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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
w. c. I. U. WILL
 KEEP F|CH TIN 6 FOR ABSTINENCE
Speaker Declares Christian Citizenship Must
 Wake Up

SEATTLE, Aug. 19.-Rededicated to the cause of National Prohibi- ton. the fifty eighth annual con- vention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union last night end- ed ten-day session here.
 Dr. Ernest Cherrington, of Wash ington, D. O., Chairman of the National Board of Strategy, told the delegates at the annual ban quet last night that the time has come when there can be no com promise and no truce for fraterniz- ing in our trenches with the en- |emy.
 The time has come for Chis- tian citizenship to wake up and organize and have policy of its own"
 Mrs. Ella Boole. of Brooklyn, President of the w. 0. T. U. de- clared the Union would redouble it's educational campaign for total abstinence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Tuberculin Test Boosts
 States Cattle Business

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 19.-Wis- consin's tuberculosis cleanup has been largely responsible for a cat tie export business of more than s3,000,000 the last year, says C. L. Hill, Chairman of the Depart ment of Agriculture and Markets.
 The campaign against tuberculo- sis thus is returning millions of dollars annually to Wisconsin farm CTS, Hill points out, and the cattle are being shipped into sections where they will not compete with Wisconsin's dairy industry.
 Eastern States purchased most oi the dairy cattle sent out from Wisconsin in the last year, New Jersey buying more than 20,00( head and New York more thar II ,O00.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
By NOEL THORNTON

NEW YORK, Aug. l9.-Libby Holman sad-voiced chanteuse, wins her ambition to be dramatic actress in an ironic and tragic setting.
 The famous torch singer" whost slumberous eyes and olive complex ion won her stardom on Broad way, has long expressed the de- sire to quit sne revue stage and become another Katherine Cornell another Lenore Uric.
 Indeed, she was busily studying the lines of what was to have been her first legitimate drama on that fateful night when her young millionaire husband, Smith Reynolds, was discovered shot to death ir his Winston Salem man. sion.
 A promising future as dramatic actress had been prophesied for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
SENATOR DAVIS TO MAKE PLEAD.
 LOTTERY CASE
Will Appear in Answer to Indictments Returned
 by NY. Grand Jury

NEW YORK, Aug 19. United States Senator James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, has notified the Unit ed States Attorneys office that he will appear on August 30 to plead to the indictments charging him and six others with lottery participation.
 The Westren Union Telegraph Company, Bernard McGuirs, Ray mond Walsh, and M J. Rivise will enter pleas next Wednesday. The other three indicted have not re- ported as to when they will make their pleas.
 The indictments grew out of an investigation of Eagles, Moose, Mys- tic Shrine and others concerned in the alleged selling of lottery tickets and distribution of prizes to lucky holders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
FOUR PLIERS LAND SAFELY,
 PRIN. RUPERT
German Aviators Are Fly. ing Around World-Go
 Along Alaska Coast

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Aug. 19.-Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and his three companions, arrived at 4:59 o'clock yesterday after noon from Lac Labiche in their Dornier flying boat Greenland Wal.
 They left Lac Labiche at 9:59 o'clock yesterday morning and cov- cred about 800 miles.
 Capt. von Gronau said he has not definitely decided when he would take off on the next hop to Alaska on flight around the world,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19

formance on the witness stand will help determine the final cur handed down indictments charging Libby and Alb Walker, youthful friends of Reynolds, with the young nfillionaf1,e's death.
 For several days police searched for Libby throughout the nation and then she suddenly appeared in Winston Salem to give herself up.
 If she is freed of the murder charge, it is likely that She will go into retirement until next year and then return to the stage. Friends of Libby's say she has given up her plans to be dramatic actress and that when and if she eyen- tually returns to Broadway it will be in her old role-singer of the blues"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19

Libby. Her low throaty voice has a tenseness and .mpressiveness that is strongly reminiscent of both Miss Cornell and the late Jeanne Eagels.
 The several years in which she basked in the Rialto lights as one of the foremost and highest paid blues singers was only a period of marking time for her while she was studying to achieve her real desire-a serious actress in a seri- ouS drama.
 Now charged with the death of her husband she stands the central figure in as dramatic a situation as ever has been portrayed on the stage.
 Yesterday a beautiful, happy star enjoying the adulation of two con- tinents; today, pathetic figure in black, preparing for the last act of this unfortunate life drama-a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
|CEN.RICHARDSON MEMORIAL GETS EXCELLENT SITE
Tablet to Be Erected on Is a b ella Pass 203
 Miles from Valdez

