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The Washington times., 1937-10-11
WINDSOR Dimes
With TIN FORK
IN NAZI FACTORY
Studies Labor as Band
Plays God Save King
BY PIERRE J. HUsS

BERLIN, Oct. II GN.SO-The
famous Buckingham Palace table
service of purest gold he might
still be using had he chosen to re-
main King of England gave way
to a tin knife and fork as the
Duke of Windsor embarked upon
his study of German working con.
ditionS.
Leaving his Americana orn
duchess behind in their hotel be-
cause she felt indisposed. the Duke
disappointed a cheering crowd Of
Berliners fighting in the streets
for a glimpse of him and made
his way secretly to the Richard
Stocks machinery plant in the
suburb Of Mariendorf.
HONORED BY MUSICIANS
There he took lunch in the huge
workingmen's dining hall, eating
with the rough tin tableware from
"unbreakable" ynthetic-substance
plates representing the last word
in home manufacture of neces.
sites under Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's four-year plan.
An hour and a half of Nazi
showmanship preceded the lunch.
con. A first-class German orcheS.
ira played Wagnerian music, DR..
Robert Ley, chief of the Nazi
labor front, made a political
speech and the band blared into
God Save the King as tribute
to the distinguished guest.
The meal, consisting of good.
plain fare, was described to the
Duke as characteristic of those
designed by state culinary experts
as nourishing and substantial yet
able to be served at the lowest
possible cost.
Meanwhile, the Duchess lunched
alone in her suite. The Duke at
the factory partook of a lamb
chop, carrots, cabbage, plenty Of
potatoes and coffee.
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TWO ARE killed
IN SHIP BLAST

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. II
GNSJ. Funeral plans were
made here today for Theodore
Asprodites, 81, second engineer of
the S. S. Caloria, who lost his life
yesterday in an explosion aboard
the vessel off the coast of Georgia.
Harold Goucher, an oiler, be-
lieved to be from Houston, Tex,
also was killed. The men were
killed when the main steam line
Of the vessel burst, shipping Off
cials here were advised.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
BARBER SHOPS
UNDER SURVEY

A sanitary inspection drive
among District barber shops,
which has already resulted in one
conviction for violation of the
sanitation law, will be continued
throughout the month, it was an
nounced today by j. Frank Butts,
director of the sanitary inspection
service Of the Health Department.
While regular inspections are
made in all barber shops, Butts
said that during the past 80 days
there has been considerable agita-
ton for a cleanup drive.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
Boy Creditors
ISit-DOWn' PAYS

CINCINNATI, Oct. 11.-A "sit-
down strike" against one of their
playfellows brought dividends to a
group Of boys. City Welfare Su-
perviSor Albert w. Pecsok said that
one Of a group of boys over which
he presides had been borrowing
dimes from others in the crowd
and not repaying them. Last
night the entire gang called on the
boy and sat on his doorstep. The
youngsters mother paid off.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
Election Ordered
In KeOkuk Plant

The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday ordered an elec-
ton held among the production
and maintenance employees Of HUI
binger Company, Keokuk, Iowa,
as of the week ending May %. The
election will determine whether
they desire to be represented by
the Corn Products workers, Union
No. 1881, or the Hubinger Com
pany employees representation
plan, or by neither.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
Professor Dies
In Auto Crash

OXFORD, Ohio, Oct. II G.N.SO.
Funeral services were planned to.
day for Professor Gordan James,
member of the faculty of Miami
University here, and former State
NRA Administrator in Maine, who
was fatally injured in an au-
tomobile accident near Cincinnati.
Two students, Jack Brown, 10, of
Lorain, Ohio, and Leo Meyer, 18,
Of Elmyria. Ohio, riding with
James, also suffered severe in
juries.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
College Bureau
Provides Escorts

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. IL.
The problem of providing escorts
for collegians in this Lehigh Val
ley college community is ended,
men at Muhlenberg College said
today.
They organized "a college date
bureau" to provide dates for the
timid male Muhlenberg students
and escorts for the girls at Cedar
Crest College.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
FavOrs
Quitting War Area

CHICAGO, Oct. ii Q.N.s).-U.
S. Senators Robert R. Reynolds.
North Carolina, discusses Ameri
can intervention in Sino-Japanese
conflict:
"They say We'll lose face by
withdrawing Marines and ma
tionals from China. It's better
to lose face than lives in a
war"
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Dead;
Inventor of Note

