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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
JOSEPH OGDEN
 ARRESTED FOR
 TRUNK MURDER
Claims to Have Shot Sine cal Over Struggle
 for Gun

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Joseph ogden, 36, roommate of Oliver George Sinecal, whose doubled-up nude body was found late yesterday at the Railway Express Office, is being held by police today.
 The clue which led police to hold Ogden was a number 1889" left inadvertently on the trunk. Police found that the luggage dealer who had sold the trunk lived in the same block as Ogden and gave them Ogden's address.
 The body was discovered yester- day afternoon when clerk noticed blood dripping from trunk which had just been checked by tall red -haired man. The luggage was ordered sent collect to Joe Mar shall in Memphis, Tenn. The man who checked the trunk left hur- riedly without getting tag.
 A bullet hole was found in the back of Sinecal's head. ogden claimed to have shot Sinecal while they struggled for possession of a gun.
 Sinecal had a police record in Seattle and other cities, the police claim.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
CONGRESS HAS COST COUNTRY
 s 12,0 . 0,0 . |
Longest Session in Recent Years Requires $50,-
 900 Per Day

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-This ses- sion of Congress is one of the long, est in recent years and already has cost the Government approximately $12,O00,000.
 Each day that Congress is in ses- sion cost the Federal Government approximately $50000.
 Clerks made the estimate on the basis of eight months of the ses- sion and explained that actual op- erating cost of the Legislative De- partment for the entire year is about $18,OO0,O0O.
 The biggest item is the salaries of members, secretaries, law draft ing experts, and so forth. This to- tals $1O,900.000. For 12 months the Congressional printing bill is close to $2,500,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
MURDER SUSPECT
 WAVES HEARING:
 TO FACE JURORS

D. P. Pete) McCluskey, alleged confessed slayer of Arthur Phillips at Tyee last week, has, through his attorney, Mrs. Mildred Hermann waived preliminary hearing before U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray. He is held here in Federal jail until the convening of the Federal Grand Jury here this fall, when he will answer to the Grand Jury on first degree murder charges filed against him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
NORTHWEST IS
 HIT HARD OVER
 ORIENTAL WAR
Lumber Shipments Order ed Held or Are
 Cancelled

SEATTLE, Aug. 18.-The Sino- Japanese troubles are already af- fecting the Pacific Northwest trade somewhat adversely, a spokesman said here today.
 Reports come from the Grays Harbor district is that some orders for the Far East have been de- layed and others have been can- celled.
 Other Northwest companies made similar reports of hold" orders or cancel them.
 Pulp companies have also filed notice that hundreds of tons of products may not find Japanese market on account of the present troubles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Wage, Hour Bill Hearings Bring Forth Great Mass
 Of Hints; Some Reai Gems

problem, the story was quite diff ferent one. Nearly every one of them contributed an intelligent, helpful thought to 8 committee that was struggling with an almost hope less task.
 Here are a colple of real gems:
 William Green-"Any proposal to deal with the fixing of general min mum wage standards by a govern ment fiat for men in private indus try would be strenuously opposed by the American Federation of Labor as contrary to our conception of de- mocracy, and as violating the car dinal principles of self government prevailing in private industry in this country"
 George II Davis. of the United States Chamber of Commerce-"If If business men are threatened by changes in costs in the future pe- riod they must confront, through hour and wage orders from an offic- ial board, they are bound to hesi- tate and keep their future commit ments down to the minimum they think they dare risk Healthful business activity that gives employ ment and steady earnings to work CTS depends upon reasonable cer- tainty as to the future"
 Continued on Page Five)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
INSURGENTS IN
 STIFF ADVANCE
 ON SANTANDER
Government Says Soldiers Are Italians, Aided by
 German Planes

HENDAYE, French Border, Aug 18.-The Spanish Insurgents, de- scribed by Spanish Government au- thorities, as rebuilt around the Ital- ian Black Arrow Brigade, bolstered by 200 German planes, battered a way toward Santander today in what may prove to De a crucial campaign in the present Civil War
 Columns of the Insurgents are operating in parallel lines along the highway into Santander. The in vaders are now said to be within 25 miles of the outskirts of the city, but advance is being met by stiff resistance from Government Loyal ists who are using machine gun and also rifle fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Roosevelt Signs Tax Legislation Bill Is Designed to Outlaw Cut Rate
 Prices

