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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-21
HERRING BOAT
 ORDERED BUILT

SEATTLE, Feb 21.-The Maritime Boat and Engine Works has been awarded contract by the San Juan Fishing and Packing Com pany for 72-foot herring and fish ing boat, to be used in Prince Will liam Sound.
 The boat is to be delivered in three months
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-21
SEVEN WANT AID
 POINTERS

Your want-ad will proouce, if you:
 l. Think carefully bout
 your proposition. 2. Direct your selling efforts
 at the individual. 3. Be specific. Use colorful
 words. Avoid generalities. i. Tell the whole story. 5. Emphasize the best fea-
 ture of your offer. 6. Mention price. '. Make answering as eEjy
 as possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-21
CIRCUS FOR ANCHORAGE

The Crescent Canadian Shows of Pentleton, B. S., have written Rob- ert S. Bragaw, Secretary of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, inquiring as to the advisability of trip north in August. A cordial invitation was extended.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-21
DISABLED SHIP IS IN TOW OF
 COAST GUARDER
Steamer Elma in Distress in Gulf Sends Out Weak
 Calls for Aid

NEW ORLEANS. La. Feb 21.- The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball, with the distressed 150-foot steamer Elma in tow. is battling heavy seas toward the mouth of the Mississippi River
 Weak radio messages from the Glnaa yesterday that she was in dis rress in the Gulf of Mexico, sent the coast guarder to her assistance.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
run DEFENDERS DESPERATE AS AMMUNITION DWNDLES
Spanish Envoy Seeks
Civil War Truce

LONDON, Sept. 3 Q.N.S0.-A
proposal to establish a national
emergency government" in Spain
to end the civil war is being
brought secretly from Madrid to
st. Jean de Luz, France, by Al.
merio Castro, Madrid's an1bassa-
dor-at-large. it was reported to-
day.
Castro is going to the diplo-
matte council meeting there to
present to an emissary from the
Spanish insurgent junta, who is
expected to arrive there shortly,
a proposal for creating a govern
ment of national concentration, /"
including Premier Jose Giral Of
the Madrid regime and insurgent
Generals Francisco Franco and
Emilio Mola.
Communists Excluded
The concentration government
would combine left-wingers, center
and rightist elements but would
exclude Communists.
Castro's terms for establish
ment Of q national government,
which would be followed imme-
diately by an armistice, origt-
mated with one of the large Eu-
ropean powers.
The British cabinet has consid-
cred and approved the proposals
and Britain is being prepared to
recognize such a government in
Spain.
The insurgents would have a
minority of ministers in the pro-
posed cabinet. with Giral remain
ing as premier. Franco would be
minister Of interior and war and
Mola would be minister of jus
tice.
Powers Bless Plan
Giral and the Madrid mod.
crates, it was reported, realizing
that Communist and Anarchist
committees in Madrid and else
where are rapidly taking control
from the hands Of the govern
ment, have decided the only way
they can save themselves and pre-
vent disaster for Spain is to COM
bine with insurgent leaders in a
national government.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
SEX MURDER
IN COLORADO
CONFESSED
Z Men Are Confined
In State Penitentiary
to Avoid Violence

CANON CITY, Colo, Sept. 3
GN.SD. - Southern Colorado law
enforcement officers today claimed
g. complete solution of the sex
Staying Of Dorothy Drain. 15-year.
old daughter of a Pueblo Works
Progress Administration super.
visor, on the night of August 16.
with the confession of Frank
Aguilar, 80, here last night.
Aguilar, a Pueblo WPA worker.
aSld Joseph Arridy, 81, escaped in
mate of the State Home for Feeble
minded at Grand Junction, Colo.
are held in the State penitentiary
here for safekeeping following
threats of mob violence in Pueblo.
Arridy last week confessed to his
part in the crime.
Warden Roy Best, Of the State
Penitentiary, was credited WITH
gaining a confession from Aguilar
after District Attorney French Tay=
lor and detectives questioned him
continuously for nine hours.
According to the purported con.
fession. Aguilar hacked the girl
over the head with a hatchet and
then attacked her. He struck her
younger sister, Barbara, IL, with
the same hatchet. he said. Aguilar
and Arridy said they entered the
Drain home after seeing the girls
parents leave.
VOTE AMERICAN
Treasury Balance
International News Service
Treasury balance as of Septem,
Der /: 1888, ,095. .558,40: miscella
neous receipts. $5.488,921.19; Gus,
toms receipts. $1.085, ,44875.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
Powers Approve

