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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08
Weather Today GU. s. Weather Bureau)

Low pressure which was cen- tered over the Boring Sea area yesterday has increased in inten- sity and is moving south being centered this morning about l50 miles south of Dutch Harbor in the North Pacific Ocean. This Low is attended by winds of gale force, overcast weather, rain, and fog in the AleutianS; Dutch Har- bor reporting l68 in. of rain this morning. A secondary of great intensity is following in the wake of this storm area. Another Low overlies the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the United States. High pressure of great magnitude cen- tered over Northwestern Canada extending into the interior of AL aska and also south through the interior of Canada and the mid western States is causing fair and continued cold weather to obtain over this entire vast area. The Low over the Atlantic slope has moved northeast into the North Atlantic Ocean.
 The highest Nome temperature yesterday was 39 and the lowest last night 28 above.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

Marjorie Whitney, played by Esther Thune, is vivaciOus and aggressive, and gives you a num- Der of good laughs. And can she manage her brother, Jack!.. Or does he manage her? 'I want you to be sweet to Jane, Jack. Do I have to bribe you to be courteous? We'll, all you get from me for Christmas is one dirty look" And how! WOw-ee! "The Tinker" Federated Church, Dec. 13, 8P. M.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08
Can your family live we'll on

Can your family live we'll on the salary you make? Why have mt you gone on and done the things you aspired to in your youth? Or have yOu?. Perhaps you are like David Whitney in "The Tinker" "I must be getting old, but think of us all in the asylum when we wake up." This character is interpreted by Le0n- ard KrOhlOw. Dec. 13, at 8 PM, Federated Church.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08
NEWS ITEMS

Setting a new record of 2:30 minutes, pilot Jack Jefford in the Lockheed plane of the Mirow Air Service returned to Nome this morning from Fairbanks with Elmer Anderson and a load of fresh vegetables. He departed ag- ain for Fairbanks with MT. and
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

Another MAS plane completed mail flights to Teller and way points returning with Robert Fl. ingnak from Wales. The plane re. turned Chas. Levan to Teller ano
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

Mrs. Richard Lee. Marguerite Lee, Dick Lee, and Larry Calvin as passengers, due 10 return to- morrow. Another flight to Fair banks is planned for the latter part of the week.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

The Wien Alaska Airlines Ces- sna plane flew to Taylor and Macklin Creek today with freight and was to return with pass enger.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

freight for Fox Bar making an- other trip to Bluff to return with Joe Crabtree tomorrow.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-08

The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word, Alakshak, "a great country or continent"
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Mrs. Clark Was Forceful and Pic.
turesque in Conversation,

