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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
NEW SERVICE
 FOR AIR MAIL
Postmaster General Farley Contemeplates Route
 Over Atlantic

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.--Post- master General James A. Farley said today he will ask Congress for funds to start a transatlantic air mail service. He said experimental flights will be started next summer and the route will probably be in operation the following year.
 The Pan-American Airways is the only American company that seems interested in the postal plans, of ficials said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
THREE PRISON BREAKS CAUSE
 FOUR HIS
One Man Critically Wound ed-Police Trail Escaped
 Convicts Tn Two States

CHICAGO, Dec. A. Four men were killed and one was critically wounded in series of unrelated pris- on breaks yesterday, which have pris- on officials in two states today trail ing escaped convicts, while authori- ties began investigation into third
 Hunt for the five fugitives from the Muskogee, Okla, city jail cen tered around the Winding Stair mountains. A sixth convict was killed and detective wounded in the break
 Officers today pursued three Ten nessee penitentiary convicts who eiuded them after escaping by car rying off deputy warden, who was freed later.
 Three prisoners were recaptured after a break from the Massachus- etts State Prison. Two other convicts were killed after a truck driver was beaten to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
FED. OFFICER
 SHOT, KILLED
Former Police Captain Also Slain Tn Alleged Att
 tempted Hold-up

TULSA, Okla, Dec. A. Louis Pappan, aged 42. Federal Internal Revenue Agent. and George Stewart, former Police Det tive Captain, were shot to death at the Sheridan Night Club, east of this city, early today.
 Two employees of the club. Tyree Park. doorman. and C. R. McCul- tough. are held for investigation. Both declared the slain men were attempting holdup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
ITALIAN FILES SUIT

NEW YORK, Dec. IA suit to nullify the additions claimed to have been made in Roosevelt's arms embargo in statements by Secretary of State Cordell Hull has been filed by Philip Giordano, as- sistant to Geneoso Pope, publisher of Italian language newspapers.
 The plaintiffs injunction petition asserted that statements about the shipment of oil. cotton and other commodities constituted an order issued unconstitutionally. The Fed eral District Court is asked to en- join Hull and other members of the National Munitions Board of Control from enforcing such exten- sions.
 Attorneys for the plaintiff said that the suit is not aimed at the Presidents embargo order on arms, but at improper extensions to in clude scrap iron, cotton oil, coal and other materials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
SEN. THOMAS
 NOT HOPEFUL,
 NAVAL TALKS
Believes London Conference Doomed to Fail
 Reasons

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-United States Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, predicted the London Naval Conference is doomed to fail- ure because each nation is trying to reduce the other nations arma- ments rather than their own.
 Senator Thomas said if the pow CTS would specify naval needs in ac- cordance with national objectives, it would be long step toward solution of the problem.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
NIGHT STICKS,
 TEAR GAS FOR
 DEF. RIOTERS
Police Guarding Plant Re quired to Use Force
 Tn Disturbance

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 4-Po- lice, with night sticks and tear gas, halted the march of striking work CTS at the Motor Products Cor poration plant today and sent TO strikers to hospitals.
 A heavy Police Riot Squad, guarding the plant after a night long disturbance, used clubs and tear gas to break up gathering of pickets this morning.
 One officer was struck by brick and many pickets were injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 4.--An im- mediate settlement of the Longshore- mems strike is expected following an- nouncement that 13 steamship com panies have expressed willingness to employ members of the Information al Longshoremens Association.
 The boycott invoked against the ship operators refusing to use ILA labor has been lifted from the 13 companies and cargo from and for their ships will be handled by union members at all American ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
U. s. Planning Reciprocal
 Trade Agreement ,oith C. 5.

