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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
SAN FRANCISCO STRIKERS ARE
 BACK TO JOBS
Clerks of Newb erry and Woolworth Chains
 Compromise
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. IA

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. IA. Leaders ordered the clerks of fif- teen San Francisco stores of J. J. Newberry and F. w. Woolworth chains back to their jobs as a re- suit of compromise settlement of a four day strike in which five hun dred employees were involved.
 The strike of six hundred employ ees of the Foster Lunchroom chain, comprising thirty-two restaurants, was citywide. The commissary was ordered for II am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Committee to Convene with Matdnuska Head Will Protest Ten Per Cent Wage Cut Recently
 Reported

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. IA Leo B. Jacobs, manager of the new Matanuska Colony, said the Alaska Rehabilitation Corpor ation had named a committee to meet with hmi today to protest the ten percent wage cut reported here.
 Employees have voted to strike Monday if the cut is effective.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Pleads Innocent
 To Murder Charge

CINCINNATI, Od., Aug. 14-Pret- ty blonde Mrs. Anna Hahn pleaded innocent today to a murder charge in connection with the death of George G. Sellman, 67.
 Prosecutor Dudley M. Outcalt turned to new leads in what he termed "one of the biggest mass murders in the country" He said he is Investigating three more deaths.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Tax Collector
 Visits Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. IA IT. w. Henrickson, acting Internal Revenue Collector, visited here to- day to discuss plans for speeding the filing of tax returns in Alaska.
 He planned to leave later for Fairbanks, accompanied by Thomas w. Winter, Seattle attorney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
JAPANESE BLOCKED

PEIPING, Aug. 1.-The fighting Chinese and also the regulars of the 89th Division have blocked the northwestward advance of the Jap anese forces and today hold stra- tegic Nonkow Pass in the face of hot artillery fire and aerial bom- bardment.
 The Japanese took the abandoned town of Nankow yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
JEANNE HERE TODAY

The Jeanne. Capt. William Strong, arrived here today at noon for freight from the Princess Louise, which is scheduled to dock here tonight at 6:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Crackshot Ministers

NEwBERRY. s. C.-Three minis ters gave sportsmen a lesson in shooting on a recent deer hunt in the vicinity of Newberry. The min isters killed three of the seven deer bagged by the party of 20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
VERNE soLEYs MOVE

MT. and Mrs. Verne Soley have moved from their home in the Marine Apartments to the Douglas Mead Apartments on Sixth Street and Park Avenue. where they are to make their future residence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
To RTIsH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TIENTSIN, Aug. 14.-Japanese War Commanders reported with au- thority today that l2,000 soldiers are being massed in Mukden and Man chuokou as reinforcement for quick dispatch to China.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
MALIsTER HURT

Kathleen McAlister was brought by ambulance yesterday from the Nugget Creek power house, having fallen near there and received a severe head injury. She is reported to be in favorable condition at St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Specially Built Plane

The plane, four-motored ship. was built by Moscow group of Rus sian engineers. Victor Bolkhovitin- ow, engineer in charge. The wings are lettered URSS, 209.
 The plane is equipped with about six weeks emergency supplies, in- cluding hot coffee. tea, black caviar. chicken sandwiches and Levanevis- ky's favorite warm clothing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
POLAR PLIERS FORGED DOWN,
 ARCTIC AREA
Immediate Hunt Begins as Planes Roar Out
 aarom F Fairbanks
JIMMY MATTERN
 WANTS TO co OUT
Embassy Officials Express No Anxiety, However,
 for Six Airmen

