Told In Brief
Nervous Diseases Spread With
Crisis
New York, April 22.
seases and disorders of the
Such afflication (ci
nervous system) have
' g» eatly in number and seveiily in these
trying times cf financial strai
and actual want,
increae*
am, unemployment
is admitted by Robert Thortt.
ton, president of the Neurological Institute of New
York.
Scottsboro Washington March
Postponed to May 8
New York.—Postponement cf the Free the
Match to Washington until May
8 to give opportunity fer better organization naci
foi ia-ger numbers to participate was voted Sun
day afternoon by the Scottsboro Emergency Con
ference at it.s sectnu meeting in Imperial Lodge
Hall m Harlem.
Sec ttsboro Bovs
Bankers Demand Pay Cuts
New York, April 27.—The Wall Street fcank
oxte tied $140,CiCO,OGO of loan., to the
The bankers and city officiais
tave refused to state what the terms of the
ment were which provided for the extension. The
hankers are demanding pay cuts for the city em
ployees and higher transit .fare:».
ers have
city unt;l June 10.
agre e -
Foreign Trade Falls Drastically
Washington, April 20.—Foreign trade of the
United States during tlm first tiree months of
this year were one third less than in the first
three months of 1932 a"d over half less than in
the first three mdr.ths of 1931,
Capitalist Bookkeeping
New York, April 27.—For a year accountants
have been going over the books of the Kruger
companies which collapsed about a year ago.
"There is not one item cn the books of any of
the c m par des that can b e c ompletely substainec,"
is their conclusion. Tire same sort of false book
keeping is being carried otn thruout the entire
capitalist system to maintain tie confidence of the
workers and faimers.
Want 4,000 More Officers
Washington, April 26.—General Douglas Mac
Arthur, Chief of Staff cf the army, speaking be
fore the House Military Affairs Committee, stated
that 4,000 Irew officers would be needed to take
care of the reforestation army, and incidentally
ive them complete military training.
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Close Alabama Schools
Montgomery, Ala.—Eighty-five per cent of
the grade a d secondary scrools in the state have
been closed. In fifty out of 67 counties none of
the schools are functioning. On April 1 7,000
teachers were cut of work, 2,400 schools were
closed and 265,000 white children get tr» school
ing. The Negro children are of course in an un
speakably worse position than even the whites.
More Unemployment on Railroads
Washington, April 28.—The Roosevelt admini
stration has drawn, up a railroad bill providing for
a federal dictator for the railroads. It provides
for the restriction of the anti-trust laws tor a
year. The main aim of the bill is to eliminate
more hundreds of thousands of railroad Workers
through "economies."
Pass Part of Inflation Bill
Washington, April 27.—The Senate today
voted authority to the President to decrease the
gold content of the dollar by 50 per cent. This
is part of Roosevelt's inflation measure.
Roosevelt and MacDonlad, Brothers
Under the Skin
Washington, April 27.—MacDonald and Roose
velt have drawn up a statemert ctn their confer
ences whier states that they have talked and
have found many points of mutual interest. One
thing they neglected to mdr.tior.' is that the confer
ences were skirmishes cf the imperialist strug
gles.
Socialist Leader Robs Depositors
Chicago, April 26.—Seymour Stedman, one of
the old Socialist guard, and four other officials
of the defunct City State Bank were found guilty
today on charges of receiving deposits knowing
the bank to be insolvent. Stedman was sentenced
to 1 to 3 years in the penitentiary and pay a fine
of $210.
Socialist Writer Leaves Party
New York, April 29.—Heywood Broun New
York columnist fer the World Telegram, has re
signed from the Socialist party which objected
to his speaking on the same platform wrich Com
munists in United Froin.t demonstrations.
Hide Imperialist Conflicts
Washington, April 28.—Former Premier Her
riot of France left this city today after
versing with Roosevelt. In a joint statement, de
sig"ed to cover over the imperialist struggles go
ing on between the United States and France,
Herriot alnd Roosevelt did nothing but enumerate
aÛ of the economic problems which they had dis
cussed.
con
Two Billions for Rich Home
Mortgage Owners
Washington, April 28.—The two billion dollar
home mortgage bill which provides that amount
of relief to the rich owners of home mortgages
was passed by the House yesterday by a vote of
863 to 4. The moitgage holders will get govern
ing t guaranteed bonds, or 30 per cent of the face
value of their mortgages in' cash, and the rest in
bonds.
