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 26-Pl-
Tulane and Temple began taperinE
off Wednesday for their Sugar
Bowl i~ntersectional football fray
here New Years Day.
Tulane'S Coach. Ted Cox, PLAN
ned to make Wednesdays workout
N little lighter and shorter. In Ba-
ton Rouge Coach Pop" Warner cut
the Owls practice shorter. Both
teams have done enough hard work.
the coaches feel. and they don't
want TO risk injuries.
Butter Is made from approximate
Is 40 per cent OF the total milk pro-
duction OF the United States.
, 1934-12-26
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
Thursday, under normal meteor
illogical conditions.
High ..6:45 p. m
Low l:30 p. m.
, 1934-12-26
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
SUMMARY

A rather extensive high pressure
area advanced rapidly from the
Canadian Northwest since Tuesday
morning. covering the great central
valleys and northern Texas Wed
nesday morning, with its crest over
the middle Missouri valley (3062 al
Huron. South Dakota and 30.54 at
Kansas City. Mo- This high Is
attended by mostly fair TO clear
weather. and the lowest tempera-
lures Of the season thus Tar III
south-central Canada and the
northern plains and north-central
states. Winnepeg. Canada reported
"a degrees below zero and Willis
ton. North Dakota 80 degrees below
Tuesday night. A moderate distur-
bance was central over the lower
Great Lakes and pressure was fall-
ing over the extreme northwestern
states. attended by unsettled wealth
err and more or less precipitation 10
those areas.
Brownsville 8 a. m. esd sea-
level pressure 1901 inches.
, 1934-12-26

the Prince OF wales supplied q
fitting background.
Il am establishing the scholar
ship now because the time rs ripe
for a native genius to appear"
Whiteman said. From an art
point OF view, we needed that de-
preston. Art In its formative stage
does best on ar empty stomach.
The Surest way to stunt genius is 10
believe II OF financial responsibility
before IL finds itself.
But we've had n depression.
The times brought about plenty Of
empty stomachS. Nov we shall
sec the result. I believe 1t will be
a pick UP In art-a Towering OF
what vas planted in lean years. In
fact. I am counting on II. And
now is the time TO do something for
the artist who has learned his les
son.
Friends Fate Proves Point
Empty pockets ART responsible
oftener than you'd think for Nigh
w deeds Of daring, ] assure you.
For instance, q newspaper friend
Of mine has just published a sue
cessful novel. For years he had felt
the urge TO write tin fact. had
talked everybody deaf about the
plot-but his vell-paid Job took UP
! all his time and the urge wasn't
strong enough TO make him give
UP a good salary for a gamble.
However one day he had q row
with his boss and resigned. To
his surprise the boss didn't come
rushing after him next day MOI
yet the next nor the next. Hordes
or good men were clamoring 20
step into his shoes and one man die
10 So my friend went off TO the
nearest he could find TO q desert
island and In a spirit of bravadc
, 1934-12-26
Left Handlers Dominate
Hitting in Senior Loop

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Pl- After
six seasons as an aSo-ran in the
National League batting races,
Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pr
ates has returned TO the top. help
ing to continue the domination Of
the southpaws IN the senior circuit.
Since the six-year reign OF Ro-
gers Hornsby as batting king was
ended in 1926, left handlers have
forged to the front in six seasons
, 1934-12-26
THE

East Texas least OF Tooth meri-
diam: Fair in north, partly cloudy
in south portion. probably rain on
the coast wednesday night and
Thursday; colder Wednesday night
with freezing nearly to east coast;
colder near coast and warmer ir
northwest portion Thursday.
Moderate TO fresh northerly 70
easterly winds on the coast.
, 1934-12-26
BULLETIN

(Flrst figures. lowest temperature last
night: second. highest yesterday: third
wind velocity at . q. IN; fourth. prec-
imitation In laat a hoursl.
, 1934-12-26
BY Mary Margaret Mcbride
NEA Service Correspondent

