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The Washington times., 1930-07-09

Editor, Times:
Tom Marshall, Vice President,
famed for his apt phrases and
sage utterances, once remarked
What the country needs is a
good scent cigar"
Perhaps this may be what is
wrong with the country as a
whole, but I allows, as how, if
you pardon the vernacular, what
washington needs is a good hot
beef sandwich" Yes, stree! That
is Washington's crying need.
only once in my long and
varied experience as a hot lunch
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Imperial Section in Cali fornia Experiences
 Many Tremblors
RESIDENTS IN AREA
 REMAIN UP ALL NIGHT
Buildings Are Damaged but No Casualties Are
 Reported

BRAWLEY, Cal, Feb. 27. Nearly 40 cart quak e shocks, the greatest number ever recorded h ere at one time in more than a decade, rocked the Imperial Valley between 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and 9:15 o'clock yesterday morning. Buildings here, at Vest more l. a n d and Calipatria were damaged. No casualties have been re- ported.
 Many residents of the Inn perial Valley remained up all night.
 Four major sp0uks of hot and cold water shot from the ground and sections of the highway were flooded by wat CT pouring out of each crack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
"SKAKE-DOWN" B ' c M c A 6 Q
 RACKE I EERS
( am P al gn, Backed by Threats, Started Against
 Actors and Actresses

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 27.-Racke- teers have renewed a "shakedown' campaign, backed by threats against wellknown actors and actresses.
 Appealing to the Chicago police The Actors Equity League officers said hundreds of dollars have al- ready been paid by members and others have been frightened out of the city.
 Many have been forced to seek protection, it is claimed.
 Francine Larrimore has b. n playing the lead in Let Us Be Gay with detectives standing in the wings back stage to protect her against racketeers seeking to col- lect $1,000
 Eddie Cantor denies a similar re- port that a demand was made of him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
THIRD BOMBING
 IN SIX MONTHS
 TAKES 9TH LIFE
Internal Machine Is Alt tached to Starter of
 Mans S Auto

MARION. Indiana, Feb. 27.-The third bombing in Marion in six months, apparently directed at members of the local Mold Makers Union, was last night and cost the life of John Ashcraft, aged 35, en- ployee of the Reopen Mold Works. His death raised the toll of deaths from bombings to five
 Ashcraft died two hours after a bomb exploded in down town street when he pressed the starter of his automobile.
 The police said the bomb must have been set during the Is min utes Ashcraft spent in a real es- tate office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
THREE THOUSAND
 START TROUBL IN LOS ANGELES
Ihrongs of Alleged Com munists Are Subdued
 by 300 Police Officers

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 27.-A milling, screaming throng of 5000 alleged Communists and sympathiz- CTS, bent on attacking the City Hall was subdued late yesterday after noon by 300 Police.
 Twenty-seven arrests were made. Several in the throng required emergency treatment.
 A score of Police were blinded by fumes of their own tear gas bombs.
 The only serious injury was to D. M. Jones, Millionaire Patrolman,' ,'' who was accidentally struck down by a club yielded by a fellow off cer. He. will recover.
 Women figured prominently ir the riot
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
COLLEGE ENGAGES NOVELIST
 TO TEACH STUDY OF ETIL''

WINTER PARK, Fla, Feb 27.- Establishment of a department for the study of evil" with Mrs. Corra Harris, the novelist, as in- structor has been announced by Dr. Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins College. Mrs. Harris will deliver a series of lectures to group of advanced students.
 "The course Dr. Holt said, will not take up the practice of evil but rather the history and philoso- phy of it as compared to virtue and 1t is likely that the effects of evil upon history and life will be dis cussed"
 Evil is one of the oldest classics of human nature" Mrs. Harris said in discussing the study. It is un-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
TAFT SINKINC: NO HOPE FOR
 HIS RECOVERY
Change for Worse in Con- dition Takes Place-Im-
 provement Temporary

