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The Nome daily nugget., 1935-07-16
Harlem's Negroes
 Banding Together
 To Help Ethiopia
(By The Associated Press)


 NEW YORK, July 16, The war drums of Ethiopia echoed tonight in the streets of Harlem, largest urban negro district in the world.
 Recruits to aid the cause of Elm peror Halle SelaSsie were being re- cruited by the hundreds on LenoX Avenue street corners; mass meet ings were being held to organize nursing and medical corps, and one negro auxiliary planned to provide every barefoot Abyssinian warrior with a pair of shoes.
 Dusky members of the Black Le- zion" in binding green shirts, Sam NBrowne belts, grey brooches and white sun helmets swaggered thru the streets discussing their project ed training camps near Montrose. N. Y.
 An aviation unit, signal corps, and a full regiment of infantry was to be formed among the legion's 1900 members. Every one in per- feet physical trim to withstand the rigors of the African desert oti cials boasted Thousands of poten- tial Ethiopian defenders have been signed up by five or six militant agencies in the past week. The on- ly difficulty is that none has re- ceived official recognition as re- cruiting office from the Legion of Abyssinia'.
 International law prohibits enlist ment of troops on foreign soil But that was no deterrent to the Mon day night excitement in Harlem.
 Defend Ethiopia against the Ital- ian mad man" proclaimed one screaming poster, while in the halls of the Chamber of Commerce, a fiery mass meeting was in progress dir ected by Samuel Daniels. president of the Pan-African reconstruction association. We already have 700 men and 50 nurses and Is doctors signed up," Daniels shouted, and we did that in a single week.
 Every black woman should be knitting something for an Ethiopian soldier right now. Ethiopia is the last stronghold of African indepen- dence and is now being threatened by the domineering Italian War lord.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-07-16
Valley Refused To Testify in kidnap
 Trial Behalf Wife
(Ry The -Associated Pressl

VI1N TTN A''' I''VIVF N''o1
 SEATTLE, July 15-Harmon M. Valley refused to testify in behalf of his wife it was charged by John F. Dore, Chief Counsel for the de- fense of Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, who was convicted at Tacoma of kid naping George Weyerhaeuser, 9. Dore said Valley who was brought from prison to testify said he had not slept the previous night and re- fused to take the stand because he was afraid he would be nervous.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-07-16
MILK-FRESH-MILK
DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH

Dieticians contend that fresh milk contains mere nourishment than any other known food, It has no sub stitute.
 Our cows are selected from the best dairy stock on the Pacific Coast -tubercular tested and approved be- fore being shipped.
 We deliver at your hOme-Office or store; in quarts-pints-Or half pints. Phone your orders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
PASTORS DELAY
BEER PLEA

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 29.-Action by the Arl'
ington county ministerial union
to have the sale Of beer stopped
in Arlington county at the same
hour it is stopped in Washington
was delayed last night when only
a few of the members attended
the special meeting called to dis
cuss the issue.
The Rev. Clark w. Main, secre'
tary of the union, explained to-
day that ATTENDANCE was light be-
cause many of the members were
away on vacations. The plan will
not be dropped, however, but
simply delayed for a few weeks
until the other ministers have re
turned, he added.
Original plans were to adopt q
resolution requesting the county
board to seek relief in the situa
ton from the State Alcoholic Con
troll Board, to be presented tomor'
row at its regular meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
TAX IS LEVIED
ON PAYR0LLS
IN CAPITAL
Local Government Due
To Add to Fund to
Pay Unemployed

President Roosevelt today signed
the unemployment compensation
bill for the District of Columbia,
as passed by Congress in its clos
ing days.
The measure 1evies payroll tax
on all employers of one or more
persons to establish a fund from
which to pay benefits of not to
exceed SIS a week to layed-off
workers, for 16 weeks each year.
The payroll tax, as established
by Congress, will be one per cent
in 1886, two per cent in 1887, and
three per cent thereafter, except
that after four years, the tax rates
may be raised to four per cent
or lowered to one and a half per
cent, according to the degree to
which each employer stabilizeS
employment.
D. C. Contributes
The District government Is to
make lump sum contributions
totalling 100000 during the first
three years, after which Congress
will decide whether further con
tributions from the city are neces-
sary to augment the payroll tax.
Before passage of the measure
in either chamber of the Con-
gress there had been a widespread
movement to have employees as
well as their employers share in
the contribution to the general
fund from which workers could
draw in time Of unemployment.
EmplOye Tax Beaten
This plan, however, ultimately
was defeated with the result that
only employers and the District
Government will share the
burden.
Federal and District employees
are not eligible for the benefits
of the unemployment insurance
plan, nor will domestic workers
share in it's benefits.
In most of the States with un-
employment insurance systems,
both worker and employer con-
tribute to the general fund.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
BY PAUL A. CONLIN