Mrs. Clark Was ForcefuI and Pic
turesque in Conversation.
By the Associated Press.
The death OF Mrs. Champ Clark
in New Orleans today recalled to
former associates here that she had
been = constant companion and aide
OF her husband during his 28 years
In Congress.
Clark, the late Speaker OF the
House. was described as having relied
a great deal on his wife's judgment.
She handled much Of his correspond
ence.
Mrs. Clark was forceful and pic
turesque in conversation, and al
though she made no political ad-
dresses, she occasionally used her early
training as q public speaker In talks
to women's clubs.
She and Speaker Clark went out
constantly. Her tall and distinguished
appearance set her apart at va
riety of functions.
Her manner was democratic, with
out af1ectation. She enjoyed young
persons and once narrowly escaped
death on boat trip in an electrical
storm while chaperoning her daughter
and a group Of young friends.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
ILLNESS IS FATAL
TO MRS. CLARK
Widow of Famous Speaker
and Mother of Senator
Dies in New Orleans.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, June 15.-Mrs.
Champ Clark, 81, widow Of the famous
Democratic Speaker of the National
House Of Representatives, died at the
residence Of her daughter, Mrs. James
M. Thomson, today after 4 long i'll
ness.
Besides Mrs. Thomson, wife OF the
publisher OF the New Orleans Item
Tribune, Mrs. Clark Is survived by 4
son, Senator Bennett Champ Clark,
Democrat, OF Missouri; 4 brother,
George Bennett, and a sister. Mrs.
Mary B. Herndon, of Fulton, Mo.
Her husband died on March 2, 1921,
just prior to the Inauguration of Pres
ident Harding. Until that year Mrs.
Clark lived in Washington during the
% years that her husband was a men,
Der Of the House Of Representatives
and took public interest in the cause
of peace and woman suffrage.
Authority on Jefferson Davis.
Mrs. Clark was pioneer in the
suffrage movement and joined her
husband in the study Of subjects con-
nected with American history.
She was a student and authority
on the life and times of Jefferson
Davis, was a member Of the Presby-
terian Church, an early member Of the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton and was a member Of number
OF cultural and charitable organiza-
tions.
Mrs. Clark was one OF the founders
OF the Womans Congressional Club
at Washington, a member OF the
Board OF Governors OF the Jefferson
Memorial Association, organized to
preserve Je7erson's home at Month
cello, and member OF the board Of
the McGuffey Memorial Association.
In most of her later years Mrs.
Champ Clark sought the peace and
old associations of Honey Shuck,"
the Clark home at Bowling Green,
Mo.
There, with her friends, one OF the
finest libraries and the memories of
her busy life as the wife of Speaker
Clark, Mrs. Clark was content to
watch the progress Of her son, United
States Senator Bennett Champ Clark,
in political realms.
VI Pioneer Kentucky Family,
Mrs. Clark was born OF pioneer
Kentucky stock, the large and power
full Hamilton clan that came to Ken
lucky with Daniel Boone. Her grand
father on another side fought under
Gen. Jackson at New Orleans. She
was closely related to former Lieut..
Gov. Robert B. McAfee OF Kentucky
and to former Gov. James Bennett
McCreary of Kentucky.
On December IA, 1881, she WAS
married to Champ Clark, then a
struggling but brilliant LAWYER. To
help the family finances, she taught
IN Pike College at Bowling Green,
where the couple made their home,
When her husband first was elected
to Congress in 1892, she went with
him to Washington. Throughout her
many years in the Capital she kept
house and attended to her menus as
carefully as she had when she was 4
bride back in Bowling Green. She
also kept up her girlhood custom Of
writing poems and stories.
Mrs. Clark was an old school Pres
byterian, the church of her family
since the days of Calvin and Knox
while her husband was a member of
the Disciples Church. They refused
to quibble about religion, each going
Evening star., 1937-06-15
SUFFER SEASICKNESS

ABOARD 8. 8. PRESIDENT COOL
1DGE EN- ROUTE SAN FRANCISCO,
June Is R).-Nurses attending Fred
erick 8. Snite, jr, 26, infantile
paralysis victim making q 12,00O-mile
trip from China to Chicago In an
Iron lung" were more eager for the
ship voyage to end than their patient" I"
After day OF calm sailing the
President Coolidge again encountered
choppy water and the nurses again
suffered sea sickness.
The President Coolidge was expected
to arrive In San Francisco Friday.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
TAX PROBE HEADS
\ FAVOR PUBLICITY
Harrison, Doughton WouIG
Reveal Evaders' Names.
Group Must Vote.

BACKGROUND
Disappointing tar returns OF last
March brought plea from President
TOR economy in Government de-
pdrtments, Uas tolloDed BY sharp
criticism OF practices OF eDasion.
In message to Congress, President
cited deuices used in specific cases
to aroid tares, asked congressional
inquiry uith legislation to plug
loopholes.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy,
not quite so warm tonight; tomorrow
fair; gentle north winds, becoming
variable.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, not quite
SO warm in central and east portions
tonight; tomorrow fair.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, probably
showers in south portion tonight and
tomorrow; not SO warm in extreme
north portion tonight.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably showers in central and south
portion tonight and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy today.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
DETECTIVE LOSES SHOES
One Pair, Size "a, Missing in
Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY Diminishing:
One pair of black shoes. Size "a.
The owner?
Los Angeles chief of detectives,
Joseph L. Taylor, retiring president of
the International Footprint Associa-
ton, an organization of law enforce
ment officers
Members presented the footgear to
Taylor at the annual convention.
Some officers mentioned thieves.
Taylor - among others suspect S
pranksters.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Record for Last 81 Hours
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest 81. at 3:l5 pm. yesterday
Year ago. S4
Lowest. 64. at TAB pm. yesterday.
Year ago, 63
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 93, on April ls
Lowest. 10. on February IS.
Humidity for Last 81 Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest 100 per cent. at 7:l5 pm. yes
terday.
Lowest. A per cent. at 3;45 pm. yes
terday.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
R. F. c. LAWYER QUITS
Alley Resigns and Hamilton
Takes Place.

