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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
DEATH IN WAKE OF ICY BLASTS
 IN NV. STATES
Storms Lash Coast from Northern California
 toSoutheast Alaska
WIND VELOCITY
 70 MILES AN HOUR
2 Known Dead = Homes, Highways and Communi-
 cations Are Damaged

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-The icy fingers of a blizzard spread over a wide section of the Pacific Northwest today in the wake of a booming storm wh i C h ranged from Northern California to South east Alaska bringing loss of life and extensive property damage on both land and sea.
 Piled h ig h by swirling snow through the night, great drifts blocked roads in mid- Oregon plateau today. The snow had fallen at the rate of an inch an hour.
 Terrific Gales
 
 Terrific gales blown with the velocity upwards of 75 miles an hour along the Ore gon and Washington coasts subsided late this morning with shipping resuming a normal course.
 Damage to homes and high ways and wire communica- tlons over a wide area are being surveyed and repaired.
 Two Lives Lost
 At least two lives are known to have been lost, Capt. J. A. Soder- berg of the freighter Point Brava, washed overheard, and Roland Girling, struck by a piece of drift wood at Victoria, while trying to save his dingy. He was drowned. Estimates of property losses mounted as damages were surveyed. The losses are estimated at $100,- 900 upwards.
 A heavy fall of rain accompanied the gales in most areas.
 Timber LeveIIed
 In Clallam County, near the Forks, wide area of timber was levelled.
 Hundred of trees were toppled across the Olympic Highway in the worst storm since 1921.
 Several houses were wrecked west of Port Angeles.
 A 60-mile gale ripped off the roof of hotel in Bellingham.
 The steamer Admiral Cove fought two hours before being able to get under way for Port Angeles. British Columbia Hit
 British Columbia reported the worst storm in many years. Chim- neys were toppled over in van- couver.
 Tides at Cowichan Bay swept away 300 feet Of the roadway.
 Boat houses and small craft have been wrecked.
 Ships were unable to get into the Columbia River.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
ACTRESS IS
 IN TROUBLE

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. 23. Burgess, actress, faces a hearing on nanslaughter charges as the result of a traffic crash which cost the life of Louise
 Manfreds. aged IT years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-An in- vestigation into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was suggest ed in the Senate by Senator Nor ris just as the Corporation off cers were telling Congress how more than one billion six hundred million dollar5 were pledged as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
30 MISSING AFTER FIRE

CHICAGO, III. Dec. 23.-One man was fatally burned and fire men are trying to find 30 others missing in a fire which destroyed an elevator with 100000 bushels of grain. The loss is estimated at s. DOC, 900.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
BIG INCOMES
 ARE NO MORE Only Seventy-five Reveal ed in Internal Reve-
 nue Statistics

WASHINGTON, Dec. B. = De- pression has put decided crimp in million dollar incomes
 arly complete statistics of the Internal Revenue Department lists only 75 as compared to 513 two years ago
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES
 AT BETHEL MISSION

The Bethel Pentecostal Assembly Sunday School will give their Christmas program tonight at 7:3O o'clock. The public is cordially in vited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
PREMIER ACTS QUICKLY

PARIS, Dec. 23.-Premier Paul Boncour suddenly and dramati- cally launched debt negotiations with America late this afternoon by personally calling on United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge and asking him to take the mateer up with Washington so France may help in reaching solution of the debt question.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
BLIZZARD HOLDS NORTHWEST IN GRASP
Investigation of R. F.C. Is
 Suggested by Senator Norris

stimulation to business relief and distress.
 Senator Norris made the sug- gestion, based on magazine arti- cle, which said that more than half of the Corporations money ad- vanced to railroads had gone to the Morgan, Van Swearinger and Pennsy Railroad interests"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
STOCK PRICES FAIL TO RALLY;
 SELLING STOPS
Traders Not Willing g tc Plunge Despite Good
 Business Outlook

