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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12
RAQ OFFICERS
 ASSASSINATED

Basrah, Iraq. Aug. 12-(UP)-Gen. Bekir Sidki, chief of the general staff of the Iraqian army and Gen. Ali Jowad, chief of the air force, were shot dead by a soldier at Mo- sul today while on their way to Tur- key to attend the anual army man. euvers.
 The general had been regarded as the strong man behind the coup d'etat at Iraq last year when the army took control of the govern ment He was sympathetic toward Turkey and was not enthusiastic for any Anglo-Iraq alliance. He was in- tensely nationalist.
 He bore reputation for ruthless drastic action and commanded the 1883 expedition of the Iraquian army which allegedly massacred 500 Assyrian christians.
 Of recent months he has firmly repressed tribal disorders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12

wan suburbs were faced with the immediate necessity of moving from their homes because the streets be- came lines and traffic was impos- Sible.
 News was received from Nanking, the capital, up the Yangtze river, that the government wanted the China National Aviation corporation to send to Nanking the dozen air. planes 1t had in its hangars here. The Pan American Airways com- pany owns about @ half interest in this company.
 BY F. M. FISHER Copyright, 1887, By United Press)
 Japanese Army Field Headquar- ters Southeast of Nankow, Aug. 12 -(UP)-Japanese siege guns blast ed Chinese troops out of Nankow today in the first formal, big scale battle of an undeclared war.
 AS the Chinese retreated to a new line of defense outside the city, Ja- panese infantry and cavalry scouts advanced cautiously and tanks lined up to lead 8 parade into the city.
 watched the development of this battle from the Japanese front lines southeast of Nankow and 25 miles northwest of Peiping. It was one-sided affair. The Japanese opened with their big guns. Great shells crashed into strategically im- portant parts of the Nankow area. In ? 1-2 hours spent listening there was no reply. The Chinese withdrew to their new lines. Began Bombardment Nine 5-inch Howitzers, In all, be- gan the bombardment and a bat tery of 3-inch field guns moved in. They were lined up in big peanut field. They pounded the Nankow mountain pass, the city, two large villages beside 1t and the corn fields around for 1-2 hours. Then two large fires were seen in the city.
 Chiefly the bombardment was di- rected against the southern end of Nankow pass, which commands the country to the north and west, and the foothills to the east, where the Japanese staff believed the main body of Chinese army to be formed.
 I penetrated the Japanese front lines then and walked to within half a mile of Nankow City. There was no sign of a single Chinese sol- dier.
 Capture Railway Station
 Peiping, Aug. 12-(UP)-Japa- nese shock troops stormed and cap- tured Nankow railroad station, 25 miles northwest of Peiping, after hours of fighting, Japanese dis. patches from the front said today. A big fleet of war planes bombed Nankow and its vicinity mercilessly before the attack. Fighting pro- ceeded for several hours before the station was taken, Japanese dis patches said. Japanese sources claimed decisive victory over Chi nese troops at Lianghsiang, on the Peiping- -Hankow railroad south of Peiping. They put Chinese losses at more than 100 and said two Ja- panese were killed and 20 wounded.
 Repulse Chinese
 Tientsin, Aug. 12-(UP)-Japa- nese military headquarters ar- nounced today that their troops at Liangsiang, south of Chang -Hsint- fen, on the Peiping -Hankow rail- way at 5:30 today had repulsed 600 Chinese troops, killing 150. Japa- nese casualties were given as two dead, 10 wounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12
PRESIDENT IN
 SURPRISE MOVE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12

