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Evening star., 1937-12-15
A. ( P. PURCHASE
EVIDENCE STUDIED
Trade Commission Com
pIetes Inquiry Into Buy
ing Methods.

The Federal Trade Commission to-
day begain to study the 5,000-page
record in the complaint alleging that
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Co. has violated the Robinson-P Patman
Act in its method Of making pur-
chAses.
The case, which started last Janu-
ary and involved hearings in a dozen
States, was concluded late yesterday
with arguments by j. j. Smith, jr.,
commission attorney, who asked that
. cease and desist order be issued
against the company, and Caruthers
Ewing, A. & P. counsel, who denied
the charges and said that such an
order would be grossly unfair to the
A. & P. and would accomplish no
legitimate purpose"
The commission charges that the
respondent has been accepting from
those from whom 1t purchased goods
through its own agents allowances OF
discounts in lieu Of the brokerage
that would accrue to broker figuring
in a transaction Of the sort, and has
rendered to the sellers no services
which call for such allowances.
d Counsel for the A. IL P. pointed
out that there was no allegation
Evening star., 1937-12-15
Shorthand Expert Dies.

NEW YORK, Dec. Is R.-Rupert
p. Sorelle. 81, shorthand expert and
vice president of the Gregg Publishing
Co., died yesterday.
A native of Lexington, Tex, Mr..
Sorelle joined the faculty Of Gregg
College, Chicago, in 1900. He was
author Of several books on shorthand
and stenography.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

proved wiring. Bids for this will be
called for shortly under present plans.
When funds are available the Ma
tional Park Service and Secretary
Harold L. Ickes hope to put in new
lighting fixtures in the wartime struc-
lures, Mr.. Peters said.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

jr, assistant director Of the National
Park Service, in charge Of buildings,
is working, he said today.
MIR. Peters explained that the Job
is being done in three major stages.
The rotary converter already has been
put in place, and now plans and
specifications are being drawn for i'm
Evening star., 1937-12-15

that the company had figured In
price discrimination which the Rob-
inson- -Patman Act aims at; said
that the allowances complained Of
constituted no legal breach, and
added that a commission trial ex-
aminer had held that those selling
to the A. & P. did have the ad-
vantage of certain services Of the
field agents.
The entire commission sat to hear
the argument. A decision is not ex-
pected for some time.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
Bay Staters to Dance.

The annual pre-Christmas dance
of the Massachusetts Society Of Wash
ington will be held tonight at the
Wardman Park Hotel, beginning at
8 o'clock. Guest tickets may be OBJ
tanned from Mrs. Leon Chagnon, Sec
retary Of the group, at $500 K street
NV.
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Play to Be Given.

Good Tidings," Christmas play,
will be given by the r. A. Boys Of
the Clarendon Baptist Church to-
morrow evening at 8 O'Clock in the
church.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
MUNITIONS BUILDING
LIGHTING IMPROVED

Better lighting facilities in the Navy
and Munitions Buildings is the OBJ
jectve toward which Charles A. Peters.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

and checked with our radio direction
finder bearings from Honolulu, 1000
miles behind, and from Kingman,
ahead
Navigat0r's Work Praised.
Although We all took q hand in
navigation, Canaday did a masterful
Job in directing us to this tiny spot,
which Is even too small to show on
regulation ocean charts and barely
one one-hundredth the size OF little
mile-and-a-half Wake Island, avia-
tion's best previous example of per-
feet navigation.
Rounding the wall Of rain in a
clearing to the west we sighted dark
plume Of smoke which we knew to be
coming from the funnel of the North
Wind, since we could see neither the
ship nor the small shelter erected on
lot-sized Kingman Island. Even the
smoke appeared to be scarcely above
the surface.
The light green of the lagoon water
stood out in sharp contrast to the
dark indigo of the surrounding sea
as we climbed 1000 feet In circle
over the island before landing-the
first airplane ever to alight in this
area Of the Pacific Ocean.
Kingman Reef, with its submerged
shoals added, measures just miles
long and miles wide.
Depart Through Showers.
0,,x, Il ~.
yesterday morning was through scat
Evening star., 1937-03-24

tered showers and heavy, rain-flIled
clouds, which almost blanketed the
big islands Of Molokai and Maui. With
nothing but q trackless sea between
us and Kingman, we settled the clip
per at 500 feet, setting q direct course
to our destination.
Approaching our halfway mark, we
passed through alternately gray and
overcast skies and brilliant sunshine,
which covered the smooth sea in glis-
tening sheets like sunshine reflected
from mammoth mirror. We passed
the halfway mark in exactly four
hours from the time of our take-off,
averaging 1875 miles per hour as a
result of headwinds, which averaged
about is miles an hour.
Ten minutes after passing the
mythical mark we struck a radical
shift In wind, which our map makers
had forecast, 50 that We had q beam
wind on our tail and head wind of
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Louisville C.. & E.
Delays Action on
Usual Dividends
BY the Associated Press,