Madrid already has been advised
the great powers of Europe would
bless such a government. First
stage Of the proposal is to bring
about an armiStice; the second to
establish the new government; the
third is to have both sides remain
in the position in which they find
themselves at conclusion of hos.
tilities, and the fourth concerns
final distribution Of military and
naval forces.
Other European powers are pre-
pared to aid the proposed govern.
ment in restoring order, but Brit
ain will insist all such help must
be of international character and
through the League of Nations.
It is not known whether the
insurgents will be prepared to con.
slider such a proposal.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
I FLIERS LAND
IN WALES

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than an hour at any one time
because Of fog and low clouds.
"The plane ran beautifully
and Merrill di a grand job.
According to present plans.
we won't try to fly back to
America right away"
PLACE UNCERTAIN
Party due to the difficult spell
ing of the names of many Welsh
towns, there was a great deal Of
confusion over the exact spot
where Merrill and Richmanc
banded.
Air ministry officials here went
into a huddle and finally an
nounced the spot where the Lady
Peace landed is known as Llandilo
in CarmarthenShire. This adjoins
they said. the village Of Llwyn
celyn. However, inasmuch as
neither shows on any available at
las or gazetteer. their announce
ment merely confirmed they had
landed in Wales.
This ending Of the flight re
called the first transatlantic ven
ture of Amelia Earhart. With Lot
Gordon and the late Wilmer Stultz
she headed from Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland, for Southampton
England. but came down on 9
little bay in Burryport. Wales.
Merrill effected a three-point
landing. and the speedy craft, with
10000 ping pong balls loaded ir1
its wing to insure buoyancy ir
event of descent upon the water
was not damaged.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
Round Table Chooses
D. {. for 81 Meetinu

The thirteenth annual conven-
ton Of the Round Table Interna-
ton will be held in Washington
next year, it was announced to,
day by the Washington Round
Table. The decision was made
at the recent international con.
vention in Detroit.
James E. Smith, Of Washington,
international vice president, will
describe his recent motor trip
through England and Scotland at
the regular weekly luncheon of
the local group tomorrow at 1880
p. m. at the University Club.
VOTE AMERICAN
Azana's Nephew Executed
BARCELONA. Sept. 3 G.N.S).
Loyalist officials claimed today
that Gregorio Azana, nephew of
Spain's radical President Manuel
Azana, has been executed at Cor
doha.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
Duke Surprised
To Hear He's to
Be Married

