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Evening star., 1934-04-15

DISAPPOINTED. the boys finally agreed, and
- remained behind in the car. Wall-eye had
told them that in Is or 20 minutes they could
slip off and come up to the circus grounds
and nobody would be the wiser.
So engrossed were they in the spectacle Of
unloading outside the car window that they
turned around with a start when they heard
light footballs in the corridor. The footsteps
stopped just before they reached the compart-
ment in which the boys were waiting, and two
men spoke in muf1ed tones.
'Naw," said one, disgruntled T don't see
any use in tryin' that on him. Thing to do
is go to law"
"Yeah, and what we goin' to eat till
then? I'd like to get even with that dirty
tramp. even if we don't get our pay out Of
him, though. THROWN us out like that! I'd
like to see him sweat blood!"
The other was becoming incensed by his
partners talk.
Maybe you're right. The low-life double-
croSser! When we came with this outfit he
said we could have spot place on the BILL
Here he puts us after that cat act!" The
speaker paused a moment, then continued in
lower tone, SO the boys could not catch all
that said.
That's a good idea. / guess the parade
would be the time to do it. A couple of bullets
will do the trick" ts4
yeah. The cats will be in plain view then"
Evening star., 1934-04-15
The Spider

IN THE time when the gods lived upon
! Olympus, Athene. daughter of zeus was
the goddess of needlework. Now it happened
that Arachne a mortal maiden was very skill
full with her needle and embroidered SO well
that folks said she must be helped by Athene.
Arachne resented this and said that she
would not mind comparing her work with
that of the goddess In order to teach her
humility, the goddess accepted the challenge
Evening star., 1934-04-15
L0ChinUar
Continued from Tenth Page

home free of the cops, Turk Mannon, Matt
Hogan, everybody. Matt had swiped the proof
from the files.
He switched on the daShlight and the girl
bent over the crumpled sheet of paper.
"But why" she whispered. why didn't
you just come and tell me-"
"Bugs and batty,' said Matt Hogan dis
mally. about you. So made this play.
Figured you'd come with me to Ballow Bay,
maybe marry me, maybe stick to hide out from
the cops But just had to tell you"
"It's a new song to me-" said Jessie Jones
softly. Il could almost believe it's not the same
old line"
Matt was switching off the dashlight and
getting out of the car. He tramped around to
the other door and helped Jessie to the dock.
They faced each other in the blowing rain.
Comes such morning soon," said Jessie.
'T wonder-the DID,, old line--I guess, Matt
Hogan, got to say what Eve said Men are
all alike cracks Eve, but, Adam you're diff
resent That's why fell for you, Adam Come
on, Matt Hogan. and take me home" ca,ia
Evening star., 1934-04-15

and, of course. succeeded in embroidering a
more beautiful pattern than Arachne could
POSSIBLY produce. Arachne was very much
4hamed and wished to die. But Athene did
ot wish to kill the maiden, so she transformed
er into a creature that must spin through
ell eternity. Have you ever watched her weav-
ing a web across your window pane? For
Arachne became the busy spiderI
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Like Abples, Maybe

Little Mabel was poking at something in the
grass. Suddenly she cried-Oh mother, here's
a little green snake!
Her mother, one of those cautious women.
rephed-Keep away from it, darling. 1t might
be just as dangerous as ripe one.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

The definitions are:
HORIZONTAL.
2. Calcium (abbr).
4. Aims seeker.
7. City in Switzerland.
8. Negative.
9. Soon.
IL. European country.
13. Regarding.
IA. Suffix.
VERTICAL.
1. Dry (French).
2. Artificial waterways.
3. Circular space for sports.
4. Dairy product.
S. Boys nickname.
6. Grand (abbr).
z. River in France.
8. Northwest.
10. Upon.
IL. Western State (abbr).
Evening star., 1934-04-15

