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japan
Continued From First Page.

Vladivostok came during his press
conference. He said:
Japan wishes that the United
States would not send munitions.
Japan desires peace in the Pacinc
and so Japan is watching such ship
ments with urgent concern"
An American correspondent asked
whether it would make any differ
ence to Japan whether war supplies
for the Soviet were carried in United
States or Russian freighters, and
Ishii replied:
There is no difference"
In response to question whether
there was any indication that Jap
anese ship sailings to America would
be resumed, the spokesman de-
clared: II cannot say"
He disclosed however, that the
steamer Asama Maru, which had
been en- route to San Francisco with
an undetermined number OF Amer
leans and a big silk cargo aboard,
had turned back toward Japan.
Concerning the possibility of re-
taxation of the freezing of United
States assets in Japan, Ishii said
merely that his government would
observe the principle of recip-
rocity"
Ishii Tended off questions abou,
the movement of Japanese forces
into Indo-C China by saying he could
not discuss military matters, but
added:
II understand it is completed"
Demands to Thailand.
| With reference to foreign reports
that Japan has demanded military
concessions from Thailand, ons
correspondent called Ishii's atten-
tion to a Domei dispatch from
Bangkok quoting an official Tha
announcement as saying:
Although rumors are circulated
that certain power Of late ha!
demanded construction of military
bases, these are quite unfounded
because no such demand has beer
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Strikes
Continued From First Page

no issue but the maintenance of
the open shop. We are unwilling
to abandon the defense of the free
dom of the American worker to
choose whether he will belong to a
~ not"
Peter Flynn, vice president of the
c. I. o. local which called the strike.
quickly issued a counterstatement,
in which he declared that the COM
pany's arrogant insistence on the
open shop stands exposed as merely
another exhibition of the dollar
patriotism Of the Kearney concern"
1T is already pretty general
knowledge" Mr.. Flynn said, that
the company has received an uti-
matum from the Navy Department
to capitulate to the National De-
fense Mediation Boards recon-
mendation for modified union
shop"
Even before Mr.. Korndorff's offer,
q high defense official declared that
the Navy Department had plans
lying ready on the desk" to take
over the plant if the company did
not alter its stand. The Official who
would not permit use of his name,
termed that stand 'intransigeant." /"
and limited at action within 4S
hours.
At the heart of the dispute is the
unions insistence on q contract
clause providing that a union mem
ber must maintain his union mem
bership in good standing if he is
to continue as an employe.
Wage Increase Granted.
The mediation board recommended
such a clause, along with increased
wages. The company granted the
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Stocks of Copper
| At Low Point of
| Defense Effort
Dy the Axsocls ted Press.

~ liie AssoSinttu EIessh
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Cop
per Institute reported today the
Nations stocks of refined copper, a
prime defense material. declined
23,780 tons in July to 74.384 tons at
the end of the month, lowest point
since the defense program began
At the end of June 98,164 tons were
on hand.
Shipments to domestic consumers
in July totaled l43.089 tons, close to
the peak figure of l44,089 in May
and we'll above the 1l5.097 tons
shipped in June. Exports of United
States copper totaled 80 tons, CON-
pared with - tons in June.
Domestic crude copper production
for July totaled $3.50 tons, COM
pared with a revised June total OF
82,553 tons. OF July output, 75,62t
tons came from primary producers
and 1924 tons from custom smelters
and secondary sources. This COM
pared with revised June totals OF
1902 tons and 7,476 tons, respec-
lively.
Refined copper production in July
amounted to 86,879 tons, a drop
from the $3.50 tons of June.
Imports of copper from South
America through the Metals Re-
serve Corp. "a Federal agency dur
ing July we're estimated at 32,463
tons, compared with 3l;667 tons in
June.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Baltimore tobacco Sales
Set Seasons Record
Special Disps tch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Aug. l2-Receipts
and sales of Maryland tobacco on
the Baltimore market set another
new high record for this season last
week. Quotations remained firm.
Receipts totaled 1894 hogsheads,
which was an increase of 466 hogs
heads over the previous week. Sales
reached 1909 hogsheads. a gain of
36l hogsheads over week earlier.
The present stock of Maryland TO-
bacco in warehouses stands at 1876
hogsheads. There were no receipts
or sales of Ohio tobacco during the
week, the warehouse stock remain
ing at 1877 hogsheads.
Maryland farmers began cutting
and housing their early planted
fields Of tobacco last week, nearly
two weeks earlier than last year.
Quotations are as follows:
Maryland firm leaf-Nondescript,
pound, Sac; dull and greenish, 6a25:
sound to good common, l2a35: short
to medium bright, 36a44; good to
Aiiic ANu vi ulisiII, fod1o.
Seconds-Common. GALS; medium,
20a35 good TO fine, 36a47.
Badly mixed hogsheads from 200
to 500 per 100 pounds lower.
A summary of returns made by
selling agents of leaf tobacco on or
through the Baltimore market shows
that a total of 3,l03 hogsheads. or
2,072,s80 pounds, was sold for pro-
ducers first hand during July. The
average price received for the prod
uct was 0.37837 per pound. In June
the sales totaled only 2,627 hogs
heads, or 1655,565 pounds, and the
average price was 0.3l1 per pound.
In July OF last year, however, the
sales reached 4,0l1 hogsheads. or
2,499,l40 pounds. The average price,
however, was only 0.2392 per pound.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Court
Continued From First Page.)

