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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Green Ordered to Press
War Against the C. I. o.

THE A. F. OF L. executive coun-
= ell closed its conference in Gin
cinnati with the heads of affiliated
unions, after directing President
Green to push vigorously the cam
paign against Lewis and his c. /. o.
First steps were to order the Chi
cago and New York labor fedora
tons to expel all unions affiliated
with the Lewis organization. Sim
liar orders were to be sent to all
other central bodies and state fed
erations. The council also ordered
the collection of war chest, all
members to pay two cents month
instead of one cent for the national
federation.
The C. I. o. replied with an
nouncement of a drive intended to
penetrate every industry which has
no organization or where existing
unions "are not taking care of their
members" An impending contest
between the two factions is for con-
troll of the maritime workers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

vessel, participating IN the lnterna-
tional naval patrol, was lying off
Ibiza island, one of the Balearics
under rebel control. It replied to
the attack with anti-airplane guns,
and the claim of the Valencia gov
eminent was that the vessel was
the first to fire.
Nazi Germany was tremendously
aroused by the incident and Reichs-
fuehrer Hitler and all other promi-
nent government leaders gathered
at once in Berlin. Immediate re-
venge was demanded by all Nazis,
so the pocket battleship Admiral
Scheer and four destroyers shelled
Alnneria, southern Spanish loyalist
port, without warning, killing twen-
ty or more citizens and destroying
many houses. Coastal batteries re-
Piled, probably without effect, and
after 80 minutes of firing the Ger
man vessels departed.
Germany announced it would no
longer participate in the interna-
tional patrol of Spanish coasts until
it could be assured such incidents
as the bombing of the Deutschland
would not be repeated; and Italy
announced it also had withdrawn
from the international committee
and firmly supported Hitler.
The Valencia government assert
ed the Deutschland had no business
being at Ibiza. 1t also charged that
an Italian submarine launched tor
pedo that sank the 3,946-ton Span
ish passenger liner Ciudad de Bar
celona 81 miles northeast of BARGE
Iona. It was declared so members
Of the crew were drowned and a
number Of others injured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Five Killed, Many Hurt in
Steel Strike Battle

TT RGED on by c. I. o. organizers
~ and other agitators, a mob of
some $500 steel strikers and their
sympathizers undertook to invade
the Republic Steel plant in South
Chicago and drive out the loyal en-
ployees. The rioters were met on
company property by $50 city po-
icemen and warned to turn back,
but they replied with a. shower of
missiles. The police first used tear
gas, but when the strikers began
shooting they opened fire in earnest
and a desperate battle ensued. Four
men were killed and nearly a hun
dred, including rs officers, were
hurt. Two days before the police
had dispersed crowd that sought
to close the steel plant, and later a
fatal riot developed from a meet
ing held to protest that action. Ma
yor Kelly of Chicago upheld the
course pursued by the police and he
and the police commissioner said
the situation could be handled with
out the aid of the National Guard.
Authorities blamed Communist
agitators for the riot.
Loyal workers in Republic Steel
plants at Warren and Youngstown,
Ohio, were besieged by strikers and
were supplied with food with diff
Guilty. At first food was mailed to
them, but the government refused
to guard mail trucks in Warren
which the pickets stopped, and the
acting postmaster there said United
States District Attorney Freed at
Cleveland had authorized him to re-
fuse packages of food intended for
delivery through the picket lines.
The Republic Steel was continu-
ing to operate, but the Inland Steel
and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
corporations, the two other COM
panies against which the S. w. o. C.
had declared strikes, had closed
down their plants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Somehow the PrOverb
Sounded a Bit Off

He had only recently joined the
ranks of politicians, and he was
anxious that his first speech to his
prospective constituents should be
a great success, says London An
sWers.
He spoke for a long time, warn
ing his hearers of the dangers of
war and the importance of keep
ing a large army. Wishing to fin
ish with some quotation, he
thought of the proverb about lock-
ing the stable door. But he want
ed to be a bit more original.
Suddenly he had a brain-wave.
Ladies and gentlemen" he
cried, "don't, I beg of you-don't
wait till your house catches fire
before calling the fire brigade"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Goebbels Makes Fierce
Attack on Catholics