quiet followed Smiley's announce
ment. Then the activity of unload
ing started again. The "led stock
the horses. elephants, camels anC
yaks, were brought down inclined
plane from their cars and firmly staked to the
ground. Far down the line the canvasmen
were unloading the big top" The animal
cages were carefully set on their wheels and
lined up on a side street. Smiley seemed to be
everywhere shouting orders.
"Look!" exclaimed Dol Jose. pointing to a
cage opposite their window My Calla!"
Behind the bars the boys saw an enormous
cat which lay sprawled on the floor of the
cage with its eyes half shut The keeper
prodded it with stick in effort to get it to
move nearer the center of the cage, but Gala
merely blinked and refused to bulge.
HE tired from long treep," explained Don
jose
HE amt tired from no trip" said Wall-eye
dryly 'he's just naturally tired from old age"
cious lion, then house cat was dangerous
man eater
When the order came for the performers to
get off, Wall-eye turned to the boys.
You better stay here for a while, kids"
he said. "Smley's mad, and there amt no
use your taking a chance. There amt moth
ing you can do now, anyway"
Hes right" said Don Jose, "you better stay
here for ze present, until re show clear away
from ze yards. Smiley, he fonny man." He
shook his head seriously.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

e. 2. The diamond: Y, sob, Sudan, yodeler,
baled, Ned, r.
8. GOAT-moat-molt-m milt-MILK.
4lG f. Como. Constance Geneva. 4aw '4e%5
Evening star., 1934-04-15
BY CARROLL BRANCH.

Because they want to get into town early to
be able to help unload and run eErands for the
by the owner on the circus train. On the way to
Dayiston IL miles distant. he introduces them to
Wall-eye Mason the clown. who informs Smiley. the
owner, that tie acrobats are about to quit. Senior
Don Jose de Campos. the lion trainer. says he thinks
they are leaving because they are afraid Of his
the train reaches the yards. the acrobats have
hight with the owner of the circus. who flies into
and orders that one is to leave the rail-
road yards until he gives the order This includes
Bill and Ham.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

ANSWERS.
/. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
PUZZLES

COME of the most beautiful scenery In the
> world is found in the country whose map
forms the crossword puzzle for this week. Can
you work the puzzle and discover the name
of the country?
IN THE ALPS
Evening star., 1934-04-15

xoDE EtrR
>
There are lots of goats in Switzerland. This
goat" is changed into ''milk'! Change only
one letter at time and be sure all the words
are real ones.
Change GOAT to MILK in four moves.
=
Each sentence below conceals the name OF
one of the beautiful lakes of Switzerland. If
you look carefully perhaps you can discover
them.
The locomotive waits on the tracks.
The deacon's tan cedar box held the church
papers.
Roentgen evaded no issues in his work in
physics
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Secret us. Var Moves
To Be Exposed SAT.
in Enlarged DAILY

A startling exposure of the secret
and gigantic preparations for war
by the United States government
will be published in Saturdays
special enlarged edition Of the
Daily Worker.
The Daily Worker has been able
to uncover facts of rapid war
mobilization never before pub
lished. This exclusive article, writ
ten by James Casey, reveals how
the government is cooperating with
the major industries for immediate
military mobilization OF labor. It
will treat with the war movements
Of naval officers and the mobiliza-
ton on war footing of Wall
Streets fighting forces.
Don't fail to read this story. Or
der your bundles at oncel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
A Murdered Tn
Cuba AS Troops
Fire On Crowd
Cuban Communist Party
Calls for Armed Fight
Against Reaction
Especial to Daily Worker)

HAVANA, Jan. 16.-After
selecting Col. Carlos Mendieta
as President of Cuba, the ere
volutionary Junta" faced the
active resistance of soldiers and sail
ors and mass action by workers and
students and deliberated all day
Monday, finally selecting Carlos
HeWa, Secretary Of Agriculture in the
Grau San Martin regime, to succeed
President Grau, who resigned Sun
day night, under an agreement with
Wall Streets representative, Jeffer-
son Gallery, and reactionary elements
in the island.
Rival Groups in Clash
A sharp clash on policy occurred
between the cleft" elements, led by
Guiteras and the right, led by Col.
Batista, Cuban Army Chief of Staff,
who becomes more Machadist each
day.
The appointment of Hevia as Pro-
visional President solves in no way
the present tense situation. He has
even less support than Grau, de-
pending entirely upon the reaction
airy group in the Cuban army. The
bourgeois-landlord opposition group;
do not support him.
us. Demands Mendieta AS President
Gallery is said to have demanded
Mendieta as President, declaring the
U. S. Government would accord rec
ignition to no other.
1t is quite probable that Hevia il
a transition candidate slated to
hand over the government to Men
dieta as soon as the mass indigna.
ton cools off. The new government
begins auspiciously by numbering foul
and wounding 10 demonstrators II
front Of the palace when they de-
manded that Grau remain. 1t is re,
ported that the Guiteras- controlled
police refused to clear the streets
whereupon Col. Batista sent troops
who opened up murderous machine
gun fire on the crowd.
Sharp Fighting In Interior
Reports from the interior show
sharp fighting between the Batists
and Guiteras factions, with Batista'.
troops disarming the GuiteraS-con-
trolled police in Santiago, Holguir
and other cities.
Guiteras is preparing counter
CONTINUED on Page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Lehman'S Budget to
Continue Wage Cuts
for State Employees
Education Funds Cut in
$50 Million Dollar
State Budget

