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88 WASHINGTON STREET
‘ SOUTH NORWALK ,
Strike Began July 1 and In-
volved About 35,000
Workers— Red Wing
Faction Rebuketl.
NEW YORK.-A victory tor the
striking clonkmnkers on every dis-
puted point and s. rebuke to the Left
Wing and Communist levers who
lot! 85. 000 men and uomn "into a
long and costly strike involving con-
siderable loss to the employer and
great hardship to the workers and
their families." vas contained in the
arbitration award made public blon-
dsy by Judge Bernard L. Slicintag.
Herbert H. Lehman and Professor
Liminy Rogers of Columbia t'niver-
President Morris Sigman of tths
International Ladies' G a rm 0 n t
Workers' Union regarded the award
in the dispute between the American
Cloak and flute Manufacturern'
Association and its 20.000 employee
. as "a signal achievement for the
cloakmakors.
trade union tactics."
that the union. through arbitra-
tlony ended the "lookout and
strike which the - muddle-headed
Communists were incapable of re-
solving after six months of costly
struggle. and obtained through or-
bitration terms for mom favorable
than the Communists obtained from
only one- fourth of the industry after
twenty weeks of strike."
.Aword Quickly Rotificd.
a. victory for none
He. declared
lag of sveral thousand cloakmakers
at Cooper Union Monday night and
at two overflow meetings. where
President. Sigman was commended
for submitting. the dispute to arbi-
tration. The workers in the locked
out shops returned last week. With
the announcement by the deposed
Left Wing and Communist union of-
flcers that they would order their
N. Y. Win" on EVery Issue
The award was ratified at a mectw
t
supporters to return to work short-
ly regardless of the arbitration
award. the strike. which beltan on
July 1 last. ended yesterday.
Louis Hyman. leader at the Left
Wing and Communist strike commit-
tee, issued 11. statement criticising
President William Green of the Am-
erican Federation of Labor {or his
stand in support of the policies of
Mr. Sigman as being "unprecedenh
ed." as the A. F. of L. heads “have
never asked me for any information
or asked our side of the strugrlo"
Harry Uviller. general manager
the American Cloak and Suit iii
facturcls' Association. mode the
lowing comment on the olbit
award:
"We are very much disappotlilsdl.‘
We thought the arbitrators would
dissociate tnemsoh on from their prso'
\ious connection as in tot-rs oi‘ the
Governor s commissipl’ii“ take in-
to consideration new circum-
stances that presehtod themselves
after six months of strike. The fu-
ture disorganization ot the lndu
will not rest on our heads. We do
every attempt to avoid it. The re.
port Speaks for itself."
Shop Reorganisation Big Issue
The principal clause in the award
conborned the right of the employers
to reorganize their shops. The privi-
lego‘of dismissing 10 per cent of
their personnel every year had been
granted by the strike leaders to
shops with more than 35 workers af-
filiated with the Industrial Council
or "inside manufacturer."
The submanufaciurers sought the
some terms but the award gave
them the right of reorganization for
shops with more than thirty-five
workers on condition that these
firms had been in business two
years: that they grant 32 weeks oi
employment and that after June.
1928. only those sub-manufacturers
employing forty workers had the re.
organization privilege.
”—1.
« Apnea
‘ Jewish
. {tonal
less than thirty- five workers were
excluded tlrorn reorganisation rights.
The decision sold that the increase
in wage scales and
hours granted by the Industrial
Council would probably have been
procured it the union had Joined
hands with the industrial Council
and the submanutsoturorsln accept-
ing the report of the Governor's
Commission as a basis for negotia-
tions.
Pritcllelt's Report is”
Helping Jews Raise
Funds for Palestine
That the unwarranted and biased
‘ n Palestine by Dr. Henry s.
I rousing United Palestine
rkers throughout -‘.ho
greater efforts for the
stand. is the assurance
3 William M. Lewis. na-
airman ot the Appeal. in
commit"! icatlons from ofilcers and
workers from coast to coast.