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Selling subsided today on the Stock Mar ket but the list showed no dis position to rally.
 Prices held to a narrow groove and the market closed with barely steady tone.
 Prices changes were fractional.
 Despite the fairly cheerful tone of business reviews, traders were unwilling to use the lifting of the selling pressure of the previous session to try for a rally in view of the approach of the holiday.
 Market Apathetic
 The market was extremely ap- athletic. A few issues encountered further selling, Case and Santa Fe losing one point.
 John-Manville sagged one point and then recovered.
 Most of the bottling stock weak ened. Crown Cork dropped four points but recovered two points. Owens and Illinois Glass lost one point.
 Continental Oil, American Gan were up two points. American Telephone and several others were left with little change.
 CLOSING STOCK PRICES
 NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Closiig g quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock Is 12a4, American Can 521s, American Power and Light ', Ana conda 5A, Bethlehem Steel 12a Calumet and Hecla 2, Chrysler 151s, Colorado Fuel and Iron Az |, Columbian Carbon 26h, Contin- ental Oil 5A, Curtiss-W Wright 1A Fox Films l%, General Motors '12%, International Harvester 20, Kennecott TIA, Packard Motors 2, Safeway Stores 38A, Standard Brands 1874, United States Steel 26A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
Two Enter Hospital

Hugh Bernard and Magnus Kane. both elderly residents of Juneau, have entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23

Approximately 100000 pounds of eels are exported each year by Canada to Germany and Sie Uni te6 States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23
BANKER
 IS CONVICTED

TACOMA, Wash. Dec. 23.-Clyde Bashor, prominent banker and bushes man of Kelso, has been convicted of misappropriation of funds of the First National Bank of Kelso, of which he had been President. The verdict was sealed and was returned during the night, in the Federal Court. Sentence was deferred until January.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23

During 1881 the United States purchased fOodstuffs valued at sl76,O36,00o from South America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23

Nearly all airplanes now being made in Russia are of metal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-23

A recent survey showed that less than l per cent of London school children are poorly clad.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Capital Guests to
Attend Opera

The list of prominent Wash
ingtonians who will attend the
Metropolitan Opera Company's
three-night season at the Bal
timore Lyric is growing hourly.
Headed by Mrs Herbert Hoover,
who will be hostess to Cabinet
members and their wives on
Monday night when she will
occupy the official box, the list
includes Ambassadors, Senators,
and a number of Army and
Navy officers. The Surgeon
General of the Army, DR.. Rob-
ert Hugh Patterson, and DR..
Joel T. Boone, the White House
physician. will both attend the
opera as guests Of DR.. and Mrs.
Dean Lewis, of Johns Hopkins
Hospital. A last minute reser-
vation of a box has been made
by Mr.. Jesse Jones, of the Fed
eral Reserve Board. Mrs. Wood
row Wilson is expected. Sena-
tor Robert J. Bulkley. of Ohio,
president of the Northern Ohio
Opera Association, is coming.
Mr.. Jouett Shouse, Democratic
National Chairman, will attend,
as will Mrs. Filene Dodd. Rear
Admiral Thomas c. Hart, Com
mandant of the Naval Academy,
will attend the Wednesday
night performance. Gov. Al
bert C. Ritchie will also come
from Annapolis for the Metro
politan Opera season at the
Lyric. Among the statesmen
who will attend are Senator Mil
lard E. Tydings, Senator Phil
lips Lee Goldsborough. Mrs.
Tracy Dow, president Of the
Washington Opera Club, and
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. all
of whom are going to Baltimore
for the opera season. Many
Washingtonians will attend the
entertainments to be given for
the opera stars. After the
Tales of Hoffman" perform
ance on Monday night DR..
Hugh Hampton Young will en-
tertain at a supper dance. Mrs.
Walter F. WickeS will give a
supper at the Town Club after
the same performance.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Say
bolt of East Orange, N. j., and
their niece, Miss Mary L. Free
burger, are spending some time
at the Shoreham.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edward E.
Jenkins who motored from
their home in Warrenton, Va,
are at the Carlton for a brief
stay.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
WASHINGTON Fashions
By WILMA LAv1LLE

It's no news that 'cottons have
returned to the mode for day
time wear, but it is news that
they are back for really formal
evening wear. True, we've hac
organdies, nets and other sheer
c)ttCns for summer evenings,
but now Chanel has proven her
style leadership again by bring
ing cut a formal evening gown
of cotton pique. Naturally, 1t
:eated quite a furore when 1t
was first shown in Paris re-
Gently. but more important than
that. it was bought by smart
women, and by American manu-
facturers for copying. And now
those copies are available in
Washington.
Rough Fabrics Formal
rs ,ou can see from the &C.
companying sketch, this gown
is as formal looking as if 1t were
made CT silk crer or satin. 1t
has the same suave lines, and
becaus> the material Is heavy,
it hangs and tailors beautifully.
You know there's quite a feel
ing for tailored lines and sim
plicity Of detail In evening
things now, illustrated beau
tifully by this dress. Rough
materials are also extremely
smart, not only this fabric, but
roshanara. introduced in Paris
last fall, and now quite popu-
lar here, and other rough silk
crepes. Even sheer wool is now
used for evening. Channels most
characteristic touch is the cut
f'owers Of pique that cover the
shoulder straps entirely, and
give a wide-Shouldered, gay look.
Other Smart COttOns
Not only will this Sophisti-
cat Suave dress be worn this
spring and summer, but the
other cottons will be just as
good. There are new cotton
laces, new lays of using organ
die, and more delightful en-
broidered batistes than ever be-
fore. It's not too early to be-
gin thinking about them, and
we will soon have some delight
full examples sketched to show
you. In the meantime, if you're
buying a new evening gown,
nothing could be newer than
this dress of Chanel'S, and it
is not necessarily just a summer
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Visit Exhibit

