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The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Better Street Lights

Thousands of street lights,
dimmed or extinguiShed by a con-
greSsional slash in electrical de-
partment appropriations last year,
were ordered restored to full serv-
ice by the District Commissioners
yesterday. The order followed a
recent reduction in Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company rates, decreed
by the Public Utilities Commission.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
Passenger Association
To Hold Dinner Feb. 19

Launching its 1885 season, the
Washington Passenger Association
will hold its first dinner meeting
of the year on Wednesday, Febru-
ary 10, at $50 p. M, in the Lee
House Hotel. ...
George F.. Worthington, Secre-
tary and treasurer Of the aSSocia-
ton, asked that all members sig
Nifty their intentions Of attending
before Tuesday, February Is.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
NIL. Harvey to Speak

Martin L. Harver, jr., director
Of Christian education Of the A.
M. E. Zion Church and president
Of the Youths Council Of North
America will be the guest speaker
at John Wesley A. M. e. Zion
Church tomorrow at II q. m. Dr..
w. o. Darlington, pastor Of the
church, will preach at the evening
services,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
BRITAIN, GERMANY OBJECT TREATMENT
 NATIONALS SPAIN
(Bv The Associated PresS)

UNDATED, Aug. ', = Great Britain and Germany today took hand in the Spanish civil war, with vgor protests against the treatment of their nationals by both rebels and loyasts.
 The execution of four young Nazis near Barcelona was called murder" by the Berlin foreign office spok esman, when protests were lodged at Barcelona with the leftsts by Germany against their deaths
 Another complaint was made in Madrid by the authorities over the unprovoked Shelng of German steamer at Sevilla by Spanish destroyer.
 Both sides warned by Great Britain that suitable steps would be taken to prevent endangerng neutrals by either side in the fighting in the Gibraltar
 
 Victorious loyalst advances in the Guadarrama Mountains north of Madrid were reported, and success fu assaults against insurgents in the south.
 No confirmation was obtained for the broadcast of the statement that the rebels the outskirts ot the capital.
 The shellng of the rebel stron ghold of Algeciras was heard by those on the Rock of Gibraltar.
 The government warshp Jaime Prmero set fire to the insurgen gunboat Dato Jaime, which apparent ly struck it's colors.
 The German Naval Command is said to have re- distributed Naz ships in Spanish waters to protect German nationals evacuate them.
 The Lettist French press accused Germany of aid ing Spanish rebels with arplanes, munitions and men French fears of possible callapse of projected inter- national neutrality agreements quickened French newspaper into saying that a German ship left Ham, burg July 31s with 28 bombing planes and other mat erals for the rebels.
 Another paper said that former King Alfonso was listed to arrive at Berlin tomorrow to confer with Ad- olph Hitler.
 On the war front 1900 rebels were reported iail- ed at Sastago 37 miles from Zaragoza.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
Flour and anned Meat To Be distributed ESkimOS
 On Arctic Coast
 TO FEED HUNGRY Was Undecided How Ship, Whether Now or Wait
 Until the Derblay
TO FEED HUNGRY
iBy The Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Aug. 7th-Jacob R. Ummel, purchasing agent here, for the Department of Interior, has assembled two hundred tons of flour and canned meat for the hungry Eskimos scattered along the Arctic Coast.
 Answering a wireless plea from E. w. Griffin, acting Alaska gov ernor, at Juneau, Ummel said the supplies will be forwarded Sun day aboard the Steamer Yukon, or on August 18th aboard the s. s. Derblay of the Alaska Steam ship Company fleet; 'apparently the quickest way will be to wait for the steamer Derblay, as she sails direct for Nome from where the food can be flown to Arctic ocean points. The steamer Yu- kon sails sooner but it is doubt full if she can make connections with the Motorship North Star which is now enroute to Point Barrow from Seattle, and it is also doubtful whether, the North Star which is already laden, she could carry additional two hun dred tons," Unmel said.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07

that the hull was completed and carpenters are now busy placing housing and other features on it., including the machinery.
 MT. Goodwin explained that several heavy rains had fallen, making the rough trail from Davidson's Landing to Taylor, a distance of 40 miles, almost inn passable, the caterpillars pull ing the freight and supplies, hay ing reduced it to almost a sea of mud. Then, too, the rains sWelled the rivers so much that the cats in some cases had to wait to get across.
 Much freight still remains to be hauled to Taylor, he said.
 Despite the tough handicaps of the country, lack of roads or trails, the work is going ahead and it was estimated when he departed that the dredge would commence operating about the first of Sept ember.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
PANS $130 IN 2 DAYS