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed legisla- tion to permit manufacturers to contract for minimum retail prices for their goods. The President ex- pressed displeasure over the bill, however.
 The legislation was attached as a rider to the District of Columbia Tax bill. The sponsors said it was designed to outlaw the retail store practice of selling widsly-known advertised goods at cut rate prices to attract customers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
SE ALASKA PACK MILLION CASES SHORT OF. 1886 {!
Ketchikan and West Coast Districts Have Less than
 Half Last Year s Salmon

Wrangell, Yakutat, Icy Straits, and the Eastern salmon districts of the Southeast Alaska division continue to trail just slightly be- hind last season, according to pack figures up to Saturday, August IA, this year, released today by the U. s. Bureau of Fisheries. The whole Southeast Alaska pack is more than million cases behind 1886.
 Ketchikan and the West Coast districts are still far short of last years banner season, Ketchikan running less than fifty percent and the West Coast even further behind. The Western district is trailing last season by about 130,000 cases.
 Figures, none of them final, on the Southeast Alaska salmon pack this season, by districts, with the packs for the comparative period last year, are:
 Ketchikan district: Reds 3l ,088; kings, $40; pinks. 369,827; chums, 89,935; cohos, 12,4O2; total, 504,-92 cases. 1886 pack for comparative period-1, ,087 .946 cases.
 Wrangell district teds, 19,265; kings. 1858; pinks, 248,O6l; chums, 47,022; cohos, 9,013; total, 325, 5,319 cases. 936-328,004 cases.
 Yakutat district: Reds, 16,665 cas- es; kings, 1,737; pinks, 5,602; chums, 20; cohos, AT; total, 24,071. 1936- 3O,772 cases.
 Icy Straits district: Reds, 39,481 i; kings, 405; pinks. 200"55; chums, 56,356; cohos, 6,702; total, 308, ,709 cases. 1936-346, ,678 cases.
 Western district: Reds, 15,286; kings, 24; pinks, l44,680; chums, 66- 776; cohos, 4,202; total, 23o,968 cases. 1936-354 ,516 cases.
 Eastern district: Reds, $500; kings, 8,113; pinks, 28O,352; chums, 61,749; cohos, 5,815; total, 364,639 cases. 1936-378, 1892 cases.
 West Coast district: Reds, 1852; 1; kings, 17,179; pinks, 116,168; chums, 24,210; cohos, 11,390; total, 187, 7,479 cases. 1936-421 or cases.
 Totals of the Southeast Alaska pack up to August IA this year, con- pared with the like period last sea- son are: Reds, 148.917; kings, 30,- 356. pinks, 1865, ,455; chums, 346,- 068; cohos, 49,571; total, 1,940, ,367 cases. 1936-2, ,947, 1925 cases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD

WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.-Sena- tor Hugo L. Black, newly appointed Supreme Court justice, will have plenty of work as soon as he takes office. The court has 300 cases al- ready filed for the new term. It is to pass on the constitutionality of government loans and grants to finance municipal power plants. The Justices also will announce whether they will review the new challenges to the Wagner Labor Relations Act and controversies involving the 1886 law broadening Federal regulations on power plants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
ATTACK MADE
 IN MOONLIGHT
 IN WAR REGION
Japanese Bombers Swoop Into Air, Chased Back
 by Chinese
EXPLOSIVES DROPPED
 DURING BRIEF FLIGHT
Defenders Pus hin g Back Nippon Land Forces
 -Snipers Busy

