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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
Modern Etiquette By Roberta l ,ee

Q. At a debutante's coming-out party, should the girl or her mother be the first to greet the guests?
 A. The mother should be first to greet the guests.
 o. Should a hostess always rise when guest is leaving, as well as arriving?
 A. Yes, always, and whether the guest is man or woman. It is ex- ceedingly discourteous if she does not.
 e. Would it be proper in night club, for man to ask a girl he knows to dance, when she is sitting at another table with some people whom he does not know?
 A. No, it is better not to do SO, though he may stop at her table for few words of greeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
ESKIMO AUTO-SUGGESTION.

Report from Point Barrow says the Eskimos in that community suffering for want of food and fuel later report says the first report is highly exaggerated and that there is no hungry in the community. But still third report carries the in- trigung information that the $2oO which the widow of the late Will Rogers contributed to the Eskimos for the part they played in helping at the Rogers Post wreck Barrow last summer is to be used to buy song books.
 Instead of buying song books for the hungry Eski- why wouldn't it be good scheme to buy some of those Dr Coue autosuggestion books which tell of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
Daily Lessons in English
bv w. l.. GOrdon

Words Often Misuse~. DO ioJ say; T appreciate you telling me Say, T appreciate your telling me"
 Often Mispronounced: Pierce. Pro- uounce the ie as in me.
 Often Misspelled: Molasses; one l, three s's.
 Synonyms: Generous, liberal, char itable, beneficient, benevolent, phil anthropic.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day Today's word :: Imperceptive; unable to apprehend, or understand. "The imperceptive part of the soul. ."-Dr. H. More.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
Look ard Learn By A. c. Gordon

l. What percent of people die leaving an estate of more than s10OO?
 ?. Who said, While there's life, there's hope?"
 3. What is the Indian population of the U. S.?
 4. What are two other names for the bobwhite?
 5. For what two states were the first two stars added to the original thirteen, in the American flag?
 ANSWERS 1. Only five percent. 2. Cicero. in letters to Attica. 3. 1930 census gives 332.397. 4. Quail in the north, partridge in the south.
 5. For Kentucky and Vermont. is 1794.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

If the Matanuska Colony is such flop and the Coloniss going back to the States why make such noise about it? Since the landing of the Pilgrims no 200 people received such attention, nor did so many persons skid to the first page with comment concerning an undertaking, adverse and otherwise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

every day in every way getting better and better Then the residents of the frozen north could sit with their empty dummies nice warm iceberg and chant, day by day in every way we are getting along better and better without reindeer meat and blubber"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY Is, 1JI6

An anarchistic plot involving 12 Amrican key cities was revealed by Department of State authorities. At the same time, news was received of mutiny in the German troops sta- toned at Petrograd. In YpreS, Ger man troops captured 800 yards of British position .n hard-fought battle.
 Final snoSS were --cd in the An nex Creek project of the Gastineau Mining Company and w. s. Pullen began final work on power lines con- 1 struction.
 The city registration books were announced by City Clerk E. w. Pet tit to be ready for signature. Members of the Arctic Brother hood, Camp Juneau No 32; held ini l tiatiOn ceremonies in their new hall, many of them taking their lady friends, wives and sweethearts with them and turning them loose in the swimming tank until the lodge meet ing was over.
 The Juneau Public Library re- ceived from the trustees, under the will of Mary Baker Eddy, copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures English and German editions) and subscription to the Christian Science Sentinel.
 The owners of the Juneau Dairy were planning to build a barn 100 ! by 210 feet on their homestead near Mendenhall for the accommodation of their herd of dairy COWS, which would be increased to over 100 in the spring.
 Local MaSons made plans for a. celebration of Washington's Birth day. Simultaneously, the Order of Eastern Star was to present Washington's Birthday Ball in the A. B. Hall. The affair was in charge of a joint committee composed of Charles Naghei, Mrs William Case, Mrs. Walter DeLong, Jack Woodland, William Fry, Harry Lucas, and L. 1 " Winter.
 Henry Roden returned from Gla- cier Bay, where he had been exam ming mining property. He reported ducks by the hundreds were frozen to death along the bays and sloughs of Icy Straits. Thousands of clans in the sand between the high and tide marks would be frozen solid while the tide was low.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

Congressman Bell wants to investigate the Town send plan. If he get that $20O month in cash, we wish he'd report back on how he did it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

