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Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-16

Two s3.all fires, one at the old .Os0itol V, icl is nc" being used as -, bunk house, and one at the big tent hcusinc. t1e cater~illcrs have 0rCVen tie effic ierc77 of our Vo luI-- teer fire derart1aent, hut fer the @uroo of saVin" t inc Father oulz- llGn h1s inau~ Ur1ted the following sign Bystems t0 be sounded on the 0oWerhCuse histle.
 long l s73ort Con. Center :. .. '. of T. '. Trcc11 :. 5 :. Tn tie country Toe general alarm will be successiv sh orts and len the Tire is out it will be announced wit!l two long blasts.
 IT you spot fire eiv3 one extra long ring on the nearest tel onhone and rive location together with number Of whistles to be blown to whichever answers, oit1-er the fire hall or the D0WerhOuse.
 Assemble ct 2. r. crOssinc with all fire fight ing ecuipment from your bunkhOuse whenever an alarm is sounded.
 ?alr-tr isn't the only spot in. Alaska tat rets 6 bit of wind now und again.
 DuI i1ls. 8 storm at rit'za recentl" q '1i551~ wind tOlled th> bells of tho L-.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-16

other parts of the pro iect.
 Tie false re7orts made the AD tires, coDeared in t12e Thursday --ncAor2f C Times and Was broadcast by J. ?. over tction TFQD. De- eau SC Of tie obvious unfa irness of suc1 8 ruling, there is little doubt but what it has bred Q feel- ing of dissat isfectio ion in the minds of many Of tie colonists Who have heard or read of it.
 Here is another instance shoW- ing how in the mctt9r of going off half cooked one can create useless worries.
 On Tuesday evening T. p. read over the air the following item from the Anchorage Tines.
 "A0NrOx ir2atelT two million dOl- lars has been sTent on the 1'atan- usla Valley government pro ject since irce0tiOn 2 year ago, T. Y. Criff in, secret-ry or -lasza, re- 7orted toG4~.
 T2sere are now l67 families liv- lnc in the @tanuska colony, indi- atinc that olose to 3l2, GOO las been e2zrendeG in Federal aid for ee c1l -Hec1@i |" ,...."
 -esDite the Tact that there is not one lor1 i1 this rerort which stetos tie -rd7bte dness Of t}-e in- 3ividu3l coLCnist, t11ere have been {: nu24ber Groo into the office who Ire fully convinced th1t they owe tie corDorIti ion 4tl2 900.
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-16

Pa lr-tr isn't the ( Ala ska tat rets 6 D: und again.
 DuI ins a storm at q '1i5,5- wind tOlled u Ca the dTal for , 5lEHt ( i'd cCnsiCCIeb ble dGmt
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-01-16

UPON GOING OFF E-LF COCEED
 4 rumor, unless it be started with the downright vicious intent of misl6aG ing oilers, is usually mt ter of someone going off half occl1ed,
 4 stat enl6 Tt cGn be c3>r6l6ssly rep ted so IS to put z~n entirely different meaning to thst intended by tie quoted party; or it can be misunderstood and made to contain that which had TO part in the au- th0r's words.
 ~oolmer is rife with 22arrlfu ul ru- mors. Duri in~ the past ten d1~ys one las been informed that:
 HThe FGTlA has foldud ID 6nd there will be no moro I0n9y 21it-: which to comnlGte the ITO oct.f
 nThe su0roLe Court Of t1c '. =. has I9c~ @s:.~d to 2csS upon t|,o cons t tut ionolity of 6st:~b lis1in(, permanent homes for scre roller clients while others stsrvo."
 "This is 6 war measC15, dr1 u 9y don't oar6 what it costs.
 'This is an C1zDer lmont nGttornec after the Russian Collective Farm eyst6m.n
 This whole thine is just 6 mat ter of redistributio ion Of "e><h sn2 it don't make any diffGr6l2C what it costs as it is creating emp lCy- nent and giving everyone chan'e to earn a fcW dollar5."
 In fact, one could h5ar almost anvtring. Gone of t,.= dope was i'm agination ral-Dant; pure fiction. Some of it had foundation in fact but was enbellished by the in5ivid- ual vieWDo int Of thoso who relayod it..
 Here is an illustrat ion Of how these things can start. On Wedn6s- day evening in conversat ion with a colonist from the Butte section, we We're givon tc urd@ rs t1nd that an order had issued from IT. z- ,e6ly's office to the effect that each cOl- orist was to hive ten acros cloaIe1 by snring or take the conseq quonccs.
 This was entirely new to us and naturally we Worc Interested. l-n inQuiry disclosed that there had been no such order; that -rI. Shoely had said, in tho presence of t?is man, that he. would LIKE to see ten cleared acrGs on each tract, but that such m order wouldn't be fair because the clearing of ten acres
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
HOOVER GETS
MD. TAP BID

