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The Washington times., 1937-08-17
512 u. S. WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
LEAVE SHANGHAI
Shells Burst Nearby as
Vessels Sail

SHANGHAI, Aug. II U.N.SO.-
Fear was the ghoulish master OF
the Shanghai waterfront today as
512 American women and children
and thousands who look to the
British Union Jack for protection
were taken from their families and
out of this maelstrom Of shell fire
and bursting bombs to sanctuary
far from China.
The American refugees were
loaded aboard tenders for a dan
gerous voyage down the Whangpoo
River to the anchorage where the
liners President Taft and President
jefferson waited to carry them to
safety.
FEARFUL FAREWELLS
fearful farewells were inter
rupted with CHASTITY frequency by
the roar Of a fighting plane over
head or the bursting Of q bomb or
shell nearby.
It was more by the grace Of
Providence than Japanese or
Chinese respect for neutrality that
today's evacuation was carried out
without casualty.
Shells whined and whiStled
through the air and great clouds
Of smoke from blazing buildings
beloved over the narrow river.
The incessant chatter Of machine
gun fire was punctusted at inter
walls by the deafening explosion Of
incendiary bombs and shells.
To this nerve-wracking accom-
paniment good-byeS were said.
Fathers clutched their offspring in
almost bone-breaking embraces be-
fore handing them over to moth
ers whose cheeks were stained
with dust and streaked with tears.
MANY SPECIFIES
There we're many who could not
speak at all save to strive vainly
to quiet and console the little
children who screamed with terror
at the thought Of venturing into
the death-trap wilderness Of the
Whangpoo. The United States
Marines, who supervised the en-
barkationS, were considerate, but
swift and precise. FarewellS,
silent or otherwise, had to be brief.
for the time was short and no
guarantee had been written that
the Stars and Stripes would be re-
spected.
When the tenders had pulled
out, husbands and fathers stood
in shocked numbnesS, following
with shaded eyes their slow prog
ress until they had dissolved into
the mist and smoke Of the river.
Japanese and Chinese batteries
on either side Of the river ceased
fire Just as the tenders, their huge
American flags fluttering braVely,
naSsed beneath the guns.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17


It by old imperial Russia.
NEW YORK, Aug. II QN.sO,
Walter Wanger, one of Holly.
woods younger producers, is in
town singing the praises Of color
pictures and predicting the day
when black and white films will
be as passe as lantern slides in
"grandma's front parlor. He says:
"In two years there won't be
any black and white pictures"
MUSKEGON, Mich, Aug. II
G.N.S).-The Owassippi Boy
Scout camp, near here, was closed
today as a precaution after one
scout, Robert J. Evans, 16, Of Chi.
cago, died from infantile paralysis,
ST. GAINESVILLE, Ohio
Aug. II N.N.S.).-Grief over the
death two months ago Of her
twin brother today prompted
Miss Clara Amos, 81, Wooster, to
end her life in q mass Of flames.
She built q fire on the back
porch Of the residence Of Mrs,
Anna M. Coulter, who left yes.
terday for Atlantic City, and
when her body was enveloped in
flames, ran into the yard and
collapsed.
NEW CUMBERLAND, w. Va,
Aug. II G.N.S0.-Attorneys for
the Committee for Industrial Or.
ganization pushed their efforts to-
day to prove at an NLRB hear
ing here on charges against the
Weirton Steel Company that the
company dominates activities Of
Weirton citizens.
DETROIT, Aug. II Q.N.S).
The Americanism committee Of
the Michigan department Of the
American Legion today recon-
mended in a resolution at the
nineteenth annual State conven.
ito, that all radio statios play the
"Star Spagled Banner" when sign
ing off.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

oners are held on charges Of
opium addiction or minor offenses.
AMERICAN WOMEN THERE
Among them are two American
women, one Of whom attempted
suicide. The other is an alleged
dope runner. An American seaman
also is held on a minor charge.
Consular officials are consider.
ing disposition of the Americans
in case the Jail is evacuated.
Our Caveman AncessOrs. Charles
r. Knight, Distinguished Artist-Scien.
tiSt, Paints Stirring Scene Showing
Prehistoric Man Defending His Wife
and Child Against wolves. Repro
duced in Full Color In The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed with
Next Sundays Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-08-17

BUILDING VULNERABLE
Especially vulnerable in any air.
plane attack would be the con-
sular building, the Americans
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

