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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
PANAMA IS COMING

The freighter Panama, of the Alaska Steamship Company, is scheduled to leave Seattle for Alas ka ports next Saturday, Septem- Der 8. This is according to advices received by the local agents. The Panama will carry explosives and other general freight on the trip north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04

Possibly every little Jane or Joe who dashed home from school this noon informed mother that school hours were to be from 8:45 in the morning until 3:35 in the after noon. and mother, as well as the children. no doubt wondered why.
 New Schedules
 As explained by Supt. Phillips, 1t is this way: The high school sched- ule calls for six one-hour periods during the day, instead of seven 45-minute periods, as on last years schedule. The new plan, in ac- cordance with the newer ideas in education, will allow for instruc- tion in a subject during the first half of the period and study in the same. subject under supervision of the same instructor during the seccnd half.
 In High School
 The high school schedule calls for three one-hour periods between 8:45 and 11:45 in the forenoon, a lunch period from 11:45 until 12.45 one one-hour period from 1245 un- til :45 and two 55-minute period; from 1:45 until 3:35.
 The school bus, which accom- modates children living out o1 town on the highway, will leave school immediately after 3:35.
 Grade School Hours
 So that the grade school pupil: who use the bus will not be run ming around town without super. vision before the bus leaves, the, too. will be kept in school unti 3::35. Schedules for the gradt schools are made out by the indi. vidual teachers, and if grade sched ules allow for school to be out be- fore 3:35, the town pupils will b' excused, and the children who liv, out of town will stay in school ant use the remaining time until 3:3 as play period under the teacher supervision.
 Grade school lunch time will b from 11:55 until 1 o'clock.
 College Preparation
 Every precaution is being takel by high school authorities to as sure Juneau High School graduate college entrance without difficulty according to MT. Phillips Stu dents are urged to take not nor than four academic subjects eacl semester, and these they are urget to keep within college require ments. If only four subjects ar taken, little, or no home worl should be required. A heavie schedule should require home work Continuously since 1927, Juneal High School has been a member o the Northwest Association of Sec ondary High Schools, and for 1, number of years it has been ac credited to the University of Wash ington and other institutions o higher education.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
Syrian Woman
 Gets U. s. Degree

CHICAGO, Sept. An confer ring doctor of philosophy degree upon Miss Nejla Mustapha Izzed- din, the University of Chicago is the first American institution of higher learning to so honor a Syrian woman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
KAsILoF COUPLE WED

Miss Grace Johansen and Chris tian Madsen at Kasilof, where re- gently married in Anchorage. MT. Madsen is a guide for big game hunters, kE
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
Former Commander
 of Camp Lewis Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 4. Major General Richard M. Bitch ford, aged 75 years, United States Army, retired. is dead here. He served in France during the World War and late was in command at Camp Lewis, in the state of Wash ington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
SCHOOLDAYSARE. HERE FOR JUNEAU BOYS AND GIRLS
Sunny Skies Welcome Chll- dren Back to Studies
 for Another Year

The total school attendance today was: High School l56, and Grade School 508.
 The frechman class in the high school had 52 students; sophomore, 31; juniors, 36; ssriors, 35, and pot graduate 7.
 According to Supt. Phillips this enrolment will be increased within the next few days.
 In the grade school there are g more pupils than on the opening day last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-04
COL, LINDBERCH
 PLANS FLIGHT
Restricted License Issued New Plane Bears Fa- nous Old Number

NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has received
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Workers Concentrate ON
Acquiring Of Greater
Skill

buildings being put up for workers
dwellings, and the lower rated pay
much less. In general, the rent is 10
per cent of the income.
Meals in the factory dining rooms
run from about SIS kopeks to rs. The
total payroll is 100000 rubles a
month.
40 Per Cent of Workers are Women
About 40 per cent of the workers
are women, none of them in the
heavy or extremely hot departments.
The delegation questioned a girl they
found running key-way cutting
machine, making slots in a small part
Of the tractors mechanism. She had
been working four months, she had
been attending the factory school
three months, and she was getting
IT'S rubles.
The tractor plant workers, CT
course, have all the usual insurance,
the vacations with pay, use of nur-
series and kinlergartcns, one or the
other of which is in each alternate
dwelling house. They have use Of 80
houses at salt lake outside the town
where summer vacations are spent,
they have all the usual classes, study
grcups and cultural activities that
go with a Soviet factory. There are in
process of construction park Of cul-
ture and rest, a skating rink, huge
athletic stadium, snow hills for ski
ing, and ether things like that.
Ito Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Hitler Terror
Jails, Murders
in Nazi Reich
90 Death Sentences
Melted Out Since
September