The National Society of the
Daughters of the Cincinnati,
meeting in Washington this
week, visited the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art yesterday afternoon
to view the Bicentennial histor-.
cal loan exhibition, when Mrs.
Rose GouVeneur Hoes, official
manager of the exhibition, gave
a brief talk on the portraits.
The visitors were interested
to notice that the badge of the
society, which was founded by
George Washington. appeared in
several portraits of Washington
and his contemporaries.
Among those in the group
we're: Mrs. Russell Evans. presi-
dent; Miss Ruth Laurence. past
president; Mrs. j. Graham
Walker, former registrar; Mrs.
John C. Juhring, and Mrs. John
S. Edwards, all of New York;
Mrs. Gerald Thorpe, of Bethle-
hem, Pa; Mrs. Edward Ellwan-
ger and Mrs. Sarah CresSwell,
of Rochester, N. Y; MS. Henry
A. Bultman, of New York, and
Miss JerSica Smith, of Washing
ton, D. c.
Others who have visited the
exhibition recently are: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. F.. Durand and Miss
Lucia Durand, of Chicago, H.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred SturgiS, of
Portland, Me-; Miss Harriotte
Lee Taliaferro, of Rock Springs,
Wyo.; Mrs. Thomas j. Wyche,
of San Francisco, Calf; Mr..
Lewis r. Morris, of Morris. N.
Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ewing
Miller, of Chicago, ILL.,: Mrs.
Joshua A. Flatfield, Of New York
city; Mrs. Thomas Hare. Talia-
ferro and Mr.. Charles Dittinger,
of this city.
Mrs. w. George Brown, of
Orange, Va. is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Ewell.
at Wardman Park Hotel, ar
irving here over the weekend
to spend several days. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ewell, who have been liv-
ing in Paris for some time
past, came to this country a
few months ago, and are estab.
liShed at Wardman perma-
nently.
Mrs. Harry D. Pritchard, of
Grand Rapids. Mich. is at the
Dodge for a stay of several
weeks. accompanied by Miss
Martha G. Sherwood, of Hol-
land, Mich.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Engagement Is oI
Interest Here

The betrothal Of Miss Renee
Ledoux to Lieut.. Thomas j.
Sands, U. s. A, has been an
nounced by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis V. Ledoux, Of
New York.
Miss Ledoux was graduated
from the Chaplin School and
made her debut several sea-
sons ago at a reception in the
Colony Club. Her ancestry
dates back to Colonial times
on the side Of her mother,
whose forebears were among
the earliest settlers at Nam
tucket, as we'll as on the side
of her father, who is de-
Scended from Louis Ledoux,
one of the first Frenchmen to
cross the Atlantic to the new
world.
Lieutenant Sands is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j, w. Sands,
of Dayton. Ohio. He was
graduated In 1879 from WeSC
Point. During the summer he
is to participate in the Olympic
meet at Los Angeles, at the
close of which hS will be as
signed to the United States
Embassy in Paris as language
student.
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Miss Mary F.. Failing of Port
land, Ore. had a few friends
dining with her last evening at
the Carlton, where she is
spending the spring months.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Hen
bricks, of this city, have taken
an apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel where they will
make their home in the future.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. Edward Hart, of Wash.
ington, is at the Chatham in
New York.
Senator George H. Moses is
at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York.
Mrs. Thomas G.. Love, of
Grafton. w. Va, is passing a
few days at the Dodge, accom-
panied by Miss Agnes B. Cline,
of Wheeling.
A&&
Mrs. John TeSgle, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, is at the Carlton
for a weeks stay, accompanied
Ly her daughter, Miss Jessie
Teagle.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford G. Shef-
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
String Quartet t
at Arts Club