In many districts of Texas and Oklahoma the 1885 pecan crop was the largest in years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

About 40 percent of Germany's motor fuel is obtained from agricul- tural products, chiefly potatoes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

Weather: Maximum, 41; mini mum, 32; cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE II,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15
HAPPY -
 BHRTADAY

The Empire ertends congratula- lions and best ,0isfes today, their cc-rthday znniuersary, D the touosU- ing:
 FEBRUARY 15 Charles E. Naghel Mike Chinovuch
 Jerry Cashen
 R. M. Keeny
 Joseph Sterling
 FEBRUARY I6
 Kenneth Junge Percy E. Reynolds Sylvia Martinson
 Gus Raemerus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

Final SnoSS were ---cd in the An nex Creek project of the Gastineau Mining Company and w. s. Pullen began final work on power lines con- struction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-15

The city registration books were announced by City Clerk E. w. Pet tit to be ready for signature
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
Shooting an Accident.
Doris Dudley Says

NEW YORK, April 30 Q.N.S0.
While Doris Dudley lay in a private
hospital today recovering from a
gunshot wound in the chest. a
controversy ragged over the shoot
ing.
The 1S-year-old actress daughter
Of Bide Dudley, radio commenta-
tor, and her friends vigorously de.
MED reports that she had shot her
self as q result Of a lovers quar-
rel with Sidney Kingsley, Pulitzer
prize playwright.
Police Reports Differ
The police blotter read:
Attempted suicide but
open for investigation"
To further complicate matters,
some police said the girl left a
note. Others denied this.
Early today. Miss Dudley, SUI
ficiently recovered to talk to a
reporter, declared:
~ was not trying to kill my.
self. That's ridiculous. We did
not have any quarrel. As . mat
ter Of fact, We had been very
9ffectionate all day"
AS the young ingenue Of END
Of Summer" starring Ina Claire,
explained it, she had been carry.
ing two Of KingSley's target guns
from the bedroom into the living
room Of the playwright'S uptown
apartment.
One of the guns, a 20 caliber
rifle. fell out of its canvas case
and as Miss Dudley clutched at it,
it was discharged. The actress,
struck in the left side of the chest,
fell to the floor unconscious,
where she was found q moment
later by Kingsley.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
CAFE CASHIER
HELD ON BOND

Thomas w. Herrold, 20, Of the
5000 block Calvert st. N. w.,
cashier Of the Navy Cafeteria As
ISOLATION, today was held In 5000
bond for Grand Jury action on =
charge Of embezzlement.
Through his attorney, Robert
I. Miller, Herrold entered q plea
Of not guilty and waived prelimi-
nary hearing before Judge Isaac
r. Hit in Police Court. The at
torney informed the court restitu-
ton would be- made before the
case reached the Grand Jury.
Herrold is charged with embez-
Element Of 1924 Of the associar
tons funds on April "a. The
warrant for his arrest was sworn
to by ]. Herbert Taylor, president
Of the association.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
ITALIANS NEAR
Adds ABABA
CONTINUED from Page ~


termed by Italians "Ethiopia's
last army"
Pursuing the remnants Of Ras
NaSibu'S army, motorized italian
cavalry" made a sensational dash
that brought them into Jijiga. the
most important commercial town
in eastern Ethiopia, according to
authoritative information in Rome.
Capture Of Jijiga would cut off
Ethiopia's last major source Of
supplies from outside. One hun
dred miles up the Jerer River
from Sasa Baneh, Jijiga controls
the caravan route to Berbera,
British Somaliland. italian forces
already hold the caravan routes
into the Anglo Egyptian Sudan.
With Jijiga repeatedly in Italian
hands, capture Of Harar, so miles
to the west, is regarded as i'm
minent and the way to Dire Dawa.
80 miles beyond Harar. on the
Djibouti railway, is open.
An unconfirmed report was re.
ceived from Asmara today that
three representatives Of the Adds
Ababa municipality had left the
Ethiopian capital to meet the ad'
vancing Italians and surrender
the city.
The trio set out following a
decision not to defend Adds
Ababa, claimed the report, which
could not be confirmed in Off
ciaI quarters.
Rallying around Emperor Halle
SelasSie, Ethiopian women fought
shoulder to shoulder with
men in the first-line trenches Of
the Ethiopian "Hindenburg line'
around Sasa Baneh, according to
reports from the southern front
today.
Several women prisoners have
been taken by the Italian troops
concentrated at Hanamlei, it Is
reported.
Questioned by italian military
authorities, these women are said
to have admitted they helped man
the trenches, loading rifles for Ras
NaSibu'S soldiers and bringing up
cartridges for machine guns.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
10000 italian Soldiers
Within Few Miles of Capital

