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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
FARM SCHOOL WILL.
START SESSION AT.
FLAXTON, JUNE 30
Students to Send in Their
Applications at
Once

CHICAGO.-The Farm School
on-Wheels will stant its next ses
sion at Flaxton, N. D.. on Satur-
DAY, June 30, it was announced
here today by the National Office
of the United Farmers League.
Arrangements have been made
to accommodate 80 students, 20 of
whom are to come from Montana
and 10 from North Dako a. The
school is to be set up at the place
of Ashbel Ingerson, near Flaxton,
N. D.. where all necessary facili-
ties like electric light, etc., will be
provided. Farmers in the surround
ing communities are. actively en-
gagged in collecting food and pro-
visions for the four weeks session
of the school.
In Oregon Now
The school is at the present at
West Stayton, Oregon, the state
headquarters of the Oregon U.F.L.
The session there will close June
% when the school will move east
again.
"We have a fine school with 10
students, seven from Washington,
nine from Oregon, one from Idaho
and two from California and al
most every student is one of the
leading and most active workers
In his county or local." one of the
teachers writes The Producers
News.
The school also reports that To-
cal farmers in Oregon are very
much aroused over a tomato and
melon code for Washington ana
Oregon, which threatens to push
the small producer off the market
through lacking up the price at
the expense of the consumer. This
means, the farmers reason, that
the market would be reduced anG
THE big fellows would get all that
| is left.
At a meeting at West Stayton
the report runs, a committee of Is
was elected that has drawn up =
protest declaring that if the code
turns out against the interests Of
the small producers they will b,
their own action declare it null anC
void. The movement there is un
der the leadership of the United
Farmers League.
Shock Brigade Work
For several afternoons the schoo
has been doing "shock brigade
work during it's present session
Students and teachers have bee
helping to put up bean poles a
the place of U.F.L. State Secre
tary o. E. Snyder, so that his so
could attend school.
Hans Henderson, U.F.L. s ecre
tarv of Montana, announces tha
several locals have as yet not Sc
lected their students for the mex
session of the school. Harderse
advises that this be done imme
diately and that individual mem
bers of the U.F.L. who would lik
to attend this school should sen
in their applications at once t
United Farmers League, Box S.
Plentywood, Mont.
: All students who have been a,
cepted should try to be at Flaxtc
On June 20. They are asked I
bring along blankets, whatevC
food they can carry and So
cover some of the expenses Of IL
school. Hardersep states.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
RAYMOND U.F.L.
MEETS SUNDAY,
JUNE II

The Raymond Local Of the
United Farmers League will
meet On Sunday, June II, at the
place of Otto Grantham, Ray
mOnd. The UFL Stare COnven-
ton and the results Of last
weeks demonstration viii be
discussed at this meeting.
The recently formed WOmem's
Anti-War Club will meet at the
same time 20 discuss methods of
spreading the organization.
According to Sen. Nye, of n.
D. the United States is heading
the armament race and IS al
ready spending $7e0, 0O0, 900 for
war preparations. We have no
time to lose!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14

