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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
Advance of Japs
 Cause Warning ...:: To Foreigners
(By The Associated PreSs)

SHANGHAI, Dec. g, - Jap anese authorities warned foreign CTS today to evacuate Hangchow, Chekian province capital and sea port, to escape danger from the rapidly approaching Japanese seize.
 The notification also included Shaoshing near the gulf of Hang chow, about thirty five miles southwest of the provincial cap ital.
 Completely Surrounded
 The Japanese declared that the defenders of Hangchow would be trapped or compelled to with draw, by the Nipponese forces, which are steadily completing the encirclenent of the seaport from three sides.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
Old Newspaper Describes Times
 Back In 1856
(By The Associated PrcSS)

EVANSVILLE, O.. Folks stay ed close in their own bailiwick in this section along in the l850's to judge from copy of an old Zanesvile paper discovered here by Mrs. Samuel M. Vince. The paper, dated March 26, 1856, re lates that spring weather had produced mud up to five feet deep, in the principle streets. The editor recommended plank side walks. Another item concerned a proposal for carrying mail to Marietta, Ohio, a distance of GA miles, in the short" time of two days. News from far places con- sisted of squibs on Jenny Lind singing in New York and troop movements in the Crimean war.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
Schwellenbach
 Is In Favor Of
 Backing Alaska
{By The ASsocia ted Press)

TACOMA, Dec. - Contending that Alaska is an integral part of the trade area of the state of Washington, Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach explained to his constituents recently why he has spent so much time urging con- sheration of Alaskan problems.
 The senator said Washington IS too dependent upon foreign markets over which no control $ exercised, and that the upbuild Ang of the territory would give them a market under American control and more stable.
 The senaotr also declared the first order of busin ess for him during the current special ses- sion of congress was meeting with representatives of the state department concerning the Jap- anese invasion of Bristol Bay.
 Isolation In The Past
 Our state in the past has been too greatly isolated from the rest of the country, the senator said Our population has been conn paratively meagre. I consider if of prime importance that we build up here and in Alaska a population which will serve as primary market for the pro- ducts we produce.
 Tn eastern Washington we pro- duce 10 to Is per cent of the wheat of the country. Our wheat production is comparatively stab le. The Yakima, Wenatchee, Ok anogan and Douglas counties pro duce 34 percent of the commercial apples of the country.
 Production costs and freigh, costs make it impossible for us 10 compete in the eastern market except in the eNtra-fancy highly advertised grades. =.
 we must look to France, Bel gium, Holland for our real mar ket. The lumber industry is west ern Washington is too dependent upon foreign conditions to have that stability which is necessary for permanenc of prosperity. Ship ping prosperity of the Puget Sound ports is also too depend ant upon foreign conditions
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
Attorney Plans To Attend His
 Wake In Style
(By The Associated Press)


 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec-Few indeed are the men who attend their own wake.
 But that's just what George s. Wright, Council Bluffs attorney general and bachelor, intends to do.
 The dignifed attorney, with distinctive gray hair and must ache and tWinkling eyes, began planning for his wake several years ago. He took an insurance policy that next fall will net him $l000--all to be spent on the wake, He'll be 70 years old then.
 It looks like there isn't much chance but what George $. Wright will be there at the head of the table-not under it'. he said, putting aside a garden wedding job to talk about the party.
 My friends keep telling me I'm not looking SO well, but. I don't intend to die until l have my share ofthe fun at that par ty", he added
 However. if Wright should die before he gets the money, the fund will go to several close friends who will stage the wake.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
Community Program Tonight School Auditorium
Japs Did Fire
 On Americans
 Panay Incident
(By The Associated Press)

Nby Inc ASSOc1dteQ PreSS1
 TOKYO, Dec. B, - The Jap anese army admitted today for the first time, the machine-gun- ming of Americans in the Panay incident, but did not mention fir ing on the U. s. gunboat itself.
 Described Attack on Ship
 Lieutenant Colonel Yoshiaki Nishi, former assistant Japanese military at Washington, D. C., des cribed at length the incident in which the U. s. Gunboat Panay and three other American yes sels were attacked.
 He just returned from an in- vestigation of the affair. Nishi declared the entire incident re- suited from efforts of the Jap anese to cut off Chinese troops fleeing from Nanking
 He stated positively the Japan csc troops failed to see identi- fication marks or flags of any kind.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-23
300 Americans
 Aboard Train
 For Honggkons g
(By The Associated PreSs)


