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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30
ALASKA PURCHASE CHECK

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 81.
The bill which I introduced called
for delivery to the Governor Of All
aska of the check for $7.200,000 is
sued in payment Of the purchase
price of the Territory, in order that
the check might be kept in the Al
aska Territorial Museum, is having
rough shedding. Some days ago the
Senate Committee on Territories
considered the bill and declined to
make a favorable report on 1t. The
suggestion was made that the check
was of such outstanding historical
value as to warrant is being kept
at the National Capitol rather than
being sent to Alaska. One OF the
members of the Committee re-
marked that the National Archives
Building in Washington, completed
last year at the cost of many mill
lions of dollars, was built for the
express purpose of safely housing
and keeping such documents of ma
tional Importance, and that If the
check were sent to Alaska, other
States and Territories might require
that other papers and documents OF
historic interest be sent to the CAPT.
tolls of those States and Territories
The Chairman of the Committee,
Senator Tydings, suggested that a
photostat copy of the check and
other relevant documents be made,
which might be certified and sent
to Alaska and would thus serve the
same purpose as though the original
check were presented to the Alaska
Territorial Museum. 1t was further
suggested that. the certification
might possibly be made by the Pres
ident, if that were considered de-
sirable.
Check Lost
The newspaper reporters in
Washington took a keen interest in
the bill and one of them went to
the Treasury requesting that he be
permitted to see the check. The
Treasury official consulted said that
the check was in the custody of the
General Accounting Office, SO this
reporter, like all good reporters, pur-
sued the subject far enough to go
to the General Accounting Office,
and there asked that he might see
the check. The General Accounting
office searched high and low but
could not find it. For some days the
Washington newspapers, and even
the stately New York Times carried
stories about the loss of the check
and said that it had not been seen
for 80 years. The next day I re-
ceiyed a letter from Mr.. Reinhard
H. Luthin of Columbia University,
the author of a historical article
concerning the sale of Alaska, which
appeared in the Slavonic Review,
published by the University of Lon
don. issue of July. 1887, in which he
said that he saw the check about
three. years ago.
Check is Found
Finally some one in the General
Accounting Office found the check
in some remote and obscure file, and
SO. now 1t is all peace and happiness
SO far as the Alaska check is con-
cerned.
I argued that if the check was
of no more interest to the people
of the United States than one would
imply from its not having been seen
for 80 years, or even three years,
it ought to be sent to Alaska and
placed on exhibition where perhaps
10000 people year would see it.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30
DEAD

ROME. Aug. 30-Gastano Car
dinal Bisleti, 81, died of bronchial
pneumonia here today. He had been
ill for some time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30
[J.S.LINER BOMBED BY CHINA WARPLANES
What 1t Means, This Hesitdncy
in Applying Neutrality

America has brand new
neutrality law, made for use
when other nations get into
wars. And the Far East is
aflame with what a lot of peo-
pie would call a war. Then why
doesn't the United States apply
it's neutrality law? Morgan
Beatty answers that question.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30

Cerberus was the many headed
|dog of Greek mythology which
guarded the portal of internal re-
|gions. s s'1 Z ''
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30

cough vaccine for the baby. You
can administer the stuff and hope.
But the fact is, baby may go ahead
and whoop anyway.
President Must Decide
With that situation confronting
it, Congress decided to give the
President the job of deciding when
war existed. since nations don't
draw back with grandiose gestures
these days and declare" war. They
simply start fighting.
When the President is satisfied
a war is going on, and that 1t may
endanger our peace or security, he
simply bars absolutely the export
of arms ,ammunitions and imple-
ments of war to the warning ma
tions.
Further, he draws the unpleas-
ant task of deciding what other ma
terials-such as oil, copper, etc. -
should be barred on the ground that
they might help a nation carry on
war
Then, he may prohibit American
ships from carrying these second
airy war materials to fighting
country.
That's the cash and carry idea.
Continued on Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30

