TRADE REVIVAL
BEING SOUGHT
FOREIGN MARTS\
HYDE PARK, Aug. ?. —The Unit-J
ed States government is looking |
forth to a revival of commerce
with foreign nations now that the
London Economic Conference is;
over and the delegates to that
session are at home.
In addition to casting furtive
glances toward South American
trade, the Administration is go
ing after trade with the Chinese
nation. This much was indicated
at Monday’s conference between
President Roosevelt and T. V.
3oong, finance minister of China,
and Dr. Alfred Sze, China’s Lea
gue of Nation’s delegate.
It was indicated that a loan of
$14,000,000 to China is being nego- i
tiated for so that China can buy
American wheat, cotton and other
produce and manufactured articles.
MAY FORCE INTERVENTION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. — Fears
that intervention may be forced on ;
the United States were expressed j
as the Cuban revolution situation ;
became more serious.
AUSTRIAN SHOT
BY ALLEGED NAZIS
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INSSBUCK, Austria, .Aug. 8. —
A facist auxiliary policeman on
oorder patrol, near Kufsteim, was
billed Monday by uniformed men
wearing steel helmets.
The Austrian official news ag
ency described that attack as an 1
ambush of 10 men resembling mem- *
bers of a German voluntary labor i
aattalion in nearby Keifersfeldon. s
The agency said the bullets came *
from German Mauser guns. c
The shooting tended to add to 1
tension already existing between
Germany and Austria over the Nazi
activities.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
(From the Alaska press)
Exports from Washington to Al
aska during July, just ended, to
taled $2,379,000 as compared with
$2,048,000 for July of last year, it
was revealed recently by Seattle
customs records. Gains were made
for the three months since the
cannery season opened. For the first
four months of the year the re
cord was behind that of 1932.
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After many years of residence in
Juneau, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McBride1
and their daughter Miriam Mc
Bride, left for California recently.'
They wil make their home there.}
McBride was the former collector |
of customs for Alaska and served
in that office for nearly 12 years.!
The McBrides had resided in Jun-1
eau for 30 years.
The mining industry on Chicha
gof Island is in a flourishing con
dition with the two operating mine;
oreaking into new ore bodies am
new properties in process of pro
mising development, according tc
the Juneau Empire. At Hirst-Chi
chagof development of the newlj
discovered ore body on the 850
foot level is going ahead satisfact
orily. Some stoping has been done
and a crew has drifted both ways
on the vein about 120 feet. The val
ues are reported to be very high
The mill is operating three ful
shifts and a force of 26 men is em
ployed.
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Miss Lillian Brady, of Cordova
and Frank Shank, chief of the Al
aska Railroad fire department, were
married at Anchorage recently, re
ports the Times.
SHIPS GO AGROUND
SEATTLE, Aug. 8. —Five vessels
were reported aground in the Pu-I
get Sound Monday in the heaviest!
fog in two years.
ARIZONA VOTING
ON REPEAL OF
DRY AMENDMENT
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FHONENIX, Ariz., Aug. 8. — Ari
zona voters will ballot today on
prohibition repeal and nominate a
candidate to succeed Lewis Doug
las, who vacated the State’s lone
congressional seat when he became
a. director of the federal budget. 1
The Nation’s youngest state,'
which recently celebiated its 21st
birthday, probably will become the
21st state in the Union to ratify
Ihe repeal of the 18th amendment
because of the absence of dry con
tention delegates on the ballot. i
In addition to the Arizona elec
:ion today, Missouri will vote on
August 19, Texas on August 26,
md Washington on August 29.
Next month Vermont. September:
i. Maine, September 11, Maryland
md Minnesota, September 12, and
Idaho and New Mexico. September.
19. will vote.
Florida votes on October 10 and
>n November 7 North Carolina. Pen
lsylvania, South Carolina and Ohio
will vote.
BOYCOTT BE USED
WEAPON OF N.R. A.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. —Deter
nined to use the strong arm of the
loycott, the administration guided '
ts National Recovery Act into the
econd week of operation as Gen
ral Hugh S. Johnson rallied both
onsumer and distributor to the :
anks under the N. R. A. blue eagle. ■
While declaring war on the 1
drones” and the “chiselers” John-,1
on urged the cooperation of entire :
ornmunities in dealing only with
oncerns displaying the blue eagle. :
md promised “we shall be out of J
he depths of this depression if /
»nly each community will seize the
ipportunity the president has giv- 1
:n it.” i
TRIES GET CONTRACT
HOLLYOOW, Aug. 8- —Reported
o be negotiating with a leading
ilm studios for a film contract,
Jloria Swanson, with her husband,
Michael Farmer, the Irish sports
aan, left a train at San Bernard
no to motor to Hollywood. She
massed up some friends who were
/aiting at the Los Angeles station
o see her.