BERLIN, Jan. 5.-A new wave OF
Nazi terror is sweeping over Germany
to terTorize the workers who fear
lessly documented their unyielding
opposition to the fascist Hitler regime
In the recent elections.
Reports Of heavy prison sentences
against revolutionary anti fascists
continue to fill the column Of the
Hitlerite press. Forty-six Communist
workers were sentenced to a total of
70 years In prison at hard labor in
Cassel. Sixteen workers were SEN
fenced in Altoona to prison terms
ranging up TO five years. Other heavy
prison sentences are reported from
Magdeburg, Eamn, Ahlen, Heilbronn
and other cities throughout the Reich.
The never-ending chain Of death
sentences against revolutionaries has
reached total Of sixty since the first
Of September. Seventeen Of these
heroic workers have already paid with
their lives on the scaffolds Of the
Nazi executioners.
In addition to these death SEN
fences by Nazi corps, reports Of "mys-
terious" murders Of workers continue
to appear in the press. Two rebel
1ious storm troopers were shot while
trying to escape" from the Brandon
burg concentration camp, where 300
opposition storm troopers are In
prison. Dissatisfied members Of storm
troops are being sent to concentra-
ton camps from all parts Of the
Reich.
Theodor Ebers, q miner, who fought
in the Red Army in the Ruhr in
1920, was shot willis trying to es-
cape" during transport from the
Wittbach concentration camp to ES-
SEN Fritz Buerk was shot and killed
by a Maxi guard In the notorious
Dachau concentration camp. Ten
anti-fascists were sentenced TO death
in Dessau for defending themselves
against storm troop attack.
The new wave Of terror has not yet
reached It's peak. F'orty-flve anti
fascists arrested in Lubbock, 70 in
olCtC1Clki, fUO III 0ISSQC11g I'll Wlb11lll
the last few days. The Bayarian
police arrested seven anti-fascists IN
Germershein for attempting to SNUG
gle illegal papers and pamphlets into
Nazi Germany.
The new terror wave extends even
to those who are not militant anti
fascists. The secret state police Of
Giessen announce that six persons
were sent to concentration camps "be-
cause Of anti-national opinions"
while others were in prison because
they stated during the journey that
they wanted to go to Russia where
working conditions were much bet
ter"
The increasingly severe terror Of
the Nazi despots Is an indication that
the Hitler regime must resort to more
and more rigorous measures Of OPP
preston TO silence the rising tide Of
dissatisfaction with the NaM Third
Reich
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Grau Govt Masses
Troops on PreteXt
Against Workers
Talks About ''PIot'' But
Moves Against Sugar
and Other Strikes

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. Heavy
troop concentrations are going on In
Havana and in other parts Of the
country, particularly directed against
strikers and revolutionary workers
and peasants.
The Grau regime Is using the pre-
text Of an imaginary plot Of .
counter-revolutionary uprising by
the Abe to bring troops into Havana
and station them on the taller
buildings Of the city.
AT the same time, troops are NOV
ing into the interior, particularly to
Oriente Province, where the workers
have carried on the most militant
strikes. With the opening OF the
sugar harvesting and grinding season,
Grau-Batista regime is preparing
itself to shoot down strikers in order
to help the American sugar trusts.
Col. Batista. army head, admitted
that there are rapid troop move
ments, but he said they were "un-
important"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Poverty and Misery GroaO in
Germany Under HitLer'S Rule