SHANGHAI, Aug. 18.-The most terrific bombardment since the Shanghai warfare started, took place last night, continued through out the night, with shell and rifle fire predominating today.
 Japanese war planes acended sud- denly last night in the moonlight and crashed with bombs the Chin csc positions and also the advanc- ing hordes of Chinese who are push ing the Japanese back.
 The air attack took place as Jap- anese warships shelled the Chinese positions northeast of Shanghai
 Equally as suddenly, a mysterious fleet of Chinese bombers took the air, from somewhere. and the Jap anese war planes were beaten back to their ships.
 In Air in MoonIiss..
 Just as the moon shed its faint glow over this section, eight high flying Japanese bombers passed westward over the foreign areas dropping explosives in the direction of the Chinese Hungjo airdrome.
 The Japanese planes had ap- peared in the air for only a brief time when out came, from some di- rection not known, twelve Chinese bombers. These bombers cut be- tween the Japanese planes, ascended over them and began an attack not only by bombs but machine gun fire.
 Taken by Surprise
 The Japanese, taken by surprise sped inland, chased by the Chinese air fleet then quickly dove down and swooped over Shanghai back to their base, but several planes were not in the formation, believed to have been shot down. Hundreds of bombs were dropped during the brief flight.
 The sky was cloudless and thou sands of foreigners went to the rooftops of the concessions to watch the warfare The shells fired from the Japanese warships, could be plainly seen bursting in the air or exploding on the ground in Chinese positions.
 Terrific Bombardment
 The outlying areas were given a terrific bombardment.
 Meantime, Chinese forces, called out, began an advance on the ground of Japanese soldiers and slowly pushed them back in the northeast ern sector, until warship fire stopped the movement.
 From Shanghai to the mouth oi the Yangtze more than 50 Japanese men-of-war lay at anchor or shut tied back and forth, the decks un- der fire of Chinese snipers.
 Volleys fired by Chinese riflemer whizzed over the decks of the Am erican liner President Mckinley as that craft was anchored in the Yangtze river, and more than 3O( American passengers, watching the maneuvers ashore, fell on the decks to escape the fusillage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Morse Code Helps
 Judge Decide Case

TOLEDO, O., Aug. IS. - Police Judge Homer A. Ramey learned the Morse code in his youth before he became familiar with the Ohio criminal code as attorney and judge. He used is to advantage when a defendant charged with drunkenness told the court he was a telegrapher. The judge tapped pensively on the bench with pen Gil. The defendant immediately translated the tappings, and won dismissal. Judge Ramey decided he really was telegrapher and was not drunk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
THREE KILLED, PLANE CRASH,
 IN CALIFORNIA
Bodies Are Burned Beyond Recognition Identified
 by Personal Effects

ALHAMBRA. Cal, Aug 18 - Three persons died in crash of a rented plane near the airport here. The plane burst into flames as it struck the highway and the bodies were burned beyond recognition.
 The bodies, identified from per- sonal effects, were those of Craw- ford Waterman. 38. of Glendale. the pilot; Mrs. Gladys Reynolds. 37. his fiancee, and 8 man named My CTS, former army flier,
 The plane went into a spin 300 feet in the air after it had circled the airport once.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-If you are looking for good, light, summer reading, don't you dare pick up @ volume of the Congressional hear ings on the current wage and hour bill
 That ambitious, opus stacks up to
 That ambitious opus stacks up to the thrills of the three decker novels Kipling loved so well and has little but size in common with Gone With the Wind"
 We cant take it upon ourselves single handed to blame all those witnesses because they did not enter tain the American public. That is not their business.
 But why did most of those folks individually insist on reviewing the condition of labor in the United States getting to the point?
 Such preliminaries use up an aw- full lot of type, and most of them werely summed up their introduc- tions with The same thought, name ly: Nobody believes more strongly than I in raising the standard of living for American workers"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
JUDGE BLACK CONFIRMED BY
 U. s. SENATE
Effort Made to Prevent His Seatin g Despite One
 Sided Favorable Vote

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. = Albert Levitt, former judge in the Virgin Islands, today sought to prevent Senator Hugo L. Black from taking his seat on the Supreme Court bench following his confirmation yester- day by the Senate by a one-sided vote of 63 to Is.
 Levitt asked Supreme Court per- mission to file a petition praying that Black be required to show why he should be permitted to serve as Associate Justice and contended that Black was prohibited from going on the court bench because he was a member of the Senate when "emoluments" of Justices was increased by legislation permitting jurists to retire on full pay. He also asserted that Van DeVanter,. re- gently retired, was still a member of the court.
 Senator Black said he would re- tire from the Senate at once to take his position on the bench and pledged himself "to serve the peo- pie to the best of my ability"
 Charge has been made against Black that he once has belonged to the Ku Klux Klan but the Sem ate confirmed his appointment by overwhelming vote in the face of accusations by opponents, Alabama Congressmen said today they understood that Gov Graves had decided to appoint his wife, Dixie, as temporary successor to Senator Black. She will serve at least part of the 1888 session, they indicated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Col. Lindbergh to Buy Small Island
 On Breton Coast
Wish es to Be Near pr Alexis Carrel, Col
 laborator

