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Montana labor news., 1935-12-26
SHOEMAKER DEAD 5
ACTION DEMAN ID

TAMPA-Joseph A. Shoe is
dead as a result of the crut ting
inflicted on him by a masked u.~.
Shoemaker, the chairman of the Mod
ern Democrats, an Independent politi-
cal organization with labor and Soci-
alist support, Eugene Poulnot, presi-
dent of the Florida Federation of the
Workers Alliance, unemployed organi-
cation and S. D. Rogers, a member Of
the Socialist party, were seized in front
of the police station with police and
plainclothesmen looking on, and were
driven 80 miles to a remote point where
they were stripped, beaten, and tarred
and feathered. They we're then turn
ed loose to suffer from exposure.
So badly injured was Shoemaker that
his shoulder and side were p~aralyzed,
his foot burned and mutiliated, his head
crushed, and his throat SO badly wound
ed that it was impossible for him to
speak. His leg was a%mputated because
OF gangrene a short while before his
death.
The Joint Committee for the Defense
OF Civil Rights in Tampa organized
Through the efforts OF the Labor and
Socialist Defense Committee set on
foot a widespread program Of pro-
test and action looking to the arrest
and conviction Of the m%urderers Of
Shoemaker.
Just before the news OF Shoemakers
death arrived, William Green, presi-
dent Of the American Federation Of
Labor, wired David LASER, president
of the Workers Alliance of America
with which the three mob victims haC
been affiliated "The outrageous treat
ment Of workers who are members o.
Your Alliance at Tampa, Florida, des-
erves universal condemnation. | an
requesting the president Of the Florida
Federation Of Labor to investigate the
matter and file a report with me"
Norman Thomas wired Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings, demanding an investi-
gation, and to the governor OF Florida
and Mayor Of Tampa asking for i'm
mediate action against the instigatorl
OF the outrage.
Officials Flooded By Wires
Demands for the arrest OF the assail-
ants are flooding the sheriff, the may
or, and the governor. Among those
were the four Socialist mayors anC
many trade union officials.
The three men were at a meeting il
the home OF the secretary of the trucl
drivers union together with c. Z. Jen.
sen, state secretary OF the Socialis.
party, and Walter Rousch, a member O
the state executive committee Of tn,
Socialist party and president Of the
Sulphur Springs Workers Alliance
when polio. entered the house and ar
rested all of them for Investigation.
After being grilled for some time, they
were released, only to be kidnapped a
they left the police station.
The American Civil Liberties Union
has Offered a reward of $1,000 for in
formation leading to the arrest ant
conviction Of the murderers. jane
Myers of the Federal Council OF Chur
ches said, This outrage calls for con
domination and action by all who low,
civil liberties"
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26
GOVERNMENT FIGURING
FAILS TO HIDE INCREASE
IN FARM FORECLOSURES

fore
closures are on the increase again, de-
spite misleading talk by government
officials about this year showing a 7
per cent drop. Their estimate is based
on U. S. Department of Agriculture
figures which cover only up to March
is of this year.
Farm economists who have made in
dependent surveys point to reports of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
which show a definite increase in farm
foreclosures in the first half OF 1885
and to confidential reports Of the Farm
Credit Administration showing hat
new foreclosure actions by the II fed
eral land banks this year are from 100
per cent to 10 per cent higher than in
1884.
Foreclosures pending are more than
1870 per cent higher this year than last,
and the number of completed foreclos-
ures is nearing 1928 levels, according
to these same experts.
Figures of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board, covering about half the
country, show an increase in real es-
tate foreclosures in the first seven
months OF 1885, making the total II per
cent higher than for the same period
of 1926, 2 per cent higher as compared
to 1882 and s per cent higher than in
the first seven months of 1884.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Boards figures on farm foreclosure.
alone, covering about one-fourth Of the
country, show an increase from 1888,
to 1881 between the first six month.
OF 1884 and the first six months O
1885.
The New Orleans federal land banl
shows a record OF nearly 400 per cen
more foreclosures than the next high.
est for 1885.
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26

