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SOVIET ANXIOUS FOR RESUMING OF U. S. TRADE Russian Regime Frankly Wants Recognition; No Effort to Conceal It. Following li the first of three article* explaining the statu* of exlating Soviet,. American relations, and the attitude of Soviet oftlrlai* toward the possible resumption of trade between the two countries. BY EUGENE LYONS f'nited Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW, Sept. 7.—The Soviet regime frankly desires recognition by America, and makes no effort to conceal it. Failing recognition, Russia would like seme preliminary arrangement leading to exchange of trade between the two countries. It is a prevalent belief here that friendlier relations with the United States would strengthen the Soviet’s position, both commercially and politically. Developments in the far east have fortified that belief. Russians Admit Desire Russia’s candid desire for formal contacts of some type and ultimately full recognition is based on two simple premises: 1. That it w-ould open the American Soviet credit facilities throughout the world. 2. That it would stave off any war, which Moscow is so anxious to avoid, and, in particular, act as a brake upon possible Japanese am-, bitions in the far cast. Unofficially, the writer has dis- j cussed Soviet-American relations! with many Russians in a position to j reflect Kremlin opinion. Without exception, they were inclined to j minimize the differences between Russia and the United States. They indicated a belief that American and Russian statesmen, once they got together, could settle disputed questions with comparative ease.

Anxious for Benefits Recognition by the American government, it constantly is stressed here, would not imply approbation of the entire Soviet system, any more than it need imply Bolshevist approval of the capitalistic system in America. Soviet officials anxious for the commercial and industrial benefits which would result from open trading with the United States, stress the opinion that the immense geographical separation of the two countries eliminates friction which exists in relations with more neighboring countries. At the same time, potential trade with America is regarded as probably large because of Soviet respect for American technique, and the similarity in the industrial and agricultural problems of the two countries. Fishing the Air The precise diction of Walter Damrosch, whose voice is familiar to music lovers everywhere, will be imitated by Ward Wilson durinK the Royal Vagabonds program Wednesday at 5:15 p. m., over WENR and an NBC network. In response to numerous requests, Connie Boswell will sing as a feature of her broadcast over WFBM and the Columbia network, Wednesday at 5:45 p. m., the popular waltz, "Masquerade.” A special concert celebrating the beginning of the fourth year of broadcasting over WLW and an NBC network, will be presented Wednesday, at 6:30 p. m. The comedy selection, "Come After Breakfast. Bring Your Own Lunch." will be featured by Singin’ Sam during his WFBM and Columbia program Wednesday, from 6:15 to 6:30 p. m.

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The trial of Johnnv Hart, his pal, Rex Carlton, and the "Eight Sons of Eli," who were arrested for disturbing the peace while serenading a fair co-ed, will be heard during the Big Time program Wednesday at 6 p. m., over WTAM and an NBC network. Effective Wednesday, the concert orchestra conducted by Graham Harris, will be heard over WLW and an NBC network at 7 p. m., instead of Thursday. Ruth Etting, who by popular demand has been signed for another fourteen weeks with "Music That Satisfies,” will demonstrate the reason when she brings a trio of her heart songs to WFBM and the Columbia network Wednsday, at 8 p. m. "Along Came Love" and "Beautiful One" will be the solos of Lannv Ross, tenor, during the program Wednesday, at 9:15 p. m . over WENR and an NBC network. COUNCIL RENEWS TOIL OVER COUNTY BUDGET Opens Third Week of Meetings With Two Members Still Absent. ■With two of its members refusing to attend, the Marion county council has opened the third week of meetings in an effort to fix a 1933 budget. Members absenting themselves are Harry Hohlt and Charles Hafer. Hohlt as spokesman said "We have other business.” They were at the courthouse today, but did not enter the room where the council is meeting. “They argue two hours over saving 2 cents,” Hohlt commented. Monday was the last day for the council to file a budget, but an extension Wi-s granted vinen it appeared certain at the end of last week that work would not be completed. It is believed another two weeks may be required. Cat tg^IXTRACTIOuJV