LONDON, Sept. 3 GN.SO.-A
report from Edmonton. Alberta,
that James Smith, nineteenth
Duke Of Richmond and Gordon" !"
is to marry Jean Townsend, daugh-
ter Of an Erskine (Alberta) farmer.
threw London society circles into
CONSERVATION today.
The actual duke was sleeping
peacefully at his Goodwood home
when the report arrived.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
PRESIDENT DUE
INDESM0INES
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the governors the report Of his
Great Plains Drought Committee,
which found 80 per cent Of the
agricultural acreage Of the Plains
States suffering from some de-
gree of soil erosion. and Is per
cent suffering from permanent
impairment.
The committee also reported
that the drift Of people away from
the Plains States has already be-
gun, and that unless remedial
measures are taken to protect and
improve soil conditions I'VE en-
danger our Democracy" and risk
making of the plains IAN eco
nomic desert"
Tour Personal
To this report, and its recon.
mendations Of Federal and State
cooperation in correcting the
tendency, President Roosevelt will
add his own observations, gained
on his present 3,500-mile tour.
Mr.. Roosevelt'S inspection tour
has literally been personal. He
has motored hundreds of miles
through dusty farm roads, both
gravel and dirt, talked with a
dozen farmers in the Dakotas, In
Nebraska. and Colorado, on their
own doorsteps. They have leaned
on his dusty automobile in their
own barnyards and told him their
troubles.
Boiled down. their troubles
have all centered in one word
water" Given water, they in
variably told Mr.. Roosevelt, they
could handle their own problems.
The drought committees report
recommended thousands of small
but substantial dams should be
constructed through the West"
This fits in with Mr.. Roose-
velt'S ideas on the subject, and
ties in also with future WPA
policy. The President is not too
well satisfied with the WPA
projects which he has seen in the
West, and in his radio address
next Sunday night he is expected
to outline some changes in the
current work relief Setup.
Landon's Views Awaited
Just what Governor Landon
will have to say about the situa-
ton, or what suggestions he will
offer. if any. we're unknown to-
day aboard the Presidents train.
There has been no communica.
ton between them other than
the Presidents invitation to con-
ference and Governor Landon's
acceptance. But the proposal to
construct thousands of small
dams to impound water in the
West is somewhat generally sim
liar to Governor Landon'S own
suggestion recently, of farm ponds
to relieve water shortage in dry
times.
The Presidents train was due
in DeS MoineS at noon (C.S.TO.
The President planned to go i'm
mediately from his train to the
State capitol. where Governor
Herring will serve his guests with
a buffet luncheon.
Parade Likely
If there is to be anything in
the nature of a presidential
parade through the city, en- route
to the capitol, it was not men
toned aboard his train. How.
ever. the State fair is in prog.
ress in Des Moines, and it, plus
the attraction of the Roosevelt
Landon meeting, is expected to
draw thousands to the city.
If some Of these thousands
choose to line the streets and do
any applauding. Mr.. Roosevelt's
friends said there was little they
could do about it. They had, they
said, requested Governor Herring, |
in making his arrangements, to
have a minimum of display out Of |
reference to Governor Landon. !
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
MINE YIELDS
TWO BODIES
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bodies Of Elisha Watts, 80. and
Andy Gazdik, go, we're taken from
the wrecked mine.
A. B. Lambert. who was over.
come by gas but escaped. and
Mining Inspector o. G. Schwant,
who also was overcome while en-
gagged in rescue work, we're re,
ported recovering at a local hos.
pital.
Although the rescue crew fought
through the night to reach their
entombed fellow miners. hope that
any were left alive was abandoned,
Mine officials said their lives
probably were snuffed out by the
deadly black damp" gas which
killed Elisa Watts, 80, and Andy
Gazdik. whose bodies were re-
coverej shortly after the explo-
sion.
Set Off BY Spark
Although cause of the blast has
not been determined. officials be-
lieve it was set off by sparks from
the trolley of an electric car used
to haul coal to the surface.
About $50 miners we're working
at the mine of the blast which
completely closed one section. All
but 10 were able to fight their way
to the surface. Most of the en-
tombed men were married.
Two members of the rescue
squad we're overcome by the deadly
gas seeping from the wreckage.
They we're A. B. Lambert, 81,
miner, and o. F. Fehwont, COM
pany engineer, They will recover.
Relatives Stand BY
OdSOu L. E1Ol1lOdSS d 1SSLuCAO
who rushed to the scene of the
disaster, told the story of the
tragedy. He said:
"The 10 men haven't a chance
to survive. They are trapped
far back in the mine which is
filled with slate and coal in
that section. Shortly after the
explosion dust and gas poured
from the shaft. The 10 trapped
men could not live In that
atmosphere.
Relatives Of the entOmbed
men have gathered about the
shaft but they have no hope"
The explosion occurred in a Sec
ton Of the Macbeth Mine of the
Hutchinson Coal Company, located
in the richest bituminous coal
field in southern West Virginia.
-V0TE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
LEWIS DEFIANT
OF ORDER TO
GUST {. |. O..
Won't Surrender His
Answer to Green's
UItimatum

