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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17


long standing to the winds and
gone out on fresh path and pro-
duced a real mass film from below,
without noticeable posture or ar
tistry from on top, and with a
simplicity and originality of attack
that knocks all previous conceptions
of film making into cooked hat.
"Chapayev" gives us the weak
nesses, humors, heroisms, tragedies,
gaieties, strengths Of the masses
more satisfyingly rounded out into
complete picture, than any past
Soviet film. Gone is the impersonal
approach of the heroic period of the
early films where the workers were
invariably treated as symbols rather
than as humans, and often badly
stylized at the expense of a more
realistic picture of the time and
man. But here in "Chapayev," the
emphasis is overwhelmingly on the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
Book To Be Published
On Life of Chapayey

International P u Bills h RS an
nounces the publication in the near
future of a book on Chapayev,
written by D. Furmanov, who was
attached to the Red Division COM
handed by Chapayev in the civil
war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
Cold AS a Bankers Heart

1T IS all bunk. And the trial itself, with the mil
lions of words the free" and proud American
press is spreading, like manure over broad acres
on the American mind, is the supreme capitalist
bunk.
When one sees a newspaper these days with
great solid pages of type devoted to every trivial
angle of this trial. is sickened by the hypocrisy
of capitalism. A poor little baby is kidnapped for
money by dollar -fend, and then murdered This
is surely most foul, and something must be written
about it. But according to government reports,
more than million other babies in this country
suffering from permanent malnutrition, which
means they are slowly starving to death-growing
up with ricketts,, tuberculosis, asthma and the dull
backward minds of the underfed.
You would think the newspapers would also
Shrek this from the housetops, this great crime
against the human and against America
Hypocriticaly, they are indignant over baby-kid-
mapping But mass-murder of the babies of the
nation leaves them cold bankers heart. They
can work up no sympathy over malnutriton and
unemployment. 1t isn't news. 1t doesn't sell
papers. Besides, it is PROPAGANDA and they be-
lieve in art for arts sake. Also they believe in
the system that murders babies for profit these
Hearsts Ochses and Whitelaw Reds of journalism
Some day they will stand in the dock like Haupt-
mann, before working class jury, and answer for
their daily crimes against humanity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17

Red Commissar, until he takes on
the proportions, as Eisenstein cor
rectly noticed, of character out
of Shskespeare's great historical
chronicles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
SOME NEW FABRICS

SOME NEW FABRICS
Three interesting new fabrics will bear watch
ing. One is woven of copper wire and ordinary
textile fbers such cotton, silk or rayon It can
be woven or knitted without special machinery.
The fine copper wire prevents shrinking or stretch
ing and is able to conduct electrical currents
rug made Of this new material could be plugged
into the nearest socket and heated to warm the
room. Bed clothes could also be kept at proper
temperatures Heated clothing could become prac-
tical and have widespread use in both outdoor
and indoor work. The fabric in airplane wings
could be kept warm to prevent dangerous ice fora-
ton. All of these are possibilities whose introduce
ton will be conditioned by the vested interests
which they will threaten.
second fabric which is already produced COM
merciaIy in England is reputed to be creaseproof
In the finishing stage the textile is treated with
resin which makes light materials proof against
all kinds Of creases Since it cannot be applied to
heavy materials the problem of baggy pants still
awaits solution.
third fabric is water-repellant. The treatment
can be applied to almost any fabric from silks to
cloth. colloidal wax in a water solution is ap-
piled between washings, and makes the material
water-repellant without injuring it in any way
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
AmiabIe Old Imbecile

INTO his cross examination Mr.. Reilly has man
aged to slip dozens of hints that point to the
most horrible suspicious. Every lawyer OF this sort
has real Bowery melodrama mind Among other
things, Mr.. Reilly has tried to make the jury
pect that that aged clown of the Bronx, Dr. Jafse
Condor, is really the brains of gang of desper-
ADDE'S who did the kidnapping, and that with the
most marvellous and melodramatic criminal cunning
known in modern times, he has managed to APP
pear as the chief accuser of the innocent Haupt-
mann.
Even an American jury will not swallow this,
however Jafsie is amable old irlbecile straight
out of the plays of Gilbert and Sullivan. He has
been a school-teacher for many years, and he is
also Bronx patriot. On the witness stand he
could not resist putting a show that would have
gone well in any vaudeville house. And his voice
trembed whenever the Bronx was mentioned; this
amazing old character referred to that region of
weedy lots, apartment houses and baby carriages,
as the beautiful Bronx, the most beautiful Dor
ough in the world!
Reilly tries to make this man appear as kind
of super Al Capone. This is, of course, just bit
of courtroom farce. There have also been some
sinister hints against Lindbergh.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
Bunk and BaIOney

