The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1933, Page 1

| ; | | Read Alan Calmer’s Short Story, “Waterfront Street,” in the Feature Page Tomorrow Daily (Section of the Communist International) Vol. X, No. 180 pa Entered a4 second-class New York, N. ¥., under the Act of March 3, 1978. matter at the Post Office AY, JULY 28, 1933 orker ist Party U.S.A. All Out to the “Daily” Picnic at Pleasant Bay Park on Sunday, July 30! THE WEATHER. — Toda) moderate northerly winds, y—Fair; slightly warmer; CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents ~NEW YORK, FRID ROOSEVELT BEGINS WORK ON BIGGEST WAR PLAN IN HISTORY German Communists Fight BOY KILLED Penn. Coal Mine IN ARIZONA Strikes Spread; 10,000 Now Out ree Pickets Shot, 9 Ar’ested as Truck Loads! of State Police Enter Mine Areas Nat’] Miners’ Union Supports Strike ECEDENTED terror, murder, torture, imprisonment cannot stem | the growth and the heroic struggles of the Communist Party of | Germany. | The raid, carried out simultaneously in every part of Germany, and involving all the armed forces of the state and of the murderous Storm Ttoops, is the proof offered by the desperate regime of Hitler that | the Communist Party not only lives, but is striking terror into the hearts | of the Nazi murderers. | Working under threat of death everywhere, in th? shops, in the blocks, among the unemployed and among the Nazis themselves, in the camps and in the countryside, the deeply-rooted revolutionary forces of Germany aré developing an even more intense resistance to the Fascists, and pre- pering for the eventual upsurge by which the workers will wrest power from their oppressors. J * x * | | | heroic Communists of Germany fling back into the teeth of their Slanderers the vile lies of Trostky, the counter-revolutionist, who from | the mire in which he wallows calls on his followers to smash the Com- munist Party of Germany; of the renegades of Communism, the Love- stones and their stripe, who find in the struggles of the German Party only the occasion for gleeful vilification of the revolutionary movement. They fling back into the teeth of the Socialist leaders the slanders | which are the only words left to them after their abject crawling before the blood-stained Hitler. ° * . . | The very power of the Communists of Germany, calling forth the most bloodthirsty and desperate attempts at suppression by the Nazis, endangers the live of Thaelmann and other Communist leaders who are in the hands of Hitler. The ever more frequent reports of the murder of Communists “attempting to escape,” and of the “suicides” of Communists in prison, show the means that Hitler would like to use. The vigilance of the work- érs of the world, demonstrating in ever greater masses, will alone prevent the murder of the Communist leaders. * * * In New York on July 31, and nationally on August 7 begins the week of intensive campaigning for relief and defense of the victims of Ger- man Fascism. This struggle must be tied up with the workers’ mass struggles against war on August Ist. Anti-Fascist week must be a tremendous week of protest, and bring inea powerful fund for the defense and relief of the victims of Hitler. * Warships and Jobs | aches insolently fulfills his ratio promise to give jobs through the immense Federal appropriations by ordering 21 battleships, the largest war order the American government has ever placed. _ Three hundred millions sweated out of the American workers will #0: to building Stel murder engines in which American workers will be Made to fight the battles of American capitalists in the coming war. * And how many jobs does this grisly “job-making” program supply? At the best estimate, jobs for 15,000, at the new starvation wages. of thé“Shipbuilding Code, which cuts the pay of all workers. Fifteen thousand jobs, for 17,000,000 unemployed. ‘Three hundred millions for warships, and not a cent for Unemploy- eat Insurance, dooming 17,000,000 unemployed to misery and starva- ion. “Workers, fight against war on August 1. Demand that all war funds be used for Unemployment Insurance. “Looking After Its Citizens” casualties in the Civilian Conservation Camps are reported in the Daily Worker this week. Abraham Yancovitch was killed by a blow from one of the speed-up foremen, while the other two deaths, Ben- jamin De Noia and Harold Riley were caused directly as a result of the work. The number of deaths and wounded from falling trees and through other causes will never be made known by the government, It is only on occasion when workers or relatives: inform the “Daily,” bea i truth of the brutal conditions in the camps are actually re- Vea. a “The government and capitalist press are anxious to use every to hide the brutal exploitation and criminal neglect peated cathe young workers. It is for this reason that Roosevelt blasted over the radio his speech to the recruits “that