Variations on minor themes
featured today's rendition of the
Treasury Departments operetta,
Whose Phoney Is Who?"
For the third time on any stage,
today'S performance was pre-
Sented under the baton of E. b.
Russell, guest conductor in the
absence of Maestro Herbert Z.
CASTOR, chief of the Treasury
occasionally off-key publicity
choir. A program note explained
that Professor CASTOR is engaged
in a series Of Midwest concerts.
AS in Mondays and Tuesdays
performances, the characters re.
main essentially the same. Sec.
rotary Morgenthau is the country
SquirD business man, eager for a
spell up FiShkill way. Frank A.
Bergfeld is still the obliging, but
perhaps not-too-observant chief
clerk of the Treasury Department.
And the spear carriers and first,
second, third and fourth guards
of the watch are again in the
capable hands of the Morgenthau
chauffeur, the Fishkill storekeeper
and certain anonymous (by cour.
teSy of the Treasury Department.
Secret Service men.
The plot, too, remains virtually
unchanged. It was the additions
and subtle readings of the score
by Acting Conductor Russell that
interested the critics.
The first act opened with Secre-
tary Morgenthau and his retinue
ready to set off for the country
estate at Fishkill. There is bust
ness of examining wallet. What,
caught short? Well, Chief Clerk
Bergfeld usually has plenty on
hand for just such emergencies.
A check is written, a flunkey dis
patched and the check has been
turned into legal tender from the
Bergfeld private stock. Many
thanks; bags are shouldered and
the curtain falls.
The second act opens with a
scene at the Fishkill country
store, where auto accessories are
now carried, along with crackers,
staples and fishing tackle. 1t is
here that Assistant Maestro Fus'
Sell has made a slight alteration
in the score. The Morgenthau
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Ken Murray
SAYS:

Did you hear about the radio
networks issuing an order to
their orchestra leaders to find
some new way Of addressing
their audiences, other than
Ladies and Gentlemen?".
There's a fine hOwdy do.
OF course, after listening to
the remarks Of some of those
radio fans, when they hear the
same tune played a hundred
times a night. maybe the Off
Gals know whereof they speak.
But, regardless, We listeners
ought to demand that somebody
on the radio address us as,
Ladies and Gentlemen"...
Those annOuncers who adver.
tise the product always talk to
us as if we were children.
so REMEMBER:
In the future, If you hear
yourself addressed as, "LadieS
and Gentlemen. You know
the announcer is making q mis-.
take.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Q: Whose PhOney?'
Or Funny Money

chauffeur drives UP and pur.
chases groceries instead Of gaSo-
line as in the first two per-
formances-reports to the con-
trary.
But the Storekeeper remains as
alert and refuses the preferred
$40 bill on the grounds that it
is counterfeit-or in the quaint
language of Fishkill, a phoney.
The chauffeur twirls his mus
tachios, recalls that Secretary
Morgenthau-of the United States
Treasury, mind you-has given
him the suspected piece Of
paper. He grinds his teeth, and
as the curtain falls, drives off
in all directions.
It was in the third act, that
Conductor RUSSELL combines Incl
dents from each of the two previ-
GUS renditions. The scene is the
return of the phoney twenty to
Washington. In the first per-
Torrance, Secretary Morgenthau
himself had been the bearer of
the unsavory currency. In the
second, Secret Service men had
been it's cuStodianS.
Mr.. Russell compromised today
and let both the Secretary and
the Secret Service men fight for
it. AS one critic was overheard
to say, 1.-THE contrapuntal effects
were truly unique"
In the second scene of the third
act, the wandering but spurious
twenty is again given to Chief
Clerk Bergfeld with a request for
four IS bills in change. At the
first performance, Secretary Nor
genthau made the request. At the
second showing the request was
made by Chief Moran's operatives,
who had left their Fishkill dis
guises back at the general store
and were respondent in city
clothes.
Baton-weilder Russell today
stuck to the second version and
it was the Secret Service men
who asked for the change.
The grand finale Of the spec
tacle remained identical with the
prior conclusions Secretary. Nor
genthau reimburseS the chief
clerk, and admits that he's stuck
with the phoney.
| But as a superadded attraction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Physicist
Joins 6. W. j. Staff

