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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
$50 Shoe Men Strike
In MatrOOn. Ill.

CHICAGO, May 14.-Six hundred
and fifty workers are on strike at
the plant Of the Brown Shoe Co.,
in NIatroon, Ill. Picketing is under
way.
The workers had been engaged in
a sitting strike" until the boss
locked the plant, and sent them
home.
At present the plant is closed and
no scabs have been able to get in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Akron Bakers Win
Is Per Cent Raise

AKRON, Ohio, May IA. - six
hundred bakers and bakery drivers
returned to work today after vim
ming an increase Of from IS to 20
per cent and a reduction in hours.
The bakers compelled the N. R. A.
Regional Labor Board to mediate
the strike in their favor.
The Federal conciliator, Hugh D.
Friel, however, succeeded in frus-
trating temporarily the strike de-
mands of 800 gasoline station at
PENDANTS by calling a conference. :"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Philadelphia Painters
Strike for More Pay

PHILADELPHIA, May 14-Four
thousand painters will go out on
strike for a minimum wage of one
dollar an hour, the district council
Of the union stated today.
In Washington several thousand
building trades workers are already
on strike for higher pay and the
six hour day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

pUlsory arbitration, have been
paralleled by Labor Board strike
breaking decisions in scores Of
strikes. This lesson is not lost on
the workers.
The growing strike wave is now
directed against these strikebreak-
ing decisions Of the N. r. A., fully
bearing out the resolution Of the
Central Committee Of the Commu-
mist Party, printed in the Daily
Worker as early as Jan. %, 1884,
which stated: The masses are be-
ginning to overcome the great illu-
sions which they had in the New
Deal and which were furthered and
greatly strengthened by the sup
port given to Roosevelt by A. F. Of
L., social fascist and liberal lead
ers. A new strike wave is maturing
throughout the country on the very
heels of the strike wave Of the past
year. Already the strike wave OF
1888 showed a clearly defined pOlit-
icaI character, throwing the workers
into struggle against the n. r. A..
In the developing strike wave, this
political character, as directed
against the n. r. A. and the A. p.
Of L. bureaucracy, Is already much
more pronounced, and will still fur
ther develop"
Political Character
The political character Of the
present strike wave is now so clear
that even the bourgeois press STARK
in the New York Times of May Ia
can no longer deny it. The present
strike wave is in direct and open
opposition to the rulings Of Roose-
welt and the N. r. A., and Of the
A. F. Of L. officials, who have been
the main props, inside the working
class. of the N. r. A. machinery.
Role of A. F. of L. Leaders
The statement of William Green,
iust issued, regarding strikes in the
auto industry, is a clear admission
by Green that he cannot much
longer tie the auto workers to the
compulsory arbitration, no strike
company union decisions in the
Auto Labor Board. The auto work
ers are striking in spite of Green's
most valiant strikebreaking efforts.
The ten thousand Amoskeag
workers struck against the orders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Brooklyn Workers
Act on Milk Price
Plan Conference of
Workers Groups

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-For the past
two months the Boro Park Com
mittee Against the High Cost Of
Living has been carrying on an &C
tive campaign to force the Borden
and Sheffield milk companies to
reduce the price of milk three cents
quart. The action committee,
elected at a conference Of Boro
Park workers organizations, has
issued petitions addressed to the
Borden and Sheffield companies
stating that the workers in Boro
Park cannot afford to buy the
necessary amount of milk to pre-
vent them and their children from
becoming under-nouriShed. The
petitions demand a three-cent re-
duction per quart Of milk, and state
that the necessary steps will be
taken to force this reduction.
The action committee, which
meets every Wednesday at 4109
18th Ave, Brooklyn, has made plans
to cover the entire Boro Park with
petitions; is trying to involve all
workers organizations in Boro Park
in the campaign, and is planning to
popularize the campaign by series
of open-air meetings.
Demand Milk for School Children
PHILADELPHIA, Pain an open
letter circulated here today, work
ers' groups which had investigated
the statements of the Board of Edu-
cation that free milk and crackers
were being distributed to under
nourished children in the public
schools, showed that only one
twentieth of a quart day was
made available to starving children,
and this was paid not by the school
funds, but by contributions of I'M
derpaid nurses and teachers.
A committee from 7. w. o. School
5 visited the Ludlow Primary
School, and, using the figures of
the Medical Inspection, reports that
only eight per cent of the children
are der-nourished, based the fig
ures of the workers report. The
committee demanded that milk be
supplied by the school board, sup
porting the demand of the Fedora
ton of Teachers Local 1872, that
farmers shall be paid at least five
cents quart on the farm for milk,
and that the exorbitant price of Is
cents charged children in school
cafeterias be Immediately cut to
eight cents quart.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Chicago Street Car
Men Demand More
Pay, 8-Hour Day
Discomfort Forces Union Leaders to Act; Nc
Demands On Pensions or Graft Are Made
By M. NELSON
street Car Worker CorTespondentl