John DeFrees, miner and op- orator on Oregon Creek is in town on business. He states he did not have sufficient water to operate his hydraulic system and that while one man dug out the pay dirt from the rocks, he him self banned $75 in gold one day and $60 the following day.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
Work On Dredge At Taylor Going
 Ahead Rapidly
Despite Handicaps Expect Dredge To Commence
 Working Sept. list

Al Goodwin, returning from Taylor and the Kougarok section yesterday told of how construc- tion is progressing on the dredge at Taylor for the Kougarok Con- solidated Placers Inc, of which Carl Hallberg is field superinten- dent.
 MT. Goodwin was to do some drilling for the concern, but it was understood that options on drill ground in that neighborhood had been foreclosed and no drill ing can be done.
 Regarding the dredge, he said
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
Diriggible g Service Has Regulations
 For Passengers
Company Reserves Right To Bar Passengers:
 Liability Limited
(Bv The Associated Press)

LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug. ', With the opening of regular north transatlantic air5hip ser vice, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Friedrichshafen, has printed i2- page booklet entitled General Regulations for Passengers and Luggage Carried by Airship," of which a copy was obtained here.
 It tells the prospective air trav eler what kind of passengers are regarded as satisfactory and de- scribes what they may and may not carry in their baggage.
 Certain categories of persons are barred as passengers and the company is entitled to demand that they leave the alrship. Those excluded are: persons under the influence of alcohol, drugs or mar cotics; persons of unsound mind and these suffering from infect ious diseases, and those who pres ence might be detrimental to the safety of the passengers, the air ship or the officers and crew.
 Those barred have no claim to a refund of fare unless the voy- age is not carried out for reas- ons unconnected with the pass engers.
 The company also limits it's lia bility for damage and for the passengers safety. One para graph says:
 Damages Liability Limited
 Luftschiffbau Zeppelin shall not be liable to pay compensation if it can prove that it and it's took all the requisite steps to prevent the loss or dam age from happening or that it was unable to take such steps. Moreover, in respect to the trans portation of luggage Luftschiff- bau Zeppelin shall not be liable
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
Weather Today
 GU. s. Weather Bureau)

Fair weather prevails general ly over Alaska except in the SEE setion and the Seward Peninsula Low clouds and rain set in over this district last evening under the influence of storm edging southward from Barrow and the Arctic Ocean. Temperatures are moderate at all places.
 The highest temperature yes terday was 60 and the lowest this morning was 51 the rainfall has amounted to O.21 inch during the past 24 hours.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
By Preston Grover

WASHINGTON The Houses action before adjournment, in turning over to the courts the con tempt proceedings against pr. Francis E. Townsend convinced many cogressmen that the affair probably is in cold storage until after election time.
 Whether that would be more acceptable to certain nervous members of congress or to Town send plan officials pressing for ward the month drive re mained problematical.
 Experience with previous con gressional contempt cases indicat es it takes time to carry such an action through the courts.
 William P. McCracken, former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, was convicted of contempt by the senate, without court action, after disappearance of certain papers requested in the airmail investigation. His appeal to the supreme court prolonged the case, however, so more than a year elapsed between the time the senate found him guilty and the beginning of his 10-day jail term February 26, 1885.
 Sinclair Action Lengthy .
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
POLITICS AT RANDOM INCLUDE WHYFORS TOWNSEND TRIAL
 POSTPONED TO THIS FALL

The Harry F. Sinclair contempt action growing out of the Teapot Dome oil investigation was tried originally before the courts in the manner ordered for the Town send case. In that instance it was five years and two months from the time he refused to answer certain questions until May 6, 1929, when he went to jail in the District of Columbia and as a pharmacy clerk began making pills for fellow prisoners.
 Leslie Garnett, district attor- ney for the District of Columbia, said the Townsend case could not possibly arise until the fall term of court.
 Those congressman fearful of making a martyr of the elderly California physician, estimated it would be very late in the cam paign and perhaps after election time before Dr. Townsend might be in a position to accomplish his assertion that he would "spend my life in jail' before giving fur ther testimony
 Food for Voters
 Voters may be regaled from time to time during the campaign with findings of the senate lobby
 Continued on Page Four
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
Length Human life
 Increasing Present

