davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
NOTE:

We publish letters from coal and
ore miners, and from oil field
workers every Saturday. We urge
workers in these fields to write
us of their conditions of work and
OF their struggle to improve their
conditions and organize. Please
get your letters to us by Wednes-
day of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
Pagan, UNIV Head,
Hired To Improve
Pittsburgh Police

BY a Mine Worker Correspondent
PITTSBURGH, PATHS is the
GROWING insult to the members of
the United Mine Workers of
America-Fagan, President of Dis
trict 5, hooks up with the crooked
Pittsburgh Police Department, APP
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
PICTURES WANTED.

Red Builders selling the Daily
Worker subs getters carriers on
their routes-picture5 that will drama
tie the drive for 10000 new readers
in two months. hlso-reports on how
; to best sell the Daily on the street,
house to house, before factories and
at meetings. What slogans and argu-
ments are most convincing to new
readers? Send us your ideas on what
will make this drive success! Daily
Worker. Circulation Dept, SO E. 18th
ST., New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
Slave 10 to IA
Hours A Day in
Alaska Gold Mines
lBy a Worker CorrespondenN

W q " VI NJ W % fEUHHEE~IHNT
FAIRBANKS, Alaska Thousands
and thousands of U. S. dollars are
spent here yearly on the Alaska
railroad, and on the highways and
trails, building roads to the mines,
to help the mine owner get his gold
out. And when the president
jumps the gold to $35 per ounce.
how the boss rejoices. Then the
president asks mot demands) in a
gentlemanly way that the boss cut
the hours so that more men can
work and raise the pay.
II have doubled your profits,
commodities are going up, boost
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1899 is available in sizes
"a, IS, 80, 40, AZ, A and IS. Size
So takes 414 yards IS inch fabric.
Illustrated step-by-step sewing in
structions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07

The Daily Worker gives you full
news about the struggle for unem-
ployment insurance. Buy the Daily
Worker at the newsstands. Three
cents copy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps coins preferred)
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style
number BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
St., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07
E1N -
On fRe Homes
1S8#AN s ss1ss;i ssss 49, "A
Brooklyn Delegation Selected to Present Demand
For Hearing to Board of Aldermen

The demonstration at Hopkinson
and Pitkin AYES, Brooklyn, last
Monday evening, to protest against
the high cost of living, was well
attended and very effective. Quite
a large crowd of workers, hearing
about the demonstration, had as
sembled to wait for the meeting.
The number of demonstrators
grew close to 500. Placards were
plentiful, several speakers were met
with the greatest enthusiasm, a
collection was made, and number
of women gave their names to join
the Women's Councils.
A delegation was elected (there
were plenty Of volunteers to pre-
sent demands to the Board of Al
dermen for a hearing on the high
prices of food, especially milk.
The Bronx meeting did not come
out so well. Attendance was small,
which is unusual for the Bronx.
The hour-11 a.m,-probsbly ac-
counted for this. Housewives are
tied up with housework in the
morning.
We have a letter from a house
wife in Rochester, N. Y, announc-
ing newly formed Council of IL
members and asking for directives
for discussion and activity. Wen
print and answer this next week
STORK OVER LENINGRAD
Comrade Edith r. of Woodbridge,
NJ Y, has sent us a copy of a
letter she received from her sister
in Leningrad, US.S.R. 1t follows:
Dear Papa, Mama, Ruthie, and
Matte:
A little boy was on May 10 born
to US. We expected him on May
but he was not yet ready-and
refused to come.
Both of us are feeling fine. We
are enjoying our vacation in the
hospital where before the revolu-
ton only the wives Of the Gear and
their relations were allowed to give
birth. 1t is beautiful building.
The furnishings all have the crown
and stamp of the Cars. Even the
dishes were made OF such good
stuff that they last to this day.
There are white cream pitchers,
pure white, transparency thin,
stamped with the eagle and crown
of the Czars-from which, we plain
oroinary working women. today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07

You can join the Daily Worker puzzle
club by sending in the solved puzzle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07

Conducted by Mary Morrow Chill
dren's editor. The Daily Worker so
East 18th St.. New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-07

We have a letter from house
wife in Rochester, N. Y, announc-
ing a newly formed Council of IL
members and asking for directives
for discussion and activity. Well
print and answer this next week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Only Hens That Do Not
Go Broody, for Breeders