COLLEGE PARK, Md, May IL.
J. Edgar Hoover, chief Of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation. has
accepted an invitation to become
an honorary member Of the Uni
verSity Of Maryland chapter Of
Omicron Delta Kappa, national
leadership fraternity. He will de-
liver the principal address to the
student body at the tapping cere-
mony in the Ritchie Gymnasium
Wednesday at 1870 .. m.
The OKD. tapping will be .
part Of the triple ceremony which
will also include the tapping for
Mortar, Board. national women's
honor society, and the annual In
Stallation Of Student Government
Association officers recently elect
eded for next year. The eight
new members Of Omicron Delta
Kappa will not be known until the
ceremony.
Hoover is on official business
in the West at this time, but he
has notified the fraternity that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
FEW MD. FARMS
HAVE POWER

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, May 10:
Only 7,O49 of the 43,307 farms
in the State Of Maryland, less
than II per cent, have electric
power in their homes and build.
ings, according to statistics re.
Gently compiled by the Maryland
Extension Service.
The statistics also show that
SO per cent Of the rural non.
farms have electric service, and
that most Of the electrified farms
and nonfarmS have been con.
nected within the past 10 years.
Maryland, according to the Elk.
tension Service, ranks nineteenth
among the States in rural cleo.
trio power extension, and eight
of the States ranking higher
have more than so per cent of
the farms served by high limo
electric service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
CUP CRUISE
DUEMAYb

May 26 will be the date Of the
first Gold Cup Cruise" Of 1885
to be sponsored by the Presidents
Cup regatta committee, 1t was
announced today.
Hundreds Of WaShingtonians
are expected to make the trip
down the Potomac on the steamer
City of washington, together with
entertainment and dancing en-
route. T.. =-..s- =
Arrangements are being made
to have a convoy of private yachts
and a display by the fire boat
Fire Fighter, under the direction
Of william j. McManus. vice
chairman Of the sponsors com.
mittee. Harold Allen Long, chair
man Of the committee, is complet-
ing plans for a floor show on
board the Potomac.
Before the sailing, the Police
Boys Club Band will play a con-
cert. Tickets, at 81 each, are now
on sale at the Hotel Willard, the
American Automobile Association,
Mrs. Dorsey's Concert Bureau and
the Wilson Line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
Chemistry Editor
To Address Club

II. e. Howe, editor Of Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry, off
cial magazine of the American
Chemical Society. will speak at a
luncheon Of the Cosmopolitan Club
Thursday at the Carlton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
WHAT PRICE ELEVATOR COURTESY?
Sometimes Costs NesD Hat

THIS IS WHAT the Association for the Prevention Of
Taking Off Hats in Elevators formed to prevent By
the way, it will stage meeting at m. Saturday
in the National Club But in the meantime gaze with
sympathy poor Joseph Buckley whose chivarous in
sncs have caused his hat to be crushed into shapeess
pulp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-12
FORCES
YEARLY YEAR,
NOLAN SAYS
BY MILTON HARKER
Copyright. 1888. by International
News Service)