NEW YORK. - Continued salary
reductions of state employees, the
SUSPENSION of the law providing for
regular salary increases and 10 per
cent slash in the required needs for
education were recommended in
Governor Lehman's message to the
Legislature on the budget for 1934-35
yesterday.
The total budget which approx
mates $250,OO0,0OO represents an in
crease of Sc millions over the previ-
Gus year.
Lehman's proposal thaa the 1 per
cent sales tax be abolished is based
on the fact that this revenue has
netted the state comparatively little
Similarly, the proposal to exempt
from the per cent emergency tax
those receiving less than $4,000 would
cut off only $14,ooo,00o in revenue
Both will be made up by revenues
from liquor taxes.
The proposal to abolish the / pei
cent emergency tax after 1885 on al
incomes will be to the benefit of the
! rich, who will have their normal in
come taxes materially reduced by the
abolition Of the emergency tax.
Republicans who declare they have
the backing of LaGuardia are PLAN
ming a fight on the proposals Of abol-
ishing the sales tax and the emer-
gency tax exemptions and will press
for a 2 per cent sales tax instead,
with proportional rebates to the
cities,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Agents of Tokyo Break
Into GER. Shops, Take
Photographs of Plants
Japanese Militarists Whip
Up War Frenzy in
Magazine Articles
STRESS WAR ON UssR
Navy Commander Attacks
US. Warship Program
Special to the Daily Worker

Especial to the Daily WOrker)
MOSCOW, Jan. 16.-A Jana
nese armored train, carrying
high Japanese officials, includ-
ing the chief of Japanese Mill
tary Communications, entered
the border station of Pograni-
chnaya, near the Soviet frontier
Yesterday, where they exam
med depot, locomotives and sta
ton dispatching rooms, taking
photographs.
The armored train went
along the Eastern line of the
Chinese Eastern Railway, stop
ping at all stations and bridges
and photographing engineering
works.
The Soviet press today pub
fishes a series of new facts on
the arbitrary actions of Japa-
nese agents against Soviet Of
ficials of the railway. japanese
officials are absolutely ignor-
ing the railway administration
and the persons responsible for
the railway, breaking into rail
way shops, making survey of
engineering work, etc.
TOKYO. Jan. 16.-Current Japan
csc magazines are flooded with articles
by japanese militarists predicting and
calling for an early attack AGAINST the
Soviet Union and stressing the newt
ability" Of war with the United States.
Vice Admiral Noburnassa Suet-
sugar, mmander-in-chie of the
Japanese Navy, openly attacks the U.
S. in the magazine king" declaring
in part:
ITO speak frankly self sufficient
country like the o. S. does not need
to have the greatest navy in the world
such as she possesses today. That
is nothing but a menace to other ma
tons. If America had no such big
navy. how much happier the world
would be-"
japanese troops are pushing for
ward In inner Mongolia, extending
their control to Dolon Nor and other
towns westward from the Manchukuo
boundaries. The Japanese advance
has aroused excited comment In the
Chinese press, which charge the
Tokyo government with trying to
restore Henry Pu-Y to the dragon
throne in Peiping.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.-The Fox
ker plant is developing huge bomb
ing plane. surprising all its previous
ones in armament and cruising range.
Construction already has begun on
the first plane, three-motored mon
oplane to be manned by six men. The
Dutch Government is reporting or
dering large number of the planes,
for addition to its air forces in both
Europe and the Dutch East Indies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Suspends Rackeeer Official

meeting. The strike, he declared,
had been sold out by the union off,
cials for $4,000.
Lehman, who also is one of the In
ternationals Presidents, was
found guilty by a vote of the entire
membership, and ordered suspended
from the union. This action followed
a verdict of guilty handed down by a
labor movement trial at which Louis
Waldman, state secretary of the
Socialist Party presided. CWaldman,
incidentally later refused to turn the
evidence against Lehman over to the
District Attorney
This was the dramatic moment for
F1nra to stan in And he did.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17

