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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-09
FAIRBANKS YOUTH
 RANKS HIGH

FAIRBANkS-E. J. Wann, Jr., graduate of the local high school who is now attending the naval academy at Annapolis ranks high among the 616 midshipmen in his class, it was learned by the local school board
 His grades in all subjects ex- cept one are marks of with dis tinction," the highest classified ton of the academy. On the one subject he was given the second highest classification, with cred it." He stands ffty-ninth in the class.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-09
ANIMALS AT NORTH POLE

MOSCOW, (AP) The Soviet polar campers reported yester- day that they found female bear and cubs, seal, sea gulls, guillemots and jellyfish.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-09

European non-interventlon com mittee.
 She expressed polite willing mess to continue in the collabor- ation with other powers but charged that the provocative ac- tion of the Soviet union in telling Italy that she must pay for "It- allan submarine attacks" in Rus sian freighters, dampened any hope that Fridays conference could succeed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-09
HOUSE AND CAR FOR SALE
House completely furnish,

House completely furnished, electric refrigeration. hot water heat, oil range. winters supply of fuel oil, electric washing machine with rotary iron. All-wave com bination radio phOnOgraph. Car in fine shape, all new rubber. In qu;re at Nugget Office. ..- ....-.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
RITES TOMORROW
FOR MRS. NASH, SON
Young Mother and Babe to Be
Buried in Rock Greek
Cemetery.

Mrs. Daphne Humphrey Nash, 81,
and her infant son, who died Friday
IN Georgetown University Hospital,
will be buried tomorrow in Rock Creek
Cemetery after funeral services at
noon in the cemetery chapel.
Active pallbearers will be Dudley
Diggs, Kenneth Patrum, George Hoff-
man, Robert Lavender, Ralph Shep-
herd and William Carpenter.
Honorary pallbearers will be Capt.
Montgomery A. Stuart, U, S. NJ; Col.
Charles G. Drake, U. S. A.; Lieut.. Col
Frank A. Hart, Marine Corps; Maj.
John Haller, Marine Corps; Maj.
Lathe Montague, Marine Corps, and
Clarence c. Riner.
Mrs. Nash, the wife of Carroll B.
Nash, postgraduate student at
Maryland University, was the daugh-
ter of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Marion
B. Humphrey. Her father, q Marine
Crops officer, is on duty here at Ma
rine Corps headquarters. Mrs. Nash
was married in July, 1884, while at
tending the King Smith School here.
Mr.. Nash IS graduate of George
Washington University
Mrs. Nash was the granddaughter
OF the late Maj. Gen. and Mrs. c. F.
Humphrey. Mr.. and Mrs. M th have
been living in College Park, Md
Evening star., 1937-04-12
500 TROOPS SEIZE
M0R0STRONGHOLD
Philippine ConstabuIarymen
in Drive to Clean Up
Rebellion.
bH the Associated Press.