 HANKOW, Dec. g, Three hundred Americans and other foreigners fled today before The feared Japanese attack on this temporary seat of the Chinese government.
 They were aboard the interna- tional Christmas express evac- uation train.
 The flag -draped train of which the hinese and Japanese were ln- fomed in advance, is expected to reach Hongloong on Christmas or the day after
Evening star., 1937-04-24

(see MoDERNIzATIoN, Page C-1o)
Evening star., 1937-04-24
s. Association,

Manufacturers Association, an
nounced here today.
For the store, Office, factory or
home. the investor, to obtain. true
air conditioning, must get at least
these services, the authorities declare:
For Summer, the air must be cooled,
dehumidified and circulated. For
Winter, 1t must be heated, numidifled
and circulated. Throughout the year,
In addition, the air should be cleansed.
ANY equipment performing less than
these minimums Is not true air con-
ditioning.
Homes and business establishments
are adopting approved air condition.
ing installations in new record VOL
ume, according to Henderson. In
stalled value OF equipment sold by
the association members this year is
running far ahead Of the same months
in 1896,
Evening star., 1937-04-24
j. .S.L0SS BYF|RE
SEEN INCREASING
Sharpest Upturn Since 1920
Reported by Insurance
Company.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, N. Y, April 24.-1n-
dication that the Nations fire losses
may have taken the sharpest upturn
last year since 1920 was the basis for
4 suggestion today by the Continental
Insurance Co. for increased vigilance
on the part Of property owners regard
ing all factors bearing upon fire hazard
end fire prevention.
Preliminary estimates by the Ma
uonal Board Of Fire Underwriters put
the 1896 fire loss II per cent above
the final loss estimates for 1885" said
Curtis w. Pierce, vice president.
Unless the 1886 loss figure is re-
v1sed downward in the final adjusted
estimates, 1t will show the greatest
percentage of increase in 16 years.
indications are that the 1886 loss
Will be the greatest of any year since
1882. Moreover, it was the first year
In which there was an increase over
the preceding year since 1892 1t
marked the reversal of a flve-year
downward trend in losses.
There are q number Of possible ex-
3anations for the rise in the loss last
year, though 1t is doubtful that any
explanation could actually justify so
great an increase.
Expanding employment and indus
trial activity was undoubtedly fac
tor. Rising values Of all types of
buildings and stocks of goods are an
ether cause for the higher figure"
Discussing the rise in values, Pierce
advises property owners to consider
carefully the probable replacement
costs in todays markets of property
which might be destroyed by fire. In
many instances. he noted, insurance
would be inadequate. if based on
values fixed at depression levels.
In the actual work Of fire preven-
ton. he asserted, higher values and
increasing industrial and commercial
activities should occasion increased
interest. Study of the National Fire
Protection Associations analysis of 43
fires, each of which caused loss in
excess Of $3.50, 900 during 1886, showed
inferior construction, excessive areas,
etc, as contributing factors in % in
stances. Unprotected vertical open
ings aided the spread of 8 of the
Elazes. Delays in giving the alarms
were partly responsible in 20 cases.
Thirteen of the fires involved highly
combustible materials, or excessive
amounts of burnable stocks within the
buildings. -Four involved flammable
liquids. Flood waters hindered the
fire fighting at three of the blazes.
In six instances, there were inadequate
water supplies or poor hydrant dis
tribution. In three cases, the large
loss was due to the spread of forest
fires, along wide front.
Evening star., 1937-04-24
TWO HOMES OPEN

Two attractive homes are open to
the public today and tomorrow at
35l4 and 3518 Twenty fourth street,
Klinele Gardens, John D. Rhodes,
owner. announced The houses were
built for him by Edison w. Briggs.
The dwelling at 1914 Twenty fourth
street has been completely furnished
by Hutchison'S, Inc. Draperies were
designed by John F. Lyon Both OF
the homes, situated near Rock Greek
Park at the foot of Porter street, con-
tain nine rooms. Each has three fire.
places. located in the living room,
second-foor den and recreation room.
Both houses have servants rooms
with baths,
Evening star., 1937-04-24
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

