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Evening star., 1934-04-15
JOBLESS WOMEN'S
CAMP TO CONTINUE
Home Where They May Re.
Gain Health Pronounced
Success.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14-The camp
for unemployed women suggested by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins has
been so successful. it was announced
today, that it will be continued and
enlarged this Summer
A small group of women Wintered
In steam-heated buildings at Camp
Terra in Bear Mountain Park. About
June l the little log cabins will be
reopened and 200 women will be en-
rolled.
Offers Wsmen Rest.
The camp, financed by the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration, is
designed to give unemployed women
and women working at low wages a
chance to rest and regain their health.
THE camp went through its expert
mental stages last Summer" said Miss
Norma M. Carrier, personnel director,
but now we feel that we have sue
ceeded in creating what the founders
of Camp Terra had in mind-a fully
equipped camp, in an ideal spot,
the means to pay for much needed
rest may find health and happiness in
an outdoor vacation.
On Cooperative Basis.
''We are very anxious to offer the
splendid facilities of Camp Terra to
the clerical and business women who
are unemployed. or those who are
employed but are underpaid and can
not afford a regular vacation.
Camp Terra is run on a co-opera-
tive basis, so that girls of the white
collar class, who usually resent any
offer of help. have the opportunity of
vacation which will afford them
healthbuilding privileges and at the
same time permit them to keep their
sense of independence by taking part
in carrying out some of the lighter
duties of the camp"
The Summer program will include
recreational activities and vocational
classes in typing. filing, English, cur
rent events, literature and nature
study
Evening star., 1934-04-15
.THREATENSTR|KE
vER0|L CODE PAY
Labor Policy Board to Ask
Wage DifferentiaIs Be
DiSapproved.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
william l.. Leiserson, chairman Of
the Petroleum Labor Policy Board,
said yesterday the board would rec
ommend to Secretary Ickes, oil ad-
ministrator, that proposed wage diff
ferentials be disapproved.
Leiserson at the end of a three-day
hearing criticized severely the differ
entails. which were prepared by the
Planning and Coordination Commit
tee, Oil Industry Code Authority.
Despite Leisersons announcement,
Harvey Fremming, president of the
International Association of Oil Field,
Gas Well and Refinery Workers, said
he was disguised" because the three
days had been wasted" Fremming,
who with other labor leaders had
threatened strike if the differentials
were approved, said workers would not
attempt further negotiations with
Government agencies.
Threatens Test.
He said the workers would try their
economic strength" and said that
meant a strike, ''if necessary"
Leiserson's objections to the Plan
ing Committees differentials were that
they attempted to set wage minima as
seen by employers. That question, he
added, as we'll as the problem of max
ing clasSificationS of workers, was a
matter for collective bargaining be-
tween employers and employees.
Leiserson said the Government was
concerned only in making certain that
equitable general adjustments as be-
tween the pre-code period and the
present be set up, in conformity with
code provisions.
Declared "Communistic.
He added it would be "communis-
tic" for the Government to fix the
actual wages.
The Planning Committee, he went
on, was working under a misappre-
hension all this time"
Fremming arose at the close of the
hearing and said he intended to ask
President Roosevelt to abolish the
Labor Policy Board.
In a statement, Amos L. Beatty,
chairman of the Planning and Co.
ordination Committee, said the COM
mittee's suggested differentials COM
pared "favorably" with those fixed
for other industries.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

volume over March, 1888, and OF %
per cent over March, 1892.
Part Of the extreme rise above last
year was attributed to the effect on
salk last year Of the March bank
moratorium. An early Easter also was
reported to have had an effect.
March nationwide merchandise
sales were 10 per cent better than in
February as against an increase of
~ per cent in the same period last
year. For the first three months of
this year such sales were 58H per
cent higher than for the first quarter
Of 1893.
The estimates are based upon fig
ures furnished by the large mail order
companies and many chain units
operating exclusively IN small towns
and cities Of the Agricultural area.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

