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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
Legislative Ball
 Affords Juneauites
 Big Time Saturday
Most Everyone Accepts h. vitation to Dance in
 Elks' Ballroom

Juneau generally had the best time it has had in months at the Legislative Ball in the Elks' ball. room Saturday night.
 So many Gastineau Channel res idents accepted the gracious invi- tation of the Territorial Legisla- ture to go to the party and enjoy themselves, that the floor was crowded from the beginning of the evening until the end.
 Large American flags, red, white and blue streamers and carictures of the Legislators, cleverly drawn by Lu Liston, decorated the ball room.
 Specialties during the evening in cluded songs by the Rhythmettes, trio of high school girls, Phyllis Jenne, Patricia Harland and Mar garet Harris; Bernice Lovejoy, an- other talented high school girl, who sang to the orchestra's accompani- ment, and dancers Pats and Pats, by Patricia Harland and Patricia Hussey.
 Bands orchestra was especially good, with plenty of new and old favorite dance tunes.
 Members of the Legislature, with red ribbons across their white shirt fronts to designate them as com- mittee members, took excellent care of their guests and all who attend- ed had an excellent time.
 Mrs. Nell Scott, Representative from the Third Division, was chair man of the dance committee, and was ably assisted by all other mem bers of the Senate and House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
ASTAIRE-ROCERS
 SWING WALTZ IS LAVISH FEATURE
Screens Supreme Dancing Team Generous with
 Art in Swing Time

Devotees of the dance are enjoy ing something novel in conception and exciting in interpretation in The Waltz in Swing Time num- Der, the glomorous dance sequence in Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers current melody hit at the Capitol Theatre, Swing Time"
 One of a half-dozen whistle-pro- voking melodies by Jerome Kern ''The Waltz Swing Time is a syn cophated waltz in rhythmic, accel- erated strains. The number is staged in a lavish night club set featuring a corps of fashionable dancing couples while Astaire, in top hat, white tie and tails, and Miss Rogers, in striking. especially designed dance gown, perform or the mirror-like floor.
 '1ne Wtltz in Swing Time" is one of two big dance specialties ir Swing Time the other being "Bojangles of Harlem" interpreted by Astaire in a symbolic setting with two dozen sepdia beauties.
 Swing Time" pictures Fred As taire as a dancing gambler who matches bet for bet and tap for tar with Ginger Rogers, as dance hall instructress. Victor Moore Helen Brokerick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness and Georges Metaxa com plete the featured cast of this RKC Radio picture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29

she had overlooked in her youth.
 Collecting a set of mail-order books, she communed with herself for several nights and then sallied out to exhibit her ncw-found know ledge.
 Marc, attending soiree at her apartment one afternoon, said, "Gwladys (her name really is Kate) I've got a splinter in my hand. Give me pin"
 Really, I'm dreadfully sorry.' she explained. gazing vapidly into space, but my personal maid-in- waiting isn't here today and I don't know where the pins AMT
 Leo Reisman, propped against a bar between dance tunes at the Waldorf, overheard this conversa- ton between a ham actor and a somewhat caustic friend. The ham. it seems, had finally obtained a bit, most unimportant bit, in 'third-rate show.
 Say he enthused, have you caught my show yet? just live my part!'
 The friend thought this over moment. Yeah" he said finally. l"I saw your show last night. And you must lead helluva lifel" Which leaves just room enough to report this most singular and original order placed in an eatery near Grand Central Terminal:
 Let me have" said the cynical one, "tw oboiled eggs-sofe as gig olos voice!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29

stitutional the 1884 National Fire arms Act requiring dealers to reg ister with the Collector of Internal Revenue and pay tax of $200 a year.
 The Tribunal also upheid the ef- fort of Washington State to impose a two percent tax on articles brought into the state for use in construction of the Coulee Dam. The I7 to 2 decision reversed the ruling of three judges of the Federal Courts that the state law could not be enforced against the Silas Mason Company and others building the power project.
 The Supreme Court also held con- stitutional the revised Frazier-Lem- ke Act authorizing three-yeaI moratorium on farm mortgages and foreclosures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
Hunger Stalks
 Chinese Farms
Quarter of a Million Peas ants Are Faced with
 Starvation

SHANGHAI, China, March 29.-- Hunger stalked eastward into the once rich wheatlands of Eastern Honan province, casting shadow of death over quarter-of-a-mil- lion farmers and their dependents as seven months drought have dried up their farmlands.
 Drought and hunger are report ed to have driven peasants there and elsewhere in the hunger area, where freezing weather is being experienced, to rioting and other extremes including the Kidnapping of children to sell, and to eating the leaves of trees for nourishment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
ROUSTS HERE SATURDAY
 ON WAY BACK TO CANDLE