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.- Physicians attending William How ard Taft said today there is no hope for his recovery.
 Called to his bedside shortly be- fore the noon hour today, Dr. Fran cis Hagner found his patient in a serious condition, a change for the worse having taken place since yes- terday.
 Taft is in a critical condition. There is no hope for his recovery. Any improvement will be only tenn porary," Dr. Hagner said, and add ed that he was unable to tell how long he will live. "The end might come any hour and he may live a few days" said the doctor.
 Helen Taft Manning, daughter, is with Mrs. Taft at the family home
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27

fill the choice ringside seats, in- eluding Gene Tunney and his wife, Babe Ruth and wife, Harry Payne Whitney, Walter Camp, William Vanderbilt and scores of others.
 No developments are calculated to change the prospect of a de- cisiye victory for Sharkey. He is to l favorite over Phil Scott. There is little wagering,
 Many experts are predicting a knockout in four rounds.
 There is lively speculation over Campolo and Risko, with Campolo to 1 favorite They are in a preliminary 10-round go.
 The main event is scheduled to begin here at 10 o'clock tonight.
 All fighters are in the pink of condition.
 Sharkey and Scott are both con- fident.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27

usually taught by people morally illiterate and mentally corrupt when it should be an important part of the education of youth, taught as a classic, carefully analysed and de- fined with reference to preparing adolescent people for dealing in telligently rather than emotionally or weakly with instincts not merely of the body but of the mind.
 TT he sophisticated youngster," :" she continued, proves that he is unsophisticated by his insistence that he is sophisticated A young man who is really wicked takes an entirely different attitude. He pre- tends to the best of his ability that he is innocent and to be found out is the last thing he wants to hap pen"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Sharkey and Scott Both Ready for Gong; Experts
 Look for Early Knockout:
 Campolo and Risko m Co

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 27.-This city is crowded with visitors with the season at it's height but still this is no definite answer as to whether they will flock to the arena t tonig h for the International Heavyweight Carnival in sufficient numbers to make the venture pay.
 General Manager Bruen repeated the prediction last night that the gate would be in excess of S300O00 representing a profit of $75,O00 to $100000.
 The best available information, based on the advance sales up to last night, was that not many more than 25,000 fans will contribute to the gate of about S20O,000.
 This means the promoters will break even.
 There is a notable array of tal- ent, fame, wealth and fashion to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Communists Arrested
 In Seattle WiH Face
 TriaI in Police Court

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-Charges of violating the city ordinance, for bidding holding of public meetings and parades on the streets without 9 permit have been made against eleven persons arrested yesterday neon in the Communists demon- stration, by the police.
 Eight of the eleven are at liberty on $25 bond The other three re- main in jail unable to get bail money.
 The cases will be brought up in the Police Court in the regular routine The trials will probably be tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE
 NORTH CAPE
Bodies of Eielson and Bor- land Are Transferred
 to Americans
FLAGS OF TWO NATIONS
 FLY AT HALF STAFF
One Act in Tragedy of Arctic Is Impressive
 Many at Scene

SCHOONER NANUK, NORTH CAPE, Siberia, Feb. 27.-American and Russian flags flew at half staff yesterday as Commander Maitrick Slipenov, representing the Sovie t Government, form ally gave the bodies of Col Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland into custody of the Apoerican pilots for transpor- tation to Alaska.
 While the wind swept the tundra and sea, the mortal remains of the two aviators who lost their lives in the plane crash on November 9, were taken from a small hut, where they have reposed since being brought to North Cape, and placed on two sleds, covered with Ameri- can flags.
 SIeds Drawn to Plane
 The sleds were drawn slowly over the ice toward the Nanuk where a Fairchild airplane waited to re- ceive them
 Ten Americans on the Naruk formed a line as the procession approached the funeral plane.
 Opposite the Americans were Rus sian subjects of North Cape, in- cluding Governor Ponemarov, of Chukotsk Peninsula, who came here especially for the ceremony; those aboard the Stravropol, Russian ship, together with a number of trappers and natives. They form ed line parallel to the Americans when the sleds entered between the lines.t
 Bodies Transferred
 Soviet Commander Slpenov, who superintended the digging for the bodies at the scene of the wrecked plane, presented the bodies to Am erican pilot Harold Gillian who re- ceived them in behalf of the Am ericans. Pilot Gillian expressed gratitude and appreciation to the Russians for their splendid cooperation giv- en to the search
 Placed Aboard Plane
 The bodies of Eielson and Bor- land were then placed in the cabin of the Fairchild plane, the cabin doors were closed and the windows shrouded in black. The plane will take off, with an escort, at the first break in the weather, for Teller and Nome, thence to Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Nine Physicians Fined For Falsely Issuing
 Liquor Prescriptions