LONDON, Dec. 4.-(Copyright by Associated Press, 1935)-T'he United States has undertaken the prelimi- nary work of a reciprocal trade agreement with her greatest foreign customer. Great Britain, an author itative source disclosed last night The move follows conclusion of the trade agreement with Canada.
 It was learned that surveys are underway in London and Washing ton to determine the practicability
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
ARMY PLIERS
 DIE IN CRASH

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. First Lieut.. Harry F. Godfrey, of St. Paul, and Major George E. Rice, of Themopolis, Wyoming, were kill ed when their plane piowed into a hill near. Boiling Field, the Army's Capital Air Station. The plane, at the time of the crash, was making a flight from Mitchell Field to Long Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
CAPT. MARTIN ON NORAH

Capt. P. Martin of Whitehorse, Y T.. is southbound passenger on the Princess Norah for vacation. Capt. Martin. one of the first captains to operate steam river boats on the Yukon River, is now in the mercan- tile business in Whitehorse. Y T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
NO GULF CARGO WILL MOVE ON
 PACIFIC COAST
Harry Bridges Ties Up San Francicso and San Pedro
 Ports on Ryan s Order

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 4.-Rally- ing to the personal plea of Harry Bridges, San Francisco labor leader, local President of the International Longshoremen's Association, 800 un- ion longshoremen of San Pedro are pledged not to handle hot cargo from Gulf ports.
 Bridges obtained passage of the resolution at the meeting last night.
 The resolution suspends work un- til results of contract meeting at Houston today can be learned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04

and benefits of reciprocal agree ment, and the agreement may be entered upon by next summer.
 American exports to Great Britain have fallen off to scarcely IS percent of former high points. American ex- ports are principally raw cotton, to- bacco, wide variety of raw mater ials, machinery, semi-finished pro- ducts, and some metals. Imports from Great Britain are mostly fin- ished manufactured goods.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
Juneau Man Is Tdken to
 Seattle Hospital

SEATTLE, Dec. 4.--ColIaps- ing as he left the Automobile Show, E. E. Ninnis, of the Ju- neau Motors Company, Juneau, Alaska, was taken unconscious to hospital last night, suffer ing from an attack of the heart. As he collapsed, his head struck the pavement outside of the auditorium.
 The condition of Ni-,ris is improved today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
Matarluska Pork Finds Ready
 Mmket, Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 4. A shipment of 600 pounds of pork from Matanuska, re- ceived here as a feeler, was sold out in two days. One dealer said he could handle double the sale of pork if he could get an adequate supply from the Matanuska colony.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04

MIDWAY ISLAND, Dec. A. The China Clipper arrived here at 1l:50 o'clock yesterday evening, Eastern Standard time. completing the 1.9l1- mile flight from Wake Island in eight hours and 55 minutes.
 Capt. Edwin c. Musick reported headwinds slowed the ship slightly on the third hop on it's return flight from Manila to Alameda, Califor- mia.
 The plane is expected to take off today for Honolulu.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
MILDRED HOOK
 LAID TO REST
Hundreds Attend Funeral Service of Abducted,
 Slain Woman

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. A. More than 1,500 persons attended the fun- eral services for Mildred Hook, aged 22, who was abducted and killed by her former husband, Douglas Van Vlack, near Twin Falls, Idaho. The Order of Eastern. Star had charge of the services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
JApANs CONDITIONS

LONDON, Dec. 4.-Admiral Osami Nagano, Chief of the Japanes dele gation at the coming Naval Con- ference, said today that under certain conditions, Japan is will ing to abolish submarines. He said he believed battleships, aircraft car riers and large offensive type of cruisers should also be abolished.
 Admiral Nagano demands Japan be given naval parity with the United States and Great Britain. The present ratio is 5-5-3
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
ALASKA PLANE CRASHES; TWO INJURED
Has Shirley Become Gossip Reporter?

While Hollywood hearing that separate trip of Pauee God Palm Springs, Caf rift in her close friendship with Charles Chaplin Shirley Temple at the resort posing as
 candid and getting pictures of Miss Goddard
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
CLIPPER
 IS AT MIDWAY
Craft Expected to Hop Off Today for Honolulu,
 Alameda Bound

BULLETIN = Midway Island, Dec. 1.-The China Clipper took off for Honolulu at 1O:2O am. to- day, Pacific Standard Time. on another leg of the trans Pacific air mail service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
LAVAL NEGOTIATES

PARIS, Dec. 4.-Spokesmen for diplomatic circles here said that Premier Laval would seek an agree ment soon with Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign minister, on how much Ethiopian territory to offer Mussolini as a basis for peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
CEN. SUNG NOT TAKING ORDERS
 FROM JAP PANESE
Leader in North China Re- flutes Foreign Aid, Puts
 Faith in Reforms

