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WEATHER. j
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mnH^pgt mol tonlfhi. i«morrni» 111® Only ®V®ninjf Dip®!*
Dunlv eloudyTTwwIy min* temperature; in Washington with the
gentle wind*. Temperature*^ today- * _ _ . . .° n ..
Htghett, 82. at 11:30 a m : lo«r®>t, 00, at Associated PfCW NeWS
s 30 a m. Temperature at i p m„ ai. and Wirephoto Services.
Full report on page A-3. , *
Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—-Page 10 Teaterday’* Circulation, 134,640.
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85th YEAE. So. 34,073. Wa5fit^,*o.K" <**> Mum Ataociatad Prate. TWO DENTS
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3 AMERICANS DIE, IN BOMBING
OF SHANGHAI BY CnfSl.SE PLANES;
HULL URGES FOES i’O SPARE CITY
Princeton Professor, Mission*
arv and Car Dealer Killed in
Foreign Zone Blasts.
16 W AR PLa Nt,S^P4J*-OVER CITY
IN ATTACK ON JAPANESE SHIPS
Hundreds of Natives and Foreigners
Lose Lives as Havoc Is Rained on
(Irowds in Settlement.
nm-nunutuv u—
Killing of Japanese officer at Shanghai Monday brought Stno
Japnnese undeclared, war to China metropolis Strife had broken out
in North China after refusal ot Hopeh-Chahar Political Council to yield
to demands of Japanese tor establishment, ot another puppet regime
arter clash ol armed forces near Peiping July 7. Conflict carries grave
threats to international peace.
i he Vssociatpd Press.
SHANGHAI. August 14 At least, three prominent, Americans
In Shanghai were killed anrktwo other Americans wounded today
In Chlnese-.lapanese aerial warfare that hurled death into crowded
parts of the International Settlement.
Dr. Frank J. Rawlinson, one of the outstanding m i,sionarie.s
In China, and H. S. Honigsberg. wealthy motor car de» .of, met
death as Chinese bombing planes, supposedly aiming at Japanese
concentrations, dumped their missiles into crowded downtown
Areas, killing hundreds.
Dr. Robert Reischauer. identified by the United States consulate
as a professor of international relations at Princeton, was hit by
a bomb in the lobby of the Palace Hotel on Nanking road and
died a few hours laier in a hospital. His leg was blown ofT.
It. w'as feared other Americans were among those killed, esti
mated by police at 500. These people died horribly in two terrific
bombings, one near the Cathay Hotel at, the intersection of
Nanking road and the Bun. heart of the International Settlement;
the other at the junction of Avenue Edward VII and Thibet road,
in the French concession
'A Reuter, British, News Agency dispatch said police of the
French concession reported 456 persons were killed and 828
wounded in the Avenue F.dward VII bombing. Police of the Inter
tational Settlement estimated that 50 were killed and 75 wounded
>v the bomb that, dropped in Nanking road *
Two Known It. S. Wounded.
The two Americans known wounded wpre J. M. Kerbey. employe
>f Haskins & Sells. New York accountants, and R. R. Rouse of
iaco. Mont.
Sixteen Chinese war planes roared ovpt the city, striking at
apanese warships and troop concentrations, but apparently rain
ing the greatesi havoc on the foreign-coni rolled sections of the city.
Besides the three Americans, several other foreigners were
eported killed.
Dr. Rawlinson and Honigsberg died in the bombing on Avenue
Edward VII, at one of the busiest intersections of the city, where
n estimated 300, mostly Chinese, were killed.
Dr. Rawlinson. SS. with nis wife and 15-vear-old daughter .lean, was
coloring past the intersection when the bombs fell. He stopped the car and
tepped out to be struck in the chest hv a bomb fragment. He died at once.
Mrs. Rawlinson. although suffering from shell shock, drove the car to the
oreign mortuary, turned over the body of her husband and then collapsed,
lean was not hurt.
Dr. Rawlinson was editor of the Chinese Recorder, supported by the
imenean Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, with headquarters
t Boston, Mass. Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by one son
iere, six grown sons and daughters and three brothers and two sisters in the
Jnited States.
