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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
SILVER SHIRT LEADER
CONVICTED OF FRAUD

ASHEVILLE, N. Civilian Dudley
Pelley, founder and leader of the fascist
Silver Shirt Legion, was convicted on Jan.
q of defrauding his gullible followers thru
the sale of fraudulent stock in a bankrupt
concern, the Galahad Press, Inc, following
complaint of several stock purchasers.
Robert G. Summerville, associated with
PelIey's fascist outfit as managing editor
Of the magazine Liberation" CD official
organ of the Silver Shirt terrorists, was
also convicted, but third defendant, Don
D. Kellogg, secretary of the Galahad Press,
was acquitted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
I roia Sta Is Fight for
ever Electr city Rate

Herald with his little spiel and
praised the Montar a-Dakota Pow
err company (for which ne was
paid in advertising), Plentywood
forgot about its lower rate and its
petition.
In Helena an action has been
started for the disqualification OF
Commissioner Jerry ]. O'COnnell
on the board of the Montana rail-
road and public service commission.
It seems that Jerry is trying to
live up to some of his prediction
promises and is going after the
power company, and the company
does not like it, and if they can't
buy him they will do all they can
to have him removed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
WORKERS WIN SUGAR
STRIKE In PORTO RICO

PONCE, Porto Rico, Jan. 26.-Power-
fully organized in united struggle against
the imperialist sugar barons and their ship
ping companies, longshoremen and sugar
workers here won major victory yester-
day after more than week of a general
strike which paralyzed the island
The workers gained an eight-hour day
and full recognition Of their union. The
negotiations concerning wages are still con-
tinuing, although Governor Blanton Win
ship, Roosevelt-appointed governor of Por-
to Rico, is still intriguing to break the
strike.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
SHAREHOLDERS
ARR RALROLADED
FOR ORGANIZING
Planters Break Up Southern
Tenant Farmers
Meeting

MENA, Administrations Negro
and white sharecroppers face pri-
son terms or $500 fine each for
attempting to organize southern
share croppers.
A. B. Brookins, Negro, L. M.
Mills and w. H. Schultz, white,
members of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, and R. L. Butler,
a Negro school teacher who vol
unteered to help the organizers,
were arrested Nov. Is at a local
meeting of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union in Cross county.
A band of raiders made up of
planters and led by Sheriff Stacey
and Prosecuting Attorney Robert
son of Cross county, Arkansas,
broke up the meeting and carried
the four leaders off to jail, hold
ing them on charges of "interfer-
ing with labor and securing mon
ey under false prefer ses."
The four defendants vigorously
protested that they were not reaHv
for trial, and demanded the riCht
of attorney. The prosecuting at
torney had the trial pushed trhonOh
the justice of the peace court the
very next day The leaders were
helpiese ard fines of 800 each
were imposed upon them. T. G.
Carpenter. attorney for the Sor1th-
/ ern Tenant Farmers Union. rushed
J to the county court and filed an
peals. TIE iudpe set the bord al
} sH00 each even though the fines
we've orlv 800.
F'r--d~ for +ha bonds were verv
! diffie1ll4 m ohtnin end IT. +colr orf
month before th- farm leader
woe ~nIeasod. The +rial for on
) roaI --'11 ~o~re I'm IN ci~cr,i+ cour
Fob * - w-rre Arkansas.
PROTESTS TTrced
$ eTvrch spi~i+ p~evaiIs. Ther
D e~---- e------ ~ ---:Il - -.~sl-o~aaI ee
< To iai1 a~ vras wavd poS~ere if ~,
: ~.-o-1-o~- o-,I f~----a~- az Avoe~ic
: fail to protest" Iucien Koch, dir
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01

TIE TN of Froid has petitiored
the public service commission, thru
Jerry ]. O'Connell, for reduction
in electric rates.
The petition asks for doing
away with the present SIPS per
month base charge, for which we
are getting nothing in return, and
asks for a monthly minimum of
SLIGO for which we shall be en-
titled to electricity at the proposed
rate beginning at cents per kilo-
watt, with a down grade schedule.
The proposed rate is fairer in
the way that it gives to the small
consumer a benefit which he is not
getting now. Under this rate we
would pay SLIGO for 20 kilowatts
while we are now paying $2.45 for
the same amount. When it comes
to using around so kilowatts, the
difference in the present and the
proposed rate is very slight.
And PIentywOOd
But what is the matter with
Plentywood? Are the people in
Plentywood not interested and not
as much entitled to a lower rate
as the people of Froid? A petit
ton was sent in here for the pur-
pose of being circulated and sign
ed. The few who have seen the
petition signed it, but very few had
a chanc to see it and others never
knew anything about it. AS soor
as Harry Polk came out in the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
WAR CLIQUE EXPECTS TO GET ONE
BILLION OUT OF ''WORK RELIEF