T YAVE you ever thought how
IL nice it would be If you could
arrange to be in two places
L at once? 1t sounds like
fanciful idea, but it would neverthe-
less be a definite time and labor
saver, wouldn't it?
Some clever inventor has recently
decided that it would not only be a
convenient condition to find ones self
in, but has gone ahead and invented
device which makes it practical.
OF course, you can't expect to have
your body ready and waiting at any
spot that you might choose to go to
at the moment, but still you can d.
rect your voice to any part Of your
home regardless of whether you have
telephone there or not, and you
don't have to shout to do 1t either.
The little machine that does this
remarkable job is about the same size
as one of the new miniature radios
and looks great deal like one. It
has compact little decorative casing
in which is housed small loud-speak-
Evening star., 1937-04-24
AIR CONDITIONING
| HAS MANY SERVICES
Ruling on Functions Equipment
Should Carry Out Is
Reaffirmed,

Rules for the guidance Of the man
who is about to install air conditioning
equipment, as adopted By the United
States Department OF Commerce and
the National Better Business Bureau,
have just been reaffirmed by the Fed
eral Trade Commission in a decision
against Chicago manufacturer
William B. Henderson, executive vice
president of the Air Conditioning
Evening star., 1937-04-24
Road Building in Peru.

The government Of Peru has pur-
chased nearly 100000 worth Of Amer
lean road-building equipment to be
used IN its sl2,5o0,000 highway con-
struction and repair program.
Evening star., 1937-04-24
Sheba's Trail Discovered.

A French expedition In Southern
Arabia has discovered an old caravan
trail said to have been used by the
Queen Of sheba when she visited King
Solomon in Jerusalem.
Evening star., 1937-04-24
GARDEN SCHOOL CLOSES
Two-Day Session at q. of NJ. Hears
Several Speakers.

The two-day session OF the fifth
annual University OF Maryland Garden
School closed yesterday at College
Park. It was held under auspices
OF the College Of Agriculture and
was under the direction OF A. s.
Thurston, professor OF Horticulture.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

ming mill is enjoying better
times.
8. Even the lowly fish is feel
ing the furor. With the value OF
the United States catch up 81
per cent, commercial anglers are
breaking up more families OF
hake, cod, founders and the like
than has been the case in sew
eral years.
9. The satisfied look on the
face of the average travel agent
can be logically traced, the "bar-
ometer" discloses, to a so per
cent boost in steamship bookings
abroad.
10. Despite the scrap between
the motor moguls and their en-
ployes, production of automo-
biles increased from 1890 units
in the last week of December to
96,780 units in the first week
of the current year.
IL. Gentry interested in the
pig iron trade report the output
of their metal in 1886 lowered
around the 1880 high-water
mark.
All in all, the forecasters o1
fortune assert, American business
is seemingly fulfilling the cam
paign promises of the Democratic
party for a bumper crop" witt
Franklin D. Roosevelt behind the
plow.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
Twin Doctors Proud
Of Twin Babies They
Helped Into World

LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 20
QN,S).-Strapping sixfoot twin
bachelor brothers, Drs. Ernest H.
and David A. Latham today were
probably more proud than the
parents of the twin babies they
delivered at Lowell General Hos
pital yesterday. =.
DIR. David assisted DR.. Ernest
in a Caesarian operation to de-
liver a baby boy and twin sister
to Mrs. George Byan1. They were
the first children in the Byam
family and the first Caesarian
twins in the history Of the hos
pitsl.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
SHOW
PROSPERITY
HERE AGAIN