The Soviet plane, piloted by
 Sigismund Levanevisky. flying from Moscow over the North Pole, bound for some point in the United States, with first stop at Fairbanks, Alaska, to re- fuel, is lost.
 A search is now underway, from Fairbanks. for the missing craft.
 Today, Gov. John w. Troy, is- sued the following statement:
 "The State Department ad- vises that the Soviet Govern ment has requested this Gov- ernment to aid in the search for the Soviet plane coming from Moscow to Fairbanks. This ap- peal is to request anyone who
 has seen . plane resembling the
 Soviet plane or heard motor, re- port that fact promptly into
 the Office of the Governor of Alaska and to the Signal Corps of the United States Army at the nearest Signal Corps Sta tiOn."
 Planes Leave Fairbanks
 Following positive reports that the Soviet plane is lost, three airplanes carrying Russian flight representa- tives. dashed out from Fairbanks this forenoon in search of the miss- ing Soviet plane.
 The planes roared away from in fan-shape courses, eastward, northward and 
 Joe Crosson was the first to lift his plane into the air. He is pilot- ing the giant 12-place ship and Is accompanied by Murray Hall as CO., pilot He headed northward follow Ing the Hath meridian, the route the lost fliers were to take to the United States.
 Pilot s. E. Robbins and mechanic Clyde Armistead, hopped off in a Fairchild pontoon plane. eastward. Pilot Murray Stuart took the air and headed westward.
 The pilots of the three planes in- end to search the Arctic coast.
 Mattern is Ready
 Jimmy Mattern in Los Angeles, is also prepared to take off for the North Pole. He is anxious to aid m the search Levanevisky and Lev chenko, both aboard the Soviet plane, rescued Mattern when he crashed in Siberia four years ago. Soviet officials in Los Angeles asked Mattern if he is willing to direct a search and Mattern is awaiting word from his sponsors.
 Down in Arctic
 The last word Moscow received rom the plane was when the chief pilot radioed that one of his trans polar plane of four engines was fail ng. This was just before a Russian 'adio station lost contact late last night with the plane bearing six-atr- nen to the United States.
 D0wn--Where?
 An Empire Associated Press dis ,atch from Washington said the Soviet Embassy declared that there S no real anxiety, so far as the iafety of the crew is concerned. The Embassy officials believe the fliers were forced to land in some region 'etween the North Pole and Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
MRS. SULLIVAN VISITS

Mrs. c. J. Sullivan, wife of a Haines merchant, is visiting in Juneau and is stopping at the Cas- tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
II HOURS OVERDUE

SEATTLE, Aug. 14.-Authorita- tive sources close to Russian trans polar headquarters here became convinced at am. that Levanevis- ky and his five companions are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
U. S. MAKES APPEAL
SAVAGE ATTACK BY CHINA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Secre- tary of State Hull said this Gov- ernment has made most earnest representations" to the Japanese and Chinese Governments to not use Shanghai as the theatre of war operations"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
LOYALISTS IN SURPRISE MOVE
 ON INSURGENTS
Penetrate One Mile Into
 Rebel Ranks on Bru-
 nette Front

HENDAYE, French Border, Aug. 14.-Spanish Government troops thrust forward one mile in sur prise attack on the Brunette front, outside of Madrid as the Insurgents hammered out new gains on the long Terule spearhead 100 miles east of Madrid according to both Loy- alist and Insurgent advices received here.
 Spanish Government forces de- clare they have forced the Insur- gents out of the entrenchments in the Brunette sector
 The Insurgents claim they have made gains in three separate zones in Central Spain.
 DANISH VESSEL BOMBED
 BARCELONA, Aug. IA com- munique issued late today reported four Insurgent planes bombed and sank the Danish vessel Edith, 80 miles south of here. The crew of 20 members escaped, according to re- ports
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14

There are national forests in 37 states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14
Three Americans Reported Killed - U. 5. Marines
 Aided by Special Guard

lnternatlOnal h hel LlOnS OI
 Princeton University, visiting in
 Shanghai, have been killed.
 Two American wounded are J.
 M. Kerby, of New York, and K.
 R. Rouse, of Sac0, Montana.
 The total dead late this af-
 ternoon is placed at 800 people
 who died horribly in the two
 terrific bombings-
 SAVAGE ATTACK BY CHINA
 SHANGHAI, Aug. IA China's awakened warriors have blasted the Japanese with aerial bombs and ar tillery, plus savage gunfire in the Shanghai warfare which has struck into the heart of the International Zone and endangered the lives of thousands of Americans and other foreigners.
 Over 300 is the estimated dead up to early this morning, killed out right in the International Zone as UOlIlUS lcll. AliiCllCdAio oOoAA SS6oAi to evacuate the danger areas.
 The United States cruiser Augus- ta, flagship of Admiral Harry E Yernell, of the Asiatic fleet has ar rived here.
 The American Emergency Com mittee early today mapped out safety plans and hoped to protect the 4,0O0 Americans here. Other na- tions are doing the same but for the most part relying for aid from the Americans.
 Sixteen Chinese two and four mo- tored planes roared over the city bombing Japanese warships.
 Japanese planes immediately took to the air but were beaten back ef- fectively by the Chinese bombers.
 The Japanese warship Idzumo has been hard hit, according to reports by the Chinese bomberS.
 Bombs have fallen in the French Concession and perhaps dozen persons have been killed.
 United States Marines have beer called to duty to every available man. strengthened by a guard o1 1O50 men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-14

