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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Eight Americans
 Rescued on River
(By The Associated PreSs)

NDy 1IIc fHSSUCIdI6O FTtSSJ
 SHANGHAI, Dec. l3, - The British gunboat Bee reported res cuing eight Americans, seven of them seamen of the Panay.
 The rescues brought to 61, the known survivors, of the seventy two believed aboard the Panay when it was bombed.
 A report from the Bee said it was understood that two more Americans were not included in the sixty one safe ashore.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
U. s. Demands Compensation
Could Not See
 Forc;;ggn Flags
 On The Ships
(By The Associated Press)

IBy Inc ASsDcIaleu PIESSJ
 SHANGHAI, Dee. l3 Seventeen were first reported missing but advices from the British gunboat Bee said that twelve Europeans had been sighted on the Yangtze river shore. They are possibly of the Panay but defin- ite confirmation was not at once
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
(By The Aszocla}en pres-

SHANGHAI, De- l3, The Q Japanese governmrrt accepted responsibility for the sinking of three United Sta es slips, with e still-unhncwn eos; of American lives.
 The U. s. Gurboat Paray ard two Standard Oil Company yes sels were blasted by Japanese bombs and sank in the Yargtze river yesterday abou. twenty five miles above Nankirg, crea.- . ing the gravest international in
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Hull
 Sent Note Japan
(By The Associated PreSS)

(By The ASSOclated PreSSJ
 WASHINGTON, Dec. l2, Sc cretary of State Hull prepared a vigorous representation to be transmitted to the Japanese gov ernment concerning the sinking of the American gunboat Panay
 He went into conference vest erday with a groups of advisers on Far Eastern affairs.
 Before dispatching the note, Secretary Hull expects to confer with President Roosevelt
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
U. s. CUNBOAT PANAY SUNK IN YANCTK
 BY JAP PLANES
Anti.Aircraft Fought Back at Pliers But Failed. Many Lives Are Lost
 When Vessels Sank

cid.nt that has yet arisen in the Far East
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

cidr.nt that has yet arisen in the Far East.
 Official Reports
 Official reports to Washington D. C. said that three Standard Oil ships were sunk, all with refugees aboard, of whom there is no report.
 Of seventy two persons aboard the Panay, only fifty four are known survivors, fifteen of them wounded, several severely. One American seaman aboard the Pan ay is known d.ad, and seventeen other persons are missing
 Absence of word from those missing from Panay, dispatches tc the flagship Augusta said, is talk en to mean that all seventeen have probably been kilbd oI drowned.
 How Incident Occurred
 A brief report on the tragedy to Washington said that the Pan ay fred several rounds from anti aircraft guns at attacking Japan ese planes, but appan=ntly with ou. effect.
 Two gunbost officers, Lieut. CCmm andar J. J. Hughes and Ex- acutiva Officer A. F. Ambers N re '. o....d-,.. Hughes suffered Q broken leg.
 British Warned Off
 A Reuters dispatch from Hang k-W, he temporary seat of the Chinese government, said that
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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Mckinley
 Picks Passengers
 From Tiny fsIc
tBY The Associated Press)

NDf q llA .sIT-4At -ttl . N-NA l N-s-o
 MANILA, Dee. l3, - Tn ln- e~ President Mckinley picked up four hundred and fifty three of the stranded Hoover's passengers from their rocky island refuge off th- coast of the Island of For mosa, and proceeded toward Manila, a radio message from the MCKinley's master Sadi.
 Glad To Be Of
 He said there were one hun dred and thirty four cabin pass eng IS and three hundred and ninety thIrd class passengers talk en from Two rocky islets where the2 found refuge when the liner President Hoover went aground on Hoisoto Island.
 First to Reach Vessel
 Captain E. Steback of the Ger man freighter P.uessen was the first to reach the eight million dollar ship.
 H. said the Hoover's condition was precarious because of the heavy seas which rush in with great force at this season, where she is aground.
 He said the big vessel had ploughed half hsr length up on a jagged shoal during rough last Friday midnight.
 WASHINGTON, Dac. 13, Dele, gate Dimond is hoping for a long Christmas recess of congress. He wants to go home to Valdez fol a visit, he said.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
l. A s H -

SHANGHAI, Dec. 12. Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell re- ceived a report here from the eunbOat LuzOn that the U. s. gunboat Panay had been bombed and sunk near Nan king.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Ambassador Notified