The t1al took pl2re recently and
. four Of the five defendants were
convicted on he charge of "incit-
inc to riot" Jonathan Hoff, or
ganizer of the United Farmers
League of Emmons county. was
given one year in the state peni-
tertiary, Harry JUL, District Or
gsnizer of the Communist Party,
was sentenced to six months in
Jail, Bender and Giesinger received
a three months sentence each. The
case against William Hoff was dis
missed.
Trial a Farce
The trial, presided over by Judge
Barry of Morton county, N. D.,
was as farcial as any ever held in
that courthouse. The evidence as
procured by the prosecuting attor-
Rey Wright was largely in favor
Of the defendants, yet, four of the
FIVE men were convicted in the
name of Justice"
Regarding the trial, Harry Juul
writes:
"The Linton Fascist politica
gang was afraid that their politica
hide would be ruined. Klein, the
sheriff, Wright, the states attor-
ney and Fisher, the deputy sheriff
CWA Overseer and Justice Of TIT
Peace, before the trial urged thu
defendants not to bring the cas-
up in this term of court. If WI
would carry it over and 'behav
ourselves then maybe they woulC
drop the charges, they stated, ant
did not feel very comfortable abou
the case.
"The sheriff followed Hoff al
around in his potato patch, trying
to convince him not to insist o.
trial. JUL is willing to carr
over, he told him. Wright mad
a special trip to Bismarck to Sc
our attorney, P. J. Engseth. H
told him 'Hoff would not insist o
trial now and asked that the Law
yer use his influence in keepin
The case out of court until afte
election. Of course. our lawye
and we ourselves refused bluntl
and insisted on trial.
State witnesses were Andre,
Fisher, Sheriff Klein, Fogle. VIII
+" mayor Of Linton, a contracto
ana Inspector on the new cour+
mouse that is being built there, tn
county auditor, and the wife of til
'@unty treasurer, who writes OF
ue CWA checks and who is sol
u an Overseer over CWA worker
'Oe entire gang who are respor
Continued On page ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
176 HOSPITALS IN
u. S. WERE CLOSED
DURING PAST YEAR

NEW YORK.-No less than
176 hospitals in the United
States have closed for lack Of
funds during the past year,
and many others are near the
poing of closing.
This was admitted by Homer
Wickenden, general director of
the United Hospital Fund in
New York, who stated that
"the depression has multiplied
greatly the number of people
who must have free care"
But gifts are no longer forth
coming, he declared, and the
government has done little to
meet the hospital needs of the
crisis-stricken population.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14

The Communist Party filed can
didates for the following offices:
Safe Senator, Melvin Evenson,
Raymond.
State Representatives, August
Westphal, Raymond; Genius Laur-
sen, Reserve.
Sheriff of Sheridan County.
Chris Heiberg, Dagmar.
Clerk and Recorder, Magnus
Danielson, Medicine Lake.
County Treasurer, Selmer Espe-
land. McElroy.
County Commissioners, Hans
Hardersen, Archer; Oden Lutnes,
McElroy.
County Assessor, Otto Grantham
Raymond.
Superint endent of Schools, EIna
Swanson. Plentywood.
County Surveyor, Hans Rasmus-
sen, Plentywood.
The Communist Party calls upor,
all impoverished small and middle
farmers, upon all workers and upon
all those small businessmen and
professionals who are feeling the
brunt of the crisis, who are dis
gusted with the "New Deal" and
Recovery" programs, upon all
those men and women who are
looking for a better world for
children to live in, to support these
candidates morally and physically
and to vote for them at the pri-
mary and general elections.
These candidates, the Commu-
mist Party states, will struggle for
the immediate needs Of all Cypress
ed and exploited people and for
the final goal, the establishment
of a system where there will be
no oppression and no exploitation
where parasites are museum pieces
CONTINUED On page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
Elected or Not I've Shall Never Stop to Work and
Fight for Communist Program in the Interest of
Wondngcass," Candidates Declare
ELEVEN FILE AGAINST NEW DEAL"
Plentywood Herald by Making Malicious Miscellaneous
and Printing Lies Tries to Confuse Voters,
to Discrecht Candidates

FLEETWOOD, June 14-For the first time in the
state OF Montana and perhaps the entire United States
the Communist Party here filed candidates for the primary
election campaign yesterday Eleven candidates. together in
one group marched down to the courthouse paid their filing
ices and registered the ticket of the Communist Party
s. A. declaring their intentions fight in the interest
oil Impoverished farmers and workers
Elected or not their slogan the ballot closes "we
shall FER stop to work and fight for the Communist pro-
gram, in the interests of the working class
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
TRIAL WAS FARCE
Examinations Asked to Call Protest Meetings, Send
Resolutions Insisting on Constitutional Rights
Committee Appeals for Immediate De-
tense Funds

BISMARCK, N. D.-A North Dakota State Defense
Committee has been set up here by the farmers and work.
organizations of the state to organize the fight against
M ameup of Harry Juu Jonathan Hoff John Bender and
John Gesnger who arrested January 90 at Linton
d. where they trying to hold meeting to protest
the discrimination and favoritism practced in the aotng
Of CMA. work and relief in that county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14