49,. BY MILTON HARKER
Copyright. 1885. by international
News servics)
NEW YORK, May II G.N.S0.
There is no nation in the world
that could successfully invade the
United States single-handed, Maj.
Gen. Dennis Nolan, who retired
on April 80 as commander Of the
U. s. Army Second Corps Area,
at Governors Island, declared to-
day in an exclusive interview with
International News Service. Gen.
eral Nolan began:
st don't believe there Is . ma
ton anywhere that has any de-
signs on us. We are prepared
to defend ourselves adequately
against any single nation.
Against q coalition Of nations
that would be q different mat
ter"
ETERNAL VIGILANCE
But General Nolan, who served
as Chief of Intelligence with the
A. e. F. in France, Immediately
pointed out that preparedness re-
quires eternal viligance. He con-
tinued:
at Is idle to look for peace
through disarmament, for you
need to be adequately prepared
for defense. The American peO-
pie are taking a much saner
view towards preparedness than
they did in the days prior to
our entrance into the World
War.
That is due in a great meas
ure to the influence Of our five
million soldiers and sailors who
served in the war. They saw
the need Of preparedness, and
they make it clear to the people
with whom they come in daily
contact"
BETTER OFF TODAY
The United States Is much bet
ter off today to face a war than
when 1t plunged into the European
conflict in April 1917, Gen. Nolan
declared, But, as the War De
partment has pointed out, the
United States stands seventeenth
in a list Of world powers in the
number of its land forces"
''That Is because our policy is
o purely defensive policy, as laid
down by the national defense
act. No nation in the .1Orld
could say that we are maintain
ing an aggressive policy towards
any one, Our policy, right or
wrong, is to train the soldiers
we are going to use in a great
war, after we have declarel war.
"But we are slowly building
up our forces. We are hard at
work on the treaty Navy. We
ought to have a Navy as good
as any one in the world. Most
military men believe that we
ought to have an army second
to none also but the national
defense act prevents that"
ARMY GROWING
General Nolan cited the fact
that during the past two years
the size Of the standing army hal
been increased. Prior to 1885 the
limit was 118,500 men. During thu
past year it was raised to lat ,0OC
men, and during the year begin
ming on June 3, it will be in
creased to $4,000 men, our larg
est peace-time standing army.
I'VE are much better off TO-
day than we were 20 years ago.
For one thing, because we have
in storage artillery made during
the World War. It is good ar
tillery, excellent artillery most Of
It on the mode of the French
rs millimeter gun, and let me
tell you there is no finer piece
of artillery in the world"
General Nolan replied emphati
cally in the negative when asked
If the guns would not have become
outmoded in the years since the
World War.
Evening star., 1936-01-15
Fletcher DiaIs for C.. o. p. Skit.
But emusic Goes Round and-'' y

earn? The average man must pay
81 go a week to the Government
In a breakfast nook sketch husband
Jack is informed by wife Jane that
they can't afford bacon at So cents
a pound. A year later they return to
the table to eat bacon imported from
Poland. The husband observes:
1--WE good Americans are eating Polish
bacon. in a suburb of Chicago. the
worlds meat packing center. It's the
New Deal for foreign farmers"
As the broadcast hour drew near,
Fletcher sat down in his study in
his stone house on @ street. He drew
a chintz-covered easy chair before
the radio.
He began at the bottom of the dial.
first turning up the amplification knob
to get plenty of power.
"A Little Bit independent"
walled torch singer in tones that
almost shook the pictures on the wall.
The chairman WINGED and turned
the dial.
"Shhhh," whispered a voice. 'you
are about to hear the third in series
Of mystery"
He turned again.
"The Music Goes Round and"
"Oh, well" Fletchsr said giving up.
Evening star., 1936-01-15
GRANGE SUBMITS
1GPO|NT PROGRAM
Breaks With New Deal on
Substitute-0utIines Sur
plus Proposal.
By the Associated Press.

os liic aSoONidtco LCoss
The National Grange, dean of or
ganized farm groups in America, sub
mitted to the Senate Agricultural Com
mittee today a lO-point program for
new national plan to replace the
A. A. A.
Grange officials said it represented
a crystallizing of farm sentiment
against constitutionally questionable
rewriting of A. A. A. to control agri-
cultural production through subsidized
soil conservation.
In the first definite break with ad-
ministration plans to draft a bill re-
tanning A. A. A. principles along lines
adopted by Secretary Wallace's farm
conference last week, the Grange asked
Congress to provide:
l. Appropriation to provide for the
completion of contracts entered into
in good faith and partially carried out
by American farmers
Indorses Conservation.
2. A soil conservation program
through wise rotation of crops and
through a system of Government
rentals to build up national resources.
3. Speed up the retirement of mar
ginal and submarginal lands for for
esting, conservation, recreational and
wild-life uses.
4. Retain and expand the surplus
commodity corporation to deal with
agricultural surpluses by the fol-
Inyy q 10 70;
normal granary by farm storage and
commodity loans; tb) export sur
pluses, using the export debenture
and other measures best suited; (c)
to provide new and industrial uses
for farm produce, with special atten-
ton to by-products; Cd develop new
crops and new markets; (e) furnish
relief supplies
Would Protect Markets.
S. Protect American markets for
American farmers. (a) Establish ia
cilities for controlling agricultural i'm
ports through permits, such permits
to be available only upon showing
actual need and non competition with
American farm products.
(b) Rewrite reciprocal treaty law,
providing ratification by the Senate
and repeal of INSTRUMENTATION
clause.
(c) Eliminate much of the agricul-
tural free list. basing rates on these
items on a revenue basis to prevent
other forms of taxation to support
the farm program
6. Provide an honest dollar, one just
(See GRANGE, Page So
Evening star., 1936-01-15
BY REX COLLIER.