one of those justices who previously
removed themselves from the case
may reconsider. and participate;
otherwise, the Government appeared
TO be blocked off effectively from
prosecuting the appeal which was
taken when Bethlehem won in the
lower courts.
The case has been pending about
16 years and was scheduled for
hearing at the last term of Supreme
Court, certiorari having been
granted early in October. The self
disqualification of the three JUS
tices, however, followed by the re-
tirement of Justice McReynolds in
February, necessitated postpone
ment. AS is customary. the justices
gave no reason for their action, but
the causes customarily responsible
are previous connection with case,
prior employment as counsel by the
litigants, or having relatives af-
fected by the outcome. Justice
Murphy, it was assumed. declined
to participate because litigation was
pending when he was Attorney
General reason that ordinarily
would be sufficient.
u. S. Loses in Lower Courts.
The litigation grew out of the
construction of 83 cargo vessels for
which the Government already has
paid out s113,O00.000 Holding that
Bethlehem had taken advantage OF
the wartime emergency and forced
the acceptance of eXtortionate terms,
the Government sued for an ac-
counting and recovery of excessive"
profits
Bethlehem countered with a suls
balance. and when the case went 70
a speciai master, he decided against
the Government and held that Beth
lehem was entitled to S5,270.000.
This finding was affirmed by United
States District Court for the Eastern
District of PENNSYLVANIA and by the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
though the courts condemned the
contracts as daylight robbery" and
commercial greed
In asking the Supreme Court to
review the case, Solicitor General
Biddle declared that the Govern
ment is now engaged in a program
of military and naval armament
comparable to or greater than that
undertaken in 1917 and 1918. 1t
is therefore of immediate national
concern that there should be an
authorize tive determination of the
extent to which the country's need
should place 1t at the mercy of its
contractors
While condemning the terms of
the contract, the lower courts held
they were enforceable.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Jersey City Livestock

JERSEY CITY. Aus. IL UP, Omitted
cartle--ssiabie. 100: total $50. Cows and
bulls fairly active. steady medium cows,
ter and common, 6.25-7.25: eanners, ). 90
800 Medium to GOOD sausage bulls: s.0o-
S'%, Suster sho Gommon: h2O-t2
tai. l,ss0. Veslers and calves about
STEADY; GOOD and choice nearby and Ca
medium. 9;50-l1 so: culls. 1909 90: ons
deck, sood, 2la-pound southern calves,
ii 80: few decks, common, 210-pound
souIherns sold late YESTERDAY, sOn-S 25
- Hoss-Salsole. 80 TO, Jersey City: "a.
New, York;: total 1880 Butcher hoss
STEADY; GOOD and choice, l92-pounds, ! IS.
$50. SprlnE. lambs fairly active ard
steany; three decks rood ana choice 6s-
!l55: one load 62-pound Kentucky culjs.
s.09-'.15; common 59-pound throweuts,
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Japan Deeply Concerned
Over u. S. Shipments