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 27.- Charged with issuing false and fictitious liquor prescriptions in vio- lation of the National Prohibition Act, nine Santa Rosa physicians pleaded guilty and have been sen tenced to pay fines of $50 each.
 Pronouncing the sentences, Judge Harold Louderback said he was compelled to impose light sentences because the doctors had had liquor permits cancelled and already had Suffered embarrassment throug h publicity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
BODIES OF PLIERS IN FUNERAL PLANE
Attorney General Is
 Strong Against New
 Search Wmrant BiII

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Attor- rey General Mitchell today voiced d-sapproval of the effort to make more drastic the law allowing search of private dwellings in liquor cases.
 The Attorney General opposed the bill which would allow issuance of search warrants to enter homes in the District of Columbia, upon in formation that liquor was delivered to them or of unlawful presence of a still.
 The Attorney General said: An attempt of this would arouse con- troversy and death and would be of doubtful results"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Police Attend
 Mass Meeting; l35 Arrested

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 27.-A mass meeting of unemployed was at tended by Police who were seques- tered with 135 men and women in a hall here. The leaders were permitted to deliver addresses and distribute Communistic literature. As the meeting broke up, the Po- lice arrested the entire group. Those attending the meeting had intended to march to the City Hall but the attempt was frustrated by the au- thorities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
RAMSEY ARRIVES ON
 OFFICIAL BUSINESS

J. A. Ramsey, Chief of the Field Division, General Land Office, ar rived today from his headquarters in Anchorage and will spend some time in Southeast Alaska making investigations and transacting other official business.
 He will go to Ketchikan in the near future to hold a hearing on mineral conflicts involving property at Copper Mountain. Later he will visit Craig, Skagway and other communities on townsite matters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
BIKES BOTHER IN PRUSSIA

BERLIN, Feb. 27.-It isn't the motorist who irritates policemen here; it's the fellow who rides a bicycle. In 1929 approximately 100000 persons were penalized in Prussia for violation of traffic or dinances. Of this number, reports the Minister of the Interior, 217,- GOO were automobilists or motorcy- clists, while the offending bicyclists aggregated 226,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
CHAMBER DRIVE
 ENROLS 213 ON
 MEMBER ROLLS
Total Subscriptions Over $3,700- Budget for
 Year Adopted

A total of 213s members have been enrolled in the Chamber Of Com merce for the current year. &C., cording to a statement made at to- days meeting of that organization by Secretary c. H. Walmsley. Cash for membership fees to date agere- gates S2'3O73O, pledges total s1 478, making grand total of $3,785.80.
 The Chamber today approved the budget calling for Sl,OoO for the annual Fourth of July celebration. s2CO for the Juneau City Band. S75 for the Boy Scouts, financing the Information Bureau for the tour lst season, and the continuation of its ether regular activities.
 Will Total S4,OOO
 It is expected that the Cham ber's fund will reach at least s4OO0 Secretary Walmsley said. Owing to the decrease in the fund from last year, it was found necessary to cut the usual band allotment and other expenditures proportionatelv
 The Chamber endorsed the An nual Father and Son dinner to be staged by the Boy Scouts on March 8. next.
 Inquiries about Juneau, Alaska in general continue to be numerous. The Secretary's office has received and answered 37 such queries dur Ing the past week.
 The Legislative Committee sub- nitted a resolution, prepared in &C., ,ord with the Chambers direction ast week, expressing appropriation 70 the Alaska Road Commission. particularly to Maj Malcolm FL iott, President, and to Lieut.. John 4. Moves, for services in connection with the Alaska Exhibit at the Good Roads Show in Atlantic City ast month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
CHINESE BAR GUN FILMS

SHANGHAI, Feb. 27. = Movies based upon croc-. or war themes have been barred from cinemas in the Chinese city. although na- tiyes may still see them in the In- ternational Settlement. The rule was made by the Shanghai Special District Film Censorship whic h takes it's orders from the Chinese municipal government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb 27. - Alaska Juneau mine tsock is quoted today ct 79s, American Ice 3614, Ana conda 73A. Bethlehem Steel 1O0h Central Alloys 33, General Motors 43, Gold Dust 525s, Grandy 5slk. Grigsby Grunow IFS, Kennecott 57, National Acme 25, Packard l9, Radio 48, National Brands 25%, Standard Oil of California 59ss, U. s. Steel 1922, Alleghany Corpora tion 31l2, International Harvester 92, Missouri Pacific 91.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Tie Tote on HeIoines ot Modern American Coed

