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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06
r R0NT STREET WATER MAIN ID
 BE REPLACED
Council Decides to Call for Bids $3, 400 in PWA
 Funds Available

Call for bids was authorized by the City Council at it's regular meet ing last night for replacing the salt water main on Front Street between South Franklin and Main Streets. Estimated to cost between $7,o0O and s800O, it is planned to undertake the work as a PWA pro- feet. There is $12O0 remaining from previous PWA grants and un- der the set-up for the water main job another grant of $2,200 would be received from the Federal gov- ernment, making s3,400 which would be available 10 start the work.
 III addition to replacing the main on Front Street with a cast iron main, connected tie-in would be made with the main at Shattuck Way on Front, which extends south on Shattuck Way to Marine Way, end via Admiral Way to South Franklin. coming out at the corner near Winter and Ponds. This, of fioial5 pointed out, would service d trict that heretofore has not been adequately supplied.
 It is expected to start the work this Spring as soon as weather permits
 Fire Ordinance
 A new ordinance, Incorporating some of the present regulations and adding new features, aimed to elim- mate fire hazards in the city, was taken lip for discussion, but action was deferred to the next meeting. The proposal deals with the hand linz Of explosives and oil tanks wit5ia the city limits and also per tains to Are escapes and other fire prevention methods. It is modelled after SD cilicaticns of the under writers and is expected to have ten de.oy to keep in5urance rates down.
 Purcharc o9 a now Sanborn fire insurance map of the city was au- thorized from which a sewer map and other data will be compiled. Al the request of Fire Chief w. V. Mulvihill, the Council also decided to purchasce l 800 feet of two and a half-inch fire hose to replace hose damaged in the recent slide and in the Douglas fire.
 The building code was passed in second reading and comes up for final action at the next meeting License was granted to Mrs Blanche May, formerly in charge oi the dining room at the Bergmann for a dispensary at the Midget Lunch which she now operates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06
CITY TO CLEAR STREETS OF SNOW, ICE TONIGHT

With rain rapidly melting the snow and ice on the streets, the city tonight is planning on winding up the job early in the morning and asks that all car owners keep their machines off the streets after 3 a. m. The grader will be run over where there is still snow and ice and this will be followed with a good washdown, revealing to- morrow pavement that has been visible through the snow for good many weeks.
 
 c. ID. 4.
 Goodie and Dish Towel sale, March 6, at Bert's Cash Grocery. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06

A small bit of mercury in quartz tube the size of peanut forms mans brightest source of light, re- ports Electronies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06
ENABLING ACT
 PASSES HOUSE
W a shin igto n May Enter Gasoline Business-Both
 Wholesale and Retail

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 6. - The House has passed the Enabling Act authorizing the State Of Wash ington to enter the wholesale and retail gasoline business. The vote was 59 to 34. The bill now goes to the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06

new wage scale of B cents an hour and 48-hour week. The new agreement also is effec- tive in 38 other Woolworth stores in the Detroit area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06
A. N. B. MEETING SET
 FOR MONDAY NIGHT

Meeting of the Alaska Native Bro- therhood has been called for 8 o. clock Monday night in the Broth erhood Hall. Several members for the outlying districts are in the city and the session is expected to bring out large attendance. One of the purposes of the meeting is to promote a membership drive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06
ATTENTION

All residents of Alaska before Dec. 3, 1910, listen in on KINY, 12:45 o'clock, Monday, March 15, for message from Pioneer Igloo No. G.
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-06

Mail is carried to outlying islands in the Hawaiian group by fishing sampans under contract with the government.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
APPROVAL is GIVEN
NAVY PROMOTIONS
Roosevelt Agrees to Board Ad.
vance of 1877 to Rank of Lieu
tenant Commander.