Edward Teller, young Hunga'
rian theoretical physicist, until
recently engaged in research at
the University of London, will be
visiting professor of physics at
George Washington University
during the coming school year
it was announced today.
DR.. Teller's work will compile
ment that Of DR.. George Ga
NOW, professor Of theoretical
physics, who came to the uni
versity last year from the In
stitute of Science at Leningrad
In addition to teaching several
courses, DR.. Teller will give q
series Of public lectures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
PLANE TO FLY
M|NUSW|NGS,
PROPELLER
Revolving Cylinders on
Caldwell Craft Are
Aided By Vanes

COLLEr E PARK, Aug. 90.
With construction Of his flying
machine rapidly nearing compile,
ton, Jonathan E. Caldwell yes
terday made public, for the first
time, his invention Of a new type
of aircraft, which, according to
him, will rise and descend yer.
tically, and does not use either
propellers or wings. He expects to
have arrangements com p lie t d
shortly, and plans to make a trial
flight in the ship early next week.
In the interview yesterday,
Caldwell stated that the flying
principle, upon which his plane
operates, is entirely different from
any in use in air transportation
unlike the modern plane,
which operates on the kite prin-
ciple, my ship works on the
principle of bird.flight, a branch
of aerodynamicS that has been
neglected since the Wright
Brothers perfected the kite
principle ship.
GRAVITATTONAL IDEA
"In the modern airpIane, both
lifting and prOpelling forces are
produced mechanically. In bird
flight, mechanical force is used
for lifting purposes only. Crawl
tatiOn provides the prOpelling
power"
The plane now nearing compile.
ton consists of two long cylinders
longitudinally in opposite direc.
tons and which carry a cylindri'
cal cabin between them.
Each cylinder has three vanes
running parallel along the sides
Of the cylinder. These vanes open
when at the top Of the cylinder
to form wing chamber which de.
fleets the flow of air upward over
the plane. The vacuum thus
formed is supposed to provide the
lifting force.
Small GaS.USer
Propulsion is gained through
gravitational force diverted for
ward by the cylinder surfaces
The plane is powered with a two
cylinder motorcycle engine.
Caldwell also stated:
even if this model proves un.
successful, 1 know my principle
to be sound. Preliminary tests
on this ship have given satisfac-
tory results and they have been
supported by extensive wind
tunnel tests on small models at
the Guggenheim School Of Aero
nauticS.
81 believe this plane can be
built to retail at less than a
thousand dollars for a two or
three passenger job and that it
win consume an unbelievably
small amount Of gas"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
WATER FUNDS
SOUGHT FOR
SUBURBS
Sanitary Commission
Seeks $500, 900 From
WPA and PWA

The Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission, supplying nearby
Maryland with water, today be-
gan discussing with State WP.A
and PWA officials a 100000
building program to be financed
with Federal funds.
The PWA portion would total
$400, 900 and include an extension
of the Rock Creek trunk sewer
to serve Wodmont, KenSington,
North Chevy Chase; North Wood
side and Forest Glen in Mont
gomery county; an extension of
the Northeast branch trunk sewer
to serve East Hyattsville, the east
side of Hyattsville, and Riverdale;
a connection of the water line
between Montgomery county at
Seeks Corner and Berwyn.
The WPA portion of 100000
would provide large group Of
miscellaneous connections and
elimination Of dead ends.
Robert B. Morse, engineer for
the commission, was to confer
with State relief heads in Balti-
more today in an attempt to map
procedure for the applications.
Although a large amount of de-
tail work, such as construction
estimates, have yet to be laid out,
the commission indicated a puc-
pose to push its plans as rapidly
as possible.
The Rock Creek work will "clean
up" that project, according to the
engineers, while the Northeast
work will be an extension to the
BladenSburg sewer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Gas Attendant Robbed

