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... . ' . ' ' -rV .Fall Opening Everybody will be there t the Salem Ad club's ' fall, opening in downtown Salem" Thursday night, Phoney money auction, ' nto show. ' styles, music . WEATHER if Weather Fair today and Thursday, rising temperature,, falling humidity; Max. Temp. Tues day 73, MIn. 53.4; .32 inch, river -3.4 feet, light south wind.' POUNDBD 1651 eiguty-seVenth year Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 1, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 135 Waraec Avoid; MMt Called on " Delive Teamsters Put On1 Ban Result Of CIO Dispute -) Movement of all Cargo butrishables Will sBe Paralyzed, Said .Deadline 8. A.' M. Today ; CIO Warehousemen V Target of Move SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. A paralyzing halt in the shore tide Movement of. all but perish able cargo to and "from San Fran cisco's teeming docks, beginning tomorrow, .was called tonight by AFL-affillated teamsters as the outgrowth of a dispute ith CIO affiliated warehousemen and - stevedores. ine oan on cargo movements was announced after a conference between teamsters' union officials and the Draymen's astsociation, an employer organization, labor Troubles at Calpac Cause - Labor difficulties at the Cali fornia packing plant, near the wa- lenroni, resuuea in me iem. sters' action which threatened to ' seriously cripple waterfront activity-beginning at 8 a.m. tomor row. . . Th packing ; plant has been ' closed since last. October by a dispute involving attempts of the . ClO-aftuiated warehousemen, a . branch of the Longshoremen's un ion, to organize employes there. The warehousemen charged a lockout. ; Hastily mobilized picket re serves today prevented-teamsters fromhauling canned goods out of - the plant, and the truckmen's ac tion followed, -v "The goods Involved are being handled by stevedores and ware housemen right along when they are; delivered by rail, said Team sters' Secretary John P. McLaugh lin. "But Just as soon as the team sters begin hauling them they are suddenly pronounced 'hot. We see no logic in this arbitrary, one sided distinction made by the CIO ', affiliates." - Leader Disagrees Warren -G. Denton, head of the warehousemen, d i s a greed ; and termed the canned goods f 'un-. fair." ' . "We ' take the stand," he said, "that the teamsters have no right to handle these products coming r from a plant which has been clos ed by lockout since last October." - Other CIO spokesmen said the situation could ge cleared up at once 4f the packing company re employed the' men allegedly, lock ed out. The teamsters action -was an nounced by J, F, Viziard, secre tary of the Draymen's association. "This refusal will . continue -in effect indefinitely, or until this matter Is settled," he said. "The erder does not apply to trucks sl ' ready enroute here with loads. Vizzard said the .draymen agreed with teamster officials that the action was not a violation of contracts 'with the e mployer croup. : ' ' McLaughlin, who estimated ,600 heavy truck drivers would be' af fected by the stoppage, declared the stevedore-warehousemen's or- sanitation ''have been looking for fight.' Now they have it and Its - going to be a- fight to the finish. French Railways Are Nationalized - PARIS,' Aug. 3 l-(FHrhe sec ond people's front government .tonight completed preliminary -reorganization of France's eco nomy by nationalising French railways a few hours before ex piration of the cabinet's emerg ency financial powers. ... The - nationalization decree. banding six rail systems of more than 26,000 miles into a single national railway company, round ' ed out the three-month financial dictatorship of Premier Camille Cbautemps government. The emergency powers were used so strongly that politicians wondered whether the . govern ment might not be strong' enough to continue after parliament re convenes at the end of Sep tern, hex even though It was consid V ered merely a "summer cabinet" when parliament recessed. The series of emergency meas ures, including vrall nationaliza tion which places railroads In the same position . as armament Industries, must be submitted .for parliament's approval. Mr ries, Beck Predi Spread otfsp To Oth 'f oris SEATTLE, Aug 81-i(p)-Fos-sibility the San Francisco wa terfront tienp might spread to other coast, ports was foreseen tonight by Dave I Beck, inter national vice president of the teamsters anion. Beck said the ; tieup might apply wherever ships carrying San Francisco cargoes pat Into port, with, teamsters refusing to handle the cargo. He