President Roosevelt today approved
the promotion Of 1877 lieutenants to the
grade of lieutenant commander and
270 lieutenants q. g. to be lieuten-
ants.
In taking this action, the Chief
Executive approved the recommended
tions of a Line Selection Board which
has been in session at the Navy De-
partment since March 8. 1t was con-
vened by order of Secretary Swanson
and Rear Admiral Henry E. Lackey,
director of the Shore Establishment
Division, was its president.
Serving with him as members were
Capt. Ralph A. Koch, commanding
the U. S. S. Seattle; Capt. George ".
Stewart, head of the Naval POST
Graduate School, Annapolis; Capt.
Arthur L. Bristol, jr., commanding the
Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calf. !;
Capt. Francis A. L. Vossler on duty at
the Naval Academy; Capt. Abel T.
Bidwell, on duty in the Bureau of
Navigation, Navy Department; Capt.
William D. Brereton, jr., attached to
the Office of Naval Intelligence at the
department; Capt. Charles M. Yates,
also on duty in the bureau, and Capt.
William w. Wilson, inspector of ord
nance, in charge Naval Powder Fac
tory, 1ndianhead, Md The boards
recorder was Lieut.. Comdr. Paul w.
Steinhagen, on duty in the Bureau of
Navigation.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
PEERY DECLINES
TO MIX IN STRIKE
Virginia Governor Will Take
Action Only if Situation
Gets Out of Hand.
BY the Associated Press.

D! the Associated Press.
Gov. George c. Peery said he was
prepared today to take any action
he deemed eXpedient should local au-
thorities become unable to handle
the situation" at Covington, where
1900 employees of the Industrial Ray
on Corp. are idle because of strike.
Meanwhile, three officials Of the
Resettlement Administration were en-
route to Newport News to investigate
strike by 81 hod carriers asking
higher pay at the agencys Homestead
Housing Project there
Miners from Wise, Lee and Dick
enson Counties heard Representative
John W Flanagan, State Senator
Robert W. Daniel and David Stevens
Of Pittsburgh, member of the Inter-
national Executive Board of the
United Mine Workers, in Mitchell
day" rally at Norton yesterday.
Flanagan Replies to Glass.
The meeting conceded with a holi-
day-John L. Lewis day-celebrated
by other miners through the Ap-
palachian region, while negotiations
were under way in New York to effect
a new contract between the union
and operators.
Flanagan devoted the major por-
ton of his address to a retort to Sem
ator Glass radio broadcast assail-
ing President Roosevelt's court pro-
posals.
AnInrCnp ri O n
Legislative Council of the Virginia
Federation of Labor, who had COM
planned to Gov. Peery that he was
'shadoWed" on a recent trip through
the Clinchfield coal region, said he
had been told the Civil Liberties Com
mittee of Congress probably would in
vestigate charges that union or
ganizers are guards and spies" Of
coal companies in Dickinson County
John Hopkins Hall, jr., Virginia
commissioner of labor, said about 90
per cent of Virginia's 1880 coal
miners are organized. The 1900 en-
ployes of the Clinchfield Coal Corp
at Clincho, Dickinson County, and
Dante, Russell County. represent the
only large single group not organized,
said Hall
Judge John L. Connors, Federal
conciliator. said a settlement of the
textile strike at Covington did not ap-
pear imminent. Action, he said prob
ably would be delayed "a week or 10
days at least" and added, mo efforts
are being made to settle the strike at
this time
Gov. Peery informed the Roanoke
Chamber of Commerce that he would
not interfere with the strike at Gov
ington.
The chamber had wired the Gov
ernor a request that you notify us
as to what steps you will take to pro-
tect property rights in Virginia when
so violated by unlawful methods" !"
The civic organization said its request
was prompted in view of the Coving-
ton labor trouble and the fact Roam
oke and vicinity is large industrial
center"
Evening star., 1937-04-02
HOTEL STRIKE ENDS.
Day Of Sit-Down Over" Police
Tell Workers.