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Business condi-
lions in the third Reich are going
from bad to worse, with the crisis
exceeding in severity even the catas-
graphically low level reached in 1882,
before Hitler's access into power.
Reports from practically all
branches Of industry, with the ex-
ception of the plants manufacturing
munitions, indicate economic con-
ditions that give the lie to the Of
fetal NaH propaganda of good
times under Hitler" The monthly
report of the Berlin Chamber Of
Commerce for November is forced to
admit that conditions in the
machinery industry are characterized
by many applications for permission
to fire workers and by comparatively
very few orders"
The textile industry of Saxony re-
ports that conditions were very poor
during the early part of the year and
although it was hoped that an i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Such Machinery Never
Gathered Under One
Roof Before!"
BY vERN SMITH

CHELIABINSK, US.S.R, Nov. rs
(By MaiD-"I can't make g COM
parison; here's a plant with machin-
cry the like Of which, gathered under
one roof I never saw before. I never
worked in such plant. Sometimes l
have seen two or three such ma
chimes as you have in the tractor
plant here" So spoke Austin, Ameri-
can tool and die maker from Min
neapolis, who has worked on at least
80 different jobs in United States, al
ways such a skilled worker that even
the crisis didn't put him out of work.
Austin was talking about the Chel-
iabinsk tractor works. With the rest
of the American and English speak
ing worker delegates he was in the
room of Kommissarov, director of the
technical planning department. The
delegation had just finished ques-
tioning Kommissarov, after an all
day tour through the tractor plant.
The other metal worker on the
American delegation then spoke. He
is Geraghty, machinist. chairman of
the delegation. He comes from Mare
Island Navy Yard, near San Fran
cisco. He represents the Vallejo Gen.
trail Labor Council (AFL). And Mare
Island is pretty well equipped tech
nically, too. But here Is what
Geraghty said:
"One Of Finest Plants I've Seen"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

obvious in the tool and die making
department, where machine after
machine bears the name plate of
Churchill, Of England. The Churchill
factory actually extended its plant
to supply the orders sent from Chel-
iabinsk. Last year, 80 per cent of these
types Of machines made in England
went to fill Soviet orders.
In answer to a direct question by
one Of the English worker delegates,
Kommissarov stated that now, after
Uralmash has been built, about half
of this machinery could be made
here. But there will still be lots of
orders placed abroad.
1900 Workers in Plant
The Cheliabinsk pant covers an
area Of something more than a square
mile. Seventeen thousand workers
put in their seven hour days on these
grounds, of which 5000 work in the
departments so far opened. The rest
are largely building workers. The tool
shop uses a thousand; the forging
department uses 1900; in the foundry
there are 1000 and in the machine
shop and assembly rooms are $500.
They earn according to categorieg,
that is, their assured wages are from
rs rub-es for beginners to $50 for
skilled mechanics. Eut by piece work
over these assured wages, they may
make a great deal more. Since most
Of them are beginners with only a
few days to few months of expert
ence in industry, the average wege is
a-eund 200 rubles a month. 1t is
enough to live on; for the higher
waged categories pay about 100 rubles
month for four room fats Ctwo
workers In family in the big new
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Venezuelan Rebels
Captured When Motor
Launch Is Wrecked

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 5
"A motor launch, bearing an armed
group Of opponents Of the Gomez
dictatorship in Venezuela struck a
reef of Delta Amacuro at the mouth
of the Orinoco River and sank, &C.
cording to reports received here
today.
Part of the group were drowned,
but scme were captured by vene-
zue-an troops. Leaders OF the exrefn
ton included Cen. Par5o,ome Fers
and Doroteo Flores. The expedite!
was fitted out in this British ps
with the. announced intention of {. y
tering Venezuela in connection w6S
what is said to have been carefully
organized plot for revolt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