A charge that President Wilson and
Secretary of State Lansing "falsified'
before a Senate Committee in disclaim-
ing they had advance knowledge OF
secret treaties among the allies as to
disposition of territory after World
War, was made today by Chairman
Nye of the Senate Munitions Commit
tee.
Nye made the charge after Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, hao
brought out that Wilson had been ad-
vised of the treaties by Lord Balfoul
at a White House dinner.
Clark read from testimony given
in 1919 by Wilson and Lansing before
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, denying they had any knowl-
edge. prior to the Paris Confer
ence, of British. French and Italian
agreements over division of territory.
Then he read excerpts from Bal
four's memoirs telling of offering to
give Wilson copies of the treaties
during a dinner at the White House
in May, 1917, shortly after America S
entry into the war.
Balfour had come here to discuss
tSee MORGAN. Page 50
Evening star., 1936-01-15
Own Rays Destroy
PrOtOactiniun,;
Only Bit in World
DiscOverer Describes Eff.
fort to Photograph
Rare Metal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
CHICAGO. January 15.-The
worlds known supply of the second
heaviest element in nature, metallic
protoactinium, was wiped out today.
There was only one milligram of the
element in existence, and it was de-
stroyed by the scientist who isolated
it. DR.. Aristid Won Crosse, of the Uni
versity of Chicago.
1t was all an accident, DR.. Won
Crosse explained after the metals loss
was disclosed by the Museum of Sci
ence and Industry. He was trying to
take photographs of the tiny bit of
stuff by the light of its own rays when
the metal broke into pieces.
Metallic protoactinium is a radio
active substance. found in nature in
combination with radium. DR.. Won
Crosse isolated it in 1884 by extracting
it. from the residue of radioactivity ex-
periments.
He gave his sample of the metal,
only a few molecules thick, to the
Museum of Science and Industry to
exhibit. A few days ago he borrowed
it back for the photographs. When
the metal shattered, he dissolved it in
solution.
Evening star., 1936-01-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Imagine Henry P. Fletcher's dis
gust when he tried to tune in on
an anti-New Deal radio skit last night
and instead got-dance music.
Fletcher, chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee, had put
aside all other engagements to hear
Liberty at the Crossroads" broadcast
from an Independent Chicago station.
But his radio set could not pick 1t UP.
1t was broadcast from the inde-
pendent station after the two large
radio chains declined to carry it, one
saying big issues shouldn't be treated
on a basis of dramatic license +"
Fletcher replied the chains either
feared the administration or were
exercising unwarranted censorship.
The skit contained such scenes as
the following:
An announcer declared the New
Deal was spending s195 for each 81
collected in revenue.
Then John Smith. who makes
s22.5o a week. and Mary Jones ap-
peared at q marriage license bureau.
But they abandoned thought of mar
riage when the clerk asked:
do you know the national debt
has prior lien on everything you
Evening star., 1936-01-15
j. s. BANS PARITY
AND JAPAN QUITS
NAVY CONFERENCE
Davis Reads Flat Refusal of
Demand-BuiIding Race
Forecast.
By the Associated Press.

oS tlc aSSOCldIeQ HTeSS.
LONDON. January i5.-a fiat re-
fuSal to discuss japanese demands for
equality in naval strength was read
to the International Naval Conference
today by Norman Davis delegate to
the parley. The japanese delegates
tonight announced their withdrawal.
Their decision signifieo the end of
five-power dicussions seeking to effect
an agreement on naval limitation to
replace the expiring Washington and
London treaties.
Davis set forth the United States
Governments conviction that the
principle of comrnCn upper limit
would not serve as basis for nego-
tiation and agreement"
This principle has been insisted upon
by the Japanese delegation as the
basis of any discussion for a new naval
treaty.
THE United States is unable to ac-
cept the principle of the common up
per limit as the basis for an agree
ment," Davis added.
"lAC VIC WOulQ Qctply ICSIct LIE
inability to arrive at an agreement
acceptable to all the powers here rep
resented, our decision and purpose
would be to promote the continuance
of our friendly relations with all the
naval powers"
The four other powers-Great Brit
ain, the United States, Italy and
France-expect to meet tomorrow to
agree upon opening a new four-power
parley without the japanese.
Authoritative sources, however. said
any such move would ne virtually an
idle gesture, since any four-power
agreement must provide for the uncer-
tainties of Japan's future building
plans.
Thus, these sources said, would end
the current trial of dect restrictions.
started at Washington, February 6.
1922, and the only successful form of
disarmament resulting from the les
sons of the World War
Japan Outlines Position.
Naganos final statement to the con-
ference was understood to be based
on thlee principal points: That the
Japanese want the lowest possible total
~
Evening star., 1936-01-15
d. c. TRAFF|CSTUDY
ORDERED IN HOUSE
District Committee Also Ap'
proves Plan to Develop
Airport.

