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Evening star., 1937-12-31
Tsingtao
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armies at Tsaoku and Tunglu checked,
temporarily at least. the Japanese ad-
vance into the interior.

armies at Tsaoku and Tunglu checked,
temporarily at least. the Japanese ad-
vance into the interior.
zoo Americans at City.
Reports from Tsingtao were that
more than 200 Americans remained
there. with the United States cruiser
Marblehead and the destroyer Pope
standing by to take them to safety.
On advice of American consular
authorities. the Americans did not
join the vigilante corps which was
composed Of some 24O British. Ger
man and Russian civilians.
(Sir Robert L. Crafgie, British
ambassador, handed to the Japan
ese foreign Office at Toxic today
Britain's acknowledgment Of ia
pans reply to the protest against
japanese attacks on the gunboats
Ladybird and Bee.
tThe acknowledgment noted
with satisfaction japanese aSsur-
ances that the government had
taken or would take measures to
said. however. that details of the
measures and their effective appli-
cation might suitably form the
subject of future conversations.
"a reservation was made on
British and Japanese versions of
whether the attack was uninten-
tional, particularly on the Japan
eSe contention that visibility on
the Yangtze on December II. the
date o. the incident, had been
poor
Destroy Far Inland.
The wave of destruction inside
Tsingtao had reached a peak during
the last two days, with blasting and
burning Of waterfront buildings and
Japanese factories, homes and shops
as far as 20 miles inland.
Tension in Shanghai was intensi-
fled by the assassination yesterday of
Lo Pa-hong. Chinas most prominent
Catholic layman, who recently be-
came chairman Of a Shanghai civic
association cO-Operat ting with the
Japanese in restoring normal condi-
tions at Shanghai. 1t was feared this
was the beginning of terrorist cam
paign to prevent all Chinese cooper
alton with the invaders.
LO was shot down in the French
concession. The assassin, said to
have been disguised as an orange
peddler. escaped.
Americans from Tsingtao described
conditions in interior Shantung as
chaotic. DR.. Phillip Price of Balti-
more, Nd. who made the rail jour-
ney from Tsinan to the port. said a
wave of Chinese refugees and troops
fleeing eastward from Tsinan was
meeting similar wave moving west
ward from Tsingtao.
Evening star., 1937-12-31

Pluto, most recently discovered of
the planets. revolves around the sun
In 40 years.
Evening star., 1937-12-31
Many Buried in Blasts.

TERuEL. Dec. 81 (P)-The Spanish
civil war rocketed to a bloody zenith
today in the tumbled hills west of
Teruel. where massed insurgent forces
stabbed into the government line to
recapture this strategic provincial
capital.
Within the government-he CITY
hundreds of persons-insurgen SOL
diers. women and children-were be-
lleved buried in the blasted granite
and masonry Of the Bank of Spain,
where they had resisted siege in the
wars second Alcazar."
Confronted with bitter, unyielding
resistance of the beleaguered insurgent
garrison and the civilians under its
protection-as we'll as the fierce pres
sure OF the insurgent army to the
West-government sappers laid dyna.
mite mines under one Of the places OF
refuge, the bank building, and blew il
up yesterday in thunderous explosion
Half Of Teruel was shrouded with
black smoke as the thick, ancient
walls of the building came tumbling
down. Some of the insurgents es-
capped to the cellars Of the old Santa
Clara convent and the civil governors
palace, but hundreds were believed
caught by the explosion.
Silver Deposits Found.
The government made no new at
| tack on the convent and palace. OFF,
GERS said they would give the irsur-
gent survivors still another chance &c
surrender. Large quantities of silver
were reported found in the cellars OF
the bank and assault guards we're
posted around the ruins to prevent
looting.
The general staff said the insur-
gents had brought to the Teruel front
practically all the forces Franco had
concentrated at Guadalajara. north
east of Madrid, where he had planned
his much-talked-of offensive.
Evening star., 1937-12-31
Ickes
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on the one hand and the corporations
on the other"
n either wins" he added, "the
people Will lose"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
BATTLE FLEET
 READY TO SAIL
 OUT ON PACIFIC
Part of Great Squadron to Come to Coast of AL
 aska for Maneuvers