provement would be noted with the
advent of the fall season, no stirnu-
lation OF buying can be noticed"
Reports Of plants shut down and
the lay-off of hundreds Of workers
at time, continue to come in from
all parts of the Reich, but receive
very inconspicuous mention in the
Nazi press.
The continued drou In German ex-
ports and the diminishing domestic
market are reflected in the uninter-
rupted drop in the gold reserves of
Reichsbank, which are now down to
about 8 per cent of the net circula-
ton, according to official Nail admis-
tons. Within a single month Ger
many's floating debt rose SO million
marks. The brusk refusal of the
Reichsbank to pay Germany's foreign
creditors, coupled with the desperate
forcing Of German exports through
Undertaking in the foreign market
by the use of discounted bloc. marks
are also an indirect indication of the
grave economic situation within the
Third Reich.
This serious crisis is reflected in
the mortality figures, with Berlin re-
porting mortality increase Of nearly
IA per cent over November, 1882. 1t
is likewise shown by the drop OF
nearly 20 per cent in the number of
marriages within a single month in
the City of Berlin, in spite Of the
feverish Na1 propaganda for an in
creased marriage rate.
A sure sign of increased privations
among wide circles of the popula-
ton, is the tremendous drive in the
number Of sheriffs sales of house
hold furniture. In Berlin alone, u.s.
900 such sales took place during the
first nine months of IItler rule.
All this evidence points to the
growth Of misery and poverty among
the German toiling population and
gives the lie to the incessent flood
Of Nazi prosperity propaganda.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
ThaeImann Held in
Solitary Cell in
Nazi Berlin Prison

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Ernst Thaelmann
leader Of the Communist Party Of
Germany, now facing Nazi threats Of
a death sentence for Thigh treason, p
together with Ernst Torgler and other
imprisoned German Communist lead
ers, is kept in solitary confinement in
Moabit Prison, according to reliable
reports,
A relative who has been able to VS.
it Comrade Thaelmann at intervals
during the past few months states
that he gives the impression Of being
unbroken by the rigorous Jail regime
TO which he Is subjected by the
Nazi jailers.
Thaelmann Is being held In strict
isolation, not being allowed to take
exercise in the prison yard together
with the other political prisoners
Once when Thaelmann was return
ing from his solitary exercise, how
ever, he met some comrades in the
prison corridor, who were being taken
to hearing. The prisoners stealthily
greeted him with raised clenchec
fists, and he returned the greeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Hull Holds Secret
Conference in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. So. s.
Secretary Of State Hull, visiting here
on his homeward journey from the
Pan American Conference, was in
secret conference with chilean OIL
Gals today in an attempt to strength
en- the influence in this country Of
U. s. imperialism in South and Car
ibbean America. 1t is understood that
he made inquiries as to reports that
Japan had acquired from Chile the
island of Paskka, suitable as a dis
tant submarine base.
During the day, Hull entertained
President Arturo Alessandri, members
Of the Cabinet and other high
Chilean officials at luncheon at the
U. s. Embassy.
He expressed hope that a turning
point for civilization had been reach
ed by the Pan-American Conference,
the fruits Of which are already EVIL
dent in the fierceiy intensified Anglo
American rivalries reflected in the
present revolt in Argentina and re-
ported revolt plots in Chile and Uru-
quay, as well as in the threatened
resumption Of hostilities in the Chaco
war by proxy between U. S. and Brit
ish imperialism through their pup
pets in Bolivia and Paraguay, re-
spectively.
Continuing his comments on tho
Pan-American Conference he depict
ed that parley, which carefully
avoided all vital questions affecting
the various peoples and governments
as having demonstrated that ques-
tons vital to human progress and
welfare can be settled by interna-
tional conference"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

''This is one of the finest plants
I've seen, and can be compared with
but few in the United States. 1t can
be compared with Uralmash, the
heavy machine construction works in
SverdlovSk.
your problem here is mainly that
Of acquiring skill. The Party line is
correct; the man who knows should
teach those who do not know. Then
you will have mass production in such
quantity that you will surpass all
other countries. If you develop your
workers skill, get them machine con-
scious, nothing can stop you.
"The U.S.A. developed mass pro-
duction but the contradictions Of cap
italisn prevent us from using it.
Even the capitalists admit technical
development is standing still ami
perhaps going backward now. That is
not the problem here"
The Cheliabinsll factory is another
of the Ural regions children of the
first Five-Year Plan, like Uralmash,
the whole Magnitogorak mining and
steel mill combination, and like a
dozen other smaller works in this
mountain range. The part already
completed cost 350,0OO.0 600 rubles, Of
which 35,0O00O0 were gold rubles
spent abroad for machinery.
Modern Machinery
Konlmissarov, the technical plan
ming director, spent year and half
in America, picking out American
equipment. Then Congressman Fish
and others like him got active, and
spoiled Che trade between U.SSR.
and U.S.A. The result is that the ma
chimes were bought in England and
Germany, instead. This Is particularly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Court Martial of 83
Native Seamen of
Dutch Warship Begun

