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Evening star., 1937-01-31

for dictograph. He plainly trusted nobody
- not even his own vigilance; for. seeing
little radio cabinet, he was inordinately re-
lieved. and turned it on. Trina guessed that
he knew the noise would blur the pickup of
any dictograph. But what he said was:
Il seem to think better with soft music 60
ing on. Often at home ask my dear daughter
to play for me - or Mother plays"
Trina wondered how to stop the radio
without waking his suspicious. She assumed
an air of turbulence when Mosk began to
smear her with his buttery voice: MY dear
Miss Pawling. am here simply in the inter-
ests of peace and the righting of cruel wrong
done to poor little Miss Dunlop. She tells me
that you insist you have prior claim"
what's that?" said Trina.
"A prior claim." Mosk shouted.
Claim to WHAT"
Good Lord. my dear. Haven't you heard
anything was saying?"
II can't hear straight or think straight with
that internal racket going on" She snapped
the radio off and stood over it, explaining:
when want music, want music, and no
conversation. If it's concert you want let's
all keep quiet and listen. Shall turn it on
again?"
Mosk shook his head. but he had another
resource. He knew that while a microphone
will pick up whispers. the way to thwart it is
to yell at it. He raised his voice to clustering
tone. "As was saying. I am here in the in
terests of peace -"
Trina trumped his ace: "You don't have to
shrek at me. 1t won't get you anywhere.
know my rights. I've had good legal advice
and won't be bullied."
Mosk yelled at her: "Who's trying to bully
you. my dear?"
Trina drew herself up in remote and
naughty dignity: You'll get nowhere with
me, Mr.. Mosk. unless you change your tone
and your manner. This meeting was entirely
at your request, not mine"
Mosk studied her narrowly. Was she just
stubborn, fool woman, or was she giving an
imitation of one in order to spy on him? In any
case there was so much money in the suit
against Allard that he was ready to take some
chances. He was amazed to find this Pawling
girl sudden obstacle instead of the willing
tool her roommate offered to be. He was so
puzzled by her peculiar behavior that he al
most forgot the microphone possibilities. but
made one last effort to get out of the reach of
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Cairo Defenders Recalled
As River Starts Rising

CAIRO ILL.,, Feb. 3 Q.N.SO.
Cairo's zero hour" is at hand.
The army of men that has staged
a long and spectacular fight, to
save the city from the flood waters
Surglng on every side was called
to the levee early today as the river
began rising after remaining at a
stationary stage a few inches be-
low the top of the SeawaIl for IS
hours.
The rise, engineers believed, in
d1cated the approach of the flood
crest and the crisis.
Every foot of the emergency
bulkhead atop the 6O-foot con-
crete SeaWall was patrolled. Along
the river side of the Ievee SIS
Coast Guard boats were moored,
ready to take off the army of
levee workers should the river fl
ud44y C4aIIn Cne isolated city.
Nears so Feet
The river passed the 5912 foot
stage early today, and began lick
ing at the 18-inch wide bulkhead
"a timber frame filled with sacks
OF earth-atop the concrete levee.
The battle had been believed
over as the river remained sta
tionary hour after hour, and only
skeleton patrols were on duty
when the waters began their rise.
Sirens called the weary rivermen
from their cots to renew the fight
against the murky flood waters.
Engineers predicted the Ohio
will not rise more than fraction
ally when the crest, now in the
vicinity of abandoned Paducah,
KY, arrives.
The city was further menaced by
sand boilS" which last night be-
gan Spouting geysers of muddy
water high in the streets.
Erection of a bulkhead atop the
levee holding the Mississippi from
the city began today, as the river
resumed rapid rise.
The great volume of water pour
ing into the Mississippi at its con-
fluence with the Ohio here has
slowed the Mississippi's flow, back
ing up its waters. This and the
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
NAVY COPPER
B|DSSH0RT