(Contlnued rom Page D was sent to the upper chamber a high White House aide had told reporters that it was uncertain whether the nomination would even go to Capitol Hill at this session, of congress.
 Reporters Advised
 Hardly had the remarks of the White House aide been transmitted over press association wires when the White House advised reporters that the nomination to fill the va- cancy had been sent to the senate.
 Reporters, rushing to the clerk of the senate, discovered that the rorn- ination of Black was, indeed, lying on the desk of Vice President John N. Garner. It was not, however, immediately read to the senate.
 Black was regarded as virtually certain of quick senate confirma- tion-probably without even the formality of sending the name to the senate judiciary committee for consideration.
 LID lS dil dIlClcllL Sckldbc bEdul" tion-that nominations of its own members to office are approved with out question as matter of sena- torial courtesy.
 Senate Is Caught
 The nomination caught the senate as much by surprise as 1t did Wash ington observers although there had been a feeling that an appointment would follow quickly upon comple- tion of congressional action on tile lower court reform bill-the sub- stitute measure hacked out of the wreckage of President Roosevelt's supreme court reorganization bill.
 Congress finished action on that bill yesterday and the measure was transmitted to the White House for MT. Roosevelt's signature.
 When reportes, having heard of the nomination asked the senate majority clerk if he had received supreme court nomination, he hur- riedly opened an envelope contain ing the nominations of the day transmitted by the White House.
 There, head ing the list, was Blacks name. His eyes popping, he hurried to tell others in the senate chamber.
 The senate clerk, Leslie Diffle, headed straight for Blacks desk to inform the senator. Within 6 few seconds he was back at the vice. presidents desk, where Garner studied the nominations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12
BOY MOVIE STAR
 IN NEW SURPRISE
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Aunt Had Made Threat

Aunt Had Made Threat
 Miss Myllicent Bartholomew is both aunt and legal guardian to Freddie. She threatened two weeks ago to return him to school in Eng land unless MGM raised his salary to $2,500 a week. He had been getting SLIGO weekly but his wages stopped last month. The studio said Miss Bartholomew refused to let him work. Later Miss Bartho- lomew said other studios had of- fered as high as $l0,000 weekly for Freddie's services. The studio filed the present action, which is for permanent injunction to prevent Freddie from working for anyone else during the remaining four years of his contract. Miss Bar tholomew's affidavit was in answer to the complaint She said that British law forbids children under 14 to leave the country for singing, playing or performing, and that in England, Freddie's contract Is void.
 Justified In Her Act
 Miss Bartholomew's affidavit, filed by her Attorney, Col. William H. Neblett, maintained that she was justified in breaking the boys contract with MGM and selling his services to another studio that of- fered higher pay. At studio rep- resentative's suggestion, she said, she and the boy came to America as "visitors." The studio, she said, practiced deception on the courts in representing that Freddie was a resident of Los Angeles during the proceedings for approval of his con- tract.
 The aunt said she was told to borrow the passage money to America and MGM would repay her when she landed him here. That was done, she said. The studio de- manded a seven-year contract, she said, and she signed against her will because she was without funds and had no way of returning to England.
 Not Legal Guardian Then
 koiiC ouAd oliC Wdo IIOt cIcQQlc legal guardian at the time she signed the contract She was grant, ed custody of him after litigation with his parents which cost Fred die $25,000 in attorneys fees. The studio, she said, falsely represented that if Freddie were a success as David Copperfield he would get a new contract and a higher wage. The contract called for SITS to $500 salary weekly and the studio raised it to SLIGO voluntarily. Miss Bar tholomew said Freddie could not live on that sum and meet his ob- legations, which included Si,000 monthly income tax, lawyers and agents fees, contributions to his parents and sisters and his own maintenance, all of which are ar- bitrary amounts set by the court that put him in his aunt's custody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12