WASHINGTON.-The secret of ROose-
velt's insistence on a four billion dollar
work relief fund that will have no strings
attached to it emerged today when army
and navy officials expressed the expecta-
ton that they would get more than one bill
lion of these funds for war building pur-
poses.
In this way, Roosevelt has already spent
close to a billion dollars of public works"
money for war preparations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01

ector of Commonwealth College,
Mena, Arkansas, told a mass meet
ing of the sharecroppers at Marked
Tree on Jan. "a. workers and
farmers must flood the prosecuting
attorneys office with protests"
the young college head declared.
The. United Front Action Com
mittee of Commonwealth College,
Mena, Arkansas, and the Polk
county brarch of the international
Labor Defense ask that protests
be sent immediately to the office
of Prosecuting Attorney James
Robertson, Wynne, Arkansas.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
How to Build Farmers co operative

tuition in the form of over-charges
for the goods they buy.
A Kallying Center
From the very beginning of a
cooperative it must be made clear
to all of those who join that it
is not only to buy and sell that
the cooperatives are organized, but
that they have a much more i'm
portant purpOse-that of becoming
a rallying center for the member
ship and the patrons in their eff.
forts at achieving better living
conditions, spreading working class
literature, politically developing
the masses to understand their
conditions and problems The CO.
operative must become broad cen
ter of culture and activity, into
its membership must be drawn
every worker and toiling farmer,
regardless of race or creed. This
implies that the cooperative must
carry on systematic educational
work. It must have educational
committees and departments that
are a part of the institution. In
order conduct educational activ-
ity, funds must be appropriated
for the purpose.
Co., NEo-oo.1,,.~A
From the very Begin ing strict
and efficient management must be
maintained. The management must
be of such nature that it will be
able at any time to give an ac-
count of all phases Of the activity
of the cooperative. Experience in
management counts a lot. Train
ing in working class cooperation Is
necessary for any manager who
undertakes to lead and manage q
modern workers and farmers CO.
operative.
IF the farmers Of Ho0elard will
take these things into considera-
ton when thew build their cooper-
ative, it can not result in ANYTHING
else but success. The present pc
Rod must be utilized nv the corn
nittee that was elected in Decem-
Der for the discussion of the prob
lem among the LARGE masses.
Help from the outside can also
he secured. hut in getting this
heTp, rood iudOment must be used
We must not LET ourselves hecoroe
prey of misleading promoters wifi
whom We have had altogether too
many costly experiences. IF some
one comes end tells the farmer
that there is some easier way ant
better way to organize cooperative'
thew rous+ he locked upon will
euspicion for thew NAV have SOM
fleecine scheme I'D their sleeve.
The Workers. and Farmers Co
operative Unity Alliance. as w
: have told the farmers in the meet
: ings, is a central organization o
| cooperatives which serves the in
+-ro@te of onlv one class and tho
is the workers ard formers. w
If +Fa Alliance arc always ~ea6
70 assist All honest efforts Of ~
: formers and workers to strenOtF
en- their position in every w9v thu
! we car. One Of fhe wavs in on
} opiricn THROUGH which the ou+loo
among the farmers and workers
= Hogcland as well as ether con
Il munities could be broadened on tn
{ Question of cooperation. would +
bv becoming subscriber of eitht
the Producers News or the Farm
y orc National Weekly which latte
is the official organ of the Worl
Z ers and Farmers Cooperative VI
y itv Alliance. These papers carr
considerable roaterisl on the cue
:, y +ion end eerve TO CLARITY and e
, liChter the readers on the funo
- mental problems of cooperation
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
NOTICE

1t is the wish OF the National
unemployment Service to COM
plete the registration of all per-
sons at the earliest possible date.
All persons who have not regis
tered since Jan. 1, 1885, are re-
quested to call at the National Re-
employment Service office in Plen-
tywood and register.
o. 7. Collins.
National Re-employ-
ment Service, -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
SHOOTS UP RELIEF
HEADQUARTERS