I'LL this we know, but when the Reilly wind
"A bag tries to start whispering campaign that
maybe Lindbergh himself had the baby kidnapped,
that perhaps it was Legitimate baby, etc. ETC..
one only say, bunk and boloney To begin
with, wealthy people have much easier ways of dis
posing of unwanted babies; all they need to do is
hire lawyer like Reilly, and he will suggest
thousand devices Again. if Lindbergh had been
so insane as to go to such an extreme granting the
ridiculous hypothesis that the baby iegitimate
how does Hauptmann into the picture?
Where did he get the ransom money! If Lind
bergh was his accomplice, would he not say so,
since it would save his life? Would not Reilly have
a certain victory if he had this ace card? Would
he need whisper, SANDER innuendo, all the stop
thief tactics Of the clever thief he is now using?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17
A Tarnished Galahad

THIS famous flyer, vino is the idol Of America, is
certainly plaster saint to those of us who can
see an inch beneath a surface. Lindbergh, in his
own way, has been traitor to a great ideal His
father, the Congressman, was a brave and I'M
compromising progressive, who spent his life fight
ing the bankers and the trusts, and concluded his
honorable career by standing out, with few other
honest men at Washington, against woodrow Will
sons and j. P Morgans unholy war
But the son. from the first moment that he came
into the public eye, has associated with all that
is reactionary and puocratic in American life. His
solitary flight across the Atlantic certainly one
of the remarkable feats Of the century. Lind
bergh became at the symbol of everything that
is cean brave and youthful, Galahad of the
air But he allowed Herbert Hoover to use his
glamor when that flunkey of big business needed
votes badly.
Lindbergh the Sir Gaahad, has also allowed
Himself to be used to cover up the racketeers in
American aviation who were growing rich on gov
eminent subsidies. He has never uttered single
word in defense Of any American liberties but in
variably, whenever he takes public stand, is a
willing tool of the Tory gang that exploits America
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-17

This department appears daily on the feature
page. All questions should be addressed to QUE
tiOns and Answers" % Daily Worker, 50 EasE
18th Street, New York City
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21

him pieces ftheir minds, but he's
used to it. He's also all set for the
argument about whether the WIN
tiers are going sissy on us, They're
not, it's just that the street depart
ments in cities nowadays catch the
snow on the first bounce and haul
it away.
Also, it takes a lot less snow to
be knee-hlgh to 7-year-old boy
than to the lanky old-timer who
remembers, years ago, when one
snow was knee-deep. His knees are
just farther off the ground now.
The astronomical winter is to ar
rive at 1927 p. m. tomorrow and is
known as the winter solstice, which
means that the sun has reached the
Tropic of Capricorn and has started
back north.
AT 1888 p. m. March 20, winter
will end when the sun has reached
the equator, Spring ends when the
sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer
and starts back south again.
ANY questions?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21

same time he got one saying,
Prince bugback rule sing urban
ity,' and more than 100 others.
some of them even sillier.
And from these messages he drew
a chart of the United States, made
a lot of calculations, and within
very few minutes announced that
the coolest weather of the year so
far had come to Indianapolis to
stay through last night, but that
today would be warmer.
..... -. What Code Says -. .....
Of course, they are code messages
sent in from observing stations from
coaSt-to-coaSt each morning. The
first, quoted one said to Mr.. Arming-
ton that in Tatoosh, Wash, the
barometer read 30, the temperature
was as, the wind was from the east
and the sky was clear, the wind was
blowing 30 miles an hour, that the
barometer had been falling but had
started to rise.
Also that the dew point was 38
degrees and the maximum temper
allure in the last II hours was 46.
that there were light cirrus clouds
in the sky coming from the west,
and several other things.
He digestS this same amount of
information from the more than
100 stations and figures out what
npnn10 hprn nt.nnt m oh
things. Even so, man called after
he had seen Thursdays prediction
for II or lower Thursday night.
Plight of Cement Man
But" he demonstrated, I've got
to pour some cement"
Well" replied some one in the
Office over the phone, Il wouldn' t
pour that cement, if l were you"
But dawn it, I've got to pour
1t, the man returned, and all Mr..
Arlington can do agout it now is
hope the man didn't pour his ce-
ment, because if he did that SIDE
gree stuff will have ruined it.
They have a code for the messages
because in five or seven or eight
words of the code they can get all
the information that, not sent in
code, would cover a sheet of paper,
and the messages come b photograph.
The codes save both money and
time.
The telegraph company gathers
the messages at places most con-
venient to it, and sends them all to
key stations. Those to Indianapolis
come from Chicago direct 10 a
Morse operator who takes them on
a ticker in the eWather Bureau Of
fee.
Arlington Can Take 1t
People call Mr.. Arlington when
it gets too hot or too cold and give
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
KIDNAP VICTIM
STILL UNABLE
TO AID omen
Milne Leaves Hospital for
UnannounCed Point;
Fears to Talk.
BIZ 7 nited Press