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 QN.S).
A firm "no-surrender" policy was
reiterated today by John L. Lewis,
leader Of the insurgent Committee
for Industrial Organization, as he
returned from a brief European
holiday.
To the ulbimatum Of President
William Green of the American
Federation of Labor that the
unions in the Lewis group drop
such affiliation by September or
suffer automatic expulsion from
the federation, Lewis said:
"Our stand is the same as 1t
has always BEEN"
Suspension of the 10 unions
comprising the Committee for In
dustrial Organization will not have
, any effect on its vertical organ.
izing activities, c. I. o. officials
declared today. The suspension or
der becomes effective Saturday.
With the return from Europe
today Of John L. Lewis. president
Of United Mine Workers and c.
l. o. chairman, the efforts of the
committee toward in d uStrtal,
rather than craft, organization as
favored by the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, doubled, 1t was
stated.
Phillip Murray, a C. I. o. direc-
tor, said the Carnegie Illinois
steel corporation planned to oper-
ate its Pittsburgh district mills
Monday ito prevent workers from
attending Labor Day rallies" He
said that superintendents and
foremen have told the men that
the mills would operate on that
day.
Retirement Of Michael F.
Tighe left the fight for the preSi-
dency of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation Of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers between B. F. Bennett,
Of Granite City, ILL.,. and Edward
s. Moller. Of Pittsburgh, now a
vice president of the union.
The election. to be held by
mail. gets under way Septem-
ber 10.
Commenting on Tighe's resigna.
ton. William Green. president OF
the A. F. of L., said:
"Mr. Tighe Is n veteran In
labor and he Is held In high es-
TEEN by the officers and mem
bers of the federation, as well as
by progressive employers. who
know him. / regret to learn Of
his decision to terminate his
services with the union"
wore AMERIcAN-
Record Executions
CERBERE, France. - Refugees
arriving here from Barcelona said
that government guards had
made a photographic record of
the execution of Gen. Manuel
Coded and Gen. Alvaro Fernan-
dez Burriel for public distribution
"and as a warning to traitors. I"
The two generals were exc,
cuted in the historic fortress OF
Montjuich, the scene Of In
Vulnerable military executions.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
BATTLE ENTERS
SEVENTH DAY,
CRISIS NEAR
lnsur9ent Hostages
Executed As City
Prepares for Fall
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ing up to the Behobie front In
armored cars, and accompanying
them with big artillery pieces,
machine guns, and one heavy
tractor field gun. The armored
cars were in the van Of the pro.
ceSSion.
Cavalry also made its appear,
ance at Behohie, 200 mounted
CarliStS and volunteers being
posted at strategic points.
Several aerial dog fights" &C
companied today's infantry and
artillery warfare.
Militia Still Holds Out
At 1880 p. m. there was heavy
fighting on both sides at Behobie,
with the radical militia still hold.
ing out. Wearing red berets, 800
Carlists were leading the attack,
moving UP under the cover of
maize fields.
Supported by mortars which
shelled the insurgents from the
Fuentarabia fortress, the loyalists
Stormed the positions where the
insurgents rested last night in
fields outside Behobie after cap
turing the San Marcial fort.
Insurgents responded to the
counter attack with heavy ma
chine-gun and rifle fire from every
window in Behobie after all houses
in the town had been converted
into miniature insurgent strong
holds during the night.
Seventh Day of Battle
At the same time government
artillery shelled San Marcial in
an attempt to drive out the In.
surgentS who occupied that strong.
hold yesterday.
Organizing after the counter
attack, insurgents made a wide
converging movement and then
attacked the loyalists from two
sides, streaming down from the
surrounding hills in the direction
Of Vantas.
Today was the seventh day of
the battle of Irun."
Casualties in yesterdays battle,
in which the rebels captured La
Puncha Hill and Mount Turiarte
as well as Fort San Marcial, were
estimated at 1000.
More than 1000 refugees from
1run and Behobie crossed the bor-
der into France last night. and
three French gendarmeS were Sc
riously wounded by machine gun
fire at Behobie, on the French
side Of the border, this morning
while they were disarming refugee
Spanish radical militiamen.
Anarchists at Behobie. on the
Spanish side, mined all the beau
tiful buildings in the town and
threatened to destroy the entire
community rather than surrender.
Sensational Victory
The battle was resumed at dawn
after continuing until nearly mid
night last night.
Yesterdays insurgent advance
was their most sensational victory
on this front. Without the aid of
airplaneS or naval batteries, 900
foreign legionnaires battered down
the La Puncha outpost and
marched on to storm bullet-swept
slopes and take the San Marcial
fortress.
Massacre Expected
It was believed the fall of Irun
will result in a massacre and car
mage beyond description of insur-
gent hostages within Irun before
the city finally is captured, for
the radicals already have shown
they will give no quarter.
watched the fall of San Mar
cial while lying on my stomach be-
side a French gendarme on a
road leading from Biriatou across
the border to Irun. Shells from
insurgent artillery fell within 80
feet of us, and the firing was so
heavy we dared not rise to re-
turn to safety.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
Dog Patrols Beat
On 8-Hour Shift

