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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18

Lode ana pzacer .ScatIon notices for sale at The Empire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
LILLE STRIKE
 SETTLED;bLUM
 IS NEC0TIAT0R
Workers Are Given Wage Increase-Other Con-
 sessions Made

PARIS, Sept. l8.-The Lille tex tile strike, the largest of the wide spread wave, has been settled after laborious negotiations in winch So- cialist Premier Leon Blum acted as peace maker.
 Other disturpa nces however threatened to disrupt French work CTS.
 The Lille textile workers won the flight for wage increases and also other concessions were made. It is intimated the workmen will return to the factories at once.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
Sheriff Seeks Man With
 A Gold Tooth

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Sept. 18-- Sheriff Scott Curtis received the following post Card mes...ge from McRae, Ark:
 Dear Sir want you to see if you can find J. E. Hollis for me and if you can see what he anne to do want him to get my Devorse if he diden anne to stay with me and make me a liven. We ben mared years and he haven't stad with me over 6 months we was up tire a bot week a zoe if he don't anne to get my De- vors anne to sue him in bot I Week. He got Red Hare Light cam plecken got gole tooth uper on the Tit sid of his moth and he bot 5 feet 8 inch hith and way a bot 135 lb."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
B.M.BEHRENDS CO.,. Inc.
 uneuus Leading Department Store wrw s~esz <.

200 inch telescope, if California Institute of Technology officials have their way.
 The Palomar site in the noun tains 50 miles northeast of here was chosen partly because of it's isolation. The Institutes observatory council anticipates, however, that camps and resorts will spring up near Mount Palomar when the big telescope is put in use. and has asked the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to establish a zone of three miles about the observatory in which no clusters of bright lights will be permitted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
WEATHER CONCEPTIONS AT A. M

hetcnlkan raining temperature alng 53 Petersburg raining Stka 5l eadove showers 5o Skagway Soapsone Point missing Yakuat raining 50 Cordova 4o Mccarthy cloudy 4 Anchorage 40 Fairbanks cloudy A. Nenana raining 45 Ruby cloudy 4 Nulato cloudy 4S Crooked Creek cloudy ST; partly cloudy 46
 WSA1sIER SYNOPSIS
 Low aska the Mackenzie Valley of the North Pacific Ocean, there being St. Paul Island the lowest reported ce while the second storm where 2958 reported High pressure prevailed thence southweswad to the distribution aska and by fair weather West Coast States
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
Warlt NeiU Governor

MANILA, P. l., Sept. 18-Assad Usman, influential Moro of Sulu, has asked the Philippine Commonwealth secretary of the interior to name a Moro Governor to rule over that province, saying many Moros are dissatisfied with the administration of the American Governor of Sulu, James R. Fugate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
STRIKES SPREAD

PARIS Sept. IS. = Spreading strikes paralyzed the cotton mills this afternoon in Vosges region. Northwestern France.
 Thirty thousand men are idle in the vicinity of Epinal. it is also re- ported
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18

EmDire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
Church Group Cooks
 to Earn More Money

LEHIGH, Ia, Sept 18.-The Lad ies Aid Society of the Christian Church here found new way of making money - feeding threshing crews in the church basement
 In two weeks they served dinner to g different crews, averaging as high as three crews totaling 45 men, some days
 Net result-s9l 90 in the societys treasury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
Baby Scorns 

LORAIN Ia., Sept. 18.-Thirteen- months-old Donnie Dorsey learned to walk and liked it so well he refused to ride in his carriage. Now he pushes it himself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18

North Carolina tobacco farmers used sawdust during the 1886 dry months as mulch for keeping soil cool and damp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
Seek Ban on Lights
 Near Giant Telescope

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. 18.- Clusters of lights will be prohibited within three mile radium of Palo- mar observatory, home of the giant
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18
SUICIDE LIST
 IS INCREASING

BUDAPEST, Sept. 18-New figures reveal 2,883 suicides in Hungary in 1884, compared to yearly average of 2,556 in 1926 to 193O.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18

Mrs. w. L. Campbell, of Atlanta owns 26-year-old canary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-09-18

