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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
W Orkers at Send-C
Meeting Demand Enc
of CWA Lay-Ofs

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan, 81
approximately 1000 Negro
white workers and poor farm
held a huge send OF mass meet
on the Court House lawn here.
the Texas delegates 10 the HAtio
Convention Against UnempIoyrns
to be held In Washington, d. O.,
Feb. 3, 4, and 5.
BY a unanimous vote the work
at the mass meeting endorsed 4
Workers Unemployment InsuraI
Bill, and against the stoppage
the G. W. A. program. Resolutic
we're sent to Washington demandI
that the government officials 81
port the insurance bill, receive I
workers delegates from the natioI
convention, and against wsgs cu
lay-offs, and the abandonment
the @. W. A. program By tho &c
seveit government.
Worcester Workers TO Demonz&rz
WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. so
Q. w. A. and unemployed work.
win demonstrate here tonight
z pm, at the Commons, demar
ing continuance and enlargement
the @. W. A. program, and sgai1
lay-offs and wage cuts, and for e
or immediate cash relief for all U
employed workers.
The four Worcester delegates
the National Convention Agar
Unemployment viii leave Wedne
day night for Washington.
Preparations are being speed
for mass demonstration on n
5, the day Of national demonstr
ton for unemployment Insuran'
for city-wide demonstration
unemployment insurance,
Portland Workers Protest CWA C,
PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 50.
Seventy-five C.W.A. workers, Iner
bers Of the Portland Relief Wor
ers Association, met here last we
and unanimously voted to send n
olutions Of protest to Harry
Hopkins. federal relief adninistr
tor, protesting the wage cuts Civ
to G. W. A. workers. In additit
the workers voted 10 demand th
the City Welfare Department q
every local worker affected by {
c. w. A. wage slash q weekly TO
basket until the pay cut is restore
At a recent meeting the worke
voted to send a delegate to the N
tional Convention Against Uner
plyoment to be held at washingtc
D. O. on Feb. 3, 4, and 5. Collectio
are being made to raise funds, a,
If the required SIT is raised q de.
gate will be elected 81 the ne
meeting Of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
NEWS BRIEFS
FIRE DESTROYS N. ]. AAIUsE-
MENT PARK

BURLINGTON, N. Y, Jan. 30.--A
fire started by two boys on picnic
destroyed an amusement park near
here and caused damage estimated at
$500, 600.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
VIRGINIA BOND ISSUE
OF 900 OFFERED

Brown Brothers, Hartman g. Co.,
Stone g. Webster and Blodget, Inc.
L. F. Rothschild g. Co. and Standard
Securities Co, Richmond, Va. are
offering $1,OOO,00O Commonwealth of
Virginia 10-year 212 per cent certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness. priced at l0l "a
to yield approximately 2.36 per cent.
The bonds, issued to refund out
standing certificates of Indebtedness
of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
are legal investment for savings banks
and trust companies in New York,
Massachusetts and other States.
Evening star., 1934-06-03

Simply set the Tele-
chron clock at the time
you want the cooking to
commence-at the prop
er heat-and go out and
forget it. When you get
home the dinner Is
cooked.
Evening star., 1934-06-03

. Full Insulated Oven-Size, 1920
. Bullion Electric Light for top
. "Heet-Master" Oven Heat Control
. Automatic Top and Oven Lighter
Evening star., 1934-06-03

Its bargains like this that keep Range Department
so BUSY But we've only limited number of these splendid
ranges to sell waste time in coming down! They're
modern miracles of eiciency-Coo while you play and
should last feme Once you know the pleasure of using
this high quality, fully automatic range, you'll
another type-See them demonstrated-see the amazing
efficiency of these ranges-See how they keep you of
hot kitchen, and tied stove while cooking. The White
Star Automatic will do that for you Tan, peach or green
narbleod finishes.
Evening star., 1934-06-03

. Full Porcelain Enameled
. "EZ kleen" Burner Tray
Q Two Roomy Utility Drawers
. Acid Resisting Porcelain Top
Evening star., 1934-06-03

$1,000, Plus Carrying Charge
Ice king Capacity-7l2
pounds, 3 trays, 60 cubes 3
shelf spaces Compartment
for bottles Complete with
sliding utility basket. Quick
tube tray and ServaShelf.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14