Coal, Iron g. Railroad Co. here today
Joined the general walkout which has
virtually closed Alabama coal fields
because of q dispute over an order by
Gen Hugh S. johnson raising wages
and shortening working hours.
Meanwhile, coal operators an
nounced conference here Wednesday
to determine the next step in their
battle against elimination Of the wage
differential between Alabama and
competing coal fields.
The Federal injunction, under which
Alabama mines were permitted to
continue paying $40 per day, instead
Of the $3.50 ordered by Gen. johnson,
expires Monday. when the hearing to
make the injunction permanent Is
scheduled. What action operators will
take Monday has not been determined.
Union officials estimate that more
than $4,000 miners are now out, in
volving a major part of the production
Of the area.
ELECTRICAL, MEN STRIKE
Evening star., 1934-04-15
JOHN D. LIKES FLOWERS

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, April IA
(R.-Although he is "a years old and
has given up golf and his customary
walks outside his gardens. John D.
Rockefeller retains his keen interest
in flowers
The aged philanthropist is spending
much time In his garden and 1t was
learned today that he has decided to
enlarge it. He has purchased a small
tract of land adjoining the Case
ments. his Ormond estate The tract
runs back about 100 feet and will give
him room for several new greenhouses
to take care Of the tropical plants of
which he is especially fond.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

suited IN . strike Of 500 employees Of
the Knapp-Monarch Co., electrical
supplies manufacturers.
During February the employees
union struck, charging the company
had interfered in deciding which of
two unions should represent them in
collective bargaining.
Subsequently, the st. Louis Regional
Labor Board held the company had
not violated N. r. A. provisions, and
that the company was within its rights
in refusing to reinstate two employees
who had been discharged.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Corn-Hog Plans Mature.
spatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, April 14.-The
Prince William County Corn Hog Pro.
duction Control Association will be or
ganiZed here next Tuesday.
The District Committees already
have been elected and it is from this
group that the board Of directors OF
the control association will be selected.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

BELLEVILLE, ILL.,, (R.-A dispute
over the refusal Of company officials
to re-employ two workmen today re-
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Demanded 20 Per Cent Raise.
RUBBER WORKERS TO MEET.
Plan to Discuss Unionization in Apron
Section.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, April IA P).-
The settlement of three strikes in
volVing about l,500 workers dominated
the labor horizon of Ohio today but
clouds loomed over the Akron sector
anew, as several thousand rubber
workers planned to meet tomorrow to
discuss unionization campaign.
John House. president of the Good
year local affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at Akron,
asserted the union had more than
$4,000 members in the Akron district,
and added:
This marks the start of the rub
bers workers unions campaign for
recognition"
Settlements announced today in
volved the Aetna Rubber Co., en-
ploying 450 persons at Ashtabula: {:
the Pharis Rubber Co. at Newark, en-
ploying 900 workers, and 100-odd Fed
eral relief administration workers at
Newark.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

ELECTRICAL MEN STRIKE.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
TOPICS CLUB MEETS
Mrs. R. A. Bennett Presents Pro-
gram at Riverdale.


Special Dispatch to The Star
RIVERDALE, Md, April 14.-Mrs
r. A. Bennett, a former county fed
Grafton president. presented the pro-
gram of the Current Topics Club here
last night at the home of Mrs. John
Harlan, with Mrs. Charles E. Holmes
presiding. Miss Nan Smith and Mrs.
Luther S. Munson assisted Mrs. Ben
nett with the program, which is con-
tinuation Of the study Of Latin
America.
Mrs. John Bush was named delegate
to the State Federation Convention
and those who will represent the club
in the county semi-annual meeting
are Mrs. Max Vollberg, Mrs. L. l..
Powers, Miss Ada Lipe and Mrs Peter
Duguid, director. Miss Isabelle Free
land was assisting hostess.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
RETAIL TRADE SHOWS
GAIN IN SMALL TOWNS
65 Per Cent Increase Over March
of Last Year Indicated
by Survey.