PEIPING, Dec. 4.-Gen Sung Chen Yuan, commander of the Peiping and Tientsip garrison, told correspond ents he was taking no orders from any foreign power
 He said he expected reforms advo- cated for North China by Gen. Ho Ting Chin, War Minister emissary from central government, to become effective in the very near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
TROOPS TENSE
 AS BIG FIGHT
 LOOMS NEARER.
Ethiopians Press Forward Against Invaders
 Near Makale
ROME TiGHTENS HER
 DEFENSES AT HOME
Suit Filed Tn New York to Nullify U. 5. Embargo
 Extensions

DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland. Dec. 4. = Italian and Ethiopian troops today were girding them- selves for a long heralded decisive battle on the East African front.
 From Asmara, port of entry for the Fascist colony of Eritrea, came reports that skirmishes between opposing armies on the northern front are becoming hotter.
 A major engagement SC e m d nearer at hand, and Italian officers said that the periodic exchanges of fire showed that the forces of Emperor Selassie are pressing in with considerable force against the front lines beyond Makale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
DEFENsEs STRENGTHENED

ROME, Dec. 4.-An ominous note was sounded in Rome today, as troops which were expected to de- part for the southern front still remained in Italy.
 The home defenses are being frightened, and all naval leaves have been withdrawn. Some sea forces are concentrating at strat e g c points against the possibility of Mediterranean hostilities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04

Dry air absorbs more sound waves than moist air.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04

Continued on Page Two)
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26
SEASONS FIRST CHINOOK
SWEEPS UP THE VALLEY

That bolmy, spring. like wind ttlat
ne have had for two days has caused
much comment among those not 1ami Ii 21
VI tn climatic c ondi lions in Alaska.
Chinook winds, as they are called
sweep in off the japanese Current anC
nay occur at any season Of the year.
Even in the dead OF Winter you may
20 to bed with 3V5ryt thing frozen up
tt ght and awaken to find water drip
Ding from the eaV4s and the two feet
Of snow reduc cd to six inches Of
5lush.
How these winds get across the
Mountains without being cooled off
IS a mystery, yet they do. TWO or
three ChinOOks during a winter are
not unc onnnon in the Tanana valley
far in the interior.
The Chinook is tnvari ably from
wi thin q few degrees either way Of
direct South. Tt ones without
WARMING, and, as far as we can de-
57rmine, It does not portend any
oarti cular Climatic condition to
Follow.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26
CONSTRUCTION SET-UP DUE
FOR MANY CHANCES SOON

Ac c ording to present plons Of 1t.
COL. Leroy P. Hunt the first contin-
gent of transi ent workers will re-
turn to the States October IL, res
orvati ons having boon made for them
This group will be FOLLOWED by an
other wi thin q woek, and the third
and last shipment Of mon will be made
from Seward on the 25th.
Capt ain Alan Perkins, who has heon
in charge Of onstruc tt on, wi Ill leave
with the last group and it S expec ted
that Colonel Hunt and other members Of
the aCni nj stratiVe stuff will he re-
turning about the first Of November.
COnst rue lion Of homes, main build
ings, wells and harms Will continue
with Alaskan labor, hut under a Diff
tercnt WAGE scale.
AS Officials here point out, this
s primarily relief project and with
the mai or const1Ic ton phase completed
the emergency WEi c}l made it pos sIble
to employ A1askars at wages far in 4x-
cess Of those set by the VIA has boon
passed. wage adjustm7nt will go
into effect about October is, but at
present it is impos sibla to state just
what the scal7 will be.
wi thin the next month Camp Perkins
I'LL he loveled to the ground and all
hands will be housed at Palmer. TWO
barracks, each &C G omodating twenty
non, have been built and three more
IRE scha da1ed for i3nr1edt ate construc-
tt on.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26

RITA 7HVELLl3 RIG GOVERNING RAPIDLY
Fri ends Of Miss Rita Revelle,
Sec rotary to Mr.. Carr who sufferer
a painful acct dent to her leg las
week, will be glod to know that t
injury is not is serious as was
first suspec ted.
nj IS 7ovolle i s still ut the
Anchorage Hospital, but it is hop
she will soon be able to return tt
imp.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26
LfGICNNAIRES
NOTICE