Day OF SIt-D0Wn over, FOHce
Tell Workers.
On other strike fronts. 200 en-
ployes in the 2l-story Book-Cadillac
Hotel at Detroit stopped work yester-
day but left the hotel voluntarily.
City police appeared, informed strik-
ers the day of the sit-down is over
and within two hours the strike ended.
Gov. Frank Murphy. in the dining
room when the Book-Cadillac strike
began, was denied service, and left.
Negotiations over the previous strike
were in progress at the time.
Trouble developed among Works
Progress Administration employees at
San Francisco and Oakland, Calf.
Some ceased work in a move ap-
parently designed to call about 10000
w. P. A. workers in the San Fran
cisco Bay area from their tasks. 1t
threatened to reach Statewide pro-
portions. A conference to that END
was scheduled for Saturday and Sun
day at Oakland.
Two small strikes broke out In Mil
waukee, Wis, and Sioux Falls, S. OAK,
involving building trades workers.
Chicagos corporation counsel upheld
the right of picketing in a case in
volving bowling alley pin settlers. The
home of non-striking employe OF
the Stewart Die Casting Co. at Chi
cago was damaged. Painters in the
| Nations second city won q dollar q
day pay hike to $40 for a six-hour
| day.
Sixteen men and women started q
sit-down in st. Louis Relief Admin
Evening star., 1937-04-02
STAINS CHIEF CLUE
IN WOMAN N'SDEATH
Clothing of Suspect in Fatal
Beating Sent to !
F.. B. |. :,
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 2.-Relatives Of
murdered Mrs. Mary Gunther made
arrangements for her funeral today
while Federal agents studied scanty
clues in the case and a colored sus-
pect waited in the Baltimore City Jail.
The 55-year-old woman, found
beaten to death near her home a
short distance from the Baltimore City
line, will be buried Sunday in a
family plot on her farm, near the
grave of one of her nine children.
Clothing taken from the suspect was
sent to Washington for an analysis OF
stains. An inquest, scheduled for to-
day, was postponed until next Friday,
when the Federal reports will be
available.
The suspect was held incommuni-
cado. He was brought to Baltimore
from Anne Arundel County, where the
crime occurred, after Gov. Harry w.
Nice warned officers not to permit
mob attacks on him.
Members of the woman's family said
today that it was merely chance
that she was driving along the road
where she was killed. Ordinarily one
of her sons drove the woman's hus-
band, Herman, and a daughter to
their work. The sons car did not
have 1887 tags, which were necessary
yesterday for the first time. Mrs.
Gunther drove them, her car having
the new tags.
Mrs. Gunther had been active in
welfare work among the poorer Negroes
in the vicinity, her family said.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

istration office. The city had 1000
strike-idle.
A 1O-cent-an-hour increase was
granted 2,3OO Granite City Ill.) Steel
Co. employees.
General Motors Of Canada employees
deferred strike action as arrangements
for conference were completed.
Six c. I. o. officials and organizers
were arrested at Lewiston, Me, on a
complaint charging conspiracy to pre-
vent shoe employees from working in
the Lewiston and Auburn factories.
John L. Lewis was warned by Crown
Prosecutor Oscar Gagnon of Montreal
Canada, he would face arrest if he
brings his American labor tactics into
Montreal" The declaration followed
announcement that Montreal unit
Of the c. I. O. had been formed.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

the strike bound Hudson Motor Car
Co. plant in Detroit, and 1900 in the
struck REQ Motor Car Co. plant at
Lansing.
Labor troubles confronted General
Motors Of Canada also A meeting
between the management and the U.
A. w. A. to avert threatened strike
in its plant at Oshawa, Ontario, was
called today in the Office of David A..
Croll, Ontario minister Of labor, at
Toronto.
Agreement Is Seen.
The United Automobile Workers
announced that the local manage
ments of the Yellow Truck and Fisher
plants at Pontiac had agreed to abide
by any understanding on employe
representation reached at the con-
ference between Martin and Knudsen
at Detroit.
The union said the Yellow Truck
management also had agreed to mini
mum wage scales Of rs cents an hour
for men and 65 cents for women
after six months of employment, and
had consented to meet once a week
with a committee of employees on
grievances, or at any time an emer-
gency arose.
The Pontiac Fisher plant manage
ment, the union said agreed to ne
gotiate on complaints of speeding
up the assembly line and to make
mutually satisfactory" adjustments
of complaints that some jobs were
inadequately manned. The agreement
also included, according to the union,
reinstatement of a company police
man who had been discharged, and
four days notice of transfers OF en-
ployes to other departments.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Proposed Car Weight Tax
Bill Provides Levy of 35 Gents Per Hundred
~eight-Sehedule for Typical
Cars Given.