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Evening star., 1937-10-24

there and it is now less expensive
than the use of hand hose for water
ing the grass.
The virtual completion Of Meridian
Hill Park was extremely gratifying
to the park officials and especially to
the hundreds Of citizens. Additional
lighting has been installed and park
officials said that there has been prac-
tically no mortality among the big
sycamore trees planted there.
The park superintendent believes
that the flood-control measures made
possible through the ALLEGATION have
been meritorious and will serve good
purpose in preventing the possible
inundation of the public buildings
along Constitution avenue.
Through the Public Works Admin
istration funds, much-needed SWIM
ming pools were constructed in Ana
costa and East Potomac Parks. For
the first time they we're open to the
public during the past Summer and
we'll proved their need, as attested by
the attendance figures. Mr.. Finnan
declared The East Potomac Park
pool In particular proved one Of the
most popular in the entire city, he
said, while the Anacostia Park pool
is located in a section that certainly
needed that facility" as heretofore the
nearest public pool with which Mr..
Finnan's Office has contact was the
Mckinley pool, at First street and
Lincoln road northeast. Construction
of the Anacostia pool, said the park
chief, represents the first major step
in the development Of the recreation
center there, as ultimately planned.
Congratulations Received.
Mr.. Finnan said that his Office is
continually receiving letters of con-
graduation on the results of the re-
Mobilization program, citing especially
the approval of the Board Of Education
for the work done on Franklin Park,
where two new fountains and a pool
were installed. Frederick Law Ohm
Evening star., 1937-10-24
HITLER GUARD LEADER
LOSES HIS LIFE IN DUEL

Ey the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 23.-Roland
Strunk, leader of the black-shirted
Nazi guard and star reporter Of
Chancellor Adolph Hitlers own news
paper, was disclosed today to have
been slain in duel defending his
and his family's honor.
Strunk's adversary was under ar
rest and facing trial before the
Black Guards honor court Neither
his name nor the origin of the quar-
rel was disclosed, only that the honor
court had ruled the insult was so
grave restoration Of honor was pos
sible only with weapon.
The duel was fought Monday in a
forest at Hohenlychen, Mecklenburg,
but its fatal outcome was not made
known generally until Hitlers Voel-
kischer Beobachter declared Strunk's S
conception of honor thrust the wea-
pom into his hand to meet the vio-
lator Of his and his family's honor.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Pupil Fined SIS
MDisPuteOrer
Pronunciation
Is Accused OF Hitting
His Teacher Who
"MisunderstOOd."

The inability of 5l-year-old French
pupil to make himself understood to
his 45-year-old teacher cost the for
mer SIS when araigned in Police
Court yesterday on a charge of as
sault.
DR.. Emile Simon. 1922 Park road,
testified before Judge Edward M.
Curran that my pupil asked me
a question several times, but his pro-
nunciation was so bad I couldn't un-
derstand him. So he got mad and
struck me and hurt my wrists"
Frank Rizzo, with whom DR.. Simon
was living at 2607 Mozart place at
the time of the argument last Satur-
day, explained to the court with ges-
lures, "I asked the professor what
Ca ira meant. He became disguised
when he couldn't understand me and
gave me such nauseating German
'aaach' that I grabbed him by the
wrists to protect myself-just in case"
Judge Curran, however, did not be-
lieve a Dutch "aaach" to be grounds
for any physical action and fined
Rizzo.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
GLASS WOOL AIDS
PLANTS IN WINTER
Used as Mulch, 1t Keeps
Tender Species Alive
in Cold Weather.
BY HOWARD W. BLAKEsLEE,

