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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
WAR VETERAN HELD IN
COX EXT0RTI0N CASE
Frenchman Threatened to Kidnap
Film Head, Is Charge.
By United Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Maurice
Monnier. IS. a French national who
served in the American army dur
ing the World war, was held in fed
eral detention prison today await
ing grand jury action on federal
charge that he threatened to kid
nap members of the family of Will
liam F. Fox, former movie executive,
unless he was paid $4,000.
Specifically, he is charged with
violating the so-called Lindbergh
law in that he is alleged to have
sent the threatening letter to Mrs
Fox. The statute carries maxi
mum penalty of twenty years i'm
prisonment and a $4,000 fine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

ground and let the other mobsters
do the actual bank robbing and
take the lions share Of the loot.
Had "RatIike" Courage
But in his death and in many
episodes OF his career with Dillinger
van Meter displayed a "ratlike'
courage. He vas a fierce fighter
when his back was 10 the wall.
Trailing the gangster for two
weeks after a woman stool pigeon
had put the finger" on Van Meter
as he had put the finger on SO
many robbery victims. ST. Paul po-
lice. under chief Prank Cullen, con-
verged on the gangster late yester-
day al University and Marion ave-
nues. St. Paul
With their sub-machine guns
trained on the fugitive. police Off
GERS called upon Van Meter 10 halt
Instead. he turned. whipped out MS
pistol and fred twice at the pur-
Suers-
Before the police could retaliate
an aged woman stumbled inviting
IS into the line OF fire.
Luck Does Not Hold
For a moment it seemed that
Lady Luck which had saved Van
Meters life 50 many times was
about 70 intervene again.
The police held their fire, afraid
Of hitting the woman. Van Meter
began to run. Then the woman
moved away and the police artillery
spoke. Van Meter dropped.
Like Dllinger. Van Meter had
had his face lifted. It was discovered
when his body was examined at the
St. Paul mOrgue. A conspicuous
mole. prominently mentioned in pO-
lice circulars. had been removed by
plastic surgery. A tattO mark on
his left arm likewise had vanished.
The gangster spOrted a small
mustache.
Captain Matt Leach Of the Indi-
ana state police expressed the belief
that the same surgeon who had
performed the face-hfting opera
ton on Dillinger had operated on
Van Meters features.
Contracting the crooked surgeon
who lifted their faces was only one
Of the services Van Meter per-
formed for DillingeT and the gang,
said Captain Leach.
Career Reads Like Fiction
Small, dark and wiry and pos
sessed of an ingratiating PERSONAL
lty, an Meter performed services
fC the gang which sound almost
fctiOnal. police related.
They told of how the Dlllinger
gangsters first looked over the pos
Sibilities OF stealing army weapons
from the arsenal at Fl Benjamin
Harrison last fall and decided it was
too risky. The gang was badly IN
need of weapons.
Then Van Meter boldly visited the
Peru 0nd) police station one
night and asked for a policeman
who had won considerable fame 10
cally for solving a burglary case.
He told the flattered policeman
that he was a writer for a detec-
tive story magazine and wanted to
write up his fine work in the bur
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
PAGE 10
SECURITIES AID NAMED
Former Civil Service Official Is
Commission Secretary.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Fran-
els P. BraSsor today was selected
secretary of the new securities and
exchange commission. Joseph P.
Kennedy. chairman. announced. He
formerly was connected with the
civil service commission and the in
ternal revenue bureau
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

ating out OF IT. Wayne to Button
and Peru, 1t was announced here
today.
A hearing of the public service
commission of Indiana for final ap-
prevail of the transaction will be
held in Indianapolis Aug. 3d.
The lines will be operated under
Henry Butcher. indianapolis, in
charge of the Indiana Railroad sys-
tenn, if the plans are completed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24
TWO STATE TRACTION
LINES TO Be LEASED
Hearing to Be Held Aug. 80
in Indianapolis.
81 United Press

81 JHiTfU FTtss
FIT. WAYNE. Ind, Aug. 24.-Bow-
man Elder, indianapolis. receiver
for the, Indiana Service Corporation,
will lease two traction lines oper-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-24

