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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
GOVERNOR TROY URGES ECONOMY IN LEGISLATION
Chief Exc cutive Recon. mends Special Session
 Handle s. 5. First
BRUNELLE, JOE GREEN
 AGAIN HEAD HOUSES
Purposes for Which Legis. lators Again Called Set
 Forth Tn Message

Urging economy in considering costs in connection with Social Se- curity, and recommending that no other legislation be considered, at least until Social Security is en- tirely disposed of. Gov John w. Troy today sent a message to the extra-o ordinary session of the 18th Legislature after it was formally convened by E. w, Griffin, Secre- tary of Alaska, this morning.
 Senator M. E. s. Brunelle of Cor dova again was elected to be Pres ident of the Senate and Represen- tative Joe Green of Hyder will continue to serve as Speaker of the House, the same as at the regular session which closed week ago.
 Full text of the Governors Mes sage follows:
 Before welcoming you in Extra ordinary Session to consider Social Security legislation, l congratulate you on the successful termination of your regular session. You did intelligent and diligent work for the Territory of Alaska.
 Importance Stressed
 q suggest in beginning the Extra ordinary Session that you first give consideration to the necessary leg islation to permit the Territory to cooperate with the National Social Security Act, It is very important to the people of the Territory and to the country that Alaska cooper are completely in this beneficent work. It is matter of paramount importance to all the people. trust that you will get this legislation out of the way before you do anything else, even before you provide addi- tional revenues if they are needed for Social Security Administration. I urge that while the participation in Social Security on the part of the Territory must be adequate, that you closely guard the cost thereof and keep it as low as is compatible with full cooperation. To this end wish you would con- slider the suggestion that DO mini mum amount for old age allowance should be set forth in the law The law should recite that the allowance should meet the circumstances and needs of each case, and in every thing else I think the Board or in- dividual who will have charge of ad- ministration should be given wide leeway to meet each case according to it's circumstances and needs.
 Limit Activities
 T think the legislation if needed to provide revenues for admnistra- tion should not be taken up until the Social Security legislation is completed. While I believe that the Extraordinary Session should limit it's activities to the matters set forth in the call for the session, under no circumstances should any, thing else be considered until after the purposes set forth in the call have been completed and out of the way.
 T trust that in this session as in the regular session just closed that harmony might prevail and satis- factory results achieved"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

NEW LONDON, Texas, Mar. 19.-The horror of the Nations worst school disas- ter in history mounted this forenoon as tn e tangled wreckage of the New London Consolidated School yielded scores more of crushed bodies. The known dead teachers and children is up into the hum dreds.
 Walter Elliott, Texas High way Patrol Captain, here from his Austin headquarters, said over 400 bodies have been re- covered, including those of seventeen teachers.
 The bodies are taken from the explosion torn debris of the luxurious school which was built by the oil wealth of the vast East Texas oil fields, wrecked yesterday afternoon by a blast believed caused by seeping gas of those same 1 fields.
 The blast occurred about ten minutes before the class es were to be dismissed for the day.
 Martial Law
 Order has been restored in the stricken com m un ty where Gov. James V. Alfred declared martial law last night after inrushing sightseers mingled with rescue workers and frenzied parents and brought chaotic conditions. Capt. Elliott said the work of examining the wreckage for bodies should be completed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
FREIGHT RATES TO BE BOOSTED
 ON APRIL FIVE

WASHINGTON, March 19.-- The Interstate Commerce Commission announces increase in freight rates have been filed by the Alaska Rail- road between Seattle, Tacoma and points served by the railroad, and American Yukon Navigation Com pany to be effective April 5. The increase applies to all classes of freight and includes wharfage hand ling, storage and dockage charges.
 The Copper River and North western Railroad had also filed in- creased freight rates effective April 10.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
0. K. SAYS MANAGER

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 19.-John Hollinger, President of the organization sponsoring the At lantic City Beauty Pageant, said Miss Marguerite Lee, of Nome, the Miss Alaska at the recent Fairbanks Ice Carnival. is eligible to compete with the beauty queens of the na- tion if she won in bona fide contest with other girls.
 Tell her to come on down and bring her dogs Hollinger said in answer query as to her eligi- bility when 1t was reported the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

