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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
KEY CITY LOST
TO REBELS
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, July 26 O.N.S).
Smashing forward with the aid of
Italian infantry divisions and Ger
man bombing planes, according to
the defenders, nationalist forces,
in one of the greatest battles of
the civil war, cracked Madrid's
outer defenses and captured Bru-
nete today.
Occupation of the strategically
important town marked the second
time it had fallen into nationalist
hands. Government troops
launched an immediate counter
maneuver.
Ninety thousand men were en-.
gagged in the battle, which so far
has lasted more than so hours.
Losses on both sides were terrific
too great to be estimated imme-
diately. 49,.
Counter Attack Launched
Government officials insisted
the defenders morale was ex.
tremely high, and their men, in
a counter-attack, are moving north
along roads leading from Brunette
to Escorial and in the direction of
Villaneuve de la Canada.
Authorities stated German Dor
nier bombing planes were used to
bomb Brunette, and described these
machines as the most perfect Of
Continued on Page 2, Col 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
Japanese Air Raid
Kills Hundreds of Chinese
BY JOHN GOETTE

PEIP1NG, July 26 QN.SO.
Killing hundreds Of Chinese
soldiers and civilians, II japanese
military airplanes today partially
ruined the town Of LAngfang,
midway between here and Tent
sin.
In a punitive" offensive
which again brought the Sino-
japanese crisis near the point of
open warfare. Japanese troops
then occupied the smoking city.
Another battle broke out in the
Wang Ping area, west of Peiping
at 8 p. m. The sound of heavy
artillery, machine gun and rifle
fire could be heard plainly here.
This new thrust was accompa'
MED by a 24-hour ultimatum de-
handing withdrawal of the thirty
seventh Chinese division-part OF
the famed twentyninth route
army-from the Wangping-Peip.
ing area. Decisive military &C.
ton" will be the result of non
compliance, Japanese General 70.
shire Katsuki warned General
Sung Cheh-Yuan.
Chang Defiant
eneraliss mo Chang Kali
Shek, commander of all the Chi.
nese armies, is reported to have
ordered General Sung to ignore
the Japanese ultimatum.
Ten Japanese were killed in the
fighting at Langfang, according
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26

James B. Sutherland and Louis D.
Brandeis.
Among those prominently men
toned for a place on the high
bench were Senators Wagner. of
New York, and Logan, of Ken
lucky; Assistant Attorney General
Robert Jackson, Solicitor General
Stanley Reed, Chairman James NJ.
Lands of the Securities and Ex.
change Commission, and Justice
Ferdinand Pecora. or the New
York supreme court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
6. B. Shaw, 81 Today,
Passes Day Quietly

LONDON, July 26 GN.S0
George Bernard Shaw celebrated
his eighty.first birthday anniver-
sary in quiet and seclusion today.
He spent the day at Sir Barry
Jackson's lonely hilltop home in
the Malvern Hills. Tonight he
will witness a performance of his
latest play, The Millionairess, !"
which the Malvern Festiv
Players are presenting in honor
of the occasion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
NEW BATTLE
0NA!RP0RT
SLATED
Rep. Delaney Drafts
Camp Springs Site
Protest Anew

While Senator William H,
King Cd of Utah. chairman OF
the Senate District Committee,
and Of the Airport Commission,
prepared to introduce a bill call
ing for the establishment Of a
national" airport at Camp
Springs, Md, today, a protest
against the selection of this site
was drawn up to. be filed with
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee on Wednesday.
Senator Kings bill calls for
the establishment of the Camp
Springs airport to be built by
the War Department at a cost o.
not more than $3,286,250, and
to be turned over ard run by
the Department of Commerce.
No Expense to D. C.
In the bill, the Department OF
Agriculture is authorized to build
an express highway from Camp
Springs to the Anacostia Bridge
ct a cost of $250,O00.
Under the bill the District will
assume no expense in connection
with the proposed airport site.
The announcement of the pro
test was made by Representative
John T. Delaney CD Of New
York, chairman of the aeronautic
subcommittee of the Naval Al
fairs Committee, who held a hear
ing last week on the protest OF
the Navy Department that the
proposed airport will interfere
with the Navy's new radio receiV'
ing station at Cheltenharn, Md,
Protest Wednesday
Representative Delaney was not
prepared to file his report at to-
days session of the full committee,
but announced that he will be
ready on wednesday with a full
and complete report of his sub
committees unanimous action in
opposing Camp Springs. The sub
committee will ask for immediate
reconsideration of the selection
made by the washington Airport
Commission following almost two
years of investigation.
In the meantime, Representa-
tive Mary T. Norton CD of New
Jersey, member of the airport
commission, was to introduce a
bill in the House today for the
construction of the airport, under
Federal supervision, at Camp
Springs. The bill provides for an
appropriation of 100000 and
designates the War Department
to construct the air terminal. On
completion, the bill stipulateS, the
Department of Commerce will take
over the operation of the airport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
Son Of Congressman
Dies of Pneumonia