The bombings came latp in the
ftpmoon, when Shanghai streets wpip
eeming. Japanese planes werp in the
lr to oppose the Chinese, but they
fere ineffective.
The body of Honig.sberg, who had
ived tn Shanghai more than 20 years
nd was one of the most prominent
imeriean residents, was found burned
eyond recognition in a motor car.
'olice established identification by
tapers in a pocket in the car. An
tnidentified foreign woman was found
lead beside Honigsberg.
Police estimated that 200. nearly all
Chinese, died in the blast on Nanking
oad, where a bomb, striking in the
treet, between the. Cathay and Palace
lotels. tore a huge hole, tossing bodies
or yards, ft was here that Kerbey
uffered slight wounds.
Caught in Cross-fire.
Rouse, former United States Marine
tow working in Shanghai, was wound
d in the left shoulder and knee, when
aught in a cross-fire when Chinese
ilanes bombed the Japanese cruiser
dzumo. flagship of Japan's naval
orces here. His wife and child, with
lim at the time, were uninjured.
American authorities expressed grave
ears for the safety of an unknown
lumber of Americans believed to be
rill inside the battle zones north of
loochok Creek, which runs through
he International Settlement.
United Stares consular, naval and
nartne officers worked feverishly to
stablish contact with their nationals
n the battle zones, but it was almost
mpossible to enter them.
Reiscbauet on Study Tour.
Retschauer, the ihlrd American fa
's litv. was the son of American mis
aonaries living tn Tokio, where he
ivas bom. He was making a study
our of the Par East
He reached Shanghai only a few
lays ago and had moved only today
‘rom the Astor House Hotel, on Soo
thnw Creek, to the Palace Hotel, be
lieving the latter, farther from the
(See CHINA, Page
--- • -- —
NOTED SCIENTIST DIES
Prof. John Gordon Thomson Con
ducted Research in Protozoology.
TONDON, August 14 uPV—Prof
John Gordon Thomson, authority on
tropical diseases, who conducted re
search in many parts of the world
including Panama, died yesterday.
He was professor of medical proto
zoology in the London School of Hy
giea* and Tropics! Medicine.
la 192* Prof. Thomson served si
exchange lecturer in protozoology *1
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
4
A Typewriter
You Can’t Rile
Is Announced
A o Matter How Hard \
1 on Hit, Each Letter Is
Equally Black.
B7 assoeia'ed Press.
NEW YORK, August 14.—Invention
of a "sweet tempered’’ typewriter was
announced today by Joseph Spiel Vogel
of Newark, N. J.
No matter how angry you are when
you use it, the machine refuses to get
riled.
Punch the keys as hard as vou will.
, but the typewriter keeps putting the
letters down on the paper at the same
even-tempered, undisturbed pace. It
taps each letter so that every word is
as black as tbe next one. It pushes
the “I” key more lightly than the
I "W.” for if the two fell with equal
weight, the "I" would be darker than
; the ' W.”
The invention prints type, similar
>o that of a printing press.
Instead of giving each letter the
! same amount of space, as is the case
! on conventional typewriter keys, the
! device with the unruffled temper varies
the space to suit the sice of the letters,
as in standard type.
It prims bold-face type when the
proper control is adjusted,
i A complete newspaper, except for
headlines, could be produced on the
typewriter. Spiel Vogel said, for it au
j tomatically spaces the type to bring
each line out even at the right as
well as at the left margin.
20 RAIL UNIONS CONFER
| Plan to Make Job Insurance
| Schemes Uniform Is Topic.
i CHICAGO. August 14 —IJeads of
20 railroad labor unions conferred to
day on a proposal for a national un
| employment Insurance plan exclusively
lor rail workers.
George M. Harrison, chairman of
the Railway Labor Executives’ Asso
ciation, said the program would re
quire Federal legislation. It would, he
said, do away with confusion caused
by lack of uniformity in State unem
ployment Insurance laws.
! The brotherhoods represented in the
conference claim 1,100,000 members.
i t
j DR FRANK J. RA WLINSON.
—Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto.
Wh .ttend Fiesta to Benefit
Spanish Children Despite
Catholics’ Attack.
Bt h* Assocu'-d Press
NEW YORK, August 14 —Mrs
Pranklin O. Roosevelt, Mrs Caroline
O'Dav, representative at large, end
leading members of Rockland County's
artist colony prepared for a charity
fiesta today for the benefit of children i
of Spanish government refugees, act
ing over the protests of some promi
nent Catholic laymen.
I in going ahead with plans for the
fiesta this afternoon on ihe estate of
Adolph Zukor, motion picture pro
ducer, Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. O'Day and
others who intended to be there ig
nored the protests of Mrs. Alice
O'Leary, wife of Arthur T. O'learv.
New York attorney and head of the
Catholic laymen's league.
Those planning In aid or take pari
in the carnival included many artists,
actors and writers, among them Mr
and Mrs. Maxwell Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Burgess Meredith, Charles Mc
Arthur and his wife, Helen Haves; Mr 1
and Mrs. Ben Hechr., Rolln Peters,
louts Bromfield and Mrs Henrv Var
num Poor.
Mrs. O Leary proiesred bv telegram
m Mrs. O'Day, suggesting that the 1
money from the fiesta be used hv the
American Red Cross or be distributed
eoually between refugee groups of
both sides of the Spanish conflict. !
Mrs. O'Leary made public a reply }
from Mrs. ODav staring she had No !
intention of taking sides in the Span
ish conflict,” but that she reserved ‘
to herself "the right, to assist children
whenver T choose to do so.”
Mrs. Roosevelt also reaffirmed her
intention of aiding the event, Mrs.
O'Leary said I
THREAT TO DAWES KIN
SUSPENDS POLICEMAN!
B» ’bf At'oriaieti Press
ATLANTA, August 14.—Motor Cycle j
Patrolman A. Douglas Poole received a ■
?9-day suspension lodav for man
handling” E. Cutler Dawes, a nephew 1
of former Vice President Charles !
Da wes.
The Police Committee of the City '
Council convicted Poole on charges of
conduct unbecoming an officer.
Poole arrested Dawes Julv 30 on
charges of interfering with an officer
after Daw'es had offered to appear for
a truck driver Poole had arrosted on
a. charge of driving through a red
light at, a downtown intersection.
Dawes said Poole seized him by the
seat of the trousers, shook him,
threatened him and finally shoved him
into a. patrol wagon and took him to
police headquarters where he was fined
$7 in Recorder's Court.
I
Fleet Held Ready
to Remove 3,000
U. S. Nationals.
ENVOY IS SENT
TO PERIL AREA
Contact Kept With
Other Countries
on Protection.
'he Associated Prp.ss.
Secretary of Slate Hull said roday
this Government has made "most
earnest” representations to the Jap
anese and Chinese governments not
to use Shanghai as a "theater of
operations.”
The Secretary said the United
Siaies Asia lie Fleet was prepared on
short notice to remove about 3 000
American nationals from the trouble
zone if necessary.
His statement wa« made io a press
conference after Shangnai reports
listed at least three Americans killed
in tne Ch1nese-J3pane.se aerial war
fare over ihe city.
The State Department, he added,
was holding itself in readiness day
and night to co-operate wjih the Navv
in order to get vessels post-hasie to
the conflict zone in sufficient time Io
give Americans whatever protection
is necessary.
National* Kept Informed.
Hull said that as ■ matter of "ultra'
precaution" ihe State Department,
ihrnugh diplomatic represptnarlve* and
military and naval nfllcia's, was keep
ing nationals informed of every avail
able opportunity to get aboard ships.
He said protection would include
guarding nationals on their way from
cities to harbors.
The Secretary told his press confer
ence American diploma!* ant) naval
officials had conferred constantly with
representatives of other governments
who have nationals in Shanghai on
methods of protecting thetr citizens.
Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson, Hull
said, had proceeded to Shanghai io
keep in close touch with the situation
with the view to consolidating all plans
to preserve American safety.