Many of the old Japanese sword makers have turned from making high class swords to the production of table knives, forks and other cutlery products.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

the public as Every remarkable books.
The critic says concerning the two:
"A remarkable novel is a great event
for English society. 1t is kind of COM
mon friend about whom people can
speak the truth without fear of being
compromised, and confess their emo
tions without being ashamed. We SIM
ply discuss Jane Eyre and Becky
Sharp and our object is answered
at once.
The many other volumes in the
Alexandria periodical collection con-
tain excerpts equally as interesting
and noteworthy. 1t is a collection of
merit to its former day, a valuable
record and of historical significance
to its present generation.
At present the entire old book COL
lection, as well as a modern circulat-
ing collection, is housed in the Lee
Camp Hall, in Alexandria, Va, as the
Alexandria Library. The Library As
sociation has offered to turn the books
and the library endowment fund to
the city, provided the city will put
up the cost of maintenance for op-
Grafton as a city library. Further
action has been delayed until the new
city council comes into ofiice in the
Fail
Evening star., 1936-08-30

SURF riding here has been criticized
in certain quarters as being q
trife dangerous, due to an extremely
strong undertow. However, a strong
personal conviction, based on long Pc
RODS Of frolics in the Virginia Beach
waves. is hereby rendered to the effect
that few places on the entire Atlantic
Coast offer more sheer fun in the
matter of bathing. Granted. Of course,
that you happen to be fairly strong
swimmer and know how to take the
breakers.
On your return journey try to spend
at least a half hour at Newport News
and also at Old Point Comfort. Map
shows you how to reach these points.
Newport News, tradition tells us, is
the place where the discouraged colo
nists, following the starving time" Of
l609-10, first received word of the ar
rival of Capt Newport with supplies
and additional settlers and returned
to jamestown to carry the good tidings.
From then on the colony grew and to-
day the city boasts Of the worlds
greatest shipbuilding plant.
Old Point Comfort, where Fort Mon
roe is situated, is the site Of the oldest
fortifications in English-speaking
America. In 1909 Fort Algernourne
was established here and many times
rebuilt. The present construction
honors the name of James Monroe
who was President at the time Of the
forts last rebuilding.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

and Richmond. Next follow route 2
to Fredericksburg and from there route
/ back to Washington.
Virginia Beach is generally hailed
as one of the finest of the Middle At
lantic all-year round Fairgrounds.
Surf bathing is possible for seven
months of the year. There's excellent
salt and fresh water fishing in season.
There are few better hunting grounds
in the MidSouth and virtually every
variety of ocean sport is available.
This famous resort takes in close to
3 miles of coast line. The easiest way
to describe it is TO say that the resort
Is remindful Of Ocean City, Md, but
impresSes you as being quite q lot
bigger. However. there are certain
outstandinging differences, one being
that the boardwalk is made of con-
crete. Furthermore, there are not 50
many large hotels; most Of the guests
stay at good-sized cottages or ROOM
ing houses that are supplied with very
fine accommodations.
Rates are about the same as at
other outstanding Atlantic Coast play
ground areas. In other words, you can
figure on paying anywhere from 81 a
head up for a one-night stopover, the
price depending on location and
amount Of service rendered. Food Is
almost anywhere, whether you eat at
sumptuous or small restaurant. Fried
chicken and Virginia baked ham are
especially tasty.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