WEST HARTFORD, Conn, OCT.
II (IN.S0.-Benjamin Myrrick
Desjardins, inventor who revolu-
TONED the typesetting business SIS
years ago, was dead at his home
here today, victim of an automo-
bile accident yesterday on his
seventy-ninth birthday.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
Policeman Is Hunted
In Numbers SlaYing

While Washington police continued their search for former
District of Columbia policeman wanted for questioning, Frank
Guy 49, coored charged with murder of Sam efies 49,
yearold numbers runner today waived exradon and
turned over Prince Georges county authorities.
Local police searching for Thomas Henry Hook 32 the
expoceman Prince Georges authorities want for ques
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five ARE KILLED
in CAR CRASHES
over WEEKEND
D. C. Toll at 79 as Man
Dies Of Injuries

Four persons were killed in
nearby Virginia and Maryland,
one District man succumbed to
injuries received several days ago,
and more than a score Of others
were seriously injured in auto
mobile accidents in Washington
and vicinity during the weekend.
The dead are:
John Barnes, IA, Of 1706 Nine.
teenth st. N. w., who died, yester.
day, in Mount Alto Hospital, Of
injuries sustained last Thursday
when he was struck down by a
street car at Connecticut Ave.
and R St. N. w.
SWERVE is FATAL
Harvey T. Poston, "a, Of Clarke
County, Va, who was killed in.
stantly yesterday when his car
Swerved from the road near Win
chester, Va, and overturned.
Cornelius Savoy, As, colored, Of
T. B., Maryland, who died in Cas-.
ualty Hospital yesterday of in
juries suffered earlier in the day.
Savoy was found unconscious in
the road by Maryland State Police
near his home. Police believe that
he was the victim Of a hit-and.run
driver.
William Lineweaver, Is, Of
Woodstock, Va, was found crushed
to death under his automobile on
a side road near the Valley Pike
in Shenandoah County yesterday.
WOMAN is VICTIM
Mrs. ]. William Wilson, 6S, Of
Hill Top, w. Va, was killed in.
stantly Saturday night in a two
car collision near Court Manor on
the Shenandoah Valley Pike.
Seven other persons, all Of whom
are in the General Hospital at
Harrisonburg, Va, were injured
in the same accident.
Joseph Leonard Sophia, 18, OF
Warrenton, Va, was fatally in
jured last night when the auto
mobile in which he was riding on
a road five miles from Warrenton,
overturned.
Companion of the dead youth
on the ride, Henry Herald, 25, OF
Broad Run, Va, was recovering
from injuries in Farquier Hospital.
The death of the Washington
man brought the District traffic
fatality toll for this year to 79,
IA more than Was recorded at this
time last year.
SKULL FRACTURED
John Chappelear, 80, Of 1112 E
st. S. E., suffered a possible frac-
tured skull and internal injuries
when the car in which he was
riding left the road near Benedict,
Md. and overturned. He was
taken to Gallinger Hospital.
Charlie Heiss, 80, of 1411 Orren
st. N. E., was injured when the
car in which he was riding
crashed with another in the 1900
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
C. A. Prince, Music
Leader, Is Dead

ROSS, Cal, Oct. II Q.N.S).
Death today had claimed Charles
Adams Prince, 6S, noted musical
director, who died at his home
here following an illness of three
For five years he was
musical director for the Ziegfeld
Follies,
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
SHARPE TO TALK

C. Melvin Sharpe, official of Po-
tomac Electric Power Company,
will be the principal speaker at
meeting of the Glover Park
Citizens Association, Friday, at 8
p. M, in the Stoddert School.
The Washington times., 1937-10-11
MRS. HAHN GOES
TO TRIAL AMID
ROMAN HOLIDAY
Festive Air Prevails At
Poison Hearing