AN@A 49, wv
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. - Paul
Whiteman is ready to gamble 500
900 upon his belief that the depreS-
sion did something important 10
the younger generation OF would
be American composers. In fact.
Mr.. Whiteman Is 20 sure OF his
ground that he has ALREADY set
aside the money as a fund TO sup
port his belief tina as a nation We
are about TO produce bigger and
better music than ever before.
For more than ten years the man
who is known all over the world
as the king OF Jazz has been earn
estly securing the country for ma
tive composers who could catch and
interpret In orchestral scores what
he calls the essence Of our land. He
found George GerShwin OF Rhap-
sody in Blue fame-but not much
else In the way OF important talent.
But because he believes that the
prospects are better now than ever
before. he Is establishing a scholar
ship for young composers In memory
Of his musician mother. Elfrida
Whiteman, who died recently. The
plan Is very close TO his heart be-
cause IL was a dream he and tis
mother shared.
Native Genius Due 10 Appear
The conductor, who seems 10
have lost two OF his chins by rigid
diet. discussed the scholarship sit
ting or a sofa done with Gertrude
Steinlsh designs In the rhapsody
in-blue room OF his apartment. Ar
African zebra skin on the floor
ers In characteristic attitudes. two
paintings portraying the jazz age
ard a framed letter about Jazz from
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-27
In Farmers Interest

eve are anxious to extend this
united front on a national scale,
because we know that this would
be in the interest of the majority of
the smaller farmers.
whether the national board of
the Holiday accepts or rejects our
proposal, we should continue our
efforts to build this united front.
Every state organization of the
United Farmers League should ap-
proach the state organizations OF
the Holiday with the proposal of 9
united struggle in the interests OF
the small and impoverished middle
farmers. County organizations
i should continue to cement the soil
darity between U.F.L. farmers ant
Holiday farmers, and work to-
gether with them for relief agains
foreclosures and evictions, and fo
the defeat of the AAA program,
he concluded.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-27
Grand Island, Nebraska
Sept. IL, 1884.

r. al the Farmers and Workers,
10 az te Members and Sympathizers of the Commu-
10 a.? On party IT, S. A.. and of District No. H. Cen
l 1oTr and of PlentywOod Section of District
No ii, Specifically,
Comrades:
Ear roapy months now there has been controversy
- and factonalism in the Plentywood section of
SUI SUI Nh IL Communist Party U. S. A. The situa-
- IN the Pentywood section is deporabe. The re-
W. If the personal and fractional fights there radate
entire district the great and lasting injury to
the cause.
Because OF my relationship with the Party and my
o and intimate association with the comrades of the
LAKEWOOD section and District No. H. and because of
cb nosition and influence and prestige as may have
noonc the masses there by reason of many years of
Struggle we have gone thru together, constrained to
make frank and sincere statement of my position in
reference tneleIo'
Resides the fractional pickering that has been preva-
M there which has been definitely antiParty in charac
for contrary to the Party line and counterrevolu
tonary there mas appeared and been distributed among
the workers and farmers of the northwest especially in
North Dakota and Montana and IN the PlentyWOOd Sec
t,on a monthly paper, named the Militant Farmer,
promoted by Rodney Salisbury and edited by P. J.
Wallace have two issues Of this paper, the
nubshed June 15 and the second July Is, both issues
came into my hands about August first, last. want to
state that have had nothing do with this paper in
any way, shape, form. l did not know that Rodney
Salisbury had the founding and publication of paper
ysed against it a matter of principle l have had
nothing to do with the Militant Farmers. did not
approve of the paper, do not now and never have.
The line of the Militant Farmer is entirely wrong
Il is not a revolutionary line. 1t has weak re-
foYmSt line with justification for existence what ever
It's line is the Labor and the National Holt
day Leader as the North Dakota Non Partisan Leader
and the Montana Progressive and many other similar
publications. and it good purpose at all. The
paper would not be worth mentioning discussing
by any Communist sympahzer but for the fact that
It's exceptionally confusing and misleading to the work
ers and injurious to their coming from the
which it does, namely, from Rodney Salisbury who has
been for so many years actively identified with the
radical and Communist movement and who has taken
such leading parts in the political activities and the
struggles of the workers and farmers that section and
district and who has been so widely known as leader
in the revolutionary By of this he has
much influence with the working class of the northwest
which makes anything wrong and misleading that he
may say do has said and DONE just that much more
reprehensible and injurious
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-27
In Letter to Sheridan County Farmers He Exposes the
Militant Farmer Asks That AntiPar Activities
Cease, Urges Loyalty to the Only Revolutionary
Working Class Party, the c. ?.
Paper Is BETRAYAL