name may be-S the garret of the
State, War and Navy Building. He
was alone in the room at the time,
giving his all to the task Of conquer
ing Germany, when he suddenly be-
came conscious that he was whistling.
Then, terrified, he became conscious
of what he was whistling. 1t was
THE Vaterland." Dug up out Of the
memory Of glee club days.
TREMBLING, he got up, walked to
the door, looked cautiously up and
down the corridor. No one had heard
him. Seal breathed the deep. re-
lieved sigh of a man who suddenly
knew he was not to face firing squad
In the morning.
There was one other thing about
that experience which Seal never will
forget. His job was to file the eff
cheney ratings Of naval officers. In
itself, the task presented no inherent
difficulties, but the succession Of OIL
GERS who were Seals chiefs made it
as hard as possible.
Every new man changed the system
of his predecessor to the extent Of
having the last rating report filed on
| top II it had heretofore been filed on
the bottom: or from bottom to top If
Seal had been doing it the other way.
Just when he was about to be choked
to death by the red tape wrapped
around his job. he was assigned to
Annapolis to take a six weeks course
designed to turn him into ferocious
ensign. Three hundred and fifty took
the examination with 81 scheduled
to pass. Seal, he tells you himself,
finished q snappy sixty-seventh.
He was pretty futile about carrying
out his first order as a naval officer
One Of group Of l3 ensigns assigned
to Bremerton Navy Yard, he was told
to get out there, don full dress and
report at once to the Admiral. Seal
and his dozen companions, wearing
swords and looking very ornate, took
the first ferry across to the navy
yard the morning they landed. Never
were 13 ensigns so bent upon meeting
one Of the Nays higher-ups. but
their collective determination was as
nothing compared with that of the
first higher officer "a man many
leagues this side of an admiraD they
met.
He put us to work at once" says
Seal. And, to this day, I never have
seen that admiral"
THE war ended shortly thereafter
and Seal went to the Near East
to do relief work.
After his discharge from the Navy,
he returned here to his Public Health
Service job, Georgetown and Virginia
Thompson, now Mrs. Seal.
This sketch Of his career makes no
mention Of Seals athletic prowess.
That's Seals own fault. His only
claim to recognition in that particular
field is being the worst golfer who
ever smacked a ball purchased with
money paid as a salary by the District
treasury.
He says so, himself.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
RECALLS OLD COLUMBIAN
COLLEGE.

"The Army and Navy Club.
Washington.
August 9, 1886.
"Mr. John Clagett Proctor,
Care The Sunday Star.
Washington. D. c.
MY dear Mr.. Proctor:
Always delighted to read your
weekly stories of Old Washington
for I was an old-young Washingto
nian from 1875 to 1885-and what
was my delight and astonishment to
pick up my Sunday Star today and
view a cut of my old Columbian Col
lege, on Meridian Hill of the period
half a century and more ago.
"And what was more to the point, ]
instantly and without hesitation placed
my finger, for the edification of my
wife, on the window of my room OF
the years 1925, when left the
old college to enter West Point Co.
lumbar 'S5, U. S. Military Academy
'89).
THE reminiscence has given me
keen pleasure, and I thank you for
awakening in veteran Of the Wash
ington of long ago many happy re.
membranes of youth in his teens
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES D. RHODES.
Major General, U. S. A.. Retired"
Evening star., 1936-08-30
!Automotive Briefs

