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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

la northeast wind and it impossible to keep her her About 375 miles off Cape Hat teras the steamship Trent" picked up the crew. Even then the America" had broken the existing world record for time and distance sailing by 6 dirigble
 Considering the trip failure Wellman returned to New York to find himself a hero So the men who accompanied him-Melvin Vannman, chief engineer; P. M. Smons, navigator J. K. Irwin, wireless operator and A. L. Loud and Jean Aubert, assistant engineers. The ships mascot small gray kitten contributed at the last moment by Mrs. Vannman brought home safely.
 Welman always considered his airtrips in Arctic regions the most dangerous of his career. The first one, in 1906 commissioned by Frank B. Moves then publisher of The Chicago Record Herald. enlisted also the enthusiastic support of President Roosevelt, but it had to be abandoned when 1000- ton of provisions broke loose. The 1909 polar expedition ended when it's airship coded with icebergs.
 Dangerous as all of Weman's undertakings, he came through them unhurt and without the loss of man from any of his crews.
 His first expeditions to the North were by land. In 1894 he reached 81 degrees at point northeast of Spitzbergen and in 1889 he led an expedition to Franz Joseph Land which attained a latitude of 82 degrees north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS.

Substantial progress is being made on the SAUL 100000 Federal aid road program under the Punhc Works program which is headed by Secretary Harold L. Ickes, Public Works Administrator. He mas overcome all kinds of obstacles in getting this section of the Presidents recovery program lnto operation and deserves lot more credit for 1t than is ordinarily given to him. survey on naton- wide scale shows that 800 PWA projects have been completed, and projects representing more than o4 per cent of the entire allotment have either been begun by day labor advertised for contract
 total of 5937 projects all over the country advertised for contract begun by day labor em- ployed directly by State highway authorities, are estimated to cost $276197OO0 This includes day labor projects estimated at $20,207,000. Contracts have been awarded for 4587 projects, involving an estimated expenditure of $238 000 which is 558 per cent of she total allotment. Most encouraging of all, nearly 5000 projects under actual con struction, employing 13o045 men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
SUBMERGING GERMAN LABOR.

Nothing could more forcibly illustrate the gulf between the policies of the Roosevelt Administration and those which actuate the Nazi regime in Ger many than their respective attitudes toward labor Under NRA, the American workman has come into his own and the right of collective bargaining is more firmly established than before in the countrys history. Here labor has equal right with capital in the setup of wages and hours of work Its voice is as powerful as that of the employer
 In Germany labor has been reduced to virtual serfdom. Under the Nazi rule, law has been passed, effective next May, which abolishes labor unions altogether imposes fines and other penalties on workers who disobey factory rules, gives the employer complete mastery his employees and wipes out entirely the right of collective bargaining The German worker, after May l, is to take what is handed to him whether he likes it CT not.
 The State, of course, is presumed to look out for the interests. of the German workingman But in the word Of the Nazi Government, capital is the corporal and labor the private The private must do what the corporal tells him to do or be dis cipined just as if both in the army. That doesn't offer labor much encouragement. It is at the mercy of the at the top of the heap. What contrast between him and the American laborng manl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
WELLMAN SAW DREAMS REALIZED.

When Walter Wellmon explorer and journalist, undertook to fly the Atlantic Ocean in an arship and later to explore the Arctic regions in the same manner he made the butt of cartoonsts and ridiculed by newspapers and the public And al- though he failed in his attempts to prove he was correct he lived to others do the things he had dreamed of doing and had the courage to try to make them come true Sayants were inter ested in his experiments but the lesser informed thought him queer
 He took off from Atlantic City for London in 1910 in the strangest airshp on record The arship America was dirigibe of the balloon type with a gas bag 228 feet long and 52 feet wide. The silk and cotton fabric bag enclosed in triple sack of rubber held 345OO0 cubic feet of gas generated by combining sulphuric acid with iron filings.
 Under the bag, and attached to it by heavy hickory struts and steel wire laced through wide tuck in the envelope long of inter-aced steel tubing, enclosed with casing of rubber, silk and cotton canvas
 Below the car swung a torpedo shaped gas tank, 15o feet long and two feet in diameter Beneath the gas tank a lfeboat containing 30 days supplies, wireless instruments and equipment for navigation.
 And dangling below all that "equilibrator, D a long rat tail' made up of 30 steel drums filled with gasoline They strunk on cables and put together in such way to insure high flexibity.
 The America" had three engines capable of send ing her along at 25 miles hour. The ship had a tweve-ton lifting power and Weman figured he had fuel and provisions enough for ten-day voyage in the air or 30-day trip the sea if he and his five companions had to take to the boat
 The start made in dense fog But for several hours messages came back regularly from the airships wireless set, reporting good weather and steady going
 Then the atmospheric change from day to night began to affect the ships progress The America sailed high by day when sun heat expanded the gas in her bag but she slumped at night when the temperature lowered
 Eventually the ship blown relentessy before
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
Creditors and Workers.
(Omaha World -Herald.)