SAN PEDRO, Cal, April 15.- One hundred and thirty-nine ships of the United States fleet and 474 airplanes will head seaward from here within "A hours for a six weeks manouver in five mill lion square mile area between the Aleutian Islands and Hawaii.
 Some place in mid-Pacific, on the high seas, battle" will be staged in which every unit of the force will be entirely on it's own footing and no theoretical forces will be involved. It will be the most practical war games in history.
 Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernon commander of the Cruisers battle force, will make a visit, with the entire force, to the Aleutian Is- lands, to permit the officers tc learn lessons in the navigation ol the difficult northern waters. Af- ter stopover in Dutch Harbor, the force will turn south to join ir the war games of the entire fleet
 The fleet is due in San Fran cisco May 28 to participate in the Golden Gate bridge celebration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
COURT PROGRAM LEGISLATION IS PUSHED BY FOR
Recent Wagner Act Decis. ion Not Diminishing
 Zeal, President

WASHINGTON, April 15. = The Administration spokesman made it clear today that President Roose- welt is campaigning his court bill with as much determination as be- fore the Wagner Act decision of the Supreme Court.
 The Senate Judiciary Committee meets Saturday to discuss when to end the hearings on the bill.
 Carefully timed statements and speeches from three Cabinet offi- cers, Wallace, Cummings and Far ley, emphasized that the Wagner Act decisions have not interrupted efforts to secure passage of the Court reorganization measure.
 Secretary of Agriculture Wallace after lunching with President Roosevelt yesterday, said at a press conference that from the farmers viewpoint, the Supreme Courts de- cision made enactment of the jul dietary reform more imperative than ever"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
4 MEN BATTLE
 WITH FLOES OF
 ICE, COOK INLET
Hard Trip Experienced in Taking Body of Man
 to Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Apru 15.-- Ole Johansson, Oscar Vogel and J. H. Tomen fought Cook Inlet ice floes in a small dory for Is hours to bring the body of Brick Frisk. 45. from his Point Possession cabin.
 The men were compelled to climb aboard the Hoes with ropes and pull their small boat along for much of the way here. Once the men were carried l5 miles off their course into the treacherous Turn again Arm, famous for the tidal bore.
 Brisk was found dead last Sat- urday with bullet in his head. Off, ficials here said they have not de- termined about an inquest pending an examination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
AIR CORPS TO DEMONSTRATE,
 HIGH ALTITUDE
Tests to Be Made in Sub- stratosphere by New
 Army Plane

LOS ANGELES, Cal. April 15.-- The United States Army Air Corps is about to conduct sub-stratos- phere tests at Dayton, Ohio, of a newly designed plane nearing com- pletion here.
 Thirty eight feet long, 55-foot wing spread, and a gross weight of five and one-quarter tons, the new plane is the same type as used by Amelia Earhart on her Honolulu flight. It is modelled around the regulation Lockheed fuselage, has seats for 10 passengers, and is of all metal construction. It carries two 750 horsepower supercharged en- zines.
 Extra layers of duralumin casing are to be applied to the window less exterior of the ship to with stand the terrific pressure of the normal atmosphere inside the cabin against the thin, rarefied sub-strat- osphere air 30,OO0 feet above the earth.
 The entire cabin will be super charged with oxygen. Sub-stratosphere flying was one oi the principal experiments conducted by Wiley Post before his fatal crash in Alaska with Will Rogers in 1885 Most aviation authorities today believe the future of commercial av- iation lies at attitudes well above g, ,000 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
Cultiuation of Oysters in
 Alaska Approped; Benefits
 to Fishermen Not FauOrabIe
By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond)

