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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20

recting q situation which they themselves admit ig deplorable.
 Initiative for the latter first was taken by the League of California Municipalities and other civic bos dies but later was carried out by hotel and liquor interests who de- sire 0 better regulated system than the present one.
 At present Caiifornia'B liquor coTl- trol is invested in the State Board of Equalization. Against it's ad- Jninistration many complaints Of al- legedly arbitrary and unfair treats ment have been made by small ll- quor dealers, cafe owners and oth- CTS.
 Vets Favor New Body
 To meet this situation, vets pro- pose taking the control of the li- quor situation out of the hands Of the Board of Equalization and inc veSting it in q newly created Liquor Commission of three members. The first board would be constituted by the appointment for two yeaTg Of one member by the governor, ono by the attorney general and ono by the lieutenant governor.
 Following the creation of the first board, the members afterWard would Do appointed by the governor for terms of six years, the appolnt- ment8 subject to confirmation by q two-third vote of the senate, while incumben6 could Do removed by two-thirds votes of both houses.
 This new commission would have power to limit the number of lie" enges in any district. It also would make issuance of licenses more strict. Local authorities would have c greater voice in connection with issuance and cancellation of lcs ef1ses.
 Open Hearings Proposed
 Before q license could be Issued, the application would have to Dc submitted to the local lawsfnaking body. Tn the event of c protest against, the commission could not Issue it until c public hearing was held in the locality where the pro- test originated.
 Similarly the commission would have to hold q hearing if1 event lo- cal officials protested that c lice ense was being abused.
 By thus establishing c local con. trol over issuance of licenses vets hope in this initial fight with the drys to avoid the fundamental iSs sue that has always been one Of the greatest controversial questions in California, that of local option.
 Should both the Local Option amendment ard the proposed wet amendment providing for 6 reors ganization of state control be adopts cd, the constitution provides that the amendment which receives the highest vote shall prevail.
 AS c ConseQience, the fight of the local option supporterS will narrow down to getting out a larger vote than the wet clement, which still wants to retain liquor, but under more rigid control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
HAUPTMANN TAX PAID

Albany, Aug. 20-(UP)-Incomc taxes owed by Bruno Richard Hauptmann have been paid to the federal government. An attorney for Mrs. Hauptmann, wife of the man who was eIoctrocuted for the Lind- bergh crime, came to Albany yes- terday to settle Hauptmann'S back income taxes. The attorney handed to Harry M. Hickey, collector of inc ternal revenue for the 18th district, c check for 1i,e47.20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
Ny FREDERICK KUH

IUnIted PFeBs BtAH COFF6NpON
 London, Aug. 20,--(UP)-The British government, trying to boI- Ster by It's own example the lags ging European negotiations for ileu- trality in the Spanish civil war, is- sued through the air ministry today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
DRYS FIGHT FOR LOCAL OPTION
 N CALIFORNIA AS INITIAL MOVE
 TOWARD RETURN OF PROHIBITION
Anti-SaIOOn League Wins First SkirmiSh By Forcing Issue To Vote In
 November Elections
BY HENRY WOOD
 United Press Stan Correspondent