WASHINGTON, March Ia. W.P)-
The administration was defeatd
again on the veterans economy is
sue today when the house voted
down a resolution to send the in
dependent offices appropriation bill
to conference.
The administration had hoped in
conference to obtain compromise
on senate amendments eliminating
most of the reductions made in
veterans compensation and gov
ernment salaries.
The bill now will be brought to
the floor of the house and the
members will have an opportunity
to vote on each of the senate
amendments.
The defeat of the Democratic
leadership came after concentrat-
ed drive to hold the majority men,
bership in line to support the ad-
ministration.
Republicans aided rebelliouS
Democrats in overturning the eff
fort to send the bill to conference.
The vote was 247 to 1863. AS it
now stands, the senate amendments
and approximately $200,000,O00 to
the bill for restorations of the fed
eral pay cut and veterans compen-
sations.
The house sped into heated de-
bate over a resolution which would
send the independent offices bill,
with it's senate attached veterans
compensation increase amendments,
to conference. Adoption of the res
olutson was sought by administra-
ton leaders in an effort to prevent
immediate house action on the SEM
ate changes, which are backed by
the veterans bloc.
The senate amendments erased
the major veterans savings of the
economy act and provided for full
restoration of the Is per cent gov
ernment pay cuts. They added
$30O,000000 to the total of the bill
as originally passed by the house.
Speaker Henry T. Railey and
Majority Leader Joseph w. Byrns
predicted approval of the resolu-
ton and indicated they had been
assured of some Republican sup
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
All Quiet On
RiUer Front

PARKER, Ariz., March IA U.P)
"A pair of sentries gazing at a
drilling barge in midstream gave
evidence today that neither side
yet has surrendered in the WAR
between Arizona and Southern
California over the diversion of
Colorado river waters.
The sentrieS comprised exactly
one-third of the Arizona Army"
Gov. B, B. Moeur sent to keep dam
workers of the Southern California
Metropolitan Water District on the
California side of the river. The
other four Arizona guardsmen were
patrolling the nine miles that sep
arate Parker from the damSite.
The guards were ordered out
when a cable was stretched across
to the Arizona shores to moor the
drilling barge in midstream. Gov
ernor Moeur, angered because the
question of Arizona IS share of the
water diversion had not been set
tied, said it was trespassing. The
cable remained.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
CONVICTED k|DNAPERS To De
GIVEN LONG TERMS IN PRISON
Abductors Of Young O'Connell And Factor
Found Guilty after Jury Trials In Albany
And Chicago.

ALBANY, N. Y, March ID. U.P)-
Nanny Strewl, Albany police char
acter, will be sentenced Friday to so
years Imprisonment for kidnapping
John j. O'Connell, Jr., member of
the OConnell family that wields a
powerful influence in New York
state Democratic politics.
Strewl was convicted by a jury
last night. He received the verdict
calmly His aged mother wept soft
ly.
Young O'Connell was seized July
7, 1888. A note from the abductors
instructed his family to name a list
OF persons from which they coulo
select an intermediary The first list
was unsatisfactory and Strewls S
name was included in the second.
He was selected by the abductors
and his negotiations resulted in o.
Connel's release q days after he
was kidnapped for $4,000 ransom.
The state not only charged that
Strewl was one of the kidnaperS,
but maintained he wrote a number
of the ransom notes. O'Connell
identified him as one of the men he
saw in the New York apartment
where he was being held.
CHICAGO, March IA. (UP)-BaSil
Banghart, the ace machine gunner
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
SHORT WEEK
FAVORED BY
AUTO MAKERS

DETROIT, March IA. UP)-A SO
hour week in the automobile indus
try today bore the endorsement of
the National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce, whose membership
includes all important manufactur-
ers except Ford
Concurrent with a recommended
ton by the N. A. C. c. that average
productive working hours be re-
duced from 40 to SO, Ford officials
last night announced restoration Of
the SIS per day minimum wage to
all employees of their company.
Members of the N. A. G. c. en-
ploy mere than 10000 workers. The
Increase IN pay at the Ford plant
in the Detroit area alone will affect
$1,000 workers who have been re-
ceiVing "a and S440 per day.
The recommendation for a short
er work week was made In answer
to President Rooseyelts request. IL
included a recommendation for q
"compensating' increase in wages.
effective on or before March 81.
Labor unrest in the automobile
industry" according 10 the NJ. A. G.
C. announcement. has been
brought about principally not BY
dissatisfaction with wages and work
ing conditions, but rather has been
caused by artificial issues that have
arisen out Of efforts 10 unionize the
plants involved
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
SOVIET PLANE
IN MANCHURIA