Centenarians are more numer- ous. So say the reports in the current Illinois Health Messen- ger, drawing conclusions from a study of mortality statistics in that state.
 One in each 1000 persons who die in Illinois has reached the age of 100 or more. Also, the conclusion is that women are more likely to reach ripe old age than men,
 'To live for 80 years IS now almost ordinary. More than one in each ten persons who die have survived their eightieth birthday. Living for at least 30 years grows constantly more ire quent. Thus in 1910 only 6.9 per cent of all deaths in Illinois were among persons who had lived for more than 80 years while in 19- 34 the proportion vas 10.3 per cent"
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
MANCHOUkUO TROOPS GET A
 BAD SETBACK
ManchoukuOan Troops Are Repulsed in Attack
 Provincial City
DEFENDERS FIRM
Attackers Lost 100 Dead And 200 Wounded
 In the Battle
(By The Associated Press)

IBy Inc ASsOC1dleu PIt5sJ
 PEIPING, Aug. 7-Troops com mandod by Manchoukuan Gener- al Ii Shou Shin were repulsed after attacking the garrison near TaoIing in West Suiyan province.
 The attacking troops lost one hundred dead and two hundred wounded. General Lis forces made three separate attacks, but Provincial Suiyuan troops were rushed to the frontier
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07

to pay compensation if it can prove that the loss or damage was not due to errors in connec- tion with the navigation, the steering or the governing of the airship and that--in other resp ects-all of the requisite steps to prevent the loss or damage from happening were taken by it and it's employees.
 Luggage may contain only per- sonal articles and none belong ing to others, such as gifts. Such articles can be carried only as freight. Under no circumstance will arms, ammunition, eXplosiv es, photograph requisites, carrier pigeons and apparatus for the wireless transmission of news be admitted for transportation. The company's special consent is re- quired for the transportation of live animals.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
GEORGE ANDERSON Expert Piano Tuner
 Is Now in Nome.

At Lincoln Hotel KOhler, Brumback Pianos; Grand and Upright for Sale and rent. Rebuilt Pianos, New Tom Thumb
 and GrandS.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-07
|MANCHOUKUAN TROOPS REPUL LSED
Britain, Germany Take Hand Spain
Baseball Scores

(By The Associated PreSS)
 AMERICAN Cleveland 0 Detroit 9 Chicago 9-4 St. Louis 6-1 Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Boston, rain.
 NATIONAL St. Louis 4 Chicago 2 Other national games postpon- ed account of rain.
 COAST LEAGUE Sacramento 4 Los Angeles 6 Oakland 6 San Francisco 4 Missions 1 Portland 2 10 innings San Diego 5 Seattle 3 II inn ings.
Evening star., 1936-05-26
TESTS TO INSURE
HIGH HEATING GAS
Utilities Commission to Set
Up Station to Tap Ana
costa Line.

Gas consumers in Washington soon
will be assured that they will receive
full heating quality from the fuel
manufactured in the East plant OF
the washington Gas Light Co.
This assurance is the result Of plan
Of the Public Utilities Commission to
establish a continuous testing station
and laboratory at Alb Tenth street
southeast to tap the lines from the
company's plant located on the Ana
costa River just east of the navy yard.
Under the present system the manu-
factured gas of the Anacostia plant Is
strengthened with oil, mixed with
natural gas and then mixed with the
gas from the West plant in George
town. Under this system the commits
sion has had no check on the quality
Of the gas manufactured at Anacostia
The commission requires a minimum
of 600 British thermal units. This is
higher than the average heat capacity
of manufactured gas, but much lower
than the natural gas that is piped into
Washington. The artificial gas aver
ages about 400 B. T. U. before being
enriched with oil. The natural gas
averages about 1,l00 B. T. U.
The new testing station will be able
to determine when, if ever, the quality
of the gas from Anacostia falls below
the requirement. In fixing rates for
the gas company the Public Utilities
Commission has made allowances for
the 900 B. T. u requirement
Just when the new testing station
will be opened has not yet been deter
mined. but the commission expects the
equipment to be installed within the
next few weeks.
Evening star., 1936-05-26
PLAN entertainment