the nation is still strong enough ant’ broad enough to look after its citizens.” Yesterday's “Herald Tribune” contains an editorial pointing to the “good reports of the army of young foresters” in the camps. It even calls as its witness Lithgow Osborne, conservation commiss‘oner in New York State. Osborne speaks of “the surprising woodland work these lads, most of them from New York City, have been able to do.” But he does not_mention the young Jad, Benjamin De Noia, who was killed by a fall- ‘imgeiree in Camp 22 near Peekskill in the state of which Osborne is Con- servation Commissioner. | TT three deaths, the abuses meted out to 300,000 youths in the camps, should srouse such a protest that the federal government will be forced si put an end to these conditions and stop the use of forced labor in the “\The National Committee of the Unemployed Councils has taken th initial step by sending telegrams to President Roosevelt and Robert Fechner, director of the forced labor camps, protesting against these mur- ders. It is now proceeding to set up a committee of nationally prominent individuals to make a thorough investigation of conditions in the camps. Similar steps should be taken by the Unemployed Councils supported by working class organizations all over the United States. LABOR CAMP | | Blown Up By Dyna-| ‘mite, Youth Is Third T™ /Camp Victim in Week! ROOSEVELT GRTS PROTEST! jirenundy. ve, Jaa strike in the coal fields of Western \Investigating Body to| | Be Set Up NEW YORK, July 27.—Har- old Riley, 28, young worker in| ja forced labor camp near STRIKE AGAINST Phoenix, Arizona, was _kilted | ROOSEVELT CODE | bythe explosion of 22 cts of] TN RUBBER PLANT used to clear out stumps. | This boy, inexperienced in outdoor | Workers Demand Pay work, planted the dy: ite and| Rian. 7 ’ j om valked anay, Retunmg when tre| ise; Nat'l Textile Un ion Pledges Support pany unions, and attacks on workers j= - —> | pe | dynamite failed to explode at the proper time, he bent over to examine it. It went off, hurling him into the | ft air and killing him instantly. | SPRINGFIELD, Mass. July 27.— iley’: i : |A strike which threatens to tie up Riley's father died two months ago. | the ‘entire Chicopee Falls plant of He leaves a crippled and destitute the Fisk Rubber Corporation broke mopher, |dut Tuesday when the entire 3 to) This boy is a victim of the criminal|11 p.m. shift in the tire-building, negligence and brutality with which | tuke and pocket departments, walk- the camps are operated. ed out. Following the walkout 300 * * * | workers’ met at the Polish National NEW YORK, July 21.—Protests| Home, elected a strike committee : ae a al scid icket the plant. The against the bruislity in the Civilian | nd decided to pic ible enous Conservation Cams and a demand) iiont py the company that it had| for: Cisarenig | CaID -BORCGs, | accepted the Roosevelt blanket code. | com- pensation for accidents, union scale |The company also announced an in- ef pay for work done, and self gov-| crease in wages of 30 per cent in |crnment for the young workers in the | the hope of preventing strike action. camps, was sent by the National) However, when the strike com- movement assumes the proportions of a general strike. | aroused to action against the Recovery code which has ushered in com- | | | least 10,000 coal miners are out on | Central Pennsylvania, as the strike, The miners are | who are carrying on union activities in the mines. At the same time a reign of terror is being launched against the mine strikers. | Three pickets, John Merinka, Andy | Smoci and Mike Rakushin were shot|T'o Break Strikes and! on the picket line of the Colonial No. 3 mine of the H. C. Frick Co., a U. S./ Steel trust affiliate. Truckloads of | state police are being sent in to the | mine areas by the “liberal” Governor | Pinchot. Their first job was to dis- | arm 1,500 pickets who were prepared | to defend themselves at the Colonial | mine. Nine strikers were arrested | but no steps were taken to arrest the superintendent and the mine guards who shot the strikers. i Mines on Strike Yesterday the Imterprise and Richville mines of the McClane Min- ing Co. struck for a 33 per cent in- | crease in wages. Many other mine are joining the struggle. The Denbo and Vestaburg mines of the Vest Coal | Co. near Washington, Pa., came out | on strike for recognition of the union. | The Crescent Mine of the Hillman Coal Co. of Greene County arid the Spanish Gov’t Opens Diplomatic Relations With the Soviet Union! MADRID, July 27.