The Presidents expression was transmitted thru Hirohi Saito, Japanese Ambassador to the U 5. by Secretary of State Cordeu Hull.
 The Japanese envoy called on Secret ary Hull today to deliver lis go Vernment profound apolo- ss=s over the sinking of the Gun boat F anay.
 Is Deeply Shocked
 Secty. Hull informed Ambass- 4dor Saito that President Roose- velt was deeply shocked and eoncer ned over the news of the ndiscr iminate bombing of Am erican and other non-Chinese vessels on the Yangtze river, and
 (Co ntinued on Page Three)
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Unable See Flags

Rear Admiral Tadao Honda, head of the Japanese naval attach es in China, said that the Japanese fiers who bombed the ships were unable to see the for2ign flags, and believed them ot be Chinese.
 "This resulted in terrib le mis- table for which the Japanzse navy feels the profoundest regret" the Admiral said.
 Nanking Captured
 The Japanese military command officially announced the occupa- ton of Nanking and that bloody street fighting is now going on with the Chinese contesting every foot of the Japanese advarce
 Admiral Honda announced that three naval aircraft participate I in the attack on the Panay. He also said the Japanese navy Was preparing to punish those respon- sibla, the identity of the fiers naturally being known, it was d. clared. |
 The Admiral said the hiers were aware that American and other foreign crafts "were some whee in the vicinity of Nanking" but were unaware of their speci- fife location.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
Demand Japan Compensate The
 United States
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. l3. Pres ident Roosevelt conveyed to the Emperor of Japan an ex- preSsi on of deep concern oyer the bo mbing of the Panay.
 Sim multaneously the U. s. Gov eTnme nt transmitted to the Jap anese government d demand for full compensation and apologies for tn e incident, in addition to guar antee against the repeti- ion of such an attack.
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
When Beatrice Failed

At the moment Hollywood hopes fit Beatrice with
thing in ceuoid that will make her the hit that she IS as
La Lille toys with audiences at the New York Winter Gar
den It will be strike three the coincidence if she fails
this time earlier attempts establish her screen
star cropper .......
When Warner Brothers tried with Beatrice Lille they got
results that led them to cut up her into short
comedies released embroidery for the feature
Miss Lille said NO." and asked the courts to restrain the
producers from showing her talents in this way Previously
she had worked for Fox and the GodwynMayer with
out creating stir.
Styles in musicals like other things constantly
changing Two ago each studio trying to Guido
the other in glitter and CLEAN settings Busby Berkeley was
the main apostle of these trick angle shots at arng girls
posured in all of elaborate costumes and fantastic
frames that cost at least 100000 throw.
Metro GodwynMayer exhibited the setting of all settings
that for "a Pretty Girl Is Like Melody number in "The
Great Zegfed" Then it discovered that planted in the
it impossible to mount to greater thrills for the last half of
the cinema musical.
Today the technique of Sidney Laned of Twentieth Gen.
turyFox rides in favor insofar musicals concerned
The Land method stresses story must be integral
part of the scenario must progress the tale part of
it, must not take time out to let the beauties parade MM
follows the in confectng the Eleanor Powell
pictures Comics strut their stuff characters the story
and the director operates the theory that having
captured the interest of audience there will be dmin
ished pace to permit spectacular flourishes
am optimistic enough to feel that Hollywood will
uay find the solution to this problem They have
solved Others equally difficult and eventually the
minds must discover why something worth $3.50 per- seat
and Broadway becomes worthless film entertain
ment for the masses.
Hollywood has tried the revue feature-notably with
MGMs Hollywood Revue" and the later Warner Brothers
picture, "Show Of Shows" the latter with Frank Fay
screen master of ceremonies.
Neither feature which lavish production budgets
expended proved successful They arresng enough
offered variety in entertainment and established
they failed think chiefly because star out
standing rersonaGty in the action.
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
Id o y.

stories There must be- Director Eddie Sutherland
somebody cheer for in every successful picture char
pathy win your support The skt he calls an
appetizer for the feature.
hate believe that anything defeat the versatile
that resident in Hollywood Yet the records disclose
that such waoping musical the First Little
Show,"'"As Thousands Cheer" "The Band Wagon" The
Show Is On,' "Of Thee Sing and "Three Cheers-to
mention but fwhave not enriched authors and composers
with movie money.
isn't that the comedians and the singers and the glamour
girls of the chorus difficult round for these screen
frocs In and around Hollywood and presumably avail
able if the price is right such as Fred Allen Victor
arce Lille Helen Broderick Clifton Webb, Ken Murray,
Joe Penner, Milton Bere Frank Fay, AL Jolson Eddie
Cantor Jack Haley Jack Benny Frank Morgan Libby 6o
man. the Duncan sisters Ted Heaey Fred Astar and Bob
Hope Any Broadway producer would smack his lips
picking from such assorted array Of talent
The Washington times., 1937-06-12
Hollywood Finds Stage
! Musical Revue Offers
a ProduCtion Problem
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