On an eminence on the summit of Isabelle Pass on the Richardson Highway, the bronze tablet to the memory of the builder of the thor oughfare and of innumerable other roads and trails in Alaska, will be erected within the next few weeks. The place for the memorial is about half way between Valdez and Fairbanks-to be exact 203 miles north of the coast city-and besides being close to the high way can be seen at long distances by approaching travellers from eith- CT direction.
 The tablet which was on view for some time in the B. M Beh- rends Bank in Juneau was taken Westward few days ago by Ike P Taylor, Acting Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, and under his direction will be put in place, the Road Commis- sion having obligated itself to per- form this service
 No Formal Ceremonies
 A mortar base of native rock will be constructed, and upon this will be put a large boulder, suit ably shaped. To the boulder will be cemented and bolted the plaque. No formal ceremonies will be held in connection with this work.
 After the tablet is in place, pho- tographs will be taken of it, and these, or copies of them, will be distributed among the persons who subscribed the memorial fund The plaque is of bronze. The likeness of Gen. Richardson, who was president of the Alaska Road Commission from 1905 to 1917, shows him in civilian attire, and was designed by James A. Wehn, famous Seattle sculptor. The in- scriptjon reads:
 "Wilds Preston Richardson-Bri- gadie- General, United States Ar my, Erected by friends in Apprec- iation of Service for Alaska, 1892
 To defray the fee of the artist and the cost of casting, a fund of more than $1,000 was raised, and a small amount of this still re- mains to cover concluding expens- es.
 Contributions were made by friends of Gen. Richardson from all parts of Alaska and from many States of the Union.
 The committee that undertook the raising of the funds and that attended to all other details in connection with the obtaining and the erecting of the memorial con- sists of the Governor, George A. Parks. President: John w. Troy, Vice President. and B. M. Beh- rends, Secretary Treasurer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Queens Treasure Chest
 Opens with Golden Key

LONDON, Aug. 19.-Queen Mary has been presented safety deposit box, 40 feet below the level of Piccadilly, which can be opened only with a golden key.
 To reach the box it is necessary for her emissary to pass an identi- fication test through grill, speak a password demanded at a door weighing 20 tons and pass seven other tests before the golden key may be inserted in the lock and the box opened.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Gunner On
 Hitch-Hike
 Back Home
Plane Grounded by Storm Spea k CT Starts Out
 A-foot-Civen Boost

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 19.- John N. Garner. Speaker of the House and Vice Presidential can didate on the Democratic Nation al ticket, hitch-hiked to San An tonic on his way to Uvalda to resume his vacation, interrupted by political conferences in the East.
 The Speaker travelled by air plane from Cincinnati to Austin where storm grounded the plane
 Garner started out for this city afoot from Austin, a distance of 80 miles. Two youths, names un- known, picked the Democratic can didate up in their auto and brought him here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Lonely Buddhist Nuns
 Receive Annual Caller

BOMBAY, Aug. 19.-The worlds loneliest convent has just had its annual visit from the only man allowed to call.
 He is a merchant whose family has traditionally presented the con- vent with cloth once year.
 The convent is perched in the Himalayas beyond the 17,000-foot Rotang Pass. Fifty Buddhist nuns live there, supervised by one lama.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
NO WORD RECEIVED
 ON JUNEAU LANDING

Secretary G. H. Walmsley, of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, had received no answer early this after noon to his radiogram, inviting Capt. von Gronau and his compan- ions to land here on their flight along the Alaska coast to Tokyo, Japan. The local radiogram was dispatched to Prince Rupert dur ing yesterday afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
BISHOP EARL
 CRANSTON IS
 DEAD, AGED 92
Strove During Lifetime to Unite Two Churches
 Split by Slavery
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio, Aug

NEW RICHMOND, Ohio, Aug 19.-Bishop Earl Cranston. aged 92 years, Dean of the Bishops in the Methodist Episcopal church, is dead after an illness of several months. He tried to bring about a reunio1 of his church and the Methodist Church of the South.
 He knew reunion would moi come in his lifetime, but the thought did not depress or deter him, satisfied as he was in his belief that he had helped lay the foundation.
 By and by" he foretold, i've shall coalesce, and there will be but ore Methodism. If it shall have several administrative jurisdictions that will be for the sake of effic- iency cnly, not to meet the politi- cal O. social requirements of a past century"
 Unification Leader
 