Mr.. Hans Kinder will be the
host at the Arts Club tomorrow
evening, and he has arranged
an after dinner program of
chamber music to be given by
the Washington String Quartet,
assisted by Miss Helen Howl
son, soprano, and Mrs. George
Wilson, accompanist. The
string quartet, who are all
members of the National
Symphony Orchestra, is COM
posed of Mr.. Milton Schwartz,
first violin; Mr.. Paul Brighten
burg, second violin; Mr.. George
Wargo, viola, and Mr.. Sydney
Hamer, accompanist.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Wheeler, of Albany, N. Y, have
come to Washington to spend
several months, and they are
at Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

points IN the city Tor in Brooklyn, if that's
where you are bound). Regular stops are
made at many of the most popular hotels.
The Wall Street section, theatre district,
midtown, uptown - whatever your final
estination-aB $50 Motor Coach lands you
nearer at your doorstep.
Ten & o trains leave Union Station for
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Miss Stephenson
to Entertain

Miss Jean Stephenson, newly
reelected president of the Dis
trict of Columbia League of
American Pen Women, will head
a large representation from the
branch at the Authors Break
fast of the National League, Sat
urday, April %, at the Willard
Hotel. Many of the members
have made reservations for
guests also so that this COM
pany will number considerably
more than 100.
At Miss Stephenson's table
will be Mrs. William Walton
Badgely, first vice president of
the District branch and vice
chairman of the National Art
Exhibit of the league; Mrs.
Lucia Hannah Hadley, chair
man of publicity for the Dis
trict branch, who will have as
her guests, Mrs. Lewis, wife of
Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner Ernest 1. Lewis: Mrs.
James H. Genugh and Miss
Mary Hornaday; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Stevens, the latter
known professionally as Ada
Borden Stevens, State vice presi-
dent for Rhode Island, and their
guests, Mr.. Lewis Lotion Money
way and Mrs. EStelle M. Moses,
a past president of the District
branch.
Mrs. Larz Anderson, who is
the donor Of the Isabel Ander-
son Craft Group prizes given
in the District branch, of which
she is a member and who is an
associate editor of the Bulletin,
official organ of the National
League of American Pen Women,
will be hostess for group
which will include Mrs. Agnes
Giles Newman and Mrs. Har-
riet Hawley Locher, both past
District presidents, and the lat
ter the founder of the craft
groups in the league; Mrs. Jean
Nelson Penfield. national par
Humanitarian; and the follow
ing members active in the work
of the District branch-Miss
AIthea Todd Anderson. Miss
Mary Hedrick, Miss Elena de
Sayn, Mrs. nellie Mill Higgins,
Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton and Miss
Iva Eta Sullivan.
To Attend Breakfast
Mrs. Anne w. Manchester,
District treasurer, will have at
the table for which she is Spon-
sor her guests, Mrs. William
Ellison and Miss Mary Wagon
hurst; Mrs. Gerald Brooks,
Miss Nellie R. Thomas, Mrs.
Florence Willard Day, Mrs.
Robert C. Sheriff., Mrs. Rich
ard L. Hoxie, widow Of General
Hoxie. and Miss Susan Baker.
4. Miss Katherine Jacobs will
entertain at her table Mrs.
Frank Morrison, Mrs. Francis.
Gordon Boswell, Mrs. Ger
trude Boswell Rush Mrs. Otis
H. Hullings. Mrs. Grace Taylor
Koob, Mrs. Ralph S. Barnaby,
Miss Gretna Perrott Boswell,
Miss Ruth w. Forney, Miss
Eleanor Traylor and Miss Mar.
guerite Jacobs.
Representative Charles l.. I'm
derhill of Massachusetts, will be
the ranking guest at the table
of Mrs. Elizabeth Brink. of the
District branch. who will also
entertain at the table for which
she is hostess Col. and Mrs
Sidney F. MaShbir, Mr.. Edward
Weintal, press attache of the
Polish Embassy: Mr.. H. Lowrey
Cooling. editor of the Baltimore
Sun, and Mrs. Cooling; Miss
Sara Virginia Buckley, and Miss
Marguerite Merigold, who will
have as her guests at the break
fast Col. Aiken Simons, OF Will
mington, Del; Col. and Mrs r.
r. Farr. of Fairfax, Va. and
Miss Helen Neville.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Currier,
of North Andover, Mass. :, are at
the Dodge during their brief
nnininn.ro in thu 90 orNitnl
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Women's S Club
Calendar