Diamond fizz contains champagne
instead of egg white; the latter IS
an ingredient of silver fizz.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27

sitting down they stopped and
struck until twelve when the COM
pany was compelled to increase the
mems wages too.
1t is significant that throughout
this stoppage the women played the
leading role and were more mill
tant than the men. The Automo-
bile Workers Union which has men,
bers throughout the shop, was the
driving force in the stoppage.
The new wage scales, were won
through militant action and raised
wages of truckers, stock chasers
and others doing non-production
work so per cent, from 40c to 60c
an hour. Girls who had been get
ting 23c to 32c an hour base rate
got raise to Acc and 45c for those
who have been working longer
while the piece rate was also in
creased 10 to II per cent. Mer
production workers got the base
rate increased to Goo an hour ano
also an increase in the piece rate
The Automobile Workers Unior
today issued leaflet to the Jenk;
and Muir workers hailing Their
splendid victory and calling or
them to consolidate their gains By
building . fighting union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
Brooklyn Workers
To Hold SCOttSbOrO
Protest Saturday
Plan t hree Parade to
Main Meeting at Fulton
and Lewis Streets

NEW YORK. = The workers Of
Brownsville, East New York and
Grown Heights. Brooklyn, are hold
ing a Scottsboro protest parade
this Saturday at 4 p. m. to demand
the release of the boys and halt
to their torture by the Alabama
jailers.
The marchers will mobilize at the
three following points, Penn. Ave.
and Suffer Ave, Stone and Belmont
Ave; and Franklin and Jefferson
Ave. The three lines of march will
converge on Fulton and Lewis ST.,
where an outdoor meeting will be
held. Organizations are urged to
mobilize with their banners and
slogans.
The following protest kilograms
were sent yesterday to Alabama
authorities by the Penn and
Hammer:
Gov. w. L. Miller,
Montgomery, Ala.
Penn and Hammer national Or
ganization Of professionals, scien-
lists, technicians, with branches ir
Is cities, protest mistreatment o.
the Scottsboro boys in Birmingham
jail Demand you order Warder
Erwin to allow I. L. D. attorney;
right of visit (Signed) Pen snc
Hammer, M. Vetch, National Sec.
rotary.
A similar protest telegram wa
sent to Jefferson County Jail, Biz
mingham, Ala.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
Roosevelt Plans a
RetOrt to Japan'S
Claims on China
CONTINUED from Page II

conferred in Washington, Sir Ron
aid Lindsay, British ambassador,
rallied and conferred with Hull's
under secretary, William Phillips.
Japan's recent declaration that its
imperialist rivals in China must
accept Japan's hegemony over China
was confirmed by Hirota in his talk
with the British ambassador. The
original statement by the spokesman
Of the japanese foreign Office specifi-
cally referred to American political
loans and technical assistance to
the Marking government, and was
aimed especially at American i'm
periahsm.
While Japan is interested to see
the Chinese Soviets. against which
Roosevelt's assistance to China is
aimed, destroyed, the japanese i'm
pemalists are not willing to see the
U. S. gain ground in China at the
expense of Japan's design to make
China a part Of japanese Asiatic
empire.
The tense rivalry of the two i'm
perislist governments reveals the
sharpening war danger beneath the
recent exchange OF polite notes
between Hull snG Hirots.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27

in unison, Historically tense.
D. Sella, heaved the ball
toward the hoop. It rolled
perilously round and round
bounding into a mass of clutching
hands. The whistle blew, announ-
cling the end of the game.
The Chicago and New York teams
put up lightning like exhibition,
fighting desperately, with Kaytee
trying to wrest to crown from the
defending champions. The excite
ment during the game rose to ire
mendous heights. The score swerved
up and down the board like a
teeter- tawter in action. The honors
Of the contest were divided between
Benson, rangy, rawboned pivot of
the Sparks who sank half the teams
points, totalling IL markers, and
"Swede' Hanson, captain Of the
Kaytee five, whose five points at
the end of the game and his five
markers during the game put his
team in the win.
Both teams displayed power
house offense and defense. Both
played different kind of game.
The attack of the Sparks was CEN
tered around the pivot man, Ben
son, whereas the Kaytee maneuver
was quick, fast passing game that
dizzied the fans and opposing team.
The game started off with the
Sparks smashing into an early
lead, holding the Kaytee five to
only one point, which Hanson put
in after he was fouled in the
early minutes Of play. Benson
followed with two free throws.
d. Sella hooked short In. Ben
son sweryed from his pivot posi-
ton and swished the oval through
the net from the center, and Rey-
burn followed with frea-thrOw to
put the Sparks into a comfortable
lead, to l.
IN the second quarter, Kaytee broke
4 through the Sparks defense and
barraged the net with volley of
shots from all angles. Hoffman sank
neat little side shot. Kane fol-
lowed with short and Hoffman
came through again with sinker
under the net before Reyburn of the
Sparks sank a long one. Hurley
hurtled the ball through the air from
almost the length of the floor to tie
the score 9 all before half time was
over.
before the third period started,
~ the crowd became tense. Kaytee
had pulled the acorns out of the fire
to set them in the running. A few
I seconds after the teams took the
floor, Reyburn one-handed the ball
through the hoop to put the Sparks
into the lead again. B. Sella made
his charity throw good. Then Adams
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
1000 TarrytOwn
Fisher Men Strike
Continued from Page y