OLLYWOOD has made some worthy trans
scriptions of Shakespeare, delves fire.
quently into the library of classics for screen
material, yet it is stumped, completely
frustrated, with the problem of trans
ferring the smart revues of the Broadway
stage into celluloid entertainment.
It just can't be done, they say, since
nud;onnos hnrn heen edncated to demand
The Washington times., 1937-06-12

In an effort get comedians opinion this famine
in revues inquired of Ken Murray who has had
fling pictures is starred the radio and is graduate
comic of the Earl Carroll frothy musicals Comic Murray
is making feature picture for Universal Says he:
II trace the unpopulary Of the smart screen
material the fact that the sophisticated s the impert
huor predicaed upon topical subjects not adapted
for the screen.
CAS- example you might take the sks in As Thousands
Cheer in which the Hoovers shown moving day at
the White House, the saucy FLIP Queen Mary and the
Prince Of Wales the satire Of Noel Coward all Of these
rib ckes in the stage version yet for obvious reasons
they would be unsuitable for the even they could
get by such censorship as is imposed.
From the standpoint Of the comedian the short black
the will add little to his reputation Short
comedy subjects have their place the movie program but
the comic in the flesh has difficult time competing with
the ingenuity and the wit that go into Popeye the Silly
Symphonies and the Pete Smith drol narratives.
NO. think every actor who prefers to be called
comedian recognizes that it is essential to work through
picture In other words he must be definite character
with humorous dialogue and situation fun must have role
that will make him remembered after the picture has reached
The End"
What Mr. Murray says is capable of proof by scanning
the adventures of Beatrice Lille in cnemaand Now Lady
Peel is of better lady cutups she has way with
her. and knowing wink that makes her irresistible with
Park Avenue and the cocktail set
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
FOUR AUTOISTS FACEHEARING
Three Arraigned Today, Fourth Fails to Appear;
 Judge Orders Arrest

Arrested last night on charges of drunken driving and eyading re- sponsibility, Alex PerkuslEy, 41.. of Terryville, was granted a continu- ance to Monday in city court today. He was arrested by Sergeant Charles McWeeney and Motor Pat rolmen Joseph Lovallo and Joseph Dunphy.
 i Police said car driven by Per- kusky struck 8 car operated by Claus Mansees, of S7 Oak street, on North Riverside street. Perkusky allegedly failed to stop and was cap- tured only when Mansees got in an- other car and gave chase.
 A. J. Alexander, A, of 11l3 West Main street, charged with operating car with defective brakes, was given 8 nolle.
 Police were instructed to arrest Edward Ashworth, IT, of Pythian avenue, Watertown, when he failed to appear to answer a charge of operating without a license.
 Adam Alulis, g. of Atwood street, Watertown, charged with failure to grant the right of way, received a continuance to Monday. He was arr rested after his car collided with. an automobile driven by George Pear son of Woodbury, at Freight and Riverside streets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
LANSING RETURNS
 TO NORMAL LIFE

Lansing, Mich., June 8-(UP)- This capital of Michigan returned to normal life today after cne-day labor holiday" which paralyzed business and transportation. The United Automobiel Workers union announced that an agreement had been reached with the Capitol City Wrecking company under which the company would not attempt to op- crate pending negotiations to settle a strike. Because the company caused the arrest of eight union pickets, the union called holiday" walk-out of between 15,000 and 25,- 900 workers in factories, business houses and transportation compan- ies. Later the pickets were released.
 Negotiations to end the strike started this morning. The union asked all workers who participated in the holiday" to return to their jobs. Factory managers and bus and taxicab operators announced resumption of regular schedules Only violence of yesterday was in East Lansing where Michigan State college students clashed with union men who sought to persuade res taurant employees and other workers to join the demonstration. Ire stud ents, shouting that we don't want our restaurants closed" roped off the highway leading to the college campus and prevented union men from approaching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
AMELIA AEARHART
 RESTS UP TODAY