In nocks of farm poultry of breeds
such as Rhode Island Reds. Ply.
mouth Rocks. and wyando,ies. In
which some hens 20 broody and
others do not. II pays 20 Gull the
broody hens and 10 use In the breed
lnE aock only the hens that do not
20 broody.
In studies Of poultry breeding at
the United States animal hushandry
experiment farm. al Bel,svllle. Nd.
Department OF Agriculture inves.
tlsAiors found that IN the hock OF
Rhode Island Reds the pallets that
went broody laid on the average
about $50 eggs in their first year. IN
comparison with an average OF ap-
proxlmately so eggs by the puile;s
that did not 20 broody. The differ.
ence of two doEen eggs In a year
would make a material difference
Ia the proc, from q hen. The ten
dency toward broodlnsss ls. 20 q
considerable degree. hereditary.
Broody hens are likely 10 have
hroody daughters In a few years
the culllng OF broody hens from the
laying fock would materially reduce
the broodlnesx of the nock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Prehistoric Bison
Unearthed by Boy

Macarthur, Calf. A small
boys curiosity resulted in the
discovery OF a prehistoric buffalo
head believed to be twenty thou
sand years old.
Burnett Day. thirteen. was try
Ing to round up some wayward
sheep when he picked up an OBJ
ject 10 throw. II was too heavy.
II looked like an old horn. Bur
nett called his fathers attention
and j. K. Day took II home.
Some time later, Day began
digging into a high bank on the
Pit river. where the object was
found. In the sandstone 20 feet
down he discovered the skull Of
q strange animal
Paleontologists said the skull
and horn were remains Of buf-
falo which ranged the California
plains 10000 years ago. The
horns had a spread Of ten feet
or more. and were seven inches
in diameter at the base. The
skull weighed 100 pounds.
Scientists at the University of
California began a study Of the
find.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Laying characteristics

II Is important 10 be able 10 dis
tingulsh between the laying and the
non-laylng birds. II a bird Is lay
Ing the comb will be red and full.
the vent dilaled and moist. the pei.
VIC bones thin. pllable and wide
apart and the abdomen large. soft
and plIable. while II not laying the
comb will be pale or wbltlsh-coiored.
the vent contracted and dry. the
pelvic bones rigid and close togeth.
er and the abdomen frm or hard. In
n yeilow-sklnned bird the beak. vent
and shank VI heavy layer are pale
yellow or white In color. whereas
the beak. vent and shank OF a poor
layer or layer that Is taking a long
rest are usually bright yellow In
color.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Heated Water Treatment
Kills Disease in Seed

Putting cabbage seed In heated
water for = minutes kills black Lex,
black rot. leaf spots, and other cab
baEe destroying fungi. according 70
Dr Charles Chupp. specialist In
vegetable diseases at the New
York State College of Agriculture.
An IS minute bath IN water al 10
degrees will also kin diseases com
mon 10 caullnower. brussels sprouts,
and turnlps. be says The one OBJ
lection to the treatment Is that old
seed will not sprdut well later.
Secdsmen and growers. according
TO Professor Chupp may lose by
this process FOR a short time. but
this loss. he says. is more than OF
sat by development OF dlsease-free
plants.
lie states that most seedsmen Ia
New York state are having their
seed treated and tested. and adds
that cannerles and creamerles are
permitting seedsmen 20 use the can.
merry water heating equipment 20
make the treatment
Work on cabbage diseases began
Ia this state four years ago. when
farmers in Ontario county asked
for help Ia saving one-tenth o. their
cabbage crop which they were los
lng by plant diseases
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Dehydrating Hay

There Is gradually coming into
Csc a method OF dehydrating hay
which promises 10 provide very sat
lsfactory feed Those using this
method report splendid results LIE
gumes and grasses may be cut ear
lIer. thereby increasing their d.
gesiibllity and palatabllity as well
as increasing the percentage OF pro.
teln. While this method OF han.
ding the hay crop is very promis-
INK and provides an excellent feed. II
has not gone far enough to be a
factor In dairy farm operations. The
silo Is stlll in extensive use. New
methods may cause something else
10 take It's place. but this viii be
some time In the future.-Hoard's s
Dairyman.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Find New Claimant
to French Throne