The Militant Farmer with Rodney Saisburys
name at the masthead actively and openly supports the
theory that there is difference between capitalist poll
tcans groups of such politicians, and that by sup
porting choice of such men, obligated to the capltaSC
Glass; and campaigning capitalist slogans, the lne-
date and ultimate interests of the workers can be pro
noted IL the paper does not say this in plain WORDS
did say so by implication and by it's direct and mdlrecV
support OF such candidates. especially call atentlon 10
the headline in the June 18th ISSUE Let LANCER Lnger
Longer" which implies that LANCER is such man that
the workers would be justified in supporting lhls is
false and actual betrayal OF the working class OF
North Dakota. Such implications deceive and mlslead
the workers. destroy their organization and deliver them
unarmed into the hands of the enemies into the hands
of the fascsts Such theory teaches the workers falsely
that there is out of their misery other than the
struggle way out the revolutionary way out under the
leadership of the Communist Party
Comrades the Communist Party of the U. S. A,
Section of the Communist International under the lead
ership of the Central Committee is Party Its po-
tical line is line. Not because the Central Commit
tee anybody else says So but because in the struggles
of the workers and farmers line has been proven to
be the correct line So those who fight that ne openly
secretey, directly indirectly aid and abet the enc
mics of the working class by just much they oppose
the Party, only splits and weakens the revolutionary
the line and by just that much
To try to build another Communist Party along side OF
the party only splits and weakens the revolutionary
party in the face of it's enemies Such act consti
tutes actual betrayal in spite OF and all excuses
This has happened in the Plentywood section Comrades,
this plan must be abandoned and repudiated by
honest and sincere Communist.
Duties of Communists
Again Comrades, there is only place for a
lutiOnist and that is the Communist Party There
only place for Communist to settle Party disputes
aud controversies and that is within the constituted
councils Of the Party It is the basic duty of any and
all comrades, prominent humble, to accept the de-
cisions and the discipline of the duly constituted commit
tees of the Party, and in this the decisions of the
Pentywood Section Committee, and the District Com
mittee of District IL, and to carry them out without
reservation whole heartedly and sincerely In de-
Of tho he is Of q
Conscientious Communist and Party member to appeal
such decision to higher committee that they can
be corrected In the Pentywood Section comrades have
tried to settle controversies outside of the Party
cs incorrectly pursuing the most nexcusable oppor-
tunistic paths that have lead to where find
/ selves.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-27
Local Brevities

Ludwig Hareland of Hanneford,
N. D., is visiting his daughters in
the city this week. Mr.. Hareland
left here some years ago and is
now making cement well curbings
in North Dakota.
Carl and Thorvald Christensen of
the Dagmar country were visiting
with the L. S. Smith family here
Tuesday.
Dorothy Strubeck started school
again Wednesday after being OPP
Grated on at the Memorial hospital
for appendicitis.
Teachers Institute Wednesday
and Thursday was attended by in
structcrs from all over the county.
On Wednesday Miss Mattison dis
cussed serving hot lunches to aid
In adding energy to the pupils.
Marriage licenses were issued by
the Clerk of Court to the follow
ing people the past week: Walter
w. Rohweder and Helen E. Jensen
of Westby; Alfred Peterson of Re-
serve and Hazel Sunstegaard Of
Grenora; Howard Wheeler anC
Maxine Hanson, Grenora; Gordon
Gerg of Sidney, Bessie Stephen
of Dore, Mont.
Andy Jensen and Victor VanHe'
returned from the western part O.
the state with a truck load O.
apples Tuesday.
Bob Farris, Jr., returned to tn
CCC camp at Ashland, Mont, Sun
day after spending a week wit
his parents here.
DR.. and Mrs. E. E. York ar
back again after spending severe
weeks vacation in The east.