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Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
MIDWEST WAVE OF
 HEAT RELIEVED BY
 BREEzEs, SHOWERS

CHICAGO, June g. 70 olln g breezes and showers brought relief last night to parts of the mid-con- tinental area where a severe heat wave has taken at least AT lives during the last week.
 Paradoxically, the drop in tenn peratures came just a few hours before summer arrived officially.
 The tions relieved by the breezes included he states n IT the great lakes an most of the western Canadian plains where the heat wave killed at least six persons. Tn the Southwest the wave continued and crop specialists said it was becoming a serious menace to the crops.
 At Kansas City the mercury climbed above 90 degrees for the 18th consecutive day. Lack of rain fall added to the seriousness of the situation. Only three tenths of an inch of rain has fallen since June 1Awhere the nromal rainfall is 3.23 incheS.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
COUNTRY Is GOING WET AT TIE AvERAGE
 RATIO CF 3.0 ID 1

NEW YORK, June p. Fourteen states, embracing 36 per cent of the population of continental Un- ited States, have voted at ratio of 3.8 to 1 in favor of repeal of the prohibition amendment.
 Two of these 14 states, Indiana and Iowa, have been considered in the past os normally prohibition states. They are the only so-called dry states which have voted upon repeal thus far.
 The other 12 which have gone on record against continuing the present plan of prohibition have been regarded normally as wet.
 Figures compiled by the press show that in te IA states which have voted thus far there reside 45,315,533 of the 122, ITS, ,046 persons comprising the population of the 48 states. Of this numbed 7,135,623 have voted for the repeal of pro- hibition and 1,875,O19 have voted against repeal. Tn e majority in favor of repeal being 5,260,604.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
.HARDsH|PS WORKED ON DISABLED VETS
 ECONOMY POLICY

SAN FRANCISCO, June p. - Hardships worked on disabled vet erans by the new economy policy adopted by the Veterans National Administration were revealed by Commander Nelson M Holderman, of the Mountville Veterans Home, with the discharge of 173 ex-Ser- vice men.
 Of this number Al of the men had been disabled in the service, but no tduring the World War un- der the new definition set up by the federal government, Holder man said.
 The period of the war is defined as being from April 6, 1917 to November II, 1918 instead of July 1921.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
COMEDIANS HAVING
 LOTS FUN AT HOME

LOS ANGELES, June 21. Plump Oliver Hardy, screen comedian, has filed suit for divorce from Mrs. Myrtle Lee Hardy accusing her of absenting herself from home for long periods and then returning intoxicated.
 Hardy's screen partner, Sta n Laurel, was sued for divorce on May 26 by Mrs. Lois N. Laurel. In her complaint she alleged Laurel humiliated her and caused her mental anguish by remaining away from home.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
RAs|C |NDUSTR|AL|STS
 SUBMITTING CODES

WASHINGTON, June 21. Basic industrial groups of the United States are preparing to submit the codes under which they will agree to operate to Brigadier General H. s. Johnson, administrator for in dustrial recovery.
 These codes, they have been ad- vised, must, first, fix a minimum wage, second, set maximum hours of the work day to spread en- ployment, and third, prescribe re- gulations to eliminate all unfair practiceS
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS
 STARS ADVANCE PLACE

AUTEUIL, France, June 20. - Australia's greatest Davis tennis cup team since the days of Brooks and Wilding clinched a place in the semi-finals round of the European zone play.
 The Anzac's next oponent pro- bably will be England, with the winner to oppose the United States for the right to play France for the cup.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
WEATHER STILL BAD

NOME, June g. Adverse flying weather continued to hold airmen from making search for James Mattern, round-t h e-world flyer r., who has been missing for nearly a week on his flight from Siberia to Nome The weather Bureau re- ported low clouds and poor visibili- ty.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
REACH AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, June g.