BY the Associated Press.
A marked up-turn in merchandise
purchased in small towns and rural
areas for March was reported yes
terday by the Commerce Department.
Preliminary estimates indicated an
increase Of 65h per cent in dollar
Evening star., 1934-04-15
PEACE REJECTED
BY AUTO BODY MEN
Decision Continues Strike of
Seaman and Nash
Employees.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April IA
Employees of the Seaman Body Corpo-
ration today voted to reject new pro-
posals to settle the strikes at the
body plant and the two factories Of
the Nash Motors Co. The vote is
binding on about 4,700 employees of
the two companies.
Labor officials said peace terms were
rejected by vote of 625 to SO.
Groups in Agreement.
Only consent of the Seaman work.
ers was needed to end the strike which
has tied up production of Nash auto
mobiles seven weeks. Employees of
Nash plants at Kenosha and Racine
had accepted terms offered by the
companies. But workers Of the three
cities had agreed not to resume work
until all groups have approved a set
tlement.
The vote of rejection ended a Sec
ond effort to restore peace. The first
compromise voted down was offered
by the National Automotive Labor
Tribunal.
Demanded 20 Per Cent Raise.
Workers demanded 20 per cent
increase In pay and a minimum OF
60 cents an hour. The companies
offered boost Of about 10 per cent,
minimum Of so cents an hour and
improvement Of working conditions.
The chief issue at the Seaman Body
Corporation plant, which makes
bodies Of Nash automobiles, was the
rehiring Of strikers. The corporation
had agreed to give strikers first con-
sideration and to make places for
non union workers next.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
REVIVAL PLANS LAID

1oiIsH1oulH, va, TasLof TO Alo
Leesburg Baptist Program.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, April 14-An-
nouncement has been made that Rev.
Gerald H. Payne of Portsmouth, Va,
would assist Rev. H. B. Jennings, pas
tor Of the Leesburg Baptist Church,
in q revival meeting, beginning April
% and continuing until May 4. Asso-
ciated with Rev. Mr.. Payne will be
Mr.. and Mrs Claude H Ward of Alex
andria.
Services will be conducted daily at
10 o'clock am and pm. with prayer
services beginning nightly at 745
O'Clock.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-09
Correspondence
VIRGIN ISLANDS u. S. A.

New York March 80: Virgin Islam
ders resident on the mainland, organ
lied labor units affiliated with the Anne
rican Federation of Labor and civic
bodies will join together in huge mass
meeting TO be held in this city, Sunday
afternoon. April 18th. at st Marks Hall
57West 1873 Street, to pass upon a reSo-
luton to be sent to the President of the
United states. requesting him to enlarge
the Commission recently appointed by
him as az Advisory Commission for the
one million dollar Public Works Admin.
Istration projects for the rehabilitation
of the islands. TO include ma
tive Virgin lsiandersand representatives
of LABOR The movement is started by
Mr.. A, Randolph. reputed 20 be the most
outstanding orator, thinker. economist
and writer on the mainland. He is the
National President of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, the. only 0ationaI
Negro labor organization Ia the United
States, o. which Mr.. Ashley L. Totten,
National Secretary Treasurer is the
founder. 1t has 15 locals with a mem.
bership OF s, 4G0. Mr.. Randolph states
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EDITORIAL