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July rs
GN.sJ.-James Crosser, %, son
of Congressman Robert Crosser,
was dead here today of pneu-
monia. Two sisters, Mrs.
Charles Sweeny and Barbara
CrosSer, live in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
N. Y. Woman Is Slain
By Estranqed Mate

UTICA, N. Y, July 26 0.NS).
Mrs. Genevieve scarano, II, was
shot to death while on her way
to church yesterday by her
estranged husband, Vitantonio, As.
A few hours later the man tried
to dash his brains out in a police
station cell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
McNARY BID
T0ADJ0URN.
AUG.5FA1LS
Congress Also Scores
Plan to Recess Early,
Meet in Fall
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service
A request by Senator McNary,
Republican leader of the Senate,
for an adjournment of Congress
August failed this afternoon to
win the approval of administra-
ton leaders in either House or
Senate.
Administration spokesman weer
reported planning and early recess
of Congress with another session
this fall to complete President
Roosevelt's legislative program.
This course, however, met with
instant objections throughout the
rank and file of Democrats as well
as Republicans, at both ends Of the
Capitol.
The move. though, was discussed
this morning at a conference be.
tween Speaker Bankhead, majority
leader Rayburn, of the House, and
Majority Leader Barley, of the
Senate.
Five Bills Pending
The success of a plan to adjourn
within two weeks depended
upon how prompt Congress is
il enacting five bills given prefer.
ence by Administration leaders.
The preferred program included
legislation covering two of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's main objectives-
the protection of labor in unorgan.
lied industries and the elimination
of slunS.
The first was incorporated in
the wage and hour bill and the
second in the Wagner housing
act. The extension of sugar i'm
port quotas and closing of some
loopholes in the income tax laws
also were included.
Appeals For Program
After a weekend cruise with
President Roosevelt aboard the
Government yacht Potomac.
Senator LaFollette (P) of Wis
consin, appealed to Congress to
pass a comprehensive legis-
lative program before adjourn
ing.
The final item on the preferred
list was the revised judicial re-
form bill, now being drafted by
Senate judiciary subcommittee
as substitute for the Presidents
original Supreme Court enlarge
ment bill. This measure will pro-
pose reforms in the procedure in
the lower Federal courts and con-
tain nothing controversial.
Two Plans Appear Dead
The Presidents proposed re-
organization Of executive depart
ments and major farm-relief legis-
lation appeared dead for the pres
ent session.
The House may pass one phase
Of governmental reorganization by
authorizing the President to ap-
point six assistants, but there was
no assurance this bill would pass
the Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
President Plans Trip

AWIoI HaIIUllI -NUNs WIZ
President Roosevelt has tenta.
lively decided to attend ceremo-
MES on Roanoke Island, N. c.. ALL
gust 10, marking the three-hun-
dredth anniversary of the birth
of Virginia Dare. the first white
child born on this continent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
LAND LEVY
AND TRADE
PROPOSAL
ISSUES
Senate and House Are
Still Far Apart on
Many Problems