Cologne (CS)-The struggle between
the Catholic Church and Nazism has
again entered an active and particular
ly violent phase.
The main forces OF Catholicism bear
ing the brunt Of the Nazi assault are
the Catholic Youth League, whose
membership in Cologne alone numbers
more than 10000. The League and its
branches are particularly active throu-
ghout Western Germany. Recently a
riot took place in Minden. Two Nazi
youngsters interrupted the Church SER
vice and were severly reprimanded by
the priest. AS the villagers refused to
help them against the priest, the young
sters called the Nazi youth organiza-
ton and storm troopers, whereupon a
f~ree-for-all fight started. The Nazis
were forced to retreat. Later the priest
was arrested and received a Jail SEN
tence.
AT Duisburg the Nazis raided the
headquarters of the Catholic Workers
Society. The equipment and many doc
uments including religious scripture
were destroyed and burned. On top OF
the pile a crucifix was thrown while
the members OF the Nazi Girls League
danced triumphantly around the fire
The police who tried to interfere were
attacked by overwhelming numbers oil
storm troopers.
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26

NEW YORK.-(FP)-The Natl. As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Col
.ored People, % Fifth Ave, New York
City, is asking for funds to appeal the
death sentences OF three Kemper coun-
ty, Miss, sharecroppers to the U. S
Supreme Court. The sharecroppers
Ed Brown, Yank Ellington and Henry
Shields, were convicted on the basis o
confessions extracted by inhumar
tortures, the association charges.
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26

Incomes OF millions of farm families.
under present ~unfavorable conditions,
range from 500 to $3.50 annually, fig
ures compiled by the Resettlement Ad-
ministration show.
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26

In the opinion of the Resettlement
Administration, small farm holdings are
secure farm holdings.
Montana labor news., 1935-12-26

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
stitutions may not be sub
jet to perils of discomfort.
, 1935-07-26
W. rls
AT a Glance
BY LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK, July a. When
President Roosevelt travels across
the United States following the ad-
tcurnment Of congress, on what viii
he speak?
The chances are that he will make
only informal talks" and the
chances are that he will discuss mat
tiers which the majority Of his
audiences win desire TO hear.
The larger part Of his route will
be through farm and ranch and
waterpower country. ANY reader can
guess. therefore. what the subjects
ank the reception viii be.
In this purposed tour the presi-
dent may seem definitely aligned TO
the La Follette-Norris p~rogreSsives.
1t Is difficult TO see how 1t could be
otherwise. Since the conservative
democrats are ranged against the
president and since the Republicans
certainly r opposed to him, he
must depend On the prOgreSsiveS
and the progressive democrats.
AS that group is the most influen-
tia between the Mississippi river
ano the Rockies. the president Is not
likely to anger 1t.
Mid Continent Hopes
Farm subsidies, government irri-
CATION and power, high taxes for
"monopolies and rich city men," re-
ciprocal trade pacts, more and
larger public works. severe restric-
tons on Wall Street bankers and
Chicago traders, reorganization Of
railroads ito get the water out OF
them" in order ito lower freight
rates" aid to farmers cooperative
societies, aid TO silver, increased SER
vice on government barge lines
these and many other hopes spring
up In mid-continent minds.
The strange part Of It will be this:
A governor or q congressman may
be a Republican. denouncing the
Roosevelt administration, but when
the president arrives in his baili-
wick, the Republican office holder
win Join in the popular demands on
the president.
Thus, the AAA may be popular in
Kansas and the Republicans there
may join with the people in COM
miserating with the president on
adverse court decisions. At the same
time the Republicans may denounce
"huge expenditures on power dams"
When, however, the president
reaches Nevada, the Republicans
there may beam with Joy over his
program OF more power and irriga-
ton works. On the other hand.
they may denounce the "extrava-
gance and criminality" Of an AAA.
A president inevitably has to put
forth a program for an entire ma
ton. BY co-ordinating regional de-
mands he may arouse animosities.
But each attacking group has its
, 1935-07-26