After striking Benjamin Shoe
maker with a flaShlight, a colored
robber took $27.0s from the cash
register in the gasoline station at
1899 Renning Rd. N. E., yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Mother Asks Police
ToHe|p Find Son, 40

Mrs. Bessie Kennedy, 5605
Chevy Chase Parkway, last night
appealed to police for aid in
locating her son, Benton Ken
nedy, 40, who has been missing
from home since Tuesday. Mrs.
Kennedy told police she feared
some harm may have befallen her
son,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Missing Girl Of 20
Is Found in Detroit

Reported missing ten days ago,
Miss Mary Elizabeth French, 20,
of Alban Towers, 37O0 Massachu.
sets Ave. N. w., has been found
in Detroit, police announced last
night. When she disappeared, her
aunt, Miss Henrietta French, said
she was a victim of nervous
breakdown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
3Cases Of Whistles
Stolen From Truck

John Wright, of Swedensboro,
N. j., driver for the Eastern and
Southern Transfer Company Of
that city. reported to police today
that while his truck was parked
in a garage in the 1000 block in
Eighth st. N. W., someone stole
from it three cases Of assorted
WHISTLES valued at $40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29

today, it was revealed that the
Chief Clerk always gets his SAC
commodation" money from the
same bank. It's identity is natu.
rally known. And the audience
departed humming the old per-
sonal property theme song:
Whose Phoney Is Who?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Woman Is Injured
In Painting Spell

Mrs. Addie Gutshall, 38, 5000
block of Prospect Ave. N. w., SUI
fered severe head injuries when
she tainted yesterday at Fifth and
K SITS. N. w. Her head struck a
curbing when she fell. She is in
Casualty Hospital,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
Dorothy Round Out

Dorothy Round, Of England, viii
not compete in our national cham
pionships this year because, on her
last time over, tennis officials
tried to prevail on her to play on
a Sunday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29
KiWanis Club Meets

Today at 1890 o'clock the
Kiwanis Club of washington will
hold its regular luncheon at the
Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29

About 40 Boy Scouts from the
Philippine Islands had a swell
time at the dinner the Philip
pine Commissioner. Francesca
A. Delgado, gave them. Prob
ably a lot more fun than they
would have had in a Jamboree
tent on the Potomac River.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-29

A little Irish influence in the
Department of Interiors report
on motor fuel: Barring unfore.
seen developments in September,
gasoline consumption should
continue to exceed expecta-
tons" Translated: The De-
partment expects a larger con
sumption than it expects"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
US. COURT RULES SEND RATS" TOI
 FISHERMEN MA Y|RAT ISL ANDS Isl SHARE PROCEEDS | ATTEST SCHEME
Army Officer Proposed e d Putting Criminals in lso-
 lated Spotsin Aleutians

BALTIMORE, April 23. = Send rats to rat islands" is the crime correction program to be suggest ed soon to Attorney General Hom- CT S. Cummings. By rats" Col. C. A. Seone, originator of the plan, means gangsters, habitual crim- inals and parolees who commit new crimes. Islands to which they would be sent are isolated far out in the Aleutian group where, he. asserted, escape is impossible.
 Col Seone is Signal Officer of the Third Corps Area. Penology is his hobby. He plans to submit his proposal to Cummings in the near future. Criminals would be given freedom of the islands and would be required to provide their own sustenance through their own en- deavors. He said they could fish and also raise sheep and goats and rehabilitation would be achieved. making the prisoners eligible to transfer to islands nearer the mainland after two years on the rat" group. After seven years on the near islands they could be transferred to the Territory of AL aska, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
il MEN PLACED UNDER ARREST,
 TANKER STRIKE
Dynamite Terror Campaign Is Reported to Have
 Been Nipped

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 23. The police today began an in- vestigation of a marine labor af- filiation of eleven men and by whose arrest at Modesto they claim to have baked "a dynamite terror campaign against the Standard Oil Company.
 Preceding the arrest of the men, the police seized a dozen sticks of dynamite and they link the incl dent with the oil tanker strike.
 Following the arrests. members of the Special Mediation Board ex- pressed the hope the strike will end by the end of this week.
 The District Attorney said sev- eral of the eleven men arrested confessed to plans to blow up the Standard Oil property near Pat terson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
Silence to Greet Long
 e On Tirades
Democratic Leaders Adopt New Policy Regarding
 Senator's Assaults