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-Because they were
in dire need and had repeatedly been IL
fused relief, R. w. Arden, an unemplOysS.
worker, an dhis wife stepped into nOl I
side relief station here yesterday and sta."
ed shooting. The supervisor of the staslOd4
Miss Caroline Wallace, was critically woui nSo
ed; clerk and the vocational director ~ sis
also hit by bullets Arden then klllea ID
wife and finally shot himself IN the ne"O'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
500 SOLDIERS
PROTECT BALL

VIENNA, Jan. 27.-More than 800 sol
diers picked for their loyalty to the Aus
trian fascist government, surrounded the
ballroom where the upper-four-t Thousand
were dancing last night Chancellor Schus-
snigg and many other high Austrian Of
ficials mingled with the financial and birth
nobility.
So full of fear are the hearts of Aus
trials fascist rulers that they can only
dance behind ring of steel and guns.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
40 WORKERS EXECUTED
IN MANCHUKUO

HONGKONG, China Shouting "long
live China" forty Chinese boys were pub
Jelly executed at Hardin, Manchukuo, by
the Japanese imperialists for participation
in a peasant uprising against national OPP
preston by the Japanese. All of those ex-
ecuted were 16 or II years of age.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
SUGAR BEET WORKERS.
DEMAND $23 PER ACRE

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 27.-Delegates of
the Beet Workers Association of Colorado,
meeting here today, demanded that $23
an acre wage be guaranteed by the Great
Western Sugar Company. During 1884 the
sugar beet workers averaged about $12 an
acre, officials of the union declared.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
SOVIET WAGES
ARE TRIPLED

MOSCOW, Jan. 26. - Earnings and
wages in the Soviet Union increased dur
ing the period 1930-1934 from 100000
rubles to 41,6OO,OOO, or 800 per cent, the
Soviet Party organ, Pravda, announced yes
terday. The average yearly earnings per
worker and employee in 1884 was 1,79I
rubles against 936 rubles in 1880, an in
crease of 81 per cent
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST
NEW GRAIN LAW

PARIS. = Fifteen hundred peasants
demonstrated against the new grain law
at huge meeting at OraisOn, Bases Alps,
and demanded relief for small farmers.
Socialists and Communists addressed the
meeting Over 200 police were sent to the
little town.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
JAPAN IS READY
FOR NAVAL RACE

TOXIC, Jan. 29.-The Japanese naval
minister, Admiral Mineo Osumi, bluntly
announced in the diet today: ''In the event
certain nation starts building heavily, the
Japanese people must be prepared to make
every personal sacrifice in order to assure
Japan an adquate navy" He asked for ap-
preparation of $25O,OO0,OOO to be spent for
navy purposes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-01
GERMAN PEASANT
JAILED FOR CRITICISM

BERLIN.-(S N A)-A small farmer
from Elbau has been sentenced to four
months and three weeks IN jail for CRITICS.
ing the Nazi party to a man selling the
program of Hitler's Nazis on the streets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
WOMEN To HOLD
DEMOCRATIC
CONFAB HERE
BY MARY PADGETT

Mrs. Arthur D. Condor, new.
~ elected president Of the
Women's Democratic Educa.
tional Council, will preside at a
meeting Of the councils new
executive board tonight at 8
o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel.
Chairmen Of the various COM
mittees appointed to date also
will attend this meeting.
Among those who will be
there are DR.. Frances Moon
Butts, vice president; Mrs. Alice
DeaSy, recording secretary;
Mrs. George H. Cameron, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Lillian
P. Kells, treasurer, and Mrs. j.
c. Burchinal, parliamentarian.
The chairmen Of the stand
ing committees are Mrs. Graf
tan Kerans, educational, and
Mrs. Katherine Cowan, mem
bership.
Special committee chairmen
are Mrs. S. ]. Asbury, chairman
Of the study group, which di'
reefs the work of the absentee
voters bureau; Miss Ida Mapel.
chairman Of the history group;
Miss Viola Wildermuth, who d.
reefs the reporter plan group,
and Mrs. Clara Wright Smith,
who heads the District Of Co.
lumhia committee, which is
working hard to assist the pas
sage in Congress of a primary
law In the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