'S'~'''S
A compromise agreement on
the District tax bill, under which
the House would accept the
Senate demand for a 81 per
500 land tax increase, and the
Senate would yield to House in
sistence on a business privilege
tax, was viewed today as a
possible solution to the differ.
ences between the two chambers.
Such a hint came from a men,
Der of the conference committee
as Speaker Bankhead prepared
to name the House conferees to-
day, with the probability that
they would be called into session
tomorrow with the Senate con.
fereeS.
The House today disagreed with
Senate amendments to the Dis
trict tax bill and appointed the
following conferees: Representa-
tives Vincent L. Palmisano CD OF
Maryland, Ambrose ]. Kennedy
CD of Maryland, Jack Nichols
CD Of Oklahoma, Everett M.
Dirksen (R) of Illinois and Dewey
Short (R.) Of Missouri.
Borrowing Bill Up
Although Senator William H.
King CD of Utah. chairman of
the Senate District Committee,
hoped to begin the conference
sessions today, it is believed
House members of the conference
will be needed on the floor to
help seek approval of the bill to
permit the District Commits
sioners to borrow from the
Federal Treasury.
Major House-Senate differ.
ences in the tax measure are
the House provisions for the
business privilege tax and the
20 cent-a-$100 increase in the
real estate tax, as opposed by the
Senate provisions for a local in
come tax and 81 land tax levy
to be superimposed on the exist
ing $3.50 real estate tax.
Opposed to Income Tax
The House has emphatically
declared its opposition to the
income tax. At the same time.
while the House voted down a
proposal for the 81 increase in
the land tax, members have
shown themselves genuinely in.
terested and might accept it
under pressure.
While the Senate District
Committee members are not SYM
pathetic toward the business
privilege tax, the Senate itself
has never voted upon that pro-
posal, and some believe that
were it put to the chamber as
compromise proposal it might be
accepted.
Stiff Battle Forecast
Thus, the picture is that the
House probably never will agree
to an income tax. but may
accept the 81 land tax proposal,
while the Senate may be willing
to take the business privilege
tax in order to put over the
81 land tax.
However. the District Com
missioners are prepared to put
up a stiff battle to prevent the
inclusion Of any provision plac.
ing a heavier burden upon
property owners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
Sen. La Toilette Groon1ed
For Van Devanter Post

Capital circles today buzzed with speculation 'front.'
rank possibilities for nomination to Justice Van Devante
the Supreme Court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
Treasury Condition
International News Service

nLeFnalOHaI NeWs SeFVIC0
Treasury balance July %, &c..
1874, 1S6,624.17: internal revenue.
$685., 939.18: customs receipts.
$50, O61, 22S.53.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26
WEATHER FORECAST

Falr and cooler tonight and tomorrow.
possibly preceded by thunder shower this
afternoon, moderate southwest winds, shift
ing to northwest by tonight.
Weather Details on Page
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-26

No ~ A7o Entered as Second Class Matter at
AVE- 1t,4I0 Post Office at Warrington. D. c.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
RECORD FLOOD
STAGE IS NOW
AT CINCINNATI
Ohio River Reaches Height
Of Seventy Feet Furth-
err Rise Is Predicted

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. %. -
The Ohio River today reached a
stage of 10 feet. the highest on rec
ord.
Meteorologist w. G. Deveraux pre-
diets the greatest flood on record"
for Cincinnati and other lower river
points. He also predicted that the
crest would probably be between II
and 70 feet here tonight or tomor-
row.
The highest water stage previous
ly experienced has been 500 feet
in 1918.
This city of three quarters OF 4
million population faced the pos
sibility of curtailed if not discon-
tinued electric service. Street car
transportation is already curtailed
due to interruptions in the power
service.
The forecast is for colder weather
tonight but continued light rains.
probably sleet and snow.
Prevailing temperatures are
laround 20 degrees.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
LEGISLATURE IN
LATE SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON
Members Visit Mine Today
Leave Tonight for
Pioneers Home

Both houses OF Jne IoGh Territor-
ial Legislature were to convene at
4 o'clock this afternoon for brief
sessions, after most of the members
had spent the day going through
the Alaska juneau mine as guests
of the management.
Only routine business was expect
ed to be taken up as a large num-
Der of the Legislators are leaving
at 8 o'clock tonight aboard the yes
sells Brant and Seal for an inspec-
ton trip to the Pioneers Home at
Sitka. They will be gone until late
Sunday night or Monday morning,
probably returning in time to have
sessions of both houses Monday af-
ternoon. Virtually all members of
the Territorial Institutions commit
tee and several others will make
the SitkaS trip. In the House the
committee consists of Laiblin, An
derson, Ross, Nell Scott, Dan Green
and Smith, and the Senate COM
mittee is Cochran, Roden, Walker
and Brunette. Several other Sena-
tors and Representatives expect to
go if accommodations are available.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
CRUBSTAKE is
chosen INSTEAD
OF new TEETH
C. c. Fleming Buys Beans.
Bacon, Flour and Coffee
Only $50.2l Left