BULLETIN = New London Texas, March 19. = Laborers ceased digging in the school house ruins late this afternoon They said they weary but the ob is practically finished"
 Col. C. E. Parker, National Guard Commander, announced that about 425 bodies" have been removed. The basement has been thoroughly explored Col Parker said but the final cleaning up will take several hours longer and "a few more victims may be f0und.'
 National Guardsmen continuing exploration of the basement for further victims other weared went to their homes and bereaved wives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

SEATTLE, March 19-The threat ened general strike in the lumber industry throughout the Puget Sound area is believed to have been averted when workers voted 2.600 to 500 to accept the 71z cents hour ly wage increase pending negotia- tions over the demanded ten cents an hour boost.
 Tacoma workers rejected the plan
 The Seattle workers vote is not totally counted but if approved, as expected, five Seattle mills will re- open.
 Columbia River mill and lumber workers demand full ten cents an hour increase immediately or they will strike.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
PRODUCTION DROPS

SEATTLE, March 19.-Production of I'll lumber mills in Washington and Oregon last week totaled only four hundred million feet which is about twelve million feet less than the weekly production before the maritime strike.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES MAY BE
 COURT WITNESS
Head of Highest Tribunal May Appear Before
 Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. = Some Senate opponents of President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan hope Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes will testify next week at the committee hearings but the decision depends on whether the Su- preme Court opposes such a move.
 Opponents would like to see the Chief Justice be the first witness next Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
REPORT CAUSES BUZZ

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. - The Senate Judiciary Committee room buzzed with reports this afternoon that Chief Justice Hughes may be the principal witness next week and preparations are under way to for mally invite him unless he is dis inclined to accept.
 Inquiries at his office in the Jus tice's Building brought the reply that he had nothing to say.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
Ruby, Alaska, Man To Get Sausage And How!

RALEIGH, N. C., Mar. 19. = Thomas Devane, former resi- dent of this city but now a pro- minent man of Ruby, Alaska, wrote his sister here for some hot, spicy Carolina sausage"
 The sausage is now on the way to Alaska by air express at cost of $25.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
Spring Arrives
 Tomorrow; This Is Last of Winter

Spring is here tomorrow. The Vernal Equinox takes place at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow morning, Eastern Standard time. Today one can say goodbye to winter, which has not been so bad in this section. at that. There has been plenty of snow, tempera- ture has not been severe, but anyway-welcome to spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
General Strike Sound Lumber
 Mills 'AVerted Believed Workers Will Ac- cept Raise Pending
 Negotiations

BULLETIN-Seattle, Mar. 19. Twelve hundred Seattle lum- Der mill workers have voted to accept the employers offer of 7H cents an hour increase, pro- vided the employers also agree to negotiate for an additional 2H cents, but union members said the employers at the last minute refused to negotiate the difference and the workers are still out on a strike.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
Another Prehistoric Find in Fairbanks Area; Spearhead Is Found in JaUbOne of MammOth

FAIRBANKS. Alaska, March 19.- Apparent proof that humans of a comparatively high order lived con- temporaneously with mammoths of this area, is reported in the discov- cry of flint spearhead embedded in the upper jawbone of baby mammoth.
 The anthropological relic has been discovered by Peter Mass in frozen muck on Ester Creek, ten
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

miles from here where the United States Smelling, Refining and Min ing Company is preparing to start spring operations.
 The news of the find is confirmed by General Manager Roy Earling
 The spearhead is of fine work manship. It has been forwarded to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
OVER 450 CHILDREN, TEACHERS KILLED AS EXPLOSION SENDS
 GAS FUMES, FALLING ORDERS
 OF STEEL INTO THEIR RANKS

Luxurious Building, Erected by Oil Wealth, Torn Apart Ten Minutes Before Dismissal of Classes-Victms Crushed Beneath Debris-Rescue Workers Quickly on Scene-Martial Law Declared by Governor Pathetic Incidents Occur as Parents Rush to Peer at Remains for Identification Is Started to Determine Cause of Nations Great Disaster
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

w c. Arnold, prominent attorney and former U. s. Commissioners at Ketchikan, returned to his home city from here last night aboard the steamer North Sen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
GLAMOROUS BLONDE

Miss Marguerite Lee, of Nome, glamorous eighteen-year-old blonde, was chosen at Fairbanks as Miss Alaska, Queen of the Ice Carnival, by judges who were non-residents of Fairbanks and not representing any of the towns who had queens in the contest. The judges were residents of Dawson and Mayo. Y T., Juneau, Los Angeles and Hol- lywood.
 Miss Lee was born in Seattle De- cember g, 1919, and was reared in the Nome country where she has spent practically all her life. She is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Richard Lee. Her father is prom inent mining man of the Solomon district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