TOXIC, March IA. U.P)-Japanese
government officials were disturbed
today by information that Soviet
plane had fallen inside the borders
of eastern Manchuria in alleged
violation of Russian pledges to keep
its planes within its own boundar-
les.
sit is presumed that a protest
to the Soviet government will fol-
low,' a spokesman for the war de-
partment said in announcing the
incident.
1t was learned that the occupants
of the plane had been captured by
bandits after landing and that
japanese troops had rescued them
and taken the flyers into custody.
Both nations in recent months
have charged that the other s
plans have shown little re-
spect for international boundaries
in the Manchurian territory, be-
lieved by some experts to be the
breeding place of the enmity which
may flare into war.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
SENATE CALLS
NOTED FLYERS
AS WITNESSES
Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Ricken-
backer And Mitchell Invited
To Give Testimony.

WASHINGTON, March IA U.P)-
The senate post office committee
today invited Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh to appear before it Friday to
testify about the administration IS
bill to return air mail contracts to
private operators.
The committee also agreed to in
vite Clarence Chamberlin, Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker and Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell.
Decision to hear the four famous
figures in American aviation was
made at the request of Senator
George McGill (Dem) Kansas.
The committee also adopted a
suggestion by Senator Warren w.
Barbour (Rep) N. j., to extend in
vitations to all operators whose
contracts were cancelled by Post
master General James A Farley
last month.
"Why not hear these eXperts?'
McGill asked. "This bill does not
deal only with the question of air
mail, but involves the subject of
safety in air transportation. These
men are qualified to speak on that
subject"
Without further discussion, Chair
man Kenneth D. McKellar drafted
kilograms to the four men, and re-
cesSed the hearings until replies
can be received.
Avoid Quizzing Lindbergh
Lindbergh and Mitchell have had
several recent conferences with
government officials on the army
air corps situation. Lindbergh and
Chamberlain were appointed to a
special committee to investigate
army airmail operations.
Possible appearance of Lind
bergh before various congressional
committees has been discussed on
several occasions, but committee
chairmen generally agreed not to
invite the famous flyer unless he
asked an opportunity to be heard.
Mitchell has appeared before both
senate and house committees in
vestigating alleged exorbitant pro-
fits made by airplane manufactur-
erS in government contracts.
He denounced army air equipment
as obsolete and called for reorgan-
ization of the air corps and eStab-
lishment of a ministry for air
which would not be under the DOM
ination of the general staff
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14

OF the Terrible Touhys today await
ed only the formal pronouncing of
sentence before joining Roger Tou-
by, his gang leader, and two COM
panionS in the state penitentiary
for the kidnapping of John Factor
wealthy speculator.
Banghart was found guilty of kid
naping last night by a criminal
courts jury on its first ballot. Like
Touhy, Gus Schaeffer and Alberc
Kator, his sentence was set at SO
years. Judge Walter P. Stevens will
pronounce sentence Friday.
Banghart's conviction, coupled
with the assignation of Charles (Ice
Wagon Connors earlier in the day,
freed the northwest side of the last
important members of the gang
which once patrolled its streets with
machine guns and shotguns in their
laps.
Banghart was identified as the
cruel guard who after taking part
last July l. in Factors abduction,
threatened the one-time Halsted
street barber with death and kicked
him in the abdomen. With Con-
nors, Banghart was identified as the
gangster who sought to collect a
second $4,000 ransom from Factor
after the first ransom of $4,000
had been paid.
Connors death was blamed by po-
lice on the efforts of the Touhys to
raise money for the recent court
fights against the Factor kidnapping
charges.
When police removed a glove
from Connors' hand they found a
penny clasped in the hand Isaac
Costner, Touhy gang member who
turned states evidence, remarked {:
Poor old Charlie, he was always
tight with his money"
Police believed that Connors had
refused to contribute satisfactorily
to the Touhy defense fund.
Frank tPorky) Dillon is the last
of the gang taking part in the Fac
tor kidnapping still at large.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
EARLY DATA ON COLUMBUS FOUND
Book Written In 1884 Discovered In Nation
al Museum At Washington.