Child Health and Higher Milk
Prices
Albany, New York, April 28.—Governor
Lehman today designated May 1 as child health
cay "to promote the health and happiness of chil
dren in the home and community." Under his
leadership the new Milk Board was organized
Which has raised the price of milk fbr working
class children.
Conference Bu ilds Ohio Farmers League!
Washington Farmers
Heady to Organize
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Personal Contact Will Win Farmers to Struggle for Their
Immediate Demands; Must Fight Develop
ment of Fascism
... .
e or a thousand times stronger
if >eCaU fj we . are not leaving our
unies and going among life other
armers enough. We need bun -
i reds of active organizers in this
state alone. \\e need men and
women who will leave home and
go from one district to another,
hold meetings and use personal
contact methods.
I fird that it is sometimes diffi
cult to get many to come to a
Si l he 4t a "uî y k Lend
1 ° j , ! d " ee ® ef *
first a ^ 063 ar?er ^ hG
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(BY W. F.)
Toledo,
Wash., April 7.—The
people all over this state are now
leauy for organization but I am
sorry to say that the reason we
NOT ALTOGETHER A
DEFEAT
Wo held a meeting at Winlock
on April 6. I had often heard of
this towjn. We waited patiently
for a crowd to gather, but there
were about eight people there. The
hall cost $2.50.
This was not, al
SOUTH DAKOTA UR
GROWING RAPIDLY
League Organizer Uses
Movie of Bonus, Hunger
Marchers in Work
(BY N. N.j
Hillhead, S. Dak. April 24.—The
United Farmers League ha s just
about organized all of Roberts
oouttity, South Dakota and is get
ting Into Marshall and Day coun
ties.
There !%ve been quite a few
meetings around here with good
attendance. We had a meeting in
Hillhead the other night with a
mevie, showing the bonus ami the
burger marchers to Washington,
D. C., last year. It was good.
There will be a big meeting in
Sisseton next Saturday to adopt
plan s for the boys that are to
leave from here oin the next bonus
march.
We are also planning a big dem
onstration May 1 at Aberdeen, S.
D. There are no mroe foreclosure
sales or evictions as the County
Committee of Action is handlitng
those matters in a way that was
unthinkable years ago. A Conti
nental Congress is to be held at
Washington, D, C. May 6 and 7.
Worker and farmer delegates from
32 states are going to demand im
mediate relief fnom the Congress
at Capitol Hill. No relief will
come from any of the two old pa>
ties. We got to go there ourselves
if we want a change.
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The United Farmers League
at it s recent Executive Council
meeting demanded that Nile
Cochran, Iowa farmer, falsely
convicted for shooting a rum
runner, be granted an' un coin
ditional pardon.
"We have considered the evi
reports James Flower,
COCHRAN PARDON
IS DEMANDED BY
U. F. L. COUNCIL
deuce,
Why Do We Need a United Farmers League National Office?!
Dear Comrade Ferguson:
I am glad that you have raised
h V°L n M W M X w y ^ dl m
i? eW t We dlscuased f hem
^ Execatlv ® Coun '
riLSn wf S™ 6 ° I? 6 C ° n :
elusion we did after a thorough
d ~ n - „ . ^ .. .. J
We are all agreed <*i the high
salaried leaders and there is not
much chance of any high salaries
developing in the United Farmers
League just because we are a
fighting farmers organization.
RANK AND FILE MUST
BE ACTIVE
You aie certainly correct when
you say that we must not depend
on the leaders. It is the farm
ers' fight and they must partici
pate in all phases of the work.
We think though that it is nec
essary to let the farmers know
that we have capable leaders in
our organization. We thing, for
example, that every farmer in the
territory in which you are work
ing should know that the U. F. L.
organizer, Bill Ferguson, is a man
who knows the farmers' needs
and knows how to lead them to
fight for better conditions and win
them.