WASHINGTON, June 22. -JOS- eph B. Eastman, railroad coordina- tor, issued a statement declaring carriers had agreed to drop their effort to obtain an additional 12H2 per cent reduction in the wages of railroad workers. In return tn c workers agreed to an extension of eight months in the 10 per cent cut imposed several months ago.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-06-22
REIMBURSEMENT QF LOCAL REGULATIONS
 ASKED AT HEARING
U. s. FISHERIES COMMISSIONER F. T. BELL HELD PUBLIC
 HEARING LAST EVE


 Readjustment of the cloSin g hours for net fisHing at the head of Resurrection Bay to 48 hours, in conformity with those of Prince William Sound, the regulation com. polling nets to be placed 600 feet apart regardless of their direction and a change of the opening date of the fishing season from June 6 to June 1, summarizes the direct requests m de of United States Commissioner Frank T. Bell, at a public hearing held in the local court room at o'clock last even ing.
 While the hearing was oStensib- ly for the purpose of receiving direct requests fro changes as they affect the Resurrection Bay area, Commissioner Bell announced that he wished to hear any suggestions anyone had to offer on the en- tire question of fishing. He an- nounced that he was not here to talk, but to hear the fishermen talk, and to secure all information possible for the purpose of guid- ing him in making regulations governing the season of 1933-34.
 WILL MAKE FEW CHANGES
 Commissioner Bell said he ex- pected to make very few changes, but when rules were finally made and promulgated, he would insist upon them being nnflexibly inn posed.
 It was necessary for the Com missioner to repeat ais request for expressions before the assemblage of some 25 fishermen and business men thawed out.
 AS method of breaking the ice, MT. Bell observed, glancing around at the walls decorated with pic lures of presidents, ranging from Harding to Hoover: 1T feel like I am in the right church but the wrong pew"
 He observed further, in break ing down the stiffness of the hear ing, that as he saw it, We have enough Scandinavians to catch the fish and enough Irish to do the fighting; now it appears we need the Jews to supply some capital so we can proceed to fish Capt. O. A. Johansen opened the testimony for the local situation by questioning the logic of allow !: ing salmon to be gaffed in the streams, during which, he pointed out, many were injured and vast ed, and what amounted to com ] mercialization of the fish followed He pointed to the fact that chill dren of the Jesse Lee Home made heavy inroads on the fish seeking spawning ground, a n d suggested that the Home be compelled to use nets, as the taking of 1000 or more salmon was in reality commercial izing the fish.
 To his representatives of the Home pointed out that due care was used in preventing waste and that all fish taken were eaten in the home.
 Among other suggestions offered as bearing upon the subject of fisheries was that of allowing net ting of predatory fish in lakes and streams. The suggestion was offered that the Bureau of Fisheries pro tect the pioneer whitefish nettel @@r@
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I was not taken up.
 T must take issue wi h the learned gentleman from s e tile when he propounds the poStulate that human beings, some of whom are now in the bread-line, or re- ceiving private assistance, are to be sacrificed to the machine, how ever it might mark modern ad- vancement. We have fair exam pie of the situation in the states where the machine overproduction has wrought havoc. Here it is like the situation facing the President. He wasted no time in academic dis cussionS or formulas. but went to the heart of the question of plac- ing the suffering mass in reach of food and raiment.
 Thus the question here is: Shall we sacrifice human life in preventing the residents of Alaska to earn a living in the fisheries so that the modern machine shall prevail.?"
 CAUSE AND EFFECT
 "Once Prince William Sound was a fertile field for the fishermen" /" said John Colberg, again stepping into the discussion. But now it is all traps. Cook Inlet is the same. Regulations there have driven the hand fisherman out, while traps line the shores like trees. They set such distances for the hand fish erman in relation to traps that it was impossible to fish. Yet trap could shove it's lead out halfway across the Inlet without restric- tions as to length.
 Tn Southeastern Alaska, the PiO- neer company went broke fishing with traps. The bank sent up a man who took hand-caught sal mon. He pulled the company out of a hole, and earned big profits Then they changed again to traps. I understand they are now in des- perate straits"
 My main interest now," said Commissioner Bell, lis with tn e m ter of protecting spawning grounds. am glad to have heard these discussions and opinions be- cause they give me information which will aid me in formulating my policies and regulations. I shall approach the entire matter with sympathy and try to be fair. I wish to say, however, that once rules and regulations have been issued, they will be rigidly enforced re- gardless whom they affect"
 Leon Urbach, president of the Chamber of Commerce, pointed out the model fishermen's paradise at Russian River, and asked the Com missioner to prohibit any net fish ing in lakes or streams to protect this wonderful sporting stream. Accompanying Commissioner Bell are Dr. Miller Rich, ichthenologist and scientist, and L. G.. Wingard, agent of the Bureau of Fisheries in charge of the Alaska division. The party planned to sail Vest ward today where public hearings will be held at all i'm port n l points.
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TO CASH WARRANTS