WASHINGTON, April zS.-Demo- cratic leaders of the Senate have decided to apply the silent treatment to Senator Huey P. Long who cut loose with new assault in which he flung such words as cinch bug at Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, and ignoramus at Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace.
 After experiencing some difficulty of mental strain in remaining in their seats, the Democratic Senators reached the conclusion that better results will be obtained by silence rather than returning shot for shot.
 Senator Long voiced the threat to take Louisiana out of the tax-paying Union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
TR0LLERS FACE
 NEW ACTION OF
 BUYERS OF FISH
Eight Per Cent to Be De duced for Heads, Two
 Per Cent for Ice

SEATTLE, Apri 23. -Movin g quickly in new controversy which threatens to tie-up the salmon troll ing industry of the North Pacific, Wood Freeman, Manager of the Trolling Vessels Association called yesterday for a vote of fishermen Of the Neah Bay, the central point in the Western Washington fishing
 The action followed the ruling of buyers, effective yesterday, to de- duct eight percent of the weight for heads and two percent for ice on all salmon bought in the future
 Two trollers refused to sell under the newly imposed conditions.
 Should the Neah Bay trollers re- fuse to accept the cut, Freeman said they will then take up the question with the British Columbia trollers.
 This move comes at a bad time, ? said Freeman, "as the majority of the fishermen are not making ex- penses now as fish are scarce and prices low, while costs of supplies have increased considerably
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
Decision Based on Case In. volving lo33 Contract
 in Bristol Bay Area

PORTLAND, April 23.-Federal Judge James Alfer Fee has ruled that fishermen hired by canning companies in the United States are entitled to share in the pro ceeds from fish caught in Alaskan waters and delivered to Alaskan canneries by Alaskan fishermen. The decision will affect large number of cannery employees sign- ed in the United States for the 1883 season and involves large sum. of money.
 The case was brought by Martin T. Olson and a group of other fishermen against Libby. McNeill and Libby. The contract signed in 1883 stated that seamen and fish ermen signed in the United States to work in Bristol Bay should share in one third of the price paid for fish transferred to the Bristol Bay cSnnery from other sources in the years prior to 1883. Alaskan boat owners not under contract to the company and workmen signed in the United States to process the fish transferred to the cannery from Alaskan boats shared in the proceeds in 1883. However, the company placed Alaskan fishermen under contract and took the posi- tion that workmen signed in the United States should not share in proceeds from fish caught by Al askans. Judge Fees ruling over threw that contention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
LONGSHOREMAN IS
 STRICKEN BY DEATH

Frank Mckinley, about 65, a longshoreman, was found dead in his cabin on Willoughby Avenue this afternoon, apparently the vic- tim of a heart attack, according to pr. w. J. B. McAulifse, who was summoned. F. Fagerson, who owns the cabin in which Mckinley lived, said he had been here for long time but was not known to have any relatives. The Marshaps office was making an investigation this afternoon. The body was being re- moved to the Juneau Young Under taking establishment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
CLIPPER SHIP
 IS RETURNING
 TO CALIFORNIA
Pan American Craft Now on w ay Ba k from
 Trail Blazing Flight

ALAMEDA, Cal, April 23.-Head- winds has slowed the Pan-Amer- ican clipper down to 85 miles an hour, its crew reports.
 The clipper was reported to be flying into 34-mile an hour head wind 1,400 miles out of Honolulu at 6 o'clock this morning on the return flight to this port.
 The clipper left Pearl Harbor at 5:59 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Pacific Time.
 The clipper made the flight blaz- ing the route for the United States to China air service for the Pan- American.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-23
30 BEAVER SKINS
 SEIZED AT CRAIG

Seizure of 30 beaver skins from Gus Starklof, Craig fur dealer, on charges of illegal possession is re- ported to the Alaska Game Com mission here by E. M. Goddard, game warden at Ketchikan. Stark lof is alleged to have taken 40 beaver himself, far more than the limit. The dealer claims some na- tives took the beaver for him, all ut 10 which he is allowed.
 The wire from Goddard to Frank Dufresne, Assistant Executive Off, cer, did not give all the details of the case.