The United Stales Government. Hull
said,‘has lost no opportunity to "in
struct government* both at Tokin and
Nanking" that operations should not
be based at Shanghai.
Closer Contact* Maintained
The Government, the Secretary con
tinued. is pursuing its contacts with
American officers in the. area of hos
tilities more closely than if did with
rho*e 1n Spain when the civil war
broke out. there.
Hull said he grearlv deplored" cas
ualties reported to American nations
in Shanghai during the last 24 hours.
He said that if anything had been
overlooked that would be helpful to
Americans in Shanghai it had been
unintentional.
The United States Hull emphasized,
principally must coTir.inue to confer
with other governments on representa
tions to China and Jspan io avoid
conflict in the international ritv.
He said that while local American
organizations at Shanghai were mak
ing representations to the two gov
ernments against "any kind of mili
tary or naval operations at Shanghai"
American Ambassadors at Peiping and
Tokio were making similar reruests
from riav to day. *
American diplomats in the princi
pal conflict, zones In China have been
sent special and standing instructions.
Hull said, io clone up thejr offices"
'See HUU,, ge sTflT)
Dyer Trial Recessed.
LOS ANGELES. >ugusi»14 UP).—The
trial of Albert Dyer, accused triple,
child slayer, was i? recess today until
Monday. Prosecutors egpected to in
troduce Monday or Tuesday his repu- ,
diated confesison that he. killed Melba
and Madeline Everett «nd# Jeanette
Stephens. ' »
' 1
Summary of Today’s Star
■-Mgr. !
Art. _.A-J Obituary _ A-9
Books ... B-2 Real Estate,
Church News. C-l to 7
B-4-5 Radio B-5
Comics . .B-6-7 Serial Story--C-1*
Drams _C-16 Short Story. B-5
Editorials A-6 Sports_C-6-5
Finance . .A-S Society , A-g
Lost At Found C-16 Woman's Pg. B-8
Music _B-3
FOREIGN.
Hull urges China and Japan to spare !
Shanghai. Page A-l ,
Soviet flyers missing ?0 hours after
one motor fails. Page A-l
Three Americans killed in Shanghai
battle. Page A-l
Spanish loyalist* report advances on
Brunete front. Page A-4 :
NATIONAL. I
Senators report many letters asking
delay on Black. Page A-l
Talk of special Fall session of Congress
| 1* revived. Page A-l
Second of four reorganization bills
| passes House. Page A-t
Plan to lease destroyers may be de-!
layed indefinitely. Page A-2 ,
Switch by Rules Committee wage-hour '
bill's only hope. Page A-J i
Wallace begins work on cotton loan '
schedule. Page A-5
WASHINGTON ANI» V1C1NITT.
Senate group substitutes Copeland for
| May airport bill. Page A-l
, Girl, 7, under treatment for rare bone
| malady. Page A-S
D. C. Guardsmen prepare for guests
at camp tomorrow. Page A-3 .
i
TYuman, slugged wiui unii oy col
ored prowler. Page A-It
Public Welfare Board seeks *11,349.
5*7 for 1939. PageA-Jt
Senate action due today on. airport
improvement bill. PageA-12
Resuming of work on slaughter house
spurs intense., fight. PageA-12
District, Legion Convention pledges
fight for suffrage. Page A-12
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-*
This and That. Page A-*
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-*
Answers and Questions. Page A-*
David Iowrence. Page A-7
H. R. Burkhage. Page A-7
Mark Sullivan. Page A-7
•lav Franklin. Page A-7
Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-7
SPORTS.
Live rabbit's feet aid Frye to ringer
title. Page C-*.
Appleton blanks Bosox in defying
Friday, the thirteenth. Page C-*.
Cards on win streak despite ab
sence of Di* Dean. Page C-l.
Louis-Schmeling bout this Fall held
likely. Page C-».
Cooper headed goifdom's money
winning record. Page. C-t.
Henry Armstrong kayoes "Irish
Eddie" Brink in third. Page C-l.
MISCELLANY.