MANILA, April 12.-Filipino con-
staoularymen today sought to clean
up a Moro rebellion in Lanao Prov
lnce which already has claimed at
least % lives.
Three hundred soldiers captured the
most important stronghold of the
hery Mohemmedan fighters Sunday
after a six-hour attack, during which
mortars were used to demolish the log
fort at Makaguiling, on the Island of
Mindanao.
Two Moros were killed, and two
others were wounded in the fight. Two
soldiers were wounded, advices re-
ceived from the capital of the prov
lnce by Maj. Gen. Pauline Santos.
chief of the constabulary staff, dis
closed.
Gen. Santos ordered the troops to
pursue the escaping Moros.
Last week the soldiers used cannon
to dlslodge rebellious tribesmen from
several other forts.
Though firearms are banned by law,
some Of the Mohammedans are sup
Piled with them, and have faunted
them before island police.
The Moros and Filipinos from the
northern part of the Archipelago are
traditional enemies, but the present
uprising apparently resulted from the
MoroS' opposition to compulsory mill
tary training, taxation, possibility Of
WOmen'S suffrage and the govern
ment's dislike for polygamy.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
A.F.0FL. Demands
100000 Jobs
Green Makes Appeal as
President Considers New
Relief Budget.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A demand from the American Fed
cation of Labor for Government
spending to provide jobs for 3,0O0.o .oOC
unemployed reached the administra.
ton today in the midst Of Presiden,
Roosevelt's study OF the 1878 relief
budget.
William Green, A. F. of L. president
said in a statement the present works
program was falling short by at least
100000 jobs o. providing for the
unemployed.
in planning for the 1878 Fed.
eral budget we must recognize thai
the present Federal works program i
inadequate" he said.
Drastic Cat Proposed.
The President has indicated he will
send to Congress this week a message
on relief needs for the fiscal year be.
ginning next July. He hopes to re.
duce the expenditures to about 81 500.
100000. The P. w. A. has beer
spending at rate which points to 6
total of about s2,0O0,000,000 for this
year.
Harry Hopkins, w. P. A. admins.
traitor, had planned to trim w. P. A
rolls-now about 2,160,000-to 1900.
600 by July l to meet the Presidents
indicated cut in spending.
Protests came, however, from State
and local authorities. The United
States Mayors Conference suggested
that s2,400, ,000 900 be appropriated fol-
relief in the next fiscal year, contend.
ing local communities could not beal
any increase in their relief burden.
The mayors estimated this would
give jobs to 100000 men.
Green mentioned no suggested ap-
preparation in his statement, but said:
A works program averaging 3,000,-
600 is the least that can adequately
provide for those in need"
He said preliminary figures compiled
by the A. F. of L. showed 9.722,O0O
were without normal employment in
February, compared to 10,OO2 900 in
January and $4,000 in December.
American Federation of Labor fig
ures for 1885 and 1886 list the number
of unemployed in those periods be-
tween 100000 and 100000.
Representative Smell, Republican
leader in the House, said meanwhile
"the official Treasury statement 70,
April l reveals a still swelling tide OF
bootstrap spending" by the admins.
tration.
Federal revenue for the first nine
months Of the present fiscal year
Smell said in statement, was $780,
70l,757 over the corresponding period
Of the year before.
Despite this tremendous increase
in cash income" Smell said, "the final
budget deficit, including public debt
and trust fund operations, shows ar
increase of sl15,762 .291, as of April /
this year, over the deficit for the same
nine months of the previous fiscal
year.
Such is President Roosevelt's prog
ress toward balanced budget.
Here is the Nations realization
after four years of experiment with
the New Deal promise that recovery
automatically would bring increased
revenue, decreased expenditures and a
balanced budget Under the prevail
ing policy of rubber-stamp lump-sum
appropriations, only the President can
decide when expenditures shall be
curtailed.
Reviewing these figures, it is not
difficult 70 understand why President
Roosevelt proposed to abolish the Of
ice of controller general"
Evening star., 1937-04-12
SIX S|T-D0WNERS
FACE E0H|OCHARCE
Members of Group EviCted
From Governors Office Held
on Riot Count.
By the Associated Press,

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April l2.-Four
men and two women arrested during
the forcible eviction of 10 sit-doWn
demonstrators from Gov. Martin L.
Davey's office were to be arraigned on
riot charges today, while members of
the Ohio Workers Alliance prepared
TO renew demands for adequate"
relief.
The half-dozen Sit-downers sched-
uled to appear in Municipal Court
were charged with melting a riot
and creating a nuisance.
Conviction of the riot charge car
r1es maximum fine of $500 and a
3O-day Jail sentence. Conviction for
creating a nuisance carries a maxi
mum fine of 500.
Unable to furnish bond, set at
$1,000 each, the six in jail over the
week end were booked as:
Ben Gray, 90. of Cleveland, presi-
dent of the alliance; John Monarch,
"a, OF Dayton; Jessie Josephson, 81;
John Chiller, 80, and Morris Jafa, 81
all of Cleveland, and Johnnie VIII
liams, 40, Cleveland colored woman.
The sit-doWnerS, who said they were
relief clients, were ousted Friday from
Gov. Davey's luxurious State House
office by 20 sheriff's deputies who
pushed and dragged the fighting men
and women outside the building in
which they had remained for So
hours
Nelson Meagley of Toledo, leader
Of the band while Gray was in jail,
said the demonstrations would he
carried on until the matter of re-
lief was settled.
Meagley said members of the band,
which occupied a colored church after
their eviction from the capitol, would
attempt to see the Governor again
TODAY
Evening star., 1937-04-12