SEATTLE, June q. - PreSidenl George A. Green, of the Seattle Clearing House Association, an- nounced that city warrants for the next two pay-days would be cashable at all banks. The pay days are June 26 and July TO-
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Stream Warden Christopheron expressed the opinion tn a t the fish in streams could be protected by imposing restriction as to the areas in which gafting could be practiced, and tn a t instead of gaffs, dipnets should be employed.
 Commissioner Bell pointed out that it would be necessary to se- cure an act of Congress to change any of the rules governing the taking of fish in streams.
 LOCAL HANDICAPS
 John Colberg, veteran fisherman, offered the suggestion that instead of the rule requiring nets to be placed 600 feet apart, one calling for 300 feet would serve to allow the fish to escape to the spawning beds; that the peculiarly of the location at the head of the bay prevented complying strictly with the rule. Tn this he was supported by Warden CriStopherson.
 Mayor D. c. Brownell, speaking hypothetically on the fishing ques- tion, sugges ted to Commissioner Bell that the fisheries should be used as an agency to build up Alaska, instead of as as present, being an agency for outside land lords
 T feel that the people have the right to ask and hope for regula- tions which will help AlaskanS in their own economic struggle. said MT. Brownell.
 FISHERIES ATTORNEY PLEADS
 Attorney Ivan Merrick, represent ing the fishing interests of Seat tie, evidently anticipating an at tack upon the large traps, and traps in general, took occasion to enter a plea for the manufacturing industry as controlled and direct ed by the big packers and posses sors of traps.
 MT. Merrick, offered a postulate that his interests would like to see Alaskans own the traps, own the canneries and do the fishing, but: You know some of us, oppose the absentee landlord" he said, and we would like to see the people have fish to eat, and that the people should catch the fish, own the gear, the traps, and the canneries; but it must be kept in mind that to capture and retain markets, the fish must be caught in a manner that guarantees a saleable product. We might go back to the hook and line, but modern progress has brought modern me thods. The hook and line or other obsolete methods would cause the cost of fish to mount so that they could not be sold.
 At present the catch of fish is not sufficient to give each family in the nation one can of salmon each month.
 Here Commissioner Bell m a d e the observation about the Scand- inavians, Irish and Jews as a nec- essary combination to meet the need for producing more fish.
 MT. Merrick's statement respect ing modern machinery drew the fire of c. J. Lincke, who announc- ed at the outset that he had no interest in the fisheries question save as it related in it's economic aspect to the lives of men and women fighting back the wilder ness n d endeavoring to fee d themselves and babies.
 T have heard this postulate ot the relative quality of trap-caught salmon and those taken by net he observed, "and I once asked a proponent of the trap to permit a netted salmon and a trapped sal mon to be canned separately, and allow someone to distinguish be- tu,na,o tho r,,olitv of oithar roath0d
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
D0CT0R.L LACKING
PERMIT JAILED.

Theophilus w. Martin, ,colored,
100 block Eighteenth. st. N. w.,
who was arrested here month
ago after he" had, jumped a $500
bond in Police Court, today was
sentenced to 80 days and 500 fine
or 30 days additional by Judge
Ralph Given, before whom he
pleaded guilty to practicing' 1nedi-
cine without a license, 20 -,
Martin was arrested q, year ago.
but failed to appear when his case
was called March 2, 1882. p. He! was
surrendered to the court again
last month by BondSHt1an NJ. Il,
Buckley and the forfeiture Of bond
was set aside. ..' =,
Assistant U. s. Attorney Michael
F. Keough informed Judge Given
that Martin had pleaded guilty In
District Supreme Court to a charge
Of having committed perjury IN
applying for license. Keogh also
said that another charge may DO
filed, accusing Martin of removing
from the District some medical
equipment he had purchased on q
conditional bill Of sale. He took
it to Haiti and sold it, Keogh
charged. 49,
The Washington times., 1933-02-11

of the press" the other day and
asked the elevator man:
(which way to the subway"
And that's not all. The eleva-
tor man has lot of other stories
about "absent-minded" Congress
men.
For instance, there's the mem.
ber of Congress who asked rather
nonchantly if the House was in
session. He explained he'd been
hunting for a couple of days and
wasn't in touch with things.
And then there are numerous
Representatives who step onto the
elevator on the second floor and
ask to be taken to the House
floor, either unmindful or forget
full of the fact that the second
floor is the House floor.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
BILL INCREASES
AUTHORITY Of
DC. HEADS
Copeland to Abolish Need for
Acts of Congress on
Small Matters