 Dakar, Senegal, June 8. = (UP)- Amelia Earhart, American woman flyer, flew here today from St. Louis and studied weather forecasts while mapping out her route across Africa on her round the world flight.
 A severe heat wave that extended from mid-Africa to mid-Europe made flying conditions bad, espe- cially over tn, eastern Sahara noun tains where rising air currents made flying conditions even dan gerouS.
 Officials here believed she would wait a day or two before she decided whether to continue direct across Africa, via Fort Lamy, crossing the French Sahara and the Niger Valley, to Khartoum in the Sudan, or fol- low the safer coastal route along the Mediterranean, using French land ing fields as far as Algiers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
BUS DRIVERS ARE
 ON STRIKE AGAIN

Bridgeport, Conn, June 8.-CUP) Less than two weeks after report ed settlement of their strike, II bus drivers on three independent coach lines were out on strike again today charging violation of an agreement with operators.
 The strikers, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators of America, as- serted owners of the three lines did not sign the settlement agreemnt as promised, and chargd sections of the pact were violated.
 Lines affected were the White Line Bus Corporation, Central Bus Cor poration, and the Grey Line Bus Corporation.
 The agreement concluded May 28 called for a six-day. 48-hour week, time-and-a-half, and graduated scale of pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
LATE REALTY NEWS
Mortgage Deeds

N4UEtSdSC OSSuS Edward T. KalisS to Lomas and Nettleton Co, land, Hinsdale ave- avenue.
 Joseph and Aldona Wedzunas to Blanche Vaitekevisius land, south side of Delaware avenue. Domenic Castelano to Waterbury Savings Bank, property, south side Irvington avenue.
 Warranty Deeds Morris Kosersky to Edward T. Ka- liss, land, Hinsdale avenue. Peter and Marie Lund to Tony Mascia, property. Pleasant Acres. Waterbury Savings Bank to Dom- enic Castelano, property, south side of Irvington avenue.
 Clarence R. Rider to Joseph and Adlona Wedzunas, land, Parklands.
 Quit Claim Deed Jessie w. Whiting to Anna w. Faber, property, west side Faber avenue.
 Mortgage Release Charles E. Olsen to Clarence B. Rider.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
PENCIL CAP HAS
 BEEN REMOVED

Los Angeles, June B. (UP) A three-day search for a pencil cap to match the one in Andrew Blake ly'S lung so that forceps could be made for an operation has ended successfully.
 The pencil was found, the forceps made, the cap removed from the l2-year-old schoolboy, and the pa- tient reported resting easily today.
 The boy inhaled a metal, bullet shaped top from his pencil after heaving a sigh of relief for solving an arithmetic problem. The cap lodged in the lung and defied the surgeons instruments when they probed for it. It was necessary to find 8 pencil with an identical cap. A nationwide appeal brought three pencils by plane from New York, but they failed to fit.
 The right type of pencil was found yesterday by Jack V. Detar, pen man in Pomona, Calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
Mnrket Opens Steady But Movements Dull
Bonds Were Firm, Commodities Weak Many Stocks Started at Previous CIOse-Many Issues Had Losses

against $S4.72 per ounce yesterday.
 Many stocks opened at the pre- vious close, including American Tel- ephone at 167 1-2: Southern Pacific Sl l-2; Public Service of New Jer- sey 38 3-4; Bethlehem Steel S5 1-2: Woolworth 46; Standard oil of New Jersey 66 IA, and Anaconda 53 1-2.
 U. s. Steel lost 1.2 to 99 5-8 and minor declines were noted in North American, Chrysler, American Smelling, Consolidated OH, Repub- Stel. Consolidated Edison, Goodrich and National Distillers.
 General Electric firmed Ia to 54 and Kennecott was up 1-2 at 58 1-4. Other issues to make small gains included Loew's Dome Mines: Ma tional Steel: Inspiration Copper; Standard oil of California: Inter- national Nickel and Amerada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
FEDERAL NOTES
 OVER SUBSCRIBED

Washington, June 8.-(UP)-Sec- retary of the Treasury Henry Mor- genthau, Jr., today estimated that final returns would show that inves- tors oversubscribed two federal note issues totaling $500, ,0O0, ,0O0 "at least six-fold".
 The treasury closed books on the issues last night after early returns showed that the issues had been oversubscribed by $2,831, 100000. Of the $8O0,OO0, 900, $500, 100000 will be used to retire other government obligations due in nine days, $500,- GOO, GOO for the gold sterilization pro- gram. -,'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
Freeman Renamed To
 Superior Court Job
No Changes in Local Personnel Made at Meeting of
 Magistrates Yesterday in Bridgeport