Letter-Out. Page *-*
Cross-Word Puaale. Page It-7
Bedtime Story. Page B-7
Dorothy Dix. Page B-*
Betsy Caswell. Page B-*
Traffic Convictions. Page C-l*
Vital Statistic*. Page C-l*
Shipping News. Page C-l*
Nature's ChURren. Page C-l*
A
SENATE INSISTS
Commerce Committee* Re
jects May Airport Plan
as "Unworkable.”
BACKGROUND—
Washington s airport problem be
came crucial a month non uhe%
pilots said they uovld refuse to
operate trom the field across the
river unless hazards, such as Mili
tary road, mere removed. This ul
timatum led to putting forth m site
at Comp Springs, Md., for a model
airport. Tuesday airport officials
and Arlington County agreed on
closing Military rood. Yesterday trill
passed for Camp Springs anyway.
Rejecting the May hill a* "unwork
•hie,” the Senate. Commerce Commit
tee today substituted rhe Copelam
measure* to close Military road an
enlarge Washington Airport am
moved for immediate consideration o
the bill bv rhe Senate.
The Copeland- bill already v*
pending on rhe Senate calendar whei
[he committee met, in executive see
sion today to ronslder the May bill
passed this week by* he House Tb
•enaie*comi#ittee stnflfc out tfle en
tire text of the H<%se r"ea.#re afte
" he enaetugf clause snif suhsrilulei
the Copeland blll^tthout amendftieni
The Copelaad hill authorise* th
conveyance of Military road right-r.f
wav to Washington Airport in retur
lor a payment nf *25.000 tor c ostnic
riort of a suk.*titute road. It a^so an
Thorites the leasing 10 rhe airport r
53 acres of tha Arlington Expert
mental Farm and a portion »of th
Boundary channel lagoon area
It was announced that Senate
Copland, Democrat, of New- Yori
chairman of the Commerce. Com
miti^e and author of the bill, wouh
ask for passage of the measure b
unanimous consent at. the earliest, op
yvi mii.i c i if 11110111.
Meanwhile, rhe Camp Spring* air
port bill was passed yesterday by th
Ser.ate without debate.
Ca’led up by Chairman King o
the btstyt. Committee lust befor
adjournment,1 the Camp Spring
measure was addpted by unanimou
oonsent. It still requires House ac
tion, however.
The King bill carries out the rer
omlnendation of the District. Airpor
Commission for acquisition of a sir.
in Prince Georges County, Md., gout
of the ros* leading from Cam
Springs to Meadows. For a.cquisitioi
and development the bill authorize
a Federal appropriation of >3,288,25
and Expenditure of >250,000 by th
Secretary of Agriculture to develop a
repress highway from Anacosti
Bridge to the airport site. The air
port la to be developed under direc
tiop of the Secretary of War and thei
turned over to the Commerce De
partment for operation.
Af passed by the HOuse the Ma
bill would require Washington Air
port lo pay >25,000 in advance t
Arlington County in return lor th
use of Military road for 25 yean
Airport officials said they would hav
to borrow the money, and that th
transaction ultimately would cos
>40,000. This is more than the us
of the road is worth to them, sine
it will not add to the income of tb
airport and in itself will not improv
safety fonditions materially, they helc
The Copeland bill provides for con
veyance of title to the road in fe
simple to the airport but still require
the payment of >25,000 to the count
for construction of a substitute road
To this the airport management ha
agreed.
CATHOLICS WARNED
VATICAN CITY, August 14 i/P).
The Observatore Romano, offlcia
Vatican newspaper, today published :
manifesto by Michael Cardinal Faul
haber. Archbishop of Munich, warn
ing Catholics to beware of a Germa
government questionnaire.
He told church members not to pu
themselves down on a statistical bu
reau questionnaire as "believers ii
God” rather than Catholics.
Two Hebei Chief* Surrender.
GUADALAJARA.’ Jalisco, Mexic<
August 14 IJP).—Military headquarter
said today that Pablo and Reubei
Candelarlo, Mexican rebel chieftaim
had surrendered snd that Andre
Rsparsa. head of an armed grouj
had been tilled by federal troops.