CHICAGO, May 14.-The brewing discomfort among
The Chicago street car coupled with the articles in the
Daily Worker exposing the past and present sins of the
called union leaders compelled these gentlemen to do
thing in order to their position. These fellows have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-15
Workers Go Out In
Defiance of A.F.OfL.
Leaders, NRA Boards
Rank and File Muet Take Strikes in Own Hands
and Defeat BetrayaIs and Fascist Attacks
Through Fighting United Front

Continued from Page y
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The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Actor Taken III,
Show Goes on

"The show must go On!"
This ancient maxim of the thea,
ter was proved again last night
as members of the cast of "Wel,
come To His Excellency," which
is being presented by the Road.
side Theater at Halpine, Md, put
on their performance although
their leading juvenile was lying
in washington hospital awaiting
an appendicitis operation.
Marvin Beers, who plays Prince
Paul in the Douglas GrieSemer
drama, was stricken with an at.
tack of appendicitis early yester-
Gay afternoon and, thinking he
could still continue to do the part,
said nothing to his felloW-perform-
erS.
Last night the condition be-
came acute and he went under
the knife at George Washington
Hospital at just about the same
time that Harold Weinberger, the
director, went on at Halpine in
his part.
Authorities at the hospital said
today that Mr.. Beers condition
was quite fine, while patrons at
the theater last night said Mr..
Weinberger did a most remark
able job.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

"The Dumb David who
asked who was going to win
at the moving-picture version
of the Baer-Carnera fight"
writes Gloria Geiser, had moth
ing on my boy friend. We,
too, were at the movies wit
Messing the fight when he
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
By Mark HeIIinser

walked into a class restaurant
and ordered himself roast
chicken. When the bird ar.
rived, he proceeded to tear it
apart with his fingers as he ate.
The head waiter tapped him
on the shoulder.
Il beg your pardon, SIR" he
said softly, "but there are other
guests here. That is no way to
eat a chicken"
The old man shrugged his
shoulders and tore off a wing.
"Leesten," he replied, "dun't
give me any advice. What vas
good enough for Henry de
Eighth is good enough for
me!"...
The two women, reports Stan
Kapustka, were talking in the
backyard as they hung out the
Monday wash.
Il been reading about that
Dionne woman" said one.
"Ain't it really somethin'?
Imagine havin' quintuplets."
YEAH" nodded the other
woman. But that amt so bad
as it might have been. Imagine
if she got octopuses!"..
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

whispered: 'Betcha Baer's gonna
win
"stop kidding I replied,
scornfully. L know that
He looked disappointed.
"'How Gomez he asked. Did
you see this picture before?'" "
1t was Fred Allen who didn't
want to go on record as saying
that a certain dancer was a
panSy. Instead, Fred put it this
way:
Il wouldn't exactly say that
he was a Susie. But as long as
you press me, I'll say this much:
If he had been born an Indian
he would now be squaW"
Short Paragraphs
The reason asparagus is never
served in Scotch restaurants,
insists Alvin Hamburg, is be-
cause there are no tips allowed!
AnOCner Qe1ln1ClOn OF paCAe'
lor. AS remembered by Rich
ard Himber:
"The real definition of a
bachelor is that he is a guy who
loved and loSt-and won!"
On a crowded train to Coney
Island last Sunday, papa with
his wife and four children sud-
denly grew very excited as the
train, pulled into the Kings
Highway station. Seeing the
initials "K. H." on the posts,
he suddenly leaped to his feet.
Come, mamma" he cried.
"Come quick nit the children"
But, papa" replied his wife,
I've ain at the beach yatt."
The man stopped to glare at
his wife.
"Are you crazy?" he de-
manded. "Dun't you see de
x. H. signs? Come on. I'm
tallink you. We're at Honey
Highland"
All of which, for no good rea-
son, brings to mind Al Lackey's
tale of the elderly Hebrew who
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Harlem Mania Is
Benefit Show