Saturday evening in connection with the sale of Christmas Seals
 The following Wednesday, Dec ember 18th, will see the first ap- pearance of the indoor baseball teams in benefit games in connec- ton with Nome's Community Xmas Tree Celebration which is for December 22nd.
 On Dec. 18th, the Pioneers of are planning a Big Roof Garden, as another feature of en- tertainment and pleasure during the Christmas Season.
 Xmas Day comes the following week, December 25th, with the customary means of observance in the homes and churches.
 Tomorrow afternoon the mem bers of the Community Xmas Tree committees meet at the city hall at 2:30 pm. to discuss final arrangements for the staging of
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

the mammoth celebration to take place at the public auditorium.
 And it is understood the Vol unteer Fire Department is plan ming on staging New Years Eve Frolic, on the last evening of the year.
 On Monday, December 18th, The Nome Daily Nugget will is sue an attractive Christmas Edi- ton devoted to Christmas feature stories, advertising from the en- terprising merchants of Nome displaying their stocks of mer- chandise with attractive illust- rations, up to the minute Asso- ciated Press spot-news pictures, and all designed to invite the public to participate in Nomes 1887 observance of the Christmas Holidays
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
French and Japs HaveSet-tOOver
 Extent Freedom
(By The Associated Press)

tBy The Associated Press)
 SHANGHAI, Dec. 4, French and Japanese came close to bat tie today when French tanks and
 infantrymen blocked five Jap anese army trucks from the Fren- oh concession, finally permitting them to move supplies into the French area, 4szssS
 The Japanese demanded free dom to enter the city's interna- tional settlement at will.
 They also demanded that the settlement police prevent and re petition of the attack on Japan csc soldiers such as took place during yesterdays Victory Par ade.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
Suspended Rules
 Regulations, For
 Christmas Season

WASHINGTON, ,(P)-Christmas stamps, seals and labels to aid charitable objects may not be at tached to the address side of mail under postal regulations Mail bearing such stamps must be sent to the dead letter offices or re- turned to senderS under the ruile.
 Harlee Branch, second assistant postmaster general, recently in formed postmasters, however, that as an exceptional measure these rules are suspended from November IS to January Is this season, if through inadvertance, senders have affixed such stamps to the address side. In previous years much Christmas mail bear ing the stamps on the address side has been held up.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
THREAT OF STRIKE LUMBER SCH( OVERS
 DOOMED UP TODAY
fBy The ASsociated Press)

fBy The Associated Press)
 SAN PEDRO, Dec. 4, A tie up of the Pacific coast lumber schooner fleet of sixty ships was threatened as the sailors union of the Pacific and the marine fireman's union failed to heed the ultimatum issued in San Francisco by Ralph Meyers, head of the shipowners association of the Pacific Coast, who demand ed that the unions furnish crew for the steam schooner James G. Griffiths" of Seattle.
 The ship has been tied up sin ce last Monday because the op- orators refused to pay sailol for seven meals eaten ashore.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
JUNEAU INSTALLS NEW
 TYPE ALARM SYSTEM

JUNEAU. (H1-As a precaution ary step to maintain the high standard of fire protection thru out Juneau, the city council vot- ed to purchase diaphone alarm which will be installed in the city hall and will issue an alarm to be heard within a radius of two miles.
 Acting Fire Chief William Nei- derhauser initiated discussion on the matter by stating that under the new telephone system there is no infallable way of notifying iremen when there is fire. Un- der the old system, the men were notified by six bells over the tele- phone.
 Total cost of the purchase and installation is estimated at $2,000.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
Ships Idle Despite Utimatum of Association Head
Christmas Season To Be Gala One

The Christmas Season is com mencing with creditable display of enthusiasm and spirit. In con- nection with the business advan- tages to be observed almost ev- cry day in the pages of the Nome Daily Nugget, where you get your greatest returns for money spent, numerous entertainments, dances, etc, are being planned for every week from now until December 18th.
 To begin with, the Tuberculos is Association is sponsoring a big dance and entertainment for next
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

A heavy clap of thunder, in fact two of them aroused Juneau residents recently, many of whom thought a heavy slide had occur red in the Basin. Il was the first time in many years Juneau had been visited by a thunder storm, and the experience was rather ex- citing.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

Are you taking advantage of six months paid in ad- subscription ?
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
Football Scores

fBv The Associated PressI Florida 6 Kentucky 0 Tennessee 32 Mississippi 0 DuqueSne 9 Miss. State 0 Kentucky State ' La. Tech ' Rice Is So Methodist 2 Texas A. and M. 42 Frisco 0 Oregon 6 Arizona 20 So. Calf. l9 UCLA Is
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