—The Spanish government today voted to estab- | lish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet with Pres- ident Niceto Alcala Zamora. The Spanish ruling class, recog- nizing the growing strength of the Soviet Union, are following the cuc of many of the imperialist powers, and have established diplomatic re- fits by trade relation: MILITARY GROUPS FORMED 10 PUSH HUNGER PROGRAM Fight Demands For Relief WASHINGTON, July 27—A mili- tary organization, reaching from the White House to every city block, is being formed on official orders from President Roosevelt to carry throug! his hunger drive, under the blanket slave code General Johnson will head the or- ganization, utilizing his wartime ex- perience to build up a militery ma- chine that will be used to break strik to apt to keop the un- |employed from struggling for relief, and can form the bands. papers refer to this rvilié being organized under the sla’ code as “shock troop: Over 13,000 organizaitons, General the Sterling Fuel Co. at Greensburg | were out on strike today. Fearing the spread. of the strike movement to their mines, the mai be of a will | “Local organizations | mili staten Committee of the Unemployed. Coun- cils to President Roosevelt and to Rebert Fechner, administrator of the | Camps. The telegram reads: “Brutal treatment, ligence indescribable hardships in the Reforestation Camps have resulted in three known deaths this ‘week. Abraham Yancovitch, killed in the West Yellowstone Camp, Benjamin De Noia, Camp 22, Peekskill an Harold Riley at a camp _ near | Phoenix, Arizona. This contradicts your Fechner and newspaper reports about so-called ideal conditions the camps. National Committee of the Unemployed Councils vigorously protests the savage treatment of boys, worse than chain gang and demands disarming all guards, com- pensation for all accidents, prevailing rates of pay, self government and discipline by campers. National Com- criminal neg- | in| mittee presented. their demands to the superintendent of the plant for increases in wages, he declared that the company was not ready to give any increases until the code goes |into effect, and that is indefinite. The workers, at their strike meet- ing formulated the following de- |mands: Straight piece-work with the Bedoux system; a 40-hour week, time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holi- | days, a first aid man, a minimum | | wage of $25 for 40 hours work and | oO discrimination against any | | striker | Natl Textile Union Aids | Fred Powers of the National Tex- | |tile Workers’ Union addressed the | jworkers at their strike meeting | pledging support to their struggle. | | The local press is raising tHe is-| |sue of ou 7s and agitators to | | split the workers’ ranks. Sentiment jamong the workers is high. All the | In order to mobi agement of the Raney,Coal Co. cli the mines at Frederickstown, Clarks- | ville, Royal and Allison involving 2000 } bre: coal miners. In East Ohio, the min- | “The State of Labor Commissicner ers of the Monaca Mine struck today. | should be named on each state com- | Other small mines are also out | mittee. throughout the territory. In Alleg-) “Th hany Valley, the New Field and Ren- | city will elect | ten mine strikes are still standing | charge of the y campaign, and a solid. f lieutenant general, a woman U. M. W. A. Discourages Strikes “The general will name three col- At the Renton mine a strong local of the United Mine Workers e | but the rank and file moy is strong. The miners voted in favor xecutive committees in each a general to have j‘man powe of a strike in spite of the UMWA or- | Sesesdine ganizer that the company will arrest | (5... every miner and that the UMWA will take no responsibiilty in protecting | ¢ the mine: hey strike. The UMWA |" w official policy of discour ng strikes, ie is widespread in all UMWA mines | }, but the officials are careful not to lose connection with > strikes. sing | e2eh captain with a co each wogee,, spe- un- mittee Unemployed Councils forming | Workers feel the necessity of form- committees nationally prominent in-|ing a union. The company is spread- dividuals to institute investigation of |img rumors that it is now well stock- necessary action. We demand to know your position—I. Amter (for the N.C. U. C.)” To expése the real facts about the camps to every person in the country, a national committee of prominent individuals is being formed to con- duct a searching investigation of the camps, and to publish the findings. The National Committee of the Un- employed: Councils, which is taking | the initiative for the formation of this committee, asks all Unemployed Councils, in every city and state to set up similar local committees of trade unioniste, unemployed leaders and leaders of fraternal organi- zations. Don’t forget the Daily Worker Picnic at Pleasant Bay Park on July 30. Be there with all your friends! camps and publish findings to take | ed and can afford to close down in- definitely. This is recognized by the workers as a threat to discourage the strikers, but the strikers are standing pat. Sweatshop Conditions | At the strike meeting, workers re- vealed the sweatshop conditions in the plant. They reported that they received for one week’s work $8 to $9. New girls, they