Revaluaton means simply a move to bring the inflated dollar back to normal proportons-and so to bring commodity and real prices back to a normal level The objective is the dollar value and the price level that prevailed during the very servative administrations of Calvin Coolidge. It is to enable the debtor to pay with dollars, the average, of the same buying power the dollars he borrowed. And, Senator Glass to the contrary notwithstanding, the creditor who receives in re- payment money with the same buying power the money he loaned is not robbed"
 If prices rise to the level hoped for it means a restoration of profitable production, profitable commerce, encouragement to investment and enterprise And out of good business" new enter prise, there grow increasing demand for labor, extended fields of employment and better pay for the worker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

War to save civilization taught how to kill and made nations careless of their obligations. -CToledo Bladeo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
An Adaptable Constitution.
(The St. Paul Pioneer Press)


 A majority of five judges have decided that the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Law of last year is valid
 The court in effect declares that the Constitu- ton is not to be regarded a dead hand of the past the shoulder of legislative authorities but Ia living body of fundamental law which shall adapt itself to the necessities of the times and not inhbit the Legislatures from socially useful acts so long as these consistent with the fair intent of its limitations. It is equivalent to assertion by the Supreme Court that the Constitution is flexible enough to allow the proper authorities to take whatever measures may be considered reasonably necessary to meet emergency.
 Far from weakening the Constitution such a rule of interpretation strengthens it. Had the decision been the other way, then indeed the fundamentals lof the American political structure would have been in danger What is hard and brittle beaks what lis tough and yield stands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
BLOND A New Serial

SYNOPSIS: Janice Kent. the nloUie star, and her company are plun oin0 into the iunoIe to make q picture 0uided bu the tredcherous Ortegd. From another point, Frank Grdhdme the explorer, IS entering the tUilds in search of his dUidtor p0I Bill Ldn0ton t0ho has disdp- pedred GrdLdme aud Jitdn, HeE- icdn boy, are trying to dvoid Q pdrtu that has gone 10 the Or.eod Headquarters to get contrdbdnd 0unS Orte0d has furnished them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

The Douglas Island Elks' bowling team won a decisive victory over the horned tribe of Juneau in the Treadwel club alley when the second game of the series was play ed. The score was, Douglas, 2298 and Juneau, 2085. M. A. Snow, of Treadwel, made high score with 188. About fifteen Juneau bowling fans made the trip across the chan nel to cheer for their players. Fol lowing the game the Island Elks gave the visitors fine feed, in which the Juneauites ate circles around their hosts
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
2n YEARS AGO
From The Empire

Chief of Police J. T. Martin an- nounced that in turning in a fire alarm the discoverer of a fire should call the night jailer at the city hall, who would cause the alarm to be given to the proper officers of the fire department.
 On Friday afternoon the Seward Society, newly organized high school literary society, presented a program at the high school. The program was: Roll Call-quotations from Lincoln; Waino Hendrickson, current events; Paul Thompson, Iincoln's Gettysburg Address; Klon- da Olds, Life of Lincoln; Harry Sabin, recitation; Elizabeth Hop per, Adjective letter; Dawn Davis, Origin of Valentines Day; liar Ian Herner, two-minute talk; Mar garet Dudley, humorous reading; Cyril Kashevaroff, original basket ball story; Lawrence Hurlbert, con- undrums, and Professor Enoch Perkins, critic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