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 The compromise bill merely effects changes in lower court procedure along lines proposed by MT. Roose- welt.
 Federal Intervention
 It provides immediate opportunity for federal intervention in lower courts when constitutionality of an act of congress is challenged. If a district court holds an act uncon- stitutional, the compromise measure permits the justice department to appeal directly to the supreme court, skipping the circuit courts of appeal. Under the new legislation, injunc- tions against acts of congress must be passed on by three-judge courts and at least on of the judges must be from the circuit bench. The final new provision permits the se- 'nior judge of any circuit to assign federal judges within that circuit to expedite hearings of cases.
 Possible Successors CrculC judges, BoVeTnors ana Sen- 'ators are among persons who have been mentioned as possible success .sors to Van Devanter. They include Circuit Judge Sam G. Bratton, Flor 'ence E. Allen, William Denman, Learned Hand, Joseph c. Hutche- son, Samuel Sibley, John J. Parker and Evan A. Evans.
 Gov. Phil LaFollette, leader of the Wisconsin progressive party, and Gov. Frank Murphy, democrat, Michigan, are possibilities as are Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N. r., and Hugo L. Black, D., Ala.
 Chairman James M. Landis of the securities and exchange commission, who shortly will become dean of Harvard law schools, was favorite in winter books for any vacancy. Felix Frankfurter. likewise of Har- ward, has been mentioned as having Judge Sam Rosenman and Judge Ferdinand Pecora of the New York state supreme court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12
PRESIDENT HAS
 ACCEPTED BILL

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12
PHANTOM THIEF
 IN SEVEN BREAKS

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 outside. Last December, they said, Frangillo escaped capture when he jumped from window of the home of Lewis Futile, 173 Fiske street, after a maid entered the house. AS she opened the door she knocked down a bottle which 'Frangillo had balanced on chair. they said.
 Began in June, 1886
 The phantom" began his Water bury burglaries in June, 1886, the officers said, when he broke into the home of Frank Baumgartner, l26 Cables avenue, and William Gray. 20 Calumet street. In each
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-12

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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25

terial, and ~ yards of ribbon
for the belt together with 3 yards
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Pattern 1852 comes in sizes 2 to
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as pictured 6 yards of ribbon are
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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25

BE yourself, Rose. 1t doesn't
take bit more skill to make my
dress than yours. The pattern ex-
plains everything. You can't go
wrong. 1 get double kick out of
making a party frock-I feel i'm
portant sewing it and elegant wear
ing it. I couldn't begin to have
so many party clothes if l didn't
belong to The-Sew-Your-Own!"
"Joanie, dear, aren't you begin
ming this party business pretty
young?"
mo, Auntie Rose, of course not.
I've another one just like it that
Grandma made for me. It's red
and it has blue bands around it.
I'm going to wear it to school
tomorrow.
"Well, l see where I've got to
get some silks and crepe, pluck
up my nerve, and have clothes
like other people. l wanted to
join the Jolly Twelve but l just
felt 1 didn't have anything to
wear. Now I've decided to join
The Sewing Circle and make a
real fashion debut, come Spring."
The Patterns.
Pattern 1897 is for sizes 81 to
46. Size 36 requires 42s yards of
35 inch material plus five-eighths
of a yard contrasting.
Pattern 1241 is cut in sizes IA
to 20 (32 to Al bust). Size Is re-
quires AS yards of SO inch ma
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25
Quotations"

The happiest land and the high.
est civilization is tha; in which every
capitalist is an unhampered laborer,
and every laborer a potential capi-
taIist.-Chmning Pollock.
Truly, if the genius of mankind
that has invented the weapons of
death cannot discover the means of
preserving peace, civilization as we
know il lives in an evil day
Franklin ID. ROOsereit.
Great music does not pail with
repetition. On the contrary, it grows
on the ear.-LeOpold Stokowski.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25
Vacation Romance?

Youth-Now on this ring l should
like you to engrave: For my dar-
ling Muriel."
JeWeler-Would it not be better to
have simply: For my darling?"
You see, sir, it will be at least a
week before we can let you have
the ring.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25
A Doubtful Start

II trust that we shall get along
very nicely, Ada" said Mrs.
Brown to the maid she had just
engaged; ''for l am not at all diff
ficult to please"
mo, a'am," replied the maid,
that's what 1 thought as soon as
ever l saw the master. Toronto
Globe.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25
Penny Wise