Other models of Chrysler, Buick,
Packard and Cadillac-$l4 to
$l5.75 $4,000 to 4,500 pounds.
Lincoln, Pierce-Arrow and other
models Of Packard and Cadillac
sl5.75 to $22.75 (4,500 to $500
pounds
The rate for commercial vehicles
is figured on a weight limit scale
ranging from under $500 pounds to
over $4,000 pounds. The rate for
the various types per 100 pounds
would be as follows:
Not over 1,500 pounds-75 cents.
Between 1900 and 2,000-$1 90.
Between 1000 and 4,O0O-s1.25.
Between 1000 and 6,00O-s1 so.
Between 5000 and 8,O0O-$1.75.
Between 5000 and 10,O0O-$2 90.
Between 10000 and 2,000-$2 .25.
Over 2000-$2.50.
The income tax bill eXempts
members of Congress and other
elected or appointed officials of the
Federal Government serving a def
mite term from the tax. The ex-
ception is made in the case Of those
who live here.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

What will your automobile tax
cost under the proposed weight tax
provided in legislation proposed to
the House?
In giving such taxes yesterday.
some of the editions of The Star
based the computation Of weight
tax for passenger cars on the
scheduled carried in the bill for
commercial vehicles. The error be-
came apparent when printed copies
of the bills were made available.
Under the weight tax, the cost
to owners of typical cars would be
taxed 35 cents hundredweight,
resulting in taxes as follows:
Chevrolet, Ford, Plymouth, Ter
raplane, Dodge, Hudson and
Graham -Paige-$8.75 to $l0.50
(2.5O0 to 5000 pounds.
De Soto, Chrysler, Nash, Stude-
baker, Lafayette, Pontiac, REQ.
Hupmobile, Packard l20, Olds-
mobile, Auburn and Lincoln
s1O.5O to s12.25 $4,000 to $500
pounds.
Hupmobile, Cadillac and Buick,
S12.25 to $14 $500 to 1000
pounds.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

increase in the work week from 35
to 40 hours, with no change in pay
rates.
Some operators were willing to
meet the demands, but the union
would not allow any mines where
workers carried U. M. w. cards to
work until the entire industry signed
a new agreement.
With the exception of the members
Of the Progressive Miners of America
in Illinois, most of the bituminous
mines are affected by the Appalachian
agreement, as the contract the con-
ferees have been attempting to nego-
tiate is known.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
BLAST SINKS SHIP, !,
KILLING MASTER
Seaman Also Badly Burned
in Explosion at Nor
folk Pier.
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOCldteQ fIeSS.
NORFOLK, Va, April 2.-An ex-
plosion wrecked and sank the Gull
Oil Co.'S 33-ton fueling tanker, Cult
Lass, at the dock here today, killing
Its master and burning a seaman
Thomas Henry Russell, 81, OF
Berkley, master of the 57-foot boat
was killed as the blast shot part of the
deck house upward and enveloped the
tanker in flames at 7:30 am.
Thrown overheard with Russell was
Gideon Sawyer, his face badly burned
An employe at the Gulf Oil Co.
plant. L. F. Hanbury, rescued Sawyer,
tossed in the water, dazed and blinded
Russell's body floated on the water
near him.
Bursts Into Flames.
A moment after the explosion the
boat burst into flames and quickly
sank to the bottom at the Berkley
dock
Boats from the nearby naval sta
ton and Coast Guard post hurried to
the scene and South Norfolk firemen
threw water on the burning super
structure still above water. The craft
was used to fuel ships in Hampton
Roads
Capt. Walter P. Cardozo of the
Navy yard tug, Daisy, who was near
ing the Gulf Oil dock, gave an eye
witness account of the explosion. Il
looked up just in time to see the
bodies of two men blown from the
pilot house on the Gulf Lass" he
said
Both men fell into the water near
the tanker and were taken out by
others who swan out from shore.
"A few seconds after the explosion
fire broke out on the Gulf Lass and
burned until she settled to the river
bottom.
The Gulf Oil siren sounded the
distress signal and shortly afterward
firemen and coast guardsmen were
on the scene
witnesses said the injured man was
able to give brief account OF what
happened before being taken to a
hospital. He said he had just turned
on a switch and that the explosion
occurred when the engine started
Shipping men said the Gulf Lass
had recently been overhauled SO as
to comply fully with the latest Fed
eral shipping regulations.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Coal
Continued From First Page.)