dauphln was said 10 be. He has
the Bourbon physiognomy. except
the nose, which is more Roman,
but distinguished. He speaks with
an air OF gravity uncommon In these
spontaneous people. and the French
writer declares he has certainly an
unmistukable air OF inherent au-
thority.
To trace the ancestry OF Prince"
Joachim on the island was quite
easy. as the father and grand
mother lived TO great age. and
there are ample records OF his
grandmother. Maria Capet. the nat
ural daughter of this strange ex-
He'd prince. called Louis Capet
That appears certain.
The investigation developed that
here was an austere prince, who
walked somewhat In the manner OF
Napoleon about the heights OF San
Miguel. and that his visitor was a
certain J. V. Schemoll. who con.
structed the clock In the church OF
proyoacao. In San Miguel. and who
was supposed TO be the clock
maker OF Louis NVL
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Varieties of Buckwheat

Pure varieties OF buckwheat are
very scarce. Probably the best sort
for this country. writes a corre-
spondent In the Montreal Herald. Is
that known as the Silver Hulled.
Common black buckwheat Is, how
ever. very satisfactory when grown
under favorable conditions. Buck
wheat will do fairly well on very
poor soil and under poor conditions,
but il viii do better on good soil
and under favorable weather con-
dltions. II should not be sown too
early. very late June or early July
unless II is sown very early, as
early as wheat. II will do well at
either seeding but will probably not
do very well II sown between those
dates
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Upright Log in Crater
Gives Geologists Clew

Crater Lake, Ore.-Dlscoyery Of
an upright carbonized log buried In
side the inner rim OF Crater lake Is
said to prove volcanic action In geo
logic history of this region.
The discovery was made by
Ranger-Naturallst Albert Long. The
section uncovered is 30 inches long.
13la In diameter at top and
151s at base. Its upright position
indicates the tree was alive when
covered by volcanic eruption.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
D0UuRY
MEAT SCRAP, GOOD
TANkAGE REQUIRED
Egg Production IL Increased
by Animal Protein.

IL Is an established fact that max
imum exg production Il 10; possible
on q ration OF grain and Erala By
products without the addition of .
high protein concentrate. such as
meat scrap. high grade tsnkage. or
mllk. states A. J. Caldwell. Uuiver-
atty os Tennessee extension poultry.
man.
Numerous tests have been made
By state experiment stations % de-
termlne the per cent % protein con
cenirats 20 Use ia the hens ration.
The amount OF meat scrap used Ia
these experiments haa varied all the
way from per cent 90 as hiEh as
IS per cent Of the mash mixture. IN
the majority of these tests = mash
mixture containing - per cent %
meat scrap oF high grade tankaEe
gave the most profitable egE yields.
Milk Is regarded as one % the
best sources % animal protein FOR
chickens of all ages Satisfactory
exE yields have been secured on =
ration of grain and skim milk. whcn
mllk Is fed as the oniy source of
protein u - necessary 10 feed four
or hve gallons Ter day to each 100
hens
Experiments conducted AZ the
Kentucky experiment station showed
that n gallon Of milk waB equal TO
pound of meat scrap for eEg pro.
duction- They also found that there
was 10 advantage In feeding a mash
that DID not contain q high protein
feed such as meat scrap or tankage.
The following laying ration IL re
ommendet:
Mash-Mixed feed tbrau and
shortsl. 80 pounds: cornmeal. IS
pounds: meat meal. 20 pounds fne
oyster shell. pounds: charcoal. 2
pounds. salt. pound
Crain-corn. g pounds: wheat.
- pounds.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Rock Garden Beauties
Garbage Dump in Town

Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke claims
to have one OF the most artistic mu-
nlcipal dumps In existence.
The dump situation on the banks
OF the Connecticut river Is bordered
by rock garden and by grass
plot 200 feet long and 20 feet wide
Discarded half tires OF automo.
blles painted white line one edge Of
the garden and row Of shade trees
stretch along the river side of the
dump.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Fifty Famous
The Founder of Nashville
ELMO SCOTT WATSON