cent. East.
$50 s:3o-AIIan Leafer or. - east;
Cadets ouartet-west; Jack Arm.
stronu-repeat for midwest
4:45- 5:45-Leafer orchestra-chain
4:55- 5:55-Press- Radio News Period
500 6:00-Just Entertainment-eas
-Oroan-west and Dixie
Sis 6:f5-Sonps by Jerry Cooper
$50 6:30-Fray- B~ranulotti, Pianos
5:45- 6:45-Boake Carriers Comment
500 7:O0-Johnny Green q Shows;
Orchestra-midwest and Dixie
$50 7:3o-court Human Relations
east; Karen SonDs-midwest only
6:4- 7s45-Harmonettes-midw. only
700 esoO-Hollywood Hotel-c 70 c
800 9.0O-Richard Himber Orches.
$50 9.30-Freddle Rich Orchestra
5000 OO-Dornberper's Orchestra
e:3o-1O.30-Dancinu Music Orchestra
east. r. Masters Orch.-west
10 :Oo-LeRoy Smith Orchestra
f0;3o-11 :30-6ert Block Orch. - east;
Himber-w: Flo Rito-nwst only
Il: 0o-f7so0-Dance Muslc-weSt only
N5c-WJZ NETWORK
BASIC - East. wig wbz-wbza wbal
kdka wgar wjr wlw wsyr wmal
Will: Mid: wcky wenr wis kwk kwcr
kohl wren wmaQ kso wkbf
NORTHWEST q CANADIAN - wtInj
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH - wrVa Wptf WINE Wis WAX
wna-wsun who'd wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths wsoc wave
MOUNTAIM-koa kdyi kgir kghl
PAcIFlC-kgo XII kgw komo khq kfsd
ktar kpo kex kga kgr kya
Cent. East.
$50 4:3O-The Singing Lady-east
3:45- 4:45-Orphan Amherst only
900 5:oo-The Little Old Man, Story
sis 5:t5-Capt. Tim Healy, Stamps
$50 5:3o-Press- Radio News - ba-
sic: The Singing Lady-midw rpt
4:35- 5.55-To Be Announced
4:45- 5:45-Loweil Thomas - east.
Orphan Annie-repeat 20 midwest
$500 6:OO-Dinner Concert Music
Sis 6:f5-Tony q Gus, Serial Skit
$50 6:3o-Dot and viii. Dramatic
SIS 6:45-Oan1erous Paradise. Skit
600 7:O0-trene Rich, One Act Play
Sis 7:15-Luciiie Manners, Soprano
6:30- 7:30-Ruth Citing College Prom.
100 e:c0-To 8s Announced
1880 8.S0-Phil Baker Show-to est
500 g:o0-Meetin' House. Dramatic
$50 e:3o-Sinfonietta, Concert or.
5000 .00-Haroid Stern's Orchestra
9.f5-1O:i5-Tony e. Cu5-west repeat
e.cl-fO:22-Ink Spots, Negro Quartet
o.71-1O.7C-Oliver Naylor Orchestra
Observation-Disclosures and His Violin
10:c3-ff:c8-Joc Fines and Orchestra
r0.@0-ff @N-rfHv Bf--ett's orc"e-fra
, 1935-07-26

That, too, is the problem the Re-
publicans have not yet been able
10 surmount.
, 1935-07-26
RADIO PROGRAMS
FRIDAY. JULY

FRIDAY, JULY 20 Central and Eastern Standard Time)
Meter An programs to key and basic chains or groups thereof unless speed
led; coast to coast e 20 y designation includes all available stations
-crau. .uhlees 20 chance. D.. IA. Daylight time ne hour LatcrJ
, 1935-07-26
FFUIFdFU8 1HIJINt " ~E'N"H'
NBc.WEAF NETWORK