browed president of the U. M. W., one
Of the largest and most powerful labor
organizations in the country-sat with
other negotia tors in a conference room
here attempting to reach an accord.
Two sessions. one last night. failed
to bring a settlement of differences
and finally the negotiators called it a
day to meet again at 130 pm. today.
Lewis said the operators had asked
for more time"
Evidently they want to think it
over" he added
Weeks of negotiation since February
II, had narrowed the distance be-
tween the miners and operators.
Original Demands.
The miners originally demanded
wage increases averaging Is per cent,
a cut in the work week from 35 to
30 hours, two weeks vacation with pay
and guarantee of 200 days work
each year.
The operators originally sought an
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Sales Resistance.

CENTER CITY, MINI. R.-The
death of Oscar Peterson revealed his
extraordinary method Of keeping auto
mobile statesmen away.
In his garage was found car pur.
chased 20 years ago and never used
Frank Lorens, who sold Peterson the
car, said:
He bought that car from me fo1
the sole purpose of keeping statesmen
from bothering him. He could tell
them he already had a new car"
Evening star., 1937-04-02
TO HONOR DAVIES

CLINTON S. c., April (P)--Presi-
dent William P. Jacobs announced
yesterday Presbyterian College woulo
confer honorary degree of doctor OF
laws on Joseph E. Davies, United
States Ambassador to Moscow, at ex-
ercises here April 26.
Jacobs said he talked by telephone
to Ambassador Davies yesterday
aboard the Queen Mary at sea and
that Davies said he and Mrs Davies
would come here for the ceremony.
United States Senator James F
Byrnes and Dwight E. Austin, New
York drug manufacturer, will receive
IL. D. degrees at the same time.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Concert Tonight.

The Boys Band of the Elks Club
will open its Spring concert season at
8 o'clock tonight with a program in
the auditorium of Mckinley High
School. Capt. Taylor Branson and
Prof. John Zimmerman will be guest
conductors,
Evening star., 1937-04-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

COMPLETE LANDSCAPING SERVICE
Seeding sodding shrubbery, etc. LOUIS
j. MANCUSO, 702 11th st. NV. Nat. 277O.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Baltic, Phila and New
York Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities. Dependable Service Since 1885,
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER g. STORAGE
CO Phone Decatur $500.
OLD DAGUERREOTYPES TINTYPES.
Kodak prints or any treasured keepsake
pictures" restored. improved copied large
or small by EDMONSTON STUDIO 1888
st. NV. Specialist in fine copying for
over 25 years. National 1900
OWNER-DRIVEN TRUCK, MOVE ANY
thing, short or long distance. 81 90 hour.
Phone Columbia 1924
! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts incurred by any one other than my
self in person. w. c. CANNON. 1857 Car
rollburg st. S.w. 81
THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY FOR
THE DISTRICr OF COLUMBIA will hold
an examination for those wishing to obtain
certificates to practice in the District OF
Columbia as certified public accountants
on the two (2) days beginning on or about
THURSDAY. May 13, 1887, the exact time
and place to be more specifically announced
later. Applications must be made on forms
provided by the Board and filed before
c VAUGHAN DARBY, Secretary.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Bldg.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
STAG ROOFING

by Approved Roofers'' of The Barrett
Company High-grade materials personal
inspection skilled application. While
you're at it. get the best. Call us up.
KOONS ROOFING 933 st. NV.
A>> COMPANY North 4423.
CHAMRERS is one Of the largest
SAA<ANAOAA~S undertakers In the
world Complete funerals as low as S76
up Six chapels. twelve parlors seventeen
ears, hearses twenty five undertakers and
assistants Ambulances naE only So. 400
Chaplin st. NV. Columbia 0432 SIT 11th
st. Sc. Atlantic $500.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
c VAUGHAN DARBY, Secretary.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Bldg.
No chi n
TONG-DTSTANCE MOVING.