A
Foes of Black Confirmation
Report Letters Asking Delay
^ ji
Senators Telit of Scores of Requests for
Hearings to Determine Fitness—Little
Et feet Expected From Protests.
Senators opposed no confirmation of
Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama.
a» a Supreme Court .Insure* reported
today receipt of many letters and
telegrams "Urging d'iay in action on
"the nomination. * ■*
They said scores of telegrams and
letters from ind. vidua Is and organ
isation* asked rhaj full hearing? be
held to determine ghe qualifications
and legal eligibility of the. Alabaman.
Statements from member* of the
Indiciary Committee indicated, how
ever, that the protests would have
lit.rle efifot. They showed a com
fortable .'ma iortty of the committee
* reariv to' approve the Senator's nomi
nation
Senator Austin Republican of Ver
mont, leader of the move to delay Ju
diciary Committee action, displayed to
newspaper men a stack of telegrams
1 indorsing his stand Mo*f of them were
i from individuals, but on top was one
• from Alfred A. Cook, chairman of the
Committee on the .Judiciary of the As
■ sociation of the Bar of the Cnv of New
kork.
^ The members of the legal profes
1 sihn. irijspective of oartv or any dif
fen viewpoint, on national policy.
5 i
BiwoY.-s Min*- hi i ur 'vm.iu.MUii ' tin i *rj\ ,
one selected to sit in The United Stales '
| Supreme Court must be judicially
qualified," Cook Telegraphed.
It is consequently essential that 1
There be no haste in the consideration
| of a nominee and that proper and
reasonable opportunity be given to The ,
i bar of the country to sulamit to the
■ Judiciary Committee of the Senate
its views as to the fitness and quali
fications of The nominee
| “I iefu.se to believe that membership
■ in the United States Senate in and ,
of itself qualifies one to occupy anv i
' other office and least, of all that of 1
lust ice of the Supreme Court. Care
ful and mature deliberation remains
vital if the confidence and respect of :
the Nation are lo be assured."
| Ten committee members said they
would vote to confirm, the liberal Ala
baman, co-sponsor of the adminis
tration wage-hour bill
i Three members were definitely op
posed. while four o'hers still were non- !
1 committal. Two of these were lesn- !
ing toward confirmation, two again-,!,
i The eighteenth member of the com- :
mittee, Senator Norvis. Independent,
of Nebraska, has left Washington for
• See BLACK, Page A-9.1
; TALK iS REVIVED
" _ * _ •
i So Much of Proqram De
1 * •
'1 ferred President May Call
Congress Back.
( In the first definite expression
’ from rhe House leadership on the
chances of s wage-and-hour bill,
Speaker Bankhead today told re
porter* "it, does not look to me now
as if thst bill will be considered be
’ fore we adjourn ”
5 *Bs i hr Associaied Pro**.
1 ! A recalcitrant Congress has deferred
3 so much of the administration pro
t
t gram that talk revived today of *
) special Autumn session to enact, crop
f control and wage-hour legislation.
'•j President Roosevelt and the Senate
_ I exchanged a pledge late yesterday
. | whereby a farm price stabilization
i j measure will he passed “at the next
. ! session” in return for immediate cot*
| ton loans.
, The Chief Executive gave no indi
. ' cation whether he will let, the farm
1 bill await the regular session in Jan
. uary or will call Congress together In
October or klovember.
. legislator* discussing the latter pos
, sibllity noted that Secretary Wallace
r recently said a special session would
t be fine for the farmer.”
! Consideration Blocked.
- They said their belief was strength
■- ened bv the probability that the wage
• hour bill, passed by the Senate, wilt
- not reach the House, floor. An openly
! ' hostile Rules Committee has blocked
s its consideration.
’ The farm and wage-hour bills are
two of five major administration pro
s posals which undoubtedly will be left
behind in the race to adjourn within
a week or 10 days. The others are:
1. Government reorganization. The
House passed a bill yesterday empow
ering the President to reorganize, con
solidate and abolish executive depart.
(See CONGRESS, Page A~-9.)
- -•- - — - -
! SANTOS ON WAY HERE
1 Candidate for President of Co
t lombia Viait* United States.