hesOcldted Prcss Sciense Editor.
ITHACA, N. Y, October 23.-A new
step in mans control OF weather, this
time for the farmer, by use OF glass
wool to keep plants alive in Win
ter. was announced today at Cornell
University.
The wool" made of fibers OF glass
finer than human hair, is laid on
the ground as a new form OF mulch"
the blanket which farmers thousands
of years ago started with dried grass.
and which has since been improved
with many substances.
The glass, snow-white, soft as cot
ton fluff, was made by the Corning
Glass Works and its weather-making
properties discovered by r. C. Allen
Of the Cornell Department Of Flori-
culture and Ornamental Horticulture.
Protects Delicate Plants.
ut has been possible" Allen said,
ito carry over Winter, by use Of this
material, many species OF plants which
could not otherwise be wintered in
this region.
This is particularly true Of certain
rare and difficult Alpine plants which
ordinarily do not thrive in the usual
low land conditions"
The glass wool" comes in bales,
and unrolls like a carpet. 1t is so
light that child of could hold
over its head bale the size Of a
hogshead.
Allen said 1t was tested in COM
petition with many other kinds Of
mulches, such as straw, leaves, pine
boughs and excelsior. In every case
he said the glass was superior.
One new thing it does is to let
through little light. Under it
pansies, when uncovered in the
Spring, already had all their leaves
green. Under straw mulch the same
pansies were partly yellow when un-
covered. and lost leaves before get
ting a start in the sun.
Insulation Is Factor.
The wool" is warm. Its heat IN
sulating ability was the main rea-
son why, three years ago, this form
Of glass rose to national industrial
production proportions. 1t is manu-
factured in huge quantities by more
than one company. The Corning
factory alone makes enough so that
If single days production we're
drawn out into one continuous thread
1t would reach from earth to the sun.
1t is also, Mr.. Allen said. COM
pletely sterile, free from all disease.
insects and weed pests 1t lets in
air, but rodents keep out.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

KATHERINE FISKE.
Hurled from her OtOn car
by a gunnan ,Uho said he 10as
escaping from police, Miss
Fiske a0as left lying uncon-
Scious on Charles RiUer speed
1Ddy at Boston. She 10as IN a
coma for seDeraI hours and
then told police OF the attack,
In Which the gunnan beat her
about the head. She is q STU
dent at Radcliffe and the
daughter OF q HARVARD pro-
lessor.
-Copyright, A. P. WirephotO.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
MARKET HELD UP,
BANDITS GET $3.50
One Of Customers Used as Shield
in Get-Away-Woman Drivers
Purse Is Snatched.

TWO colored bandits held up Field
mans Market. 1922 Florida avenue,
in the presence of dozen customers
last night and escaped with $3.50
taken from the cash register.
Mrs. Jacob Feldman, wife of the
proprietor, was forced to open the
cash register by one Of the bandits,
who pointed pistol at her and said,
This is hold-up," after she had
tried to slap him. The other hold
up man kept a pistol trained on Field
man and the customers, warming
Keep your mouths shut or I'll shoot"
Backing out of the store, one Of
the bandits grabbed customer and
used him as . shield as they made
their way to an automobile irf which
they fed.
The hold-up occurred shortly after
Lydia D. Fisher, 145l Park road, re-
ported that when she stopped her
automobile for trafic light at Sixth
and N streets three colored men
jumped on the running board and
took her purse, containing $40. from
the seat. They escaped through an
alley.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
FREIGHT RATE HIKE
IS HIT AND PRAISED.
Coal Official Condemns New
Schedule, but Willard
LaudS 1t.

Condemnation and conynendation
Of the action Of the Interstate Com
naerce Commission In granting an
increase In freight rates were voiced
yesterday by individuals Of the bi-
luminous coal and railroad indus
tries.
Denunciation Of the action came
from John Carson. consumers counsel
of the National Bituminous Coal
Commission, who said the increased
freight rates would cost consumers
an additional s31.000,o00 yearly.
Favorable comment on the action
was forthcoming from Daniel Will
lard, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. Willard said:
"Inasmuch as the estimated ag-
gregate amount which will be re-
allied by the railroads from the rate
increases authorized in the report
made public by the Interstate Com
1nerce Commission yesterday will evil
IDENTITY be little, If any, more than
half the amount which the railroads
as a whole lost when the surcharges
were QlSCOIltlllucQ bllC 3lico Oi 2d'p
January, it is natural that from that
aspect the order should be disap-
pointing. A careful reading of the
report, however. indicates that the
commission fully realizes the needs
of the carriers for further additional
revenue and is prepared to give
prompt consideration to that mat
ter"
Carson characterized the I. G. c.
decision as policy Of robbing Peter
to pay Paul." and said his office
would try to impress on bituminous
coal consumers the absurdities OF
the existing freight rate structure"
THE railroads did not attempt to
prove that railroad rates on coal
were too low" he said. "They just
contended they needed more revenue
from all sources and coal was place
where they could get the revenue"
The commission limited the opera
ton of the higher soft coal rates to
December 81, 1888, and refused to
sanction a permanent increase be-
cause it would benefit only three roads
which carry rs per cent of the soft
coal transported by rail.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
81 100000 Betterment Plan
Surveyed in District Parks
Benefit of Supervision by Trained OF
ffciaIs Seen in 2 Years Ork-MaU
Development Cited.