All arrangements have been
made by Manager Nathan Steifel
and Shep Allen, of the Howard
Theater, to stage the big all-Star
colored revue at that theater
midnight of August IS. The en-
tire proceeds will go to help
finance the convention of the In
ternational Association of Chiefs
of Police meeting here September
"a to q, inclusive, at the May
flower Hotel.
The title of the revue, which
will comprise IS all-star per-
formers of the colored theatrical
world, will be Harlem Mania"
The names of those taking part
have not been announced as yet,
but Manager Steifel has assured
Major Ernest w. Brown that the
show will be one of the most out
standing one of its kind ever pre-
sented at the Howard Theater.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

Excellent proverb, modern
lied by Eddie Carr:
Its a woman's privilege to
change your mind"
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

I wouldn't be writing this let
ter to you like this for the pub
lie to read, but the explosion
took my coat and hid it and in
my coat were all my papers,
including my notebook and
checkbook. I don't care so much
about the checkbook because I
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Gary Cooper's Ma
Wishes He'd Sins

eyes, my boys good actor,
but 1 think he's just wasting his
talents by not taking up singing"
So Gary Cooper's mother ex-
pressed herself on a visit to Para.
mount, after watching her tall son
go through a tender love scene
with Carole Lombard in Now and
Forever"
Hes really got one of the fin.
est natural baritone voices in
Hollywood" she declared firmly.
But do you think he would study?
No! He took only three lessons. "
She disclosed. however, that
Gary sings in the bathtuh.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
IN Lno enQ.
A Fine Living

n HE LIVIIIS
At any rate, all during the
prohibition era, a certain res
taurant man had earned a
fine living with place in Con-
necticut. His food was excel
lent, and his wines and liquors
we're of the best. He was op-
Grating against the law, of
course, but who cared?
The spot in question was
and is-on the road to New
Haven. 1t became almost man.
datory that, in driving 20 or
from a football game in the
Yale Bowl, you stop with your
party and have two or ten
drinks to ward off the cold
or for any other excuse that
might be handy. In other
words, this place made plenty
of money with some fine GUS
toners and a superb reputa-
tion.
Came repeal. The owner, be-
lieving that the racket would
now be even better than before,
made extensive and expensive
alterations. He built a dock
for $4,000 so that yachts might
pull right up. He enlarged
the property considerably. He
tossed fortune into new deco
rations. And then he sat
back to await results.
The results never arrived.
The Connecticut liquor con.
troll authorities prohibited the
sale of hard liquor in restau-
rants. Beer and wine, yes. But
nothing beyond that.
Accordingly, the customers
began to remain away from
the place in question. They
wanted drink and, not get
ting it there, they went some
where else. Business fell off
to next to nothing.
The owner couldn't do a
thing about it. Connecticut
was enforcing it's control laws,
and a place that cheated was
closed in short order. The
proprietor couldn't sell, and
that's all there was to it.
With most of his money
gone and with but little hope
for the future. the proprietor
took the tough road a short
time ago. A victim of repeal,
he blew his brains out with
an old revolver.
A strange case. Here was a
man who, when it was illegal
to drink, was a wealthy and
highly respected citizen of the
community. But when they
made drinking legal, they took
away his power and substituted
death!
Excellent proverb, modern
lied by Eddie Carr:
IT'S a woman's privilege to
change your mind"
"The Dumb David who
asked who was going to win
at the moving-picture version
of the Baer-Carnera fight"
writes Gloria Geiser, had moth.
ing on my boy friend. We,
too, were at the movies wit
Messing the fight when he
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