NBc-WEAF NETWORK
BASIC - East: weaf wlw Eeei vito
war wtag wcsh kyw who wfbr wrc
wgy when wcae wtam wwl wsai; mid;
,ysd wmaq wc1 who WOW wdaf wkbf
NORTHWEST a CANADIAN - wtmJ
wiba wstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH = wrva wptf wwnc wis WAX
wfa-wsun who'd wsm wmc wsb wapi
wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
Soai ktbs kths wsoc wave wtar
MOUNTAlN-koa kdyl Egir kghl
PACIFIC - kgo XII law komo khq
Sfsd ktar kgu kpo Eex kga kyr kya
Cent. East.
2:3o- 3:3o-Madne Mariey's Songs
gas 3:45-The South Sea Islanders
ais 4s15-Burton Humor Sketch
3:3O- 4:3O-Nellie RevelI Program
3:a5- 4s45-Sam and Dick. Sketch
400 5:Oo-conaress Speaks 70 You
$50 B:3o-Press. Radio News Period
4:s5- 5:35-Leoia Turner, Soprano
4:4S- 5:45-Billy & Betty-weaf only
500 6.oo-Amos m Andy-east only
sis 6:f5=Uncie Ezra Radio Station
$50 6:30-kathieen Wells, Songs
5:45- 6:45-To BE Announced
500 7:0o-Jesaica Draponette-to 6
700 s.00-WaItxinp by Abe Lyman
$50 8.3O-Dorsey Bro Orchestra
500 e:o0-The First Niuhter-c 20 c
$50 s:30-Joe Cook & Circus Night
s:Oo-f0:co-Baek Of the News. Talk
east; Amos n Andy-weSt rpt
e:f5-fo:15-Mrs. Jesse Crawford, Org.
a:30-fo:30-Glenn Lee Orchestra
9:45-fo:45-The HoofnGhams, Sketch
f0:0o-1f soo-Henry King g. Orchestra
10:3o-1f:30-Roy Maxon's Orchestra
cBS-WA6c NETWORK
sAsIc-East: wabc wade woke wcao
waab wnac wgr wkbw wkrc WIKI cklw
wdrc wcau Was a VIII wspd wJsv
Wins: Midwest: wbbm wfbm kmbc
knox wOwo whas kfab
EAST-whp whec wlbz wfea wore vice
CRIB ckac wibx wmas
DlNIE-wgst VISTA wbrc wqam wdod
klra wrec wlac wdsu wtoc krld wrr
ktrh ktsa waco koma wdbo wbt wdae
wbig wdbj VIVA wmbg wSJs wmbr
waia ktu, kgko wcoa wdnc wnox kwkh
MlDWEST-wgl wrist wmbd wish wibw
KIN wsmk wkbn wcco wsbt ksci wnax
voc
MOuNTAlN-kvor klz koh ksl
COAST - XIII koin kfrc kol kfpy XVI
kfbk kmj kwg kern kdb kgmb kgb
Cent. East.
$50 4:3o-Jaek Armstrong = east:
Musicale-Dixie and west
3:45- 4;45-cariton & Shaw, Vocal
500 observation-disclosures Council
4:i5- Sis - Bobby Benson east:
World Traveier-mldw. NV & nix.
, 1935-07-26

own iron in the fire - thus is not
likely to antagonize the whole Sc
riously.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09

parish back hills boy INFO a COVER
nCr was completed. 1t wasn't a far
step now TO the senate Of the Uni
ted States and presidential ambi-
tiOnS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
REAL ESTATE
UPSNING SEEN
AFTER SURVEY.