DAUL JOSEPH GOEBBELS, Nazi
L minister of propaganda, in a
speech at Berlin that was widely
broadcast by radio, replied to the
structures of Cardinal Mundelein of
Chicago with a fierce trade against
the Roman Catholic church. He re-
iterated the charges of gross inn
morality against priests and monks
who have been tried or imprisoned
in Germany, and charged that lead
ers of the church had done nothing
to remedy the alleged conditions.
The propaganda minister demand
ed that Catholic attacks against the
Nazi regime be stopped, both at
home and abroad. Should they con-
tinue, he threatened drastic meas
ures against the church, limiting at
wholesale explosions of Catholic
clergymen from Germany.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Festivals of Various Kinds
Call Attention to bits
Of Europe" Here.

''It takes celebrations like a tu-
lip festival to call ones attention
to the many bits of Europe scat
tered throughout the United
States" says a bulletin from the
National Geographic society.
Recently thousands of flower
loving Americans descended on
Holland, Michigan, to witness the
towns annual tulip festival. The
gay blooms stretching for eight
miles, lure visitors each spring to
this largely Dutch community
sprinkled with Dutch names and,
for the festival period, with resi-
dents in Dutch costumes.
A Little Greece" in Florida.
"Holland is one of the largest
Dutch communities in the United
States. Until recently, many of
it's factory workers spoke only
Dutch, and neighboring farmers
wore wooden shoes.
"Tarpon Springs, about half
way down the west coast of the
Florida peninsula, is the home of
many swar thy, mustachioed
Greek sponge divers and their
families. They came to the warm
blue waters of Florida fisheries
from the sponge fishing grounds of
the Mediterranean, and have
made Tarpon Springs famous as
a sponge CITY, Their brightly
painted diving boats are patterned
after those used in Greek waters.
The town supports a Greek Ortho-
dox church, and on January 6 an
nually celebrates Greek Cross
day, religious fete brought from
the homeland.
Northwestern Pennsylvania
has it's Russians. Nearly half a
century ago, some old Believers
descendants of seceders from the
Russian church in the Seventeenth
century, settled in Erie. The Rus
sian colony now numbers about
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Many Mexicans Killed
When Dam Gives Way

CCORES, perhaps hundreds Of per-
~ sons were killed at Tlalpujahua,
Mexico, when dam gave way and
the town was partly buried in mud,
sand and rock. The dam was high
in the mountains and was used by
a gold mining company to hold back
the deposits gathered in its cyanide
processing operations. Weakened by
heavy rains, it broke just before
daylight and let millions Of tons of
"tailings" rush down the ravine in
which the town lies. Hundreds Of
houses were swept away or buried.
An official of the mine said the
dead were "conservatively estimat-
ed at more than 100."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

Toimi, and Toivola are some Min
nesota place names that tell of
Finnish population.
Shipping Lures Dalmatians.
'For centuries Dalmatians have
either titled the soil or sailed I'M
der Ragusan and other flags all
over the world. Today these dark,
spirited people, with blood of bold
sea rovers in their veins, not only
man the orange-sailed fishing
boats off the Dalmatian coast, but
they man American ships and
work in fisheries of Louisiana,
Florida, and California.
"F'rom green vineyards, gray
olive groves, fig and orange or
chards stepped in almost perpetu-
al sunshine along the Dalmatian
coast, have come many of the
large commercial fruit growers of
the Pacific coast, particularly
those in Santa Cruz and Santa
Clara counties. jacksonville, south
of San Francisco, has a population
almost entirely Yugoslavian.
"The majority of fishermen in
Provincetown, Massachusetts, are
Portuguese. Their ancestors
sailed there on whalers from Por-
tugal and the Azores. The city
directory is filled with names that
sound strange among those of
most New England towns: last
names such as Silva, Ramos, Fur
tado, Costa, Fora, Dutra, Cabral,
Almeda, Agna, and Corea."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
George F. Baker, Rich Banker,
Dies on Yacht at Honolulu