MT. and Mrs. Tom P. Roust paid brief calls on some of their friends here Saturday while the steamer Yukon, on which they are north bound passengers, called at this port. Mir Roust, mining man and operator of an aviation company at Candle, together with his wife are bound from Seattle to their home. They stopped in Juneau for a few days southbound about two months ago while awaiting steamer connections, after flying here from Candle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
EMARDS THROUGH

MT. and Mrs. H. J. Emard visited briefly in Juneau Saturday during the few hours the steamer Yukon was in port from the south. They have just completed a winter in the States and are passengers aboard the steamer for Anchorage, where Mir. Emard operates the Emard Packing Company. MT Emard is an- ticipating better than average sal mon season in his district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
IS RETURNING HOME
 AFTER BUYING TRIP

Mrs. T. M. Welch, owner and manager of Welch's Style Shop in Anchorage, is returning to her bus mess aboard the steamer Yukon after buying trip of several weeks which took her to several Pacific Coast cities. Welch's Style Shop is located in the New Anchorage Hotel building at Anchorage and is one of the outstanding smart shops of the North.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
CORDOVA CANNERY
 HEAD HERE, YUKON

H. M Parks, operator of the Orca Salmon Cannery, at Cordova, is bound north to that city to organ ize his plant for the coming season. MT. Parks, passenger aboard the steamer Yukon from the States, spent several hours in Juneau Sat urday while that vessel was in port here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
BEER, YOU SAID
 IT,FOR KANSAS
Beverage of 3.2 Percent Alcoholic Content AL
 lowed Regulations

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 29. - Gov. Walter Huxman has signed into the law a bill defining bever- ages up to 3.2 per cent alcoholic content as notwithstanding. The bill is effective May 1.
 Strict regulations are prescribed
 Another measure Gov. Huxman signed makes it illegal to sell such 32 percent beer to any person un- der IS years of age and places sell ing the beverage must close at mid night, all day Sundays; also on holidays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
ENRoUTE TO ANCHORAGE

Bound for his home in Anchor age, where he is a prominent mer- chant, H. Seidenverg stopped off here for a few hours Saturday while the steamer Yukon, on which he is a passenger from the States, was in this port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
Man Strangled to
 Death; Body in River

PORTLAND, Oregon, March a. Efforts are being made to identify the body of strangled man, aged about 30. dragged from the William cite river last night. The body is clothed in loggerman's outfit. A light cotton rope was knotted tight fly around the neck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29

The first electric cooking was done by Benjamin Franklin, and the first practical electric lamp was in- vented by Thomas Edison 50 years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
HONORS GIVEN
 GEORGE COHAN
 FOR HIS STORY
Lunatics Taken for Theme of Playwright and
 He Wins Out
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, March 29. This fanciful farce or the Manhattan comic opera is relayed by maga- zine writer who attended a party with Margaret Sullavan, Noel Cow ard, George M. Cohan, Burgess Meredith and coterie of others. Finally they turned to swapping nut stories, and actor Conan col lected the honors with this pleas ant little invention.
 One day consignment of luna- tics arrived at the asylum and was turned over to the warden for ques- tioning.
 | And what is your name?" in quired the warden gently of tho first newcomer.
 Napoleon Bonaparte," declared that worthy, surprised that every body didn't know who he was.
 That's fine continued the war den in kindly tones. And who gave you the name of Napoleon?"
 Why. God did" he said. "Goc named me Napoleon"
 That isn't true" cried another of the goofy ones, springing for ward. T did not such thing"
 Then there is the legend that leaves Marc Connolly in stitche! every time he tells 1.-the legend of Gwladys. who began at lat date to correct a little matter O learning to req dand write, whicf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
LEGISLATORS AND OFFICERS
 OF TERRITORY ARE SUPPER GUESTS AT GOVERNORS HOUSE

Members of the Legislature and Territorial officials were guests of Gov. John w. Troy at buffet sup per at the Governors House before the Legislative Ball Saturday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29

Tcday's News Today Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29

Try an Empire ad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-29
HIGH TRIBUNAL
 GIVES DECISION IMPORTANT CASE
Legislation on Railroad Col lective Bargaining Is
 Sustained

Continued from Page One)
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
HOME

HOME 1880 Street Northeast
Doors Open 10 80 Show Starts ! P. N:
JANE WYATT in 'LUCKIEST GIRL IN
THE WORLD" and BOBBY BREEN IN
"RAINBOW ON THE RIVER" POPEYE.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