More than $50 Chevrolet dealers
and zone men from the Washington
and Baltimore zone met In the ball
room of the Maydower Hotel on We'd
nesday to hear w. E. Holler, vice pres
ident and general sales manager,
praise their work for the first eight
months Of 1896. Dealers In the Wash
ington area are running ahead of ma
tional sales averages with an increase
Of 1,019 over last year, according to
Mr.. Holler, and he outlined plans to
them to solve still further the prob
lens of the used car market and the
new car sales that have not shown an
unusual Midsummer let-down.
Holler was accompanied by E. A.
Nimnicht and L. H. Averill of the cen
trail Office staff in Detroit and by r. F.
Hicks and G. r. Weeks, regional and
zone managers Of this area, respec-
lively.
During the first eight months of
this year Chevrolet has sold nearly
900 900 new cars and trucks" said Mr..
Holler to his dealers. ITO do this sue
cessfully our dealer organization has
handled more than 100000 used
cars"
"All Of our sales records have been
broken this year and with the low
price classification of automobiles SELL
ing about % per cent better than in
1885, you, with the other dealers in
our organization, have sold from three
to five times ahead of the market.
"The automobile industry has been
named the weather vane of business
in this country. It has found business
good, with no Summer let-down and
We fully expect sales to keep up all
Autumn.
Several things have influenced the
automobile business favorably this
Summer. The bonus aided greatly
and there was a pile up of need for
new automotive transportation that
was so great that it will probably carry
over into 1887"
The Chevrolet executives are on tour
to the zone cities in the Eastern region
of which Washington and Baltimore
are part.
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pany went out Of service about 1857
LAS may be imagined, the pupi!
Of this school had much to distract
them from their studies by reason OF
the Jail and court house and infirmary
nearby, and. though the lot afforded
a wide expanse for play. there was
fence around the school house, the
inclosed space being designated as
play ground"
The writer's father -in-law. the late
Charles z. Crown. attended DR.. Wal
kins school and stated that the doc
tors assistant was w. w. De Maine
A rather interesting man who con-
Quoted a museum in the neighborhood
of the square at John Marshall place
and D street was John Warden, who,
the city directory of 1843 says, was
machinist However, it was this same
man who later became curator of the
Patent Office Museum, and, when the
Government collections were trans
ferred from the Patent Office to the
Smithsonian Institution. the same
officials and employees were retained,
and John Warden was continued on
the pay roll until his death in 1865.
A laborer who was transferred to the
institution at this time was still living
and employed there in 1885, and if
the writer's memory serves him cor
rectly, his name was Roger Sullivan.
He was then a very old man and
showed the weight of his years.
MR.. CROGGON, in his recollec
AA tions, also refers to great me-
chanical fair that was held in large
frame building near the southwest
corner Of the square in 1874, and says:
This was the first time the recently
invented reaper and sewing machine
were exhibited, and they excited great
curiosity and excited quite furor.
Many predicted that these two in
ventions would result in crowding out
labor, and in every section of the hall
could be heard discussions as to the
| utility of the inventions for mankind.
The women folks generally looked
with disfavor upon the sewing ma
chine, but 1t was not long before there
was q change in sentiment"
At least 10 inaugural balls have
been held in Judiciary Square, seven
in the old Pension Office and three
in specially erected buildings close to
the Court House. The first three were
in temporary wooden buildings. That
of Zachary Taylor took place on
March S, 1849, and was attended by
Abraham Lincoln, who was then serv-
ing in the House of Representatives.
He lost his hat upon that occasion
and had to go home bare headed.
Mr.. Lincoln's first Inauguration
came next, in March, 1861. and then
Gen. Grants second inaugural. And
was it cold? Just ask some old-timer.
There were two inaugural balls
given for Mr.. Cleveland in the old
Pension Office, in 1885 and 1898; one
for Benjamin Harrison, 1889; two for
Mckinley, 1897 and 1901; one for
Theodore Roosevelt, 1905, and one for
Mr.. Taft, 1907. So, taking it all in
all, there is a lot of history attached
to the square in which the new Police
Court is to be erected.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Time Stands Still
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fame since his offer of ballooning 1t
from America. We hope he has not
drowned. gas and ALL"
Photography was in its infancy, and
certain Mr.. Talbot was giving an
amazing new exhibition in London
of q box camera, from which por-
traits were obtained The editor COM
ments: I'VE altogether doubt that any
contrivance of this kind will pro-
duce q portrait half so good, natural
or expressive as q decent artist might
produce with q burnt stick. Still,
it's worth trying for awhile"
In the literary field We find con-
tributions of outstanding authors such
as william Thackeray, Charles
Dickens, Philip Frenau, Geofrey
Crayon washington Irving), William
Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allen Poe, and
others. Many works by such authors
then published, and best-sellers Of
that day, are timely criticized.
In the American edition Of the
London Quarterly Review, June.Sep-
tember QS47. Vanity Fair" BY VII
liam Thackeray, and Jane Eyre" BY
Charlotte Bronte, are introduced to
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Poor electrical contacts account
for many cases Of failure to start. A
good rule to follow is to flip the
ignition switch on and OF few times
before making . second attempt to
get going. BY actuating the switch
it often happens that the contacts
are automatically cleaned and . cir
cult is restored.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