Mrs. Ralph Rieck, with her baby, left Juneau for Seattle on the steamer North Sea. MT. Rieck, who is employed at the Thomas Hard ware Company. remains in Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 19. The Fairbanks Ice Carnival and Nome Kennel Club officials are discussing the possibility of sending Miss Marguerite Lee, the Miss AL aska of the Ice Carnival here, to Atlantic City in competition with others for the title of Miss America. She is of pure Nordic type.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
ALASKA TRADER
 DIES OF CANCER

SEWARD, Alaska. Mar. 19. = Harry Samuelson. 55, trader and post operator between Bethel and Akiak, is dead here as the result of cancer He had been i'll for months. A widow and five children survive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19

Making a brief business trip to Seattle, Bert Elstad, agent of the Mutual Health and Accident Asso- citation here, left Juneau aboard the steamer North Sea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-19
Hundreds OF Bodies Taken From Wreckage
Miss Alaska May Be Sent to Atlantic City to Compete in
 Big Beauty Sho,v Staged There

Nome Kennell Club and the Fair banks Ice Carnival Association planned to send her to Atlantic City.
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Evening star., 1937-12-21
Mrs. Paul Cara,oay Enjoyed
Life of Peace IN Tientsin
Daughter-i,,.La,O of Sen.
atOr Encountered No
Var Horror.

The war-torn land of falling bombs
and starving refugees had no place
in the picture of life II China as seen
by Mrs. Paul w. Caraway, daughter
in-law of Senator Caraway, she dis
closed today.
1t. and Mrs. Caraway have Just
returned to Washington after two
years at the Army post in Tientsin,
where 1t. Caraway was stationed
with the 18th United States Infantry.
I'VE had no narrowing experiences
in Tientsin," Mrs. Caraway said.
Life went on as normally as If we
were living any place in the United
States. OF course, conditions in
Shanghai were very different, but I
do think the reports circulated by
people coming back from China are
largely exaggerated"
Mrs. Caraway feels such reports
provide unnecessary worry for friends
and relatives Of Americans still in
China.
The life Mrs. Caraway lived in
China was little different from life
here, with two exceptions. Nah long
replaced bridge, and the men always
accompanied their wives to social af-
fairs. Luncheon parties were rare.
The Caraways returned to the
United States aboard the U. S. Grant,
an Army transport ship. They are
dividing their visit here between Sen
ator Caraway and Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph B. Little, Mrs. Caraway's par
ents. They expect to leave Wash
ington late in January for Salt Lake
City, Utah, where 1t Caraway will
be stationed at Fort Douglas.
Evening star., 1937-12-21
39ARMY OFFICERS
ENPROMOT|ONS
War Department Announces
List Advanced During
Present Month.

Promotion of 80 officers of the
Regular Army, effective during the
present month, has been announced
by the War Department. Those pro-
NOTED, with new ranks given, are as
follows:
Judge Advocate Generals Depart
ment, Col. Allen M. Burdett.
Quartermaster Corps, Majs. Willis
A. Platts, Rene E. de Russy and Ed
ward M. George.
Corps Of Engineers, Maj Clay An
derson.
Ordnance Department, Col. Walter
P. Boatwright.
Cavalry, 1t. Coils James N. Caper-
ton and Harrison Herman and Mai.
Samuel r. Goodwin.
Field Artillery, Col. Marshall Ma
gruder. 1t. Col. Douglas j. Page and
Maj. Irwin B. Warner.
Coast Artillery Corps, Cols. John P.
Smith and Edwin K. Smith, 1t. Coils.
Frank c. Scofleld, Ferdinand F. Gala
CHER and harrington L. Flanfgen and
Maj. George w. Ames.
Infantry, Coils. George R. Koehler
and Oliver S. Wood; General Staff
Corps, 1t Coils. George ]. Newgarden,
jr.; John F. Goodman and Robert K.
Whitson, and Majs Vernon c. de
Vote, Clyde Grady, Horace j. Brooks,
Morgan E. Jones, George H. Rarey
and Jacob E. Uhrig.
Air Corps, Col. Robert E. M. Cool
rick and Maj. Arthur w. Brock, jr.
Medical Corps, 1t. Coils. Lucius K.
Patterson, Charles R. Mueller, Charles
F. Davis and Clarence M Reddig and
Capts. John T. B. Strobe and Paul
H. Leach.
Dental Corps 1t. Col. Daniel S.
Lockwood.
Veterinary Corps, Capt. Velmer W.
McGinnis.
Evening star., 1937-12-21
lNSULL DENIES ILLNESS