strike here has been very weak. The
Executive COMMITTEES of the larry
town Union has not yet presented
any definite demands, except the
demand against discrimination and
for recognition of the union. The
strikers walked out principally be-
cause of their demand for higher
pay. A weakness is that the Exec
utive Of the Union had failed so far
to formulate any demands on pay
or hours to the company.
The leadership of the union has
thus far failed to effectively organ
ize the strike. This morning and
at noon today there was no mass
picketing. The Chevrolet Plant has
not yet been closed down, although
owned by the same company anc
dependent for its work on the
Fisher Body Company.
At noon today the shift walked
into work with practically no at,
tempt on the part Of the union off,
Gals to organize effective picketinl
to keep this shift out. Undoubtedl!
mass picketing would close down tn,
Chevrolet Plant. Many of the strik
ers spoken to stated that they dix
not know what the strike was about
because of the fact that no clea.
company demands were formulated
The strikers individually are picket
ing very nilitantly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
CWA Pickets Win 50
Weekly Pay Increase

NEW YORK. After a week Of
struggle, during which they set up
mass picket lines around the G.
W. A. Offices the 500 workers on the
G. W. A. Railway Coordination
Project TT won 50 weekly back
paw retroactive since Feb. is.
Facing mass arrests Of their
pickets, the workers, half OF whom
are in the militant Associated Of
fee and Professional Emergency
EMPLOYEES. reformed their picket
lines, and called mass meetings on
the project.
Declaring their intention to
strike unless their demands were
granted, the workers committee met
with c. w. A. administrator Co
w. A. DeLamater today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
Az. FL. LOCAL DEFEATS OFFICERS
PROPOSALS; VOTES TO MARCH
In UNITED FRONT PARADE

ton and residents in Booker Wash
ington Heights here at a recent
meeting voted to send greetings to
the Daily WORKER ending with
the slogans Long Live the Daily
Worker! Long Live the Communist
Party Of the o. S. Al"
PATERSON. N. j.. April 26.-In
an attempt to keep Socialist and A.
F. of L. workers away from the
United Front May Day demonstra-
ton in this city, the A. F. of L. and
Socialist Party leaders, with the CO.
operation of the renegades from
Communism (KelIer g. Company
have decided to celebrate" May
Day on May IL.
The preteXt they offer for sab
otaging the May Day demonstration
against hunger, fascism and war,
is that there isn't enough time to
prepare" Challenged by rank and
file members of the Socialist Party,
Cohen, notorious misleader of the
Jewish masses in Paterson. an
swered, Il myself felt that it wasn't
so good, but We couldn't help it..
However. I promise you that next
year well change our decision to
May LIST.
Many rank and file members of
the Socialist Party and the A. F.
Of L. have declared their intention
to participate in the United Front
May Day demonstration at Sandy
Hill Park, at IL noon Tuesday, in
defiance Of the deliberate SABOTAGE
of the united front by their leaders.
The Communist Party has issued
a call to all workers to support the
May First demonstration. regardless
OF political or other affiliations, and
help carry forward the fight against
wage-cuts and lay-offs, for unem-
ployment insurance and cash relief.
and against the growing fascist ac-
tiYities and war preparations in this
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
Madison So. Meet
To Follow Parade
in N. Y. May First
Continued from Page II