San Francisco, Aug. 20-(UP)-With repeal not yet 8 eearg old California at the November elections will become one of the first bategrounds in the Union for the return to local option as stepping stone to prohibition Using the California initiative" law, drys under the leadership of
 the League have their first skrish in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
ONE THOUSAND ARE DYING EVERY DAY
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(C0ntif1ned from PARo lD in gpasmodic firing to lie for . day or more in 6 gutter where they fell with . piece of cloth or paper GOV" ering the faces. Soldier dead are usually buried, but often, If they gre "enemies," in common graves or in 6 funeral pyrc fucled with gasoline.
 Religious Burial
 It is not uncommon for families or villagers of the Basque country to provide religious burial. This b not possible at tho actual front, nor does it seem that at the terrible maSS executions repored from boh sides there B any effort to dispose of the dcGd other than by mass burial or mass incineration.
 It iS still impossible to arrive at ar accurate estimate of the total of victims SO far. AnalySiB of re- ports received here over q period Of time indicated a total Of something more than 10000; at LiSbon, 6 corns pilation of best obtaInabie reports gaye the figure Of S0,0o0.
 Rebel Boat Hlt
 Hendaye, nch.spanish Border, Aug, 2O.--(UP)s- San Marcos fort near San Sebastian hit tho rebel battleBhip EBpana with q shell today, carving away ono Of it's two tunnels.
 Tho extent of the damage to the Espana could not Dc determined from shore, but the warBhip, wlths out replying to the forts fire, head. cd for Ferrol.
 The Espana has been engaged for three days in sporadic smelling Of Irun and San BebaStian, with the heip Of other rebel ships.
 one Of the latter, the cFuiser AimIFantO CerveFa, b at TeFrol, damaged by c direct hit from govs erninent aiFpiane.
 By LESTER ZTFFREN Copyright, l03g, by United pFeSs)
 Madrid, Aug. 20-(UP)-LoyaiiBts arc in fighting contact on three fronts with rebels advancing against Madrid from tho west, southwest end north, it was disclosed today.
 Col. Julio ManeadG, commanding ioyaligts in the Navalperai sector west Of Madrid, teiephonod the govs ernmOnt for 1900 moro men, eXpectS ing an early rebel attack on his pos gition.
 Not only men of the foreign ie- zion but native MoorB from Morocco arc if the forces advancing from the west and southwest, it was disclosed,
 Weeks on Road
 A IoyaiiBt column which haS been weeks on tho roads from tho east, on tho way t0 sid the government here, met c force of M0orlBh irs regulars and faSCiStS at Puerto do San Vicente, only eb miles southwest of Madrid. ft WaS announced that tho loyalists defeated tho rebels in the San Vicente pass, c BtrateglCaliy important spot in tho Guadalupe mountains there, and sent them Tos treating toward Guadalupe.
 4 strong government column sent from Madrid defeated c rebel force moving eastward at Navalmoral, 06 miles west of the capital and near Puerto do San Vocente, with the gid of ioyalist airplano6 which, it WAS agsertod, started fires iil NaVal- moral and permitted tho ioyaligts to occupy tho city.
 Tn the belief that tho rebels were repulsod only for the moment, the government dispatched more men there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-20
SLIM CHANCE TO
 RESCUE MINERS

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SEATTLE PAPER
 MIXED IN STRIKE
diBchArged,
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PASSAMAQUODDY
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mine mouth, had no indication
 whether the men were ail"" or dead.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
|NTER-AMER|CAN
LAW BODY NAMED
Will Take Steps to Codify
International Laws
of Continent.

An inter-American commission OF
international law experts was named by
the governing board of the Pan-Amer-
ican Union yesterday afternoon. The
purpose of the commission is to organize
the preparatory work of codification
of international law in the American
continent.
The new commission will meet
November Is at the Pan-American
Union Building to formulate q list Of
subjects which it considers ready
for codification. When this list has
been approved by the governments
Of the American republics, the law
experts will present projects to the
International Commission of Jurists.
The Program Committee for the
Forthcoming Inter American Confer
ence for the Maintenance of Peace
also was named. 1t is composed OF
Secretary of State Hull and the dip
iomatic representatives of the Latin
American republics.
DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health Service, discussed Modern
Trends in Public Health" at the
morning session of the third Pan
American Conference of Directors Of
Health.
Other topics discussed at these
sessions we're: The narcotic problem,
problems of maternal and child well
fare. and the essentials Of campaign
against social diseases.
Evening star., 1936-04-09

hasty inspection which such stares
and smiles always beget, but found
nothing amiss. When the thing con-
tinued. however, she began to feel
quite uncomfortable.
1t occurred to her finally that It
might be something on top of her
umbrella. It was. There on top Of
1t, ballooning in the morning breeze,
was a brassiere which she, alone ap-
parently of all the people in Wash
ington, had not noticed.
PREFERENCE.
When cherry blossoms are head
line rtetOs and reuenues from tour
tsfs are filling the Golfers, phdt
could be more daring than the tart
drtUer's firm statement:
Cherry blossoms are dll right,
but otpe me an apple orchard In
bloom"
PAPER.
THE National Park Service of the
Interior Department has its own
gossip sheet, but it will never reach
the newsstands, for 1t Is mot for pub
ication."
Illustrated and containing tidings
OF the doings Of officials and the rank
ana file of the Government workers
who guard the scenic gems that are
called national parks, the publication
Is edited bv Mary C. RYAN
If. perchance. copy should fall into
Evening star., 1936-04-09
EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON G.. THURSDAY APRIL 1886