 The oldest bishop of his church Bishop Cranston was recognized in both north and south as the lead- CT in the movement to unify the churches, divided in 1844 over the subject of slavery AS such, he was chairman of the joint commission for the unification of Methodism J But the merger movement was not his only work. He was cap- tain in the Union army in the civil war and later exercised a talent for business administration Tn 1884 he became publishing agent of his church, and general manager oi the Methodist Book Concern. The publishing house was Tagging then He restored it to vigorous prosper ity.
 Sent To Orient
 Elevated to the bishopric ir 1896, he was dispatched to the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Outdoor Dancing Helps
 Vendors to Draw Trade

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19. Where once miniature golf courses blos- somed along highways leading from St. Louis, informal outdoor dance halls have sprung up this summer,
 Most of the platforms, illumi- mated by strings of colored lights, were erected by lunch stand pro prietors seeking to attract trade Some offer free dancing, others six dances for 25 cents. still others an evening of dancing for 50 cents a couple.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Oslo Names Governor
 For Greenland Claim

OSLO, Aug 19.-A young lawyer Helge Ingstad, has been appointed Norwegian Governor of the land of Erik the Red, the strip in Eastern Greenland claimed by both Den- mark and Norway.
 He will be Governor, Police Con- missioner, Notary Public and Judge of his icy domain.
 Ingstad spent several years in Northern Canada as trapper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
Drowned" IS Years
 Ago, Man Bobs Up

CYNTHIANIA, Ky, Aug. 19.-- Believed drowned fifteen years ago, Waite. Rudder. astounded his fam lily and friends by returning here and renewing acquaintances. Even his father did not recognize him, although noticing a resemblance to someone he knew. Walter then revealed his identity. He came here from northern Michigan,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
STRIKES MAINLAND

HALIFAX, Aug. 19.-Capt. J. A. Mollison completed the first west ward solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean at 2:45 o'clock this morning, Pacific Time, just "A hours and 10 minutes after his takeoff from the Stag Lane Aerodrome, Portmarcon County, Irish Free State.
 He was sighted from the Hail. fav Airport, approximately 2,66C miles from his starting point.
 No Refueling Stop
 Capt. Mollison omitted his sched- uled refueling stop at Harbor Grace, 500 miles eastward.
 Airport officials heard the roar of Capt. Mollison's motor and read the identifying letters AzxY.
 Soon afterwards, officials at Hub bards, 35 miles west, heard the plane.
 A fog blankets the coast.
 Capt. Mollison, husband of Amy Johnson, noted aviatrix, crossed the Atlantic in tiny plane, called Hearts Content" weighing less than one ton. The flier announced, just prior to hopping off from Ire- land, that he planned return flight across the Atlantic and ex- pected the round trip would take about two and one-half days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
PoILUs TO EAT sARDINEs

NANTES, France With fresh sardines selling at cents dozen, the canning industry has asked the French army to help market con- ditions by including the tiny fish in the poilus' bill of fare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
BULLS FAIL TO
 RALLY MARKET;
 GAINS ARE LOST
Opening Burst of Buying Is Short Lived in
 Trading Today
RAILS PROMINENT
 IN TRANSACTIONS
Formation of New Credit Organization Furn-
 ishes Stimulus

NEW YORK, Aug. 19-The Stock Market made a brave start today but lapsed weary.
 The zigzag movement of stocks seemed tied to wheat, which sagg- ed.
 ShA-es eased off after the open ing burst of buying carried the leaders up one to two points. Gains were soon lost when bullish efforts failed.
 Trading was generally dull.
 Case was off three points.
 Issues Down
 Down. one to two points, were International Harvester, American Telephone and Telegraph, Allied Chemical, American Tobacco B, Corn Products, Westinghouse, Un- ion Pacific and Santa Fe.
 Gotham Silk Hosiery was up five points.
 American Smelling was up two points.
 54 Rails Prominent
 Rails were prominent in the trading and temporary upswing was shown for New Haven and Canadian Pacific which held we'll The market got a temporary stimulus following the announce ment of the formation of com mndiiies credit nrpanizatinn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
CLOSING PRICES TODAY