the various organizations and un-
affiliated workers.
Red May Day Tag Days will be
held this Saturday, Sunday. Mon
day and Tuesday. Organizations
should call for boxes at all section
headquarters and Offices of the
Central Branches of the Trade
Unions and the mass organization,
also at 79e Broadway, Room 52e-
the Office of the United Front May
Day Committee, which will be open
all day Sunday for this purpose.
A preliminary demonstration has
been called by the Midtown Section
of the Communist Party for this
morning, 10 o'clock, in the Needle
Trades section at 36th st. and 9th
Ave.
UPPER BRONX-Meetings Fri
day, 7 pm. at ID Williams and
Intervale, and 90 Claremont Park
way and Washington Ave. Parades
to eliminate at Prospect Ave. and
fremont.
| MIDDLE BRONX-Meetings and
parade this Saturday 2 pm. at
wilkins and Intervale AYES, and at
150th and Morris Ave.
BOROUGH PARK.-Mass meet
ings tonight at the Coney Island
Workers Center, at 9th st. and
Mermaid Ave: at Brighton Workers
Center, Brighton Beach, corner of
Coney Island Ave, at 87th Ave
and Bay 25th ST., Bath Beach; at
: zoos 10th St. Bensonhurst; and
, around Borough Park at 1880 56tl1
St. 1873 43rd St.. and 764 4Oth st
WILLIAMSBURG = Parade Mon
J day night, 7 pm, starting at Wood.
hlne and Myrtle; and also an oper
air mass meeting. The marchers
will arrive at Grand Street Exten.
sion at $50 pm.
TAG DAY STATIONS for South
Brooklyn, Sec. 7, were assigned a.
follows: 1872 Myrtle Ave, Sill 5tf
Ave, 1923 5th Ave-, is Fourth Ave.
, 240 Columbia st.
QUEENS.--Tag day stations a.
:, follows, 114-2 Lefferts Blvd, Rich
mond Hill; 1929 Liberty Ave
! Jamaica, L. L, 80 Main st., Mineola
y L. T., 81 Broadway, Hicksville, l..
and So South ST.. Glen Cove, L.
Doors of Garden Open p. m. 70
Evening May Day Celebration
NEW YORK. Doors to the Madi
son Square May Day celebration il
the evening of Tuesday, May frs
i will be opened at o'clock, so tina
workers can begin to enter at tina
e hour.
!. The band will begin to play a
i 7 p. m. and continue through unit
;. the beginning of the meeting q
6 1880 Charles Krumbein. distrit
e organizer of the Communist PART
: will speak from 7;3O to TAO. Stew
Kingston, from 7;45 to 7:55 D. m
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
YerdiCtinRaymOnd
Hearing Postponed
Till 3 Pm. Today
'Nosovitsky Got Money,
Loot Notoriety,' Says
SherwOO>

NEW YORK-Decision in the
hearing Of Harry Raymond, Daily
Worker staff writer, on charge
of criminal libel, will be rendered
al 8 pm. today in the Magis-
trates' Court, 10th st. and Sixth
Ave.
Magistrate Lindau had ad-
iourned to his chambers with
Edward Kuntz of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense and the OPP
posing lawyer to discuss several
points in the testimony after the
trial ended late yesterday after
noon.
George Williams, who brought
the charges against Raymond,
had been accused of being a
strike-breaker and scab-herder
and of having used forged docu-
ments to solicit business.
Yesterday Max Sherwood, sell
styled strike-breaker, admitted
that Williams Job was to get
contracts with business firms to
break strikes, and to devise
schemes for breaking them, Will
liams had said he was q me
chanical engineer and lecturer in
political economy"
In respect to an alleged tele-
phone conversation between
Sherwood and Raymond in which
the former demanded to know
where the Daily Worker OBJ
tanned the information, Vers
Taft, Daily Worker stenographer
who had taken the conversation
down in shorthand, testified thai
Sherwood had not even spoken
to Raymond but had talked tt
ST Gerson, city editor.
Sherwood admitted having
printed the Nosovitsky forged
documents about a red plot
in Mexico in 1925.
''Nosovitsky got the money
S60,O00," he complained. "All
got was the notoriety."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
T.U.U.C. Delegates to
Hold Meeting Tonight

NEW YORK. - Trade Union
Unity Council delegates will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock at Irving Plaza,
Fifteenth St. and Irving Pl., to re-
port on the lessons of the recent
taxi strike here and May LIST and
Unemployment.
The council demands all dele
gates TO attend, and invites all &C
tive union members to be present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
United May Day
Demonstrations
Continued from Page II