An omnibus bill giving author
ity to District heads to legislate
and regulate small matters which
now require an act of Congress
will be introduced by Senator
Royal S. Copeland CD of New
York, member of the Senate
District Committee, he said today.
Asserting that it is positively
ridiculous" that Congress must
legiSlate on minor regulatory mat
ters, the New York Senator said
his bill would confer additional
authority on the District Com
missioners and other department
heads, such as the health officer.
Grave Incident Cited
The question arose over a bill
recently reported by the District
Committee, which authorized re-
moval of a body from one grave
to another. Anent this subject,
Senator Copeland said that such
matters should be acted on by
the health officer.
Paving of streets, opening or
closing of streets, building sewers
and other such minor matters
need not be referred to Congress,
he said.
Officials Not To Blame
Complaint by citizens that the
District heads are slow to act on
these matters should not be di-
rected at District officials, he
said. but rather to the laws which
make it necessary to have an act
of Congress before they may act.
Similar legislation was intro
duced some time ago by Senator
William H. King CD of Utah,
but did not receive the approval
of Congress.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11

in New Orleans.
81 was sorry to learn from your
column, " he writes, "of the death of
Capt. George Peters Lee, of Memphis. !"
l had suggested that all those COM
posers who had written popular songs
about the Mississippi and its boats
ought to write a requiem for this last
of great line. Mr. Bradford cor
rects me, a little.
THE Tin Pan Alley song writers"
ne says, who sing of the Mississippi
River and its heroes could do with
some additional information, It might
eliminate such an absurdity as crept
into Irving Berlin's Waiting for the
Robert E. Lee, which boat Mr.. Berlin
alleges to have run in old Ala
bammy,' It ran only on the Missis-
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
DUE
Il POLICE

Civil Service certifications for
II police promotions, expected at
Police Headquarters Monday, au'
thorize permanent appointment
of a captain, four lieutenants
and six Sergeants.
Most of the ranks will be
merely confirmed, as acting in
cumbents are already holding the
vacancies and are among those
eligible for permanent appoint
ment.
Among those expected to be
certified is Acting Capt. Milton
D. Smith of the Traffic Bureau,
who was given his rank tenn
porarily following retirement of
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. GlasSford
as superintendent.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
GAS TAX RAISE
MOVE RAPED

Protest against proposals to
raise the gasoline tax in the Dis
trict of Columbia l cent a gallon
because the rates are higher in
Maryland and Virginia" was voiced
today by the American Automobile
Association division here.
1t was pointed out that on the
basis of mileage of roads to be
built and maintained, the District
tax is four times as great per mile
as the Maryland tax, and 10 times
that of Virginia.
The District tax provides $2,7O0
per mile for all streets and roads,
as against $219 per mile through
the scent Virginia tax, and $64O
per mile under the Accent Mary
land tax.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
7 AXt MYSTERY
CLEARED UP

Mystery surrounding abandon.
ment Of a shattered, blood.bespat.
tered taxi on Mt. Vernon high.
way early yesterday is believed
solved today following the arrest
of Jesse Roundy, of the 200 block
Pennsylvania Ave. N. w.
Located by Park Police Sergt.
R. B. Jenkins, Roundy said he
had been invited to ride to Rich
mond by Samuel L. Bradeen, of
the 100 block Pennsylvania Ave.
N. w., Thursday night. Miss
Hilda Kline, address unknown,
accompanied them.
The three started back to
Washington after having a few
drinks with friends. Bradeen
and Miss Kline quarreled, Roundy
told police. She was attempting
to climb from the front seat to
the back WIDEN the car, operated
by Bradeen, swerved from the
highway and crashed into a pole.
Although the car, listed to
George MandeS, Of the 140O block
of Taylor st. N. w., was damaged
and the occupants injured, they
drove to the Richmond Memorial
Hospital. .....
Roundy was returning the cab
to Washington, he said, when he
ran out of gas and abandoned
II
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
10000 Herring Eggs
Hatching, Refuse
To Wait Mar. 4

