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street, between Crawford and inter-
national
During the holdup Mrs. Athens
was slashed on one of her wrists.
The sum of $40 u. S. money, and
$3.50 Mexican, was obtained in the
holdup.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14

Mrs. j. Hunsaker (Frances Han
nah), of Mesa, was the guest this
week of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hannah.
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Bi-Monthly
Supper

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo w. Miller were
host and hostess to the members
of the Bi-Month1y Supper Club
Wednesday evening.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Abbott, Mr.. and Mrs. john
Jund, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Will
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hannah,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Moery, and Mr..
and Mrs Miller.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14
PARTY POSTPONED


The st. Andrews Episcopal bene-
fit bridge party, scheduled for Au-
gust 18th, has been indefinitely
postponed, it was announced yester-
day by Mrs. w. E. Carroor.
sAaAasapeAAas
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kibbe and
daughter are leaving Monday on a
two weeks vacation trip to Los An
geles and San Francisco.
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DR.. E. c.. Houle will leave tomor-
row to join his family, vacationing
in California. They will return here
in about week or ten days.
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Supper Party At
Moery Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Moery, 1877
Thelma street, had as their guests
at supper party Sunday evening:
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hall, Mr..
and Mrs. E. j. Dittmer, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. H McNulty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry A. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Palms, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Richards,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Abbott, and Mrs.
Lewis Caywood from Tumacacori
Mission.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14
TUCSONANS HERE
FOR SURPRISE PARTY

Thirteen women of the Friend
ship Glass of the First Christian
Church of Tucson journeyed to No
gales week ago yesterday after
noon and gave Mrs. George Reade
White surprise partv at her home
on Morley avenue. Games were
played following delightful lunch
con.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14
BABY BOY

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Capin
a 7A pound baby boy Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock at their home
on Pajarito street.
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AT WEDDING

Mrs. A. J. Abbott and daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Moery, attended the
wedding of Miss Doris Hannah and
Don Smith at Tucson Wednesday.
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Nogales international., 1937-08-14

City Alderman Charles T. FRAZIER
and wife left Thursday on ten-day
vacation trip to Grand Canyon.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14

Mrs. I. H. Shannon returned the
first of the week from visit in
California.
Nogales international., 1937-08-14
HALLS IN CALIFORNIA

City Alderman and Mrs. Thomas
l.. Hall and two children left Tues
day on vacation trip to California.
Evening star., 1937-12-16

ing. " "Don't approach the case with
any bias, either on the basis Of en-
ploye against employer. capital against
labor or shipowner against seamen," /"
he cautioned.
The defense contends the seamen
merely protested against use OF strike
breaking, non-union stevedores be-
cause the laborers were incompetent,
were "scabs" and because tie seamen
feared reprisals at the hands Of strik-
ing stevedores If they aided the strike
breakers.
T. Benson Quinn. New York. assist
ant United States district attorney,
heard the case yesterday. In the near
future he is to prosecute three addi-
tional Algic seamen arrested there.
A fourth man was arrested in Jackson
vile, Fla, and faces trial there.
The seamen are charged with en-
deavor to revolt and conspiracy to re-
volt.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
RIGHT OF SEAMEN
TO STRIKE DENIED
U. S. Judge Tells Jury Sailors
Cannot Act Against Laws
of U. S. Any Time.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE Dec. 16.-Only clos
ing arguments remained today before
a Federal jury ballots to decide
whether IA seamen mutinied when
they held q sit-down strike aboard the
Government-owned freighter Algic at
Montevideo last September 10.
Judge W. Calvin Chestnut made his
charge to the jury late yesterday, tell
ing 1t the seamen had no right ito
strike against the laws Of the United
States at any place, at any time or
under any circumstances"
The Judge said the question was
whether the failure of the ship to be
loaded that day was due to the action
Of the crew in imposing its will on
the management of the ship
or was due to a mere request for the
captain to keep scab stevedores off the
vessel"
Judge Chestnut warned the Jurors
their decision calls for clear think
Evening star., 1937-12-16
PRIEST DEF|ESU.S.
/ IN CONTEST CASE
Father Cox Says $25,O00
! Prizes to Be Awarded.
! Lottery Is Charged.
- tie Associated Press.