It surely i s bad to "continual
ly harp about the need of funds
and the perpetual call on the
hers for mottiey.
though not to have the few
pennies needed to carry on the
work tiiat i s absolutely essential
If we are to have a real fighting
farmers movement in this country.
WHY DO WE NEED A FEW
PENNIES
mem
It is a let worse
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Just why do wa reed these fowl
1 a m afraid that
a good many of us lose sight of ;
the fact that we are in the threes
of a desperate class struggle. This ;
struggle is getting harder and
fiercer as the capitalist class see
the shrinkage in their profite. A j
class struggle mealrs fight and we
as workers and farmers need to ,
fight harder all the time.
FASCIST MOVEMENT
We have a great fascist move
r
X a " d Xh ?Ï
of terrorism that German fascism
U M d , e l Hitler k* c0n ? ehre J i aRa
will be even fiercer when it does
strike.
It is time the people woke up
and prepared by organization and
education to defend themselves.
To my mind we cannot wait, long
er, we must organize and fight
continually to bring a message of
hepe to the starving millions of
American farmers and do it now.
together a defeat.
In fact we never lose and in this
case it has merely emphasized the
fact that a lot of personal contact!
work is needed.
RELIEF DEMAND
WON BY ACTION
United Farmers League in
Washington Leads Fight
for Increased Relief
(BY R. N.)
Sedro-VVoolley, Wash. April !
19.—Under the leadership of
the United Farmers League )
farmers and small stump
ranchers in and around Ham
ilton held a mass meeting at
which they drew up demands
for more relief from the Ska
git County Welfare Board.
At the time of their mass meet
ilng a family would only get $1 a|
w eek in the form of a voucher for
relief.
The farmers drew up demands
(or *1.76 a week fcr a family of
A com mittee was elected to call
on Mr. Morgan, head of the Wei
fare Board and hav e him come to
Hamilton and meet them at their
demonstration for relief which was
held a few days after the
meeting.
three and 25 cents extia for each
one in the family over three; shoes
and clothing for every one, and all
the garden seed they [needed.
WIN DEMANDS
.. ., . x „ ,
At the demonstration there
were over a hundred farmers
to back up the demands. Thru
this mass pressure Mr. Mot
rÄn * ed demands,
This was a grtait victory for
the farmers as it doubled the
amount of relief they were
getting and it also showed
tiWem that when th were
ganized they can get what
they go after.
mass
or
th© national secretary,
cannot se e on what basis he can
be sentenced. We hold that it
is a case of injustice to him
and to his wife ard family."
u
and
.pennies in, the national off ice ?,
Every week we get quite a num
ber of letters in the offi ce here !
farmers thruout the country
asking about how they ôhoall go |
ahea f 311(1 or ? anize - Similar let
ters keep coming into the National
Office.
ft certainly ^ be ^ rf we
had individual
could go to each of these
munities but We haven't,
letter^must be answered.
It is not only individual farmers
organizers who
eom
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ACTION RETAINS
FARMFR'^IANH
rjuimcit 0 Lftiwi
Mont. Farmers Keep Neigh
bor on Land He Has
Plowed for Years
(BY C. H.)
Dagmar, Mont., May 2.—A year
ago the Federal Land Bank fore
closed o n William Nace. Some
time last fall they sold the place
to Nels Joigen Anderson,
Nace Wrote repeatedly to Ander
-on to stay off of the place. Nace
had farmed the la'd every year
planned cn farming it this
year,
Last Wednesday Nace came from
Hougland, Montana, where he was
living and went to see Chris Mad
sen ' secretar >' of the local Farm
SÄ
»7 dOT^celo "them
if Anderson would return the con
tract, sc Nace went to see Ander
scn
NOTHING DOING?
The latter told him "Nothing
Doing," that he had already be gar
plowing and had plowed 40
Thursday Nace notified the United
Farmers League and the Holiday
Association.
Twenty-one farmers from the
community wert ever to see An
derson, but he was at Reserve, 14
miles away. They followed him
and brought him home.
A meeting was held in Ander
son's house and he decided to give
up the latnd. He was paid for hfs
plowing ard every 1 one went heme
in good spirits.
acres.