"our staunch and untiring work-
ers in every section of the land are
giving a. truly Jewish answer to the
unfair nopersions on Zionism. made
by Dr. Pritchett." says a. statement
issued by Judge Lewis. "The many
p
country
siren. ii
reduction of .
PAu ‘E SEVEN
PALACE
TODAY
DOROTHY REVIER
--—llr—-
“THE BETTER WAY"
Turns, FRI. AMI HAT:
Karrn
Konsov
KARNIVAL
l
heartening messages ranching na-i
tionol headquarters give us a. great;
deal of encouragement.
press a determination to double all
previous efforts for Palestine.
"The open and rolled asperslons
published by Dr l‘rltchott. not only
slil‘ our workers. but help present
anew to the. genital public the pic-
ture of Jewish accomplishment
which is certain
cause additional friendship from
non- Jews and greater effort for
Palestine on the pull of tho Jen.
hostility with constructive, work.
Jewish settlement in Palestine. Tho.
arll'ulssion 01’ Dr. l'rllchett ihn‘, hia ill” in what the public
SHOPS “‘llll stay in Palestine was too brief to all}.
They es- l
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NH 111
‘0’“ ‘1" “ml "Songs of Control l-Iur.
(ilu 1”
t Ii\_
‘0 win for ourl‘lmh- .1 0" the lilogrom also.
CI'thnl of fun is offered by the
limit \‘auderllio for the lust hull
4111", growth of Palestine an “mini ill-1 “(‘3‘ 'lhls program has been
Jewish Homeland mirrors dotormi l“““”“”3 39‘3““ for the Christmas
nation of the Jew to ”my to nuiholl: wins and .vill be found a bril-
iinnt .; ntcrtuinment.
“The established fact is that lliclb“"“ 1700“" “1th the purpose
Arabs Ho greatly benefiung from mini of giving the poorle
REGENT
’l‘ODA Y
ANTONIO MORENO
and
RENEE ADOREE
“in..-
FDAMING
“THE FOREST"
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
CHARLIE CHASE
*1“...
“There Ain‘t No Santa Claus"
A sure cure for Xmas blues
enable him to confer with-Jewisb
leaders and thorolore to learn from
them the extent of Jewish aloemnv
phshmcu‘. and growth in the land
is. i\lrlml(‘n of the superficial char-
acter of his report."
THEATRE NOTES
PALACE
A line program is being outcrod at
the Mum. “Millie. tor loony only
llm program contains Dorothy lie-
in" livitvr Way. " a. grout
.m use“ pilonul Christmas nov-
A news and u. comedy are in-
"--iomollon a grand and glorious
Each act has
in
nothing
but laughter. since it has been said
l'luVl‘H {0-
Sum l.lr‘l:u"l'i. in "'l'h'r
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‘ Mount-11ers New ‘
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: mm...
of gifts
For? The! Home .
which Martha
Elwell is on
son. JIM. aged.
rtlst. He has
’to beautiful womanhood.
been named
ELIZABETH and
RUSTY and BETTY.
before he leaves he discovers i
one of the twin loves I
in turn loves her.
mother. but does
one. because he or
both ‘of them ll
event he does not
in: his arrival in France
«WWW-GONE BEFORE
To the home of PROF and
MOLLIE ELWELL in Camden-
vllle. Ind, one night in October
of less. comes MARTHA DAD-
TON. s‘nurse. hearing summon
who had hinted on the train on
it been traveling.
Late that night
twin girls are born to the women.
who dies without revealing her
name. The Elwells adopt the girls.
The story then moves forward
18 score. The twins. now growing
have .
MARGARET and]. . 5
nicknamed
America enters the World War
and Jim Elwell enlists. Two night
at
no different from those of a million ] I
other soldiers of Uncle Sam "over
there. "- ”They entitled him to work. "
eat. sleep and drill in a cantonmsnt
camp.
The first United States troops were
landed in “ones in May and June
of 1917. The first shot fired by any
of them was on Oct. 21. four months
after their landing.