Invocation of the emergency
clauses of the Walsh-Healey act
loomed at the Navy Department
today when only four bidders sub
mitted estimates on 1,035, 900
pounds of an aggregate of 2,735,.
900 pounds of copper Vitally
needed by the Navy.
Eight hundred thousand pounds
of copper we're destined for the
Washington Navy Yard. No bids
were submitted for this lot. There
is little danger, however, that ac-
tivitieS here will have to be cur
tailed. Secretary Claude Swanson
declared that there are sufficient
supplies on hand to keep the Navy
Yard here busy until April.
Today's sole bidders were the
American Smelling and Refining
Company of New York. which Of
fered to supply 435,OOO pounds Of
copper. The American Metal Com
pany of New York which submit.
ted an unqualified bid on a lot
of 100000 pounds for the Brook
lyn Navy Yard; the North Amer.
lean Smelling Company of Phila-
delphia, which bid 14.5 cents per
pound on $4,000 pounds to be de-
livered at Sewall's Point, Va, and
Jacob Silverberg of Amesbury,
Mass, who offered to furnish the
Navy with 100000 pounds at 13
cents per pound on the modified
stipulation of noncompliance with
the terms of the Walsh -Healey Act.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
BOY
SHOT IN FOOT

HERNDON, Va, Feb. 3.-Ells-
worth jenkins, 20, laughed at his
friend, Noel Burgess, when shot
gun accidentally went off in his
hands at the home of another
friend here late yesterday, but
only for second. He soon learned
the discharge had hiS him in the
right foot.
The shot missed Iona Knight,
three, sitting on jenkins knee, by
six inches as it ripped away the
sole of his shoe. The two young
men had gone to the home of Ray
Knight to borrow the gun to go
duck hunting.
Jenkins is a patient at George
town University Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
CeIler Bill Proposes
Radio Voice For u. S.

assigned channel, on nOncOm-
petitive basis, will not in the
slightest initiate against pri-
vate initiative.
'Tt will not lead to Govern
ment monopoly. These persons
and eitities (whO have thrown
across the path of this much
needed reform many obStacleS)
must now cease their opposition,
else they will get their fingers
burned.
U. S. ANTIDOTE NEEDED
every nation in the world
has a brOadcasting station, ex-
cept the United States. Every
nation but our own can defend
itself over the air against for
eign and unfriendly attacks. For
example, the Fascist and Com
munist governments are grow
ing bOlder every day in their
prOselyting activities. National
boundaries mean nothing. The
sovereignty of no nation is re-
spected. Surely some antidote
is necessary.
"Such a Federal controlled
station could be used:
"W To create goodwill be-
tween this and other nations;
"(2) To eradicate interna-
tiOnal misunderstanding;
"(3) To DeveIOpe two-way
trade between the United States
and other nations by prOpagan-
dizing for our own products, in.
dicating to foreigners the
wOrth-whilenesS of our goods
and encouraging impOrtations
of our goods"
Program Suggestions
Types of programs which might
be used over this station were sug
geSted by Mr.. Celler as follows:
l. Concerts given at the Pan
American Union as we'll as other
events of inter-American char
aCter.
9 Important events in which
high officials of the Government
participate, such as the message
of the President at the opening
of Congress.
g. Concerts by some of the
great musical organizations of
the United States.
4. Programs of music of North
American composers as played
regularly by the military service
bands in Washington.
5. Outstanding productions Of
the theater.
He also suggested for national
and Pan-AmeriCan service such
programs as addresses by the Presi.
dent and other Government Off
clals; accounts and interpretations
OF various governmental activities.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
D.C.FL00D SUM
IS$192,859

Washington residents have given
$12,618.72 to the Red Cross in the
past "a hours for flood relief,
bringing the total since the drive
started to $192,859.82, it was an
nounCed today.
Yesterday the Red Cross Motor
Corps made 90 calls to collecJ
clothing and blankets for the flood
sufferers, and up to noon today
made 76 additional calls.
Since the appeal for help first
went out the Red Cross here has
shipped 161 cases, seven barrels
and one bale of clothing and
blankets to the stricken area. In
the same time the Salvation Army
has shipped 10 cases and % bales.
Each bale holds more than a ton.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Mountaineer Defends
His Bride of 9

SNEEDVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 3
QN.S0 Widespread controversy
in the Tennessee hill country
threatened today as 22-year-old
Charlie Johns vowed to defend his
right" to the love of his nine
year-old mountain cradle bride"
While the little girl pleaded with
him not to "let 'em take me away"
the gangling bridegroom told her:
"Ain't nobody gOin' to take
you away, Honey"
Feeling ran high in the neigh
borhood as the legislature at Nash
vile considered two bills to pre-
vent further child marriages in
this State.
And the brides mother. Mrs.
Lewis Winstead, defended the
match by asking
Maybe Eunice is a mite
young, but what of it?"
"Help En- Is Keynote
Meanwhile, grizzled mountain
SCAO dLlO GIICI1 SIlCllG WlFCS lIOIhOU
into this suddenly publicized ham
let to give Americas youngest
bride and her siX-foot husband
start in life in true mountain
style.
They came afoot, astride bony
mules, in broken-doWn wagons
and in equally decrepit automo-
biles, to plan for a "hou6e-rais-
ing" a quilting" and a pound
party" for Eunice and Charlie.
Tradition demands that the
neighbors for miles around do
their part in raising a house for
newlyWeds and provide food and
bedding for the new home.
Brides NAV" Elated
Mrs. Winstead, mother of Eu-
nice, commented:
at sure will be a help to the
children. You see, at house
raiSings, all the neighbOrS bring
planks and logs and shingles
to the place where the house is
to be built.
"The women folk bring the
dinner and the men folk do
the work. 1t isn't such a job to
build a real pretty house in
day."
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Cairo Pins Its Hopes
On Sand Bulkheads

today added $4,000 fire loss to
the flood devastation.
More Flee in Arkansas
Evacuation of the st. Francis
River bottoms was in full swing
today. Its crest was expected to
reach Parkin and Madison, Ark,
in about 10 days. The st. Francis
has been backed up to flood stage
because it cannot discharge into
the Mississippi, which is at new
highs and moving at a speed of
nine miles an hour.
At Helena, Ark, another danger
point, deep sea divers were en-
listed to dam a leak in a sub
merged flood gate with sandbagS.
Memphis was getting it's first
taste of flood waters within the
city today. approximately 400
families prepared to move from a
section into which water coursed
when Lick Greek backed to flood
stage.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
POPE IN PAIN,
BUT WORKS

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 3 0.N,S0.
In spite of the temperance of
intensified pain today, Pope Plus
continued to work.
After only fair night" the
Pontiff received Cardinal Pacelli,
papal secretary of state; Cardinal
laurent, prefect of the congrega-
ton of sacred rites, and Monsignor
Giuseppe Pizzardo, secretary for
the congregation of extraordinary
ecclesiastical affairs.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Continued from Page II