0
A
charged
with the punishment fixed at the
handed
The verdict "guilty
as
electric chair" Which
down in the Decatur courtroom
was
. . TT , _
gf*
retried, has electrified the world.
The storm of protest was imme
diate a"d spontaneous.
The issues raised so diamatical
ly at the trial in Decatur, Ala.,
are dealt with in two basic
pamphlets dealing with the Negro
question. These are The Amer
i can Negio alnd Negro Liberation,
both written by James S. Allen,
a^d selling at 10 cents a copy.
There are two additional pamph
lets dealing with specific aspects
0 f Negro oppression. Lynching by
Harry Haywood attid Milton How
ard, traces the causes of lynching
land suggests how to fight it. Tt
sells at 5 cents a copy. The Chain
Gang, by John L. Spivak, (which
will be run serially in the Produc
ers News beginning next week),!
describes the conditions he found
on personal investigation of the
chain gangs and read stockades in
Georgia. It is profusely illustrated
with photos of tortures taken on
the spot by the author and s ells at
5 cents.
These pamphlets are obtainable
at the Producers News, Plenty
wood, Montana.
i
who write to us. The state orga
nizer of your state wrote recently
to get our opinion as to certain
problems which face him as state
organizer. We sent the letter to
the National Office and they an
swered it. We th^.k the few nen
nies spent are well woven the ex
pense.
STATE OFFICERS WILL
NEED FUNDS
The same reeq for
to carry in the absolutely neces
sary work will show themselves
so.» e m os
DELEGATES PROPOSE UNITED FRONT
MARCH TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE AID
FR0M LEGISLATURE FOR DESTITUTE
The Ohio Farmers Conference
took place April 22 at Columbus,
the state capitol. An enthusiastic
crowd of farmers filled the hall,
among whom were 48 accredited
delegates from ten counties. In
terest ini the conference extended
over 22 counties, but lack of
money prevented many delegates
from attending the Conference,
W. E. Callahan of the Confer
enc e Call Committee opened the
meeting and read the Conference
Call after which Fred Borer of
Defiance County was elected chair
man of the Conference,
VPI , n
_ 1 FOR ACTION
F . ar . mers £° m . COu,,ties . re *
f°J ted °f " econdîtiotig facing
*A Â'KÎ
f Ä 'their" h«Lf,T r ou7h
foreclosure alnd eviction.
™ at the pli e h t of Ohio farm
ers is equally a s serious as farm
ers in other states Was well point
ed out by John Marshall
, who was
elected executive secretary cr the
Ohio Farmers League which was
formed by the Conference.
He showed that one out of every
four Ohio farmers had been closed
out by 1933 and farm wages had
(hopped to the lowest level in 33
years. He said that farm auto
mobiles are rustling because fann
ers can't buy the gasoline to run
them, telephones have been cut
eff, and the horse is replacing the
tractor, all cf which means the
lowering of the American farmer
to the status of the European
peasant.
In order to form a bulwark of
WILL STRIKE MAY 1 IF RELIEF
BOARD WONT GRANT DEMANDS
WORKERS IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHING
TON, DEMAND 50 CENTS AN HOUR
FOR RELIEF
Arlington, Wash.. April 15.—A
huge crowd of unemployed work
ers . vote d last night at a mass
mee ting in the Labor Temple to
stlike Ma y 1 unless the Snohom
SMALLEST WINTER
WHEAT CROP SINCE
1904 IS ESTIMATED
Washington, D. C., April 10.—
The winter wheat crop for the
present year, estimated by the De
partment of Agriculture on the
basis of April 1 reports as 334,000
000 bushels, will be the lowest
since 1904. The condition of win
ter wheat was placed at about 60
per cent of normal, the lowest on
record.
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1 334,000,000 bushels, compares
1 with 311 actual harvest of 462,000,
bushels last year and a five
The winter wheat crop estimate
; y ear average for 1924-1928 of
689,000,000 bushels,
Large areas of wheat will be
abandoned „ due to the miserable
price which it would bring if bar
1 vested for market.
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RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
\ TODAY—$2 a year.
Renew Your
Subscription Now
in our state organizations
as we get a real farmers' move
ment going in any one s ate. The
sto.te organizer will have to give
advice.