when he appeared before Judge Cur
ran on charge Of drunkenness.
Judge" he said, "if you Let me 10
this time, I'll go back to Chicago and
never come back until they elect me
to Congress"
Sentence suspended" said the
court, making 1t bargain.
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FLAG TWINS.
TO THEIR great surprise, visitors
passing up and down Thirty first
street in Georgetown glimpse two flags
floating from the same staff. And, in
cidentally, this is the only flag scis
in the Capital from which two sepa-
rate emblems do wave in the breeze.
Why tWo9
One is the Georgetown Post once
flag and the other the flag of the
Washington Customs House.
Both Government agencies ere In
the same building.
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Lamneck Club to Meet.

To discuss plans for supporting
the reelection campaign Of Repre-
sentative Lamneck, of Ohio, the Dis
trict of Columbia Lamneck-for-Con
gress Club will meet at $50 o'clock
tonight in room 1925 of the new
House Office Building. The club,
headed by Edward P. Curl, consists
OF Ohioans from Columbus and Frank
lin Counties,
Evening star., 1936-04-09
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

q precious issue by publishing the
tolIoWiro item:
1--WE pish to make the tollo,Dino
correction. Instead OF John Smith
Is a defective on our local police
force the sentence should hare
read, John Smith is a detective on
our local police farce
Evening star., 1936-04-09
ALTERNATIVE
TT IS impossible for a woman to get
away from it all.

away from IL all.
There is, for instance, the case
Il of the Kensington wife and
mother who was called away from
home suddenly right in the middle of
her daughters plans for party, at
which rarebit was to be the piece
dresistance. The mother did not have
time to prepare the speciality, but she
made certain suggestions for substi-
tues which she hoped might take care
of the situation.
But the problem remained on her
mind as she rode away on the train.
Arriving at her destination, she sought
to rid herself Of the plaguing subject
by sending the following telegram to
her daughter:
Arrived safe get 4 pounds cheese
sandwiches easier. Love, Mother"
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FUMBLING.
The editor OF the Investigator,
published BY Oman athletes, er-
presses sympathy Utth the editor
OF the country newspaper tDho, he
says, sought to correct an error In
Evening star., 1936-04-09

unorthodox hands, this justification
will meet the eye:
by direction Of the Secretary Of the
Interior, the matter contained herein
is published as administrative infor-
nation and is required for the proper
transaction Of public business"
N II X ~
Evening star., 1936-04-09
FASHION NOTE.

FASHION NOIE.
A Mrs. Blumer, one Of her friends
reports, caused quite furore on Con-
necticut avenue in the rain the other
morning.
She was walking along under her
umbrella when she suddenly became
conscious that passersby were staring
at her and smiling. She made that
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Behrends Died At Cordoya It
 Is Reported
(By The Associated Press)

(By The ASSOc1ateQ FreSS)
 SEATTLE, Aug. 18. A note to the Anchorage Times evident ly in answer to a query by them said that Behrends died at Cor dova August 12th, in the hospital there following an attack of pleu- risy which developed into pneu- monia.
 The telegram did not include Behrend's initials but it is SUD- posed that the person referred to is B. M. Behrends, owner of Beh- rend's Bank in Juneau. How ever, no definite information has been received that it is B. M. Behrends of Juneau.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
John Reimer Gets
 Bid Tear Down
 City's Warehouse

The City Council in specia meeting last night in the City Clerks office received and open ed bids from the following, fol the tearing down of the old city warehouse and dock located or Snake River:
 Geo. Marshall $500; Victor Line $500; Bob Oomak $500; Herman Hoop $165; John Reimer S148 B. B. Wales and Geo. Jones S1,065 R. w. Silver $125 plus piling caps; H. E. Reimer $19O; J. A Bell $285.
 After discussion and vote, John Reimer was awarded the con- tract for tearing down the build ing, the material of which is to be moved to the lot directly be- low the former location of the Wilfred Boucher home on First Ave. and D Street. According to the contract, everything is to be torn down and moved by Sep tember 18th.
 Another matter brought up as a special was an alleged Speak easy" condition which should be investigated in the former Finn Alley Cafe. Councilman Gross brought the matter to the atten- ton of the council, and the may or directed the police committee to cooperate with the city attor- ney, Leroy Sullivan, and Chief of Police w. w. Laws in halting any such situation if one should arise. The city attorney declar- ed and reminded the councilmen that positive evidence must be se- cured before any proceeding could be undertaken.
 Seeming of great importance,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Bloody Battle To Force Rebel
 Blockade On
{By The Associated Press)

