EMPLOYERS MAY
RECEIVE HELP \
HIRE MORE MEN j
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. — Em-j
Dloyees who find it difficult to pay
for the hiring of additional workers
under the provisions of the Nation
al Recovery Administration codes
may be given aid from funds pro
vided by tlie Reconstruction Fin-;
a nee Corporation. This was reveal- j
ed by General Hugh S. Johnson, asj
an answer to the nation’s business j
men who said they did not have;
the money to go ahead an increase
their wage outlays.
In an elaboration of Johnson’s
remarks to the Retailers Association,
at the hearing of their codes, he!
said that arbitrary price boosting,
was unjustified. He requested the
retailers to help the administration
by resenting price increases by the
wholesalers.
Johnson said that some price in
creases might be necessary due to
increased production costs of firms
operating under the ‘Blue Eagle”
but he warned that these price in
creases must not be higher than
absolutely necessary. High prices,
he contended, will result in the fail
ure of the movement.
In New York former Governor Al
Smith made a plea for the “univer
sal cooperation in a fair trial" of
the National Recovery movement.
He asserted that its failure would
mean digging in for a long seige
with slow and painful rehabilita
tion. Smith said the plan must not
fail through lack of individual co
operation. Support of the Presi
dent’s plan is the only course for a
good democracy when he. in the
position as President of the United
States, has frankly admitted that
this is an experiment and that
he will be the first to acknow-,
ledge its failure if it does not work.
Smith said that the President
“asks only loyal cooperation, and
this cooperation he should certainly”
receive.”
In California, next Sunday, it
will be “Blue Eagle" Sunday, ac
cording to the announcement of
Jack L. Warner, chairman of the
State Recovery Board- He said that;
it was hoped that Californians
would learn from their pastors just
how much the movement means.
George Creel, Recovery adminis
trator for the Pacific area, return
ing from a flying trip to the North
west, said he was very much satis
fied with the trend in that section. I
The entire Pacific Coast is way a-j
head of the rest of the nation in,
adopting the National Recovery;
Administration's program he said.!
There is no doubt but that the pro- j
gram will be in full operation by i
Labor Day, he said.
Chinese Train Hopped
Track; Many Killed
SHANGHAI, Aug. 23. — Delayed;
Chinese advices from Kiuking, and*
Nanchang, in Kiangsi Province, to-!
day said that between 50 and 100
persons had been killed or injured,
late Sunday when a train running:
between the two towns jumped the!
* track. j
The train carried 500 passengers!
and 200 of these were cadets, it |
avas said. .
BEER FIGURES
SACRAMENTO. Calif., Aug. 23. —
The returns for July show the daily,
average beer sales in California 1
were 114,355 gallons against 119,960!l
in June and 118,093 in May. The de- j<
crease in sales rate for July from i
June was about 4.7 per cent. The ;
filing of returns is on the increase :
with 129 returns being made in i
July as against 122 in June. 1
HOOVER SENDS REGRETS
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 23. —
Former President Herbert Hoover
sent his regrets to the district pro-:
secutor in the city of Detroit say- I
ing that he would be unable to go j
to Detroit to testify in the grand j
jury investigation into the closing i
of two large first national banks
in that city.
FOREST FIRES
RAGE IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Aug. 23- —The great
est fire in Oregon’s known history
caused millions of dollars of damage
in the forest in Tillamook and
Washington counties and along the
coast.
Nearly 2.000 persons are battling
to check the devastating blaze as]
crown fires raged on into the i
mountains.
Three incendiary blazes were also 1
raging in Coos and Douglas
counties.
The winds are beating the flames
into a furry of flame and thousands
of acres of timberland are being
devastated.
Animals and wildfowl are fleeing
before the choking smoke but most
of them perish as they succumb
and fall in the path of the fires. '
RIVALRY ENDS
RENO, Aug. 23. —The asserted
love rivalry of a white man and a
young Stockton. Calif.. Chinese over
the affections of a white woman
ended in the slaying of the Chinese
and the arrest of Andy Dougherty,
39. police announced.
DAYLIGHT TIME
IS CONFUSING
SEATLE, Aug. 23. — The Seattle
City Council will hold a special ses
sion tomorrow to vote on the oust
ing of the law which places day
light saving time in effect in this
city until September 24.
Many other nearby Washington j
towns have already gone back to j
standard time and it is found that'
the different times has created a
great deal of confusion.
Citizens are protesting the pre
sent situation and wrant the city
to return to standard time at once.
Criminals Fare III
City Of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23. — Chief |
:f Police Davis has completed a five l
lay campaign of picking up crim
inal suspects and held a big “crim
inal showup” last night at which;
time holdup victims of the last two j
weeks were requested to try and i
identify their assailants.