DENVER, Col, Feb. 27.- Mrs. Herbert Hoover and Madame Curie are tied in the vote taken among the delegates of h e National Pan-Hellenic Congress for honor of being worthy hero
 ines Of the modern American
 Coed
 Helen Keller, blind philos-
 opher and author, and Helen
 Wills-Moody also received
 votes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
NauaI Agreement Is Expected by British Premier
::'"s.rnA:ionA. S.wsrssll

. LONDON, Feb. 27.-Pre- c mier Ramsay Mcdonald, Q questioned today in the e House of Commons whether Q he expected to arrive at any Q international agreement in Q naval disa .nane replied . Certainly"
 e . ee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Five British Miners
 Are Killed, Explosion

HAYDOCK, England, Feb. 27.-- Five miners were killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion in a coal mine here last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-27
Improve Mine Road

At the suggestion of c. T. Gard ner that the Perseverance road be- tween Juneau and the Alaska Ju- neau boarding house should be improved so that employees of the mine could operate their cars over it, President H. G. Watson an- nounced the matter would be taken up with Government agencies to see if money was available for that purpose.
 MT. Gardner also suggested that the Chamber urge local merchants
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c. [. CHURCH RETURNS

Gerald L. Church, Deputy Fed eral Prohibition Administrator, re- turned Ae9e on the steamer Alasl.a after an official trip to Seward.
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d. Lanier of Greenwich, Conn. Mrs.
Lanier is president of the Robert e. Lee
Memorial Association.

