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SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1920
AMERICAN TELLS
MORE OF SOVIET
Duckworth Carries Rails
Is Given Horsemeat
Sown
BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent
(Copyright, 1920, by The Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
REV AL, Esthonia, June 12—(Spe
cial Cable) —By personal experience
I know what forced labor in Russia
means.
I got caught unawares in a “vol
unteer” labor gang at Pskov.
I was watching the May day pro
cessions in Pskov from the doorway
of the Hotel Palermo. Members of
the union of professional classes
carrying banners and red flags were
passing when one of them called
“Come down with us.”
A former American, manageress of
the hotel, was standing with me.
We joined the., paraders going
down to the railroad station where
ex-Czar Nicholas first heard that he
had been deposed.
In the station yard Commissar
Antonoff made a speech. He told
us that the workers of England, Am
erica, France and Italy were celebrat
ing the day with strikes. But that the
Russians, free from the yoke of cap
italism, would celebrate the day with
work.
Carrying Rails
Epr four hours we carried railroad
ties and steel rails, while the women
went to decorate the graves of men
who had died for the revolution.
At first the work was taken as a
joke and the Russians laughed and
talked as though playing a game.
Then they began grumbling. AND
SLACKING.
Finally the women and girls re
turned and we all marched back to
the Trade Union House, once the
governor’s mansion.
Here we got meal tickets.
Commissar Biecka, formerly of
Providence R. L, now an official of
the Bolshevik transport department,
addressed me as follows:
“Tavarisch (Comrade) Duckworth
the citizens tell me you have done a
good day’s work and have earned a
worker’s meal. Here is your ticket.”
It was a welcome ticket!
I rushed over and oashed it at the
Soviet kitchen for a pint of horse
meat soup, half pound of bread and
some porridge.
These “volunteer” labor gangs are
a farce.
The next day the Bolshevik news
paper at Pskov said:
“The majority of the workers
turned out only because they were
compelled to. The order from Moscow
ran—‘Women workers, men workers,
Soldiers of the Red army, Peasant
citizens: LABOR MUST BE CALLED
OUT’.
Paper Raps Official*.
“For this reason the usual May day
mood was missing in spite of the
beautiful weather.”
Describing the opening mass meet
ing on Market Square, this Bolshevik
newspaper said:
“Comrade Gromoff, secretary
ehairjnan of the communist party in
the province of Pskov, made a speech
eulogizing this ‘volunteer’ labor. It is
not clear whether he was speaking
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SOUTHER FIELD EVENTS
SOUTHER FIELD, June 12.—C01.
Lawrence Walter Reed, inspector
general from Washington, D. C., has
been on a tour of general inspection
here at the post and a most interest
ing visitor. Col. Reed, who served
overseas during war in the inspec
tor general’s department, is the son
of the late Walter Reed of the Unit
ed States army for whom the fa
mous Walter Reed hospital located
at Tacoma, D. C., is named. He left
Friday afternoon for an inspection of
the aviation repair depot at Mont
gomery.
Major and Mrs. Churchill enter
tained with two tables of bridge
Tuesday evening, the ’'laying includ
ing Col. Walter Reed, Lieut, and Mrs.
John A. Wyatt, Miss Martha Ded
man, Lieut. Wilfred B. Warde, and
Lieut. Kenneth B. Wolfe. High
score was made by Lieut. Wolfe.
A pleasant one-table of bridge en
tertained during this week was given
with Miss Martha Dedman as hos
tess, her players including Mrs. Law
rence S. Churchill, Mrs. Jlohn A.
Wyatt and Mrs. Carr Glover. The 1
prize, a pack of cards, was presented
Mrs. Wyatt. Afternoon tea follow
ed the game.
Lieut and Mrs. Wyatt entertained
informally at bridge Wednesday eve
ning for Col. Reed of Washington.
Mrs. Chandler Jones and children,
Sarah Dean and Chandler, of Albany,
and their guests, Misses Marion and
Cobbie May Dean, of Rome, motor
ed to the field this week and were
guests for a short while of Major
and Mrs. Churchill.
Lieut. Wilfred B. Warde and
Lieut. Charles H. Dowman return
ed this week from a successful re
cruiting trip to Fitzgerald and other
nearby points where they have been
spending several weeks.
The friends of Lieut. David Low
ery, who is in charge of the post
hospital will regret to hear of his ill
ness. Dr. Lowery has been trans
ferred to Fort McPherson, Ga.,
where he will remain until he has re
covered.
Maj. and Mrs. E. S. Schofield will
entertain with an informal house
dance Tuesday evening at their quar
ters complimenting Miss Gertrude
Sheppard, of Anniston, Ala., the at
tractive guest of Miss Georgia Bena
Dodson. About twenty-five guests
have been bidden.
Announcement of the flying circus
to celebrate the Fourth of July here
at the field on Monday, July 5, is
of cordial interest and attracting
much comment. The track meet,
competitive exhibits, Boy Scout dem
onstration, fancy dancing, baseball
game, livestock exhibit, feature fly
for himself or some organization.