WASHINGTON, April 3.-(Spec- ial Correspondence)- Favorable re- port was made by the Department of Commerce on March 26 on the bill for protection of oyster cul- ture in Alaska.
 The bill was introduced by Dele gate Dimond to encourage and pro- tect the cultivation of oysters in the Territory for commercial pur- poses. Through an amendment to the Act for the protection of the fisheries of Alaska it would make provision That the Secretary of Commerce, in his discretion, and upon such terms and conditions as he may deem fair and reasonable, is hereby authorized to lease bot toms in Alaska Territorial waters for bona fide oyster cultivation for commercial purposes"
 The text of the report made by the Commissioner of Fisheries, and concurred in by Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Ernest G. Draper, and passed without objection by the Bu- reau of the Budget is as follows
 Text of Report
 "The bill H.R. 1861, introduced lby Delegate Dimond on January 5, l937 upon which a report has been requested, is identical in language with H.R. 12871, introduced by Dele gate Dimond in the Seventy-fourth Congress. This bill would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to lease bottoms in the territorial waters of Alaska for bona -fide oyster culti- vation for commercial purposes Under existing fishery laws the granting of such exclusive fishery right is expressly prohibited.
 Oysters were first introduced ir Alaskan waters in 1881, when about 40 bushels from Puget Sound were planted in the vicinity of Ketchi- kan. Since that time about 1,700,00t I seed oysters have been planted 1T this region, and additional planting! have been made in the Prince Will, liam Sound area. These oysters ar, reported to have made health, growth in all instances. and linn ited number have been marketed
 The expansion of this potentia industry in Alaska beyond it's pres ent successful experimental stag depends upon this modification O existing law to permit the oysteI growers to gain title to their crop
 No additional appropriation 0 funds would be necessary if thi proposed legisla tion should b. enacted into law.
 Tt is recommended that this bil be reported fayorably."
 (Signed)
 FRANK T. BELL, Commissioner. 1 The Delegate has requested Hon Is. o. Bland, Chairman of tn House Committee on Merchan Marine and Fisheries, to arrang for hearings on the bill as sooi as possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
SLAYER FOUND
 TO BE INSANE AT KETCHIKAN
Meeker Not Responsible for Killing His Partner, Joseph Faden

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April l5.- Arthur Meeker, 55, former Seattle municipal street railway employee, accused of staying his partner, Jo- seph Faden, 62, was found insane by jury of six men in the Commis- sioner's Court.
 w. c. Stump. Assistant District Attorney, said murder charges will not be prosecuted because of Meek ers insanity, but they will not be dropped.
 Meeker will probably be taken south to the asylum at Morningside, Oregon, tomorrow.
 Meeker confessed killing Faden with shot gun March 31. after tell ing him, you're going on long journey" The staying occurred aboard the two mems gas boat Fro lie at Craig.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
TELECRAPHERS
 ON SHIPS ARE
 OUT ON STRIKE
Four Steamers Already Af- fected in New York
 Harbor

NEW YORK, April 15. = The Am erican Photographers Association declared a general strike today against all vessels owned, by the Information Mercantile Marine now in United States ports.
 Four ships and thirteen operators are effected immediately. Other ships will be tied up as they enter port.
 The strike was called after fail ure of negotiations between the men and officials of the liner, Presi- dent Roosevelt, at North River Pier here. A seamen's strike is also under way aboard the ships. All passengers left the ship when Ithe management announced it would be impossible to sail. Three hundred crew members of the Panama Pacific liner Califor- mia, docked nearby, began sit- down strike in sympathy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
BRITISH HOUSE
 VOTESSUPPORT,
 CABINET STAND
Insurgent Effort to Break Government Circle Fails
 Storms Halt Attack

LONDON, April 15. - Laborite demands for stronger stand by the Empire concerning the Basque port of Bilbao, blockaded by SD a n S h Insurgents, were today denied by the House of Commons as that chamber smothered the motion to censure the British Cabinet for it's Spanish policy.
 The opposition had branded the Cabinets tactics as Running up the White Flag" Vote on the cen sure proposal was 345 against and 130 in favor.
 Capt. Robert Anthony Eden, British Secretary of Foreign Af- fairs, declared, I'm not greatly moved by charges of cowardice and the white feather which have been made upon the Government. In my view, an act of cowardice would be, if in order to score some cheap success, the Foreign Secretary should run risks of damaging the peace which are not justified by the situation"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
Strike on s. P.
 Is Delayed for
 Next Sixty Days
Postjonement Gives Time for President to Name
 Mediation Board

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April IS Appointment by President Roose- velt of a Mediation Board has de- layed at least for 50 days the strike of $500 Southern Pacific Railway employees.
 Union officers previously threat ened the strike would be called Friday night at o'clock unless de- mands, including wage increases were granted.
 The Railroad Act permits the President to proclaim an emergency and appoint mediators where g strike threatens interstate ra il- roads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
CHAMBER ASKS !. DOC ORDINANCE
 BE RETAINED
Leash Law Attacked by Speakers as Too Strict
 Development Program