SHANGHAI. Aug. IL (P'.-Lt. Col.
Kunio Akiyama, Japanese Army
spokesman, said today his govern
ment was deeply concerned over the
possibility that Vladivostok might
become Americas first line OF de-
Tense against Japan"
Commenting on reports OF the
shipment of United States war sup
plies to Soviet Russia via Vladivo-
stok, Aniyama said this concern
was based on three considerations:
l. That such supplies might not
actually be sent to European Russia
for use against the Germans, espe-
cially as the trans-Siberian railroad
Is practically closed"
2. That the supplies might eventu-
ally be sent to Chungking, provi-
Sional Chinese capital which the
United States already considers her
first line of defense and is assisting
with credits, arms and munitions"
3.-"With the United States fol-
lowing virtual policy of encircle-
ment OF Japan, it is only natural
that Japan is concerned that Ameri-
can arms and munitions might reach
the Soviet Siberian forces"
Discounts Reports.
Akiyama said that so far the
Japanese placed little credence in
reports current here that fighter
planes had been flown from Alaska
to Siberia.
However" he added, 1T is i'm
possible TO ascertain when Vladivos-
tok may become the first line of
defense Of the United States against
Japan"
The spokesman said he saw no
indication that the Russians planned
any attack on Japan and expressed
"fervent hope that none will take
place" On Japan's part. he said
current military preparations In
Manchukuo are purely defensive" /"
At present, he said, the Manchu-
kuo border Is very quiet and there
appears little probability of any ma
jor action.
Turning to the war in China
Akiyama declared the Japanese
Army is determined to bring thi,
conflict to a successful conclusion
either through humiliation OF the
Chungking regime or by incorporat-
ing 1t with the Japanese-sponsorec
administration of Wang Ching We
at Marking.
Solution Seen Nearer.
He asserted solution is comine
closer because the quality of Chi.
nese front-line troops is low and
the leaders at Chungking, except fol
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek anc
MS wife, are definitely losing the will
to resist"
Cooperation of Chang with the
Nanking regime is improbable but
not impossible, Akiyama added.
The Japanese have no venomou,
hatred toward him which could moi
subside until his death" the spokes.
man declared.
Asked when Japan expected the
4-year-old war with China to end
Akiyama said:
Japan is in no particular hurry
She does not want TO speed up nat
ural processes. Since Japan's aim i,
reconstruction and not destruction
Japan will take her time"
He described Japanese aeria
bombings of Chungking as a process
OF military operations and declared
they were not carried out "in the
cause of destruction"
IF Japan desired to DESTROY" he
said, "she could have resorted te
scientific warfare and caused 81
times the present destruction"
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Boston Wool Market

nensriment Of Agriculturel Graded flne
territory wool OF good French combins
length was sellns today in moderate r.. hIt ySI-
~ The sales being on the low side of the
range Original bag lines of fne terri
tory wools were irregular in price with
bs SIS. hut some accepting offers of 81 for
GOOD French combine length. ITelve
month Texas wool was sold st o3-l %,
secured basis, although several houses were
holding at 1.05-1.01.
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Coodvear Tire e. Rubber,

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. u ,P.-Good-
year Tire & Rubber Co. today re-
ported six months net profit of So
is6,756, equal to 1928 common
share, against s4,124892, or l.22 a
share, for the first half OF 1910
The net profit was after provision
of ss158.406 for excess profits and
income taxes. against Sl,097.875 set
aside for this purpose the same
period of last year.
Sales of s152,93l O46 represented
the largest six months in GOODYEAR 8
history, and compared with $l0l,-
o55,6O the same period OF 1910.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Aug IL PD-Leadins
textile Traders are OF the opinion that re-
adjustment necessitated by price ceihngs
be completed until the end of this year
1t is also believed that the general
policy hereafter will consist of hand-to
mouth selling instead of future opera
tionS.
Few wooden piece goods mills are in a
position 10 accept new orders but when
hirheSt levels
Evening star., 1941-08-12
limited States Gypsum Co.

CHICAGO, Aug. u P.-United
States Gypsum Co. and subsidiaries
today reported for the six months
ended June 80 consolidated net in
come of s3,21l.826, equal after pre-
fered dividends to SPAS a share on
the common stock outstanding, COM
pared with 1885 458, equal to s2.73
a share, for the first half of 1910.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
SoundyieW PuIp Co.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IL tP.-
Soundview Pulp Co, Washington
producer of woodpulp. reports $l43,-
l67 net profit for July, somewhat
under the preceding month and also
lower than in July, 1910.
For the first seven months OF this
wear net profit aggregated $l,ll9,64o,
compared with sl,34s ,053 last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Department Store Sales
Rise in Eighth District
BY the Associated Press,