APRIL IA
Freelande CIub-M e e tt in g,
Representative Sol Bloom,
speaker.
APRIL 16
WOman's Relief Corps, De
partment of the Potomac,
Auxiliary to the Grand Army
of the Republic-Card party at
8 p. m. at the Kennedy.Warren.
MAY 2
Washington Home for Found
ling-Tea at home, Forty-seC-
ond and Brandywine Streets.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

ticated traveller is fascinated by the sky
scraper-skyline Of Manhattan Island, the
thrill of seeing huge transatlantic liners
idling at their piers. Your Motor Coach
whisks you smoothly through the streets of
New York-past shops and famous business
buildings-and delivers you at any one of IS
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
.EICHTO'CLOCK COFFEE
#=MILD AND MELLOW

Eight O'Clock Coffee far outsells
any other coffee in the world
because more people like its flavor
than any other coffee.
As good as Eight O'Clock Coffee is, you may
find Red Circle or Bokar Coffee even more
suited to your particular taste Here are three
blends of fresh coffee, different in favor to cover
the entire range of coffee tastes, but each ofun-
surpassed quality. We believe you will find one
of them the best coffee you ever tasted. And
remember, the c06ee you like best is the best for
you, no matter 1Ohat it Costs.
The P Coffee Trio, for oUseIine any other three
eofFees have become the National Standards Of QvoiN
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

at trainside in Jersey City
by a feet of Motor Coaches.
They take you and your
hand-baggage via ferry
across the Hudson River.
This is a very pleasant way
to enter New York-refresh-
ing, unhurried, and enter
tanning. The most sophis-
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

field, of New York city, motored
to Washington from Staunton
and are guests at the Shoreham
for a week.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

We are confident that you will enjoy pleas
ant, restful journey, good meals at reasonable
cost, the courteous attention of our train
personnel. And that you will find our Motor
Coach arrangement in New York extremely
convenient. D. L. MooRMAN, Assistant
General Passenger Agent. Tel. District $500.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

VOU may not be planning trip to New
l. York today or tomorrow. But sometime
soon, undoubtedly, pleasure or business will
take you there. When that day comes, re-
member that the B & o makes it unusually
convenient for you.
After train trip which we sincerely be-
heve you will enjoy, you will be met directly
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

Philadelphia and New York
every day. At 7:l5A.M.;SOO
AM; 9:0OA.M.; 1l:OO AM;
l PM; 2::35 P. M; 4P.M.;
5P.M.; 12:35A.M. and s 80
A. M. Qast two trains
ready for occupancy lOP. N.Y.
We urge you to try our
railroad ON uonr next trim
Evening star., 1932-09-11

for an unknown kid from Carolina il he makes
those holes in two SIS. Ten thousand people
charge in and around that tee and line the
fairway on either side. He CRASHES out a tee
shot 220 yards. 1t comes to rest on bare
ground. The committee had ruled it ground
under repair" and the ball could be lifted to
the comfort of a grassy lie. Does Hancock
remember that? He does not. Lord help me
hit this one" He tops it miserably, barely 20
yards still in the rough. Another mashie shot
sails high over the trees beyond the green.
He gets good 6.
Now he needs a birdie on an easy par
hole to win, to tie. There's one spot you
mustn't go on this hole, Roland. Don't hook
to the left. Down there is a clump of alderS,
impossible stuff to hit golf ball from Yet
there he goes. He finishes with g. a whip
ped man. perpetrator of the worst debacle in
modern championship history. Never since has
he been the same golfer. The burning memory
OF those last two holes at Olympia Fields will
haunt him forever. The next day Johnny
Farrell comes to the last hole in a playoff
with Jones, leading by a shot. Jones has just
holed 35-footer across the seventeenth green
to halve Johnny's birdie 3 and let Johnny keep
one-stroke lead.
Two gamecocks these, the worlds greatest
amateur locked in ancther man -to-man
struggle with one of the finest of young pro-
fessionals Johnny never has won a national
Plenty of minor tournaments have fallen to
his cool nerve, but never a national. Bobby
slips his third shot stone dead. He cannot miss
that putt. Johnny's third leaves him feet
from the cup Fifty thousand dollars, more
or less on that 6-foot putt across q perfect
putting green. He studies the line, addresses
the ball. movie camera whirs from nearby
tree He walks away, holds up his hand.
Alta boy, Johnny" the crowd yellS. Take
your time" He holes it and the crowd goes
mad. They carry him on their shoulders to the
clubhouse. Courage? Surest thing in the
world.