GEORGE F. BAKER, chairman
~ of the First National bank of
New York and reputedly one of the
wealthiest men in the United States,
died aboard his yacht in Honolulu
harbor, Hawaiian islands, of peri
tonitis. He became i'll as the yacht,
carrying party of his friends, was
heading toward Honolulu on the way
from Fiji. An operation was per-
formed at sea but his life could
not be saved. Mr.. Baker was fifty
nine years old. His father, George
F. Baker, one of the greatest figures
in the financial world. died six
years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Reorganization Program
Nav Be POSTPONED

ROBABLY the Presidents gov
ornamental reorganization pro-
gram will not be enacted into law
during this session of congress, and
Senator Joe Robinson told the joint
committee that has been consider
ing it that he didn't think this would
be a great public calamity.
The joint committee couldn't come
to an agreement, so it was decided
that the senate and house groups
should act separately. The former
will offer a single bill comprising
the whole program, but the house
members will split the Presidents
recommendations into four mea-
sures. These would:
Abolish the office of the controller
general, who is responsible to con-
gress, and substitute therefor an
auditor general subject to the po-
itical control of the administration.
Create two new executive depart
ments conservation and public
welfare-and empower the Presi-
dent to transfer some 100 bureaus,
commissions, and independent agen-
cies to the ten existing and two
proposed departments.
Abolish the civil service COM
sion and substitute therefor a sin
gle civil service administrator; also
blanket under civil service, without
competitive examination, all fed
eral jobholders below the rank Of
assistant cabinet officer.
Give the President six presiden-
tial assistants to serve as liason off
GERS between him and the depart
ment chiefs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Golden Gate Bridge Is
Opened With Big Fete

GAN FRANCISCO put on a wonder
~ fully brilliant festival to cele-
brate the opening of the Golden
Gate bridge, the fulfllment of the
city's dream of half a century. The
battle fleet of the United States navy
was there, and SO were representa-
tives of the states, of numerous
cities and of many foreign nations.
The Golden Gate bridge is single
deck suspension bridge, the longest
single clear span in the world. It is
6,450 feet in length from end to end,
and 1900 feet center to center of
piers. 1t crosses over San Francisco
bay at a height of $50 feet
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

the general opinion
that this would put
a stop to his pro-
gram for enlarge
ment of the highest
tribunal. He more
than intimated in a
pr e 8 s conference
that the fight for his
court bill would be
fought to a finish and
that he was not sat-
isfied with the ap-
parently S ! e n d e r
"liberal" majority
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Your Job

10 YOU realize that your
- job is the most important
affair in the world, just because
it is your job? The way you
look at your job makes all the
difference to your career. Do
you regard it only as a money
making stunt? Or do you con-
slider it position to be proud
Of?
II you put your heart and
soul into your effort, you are
bound to make good and will
wake up one fine morning to
discover that you are one of the
indispensables. The world re-
spects you because it cannot
get along without you.-Geof-
frey Rhodes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

ranged that h i s
brother shall receive
a pension of $780,
600 a year, practi-
cally for life. T h e
money will come
from the crown re-
venues, and there
for the consent of
the government was
necessary. This was
granted, and Sir
Walter T. Moncton,
attorney general for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

the statesmen of
England, F r a n C e
and other countries
would be able to
prevent the lighting
of a fire beneath the
pot. To start with,
t wo Spanish air.
p | a n e s dropped
bombs on t h e
German battleship
Deutschland, killing
% men and wound
ing 80. The German
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Golden Gloves Tourney
Results in a Tie

EUROPE'S eight amateur boxing
- champions, from Italy, Germa-
ny and Poland, battled with the
eight best of the Chicago area in the
Golden Gloves tourney in Chicago,
and each side won four matches.
More than 81 900 persons saw the
fights. The net receipts of the tour
nament 60 to charity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

VOU will know the minute you see
L. this tire why car owners everywhere
call it the greatest tire ever made to sell
at these low prices. The deeper, wider,
fatter non-skid tread made of tough,
long wearing rubber will give you
protection against dangerous skidding.
But tires cannot be judged on tread
alone. Under the tread of Firestone
Standard Tires are two extra layers of
Gum.Dipped cords. This Firestone
patented construction feature binds the
tread and cord body into one inseparable
unit. Every cotton fiber in every cord in
every ply is saturated and coated with
pure liquid rubber which counteracts
the internal friction and heat that
ordinarily destroy tire life. This Firestone
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11

patented process Of Gum,Dipping gives
greater protection against blowouts and
is used only in Firestone Tires.
See your nearby Firestone Dealer or
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
and join the Firestone SAGE a Life
Campaign today by equipping your car
with a set of new Firestone Standard
Tires.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Duke of Windsor Will
Get $250,O00 a Year