He removed all powers from every
official, suspended the charter and
sent In two e-Presidents Of the In
ternational to run the local Just as
they saw At. All this was done in the
name Of justice, fair play, and ac-
cording to rules Of the A. F. of L.
Lehman, however, was one Of these
vice-Presidents sent in, Nc Dewitt,
the other.
Ruthlessly thrusting aside all demo-
cratic pretenses, by this Fascist like
action, Flore exposed the whole cor
rupt, racketeering tactics Of the A.
F. Of L. off1cialdom, as . machine 70
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
European GOv'ts
Prepare RepriSalS
on Cheap Dollar
Currency and Trade War
Greatly Intensified by
Roosevelt Action

MOON, Jan. 16.-President
Roosevelt'S move to further cheaper
the American dollar in the battle for
world markets brought threats OF
fierce reprisals against U. S. trade
from European governments today
The British Cabinet meeting this
afternoon will consider drastic re-
prisalS against the U. S., including
the further cheapening Of the pound
and the erection of higher barriers
against alleged dumping Of American
goods in Great Britain and its colo
MES. Roosevelt's action is expected
to drive the gold-bloc countries off
the gold standard, thereby extending
the war for trade advantages through
deprecated currency with a sharp in
classification on all sides of the bitter
fight for markets.
Rejecting the governments re-
prisal plans, the London Express Bit
terly attacks Roosevelt's initiation
move, declaring:
cit hits our export trade. The re-
valued dollar demands an answer and
the British pound should be a re-
valued pound. !. 4. A great world
currency war has been begun by
President Roosevelt and he will fight
Americas trade battle with f400, 900,
900 of conscripted gold"
PARIS, Jan. 16-President RooSe.
velt'S currency program evoked
mingled anxiety and scepticism ir
French governmental and financia'
circles today. Paris papers deny thai
the Roosevelt program will result Ii
any advantage to U. S. trade on the
world market, pointing out that II
iCOntinued ON PAGE q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Initiation Pushes Up Var
Stock, Commodity Prices
Roosevelt Program Hands Millions to Rich Stock
Gamblers, Var Industries

share.
BY his inf1ationary program Roose-
welt handed every one of the rich
stockholders a profit of this amount
on every share they hold, and many
Of them hold tens Of thousands of
shares of stock.
Wheat rose 4 cents a bushel the first
day. Cotton rose 50 a bale, forecasting
rise in food and clothing prices.
Prices of other commodities followed
in their upward swing. The grain and
cotton price rises do not affect the
farmers but make profits for the spec
ulatorS.
When the price of grains and other
agricultural products do go up, the
rise in manufactured goods will soar
so much more rapidly that the poor
and middle farmers will be hit by a
lowering of his standard of living like
the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17

NEW YORK.-For two days stock
and commodity prices shot upward
with the pronouncement of Roose-
velt's direct initiation program and
government gold control.
Stock share prices scared upward
81 to 81 share, adding hundreds
of millions of dollars of value to the
rich parasite stock and bond owners
In anticipation of heavier attacks
against the workers and rising prices
the stock gamblers were able to reap
immediate profits.
The heaviest rises were in war in
dustry stocks. The very day that
Roosevelt made his announcement
Allied Chemical, United States Steel
General Motors, United Aircraft
American Telegraph and Telephone
General Electric (mainly Morgan &
Co. corporations) gained the heaviest
increases ranging from So to 81 a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Miners Fight
Court Decree
in anthracite
Glen Alden, Tied Up,
Seeks Injunction,
Miners Picket
BY DAN Singer