{By The Associated Press)
 MADRID, Aug. IS. J. A bloody battle in Estremadura Province, with twenty thousand troops try ing to break the rebel blockade along the Portuguese frontier, was reported this morning. .
 Fierce fighting ensued with bayonets, in which no quarter was shown by either side.
 Reports were received that the rebels in taking Badajoz, execut- ed fifteen hundred government adherents, spurring the govern ment forces into a merciless drive to completely -exterrninat :" the rebels in the west, authorities de- clared this afternoon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18

was another subject dealing with Nome's curfew hour. It was de- cided to instruct Chief Laws to direct one of his men to ring the old school bell at 10 PM. each evening as the towns curfew, un- til school takes up in the new building, at which time the bell will be transferred to the city building, wher it will be more convenient.
 It must have been really inn portant because various members of the council wanted The Mug get to advise everyone through notices in the press (free of charge) that the curfew would be rung, otherwise they might post the notices so as not to have to pay for them. The matter is taken care of and all little child ren are warned to listen for the peal of the old school bell at 10 P.,M. each night. Nothing was said that they would have to be off the streets of the city at that hour or accompanied by parents, but it is believed that this was the intention of the council.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
New Steamship Line Is Chartered
 N. Aleutian Isles
(By The Associated Press)

Aoy 1IC AoSOSlotSd hSoSJ
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-The Coast and Geodetic Survey anno- unced today that it was charting a new steamship lane to the Ori- ent, north of the Aleutian Is lands, shortening the distance between Yokohama and Portland and Seattle on the Pacific Coast and reducing fuel consumption by providing quieter waters in Ber- ing Sea. The route will run through Unimak Pass going north into Boring Sea. No mention of where the vessels will emerge into the Pacific Ocean again was made.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Joe Louis Was
 FavOrite at
 -'s Seven to Five
(By The Associated Press,

(By The Associated Press, <.
 NEW YORK, Aug. l8. - Joe Louis, knocked out by Max Sch meling recently, is seven to five favorite to whip Jack Sharkey, the ageing Boston tavern keeper, in a ten round bout at the Yan- kee Stadium tonight
 Louis enjoys a two and one half pound edge on the weight. He scales 199 and three-quarter pounds, and Sharkey 197 and one- fourth pounds.
 Experts are wondering if the Brown Bomber will be punch shy after being kayoed by the German heavyweight this spring, but he is no shyer than experts who made Louis a ten to one fa- vorite over Schmeling.
 Sharkey, swaggering with con- fidence, said he thinks Louis is a bum, and points out that he Sharkey has never lost to ne- gro fighter in all the years he has been in the game.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Many Sourdough
 Memories Are
 Brought ToLight

Sourdough memories may be 6 bit weak on names, but the boys who Whooped it up at the Mala- mute saloon have plenty of rem iniscenses of the girls who reign ed in the gold rush towns-What- ever their names may have been
 Not long ago a press report that Diamond Tooth Lil," famed entertainer of Klondike days was ill in Seattle, brought to the Anchorage Times a story of her exploits, written by U. c. Crock CT of that city-but the name, he said, was Diamond Tooth Nell"
 Comes now Alex McComber, who assures the Times that 'Dia- mond Foot Gertie" was the name and he proceeds to outline the story.
 .'Apropos of those so called dance queens of the early Klon- dike days who have been so much in the limelight lately, I wish to say that the names mentioned so far are incorrect and that there never was Diamond Tooth Lil' or 'NeP in Dawson at any time. Not that it matters very much now what the right names of those women were, but here are the facts:
 'In the summer of 1897 a rath- CT attractive young woman by the name of Gertrude Lovejoy, who had a small diamond set in her left front tooth, came to DaW- son. She soon became widely known as Diamond Tooth Ger tie She had been in Spokane and Missoula, Mont, before.
 Boston born and bred, she was a highly educated, cultured and
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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Three Large Airliners Ready Flight If Capital Falls
James Braddock Max Schmeling
 Fight Is Off
jBy The Associated Press)