EDWARD, duke of Windsor, and
II his bride will not have to Won
der where the next meal is coming
from, for King George has ar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Germany and Loyalist
Spain Come Near War

MOST of the ingredients OF
AVA good European war were
tossed into the pot by loyalist Spain
and Germany, but it seemed likely
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-06-11
Court Bill Assailed
by Raymond Moley

" ALIDATION of the social secu-
rity act by the Supreme court
was most pleasing to President
Roosevelt, but he did not agree with
The Washington times., 1937-11-24

heart attacks recently but his con-
dition had not been considered
serious.
He died at 6 o'clock this morning
after a severe attack.
General Burleson, appointed
Postmaster General by Woodrow
Wilson after a long congressional
career, was IA years old.
(See Story on Page 1S)
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
R0oseUeLts
StayHon1e

G.NS.) President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will sit down to a small
family Thanksgiving dinner to-
morrow. their first in the White
House since the Presidents elec.
ton in 1892.
With them for a o'clock din
ner will be: Secretary-Son James
Roosevelt and his wife, and their
two small children, Sara and
Kate: Miss Marguerite LELAND,
personal secretary to the PreSi-
dent: Miss Elizabeth Henderson
Of Stamford, Conn.,, a friend and
house guest of Mrs. Roosevelt.
A 16-pound turkey from Arthur.
dale, w. Va. will grace the table
for the main course. The menu:
oyster cocktail, saltines, clear soup
with sherry, pearled celery, toast
fingers, olives, roast turkey,
chestnut dressing, cranberry jelly,
deerfoot sausage, stringbeans,
scolloped sweet potatoes and bruS.
sells sprouts, grapefruit and orange
salad, cheese, pumpkin pie, ice
cream and coffee.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
A Plea That Must Not Fail

an this Thanksgiving Eve Washington must realize it
" cannot fail to share the bountes of the last good
with those whom life has treated unkindly.
Only seven days remain in which the city meet the
urgent needs of the Community Chest.
Without the $297 214 which is needed charitable
ganizations will be COMPELLED to stand by helpessly
this winter while the sick neglected the hungry go
fooess and the aged and the orphaned refused shelter
Failure Of the Chest Drive to the top cannot be
attributed any way the 5000 volunteer solicitors who
made every sacrifice to carry to victory the banner You
ARE Your Brothers Keeper"
Lack of understanding of the acute need existing the
official explanation of the failure of the drive.
Fortunately for Washington the of the failure
quickly be removed
Every citizen must face the facts Acute and dis
tressng misery will prevail this winter unless the drive
goes over the top.
You Are Your Brothers Keeper pleads the Chest.
It is plea that must not fail (See story Page 1
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
ENJOYS FLEE, !.
NANKING RAIDED

NANKING, Nov. "a U.NLsJ,
Only a few hours after foreign
diplomats had left the city. Japa-
nese war planes raided Marking
today. -
For the first time since dis
astrous raids of September 26.
bombs were dropped within the
city walls. One struck and dam
aged the national art gallery.
Seven persons were killed and
13 wounded in the raid. An unoc-
cupied school controlled by French
and American interests was badly
damaged.
Antiaircraft guns scattered the
attackers, which then flew on and
bombed the emergency air field be-
tween Nanking and Wuhu.
(Other details on Page 81
The Washington times., 1937-11-24