America‘s contribution to the
World War divided itself roughly
into three periods. namely:
The period between March and
August of 1918. when the United
States troops taught under French
command at Contlgny and also be-
tween the Alone and the Marne: that
between Aug. 8 and Sept. 15.‘when
Pershing organised the American
First Army and let! it to bottle at
st. Mihiel. and then that period be-
tween St.- Mihlsl and the Armistice.
the campaign of the Mouse Argonne;
Hence it was that up until March
of 1918 Jim found himself. alone
with something more than a. million
other Unlted'states soldiers. playing
the old watchful and waiting game
of "Just looking on. " '-
t was s yelr after the United
States. had declared war that the.
first divisions were. ”sparing for
the big American setio‘n described in
odicisl documents as the Alone-
Marne. ‘ ,
, it was the “Yonke”Divislon.ito
which Jim.Elp‘vsll hodbeen trans-
ferred. that ireschsd Trance 1 in
August stint. In May of 1911
eight active divisions had arrived.
3:; that tints Jim had ensin been
transferred. Decoration Day found
him lit billet with the Second Di
vision south of Besuv‘sis. 'rbls di-
vision later was ordered to proceed
to the Marne area.
As they approached the ones
river the troops ‘0! which Jim Diwali.
bueit private. was s but encoun-
tersd hundreds and thousands or
retugses ileelng before the invadinl
hordes. Old men. women and chil-
dren with such of their household
elects as they could pile into col-ts
‘wheellngolong in trout of them
set.
ourflnfiptiil others with stomps:-
escrow.
time at is. i guess.“ Jim strutting ,
“W VI l1 '
01'
Borne «sins. others
R of the ranch Division.
set-st.
2.11.... m ‘
body“ through an awful
From the woods ahead.
he told himself. ‘
Their line reached northward from
the national highway and encircled
the little village of Lucy‘le-Bocoge.
from that time on the center or the
American sector. Following is I do
scription of this sector. from Frank
H. SimondI' history and maps of the
World War:
The Bots do Belleau. stretching be
fore the larger portion of the Amer-
loan front. constituted a consider
able area ‘of dense woods which or
tended from the’littls brook just east
of. Lucy-le-Bocage northward to the
and tot-king Just outside the vilistte
of Belleau. Beyond this fork one
branch climbed the hills east of Bel
lest! Wood and continued to Chateau
Thierry. The other turned sou’h
and ran along the eastern edge of
the woods through the village of
Bourssche. joining the Paris-Mots
railway st Vsux.
The western slope. which faced the
houses. compelled the Americans to
more under direct. observation and
thus to outlet heavy losses. . The
highest point of this wood looked
ovsr‘the ruined village of Bellseu
end the brourosds. and was crowned
by e. little stuns tower.
(in June 6. st' daybreak. the second
of their occupation of this front. the
Marines stacked the enemy. But
thslr attack was not a. success. and
they boson trying to back then my
through the forest. Their losses were
Germans had to reinforce their
troops time and again. s
the French. that the Second Di»
vision. of which Jim Diwali was s
unit. Joined the Marine brigade.
The Second Division did its work
and did it well. On July i it turned
over its- -front to the New England
troops and drum then on it was
looked upon evo'o by the Germans es
efi of the best American shtick
troops. And while Jim Elwsil. who
played his part in this victory;
gotnomsdss terhisworlr. beget--
but we are settins shoot! 02»
highway running east from Tercv ‘
heavy and contInuous. although the _
it was on June 25. after relievins .
. to throw that croquet hell and res
hi Wh
tire They had dug their curious. pro
testing "fox holes" to provide the
guns with cover.
And Jim. advancing in. the face Oi
bullets along with the wave of Amer
ican troops. new man after man fall
-in front of him. to. either side of
him. Heard the sing or those deadly
little léhd messengers. the aerosol of
shel‘ ... cries of wounded.
Sow Private Perkins. late of
Princeton. fall with a. bullet throusi‘
his ‘ ~ast. saw himsmile a ghostly
smile. and die.