The Founder of Nashville
|aEACu ous should DO whnt seems
II 20 him bis duty. As FOR my
self. my station - here, and here ]
shall stay u every man of you DE-
scrts me So spoke James Robert
son, leader os the pioneer colony
hat had settled on the Cumberland
river Ia Tennessee on Christmas
aAy. i77p There had been ID men
10 the colony AZ nrst, but within oo
iays - had fallen under the tomh-
hawks OF the Chsrokees- Within
few more uonths c. others had per.
lshed Crops had failed and s'arTa-
ton loomed. some of the settlers
began 10 leave. and hnally only -
0f the 30 were let. They tried 20
gei Robertson to abandon bis post
and The above was bis answer.
II vas Characteristic ~ this
. Scotch .Irlshmau from Virginia who
had settled In North Carolina in
1880. That spirit had carried him
across the mountnlns with Daniel
Boone 10 1870 and bad brought him
back. after terrible hardships. 10
North Carolina 20 lead party o.
settlers into the rich waiauEa re
zion and later stlll farther west
The emigration of Robertson $
settlers from the WauIaugn 20 the
banks of the Cumberland In cen
tral Tennessee - one ~ the epics
of the frontier After all he bad en-
durcd 10 plant that settlement
there. he was bot going 70 give up
80 easily. So. with his eldest son
and two other companions. Robert
son made his way 20 BoooesborouEh
where Daniel Boone lent hlm pow
der and lead lie soon had need for
n. for 900 hostile Cherokees swept
down upon the fort AZ Nashville.
Then II was that Charlotte Reeves
Robertson proved herself worthy
mate % the stout hearted pioneer.
In their attempt 10 capture the
horses of the whites. the Cherokees
left a gap 10 their ranks Mrs Rob
ertson. rife IN hand and crouched In
look out tower OF the fort. seeing
the stampede ~ the horses and the
break ia the Indian line shouted 20
the sentry open the gates and set
the dogs on EN- r. As the sayages
drew their iemahawks 90 nghi OF
the dogs. the settlers few 70 safety,
whereupon Charlotte Reeves Robert
son uttered her thanks 20 God who
gave 20 The Indians a dread az dogs
and a love 0t horses"
There we're n few more years oi
Indian fghglng and then peace came
10 Tennessee. With II came honors
20 James Observation-Disclosures
made him hrlgadier general and he
was Indian commissioner until his
death In 1914
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Descendant of Lost Dau'
phin Located in Azores.

PariS-Another claimant 10 the
Bourbon throne-about the fortieth
in existence, though one OF the most
plauslble-has been discovered in
the Azores.
Hearing that a descendant OF the
lost dauphin OF France, the little
son OF Louis yXI. was living on the
island Of san Miguel, the principal
and the prettlest island OF the
Azores group ILLUSTRATION OF Paris
sent a special correspondent, Paul
Bartel. from the mainland TO In
yestlgate his claims. Interest IN
-he fate OF the young dauphln, who
vas Jeff In the care OF the none
too scrupulous Simon. has never
aaggcd IN France. and any tip. how
ever remote. Is considered worth
the trouble 20 investigate. because
there are many partlsans to the be-
lief that the dauphln was carried
OF and hidden after on easy bar
gain with his keeper. Simon.
subIse, Of Portugal.
The last preteuder to be thus
found Is Portuguese subject.
Joachim Capeto. born 1868, farm
81 In the little village OF San An
tonic. near Bretanha. where the
mysterious French prince" is sup
posed 10 have landed "afte. re
volt 10 France"
The name OF this French prince
was Louis Capet (the name OF the
royal family and his daughter,
Maria, born 10 1904. bore Antonio
Francisco Capet Yasconcellos. who
was the father OF the present
Joachim Capeto. the family name
becoming more Latlnized. Joachim
Capeto. or Capet, has eight chill
drcn by his wife Isabella, OF whom
one is named Louis. and II the
legend is true. would be the dauphln
OF France. on the Bourbon side.
There Is an actual legitimate
dauphin living In Belgium. who
Is the little son OF Prince Henry de
Gulse. Comte De Paris. the son OF
the Due de GuIse. the legltimist Or.
leanlst pretender.
The Portuguese "pretender" IS
hardly a pretender. He admits he
Is descended from an austere
French prince who lived as an ex'
lie on san Miguel at Bretanha. and
who received strange but regular
visits from distinguished person
living 10 a noble family In Pom
"a Delgada.
interested in Crops.
Pretender Joachim. however. 4
more Interested in his crops. Wher
asked by the French representa-
tives OF ILLUSTRATION what ht
thought about being related to roy
atty, he said. THAT does not seen
10 be worth much TO me. would
much rather see a good crop thi:
/ season" But Prince Joachim
I has much 10 commend him TO Sc
rious attention OF sympathizers. H'
and his family are blond and blue
f eyed. Ike many OF the late Bour
bons and certainly like the youni
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Cleaning Cistern,
Ready for Spring
Suction Attachment Will
Remove Sediment and
Save Water.
By = W I~hmAnn. Agricultural EaEi-
Iniasls -WNu Service