CHELAN, Wash, Jan. 22.-When
it came to a choice between new
store teeth and a grubstake OF beans
bacon, flour and coffee, c. c. Flem-
ing, human guinea pig in the first
Townsend plan experiment, chose
the grubstake.
Fleming has only $50.21 remain
ing of the 5000 given him last Sat
urday when he was selected by pop
ular vote at a dance to be the re-
cipient of the fund to test the
Townsend revolving dollar plan.
There is a possibility that the
next 5000 will not be forthcoming
on February is, and Fleming has
decided to forego the new teeth. He
mas managed without them for
years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
SEAMEN ARE
TO VOTE ON
GOING BACK
Eastern and Gulf Unions
May Terminate Pres
ent Walkout

NEW YORK, Jan. % - Striking
seamen of New York today opened
the way for termination of the East
and Gulf Coast maritime walkous.
The strikers are those at the east
ern and Gulf ports only but the
maritime unions of the west coast
are also asked to ratify a resolution
adopted last night by 1900 seamen
calling the workers back to their
posts.
Leaders of the strikers here said
final action on the proposal might
possibly come at meeting TO be
held Sunday night when ratifica-
ton reports are TO becompiled on
the resolution
1t is said that the action is taken
lin order to maintain our present
gains and to gain additional
strength"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
STRING SENDS
man TO DEATH,
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Three Others Pay Penalty
for Taking Human
Lives

OSSINING, N. Y, Jan. %. - John
Fiorenza, aged 25, upholstersr's as
sistant, was electrocuted early this
morning for the bath tub murder OF
Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton in her
apartment on Good Friday, last
year. He was convicted on a clue
supplied by the finding of small
piece of string
A negro and two other whites also
died in the electric chair for muir
ders.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
50 PER CENT
DROP RELIEF
is INDICATED
WPA Experts Estimate Less
than IL Million Per-
sons Now on Rolls

WASHINGTON, Jan. o. The
nations relief rolls have dropped
nearly thirty percent from the peak
of more than 100000 families and
single persons in January of 1885,
it was disclosed yesterday in the
Federal survey compiled by Emerson
Ross and T. E. Whiteing, statistical
experts of the Works Progress Ad-
ainistration.
simultaneously, U. S. Treasury fl
e}res indicated that since 1882
ahout ten billions of dollars of Fed
eral funds have been spent under
tho heading of recovery and re-
Lief"
The WPA experts estimate that
compared to between twenty and
twenty-one million persons on re-
lief at the peak, there are now less
than twelve millions dependent on
Federal emergency funds.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
Young People Can
Own Homes Today

NEW YORK, Jan. %. = Young
couples, under the Insured Mortgage
System of the Federal Housing Adj
ministration, are able to become
home owners when their children
are young and the house is most
needed, according to DR.. Herman
L. Refs. of the West Side Federal
Savings and Loan Association.
DR.. Refs said that any program
which makes it feasible for young
married couples to acquire their
own homes is of profound social i'm
portance. The long-term payment
plan of the Insured Mortgage Sys-
tenn is an education in budgeting
according to the doctor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
SEARCH new
LOCATION IN
KIDNAP CASE
Detectives Sent to Aband-
oned Farmhouse
Clues Given

SEATTLE, Jan. 22.--Detectives v.
M. Fisher and E. M. Shaffer went
to Everett today and are to search
an abandoned farm house between
Everett and Snohomish in the /iatt-
son kidnap hunt
Reports have been received here
that neghbors saw an automobile
vicinity and also saw persons around
believed to have been stolen, in the
the farm house shortly before the
body of little Charles Mattson was
found in a lone scrub woods near
Edmonds.
The area where the farmouse is
situated has not been searched be-
fore, it is said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
STATEMENT BY F.D.R.
AROUSES SPECULATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt commented at press
conference on the auto strike situa-
ton by saying:
Il have no further news than
YOU have. Of course 1 think that in
the interest of peace, there come
moments when statements and con-
versations that make headlines, are
not in order"
This sta tie m e n t Immediately
aroused speculation as to whether
he directed it against any particu-
lar statement made by either side
or what President Lewis said last
night: 1.-THE same economic royal
lists" which Roosevelt had assailed
in accepting his nomination, now
had their fangs in the labor people
of the country and expect the Adj
ministration to do all it can in a
legal way to help repeal this same
rapacious enemy"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
Study Trades Is Now
Advice to Young Men