Demand of your Senators and
congressman that Congress re-
mains in session until the Farmers
Emergency Relief Bill, the only
measure which will bring real re-
lief, has been enacted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-14
Campaign Against Frameup
In Linton Case Started by
State Defense Committee

r..than Hoff, UFL. Organizer Harry Juul, C.P. Dis
'''h rct Organizer, John Bender and John Giesngef
Convicted on "Riot" Charge, Sentenced to
Pen and jail
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
GAMING HOLDS
80 WITNESSES

Although the four men ar
rested in a gambling case had
their hearing continued until Feb
ruary 7. Police Court Judge
Schuldt today set a precedent
when he summoned 80 witnesses
seized in the raid and continued
their bonds of $10O.
Previous to the raid by Police
Lieutenant Little on the alleged
gambling place in the 1900 block
H st., N. W., on Saturday,
patrons, if seized, were released
on IS bail, which they usually
forfeited. And the court let it
go at that.
This time the bail after arrest
was set at $100 and all the wit
-nesses were forced to be in court.
Judge Schuldt said it would be
this way "from now on"
The four men accused Of run
ming the establishment are: Leon
Cohan, "a; Thomas McClaine, 40;
John Macavoy, 81, and William
Cunningham, 27, colored. Their
bail of $4,000 each was continued.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
TGkOn1G Mothers
To Hear War Talk

Circle No. 4, of Takoma Park
Mother and Children's Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Theo
dore Scheltena, 400 block Carroll
Ave., February IL.
Mrs. c. r. Macintosh will
speak on shall We Have Another
WARP" DR.. Patterson, of the
Washington sanitarium, gave an
illustrated lecture on Child
Health and Training" at the
meeting last week.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
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The Washington times., 1934-01-29

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lips.
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12:00+The Voice OF Ex-
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12:15-C o n ME Gates,
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Rhumba Orches-
ira.
1:00-Real Estate Re-
view.
A. NJ. VOL
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10:00-Police Flashes.
10:05-Musical Interluds.
The Washington times., 1934-01-29
FEATURES ON AIR WAVES LISTED FOR TOMORROW

10:10-Beauty Hints.
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We've Wagner, Pt.
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The Washington times., 1934-03-03
By BUSHNELL DIMOND.
BY Muthesius-Heiden, B0rli

MODERN crime and modern crime-detectiOn may be
IVA compared not unfairly to spirited horse race.
In each the competitors have only idea: to flash
past the tape first Detective crina-which will win?
There is of course. instance in which the parallel
conapses the time element There is no such thing as
capped by the fact that the murderer dnape forger.
coiner thief is two laps ahead.
How to overcome this disparity in theclock?
The is twofold. First the criminal, through
false seHcondence frequently permits his opponent
lessen the distance between them. And the finishing
Iine often is execution prison for the evildOer
Second, the enormous improvement in the technique
law the leading stride in the The described
herewith examples of the value of the PURELY
PHYSICAL in the running earth of the criminal.
One grain of occupational grime human bodys
impression in receptive SOIL fngerprint, blood
drop the dread mouEage may send the electric
chair the gaows the guotine the lethalgas chamber
On this page printed series of photographs
startling, unique. educaona-which prove this point.
Their mute eIOqueuce surpasSes chill type. They
establish firmly that the race is always to the swift
and that, in the analogous horse which have
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

fancifuIIy Hkened crime-detection. a
Garrison 6niSh-Sleuth versus assassin
or r0bber-proveS the SoundneSS of the
amended prOverb: "The less premature
haste, the more sudden speed"
These pictures do not pretend to be
actual representations of crimes. They
are, however, accurate TeconStructionS
of them on the spot. Most of them were
procured from the Berlin police head
quarters on the solemn assurance that
the names of the principals be withheld
But the reader must not leap to the
conclusion that this article is mere
1ecapitulation of German police
methods. These same methodS-or
methods much like them-are being
employed with great Vig0r and in
genuity in all civilized countries, par
ticularly the United States. And now
for our fascinating case histories:
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