transmit programs to all parts Of
the United States and from this
country to other countries of the
Western Hemisphere upon high
frequencies assigned by the
President and allOCated to broad
casting, with sufficient signal
strength to permit the same to
be rebrOadcaSt in those cOun-
tries. The said station shall be
located in the vicinity of Wash
ingtOn, d. c., the exact location
of said station to be selected by
the Secretary of Navy"
100000 FOR UPKEEP
In addition to the construction
funds appropriated under the
bill, the measure provides for the
appropriation annually of $780,
900 for the operation and main
teranCe of the station. Under
the terms of the bill. the policy
of the station would be con-
trolled as follows:
"The United States Commits
siOner of Education shall be in
charge of all programs for the
Pan-American radio station. He
shall provide and arrange for
programs, which will render a
distinct national and interna-
tiOnal service and which will
promote better understand
ing among the republics of the
American continent and will be
of educational and cultural
value.
COUNCIL TO ADVISE
"The general policies to be
followed governing the opera
tiOn of the Pan-American sta
tiOn shall be determined by an
advisory council consisting of
the Secretary of State, the Di-
rector General of the Pan
American Union, the chairman
of the Federal COmmunica-
tiOns Commission, the United
States Commissioner of Educa-
ton or such alternatives as
they may designate, and such
other Government officials as
the President may select. Pro
Vided the total membership of
said advisory council shall not
exceed nine persons"
The bill further provides that
the station can be used by com
radio companies for non-
profit broadcaStS, which are ap-
proved by the Office of Educa-
tlon and the Advisory Council.
Follows Farley Tlan
In introducing his bill today,
Representative Celler said:
Each American nation par.
ticipating at the Seventh Inter
national Conference held at
MonteVldeO in January, 1882,
agreed to set up shOrt-wave radio
brOadcaSting stations and to
broadcast such programs as to
cement bonds of friendships and
cultural understanding between
the peoples of FL of the Pan.
American Union.
Il am a firm believer in pri-
vate initiative. l do not want
to slam the door of efficiency,
enterprise and resOurcefulness of
private ownership. Our radio
system, despite certain beset-
ting evils of cOmmerCiaIism, is
yet the greatest in the world,
thanks to private control. But
one PanAmerican shOrt-wave
radio station, set up in pursu-
ance of the treaty, in an un-
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
AGED Z,
T0HAVE BABY
Continued from Page y
big story for you before

Continued from Page y
another big story for you before
long"
Incredulous reporters immedi-
ately quizzed the youthful wife of
Stanley S. Backus. She beamed
and nodded happily. Sc said:
eyes, 1 am going to have a
baby"
Shyly, she withheld further COM
ment at this time.
For final confirmation, the re-
porterS sought out the child
brides mother. Mrs. Roshia de-
clared:
"She is going to have a baby,
but we do not know just when"
Leona married Backus, 18-year-
old painter, at nearby Carthage a
little more than two weeks ago.
Parents of both children knew
nothing Of the wedding plans but
once they learned that Leona and
Stanley we're we'd, they didn't
waste any time in giving the pa
rental blessing.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03

Ohio flood waters pouring into 1t
above Cairo across rich southern
Illinois farmland, was causing the
rise.
Governor Henry Horner was
scheduled to visit this all-but-iso-
lated city today. He planned to
confer with Harry Hopkins, Relief
Administrator and chairman of
the Presidents special flood COM
mission.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03

THE TIP of Cairo H. photo at lefty showing how the
little town lies at the mercy of two great Ohio
and the Mississippi. The community lies well below the
present level Of the streams grt with its seawa which has
been raised three feet The pressure of the destructive
Ohio has pushed under the WALL causing sand bos and col
lapses of paving and Of building The proximity of the
river to the bukhead be in the photograph the
right Tracks have been laid along the top of the rein
forced levee to carry materials to the 1000 workers there
the climatic test Of the cys defenses International News
Photos
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Labor and Peace

Letter Magnusson. Of the Inter
national Labor Office, will speak
on "Labor's Stake in Non-War
World" before the Institutes OF
the Jewish Community Center to-
night at $3.50, at the Center.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Continued from Page II