It begins to look if those people who had been expecting Congress to furnish excite ment during the long winter evenings due to be disappointed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

The final installment on 1883 real estate and personal property taxes will be delinquent after March 5, 1884. Payment should be made by that date to avoid pen atty. Statement of the delinquent tax roll will be published on or before March 19, 1894 as required by law.
 A. w THINNING, -adv. City Clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

The dollar may be worth only one-half much as it was last year. but the chase after it has lost none of it's enthusiasm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-06

Vermonters may have new deal, but it will have to run on the Republican ticket.-Detroit Free PreSs)
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Uncle Sam Has Gmboat Fleet PafyoL-
ling the Mighty Yangtze River forl, 700
Miles-and His Fighting Men, E0ery
once in Awhile, Haze Considerable
Trouble W>ith Pirufes

similar personnel and procedure rs the Ameri-
cans, the japanese have about the same num-
Der, the French three boats and the Italians
one.
Untold millions Of dollars worth Of foreign
capital tied up in industries located in the
Yangtze region thus patrolled, and this region,
by the way, contains about a third of the
worlds entire population The city Of Hanyang,
the Pittsburgh of China, with its towering steel
mills, adjoins Hankow, but Is separated from it
by the Han River, and diagonally across the
Yangtze, on the south bank miles away,
is wuchung. Geographically, these three cities
are not unlike Manhattan Brooklyn and Jersey
City.
THAT romance and adventure are not alone
the lot of those who go down to the sea in
ships" but also of those who 60 up the Yangtze
In gunboats. is more readily understood when
the nature of their tasks is better known.
Wen advertised have been the volga boatmen,
famous in Russian lore. But when one learns
Of the endless toll Of the Chinese in tracking"
Junks throughout the countless years IN navi-
eating that part of the Yangtze known the
"Gorges" more than q thousand miles up
stream, one wonders how indistinct is the line
which divides man and beast.
From Ichang, the head Of navigation for
moderate-draft steamers, 1000 miles up the
river and 400 miles above Hankow, which is
the upstream port for ocean-going steamers, the
river enters the famous Ichang gorges a sue
cesSion OF dangerous rapids. whirlpools and
currents Prom Ichang Chungking. city of
100000, the river port Of the rich province of
Szechwan the distance Is asa miles. The
stretch from Ichang TO Wanhsien, at the upper
gorges. has more than its share of human
interest"
The American shallow-draft gunboats Palos
and Monocacy not only negotiate these danger
Gus waters year in and year out, but proceed
200 miles further upstream from Chmgking
to Suifu, at the confluence Of the Yangtze and
Evening star., 1934-08-12

Min Rivers, and then negotiate stiu further
distance up the latter river for 90 miles which
is within 80 miles of the capital city of the
province of Szechwan, Chengtu. This province
alone has q population estimated at three
fourths Of that of the United States.
To better understand the reference to the
Volga boatmen one has but to visualize the life
of the "junkmen" IN q round trip through the
gorges and the part played by human labor
The voyage downstream from Chungktng to
Ichang, while extremely dangerous, Is compara-
lively q time of rest for the crew. 1t Ii only
matter OF skill to handle the huge bow
steering gear, assisted by the regulation rudder,
so as TO keep the junk IN the proper part Of
the channel. If all else goes well, the current,
unbelievably swift, does the rest.
When 1t is understood that the current at
times attains velocity as high as IA knots
rushing betweeI walls rising sheer 400 feet
ON either side, with rocks and boulders on every
hand, one begins to realize that the return
journey may require the utmost limit Of human
endurance. The junk must be poled or pulled,
towboat fashion, every step Of the way back to
Chungking. feat of labor requiring six weeks
All of the ''junkmen" crew except five 60 ashore
Oftentimes on narrow. dangerous and slippery
footpath, cut countless ages ago in the sides Of
the towering rock walls to man the towline;
the remaining five men fend the junk from
striking the jagged banks
When one sees the hundred dirty, sweating,
painting, naked coolies strain ON the end of the
towline as they stumble, crawl and scramble
along the rocks In their foot-worn sandals, in
order to haul the dingy craft average of
miles a day, one better understands and appre-
ciates our own methods Of transportation.
pETwEEN the rapids there are more quiet
stretches of water, sometimes at high water
averaging 2IO feet In depth Because of the
tremendous area drained by the Yangtze and
the sheer walls of the gorges the rise and fan
of the water is almost unbeievably rapid The
Evening star., 1934-08-12