The House approved an appropria-
ton Of S3,l08,860 for the District
Highway Department for the fiscal
year of 1888. Even though the rev.
enue derived from the same sources
set forth in the above table was no
greater for the next fiscal year than
for 1896, which hardly seems likely,
by deducttng the amount needed for
general street improvement and re-
pair for the next fiscal year from the
revenue of 1886, we have a surplus
of approximately $466, 900. Even if We
include the Sl90,0O0 appropriation for
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic there would still be a surplus
of more than S276,000.
1t would, therefore, seem that it is
entirely unnecessary to increase the
gasoline tax or to impose weight tax
to raise additional revenue, unless the
diversion racket is to be practiced here
to-a far greater extent than ever be-
fore. One of the proposals of the
House committee was to pay the eX-
pense of the Trees and Parking De-
partment, amounting to s276.6oO,
from the gas tax fund. This is def
nitely diversion.
Would Set Bad Precedent.
1t would sec an exceedingly bad
precedent for the District, one which
it would be nearly impossible to stop.
Further, it was proposed that the ex-
penses Of the Department of Vehicles
and Traffic, amounting to approx
mately slS0,000. would be paid from
the gas tax fund, despite the fact
that all revenue derived from this de-
partment Is now diverted into the gen.
eral fund. Both of these proposals
appear to be indefensible.
For the past two years, the Key
stone Automobile Club has been en-
deavoring to have the District in
cluded under the benefits of the Fed
eral aid allotments for road building.
ANY States which use highway funds
for non-highway purposes are heavily
penalized under the terms of this act.
1t Is inconsistent for Congress on the
one hand to penalize States for prac-
ticing diversions, and on the other
hand to encourage diversion in the
District Of Columbia.
Becomes Sales Tax.
1t is hard to point to any tax more
defensible in theory than the gasoline
tax which was intended to be a tax
by the mile. You pay as you ride, and
when first imposed it was assumed
that you ride as you pay Just the
moment the gas tax is increased,
obviously for the purpose of helping
to balance the District budget, then
the gas tax becomes instead a sales
tax of approximately 25 per cent on
a special class. 1t seems absurd to
assume that a citizen must travel
by automobile in his daily occupation
to determine the amount of taxes
which he should pay for any purposes
other than the construction and
maintenance of highways which he
uses.
Nine States have either adopted
constitutional amendments or have
statutory provisions against the diver
sion of motor vehicle tax funds to
other than highway purposes. When
these matters have been submitted
to vote experience has demonstrated
that the people vigorously object to
the principle that motor vehicle
ownership is measure of taxability
for general revenue.
The Keystone Automobile Club, in
appearances before the House and
Evening star., 1937-04-12
MARITIME CHOICES
GIVEN APPROVAL
Senate Committee Unanimous for
Federal Commission Ap-
pointees.
Hy the Associated Press.