Bit OF a RumPus
Things are not quite so calm
here. I had a very annoying
experience this noon. My break
fast was disturbed and you
know how I am when anything
interferes with my coffee. Annie
had Just poured it out when
suddenly there was a terrific
boom and 1 found myself
somewhere in the hallway. I
I dug part of the ceiling out
of my hair and the buttered
toast out of my eyes and let
the service elevator carry me
downstairs. The next thing I
knew some nice young fellow
was patching up my knee and
few seconds later an ambu-
lance doctor jabbed a long
needle in and SeWed it up.
Then l went back upstairs
again.
I really think you ought to
forget about coming home for
a while. Your apartment is
much larger now. The wall
separating it from your neigh
bOr is gone. 1t is also much
higher. The ceiling between
our two floors is pretty well
gone. 1t is also much rOOmier.
Something seems to have hap
pened to the furniture. l al
ways did think some of the
pieces were too large and cum
bersOme. They aren't now.
You'd be amazed to see how
neatly they'd been carved down
to SplinterS by that explosion.
Our Dying Nymph is dead now
cut right in two. You and l
are neatly divorced in another
picture. One of my suits has
become a twO-pants Suit-One
leg apiece. Annie won't have to
wash your prize dinner set
again. 1t isn't any more.
You remember hoW dead set
you Were against moUing this
fall because it would mean so
much bother tearing up the
apartment, getting ne1O drapeS,
ripping up the carpet? So /
thought I'd surprise you. re-
newed the lease the day before
yesterday. Well, you 1Oon't haze
to 1Uorry noD, pet. We've been
SaUed all the fuss. I'Ue neUer
seen better Job of tearing up
an apartment. And thorough,
too. You recall that etching you
11eDer liked? Don't fret about it
any more. There's q chunk OF
glass right through the middle
OF Queen Sophia.
Gross Exaggeration
Vague reports may have
reached you which I beg of you
to discount. The first flash was
that I had been blown through
the top of the building and was
impaled somewhere on one Of
the spikes of the terrace fence.
Another report. I understand,
had me flung out through the
door to a spot 10 floors below.
Gross exaggerationS. Outside of
a scared-to-death feeling inside
and that slight scratch on my
knee, nothing happened to me.
Even my glasses weren't broken.
Annie lost 10 pounds. which will
save her considerable dieting.
incidentally, you always re-
prayed me for not mingling with
our neighbOrS. I have met them
all now. We compared notes on
the Wreckage of our apartments
and you will be pleased to know
that all agreed that you and I
had won out. You don't know
what wreckage is until you've
seen what happened in our little
love nest.
I wouldn't be writing this let
ter to you like this for the pub
lie to read, but the explosion
took my coat and hid it and in
my coat were all my papers,
including my notebook and
checkbook. I don't care so much
about the checkbook because I
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
''What'II You Have?'

The government is going to
auction off a lot of liquor that
was seized during prohibition. .
1t should really be pensioned
off, as it was "aged in govern
ment service"
They say that lots of it is fine
imported Scotch. but the only
thing Scotch about most of the
stuff seized during prohibition,
was the fact that it made you
eight"
BOOtleggers used to say that
1t was pre-war stuff. and they
were right. 1t was usually
followed by a fight.
The present day liquor isn't
much better, but at least it's
legal, and think what that means
to the gin drinkers. For the
first summer in years, they can
use their bath-tubs to cool off
in.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

can always get good scrap paper
but the notebook-that, my
love, is a bitter blow. I had
three good stories and a few
dozen notes for my Saturday
column. There were also a few
new addresses and phone num-
bers. I can't remember the
stories or the notes, but 1 think
I can remember the phone mum.
bers.
also haze a Uery interesting
limp-I think you'll like it. /
sort of let down slightly on the
left foot When I DGlk and my
body twiStS 1Dith each step. II
/ were taller and had a better
profile I 1Oould make an heroic
figure, / think.
There's a cameraman taking
my picture as write this and
he doesn't seem much impressed
about my injuries. He says he's
taken pictures of victims who
had twice as much bandage-
and. prettier legs. These camera
men, you know dear, are the
salt of the earth, diamonds in
the rough, but you do have to
make allowances.
"VisibIv Shaken"
1 also discover, reading some
of the papers that have just
reached me, that I made vari.
Gus statements. One paper
found me "visibly shaken" and
another had me rushing heroi-
cally to the aid of the firemen
and police. 1 also learn that I
was flung out of bed. If I was,
it'll be the last time I'll sleep in
that bed. The bed is no more,
my sweet.
There were also a few bills
that came in. The explosion
got rid of them very neatly.
I had a party at the house
Tuesday night. Barbara Beck
took a liking to my edition of
Pierre Louys. I'm sorry I didn't
give her the copy. There may
be Pierre Louyses in every house
in Sheridan Square, but there is
no Pierre Louys in our house
any more. my lamb. But Whist.
ler's Lady in the Red Robe re-
manned calm throughout-that
same sneer on her face. Unless,
of course. the firemen have dis
posed of her since I left what
used to be our home about an
hour ago. 1 have also cancelled
the order for the new piano. Do
you think I did right?
You Eno1O ho1O much you dis
like hotel life? Darling. be pre-
pared to bear q shock. We are
going to become hotel dwellerS
for GDhile. Don't you imagine
that UiH be Very ducky? To
liUe right in the heart of things
and not haze to 1Oorry about
furniture or anything. Or moU-
ing? In hotels, you knoU. if
you don't pay your rent, they
simply lock you out and that
SolUeS everything.
So, be nice girl now and
stay right up there where you
are and keep away from ex-
plOsiOns. They are very dis.
agreeable.
Your Devoted Husband.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
-RV Louis SObOI-
LOUIS SODOA
A CoIyumist To His Bride!