Cable to Son Brands Reports as
Absurd.
CHICAGO, Dec. 81 (P,-Samuel
insult cabled denial of reports that
he was i'll from Paris yesterday.
The Chicago Office of hts son,
Samuel insult, jr., made public this
message:
Absurd. Could not be in better
health"
The former utility magnate and
his wife planned to celebrate Christ
mas in Paris and then travel to
Rome
Evening star., 1937-12-21
AIRPORT HEAD ACCUSED
Manslaughter Charged in Deaths
of Ducal Family.

BRUGES, Belgium, Dec. 81 P).-
The director of the Ostend airport
yesterday was charged with man
slaughter after an examining magis-
trate heard testimony regarding the
crash of a Belgian airliner November
16, in which five members of the
grand ducal family of Hesse were
killed.
Authorities were seeking to fix the
responsibility for any delay in trans
mitting radio instructions warning
the pilot not to land if visibility
was bad.
Eleven died in the crash, including
the grand duke and duchess, their
two sons, his mother, and the crew
Of three.
Evening star., 1937-12-21
Seaman Group Backs c. I. O.

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 R.-The
seamen of the Southern Steamship
Co., have voter for the National
Maritime Union &C. I. o. as their
collective bargaining agency, it was
announced yesterday by the National
Labor Relations Board.
The board announced that the
election, held in Philadelphia among
the crews of the company's seven
ships, gave 73 votes for the National
Maritime Union, votes for the
International Seamen's Union, and 81
ballots unmarked
Evening star., 1937-12-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TO-DAY.

4ObA1
Dinner meeting, National Press
Club Post of American Legion, Ma
tional Press Club, $50 pm.
Dinner, Craftsmen Club, Lafayette
Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting District Chapter, Catholic
Daughters of America, Willard Hotel,
7:30 pm.
Dinner, Delta Chi Sorority, Lafay-
cite Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Sons of Union Veterans of
Civil War, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. Grace Darling Siebold
Chapter, Gold Star Mothers, Raleigh
Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Connecticut Avenue Asso-
citation, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Progress Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Hamilton Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Knights of Columbus Ath-
letic Association, K. c. Clubhouse,
8:15 pm.
Dance, Kentucky Society, Willard
Hotel, 9 pm.
Meeting, Kappa Gamma Sorority,
Raleigh Hotel, 7:30 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Monarch Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Soroptimist Club, Will
lard Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayfiower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Christmas party, Fort Stevens Post,
No. 81, American Legion, Stansbury
Hall, 7:30 pm.
Dance, Retired Firemens Associa-
ton, Willard Hotel, 10 pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-21
Film Bachelor to Wed.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 81 (F.-James
Dunn, long one of the film colony's
eligible bachelors, and Frances Gift
ford, pretty brunette actress, will be
married New Years Day, they an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-12-21
Vierra, Painter, Dies.

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Dec. 81 (P).-
Carlos Vierra, about 60, nationally
known painter, died here yesterday
Among his works were murals in
the state museum depicting the life
OF st. Francis de Assist. patron saint
of Santa Fe.
His widow survives
Evening star., 1937-12-21
MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY
ACT UPHELD IN RULING

cucIh4 JuuSe IN ARKANSAS Fails
to Follow Precedent Of Cali
fornia and Texas Decisions.
By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec. III
Federal Judge T. G. Trimble yesterday
upheld the constitutionality Of the
Municipal Bankruptcy Act approved
by Congress last August.
Previously California and Texas
court decisions had held the act void.
The ruling came in case involving
proposed reorganization of the in
debtedness Of Poinsett County Drain
age District No 7, the largest in
Arkansas. Claimants against the
district said they would appeal to the
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Xogo for You
noted British adventurer explains the secrets of
this ancient Hindu philosophy
by F. YEATS BROWN