- tie Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16-The Rev.
James r. Cox, charged with operating
4 lottery and mail fraud, defied the
Federal Government last night to pre-
$25,O00 in a contest to select a name
tor the monastery garden Of old st.
Patrick's Church.
The priest, pastor Of the church, de-
clared:
1.-THE Federal Government will have
to call out the troops to stop me from
carrying out my pledge to award
$25,00O to the winners of the Garden
Stakes Christmas Day. If this
bungling administration wants to stop
this charitable contest it will have to
use force to do it,"
United States Attorney Charles F.
Uhl replied:
"Father Cox is conducting lottery,
is using the mails to defraud, and he
was advised by Washington as long
ago as last July before the lottery was
launched that such was the case"
Father Cox will be given hearing
before United States Commissioner
Roger Knox within a few days, Mr..
Uhl said The priest appeared at the
commissioners Office yesterday and
was released on his own recognizance
by signing $4,000 bond.
At the time, Father Cox expressed
surprise at the action, saying:
II made inquiries before the con-
test started and received assurance it
was all right"
Mr.. Uhl said the Government was
seeking another man as promoter of
the contest.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
MAN, "a, ARRAIGNED
IN DEATH OF AUNT, IL
He Pleads Innocent to Charge of
Staying Sister for "Nag-
ging' Parents.
Ey the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SALEM, Mass, Dec. 16.-Police
brought Oliver Alden Thayer, "a, to
court today for the second time in
"a hours to be arraigned on a charge
OF numbering his 72-year-old aunt,
Miss Alice R. Thayer.
Miss Thayer died yesterday, some
20 hours after shotgun charge struck
her in the head in the Thayers' Colo
nial home at Topsfield.
4 The former college student pleaded
innocent yesterday to charge Of mur-
dering his sister Katherine, 80. On
that charge he was ordered held with
out bail in Salem Jail
State Police Corpl Arthur T.
O'Leary, who signed the murder war;
rants, said Thayer confessed both
shootings and claimed he fired be-
cause he couldn't stand" what he
described as the two women's con-
slant nagging' Of his parents.
His father, a retired oil company
executive, said his son had been de-
pressed since an automobile accident
last February. The mother declared
she knew Of no quarrel between the
youth and his aunt and sister.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
SEDER CASE JURY HEARS
KIDNAP ATTEMPT STORY
Statements Declared Obtained
From Travis and Adkins
Read at Trial.
By the Associated Press.

By HSSUCIattu FrtSS.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Dec. 10
Statements which the State charged
were obtained from John Travis and
Orville Adkins detailed to a jury yes
terday how one unsuccessful kidnapping
attempt led to the abduction of 79-
year-old DR.. James I. Seder.
Despite defense objections, State at
torney read an account of plans laid in
September to kidnap Rex Price, a
Huntington contractors son.
The statement said Arnett A. Booth,
condemned to die for his part in the
Seder abduction, made the arrange
ments for the Price kidnapping and
Evening star., 1937-12-16

told Adkins and Travis he had en-
ployed man at $40 day to guard
Price following the abduction.
The attempt to abduct Price failed,
the statements said, when he drove
swiftly away from the trios auto. DR..
Seder was then selected as the victim,
the statements added.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
Convicted Woman
Is Given Her Choice
OF Life or Death

CROWN POINT, Ind, Dec. 16.
Convicted of Staying Tony Ger
vasi in an East Chicago Ind.)
tavern August 20, Nora Abayta,
27-year -old tavern hostess, was
given her choice in Criminal
Court yesterday between life i'm
prisonment and death in the elec-
trio chair.
She chose life.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
ITALIANS ERECT DIKES
TO HALT TIBER FLOOD
1nundation Is Worst Since 1900.
\ Air Communications Halted
as Field Is Covered.
N the Associated Press

3y the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 16.-Firemen and
Fascist volunteers threw up hasty
sandbag dikas today to hold the Tiber
River in its course in the worst flood
aimee 1900.
Early today the water had risen to
more than IL feet above normal and
an inch above the 1884 mark, highest
point in recent years.
Air communications were halted
when the flooded area included the
Lttorio airport.
e., A small landslide covered the Rome
tAvezzano Railroad line at one point
Tor several hours.
Wind and hail added to the dis
comfort of refugees huddled in provi-
ssfonal shelters.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
(. H. ARNOLD EXPIRES,
WAS EX-NEWPAPER MAN
Attrney, Former d. c. Reporter,
Also Had Been Legislator;
Stricken December 5.