emphasized, however, this was only a possibility, and said teamsters up and down the coast would watch San Fran cisco developments the next day or so before taking any action. ' "Opening" Motors Show Is Arranged Special Lighting Planned, Feature of Ad Club's Program Thursday New fall styles '. in automobiles as well as in clothing and home furnishings will be displayed un der brilliant lights Thursday; night at the Salem Ad club's fail opening, to be held on down town streets. Arrangements were being made yesterday, for special floodlighting of High street be tween State and; Court, where the opening's auto show, will be located. The night's program will In clude, band ' music, a dance at Crystal Gardens sponsored by the Ad club, and the three features window- displays, auto show and the-"phoney money" auction. "Phoneys,"1 the only legal tender for the auction, are being given by,, the following cooperating mer chants: - . 5 Mode O Day, Kay Dress Shop, Price Shoe Store. Sears Roe buck Co., Reeds j Millinery, Du- (Turn to Page 2, CpL 2) Treasury Gathers ft. tints on 100 WASHINGTON, Aug. Jl.-tiP)- The treasury reported today it collected 69.8 cents in taxes for every dollar spent during the first two months j of the current fiscal year. I This was a better ratio than in the first two ! months of the last fiscal year, when collections averaged 5.3 cents for every dollar expended. ! The government's -account books showed a larger deficit for the period this year than last, however. WKhAonly two business nays of Augusfunreported, the treas ury listed the two months' deficit at $357,923.000rtM $21,000,000 more than the red ink"-entry for the corresponding) months a year ago.- . I Officials expressed some satis faction that the 4108.S39.000 deficit for August was 895,000,- 000 under that of August, 1936. In July, spending topped reve nue by $249,000,000, or S126, 000,000 more than the July, 1936, deficit. J f Recommend' Location - PORTLAND, Aug. 31.-)-The city planning commission recom f mended today that if a state office building IS constructed In Portland it , should be located along the Plaza blocks as part of the civic center f as provided In the 25-yeajr-old Bennett plan for centralization of governmental agencies. -r '-r Bus-Sedan Crash Kills Five, Injures 309 JOSHEN, Ind.L Aug. 31-ff-Death toll from the collision of a huge cruiser : t y p e transport (Greyhound) ' bus . and ,a sedan near here today 'stood at five tonight but two of the more than thirty Injured were in a critical condition. ) - v Coroner Karl jVetter said to night he had "established defi nitely" that the sedan, driven by Allison Bishopric, 65, et Cin cinnati, O., drove onto TJ. S. highway 20 without stopping at the warning signal. Vetter said the bos struck : Bishopric's car broadside. Driver, 65, Is -Among Dead Bishopric was one of the five killedj - i - Other dead were: - John H. Heinsohn, CO, ot But- zaio, j Bock City Beatings, Fuel -Dumping Flare, Portland Mills Banners Taken From 7 AFL Pickets Patroling CIO-Manned Plants Lumber Union Head Says Even Peaceful Pickets, not to Be Allowed PORTLAND, Aug. 31-(JP)-Vio-lence flared- in various parts of Portland today as AFL pickets appeared at sawmills which re opened Monday manned by-members of the CIO lumber union. Police reported seven pickets at the Clark & Wilson plant were beaten and their banners taken. Reports were received also of the dumping of a number of truckloads of fuel from the pick eted mills. John Sullivan, spokesman " for the CIO lumber union, said there was no strike, that the men want ed to work and that "no interfer ence will be tolerated." Peaceful Picketing Right Denied "Even - peaceful picketing will not be allowed," he asserted. B. R. Mathis, secretary of the AFL. -building trades council, said picketing of the CIO mills would continue. ' -: ... Mathia said ' three boats had been chartered and pickets sent to stop log rafts, en route to the mills on the Columbia river. , The local AFL received assur ance of financial support In their fight on the CIO from President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and "five international unions," Mathis an nounced. . Phil .Brady, chairman of the local AFL. policy committee, said Green had forwarded an opinion from Charlton Ogburn, AFL le gal council, holding that the na tional labor relations board was without "powers of mediation or conciliation" in the local inter union labor dispute. The secre tary of labor alone, the opinion (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Carrillo Weighs Governor Chances HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Aug. 81- CP Leo Carillo, actor, parade leader and professional native son, is considering the prospects of becoming a candidate for aov- ernor of California. He admitted today that "sever al organizations," which he de clined to name, had approached him with the suggestion that he becomea candidate for the demo cratic nomination. "I feel reluctant to say any thing at this time, "CariUo de clared, "but I wUl admit that I have a sentimental as well as con structive interest in -this great state. To those who have asked for my reaction, I haven't said yes, and I haven't said no . Carrilo feels strongly about a "Better California." Coincidental - ly, just 100 years ago, in 1837, Leo's great grandfather, Carlos Antonio Carrillo,, was first provi sional governor of the state. - Few players are so; active off the screen as Carrillo. He Is con tinnally appearing, at benefit per formances, attending banquets As where he speaks willingly, and well and leading parades. Two Critically Mrs. James Kelleher, 24, of Chicago. Alfred G 'Carpentler, 22, of Iowa City,- la. Raymond J. Bufkin, 46, Ne-. gTO porter on the bus, working out of Chico. Mrs. Andrew Bear cell a. 46, of Omaha,' Neb., and Iter eight year old daughter, Ann, were in a critical condition : in the Elk hart General hospital. Both still are unconscious tonight. Twenty-three of the Injured were brought to a Jiospital here after the crash but all except ten -were released this evening. Fcur of the Injured were taken to Elkhart. Others : on the bus passenger list of 38 received first aid treatment - Goshen homes housed nine of the passengers tonight in eluding (Tarn to. Page I, col 4) DemiuTer Held Valid in Recall Mandamus Case Efforts to Obtain Vote on County Judge duster now Stalemated Judge Holds Facts Stated not Sufficient, Merit Mandamus Order Efforts of the committee which has been seeking to oust County Judge J. C. Siegmund via a recall vete apparently hit a stalemate in circuit court yester day when Judge R. Frank P-eters ot Hfllsboro sustained a demurr er to the second amended alter native writ of mandamus brought by the committee against County Clerk U. G. Boyer In ah attempt to compel him to call a special election. After h e a r i n g; arguments of attorneys tor both, parties Judge Peters, assigned td hear the case by the supreme court, ruled In favor of District Attorney Lyle J. Page's demurrer in which it was stated that the writ did not contain sufficient facts to consti tute .cause of action. Amended Petition ' Resembles Original The amended complaint, filed yesterday by Roy Hewitt, attor ney for the recall committee, was substantially the same as the original writ before it was changed by interlineation grant ed Hewitt at the first hearing. When amended by the penned .interlineation, the ' original writ stated that 910 names of recall petition signers thrown out as invalid by the count'y clerk were the names' of "legally registered voters." Before Interlineation it had conteded that the name were those of "qualified eletf- - (Turn to Page 2,1 Cot" 4) Committee Forms On ChUd Welfare Guidance Clinics Will Be Arranged for Through Medical School The Marion county child wel fare committee, appointed In com pliance with the law passed at the last session ' of the legislature, held its first meeting Tuesday at the county court house. If arrangements of the commit tee are successful, psychiatrists from the University of Oregon medical school will visit Salem periodically during the next year to conduct mental hygiene clinics for school children. Any ' child, having difficulty in connection with school work Is eligible for examination id treat ment at the clinic. Difficulty in reading has been the chief "trouble treated here during a previous series ot similar clinics. , Headed by Silas Gaiser, chair man, the committee Includes County Superintendent Mary L. Fuikerson, District Attorney Lyie Page, Probation Officer Nona White, Dr. Jerald S. Backstrand, Dr. J. C. Evans, Professor C. L Sherman, Mrs. Geo. R. K. Moor- head and Dr. Vernon A. Douglas. The committee will apply, for a survey to be made of the county with regard to the ned for child guidance, , Expense of this service is borne by the medical school through a legislative appropriation.' Nine Europeans Held by Chinese PEIPING, Sept. l-(Wednes-day)-)-Nine Europeans are held .captive by Chinese irregu-. lars, it became known .here to day. French priests who contacted the kidnapers said they demand ed ransom. Negotiations were proceeding. It was not determin ed exactly