Secretary Rex Atwood asks that
all be at the meeting Friday the
27th at the Library tent. And
don't forget, the big meeting Whez
permanent Of icers Will be cleo tet
is called for the foil owing Fr1dt3.
october 4, 1T 81 xsflt P. n. sharp.
Please try and be there, fellows.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26

LOST: N. Start z1nan, telephone
line Foreman, has lost a metal
back clir-bOard with imp ortant
parers attached. Will anyone
finding IT please return it tc
the 3en4ral O1Iice Of the Aj2RC al
onlmer3
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1935-09-26
BIG GAME HUNTERS
LUCKY OVER WEEKEND

Last saturday Emil La walter,
for many years a resident Of the
valley and famed as a guide and
traDper, left in company wi tn
Francis Biggs by auto for the
willow Greek di strict. On SUM-
day there was q skirt Of snow
up there in the mountains and
they ran across the tracks Of
moose, causing them to change
their minds about climbing after
goats.
Just at dusk they got wi thin
rifle distance Of their quarry
and Emil dropped q hog-fat three
yo:!r-old hull with two shots be-
hind the shoulder that could be
covered wi TIL the palm Of your han(
His moose WIS exc epti Cnllly
dirk, being almost black, and drai
oft at around six hundred pounds.
Rtl1 Synske, Of the Road CON-
nj sion, also cot 4 moose; 2 big
fellow that wei gtled around eleven
hundred pounds and carried huge
Dalmv9 ted antlers with eight point
EuEono Carr hugged 4 fine spec
linen Of the mountain goat, the he:
Of which he is having mounted. It
wi IL ne q present to his twelve
Tear-Old son in the States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Protests Urged

The demand, by cablegram. Of the
authorities in Switzerland. for the
liberation Of Heinz Neumsnn should
increase in volume. About IS cable
grams from the large workers or
ganizations and Influential groups
have been sent to Switzerland from
eastern cities. A city committee
affiliated with the National Com
mittea to Aid the Victims of Ger
man Fascism should forward protest
cables demanding his liberation and
safe asylum in Switzerland. These
city committees should call upon
other organizations in their cities
to send cables as we'll.
Heinz Neumann was arrested by
the Swiss authorities in Zurich at
the behest of the German Reichsan-
walt. who demands his extradition
to Germany on the basis of con-
cocted charges. He will suffer the
same fate as ThaeImann. Torgler
and others if the Nazis succeed in
removing him to Germany. Neu-
mann is known as one of the lead
ing German anti-fascists and all or
carnations should come to his aid.
Cdolegrams should be addressed
to: Bundesstaatssnwalt, Bern. Swift
Serland. Committees should be sent
and telephone calls made to the
Swiss consulate in each city regis
tering the same demands and re-
questing that the consul notify the
Swiss Government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

for the coming struggles" Amter
continued
The central issues before the
Fourth National Convention of the
Unemployment Councils will be the
working out of methods Of struggle
for the winning of immediate in
creased cash relief and for the
enactment of the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill.
This necessitates the building of the
Unemployment Councils into an
even more effective fighting factor
than at the present time.
In view of the growing terror
against our organization and the
arrests Of leaders in sll parts of the
country, discussion will be necessary
also on the question Of protecting
cur organization from every man
ner of attack.
THE united front and the
merging Of all unemployed organ
izations will therefore be vital
question. Preliminary reports show
that a great number of delegates
from groups outside the National
Unemployment Councils will attend
our convention" Amter said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