By = y. Lehman. AEsical,srial EsE'-
nseglpN Department CnteTrs4J %
Inlnsls -wNu Service.
Soft water ls both a labor saver
and a money saver for the home
and Il nesd not be lost or wasted
In order 10 clean out the cistern
and get II ready FOR the spring
rains.
To be sure II may be desirable TO
clean the cistern thoroughly before
the soft water supply for the home
is collected during the early
spring rains. However. II the els
tern is reasonably full OF water.
the problem OF cleaning becomes a
difficult one. especially II the water
is needed and must be saved
Under such circumstances, IL Is
necessary TO use a special pump so
that the accumulation NJ the bottom
may be removed without disturbing
the coutents of the clstern. except
just at the bottom This is accom-
pllshed by having a pump with a
special funnelshaped suction At
tnchment az the bottom % the pipe.
As the pump Is operated. the sue
ton unit Is moved around over the
noor so the material which has set
tied AZ the bottom may be pumped
out Ia this manner. much of the
waste and foul material may be re-
moved and the water made more
satisfactory FOR use without losing
or wasting the present supply.
II Il L. not necessary 10 save the
preseut supply IN the cistern, a
more thorough Job may be done By
pumping out all the water. In this
case the walls may De brushed
down. the cisteru floor scrubbed
and all refuse removed completely.
Little attention need be given
the clstern. II proper precaution Is
taken In collecting and altering the
supply.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Turkeys in England

Turkeys are more In demand In
England than ever before. and the
American mammoth bronze breed is
the most popular. This was dis
closed ai the annual turkey fair at
Attleborough. when 1920 turkeys
changed hands In a day. This is
twice the number sold at any pre-
vlous sale. They came from a IA
dins of twenty miles. the smallest
area ever drawn from for an Attic
borough sale. Buyers and specta-
tors attended from all parts OF the
country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Vitamin A in Potatoes

The good, old-fashioned names for
potatoes such as Irish CobbIers and
the Early Rose are passing into
limbo and in place OF them are
cropping up such names as Katan-
din, Chippewa. Rural New Yorker,
Busola, AroOstook. Wonder, SUIT
tons Flourball and other such
names. Some Of the newer potatoes
are the result Of the discovery that
the South American potato was a
fruitful source Of vitamin a and de-
spite the yellow color Of the flesh Of
the potato, its value as food was
considered sufficient to warrant ex-
perimentatiQn to produce a better
potato In this country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
POULTRY CULLINGS

Food hoppers should be kept per-
fectly dry AZ all times.
All grit or shell hoppers should
ne about one foot from the floor.
Il Is wen known that geese live
70 an Old age. especially In pairs
and trios
Merely a maintenance ration IS
insufficient TO obtain a well.flled
e-g basket
To choose a well-fnished turkey.
blow gently against the feathers. A
good turkey has white skin, with
no dark meat showing through the
fatty deposit under the skin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30

Wits and wags OF this mad Man
haitian are now using the telephone
as an outlet for their humor The
repeal OF the Volstead act may be
a contributing factor. Or maybe
II Is merely urban pranklshness.
But at any rate many prominent
persons, whose names appear In the
directory, are being aroused from
their slumbers between three and
four O'Clock In the morning and
finding that instead OF some mes
sage Of Importance. they are mere
Iy listening 10 an inane conyersa-
tlon. It's no use getting angry,
the victims have found. The more
angry they get, the greater the joke.
The possibility of revenge is remote
since the dial age protects Identity
10 such an extent that a call can be
traced with difficulty. And when II
is traced II generally leads to some
pay station.
The telephone In the home OF a
man whose name is known In all the
FIVE boroughs and for considerable
distance beyond the confines OF
New York, rang stridently not many
mornings ago. The wife answered.
A serious voice demanded that the
barking OF dog In that apartment
be stopped. The lady protested
that no dog was barking, that In
fact. the family didn't have a dog
Nevertheless the person on the
other end OF the wire insisted We
hemently that a dog was barking.
AS the conversation continued, the
lady became convinced that she was
being made the victim of a joke
So she hung up, and as she did so
threw the switch that shuts off the
phone.