lumbuS found some Arawak women,
whose men had been killed by the
CaribS. Columbus rescued" the wo-
men, but the women apparently
found that being in charge of CO.
lumbuS' crew was worse than being
held captive by the cannibals. CO.
lumbuS relates sadly that as soon
as his boat approached within two
miles of Santo Domingo, the women
dived overheard and swan to shore
At Santo Domingo natives told
him tales about the island of Mar
tinque, which they said was inhab-
tied entirely by women.
At intervals, said the natives,
these women allowed the Carib men
to visit them. Whenever children
were born, the Amazons turned the
boys over to the Caribs, but kept the
girls.
Columbus didn't believe this story,
but he was too afraid of the savage
women described to check up on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
MPRON|SE
EXPECTED IN
MIRA DISPUTE
Solution OF Wages And Hours
Deadlock Believed To Be
Gaining Momentum.
By LYLE G. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

UnlteO fTfijS StdII SCpTtSpOIlucHt
WASHINGTON, March 14-The
administration drive to spread en-
ployment by reducing hours and in
creasing wages is gaining momen-
tum slowly today to turn doubts to
hope in some peSSimiStic quarters.
Industry still balks at the bald 10
per cent hour reduction and 10 per
cent wage boost proposed last week
by Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
johnson. But here are symptoms
of compromise.
Treasury and federal reserve CO.
operation toward creation of a ma
tion-Wide system of intermediate
credit banks is to meet industries
demand for help. Before Johnson
made his wage hours proposal last
week the NRA code authorities con-
ference resounded with the COM
plants of credit-starved small in
duStrialiSts.
If credit is forthcoming under
federal pressure, at least that por-
ton of industry aided directly would
have a somewhat different attitude
toward wage boosts and hours re-
ductionS.
Governor Eugene Black of the
federal reserve board estimates that
between 100000 and 100000 jobs
would be created by intermediate
credit expansion as now contem-
plated.
1t is expected that the plan will
share responsibility between the
commercial! banks and the govern
ment in such way that the facil-
tiles of the latter and some portion
of their assets will be utilized III
conjunction with credit underwrit-
ten by the government. In addi-
ton to this channel of credit,
the RFC Is proceeding with its
plan for loans to mortgage COM
panies which would absorb assets
of needy industries.
Concrete results of johnson s
wage-hours plan are few but prom
ising.
The national automobile chamber
of commerce has asked member
firms to reduce hours to 36 a week
effective March 81, and increase
ly. Acceptance of the recommend
alton would affect 10000 workers.
Thousands of Ford Motor Co.
employees are earning s5 a day to-
day compared with 81 and $4.40
yesterday. Ford did not reduce
hours.
The Schenley Products Co., dis
tillers, estimate jobs have been pro-
vided for 1000 persons by adopting
Johnson IS program without modi-
fication. The RefractorieS Indus
try, producers of clay, advised NRA
the 10 per cent wage increase and
proportional hours reduction had
provided work for 1000 more per-
sons in that industry. Adherence
of the packaging machinery indus
try to the plan also has been for
mally reported to NRA headquar-
tiers with the information that the
canning and packing machine in
dustry probably will come in.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
NEW JOHNSON
PARTY FILES

SACRAMENTO, March Ia. U.P)-
Senator Hiram johnson S new Pro-
gressive party today was qualified
for the August primary ballot fol-
lowing a swift flight here from Los
Angeles and San Francisco with the
necessary petitions to beat rival
group to qualify.
Shortly after the plane arrived
last night, Charles Hagerty, depu-
ty secretary of state, certified that
the 22,189 signatures of voters were
sufficient to qualify the party.
Hagerty refused to file petition
for the Progressive Commonwealth
party because of the similarity if
names.
The race for qualification was
necessary because the law prohibits
qualification of political parties
with similar names to prevent vot-
erS from becoming confused.
County signups for the new Pro-
gressive party included Alameda
2,4O1; San Francisco 7,777: Sacra-
mento 1,187; Los Angeles, 10000. A
total of 14,449 signatures was nee
esSary to qualify the party.
lie TIOSIeooiFc pdity Wdo oPoii-
sored recently by the State FEEDER
alton of Labor principally to sup
port Senator Hiram Johnson IS cam
paign for reelection. Little it
known here of the sponsorship OF
the Progressive Commonwealth
group except it was announced al
most a month ago that an attempt
would be made to obtain enough
signatures to go on the ballot
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
CLAIM IOWA
BANK ROBBED
BY D|LL|NCER