ALLENTOWN, Pa-City Center
Square.
HAMILTON, Ohio-Court House
steps, 6 pm.
CINCINNATI, Ohio-At Washing
ton Park, 4:30 pm.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Mass
meeting at Ashley Park, Rivet and
Bolton SITS, at pm.
LAWRENCE, Mass-Mass meet
ing at Italy Grand Hall, 100 Oak
ST., at 7 pm.
HAVERHILL, Mass.-At G. A. P
A. Hall, so Locust St, 8 pm.
STANFORD, Conn.-Nass meet
ing at Atlantic Square.
SOUTH NORWALK. Conn.-Mass
meeting at Main and Ann SITS.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn. - Mass
meeting at Washington Park, 4 pm.
indoor meeting Sokol Hall, Hallet
St., at 8 pm.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Contra,
Green, S pm. Indoor meeting, Little
Art Cinema, So Howe ST., 8 pm.
WATERBURY, Conn. - Soldiers
and Sailors Monument, $50 pm.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.-Main anc
East Main SITS.
HARTFORD, Conn. - Main anc
Windsor, 5 pm, Park and Lawrence
$50 pm. Evening, Odd Fellow,
Hall 400 Main ST e n M
SPRINGFIELD. Conn.-OId Pos
Office, 3 pm. Indoor Liberty Hall
pm.
CHICOPEE FALLS, Conn. -
Polish National Home, pm.
PLAINFIELD, Conn. = Brooklyn
Town Hall, pm.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va. = Cour
House Square, 1890 am.
FAIRMONT, w. Va.-Court HOUSE
Square Jefferson st. side) pm,
Usage. w. VAT pm.
PORTLAND. Meat Lincoln PIX
LACKAWANNA, N. Y.-Friend
ship House. Ridge Road, pm.
YONKERS, N. Y-Larkin Plas,
and Warburton Ave, S pm.
MT. VERNON, N. Y.-Bond st
and Mt. Vernon Ave. $50 pm.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.-64 Ora
waupu1n St., 8 pm.
PORTCHESTER. N. Y.-Abend
roth Ave. and Highland st., SO
p. m.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Reyburl
Plaza Opposite City HalD 1 pm
March to independence Square a
pm. Evening, Broadway Arena
Broad and Christian Sts.
LANCASTER, Pa. = Court Hous
steps, 2 pm.
EASTON, Pa.-Park, IL noon, an
parade to center of city.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Center So
3 pm.
SCRANTON, Pay. M. c. A. Au
ditorium, l pm.
McKEESPORT. pat 9th an
Water Sts., 6 pm.
CONCORD, N. H. - state Hous
Plaza, pm.
LANCASTER, pat the Coul
House steps, 7:30 pm.
VERONA, Pa.-Costa Hall, Fror
ST., 7 pm.
PEABODY, Mass.-Main St, COZ
ner Wallis, at 1880 pm.
! WORCESTER, Mass. - Common
(Salem Square,, 2 pm. indoS
meeting, 80 Endicott, pm.
FITCHBURG, Mass.-Mass NEE
ing at Prichard st.
McKEESPORT, pat 9th ar
J Water SITS, pm.
NEWARK, N. MILITARY Par
pm. Evening celebration /
Sokol Hall, 1853 Morris, 8 pm.
: PATERSON, N. j. - Sandy H
: Park, IL noon.
UNION CITY, N. j. - stadiu
Grounds, 5 pm.
BAYONNE, N. J.-23rd st. ar
Avenue c, pm. Polish Hall, Ea
2Srd ST., 8 pm.
PASSAIC, N. $50 pm.
ELIZABETH, N. Union s,
pm.
LINDEN, N. J.-Wood Ave. al
; 18th ST., 4 pm.
TRENTON, N IA pm.
HILLSIDE. N. j. Hungari;
l Hall, evening.
g PLAINFIELD, N. J.-234 We
/ Front ST.. evening.
!. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.---Ladi
l Aid Hall, 43 New ST., evening.
r OPINION EDITOR TO SPEAK
49,. xu.t,xp.ar xIrie. aditor ~ UNI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27

Clarence A. Hathaway, editor OF
the Daily Worker, from 8 to SAC
p. M, followed by the Scottsboro
mothers, Choruses, and the Storm
Bird, Arteff pageant.
Reserved seats can still be OBJ.
tanned at the rate of 81. All work.
ers able to reserve a seat at thai
fee make it possible for the genera.
admission price to be fixed at q
cents. Workers organizations arr
urged to Immediately order theb
reserved seats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-27
Benjamin To Speak on
H. r. 1898 VS.. Wagner
Bill in Blk Coop Tonite

NEW YORK.-Herbert Benjamin,
/ national organizer of the Unem-
ployment Councils will speak at the
Bronx COOPERATIVE, 270O Bronx
Park East, at $3.50 p. m. tonight
on the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill versus the Fake Wagner
and Steingut Bills.