The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-12
NEWS FROM !. s. s. r.

the Latvian Espionage Service for whom they collected
information.
Y. c. L. Prepares for the 10th Anniversary.
The Young Communist League has decided to organ
ize Subotnik voluntary workday a Saturday,
throughout the whole of the Soviet Union this month.
This proposal has been greeted with enthusiasm by the
members of the League
The Lenngrad League has already fixed the Subotni1
to take place in all the factories and offices on the last
Saturday IN October The money earned on this day
will be devoted to the relief OF vagrant children
In Moscow, the Young Communists in a number of
factories negotiating with the view to fixing the
day and the character of the work be done Several
district organizations of the League have proposed that
the money thus earned shall go towards the establish
ment of colony home for vagrant children which is to
be a model home Of its kind
The vagrant children having learned Of this proposal
have expressed desire take direct part in the build
ing of this home and in some districts are organizing
their own Subotnks In the Subotniks the unemployed
youth will also take part. The money earned will go
towards defraying the expenses of building the home
Control Figures CEstinaes) for the Cooperate
Movement for 1929
1t is estimated that during 1928 there will be an
enormous Increase in the membership of cooperative
societies amounting to 38OOO0O The total membership
OF the cooperative societies will thus be brought the
figure of % millions.
The membership of rural co-operatiye societies. It is
estimated, will increase rapidly than that of urban
societies In the present year peasants represented 81
OF the total membership Of cooperative societies. while
workers and office employees represented together 1890
In the Forthcoming year it is estimated that peasant
membership will increase to 63f while that of workers
and office employees will decline to 37Gc. The central
figures indicate estimated increase of 1870 in the
number of cooperative in the rural districts and
of Sc in the town.
The estimated increase of cooperative trading in
1928 will be- according to the control figures from
1575O0O of the present year to 1906 00O increase
of 28 The trade ,of the cooperative societies this
year represented 1870 of the total trade of the u s. s. R.
1t is estimated that in the ensuing year cooperative
trade will represent $50 of the total.
The Growth of the Port of Odessa
The trade Of the port of Odessa the Black Sea for
the present year, 192627 shows increase of 426 as
compared with that of last year
SOVIET AVIATION.
The Hndukush Crossed
The Dobrobot airmen, Comrade Semenov pilot and
Comrade Sobets, mechanic, the 10Th of September
flew the lofty mountainrange of the Hindukush
The flight performed a Soviet constructed Jun
kers machine, the lob" The distance between fash
kent in Central Asia and Kabul in Afghanistan, $50
kilometres covered in six hours Is minutes For
about hours of the flight the machine flew at an
altitude of 5000 metres with load of 720 kios instead
of a normal load of $50 los. The highest altitude
reached in the flight $500 Kilometres This is the
first time in the history of aviation that machine of
the type of the lob" reached such an altitude over
such ground CONFORMATION and such a load.