GRIM GERMAN GUIDES EUROPA

Nicolaus Johnsen Wastes No Time on Yarn Spinning

In respansibilty and authority few post* that men can fill exceed the captaincy of a great liner. Only one who can meet the most rigid test* of character, training and general fitness can aspire to such command. Outstanding among the men who have met such tests are the captains of half a dozen great liners running In and out of this port. In a series, of which the following is the third. George Britt describes these master mariners and their careers. BY GEORGE BRITT Times Staff Writer (Copyright, 1932, by the New York World Telegram Corporation) THIRTEEN years ago, at the age of 50, Captain Nicolaus Johnsen, seaman and stoic, without even an extra pull at his beard for the sake of nerves, reached the finish of his career. The war was over. In exchange for the food which Germany must have, the allies proposed to take ships. The deal involved virtually everything Germany had afloat larger than a tug. Captain Johnsen, obeying his orders, mounted to the bridge of the 6,700-ton North German Lloyd freighter Dessau, fresh from the stocks when the war started, sailed her across the dismal North sea and the Firth of Tay to Dundee and, with a stiff formality, delivered her to the British shipping comptroller. Then he went back to his north

* i nitrates irom unue, and stood up >!nry of a great liner. Only one who j aruTYeMoW *" g-'ra; Rf home, he vent to - "•••': r.avication school, became a quar- ' -e-. her -)rr.e* *’ .r'i. George Br:v fK r r on ’!.e KlllgSin Line, p.'ing a.ong 'he coast of China, pushing ~ ear*r* through the junks on inland a rivers for The war was over. In exchange one-time a speed’ rec- *’ W? ave. the allies proposed to take The sailor at. last was made iM&JN.'M') ? i ', ff i flKi" Tips. The deal involved virtually captain and given the Barbadossa ': K ' * , ~ ’ ysjt* verything Germany had afloat in the German-Australian service. j||^jgS[ Captain Johnsen, obeying his again, his home and pride of ear- ,M j( rders. mounted to the bridge of her years, captain on the run nsr* : m te 6.700-ton North German Llovd from Bremen to New York. The { sail ia : y'% •eighter Dessau, fresh from the dreams of thirty years had come § - .]*’/*•J CTjlli^W ocks when the war started, true. But he had not dreamed ?e and, with a stiff formality.de- the war Captain John- • Ti’.n h, ~nl ~,, I, hi. n.rth 6,n-

German home at Flensburg, a sailor without a ship, a sailor of a country without ships, with not one ray of hope—much less a rainbow—in sight. “I have no adventures,” said Commodore Johnsen brusquely in his cabin on the Europa. “The best thing after a voyage is to forget about it. I don't keep a diary and I'll never write memoirs.” But in 1919 there was no visible future for him to contemplate. Gray hairs were creeping into his beard then. And in the cold dawn of the post-war days he must have let his mind travel back over the past. “I’ve seen German shippifig go up and down,” he admitted the other day, “and I’ve gone up and down with it.” That finish at Dundee surely was different from what he had pictured at 14 when he, son of a schoolmaster in Gross-Steinrede, near Luebeck, signed as a. common sailor on the 500-ton bark Schiffswerft, voyaging around the Horn. Some of those sailing masters of his youth, he remarks, used to serve up “belaying pin .soup" three times a day at least. But he was young and intended to be a captain. tt tt tt FIVE years he put in before the mast. He raced in the grain ships from Australia, hauled

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nitrates from Chile, and stood up under the violent gales of the Indian ocean and Yellow sea. Returning home, he went to navigation school, became a quartermaster, a mate, pulling himself up slowly. About 1895 he forsook the sailing ships to become an officer on the Kingsin Line, plying along the coast of China, pushing through the junks on inland rivers for the tea and silks of the China trade. Eventually the North German Lloyd took over the Kingsin Line, retained Johnsen as second officer, promoting him to first, then transferring him to the north Atlantic passenger service. For five years he was chief officer of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a crack ship in her day, and one-time holder of a speed record until the Lusitania lifted it. The sailor at last was made captain and given the Barbadossa in the German-Australian service. And then back to the Cecilie again, his home and pride of earlier years, captain on the run from Bremen to New York. The dreams of thirty years had come true. But he had not dreamed of 1914. nun WITH the war Captain Johnsen went into the navy auxiliary service, bringing supplies over from Sweden and Den-