The police had about 150 suspects
to be paraded before their victims.
The police caught their men by
watching the Los Angeles traffic
luite closely. All suspicious char
acters were rounded up.
It is also learned the Chief Davis
plans a shakeup of his police de
partment.
DRIVER DIED
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 23. —i
\n automobile sped down one of i
:his city’s busiest streets yesterday
and crashed against a post. It was
discovered that its driver, Arthur
3. Flinn, apparently had died from
a heart attack before the crash. ,
RELEASED PRISON
POONA, India, Aug. 23. —Ashme- v
labad Mirabai, mormerly Madeline •
Slade, of England, who became a 1
iesciple of Mathatma Gandhi, was ]
•elease from jail today at the ex- j
Diration of a year’s prison sentence ]
'or defying the government ban
tgainst her appearance in the Bom- j
)ay district.
HIGHWAY REPORT
IS BEING GIVEN
MUCH PUBLICITY
The report of the American sec
tion of the International High
way Commission has been printed
and released and copies of the re
port have ben sent to the Gateway
by Delegate Dimond. As the report
was made directly to the President,
it was necessary for the Delegate
to secure the personal approval of
the Chief Executive for immediate
public distribution.
The report is considered to be
a favorable one by persons who
have kept in close contact with the
highway developments.
Its most important conclusions,
from the standpoint of friends of
the highway, probably are:
1. The Commission declares the
highway project to be a feasible *one.
2. The Commission urges an early
start of construction of the Fair
banks-Dawson section irrespective
of the highway'as an entity.
This last recomendation has long
been urged by highway proponents,
their argument being that building
of a road from Fairbanks to Dawr
son would be convincing proof of
the benefits of a road through to
the States and would act to hasten
construction of oher sections of the
road
Copies of the report have been
mailed to Chambers of Commerce,
newspapers, gover nment officials,
both federal and territorial, and to
others in Alaska. They will go to
every member of Congress, ot lib
raries, to automobile and tire manu
facturers and oil companies thru
out the land. It is planned to secure
for the report all possible publicity.
The total length of the highway
from Seattle to Fairbanks would
be 2,256 miles. By no means does
that mean there is that much con
struction to be accomplished. A1-*
ready 1,073 miles are built, leaving'
1,183 miles to be finished.
There already is in use, of course,*
a highway from Seattle to Hazel-'
ton, Eritish Columbia. Eight hund
red and eighty two miles separate!
those cities. From Hazelton to the1
boundary of Yukon Territory new;
construction would total 480 miles,!
with 50 miles already built. The In-;
ternational Highway, according to!
present plans, would branch off the;
Richardson Highway at McCarthy,'
91 miles from Fairbanks. From Me-1
Carthy to the boundary is a dis-1
tance of 91 miles.
The conclusions and reeommen
dations of the Commission are giv
en here for the benefit of those who j
may not see the report: j
1. The highway is a feasible pro
ject and can be built as a reason
able cost, which should not exceed
$2,000,000 for the Alaska sect ion
and $12,000,000 for the Canadian
section.
2. If the project is adopted, the,
stage-construction process is fav-i
ored. That is to say, the initial}
standard should be no higher than!
is required for the estimated traf
fic, and improvements to higher
standards would be made as de- ;
manded by traffic and as funds'
may become available. I
3. Financing is primarily the re
sponsibility of each of the nations
concerned for the section of the
road within its own jurisdiction,1
and any departure from this prin-;
ciple should be covered by inter-'
national agreement. The Alaska sec
tion of the road should be financed
in about the same ratio between
federal and local funds as obtains
under the Federal Highway Act in
the sparsely settled states, resulting
probably in about 90 per cent of
the cost of construction being paid
yy the Federal Government.
4. There are two general routes '
for the northern end of the high
(Please turn to page 3.)
GOING TO DENMARK
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. — The
supply ship Jelling, servicing Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, on
their northern mapping £our, in a
message to the Pan-American Air
ways stand that the Lindgerghs
were planning a flight to Denmark.
They will go via the Shetland Is
lands.
I
MURDER TRIAL
WILL LAST LONG
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 23. —The
selection of jurymen continued in|
Tuesday’s session of the Larnson I
murder case.
The heated legal battle over j
the selection of the jurors who will j
hear the case gave an inkling as
to the possible trend of the prose-,
cution. It was indicated that the1
prosecution would rely largely on!
circumstantial evidence to secure
the conviction of David Larnson on;
the charge that lie murdered his
wife. Allene. last Memorial day. Itj
has been indicated that the defense;
will be that Mrs. Larnson met her
death accidentally.