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Jan.
16.-The strike of Anthracite
miners in District One today
continues. Despite the tenn
porary injunction issued by Judge
Newcomb, reports indicate 10000
miners on strike, the Penn Coal Com
0any, which secured the injunction
finds their forces at work smaller
today than Monday. TodaI there
was mass picketing in Nanticoke,
Kingston and Pittston. Thomas Ma
loney, district president, stated that
the tie-up is complete and has called
for the reconvening of the conven-
ton of the Anthracite Union for this
Thursday.
Monsignor Curran, trying to break
the strike, is asking for truce. The
strike of the Glen Alden collieries is
so effective that the coal company
has prepared to go into court, asking
for an injunction.
Rinaldo Cappelini, state president
of the Anthracite Union, arrested for
violation of parole, is to be taken
back to the penitentiary to serve the
balance Of two-year term.
Truck drivers of the American
Stores are striking against discrimi-
nation. Picketing is very militant.
School teachers in Mayfield continue
on strike, demanding back pay.
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Jan. 10
The Rank and File Opposition,
functioning in both the Anthracite
Union and the U. M. w. A., has
issued the following statement call
ing for unity Of the rank and file
miners of both unions to make the
present strike an effective fight
for the economic demands of the
miners:
1.-THE Rank and File Opposition
support the general strike call of the
miners of District No. 1, but say that
the strike must be made real strike
for the conditions of the miners. If
this is not done then it will only be
fight between Boylan and Lewis,
and Maloney and Cappelini. The
rank and file opposition says that
if the strike is for better conditions
that all of the miners will support
the strike, but if it is only a strike
for the leaders to get jobs and the
dues, then thousands of miners will
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
loue Quickly Enact Rots Message Initiate Dollar 6OO Le
TOrgIer Is in
Hands ofNaSi
Secret Police
German C.. P. Leader Is
in Grave Danger; Other
Defendants Still Held

BERLIN, Jan. 16.-Ernst
Torgler, German Communist
leader, was brought to Berlin
from Leipzig, and turned over
to the Nazi secret police, the Min
istry of Propaganda announced Today.
Torgler, with the three Bulgarian
Communist defendants, was acquitted
of completely in the Reichstag fire by
the verdict wrested from the Leipzig
Supreme Court by the worldwide
protest movement. All four defend
ants have been in jail despite their
acquittal. The turning over Of Torg-
Ter to the Nazi secret police means
that Torgler is in great danger of
being murdered, as well as that the
Nazts are preparing to carry out their
threat of putting Torgler on trial
again, this time on charges Of high
treason.
The Nazi threat against the life
Of Torgler must evoke the greatest
storm of mass protests throughout
the world. The mass protest move
ment, which forced the Nazi court
to recognize the innocence of the four
Communist defendants, must be in
creased ten-fold to force the safe re-
lease and departure from Germany
of the four heroic Communist defend
ants.
Especial to Daily Worker
MOSCOW, Jan. 16.-The Berlin
correspondent of "Izvestia" reports
that information received by foreign
journalists from the Ministry Of IN
ternal Affairs in reply to their in
quiry on the ultimate fate of the
three Bulgarian defendants reads the
same as before:
1.-THE three Bulgarian Communists
remain in prison"
The prison regime also remains un-
changed. The three defendants are
held in SOLITARY confinement, not per-
mitted to receive their relatives nor
even to see one another. The daily
exercise in the prison yard continual
to be limited to exactly 20 minutes.
NEW YORK.-Previous reports by
the Daily Worker from Parts declare
that Georgi Dimitroff is seriously i'll
as a result of the brutal prison re-
gime, the strain of the long Reich
stag trial and the long months of i'm
prisonment preceding the trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Congress Gives RFC
SS5O,OOO,OOO More
Increased Loan Power
Continues R.F.C.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 49,
A bill TO increase the lending power
of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration by $S50,0O0,00O was passed by
both houses of Congress today and
sent to the President for signature.
The bill also empowers the RIG. to
continue to function until more funds
are voted.
The total lending power of the r.
F.C. was increased by the adoption
Of this measure to $3,750, 100000. The
new funds which will be obtained by
means OF this action will be pumped
into bankrupt industries and banks
to maintain the profits of the mono
polists intact, while millions of I'M
employed are left without relief
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
auditorium Secured
For Washington Natl
.JObIess Contention

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16.--
Herbert Benjamin, National Or
ganizer Of the Unemployed Conn
ellis, has secured the Masonic Au-
ditorium at Tenth and U. SITS. for
the use of the National Convention
Against Unemployment, to be held
in Washington on Feb. 8, 4, and 5.
The banquet halls of the same
Masonic building will be used for
by the delegates in which to get
their meals.
Sleeping quarters for 800 of the
delegates have already been Sc
cured, and arrangements are being
made to get accommodations for
200 more to take care of the 1000
delegates who are expected to at
tend the convention.