Jesse H. Jones, chairman Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp, an
nounced yesterday the resignation Of
James B. Alley, general counsel, and
the appointment OF Claude E. Hanil-
ton, jr., AS his successor.
Alley resigned to re-enter the prac-
tice Of law in New York City. Hamil-
ton. a native Of Greenville, Ala. has
been with the r. F. c. since Septem-
Der, 1888, and recently has served as
assistant general counsel.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Report for Last "a Hours,
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Tide Tables.
shed hy United Stat

The Sun and Moor
Evening star., 1937-06-15

- the Associated Press.
A policy Of disclosing names OF al
Ased tax dodgers received the ap-
hrovA today Of two leaders Of the
Congressional tax inquiry.
why not let the country know"
asked Chairman Harrison Of the Sem
ate Finance Committee.
Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee ex-
pressed agreement. Both had just
been to the White House to confer
with President Roosevelt.
The entire committee of six Sen
ators and six Representatives which
expects to begin testimony tomorrow,
must vote on making public infor-
nation about individual income tax
returns. The committee planned to
meet this afternoon to organize.
Secretary Morgenthau probably will
Be the first witness. Informed per-
sons predicted the inquiry will center
on the returns of millionaires and
near-m millionatres, especially those on
a secret Treasury list OF alleged tax
dodgers.
Harrison said that some of those
named may want to testify. and the
committee certainly will hear them"
There probably will be some who
will not want to appear" he added.
Doughton said earlier the commit
tee will seek to track down all tax
dodgers, but he added:
I'VE are going to be just as careful
to protect the honest taxpayers and
not embarrass them or put them
under a cloud
AT the Treasury. tax officials will
expand preliminary investigating ac-
tlvltles in any way the committee
might wish. Scores of investigators
IN the Internal Revenue Bureaus in
felligence unit will be available, off,
cias said and tax attorneys and ac-
countants also are ready to partici-
pate.
Exempt Securities Hit.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, in a statement linked the
tax inquiry with what he termed Fed
eral waste and extravagance, saw
Ing:
Let's catch the tax dodgers, but
lets not let the tax spenders 20 scot
free"
He said tax-exempt securities pro-
vide the biggest tax loophole and that
other tax avoidance by comparison is
chicken feed"
The Senate Finance Committee was
considering a bill extending for two
years score of nuisance" taxes eX-
pected to yield about $500, 100000 dur
ing the year starting July /.
The extension, recommended bv Mr.
Roosevelt, already has been approved
By the House.
Half Billion Inflow Seen.
The Treasury, meanwhile, received
. multi-million-dollar revenue inflow
from second-quarter income tax COL
lections.
Today was the second-quarter dead
line. Officials predicted the collections
would total between s5o0,O00 900 and
$500, 100000 for June. For the first
ii days of the month the total was
&55000,000. or 81 per cent above the
same period year ago
1t was II per cent drop in March
Income tax collections, under the
S840, 100000 budget estimate. that
brought the Treasury's preliminary
investigation into alleged tax evasion
and avoidance.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

to each others place Of worship. Two
Of their children, little Champ and
Annie Hamilton, died In infancy.
DAYS HERE RECALLED.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
CARRIERS NEAR HOME
Dine With Chauffeur at Hotel as
"Tom Harty and Friends"

"TOm Harty and Friends"
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, June Is P).-
In hotel dining room opened espe-
cially for them at am. today Tom
Harty and friends" ate ham and eggs
and in half an hour were of to ANA
rillo, Tex
Tom Harty was the husky chauffeur
Of = l6-cylinder limousine, and his
friends were the Vice President and
Mrs. John N. Garner. They spent
the night here on their way home and
expected to reach Uvalde tomorrow.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Duke Of Windsor
Has E10lley anu
Titles . No Job
Z Relieved, .:haa il" : Ill
i.;-n.ua':y Return
10 England

T.I,~. rance. June ,. 'J'h' '-
,1~ Duke and Duchcs, Of Wind
~ Viii face the future following
their wcddtng tomorrow with
rl-n.y Of titles. two separate. fat
bank accounts but no job.
TIL, British government found
rcan; OF officially and socially oS-
t~acjling tomorrow's simple cere-
m-rv at Cande castle, but there
was nothing III tn" code books
which cou:u prevent ;h2 Raiti~
more hc,lc becoming a duchess
imm1tt.a oT and autOma !cahy
upon marriage.
Nor could inc government in
terfere in q pirate arrangement
between the duke and the royal
family whereby the duchess gets
a 100000 marriage settlement,
the income Of which is 20 be hers
for life regardless of whether or
not The duke prcccdes her IN
death.
On the eve Of the wedding there
- talk that the duke and his
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
p. 0. Receipts
Fell Last
Officials Can Not Ex-
plain; Rating Is Safe,
However