CHICAGO, March 24.-The Louis
vile Gas g. Electric Co. OF Kentucky
announced at its offices here 1t had
postponed action on common stock
quarterly dividends until damage the
company suffered in the Ohio River
Valley floods in January is accurately
determined.
The announcement said dividends
had not been declared on common
stock for the quarter ended February
% nor on class A or class B common
stock for the same quarter, which
would be payable March Is.
The floods caused no substantial
destruction of the company's prop
erty, the announcement said, but the
concern will suffer from the cost of
restoring and reconditioning property
partially damaged. Also, it added,
the firm will have to recover from its
temporary loss Of business and earn
ings.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
STEEL |NG0T RATE
HITS 90 PER CENT
Output and New Business
Nearing 1929 Records,
Iron AGE States.
~ the , -fated Press,

~ tn9 '1ateQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK, March 24-Steel pro-
duction and incoming business are
mounting to peaks that compare with
the best records of 1929, Iron Age
said today in the weekly review Of
the industry. The ingot rate has risen
to 30 per cent for the country at
large, the review said.
Heavy backlogs for the second
quarter in nearly all products vir-
tually assure the continuance Of the
present rate, or close to it, during that
period" the trade journal said. In
deed, there is q possibility OF further
slight increases In output in some dis
tricts, as open-hearth furnaces that
have not been in operation since 1890
are being put in readiness Aside
from the lack of serviceable steel
making capacity, the increasing short
age OF pig iron is the most important
restriction upon higher steel output.
Seldom, if ever, in the history of
the industry, not excluding 1920 and
1929, has there been so decidedly a
sellers market. Many mills are &C
tually refraining from the solicitation
OF business, and buyers are going to
the mills.
I'm view of the fact that steel COM
panies do not yet know whether recent
price advances will fully compensate
for rising costs, including wage in
creases, new business is being accepted
more cautiously than was the case in
December, upon the occasion of the
previous general price advance"
The rise in scrap prices continues.
At Cleveland steel scrap went up 81
\ ton, and 50-cent increases oc-
Cured at Pittsburgh, Chicago and
Philadelphia, bringing the Iron Age
scrap composite up to s2l.75.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
POWER BONDS OFFERED.

NEW YORK, March "a R).-A
syndicate headed by Bancamerica-
Blair Corp. today offered publicly an
issue of $l,4S9,000 Seattle, Wash,
municipal Light and power revenue
3A per cent bonds, maturing from
April /, 1943 to 1858 inclusive. The
issue was priced to yield from 3sl per
cent to 4.10 per cent according to
maturity.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, March "a P,.-Esgs.
81, ,51l; firm. Mixed coors standards
25l4a25l2: storage packed frsts, 24Iaa
20; f1rStS 23l4a2tH4 dirties, No. /. 23a
%31. other mixeu prices unchanged
Butter, 1o,626; f1rmer. Creamery
Higher than extra. -37l2a3SA: extra (9s
score; 37a3714: firsts (ss-91 scores
3t,4a37; seconds 1S4-S1 scoreS). 33laa
34l2 centralized go scorel. 36i.
Cheese l9O.757; steady and unchanged
Live poultry. by freight. steady to firm
foWI co!ored. .2a23; roosters. IA; other
Evening star., 1937-03-24

almost equal intensity. As 4 result,
In less than three minutes, our speed
jumped from 1875 miles per hour to
l56 miles per hour, without single
added horsepower. For the next hun
dred miles we passed through circle
Of showers, which dropped out of the
heavy gray skies like light-gray pill
lars holding up q heavy roof OF rain.
Ahead we could see the heavy wall
OF rain, which was with us until we
landed.
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Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-03-24
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Occasio
rain with rising temperature tonight
and tomorrow; lowest temperature to-
night about 46 degrees; colder tomor-
row night and tomorrow; moderate
to fresh east or southeast winds, shift
ing to south and southwest tomorrow.
Maryland and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rain tonight and tomorrow; slowly
rising temperature tonight and in east
portion tomorrow; colder tomorrow
night and in extreme west portion to-
morrow afternoon.
West NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rain to-
night and tomorrow, probably chang
ing to snow furries tomorrow after
noon or night; warmer tonight, much
colder tomorrow afternoon and night
River Report.
Potomac River muddy and Shen-
andoah clear today
Evening star., 1937-03-24

ports today before taking of from
this mid-Pacific sandbar for Amer
ican Samoa, 1,546 miles southwark.
The big flying boat lay at anchor
in placid lagoon after a l,067-mile
flight here yesterday from Honolulu,
Evening star., 1937-03-24
BY Radio to the Star.