Adds ABABA, April 80 I.N.SJ
With 10000 Italian troops re.
ported only few miles from
Adds Ababa and advancing stead.
lily upon the capital, excitement
mounted TO fever pitch today as a
squadron Of Italian planes flew
over the Akah airport on the out
skirts Of the city.
In a maneuver grimly warning
that the Italians are at hand and
mean business, the planes swooped
down and machine-gunned the
hangers at the airport, which were
empty.
The report that the large body
Of Italians is within 60 miles Of
the capital was brought by a
British Red Cross detachment
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
R00SEVELT'S
TREATY PLAN
PRAISED
Unobstructed World
Commerce Declared
Conducive to Peace

Continued from Page II
bring increased suspicion. fric-
ton, fear, envy and resentment.
Economic distress, he con-
cluded, quickly translates itself
into social instability and po-
litical unrest-and economic dis
tress will continue to be with
the world until international
trade is again healthy and nor
NAL. He painted an alarming
picture Of the results Of economic
distress as expressed in world
armament increase through the
last few years.
Hull defended the whole Struc.
ture of the reciprocal trade treaty
program, emphasizing the most
1avored-nation feature, under
which all countries get equal
benefits with parties to specific
treaties.
Trade Equality Urged
America, he said, must deal
with other nations in trade mat
tiers, only on q basis Of equality,
and must be dealt with by other
nations only on that same basis.
ANY other course, he continued,
would bring determinations aud
retard progress. He said repeal
of the trade treaty law would
mean:
1--WE would automatically 60
back to the SmOOt-Hawley tariff,
and face once more the vicious
discrimination against our trade
which it caused and the vir-
tually suicidal effort ut eco
nOmic seIf-containment which 1t
represented"
ut would represent an in
glorious surrender to the emer.
gency that has overwhelmed
u.s." -.
A view directly contrary to that
Of Secretary Hull was expressed
by Fred w. Sargent, Of Chicago,
president Of the Chicago and
North Western Railway Company,
who held that we must maintain
and protect the American market
for the American farmer.
Farm Protection Urged
Sargent criticised the reciprocal
trade treaties as Intellectual ef-
forts to build up world trade, based
on hone rather than well ground.
ed expectations.
Inoffering a remedy to the Situa-
ton, Sargent set forth q three
phase program which, he said,
would do the necessary work. This
embraced:
81. reserve the American
market for the American farmer.
"2. Assist him through Gov.
eminent aid In the cultivation Of
new crops or substitute crops IN Z
place Of agricultural cOmm0di-
ties now imported from foreign
lands.
"3. Advance the industrial use
Of American farm products
through applied science"
ATTACKS ON POLICIES
The delegates were to reasSen.
Die this afternoon for action on
resolutions aSsailing the Roosevelt
administration on half . dozen
fronts.
Opposition to the tax bill, to
Federal spending, and to existing
unemployment methods Of govern
ment, were the subjects Of the
leading resolution.
Judging from actions Of the Of
ficialS, some sort Of a surprise was
in store for the delegates. The
publicity branch was making
copies of some lengthy document,
or proposal, which was jealousy
guarded.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
TEXAS OFFICER
TESTIF|ES AT
PWA TRIAL
Legislature Considered
Removing County
Authority