The freak accident occurred at
the apartment building at 1746
K st. N. W.,
The scaffold, upon which the
young painter was working high
in the air, tilted as the wheels Of
the truck tangled with the rope.
Vanover, frantic when the scat
fold began to dip. struggled for
balance and grabbed at the board
along the edge of the scaffold.
Meanwhile, the driver of the
truck, Victor Wolf, of the Eagle
Transfer Company. continued on
his way, unaware that he was
causing trouble for vanover until
he felt the rope tug. He stopped
Immediately but Vanover was al
ready plunging to his death.
The scaffold was on the side
Of the apartment building facing
on an alley, in which the truck
was moving.
For seconds Vanover struggled
to stay on the gyrating scaffold.
His efforts were futile, however,
and as the scaffold plunged, Van
over hurtled to the ground.
Passersby picked up Vanover's
crushed and broken body and
carried it into the basement of the
apartment. He was dead before
an Emergency Hospital ambulance
arrived on the scene.
Wolf, suffering shock after be.
ing the unwilling cause Of the
accident, was not held by the
police.
Vanover was married and leaves
a widow and a son.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
JansOn Forms
Belgian Cabinet

BRUSSELS. Nov. "a GN.SO.
Belgium's cabinet crisis finally
came to an end today as former
Minister of N6tate Paul Janson. a
liberal, succeeded in forming a
new cabinet. The new govern
ment will take the place Of the
cabinet headed by former Premier
Paul van iceland, which resigned
in connection with a controversy
over administration of state bank
funds.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
WOMEN SIGN PETITION
Warmer, Forecast
For Thanksgiving

Warmer is the word for Thanks
giving. The bitter chill that
usually settles on Washington at
this time of year will lift tomor.
row in Difference to Mr.. Gobbler
and his cortege of trimmings.
The Weather Bureau predicts
that, although it will be cloudy for
the holiday, the temperature will
rise after a low Of 80 degrees to-
night, and will probably go beyond
so tomorrow. Occasional rains
may spoil the fun tomorrow night
and Friday, it is predicted.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
SHIFT POLICE,
is DEMAND IN
PARKING ROW
[Farmers,P atrOns of
Market Join

A united front of truck farmers
and fashionably groomed society
matrons, aroused over a raging
parking controversy, was being
formed at the western Market,
Twenty-first and K Streets North
west. today.
They are demanding the trans
fer Of Capt. Arthur E. Miller, Of
the Third Police Precinct.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
accompanied by Captain Miller,
made a personal inspection Of the
parking situation at the market
and promised to return Saturday
before reaching any conclusion.
ANGLE PARKING BANNED
The controversy swept into the
District Building early in the week
when Mrs. Daniel Roper, wife Of
the Secretary of Commerce, COM
planned that her car had been
ticketed for parking in a space at
the market which she had used
for years.
Captain Miller pointed out he
had recommended abolition Of
angle parking at the market to
relieve congestion on crowded K
Street. His recommendation was
adopted by Traffic Director w.
A Van Duzer and signs prohibit
ing angle parking were erected.
Captain Miller said his men had
no choice but to enforce the new
regulation.
Commissioner Hazen, however,
instructed Captain Miller to dis
regard the regulation until he
completes his own survey.
WOMEN SIGN PETITION
Meanwhile society women who
patronize the market were eager
ly signing a petition which rested
near a pile of turkeys at the
stand of ]. r. Lechlider, of Rock
vile, Md. The petition, addressed
to the Commissioners, demanded
Captain Miller's transfer.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
BUS co, DRIVERS
STRIKE TONIGHT

A strike of drivers on Grey
hound bus lines, threatened for
six weeks, has been called fol
midnight tonight, . &:
S. R.. Harvey, assistant presi'
dent Of the Brotherhood Of Rail,
road Trainmen. issued the call
at Cleveland, Ohio. reported to
affect approximately 1900 drivers
and all lines east Of the Missis
sippi and north of Louisville and
Richmond.
Greyhound officials here, how
ever. deny that the strike will
affect more than 300 men.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
Rope Tangled in Moving Wheel Send
D. C. Painter to His Death

rope dangling from scafold stories high caught
the wheels of automobile truck early this morning and
hurled Oscar Vanover 23year-od painter to his DEATH
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
Davies EmbarkS
For Holiday Here

MOSCOW, Nov. "a Q.N.S0
Taking along collection of ikons
as a gift for the University of
Wisconsin, United States AmbaSsa-
dor Joseph E. Davies left here to-
day to spend the Christmas holi-
days in Washington. Davies de-
MED rumors he will succeed Rob
ert Worth Bingham as ambassador
to London, and said he was re.
turning here in January.