iBy The Associated Press)
 NEW YORK Aug. 18. - Joie Gould manager of World Cham pion James J. Braddock, amour ced that the scheduled title bout between Braddock and Max Sch meling, victor of the Schmeling- Louis bout, was definitely off"
 He said that Braddock is facing an operation to be made on his little finger which paralyzes his arm up to his elbow when he clenches his fist.
 Schmeling's manager, Joe Ja- cobs, said it was news to him. He refused to allow Scnmelling to fight the winner of the Louis Sharkey fight.
 "No substitutes for us," he is quoted as saying. ''We want a crack at the title; and Max is certainly entitled to it after dis posing of the Brown Bomber from Detroit, who was rated as the strongest championship con- tender in this country before the German came across and licked him." Jacobs declared.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Airbase Dope
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 FAIRBANKS, Aug. 18. - The Fairbanks News-Miner quoted Lieutenant Colonel Wilmot A Danielson chairman of the U. S. Army air base board, as saying that the Territory's main base would be within ten miles of Fairbanks and within view of the city.
 Similar information was given to Mayor E. B. Collins it was further stated.
 The official party is to sail from Seward August 21st for the sta tes. Lieut.. Col. Danielson said that the construction of the base depends on congressional appro- priation. He declared that he had negotiated for several sites near Fairbanks and that the se- lection would be made later.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Spanish Heads ToFlee ByPIa
 If Capital Falls
(By The Associated Press)

UNDATED. Aug. 18. - Heads of the beleagured Madrid gov- ernment were reported in uncen- sored dispatches reaching Gibral- tar this morning, to have three large airliners ready for flight in the event that the capital falls.
 Other advices said the rebels, firmly entrenched in the Guad- arrama Mountains to the north of Madrid had only to await rein forcements from the other side of the capital, before launching what was said would likely be a suc- cessful attack.
 Apparently the government does not expect quick victory in the civil war which has been raging for the last month as au- thorities urged the women of the nation to make ammunition and winter clothing. - s4
 Officials have also called for volunteers to form a new Bat talion of Red Lions"
 In the north, two big rebel warships resumed their fierce gun duel with the government shore batteries at Fort Guade- lupe, which is defending the city of Irun and also the San Sebas- tian sector where it appeared that the naval shells were finding their marks.
 Worried French officials set up a rigid border patrol in view of the fighting which is going on just across the international line.
 First charges that either side vas using gas came from Burg oes, a rebel headquarters which contended that the government air force was dropping gas bombs.
 France today was pushing it's neutrality negotiations seeking to overcome two German conditions one that the pact signed must be applied by all powers produc- ing or exporting arms, and two that differences with the Spanish government over the seizure of a German airplane must be settled satisfactorily.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18

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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
800 Prisoners Held as Hostages
 Burned Alive
(By The Associated PreSs)

Nby lne ASSOCldLeu IleSSj
 SAINT JEAN DE LUZ, France. Aug IS. - German sailors land ing here reported that 500 prison CTS being held as hostages by the government forces at Bilboa were burned alive when rebel shells set fire to their warehouse-prison.
 The fire also injured several hundred more as it spread to the ports docks. The steamer Seed Ter rushed medical supplies tc shore immediately.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
FUNERAL NOTICE

Funeral services for Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Albert Ramsay, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM. at the Ma tive Methodist Church, with Rev. Vincent C. Widney officiating.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Sharkey Knocked Out Early in
 Third Round
BULLETIN

According to direct information from the ringside at the Yankee Stadium at 3:30 PM. today heard via short wave radio, Joe Louis knocked out Jack Sharkey in the early stages of the third round.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Collins Unloaded
(By The Associated Press)

V0y 111C z3SSOC1deC0 xCS07
 CORDOVA, Aug. IS. - The first shipment of freight unloaded here since the railwaystrike tied up all traffic through this port was discharged Monday.
 It was a load of coffins for the local undertaking company re- leased through special concessions by the strike committe.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
(By The Associated Press)

Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico Aug. IS. - Bandits this morning robbed an express bus only a few blocks from the business dis tric of this city and escaped with a $4155 payroll.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-08-18
Tickets Use Stones
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 PITTSBURG, Aug. 18. Pick cts stoned two trucks leaving this morning from the Standard Steel Spring Company's plant, where a strike had been effective asas t-s %. -- since yesterday. Nobody was in- jured, 1t was reported.