PARIS, France, Aug. 18. = Col Charles A. Lindbergh is reported negotiating for the purchase of Milo, a small island once owned by Aristide Briand, near Trebeurnd on the Breton coast.
 Reports said the flier is buying the property to be. near Dr. Alexis Carrel, author of Man, the Un- known" and other books.
 Col. Lindbergh and Dr. Carre have collaborated on scientific re- search to prolong human life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
To Limit Garters

BERLIN Minimum measure ments for suspenders, garters ano armbands are to be laid down by the economic subcommittee which is coordinating the German sus- bender industry with Four-Yea Plan requirments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
MAY BE LOST
 SOVIET PLIERS,
 RANDALL SAYS
Arctic Natives Report Hear ing Motors Four or
 Five Days Ago
AIRMAN FAILS TO
 FIND MISSING CRAFT
Sir Hubert Wilkins to Join, in Search with Fly
 ing Boat

POINT BARROW Alaska, Aug 18.--Bob Randall, Canadian airman reported here today that Barter Is- land Eskimos told him they had heard what they believed to be air. plane engines -four or five days ago.
 Randall returned here after search in which he said he made many landings along the Arctic Coast
 Wherever I could find native to talk to stopped" the flier said. Barter Island natives claimed they heard engines and believed at first it was boat. They were unable to locate a boat and later decided 1t must have been plane engines they heard. There is a possibility it might have been the Russians"
 Randall will resume the search tomorrow. Today's flight was made through murky weather most of the time.
 FLYING BOAT JOINS SEARCH
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Vilhja- mur Stefansson, President of the Explorers Club of New York, said that large flying boat had been ob- tained by the Soviet Embassy and probably will leave North Beach air. port, New York, tomorrow in quest of the missing Soviet fliers. The search will be under command of Sir Hubert Wilkins and was arr ranged by the Embassy through the Explorers Club which will coordin- ate search activities throughout the areas where the fliers are believed i to be down.
 i Wilkins will first take the ship to Toronto, then Gods Lake, Mani toba, then nonstop to the mouth of the Coppermine river where gas- oline and supplies are awaiting. He will make base at Aklavik. 1 The Soviet Embassy was informed | that three commercial planes of Canadian companies were assem- bling fuel and supplies from Arctic. Red River, Good Hope and Norman with the view of concentrating them at Aklavik.
 Stefansson said he believed the fliers are in the area bounded by latitude 30 north to 85 north and 100 west to 150 west
 MATTERN HELD BY WEATHER
 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18.-- James Mattern said here that the weather to the northward was so thick today he thought it unlikely that he would be able to start on search for the missing Soviet fliers. While awaiting better weather ha
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18

Trees left standing after a forest fire make good lumber if felled promptly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18

William Gilbert, an Englishman born in 1540, is called the father of electricity"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
HELPFUL OPINIONS

or course. when the witnesse1
 finally got down to the meat of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
MATTERN HELD BY WEATHER

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-02-06
ApMoNITIoN no LEGISLATORS ON Gas TAx

has prepared bill in the legislature
of oneuh thousand cubic feet OF
38 per against the drbu
There also proceeds against producers OF natural
The price of natural gas Montana from three to five
per thousand cubic The going Shelby field
is per thousand cubic feet In Cut Bank around
433 In Baker Gendive is excepting government
lands where the government demands cents
The Shelby producer get rich producing
gas at cents To have gross production
The oil operator heavy enough license tax Of two
per of his addition all other taxes but the
operator would have than four times much
The legislator who drew this bill had in mind that the gas
industry paying enough but he picked the
who realize the least profit the producer and the farmer who
the land. The mathematics simple:
In Kelvin field 100000 cubic feet acre is the accepted
recoverable
drills a well 40 at a cost of $6500 His 40
100000 cubic feet 2O0000O00 cubic
feet of gas this he paid thousand total
unless he drains greater
been definitely proven that the Sun
lenicuar and eventually the will have to
be drilled out for 40 acres away very
queny very large WELL the of the famous
Ewards gasser which drilled on 40acre tract
If operator drain 80 with well he get
covery $4,000 $4,000 which him profit OF $1,000
period of eight yearsthe minimum time In which
of be recovered by the we'll Money
not break his investment even II he mad no taxes or
royalties to pay.
Actually, he only seveneghts Of the paying
eighth follows that the operator drills an
occasional dry hole he has little chance of breaking even
There is no money n drilling for gas.
The little defend himself isn't able to hire
lobby fight his life in the Legislature The legislators may
reply litte fellow ought be getting money
for his gas and then he afford pay All of
well good but let him try for
his gas and how he out
Any any kind of business has give Oneeghth
his income the state plus onewefth Of his income
10 the landowner he won't stay in business very long
IF the legislature has in mind putting the little fellow out
gas production business successful results insured by
passage of the proposed house bill
The Journal hopes that this be introduced
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-02-06