said, earn less than a dollar a day and the high- est paid truck tire workers get} $24.10. On smaller types of tires, experienced men were able to earn but $18 a week for 48 hours work. Under the piece-work rating, the workers said that they did not know how much they could make. They reported that four-ply workers were obliged to put out 86 tires on an eight-hour schedule; 69 tires of the six-ply variety; 30 of the eight- plies and five of the large-size truck tires. The workers want straight piece-work, a standard base rate and pay for idle time PATERSON DYE WORKERS STRIKE - AGAINST SLAVERY CODE EVILS PATERSON, N. J., July 27—Two thousand five hundred dye workers | of the Textile Dyeing and Printing Co. of America in Fairlawn, a suburb of Paterson, came out in a spontaneous strike Tuesday against the provisions of the Textile Dyeing code which das ju-t been approved by Roosevelt with- out any hearings. ‘ + Prior to the strike a committee of workers asked the superintendent of th? plant what he intended to do@—~——~-———-—___________ the new code but received no, ployers’ offer. After a thorough dig¢ Superintendent with the strikers’ de- mands. The company answered the demands with the statement that he would abide by the government code of 45 cents an hour for men and 35 cents an hour for women. He agreed to-work out some percentage of in- crease, after they returned to work, those getting more than the jum at present. strikers held a huge open air meeting and rejected the em- ie cussion the strikers decided to de- mand a 45 cent minimum for all workers and a 25 per cent increase in wages for all who now receive more than the minimum. The strikers will picket the plant from 6 a. m. to 6 p.m, Another Dye House On Strike Two hundred fifty workers of the apo Plece Dye Works walked out on strike yesterday. Strikers are holding a meeting today to for- late demands and elect their strike committee. The National Textile Workers’ Union has offered to assist the strikers, The strike movement against the slave code of the Dye bosses is spreading among the dye workers of Paterson NEW. YORK.—The city conyen- tion of the Socialist Party which broke up last Sunday unable to agree on a mayoralty candidate, re- convened Wednesday night and nominated former Assemblyman Charles Solomon to head its ticket. Socialist leaders expressed fear that the fusion movement of re- publicans and democrats will affect the Socialist vote. Louis Waldman, who nominated Solomon, said: “The great opponent of the So- cialist Party is not Mayor O’Brien, but the fusionists, who will steal our thunder and pose as liberals.” ~ Waldman’s reference was undoubt- edly made in view of the fact that the “fusion” politicians did not orig- inally take the Socialist Party into consideration. When some capitalist politicians considered the socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas as their candidate, he de- clared, “If the fusionists meant busi- ness, why didn’t they take up fu- sion with the Socialists instead of with the Republicans?” Now state Socialist leader Waldman expresses Socialists Name City Ticket; Fear ‘Fusion’ Says Waldman the opinion of his party “that the fusionists will steal our thunder” and use the Socialist program. Ty). Harry Laidler was nominated for comptroller and Frank Cross- waith, Negro reformist misleader and organizer of the Pullman Porters Union, for president of the Board of Alderman. When the convention opened the quarrel between the Thomas and Hillquit groups came to the fore. This was seen most clearly in the nomination for mayor. Of the five nominees made from the floor two accepted, Charles Solomon, support- jer of Hillquit, and J. B. Matthews, secretary of the Fellowship of Rec- onciliation, from the so-called Thomas “militants.” Solomon re- j ceived 101 -otes and Matthews 14. Following the selection of Solo- mon, a motion was made by Mat- thews, approving the choice. This approval shows that the inner quar- rels between the leaders does not represent any principle differences mn the problems facing the working clasy IN LEGISLATURE Lehman Recommends} Aid to Trusts ALBANY, N. Y., July 27.—The legislative assembly which has so far refused to listen to a commit- tee from the Unemployed Coun- cils and affiliated organizations, re- | ceived with considerable courtesy yesterday a committee headed by | the Socialist leader, August Claes- sens. The Tammany assemblyman, Meyer Alterman, made the motion to extend the privilege to August Claessens to address the legislature. The socialist leader was received with applause when he got up to| speak. August Claessens heads a grouo from the Workers’ Commjttee 0> Unemployment and the Workers Unemployed League, both under so- | cialist guidance and the Associa- tion of the Unemployed whose lead- ership is mainly from the Love- stonites, a renegade group expelled from the Communist Party. The