on = HfIFH fBFSS
DOYLESTOWN, Pa, Dec. 81. -
Caleb J. Milne ", who was held
captive for five days by a kidnap
gang, was removed from Doylestown
General Hospital today to an I'M
announced destination.
The youth, recovering from over
doses of narcotics believed to have
been given him by his abductors,
walked out Of the hospital. He was
accompanied by Harold o. Nathan,
assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal Agents, and his
mother, Mrs. Frederick Milne, and
two other Federal Agents.
Hospital attendants carried Milne
from his room on the second floor
to the entrance Of the building from
where he walked to the waiting
automobile. He appeared haggard
and apparently had not been shaved
since he was admitted to the hos
pital Wednesday night after being
found bound and gagged on high
way near DoyleStoWn.
The youth still has been unable
to give G-men a coherent story of
his abduction. AS a result, search
for the kidnapers has been delayed
What few clews officials were able
to obtain from Milne, so far have
been fruitless, it was indicated,
Reports persisted that the youth
refrained from naming the abduc-
tors in fear for his life.
Il can't tell you! can't tell you!
They'll kill me. They said they
would" he was said to have ex-
claimed when pressed for more in
formation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
M'NUTT HANDS
STATE PARDON
TO SLAYER, 80
Henry Romine, Civil War
Veteran, Receives
YuIe Gift.

The State Of Indiana today played
Santa Claus to a 90-year-old muir
derer, Gov. McNutt wearing the
whiskars in approving full pardon
for Henry Romine, Bartholomew
County.
Romine was convicted of first de-
gree murder in 1918. He was in
State Prison until 1928, when former
> Gov. Ed Jackson granted him a
parole Since he has been living at
the Indiana State Soldiers Home at
Lafayette.
He was believed to be the only
Civil War veteran in the United
States on parole from state prison.
Romine received an annual 30-day
G. A. r. encampments. He always
respected his parole and returned
to prison.
Extortion Charged
Romhne, known as Daddy" was
a policeman at North Vernon when
he was arrested and tried for MUIR
der. He and two others were con-
victed of Staying John and Charles
McQua, North Vernon, Oct. 7, 1912,
1t was said that Romlne and his
two companions went to the Nc
Quad home to eXtort money.
The State Clemency Commission,
in all, paroled nine prisoners, grant
ed sentence combinations to 10 and
denied petitions of 40 in a report
approved by the Governor.
Many Pleas Denied
Marion County petition rulings
included: Ashton Burnett, serving
Is years for robbery, denied; Elmo
Johnson, serving 10 years for rob-
berry, denied Donald Brookhardt,
serving 10 years for robbery, denied;
Buren, Good, serving 10 years for
robbery, committed to to 10 years;
Edward Frazier, serving 10 years for
robbery, denied; George Loman,
serving 10 years for robbery, COM
muted to 4 to 10 years; Bruce
Thomas, serving 80 days at State
Penal Farm and fined S25 for
drunken driving, paroled and fine
RENTED.
Edward Spann, sentenced in Mar
ion County to 10 to 20 years for
robbery, was denied parole. While
serving his term he killed a fellow
prisoner and was sentenced to life
imprisonment. He sought parole and
discharge on the robbery conviction
in order to start the life commit
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
BOND PAYMENTS
SET OFF PROBE
City Man Paid While Others
Were Sighted, State
Board Charges.
Times Specinl

Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind. Dec. 21-Pre-
ferred payment of S19,386 on local
Barrett Law bonds to j. V. Tobin,
indianapolis, vice president of John
Scott Co., Inc, by former City Con-
troller Jesse L. Bond is being in
vestigated by John Birtten, Wayne
County Prosecutor, today.
According to a report filed by ex-
aminers for the State Accounts
Board, Mr.. Tobin was paid S19,366
in interest and principal between
Jan. /, 1888, and Dec. 81, 1884, while
other bondholders received only
1882, even though their maturing
date was earlier.
Payments to these preferred bond
holders depleted the fund and left
an overdraft of $4,000, which was
covered by the former controller by
illegally borrowing from the city de-
linquency and deficit fund
Another report by the examiners
concerns unauthorized payments to
relatives of Police Chief Herbert E.
Ray from the police funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
ClOthed-661
Honor Roll Mounts as
Christmas Nears; Help
a Needy Child.

The Second Ward in Indianapo-
lis scratched a new ticket today
when the wards Democratic Club
used its balloting experience in
rounding up IS children and
bringing them warm garb through
Clothe- Child of The Indianapo-
lis Times.
The honor roll leader ably
abetted by Herff Jones Guild AS
ISOLATION and a collection of the
Indianapolis postofflce clerks wrote
661 children clothed by indi-
vidual donors. The mark was
the highest ever reached in
Clothe-a Child by persons shop
ping for their own children or
sending checks and cash. Mile
of-Dimes. sidewalk Santa Claus,
is not included in the 661 chill
dren refurbished in new garments.
Today's lengthy roll, with 103
children assured garb for combat
Ing Illness, 1OlIOWS.
Second Ward Democratic Club. is
children.
Herff-Jones Co., Guild Association, IL
children.
indianapolis Postoffice Clerks, nine
children.
Postal Station Building. girl.
Optical Bowling League, Central
Alleys. boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. G.. girl.
State Highway Commission, Depart
ment of Operations. boy and girl.
Lover of a Child. girl.
Emerson Post No. 262. American
Legion. two children.
BookwaIter-Ball-G Greenhouse Printing
Co.. Press Room. boy and girl.
Special Delivery Department, Indian
apolis Postoffice. two children.
Belmont Merchant. boy.
DrexeI Office, Indiana Bell Telephone
Co. cared for four children and took
two more.
Link Belt Co.. Department 80. girl.
Men Who Give Jobs. two children.
Allied Florists Association of Indian
apolis. Inc, child.
children.
Central state Hospital Employees. three
children.
A. p. Bowling League, boy and girl.
Union Trust Social Club. child.
indianapolis Blue Print and Litho-
graph Co.. Inc, child.
Link-Belt Co., Department 21S. three
children.
Epsilon Chapter. Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Sorority. child
Railway Express Co. Employees, boy
and girl,
NJ. NJ. M. boy.
Golden Rule Auxiliary. Order of East
ern Star. child.
Chevrolet Commercial Body Co., Dept.
49, child.
National Hosiery Co. employees, boy
and girl.
Delta Theta Phi, Alpha chapter, girl.
Link-Belt Co., two boys.
Hoosier Telephone Associa ton, Unit,
boy.
In Memory of Henry Kahn, girl
Allison Engineering Co. employees.
cared for three children ard took three
more.
Couple of Santas, boy.
Four Girls. girl.
Phi Delta Theta, girl.
Mrs. F. M. c.. girl,
Girls of Charley's Restaurant, girl.
n. 3. B. o., girl.
Haag Drug Co., College and Mas
sachusetts-svs, boy.
william H. Roberts g. Sons, Inc, en-
ployes, child
Link-Belt Co., Santa Claus, boy.
Jane and John Scott, boy.
Chief Attorneys Office U. S. Veterans
Administration, girl.
Friend, three children.
American Business Club. child
Indiana Bell Telephone Post. No. 1874,
American Legion, Welfare Fund, child.
Temple Brotherhood. indiana polls
Hebrew Congregation, child.
Federated Patriotic Societies Allied
with the G. A. R.. boy.
Office Employees. New York Life In
Surance Co., boy corrected listingl.
Link Belt Co., Depts 203. 2O6, PIG. 222,
four children corrected listing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
CHARGE OLSON
KIN LEADER IN
GAMING RACKET
Citizens Say Brother-in- Law
Wakes Fat on Profits in
Slot Machines.
Continued From Page One)