5. All workers. employed and I'M
employed, who were employees OF
any concern in the industry in the
years 1928-29 shall be eligible to
vote in the elections.
a. The Office stats OF the vari-
Gus companies shall have their
votes tabulated separately. These
votes shall not be included in the
total vote, but the result of the
total vote of this category of en-
ployes shall apply only to their
special category.
The A. A. rank and file should
demand:
6. That the ballots shall be
worded substantially in the follow
ing manner: Are you in favor OF
the trade union controlled by the
workers, which is part of the Amer
lean labor movement, the Amalga-
mated Association Of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers? Vote yes or no.
Are you in favor of so-called en-
ploye representative plans-com-
monty called company unions-hav-
ing no connection with the Amer
lean labor movement. Vote yes OF
no.
II vote for the following candi-
dates 0ist of candidates to be
appended"
The proposals Of the A. A. rank
and file should include:
7. That the elections shall no,
be held sooner than 30 days from
the date of the adoption of these
proposals.
8. During this period additional,
special guarantees shall be estab.
lisned so that the Amalgamatec
Association, its members and rep.
resentatives shall have full freedom
to organize and hold meetings, de.
bates, to distribute newspapers, 9th.
er literature, leaflets pamphlets, etc.
for the posting of placards, hand.
bills, etc, in the plants, mills
auxiliary enterprises and al
the Incorporated and unincorpo
rated villages. towns, cities, and il
all counties and states where ther,
ere steel plants and mills and sub
iary enterprises. There shall b,
no interference by the civil or mill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
U.s. Congress Ignorethe Needs the Masses
An Editorial

destruction program, a program which has raised
the cost of living for the workers and has ruined the
small farmers, giving profits only to the big land
lords and merchants
whole series Of mergers consultations on the
railroads and transport systems will be instituted
flinging hundreds of thousands of workers into the
streets, increasing profits and war efficiency
These be stopped only by the mass resistance
of the workers, by strikes and protests.
Taken as whole, the program of Congress will
larger share Of the national income Tightening their
grip on the government and increasing political
reaction to pave the way for their open domination
Congress meets when the masses in the sixth
year Of the crisis face hunger, misery end unem-
poyment on scale never seen before in the history
Of the country.
Congress will act on these needs only if forced
by the united front of the masses
Otherwise, Congress will carry through the re-
actionary program which has already been agreed
upon by Roosevelt and the Wall Street ndustriaists
and bankers.
This is because this Congress is acting as the
whip Of the most reactionsry Wall Street monopoles
who rapidly getting ready for fascist terrorism
and mperiast war.
The Communist Party sounds the call to the
American working class to build its firm united
front against this new looming wave of reactionary
attacks!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

been proposed by the National COM
mittee of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis as the agsnda for this fourth
convention of the nations jobless-
the general situation confronting
the unemployed in six years OF
capitalist crisis; the building of the
National Unemployed Councils; and
the united front.
Utopia Schemes and Self Help
The existence of a great number
Of unemployed organizations
throughout the country, the influ-
ence of such groups and clubs as
the Townsend and Epic Clubs,
Share the Wealth Clubs and barter
and self-help groups, will make it
necessary for the Councils to work
out plan Of action for winning
workers in these groups to the pro-
gram of the Unemployment Coun-
ellis, Israel Amter, secretary of the
Unemployment Councils, said yes
terday.
ut is our hope that this conven-
ton will set the unemployed move
ment many steps forward on the
road to unification in preparation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Negro Worker Slain
by Bridgeport Cops
Continued from Page y


recovered consciousness and pro-
tested the attack, he was promptly
set upon again and once more
beaten into Inconsistencies.
Later, alarmed at his condition,
the police took Brown to the Emer-
gency Hospital, where he died a few
hours later.
The police are attempting to
whitewash their murder of the
Negro worker on the pretext that he
was slightly "demented" and it was
necessary to beat him into sub
mission. Those who knew Brown,
however, declare that he was per-
fectly normal person. The Coroner
likewise has made an attempt to
whitewash the police murder, declar-
ing that Brown died of weak heart.
The League Of Struggle for Negro
Rights is arranging a series of
meetings in this city to protest the
police murder of Brown and demand
the arrest and prosecution Of the
policemen involved, and indemnity
for the family Of the murdered
worker. One meeting held last week,
and attended by As Negro and white
workers, adopted a resolution to
Mayor McLevy with the above de-
mands, and further protesting the
attempts Of the Socialist administrs-
ton to whitewash the lynch murder
Of Brown. The local L.S.NR. is ap-
pealing to all organizations through
out the country to send similar pro-
tests to Mayor Jasper McLevy,
Bridgeport, Conn.