leaders of these three unem- ployed organizations have persis- tently rejected every united front proposal for joint activity made by the Unemployed Councils. The ren- egade ‘leaders from the Association of the Unemployed make the argu- | ment that they want to keep away | political tendencies from the unem- | ployment movement. They refer to | the fact that the Unemployed Coun- | jeils support the revolutionary’ pro- gram of the Communist Party. But these people are anxiously grasping the leadership of the treacherous Socialist Party as was shown in Al- bany and on numerous other oc- casions. Members of both houses of the legislature after listening to Gover- nor Lehman's message yesterday, left the city for their week end vacations until Monday. The governor in the meantime sent another message to the sparsely attended sessions recom- mending additional laws to conform with the Roosevelt industrial recov- ery (slavery). program. He recom- mended that any law impeding great- er trustification be discarded so as to give greater benefits to the trusta, J in t . It can also be used to st war \propaganda and the prepara- (ions for war. Anti-War ‘Daily’ Tomorrow Only one day to go! Tomorrow’s ‘Daily’—the long- awaited Anti-War issue— will be chock-full of storics, articles and features to prepare our readers for the nation-wide mobilization on August First. The Manifesto of the Communist Party on August First will head a list of notable articles on the va- rious phases of the present war situation. Contributors to the is- sue will be Earl Browder, Robert Dunn, Harry Gannes, H. M. Wicks, Morris Colman and others. Besides these articles, a page of lighter material will be included, headed by Alan Calmer’s short story, “Waterfront Street.” David Platt will contribute “The Movies and War Preparations.” The page will be illustrated by three out- standing revolutionary artists, William Siegel, Theodor Scheel and Walter Quirt. RALLY AUGUST 1 FOR FIGHT AGAINST WAR! French Exports of War Materials Increases by | England Opens Half—Reserve Corps Budget Trebled— Largest Drydock WASHINGTON, July 27.—Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson | announced today that he would ask for a further appropriation so that the | 21 new warships for which bids were opened yesterday may be completed lations hoping to! gain some bene- | in three years instead of the usual four. The bids are for the largest order | HEROES’ REWARD NEWARK, July 27.—Ernest_ Hol- mes, a veteran who fought with Cus- | ter and was a member of the 15th | Cavalry in the Civil War, was ar- ed for sleeping on the street. e told the judge that he had not eaten for ten day NEEDLE WORKERS CALL FOR AUG. 1 ANTE-WAR FIGHT |Meny Socialist Locals | Defy Leaders and | Join Struggle | NEW YORK, July 27 Trades Workers Indu jissued a call to all its members to |come out against war in the dem- August Ist. on them to demo: again National Recovery Act, for the right to fight for better con- ditions, against the cutting off of and for unemployment in- te * * * NEW YORK, July 27.—All cap- | tains for the Tomkins Square. sec- tion of the August ist demonstra- tion ‘will meet at ceum, 66 East Fourth St., at 2 p. m., receive instructions. Il language organiza- Ki ubs, Women’s Coun- | U., W. I. R., I. L. D., Anti- Fascist Committee, professional groups and cultural organizations, and all children’s groups. + ee | The Friends of the Soviet Union ed on all its members to/ take 1st in the demonstra- war and Fa; for the d Avenue A at 3 p. Square, geet onstration at the point of assembly. alists Join Anti-War Struggle YORK, July 27. Despite Socialist Party united fronts in despite the sabotage of the August | | truggle against war by the | Socialist Party, branches and organ- lizations of the Socialist Party in many cities have decided to take part in the August Ist demonstra- tion, under pressure of their mem- | bers’ desire to make a real struggle | against war. |Wound Four Farmers lin Milk Strike; 500 Picket in 4 Counties CARLISLE, Pa., July 27.—Shots fired from a milk truck which was stopped by striking farmers wound- ed four today. They are: Harry Kunckel, Clair Westhafey, Elmer Brindle and H. E. Bowers. Monrie Peffer and Chester Weods, who were driving the truck escaped. The strike of farmers who ask an increase in the price of milk, is spreading to many new territories in central Pennsylvania. The high- ways in Dauphin, Lancaster and Cumberland counties are picketed by over 500 farmers. U. S. Steel and Utilities Reap Millions in Profits The statements of the utility com- panies which are now appearing in the financial papers show that the enormous monopoly profits of the electric light utility companies con- | tinue at practically the same levels as during the years before the crisis. The American Gas and Electric Company, for the twelve months end- $9,869,000. This is after payments of