ness is due to an impure blood-stream,
and you are probably auto-intoxicated.
If, however, you are in normal
health, you will find that your heart
settles down to a strong, rhythmic
beat You will feel strong and rhyth-
mic all over, aware of yourself, and
your powers. and your personality.
You may be surprised by the results of
this simple exercise. In few seconds
you may know more of yourself than
you might have acquired in years of
aimless living. But do not hold your
breathing for longer than you can
comfortably restrain it, say thirty
seconds. or perhaps sixty. You are not
engaged in an endurance test. but are
merely drawing back for moment the
curtain which wells the latent powers
existing in everybody.
Again let me warn you not to strain,
or to attempt variety of breathing
exercises supposed to give you psychic
powers. For a beginner, to experiment
with the mechanism of his lungs is
about as safe as it would be for an
amateur to play with live electrical
circuit. However. if you enjoy this
Kumbakha (as it is called) then con-
tinue it and prosper You may be able
to remain. absolutely still. intensely
alert. with arrested breath and quick
ened mind, for two, three, OF even four
minutes But if you don't enjoy it,
don't do it.
While you are holding your breath,
it is a good plan to allow the wrists to
rest on the knees. and the hands to
hang down. with fingers pointing to
the ground. You may feel all kinds Of
troubles slipping out of your finger
tips: kind of mental purgation. En-
courage this feeling.
Now lie down fiat. breathing easily,
cross your legs. and open out your arms
in the form of cross. Relax. Many
Evening star., 1937-10-31

books have been written about relaxa-
ton: here | can only suggest that you
should feel wave of well-being and
rest coming from the extremities to the
small of the back.
After a minute or two of absolute
quiet. sit up again in the cross-legged
position. and imagine something. Some
thing beautiful. 1t may be horse, or a
violin, or a yacht, or racing car.
With me it is usually three yellow
roses. See them, smell them, or pat it,
play it, ride it, steer it, drive it; enjoy
the object of your contemplation. and
take pride in its powers. You will
find that your mind jibs away from
this object. mulishly. if your powers
of Concentration are poor, and slightly,
even if they are good. Few people can
achieve perfect concentration, but
even a glimpse of what it is, and
hint of what it might do. is a grand
beginning for the working day.
Sofar we have been sitting still, exer-
cising our imagination. Now we ought
to be in the right mood to exercise
the body. Practically all the setting
up exercises taught in this country
were taught as yoga thousands of
years ago. Work the muscles of your
abdominal wall Stretch like cat.
Skip. if you know how. Or stand on
your head. These are all yoga meth
DDS. Any exercise is good, provided
you enjoy it, but do not overdo it.
Also you should rub your skin: this is
not taught in India. because it is un-
necessary there. owing to the differeht
climatic conditions.
Finally. relax again. fiat on your
back, breathing slowly and deeply.
do not claim that this quarter of an
hour in your bedroom is the equivalent
of a day out of doors. where exercise
and enjoyment both come naturally;
but it is wonderful substitute.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

the body, whose harmonious function
ing will give you health and strength.
You need not believe this. You need
only accept it for the sake of argu-
ment. Try one or two positions and
breathings. and see what the results
are in your own body.
After washing and dressing (and
prayer, if. as | hope. you pray but
before you have taken anything to eat
or drink, except glass of cold water,
sit down on the floor of your room for
few minutes meeting with yourself
Your true self.
Attitude of mind is as important as
attitude of body. The two are linked,
of course. Balance and poise are seen
in the appearance as we'll as in the ac-
tions of any successful man or woman.
So when you sit, sit straight and stead
lily. without moving any external part
of you except your ribs and eyelids.
Even this you may find queer at first,
Evening star., 1937-10-31

stopped in a certain woodland and,
apparently annoyed by the motors
sound, would attack the hood. We've
been irritated by motor knocks. too.
and have often been on the verge of
attack. but not with a grouse.
IoUNC opossums remind us of street
car straphangers. Nanny 'possum
carries them around in her pouch while
they're babies but when they outgrow
the pocket she puts them on her back,
curls her tail forward and they wrap
their own tails around hers and hold
on. riding wherever she takes them.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Stranger than Man
by CARL KULBERG

AN OSTRICH does not hide nor
bury its head in the sand. 1t crouches,
stretches out it's neck fiat and rests it
on the ground in front of itself. Its
legs kick forwa1d, and it's wallop is
comparable to that of mule.
IHE beaver has been known longer
than any other small animal in Amer
ica. The search for beaver was one of
the most important factors in opening
up Canada.
a RUFFED grouse in West Virginia
used to approach automobiles that