oager to hold office for the com- ing year.
 Amendments
 The judges also made rulings to prevent clerks and assistant clerks as well as other officials of the common pleas and minor courts from appearing as counsel for any person charged with a criminal act over which his court had original jurisdiction. They also amended court rule providing that in a criminal case tried by court with out jury where the accused is al- leged to be a second offender, he shall be tried for that portion of the charge separately from the ae- tual count against him.
 The complete list of appointments anG reappointments for New Haven and Litchf1eld counties is as follows:
 Clerical Staff
 Clerks and assistant clerks of the superior court to hold ofiice one year from July l, 1887:
 New Haven = Clerk, William A. Bree; assistants, Henry w. Stowell, Daniel J. Daley, George H. Bishop, Pierrepont B. Foster, Clerk at Wa terbury, George H. Freeman.
 Litchfleld-Clark, c. Wesley Win slow.
 States attorneys to hold ofice two years from July l, 1887:
 New Haven-Samue1 E. Hoyt, states attorney; Abraham s. Ull- man, assistant; Lawrence L. Lewis, states attorney at Waterbury; William B. Fitzgerald, assistant at Waterbury.
 Public defenders for the coming year:
 New Haven-Thomas R. Robin son, at New Haven; William w Gager at Waterbury.
 Litchf1eld-J. Clinton Roraback
 Coroners to hold oflce for three years from their appointment and until others shall be fully appointed in their stead:
 New Haven-JameS J. Corrigan.
 Litchfield-Lester w. Schaefer.
 Messengers:
 Supreme court of errors-Charles s. ComStock.
 Litchfield- Theodore G. Dautrich.
 Jury commissioners, to hold office one year from their appointment:
 New Haven-Frank A. Waters and David A. Clark.
 Litchfield-Dudley L. Vaill and Dr. oJhn L. Buel.
 Five members of the state bar examining committee to hold office three years from July 1, 1887:
 William s. Boardman, Bridgeport, Thomas c. Flood. Portland. Frank P. McEvoy, Waterbury, Samuel A. PerSky, New Haven, A. StorrS Campbell, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
SalUdtion Army
 Fund Boosted

A veritable flood of dOna- ti0ns. small in amounts, but acceptable, nOne-the-less, gave the Salvation Army nlainten- a1ace fund campaign a decided boost today. At noon hour the total was $6,659.I1, which ex- ceeds by a small margin the final figures of 1936's appeal With less than $1,500 needed to realize the objective of $S,- 900, members of the committee were more optimistic than ever that the generosity of Water burians will carry the cam- paign to . successful cUnclu- sion.
 Adjutant Hugo Wibelg, in charge of the local post, de- cIared that interest in the re- alizatiOn of the quota has been reflected in the number of in- quiries made as to the amount needed to reach the $S,0OO mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08

NO changes in the personnel of attaches of the New Haven county superior court house at Waterbury were made by judges of the su- preme and superior courts at their annual meeting at the Brooklawn Country club in Bridgeport yester- day. Justice William M. Maltbie of the supreme court presided.
 Local re-appointmentS included: Clerk George H. Freeman to hold office for one year from July l. l937.
 States Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis and Assistant States Attor- ney William B. Fitzgerald to hold office for two years beginning July 1, 1897. Public defender William w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
VON IRELAND TO
 SEE PRESIDENT

Paris, June S.-(UP)-Premier Van Zealand of Belgium is to see Premier Leon Blum and Foreign Minister Won Delbos here Saturday just before he leaves to discuss the possibilities of a world economic conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 1t was learned today.
 Delegated by Great Britain and France to sound sentiment regard ing a world conference, Van Zee land has completed the European portion of his task.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
WILL ADMITTED

The will of the late Raymnd G. Stewart was admitted to probate to- day by Judge Dennis J. Slavin. MT. Stewart leaves his entire estate to his wife, Lily M. Stewart.
 In the document he requests that his wife pay $1O weekly to his wife pay $10 weekly to his father, William Stewart. The will was drawn Oct. g, 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-08
NEW YORK CURB
CLIPPER TAKES
 OFF FOR TEST

Port Washington, N., Y, June Q -(UP)-Pan American Airways Bermuda Clipper took off for Ber- muda today at 10:l5 a. m., EDr., on an inspection flight prelimin- ary to inauguration of regular ser- vice next week. The ship carried a crew of eight, commanded by Capt. R. O. D. Sullivan and % newspapcr;nen. It was expected tc arrive in Bermuda between and 3 p. m, today and start the return flight tomorrow morning. Pan- American Airways said that regular passenger service probably would be started some time next week.