What had been expected to
be big inaugural Matching
of herring eggs went awry here
yesterday when 100000 eggs
began to hatch nearly three
weeks ahead of schedule.
Fred Orsinger, director of
the Bureau of Fisheries OBJ
tained the eggs from Lake On
tario, expecting them to hatch
March 4. Now, however, the
eggs are bursting forth all
over the Commerce Building
aquarium and by the end of the
next week will all be Matched.
The young fish will be placed
in the Potomac River as soon
as they have attained a 3-inch
length.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
RTRA|LED
IN SNOW AND
CAPTURED
Alleged Purse SnatCher Held
on SIeuth's Information;
Morphine Stolen

An alleged purse-snatcher is
held by police today because a
determined citizen trailed the sus-
pect through the snowstorm last
night after Miss Blanche Healey,
of the Ambassador apartments
had been robbed.
Miss Healey was walking on
Sixteenth Street Northwest near
her home when a colored man
grabbed her purse and fled. H.
P. Spears, of the 400 block Ninth
st. N. W., a witness, trailed the
robber through the snow. Acting
on his information, Policeman H.
S. Montgomery arrested Howard
Dawson, colored, 80. of the 1900
block of Fifteenth st. N. w.
Warehouse Robbed
Jimmy thieves last night broke
into the warehouse of Guy Cur
ran and Company, 800 block
Ninth st. N. W.. and stole 81 in
stamps. Recently a futile at
tempt to rob the same office was
made.
Twenty tablets of morphine
and a hypodermic needle were
among articles lost by DR.. George
K. Nutting, 1900 block Twentieth
St. N. W., when a thief broke
into his automobile parked in
front of his home.
$500 Theft at School
Professor Charles Merry said
two microscopes valued at 1920
were stolen yeterday from a
locker room at George Washing
ton University.
Lloyd j. Dickerson, University
of Maryland student, is minus
the highly priced IN" he won
for athletic prowess after thief
robbed his car parked at Fiji
teenth and R Streets Northwest
late yesterday. A sweater bear
ing the athletic emblem, a pair
of knickerbockerS, a notebook,
and other articles we're taken.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
1884 RATES GUT
On D. {. WATER

A 10 per cent curtailment in
water rates during the 1884 fiscal
year is made in the District sup
ply bill introduced today in the
House.
The District subcommittee of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee recommends that the Dis
trict Commissioners be empowered
to allow a discount of 10 per cent
on the amount of any bill for
water charges made with IS days
after it's rendition.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
SURPLUS MAKES
UNNECESSARY.
ANY RISE
Nebraskan Opposes Report on
1884 Supply Bill; Ex.,
plains His Stand ,-f*

Charges that District property
holders are being taxed in excess
of the amount needed to oper-
ate the city government were
made today by Representative
Robert G.. Simmons (R0, Ne
braSka. ....
Simmons, former chairman Of
the House appropriations. subcom-
mittee for the District and at
present a minority member; made
the statement coincident with
the introduction Of the 1884 Dis
trict supply bill. ......
Simmons said:
81 have had NO part in the
preparation Of this report. I
regret that I cannot join in IL.
1 am not In accord with a num-
Der Of its proposals.. Il men
tiOn only two.
"The report shows a prob
able surplus Of several millions
Of dollars unobligated in the
District Treasury. Assuming
that the bill makes; adequate
provision for the fiscal needs
of the District. it then becomes
apparent that the District prop
efty owner Is being taxed In
excess Of the amount needed to
operate the city government; II
that is true, the committee
should recommend q reduction
Of tangible. personal and real
estate taxes. But i'm the face
ORA surplus Of several nlillions
Of dollars, the committee recon-
InendS an increase Of intangible
property. taxes Of 20 per cent.
I cannot justify Increased taxes
with an ,unObligated surplus in
the Treasury. ~ ;,
''The increased taxes, are TO
pay the cost Of unempIOyme1it
relief. The COMMITTEE. how
ever, recommends the elimina-
tiOn Of approximately $1,000.
600 Of construction work en-
highways, sewers and other;
classes Of work where hand L.
bor Is a material part Of the
cost" I cannot justify the elimi.
nation OF items that will, u
left in the bin, create employ.
ment and at thu" same time
levy increased taxes to provide
unemployment relief" -.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
Civic Group Wants
COage Kept. in office

Retention Of Jefferson Coage as
District Recorder Of Deeds under
the incoming Democratic Admin.
iStration was urged by the, East
Central Civic Association meeting
last night at the Dunbar High
School.
The association also went on
record favoring the establishing
Of a public library branch in the
Deanwood section. 'i