French gunboat Doudert de Tagree was once
left stranded ON the rocks By the water drop
ping "A feet In less than "A hours
II was not until 1901 that steamer trans~
portation was made possible through the
treacherous gorges. thus infuriating the junk.
men, who saw their sole means OF livelihood
diminishing. Up 10 this time the dangerous
rapids, whirlpools and currents made naviga~
ton possible only by junks. When it is con-
sidered that three round trips between Chung
king and Ichang was the entire life Of the
average junk, and the long time it took 10 make
the upstream journey, 1t is realized why the
freight rates were extremely high
The hatred of the junkmen for the steamer
companies thus engendered Is mainly respon-
region, and no opportunity is lost by the junk
men to bedevil the companies. set fire to the
steamers, intimidate the pilots. boycott the ex-
porters hdnap the passengers and, finally, for
the renegade snipers, stationed on the banks, TO
pick on the pilot, thereby wrecking the ship.
Another major cause Of piracy lies In the
fact that the unofficial military chiefs usually
self f-styled habitually desire passage for their
armies gratis" and this the ship companies
have steadfastly refused to do, with the result
that they have been forced to arm virtually all
their vessels with bullet-proof bridge screens,
and maintain armed guards ON board at al
times.
Again and again the Yankee tars, comprising
the crews OF the seven gunboats which patrol
the Yangtze for Uncle Sam, are called upon
to engage In hand-to-hand combat with the
ferocious river pirates. striking instance of
this sort took place some months ago when ne
gunboat Palos, assisted by the British gunboak
Aphis and the Yankee gunboat Guam, was
responsible for saving an entire town, with
industries and property valued at over 81 2,00os-
900 from what otherwise would have been
certain destruction.
The trouble started when the Guam cruising
past Yochow some 80 miles above Hankow.
along the Yangtze at the junction Of the
Yangtze and Slang Rivers, was suddenly fired
upon by bandits from the shore. There were
no American casualties, though q couple Of
Yankee tars were severely wounded.
Later that same month the bandits, thought
to be Communists. captured the city Of
Changsha. It so happened that the Palos was
cruising nearby. besides the British gunboa&
Aphis. and the italian gunboat Eermanno
Carlotto. These vessels evacuated all the
foreigners living In the town and then the
Palos moved down the river just below thu
town to get out of the firing range. coupzs
OF days later the Palos, On an inspection tour,
cruised past the town. Then the fun began. An
indetermfnate number Of pirates opened fire on
them. finally being put to utter rout, fleeing. no
doubt deep into the hinterland. At any rate,
the prompt action and vigilance Of the Palos
saved the city.
Yes, it Is IN the region OF the Yangtzes
mighty gorgea that one may turn for thrills
In naval activities.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
BY RANDOLPH ROBERTS.
kHILE riding through an almost
endless succession of dangerous
~ rapids, whirlpools and currents
NN in the Yangtze River, about 16O
miles above Hankow q merchant