The Professional Writers Club of
the Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation will present news peg pow
WOW" entertainment at Barker Hall
this evening.
Arrangements are in charge of
Myrta Ethel Cawood, president, and
Mary Margaret Feldman, mistress of
ceremonies. Guests at dinner preced-
ing the entertainment will be the
honorary members of the club.
Evening star., 1936-05-26
DEMANDS JURY TRIAL
Mrs. Maddox Is Charged With
Occupying Disorderly House.

Mrs. Lillian Maddox, 36, recently
acquitted OF Staying Edward v. Kill
leen. Washington gambler, and now
on six months probation on a shop
lifting charge, demanded jury trial
when arraigned in Police Court yester-
day on a charge of occupying dis
orderly house.
Arrested Saturday night. Mrs. Mad
dock was released under $500 bond by
Judge Isaac r. Hit. She gave her
address as in the $500 block Of Third
street northeast
Evening star., 1936-07-23
McCARL OPENS OFFICE
FOR PRACTICE OF LAW
Locates in Transportation Build
ing-Says Plans Still In
definite.

Conforming to his previously an
nounced intention, former Controller
General John r. McCarl is opening
law Offices here locating in the Trans
portation Building.
Further than that. he is announc-
ing no definite plans until he has
an opportunity to get settled.
He indicated yesterday, however.
that he will have something to say
later.
McCarl would not comment on his
recent visit with Gov. Landon. say
ing the statement he issued while in
company of the Republican presiden-
tial nominee had been drawn with
care, and that he was resting on that
at the present.
In leaving the office OF controller
general after Is years. McCarl coupled
his demand for economy in Govern
ment with announcement that he
might take some part In politics.
Evening star., 1936-07-23

one worthy farmer no crop ut all and
to another not only good yields, but
also high prices caused by the first
mans failure.
There are other people who, in.
stead Of leaving 1t all to nature, would
attempt to cooperate with natures
forces. The 1895 A. A. A. conservation
program represents such an attempt" I"
Evening star., 1936-07-23

country in better condition to with
stand drought now than In 1894.
There are many respectable peo-
pie who would leave such things
entirely with nature" the Secretary
said. Mans attempt at offsetting the
extremes of nature are imperfect. But
it is infinitely preferable to the in
equalities Of natures ruthless distri-
button of production, which gives to
Evening star., 1936-07-23
A.A. A. SOIL PLAN
AGAIN IS MODIFIED
More Forage Crops to off.
set Feed Losses in
West Sought.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Further modification of the Govern
ment's Western soil conservation pro-
gram, to encourage emergency plant
ings of forage crops and conserve
available forage as an offset against
feed losses in drought States, was
announced today by the A. A. A.
Previous notifications applied to
specified counties in North Dakota,
Montana and wyoming. They pro-
vided that farmers could plant emer-
gency forage crops and harvest nurse
crops for hay without affecting their
eligibility to participate in the con-
servation program.
The new notifications applied to
these three States and also to Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Navada, New Mexico. Oregon, Utah
and Washington.
They provide that crop land may
be used for production of emergency
forage crops (such as Sudan grasses,
Spring grains, sorghums or millets)
for hay or pasture without affecting
prior classification of this land under
the program.
May Harvest Nurse Crop.
The notifications further provide
that farmers in all States In the
Western region who have planted SOIL
conserving crops with a nurse crop
may now harvest the nurse crop for
hay if they have a good stand of
the soil-conserving crop without af-
fecting their eligibility for payments
under the program.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt late
yesterday named special committee
to investigate and confer with him
during a personal inspection tour OF
the sunburned region in August.
In a statement issued through the
White House he selected Morris L.
Cooke, rural electrification admins
TRAITOR, as chairman of the group to
be known as the Great Plains Drought
Area Committee. The President him
self is on sailing vacation.
Other members of the committee in
cluded John c. Page, acting commits
sioner of the Bureau of Reclamation;
Frederick H. Fowler of the National
Resources Committee; Rexford G.
Tugwell, resettlement administrator
and Harry L. Hopkins, public works
administrator.
Cooke Calls Meeting.
Cooke called meeting of the COM
fnittee for today to make preliminary
plans for the study.
circumstance make it obvious that
relief activities are not sufficient and
that a competent study and recon-
mendations are desirable" the Presi-
dent said in a letter to committee
members.
Il am writing to ask you," he added.
''to serve as a member of the Great
Plains Drought Area Committee to
carry on a study looking toward the
most efficient utilization of the natu-
raj resources of the Great Plains area,
and especially toward practicable
measures for remedying the conditions
which have brought widespread losses
and distress to so many inhabitants Of
the Missouri, Platte and Arkansas VAL
leys, the Panhandles of Oklahoma and
Texas and contiguous areas"
The White House announced that
the Central Northwest Regional Plan
ming Committee. headed by w. r.
Ronald, Mitchell IS. Dak.) publisher,
would be asked to postpone meeting
scheduled at Aberdeen, S. Oak, on
August 7 to permit meeting with the
Great Plains Drought Area Committee
somewhere in the drought region about
August 20.
Evening star., 1936-07-23
Flames Attack Firemen.