square blocks in the northern Sec
ton Of the city were flooded, a
house collapsed, paving sank, and
gas main burst before an emerg-
ency crew was able to apply a
"poultice" of sandbags around the
gusners.
Downstream there was mingled
joy and sorrow-sorrow at New
Madrid, Mo-, where the death toll
of levee workers mounted to Is,
with IA others still unaccounted
for. Crews continued graphing in
the floodWay today on the site of
the sinking of a barge with 100
men aboard Saturday night. Ten
bodies were recovered yesterday.
Cheering news was a general
downward revision of predicted
flood stages.
Confidence Renewed
Col. Eugene Reybold, district en-
gineer, declared the Mississippi
flood stage at Memphis, probably
will not exceed 81 feet" Previously
he had predicted 55-foot maxi
mum.
Army engineers expressed re-
newed confidence in the main
levee system, but nevertheless
kept their pick and shovel army
of 100000 men deployed along
the 1900 miles of dikes from
Cairo to New Orleans.
Maj. Gen. Edward H. Mark
ham, chief of Army engineers
touring the flood area, declared
at Hickman, KY, said:
Il am impressed by the
flood but reaffirm that the
levee system is working as
planned and nobody will be
wet
General Markham, PWA Ad.
ministrator Harry Hokpins, chair
man of the Presidents special
flood commission, and other mem
bers of the commission continued
their voyage upstream last night,
and were to meet Governor
Henry Horner and other Illinois
officials Cairo today.
Major danger points today
were at Cairo. Hickman, New
Madrid, Mo-; Bessie and Tip
tonville, Tenn, and Helena, Ark.
The situation at Hickman al
most duplicated that at Cairo.
Flood water pounded near the
top of a 60-foot sea wall which
has thus far kept Hickman dry,
and an army of workers toiled to
strengthen and heighten the dixie.
Hopkins Visits Scene
WPA Administrator Harry Hop
kins and his flood committee in
clud1ng General Markham sur
Veyed the situation at Hickman
late yesterday, and today con-
tlnued upstream for a conference
with Governor Horner at Cairo.
T1ptonville was almost sur
rounded by hackwaters which
threatened to either isolate or in
undate it, but the optimistic pop
ulace pooh-poohed all suggestions
that flood tragedy there could at
tain the catastrophe peak it did
at Louisville, and Paducah, KY.
Paducah, now ghost city"
with only guards where there
was once a population of $4,000,
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Valentine Dance

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 8.
Arrangements for a benefit Val
entine dance to be held in Po-
tomac Community Hall Saturday,
February 13, are being completed
by a committee of the Potomac
Truck Engine Company.
The Washington times., 1937-02-03
Britain Shifts Phipps
ToCIerk S Paris Post

BERLIN, Feb. 3 Q.N.SO.-Sir
Eric Phipps, British ambassador
to Berlin, will replace Ambassador
Sir George Clerk in Paris, it was
learned here today.
Sir Eric is we'll liked in diplo-
matte quarters in Berlin. Specu-
lation was rife concerning cause
of the transfer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-26
MRS. VAN ACKEREN
HONORED TODAY AT
PRETTY LUNCHEON

A varicolored arrangement OF
flowers formed a pretty background
for a bridge luncheon given today
for Mrs. j. F. Van Ackeren, who is
leaving soon to make her home in
Washington, DC. Mrs. Claude M
Hirst and Mrs. Charles w. Hawkes.
worth were joint hostesses at the
home of Mrs. Hawkesworth at 82t
Calhoun.
An unusual centerpiece of snap
dragons, marigold, poppies and dais-
les adorned the luncheon table
while smaller bouquets were placed
a DIV ntageously throughout the
house.
Following the luncheon, eight
tables of bridge were played. Al
the close of the afternoon, the host
esses presented the honoree with q
dainty gift remembrance.
Tonight the Van Ackerens will be
guests at a picnic at the c. p Jennt
cabin at Point Louisa. Hosts for the
affair will be the office staff o.
the Bureau of Indian Affairs ane
the Government Hospital staff.
About 40 people will be present.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-26
SIMMONS OUT
ON EARL Y AIM.
CHARTER HOP
AAT Pilot Carries Territor-
ial Health Officials
Barr to Sitka