6y tne Associated freS6.
The Senate Commerce Committee
unanimously recommended today the
confirmation of the Presidents fve
appointments to the Federal Maritime
Commission.
Chairman Copeland said he would
present the recommendation to the
Senate today, and that he expected
confirmation to be voted tomorrow.
He emphasized the urgent neces-
sity' of early confirmation, so the
commission can complete its task Of
revising the entire merchant marine
subsidy system before June 80.
Nominees are Joseph ]. Kennedy
OF New York, former Securities Com
mission chairman, to head the marti-
time agency; Rear Admiral Henry A.
Wiley of Texas, Rear Admiral Emory
S. Land, former chief naval construc-
ton and repairs; Thomas M. Wood
ward of Pennsylvania and Edward G.
Moran, jr, OF Maine.
Evening star., 1937-04-12

Senate committees having to do with
these proposals, not only will strongly
oppose all of them on the grounds
that they are unnecessary and un-
just, but it will also advocate a
strengthening of that section of the
District of Columbia Code which now
prohibits the diversion of gasoline tax
funds by including provision to pro-
hibit the diversion of all motor vehicle
funds to other than highway purposes.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
TAX DIVERSION
IS HELD UNSOUND
Keystone Automobile Club
Manager Opposes Such
Use of Gas Funds.
BY GEORGE E. KENEIPP,

Manager, Keystone Automobile Club.
The legislative riders attached to
the District supply bill, as reported to
the House, present a new challenge
to organized motordom here.
The bill definitely proposes enact
ment Of all of the old Mapes bills
which always have been opposed by
the Keystone Automobile Club on
the grounds that the revenue to be
derived from the increased taxation
OF motorists hereunder would be di-
verted into the general fund of the
District and thus would throw an
unjust and unfair tax burden upon
approximately Is per cent of the
local population.
Now, because Of the $6,000,000
anticipated deficit in the District
budget, the House group has proposed
to revive these old bills which would
exact approximately one-half of the
amount needed to balance the budget
from only one-fourth of the people.
The proposals seem to indicate a trend
of thought that the motor vehicle
owner here is not taxed enough, and
a complete lack of consideration for
the thought that higher motor taxes
elsewhere does not justify them here.
No Need for Increase.
Unless the Federal Government
intends to force on the voteless citizens
of the District an increased diversion
of motor vehicle tax funds to purposes
in no way related to motoring, an
analysis of the District financial
situation reveals no need whatsoever
for an increase in the gasoline tax or
the imposition of weight tax, or for
any other form of additional motor
vehicle taxation. Revenue derived by
the District from the motorist during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1886,
is shown in the following table:
Evening star., 1937-04-12
BELGIAN PREMIER
LANDSLIDE VICTOR
275,OO0 to 69,242 Vote
Against Program Offered
by FasCists.
By the Associated Press.

DS INC AoSOSIatCO IthS.
BRUSSELS. April 12.-Buried under
a blizzard of ballots, Rexist Leon
Degrelle set to work today to rebuild
his shattered Fascist party, while fol-
lowers of Premier Paul Won iceland
celebrated the triumph of law and
liberty" in the Brussels bye-election
yesterday.
The young premier, accepting the
challenge of Degrelle, contested with
the Fascist leader for a seat in Par
lament, and won by vote of 275s4O
to 6s,242 in an overwhelming rejec-
ton of the Fascist program offered by
the Fascist party.
Highly excited crowds, closely
watched by police, roamed Brussels
boulevards as returns came in. Until
early morning the throngs shouted
hostile cries against the Fascists and
made menacing gestures toward any
pasSerby suspected of favoring the
ReXiStS.
Crowd Reused 10 Anger.
The mere presence of the Rexist
newspaper lie Pays Reel in a coat
pocket was sufficient to arouse the
crowds anger.
Mock funeral professions carrying
effgieS of Degrelle and singing Chopins
Funeral March" moved slowly through
the streets. Police made several ar
rests to prevent serious disorders.
Van iceland, educated in the United
States, polled 1889 per cent of all
votes cast, in his first bid for votes.
The Rexist candidate, backed by
Flemish nationalist allies, received
4,479 votes less than the two parties
obtained in the last election, in May.
1886.
Degrelle polled 1905 per cent of
the vote. The remainder of the bal
lots were void.
Reorganization Likely.
Observers said the stinging defeat
did not necessarily mean the end of
the Fascist movement, but that
reorganization seemed inevitable.
AS soon as the result became known
Degrelle issued an announcement that
The fight will begin anew tomorrow"
He blamed his defeat on a public
letter issued by the Catholic primate
Of Belgium, cardinal and archbishop
of Malines, disavowing Degrelle.
He said Flemish nationalists par
TALLY deserted him because of the
cardinals letter.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
'HOPPERS TURKEY FEED
Farm Pest May Be Turned Into
Profit by Government Aid.