The newspaper then told how
Gromoff, speaking from the Soviet
platform, had protested against the
suspicion that the Russian people did
not want to work.
“We went to work,” continued the
writer, “not like fighters but as an
undisciplined, rambling mob. The rev
olutionary ardor was missing. It is
not possible to sing when going to
‘chornaya rabota (black work). We
were fed up with this military holiday
for workers.
“Pskov is not divided by the Chi
nese wall from Moscow or the rest
of the Russian Socialist Federated
Republic.
Gromoff Angered
“The reporters gang worked one
and one-half hours instead of six as
ordered. How are we to explain this?
The instructions of the chief commis
sar of labor are compulsory, and for
Pskov as,well as the rest of Russia.’’
This caustic comment angered
Gromoff.
It was too near the truth and as a
result the writer, M. Kazhok, was
brought before the Extraordinary
Commission for the Suppression of
Counter Revolution and sentenced to
one month in jail..
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES
(Central Time)
Arrival and Departure of Passenge
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leaves
1:59 pm Columbus-Chgo 3:40 am
10:38 pm Albany-Montgy s:lßam
7:35 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:37 am
*7:15 pm Columbus *7:10 am
2:07 pm Albany-Montgy 2:07 pm j
2:07 pm Macon-Atlanta 2:07 pm I
♦11:45 am Columbus *2:30 pm■
10:00 am Columbus 13:00 pm
6:37 am Albany 7:35 pm
5:18 am Macon-Atlanta 10:38 pm
8:40 am Albany-Jaxville 11:50 pm
•Daily, except Sunday
’.Sunday only.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Arrives Leaves
10:59 pm Cordele-Savannah 1:20 am
5:15 pm Richland 10:00 am!
3:lopm Cordele-Savannah 12:31 pm
12:31 pm Richland-Montgy 3:10 pm i
10:00 am Cordele-Helena 5:15 pm |
. ing with night flights, parachute leaps
and motorcycle races are only a part
' of the splendid program that has
been arranged. The dance at the
I Officers Club in the evening will be
the social event of the occasion and
t the vaudeville sketches in connection
with it promise to be both unique
and entertaining. Lunch will be
I served on the grounds with cold
drinks but a special place will be pro-
> vided for those who want to spread
old-fashioned basket dinners.
Major Churchill was the honored
guest Thursday evening at a delight
ful surprise party when a number of
his friends gathered to be with him
upon his thirtieth birthday. The af
fair came as a complete surprise and
only when the entire party appeared
at the front door did he have any
knowledge of the arrangement. The
birthday gifts included a selection
that brought forth much laughter:
and merry comments throughout the
evening. Toy swords, wrist watches,
soap, perfume and other articles be
spoke the cleverness and wit with
which they had been purchased.
1 Punch was served at ’an attractive
table where the silver plates held an
assortment of sandwiches. Sweet
peas, nasturtiums and field blossoms
were decorations. Miss Alice Mc-
Neill and Mrs. Wyatt assisted in en
tertaining. The party included Major
and Mrs. Schofield, Lieut, and Mrs.
Wyatt, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McNeill, !
Misses Georgia Bena Dodson, Ger
trude Sheppard, of Anniston; Mary ■
Parker, Anne Ivey, Alice -McNeill
Col. Walter Reed, Captain Drake, 1
Lieut. Charles Dowman, Lieut Wil-!
fred B. Warde, Lieut. Kenneth B i
Wolfe, Messrs. Walter Page, George
Prather, Allen McNeil, A. B. McMul
len.
Mrs. Churchill entertained the
ladies of the post with an informal
sewing party Saturday. Following
a pleasant hour on the front veranda
which was cool and delightful with
decorations of many flowers, a salad
course with tea was served. Present
were Mrs. E. S. Schofield, Mrs. Alon
zo M. Drake, Mrs. John A. Wyatt,
Mrs. Dedman and Miss Elizabeth
unean bh, t( he .rnrA Galgmenta
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$50.00 Refrigerator for $40.00
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Americus Auto Co., local Ford dis
tributor, says.
“This fuel, which is more highly
combustible than gasoline, is now be
ing sold at a public station at the
plant, and has proven highly satis
factory. This price at present is
ahout the same as that of gosoline
“With the Ford Motor Company
is not the first to discover or use
this fuel for motor cars, still the pub
lie station is the first ever opened
to sell benzol exclusively for motor j
car consumption. This station car-|
ries a supply of 25,000 gallons ofi
benzol on hand all the time. To'
date some 300,000 gallons have been
sold and used by car and truck driv
ers in Detroit.
“Benzol has not as yet reached the
highest stage of refinement, and pres
sent results are best when it is mix
ed in equal portions with gasoline.
Heat and cold also affect differently
from gasoline. But the Ford chem
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