Mother-Come here Johnnie; /
have some good news for you.
Johnnie without enthusiasm)-
Yes, know; father is home again.
Mother-Yes, but how did you
know?
Johnnie-My bank won't rattle
any more.-Life.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-25

a ND the girl holding the
1 A curtains back, just
looking on, might be join
ing the fun except for her
misconception that party
clothes are hard to sew.
She made the neat sweet
house model she's wearing
with no trouble at all but
And Here's the Story.
"Marge, did you really
make your pretty dress all
yourself? 1t looks so elab-
crate; I'd be afraid to cut
into chiffon like that for
fear I'd rIlip if -
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
ATTACK UPON
 ROOSEVELT IS
 RESENTED NOW
Twelve Officials of Town send National Organi-
 zation Resign
DOCTORS TRADES
 WORK AGAINST PLAN
General Manager Brinton, One Who Has Quit, ls-
 sues Statement

CHICAGO, H., June 5.-Twelve officials of the Townsend National organization have resigned because of repeated public utterances at tacking President Roosevelt and his Administration which they attri- bute to Dr. Frances E. Townsend.
 J. w. Brinton, Vice President and General Manager of the Townsend National, said in a formal state ment that such action of Dr. Town send was not associated with the aims of the organization" He also said the resignations, effective to- day, have been accepted orally"
 The statement as released by Brinton said:
 We feel that our services are of no value to those who contribute to our salaries in view of your repeated public utterances in the press and on the platform attacking the Pres ident and his Administration, whose support and good will we must have If we are to secure enactment of a general welfare act within the next four years"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
CUPID WINGS AROUND NORTH;
 IS BUSY TODAY
Bess Chamberlin Is to Be Welded to Capt. John
 N. Cross, Maybe Tonight

Wings over Alaska, weather per- mitting, are working in conjunc- tion with Cupid today.
 A special trip of the PAA Lock- heed Electra will leave Fairbanks this afternoon at o'clock, carrying Mrs. Bess Chamberlin to Fairbanks, where, again with weather permit ting, Capt. John N. Cross, of the Noel Vein Airways will arrive from Nome by plane about the time the Electra arrives from Juneau.
 And shortly thereafter cupid will put on the final touches in the marriage ceremony that will join this minded couple.
 Mrs. Chamberlin is accompanied by her brother-in-law, Boris Ma gids, with whom she is associated in the operation of trading posts and other interests in the Kusko- kwim area, with headquarters in Kotzebue.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
Duke of Windsor Carries
 Bride Across Threshold
 OfNe,c Home; Old Custom

NOETSCH, Austria, June 5.-The Duke of Windsor followed the GUS tom of bridegrooms in this country when he carried his bride over the threshold of their new home, the Castle of Wasserleonburg.
 The rite of carrying the bride in his arms across the threshold was enacted at the end of the honey moon trip from France to this iso- lated spot in Southern Austria.
 Hundreds of inhabitants of this section cheered the newlyweds as they arrived here.
 The Duchess put on figured house dress this morning and toured the haunted" castle. She im- mediately consigned to the attic many nicknacks including set of elephant tusks and hippopotomus head. She has not started moving pictures of the Lady Bluebeard" who lived in the castle four centur- ies ago with her six husbands, all of whom died after she married them.
 Men are today beating the castle grounds and surrounding woods to seek wolf which has harassed the neighborhood for months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
BEER INTERESTS PLANNING SUIT FOR INJUNCTION
Outside Brew Distributors Contend $500 Importers
 Tax Discriminatory
ACTION EXPECTED TO
 BE FILED NEXY WEEK
Effort Being Made to Get Ruling Before New Li-
 cense Act Operative

A test suit of the new Territorial liquor law passed by the recent Legislature was forecast here today following request by Outside beer distributors for ruling by the At torney General on the importers li- cense provision.
 The law provides that those ship ping malt beverages of one percent of alcohol or over into the Territory must pay license tax of $500 while a license tax of only $100 is required by those handling Alaska-made beer.
 Truitt Gives Oral Opinion
 Tn asking for ruling the Outside interests contended that the law is discriminatory and in restraint of free trade.
 Attorney General James s. Tru- it in an oral opinion has held that provision of the law constitutional, pointing out that the 21st amend ment leaves to each state and ter ritory whether they shall permit liquor to be shipped in. On that premise, he said, the Territory can levy any tax that it sees fit as it is up to the Territory to say whether or not liquor shall be brought in.
 Will Ask Injunction
 It was understood today that Out side distributors were making plans for an injunction suit against the Clerk of Court and the Territorial Treasurer to restrain them from collecting the importers tax, which is expected to result in the entire law coming up for decision of the court. The suit is expected to be filed the first of next week.
 The present liquor licenses under the old law expire the last of June and purpose is to get ruling be- fore the new license law becomes operative July 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
SEARCHING FOR MORE VICTIMS
 OF BUS CRASH
Woman and Child Report ed Aboard Vehicle
 Bodies All Charred