By Inc Assoclhled PreSs,
ST. LOUIS. Aug. l2.-The eighth
Federal Reserve Bank reported yes
terday that department store sales
in Its district during July were 20
per cent greater than in the same
month last year.
The usual seasonal decline was
much less than in previous years,
the bank said. and although July
volume was Q per cent less than in
June, sales for the first seven
months of l941 remained 2i per
cent ahead OF the same period last
year.
Percentage figures for individual
cities included:
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RuiIroud Net Eurninos

CHICAGO, Aug. IL tP.-Rail-
roads reporting net earnings for the
month of June today were:
1941. 1910.
Chicago, Milwaukee,
st. Paul 6 Pacific 's33,794 's1 ,o27 1886
sDefcit
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Celanexe Corn. Of America.

Celanese Corp of America re-
ported net profit in the first half OF
l941 amounted TO S3,l49,92l after
ordinary charges and Federal IN
come and excess profits taxes. This
was equal, after preferred dividends,
to sl.66 a common share and COM
pared with S3,426,480, or sl88 a
share, in the first half of 1910.
DR.. Camille Dreyfus, president,
said the volume of business reached
record levels In the period with sales
totaling sl6,59S.234 and earnings
before provision for taxes of $4,l35,-
166. These figures compared with
sales of $lo,973.3l4 and earnings be-
fore taxes of s2089,754 in the first
half of last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
United Air Lines
Reports Quarter Net
Of S451,956
CeIonese Corp. Earns
S3,14e,e2l During
First Half Yeur
Nv the Advocated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug, 12.-The United
Air Lines Transport Corp. reported
today for the quarter ended June 80
net profit of s45l ,956 after taxes,
equal to 30 cents a share. This
compared with a net loss Of $l0l4,-
272 in the March quarter and re-
vised net profit of s62s,652 or AZ
cents share in the l940 June
quarter.
For the six months ended June 30
there was an indicated net loss OF
s562,316, compared with net profit
OF $38s. .701. or 26 cents share, in
the first half of the year.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Washington Exchange
SALES.

American Telephone d. Telegraph
rights at 1882, 2 at 1872, II
at 7-32, 10 at 7-32, 238 at l 7-32.
Capital Traction list 5s-sl 900 At
10494 81 900 at 104s4. $500 at 1O4 3. j..
The sale as of yesterday of Po-
tomac Electric Power So pfd., 10 at
1l6l2, was Cancelled.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
by any country to Thai

presented by any country to Thai
land"
The spokesman's comment was:
Il cannot say whether this is
true or not, but think it is"
The owners Of the Asama Maru
said that among the passengers
aboard when she left Yokohama
were John Scott-writer son of the
American educator, Scott Nearing
his Russian-born wife and their
two children. Mr.. Scott. who has
lived in Russia since 1882, recently
was ordered expelled because of
articles he contributed to a London
neWSnAner
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Great Northern Paper Co.

Great Northern Paper Co. and
Wholly-owned subsidiaries reported
ret profit for the first six months
of 1s4l was 81, ,28s, ,485. equal to 81 20
a share, compared with sl,426 ,l55, or
sl.43 a share, in the first half OF
1910,
Evening star., 1941-08-12

'Ex dividend tPns extras. t. soe
paid so far this year. tel % extra
tsl So 90 extra uaid December Is. lg<O.
extra. Cp) 81 90 paid July 25. ip5i
tD $500 paid in 1910. Sy) $1,000 extra.
~. ID When issued.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Percentage figures for individual

Cltles grouped IN tabuIation inclu6e Az
ton, Carbondsls, East st Louis. HARRISBURG.
Ill; ClaTksdaN, Miss; Jackson, Tenn.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Heavy Engineering
Work During July
Tops All Records
Average Weekly Volume
Is 30 Per Cent Higher
Than Previous Mark
INDEX
DEC. 81, l93o=lm

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Contracts
awarded for heavy engineering con-
struction in July exceeded all previ-
Gus records for the construction in
dustry. Engineering News-Record
said today.
The total was 1858 ,663 900, an aver
age of $191, ,73S, 900 for each of July's s
five weeks.
The average weekly volume was
80 per cent greater than the previ-
GUS record high, which was estab-
lished in June of this year, and was
l20 per cent larger than July. 1910.
Federal construction, primarily for
defense purposes, also reached a rec
ord high and was responsible for
the huge rise in total construction
volume. Comparison of awards by
various classes follows:
July la4l. Previous Month. Year Aso.
70 weeks a Weeks a Weeks
Private
Ss6,S42 900 $9T,259, 900 s6s,55o 900
State and Municipal.
sl2s'7so.000 si32,52s,O00 sl07.0s5 900
Federal
S743.54l, 900 S359,433,0OO Sl72,alf,O 900
Total.
&sbe,663000 S5s9221 900 S34f,s52 900
Evening star., 1941-08-12