Stricken December s.
By the Associated Press.
ELKINS, w. Va, Dec. 16-Eugene
H. Arnold, Al, an attorney, one-time
legislator and former Washington and
Baltimore newspaper man, died yes
tcrday.
He had been hospital patient since
December 5, when he was stricken at
his hotel.
Arnold was born at San Diego,
Calf, where his father once served
As collector of customs He served
Is q member of the State Legislature
In 1917, 1925 and 1927 and was a
candidate for Democratic nomination
for Governor in 1928.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
PARISH PLANS PARTY

New st. Anthony's Structure Will
Benefit Tomorrow.
A bingo party for the benefit Of the
new st. Anthony's Catholic Church
building will be held at $3.50 O'Clock
tomorrow night.
The affair will be held in Monastery
Hall, Fourteenth and Quincy streets
NE.
Over $4,000 tourists visited Estonia
in the last - months.
Evening star., 1937-12-16
Safety Council
. Urges Holidays
Free of Drinks
Appeals to Parents
. Whose Children
/ Drive Cars.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1e.-Christmas
.merriment inspired by alcohol was
The subject Of q holiday appeal
made today by the National Safety
Council to parents whose children
drive cars.
~ I'VE appeal to parents" said the
puncil, ito ask their sons not to
drive after drinking and their daugh-
tgfs not to ride with escorts who have
been drinking"
Highways are more dangerous than
asual at this season, it was contended,
because of holiday indulgence and
TIE tolerance that naturally charac-
terizes this indulgence during the
christmas period"
Last year 1890 died and 10000
SNere injured in traffic accidents dur
sfng the Christmas season, the safety
tnfganization cited, adding this was a
larger toll than America suffered In
sthss Revolutionary Waz
Evening star., 1937-04-11
BANK R0BBER SUICIDE
IDENTIFIED AS HARTMAN
Numerous Hold-ups in California
and Oregon Charged to
Hotel Victim.

A bank robber who committed sui
eide in a Los Angeles hotel last
Wednesday as G-men commanded
him to surrender was identified here
yesterday by his fingerprints as Milton
David Hartman, Pacific Coast bandit,
wanted for numerous bank robberies
in California and Oregon.
In a safety deposit box in a Los
Angeles bank, listed under Hartman's
alias of James D. Courey," agents
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
have found $4,000, of which $1,000
was identified as loot from an 5000
robbery of the Rose City branch OF
the First National Bank, Portland.
Greg, on March 20.
John Oscar Hetzer, a brother-in-
law of "Courey," was arrested by the
agents just prior to their raid on
Hartman's room. HetZer, according
to j. Edgar Hoover, has confessed he,
Hartman and one Shorty" Mckay
robbed the Oregon bank Hetzer was
driving Hartmans car when arrested.
In the car was found S2,451 additional
of the Oregon loot. HetZer was found
TO be in possession Of s4,738 more.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

testified that they believed the ad-
mirals would 'act fairly" toward
labor.
Ryons described as IAN outstanding
naval architect" and argued that "at
least two naval officers should sit on
the commission to develop the mer-
chant marine in line with the ma
tional defense program"
Paul Scharrenberg. legislative rep
resentative for the Seamen's Union,
challenged Emerson's right to speak
for all that organization, and said he
had found Wiley very fair-mlnded I"
Harris Speers, shipbuilder and Ken
meth Gardner, counsel for the New
York Shipbuilding Corp, also ex-
pressed confidence in the admirals'
fairness and ability"
Evening star., 1937-04-11
SWAN GIVEN POST

Appointment Of D. Walter Swan,
former vice president Of Central Air
lines, as district traf1lc manager Of
United Airlines in Washington, was
announced yesterday by Harold Crary,
vice president Of the transcontinental
system.
Swan succeeds Charles D. Renouf
who has been transferred to Pittsburgh
as district traf1ic manager there in
conjunction with company expan-
sion program.
The new local traffic manager has
been identified with commercial air
transportation since early 1923, when
he joined the Stout Arlines, now q
part of United, in Cleveland.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
repair and improvement work was

repair and improvement work was
done on 1893.
In addition to work on many out
door beaches, 248 new swimming pools
were built, while 81 were improved
New athletic fields and Fairgrounds
totaled 1,415, while more than that
number were improved
The w. P. A. developed 425 parks
and fair grounds and put 1858 others
III shape again
More money was expended for
parks and recreational facilities than
any other type Of construction ex-
cept highways.
Included in the money spent on
athletic fields and Fairgrounds was
funds for base ball diamonds, foot
ball and soccer fields, tennis, volley
ball and basket ball courts. Although
Evening star., 1937-04-11
One Dollar in Eight of W.P.A.
Funds Expended for Sports

from bowling green's and rifle ranges
to stadiums. grandstands and race
tracks. In the snow sections, numerous
ski jumps, toboggan slides and skating
rinks were constructed.
To accommodate a growing army
OF golfers. w. P. A. provided funds
to construct 80 new courses and i'm
prove IS others.
A total OF 478 stadiums and open
recreational buildings were ompleted
and l74 improved or enlarged Gym
nasium, auditorium and community
center projects numbered o6l, while
Evening star., 1937-04-11
By the Associated Press.