Postmaster w. T. Culpepper and
assistant postmaster j. L. Need
ham shook their heads and looked
puzzled yesterday when a check
up revealed that receipts of the
local post office for last month not
only fell below receipts of the
previous month but also fell below
receipts for the month of May,
1896.
Last months total receipts were
S3.941.46, as against a total OF
S4,542.21 for the month previoua
and a total of 81, ,7o3.58 for May of
last year. The postal officials could
not explain the drop.
Total receipts for this year,
thru May 81, were S21, ,683.89, re-
ceived as follows: January, S4,-
o7O.62; February, s3,747.24; March
S5,392.36; April, S4,54221 and
May, S3,94,46
Postmaster Culpepper says there
is not the slightest danger that
receipts for the fiscal year on
which the post Offices rating is
based, will fall below the S50.000
necessary for a first cla:s rating.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Wayne County
Returned To
The Dry List
Error In Count Changes
Result of Its ABC Elec.
ton; by 81 Votes

Raleigh, June 2.-W.P--Wayne
county. first reported 20 have
voted wet in yesterdays county
option liquor election, actually
voted dry, II was learned today
when a correction in the tally OF
a rural precinct was made.
Officials of Buck Swamp pre-
cinct called S. v. Berkeley coun-
ty elections chairman, today to
report chat their vote had been
entered incorrectly in the county
tatals. It had been entered as 48
for the county option liquor
sores and 100 against. and should
have been 48 for and 220 against.
This difference of 100 votes in
favor of the drys switched the
county, which apparently. had
voted wet by margin of 10 votes
into the dry column by a margin
of 81 votes.
The corrected count for Wayne
county thus was:
For county option liquor stores.
1859.
Against, 3,040.
This meant that Of the three
counties which balloted yesterday
only Washington, on the coast,
voted wet.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

washington, June 2.-U'R-For
the first time since he assumed Of
flee. President Roosevelt hai au-
thority to appoint an associate
Justice of the supreme court. due
to the retirement today OF Justice
Willis Van DCvanter.
Van Davanter. dean Of the high
tribunal by virtue Of his Is years
of ervice. spent the day OF his
apartment getting ready to leave
for his farm in nearby Maryland.
Later On he plans to go to Canada
on vacation but he viii spend most
of MS time at his farm.
Nj. Roosevelt is expected 10
send jne senate the name Of Van
Devanter'3 successor before the
close Of the session, although there
i no indication he Will do so at
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
ygssfice Van DeUanter Is
No Longer ON Bench

once. There is no provision for re-
cess appointments to the supreme
court. so that in order to avoid
an eight-member bench when the
court reconvenes on Oct. 4 con-
firmation will have to be made
this session.
Van Devanter's departure re-
duces the definitely con- cervative
bloc on the court from four to
three. President Roosevelt has
said he will appoint new liberal
to replace him, raising the liberal
strength from three to four. The
balance of power is held by Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes and
Justice Owen J. Roberts, both OF
whom have been voting consist
emily in recent months with the
liberala.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Summer School To
Begin This Year
On June II

The 1887 summer school for the
white schools Of Elizabeth City
will open on Monday, June IA, it
was announced yesterday by Sup
erintendent Edgar E. Bundy.
SruderSs desiring to attend the
summer school, which will last six
weeks, are requested to enroll be-
tween the hours of 900 and ll:00
a. M, on Thursday and Friday.
June 10 and II. Primary students
will register in the primary build
ing and grammar and high school
studerss will register at the S. l..
Sheep school.
Miss Nettie White will be the
primary teacher, and Miss Hattie
Earney and Mrs. A. H. Worth Will
teach the grammar grades. The
high school teachers have not yet
been selected.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Police Seek
Negro With
Record
Rudolph Pailin Being
Sought for Shooting
White Boy; Just OFF
Roads

Local police at an early hour
this morning had not apprehend-
cd RuGolph Palm, l7-year-old
Negro bad boy" who yesterday
morning shot a white boy thru
the leg with a % calibre rifle fol-
lowing a juvenile race riot in the
Norfolk k-Southern freight yard
on Pennsylvania avenue.
The shooting victim, Fred Saw
yer, 15-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John @. Sawyer of Glade St.,
was walking yesterday afternoon,
tho with a slight limp. The bull
let penetrated the calf of his leg
but did not strike a bone.
The shooting ensued from an
argument between a group OF
white boys and group of colored
boys. The white boys had made
themselves a Springboard for
their swimming hole on the river
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Shouldn't Dig
Spuds Until
Fifteenth
Growers This Section
Urged TO Hold Off;
Some Already Digging