Somehow this money must be
raised if we are to grow. It must
the farmers be
cause it is their battle. Therefore
we decided 1 on dues stamps
easy way of getting a little regu
lar income. Dues is never going
to be a qualification for member
ship in the United Farmers
as sooir
come from
as an
defense against further lowering
of their living standards the farm
ers decided to prganize on a town
ship basis attid to build the Ohio
Farmers League on a state basis.
CALL FOR MARCH TO
CAPITOL
In addition to forming local or
ganizations to fight against evic
tions, the farmers decided to issue
a call to all farm organizations to
join in a statewide march t> the
capitol demanding that the gover
nor convene the legislature to en
act legislation in behalf of the
farmer.
Among the demands to be pre
sented to the legislature was cash
relief for all destitute farm fam
ilies and farm workers to be paid
by the state; a moratorium on
mortgages, interest, rents, and
taxes; abolition of deficiency judg
ments; and the setting up of a
price regulating body to reduce
prices to consumers and raise them
to farmers by reducing the profits
cf middlemen.
APPLAUSE FOR TAYLOR
Among the speakers at the Con
ference was E. C. Greenfield of
the Small Home and Land Own
ers Federation who pledged the
suppoit of his organization num
bering 12,000 members to farmers
who are facing eviction.
Charles Taylor, chairman of the
Executive Council of the United
Faimers League, brought forth
ringing applause from the packed
hall when he spoke about the mili
tant action of the United Farmers
league and farmers of the north
west.
ish County Welfare Board grants
its demands by that date.
By a unanimous vote the
crowd that jammed the audi
torium demanded that cash
relief of 50 cents an hour, six
hours a day, wjth' industrial
insurance, be provided the
employed. Unless this is
vided by May 1, they declared,
they will refuse to work.
Executives of the organization
met with the Snohomish County
Welfare Board yesterday alnd
quested that the unemployed be
furnished water, light and housing,
paid $3.60 a day and that
mittee of the unemployed be al
lowed to distribute clothing to the
needy.
All of these requests
fused.
un
pro
re
a corn
were re
A resolution presented by
the Farmers League of south
ern Snohomish County was
adopted at the meeting. The
resolution petitions Governor
Martin to see that the
ployed are treated "not
vagabond wayfarers but
unit of society,
contended in the resolution
that the present work relief
program i s an expensive meth
od, creates dissatisfaction in
the hearts of the
unfair to labor.
unem
as
as a
It was also
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mem and m
j
League. You have done just this
m your collections.
STAMPS WILL SHOW THEY
ARE HELPING
All we propose is that a farmer
should get a ten cent stamp
two bit stamp when he pays this
money and that part of the dues
paad should go to the state and
national offices. We think the
farmers would like to have dues
stamps m their books showing that
they are helping their League
little financially to do the neces
sary work. If they can't pay their
dues they will be in just as good
standing a s though they had.
. . e y are ^lliftg and anxious to 1
join with us," a s you say,
pay a little as they are able,
may take a little while for these
people to pay
the dollar
do it in time
or a
a
u
and !
'> u
It
an amount equal to
year fee, but they will
" a s your letter states.
a
ADVICE IS NEEDED
It isn't really ^
"trainload of advice
class
a question of a
sincere
conscious effort and indi
J 1 ^ 1 sacrifice." W haven't got <
Rainloa d of advice in the first
p . lace> f ut w c can give a little ad
vice attid the advice is needed. We
need advice AND "sincere class
conseunig effort attid individual
rifice."
OR
a
sac
We
, _ are glad you wrote, Com
rade Ferguson. If there are anv
°ther questions that you think
should be discussed do n«t fail
write to us. We must jointly de
jvelop the best methods for orga
mzing the farmers to struggle for
a better life amd such discussions
help a lot in this direction.