MIAMI. Fla., August H <4>).—Dr.
i Eduardo Santoe. newspaper publisher
and candidate of the powerful Liberal
party for President of Colombia, ar
rived heke by Clipper plane late yes
terday for a brief visit to the United
'. States “Just aa a tourist.”
s After an overnight atop here Dr.
l Santos and his wife will fly to Wash
, inglon, for a brief viait. and will spend
• several days in New York. Then they
will embark for tn extended European
tour.
I *
800,000 WILL GET
RAIL PAT BOOSTS
—
Members of H “Non-Oper* j
. ating” Unions to Pocket
Raises as of August 1.
B» ih* Associated Press,
j CHICAGO, 111., August 14 Ap
i proxtmateiy 800.000 railroad employes i
who are members of the 14 "non- !
operating" brotherhood* will pocket |
bigger pavcbecka next, pay day. ,
j A wage boost of 5 cents an hour J
retroactive, to August 1, embodied in
an agreement with the Nation * rail-j
, road*, wa.* ratified by unanimous vote 1
of their representatives yesterday. j '
The agreement, also provided that ;
the "share the work” program would 1
be abandoned after September 1 at ’
the request of general chairmen. , 1
j The wage boost represented a rom- 1
promise on the 20-cent increase origi
nally • asked by the brotherhoods.
George M. Harrison, chairman of the
Railway Labor Executives Association, '
said some of the general chairmen 1
were dissatisfied with the *i*e of the
pay hike but voted approval as “the ]
best that could be done under the ‘
circumstances."
| Ratification followed a vote by the ,
1* sets of delegates in separate cau
cuses. Their action wa* protested hv
i a group of self-styled "rank and file" |
I unionists who had been barred from
! the conference.
A 20 per cent, increase was the goal i
of spokesmen for 200.000 member' of ;
the five "operating" brotherhood* I
They and representative* of the rail- i
road* recessed their conference until
Monday.
,
FINE WEATHER IS DUE
HERE DURING WEEK END
Moderate Temperaturea and Rain- ’
law Skies Are Promised for
Pew Days. a
Pine weather over the week end. with j
moderate temperatures and ralnle*.* i
skies, was promised District residents t
by the Weather Bureau today.
“Pair and continued rool tonight.." >
said the official forecast. “Sunday, t
partly cloudy and slowly rising tem- 1
peratures.” ]
A maximum temperature, of 84 wa* 1
predicted for today. The thermometer
roae slowly from a low of 66 at 5:30 c
am. to 79 at 10 a.m.
The mercury wlU begin to rise slowly t
tomorrow, the Weather Bureau pre- 1
dieted, but probably will not reach the <
90s again until after Monday. More i
hot weather Is expected b* the middle !
of the week. i
1
SOVIET AVIATORS
3ELIEVEO SAFE AS
MESSAGE IS HEARD
rlyers Overdue 20 Hours
at Fairbanks May Be
Down in Arctic.
’NO BEARINGS," SAYS
INTERCEPTED APPEAL
lorfhland Flyers Aw^ait. Word in
Alaska Before Beginning
Search for Russians.
UCKGROUMD -
The Soviet s first success hit frans
PO'nr flight, started in deepest se
crecy, ended last June 20 at Van
couver, Wash , when "poor visibil
ity" forced Pilot Valen Chekaloff
and his fiyinq companions, Alexan
der Peliakotf^avd Georgi Baibukofl.
to come don n about 592 miles short
ot their original objective—Oak
land. Ca.li/. They few 5,300 miles
in 63 hours. ,
Three n ecks later a second Soviet,
trio roared out nt Moscow along
the new airlane and extended it
971 miles before brivgulg their
monoplane dov v in a San Jacinto,
Calif., con posture They flew
6.262 iniles nt 62 hours.
$'• 'he Associa te!
SEATT! ,E. August 14 I/P).—TVie
trobability that Sigismund TjevanefT
kv and his five Russian companions
ire safe somewhere !n rhe vast Arcric
wastes was seen here today when tb°
Signal Corps station ai Anchorage re
tried intercepting the first word
rom the trans-polar plane in nearly
!8 hours.