The House District Committee today
directed its Subcommittee on Streets
and Traffic to make comprehensive
survey of Washington's traffic situ-
alton to determine what steps can be
taken to curtail the mounting traffic
fatality list.
The committee also unanimously
approved a proposal of the Commerce
Department to develop the Washing
ton-Hoover. Airport with Federal
funds.
The proposal for a serious study of
traffic conditions was made by Repre-
sentative Schultz, Democrat, of In
diana, who pointed out that traffic
accidents last year claimed 113 VIC
Tins and that since January / this
year there have been 9 traffic deaths.
Although Schultz is not a member
of the Streets and Traffic Subcom-
mittee, Chairman Norton added him
to this group to assist with the study.
Representative Patman, Democrat,
of Texas is chairman of the sub
committee and will direct the survey
In addition to Schultz, the other
members are Representatives Carpen-
ter, Democrat, of Kansas; Wood,
Democrat, of Missouri; Fenerty, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania. and Short,
Republican, of Missouri.
The Commerce Department pro-
posal for solution of the airport prob
lem included development Of an air.
port at Gravelly Point as well as
improvement of the Washington
Hoover air field The committee,
however, sidetracked action on the
Gravelly Point proposal because of a
bill now in conference providing for
the creation of special commission
lSee TRAEEIC Page 81
Evening star., 1936-01-15
Husband MOurps Wife Lost
In Crash as He Searched Dial

"He wasn't able to get it." she
added, "but didn't seem to think any
thing about it because reception is
often bad"
At 1880 pm, she said, Mr.. Gremil-
lion was informed by American Air
lines that the plane had made a
forced landing.
"At midnight" she continued, "the
phone rang again. Gus-we always
called him that-answered. His face
turned white. When he hung ur
he said they were afraid every one
on the plane was dead"
She said that he left Immediately
to drive to Goodwin.
Mrs. Gremillion, who was in her
early 20s, had been married to the
airlines official about three years. 4
native Of New Orleans. he has been
stationed here about two years.
Evening star., 1936-01-15
Two Who Boarded
Airliner Here Die
And Two Escape

OF the four passengers who boarded
the tranScontinental American Air
lines plane at Washington Airport
shortly after 2 pm. yesterday. two
rode to death in the Arkansas swamp
near Goodwin. and two escaped by
leaving the ship at Tennessee stops.
Both Washington passengers who
| were killed were Works Progress Ad-
ministration officials. on their way
back to their posts at Little Rock, Ark,
after conferring here with Works
Progress Administrator Hopkins and
other officials. They were w. r.
Dyess, w. P. A. administrator for Ar
kansas. and r. H. McNair. jr. engi-
neer and aide to Dyess. Both had
been frequent visitors to Washington
during the last three years and had
many friends among w. P. A. officials.
Washingtonian Escapes.
The only Washington resident who
rode on the ship is W. M. Taylor, 2l00
Massachusetts, avenue. SO, review
examiner for the Federal Deposit In
surance Corp. Taylor left the airliner
at Memphis He telephoned TO friends
here last night, when he heard of the
crash and reported that he was safe.
He is returning to Washington today
by train, according to the Associated
Press He came here from Norfolk.
Va, where his family lives, to enter
the Treasury Department.
The fourth passenger who boarded
the plane at the local airport is w.
S. Rowland. managing editor of the
TenneSSeean, who left the plane at
Nashville.
Dyess, before taking over the post
of w. P. A. administrator for Arkansas,
was connected with the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration in that
State, joining the New Deal ranks
there when the F. E. r. A. was or
ganized. He and McNair had. prac-
tically their full quota of relief jobs
under way and came to Washington
during the past week end to discuss
the next steps to be taken in the
Arkansas relief project.
Fine for Flying"
A few minutes before leaving
w. p A. headquarters for the flight
/ yesterday. Dyess looked out of the
window of the Office of Col. Lawrence
Westbrook, assistant w. P. A. ad-
ministrator, and exclaimed:
My, what wonderful day this will
be for flying"
W. Al N-RA
in good spirits a few minutes later