The uproar was hideous. The ocrld
smell of gunpowder burned in his
oestrus. From the woods ahead
pulls of smoke kept bursting. sot-h
putt! packed with death. he told him
sci .
And then a strange emotion took
hold of him and it seemed that he
was moving in a dream. It all was
untrue. unbelievable. It was not be
Jim Elweil. that was here keeping
step width death. No.‘.li.m Elwell was
back in ‘ Camdsnviile. back with
Mollie and Prof. back with the
twins. Ah—
He was back new lighting with
that bully who had paused at the
Elwell back fence to'tbrow insultlns
remarks at the twins. Yes. he was
fighting with him. and the man had
hit hint. hit him in the on shoulder
For the shoulder suddenly burned
sud then grew numb and he recollcjd
from the shock and stumbled.
‘ But it would take more thin one
blow to keep him down. He was I“
ting up now. getting up and--
But that was blood running down
the trout of his plan s. Blood. end
he was feeling taint. at he was up
sg‘oln and moving forward: mu
the”: smell of powder in his nestrlls.
And the din around bim-v-crles. e:-
plosivo sounds. and: the rst-tet-tsl.
repeats“ of the machine suns—end
then seeing little pullout dirt comics
up 'from‘ the ground! ti c bullets
plowed lets it. _- ‘ ‘ .
no was feeling very foint no .
strange that Rusty men's use d
howl
J“
puffs “of smokd kept bursting. cuch pufl' paéked with death,
. go black?"
slon somewhere back of him. and
something came up from the ground
and hit him. Hit him in the leg. and
he dropped down. i
and this time when he tried to get
p his legs Just refused to do the
work. They buckled under him and
he half sat. bait lay down in o queer.
huddled position.
clearly.
denviile. after all. This was France
and he was a soldier and this was
an ictuei bottle. This was what war
was like.
then he began to sob. He had for»
gotten the pain in his shoulder but
his leg where that rock had hit him.
one hurting horribly.
he tried to'thlnlr otMollie and Prof
and the twins, but somehow he just
couldn't think of anything. . . . The
ground where he lay was stained
red. Jim sighed gently. and the
sounds faded from his sore and the
tight of moving men was suddenly
shut coma head all over on his
outfillnz ‘1'” .nd 3m“ thorns . . e .-
Tho din had died down now and the ‘
woods from which had come that
deadly machine gun fire were‘ still.
These were messengers of mercy
that now moved across the area.
where brief hours before the mes
songsrs of death-bod been buried.
And then. suddenly. a loud expion
He lay there for several minutes
And now it all came back to him
He was not back in Cam-
He tried to in... and failed. And
His head was swimming now and
Figures moved ovsrAthe battlefield.
End 0';
'L‘haso will be seen in "There
.dhcme is that of ”it
They wore lifting up the deed and
across the still tlgurs that toy in the
queer. huddled position. knees drawn
up close to the chin. heed resting on
hsnd stretched out iimply end tell
just short of the ride grip.
Strong hands lifted Jim Elwell up
from the si‘ound and bore bins book
on a stretcher to an ambulance filled
with the living and the dead and
those Who were": to die.
i'ro De Continued)”
~— ' ”hits and» him
kg. Bit fill”
the wounded. Someone at lest came 1
one outdung arm. while the other "
i
I
the World." with Archie Leach and
Connie Kluxion assisting liilu. wnl
keep their auditors in a continuous
laughing mood and they Will be up.
plaudod until they give the audience
some more. iJlll o‘; Genevieve 1n
Frills. thrills and spills. lion i'ishel
the Duke of Cork. Murray is Alan
Jesters of 3,600 years ago and Hour
luny a: Company in "Miss Dumbell."
nllike up the balance of this tre
niendousiy popumr snow. Tomorrow
alternoon the customary lodlcs' mat-
lneo will be held at which time ind-
ies will be admitted tor 26 cents.