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. II
G.N.S0.-Outside the courtroom
an atmosphere more like festival
than a first-degree murder trial
prevailed today as blond Mrs.
Anna Marie Hahn, 81, began her
fight for life against a charge she
poisoned elderly Jacob Wagner to
benefit from his estate. Mrs.
Hahn contends her plight is due
to an altruistic desire to "befriend
old people"
Four hours before the trial
opened the court house corridor
was lined four deep with a crowd
of curious persons, determined to
crowd their way into the small
courtroom.
PEDDLERS BUSY
Peddlers were kept busy selling
apples, candy, chewing gum to
the murder trial fans.
Confident Of victory, Mrs.
Hahn's attorney, Joseph Hardin,
said IT believe in defending an in
nocent woman"
Camera bulbs flashed often as
the blond defendant entered the
courtroom. Whether the prosecu-
ton will demand the death penalty
or be content with asking life i'm
prisonment remained unanswered.
"I've made up my mind to
make no statements other than
what say in court" Prosecutor
Dudley M. Outcalt told news
papermen.
DEFENDANT CHEERFUL
Mrs. Hahn appeared cheerful
and in good health as she posed
for pictures. Her black tunic dress
was edged in white braid and she
wore no makeup. She posed alone
and with her husband, Philip j.
Hahn, and her son by a former
marriage, Oscar, IL.
Common Pleas Judge Charles S.
Bell was to preside.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
HOSPITAL DAY

National Hospital Day will be observed Wednes- day May l2 in Juneau well as elsewhere through cut the Nation Few other days set apart for the purpose of studying and paying tribute to any o the institutions of civilization well worth while Hospital Day
 While there have been hospitals since almost the beginning of recorded history. the hospital as we know it. with it's trained and scientific care of the sick is of comparatively recent origin.
 There were hospitals before the beginning of the Christian Era yet it admitted that Christianity softened the relations among and nstilled the humanitarian views that popularized them until now there few places where modern hospitals are not available for the suffering It is due to the influence of the Christian spirit that Juneau has had hospital service for fifty years St Anns Hospital was es- tablished in 1886.
 The people of Juneau. ought, in justice to them selves and the trained nurses and skilled physicians who labor there for the of humanity avail themselves of the opportunity that will be afforded next Wednesday to call at St Ann's and the Govern nent Hospital and learn of these institutions. If they will but do that it will add immensely to their sense of security for they will find institutions that are modern in every respect. They will learn that there is available for their and for the use of their loved ones and friends in of need nstitu- tons and experts trained for the sick fine as may be found in our large centers of population
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
SEATTLE TOUR PARTY

The trek again is northward. Tour parties Tor Alaska announced from various parts of the coun- try. Of most immediate significance to Alaska bus- ness men is the announced tour of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce which leaves Seattle on the Aleutian June g. arriving in Juneau at l0:30 the morning Of June and laying here until o'clock am the following day before going on to the Westward
 The tentative plan being worked out by Foster L. McGovern Manager of the Alaska Department of the Seattle Chamber and officials of the local Chamber and Rotary club is for joint luncheon of Juneau and Seatteites aboard the Aleutian at noon on June g. which falls on Tuesday, regular Rotary meeting day The plan, if carried out, will mean that about 75 business of Juneau and similar number from Seattle as accommodations are avail
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

able for 15o can sit down together and talk over mutual problenis
 It seems to be admirable idea and an excellent way of cementing good will of which there can never be abundance
 Thomas M. Pey of the Seattle Chamber says the purpose of the trip is ito pay friendly call on the people of Alaska, and to show appreciation for the important place that Alaska holds in the business life of Seattle"
 The purpose of Alaskans is to welcome our friend y visitors from Seattle and to show appreciation for the part Seattle has played in supporting Alaska in it's efforts to take important place not only in the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
UNNECESSARY EXPENSES"

A great deal is heard these days of unnecessary expenses" particularly in connection with govern ment spending. The most popular sentence, especi- ally among the critics is the advice to cut out the unnecessary expenses and balance the budget
 All of which brings to the normal mind the ques- ton of just what is unnecessary expense popu- larly referred to- We all know in private affairs that unnecessary expense is that which personally feel after the money spent unnecessary to our normal existence. But unnecessary expenses in con- nection with public funds appears to be something else
 Back last summer during the Presidential cam paign there was considerable hue and cry by the opponents of the present administration about un- necessary expenses of government. The Republican party spent several millions of dollars attempting to prove the government full of unnecessary ex- penses and the Democrats spent sizeabe amount denying it. Upshot that 45,000000 voters decided the Democrats had the best argument.
 But the cry of unnecessary expenses goes on, as it probably always will for the apparently obvious reason that unnecessary expenses" in the popular sense are expenses incurred by the other fellow of which do not approve t44
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By W. L. GordoI. :,