The Texas legislature once con-
sidered q bill to remove from
the State board Of water en-
gineers the power to pass on
specifications Of the Willacy
county CTexas) irrigation district,
for construction Of o Public
Works Administration irrigation
canal. 1t was testified in District
Supreme Court yesterday.
C. s. Clark, chairman Of the
Texas State board Of water en-
gineers, was the witness who
made the unusual disclosures dur
ing a full day Of testimony in
the trial of a group of seven
Texas politicians, officials Of the
California Redwood Association
and PWA engineers on charges
of conspiring to defraud the
Government.
100000 Project
Specifically, the seven are &C
cused Of changing the Specifica-
tionS for the five million dollar ir-
rigation project from an open
canal system to q pressure pipe
system and so GENEROUSLY" word.
ing the specifications as to exclude
all other piping material than
California redwood.
Clark told the jury that when
the specifications finally came be.
fore his board, a State agency
with authority to finally reject any
project for diverting waters of
public streams, they were closed
to all materials but redwood.
He said cypress was mentioned
in the specifications, but an in
vestigation revealed it was not
available in sufficient quantities
for the 125-mile line.
Up Before Legislature
. When the water engineers ap-
preached the officials of the viii
lacy county irrigation district to
have the specifications amended
to include other materials, Clark
said q bill was introduced in the
special session Of the Legislature
to deprive his board Of power to
reject the project.
Clarks' board had employed a
professor Of engineering at Tulane
University to make survey Of the
project, he testified, and when the
report was made the Willacy
county irrigation board agreed to
withdraw its bill and to include
specifications for concrete piping.
steel, coated steel and Douglas fir.
A close inspection Of the plans,
Clark said, revealed that the Spe-
cifications had been changed from
the ordinary standard and worded
GENEROUSLY" to eliminate competi-
tive bidding.
Gas / view IL, this bill win
destroy small business, cruelty
large business, prevent employ.
ment and spread misery. It
was written by brain trusters'
and they don't even under.
stand their finished product.
It strikes me the authors Of this
bill must have intended to pro-
vide employment for the legal
profession. It certainly will pro-
woke o lot Of litigation.
"The President asked for
windfall taxes. It seems that
the windfaII will be for the
lawyers and at the expense Of
our housewives"
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
BYrns Bets House
Will End Session
Before COP, Meet

# Congress does not adjourn
by June 8, Speaker Joseph ByrnS
Of tie House will be out rs cents.
He recently made o bet with
the Republican majority leader
in the House, Representative
Bertram Smell Of New York, that
the session would conclude be-
fore the Republican convention
conveneS June 8.
There are many hackers among
the House members on both sides
of the question.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
N EW ARREST
IN wendell
KIDNAPPING
Suspect Is Detained
In Brooklyn; Said
to Be Parker Pal

TRENTON, N. j., April 80 GIN.
s. Arrest of another man sus-
pected of completely in the kid
mapping Of Paul Wendell was caused
by Brooklyn authorities today
when Charles (SauD Marcus,
Trenton bookmaker and said by
police to be a friend Of Ellis
Parker, jr., was taken into custody
and held without bond as an &C.
ceSSory.
Marcus pleaded not guilty and
was held without bail to await
extradition proceedings.
Marcus refused to waive extradi-
ton. He was arrested by Detec-
tive Lieutenant James de Louis, OF
the Trenton police, who was &C.
companied by Assistant District At
torney Madden, of Brooklyn.
Two men with Marcus when he
was arrested also were taken into
custody, but were not held.
f. De Louie said Marcus made a
partial confession in which he ad-
mitted being the "payoff man"
According to De Louie, Marcus
would obtain funds from John Ar
buttel, also being sought here in
the investigation, and take the
money to the Brooklyn house
where Wendell was kept prisoner
and allegedly tortured until he
signed a confession that he COM
mitted the Lindbergh murder.
Quizzed Six Hours
Marcus was questioned for six
hours before news of his arrest
became known. Madden would
not discuss the arrest. He said:
"All information concerning
Marcus arrest must come from
District Attorney GeOghan."
From another source 1t was
learned that Marcus arrest may
be the forerunner of more Sensa-
tional developments involving a
former New Jersey police official
who has been rumored as linked
with the Wendell case.
Newspaper men identified Mar.
Gus as a hotel habitue who was
seen here frequently, preceding
the execution Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann. q
The Washington times., 1936-04-30

Miss Dudley was granted an an
nulment in January Of her mar
riage to Theodore Kurrus, must
clan. She married him when she
was IA and has a young son. She
recently confirmed reports she and
Kingsley were engaged. s.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
Tax Of $12,247,333
Upheld on Appeal

TRENTON, N. j., April 80
u.N.SO-A transfer inheritance
tax Of $12,247,333 upon the estate
Of the late DR.. John r. Dorrance,
Campbell soup manufacturer, was
upheld today by the State court
Of errors and appeals. An appeal
to the United States Supreme
Court Is considered likely.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
CASE
WILL REACH
JURY TODAY
Defendant in Staying
May Know Fate in
Few Hours