The Europa, pride of the North German Lloyd fleet, and her skipper, Captain Nicolaus Johnsen

mark, hauling coal to the battleships, keeping out of allied gun range if possible. In the year 1919, after he had delivered the Dessau, Captain Johnsen had abundant material for thought, about the past if not the future. But the North German Lloyd decided to keep on in the shipping business. In time, a little old cargo boat, the Gruessgott, less than a thousand tons, was put in service, the only Lloyd liner afloat. She ran betwen Svenemuende and Danzig. Captain Johnsen was recalled to take her. Not like the trans-Atlantic run on a big liner was that overnight coasting traffic in the Baltic. But a thousand German skippers would have been glad of the berth. Just why Captain Johnsen should have been selected was perfectly clear to the directors of the line. Germany was to build from the keel up. She was calling in the pioneers, to put the best foot forward. Better days crept in for shipping under the new flag of red, white and black. The Hanover and Bremen—now the Karlsruhe—were built, then the large, new Columbus. Captain Johnsen commanded all of them in turn. The Europa was to be next, a ship to set the whole world on its ear. He was made commodore of the North German Lloyd fleet and

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sent to supervise construction in Hamburg. With what pride he never has said, but he was as a waiting bridegroom when his ship was launched. August, 1929, was to see her maiden voyage. The shipping world looked up. Would she be fast enough to take the Mauretania’s speed record? tt tt tt BUT such a commotion seized Hamburg in the early morning of March 26. Such a pounding upon the door of Commodore Johnsen’s hotel room: “Fire! Fire! Wake Up. captain! The Europa is burning!” Every one recalls now how the great ship was ruined by the fire —although her hull and engines escaped destruction. The sailing was seven months delayed, while the sister ship, Bremen, got in ahead and lifted the mythical blue pennant of the Atlantic. And Commodore Johnsen, the stoic, waited in Hamburg. The Europa finally was finished. Commodore Johnsen ordered her hawsers cast off. Bands played “Deutschland Ueber Alles” and 5,000 shouted “Hoch!” as she left Bremerhaven, March 19, 1930, figuratively trailing the Bremen. Through rough seas and against adverse winds drove the Europa straining after a record of her own. She kept up well to the Bremen’s fast time of 500 nautical miles and more a day. A few hours out from New York

RECOMMEND COP BE RETIRED ON PENSION Safety Board Withholds Decision in Roger McGuire Case. Recommendation that Roger McGuire, traffic policeman, charged with drunkenness and unbecoming conduct be retired on a pension because of physical disability was made Tuesday to the safety board. McGuire was found unconscious in an automobile parked in the rear of the city hall Aug. 15 by Captail* Lewis L. Johnson. Medical testimony and that of Chief Mike Morrissey and Johnson supported the suggestion for retirement. The board withheld action. John Fahey, fireman of Engine House 11, whose automobile caused the death Aug. 31 of William Mankovitz, park employe, will be given a hearing by the board Sept. 20. Fahey is charged with drunken driving, drunkenness and reckless driving. Manovitz, 50, of 834 South Missouri street, incurred fatal injuries when struck by Fahey's automobile while he was sprinkling a parkway in the 500 block Fletcher avenue.

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—sweet salve for the Europa’s pride—she tore past the French line flagship, lie de France, and flashed back the surprise salute of her own name, Europa, in brilliant, sudden illumination. And in the rainy early morning she crossed the line of the Ambrose lightship, four days, seventeen hours and six minutes from Cherbourg, thirty-six minutes faster than the Bremen—a world's record which still stands. tt tt COMMODORE Johnsen received the hurrahs stoically. After the war, the despair and the fire he was master of the fastest ship, and one of the largest and finest. He was pleased, yes. But should that sweep him off his feet? Next to his ship Commodore Johnsen probably is fondest of his automobile, which Henry Ford presented to him. A widower without insistent family ties in port, he spends his off days driving eagerly over Germany and then contentedly back again to the Europa. Every two weeks the ship news reporters greet his arrival again. "Good morning, gentlemen,” he says. “Have a cigar. We had a fine crossing.” And that's that. No yarn spinning. Commodore Johnsen is heavy of figure but light on foot, his eye clear as a boy’s, his decisions quick, the lore of the seven seas in his brain, a serious, just, mature seaman—and be damned to the rest. To distinguish him, in a sentence. from the other big captains he always docks his own ships, permitting no pilot to come between. Coming up the channel, of course, the port pilot commands. but the commodore conceives it is his responsibility alongside the pier. On the coldest day, the oldfashioned great coat buttoned across his breast, or any smiling summer in his white linens, no other judgment but his may guide the Europa to her berth. He’s the skipper. Next—Lundmark of the Gripsholm.

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