Farmers, facing an invasion of
grasshoppers this year, learned today
they may be able to turn the pests
into profit by acquiring a flock Of
turkeys.
A report to the Agriculture Depart
ment from the Pacific Northwest said
land owners there had controlled the
grasshoppers by turning loose turkeys,
each of which gobbled up grasshoppers
at rate of 500 to 1000 day.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
LOST.


ELET-Hand- made, silver: Sunday
night. Adams 1921.
CURRENCY and valuable cards, in CIark's
Liquor Store. Friday. Large reward. Call
Decatur 63S0-J.
poG, male. Schnauzer, extremely timid,
black and gray, 6 months old; chain
choker collar: lost near American Uni
verSity. Reward. Call Cleveland 1427.
ENGLISH BULL, brindle vicinity Oakcrest,
Va. Finder call Jackson 1905.
FUR CAPE COLLAR-Red cross-fox; this
morning, vicinity of 18th or lower 10th st
Call Dist. CLIO. Elk. 391 before or Po-
tomac 2430-M after $50. Reward.
GOLD BRIDGE-On Friday. between Yer
mont ave. and the S. & w. Cafe. Re-
ward. West 0573W
HALF OF BROKEN EYEGLASSES-Sh
rim. Lincoln 5611-W.
POCKETBOOK-Black containing small
smount of money. insurance books, glasses
ETC.; lost this morning. Reward. III 9th
ct. ne. Phone Lincoln 1921.
RING, rows rubies. 2 rows diamonds,
Ambassador ladies rest room. Reward.
1912 Buchanan ST. NV. Col. 4934.
WIRE-HAIR FOX TERRIER. 9 months,
white with black face and tail. Reward.
Call Emerson 4747.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
Glider Crash Kills Two.

PULLMAN, Wash, April IL (P,.-
Two Washington State College stu
dents plunged to their death in q
glider accident yesterday about IS
miles southwest of here.
The victims were Cloyd L. Artman
end Frank See.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
Letter Takes 9 Years
To Make Trip From
Indiana to Spokane
By the Associated Press.

SPOKANE, Wash, April 12.-
Charles c. Brown, a rural route
resident, reported today receipt
OF letter which had been nine
years on the way from Montpelier,
Ind.
The letter was for Mrs. Brown,
who died two years ago, from
her mother, Mrs. Jane Wood,
dead for six years. Notes on the
envelope showed it had trailed
Brown on numerous rural routes,
but there was no explanation for
the other eight years.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
FINAL RITES HELD

Mrs. Florence Morgan Buried in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Florence G. Morgan, IS, was
buried in Glenwood Cemetery last
Thursday following death at her home,
% Girard street northeast.
Surviving are daughter, Miss Mary
Edna Morgan; a sister, Mrs. Mary H
Talbert, and three brothers, Arthur,
George and Charles Tucker.
Evening star., 1937-04-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANT RETURN LOAD FROM NORTHERN
Ohio. w Va. or Penna. Insured. Special
rates Call North 0553.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE TO
our many friends and customers we have
moved to our new building, where we will
be able to serve you in a bigger and better
way. NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSOCIA-
TION. INC, 639 N. Y. ave. NV. Phone
Natl. 1860.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Baltic, Phila and New
York Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities. Dependable Service Since 1896"
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER g. STORAGE
co Phone Decatur 2h00
Evening star., 1937-04-12