Words Often Misused: Do not say, Their home is awful (or awfullyl pretty Say, Their home is very pretty" ser. T
 Often Mispronounced: Espionage. Pronounce es-pi-o-naj, as in less, I as in it, as in no unstressed, as in age unstressed, accent first syl- lable.
 Often Misspelled: Temperance not temprance.
 Synonyms: Quota, share, pro- portion, allotment
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day Todays word: Vivifying; enduing with life; quick ening; animating. Tt is the vivi- flying influence in mans life
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

Q. When an invitation is receiv- ed from a home, should the reply be sent to the member of the fam fly who is the best known to the reciuient? s.
 A. Not unless that person sent the invitation The reply should always be sent to the one who is- sued the invitation.
 Q. When serving dinner, where should. the waitress begin to serve and should she then proceed to the right or the left?
 A. She should first serve from the left side, the woman guest of honor, who is seated to the right of the host, then proceed to the left
 Q. Should a husband and his wife have separate calling cards?
 A. Yes, and also joint cards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
Horoscope ''The stars incline
 but do not compel"
TUESDAY, MAY II, 1887

T A5oOfh AtA8A H. Aoot
 Benefic aspects rule today, ac- cording to astrology. It is a time for exerting ones best energies Both men and women should push important business.
 The rule favors men learned in the law, but they may combat hos Utility, for evil portents seem to be strong
 This, should be favorable plane |tary government for heads of uni versailles as we'll as for those whc manage important business organi- cations. Bankers now are to be ex- |ceedirgly helpful.
 Labor is affected by an adverse influence which seems to presage bitter contests for improved work ing conditions. Ultimate success is presaged. Astrologers forecast that violence will be sought as re- course more frequently in the past
 The stars seem to smile upon
 
 brain workers, but rewards will not be in proportion to the cost of professional education Brawn of ten is to command larger pay than brains.
 Vagaries in dress are foreseen for summer months when girls will dis play independence in attire which is modest as well as modish.
 Color will be applied more and more to household possessions as well as to uress This desire for bright hues often indicates nerve tension, it is noted by astrologers.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of progress in which many dreams may be real ized. Business and professional con- tracts are foreseen.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be exact in whatever they do, reliable and correct. Subjects of this sign may reach success through quiet and persistent effort.
 Charles Warren Fairbanks, one time Vice President of the United States, was born on this day 1852. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Alfred Stevens, Belgian genrepainter, 1928; A. R. Jacques Turgot, French statesman, 1727.
 Copyright, 193D
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE PROBATE COURT, JUL
 NEAU PRECINCT, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
 In the matter of the estate of HUGO WALFRED MATTSON, also known as FRED MATTSON, -e- ceased. ,..,- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carl Mattsson Moltke has been duly appointed administrator of the above named estate. All persons having claims against said estate |are required to present same with proper vouchers within six months from the date hereof at the office of my attorney, Henry Roden, Val entine Building, Juneau, Alaska.
 Dated this 10th day of May. l937
 CARL MATTSSON MOLTKE Publication dates, May 1o-17-24-3l, 1887.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
20 YEARS AGO
 From The Empire
MAY 10, 1917.

1 U. s. Marshal J. M. Tanner had
 returned from Skagway, bringing lin James Calvin who is charged
 with the murder of Stella Harwood
 at Wells recently Since the crime with which Calvin is charged IS 1 first degree murder is is not ad- lmissable to bail he will be con- fined to the Federal jail until trial. 1 Members of the Harmony Music Club were planning musical pro- gram for May 16 in which, among others, Tekla Jorgensen and fleece Graves were to take part. The con- cert is to be given in benefit to the Boy Scouts.
 Milk wagon strikers in Seattle were granted their demanded in- !crease in pay today, following 12- hour strike.
 Col. w. P. Richardson, president of the Alaska Board of Road Com missioners, was to be appointed Brigadier- General soon. it was re- ported in Washington, Dr. c. He is expected to leave Washington with in a few days for Alaska to take up his work in connection with roads and trails in the Territory.
 William Wcodworth. motion pie ture man, left for the south aboard the Dolphin and was to visit in the East.
 An informal dancing party was to be given in the labor union hall in Douglas this evening.
 A plan for bottling the German submarines in the North Sea is be- ing urged by naval strategists in Washington, D. C., and had been presented to the naval experts of the British commission
 With massed reserves and every available gun at his command, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was striving to halt the ceaseless British assaults on the Drocourt- Queant line, the later bulwark pro- tecting Lens, richest prize the Ger mans face.
 