who the captives were, exceptthat onewas an Irish priest. British and French authorities were endeavoring to effect release of the prisoners. i Three French priests, kidnap ed Monday from a Catholic sem inary west of Peiping, were set free when Japanese cavalry ap proached. Father- Francois was one of those released,- He was Injured, seriously, however. Parolee in Jail! j K ROSEBUftG, Ore., Aug. tl-Vf) -Paul Brockman, alias Ralph Gearhart, paroled from the state penitentiary Jon 3, 1157, was held . in Douglas : county Jail to day oa a charge of larceny in a dwelling. Police Chief John ' S. Dner - accused him of stealing 92 C from the office of a local I apartment house, Faces Triple Death Penalty ALBERT DTER Dyer Sentenced; I New Trial Denied Case now Goes to Supreme Court for Review; if Upheld, Date Set LOS ANGELES, Aug. Zl.-JPy- Aioert Dyer, sz-year-oid wfa worker, clasped his hands behind his neck and stared blankly at Superior Judge Thomas P. White today as he was sentenced thrice in three minutes today to die on the gallows at San Quentin prison for the sex slaying of three little Inglewood girls,, aged 7 to, f . -Judge White denied aa motion for a new trial. Under California law Dyer's case automatically goes to '.he, supreme- court for review. If the high court upholds the conviction the death warrant will be signed and the time of execution fixed. Separate sentences of death were pronounced for the murders of Melba and ' Madeline Everett, sisters, and Jeanette Stephens, who were lured from Centinela park In Inglewood to go on a rabbit hunt in the Baldwin hills. Two days later their bodies were found In a ravine. Dyer made nine confessions of guilt, then repudiated them be fore he went to trial and was con victed by a mixed Jury. Fast Armv Plane Falls, Salt Lake - - L : ,' - V SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 31. (P) An army pursuit plane fell idto the Great Sale lake at dusk tonight and 'shortly there after one; of its occupants., was seen to start a two-mile Swim towards shore. Aboard wereLLLuke Powell, a reserve officer,' and a niecha-nic. Pvt. Kenry Pearson. "--v.. Lt.. J.y 3: Thompson, fellow flier, said that when Lt. Powell failed to return to the Salt Lake City airdrome he started - ont to search and soon sighted the tail of Lt. Powell's plane floating in the briny lake, off Sunset beach, 13 miles west of Sale Lake City. "A short ways ;off one of the nien was swimming in the water," said the .officer. "I waved to him, I don't know whether it was Lt. Powell or Pearson. I motioned to him that I was going- ashore to send out a boat. He waved back as if he meant 0. K" About fix' boats were mar shalled - to criss-cross over the stretch of 'water off the bathing beach and an army airplane circled -about, dropping flares. 1 CCC Will Try out Pneumonia Serum WASHINGTON, Aug. Army medical officers .are plan ning a large-scale test of pneu monia vaccine among CCC en rollees volunteering ta be '"hu man guinea" pigs." They predicted that half of the 300,000 men in the Conservation corps wonld volunteer forijvacci nation before the "pneumonia season begins ' In the late tall. Satisfactory results already have beenl obtained, they said, in tests on CCC vqlnnteers In New Eng land . and California." r twr. Doctors hope the fall test will prove' whether the vaccine is de pendable for Immunizing persons against pneumoniae of -types one and two, which cause 40 per cent of America's -pneumonia Illness. : Colonel Joseph J. Slier, head of the army medical school, said the vaccination Is intended to de velop in the human body a pro tective substance .which will cir i i ' X ' " $ f ' I , J f : I ; t ir'"if 'r-iiijfrii.yiS culate th blogdj Chiang Pleads For Outsiders Help, End War ! Says Chinese Legions Arej Inadequately Equipped to Defend Nation ! Nippons Claim Woosung s Fall; Chinese Deny; j Smoke Screen Set I NANKING, Aug. 31-(Vhteii-vention of foreign powers to halt the undeclared Sino-Japan-ese war was urget. today . by China's strong man. Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek. j The .premier and supreme army commander declared Chi nese legions with inadequate equipment are. fighting not only their own battle but also for na tions who place faith in the sanctity of, treaties and who have vast commercial interest In China. "If the nations of the world recognize the menace of Japan ese aggression and wish to pre vent its consequences from des cending on the world directly or indirectly, they should take im mediate action," Chiang asserted in an interview. i Unification, of China, Hostilities' Result j Unification of China's diverse millions to "defend themselves against a ruthless foe who disre gards all canons of international law and all sense of decency1;' has been the first result of the hostilities, he said. The next most importantrre sult he declared was the powers!' apparent acceptance of Japan's scrapping of international law and substituting a system of fake Incident-making which is used as Justification for chaasr Ing a country by invading .itpcf cupying it, and annexing part 'of it." , - i SHANGHAI, Sept. l-( Wednes day ) (5s) Japanese troops pressed desperately against the devastat (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) j Navy May Revoke j Ban on Vessels Reopening of Shanghai td American Commerce Is j Seen as Likely f WASHINGTON, Aug. Il.-flH Naval orders forbidding Ameri-t can vessels to enter Shanghai will be revoked soon, informed officials predicted tonight. , Reopening the port to Ameri can commerce, it was said, would be In conformity with the state, department's standing policy of strictly maintaining all American rights in the Orient, regardless of the prevailing conflict between China and Japan. The order was issued 'yester day by naval authorities alter (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8), 1 . Gixes Testimony Gambling Probe PORTLAND, Aug. 31-()-City Commissioner James E. Bennett emerged from the Multnomah county grand Jury room after a session of nearly two hours with the comment: "I gave 'em the works." Bepnett appeared in response to a subpoena issued - by District Attorney James Bain to give in formation concerning gambling activities in Portland. The commissioner had charged in council meeting that police men were collecting from gam bling operators, and that public officials were lax in enforcing anti-gambling laws. Prospect of Special Session Of Congress HYDE PARK, N. Y., Ang. Jl -4p)-Signs increased in summer White House circles today .that President Roosevelt would, call a special session of congress. The chief executive himself said he still had the question under ad visement. : , " The president said he expected to aet on the sugar Quota and housing bill shortly, and- that he was still considering an extra session and a trip to . the west coast. Sugar Veto Wonld Barry Special Call 'Meanwhile, officios Indicated that If a special sesion were de cided upon It wo aid coin re gardless of the sction on the sugar bill .although a veto of that measure woult make such a session more necessary, The axlatlng wgar Hw, de signed to stabilize the Industry by dividing the domestic market frmcng soAtlaantal fnd ofi-fhert Stringent Is Threatened by j U. S. and British apart rs avy n eaas Discuss Forcible Resistance to Shipping Interference Convoy System to Insure Passage irf Safety for Mercy Vessels Down River Considered SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. (Wednesday) (Af) Japanese Siaval authorities warned all foreign shipping today to steer lear of the Japanese naval concentrations in the Whangpoo river and the Yangtze estuary, the' only route to the open sea arii safety for hundreds of American women and chil dren marooned in war-girt Shanghai, ' United States and British : naval commanders were understood to be discussing inauguration of naval convoys to force a safe passage down the, river foe American and x British mercy ships rushing refugees from the war area. Under the proposed plan armed warship escorts would resist forcibly any attempts to moles i foreign shipping. Although Washington has invested Admiral Harry -Yarnell, commander in chief of the United States Asiatic . O fleet, with wide discretionary Santiam Caravan Journeys to Bend Governor Says $1,500,000 Needed to Modernize N. Santiam Route BEND, Aug.'- l.-V-A cara van of i0 cars carried II per sons including state and highway commission officials over the 119 miles between Stayton and Bend tional construction on the North to demonstrate the need of addl Santiam highway. - Governor Charles Martin,, ad dressing a luncheon welcoming the group here, said 11,600,000 would be needed to modernize the route. . j "We're'-gettlrig all the money we can from the WPA, but for every dollar you get -about 27 cents of work," he said. The governor' pictured the state's future as embracing an extensive program of highway de velopment and a steady business Improvement. ' "There is faith and! hope abroad in the breasts of all right thinking people, and I'm '-not re-, ferring to the Workers' Alliance, either,' he said. j1 Touching briefly, on his admin 4s tr at ion, Governor Martin, said, "Yourelected someone to see the matter throu gh despite - every carping criticism, and it is up to me, as governor, to standi by you good people." j Henry F. Cabell, chairjnan of the highway commission, de scribed the North Santiam route as "of vast value to the state, and Bald the commission! hoped to see it completed "as readily as we have money to do it. . Residents of Taft, Tillamook, Portland, Salem, Dallas, Stayton, Mill City and Mehama made the trip -' j , Blame Drug Addict '. . - !. MEDFORD, Aug. Sl.