Ceylon has stopped the shipping
of milk foods out of the country.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Bur Silver

LONDON, Aug II P.-Bar 81
p3I7d. up IL Equivalent 42'62 ce
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United States Treasury Position

By the Associated Press
The position Of the Treasury August
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FederoI Lond Banks

NEW YORK, AUG. ls OP.-Federsl Lant
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Short Term Securities

tReported by Smith Barney A. co)
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Aus. 1a-Dividsnds an
ing Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
STRIKES HIT
 CAMPS NEAR
 FIRST CITY
Three Kef6hikan Outfits CIose-MiIIs May Sus
 pend Operations
KETcHIKAN. Alaska. sept. 15.

KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Sept. Is. Three logging camps which sup ply about half of Southeast Al aska's timber were closed today because of strikes.
 Demanding higher pay, workers struck at the Paul Bader logging camp, Reynolds and Allan Macdonald camps, all near Ket- chikan
 The camps constitute practically the only source of timber for the Ketchikan Spruce Mills, threaten ing to shut down operations there. The mills have the biggest con tract to supply timber to Alaska defense projects of any mill in the Territory.
 About 55 loggers are striking for the International Woodworkers Un- ion (CIO) demands of the West Coast Lumberman's pay scale, which recently gave new wages to workers in Washington and Ore gon.
 Union leaders said the raise would mean 30 cents per day more for each logger. An offer by the Sawyer Reynolds Company to pay 40 cents per day more was re- jected by the union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
Battered Body Of Longshore
 Worker Found
Roy Barnett Found Dead Amid Blood -Spdtier-
 ed Scene

All the law enforcement agencies Of Juneau are busy today, investl- gating the death of Roy Welsh Bar nett, local longshoreman, whose battered body was found beside the wocdshed door of a waterfront cab in early this morning.
 Barnett was last seen at APO a. m. in the City Cafe. At 6:30 a. m., John Perlas, native going off shift from the Alaska Juneau mine found the body of the stevedore, cut about the head and face and still warm, lying near the blood-spat- tered woodshed door. .
 Perlas and others summoned U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray, Dep uty U. s. Marshal Walter Hellan and Dr. w. M. whitehead Hellan reported there was blood sprayed against the door and blood on a chair nearby. Barnett had deep gashes cut in his chin and forehead.
 Joined in the investigation by members of the city police force and Ralph vogel, FBI agent here, HeIlan this afternoon was still gathering information regarding movements of Barnett shortly be- fore his death. regents and their husbands and
 The body was taken to the Charles Carter Mortuary, where Dr Whitehead this afternoon per formed an autopsy Commissioner Gray indicated coroner's ury will hold an inquest into the death to- morrow.
 Barnett was born on August q, 1902, at Weiser, Idaho. He had served in the U. s. Army in the Hawaiian Islands and came to Jun eau in 1883. Nearest relative, ac- cording to records here, is sister, Olga Barnett. now living at Boise, Idaho.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-15
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

prevailed most of Alaska this morning with tenn peraues freezing point at all stations except partly cloudy reported this morning except cloudy sKes north portion and over the Aeian Islands ana with cloudy skies and local rain over Southeast had fallen over the eastern portion the Chugach Mountains and snow continued to fall points this area this
 morning the "A hours from the west Peninsula to the Aeutan Islands ana over Southeast Alaska amount of rainfall 20 which recorded at Dutch Habor The highest yesterday 6 degrees at Kechkan and the lowest night degrees Point Lay Overcast skies light moderate ceilings and good vsioues phea over -Ketchikan airway this morning
 Monday weather chart indicated center o low located at 57 degrees north and 3S degrees west and was slowly south during A second low center of zs north and 75 degrees east and was expected to move 400 miles during the next 24 center ot 035 inches was located at 4 degrees 4 degrees and second nigh pressure cen ter was located northerl portion Of Alaska
 Juneau September Sunrise 6:28 an1 sunset i;l6 pm