Positive evidence Of the recent
pronounced upSwtng of real estate
activity and values was forcibly dis
played last week when the Califor-
MIA Building League weighed
results Of a QUESTIONABLE mailed
ls5 OF its member associations. :.
Z. Wells, assistant secretary of the
Imperial Valley Building ana Loan
association, stated today.
oearth Of homes. a sharp gain
ia new construction loans. flood
OF inquiries from prospective home
owners. a widespread Improvement
OF rental conditions accompanied
by rising prices. all held. unani-
mously, the result Of stimulated en-
ployment and increasing payrolls.
were hlghlights prominently dis
closed by this fundamental survey.
Building-loan executives are of
the opinion that among the forces
contributing TO this phenomenal
revival Of activity credit is due in
no small measure TO the national
newspaper advertising campaigns
launched in conjunction with the
activities Of the Federal Housing
Act
New construction loans are being
made by l10 and refinancing loans
by ll5 Of the l57 building and loan
associations Of this state responding
TO the loan QUESTIONABLE. Seventy
per cent of these institutions are
seeking loans today as compared
with slightly more than so per cent
as shown by a similar league Ques-
uonnaire covering the first half of
1884.
The amount Of loans in the six
months period totalled s6,908.066, Of /
which, S2.002 ,00S, was for new con-
struction. The number of loans !
made aggregate 3.504; the average ,
loan slightly less than 100000. The /
decline IL the size Of the average |
loan reflects lower construction (
costs and smaller balances on loans
refinanced.
Increased inquiries from prospec-
tive home-buyers since the first OF
the year is reported by 134 building
and loan associations while 90 found
little change. There is a shortage
Of Single-fanily dwellings, 95 re-
piled and 142 regard their COM
munities as not oYer-built at the
present time.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
Hawaii Advised
To ObIiterate
Pidgin English
HURRICANE STRICKEN LINER REACH LOVED ONES Ia

HONOLULU UR-Pidgin English
the strange ungrammatical con-
elomeration of half a dozen tongues
must go before Hawaii can expect
to contribute to the worlds litera-
Jure, Fannie Hurst, popular Amer
lean novelist. warned educators here
"Pidgin English has not even the
ouainness of a patois. she said
scolding officials for language me-
thods.
She was dismayed that 80 consid-
cradle an element in this co-called
liJerate population of American cit
liens is permitted to continue to
speak an uniformed, heavily imped-
ed English
Miss Hurst believed q rich mine
of literature lay imbedded in the
"tongue-tied" Hawaiian Islands, but
warned that it would never be
struck until Hawaii becomes articu-
late enough TO write its own story
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09

The price for picking hops in
Mendocino county will be SIPS a
cwt for pickerS who remain all
through the season and 81 for the
transients.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
City May Plug Up
Artesian Well In
Atlantic Ocean

DAYTC.JA BEACH, Fla, Sept. g.
UP)-An effort is under way here
to plug up, literally. the bottom Of
the Atlantic ocean.
The local chamber of commerce
has taken the job of obtaining gov
eminent funds for purchasing ma
terials and labor to halt the flow of
a submarine spring some TWO miles
off Matanzas Inlet, about 40 miles
north Of here
Engineers say that the presence
Of the spring causes lew pressure
on artesian wells for a radius Of so
miles around. since the under
ground stream which supplies its
water also supplies other wells.
Almost 90 feet across the mouth,
the Matanza5 well at low tide push
es the salt water away from its
flow. and one may drink fresh wat
er from the ocean TWO miles off the
coast.
According 10 present plans. hun
dreds of tons of coquina rock viii
be dumped into the yaWning hole.
Although the distractions will not
wholly stop the flow, it is hoped to
halt it sufficiently to increase the
pressure a few pounds on other
wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
Horse Hero Of
Fire I'm Stable