All points, 1000 miles. full and part
loads. NAT. DEL. ASSOC, INC. National
1850 Padded vans. 1877 N. Y. ave
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH
FOSTER HOME. 3213 Que st. NV, Will
be held at s pm. April IA. 1887, at the
above address for the election of directors
for the coming year. and the transaction
of such other business as may rightly come
LUCILLE NATHAN
Evening star., 1937-04-02
LOST.

LOST.
BILLFOLD, mans black. containing large
sum OF money for hospital bill; lost be-
tween 9th and Sc IA and na1r 1th and Penn
BOSTON BULL TERRIER-Male, brown,
with white marking. Reward. Met O624.
73s st. NV.
DIAMOND WRIST WATCH Hamilton>
Moe to setha Nov 9 1881
90l @ st. NV.
EYEGLASSES. in case. Wednesday. on Co
lumbia rd. between California ard 18th SITS
Reward. Lincoln 4466. 3'
EYEGLASSES-Pa of hite-gold eye
glasses. with chain; probably on Brookand
car or between 1St and and North Cap
11,oi and H SITS. Reward. Return to ~
FOX TERRIER, wire: black, white and
isn: female, Reward. 3716 26th st. ne.
FOX, TERRIER: black and white named
vicinity Friendship; reward Clev. $500.
KNITTING BAG containing blue and
white sweater. Reward. Call Columbia
44S4-M. - -
KODAK, IA; series 3: in taxi; at War
Reward. Adams 6564 A.
MUFF. black Persian lamb. Wis, ave. mr..
Woodley rd.; liberal reward. Address Box
247-J. Star office.
sss5 aoIL s conn
POCKETBoOK. black. with accordion
pIeats: yellow frame cont. Irish rosary,
Monday afternoon. North 5744.
POINTER DOG-Lver colored head white
body. Montgomery County tag 7133. riv-
eted on collar; unbroken little boys pet:
name Joe. Reward. Mai Horton. 903
Highland drive Woodside Park, Silver
Spring. Md. Shepherd 1868
SCOTT1E-Brindle female; Buffalo tag;
vicinity Takoma Park. Phone Randolph
SORORITY PIN black and gold. Kappa
Alpha Theta. in vicinity Of Farragut
n W. Met. 7147.
SPANIEL male black and white long
black tail with white tip, wearing red
collar and tag; liberal reward. Georgia
5S24.
WALLET. black, containing about S35 and
r. R ticket from washington to Princeton
around noon Wednesday. Call between 8
and 10 m or after pm North 3112.
WRIST WATCH. diamond and platinum,
with initials "E. o. B. late Tuesday night;
liberal reward. Call Potomac 5401: A
WRIST WATCH white gold, with chain.
near Mt. Pleasant and 18th SITS, Thurs
day. Reward. Col. S364-W. after 6 p m.
WRIST WATCH-Lady's Gruen: between
Press Bldg. and Commerce Bldg. on 14t
st. Reward. Call District :32S1.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

Handicrafts Are Tested.
Handicrafts, including rug-making,
modelling, fretwork and handloom
weaving are being -sted in London
as cures for nervous troubles.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

FOX, TERRIER: black and white named
Mickey" ChildS companion; 1885 tags;
vicinity Friendship; reward. Clev $500.
KNITTING BAG containing blue and
white sweater. Reward Call Columbia
44S4-M
Evening star., 1937-04-02

POCKETBOOK. black. with accordion
pleats. yellow frame, cont. Irish rosary,
prayer book and key; vicinity War Dept
Monday afternoon North l144.