millions in bond interest, extortionate fees to inner-controlled subsidiaries, |and super-deductions for deprecia- tion. The Alabama Power Company re- ported net profits of $8,839,000 for the last twelve months, the Georgia Power Company, $12,740,000, and the American Water Works and Electric Company, after millions paid out in dividends by subsidiaries, showed $3,- 069,000 of net profits. ed June, 1930, shows a net income of | companies which have reported that, despite the crisis, they still continue to “earn” millions in profits as result of monopoly rates for electricity. Another giant Morgan monopoly reports increased profits as a re- sult of the New Deal. This time it is the United States Steel Corpo- ration which reports a profit of $4,881,554 for the three months ending June 30, 1933, The U. S. Steel Board declared the usual dividends on the pre- ferred stock, which have amount- ed to $3,602,000 for the first half of the year. The increased profit is a result of the inflationary spurt in steel production, mainly as a result of war orders from the Navy, and seasonal production in automo- biles. There has been no demand from the basic consumers of steel, ‘ae allroad and building indus- Fy Manhattan Ly-~ ch in a body to Union| preliminary dem-| of war craft ever placed by the Amer~ %ican government, even in war-time. Secretary Swanson said he expected in less than two | work to begin | months. Although the official estimate of costs is given as $238,000,000, the New |'York Herald “Tribune today an- |nounces that it will actually be $300,000,000. | Secretary Swanson said the reason for a higher appropriation was that the Shipbuilding Code will raise labor costs. In fact, the code reduces them. The minimum wage under the code, 45 cents an hour in the North and 35 cents an hour in the South, applies to only 10 per cent of the workers to employ All the others are classed as “exceptions” and will get less. This is admitted even by the American Federation of bor. am, announced | as r employment, will only jout of 17,000,000 u n d; and these men will work at starvation wages. The warships to be buiit include two 20,000-ton aircraft carriers, one heavy and one light cruiser, 15 de- Ts, and two submarines. France Ships Arms to South America, East PARIS, France, July 27. — France exported 50 per cent more arms and ammunitions in the first half of 1933 than..in* thessame period last year. While exports to European countries fell off, shipments to Japan, China, South and Central America increas- ed immense! ar total was 120,000,- 000 francs, compared to 80,000,000 in the first half of last year. Exports of rifle cartridges were trebled; gun shell exports were six times as great; and exports of cannon and machine guns increased from 52,000,000 francs to more than 64,000,000 Japan bought nearly 20,000,000 francs worth of c m and machine guns, and 7,000,000 francs worth of cartr China (which includes Manch which is entirely con- | trolled by Japan) was the largest customer, rig 48,000,000 francs rth of arms and munitions. Ar- gentina bought guns for 12,000,000; | Bolivia for 8,000,000; Paraguay for 3,000,000. and Nicaragua bought shells for 3,500,000 fra: S. 'R.O.T.C. Budget Is Raised by Million WASHINGTON, July 27. — After having loudly publicised his intention of Ade Te the Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps budget very low, in the interests of economy, President Roosevelt yesterday quietly increased it to more than three times the original figure, adding another $1,- 000,000. The original allotment was sufficient to train 3,151 officers. The new allotment will bring the total up to 10,551. Monster Dr--dock Is Ready 2% S’thampton SOUTHAMPTON, July 27. — King George today formally opened the world’s largest drydock, which is a part of a $75,000,000 program of de- veloping the naval facilities of the port of Southampton. Construction was rushed through in the record time of 21 months. Soviet Catches Ten White _Guard Spies CHABAROVSK, U. S. S. R., July 27—Ten armed White Guards, in- cluding Prince Uchtomski, arrested on Soviet territory just across the Manchurian border, admitted that they were spies sent by General Kosmin, Fascist leader in Harbin, who is acting under orders of the Japanese. In order to get into the Soviet Union they were sent as guards on a Chinese steamer carrying Chinese prisoners of the Japanese army, They first said the prisoners over~ powered them and set them down on Soviet territory, but later they admitted that the whole affair was @ scheme to get them on Soviet territory for the purpose of spying. Germany Seeks to Buy Fleet of War Planes LONDON, July 27.— Germany is atempting to buy 25 to 50 high powered fighting planes “for police purposes,” it was revealed here to- day when Captain Anthony Eden of the Foreign Office told the House of Commons that Great Britain had ratveed the order, i |