Motorists Fear Further Abuse.
Civic groups and organized motor
lists are chiefly protesting the increased
gas tax and the diversion, declaring
that creation of a surplus will merely
provide opportunity to dip deeper into
the special taxes taken from motor
lists to pay Government costs for
which they, as a single class, are not
responsible.
History shows that the use Of the
gas tax fund here has gradually been
broadened, though up to the present
all items have borne a distinct rela-
tionship to highways. The fund first
became available in 1925. In that
year 27 per cent of the total highway
program was paid from gas tax reve-
nues, which then totaled $925, 900. For
the present year, IL years later, the
gas fund is carrying "a per cent Of
the total highway costs and the re-
ceiptS this year will amount to some
$2,437, 900.
The fund at first was used only for
new paving and specific major grading
projects. In 1927 and 1928 minor
items for curb and gutter work were
added. In 1927 an item of $350,000
for resurfacing appeared and the next
year this item was boosted to $3.50, 900.
In 1929 a major item for curbs and
cutters was inserted. In the nat
four years the cost Of all new paving,
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
"Rich Cargoes'' Has
Romance and Thrills

Rich Cargoes. an exciting
romance against a background
of a lost island in the Baha-
mas, begins in Tuesdays issue
of The Daily Independent.
Henry C. Rowland, long a
favorite among authors OF
American fiction, has built his
olot about a rollicking old ad-
venturer who rules his domain
in a setting of Oriental splen-
dor. with all the authority OF
an Eastern potentate, until an
unexpected guest arrives, 10
lay siege to the heart OF MS
favorite niece.
incidentally, one of the i'm
portant characters in the story
is a pet elephant, private Steeo
of the ruler Of the island.
Rich Cargoes" provides ao-
sorbing and exciting entertain
ment. replete with love inter-
est and adventure and teemipg
with exotic thrills and sur
priseS. .u
Don't miss the first INSTALL
ment in The Daily 1ndepeno-
! ent Tuesday morning.
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Court Hearing
May Be Ended
By Committee l5tt
All Indications Are That
Little More Testimony
Will BE Taken

Washington, April 16. -IU.H-
The senate judiciary committee
appeared ready tonight to vote Tor
a quick ending of public hearings
on President Roosevelt's supreme
court reorganization bill after lis
tening all day without INTERRUPT
ton to arguments for and against
the program. oil. ~
Tomorrow the committee meets
in executive ;ession to vote on a
motion by Sen. James Hughes, D.,
DEL, that the taking of testimony
be concluded. Committee senti-
ment seemed to favor immediate
conclusion although few Sena-
tors showed willingness to con-
tinue.
Sen. Edward r. Burke. D., Neb..
who with Sen. Frederick Van
Nuys, D., Ind, has been directing
the oppoaition to the bill in the
judiciary group, said:
IF a majority of the commit
tee want to close the hearings I'll
MOI oppose it. although we have
witnesses down for next week"
The hearings have been in
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-04-17
Vests Tribute
To aDOg
Frees a Master
Had Fatally Hurt Man
Who Kicked His
Blind Pet

New York, April l6. W.R,-Sen.
George Vests famous tribute TO
a dog was read in magistrates
court today and then Robert EX-
ton. who killed a man for kick
ing a blind foxterrier, was freed.
Applause echoed through the
crowded courtroom where hun
dreds of dog lovers had assem-
bled to hear Magistrate Louis
Brodsky'S decision. The evidence
was brief and undisputed.
Exton was walking along West
End avenue. accompanied by his
blind dog, Terry. In front of ITO
West End avenue, Terry attempt
ed to commit a nuisance. Joseph
Johansen. doorman at the build
ing. ran out and kicked the dog
Exton struck Johansen, who died
a short time later from the blow
Il admit striking the blow"
Exton told the court. II am sorry
that the man died, but I would
do the same thing over if anyone
tried to kick my dog"
Magistrate BrodSky lie a n c d
across the bench and began to
read from a piece Of paper he
held in his hand:
The one unSelfiSh friend that
man can have in this selfish
world, the one that never deserts
Continued on Page Three)