Capt. Baker, suddenly went aground It was
night time and a stones throw away could be
dimly seen the craggy outlines of the shore.
Nine times out of ten such an accident results
I'm q bandit attack in this remote section of
China. But hardly had the American given
the order to his Chinese crew to arm them
selves when things began to happen. Not
single warning sound was heard and yet within
five minutes time every coolie had been dis
armed and bound by as villainous q gang Of
cut-throats as Baker had ever seen Armed
with sawed-of shotguns and wearing althy rags
they looked rs IL they would commit murder
for dollar.
However, their leader calmly announced that
he would release the American upon receipt of
$2OO0000 OF course he did not make good on
this fantastic demand, but his thugs seized
Bakers boat containing perhaps $40 900 worth
of cargo and kept him prisoner for three
months At which time. thanks to friends,
Baker raised couple Of thousand dollars and
was freed
OUCH instances happen again and again in
- the region Of China's mightiest river, which
rises in the snow-capped mountains of Tibet
and winds its way rregulariy in generally
seaward direction for nearly 5000 miles to the
ocean. emptying into the Yellow Sea q few
miles from Shanghai.
Small wonder, what with trade transactions
such tremendous gamble and human life q
thing to be sneered at that the gunboats of our
Navy, Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan
regularly patrol the length Of the Yangtze for
nearly l.7o0 miles, distance rs great as that
from the mouth Of the Mississippi to Hudson
Bay Canada.
The American patrol force consists of seven
regular gunboats and, according to the serious
ness OF the emergency, any one Of four spare"
gunboatS Each vessel carries three to four
ships officers one doctor and q crew of so
enlisted men. The boats are distributed through
out the Yangtze region as follows: At Hankow
500 miles up the river is the regular operations
base for the LuSon. flagship of the force under
command Of Rear Admiral J. D. Wainwright
besides the gunboatS q. s. S. PaloS, Tutuila and
Oahu: 500 miles up the river is the base for the
gun6oat Psnay at Nowangtsui: at Ichang, 900
miles up the Ysngtze, Is the gunboat Monocacy;
ut Chungking l.500 miles up the river, is the
gunooat Guam
No regular patrol boats operate at Nanking
$50 miles up the Yangtze. but in emergency
cases any one Of the following spare" gun
boats Is utilized: The AsheviIle the Tulsa the
Sacramento or the Isabel the latter n converted
yacht
The British maintain about IL gunboatS with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-17
new Beer AND
ALE APPROVED
Nine Star and Burberry
Brands Rank High in
Quality Field.

Nine-Star lager beer and Bur-
berry ale have made their appear
ance in Indianapolis with distribu-
ton by American Beverages, Inc,
429 Madison avenue.
Since the new beer and ale were
introduced they have taken their
places in the quality field and now
rank among the first in the city.
American Beverages, Inc, in order
to handle its large volume of bust
ness, and give an uneXcelled service
on both draft and case beer, found
it was necessary to lease a fleet of
trucks. After due consideration,
new equipment was leased from the
U-Drive, Inc, which maintains
truck service for all types of bust
ness.
Nine-Star lager and Burberry ale
are produced by one of Indiana's
oldest breweries, the Muessel Brew
ing Company, South Bend, which
has been brewing beer more than
eighty years. The brewmaster is
z. Sobotka, who was the brewmas-
ter for the company prior to pro-
hibition.
The indianapolis company is CEN
trally located, and with its storage
and refrigerating system maintains
the same ven temperature as the
refrigerating rooms at the brewery.
That is why Nine-Star lager draft
beer is uniform wherever it is sold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-17
WORLD CRUISE
OF LINER WILL
START JAN. 10
Union Trust Company to
Book Reservations for
Trip of 1870 Days.

A world cruise offered by the
Canadian Pacific Company, sailing
from New York. Jan. 10, 1885, is
described in catalogues issued by
the travel department of the Union
Trust Company, 100 East Market
street, r. A. Kurtz, travel manager,
states
Leaving New York on the Empress
Of Britain, the world traveller viii
visit thirty-two ports in $50 days.
Lengthy stops will be made at
ports in Madeira, Gibraltar, France,
Italy, Greece. the Holy Land and
other eastern countries, to assure
the traveller of seeing the interior
and bargaining with the colorful ma
tives for skillfully made products.
Crossing the Pacific ocean, a stop
will be made at the Hawaiian
islands. Driven inland, the tourist
will see pineapple fields, sugar cane
and cocoanut trees.
A stop will be made May 2 at San
Francisco. Next, the truly Spanish
atmosphere of Panama will be en-
countered. The liner passes through
the marvel of engineering achieve
ment, the Panama canal. The En-
press of Britain is the largest pas
senger vessel ever to go through the
canal locks. After waving good-by
to Moro Castle, Havana, Cuba, the
ship heads for home. The cruise will
end at New York on May 20.