NEW YORK, Aug. 19-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is IFS, American Can 52as, Anaconda 8%, Bethlehem Steel 17a4, Curtiss- Wright 21s, Gen. eral Motors 135s, International Harvester 28B, Kennecott 10k, Packard Motors 3a, United States Steel 405s, Armour B, 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-19
CAPT. INCLUSION MAKES LANDING, RECORD FLIGHT
British Aviator Accom- plishes First Solo Air
 Voyage, West
COMES DOWN AFTER
 "A HOURS, CONTROLS
Is Just Too Tired to Con- tinue to New York,
 His Destination

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Aug. 19-Capt. J. A. Mollison completed the first westward solo flight over the Atlantic by bringing his tiny plane to a perfect landing at Penn- field Ridge, 40 miles from here. He had been at the controls of the Hearts Content" for more than "A hours. He landed at 11:45 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time.
 Capt. Mollison said he was just too tired to go on to New York.
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Evening star., 1932-07-21

liam E. Hull, Igoe. Kunz. Chindblom
and johnson lose in primaries. Diet
rich drops out for Senate race.
indiana Garfield and Gillen lose IN
primaries.
Iowa-Cole retires; Ramseyer de-
feated in primary.
Primaries Hit Incumbents.
Kansas-Lambertso and Strong dis
tricts merged.
Kentucky-Moore, Gilbert and Fin
ley retire.
Louisiana -Sandlin retires.
Maine-SnOw lost In primaries
Partridge out as result of loss OF a
district under reapportionment.
Massa ssachusettS-Dallinger named TO
Customs Court
Minnesota-Christgau Mas and
Goodwin lose in primaries; Clague re-
tires.
Mississippi-Coller and Ellzey dis
tricts merged.
Missouri Delegation runs at large.
three. at least, eliminated by reappor-
tionment.
Nebraska-Norton loses in primary.
New Jersey-Stewart drops for Senate
race.
North Dakota-Burtness and Hall
lose in primaries.
Ohio-Brand retires.
Oregon-Hawley loses in primaries.
Pennsylvania - Colder, Magrady,
Evening star., 1932-07-21
SHIFTS IN HOUSE
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
New Congress to Bring Many
Changes to Lineup on
Capitol Hill.
ey the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press
An eighth of the Houses 435 men,
bers af. "c....t" before the real CAM
paign even begins.
This political toll already has been
taken by primaries, redistricting and a
few voluntary retirements. 1t does not
include members still in the thick Of
intraparty battles or many others who
look nervously toward November cleo
tions
Political veterans, scanning the list
OF colleagues who dropped by the way
side before Congress adjourned, de-
clared it "a bad year" They predict
$50 to ITS new names on the first roll
call of the Seventy-third Congress.
Unrest Bodies Changes.
Elections will tell another story, but
so far casualties have cut deeply into
both parties. Many defeated members
contend that in their cases, at least,
sentiment in the country seems to run
against the man who has the Job. in
favor of somebody else who wants it.
There is a shift of 81 Representa-
LlVeS because Oh edppOIllOIlLltIll. llldI
means 81 members of this Congress
represent districts that won't even exist
in the next Congress.
Senatorial shifts are slower. Only a
third of the 96 Senators run each two
years When Congress adjourned. only
two-Brookhart of Iowa and Morrison
of North Carolina-had lost primary
fights.
Scene Shifts Rapidly.
But here is how the scene is shifting
rapidly for Representatives in the vari-
GUS States:
Alabama drops district; Patterson
loses to Allgood.
Arkansas-Mrs. Effiegene Wingo re-
tires.
Californa-Crail drops out for Sen
ate race Swing retires.
Florida-Three of its four Representa-
tives-Drane. Yon and Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Overdose in primaries.
Georgia-Crisp drops out for Senate
race. Wright, Mobley and Larsen re-
tire
Illinois-Morton D. Hull retires. Will
Evening star., 1932-07-21

toward small business enterprises was
made last night in report by the Dis
trict Banking and Industrial Committee.
The committees Summary of the
ability of the banks of the district to
provide credit to business" has shown.
the committee said, that credit for use
Of commerce and industry is available
in the district.
Another survey. conducted among
5000 manufacturers. disclosed that
there is vast amount of productive
business available. particularly to the
small manufacturers within the dis
trict, If banking accommodation can be
extended to finance such productive
business"
The committee recommended to all
bankers close study of the use of the
Evening star., 1932-07-21

advance to small manufacturers, adding
that "the reserve system stands ready
to rediscount for member banks eligible
paper evidencing industriah commercial
and agricultural loans which from the
standpoint of sound credit is accept
al
Evening star., 1932-07-21
Irish Isle Estate for Sale.