NEW YORK, Jan. %. Young
men of today who are not suited to
the professions should study for the
trades of electricians, plumbers, ma
sons, iron workers, ETC., according to
David M. Oltarsh He points out
that the world in the future will
need these men SO that labor can
be better led.
The expected activity in the field
of structural work will create de-
mand for skilled mechanics, he
says.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
SIMMONS HAS AIR
TO HIMSELF ON HOP
TO FUNTER TODAY

Being for the second successive
day, perhaps the only plane in the
air in all Alaska, the Alaska AR
Transport Nugget, piloted by Shell
don Simmons, made a charter flight
empty, to Funter Bay and brought
back to Juneau H. M. DeLanoie.
Simmons took off from here at
1870 O'Clock this morning and re-
turned at Is minutes past noon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
now. JONES AVERAGES
Parachute Jumps Are
Offered at Bargain

PREROV, Czechoslovakia, Jan. ".
For the equivalent of few cents,
any Czechoslovak can have the thrill
of parachute jump.
The Masaryk aviation league has
erected a parachute tower, from
which 1900 plunged for the thrill
of it last summer
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22

Fire Million Cases Canned
Salmon Released; Agreement
Made; Loading Starts No,r

SEATTLE, Jan. 22.-F. A. Gosse,
coordinator of the Seattle Salmon
brokers, announced last night that
an agreement has been reached with
the Longshoremens' Association for
immediate movement, by rail or
truck, other than water transporta-
ton, of five million cases of canned
salmon now stored in Seattle ter
minals.
Union longshoremen will be en-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
COAST STRIKE
DISCUSSED BY
BAY OFFICIALS
Mayor Rossi, of San Fran
cisco, Is Conferring
with Executives

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan, a.
Mayor A. j. Rossi, with City Mans
ayers Hollis Thompson, Of Berkeley
and John Hassler, of Oakland, are
meeting this afternoon, discussing
the maritime strike. Other Bay area
executives will join the conference
at an evening session.
Mayor Rossi is advocating Presi-
dental intervention
Ship Owners and stevedoreS are
scheduled for conference some
time this afternoon, it is stated.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
SELECT QUEEN
AT ANCHORAGE
FOR z EVENTS
Girl Born at Flat, Resident
of Alaska All of Her
Life, Honored

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. o.
The Anchorage Women's Club has
selected Eileen Bagoy. brunette
born in Flat, and a resident OF AL
aska all for her life, as the Miss
Anchorage entrant in the Fairbanks
Ice Carnival and she will also reign
over the second annual Sports Tour
nament and Fur Rendezvous here
from February IA TO February 81.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22

ployed to load the salmon, Gosse
said. The terms of the wage agree
ment effected were not announced
The salmon will now reach the
Eastern markets before the heavy
Lenten season demand for canned
sea foods begins.
Goose added that canned salmon
shipments by rail have also been re-
leased at Bellingham, Anacortcs,
Astoria and San Francisco.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
Man Hunts for Police
as They Hunt for Him

HARRISBURG, w. Va, Jan. a.
1t seems that while police were
searching for G.. w. Sheets, he was
searching for the police.
He leaped on the running board
of cruiser car, and shouted:
who wants me? Well, here
am"
He was charged with attempted
assault.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
Smugglers Use Donkeys

BELFAST, Northern Ireland. -
Customs officers report Irish SNUG
glers are using dogs and donkeys
with homing instinct to run goods
across the border between Northern
Ireland and the Irish Free State.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
PRESIDENTIAL
Intervention,
MOTOR STRIKE
Both Sides Indicate Execu-
tive Must Act, Pres
ent Trouble

WASHINGTON, Jan. ga new
stalemate in Government attempts
to negotiate in the widespread Cen
eral Motors strike, made Presidential
intervention appear inevitable to-
day.
Both Alfred Sloan, of the Cen
eral Motors Corporation, and John
L. Lewis, of the Automobile Workers
of America, indicated belief that
Presidential intervention is the
next logical step.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
TTGH AT PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, Pa, JAN %. The
water has reached 27h feet, two and
oae-half feet over the flood stage,
at the confluence of the Allegheny
and Monangahelia rivers.
Gov. George E. Earle has ordered
state officials to prepare for an
emergency.