A District Supreme Court jury
today may decide whether it was
insanity or jealousy that mott.
waited william H. Reaguer when
the Culpeper undertaken slashed
the throat of O 17-day bride,
barely one-third his age. last
October IL in a downtown hotel.
The verdict Of the jury also
will determine whether it was a
lovers tryst or whether Mrs.
Willie Mae Wood, 81, was already
in fear for her life when she
entered Reaguer's light coupe in
Culpeper to drive to Washing
ton.
Final arguments In Reaguer's
trial for the first-degree murder OF
the young woman will be COM
pleted early today and the fate Of
the defendant will be In the hands
Of the jury by noon.
Scored by Heflin
Opening the final arguments for
the Government late yesterday.
Assistant United States Attorney
Cecil RI Helm severely caStigated
the man who, his attorneys claim.
Is hopeleSsly insane, the victim Of
acknowledgements. an organic malady
that brings mental deterioration
and responsibility. Helm said:
"He was the man who started
the girl on the downward path.
Whatever may be said against
her falls on his shoulders. He
became jealous and spiteful
against her when she married
. younger man. He threatened
her, bribed her brothers and
sisters to inform him IS to her
associations with other and
younger men,"
Helm told the jury that Rea-
guer had stabbed the young wom-
an while she lay in bed. The knife
broke and he then opened the
other blade Ito finish the job"
Defense Argument
Different was the address Of
Burnett Miller. jr.. brilliant young
Cl1lpepper attorney, who Is i'm
portant in the Reaguer defense.
Opening his statement in a quiet,
subdued voice, Miller said:
1--WE realize we must tread
softly ON the actions Of the
dead. Now / wish to present an.
other picture Of VIII Reaguer."
As the young attorney began q
recitation Of Reaguer'S life his
tory, from the time he was an as
SiStant In his fathers wheelwright
Shop-hiS marriage-hiS family
his standing in his community as
a citizen-a member Of one Of the
service clubs Of the city, Reaguer
again broke into tears. burying
his face in his hands.
Changes Pursuit
Then came @ change, his drink
ing was like throwing nitro-gly-
cerine on q bomb, the attorney
said as he told the jury Of the al
legged pursuit" of the elderly I'm
dertaker by the murder victim,
even after she was married but a
short time to Herbert Wood, a
young highway worker for the
commonwealth.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Irwin Goldstein completed
the Government argument for
conviction with a declaration
that Reaguer'S desires and pas
sionS" were about to be fruS-
trated by Mrs. Woods marriage.
Insanity was introduced as a de-
tense, he said, because his coun-
eal nnanld Thrill. AZ .aa&hi.as. ALA
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
Aviatrix Is Baked
In Try For Record

FIT. LEUDERDALE, Fla, April
3O.-Annette Gipson abandoned
her attempt for q woman's alti-
tude record yesterday when
weather bureau officials advised
conditions were not favorable.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30

Would yOu give . child . loaded
shotgun? Elsie Robinson turns the
full blast Of invectives on those who
advocate teaching radical theories in
primary schools In Q brilliant article
Monday May 4. in The Washington
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
Was Manneuuin

Before signing a contract to ap-
pear in Three Cheers for Love, d"
Anna Noble was q successful New
York mannequin.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30
Treasury Condition
INTERNATIONAL .Nevve Servico

Treasury balance as Of April %,
81, 400, 981 ,243.38; internal revenue,
$4,665, 055.44; customs receipts,
&30,O25, 401.52.
The Washington times., 1936-04-30

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The Washington times., 1936-04-30
HOUSE

11VOOG
Meets at noon to begin consid-
Grafton of the Navy Department
supply bill.
Committees
10 A.M.-Appropriations, Navy
supply bill, executive.
10 A.M.-VeteranS, Florida pen
dons investigation, open.
10 A.M-Interstate Commerce
subcommittee, railroad employ
ment bill, executive.
10 A.M.-Post Office, air safety,
open.
10 A.M.-Patents subcommit-
tee. copyright and design, execu-
tive.
1890 A.M.-Judiciary, Govern
ment contracts, executive.
1890 A.M.-Public Lands, Mt.
Olympus National Park, open.
1880 A.M.-F1ood control
Overton bill executive.