BY Radio to the Star
KINGMAN REEF, March "a
NA.N.A).-Eight hours and five
minutes after leaving Honolulu, the
Pan American clipper landed on the
lagoon here last night, ending the
second leg OF our 7,000-mile survey
flight from Alameda, Calf, to New
Zealand.
AS our plane swung directly over
the deck of our station ship, the
North Wind, we could easily make out
figures waving us a welcome, and the
ships whistle could be heard clearly
as we coasted to landing
AS we neared the reef we ran into a
solid wall of rain, but Navigation
Officer Canaday, through an OPEN
ing in the cloud ceiling, secured a
direct sun sight with his octant, which
verified that we were on our course
Evening star., 1937-03-24

ALl4imlN Essence OF Garlic Parsley Tablets.
compounded from pure Essence of Garlic
ana Parsley and specially coated, these
.; .apiets are tasteless--odorless-sn posi-
lively guaranteed free from dangerous druu,
OF every KIND. Be sure TO ask for these tab
lets by name - ALLIMIN - and insist on
getting the genuine. At all good drug stores.
Liberal size package only Soc. Special
economy size, s1.00.
At PEOPLES and other good drug stores
Evening star., 1937-03-24
OREGON SHORTLINE
DIVIDEND REVEALED
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Robert E. Webb, Kentucky railroad
commissioner, placed figures in the
general freight rate hearing records
here today showing the Oregon Short
Line Railroad Co. paid a bigger divi-
dend in 1885 than any other line.
The dividend, amounting to S62.-
527,087, on a Sl00 100000 capitaliza-
tion, was all paid to the Union Pacific
Railroad Co., which owns the Short
Lines common stock. Union Pacific
paid a general 6 per cent dividend to
its stockholders totaling $13 3,3374OO.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
U. S. TREASURY POSITION
BY the Associated Press

The position of the Treasury on March
*: Receipts. S54, ,439, ,O49.47; expendi-
lures. S49,iS5. .596.42; balance Sl1l4-
us5 5.35o; 53s customs receipts for the
:, RECEIPTS for the fiscal year (since July
y. S3,590, ,951 ,IO6.9i: expenditures $5-
3S1 % 557.35 tincluding S2O76553
5o4. 80 OF emergency expenditures. excess
debt. S34, 556. .00s, ,4234 40. an increase of
Sl5, 54.212.75 over the previous day,
Siold assets, Sl1 ,524 433 092 80 including
s293'2l 4,467.12 of inactive gold.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
10 Gretna Green Weddings.

Ten couples have been married at
Gretna Green, Scotland, since the
publication Of the report on Scottish
marriage laws, which recommended
that such weddings be abolished,
Evening star., 1937-03-24
CLIPPER REACHES
K|NGMAN ISLAND
Chief Pilot Lauds Aide for
MasterfuI Job of Navi-
cation.

The flight of the Pan-American
Clipper from Honolulu to Kingn,an
Reef, the second base on a projected
aerial trade route linking the United
States and Neto Zealand, Is de-
Scribed here BY the pilot in charge.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
License Asked for Doctor,

Senator Reynolds, Democrat, Of
North Carolina introduced a bill yes
terday to provide for issuance of a
license to DR.. William Hollister, New
Bern, N. c., to practice the healing
art in the District,
Evening star., 1937-03-24
WEATHER REPORTS STUDIED.

Clippers Crew Awaits Take-o for
American Samoa.
KINGMAN REEF, March "a (R.-
The Pan-American clippers crew,
pioneering q California-Ne Zealand
airline, consulted final weather re-
Evening star., 1937-03-24
HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE Lowered
symptoms Relieved

Scientific tests prove
tn at High Blood
Pre- ssure can In
many cases be low
cred. kept lowered.
and the accompany
ing pto ms OF
headaches and dixxi-
ness greatly relieved
by the regular and
rnnt =
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Report for Last az Hours.
Record for Last 81 Hou

Record Tor Last 2l Hours
From noon yesterday to noon today.)
- Highest, SO, at $50 pm yesterday
Year ago. 66.
Lowest. 81, at $3.50 am, today. Year
ago. 40.
Record Temperatures This Yea.
Highest. rs. on January Q.
Lowest. 10. on February 2S
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon Yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 81 per cent, at 2:l5 am. today,
Lowest 33 per cent, at noon yesterday.
Tide TahIes
Evening star., 1937-03-24
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation.

Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Monthly precipitation in inches In tn,
Capltal lcurrent month to datel:
Evening star., 1937-03-24

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
GeOdetic Survey
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
NAVY WILL SEEK
 TWO ADDITIONAL LIGHT CRUISERS
Admiral Leahy Wants Sup. plements for Super
 Dreadnaughts

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Admir- al William Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, told newsmen at a press conference today that the Navy intends to ask Congress at the next session for funds to build two new battleships.
 Requested vessels will be 7500-ton light cruisers to supplement two super dreadnaughts of 35,000 tons each, which have been authorized by this session.
 He also said that mechanical de- fleets discovered in the almost com- pleted aircraft carrier Yorktown probably will keep it from joining the fleet for an additional year. It had been due for delivery on Aug ust 16 at Newport News, Va.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
AUTHOR HUNTER ION ANNUAL TREK
William Beach Arrives Here Before Hunting Expedition
 West of Mckinley Park

William N. Beach, author and hunter extraordinary, arrived in Juneau today aboard the Aleutian on his annual trek into the glories of Alaska.
 This year he will a-hunting go west of Mckinley Park, section of the country where he has not been before. He conferred with Federal and Territorial officials today after his arrival He is stopping at Hotel Juneau.
 MT. Beach does most of his hunt ing with cameras, although he car- ries a gun with him with which to pick off exceptional prizes. He has been in Alaska almost every year for the past 16. In 1881 he wrote Tn the Shadow of Mount McKin- ley"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
TRADE COMP ACT H 0lS I 5 SOVIET BUYING IN J. 5.
Russia to Be Most Favored Nation for First
 Time

WASHINGTON, Aug. G. Presi- dent Roosevelt today proclaimed a new commercial agreement with Russia, by which that country will purchase at least forty million dol lars of American products during the next year; an increase of ten million dollars over the amount of goods Russia had obligated herself to buy by a similar agreement which expired July 12.
 In return, the United States grants unconditional most favored nation" commercial treatment to the USSR, for the first time; giving the Soviets the benefit, not only of |all tariff concessions, but all other commercial privileges and advan- tages which the United States ac- cords to other countries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
DARING BANDIT
 ESCAPES WITH ! S20,000 LOOT
Ties Three Bank Employees of Stevenson National
 andMakes Getaway

VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 6. = A systematic robber escaped early today with more than $20;000 from the Stevenson National Bank al Stevenson, on the north bank of the Columbia River east of the Cas- cades, after tying up two bank of- ficials and the janitor.
 Sheriff Leland Morrow received the information by phone today. He learned that the robber accosted Janitor James Vessel as the lat ter opened the door at 7:30 am and tied the janitor with ropes in a back room at the point of re- volver.
 He then awaited the arrival of Vice President Mack Beck and Cashier Walter Gregorius. He also tied them up and ordered Beck to open the vault. He scooped up the lot and escaped in Ford sedan carrying California license.
 The bank employees worked Themselves free ten minutes after the robber left The highways were ordered checked immediately. Beck estimated that the loot was more than $20,000.
 The robber was described as about 45 years old, wearing overalls and . tue coat. sporting a small nous tache and weighing about 125 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
Wagner Housing
 Bill Is Passed
 BySenate Today
Modified Act Sent to House for Further Con-
 sideration

WASHINGTON, Aug. G. = The Senate today passed modified Wagner Housing Bill by vote of GA to 16, sending it on to the House for consideration.
 The bill would authorize a bond issue of seven hundred million dol lars in the next three years, with an initial appropriation of 26,0O0,- 900.
 Loans and grants are to be au- thorized through Public Housing au- thorities for the construction of low rent dwellings and slum clearance, forming major points in the Roose- welt program for this session.
 One amendment voted in the bill, places the proposed housing au- thority under the supervision of Harold Ickes, Secretary of the h. terior and PWA administrator.
 The decision of several days ago was reaffirmed today when it was decided to limit the cost of pro- posed construction to $4,000 per family unit, or $1,000 per room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
BREAK DOWN REPORTED
AERO COMMISSION
 HOPES TO FINISH
 WORK TOMORROW