A. NJ. HARTFORD, Chrm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04

An oldtimer from Graehl, Louis Smith, v years old, died at the Fairbanks hospital last week. His death was due to general debil- ity. He left no relatives, the lone ly old fellow having lived in AL aska 38 years. He was born in Pennsylvania, of German parent age.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
SPECIFICATIONS AMENDED
 ALASKA AIRMAu ROUTES
 BIDS CALLED FOR FEB. lST
(By The Associated Press)

(By The ASSOclaled PreSS)
 WASHINGTON, Dec 4, - The Post Office Department today re. vised the requirement on two proposed Alaskan air mail rout- es and advanced the date for re- ceiving the bids for same from December 18th, to February 1st.
 The routes from Juneau to Fairbanks via WhitehorSe, the Post Office Department sadi. did not have any airports which would accommodate the types of planes originally specified.
 The amended specifrations will permit the use of smaller aircraft
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
Lewis and Green : Gould not Agree
 After Two Days
(By The Associs tied Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, - Ne gotiations for a comlete re-un- ion of organized labor's rival factions, nearad collapse today after John L. Lewis and Wm Green failed to reach an under standing in two days of confer ences.
 Both announced that no agree ment had been reached and they are not expected to meet again.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-04
MEETING SUNDAY

All members of the Community Xmas Tree committees are urg- ently requested to be in attendan- ce at a meeting to be held at the city hall Sunday 2:30 pm, December 5th.
 A. M. HARTFORD. Chrm.
The Washington times., 1937-03-05

Even dresses look like suits these days-and Juniors
those quick little minxes, quick to pick up such
good fashion lead Come Saturday and see the boero
redngote and jacket dresses have fresh n as sur
prises for sizes II to II. LansburgRs Second Floor
Evening star., 1937-12-26

keeping and childrearing in various
European capitals and languages.
One feels that Mrs. Mowrer, in spite
Of her liberal outlook, cannot quite
overcome her surprise at her own
evolution. Coming as she does, from
conventional English family, she
evidently feels that she did q very
daring thing when she married an
American-and a journalist.
When she forgets to tell US that her
husband Is 4 hero and that her child
is exceptionally brilliant, her story
is convincing and thrilling for all
those who like to rove around the
world. HI
EXPLORING WITH BYRD. BY Rear
Admiral Richard z. Byrd. U. s. N,
retired. New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons.
THIS Is compilation and revision
Of previous works by Admiral
Byrd. containing much new material
and co-ordinating that which has
gone before. The result is q dramatic
story of the four major periods Of
adventure in the colorful life of the
author-his early flying days and the
World War; his flight to the North
Pole; his flight across the Atlantic
and the two expeditions to Antarctica.
Fully three-fourths of the volume
are given over to the two trips to
Little America and to the exploration
of the ice-capped continent. The ma
terial is arranged with considerable
skill to create exciting climaxes CEN
tering about the flight over the South
Pole and the discovery that the con-
tinent is not divided by q strait be-
tween the Ross and Weddell Seas.
Admiral Byrd sheds light on a num-
Der Of previously obscure points. He
discusses frankly his reasons for the
expeditions into an area utterly un-
known to geography, vacuum abhor-
rent to scientists and photographer
alike" He lists contributions made by
scientists Of his parties to some 81
divisions OF science. He discloses the
details of his nearly-fatal self-impris-
onment alone at the advanced weather
base through the Antarctic winter
and the unforeseen circumstances
which converted his icy cell into n
living hell"
Happenings in Little America during
the leaders absence are told delight
fully In two chapters which bear the
initials &c. j. v. M" The author il
Charlie" Murphy. whose voice wa
heard in the broadcasts from the ice
He describes the magnificence of the
polar night and comments: when YOU
look upon such things, there comes
surging through the confusion of the
mind an awareness of the dignity OF
the earth, Of the unacccuntable i'm
portance Of being alive, and the
thought comes out Of nowhere that
unhappiness rises not 80 much from
lacking as from having too much"
The ice apparently breeds philoso-
pliers; you will find q number of pas
sages Of the sort. You also will find
descriptive passages full Of shee,
poetry. frequently ending with happy
bit Of whimsy as the admiral settles
back into the role Of scientist and
leader.
There are detailed maps and . num-
Der Of well-chosen photographs. The
book can Be recommended to almost
any type Of reader. J.s
Evening star., 1937-12-26
CHRISTMAS POETRY.