GRAF ZEP COMING
BERLIN. Aug. 23. —Word from
Frederickshafen says that Com
mander Eckner, of the Graf Zeppe
lin will leave there on October 14 on j
its regular schedule trip to South |
America and that the Graf Zeppelin j
will fly from South America to Mi- j
ami and thence to the Chicago
World’s Fair. Returning to Ger- j
many the Graf will take a route (
which will take it over Spain and:
France. ;
NORMAN DAVIS
VISITS HYDE PARK
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. — Nor
jnan Davis, former United States
Ambassador at large, left here Tues
day for Hyde Park to report to
President Roosevelt on the work of
the American delegation at the
Geneva Disarmament conference. !
President Roosevelt enjoyed a ra-'
ther restful day at Hyde Park as he;
spent much time with newspaper i
correspondents and posing for the!
official portrait to be hung in the |
White House.
Stanford, California
Tangle September 30
PALO ALTO, Aug. 23. —On Sep
tember 30, when many teams thru
out the country are winding up
their practice seasons and prepar
ing to open their football sched
ules, either Stanford and, or the
the University of California at Los
Angeles will receive a severe set
back in their aspirations for the
Pacific Conference Championship.
On that date the Indians and the
Bruins tangle in the Stanford stad
ium.
MAY BE HARD YEAR
ST. LOIUS, Aug. 23. —Unless the
aging Babe Ruth, speaking of base
ball playing abilities, feels as if he
can play the entire season next
year, the New York Yankees man
agement need not worry about com-,
pensating him for all the 154 games. J
This was revealed by the galloping i
homerun slugger while here.
LITTLE PROGRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 23. —Lit
tle progress was made in the David
LamsOn murder trial, which began
acre yesterday. Young Lamson sat
mpatiently in the courtroom for
nany hours while the court officials
vere selecting the jury. The selec
tion of the jury is expected to takel
days.
MEN MOBILIZED
IN AUSTRIA TO
PROTECT REIGN
VIENNA, Aug. 23. —Chancellor
Dollfuss last evening ordered the
mobilization of several of his crack
troops for movement immediately
to the Hungarian border, it was re
vealed. The order is the result of
asserted German Nazi attempts to
undermine the Dollfuss regime.
Dollfuss has taken the step of
calling for troops and asking for
volunteers from the country's crack
riflemen, in order that he may be
able to decisively frustrate any at
tempts at a coup de etat to take his,
position by violence or some other
swift means.
Chancellor Dollfuss has just re
turned from a conference with Pre
mier Mussolini, of Italy, and he feels
that he has Italy’s support in hi3
determination to maintain Austria
as an independent central Europe
nation.
MARKET SHOWS
TENDENCY SURGE
HIGHER LEVELS
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. —The New
i'ork Stock Market continued to fol
low the trend of commodity prices
Tuesday and climbed from frac
tions to around two points. The ral
ly was led by rails and motor io- •
sues, Chrysler closed at a new high
of 44%. Virtually every issue took
part in the upward trend. The trad
ing was light with less than 2,000.
300 shares being exchanged.
Dow Jones averages were Indus
trials 101.24, up 1.17; Rails 50.79, up
1.12 Utilities 30.61, up .03; Bonds
38.01, up .75.
Several of the latest quotations
are Alaska Juneau 27%, Am. Tel &
Tel. 128%, Am. Rad. 16, Chi. Mil
(pfd) 15, Chrysler 44%, Gen. Mot
33%, Kenn. 21%, New York Central
17%, Radio 9, United Corp. 9%, Un
Gas 4. United States Steel 55%,
West. 44%.
Export copper was quoted at .081,
domestic .09 cents, silver .36 cents,
and lead 4.5.
CHOP DOWN LEAD
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. —The lead
of the Washington Senators was
eut down to seven and one-half
james yesterday when the Yankees
triumphed over Cleveland and the
Senators lost to Detroit, in the Am
erican League. In the National Lea
gue Boston replaced the Pitts
burg Pirates for the second place
position when they beat the Pir
ates 5 to 4.
BILLY SUNDAY
GIVES UP FIGHT
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 23. —BiUy
Sunday, long a fiery dry orator, is
going to give up the preaching of
prohibition, he said yesterday as
he went through Omaha, bound for
his ranch at Hood River, Oregon.
Sunday still is a firm prohibition
ist, but he believes the 18th Amend
ment will soon be repealed.
STORM DIDN’T COME
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. —The tro
pical disturbance which the weather
bureau, warned the Atlantic Coast
to be on the look out for, had fail
ed to arrive until last evening. How
ever, the Coast was pounded by
heavy waves of such proportions
that bathing resorts in Atlantic City
ind in other coastal towns were
jrdered closed. Two schooners were
•eported in distress during the day.