The subject of controversy for weeks, the recently passed city dog leash ordinance, made its entry into the Juneau Chamber of Con- merce discussions today with the final result that the Chamber went on record endorsing the ordinance and recommending to the new City Council that it be kept on the stat ute books. Rumor has been pre- valent that the new Council was giving some consideration to going back to the former ordinance.
 R. E. Robertson, speaking on the subject at the Chamber luncheon this noon in the Terminal Cafe, said he was in favor of regulating dogs, but that he felt the new leash or dinance was too strict and should be amended, if kept in force, to permit dogs to have few hours liberty each day, perhaps in the evening. He declared that tying dogs up all the time had created more bowling than previously. Frank Garnick voiced similar sentiment, declaring that tied up ldog will soon become cross dog and he too, favored giving the dogs little more leeway.
 Curtis Shattuck, who was one of those urging the new ordinance be- ! fore the Council, stated that the new ordinance had rid the streets ] of the dog nuisance, especially in the downtown district.
 This dog question seems to be much like the controversy on pro- hibition when that was in effect, commented Harley Turner. Moth ing much was gained by talking about it. I think it holds for the ] dog question. Let's declare our selves one way or another and be done with it."
 The vote revealed only two or three voting against the recom- mendation to the Council which had been brought in by the Execu- tive Committee.
 The Chamber voted to approve
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
SHIP CAUGHT
 IN GALE, DECK
 LOAD IS LOST
for Fish Traps Swept Overheard = Sailors
 Caught in Slide
CARGO ROOMS ARE
 ALSO GONE, REPORT
Winches Are Damaged
 Craft Now Returning to Home Port

BELLINGHAM, w h., April 1.-Two sailors were killed and two injured aboard the Alaska bound Pacific Ann erican Fisheries steamer Mary D., in a storm north of Cape Flattery, according to a radio received from Capt. Emil Jackson, to the company's Of- flee here. The men were caught by the shifting cargo.
 The dead men are: Peter Johnson, of Bellingham, and John V. Moore, of Seattle.
 The injured men are Theo- dore Porter, of Bellingham, and Oscar Johnson, of Seat tie.
 The message said the en- tire deckload carried forward and aft was carried away dur. ing the heavy gale while the vessel was hove to. Cargo blooms are gone and consider able damage has been done to the winches.
 According to a later radio, the Mary D., is now bound back to Bellingham with the dead and injured and for repairs.
 The vessel left Bellingham last Monday night with a heavy cargo for Alaska can neries, including piles for fish traps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
ONTARIOM MOTORS STRIKE CREATES SCHISM IN GOVT.
Strike Front Tn U. 5. Rela- lively Quiet-Viscose
 Corp. Makes Pact
(By Associated Press)

The labor strike of General Motors of Canada workers at Oshawa, On tario, has been virtually pushed in to the background by the schism created in the Provincial Govern ment which has led to Premier Mitchell Hepburn's being assailed as dictator, when he demanded the resignations of two Provincial officials.
 While Oshawa's Mayor, Alex Hall, demands sympathy strikes by auto motive workers in the United States, members of the United Automobile Workers Union have adopted res- olution urging Dominion Govern ment intervention to settle the strike.
 U. S. Situation
 The strike front in the United States has been relatively quiet.
 At Detroit, Michigan, fifteen un- ion officers and sympathizers fol- lowing the eviction by police and deputies using tear gas, of one hun dred and twenty sitdown strikers from the Yale and Towne Manu- featuring Company plant. Quiet was restored. Many of the strikers were women.
 Agreement Signed
 The Viscose Corporation. the Ma tion's largest producers of rayon has signed an agreement recognizing the Textile Workers Organizing Committee as the sole collective bargaining agency for its twenty thousand workers. The pact also provides wage increases. Other troubles across the Canad- ian border include strike threats by the thousand CIO affiliated min CTS at Fernie, British Columbia unless their demands for wage in- creases and union recognition are met.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
REPUBLICANS RE0RCANIzE,
 WASH. STATE
State Executive Committee to Be Cut to Member
 ship of Twelve