BRISTOL. conn. UN.sO.
"Rex" serves two masters. For
eight hours every day, rain or
shine, he pounds the beat" with
Patrolman Cornelius Connolly.
The rest Of the time he is faith.
full to his owner, James j. Dunn,
funeral director.
The Washington times., 1936-09-03

-VOTEAMEBIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-09-03
Gardeners to Meet

The District of Columbia
branch of the National Associa-
ton of Gardeners will hold its
regular monthly business meeting
tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock
at the home of the secretary, 2341
Wyoming Ave. N. w.
Evening star., 1936-07-19
Hotel Registers.

A generation of people that knows
nothing of hotel registers is growing up
In the United States. Perhaps its isola-
tion from one Of the traditional joys Of
travel is symptomatic of the times. In
any case, tragedy of a sort is repre-
sented in the circumstance.
During the palmy days it was different.
When new arrival checked in at q
wayside tavern he invariably read over
the signatures Of guests already resi-
dent in the house. Periodically during
his stay he inspected the autographs Of
those who arrived after himself Before
he departed he gave the docket final
glance It was the standard pattern Of
conduct in that era for him to do so.
The book was, in effect, the journal OF
the establishment.
And the newspapers realized the fact
Evening star., 1936-07-19
in handy. Crowds sharpen his dramatic

In handy. Crowds sharpen his dramatic
abilities.
The result Is that the Republicans are
ready to admit that their candidate Will
not compete with the Democratic can
didate in platform presence, but tney
argue that platform presence and tonai
qualities of an individual voice DO not
necessarily qualify the possessors Tor
the presidency, at time when common
sense and business experience are needed.
col Frank Knox, vice presidential
nominee, and John Hamilton. chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
along with other Republicans, Will carry
much of the campaigning load.
In the Democratic ranks the President
himself will bear the brunt.
After returning from his present vaca-
t,on he win visit New England and the
Eastern States. BY mid-August he ex-
meets to move into the drought areas OF
the Northwest. Those trips are prior 70
the real election campaign, to get under
vav in September. During that cam.
nairn the President intends to travel
from one end Of the country to the other.
making a large number OF informal
sneeches and q series Of major addresses.
II is in preparation for the campaign
ahead that both candidates are adjusting
their attitudes and polishing their meth
DDS for the great quadrennial selling
drive.
iCopyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-19
In Patrick Henry's Day.

=: Senator Carter Glass, fiery Virginian,
speaking at the celebration of another
fiery virginian, Patrick Henry, de-
nounced the Roosevelt New Deal. The
government set-up by the New Deal
administration, he said, was Govern
ment of privilege and discrimination"
just the kind of government that
Patrick Henry fought in Revolutionary
days. ...
The Virginia Senator criticized the
President for taking and the Congress
for giving to him the vast powers over
the people which the New Deal admin
lstration now has. In this position Sen
ator Glass is entirely consistent. AS q
member of the Senate he has opposed
measure after measure put through the
legislative body by the New Deal admin
lstration. He has been strong and
vigorous antagonist. He has scored the
Roosevelt spending program, the system
OF taxing the people in order to grant
special benefits to certain groups.
The Glass speech at Ashland was as
bitter denunciation of the New Deal
Evening star., 1936-07-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Cat.
should not like to be a cat
And doze the hours away,
Too indolent to scare rat
Or join the casual fray.
Although
I know
1t is luxury to dream
And wait till some one brings the cream
To purr and yawn in bliss complete
And keep ones fur entirely neat;
Never to know the fierce unrest
That ends the disappointed quest
To feel the casual caress
BY hands of generous idleness
And find each day that slips away
Secure, like every other day.
And yet,
You bet,
In spite of the allurements that
Such slumbrous lives display,
should not like to be a cat
And doze the hours away.