George III, who came to the Brit
ish throne in 1760. was warned by
his mother, George be King"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-30
SHELLS DUMPED
ON PRES. HOOVER
OF MERCY FLEET
Attack Made 20 Miles from
Coast, About SO Miles
from Woosung
SEVEN MEMBERS OF
CREW ARE WOUNDED
Gaps Torn in Hull of Vessel
Above Waterline-
I'D Summoned

SHANGHAI, Aug 30.--Four war
planes. apparently Chinese. today
dumped bombs on the Dollar Liner
President Hoover on the high seas
off the China coast.
The liner, one of the mercy fleet
which has been evacuating hum
dreds OF Americans from Shanghai,
was attacked 20 miles from the
coast and about so miles from Woo
sung, the point where the Yangtze
river meets the Whangpoo, which
is the city's harbor and waterway.
Seven members of the President
Hoover's crew were wounded by
the bursting bombs and three pas
sengers suffered from shell shock.
Liner is Damaged
The bombs tore gaps in the Presi-
dent Hoover's hull above the water
line but the liner came about" and
proceeded toward Kobe under her
own steam.
Destroyers Rush 10 Scene
Two American destroyers steamed
under force draft to the scene in
response to the liners calls for med
ical aid.
The British warship Cumberland.
near the scene, rushed to the side
of the liner and gave the necessary
assistance.
Evacuation Frustrated
Immediately after the bombing
the Dollar line announced that all
plans for further evacuation of AM
orleans from Shanghai have been
frustrated.
Bombs Aimed at Japs
Apparently the bombs were aimed
at two Japanese destroyers maneu-
vering near the President Hoover.
BOMBING ADMITTED
NANKING. Aug. 30.--The Chin
ese authorities admitted that "one"
of their planes, aiming at Japan
csc troop ship, accidentally hit the
President Hoover.
The admission came after Nelson
Johnson, United States Ambassador.
visited the Foreign Office.
THE incident is most regrettable,
unfortunate and a mistake by
Chinese pilot and the Government
is willing to make full redress the
Chinese Marking Government
spokesman said.
Gen. Yanh HUI. Commander of
the Shanghai-Woosung garrison,
has expressed to General Consul
Gauss his sympathy" at the bomb
ing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
New Laws Are Asked
To End Tax Evasion

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-In a
message charging that tax evasions
have cost the government between
S20O,000,00O and $4OO,O00,000 during
the present fiscal Year. President
Roosevelt asked congress to authorize
the Treasury to summon witnesses and
compel their testimony in an inves-
tigation of the loopholes of the income
tax law.
Efforts at evasion of tax liability"
said the President, ''have been so
widespread and so amazing both in
their boldness and their ingenuity
that further action without delay
seems imperative" .............. ...............
Four years ago, Albert H. Wiggin,
former head of the Chase National
Bank, admitted on the stand under
the questioning of Ferdinand Pecora
that he had maintained private cor
porations, three in the United States
and three in Canada, chiefly for "in-
come tax purposes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
Strong Element in Union Opposes Present Officers On
Ground They Have Encouraged Reds and Failed to
Take Effective Steps to Unonize Big r. r. Donneley
Plant