This morning at $50 o'clock, Pilot
Simmons headed the AAT Lockheeo
Vega seaplane out for Pillar Bay
on a roundtrip charter to the Terri
torial Department of Health, with
DR.. w. w, Council, Dr.. j. A. Cars
well, Warren Eveland, Lillian Glenn
ents and Alice Moran as passeng-
ers. He returned at 10:45 this fore
noon.
Returning here at noon yesterday
from his flight to Atlin, B. c., in
the Alaska Air Transport Reliance
.Skyrocket, Pilot L. F. Barr brought
in Dan Napham and H. Pewasic
He then went out again yester-
day afternoon at o'clock on an
aerial survey back of Sumdum with
P. E. Turner, returning at $50 o.
clock.
This forenoon, Pilot Barr took the
Totem out at 10:15 o'clock, with N.
P. Roche and Mrs. Saddle Orr Dun
bar for Sitka, and w. H. Cordle for
Hoonah. He was expected to return
here about 3 o'clock this afternoon
with three passengers from Chich-
agof and two fishermen, Charles
Reames and his son, from Lake Has
selborg.
Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o.
clock, Pilot Sheldon Simmons went
out in the Alaska Air Transport
Stinson seaplane with j. E. Boyle
for Hoonah and Mrs. O E. Chris
topherson and Miss Jean Christoph-
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MARINE PLANE
FLIES UP TAKU
THIS MORNING

Flying to the Polaris-Taku mine
this morning, Marine Always Pilot
Alex Holden took out the company's
Fairchild II seaplane at 10 o'clock
with Duncan Mcleod, Dan Naphan
and John Tidford as passengers
Lloyd Jarman was flight mechanic
Returning here yesterday after
noon at 4:30 O'Clock from his sched-
uled weekly cannery and mail cir
cult, the Marine Always flier
brought to Juneau: Thomas An
drews, William Stevens and Leroy
Vestal from Sitka, and Mike Lux
cit from Chichagof.
Pilot Jack HOLSTER and Mechanic
Lloyd Jarman accompanied Pilot
Holden on the round trip.
Returning at noon today from Po-
laris- Taku, Pilot Holden brought in
A. Kelly, A. D. Powers, Jack Magach,
and Anthony Tomich.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-26

Lieut.. C. A, A. Anderson, execu-
tive officer, is temporarily in com
mand of the cutter and will skip
per" her to Savannah where Lieut.
Commander H. c.. Belford will take
over command.
Like other cutters, on duty in
North Pacific waters, the Tallapoosa
has done a real share of rescue work
She was of particular value to the
fishing fleet operating in South
eastern Alaskan waters.
Her station, before coming to this
coast, was at Mobile, Alabama. She
was built in 1915.
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from her base at Juneau.

from her base at Juneau
After stay of a few days she
will sail for Savannah, Ga, accord
ing to Capt. R. w. Dempwolf, CHIEF
of the Seattle division, where she
will hereafter take her permanent
station.
Transfer Of the Tallapoosa to the
East Coast was brought about by
the assignment of the new 327-foot
cutter John C. Spencer to the sta
ton at Cordova The Spencer re-
lieved the Haida, heretofore regu-
larly stationed at the Gulf of AL
aska port, so the latter moved south
TO a regular berth at Juneau, re-
placing the Tallapoosa.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-26

|erson for Tenakee, returning at 4.3O
O'Clock
This afternoon at lis o'clock Pill
OF Simmons took off on a half-hour
glacier hop in the AAT Stinson with
Miss Kitty Botsford, Miss Marg
Coston, and Mss Bernice Bolke
He was to take off again in the
Patco at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon,
heading out with load of freight
for Atlin, BIC, from where he is
due, to return this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-26
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. TO-DAY

Seattle (arpob, cloudy temperature
toria ST. Alert Bay cloudy
cloudy Island cloudy
81; Kechikan cloudy
ersburg raining 50 Tnake
cloudy Point Cordova
Iclear Chtna,
Portage clear
misng Kalag cloudy foggy
Juneau, August 81 - Sunrise 4:46 sunset tbs
slight baromeric prevailed this
about 100 miles Ska the
being 2990 inches latitude longitude
prevailed vicinity
baromerc
the Mackenzie valley
This distribution attended
immediate of
prevailed
northern portions the