It reported the code message heard
it 9 44 a m iE. S. T t was only partly
eariable and translated with the tin
■eadable blanks, stated: No bear
figs * * * having trouble with
’ * * wave band."
The Signal Corps’ Alaska communi-*
lations system, which made the ao
lonncement, stated:
"Following message, the first mes
age which has been received frorr\
he plane since 2 40 a m., 'Vie 13th.
was intercepted by Signal Corps sta
lon at Anchorage. a
‘Plane heard very weak railing
1DTW approximately PORO kilocycles
" 8:44. p. s. T . following InterceDted
with banks:
19 R 34 F E D'aoatone " “ 1
ft was not known here whether the
>lane could send w'treless messages i
chile on 'he ground or was fEted clth
quipment only usable while aloft.
long Overdue at Fairbanks. ,
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. August 14 'fib.
Northland aviators, alarmed at news
rom sjx Russian aviators that one
noior of their four-motored mono
>lane had failed, stood by their planes
fid ay, ready to take out over the bleak
krctic snow fields, where they fear
he Russians may have been forced
iown.
Sigismund TevanefTsky, ptldt of the
>lane with wrhich Russia was oioneer
ng a proposed transpolar Moscow
United States airline, radioed Moscow ■
m 1 s.m todav, Moscow time ijj p.m.
Friday, E. S. T.t the motor had .ailed.
More than three hours la'er, at 9:53
i m Friday, E. S. T., the last message
ecened at Moscow said merely: “View
Jo you hear me? Wait "
levaneffsky said he intended to
iroceed here on three motors. Ke said
i damaged oil line put tne engine out
if commission, but gave no hint he
md his five companions intended to
merrupt, iheir flight, scheduled to
nd at Oakland. Calif.
A few seconds later Moscow lost
\hi hi min imp; iiypr*.
The plane was 20 hours overdue here
t. noon, E. 8. T, and an increasing
lumber of observers believe^ jt might
, I ready he down. It is 4,000 miles here
rom Moscow.
Weather Reported fiend.
Wearher was repofed good tn
Jorthern Alaska, but the Soviet
leather camp near the North Pole
aid the sky was overcast, with vts
hility heiween 10 and J2 miles. The
emperature was 31 degrees Fahren
leir.
levaneffsky was io land here, then
iroceed to another refueling stop at
Sdmonton, Alberta.
In pioneering the course, the huge
ilane carried a small freight cargo m
iddition to its six occupants, twnc.e
he number of two previous trans
mlar flights which ended in the United
States.
Whether ihp plane was down on
vater, land fir the ice cap at the top
if the world were matters of pure con
ecture, as was ihe fate of the giant
nonoplane if it had been forced down
>y storm nr lack nf fuel.
Prom A Vartanian, Soviet, repre
icntatlve at Seattle, came only one
lomment
“It, ia an unpleasant, situation "
Moscow had no later word, the Sig
iaI Corps was Informed.
A crowd assembled at the airport
iere before 7 p.m. (E. S. T. >, the
1 xperted arrival time. hut. as the hour*
la.ssed the field was vacated.
Safe Landing Possible.
While not. discounting fears for the
Ivers* safety, airmen here pointed to
he possibility of a safe landing on
I ret,ic Ice fields. They recalled planes
ave landed and taken off without
rouble from the vicinity of the Rut>
lan North Pole observation post.
The Russians carried heavy cloth
UK and six months’ emergency ra
Ions.
When he left, Moscow at 10 13 a.m.
F 8. T ) Thursday, levaneffsky esti
uated it would take 30 hours for the
light here, with him are co-pilot
ficolai Koeffcnaleff and Navigator
’obeszimoff.
The projected route to Oakland was
ver «,600 miles.
This was Levaneffsky's second at
empt to fly from Moscow across the
■ole to the United States. A broken
>il feed line forced him to rurn back
rom a point far out over the Arctic
lea and return to Moscow In August,
935.
/ «
* ' HE WHO LAlitJHS LAr3T!.

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