That famous corner around
which prosperity has apparently
been lurking seems to have been
turned at last by American busi.
ness.
This cheerful news-composed
of statistics proving many trades
are enjoying greater revenues than
ever before-comeS at the begin
ming of the second administration
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt from
The Almanac Barometer.
Published in New York, the
barometer" today discloses that
in general sales are better, prices
lower, wages higher and profits
booming.
In many cases the notorious
year of 1929-index of the dizziest
height hitherto climbed by Ameri
can business-is being outdone
Everywhere, say the research ana
-lysts of the barometer" SubStan
tial improvement was shown in
1885 over the preceding year.
Instances Cited
Instances of the discovery OF
prosperity around the corner
selected at random, are as fol
lows:
l. A total income in the
United State of SGT, 900, ,000, 900
is predicted for 1887 by the
conservative prophets of the
Department of Commerce. This
figure is II per cent higher than
1886 and within 13 per cent Of
the. abnormally large national
revenue in the "hot-cha" days
before the Wall Street crash
more than seven years ago.
2. Department store sales will
run from 3.5 to 22.5 per cent
+. higher this spring than was the
case last year. In Washington,
D. c., an 81 per cent increase in
1886 sales over 1885 was noted
by the experts.
3. BituminouS coal production
for the week ending January 2,
1887, was 36 per cent ahead of
the corresponding period IL
months before.
Freight Car LOadings
4. Freight car loadings, re-
garded by some economists as
one of the most reliable of in
dustrial recovery indicators, rose
sharply during the week ending
January 9 to 16 per cent above
the 1886 figures.
5. Variety store sales in De-
cember of last year were 10 per
cent greater than the mark set
during the Christmas rush of
1895.
6. Despite yowls from certain
consumer groups, the statistics
reveal the cost of living is at
~. present lower than it was in the
flush 1929 era. A dollar today
r. buys is per cent more than It
did seven years ago, according
to the folk who keep track Of
such matters.
-. 7. Cotton ginned up to Decem-
Der /, 1886, was of longer staple
than the 1886 ginnings. This
means, the economists declare,
that better quality cotton is be-
ing produced and everybody
from the farmer with an acre Of
boil weevils to the giant spin
The Washington times., 1937-01-20

NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 20.-R. j.
Neely, 81, former commander of
the Virginia Sons of Confederate
Veterans, is dead at his home
in Portsmouth. He was graduated
from Cornell University and Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute and
served in the Coast Guard in a
technical capacity. He was a past
commander of Portsmouth Com
mandery, Knights Templar, and
a member of the American So
ciety Of Mechanical Engineers.
Mr.. Nicely always has been q
leader in social and civic affairs
and probably the best known
citizen Of Portsmouth. He was a
brother Of j.. Thompson Neely,
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
History Of Iron
Ready for Visitors

A graphic history Of the use
of iron through the centuries is
now on display for inaugural Wis
itors in an exhibition at the Ma
tional Museum. Ancient iron i'm
plementS, including knives and
spear blades dating back to 1400
B. c., are included in the exhibi-
ton. .s.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
R. J. NEELY DEAD

building inspector of Norfolk. He
will be buried Thursday with
Masonic honorS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-20
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The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Fighting. LuII Reported
In Spanish CiYii War

MADRID, April IS G.N.SD.-A
lull on the Madrid and other Span
ish civil war fronts today followed
desperate fighting on the Huesca-
Aragon front.
Government officials said loyal
ist troops had recaptured Monte
Sebigen on the Bilbao front after
a heavy battle, and occupied posi-
tionS dominating insurgent con-
centrations in the Urguiola Pass.
The air and marine ministry
issued a communique stating a
squadron of loyalist pursuit planes
successfully fought off insurgent
craft over Durango, and that one
insurgent tri-motored bomber was
brought down in flames.
MoorS who attacked govern
ment trenches in the University
City sector were repulSed with
heavy losses.
The center of Madrid was heav-
lily shelled last night and num-
Der Of persons were reported killed.
LONDON, April is G.N.SJ.
Inspection of Spain's land frontiers
by 200 neutral "watch-dogs" to
stem the flow of arms and men
into the warning country will
come into operation at midnight
next Monday, it was announced
today by Ivan MaiSky, Soviet am
bassador, after a meeting of a
sub-group of the 27-nation non
intervention committee.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
TR0TzKY SEER
OF REV0LTS