Company that had been gotten we'll
under way by their predecessors when
Fischer and Cohen took office two
years ago. These two men and their
lieutenants wiped that campaign out
as completely and cleanly as though
wiping out chalk marks on a black
board. There has been complete silence
on this matter for some unexplained
reason, except that at a recent meet
ing of the Chicago Federation of Labor
Delegate Wicks, the Red spokesman
for President Fischer, declared that
the Donnelley plant would be union
lied within two weeks if the general
labor movement only would help to win
the strike at the Hall plant, which is
located about seven or eight miles
distant from the Donnelley plant and
very largely does a different class of
work.
Donnelley Has Big Monopoly
Donnelley has all of the big Chi
cago mail order catalogues and hum
dreds and hundreds of telephone di-
Irectories from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri,
the Rocky Mountain region and var
ious other sections Of the country.
The mail order houses, through
their chain department stores through
out the nation, are coming money
hand over fist from sales made to
working people. These stores are
located in districts where working
people predominant. Yet the policy
of the mail order houses here in Chi
cago, their headquarters city, is thor
oughly non-union, One printing con-
tract that Sears, Roebuck & Co. has
with the Donnelley firm totals $780,
100000.
Union Asleep at Switch
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company and its Bell subsid-
iaries hand about a thousand or more
telephone directories to Donnelley
without competitive bidding. 1t is a
racket that no employing printer,
union or non-union, in any of the
cities or towns affected has been able
to break into.
Chicago Typographical Union No.
l6 has been asleep on this matter for
two solid years. 1t is certainty that
the fight will be renewed if Chiles
and Johnston and their colleagues are
successful in the run-off election. They
are publicly on record to that effect.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
Five Steel Strikers Killed
In Clash With Chicago Cops
Police With Guns and Tear Gas BOmbs Assault Marching
Throng in Effort to Halt Parade Past Republic Plant
Workers to Press Murder Charges Against Attackers

Chicago (ILNS).-Industrial facism
in it's usual form of strike breaking
police struck at the Republic Steel
plant in South Chicago-With the usu-
al results. Five strikers, one of them
a veteran of the World War, are dead.
More than hundred men, all but twen-
ty-odd of them steel workers and by
ISLANDERS, were treated in the hospital.
Van A. Bittner, head of the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee in this
territory, is demanding that the police
involved in the scrape be indicted for
first degree murder.
The trouble began on May % when
police stopped a line of about thou
sand strikers, who were armed only
with American flags. One of the cop
pers was struck on the head with a
flag pole; but this was not the first
sign of the encounter. The flag bear
er was badly beaten by the police,
who used their riot clubs; the strikers
used their fists and an occasional
brickbat. Several shots were fired by
the police; but there is no evidence
that men were wounded by gunfire
that day.
Police Halt Marchers
The next day, there was a breath
ing space at the Republic plant. On
May 80, the main riot broke. Fifteen
hundred paraders, marching four a
breast, started toward the Republic
gates. They were armed, as before,
with American flags. Police under
Captain James Kilroy of the Chicago
force halted the strikers more than a
block from the gates. Strong words
were exchanged, brick which hit no
one was thrown from the ranks of the
paraders; and then the shooting be-
gan.
Police Fire First Shots
All witnesses, except the captain of
police, agree that the first shots were
fired by policeman, shooting over
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11

the head of the strikers. His COM
panions drew their pistols, and shot
into the crowd; while other police
charged with four-foot riot clubs.
The paraders, using fists and sticks
and stones picked up on the ground,
were driven back about so feet. The
police retired little, the strikers did
not follow-and the tear gas was
turned loose.
Four persons were killed outright;
all of them marchers. More than 100
were wounded, one died within few
hours. Some % to 26 police were in
jured; none by gun fire; while at
least % strikers were treated for gun
shot wounds.
Strikers Honor Dead
The day after the clash, striking
workers paraded through the streets
of Indiana Harbor past a plant of
the Inland Steel Company, carrying a
huge banner with the inscriptions:
''In memory of our fallen heroes of
the Republic Steel Picket line"
The dead are:
Joseph Rothmand, AZ; WPA en-
ploye and former soldier. Died at
the hospital of bullet wounds. AL
fred Causey, 43, carpenter; father of
3 children Kenneth Reed, %, In
land Steel electrician; 4 children.
Earl Hanley, 40; no details of fam
lily. Sam Popovich, age and address
unknown.
Murder Indictments Asked
Speaking to an assembly of strik-
ers, Van A. Bittner, regional director
of the SWOC, said:
II pledge to you, | pledge to my
union, | pledge to my country and
my God, that the men who committed
these murders will be treated as muir
derers should be treated" He and
other speakers referred to the fallen
as ''those brave soldiers who were
murdered by the Chicago police.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
Retail Clerks Add 800 To
Membership
By A. F. of L. News Service