The screen attraction is "\ihen lhu
Wire's Ailey." an uproaroue tunny
three or married llic.
RnGENT 1
“The Flaming lr'orcst." the thriller
of thrillers, closes its two day one!
gagelnent at the. urgent lllt‘llll'tl With
today's presentations. Antonio 3101'-
one. itellce Adurec urn. ’l‘om U‘bl'ieil
are the leading characters. The story
takes place in the Northwest woods
or Canada and relates the orlgln oi
the. lltl'llous Northwest Mounted pov
lice. llluiun nurture. drama of the
most exciting kind is iouud in this
itculuru with :1 gigantic and ruullsliu
tort-st lire capping the climax to a
great photopluy.
Tomorrow and Friday. Charlie
Ain't
No Santa Claus." Comedy Just gush.
a. scream from beginning to end and
it will add much buoyancy to the
Christmas spirit and will knock the
blues into a cocked hat.
RIALTD
“Tile Miracle of Life." is the cur-
rent attraction at the ltlnlto theatre.
Mae Busch. Nita Nuldi and Percy
hiarniont arc the principals. The
stage folks.
showing their trials and their tribu-
lotions.
Tomorrow. George
Jacqueline Logan will
screen in "Thank You." it is assert.
tiaily a rural drama. as typically
American in its homely settings. its
indigenous 'clmracterlznlions. its
emotional conilicls. as any picture
or play ever given to the public.
There are tragedy. humor. pathos.
romance. easy going tolerance. pet-
ty minded scandal mongering. un-
selfishness. greed. Christian humil-
ity. narrow minded pride. combined
within the limits ot'this celluloid
drama.
‘Abie’s Irish Rose’
At Regent Monday
Those who have been seeking the
oppot unity of viewing the funniest
comedy presented on this or the old
continent. will have that Drivtinllci
Monday night at the Regent theatre
when "Abio’s irish Rose." will play
‘U’Brieu and
occupy the
this city. The story of this play is
known to nearly everyone. It is
that of the irish and the Jew. in
which marriage plays an important
part after which the comedy ollsues.
The story is by Anne Nichols and it
has gained a brilliant success since
its first appearance in New York
‘ city.
The company which is giving it
here is very well versed and it will
give a performance equal to that ol
the New York company. The Play
is now in its fifth year in New York
city and according to all indications
will stay there {or several years in
come. The cost which is giving it
here‘hau been acting this show for
two years in the principal cities of
the country and it was by a. stroke
of sheer luck that it comes to this
city for its one-night stay.
The seat sale will open Friday
morning at the Regent box «111cc.
There will be no reservations by
phone or any seats held. Mail order:
accompanied by remittance.wili be
' tilled promptly.
FRENCH COMPOSERS TURN
PARIS. (AP) ~— Prospects that
met-y moving picture productin ‘
sent out will have its own orches-
trul score has caused leading French
composers to turn their attention to
this new and rich field of artistic
expression
Music composed by Paul Lsdmir-
suit. for “Le. Briers " a. French pess-
ant tragedy film. was performed at
the Paedeloup Concerts. and even
without the pictures. made an ex.
cell'ent impression. '
The easiest way to get back on
your feet'is to get rid of your
‘ car.--El Paso Times.
Cameo Theatre
State st. Byidgepopt
opening Xmas Nifit
liiAl ORDERS NOW
TO MUSIC FOR FILMS
1
1
cs out of” this i’iim masterpiece. it is .
r
RIALTO THEATRE;
romv l
7:15 and 9
Mac Busch, Nita Naldi
and Percy Moment in
“The Miracle of Life” .
2.1.3.
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THURSDAY
George O’Brien and
Jacqueline Logan in
“Thank You”
FRIDAY 1
Mac Busch and 3
Owen Moore :
«in ~—
CAMILLE ol' the
BARBARY COAST
SATURDAY. Christmas Day
TOM MIX in
“The Great K. & A.
Train Robbery”
P.- and
another chaptt‘r of the serial
""ho House Without a Key"
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