The Valentia estate, on Valentia
Island, one of the most picturesque
places in Southern ireland, is for sale.
1t includes an Old World castle, con-
tanning 40 bed rooms, and comprises
more than 400 acresA Valentia Island
is miles long and miles wide. On
it is the terminus of the Atlantic cable
and radio services.
Evening star., 1932-07-21
PROTESTANTS TO MEET
World Congress Proposed at Chi.
cago EXPOSITION Next Year.

cago Exposition Next Year.
TORONTO, Ontario, July 81 (Py.-A
world congress of leaders in Protestant
mems church work, Bible classes and
the World Brotherhood Federation will
probably be held in Chicago during the
1888 World Fair
William Ward. honorary president of
the World Brotherhood Federation and
visitor here from London, said ar
rangements had been begun with the
approval of Protestant church leaders
in the United States.
Evening star., 1932-07-21
GREATER LENIENCY
IN CREDIT IS URGED
Facilities for Trade Are Held Am.
pie in Fourth Federal
Reserve District.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 2l.-An
urgent recommendation" that bankers
of the fourth Federal Reserve district
adopt a more lenient credit attitude
Evening star., 1932-07-21

Chase and Haines lose In primaries; !;
Stull retires.
Rhode Island-Condon and Burdick
districts merged.
South Carolina-Hare retires.
South Dakota-Johnson retires 4,
Tennessee-Davis and Mitchell dis
trictS merged.
Texas Williams retires
VermOnt-GibSon and Weeks dis
trictS merged.
Virginia-Fishburne retires.
Wisconsin-Kading and Nelson dis
tricts merged.
Evening star., 1932-07-21

More than l0,5O0.OOO copies of the
Scriptures were distributed to the people
of the world last year by the British
and Foreign Bible Society
Evening star., 1932-07-21

This efficient electric re-
frigerator contains 62 square
feet shelf space. Exterior in
one piece steel, special design.
white baked permolac. white
porcelain interior.
Evening star., 1932-06-03
BEGINS TOMORROW
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the of these surplus warehouses. marked
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Evening star., 1932-06-03

Erery article is of genuine p J. Nee Co. quality
Au sales are final, no exchanges, no refunds
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-10
YOungWanamakerHas
Rapid-Fire Romance

Reno, Nevada. August 10.-P-
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jr.,
were on their wedding trip Wednes-
day, no one knew, or would say
exactly where.
John Wanamaker, Jr., of wealthy
Philadelphia family, married Mrs
Elizabeth Pelz Warburton, divorced
wife Of his cousin, c. Edgerton War
burton of Philadelphia, few hours
after he obtained a divorce from Mrs.
Pauline Disston Wanamaker here
Tuesday.
The divorce decree was granted in
the afternoon by Superior Judge
Thomas F. Moran on grounds of
desertion. Last night Judge Moran
officiated at the wedding at the home
of Clyde d. Souter, Wanamaker's at
torney.
A few intimate friends attended
the ceremony. Wanamaker was at
tended by Morris Cleary, Los Angeles
broker and husband of May McAyoy,
screen actress. Mrs. Souter acted as
matron of honor. Other guests in
cluded Mrs. Cleary, George Pelz.
brother Of the bride, and Ralph For
hes, motion picture actor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-10
Byrd Is Appointed
To Democratic Post

New York, August 10.-(R)-Former
Governor Harry F. Byrd of Virginia
has been selected as chairman of the
executive finance committee of the
Roosevelt-Garner campaign, James
Farley, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, announced Wed
nesday.
Former Governor Byrd, who was
himself a candidate for the Democra-
tic presidential nomination, visited
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the De-
mocratic nominee, at Albany Tues
day.
He was here Wednesday attending
the convention of the International
Apple Growers association.
Farley also formally announced
selection of Evans Wooden of In
dianapolis as chairman of the ma
tional finance committee, which al
ready had been announced informal
ly by the Indiana Democratic chair
man in indianapolis. Byrd's COM
mittee will be subordinate to Wool
ems and the personnel will be an
nounced later.
Daniel j. Tobin, indianapolis, was
named chairman of the labor COM
mittee.