Members of the Alaska Aero nautics and Communications Com mission with representative of Fed eral agencies were continuing their deliberations here today and it was reported that they hoped to wind up their present sessions tomorrow planning to meet again at later date. Some of the Federal repre- sentatives indicated that they ex- pected to return south on weekend boats and others may go to the h. teriOr.
 John Cross, members of the AL aska Commission from the Second Division, is expected to arrive here today to take part in the discus sions tomorrow. Joe Crosson of the Fourth Division is presiding in the absence of Gov John w. Troy who is occupied with other matters of his office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
BENEDICTS TAKE ORE SAMPLES SOUTH FOR
 ASSESSMENT REPORT

MT. and Mrs. P. c. Benedict, and three children, who recently re- turned to Juneau from a prospecting trip to the Glacier Bay district sailed south aboard the Princess louise this morning
 They are enroute to Iron Moun- ain, B. c. ~lg.
 The Benedicts, who stopped at the Gastineau Hotel, are owners of min- ing claims at Glacier Bay in which Rex Beach is interested. They are taking samples of the ore south tc be assayed and will return for further work if the reports are fa- vorable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
Carpenter Wage
 Not Going Up
 Union States
Declare Reports Unfound- ed at $ll and $l4
 Day Charged

Pointing out that there is no probability of carpenters wages of nine dollars a day being changed, Local No. 1944 of the Carpenters and Joiners Union of Juneau today issued the following statement on the situation here:
 Tt has been called to the atten- ton of Local No. 1944 of the Car penters and Joiners Union of Ju- neau, that people in Juneau have been misinformed as to union car penters wages. Many prospective builders have been discouraged be- cause of false rumors that carpen- ters are charging from $11 to $l4 Ia day.
 "The wage scale of $9 day has remained the same since 1882 and there is no probability of its being altered. Increased cost of building has not been due to an increase in carpenters wages. Through an in- vestigation, we find the carpenters wage scale in Juneau is the lowest in the entire Territory, and prin- cipal cities on the west coast Car penters' wage in Ketchikan is SIPS per hour, Sitka--$l.25, Fairbanks -$1.40, Seattle-$1.50 and Juneau $1.12h.
 i've consider our wage scale of $1.12h per hour reasonable, and we are taking this means to inform the public and correct any misun- derstanding.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
YOUTH RESCUED
 AFTER 1200-FT.
 MOUNTAIN FALL
Lies Exposed on Ledge for Al Hours Before
 Foundby Guide

MORLEY, Alberta, Aug 6. - Humphrey Cooper, q year old Montana youth, tumbled down a 1900 foot mountain slope near here hitting finally on ledge where he clung for Al hours, without food or shelter from the icy winds.
 Victor Kutschera, Austrian guide found tile helpless youth, tied rope about his waist and struggled for five hours over jagged rocks to bring him to safety.
 ]. Cooper is in a semi-conscious con- dition, suffering from cuts, bruises and exhaustion, but will recover.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
Trotzky Says
 Orient Facing
 Social Revolt Links Armed Clashes to Execution of Soviet
 Army Chiefs

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6. = Leon Trotzky has predicted the Sino- Japanese conflict would hasten military catastrophe and social revolution" in Japan and that So- viet Russia eventually would give aid to the Chinese.
 The Asiatic campaign, he said, was made possible by recent Soviet trials, at which eight high army officers were convicted of treason and shot. That "beheading" of the army gave Japanese militarists a free hand, he declared
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
A. J. PROFITS DOWN IN JULY;
 UP OVER YEAR
First Seven Months Reach es $1 ,63o, 600 Compared
 with All, 300 in '36

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug. G. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company reports operating profit before depreciation, depletion and charges, amounted to SPA, 300 in July compared with $269.5O0 in July last year.
 Profits the first seven months this year reached sl,639.OoO as compared with $1,4ll 300 for the same period last year, it was announced at the company executive offices here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
(By Associated Press)

The month-old Sino-Japanese un declared war approached pos sible zero hour today before wide- spread hostilities as opposing forc- les along the Hankow Railroad seemed rapidly nearing a collision. A clash is considered north Of Peiping.
 The threat of conflict spread to Hankow and Americans are report ed fleeing across the Yellow River where the Japanese War Office in Tokyo announced yesterday the fight would spread.
 The Americans, as well as other foreigners, are seeking safety in South China.
 Japan continues to pour men and munitions into China.
 China is rushing the Central Army north.
 Japan has evacuated 2,5O0 na- tionals from the Hankow area and only 500 civilian males and 300 men in the garrison remain. indicating a general bombardment will soon take place.