 Workmen were busy in Douglas putting the baseball grounds in con- dition for summer battling con- tests.
 fThe "Taku," first year book to be published by the Douglas public schools, was distributed.
 A meeting of the Merchants Pro- tective Association and City Coun- sl was held with the following committees appointed to devise ways and means of securing the fish business for Juneau G. F. For rest, Henry Shattuck, John Beck. Harry Fisher and William Britt, to boost the dredging bar proposi- tion: T. P. Pond, H. T. Tripp and ". A. Clark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
Too Old at Forty!
(New York World-Telegram

(New York World Telegraph
 letter appeared in Passaic N. J., newspaper signed by Vincent Lombardo and asking what good social security pensions would do him at 65 when everywhere he went he told he too old at 40 to get job. Next day Mrs. Lombardo reported her husband missing, and few days later his body was found in the Passaic River.
 Vincent Lombardo's tragedy will be understood by millions of American adrift in their prime by the machines. Some of them pick up jobs enough to keep them until social security to ther aid; others like Vincent Lombardo cannot wait twenty-five years.
 When American answers the problem posed by this mans suicide it can boast of achieving humane and socially adequate civilization. Until then it must bear the reproach implied in his premature death
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

Just in case they haven't found the answer to what is day in June?", we would like to suggest an Alaska day in May beside tumbng stream with the geaming on the snowcapped, rugged peaks beyond.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
LOOK nld LEARN,
 By A. c. Gordon

l. What is the smallest portion of every element yet divisible by man?
 g. What is the most widely read book?
 3. How many more miles distant is the moon at the horizon from the observer, then when it is nearly overhead?
 A. What is the oldest state uni versity in America?
 5. What is the Norwegian pro- nunciation of the word ski?
 ANSWERS l. The atom
 9 The Bible.
 3. About 4,00O miles. 4 University of North Carolina 5. It is pronounced she.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

A party of Maine folks coming north this summer. Privately they probably want to find how that adage to be changed to AS Alaska goes, goes the nation'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

Ambassador Davies sees Soviet Russia turning to capitalism. Won't that be comforting to the Reds in this country, who want America to go Commun- stic-Detrot Free Press.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

Closed Saturday afternoons dur ing May, June, July and August. adv PACIFIC COAST COAL co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

Twenty years remarks oratorical Congressman, have taught that war doesn't pay More than that, brother They have also taught us that the govern ments sided in with don't, either-Boston Herald.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

After exhaustive study of Ethiopia. Spain and various gambling systems, believe Il Duce could do better playing the black than the red-Atanta Constitution
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
NOTICE

Women of the Moose will meet tonight at 8 o'clock.
 GERTIE OLSEN, adv. Recorder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
NOTICE

Second annual meetings of the stockholders and board of directors
 Dof Jack Wade Dredging Company Twill be held Tuesday, June 9th, in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. tsigned) CHARLES A. WHITNEY,
 -adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
IT "A P P Y- --B l R T H D "A Y

Tue Empire srtends congratuIa- lions aud best t3iShes today, their birthday anniuersary. to the toiloD- ing:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Alaska" by Lester D. Henderson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-10

Milk wagon strikers in Seattle were granted their demanded in- crease in pay today, following 12- hour strike.
The Washington times., 1937-07-15
COURT DEBATE
CANCELLED

Cancellation of the scheduled
debate on the Presidents Supreme
Court proposal, which was to have
been broadcast over the Columbia
Broadcasting System tonight at
Z O'Clock, was announced today as
a mark of respect for the memory
of Senator Joseph T. Robinson
CD of Arkansas, who died yes
terday.
The debate was to have been be-
tween Senator M. M. Logan CD
Of Kentucky and Representative
Samuel B. PettengiIl CD Of In
diana, under auspices Of the Amer
lean Bar Association. Talks by
Senator B. K. Wheeler Cd of
Montana Sunday at New Orleans,
La, and Monday at Atlanta, Ca,
also were struck from the organi.
zation's schedules.