THROUGH all ages the poets
have celebrated the nativity in
their verse. In place Of the
4 usual list OF books on a sub
ject Of current interest the Public
Library presents this week a selec-
ton Of extracts from Christmas poems,
including those by contemporary poets
as we'll as those Of the past. All of
the volumes are in the collection Of
the central library at Eighth and K
streets.
Sudden, on this white peace,
A red cocks hail rang thrice
The Baby turned his head
From drowsy reyerie;
Shuddered upon His bed
With q wailing cry.
(From Christmas Eve. In Basket for
Fair, by Laura Benet. 1884. YP.-
B431b)
o, Lord. as You lay 50 soft and white,
A Babe in q manger stall,
With the big star flashing across the
night,
Did You know and pity US all?
(From A Christmas Song. BY Teresa
Brayton. In Joyce Kilmer's Anthology
of Catholic Poets. 1887. YP.9K55an)
Except the Christ be born again to-
night
In dreams Of all men, saints and sons
Of shame,
The world will never see His kingdom
bright
Stars Of all hearts, lead onward thro'
the night
Past death-blac deserts, doubts with
out Q name,
Past hills Of pain and mountains Of
new sin
To that far sky where mystic births
begin
Where dreaming ears the angel-song
shall win.
(From Star Of My Heart. In COL
lected Poems, by Vachel Lindsay. 1890.
YP.L646)
let all these 50 ephemeral things
Be somehow permanent like the swal-
lows tangent wings:
Goodbye to you, this day. remember,
Is Christmas. this morn
They say, interpret 1t your own way,
Christ Is born.
(From an Eclogue for Christmas.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Brief Reviews of Books
Sanity.

Sanity.
Mania. BY Lawrence M. Jayson.
New York: Funk Il Wagnalls. The
story Of = mans recovery from de-
mentia praecox, told in the first
person. Interesting light on the prob
lem of mental illness.
Marriage.
Getting Along Together BY Mar
jorie D. Kern. New York: Robert
M. Mcbride. How to keep your hus-
band. once you have gotten him. To
the reviewer 1t would seem to be one
Of those things which are only useful
when unnecessary. But, for what 1t
IL, not unwise.
Politics and Economies.
Burning Question. BY Louis Wallis.
Chicago: Willett Clark & Co. How
to deal with unemployment, heavy
taxation, Fascism, Communism. mo-
nopoly and socialism. by . former
instructor at Ohio State University.
Biography.
Lords Of Speech. BY Edgar De
Witt Jones'. Chicago: Willett Clark
Evening star., 1937-12-26

& Co. Biographies Of IS great Amer.
ican orators-Patrick Henry. Daniel
Webster, Robert Ingersoll, Woodrow
Wilson and 20 on.
Sports.
Atlantic Game Fishing. BY S. Kip
Farringtcn, jr. Color illustrations by
Lynn Bogue Hunt. Introduction by
Ernest Hemingway. New York: Ken
nedy Bros, Inc An immense volume.
illustrated with photographs as well
rs in color. purporting to be a, text
on Atlantic game fishing from Nova
Scotia to Bimipi. Handsomely gotten
up and an ideal gift for your fishing
friends.
Writing.
BY Henry Shaw, jr. New York:
Harper a. Bros. A guide book to good
English usage. Well enough, II you
believe that anybody can teach 1t.
Juveniles.
Pixie Pete's Christmas Party. BY
Sam Berman and Phineas O'Mellish.
New York: Modern Age Books. A
bright picture book for very young
children. Gay and attractive.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
The Public Library