From an article published 10 this edi.
ton 1t wili % "a that Mr. AS llev
l. inften is being groomed for place
ont resident Roosevelt s advisory council
for ht Virgin Islands fhe only Gnde-
sirab.e feature orr New York friends
seem 10 De ab to discover 10 the Wash
ington plaa Is the aosenca of a Virgin
Islander on the advisory BOARD.
Government from Washington brought
Prohibti}1 We could never see me
wisdom of If. AID always resented the
inj istIce of enforcing the prohibition
laws on US. Today the Government does
not only say We should manufacture
business and let the Government do all
the man lfacturing and the exporting of
liquor.
Government from w ash ingto
brought Us Immigration restrictions
without quota limit.
Inc extension of the immigration
laws TO St. Croix debarred agricultural
workers from coming 70 the island al
though there was shortage of labor
here
A nd so on we may continue to cite
instances of the disadvantages OF wnaI
W. term Government fri V4shll gton.
Ii the Virgin Islands Compa ~ be
chartered elSaVlare an | establish oI.i-
ness In this island under the gudanca
of an advisory council unacquainted with
local conditions there is every proba-
biliIy that through lack of first hand
knowledge of the situation serious mis-.
takes could be made AMI the islanders
would De the sufferers ia every ease.
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tire group represents CAPITAL, and
that nor a single Virgin Islander or
anyone to ,epres Il LABOR is Oh the
Commission. n ore for the Commits
sion TO be effeci said be, there
mu be pers rs 90 VINO have en- init.
mate knowle re, S ipathy aud under
standing of fae SOC economic arrange
ments OF the isian s, the problems af-
fec1ng the nHoad asses of aboring
people in tn rela q to the tiny fabric
of capitalistic lily rinded native land
lords and Ian 0Wne The Virgin Is
lands Civic Associa IN led by Mrs. Jua-
nita Irgue Gallwa Executive Secre-
larry, julius A Thomas, Donald A. Du
Bots, Louise Richar Is, Leonard Brewer.
Samuel Irving. DeDoin9 Murphy, Jo-
sepn Anton Louis Fair, Bennett w Reu-
bel and other memo RS of the Execu
tive Board Introduced resolution at
its meeting Wednesday 18th March
and gave all those attending whether
members or not an opportunity to vote
on it, The resolution which passed
una aimouslv is TO the effect that the Vir-
gin Islands Civic Association join with
the aforementioned mOve meDtthatVngin
islanders be placed on the Commission
and G also reads th9tthe said associa-
ing Car Porters and other labour units
that Mr.. Totten be placed on the
Commission because of his labor know
ledge and experience as a labor organ
izer in parti Gu ar. and aso
b e a u Of h many sacrifices
he continues to make unmindful of him
self but to help the many hundreds of
Virgin Islanders in dire want and need
in this depression. he Executive Com
mittee produced a record of Mr. Totten's
work submitted by he Brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porte ), inclusive of an
article in TODAY magazine published
by Vincent Astor. frieno of President
Roosevelt under da : March 24h. which
proves that he is a national character.
admired and respected by the leading
people (eolored and white) throughout
the United States. and that it is the
hope of organized labor that he will be
placed on the Commission. The resolu-
ton also points out me fact that natives
should be on the Commission in the in
terest Of the native inhabitants who are
far away from the scene of action, and
would not be permitted to defend the
position of either capitalist or labor 10
the islands in the event the Commission
proceeds to take such action as may be
detrimental TO the iSiaDds or its people.
The mass meeting has been arranged to
give organized units in the islands annie
time to express themselves by letter,
cable or otherwise. Address all commu-
nicati0ns t0 Mr. philin Popdoln
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Random Notes

A full evening of educational enter.
Iainment will be produced at the Chris
siansted Theatre oy St. Luke's A NJ. E.
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Church Tuesday evening April 10 when
the rageant Ethiopia at the Bar of
Justice" will be presented
The cast has Deen augmented with
leading local talent and hese popular
actors will again appear at their best
in- Pageant is one of the oldest forms Of
the drama affording combination Of
form, mask. color. movement and music
The cast Ethiopia at the Bar of JUS
ii :e' nAs o zen Oractisei veil a1i Dag
aud will produce finished product we'll
worth your patronage.
Lieutenant Governor Cramer sailed
for st. Thomas on Saturday.
Governor P arson is expected to leave
for WASHINGTON on Wednesday.
Rev |. Iverson and family sailed on
the SIS Catherine" on Saturday. Sew
erdI Of the members eff his Congregation
were on the dock to bid them goodbye.
Mr.. Aluvis Schneider and family re-
turned to St. Thomas on Saturday.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-09

Governor P arson is expected to leave
for WASHINGTON on Wednesday.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-04-09

Lieutenant Governor Cramer
for st. Thomas on Saturday.
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Mon. Apr. 9.

MOD n pI D.
The du'ies Of home are a disciDiAs
for the ministries of heaven :
Manning.
H NJ. PlGOFT Rector.
st. Johns Church. Christianste1
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Mr.. Aluvis Schneider and family re-
turned to ST. Thomas on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

NEXT WEEK-The first complete aad exclusive
account of the insolvency of the famous Duncan
Sisters with many coE0Hsry Broadway and HoLIyV0od
cases whose details are startling.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
UNDER
SOLEMN OATH