Dear Lee:
think you had better not come home. Just
stay up there in the hills let Alex Milne guide you
around the golf course, do your daily swimming
dozen, and wait patiently for your checks. Enjoy
the peace and quiet of your soothing surroundings
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
All In a Day
Crins and Bitters

evils of prohibition, There is something ironc in
the fact that now find myself writing tales about
of the evils of repeal. guess it just goes to
show that, matter what happens, it all evils up
in the end
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
So Remember:

During prohibition YOU not
only had to see a doctor before
you got any liquor. . but also
afterwards.
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-15
REDSTONE
Maxean Owen

Mrs. NJ. II. Hansen went TO Plen
tywood last Tuesday for few day,
visit with her daughters, Mrs. Dal
las Matkin and Miss Denelda Han
sen.
Hazel and Mabel Marsh spen
the week end with their parents a.
Wolf Creek.
Harry Loucks took a truck load
of young folks to Plentywood Tues
day evening to take in the basket
ball game
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Hagen and fam.
lily were visiting IN Plentywoot
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shervey enter
tanned a number of their friends
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark D'Evelyn at
tended the basketball game at Plen-
tywood Tuesday evening.
G. Dryden was down from the
Outlook bench Tuesday, doing some
trading and visiting.
Mrs. NJ. Fl. Hansen went to Flax.
vile Saturday to visit with her
sister, Mrs. Kramer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Bedwell ana
Clarence Romfo were county seat
visitors last Tuesday evening.
A crew of Montana highway men
have been running lines and set
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-15
SHEEP CREEK

Jack Barge took his little son,
Nat1hew. % PlentTwood SUNDAY.
The little boy Is quite iii. They re-
turned Mondzv.
Nr- and Ms Leo Raxeek and
son Eere overnight visitors a. Buck
ShaEs Sunday. Or Nonaav Mr.
and Mrs B. Shaw and The Kaxecks =
mos0red &c PienfFKOod.
County seat callers from this vi
canI1y Tuesday Eere Mr. and Mrs
Jim Clover. Mr.. and Mrs /.
Brightsman. and : H0ppIns.
Mr and Mrs W FeIIou and Mr.
and Mrs z. Saa* spent Wednesday
evening az /. Brzgh-sgnans-
About IA FoHne people gave a
surprise bir- hdzv party at Buck
Saaws THURSDAY. The evening was
spent il PLAYING cards. games and
dancing -exeazzezseA AEzHaeh-wzs
served 6r the ladies'.
Jens and Carr Lind we're Reserve
callers Thursday
Plentywood herald., 1934-02-15
HOMESTEAD
Mrs l. A Stout

The Hinderer Bros. from Willis
ton made a business call 10 oul
town Monday and while here rney
purchased a secondhand Hart Par
tractor from fne Homestead Impl
Company.
Mrs. d. D. Bolyard, Mrs. Y. Z
Johnson and Mrs. S. Urdahl al
tended the American Legion AuxiI.
iary food sale at Medicine Lake
last Saturday.
H. A. Knudtson, Hans Hanson
and Guy Patterson were Plenty
wood visitors Sunday.
Commr. A. ]. Olson with the
other county commissioners and
Jack Bennett from Plentywoor
motored TO Glasgow Sunday TO at
tend a state meeting of the c. W.
A. in connection with relief work.
Clarence Olness. salesman from
Minot for the Winston Newell Co,
stopped at the ]. 5. Olness, |. G. A.
store Monday.
Ladies Aid convened Nednes-
day. Feb. IA. at the Lutheran n
church basement with Mrs. Hans
Skillingherg as hostess.
Mrs. Geo. Waller has been quite
Ill the past week. but is much i'm
proved at this time