giving UP his present business or income?
On the one hand, he does not want to
give up all else and go into the oil
business. Neither does he want to work
and slave with all his brain power to
save q few hundred or a few thousand
dollars only to send these savings adrift
with no brain power TO guide them. There
MUST be a compromise.
With this line of thought, the investor
must look carefully into the various
branches of the Gil industry, to search
out the possibilities of personal profit.
We believe that he will find that the
man who Is made erich over night is
NOT the driIler nor the contractor nor the
operator. When the well comes in. the
operators trouble are JUST STARTING:
with tanks to buy, pipelines to build, new
wells to finance and endless expense of
operations. Until he produces and mar
kets enough oil TO pay back all his in
vestment and build up reserves to finance
his future operations, does the operator
have any dividends and this may take
years. There are hundreds of operators
who have paid tremendous dividends TO
themselves and their fellow hackers. But
it always takes TIME.
We find that the SUDDEN wealth goes,
after the well comes I'm, to the OWNER
of the LAND. The reason is this: the
owner of the land gets ONE-EIGHTH or
1914 barrels out of every 100 barrels
produced from his land. No matter how
much it costs the operator the landowner
gets his share FREE OF COST OF
PRODUCTION.
Then the way to make great personal
fortune in oil is to OWN A FARM ON
AN OIL STRUCTURE.
If that is impossible, then the next
best thing is to buy an INTEREST in a
farm on oil structure.
The investor who buys an interest in
an oil farm receives a DEED to a given
share-be it ALL the oil rights, HALF
the oil rights or a HUNDREDTH part
of the oil rights. The owner Of such a
deed inherits the rights of the original
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-02-06
Unless they END thelr keyg and

Unless they tend their keys and
pews.
The head never begins to swell
until the mind stops growing.
Before marriage a man yearns for
woman After marriage the "y''
is silent.
s.sss
The only time a horse gets scared
these days is when he meets another
horse.
Most girls are like paraor lamps
out for a good time.
There was a young lady named
Banker
Who 81 pit while the ship lay at
anchor.
She woke in dismay
When she heard the mate say:
Now, hoist up the topsheet and
spanker!"
The car was moving along 9
lonely road. Suddenly from under
the hood came a terrific knocking.
The car came to a stop.
He:"Heck, l wonder what that
knock isl"
She: q think it's opportunity,
baby"
In a certain oil town a beautiful
chorus girl sued a rich oil man for
breach of promise and was awarded
ten thousand dollars. Shortly after
Saving the court she was hit by
q street car and had eight ribs
broken. The same judge awarded
her eight dollars.
The moral being Never play with
a womans heart-kick her in the
ribsl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-02-06

'Elmer-Elmer. do you love me?'
''I'll say"
do you think I'm beautifully"
You bet"
Are my eyes the loveliest you've
ever Scent"
"Shuclzs, yes"
my mouth like a rosebudl?"
You know It,"
and my figure divine?"
"Uh-huh."
"oh. Elmer, you say the incest
thingsl Tell me some more"
Registrar of Marriage Ito youthful
bridegroom) THE young lady Is
not a minor, is she?"
Bridegroom: "Oh. no; she works
in a beauty parlOrl"
Have you heard of the girl whose
boy-friend gave her a kiss so hot
that it burned her husband up.
The tourist rushed into the
country store. II wanna quart of
oil, some gas. a couple of spark
plugs, a timer, a five gallon kero-
sene can, and four pie tins"
"All rightly" replied the enter
prising clerk. land you kin assemble
'er in the back room if you wantO"