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sept. 9. U.P)
old John has gone to a hero's
reward.
An ordinary stockyards horse
with more than ordinary horse
sense, Old Johns closest friend was
William Davis, go, Negro, stockyards
employee.
When a horse and mule barn
near the stockyards caught fire
recently. Old John gave his life for
the other horses. Three times he
and Davis entered the burning
barns to lead other horses and
mules TO safety. Then Davis be-
came exhausted.
Go ahead. John" Davis urged
weakly, you can do it by yourself. "
Old John entered the flames
Twice he came out leading horses
almost ready to stampede. The
third time Old John never returned
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09

account strayed from authorized
paths. He went TO Memphis to seek
work and before he found it he
learned the art OF substituting an
other hole in the belt for miss
ing meal
1T was damn tough" he said,
and the job I finally got in car
foundry wasn't much pleasanter.
Entered Law school
Probably his aversion to physical
labor helped the youth to a decision
to study law. He quit the boundary
job, climbed on a freight train for
Oklahoma and entered law school
IN Norman. Okla.
When he finished the freshman
term he returned to Memphis got a
job as salesman. became sales man
ager, and year later, when 10,
married Rose Mcconnell.
The war turned Long definitely
toward Law and politics. The Euro
pean disturbance ruined the cotton
market. Even a Huey Long couldn't
sell goods to a community without
money. So he used his savings and
some borrowed money to move TO
New Orleans and embark on a
study Of law as a special student in
Tulane university. He read law y
hours a day for seven months,
passed the bar examination and
hung out his shingle in Winfield.
Clients were few. Huey took to the
road again with patent medicine.
lamp chimneys and miscellaneous
whatnots. He made enough in three
months to support himself while ne
worked again in his law office.
The law business improved. BY
the time he was "a Huey had some
spare money and a considerable 10 |
cal prestige. He ran for the office |
OF railorad commissioner in a door
knocking campaign modelled on his /
peddlers tactics, and won. He NOV /
ed to Shreveport.
CIashed With Standard
He won several notable law cases. !
Some clients paid him with stocks !
of the oil companies flourishing
with the Shreveport boom. The |
stocks bred dollars by thousands.
A dispute with Standard Oil COM |
pany OF Louisiana, in which Long !
was involved by his office and his |
stock holdings, pushed him again /
toward his ultimate seat in Baton !
Rouge. Standard refused to handle |
oil of independents in its pipelines. /
Long asked two governors TO pun /
ish the company, then ran for gov
ernor himself to win his end.
He was defeated, but only after |
a race that frightened the New |
Orleans old guard" and the power
ful out-state machine into their
greatest activity in decades.
He learned from that experience
that a position on the fence has It's
uses. When he ran again in 1928
southern Louisiana hailed him as a
"Cajun" Of its own breed. while
northern Louisiana still backed him
has a Baptist dry
He won.
The metamorphosis Of a Wnn
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
SOCIAL BREVITIES

There will be an important meet
ing of Jobs Daughters tomorrow
night at 1890 o'clock at the Masonic
Temple, it was announced today. All
members are urged to be present,
for plans concerning fail activities
will be discussed
MI. and Mrs. w. T. Spear and
daughter Maxine, returned to El
Centre today from Long Beach,
where they spent the summer.
A. w. Newkirk has returned from
a two weeks vacation spent at
Mount Laguna. He also attends:
the state BARRIERS convention, held
at San Diego early this month.
After spending three weeks visit
ing their mother in Bonham, Texas,
Mrs. Alice Whisenhurt and Miss
Edna Knutson are back in Ell Cen
tro, They will reopen their beauty
shop shortly.
Charles Ike, who has been ser
iously i'll for several weeks with ty-
phoid fever, is reported to be MAX
ing slow but steady progress toward
recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-09
BETTER CITY
PLAN HINGES
ON MEMORY

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Sept. g.
U.P-On the memory Of c. L. Bur
relI. Negro employee of the street
department. rests the success Of a
survey now being made OF the
city's sewerage system preparatory
to rebuilding with a PWA loan.
Since 1918 Burren has headed the
crew that cleans sewers.
His memory of the many lines,
records of which have ben lost in
the city hall, is the only hope OF
the engineers Office in plotting the
system necessar yfor completion Of
the loan.
The accuracy of the Negro was
demonstrated when he missed by
inches a manhole buried four feet
under ground which he had not
seen since cleaning it seven years
ago