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PLACED UNDER ROND ;1
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8. —Accused/
f starting a fight, Jack Mulhall,;'
ormer film star, was under bond '
ending a trial for battery. /
BASEBALL SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE •
Boston 8, Philadelphia 5. 1
Chicago 0, St. Louis 6. 1
Washington 5-4, New York 6-5. S
Cleveland 3, Detroit 6. i
No National or Coast League!)
ames were played. 1
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LEAGUE STANDNGS ]
NATIONAL—New York 598, Pitts-! (
urgh 562, Chicago 548, St. Louis
24, Boston 519, Philadelphia 431, i
'incinnati 411 and Brooklyn 406. f
AMERICAN — Washington 640,
lew York 610, Philadelphia 510, j
►etroit 486, Cleveland 481, Chicago s
66, Boston 444 and St. Louis 376. £
PACIFIC—Portland 595, Holly- l
rood 592, Los Angeles 591, Sacra- 1
lento 586, Oakland 444, San Fran
isco 409, Missions 406, and Seat- s
le 374. i
SEVEN MILLION
BE BACK WORK
BY END OF YEAR
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. — A
general business revival that will
re-employ 7,000,000 persons before
1934 was forecast tdoay bv Henry I.
Harriman, president of the United!
States Chamber of Commerce.
Rising prices and the cooperation j
of firms with the National Recovery j
Administration will bring about the!
improvement, he said as he came
here to attend the Western Retail
er’s Western trade conferences, as
a representative of President Roose
velt and the National Recovery Ad
ministration.
In speaking of the improvement
made thus far Harriman said that
2,000„000 men who were jobless on
March 4 now have jobs.
LONG DISTANCE
RECORD IS SET
BY FRENCHMEN
PARIS. Aug. 8. — Completing!'
;heir long distance flight with the!]
dairn of a new record after 56;
aours and 29 minutes in the air, 1
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos,,;
French fliers, landed at Rayack, Sy- i'
•ia, Monday at 10:10 Pacific Coast
ime.
In a message to the Air Orient;
Company. Paris, before landing, the j
iliers claimed a new distance non- j
;top record of more than 5.700:
niles. The old record, established j
jy two British fliers was 5.350 miles.!
The fliers took off from New ■
fork Saturday and crossed the At
antic without mishap. They fought;
some bad weather over the mid
Ulantic but came through alright.!:
Dver Germany a gasoline leak dev-1
doped in their gasoline feed line
ind they were unable to repair it. j
rhey continued on, however, but!
heir 1.770-gallon supply of gaso
ine became exhausted much soon
:r because of the leak.
The fliers kept in almost constant
communication with the French
hr ministry. They attributed much
>f the success of their flight to
die perfect preparations they had
nade in New York.
CHANGES IN THE
FISHERIES LAWS |
ARE MADE PUBLIC
The regulations for the protec- '
ion of the fisheries of Alaska pub- 1
ished in Department of Commerce 1
circular No. 251, nineteenth edi
ion, issued under date of Decern-11
>er 20, 1932, together with subse- j
luent regulations, are hereby am- |
ended by the following regulations:
Southeastern Alaska Area, West
rn District:
Salmon Fishery—Regulation No. j
! in supplment No. 251-19-5, issued!
vlarch 23, 1933, is amended, effec-|j
ive at 6 o’clock antemeridian July!
1, 1933, to read as follows: Com- j
nercial fishing for salmon in Chil-j
:at Inlet is prohibited north of a!1
ine from Green Point passing ac
oss the southern shore of Pyramid
sland to the northern shore of
Ihilkat Inlet. t
Icy Strait, Western, Eastern, ,
touth Prince of Wales Island, and ^
Southern Districts,
Salmon Fishery: The regulations
>rohibiting commercial fishing for
almon by trolling from 6 o’clock
ntemeridian August 25 to 6 o’clock I
y post meridian September 20 are r
tereby revoked. r
The regulations appear above the r
ignature of John Dickinson, act- “
tig Secretary of Commerce. g
OPERATE TO SAVE LIFE j
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. —“Ace”|
Hudkins, fighter, shot in a beer)
parlor brawl, was to be operated1
on in a hospital here in an effort
to save his life.
STOCK EXCHANGE
FELL BELOW THE !
MILLION MARK
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. — Trading !
on the New York Stock Exchange:
yesterday ran under the 1,000,000 (i
share mark and prices turned low-^
er. ]
Coming back to the trading mart(
for the first time after the excite
ment attendant to the tear gas
bomb explosion last Friday, traders 1
Monday had little to do. There)'
were many long intervals in which!
tickers were idle. j]
Offerings were scarce despite the.<
announcement of attempts to set- ]
tie labor difficulties and General H. i
5. Johnon’s “Buy Now” campaign. ]
Some of the latest nuotations are j;
\laska Juneau 23%, Am. Tel. and <
rel. 23%, Am. Rad. 14%, Chrysler i
13%, Col. Gas and Elec. 19. Gen.j:
Mot. 28%, Kennecott 19, New Yorkii
rent. 41%, Radio 7%,United AirJ(
11%, Un. Corp. 9%, U. S. Steel 51%, j
Westinghouse 39%, United Gas. 4,j
Dhi. Mil. »pfd.> 13.