MASON CITY, Iowa, March IA.
U.R)-John Dillinger, notorious out
law, today was believed to be the
machine gunner who shot down a
bystander during a $4,000 holdup
Of the First National bank.
Eye witnesses of the holdup yes
terday selected pictures of the des-
perado as one of two machine gun
ners who acted as outside guards
while five confederates looted the
bank.
j. w. Wallace of the SheriffS Of
flee asked Chicago police for Dill
niger fingerprints. He would not
reveal how the prints would be used.
Police guarded the names Of per-
sons making identifications of the
arch-outlaw. j. H. Buchanan, po-
lice officer, however, said that he
believed one machine gunner was
Dillinger.
Buchanan was among a group OF
police and vigilanteS who was pre-
vented from firing upon the raid
ers by the placing of hostages to CO.
yer the bandits retreat from the
bank
The Wounding of R. II. James,
secretary Of the Mason City school
board, occurred during the firing OF
burst from Dilinger'S machine gun,
Buchanan believed.
Hhe gunfire started when the
bandits inside the bank discovered
Tom Walters, bank guard, perched
in a bullet-proof cage above the
heads of the so employees and GUS
toners. One of the bandits spat-
tered Walters cage with bullets but
none entered the incloSure. Walters
released tear gas into the bank. He
was unable to fire at the raiders for
fear of hitting some of the bank
patrons.
The shooting inside the bank was
the signal for the bandits lookout
to open fire above the heads of the
crowd. James was wounded during
this firing.
The bandits forced employees and
patrons of the bank to surround
them and took several on the rum
ming board of their automobile as
hostages. These persons were re-
leased a few miles from the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
M<& R11>4.
eiss[, NeNaught Syndicate. Ina
|NSULL MUST
QUIT GREECE
Former Utilities Magnate Is
Told To Take Train Tomorrow
Without Fail.
Copyright, 1884, by United Press

Copyright, 1884, by United Press
ATHENS, Marcn l4.-T'he foreign
office today asked Samuel insult,
refugee Chicago utilities man, to
leave the country on the Oriental
express tomorrow.
AS the request was made, two Wo-
men, the wife who left the stage to
marry him "a years ago and myster-
iouS Nine. Zebra Coujoumdjoglou,
were reported fighting over his fate
the wife urging him to return to
the United States voluntarily to face
trial for fraud, Nine. Coujoumdjo-
glou urging him to seek refuge else
where against extradition charges.
The government, however, anx-
iouS to be rid of insult and embar-
raSSment in its relations with the
United States which has sought to
eXtradite him, took action while
the women argued.
The Orient express connects Par
is and ConStantinople via France,
Switzerland, Austria, Jugoslavia and
Bulgaria, with connecting lines
shooting off through Europe.
insult in Bed
George Pappas, general director
of the foreign office, told the Uni
ted Press:
insult is now in bed and he pre-
tends he is absolutely unable to
move. If he continues that attitude
we shall consider the best means to
expel him."
Two officials of the passport bu-
reau visited insult and argued with
him. He insisted he was unable to
move. He had just been examined
by well-known pathologist and
heart specialist, he said, and they
told him he must remain inert.
Thus for the moment the insult
case was in characteristic state In
sull could, if he did finally leave af-
ter all the extensions granted him,
hop off his train in Jugoslavia or
Bulgaria, or could branch off to
Albania, assuming he had visas as
the government indicated.
He could branch off on the east
ern end to Hungary or Roumania.
and through Roumania try to get
into Russia-or, getting off in Bull
garia, he might try to get back into
Greece at its eastern end
Austria was not mentioned by
the government, so apparently he
could try his luck there and thence
in Germany.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-14
WOMAN HELD
ON SUSPICION
OF MATRICIDE

HOLLYWOOD, March "a. W.P)-
Mrs. Myrtle Cord, 40, was booked on
suspicion of matricide today by po-
lice, puzzled over a double shooting
in which she was wounded and her
mother, Mrs. Maria Brown, So year
old wife of a prominent Los Angeles
insurance broker was shot to death.
Suffering from a bullet wound in
the head, the daughters condition
was critical in Hollywood Receiv-
ing hospital where she was taken
after police broke through bolted
door to find her and her dead mo-
ther on the floor of a garage at
their home in the fashionable Hol-
lywood Hills residential district.
The tragedy was discovered when
James T. Brown reached home to
find a note pinned to the front door.
1t read:
"Dad-In garage. Phone police.
Don't see us. Myrtle