0y the ASSOCIATED Press.
One dollar out OF every eight Uncle
Sam spent last year through the
Works Progress Administration went
Tor sports or recreational programs.
The w. P. A. Recreation Division
said yesterday its latest report cover
ing roughly years work extending
through September, 1885, showed $500
projects had been placed in operation
at an expenditure of about $3.50,
100000.
Nearly every kind Of facility known
to sportsmen has been built, ranging
Evening star., 1937-04-11
! member Of the Lafayette Lodge o,

a member Of the Lafayette Lodge Of
Masons.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ia A.
Parr; four young children, Glenn,
Robert, Joyce and Doris Anne Parr; +;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George D.
Parr, two sisters, Mrs. Louise Ashby
and Miss Frances Parr, and four
brothers, Charles E.. Richard, Thomas
and Grant Parr. The parents, brothers
and sisters lived in Fauquier County.
Funeral services will be held at l
pm. tomorrow In Hines funeral home,
290l Fourteenth street. Burial will
be in Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Letter Proves a Puzzle.

K1RKSVILLE, Mo. P).-Assistant
Postmaster Manville Carothers has
his hands full with just one letter, ad-
dressed:
"P. M-Please deliver to any reIa-
tive of John Harris, deceased. John
Harris moved to Adai; County ard
settled on farm few years after the
Civil War and his address was Kirks-
vile, Adair County, Mo. Children at
the time Alice and Riley"
Evening star., 1937-04-11

millions Of dollars went for indoor
activities, the emphasis has been on
outdoor sport and recreation projects.
The w. P. As conservation work
included the distribution of %, 900 900
fish In streams.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
EVERETT N. PARR,
P. 0. EMPL0YE, DIES
Came to District About 16 Years
Ago From Fauquier
County, Va.

Everett M. Parr, 80, a clerk at the
City Post once, died yesterday Of
pneumonia at his home, 3l4 Allison
street.
Mr.. Parr had been q WASHINGTON
resident about Is years, coming here
from Fauquier County, Va. He was
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Noted Surgeon Dies.

BOSTON, April 10 (P).-Dr. Fran
els G. Miniter, So, widely known ear
and throat surgeon, died today in
Carney Hospital after an appendec-
tony. He was noted for his work
among poor children.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Shanghai, China, is 5000 miles by
sea from San Francisco and 1000
from London.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
MARITIME BOARD
CHOICES SPEEDED
Confirmation of Five Men Is
Expected During Week
to Push Program.

BACKGROUND
Appointed last month BY Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the nev Maritime
Commission has been unable to
proceed ,Dith its job OF revising the
entire system OF merchant marine
finance by substituting direct sub
sides for ocean mail contracts be-
cause Senate confirmation OF dp-
pointments UaS delayed after Sem
ator Black accused t,Do Of fDe ap-
pointees OF prejudice against sea-
mems unions Appointments finally
came up yesterday before Senate
subcommittee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
EMPLOYEE STEALS JUICE

Juneau - Charged with stealing electric power from the Alaska El ectrie Light and Power Company, George Hansen, 34 plead guilty in U. S. Commissioner Court and was sentenced by Judge Felix Gray to two months in jail and to pay fine of $50.
 Hansen, who lived in the Cottage Apartments on West Seventh Street, admitted officer said. that he tap ped the light company line without knowledge of the company and used juice" thus taken to carry on a small battery charging an radio business. He is a former employee of the light company. and it was charged that the juice" theft had been going on since last summer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
LL-ALASKA REVIEW

Alaska woman to hold any office in the larger federations in the Un- tied States. She has been legisla- tive chairman of the Alaska Fed eration of Womens Clubs since 1929
 At Ketchikan, Mrs. Hermann was joined by Mrs. H. p. Hansen, dir ector of the General Federation, who will also be in attendance at the Utah convention on April 19. From Salt Lake City, Mrs. Hansen travels on to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be pres ent at the council meeting of the General Federation as delegate on April 25.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
MILL REsUMEs DEFINITIONS