disfigured her nose. The most skilled medical ab
tenton, with consequent big-bllls, was imperative
and Judith's financial difficulties were height
ened by the fact that she was supporting he1
parents.
When she recovered her beauty she went inta
the stage play, Dinner at Eight, scoring EN-
phatcally as the vulgar Mrs. Packard. Out OF
not too swollen salary, judith had to hire per:
sonal maid, who acted as her masseuse, send
money home and pay stipulated amounts to
creditors under garnishee order The obvious
sequel was that she went bankrupt:
Terrific handicap for aspiring girl. But
Judith. again in the talkles, is battling her way
back to new fame and, let's hope, fortune. Hel
bankruptcy was traglc instance OF whaI Dig
bills-necessary bills in her case-can 90 to
damage girls career.
JUDITH, however, as you may have surm1sed'
is far from unique figure in that unhappy
cluster of ladies of the limelight who have been
forced to tell their money troubles TO the olg'
stern referee.
Last Summer, for instance, Phoebe Lee, "glor"
ifed" by the late Florenz Ziegfeld and since heY
retirement always considered to be IN the cnlps,
astonished good many people by filing VoI'
untary petition in bankruptcy.
my liabilities?" said Phoebe with p politely 6te
rising infection. "Why, they're over 5000
what! No assets?" doomed the voice OF thA
examining, official. 'None," said Phoebe firmly.
1t was true. So Phoebe was promptly ds"
charged. Her creditors included such "class
frms'' as Revillon Freres, Hattie Carnegie do
luxe fur shops, florist shops and that perslstenE
ogre, the renting agency for her apartment"
Poor Vera Montgomery! She. too, went
through quite an ordeal. This comely Vlennese
singer. actress and diSeuSe, although she had
lived at a smart Park Avenue address, had 70
admit that she owed more than $4,000.
CHE had no more assets than pig has wings.
- and the situation was harassingly complicated
by the fact that at the very moment the creditors
were yowling she was planning to marry
Siamese prince!
Quite pathetically appealing was the distres-
sing case of Peggy Allenby, beautiful young
leading ingenue familiar both to Broadway ana
Hollywood.
Peggy entered liabilities of $4,000 and more on
the record admitting that her assets totaled
$3.50. Her bills included mortgage on
piano, hotel suite rent and beauty shop
treatments
Asked how she came to get into
this trouble, Peggy was candoR in"
v a carnate. She explained that her
~ regular job was acting, but u
~ haven't had any theatrical engage
ments since last November"
She added that she had been
i'll and had been ordered to California for
her health, "and it cost lot Of money!
With laudable honesty she testified that she
enjoyed the benefits of q small estate, but
was drawn up on payments from that for
quite long time.
No one was dependent ON her for sup"
port she said. She had no jewelry-"not
speck" Her discharge was quickly and prop
erly granted
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

ratio existed for those two years in many
other cities and towns.
AS far back as 1880 President Hoover
said that bankruptcies were costing every
man. woman and child of the nations
124, 100000 population on an average of
six dollars year. The credit losses for
the country through bankruptcies were
then amounting to approximately $780,
100000 per annum!
In concluding this first chapter Of our
Bankruptcy series, let US momentarily
Danish statistics and return to the all
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too-human note in such cases. Consider that of
Judith Wood.
Miss Wood, ravlsning young platinum
blonde, was originally in charge of the fashion
HOLLYWOOD beckoned and Judith's future as an
actress seemed all set But tragedy lurked in the
offlng.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

nd the answer, according to experts, is: NO!
Importing this view is the finding of official
[igators, Judge William Clark of the United
District Court of New Jersey and officials
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

a. voluntary. petit
n bankruptcy be-
she didn't want
husband, Wallace
cry, Jr., to "in-
bills she had con-
d before she mar
i'm. (They were
divorced.)
e chief complaint
petition was that
as continually be-
liked and bounded
well-known proc
rvers. They used
her footsteps, she
n e d, at the New
movie studio where
as working. They
lay in ambush for
It her home, she
At the time this
written no dispo-
of the case had
reached.
recent ferment of
lkruptcy cases has
b in the minds OF
king people the
on: is such a pro-
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

of the Department of Commerce and the
Yale Institute of Human Relations.
The State of New Jersey was selected
as the ideal "clinic" and the high rate of
bankruptcy cases was studied in the minu-
test detail. The report, which was sent to
Secretary of Commerce Robert Lamont,
proved conclusively that Of the cases ex-
amined seventy-ive per cent of the bank-
ruptcies were preventable!
Let us momentarily revert from the gem
eral to the particular. In New York City,
the year 1882 marked q new and, it seemed,
all-time high for bankruptcy cases. In
the southern district Of the metropolis,
alone, scrupulous canvass showed, there
were 3,142 admitted insolvencies. (And
don't forget that great many bank
les are never publicized at all)
1888 this staggering figure sank to 2,736.
was a gratifying drop. But the fact remains
the totals for 1882 and 1888 represent the
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port, she said. She had no jewelry-"nOt 1
speck." Her discharge was quickly and prop
erly granted.