Mr.. Kirkpatrick over the drafting
board to perfect plans for the i'm
provement program, but in the field
as we'll This is particularly true
with reference to Lafayette Park, the
plans for which were based on a
previously approved program OF the
Fine Arts Commission, which bears
the date Of February II, 1921.
1885 Program Completed.
Secretary Ickes. AS public works
administrator, allocated sl,000,000 for
the local improvements in July, 1885.
All this work has now been COM
pleted, Mr.. Finnan said yesterday.
The $1,00o,000 was distributed thus:
For the Mall. $81 500; rehabilitation
Of the downtown parks and reserva-
tions and circles, $287,750; tree
surgery, $41,5oo; the Palisades Rec
reation Center at Sherrier place and
Edmunds place. Just south Of Con-
duit road, $73,l00; Meridian Hill
Park, s145,000: for the continuation
OF advanced planning $4,000; eleva-
ton of the Washington Monument
grounds and construction of levee
at the rear of the Navy and NUM-
tions Buildings as flood-control
measure. S50,500: two new swimming
pools, s223,350: new police lodge in
Rock Creek Park, sl7.300; moving
of an old garage from Beach drive
and Military road in Rock Creek Park
to a less conspicuous location off
Daniel road, $14,400, and for the
completion of the memorial en-
trance to Arlington National Gene
terry, $45,eo0.
On the eastern end of the Mall,
Mr.. Fipnan pointed out, grading,
topsoiling and seeding, as well as the
building of sidewalks and new road
work were accomplished, carrying
well along the road to completion
Washington's great central downtown
park. Four rows of elm trees, on
each side of the inner drives, from
Third street to Fourteenth street.
have been planted, leaving the great
central vista open, from the Capitol
to the Washington Monument.
This, Mr.. Finnan said, is major
step in the realization of the L'En-
FAINT plan, which was reaflrmed In
the 1901 commission report for the
development Of the National Capt.
tai. The improvement, he pointed
out, has ended the chaotic condition
that prevailed on this major axis of
the city, from shortly after 1850 until
1888. Some progress had been made
on the plan by the removal of the
railroad station from The Mall, he
recalled, but the coming of the World
War again cluttered up the park with
Evening star., 1937-10-24

sted, noted landscape architect Of
Brookline, Mass, who served on the
1901 commission, gave the benefit OF
his long experience in the improving
of Lafayette Park. Folger Park, in
front of Providence Hospital, has
proved most attractive" Mr.. Finnan
declared, for there a small rejecting
pool, ornamental drinking fountains
and q large number Of trees were
added.
1t became necessary to shift num-
ber of trees in the Mall, Mr.. Finnan
pointed out, in order to consummate
the original L'Enfant plan for vista
from the Capitol. Four rows If elms
were planted. Some Of the trees,
which had gone through long years Of
neglect and disease, when there were
inadequate appropriations to care for
them, had to be cut down. But with
the planting of the new, healthy elm
trees, which were carefully inspected
by experts from the Department Of
Agriculture, rs well as by landscape
architects from the National Park
Service, the whole Mall has been toned
up, and is. one OF the most unusual
features found in any city in the
world.
The great formal park, he declared,
will come more into public notice as
the elm trees grow and the full value
of the central area Is more appreciated.
With the construction Of the Mellon
Art Gallery and other buildings, the
Mall, as time goes on, will become one
of the most attractive parts Of all
Washington. the park chief asserted.
Despite periodical droughts, the sprin-
kler system will insure an adequate
water supply, furnished in an up-to-
date manner, and benefit Washington
ians in having a mighty sweep of
lawn area-all the way from the Cap
itol to the Washington Monument.