MEXICO CITY, April IS GN.S0
Winding up his rebuttal Of charges
he plotted against the Stain
regime, Leon Trotzky, exiled Boil
shevik, was on record today with
an emphatic prediction of revolu-
tionS in Japan and Germany.
Piled with hypothetical questions
by the commission of inquiry con-
Quoting his trial." Trotzky in
dulged in a pyrotechnical survey
of the world situation, and found
it exciting. He said:
Tf Germ any and Japan
should attack Soviet Russia,
should join forces with Stain"
Emphasizing his belief Germany
and Japan are due for revolutions,
he declared:
"My prophetic powers will
stand or fall with these revOlu-
tiOns. In my opinion the key
to the situation of the Soviet
Union is not the Soviet Union
it is Europe.
Revolution will break out first
in Japan, for Japan is the most
brutal organism in the social
body. Then it will break out
with greater intensity in Ger
many, for Germany under Hit
Ter is Theoretically sealed"
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
BACKERS MOVE
SLOWLY FOR
LITTLE NRA'
international News Service


Congressional leaders in the
movement for enactment of a
little NRA" in the textile indus
try today planned to move for.
ward steadily but with caution.
Representative Keller CD of
Illinois, chairman of the House
Babor Subcommittee in charge
of revised bill, said that the Su-
preme Courts decisions in the
labor cases threatened our posi-
ton" He declared:
I'VE have been carefully
studying all Of the cOnstitu-
tiOnal and other questions in
vOlved and we expect to move
forward. l am hopeful Of pass
age at this session."
With President Roosevelt pre-
pared to sign the Vinson-G Guffey
bill, creating a ''little NRA" for
the soft coal industry, the Admin
istration is known to have sane
toned regulations for the textile
industry.
Await Court Sequel
While the Roosevelt budget bu-
reau and Secretary of Labor Per
kins approved the basis of the tex
tile bill several weeks ago, the
measure has remained in a pre-
paratory stage. The AdminiStra-
ton is said to have requested de-
lay, pending outcome of the SUI
preme Court fight and the possible
drafting of a general wage and
hour bill.
The House subcommittee may
open public hearings on the bill
next week. Because of lengthy
hearings held last session, many
advocates Of the measure oppose
extensive public hearings.
The Ellenbogen bill carries a
national textile commission with
broad power to fix minimum
wages and regulate unfair trade
practices. A 35-hour week provision
in the bill may be abandoned. so
that a Governmental board can
adjust hours of labor in the in
dustry to meet conditions.
Celler Urges Delay
Meanwhile Representative Celler
Cd, New York, sent letter to
President Roosevelt stating he felt
certain pending labor and COM
merce legislation should be "held
in allegiance until Administration
policies of broader nature can be
worked out"
Celler wrote the President the
Wagner labor act decision "af-
fords the opportunity for new and
broader legislation under the
commerce clause, not only as to
wages and hours, but also as to
monopolistic and unfair trade
practices"
He cited the Miller.T Tydings re-
sale price maintenance bill, due
to come to a vote soon before Sen
ate and House.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
MOTORS STRIKE
NEARS CRISIS
IN CANADA
CONTINUED from Page y

(COnLlnueO ITOH dSC ~
of Premier Mitchell Hepburn IN
forcing the resignation of Labor
Minister David Croll and Attorney
General Arthur Roebuck from his
Liberal cabinet because they op-
posed his fight against the c. I. o.
land Communism in general" IN
the Oshawa strike.
Labor Halls CrOH
Organized labor hailed Croll as
its champion, denounced both the
liberals and conservatives.
Premier Hepburn, stating he
would take the labor portfolio
temporarily himself, announced
appointment of Paul Leduc, min
lister of mines, as acting attorney
general. He said the federal gov
ernment had promised him every
possible aid in dealing with the
strike situation and asserted
we're beating this strike"
Hepburn met today with H. j.
Carmichael, vice president of Gen
eral Motors. Closeted with them
was General V. A. S. Williams,
commissioner of the provincial
police.
They discussed the course of ac-
tion they will pursue if John L:
Lewis accepts the challenge OF
Mayor Hall and calls for a SYM
pathy strike in American cities.