l1y ~ Il VI IL. NEWS t9GiNiCG
Over 300 new members have been
added to the Retail Clerks Union Of
Brockton, Mass, as the initial gain
in the unions campaign to organize
all clerks and other retail store EN-
ployes in the Brockton area.
The streets of Brockton and neigh
boring cities reverberate with exhor-
tations to join the Union" flung out
by sound trucks whose sides are plas-
tered with signs expressing the trade
union formula.
The work of signing up clerks for
union membership is also carried on
in the homes by means of union COM
mittees which devote evenings and
holidays to house-to-house canvassing
in the interest Of labor's forward march
by organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
U. S. AGENTS
Investigate Textile Plant
Heads

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Fed-
eral agents have been sent to investi-
gate the Bibb Manufacturing Co. at
Porterdale, Georgia, AMI find out
whether Officers of the company and
other persons have conspired to de-
prive textile workers from exercis-
ing rights of organization and collec-
tive bargaining guaranteed under the
National Labor Relation Act"
The investigation is based on a
complaint from Sidney Hillman, chair
man of the Textile Workers Organic
ing Committee. 1t is taken as plain
notice from the Department of JUS
tice that the teeth left out of the Wag-
ner act can be supplied by other parts
of the United States Code.
1t was at the Bibb plant in Porter
dale, Ca, that W.D. Anderson, super
intendent, told the workers during the
depression how family of four
persons could live on $1.36 a week
The menu called for corn meal, pota-
toes, lard and salt. If workers wanted
to be self-indulgent, they could add
coffee-12 cents a pound-and fat
back, which would raise the weekly
cost to $1.68.
The u. S. Public Health Service de-
clared that this diet was "a perfect
prescription for producing pellagra.'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
Heinz Company Accused
OF Violating Labor Act

Pittsburgh (ILNS).-An American
Federation Of Labor union has charged
the II. J. Heinz Company with viola
ton Of the National Labor Relations
Act because the company signed a
contract with an independent union.
The union in filing the complaint
with the Regional Labor Board charged
that the company violated the Wag-
ner Act in recognizing the Heinz En-
ployees Association which it contended
is company union,' outlawed by the
Act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
North Carolina Employees
Face 48-Hr. Law for Women

Raleigh, N. C. (AFLNS).-North
Cardinals new law limiting the work
week of women and girls to 48 hours
will become effective July /.
In the meantime, it is reported that
leading merchants and most of the
chain stores are already arranging
store hours to conform with the new
statute. A few had maintained the
48-hour work week since the days Of
NRA, although many had drifted
back to Sd hours "and up" per week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11

Chicago (ILNS) Members of Chi
eago Typographical Union No. IS,
second largest printers union in the
United States and fourth largest in the
world, are in the throes of one of the
hottest election contests in the history
of the organization. Communism and
predominance of gigantic non-union
printing plants in the Chicago area
are the two paramount issues.
Under the law of No. 16 candidates
for the major executive offices must
receive a majority of all votes cast.
Under this rule run-off elections are
frequent, and there is to be one this
month.
Ralph Fischer, incumbent presi-
dent, is pitted against George j.
Chiles, whom Fischer defeated by a
small margin of votes in a run-off
election in 1885, Chiles was presi-
dent at that time.
Well Known Red Honored
George H. Johnston, former vice
president of No. 16, is candidate
for organizer against Able Cohen,
who has specialized for years as a
soapbox orator for the Socialist-La-
Dor party. Cohen was elected or
ganizer of No. Is two years ago. He
is accused of being a flop as an or
ganizer, and the results he has shown
seem to warrant the accusation.
The Communism issue is based on
the fact that President Fischer has
made H. M. Wicks, a well-known
speaker and writer for the Commu-
mist party, delegate to the Chicago
Federation of Labor and chief spokes-
man to the public in reference to a
general strike of printing tradesmen
now on at the w. F. Hall printing
plant Several hundred persons are
involved.
Wicks pushes Communism
Wicks, just as any Communist would
do, uses the authority conferred up
on him as a delegate to the Chicago
Federation Of Labor to make every
meeting of the big city central labor
body field day for the Reds.
Wicks, who has great gift Of CAB,
is the recognized big shot" among
the Chicago Communists at the pres
ent time. He was chairman of the
Communist May Day committee that
organized parade of 1000 men,
women and children who marched
through ne downtown streets here
May /.
Wicks is the fair-haired boy of the
| Chicago Reds and pain in the neck
| to real trade unionists. Chicago union
printers have to bear the stigma of
his representing them through ap-
pointment by President Fischer, and
this is resented.
Fight on Donnelley Killed
President Fischer and Organizer
| Cohen killed nationwide campaign
against the notorious non-union print
ing firm of r. R. Donnelley & Sons
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
POtters Win Strike For
Pact