hanging from tree. At first glance, it looked
as if he had hanged himself. But investigating
detectives were not satisfied.
They made a close examination Of the adja-
cent ground, and were gratified to find the i'm
preston of what seemed to be human body in
the turf. This area was then treated with
special plaster and portions of where the figure
had lain sprang into instant relief.
Two circular patches of plaster showed
clearly where someone had knelt. The picture
of a murder was beginning to take shape. Now
the space between the telltale plaster marks and
the tree where the body had been hanged was
treated. This made it apparent that the corpse
had been dragged over this area, after the killer
had throttled his prey on the ground nearby, and
systematically suspended him from the tree.
A fascinating feature of this case was that the
imprint marked on the plaster cast of the slain
mans figure corresponded to the coarsely pat
termed texture of the suit he had been wearing.
And to clinch matters, the same proved true as
regards the imprint of the killers knees!
He was tried and found guilty mainly on this
purely physical evidence.
The Servant Cith Fire in His Heart
Cases of incendiarism have fascination all
their own, and are of especial interest and study
in the United States, where statistics show them
to be of great prevalence.
But in such cases OE Continental cousins dis-
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
WHEN CUCKOO sQUEAKED

WHEN CUCKOO SQUEAKED
This Extraordinary Apparatus Was
Rugged Up by a Vindictive Servant
Who Wanted to Burn Down His
Masters House Without Fear of
Detection. During His Employers
Absence, the Man Placed Certain
Chemicals, Combustible in Sulphu-
ric Acid, in a Bag and Attached
1t to One of the Clocks Weights.
Beneath the Latter He Put a
Receptacle Containing the Acid,
Hoping That When the Weight
Descended the Ensuing Flames
Would Destroy the Dwelling.
Read on This Page How
He Was Thwarted.
feet" Their scientific training is
precise and often exhaustive. One
of the men assigned to the bridge
case," as it was known, recalled
chapter in the great DR.. Hans
Gross'S text book on criminal psy-
chology which, he thought, might
clear up the mystery Of the sup
posed murder, on other grounds.
With colleagues he descended
by rope ladder, from the span to
the waters beneath, microscopic.
ally scrutinizing every inch of the
iron and brickwork forming the
substructure of the bridge His
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

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rour.C d
stan !. h
houS. at|
let the
ton. TT
unforeSe|
beam fell
and pro
planned
chemical
exploded
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amazing
recOnstrI
has beer
ments or
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official 3
found m
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

assault died before the hospital was
reached. He had not been able to utter
a word. Police, searching the area of
the bridge in which the shot had been
fired, could find no weapon and assumed
that the killer had taken it with him in
his flight. But
Modern detectives are not mere "flat-
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

A Business Man posed by Model FOR the Berlin
Police Dept.) Was Adjudged Bankrupt by the
Courts. He Also Found His Health Failing.
Since He Was Heavily Insured in His Fanily's
Favor, He Determined to Fake His Assassination
by Shooting Himself ON a Bridge and Disposins
Of the Gun Described in Accompanying Text.
This and Other Exclusive Photos This Page
by MuthssiuSHeiden, Berlin.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

patient ingenuity was rewarded, for,
under the revealing white powder Used
in such cases to bring out invisible ma96s
and indentations, minute scratches wece
dearly developed.
Do you understand the significance
of all this? In his treatise the learned
DR.. Gross explains how suicide MY
be able to simulate murder. And tat
was exactly what had happened in ne
bridge case.
The victim of his own bullet had
been declared bankrupt by the cour~s.
He was also in failing health. But he
was heavily insured in favor OF his fam
lily. With consummate cleverness, the
man placed a heavy stone in bag.
The Washington times., 1934-03-03
Copyright. 1894, King Features Syndicate. Inc.