Juneau - With the approach of the building season, Juneau Lum- Der Mills are preparing to resume operations soon.
 Roy Rutherford, general manager of the lumber mills, returned 10 Juneau on the Yukon after all ab- sence of several months. Most of his time while away was spent Tn Seattle where he was lining up bus- mess for his eompany's operations during the coming season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
HAMMOCK VOTES WET

Klawock - Roy Peratrovien was elected Mayor in the recent election and the Councilmen for the uwo- year term chosen are John Peratro- vich, Edward Peratrovich and Alfred Widmark.
 The vote was the largest in the history of the city and was a good contest.
 On the question of liquor option, the town voted wet.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
FAIRBANKS TO BE BEAUTIFUL

Fairbanks - "The Midnight Sun Garden Club" has been organized under the leadership of Lorin Old royd, Director of the University of Alaska Extension Course and a cam paign is to be started to make the city one of the beautiful gardens amidst unique northern setting.
 Spring is backward, however, throughout the interior and 1t will be many weeks before it will be pos sible to turn the ground" here.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
NEW LEGION DUGOUT

Ketchikan - Joining the new building program in Ketehikan, the American Legion has started work on the foundation of it's new build ing on lower Park Street, opposite the hospital.
 A one-story building Of red cedar logs will be erected to house tEe meetings of the American Legion, and the Boy and Girl and Sea Scouts The Legion's attractive cab in at Herring Cove is constructed of red cedar logs with a fire place of Alaska marble.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
eco HEAD TO COME TO ALASKA

Washington. D. C. Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, will go to Al aska this summer, according 70 re- ports from Washington. He is to leave Seattle somewhere around the end of May and will spend approxi- mately a month in the Territory in- specting CCC projects. He will cover both coastal Alaska and the Interior in his trip.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
NAVY TO BUILD FLOAT

Sitka - Delegate Anthony J. Di- mOnd states that the Navy Depart ment has advised that it is build ing a floating dock near Sitka for use by naval seaplanes.
 He said however, that the Navy Department refused to say whether or not the construction was in con- junction with contemplated fleet operations in the North Pacific this year
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
Phone System For sitka

Sitka-Peter Kostrometinoff, Ior- mer mayor of Sitka, who recently resigned to take the position of PWA supervisor of construction for the new Sitka Gymnasium, plans the construction of telephone system following completion of the gym nasium job. Candidates are now be- ing nominated to fill the mayors position and also council seats and for school board members
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
STEAMER CREWS ARRIVE

Fairbanks - Crews for the steam CTS have arrived at Nenana, Kusk- okwim and Yukon River points to prepare for the summers work and operations.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
BIDS ON POWER PLANT

Seward - Approval has been giv- en for the proposed new diesel cleo tric power plant at Seward and bids on the project estimated to cost $90- 900 have been called for on June I, according to Ross A. Gridley, PWA State-Engineer Inspector.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
APPLY FOR PWA LOAN GRANT

Anchorage - The City Council voted to apply for a PWA loan grant of S273,450 to construct a new school building.
 Action followed a five to one vote fayoring the proposition in the re- cent municipal election.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
OLD TYPE ESKIMO

Bethel, - pr. Hans Himmelheber German enthologist, has returned here by plane from Nunivik island, where he spent the winter. For five months he was the only white man among 200 Eskimos. The doctor ob- tained a complete monograph of Nu- nivik culture and a volume of folk
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16

Roosevelt assures his audiences that a balanced budget is in sight whereas Hoover never could quite get prosperity around that corner.
 A San Francisco sailor has a life time collection of old ropes lie must have saved all of his Christmas cig- ars
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
MATANUsKA MINES

Matanuska - Matanuska coal mines are humming at top speed 10 meet spring orders and supply can neries. The mines will produce 5000 tons within a month and send it to Seward for shipment to Libby Me Neill and Libby and Alaska Pack CTS association canneries in the Bristol bay area. A Cordova coal
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
CLUB WOMEN TO UTAH

Juneau - Mrs. R. R. Hermann
 left on the S. S. Mt. Mckinley this week en route to Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend the convention of the Western Federation of Women's s Clubs as parliamentarian of the fed eration. Mrs Hermann is the first
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
INCREASES WAGES

Chichagof, - A wage increase amounting to fifty cents per day, to all of the company's employees was announced today by officials Of the Hirst-ChichagOf Gold Mining Com pany, operating at Kimshan Cove. Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
WINNER TO BUILD HOME

Anchorage, - oscar Neilsen, win her of last years Nenana Ice pool, announces he plans to build a S5,- GOO home here this summer and also plans to win the pool again.