New Bedford, Mass. (AFLNS) -
Operative Potters' Local Union No.
158 has secured permanent agree
ment, replacing the temporary agree
ment secured April IL, following a
strike of four days at the plant of
John |. Paulding, Inc. The settlement
affects about 700 members Of the
union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
CIO Business Campaign
In Airplane Industry

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-The
Committee for Industrial Organization
will begin Immediately campaign to
unionize approximately 10000 work
ers in the airplane industry, John L.
Lewis announced here.
The campaign will be conducted by
the United Automobile Workers Un-
ion. Lewis announcement followed a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
Issue of Communism Stirs Hot
Fight Among Chicago Printers

Terms of settlement include: the
8-hour day from Monday to Friday,
inclusive, for all production workers
This is a 40-hour week and any addi-
tional work shall be paid for at time
and half, with double time for Sun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11

lengthy conference with Homer Mar
tin, United Automobile Workers presi-
dent, and Richard Frankensteen, union
organizational director.
Simultaneously, he announced that
the union had arranged to continue
and intensity it's drive to organize em-
ployees of the Ford Motor Company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-06-11
days and holidays.

days and holidays.
Minimum wage rates include so
cents an hour for skilled men, 40
cents an hour for semi-skilled men
and 3712 cents an hour for women.
All workers not affected by the mini
mum rates received a fiat wage in
crease of 10 per cent.
Seniority rights and other union
conditions will be observed.
Of special interest to unionists
everywhere was the agreement by
John |. Paulding, Inc, to use the Pot
ters' Union Label on all products.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-26

Ash.
The winners in the Spelling con-
test were: Grade 6-Marie Hart;
grade Sarah Clifton, who won
first place and will represent Holly
mount School at Georgetown next
Wednesday evening; grade 7-Bes-
sic Legates, who won second place
and will be an alternate at the con-
test.
The p. T. A. was held on Monday
evening of this week. A very inter
esting program was rendered. Four
young men from Millsboro furnished
us with beautiful music.
An old fashioned spelling bee was
also on the program. The words
were pronounced by Postmaster
Henry B. Mitchell of Millsboro. The
two who remained on the floor the
longest we're Mrs. Elizabeth Steven
son and Granville Marvel.
Miss Mary Hester Prettyman of
Philadelphia has undergone two seri-
Gus operations in the last two
months in the University Hospital.
We are glad, to report at this writ
ing thet she is convalescing and ex-
poets to spend Easter Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Mary III. Prettyman
az Georgetown, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-26
HARRISON

The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Hick-
man next Thursday evening, April
l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davidson
spent Monday in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Frank Davidson and Mrs. Alton Car
ey spent Monday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Stewart and
son David visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ev-
erett Bryan in Lewes on Sunday.
Mrs. Richard Hudson and baby
daughter Freda Ellen, have .eturn-
ed from the Beebe Hospital to their
home here.
Easter services will be held at the
church here on Sunday evening,
starting at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Rust. Mrs. vi
ola Hickman, Mrs. Leta Warning
ton and daughter, Miss Mildred
Warrington spent Saturday in viii
mington.
Stephen Hudson entertained the
members of his Sunday school class
at a party at his home at Coolspring
last Friday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Lloyd Rust spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ananias
Hickman.