Oom rad ely y ours,
THE EDITOR.
to
International
News
Prepare War Against Italy
Paris, April 24.—Forty ships, manned by u
000 men, will participate ilni French Navy
ver 8 which opened today in th e Mediterra
the concentration in Corsican water of
etical enemy fleet.
near.
a the«.
wife
Irish Teachers Strike
Dublin, April 26.—All primai y school
closed today, with the exception of those
Catholic and Protestant leligicus bodies,
closed today as tie result of a strike called f or
diay by the teachers in protest against the wa«
cuts put through by the DeValera governm^»
More thattu 10,000 teachers took part in the strike
s wer«
run by
one
Hitler Establishes Secret Police
Berlin, April 27.—A special secret police hiu
been- established in Prussia in ordei to intensify
the attack on the Communist Party and th e n*jj.
tant working das»
Will Amalgamate Steel Helmet
Berlin, April 26.—Theodore Ducsterberg, sec
ond in command of tire Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet)
military organization' of the Nationalist party, has
been removed from office by Franz Seldte, chief
of the organization. Seldte has become part of
Hitler's party and is cooperating with rim lo bring
the Stahlhelm into the Fascsit mlitary oigunita
tion-.
Hitler Dissolves Masonic Lodge
Berlin, April 19.—Hitler has decieed the dis
solution of all Masonic lodges in the country. They
are to be "reorganized" on a fascist basis.
Expel Jewish University Students
Berlin, April 19.—Jewish students will be yi r .
tually barred from all German universities i* der a
new law being drafted by the Hitler government.
Another law is in the making which provides for
fascist control of ail student orga izations.
War Alliances Around "Peace
Treaty
Warsaw, Poland, April 24.—.An agreement
against revision of tr e Versailles peace treaty was
signed today by France and her allies in Europe.
These include Czechoslovakia, Rumania, and Po
land. This is a counter attack to the four power
conference pioposed by Mussolilri, and partially
supported by Great Britain for a revision of the
treaty of Versailles. It is preparation of a new
imperialist war.
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Anti-Communist Campaign in
Malta
Malta, April 24.—O v ' a Governor's warrari
issued under the sedition ordinance the residences
rf nine persons suspected cf Communist connec
tio's were raided this morning. Six were arrested,
including the secretary of the Labor party.
Forsee World Economic Struggle
Paris, April 24.—The French capitalist class
sees the possibility of a "world battle between
the dollar and the pound" wrich would result i n
"world disaster.
»>
They admit also, according to
the capitalist press that "it would be impossible
for France to avoid becoming involved lev such a
coinflict."
War Brewing on Polish Border
Hindenburg, Upper Silesia, Germany, April
24.—Both the German and the Polish capitalists
are stirring up a war hysteria amend the Polish
corridor. Two ^rights ago a vertible war scar 6
was started on the German side of the border. The
cry went out, "the Poles are coming.'
thing happened on the Polish side.
The same
Aim Blow at Canadian Mass
Organizations
Toronto,
Canada.—Press dispatches from
Montreal state that Premier Taschereau in the
Quebec legislature, is introducing a bill to dissolve
There Is 150
all
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communistic organizations,
doubt that this bill ig aimed direclty at the Cans*
fiian Labor Defense League, Workers Unity
League, the unemployed organizations, a' d °t^ er
militant mass organizations of the working dass.
To Put Curb on Workers
Periodicals
Toronto, Canada.—Under the cloak of légiste*
tion against "obscene" literature and publications,
the Ontario provincial government is introducing
legislation to curb "seditious literature". W*
means a further attack upon periodicals and r u ^ 1 -
cations of the militant working class.
British Refuse to Pay War Debt«
London, April 25.—The budget which Ner» e
Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, pi*
sented to the House of Commons contained «
provisions for the payment of the war debt» j*
the United States. This is the weapon of
British imperialists in the world economic
gles just as inflation is the weapon of Wall
today.
President of Peru Assassinated
Lima, Peru, April 30.—President Sattiche* '
assassinated today after reviewing between * _
and 30,000 troops Who are to be used in' the
Alberto Mendoza, a
gle against Colombia.
he r of tie Aprista party, was killed by troop» ^
police on charges of having murdered the
dettit.
Italy Prepares for War
Geneva, April 30.—Italian contractors »re ^
ported rushing work ion* harbor impro ve ® en ^
Albania. The imperialist powers >-■
preparation for war, since Albania comm»"'
best mountain passes leading into Yu go- 31»
of the Little Entente allies of France.