In Poems, by Louis Macneice. 1885.
YP. .M233.)
FALL my tears upon your smiling,
Though the happy earth
Even now is blessed and ransomed
BY my baby's birth.
Lullaby, in quiet rest:
Puer mihi natus est!
From the Virgins slumber Song.
In Man and Beast, by Theodore May
nard. 1886. YP.M45sm.)
Do you know the marvel Of Christ,
mas time,
The miracle meaning Of song and
chime,
OF hearty love and huge good will,
OF feasts that gladden. and gifts that
spill?
From The Christmas Miracle. In
Selected Poems, by Angela Morgan.
1927. YPM82.)
Draw neer then, and freely poure
Forth all thy light into that houre,
Which was crowned with His birth,
And made Heaven envy earth.
Let not His birthday clouded be
BY whom thou shinest and we see.
From The Nativity, by Christopher
Harvey. In The oxford Book of
Mystical Verse. 1917. YP.eox24)
Run shepherds, run where Bethlehem
blest appears.
We bring the best Of news, be not
dismayed, &.
A Saviour there Is born, more old
than years,
Amidst Heavens rolling heights
this earth who stayed"
(From For the Nativity Of Our Lord,
by william Drummond Of Hawthorn
den. In Many Voices. made by Mona
Swami. Book II. 1884. YP.esw26.
v.2)
Christ was born upon this wise,
1t fell on such night,
Neither with sounds Of psalteries,
Nor with fire for light
Mary that is Gods spouse
Bring us to thy Sons house.
(From a Christmas Carol. In Sc.
lected Lyrical Poems Of Algernon
Charles Swinburne. 1906. YP.-
Sw662as) .
The long years ago: the old stars rise
and set;
Dreams perish, and We falter In the
night:
But still there's Bethlehem-could
heart forget
That loveliness. that light7
Shadows there are, but who shall fail
for them?
Still there Is Bethlehem.
From Still There Is Bethlehem,
In Silver Saturday, by Nancy Byrd
Turner. 1887. YP.Ts52s.)
I knelt beside my brother OK,
And saw the very birth! Oh, love!
And awe and wonder! Little folks
Ma ysee such sights nor die thereof.
From The Ass Speaks. In COL
lected Poems, by Katharine lyman.
1880. YPTp72a)
Fades now the star, and by their
camels kneeling,
Framed in the doorway, where the
dawn engages
Their colored silks with deeper colour
stealing
Out Of the East triumphant, stand
the Magis with bended brow,
World without end today at Oberam-
mergau.
(From x At Oberammergau. . poem.
by Humbert Wolfe. 1885. YPWS34x)
Evening star., 1937-12-26

labor problems. but when he comes to
the Writers Project he Is speaking Of
governmental efforts In his own field.
and he lets fly with heartiness which
should be cheering to those who see
In the collected works Of the Fed.
eral penmen something less than I'M
mortal genius.
How much Of the taxpayers money
has been spent to date in fostering the
national letters I don't know" ne
writes, but certainly it must run to
many millions. I have yet to hear of
. nickel going to any actual author.
All the money has been poured out to
quacks and yearners Of the sort who
used to hang about Greenwich Village,
and then fiocked to the Left Bank to
concoct masterpieces which never
came OH, and then hocked back to
write for the pink weeklies and 60
on the dole. The only visible test of
talent here is the standard New Deal
test Of virtue: A firm conviction that
any man smart enough and industrious
enough to make decent living is q
public enemy. Add whoop for Mos
COW, and you are on the pay roll. The
net product is mass of rubbish, full
of the puerile radicalism which Is bred
OF bad beer. Even after grammarians
hired for the purpose have clawed it
into something vaguely resembling
English, it fingers on the level of high
school essays and pulp fiction" And
so on. Mr.. Mencken.
Well, OF course, he Is one Of the few
American critics and scholars whose
reputation is recognized abroad; he
Is one, too, who is colorfully and un-
comprisingly American. But it is easy
perfectly easy-to dispose of his
structures against the Project. You
can do that just by saying that H. L.
Mencken is anti-New Deal. Or can
you? The answer will probably de-
pend on your own political bias.
TWO Washingtonians considered In
this months Mercury are Mr..
Benjamin Victor Cohen and Mr..
Thomas Gardiner Corcoran who are
grouped together in a piece by Mr..
Blair Bolles of The Star staff in an
article called, Cohen and Corcoran:
Brain Twins"
According to Mr.. Bolles land also to
Mr.. Stanley High, who wrote OF the
Presidents associates in recent Issues
OF Harpers) these two young men are
among the most influential Of the
group surrunding the Executive.
They write the laws" says Mr..
Bolles, yet they are irresponsible to
the governed They are OIL stage
technicians-expert, impassive logic
ians, supported in Washington bureau
jobs which are of themselves sine
cures. They are the Fuehrers tutors
in public speaking, providing the ideas,
facts and figures, while he spills the
results to the unsuspecting voters. To
these two, DR.. Roosevelt intrusts the
task Of making articulate-and legal
his airy schemes for collectivizing
America. They draw his ceaseless
good pleasure because they do not talk
in public, do not write books filled
with lush crackpot-isms They dislike
seeing their names In print. And in
this capacity Of secret advisers they
constitute far greater menace to
America than did the braying big shots
Of 1888"