ID. Lanler OF GreenWlCn, SOhh' NAio o.
Lanier is president of the Robert Z. Lee
Memorial Association.
Miss Eunice Lee Evans and Miss
Caroline SanderSon have returned 10
Washington from Warrenton. Va, where
they have been the guests OF Maj ana
Mrs. Morton, at their charming country
estate.
Mrs. Marion Butler will entertain at
a breakfast Thursday morning at
o'clock, in honor of DR.. Mary Harris,
superintendent of the Federal prison
for women at Anderson. Va. DR.. Harris
will speak on her work at luncheon
which the League Of Republican Women
is giving at the Washington Club,
Thursday at / o'clock. The guests
whom Mrs. Butler has invited to meet
DR.. Harris, include Miss Martha Nc
Clure, national committeewoman Of
Iowa. and sister Of Mrs. William Fitch
Kelley of Washington: Mrs. Marcus
BENJAMIN, Mrs Verneta Matthews. Mr..
E. A. Hartman, Mrs. Virginia White
Speel. Miss Clara McQuown. Mrs.
Charles B. Alger, Miss Nellie Sedgely,
Miss Julia Maths and Mrs. William
Fitch Kelley.
Mrs. C. c. Calhoun entertained in
formally at luncheon yesterday at
Rossdhu, in compliment to Miss Jean
Hay and q small group OF her sister
debutantes and their escorts. Mrs. Call
houn will entertain at Sunday lunch
con next week in compliment to Miss
Peggy Tyner, when the company will
include close friends OF Miss Tyner.
Mrs Calhoun observed her usual Sun
day afternoon at home yesterday. Dur
ing the afternoon the guests were de-
lighted by a program of songs given
by Giuseppe Bruno. baritone.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Croker of Coun-
try Club Hill, Va, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Virginia
May, to Mr.. I. o. Linger of Washing
ton. The marriage will take place the
last of the month.
The Minister of Jugoslavia, DR.. Leon
ide Pitamic, was the honor guest and
speaker at the first of series of diplo-
matte luncheons given by the American
Association of University Women, at
the club house. 1884 I street, Saturday
DR.. Pitamic. who, before entering the
diplomatic service, was professor of in
ternational law, gave vivid and In
teresting picture of Jugoslavia and its
educational system. Mrs. william F.
Notz presided. other guests at the
speakers table we're DR.. Angjelinovitch
and Mr.. Stoianovitch of the legation
staff. DR.. William r. Notz, Mrs. H. F.
Cameron, DR.. Esther Caukin, Mrs.
Frederick w. Crocker, Mrs. Kari Fen
ming, Mrs. Fisher. Mrs. Paul Heyl, Mrs.
Paul Howe, DR.. Kathryn McHale, Miss
Ethel Sunny, Mrs. George Woods and
Mrs. Thomas Wrigley.
The Duchess of Richelieu entertained
at a dinner followed by a musicale
last evening in New York, in honor
of the Grand Duchess Kira Of Russia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Demarest Lloyd have
returned to Washington, after spend
ing several months In Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs Adolf John Paven-
stadt have come from New York for a
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short visit and are at the Carlton.
Mrs. Pavenstadt is the former Baroness
Won Sternberg, widow Of Baron spec
Won Sternberg, who for some years was
Ambassador to this country from Ger
many. She was before her first mar
riage Miss Lillian Langham Of Louis
Vile, KY.
Mr.. Charles S. Dewey, financial adj
wiser to Poland, and Mrs. Dewey spent
Sunday in Washington. leaving in the
evening for Chicago, where they will
remain until the end Of the week, when
they will return to Washington. Mr..
Dewey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Blake Dewey, met him in New York
on Thursday upon his arrival from
Europe and returned to the Mayf1ower
on Sunday. They are leaving tonight
tor Palm Beach for the balance of the
Winter.
Miss Elizabeth Howry and Miss Mary
Howry will entertain at dinner this
evening in compliment to Mrs. George
Mesta. Tomorrow they will be host
esses at luncheon in honor of Mrs.
Charles j. Rhoads. The Misses Howry
Will go to New York Wednesday. where
they will be at the Plaza Hotel for
six weeks before going to Lake Placid
for the Winter sports.
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook has ar
rived in Washington and Is at the May
flower Hotel. Mrs. Cook is member
of the Presidents commission for the
celebration of George Washingtons
birthday anniversary.
Mr.. William Nelson Shackleford,
who is spending the Winter in Tampa,
Fla, paid a brief visit to his sister
and brother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. How
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Mr. Justice ano Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone were the guests in whose honor
Mr.. David e. kaufman. former United
States Minister to Bolivia, entertained
at luncheon yesterday in the presiden-
tial dining room of the Mayfiower.
His other guests were Senator and
Mrs. Otis F.. Glenn, Representative
Florence p. Kahn. Representative and
Mrs. Edward r. Kiess, Judge Burlington,
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Whitla Stinson, Mr.. Morgan
S. kaufman of Scranton, Pa; Miss
Vera Bloom, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Weisl
of New York, Miss Marion Solomons OF
San Francisco, Mr.. and Mrs. William
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Brown, Miss Mary Catherine Gainey
and Miss Edith E. Hyde were initiated
into membership in the fraternity. In
the company will be Mrs Ethel Donagh
Gagnon, Mrs. Eleanor Garner Prince,
Miss Vera Mamkinen, Miss Emma Lueb-
bing Miss Grace Collins, Mrs. Bertha
Mccormick, Miss Corrinne Quarles, Mrs.
Nellie Bishop, Miss E. Virginia Evans,
Miss Kathrine Wood. Mrs. Leona Gill
bert, Miss. Gladys Kefauver and Miss
Agnes Quinn.
The Ladies' Association of Metro
politan Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church will give its annual banquet
in the vestry of the church Wednes-
day evening at o'clock. AS this his
toric church has been sold to the Gov
eminent as a part of the new municipal
center, this may be the last banquet
given in the old church, and a special
effort is being made to secure the at
tendance of former members and old
friends.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery, the
pastor, will act as POSTMASTER, and ad-
dresses will be made by Bishop w. F.
Mcdowell and Senator Thomas d.
Schall of Minnesota. Mrs. Marshall c.
Guthrie will sing a group of thes old
songs. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker is
chairman of hostesses. The hostesses
are Mrs. J. S. Montgomery, Mrs. Kath-
crime Barnes. Mrs. Sara N. Demorest.
Miss Bertha Gray. Miss Fannie Holmes,
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The Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. Louw will entertain in
formally at dinner tonight at the le-
CATION, when the guests will include
Gen. Jan SHUTS of South Africa.
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Mrs. Hurley, wife of the Secretary Of
War, will not be at home Wednesday
afternoon.