-p)HState police blamed an unknown nar cotic addict or dealer today for the recent theft of . medical kits from 12 physicians in southern. Oregon. Five cases were reported here, four at Klamath Falls, two at Ashland- and one at Grants Pass. In each Instance valuable surgical Instruments were left and drugs taken. " . i Grows Steadily producers -and controlling pro duction, expires December 31, next. A veto oX the new three year biU, It was pointed out, would force an etxra session to enact a new law or act : -on the .veto, lest there be a period with out any regulation. ! ; The president said he waa talking with the state f depart ment by telephone three times a day and - the government was still on a 2 hour watch, as far as the far east was concerned. He had no comment, f on 're cent developments in China. . ; He said he would have lunch eon at his mother's estate to morrow with Robert W. Bing ham, ambassador to London. PreeideBt Going - . I r Fishing Thursday -. He leaves Thursday afternoon cn the yacht Potomac for four or five days of fishing In Long Island sound and : arounl31ock (Turn to Pa . W 1) . Action 1T FT 1 Naval Commanders powers in the crisis, it waa thought the plan would be - re- j f erred to President Roosevelt be- fore being put into effect. - I' The Japanese naval authorities j. further announced that develop- mentsmight compel their fleet to take stringent action to stop shipments of arms and munitioaa to China from foreign nations. ' Heavy " fighting swept the ; Whangpoo s b a n k I from th ' northern edge oC the- city,, to "Woosung where it m e t th ! Yangtxe 12 miles north of tbe ' international Settlement. r Chinese Admit 1 Heavy Losses x . j , Chinese admitted heavy losses) ; In the Changwahpangv and Pae shan sectors, near Woosung, from heavy Japanese ; naval shelling ; and aerial bombardment. xne umnese were witnarawiaarxJ i a . . . . i siuwiy to prepare secona mi ; positions further inland and oat of range of the Japanese naval j guns. Japanese claimed that both' Woosung proper and the walled! city of Paoshan, a few miles a the Yangtze, had been stormed and captured despite savage Chi-i nese resistance. The Japanese re-j ported they held , the hist or i j Woosung forts, often called: ta. l t i win vuiaa b uuniter mil. Gerdes Opposing Ross for Dam Job PORTLAND, Aug. 31-()-H. G. Gerdes of. Portland, federal power commission staff member and proponent ot early plans for Columbia river power develop- ment, today appeared as candi date for administrator of Bonne- Tille dam. v j , Gerdes, - who maintains ' his ; residence In Oregon despite . em ployment at Washington, rot ' mcuua luai win yrescui sec retary of the Interior Ickes his Qualifications in an .'interview this week. . i His entry into the lists op poses that of li D. Ross, Seattle, . regarded by some sources as aa administration favorite. R e s s selection is opposed by Governor ; Charles H. Martin' and other Oregon leaders becaus he is not an Oregon man. : , Gerdes made an economic sur vey in 1933 to locate the dass Bite and prepared preliminary construction designs and cost -estimates. He was engineer of designs for the main spillway ' dam. ' - The Oregon man was associ- ated with survey, work for. Wil lamette river improvement be- tween 1929 and 1932. He served. " as designing engineer on - Saa TT. TT.I.L YVAV a . iiuiuku o newu ncuuj prvject v and with army . engineer rivers and ' harbors lnvestlga- ' tions. - Admits Stabbing I Youthful Worker E TJ G E HE, Aug. ll-jP)-A frightened boy entered the stats police office today and admitted responsibility l for .the stabbing fracas last night that sent Lee. Koch, 18-year-old . cannery work-i -er to the hospital .with an ab dominal wound.. d-U Investigating o f f I c s rs, how ever, released Kenneth Knutsen, Trent, after, 'be had : explained the stabbing aa an ''accident,. At the hospital," attending phy--siclans said that Koch's condition was- not serious and that : hs, wonld Tecover. Koch had in sisted that the stabbing waa de- . liberately done during .a scuffle,. ax U