OVERLAND PARK, Kans. P).-
Volunteer firemen. dashing to a grass
fire in an isolated field at 2:30 am,
headed across a ditch with their only
truck. 1t begged down and they fought
to save it as the flames crept closer
Finally the flames died. just few feet
from the truck
Evening star., 1936-07-23
WALLACE OFFERS
DROUGHT AID PLAN
Outlines Four-Point Pro.
gram to Protect Farmer
and Consumer.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, July 23.-Secretary
Wallace last night outlined a four
point program which he said might
be useful in guarding the Nation
against future droughts.
Aside from the fundamental, long
time soil conservation program, Wall
lace listed these measures which he
said might help protect both farmers
and consumers:
Judicious commodity loans. especial
Iy in years Of excessive supplies.
The ever-normal sranary.
Crop insurance.
Government purchase Of land which
Evening star., 1936-07-23

definitely should never have been
plowed.
In an address before the Interna-
tonal Baby Chick Association. Wal
lace said:
There was a time when man was
entirely helpless in the face OF
drought. We know now, since the
great and unprecedented drought OF
1884, that man can take steps to miti-
gate the effects of lack of rain. Some
of the steps taken in 1884 were de-
fensive only"
Evening star., 1936-07-23
Reviews 1894 Relief Activity.

He reviewed Government drought
relief activities in 1884. emphasizing
the adjustment and soil conservation
programs, which he said helped to re-
store balanced farming and put the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-27
OHIO DESPERATE SETS
CELL MATTRESS AFIRE

Jail in Uproar as Prisoner Fights
Efforts to Take Him to Court.
By United Press
CLEVELAND, Feb. 27.-Clayton j.
Clawson, Toledo desperate, who last
week terrified an entire courtroom
by threatening to blow it to king
dom come" with "nitro-glycerin"
threw the Cuyahoga County Jail
into an uproar today by setting fire
to his mattress.
Clawson, reputedly the most dan
gerous prisoner ever held in the
building, defied efforts to take him
into court for a retrial. He waved
his right arm, in a cast since he
was shot in court, menacingly as
turkeys tossed water through his
cell bars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-27
WPA TO START
new PROJECTS
FOR RECREATION
Activity Is Scheduled in 8
Indiana Cities; Jobs
to Open.

Eight new recreational projects
are to be put into operation this
week by the Works Progress Ad-
ministration emergency recreation
division, it was announced today.
Projects are to be in Huntington,
Princeton, Linton, Bloomfield, Leb-
anon, Plymouth. Valparaiso and
Rochester. Each project is to en-
ploy a supervisor. approximately 10
WPA workers and between 10 and
20 persons from National Youth
Administration rolls.
Tennis courts. Fairgrounds and
baseball diamonds are to be put in
condition, and tournaments and
athletic leagues organized.
Of the 3279 persons employed in
Indiana on recreational projects.
1893 are NYA workers and 1886
WPA workers. During January
1,018,410 persons participated in
emergency recreational activities.