BEDDING, Cal, June 5.-Author- ities renewed the search today for woman and child reported aboard the passenger bus which carried at least seven to death in crash and fire yesterday morning on the highway near Shiloah Springs, 48 miles north of here.
 The death toll was again set at nine persons after R. c. Bennett, driver of another bus declared posi- lively he had put woman and her one-year-old child from his stage onto the bus
 T closed the door behind them" !" said Bennett.
 Coroner Roy Duggins earlier had said he was certain the charred bodies were seven and the known victims were all men but he has ordered new search of the wreck age to ascertain if the woman and child were also among the victims.
 The known victims are Mortimer Wilson, 37, of Sacramento, the driv- CT; and three others tentatively identified as Alfred Vessell, 36, Marysville negro; c. A. Shafter, of Ray, Colorado, and Tim Nicely, or Neville, a lumberjack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
ROCKEFELLER,SR. WILL FILED FOR PROBATE, COURT
Estate Estimated Worth $25,000, ,000 Three
 Codicils Make Changes

WHITE PLAINS, N r., June B. The will of the late John D. Rocke- feller, Sr., disposing of an estate estimated worth $25,000,000, has been filed in the Surrogate's Court. The will is dated June 2, 1925.
 Three codocils are appended The original will left the residue of the estate in equal shares to the Laura Spellman, Rockefeller Memorial and son, but the final codicil made a radical change leaving it to the trustees during the life of his grand daughter, Mrs. Margaret de Cue- vas, of Lakewood, New Jersey.
 The trustees, under the will, are empowered to pay an income to Mrs. de CuevaS or to one or more of her descendants or to the Rock efeller Institute of Medical Re- search.
 The will said the reason was that he had given his other children large sums, but that Mrs. de Cuevas, mother of Margaret, was not living when he did so.
 At Albany. tax officials estimated the state taxes will total $4,3500 000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
MANY MILLION OF TIMBER ALREADY BURNED Fires Dot Re gions Over Oregon-Also State
 of Washington CCC WORKERS LOSE
 FIGHT WITH FIRE
Recreationists and Loggers Warned as Woods Are
 as Dry as Finder

PORTLAND. Oregon, June 5. = Fires dotted the Pacific Northwest forest today and already thousands of dollars worth of damage is esti- mated.
 Forest officials and others ap- pealed to recreationists and loggers to use the utmost care in the woods which are tinder dry after five days of low humidity and high tempera- lures.
 One blaze sweeping over 1000 acres of the hills near Scappoose. northwest of here, leaped out from control of eco workers who battled the flames which for time threat ened isolated Pisgah. the old mems colony.
 One million feet of felled timber has been burned at Windy Creek, near Roseburg. Another million feet of logs were burned at the Cobb-Mitchell oper- ations at Valsetz.
 On the coast range west of Salem scores of small fires are reported.
 Numerous blazes in the State of Washington have caused operators to virtually abandon work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-05
ONLY ONE RIFT IS REPORTED,
 STEEL STRIKE
Situ a ton Practically Un- changed in Seven
 State Walkout

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June B. Police and force of deputies, arm ed with rifles and tear gas, drove crowd of several hundred pick cts, taken by surprise, from a bridge adjoining the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company plant, after a box car of food was hurriedly run into the strike closed grounds.
 A short time later the men used an acetylene torch to cut the rails leading into the two mills.
 Elsewhere the situation is quiet in the seven state steel strike.