The quotation on silver was 35%; |
’opper 9; lead 4.5; and July wheat j
dosed at 93 cents. .
JOHNSON WANTS |
PEOPLE TO BUY
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. —Gen.i!
Hugh S. Johnson, recovery program j,
administrator, has begun a “Buyj
Now” campaign to mesh in with!]
the rapid return of men to em- i
plovment to create an immediate ]
lemand for the supply of manu-!i
factured goods which will be put|
an the market.
That .thousands are receiving ,
work daily and the spirit of the
people is changing are constant re- .
ports made to the recovery offi
cials. The “Buy New” campaign is
the result of these reports and is
iesigned as the tonic that will con-1
anue the nation’s convalescense j
‘back to prosperity.”
BEGIN INVESTIGATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. —In- 1
/estigation into the death of F. N. 1
Burson, orchestra leader, was re- 1
jpened by Peninsula police. The 1
n u s i c i a n was killed in a fight 1
with Richard Chilcott, San Mateo *
Funior College grid star, during a
;ay party at Burlingame. It is said
,hat Burson was struck over the
lead with a beer bottle and that (
;his caused his death. 1
OREGON FORMALLY >
APPROVES REPEAL
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 8. — Oregon
Monday became the 20th state to
ormally approve repeal of the 18th
amendment to the Constitution.
Just two hours and seven min
ites after the the convention was:
ailed to order, the delegates vot-|
d 110 to five for repeal. Only onej
[elegate, a wet, was absent.
An attempt was made to force
he convention to go on record ag
tinst saloons but no action was
aken on this matter.
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TO HAVE BABIES
AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 8. —
fannah Williams Dempsey, the for- v
xer “cheerful little earful,” has a »
iew ambition in life, to be “the E
lother of Jack Dempsey’s children.” tl
E want it to be known that we are t;
oing to have babies,” she said. r
BLUE EAGLE WILL
NESTLE DRAGON
UNDER ITS WING
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. — The.
dragon of Chinatown will humble
Itself to the less terrifying, but
more influential blue eagle of Pre
sident Roosevelt’s recovery cam
paign, it was revealed Monday,
when a telegram was sent to Gen
eral Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery Ad
ministrator, pledging the Chinese
Laundry Association with compli
mce to the president’s code.
It is pointed out that the Oriental
workers often work more than 72
hours a week and this shortened
workday will be a novelty to them,
rhe telegram did not mention any
wage schedule.
In Washington, Johnson was very
ileased with the action as express
?d in the telegram and stated that
le would have someone versed in
he ways of Oriental business pre
pare a real code to replace the pre
sent temporary code that the laun
Irymen have adopted.
It is said that Tong leaders had
in important influence in bring
ng about the decision of the laun
irymen to comply.
PLAYMATE SAYS
BOY DROWNED
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8. — Police
were dubious whether to believe the
Tory of a playmate of little Dal
>ert Aposhian, whose body was dis
covered in San Diego Bay recent
y, because they still cling to the
heory that the seven-year old boy
vas horribly slain.
The playmate said he and Dal
;ert were playing on a raft and that
halbert fell off. He was so terrified
>y the accident that he could not
viout for help and has been so
Tightened about the drowning of
iis chum that he has kept it a
secret until now.
Police are still holding Phillip Ed
vards, 19-year old youth, who con
fessed to the slaying as a publicity
stunt.
ADOPTS CODE
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. —The J. P.
VTorgan Company got into line with
he administration Monday by an
louncing that they would accept
he banking code as provided for
>y the National Recovery Adminis
ration. This firm is the first of five
>ig private banking houses to sup
port the administration in addi
ion to the 14,000 individual banks.
BUILDING UP NAVIES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. —A new
mtry in the big navy campaign was
■evealed with word from London
>f England’s plan to join the Unit
id States and Japan in a building
>rogram.
HOPS FOR N. Y.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. »— Ruth
lichols, woman aviatrix. left Los
Lngeles at an early hour this
lorning on a trans-continental
light to New York City. She wiU
lake a stop at Wichita. Kansas,
n route.
ARREST MADE
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. — Eugene
ianiels, Jr., 26, was arrested here
esterday and was charged with the
.lacing of tear gas bombs in the
entilator shafts of the New York
tock Exchange.
SOME FLYING
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. —Radio ad
ices to this city state that Col. and
Irs. Charles A. Lindbergh flew to
-eykjavik, Iceland, and then a lit
e later, hopped off on the return
rip to Greenland. They made the
Dundtrip journey safely.