That Irish potato growers OF
Northeastern North Carolina
should not throw their crop on
The market before June Is + they
expect to receive a fair price IS
the opinion expressed by men in
close touch with the potato sit
uaviCn.
To throw :.hlS sections trcmen-
douS potato output on the mar
ket this week or next would un-
dOubtedly dCprCSS the markc. and
cause all growers to receive a low
price for their potatoes. accord
ing to those who have studied the
market his year. On the other
hand. if this section holds back
it's potatoes until the week OF the
l4th. most Of yhC potato crop
south Of here will have been
cleaned up and there should not
be many competitive new pota-
toes on the market.
l. is believed here that mCSt OF
the growers in this section are in
no hurry to dig their potatoes
and will wait at least until The
10th of the month 10 begin dig
ging. However, several growers in
CurrituCk county already are dig
ging and several in this county
are scheduled 20 begin today and
others may follow suit.
Indications are thai the price
Continued on PAGE Three
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
HOur-Pay
Measure
Defended
COnstitutiOnality Up
held by Govern
ment Attorney
Former Dark Era
Would Remove Blenish of
the Rejection of 1913
Child Labor Law

Wa hington, June 2.-(U,R)-AS-
sistant Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson, one of the new deals
ablcst lawyer, today urged con-
gress to challenge the supreme
courts dark era" inValidation of
the federal child labor law in 1918
by enacting the administration 5
new wage and hour bill.
Appearing as the first witness
before a joint hearing of the SEN
ate and house labor committees as
The newest piece of reform legiS-
latiOn started on its way through
congress, Jackson Stoutly defend
ed the Constitutionality of the
measure. 1t proposed to let up
new federal commission to regu-
late hours and wages in industries
whose products flow into inter-
tate commerce.
Not Unconstitutional
Jackson denied under question
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
ABC Pays Off
For First
Quarter
City and County Real.
izc S1O,3O9.65 Divi-
dcnd from Operations

Elizabeth City and Pasquotank
county profited to the extent OF
SlO.309.65 from the operation or
the Pasquotank ABC store during
the first quarter of 1887 ending
March 81, according to the audit
of the stores affairs turned over
to city and county officials yes
terday by the firm of Bundy d
Moran. Under the current method
of dividing the profits of the
store in accordance with the "a
ito of assessed values in city and
county to the total asse .Sment,
Elizabeth City will receive 55.026
per cent, or $5,672.99, and Pas
uuotank county 44.974 per cent, or
S4,63666.
The audit report shows that
during the three months 49,628
units of goods were sold for SAL
95370 at a gro-s profit of 33.45
per cent, or Sl3,997.82. Deducting
Continued on Page Six
The daily independent., 1937-06-03
Amelia Earhdrt Is In
Carpipito, Venezuela

Carpipito. Venezuela, June g.
(UP)-Amelia Earhart Putnam end
ed the second leg of her projected
eastbound flight around the world
tonight, landing here after a short
overwater hop frcm San Juan. P.
R. She landed shortly before noon,
intending to take off immediate
ly after refueling and fly to Para
maribo, Dutch Guiana, but later
decided to remain here overnight
and fly to Para, Brazil tomorrow.
The fight over the Caribbean
to the South American coast was
made in four hours, % minutes.
The tousle- headed American flier
was greeted by local officials OF
the Standard Oil company and
civil authorities.
The daily independent., 1937-06-03

Final Preparations
A cross was ordered tonight
from Paris and will be here in the
morning.
While British cfIiCialdom. which
has sought consistently to ostra-
Cjze the wedding, and the Eng
lish church which barred any OF
it's members from marrying the
former king and his American
Dorn divo"Cee. virtually ignored
,hc approaching ceremony, the
Irv. Jald:nc left his Darlington
parish and Travelled here alone.
y am going to marry my king.
20 announced as he stepped out
ol a taxi at the gates CT the Cha
eau dc CandC.
Arrangements WCrC quickly set
led. After a civil ceremony per-
fC.mcd by the mayor of Mont5,
Tho former king and his bride will
1,.D into the music room OF the
chateau where guests will be Wai,-
ing.
Al Temporary hItar
~ The temporary altar erected
near the window. Edward and the
dark haired American woman for
whose love he gave up ali empire.
will knecl on Cushicns.
The first ceremony VIII be at