IN THE lofty bridge spanning the River
B in Southern German town man
~ lay gasping his life away. He had been
shot, only once, through the chest. The wound,
however was obviously mortal, as passersby dis
covered when they rushed to the dying mans aid.
The victim of what looked like a murderous
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

This he tied to his revolver with
a length of string, suspending the
bag over the side of the bridge.
AS soon as the shot was fired
the weighted weapon disappeared
into the river as the man sank to
his knees, dying. Police retrieved
the gun. The insurance was not
paid.
Many readers of detective tic-
ton will recall a similar episode
in S. S. Van Dimes "The Greene
Murder Case"
The Hanging Corpse
in the Forest
We come now to an even more
startling case of dissimulation
with criminal intent. In a forest
not far from Berlin, peasants
found the BODY of an elderlv man
The Washington times., 1934-03-03

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-31
How True It Is

Rural blocs control our state govern ments. states the mayor of New Orleans. One would almost think that he had made this statement right here in Connecticut, so true is it. However, it was made away out in Berkeley, California, where Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans, was addressing the United States Conference of Mayors. His full state ment on the above was Our state gov- ernments today almost without exception are based upon area rules and are con- trolled by rural blocs. .'
 That complaint is heard on all sides Tn Connecticut where it has worked to our disadvantage on many occasions. Perhaps it has also served to prevent our cities and large towns from becoming too ex- travagant. At least that's one of the arguments that is presented by the rural legislator. He is apt to boast that Ii It weren't for him the state would be entirely city ruled and cities would be dlp- ping heavily into the state coffers. So far as we can see that can happen whether or not the rural or urban legislators are Tn control.
 Of course, the corresponding argument to that above is this. The cities contrib ute by far the greater amount of taxes to the SCdLe. WIlcIc lS CilC Ouin VI 'iiS 'o'A'~ gas tax raised but in the cities whose streets are not paved with money set aside from this tax, but from the municipal taxes imposed solely on the residents ot the city. We're not arguing that the wear and tear on our city streets shouldn't be paid for by the urban residents. It should. But if we go that far, we should also complain that we have to pay for the nice roads that now bring our rural neighbors to trade and social centers
 Mayor Walmsley said among other things that "The municipalities are great and important factors in government from the financial side and are becoming more so every year. Times have changed, but the shackles of financial dependence have not been lifted. Costs of government are imposed without the consent of munich palities. ." And representation in our House is still apportioned on basis that Waterbury or any other large center ot population is entitled to no more than two representatives, the same as are allotted, under our state constitution, to the town of Union with its 195 population (1930 federal census). Can this have been the will of our early lawmakers or is it merely an interpretation of it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-31
Our Decrepit Electoral College

President Franklin D. Roosevelt ap-- proves of the plan to abolish the electoral college, so Representative Lamar Jeffers of Alabama, chairman of the House Elec- tions committee, told the House Rules committee this week. The plan IS embraced in the Lea-Norris resolution calling for constitutional amendment that must be ratified within seven years. There are other features included in ad- dition to the abolition of the electoral college, which has been demanded for many years and as consistently opposed.
 The purpose behind the movement IS merely simplification of the existing method of electing our president and vlce- president. We have abandoned the stage coach era idea of inaugurating presidents five months after election and converting Congress thirteen months after election, so naturally thoughts now turn to the somewhat decrepit Electoral College. It surely must be admitted that 1t has ceased to serve practical purpose in our scheme of elections.
 Many people are not aware of the fact that three times in our history have pres- idents been elected to office without se- curing majority of the popular vote cast in the entire nation. This happened through the workings of the electoral college which guarantees to the candidate the entire vote of the state that he carries whether it be closed or overwhelming. In short the minority vote in every state actually does not count towards the cleo ton of president. Only the majority vote figures. The other electors might inst as we'll have remained home for all their vote matters.
 Under the Lea-Norris resolution every vote figures in the election. In short the opposing candidates for the presidency get credit in electoral votes for the per csntage of popular votes they poll in each state. If they poll three-fourths of the total vote of state, they get three fourths of that states electoral vote. h. cidentally the electoral vote of all states remain the same as now. We speak ot popular government. We haven't got it when the popular vote of the nation counts for naught.