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 5.-Trial Of SO
native mutineers of the Dutch war
ship De zeven Proyincien was opened
yesterday before naval court mar
tial, according to a dispatch from
Surbaya, Dutch East Indies.
The Judge advocate has asked pen
alties ranging from six months to
ten years imprisonment and black
listing of the defendants from future
enlistment in the fighting services.
Sentences ranging from IL to 16
years were imposed on two groups
Of European and native seamen pre-
viously court-martialed, with the
court going the prose cutor one better
in. imposing sentences even more Sc
we're than those demanded by the
prosecutor.
These savage sentences are intend
ed to intimidate the underpaid sea-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Japan Seeks
Bic Oil Reserve
For Warships
Press A gitates for
Seizure of Soviet
SakhaIin

TOKYO, Jan. 6-Plans for ths
creation of huge oil reserve for the
Japanese Navy were announced today
by the Ministry Of Industry and Come
merce. Rejecting the frantic prep.
arations of japanese imperialism foe
war, announcement Of the govern
ment's program was significantly acc
companied by an anti-Soviet agita-
ton in the press for japanese control
of the Soviet portion Of Sakhalin
Island, with its rich oil-bearing fields.
Two bills have been prepared for
presentation to the Diet this month,
aimed at compelling oil importers and
foreign oil companies operating In
Japan to store large quantities Of
crude oil under government instruc-
lions. The purpose of these measures
is to have a large quantity Of oil
available the moment Japan declares
war or attacks without warning, as
is the traditional policy Of japanese
Imperialism policy becoming in
CreaSl1Sly popular Will ClAe Juliet A4l"
perialist powers.
Japan produces only 10 per cent
of the petroleum consumed in the
empire. With its huge naval con-
struction and the increasing needs Of
the fleet, consumption is rapidly in
creasing, and the government is seek
ing sources abroad not controlled by
it's irnperialist rivals to assure an un-
interrupted supply Of oil. In this
connection, Japanese interests are
seeking oil concessions in South
America, where Japan already has
begun to challenge U. S. and British
imperialists for control of the re-
sources and markets Of that con-
tinent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Marking Suffers
Severe Defeats In
China Fighting

SHANGHAI, Jan. 5.-Although the
Marking governments spokesman
continue to claim fantastic victories
over the Chinese Red Armies and the
rebel forces Of the secessionist Fukien
regime, dispatches f1ltering in from
the battlefront report severe defeats
for Chang Kai-Shek's troops.
The rebel forces are advancing vic
toriously all along the Fukien- Chek-
lang border, with the important city
Of Taishun falling into anti-Nanking
hands, The insurgent troops have
succeeded in crossing the high noun
tain passes into Chekiang Province
and are now pushing their conquest
Of that strategic area.
The Marking naval forces opposite
the port Of Annoy have not dared
to open hoStilities against the Fukien
coastal troops, remaining carefully
ofshore. Chang Kai-Shek's 88th
Division Is reported to have deserted
to the insurgents.
Chinese banks in Shanghai have
cut off all credit to the banks and
traders in the Pingyang area, indi-
eating that Marking has also lost
control Of that sector Of the front.
American aviation companies are
working desperately to complete a
new flying base for Marking at Nam
chang, at The border Of the Chinese
Soviet Republics territory, to facili-
tate air bombardment Of the Chinese
Soviet areas. American firms, will
Washington's approval, are constantly
unloading airplanes, bombs, shells
and tanks at the Shanghai wharves
which are being rushed to the battle
front for the Chang Kai-Shek forces
fighting the Red Army and the Flu
ken provincial troops.