neapoliS knows the criminal Setup.
Few disagree on the Importance Of
such figures as Ed Morgan. one-time
yegg. who rules gambling with Golf
and Applet; or of the Kraft brothers
in prostitution. Kid Cam. Meyer
Schulberg and half dozen larger
and small figures in wholesale and
retail liquor.
The terrible toll of prohibition still
dogs the life of honest men in Min
neapolis.
If a stranger wishes TO listen to
gossip he can be overwhelmed with
the most extraordinary stories Not
the least revolving is the case of the
Rev. K. B. Birkeland, Swedish
clergyman from the old country
with a small fortune, who crossed
few dangerous individuals over a
crooked oil deal.
No Respect Even for Pastors
The Rev. Mr.. Birkeland, upright.
puritanical, we'll into his 70S, was
kidnapped. taken to an apartment
and permitted to die. For four days
he was given neither food nor wa
ter. When he unexpectedly died,
the mob built up a strong SUPPOSE
tiouS case for the press and public
that the old clergyman has gone of
his own volition to the fiat for i'm
moral purposes.
His son has dedicated his life to
the exposure of the circumstances
surrounding his fathers death, as
a labor of filial devotion. He in
vited trial for criminal libel in at
lacking Gov. Olson, who then was
prosecutor. as an accessory after the
murder. Young Mr. Birkeland was
acquitted
The stories of gangland's didoes.
brutalities and immunitieS which
any casual visitor to Minneapolis
hears from all ranks are, not to
overstate, shocking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
FIRST STATE HEARING
HELD IN CITY BY FEC
Status of Brazil and Princeton
Phone Companies Is Debated.

First Federal Communications
Commission hearing in Indiana is in
progress today in the Public Service
Commission Office in the statehouse.
Davis G. Arnold, Federal commits
sioner. Is conducting the hearing.
purpose OF which is TO determine if
the connection of the Citizens Tele-
phone Co, Brazil, and the Prince
ton Telephone Co. Princeton. with
the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. is
such that the two shall be in under
jurisdiction of the commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
TWO WOMEN VICTIMS
OF PURSE SNATCHERS
One Knocked Down While Standing
at Sheffield and Washington.

Two purse snatchers, one of whom
knocked down a woman with blow
of his fist, are hunted today by
police.
Mrs. Florence Brown, 80, of 145
N. Shefield-av, said she was struck
while standing in a safety zone at
Sheffield-av and Washington-s last
night. A man who left an auto
mobile after driving out of the
Washington High School grounds
struck her with his fist He took
a purse containing 81, rosary beads
and cosmetics.
Miss Florence Steffey, 1922 Car
rollton-av, was robbed of a purse
containing So as she was walking
last night in the 700 block E. 18th
st. The Negro who robbed her fed
into an alley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
LEADS IN SCHOLARSHIP
Tech Sponsor Room 7 Has 37.5 Per
Cent on Honor Roll.

Scholarship ratings of Technical
High School sponsor rooms for the
second grading period, announced
today by the Senior Scholarship
Committee, show Room 7 leading
the senior division with BIS of it's
members on the honor roll. Room
5 is second with 335.
In the below-senior group, Room
1919 leads with 80 per cent and Room
1854 is second with 1873.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Ceremony to Be Held at Meeting in
Y. w. c. A. Tonight.

officers of the intercollegiate Cos
mopolitan Club to serve during 1886
are to be installed at meeting to-
night in the Y. w. G. A.
Those to be installed are DR.. G. S.
Kim, representing Korea, president;
William Nedderman, Germany, vice
president; Alan Payne, South At
RIGA, treasurer; Toshio Funai, Ha-
waii, recording secretary; Miss
Gladys Ewbank, United States, cor
responding secretary and advisory
council, Mrs. W. w. Wilson, George
w. Price. DR.. Toyozo w. Nakarai,
DR.. Gino Ratti and DR.. George
Reeves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
RECEIVES BID TO DUBLIN
|. L. Professor Also Asked to Speak
in Finland.

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Dec. I'll
Dr. Stith Thompson. Indiana Uni
versity English professor and world
authority on folk tales, has been
invited to deliver a series of lectures
in Dublin, Ireland, and Abo. Fin
land. He recently returned from
meeting Of 25 folklore scholars at
tending the International Folk Tale
Congress at Lund, Sweden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-21
REV. MUELLER SPEAKER
First Evangelical Church Pastor

First Evangelical Church Pastor
Named for WIRE Programs.
Speaker on the Church Federation
radio programs next week is to be
the Rev. R. H. Mueller, First Evan
gelical Church pastor, with music
by Mrs. Roy L. Burtch, church
organist, The programs are broad
cast at $50 each morning except
Sunday over WIRE.