District and the office not given away
to pay some political debt.
Though the corner stone of the City
Hall was laid on Tuesday, August o.
1920, yet it was many years before it
was completed, and then only sec
ton or two at time. Indeed. Sess-
ford tells us, 19 years after it was
begun: The City Hall, that has
stood so long in a rough state. is now
nearly completed on the south front
according to its original design. and
has a grand appearance. An extern
sion of the two wings is much wanted
for city and United States purposes =
This building has its happy side as
we'll as its sad side. Many people are
made glad by the recovery of large
sums of money, which they sometimes
deserve, and sometimes do not deserve.
Nevertheless, it makes them feel good
just the same, for, although all seek
justice, as they deem it to be, yet
money is the principal thing most
people want. All of which reminds
one of the KNOCK Knock" craze,
which might very well be worked of
on the average divorce petitioner
thus: KNOCK, knock Who's
there?" Money" What money!"
"Alimony!"
The sad part relates to those who
have violated the law and were made
to pay the penalty for doing SO. But
the saddest part Of this is not for the
offenders so much as it is for those
who must bear the disgrace outside
the prison walls.
THERE are still living few-a very
few-who recall the old school
house which once stood on the west
side Of Judiciary Square, about where
Is F street, and was erected shortly
after 1874 by the trustees Of the Sec
ond District-Col. Peter Force, Maj.
Thomas Donohoo and John C. Nc
Kelden-who secured an appropria-
ton for the building, and later per-
mission for the school house.
According to Mr.. Croggon:
"It was q small. plain structure,
which would be laughed at by the
scholars of today. The lower portion
was used by the male department and
the upper portion by the female de-
partment.
"The school was opened September
1, 1s45, by DR.. Tobias Watkins and
Mrs. S. P. Randolph. There were
about a hundred pupils during this
first term, some of them coming from
the leading old families, and among
them can be recalled many who made
their mark in after life. A number
of them later practiced law. One Of
them, Judge s. c. Mills. occupied the
police iudgeship; another, William
Elwood, became chief Of the fire de-
partment, and one Of the natives Of
the City Hall, born in the basement,
was also a pupil here, late IN life set
Ting in New Orleans. A. H. Regan
attended here, and for many years
subsequently was in the employment
of the United States Senate. Among
other trustees who served many years
were Valentine Harbaugh and Gen.
Peter s. Bacon. In after years, John
E. Thompson was a teacher for a
short time before he was made prin-
cipal of the Fourth District School.
This school was occupied as dis
trict school until the erection OF the
Abbott School on the corner OF Sixth
and L streets, which building was
occupied conformity with the Northern
Liberty Fire Company in the SOS.
The school and fire company soon
proved unconsenial and the IRE com
Evening star., 1936-08-30
TRAILERS GET SPOT IN NATIONAL FALL AUTOMOBILE
Special Display Planned
In Industry's Exposition
DROUGHT Expected to Affect Auto Sales in
Midwest Drivers Sight
Held Big Factor in Accidents.
BvG. Adams HOward.

devoted that America
will Armlce oay
wv yember at Palace In New York
display for new models
thought that usual
auditorium found however
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Clip this for trip into the Norfolk resort
specially The Sunday Star by the American Auto
mobile Association First ooD Mount Vernon Memorial High
lay roue u to Fredericksbug then take to Rich
miles from Washington should pick
route again ride % miles to Petesburg to0 route AGO
Suffolk then route So into Portsmouth, ferry here for Norfolk
and tolow route So to Vgina Beach pleasant return trip
takes route so from Virginia Beach, to Newport
News and then past Williamsburg to Richmond
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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-15

HONG KONG, China, June 15-South China teem- ed with military movements behind thick screen of censorship. Rigid restrictions were placed on both provinces of the Canton government Kwangtung and kWangs but word reached here from Canton con- cerning military conscription of cooles including wo- men, of the Kwangsi armies arrival at Hengchow m- porant road junction in Human province to the North and of government threats to execute specuators in falling Kwantsi bank notes
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-15

PARIS, June 13-A possible split in the govern ments eftist majority the 40 hour week threaten ed to impede Premier Leon Bums new deal labor pro- gram Hundreds of thousands of strikers demanding more money and shorter hours awaited parlimentary action the labor bills before returning to work AL though there isolated disorders the strike situa tion was easier throughout the country.
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TELECRAPHIC BRIEFS
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON June 13-Conversations looking toward renewal of the Sovet-American trade agree ment of last July have begun between the United Sta tes Embassy in Moscow and the Soviet Foreign Office, it was learned today at the State Department
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-15

BASIL, Switzerland, June 13--Polce announced they had arrested alleged member of the Sestapo, the German secret police, who had confessed plot to assassinate Heinrich Bruenng former Chancellor of t'e'int ny The alleged Ccstapo az r. Hugo Romer, was said to have admitted he was ordered to kill Dr. Bruening as an enemy of Germany.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-15

VIENNA June 15-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht German economic dictator" left by arpane for Belgrade after conferences here to which deep political significance was attached Observers expressed the opinion he was preparing report to Rechsfuehrer Hitler on the feas- bility of closer economic and political bonds between Austria and Germany
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-15

MADRID, June 13 13-Communsts and syndicalists fought pitched machine gun battle in the streets of Malaga while Spain counted three more dead and un- numbered persons wounded in political strike dsor- ders Bullets whned through Malagas main thorough fares after two persons had been slain and socialists had called a general strike