WALLA WALLA, Wash, April 10. Reorganization of the Republican Party in this state started yester- day when a committee of twelve, including two from each Congress sional districts. will be appointed to succeed the State Executive com mittee of seventy-tWo.
 This is the plan as announced by J. N. Emerson, State Chairman
 Emerson said the Republicans need to accept the changing con- ditions and are to adapt them to our philosophy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
|MUTINY BLOCKED

LONDON, April Is. = Dissatis- fled conyicts of Dartmoor Prison, England's famed granite jug" were reported today to have been balk- ed in a plot for a Coronation Day Mutiny on May 12. Officials, however, denied the ex- istence of such a plot An unconfirmed report said the prisoners were angered because King
 George VI, would not reduce sem tences or grant pardons in honor of that day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
CONSTRUCTION,
 NAVY VESSELS,
 AWAY BEHIND

WASHINGTON, April 15.- The Navy Department reports that of the 58 warships under construction are behind schedules and comple- tion will be delayed from one month to one year longer than the speci- fled contracts.
 The Navy finished two submar- ines and five destroyers during the past month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
ROADS AND TRAILS

The item making provision for forest roads and trails in the De- partment of Agriculture appropria- ton bill for the 1888 fiscal year was taken up by the subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropria- tions this week. The part provid-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
WANT DUNKLE POINTED TO
 ALASKA BOARD
Aviators at Anchorage Cir culating P Petition to
 Send to Governor

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 15-- At meeting of ayiators here. the airmen voted to recommend the appointment of w. E. Dunkle, as Third Division representative in the newly created Territorial Aeronau- tics Board
 Petitions for Dunkle's appoint ment are being circulated and will be forwarded to Gov. John w. Troy at Juneau
 Dunkle is prominent mine op- orator. private pilot and majority stockholder of the Star Airways.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
COLD WEATHER
 IS PREVAILING INTERIOR AREA
Breakup Conditions Being Delayed Mining Ac-
 tivity Mounting

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 15.- Cold prevails in the Interior anc the mild thawing has delayed break up conditions.
 Interior Alaska planes are stil using skis but landing fields arc reported to be soft.
 There has been unprecedented passenger traffic by planes to al parts of the Interior due to the awakening of spring mining activi- ties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
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DIES ON TRAIL

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 15.- Thomas Lake, 51, is dead as the result of heart trouble. He died on the trail, a member of party en- route from Liyengood to Lucky Creek on a prospecting trip. The body has been brought here by plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
PLEDGED

SEATTLE, April 15.-Pledges of thirty co-eds in the Totem Club, University of Washington, an ac- tivity honorary, include Vera Reed of Anchorage, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
B. c. ELECTION
 DATE IS GIVEN

VICTORIA, B. O.. April 15.-
 Premier Pattullo today announced the dissolution of the British Col umbia Parliament and fixed June l as the date for the general election and May Il as nomination day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
LOYAL LINES HOLD

MADRID, April 15.-Abrupt sub siding of heavy artillery fire has followed the failure of Insurgent troops to break through the stead fly encircling Government lines.
 Government advices declare that three thousand Insurgents have been cut off completely from their sup plies of food and ammunition.
 Meanwhile, in the North, storms have begged down the big Insur- gent offensive in the Bilbao area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
NEW DEADLINE SET

LONDON, April 15.-Fixing new deadline, the Non-Intervention Sub- Committee has set midnight, next Monday, for putting into operation the wide control schemes to halt the flow of men and arms into Spain. Another subcommittee of the International Committee for Intervention has been ap- pointed to consider plans for the withdrawal of foreign volunteers now engaged in fighting in the Spanish Civil War zone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April IS. - Closing quotation today of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 13as,~ American Can 105A, American Light and Power 11%, Anaconda 58, Bethlehem Steel 91A, Calumet and Hecla l5h Commonwealth and Southern 5 Curtiss Wright 6A, General Motors 59as, International Harvester 107A Kennecott 59A, New York Central 48h, Southern, Pacific 571s, United States Steel 112%, United Corpora ton SIS, Cities Service 4, Republic Steel 42A, Lima Locomotive 71h Cerro de Pasco 75, American Zinc Lead and Silver 15M, Pure Oil 2l% Holly Sugar 34as, Interlake Iror 23A, Pound $490 1916.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-15
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 18l.l9, rails 6018, utilities 31.38.