fingers in many minds after a
conviction on purely circumstan.
tial evidence can be left to the fu-
ture for possible solution without
blood on the public conscience.
1t is indeed gratifying to see
the growth of sentiment against
capital punishment. President
Roosevelt last year expressed his
wish that it could be abolished.
Warden Lawes Of Sing Sing prison
is an ardent opponent of the prac-
tice. as are also the wardens Of
"a other State prisons. They say
it does not accomplish the lessen.
ing Of murders, and that there is
danger Of executing innocent men.
Their opinions ought to be worth
a good deal.
Early in this ssion Of Congress,
Representative Kvale Of Mime
sofa introduced a bill to abolish
capital punishment in the District
of Columbia. Let me urge every.
one interested in the subject to
write letters to Representative
Kvale and to members Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee of
the House of Representatives. ask
ing favorable action on the bill.
1t is the hope f all advocates of
the measure that the Hearst
papers will indorse it editorially.
JAMES P. BRIGGS,
Anti-Capital Punishment League
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

High-grade qualities in
linens, gabardines and fancy
cottons. Full cut, with knit
cuff. Sizes 8 to IS years.
Boys English Shorts - In
coverts. khaki, linens and
fancy cottons; to Is years.
Regularly S9c and ~
81 pair. ............ ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Officers Installed

The Petworth Woman's Club
recently installed the following
new officers:
Mrs. LeVerne Beales, presi.
dent; Mrs. o. r. Nelson, vice
president; Mrs. Frank Stuart.
recording secretary; Mrs. Lea.
field DietZ, corresponding secre.
tary, and Mrs. H. c. Sigourney,
treasurer.
Section chairmen are Mrs.
B. w. Frazier, art; Mrs. r. C.
voolfolk, civic; Mrs. r. s. Hart,
educational; Mrs. j. w. Brown,
home; Mrs. S. G. Waite, hos
pitality; Mrs. r. E. Holm, litera-
ture; Mrs. A. C. Fowle, music
section, and Mrs. M. S. Kimball,
philanthropic.
Directors to the District Fed
Grafton of Women'S Clubs are
MS. Otto Hammerlund, Mrs. T.
8. Tincher and Mrs. E. C. Magde.
berger.
Other chairmen include Mrs.
r. E. Mills, publicity; Mrs. E. B.
Johnson, chairman of year
book; Mrs. H. j. Phelps, parlia-
mentarian and custodian of
files; Mrs. Arthur Dunn, GUS
todlan of properties; Mrs. Sue
Richwine, representative to the
Instructive Visiting Nurses So
ciety, and Mrs. r. K. Bailey,
chairman Of the program
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Sentiment Against Capital
Punishment Grows

To The Editor of The Times:
Capital punishment has not
served to minimize capital crimes
and at best it merely arouses the
worst human instincts when big
murder is afoot, says Damon Run
yon, star reporter of the Hearst
newspapers, based on his many
years Of observation. The state
ment is made in the May number
OF the Cosmopolitan Magazine in
a discussion of the Hauptmann
trial. That trial offers a ire
mendous brief against capital pun
ishment, Runyon declares. He also
says there is a lingering doubt in
his mind as to Hauptmann's
guilt. and that without capital
punishment the doubt that always
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Objects to Letting
Bonus Ride

To the Editor Of The Times:
Senator Thomas is quoted as
stating that no further effort
will be made to pass the bonus
at this session." and also states
I'VE are going to leave the bill as
it is and pass the issue on to our
constituents"
With all due respect to the
Senator I wish to say there is
nothing new to that wind up, it
has been the same result for the
last five years. Just five years
too long. And the constituents
are thinking very seriously Of
dropping some of the old boys who
have ridden to fat jobs at the ex-
pense of the veterans vote, and
electing a few new ones who may
have little more influence and
fighting blood, and can accom-
plish something in the interest Of
the men who elected them.
It is the opinion Of many vet
Grams that no sincere effort was
made to pass the bonus at this
session by even many of the Sen
ators who voted for it. We
know the Senators who we're sim
cere in their efforts and those
who voted for it, feeling sure it
wouldn't pass, merely to get the
veterans vote at election.
We are fed up on the Senators
who are making a political foot
ball of the bonus, and we are
equally as much fed up on the Of
ficials of the American Legion
who have succeeded in doing their
part to defeat the bonus each time
it has come up.
The members of the Legion
voted for bonus payment, and not
for any specific bill, the American
Legion officials had no authority
to even consider the Vinson bill,
certainly they had no right to
sponsor the VinSon measure after
the Patman bill had been passed.
This was no doubt done to give
certain Senators a chance to
Straddle the issue.
After this dose perhaps all vet.
Grams will get wise to themselves
and form an organization that
will truly represent the veteran
and not a bunch Of high paid Of
ficials. Unless the veterans do
this they will be the same place
in 1945 as they are now.
HARRY EDWARDS.
Sentiment Against Capital
Punishment GrouS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
WILEY INSTALLED

LAUREL, Md, June 7.-R. C.
Wiley, of College Heights, will be
installed president of the Prince
Georges County Parent-Teacher
Federation in the local school here
tonight. An educational movie is
to be shown as part of the enter
tainment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
New D. A. R. Officers

Newly elected officers Of the
Major William Thomas Chap
ter, Maryland Daughters of the
American Revolution, are an.
nounced as follows:
Mrs. Samuel West Russell,
regent; Miss Adele France, vice
regent; Miss Bruce Cotton, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Wade
Hampton Blakiston, correspond
ing Secre tary; Mrs. Cloyd
Cooper, treasurer; Mrs. Leila
Mattingly Hodges, historian;
Mrs. Justine Sypher. registrar;
Mrs. Griff Alexander, parlia-
mentarian; Mrs. johnson Can
ter, chaplain; and Miss E. j.
johnson, editor.
The group recently met at st.
Mary's Female Seminary in st.
Marys City, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
ID. G.. Nets Million
In Alcohol Taxes

License and beve: Age taxes levied
by the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board Melted the District $1,013,-
989 during the four months since
February /, it was announced to-
day by Jerome E. tombstone, chief
inspector of the ABC Loard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Keyser Reflects
EVerhart Mayor

KEYSER, W. Va, June Z (Spe-
ciaD &C. L. Everhart has been
reelected mayor at the municipal
election over Joseph Nowatski by
a majority Of 241. John C.. Free
land, jr., defeated A. j. Boor for
reelection as councilman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
SOPRANO Featured

The District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs
will feature Mrs. Cooper Light
bown, soprano, during its
among women" program to-
morrow at 1890 p. M, over
Station WRC. Mrs. Lightbown
is president Of the Board of
Lady Visitors of Garfield Hos
pital.
Mrs. Everett Burroughs
Hickerson, Of the federation's
radio committee, will introduce
Mrs. Lightbown and her accom-
PIANIST.
The District federation will
hold its final meeting before
adjourning for the summer on
Monday. June II, at 1890 a. M,
at the Roosevelt Hotel. Reports
will be given by the delegates
attending the triennial conven.
ton of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, now going
on in Detroit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Quashed, at % to 1,
Wins Oaks Stakes

EPSON, Eng, June 7 Q.N.S).
The Oaks Stakes, annual sequel
to the EPSON Derby, was won to-
day by QuaShed, who paid 33 to /.
Ankaret, paying 100 to 6, was
second, and Mesa, paying S to 4,
was third. Seventeen ran.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Mountain Sheep
Stage Comeback

HELENA, Mont, June Rocky
Mountain sheep, at one time
nearly extinct in Montana, are
making a comeback, Tom Peasley.
assistant State fish and game
warden. reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Letters to the Editor

Letters should 200 tDordS They must
signed By rer with his and address These y
confidential and initials used In publication the riter
des0nateS Readers iUd to discuss subject Of
interest.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
STAKES HONOR
BOWLING VET

With all bowlers in the State
and those rolling in Virginia
leagues invited, AStor Clorke will
inaugurate the Milton Crutchley
Sweepstakes at the Clarendon
Alleys Saturday night.
A bowler since the duckpin game
was organized here, Crutchley
during the last decade has played
a prominent part in promoting
the pastime around the neighbor.
ing suburb.
Still an active roller, Crutchley
is a member of the Clarendon
Cleaners with an average around
10. Clarke believes him the best
roller around these parts at his
age of better than 60.
The winner will receive the
Crutchley medal as emblematic
of the championship. Five games
will be rolled. Entry fee is $3.50.
Bowlers will receive a handicap
half the difference of their ave-
rage figured on a scratch figure
of 120.
The event will be rolled in two
blocks, one starting at 7 p. m.
and the other at 9 o'clock.