SYLVAN-Sunday and Monday: "Our
Relations" with Laurel and Hardy.
tuesday and Wednesday: "3 Men On a
Horse" with Frank McHugh and Joan
BlondelI. Thursday and Friday: Banjo
On Ny Knee" with Barbara Stanwyck
and Joel MeCrea. Saturday: straight
from the Shoulder" with Ralph Bellamy
and David Holt; also, Fugitive In the
Sky with Jean Muir and Warren Hull
matinee / D, m.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Dog. Two Cats Seek
New Homes Here

If the owner Of the little dog
featured today is not located, he
will be given away by the lady
who found the dog several days
ago on the street, cold, hungry
and dodging traffic.
1t is a male puppy, black and
white in color; playful and
healthy. If the dog is yours, or
if you are interested in acquiring
it, notify Mrs. I. w. Lewis, 2601
Newton st. N. E. Decatur 2899-O.
Two splendid female cats also
are being given away today. One
of the cats is six months old,
Maltese in color, with white paws.
The other cat, about a year and
half old, is gray and yellow and
particularly smart. Both felines
are housebroken and in perfect
health.
If you would like to adopt one,
get in touch with Mrs. o. A. Price,
1841 Lamont st. N. w. adams
159D.
A small shaggy-hair dog was
found, last Sunday night, after it
had been struck by an automobile,
by Mrs. A. C. Ellis, 625 MaSSachu-
setts Ave. N. w. metropolitan
958D in front of her home. The
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
KIMBLE RAPS
P. &c. STAND
ON TAXIS

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 10.
Launching an attack on the pub.
lie service commission, of Mary
land, for its failure to take hand
in the Baltimore taxicab strike,
Senator Robert Kimble (R) of
AIlegany county yesterday accused
the commission Of drawing their
S5,000-a-year salaries under false
pretenses."
He asserted the commission was
made up of incompetent men, and
that they had to employ Harry
West, former member, as a tech
nical expert, to direct their work.
Kimble asserted that the blame
for any possible injury to a pas
.senger as the result Of strike
should rest on the shoulders of
the Public Service Commission.
c. o. Associate
The Senator was associated
with the Committee for Indus
trial Organization and severed his
connections with them just as the
legislature went into its ninety
DAY session.
He threatened to offer a resolu-
ton in the Senate which would
bring about a probe into the sit
uation, which he referred to as
the taXicab racket"
Kimble's outburSt came as a
climax to the session yesterday
which had just previously adopted
a resolution making the Senate as
a whole a committee to probe
State police affairs.
The resolution empowered the
Senate to call as witnesses, under
oath, Governor Harry w. Nice.
Major Enoch B. Carey, recently
depoSed superintendent of police,
and Mrs. Marie BauernSchmidt,
radio critic of Governor Nice
The hearing is scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon.
Sunday Bowling Bill
In the House of Delegates Miss
Ruth L. Shoemaker CD Mont
gomery county, offered a bill that
would legalize Sunday bowling in
the First, Fourth and Seventh dis
tricts of Montgomery county.
Charles C. Marbury CD Of
Prince Georges county, offered a
bill making it illegal to trespass
within 100 feet of low water mark
on any posted shore property.
The legislature will reconvene
Monday night with week of bud
get work ahead. Open hearings
have been completed and it1s eX-
pected that the budget, with what
ever changes are agreed upon by
the money committees of both
houses, will be ready for submis-
sion to the legislators by next
week.
With the budget out of the way
the legislature will devote itself
| to enactment of laws raising re-
lief taxes and the mass of local
bills already dumped in the hop
| per.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
DEATHS

Richard Allen. ss, st. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
James E. Bradley 50. SIS Oneida
Pl. N. W.
Rosa V. Myers, 81, Georgetown Hos
pital.
John Ehlers, Is, st. Elzabeths Hos
pital.
James Gait, "A, occoquan Wharf
Henry Backenheimer, 60, St. Eliza
beths Hospital.
sallie P. Mason. ST. 72s Shepherd
st. N. W.
Milton A. Bolts. 81. Casualty Hos
pital.
James McNalley. "a. Georgetown Hos
pital.
Clayton W. Pond. So. 1900 F St.
n. w.
]. Sidney Condit, 55 Interstate Com
merce Building.
Gottlieb Baumgartner, 40. 6s Chan.
ming St. N. w.
Jack Smith, ~, Gallinger Hospital.
Jack Thompson. As. National Homeo-
pathic Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Mi. Rainier Firemen
Banquet on Feb. 20

MT. RAINIER. Md, Feb. 13.
Members of the Mt. Rainier Volun-
teer Fire Department will cele-
bra" ." the twenty-sixth anniversary
of The organization of the com
pany at a dinner in the fire house
February 20. At the same time, Of
ficers elected for the coming year
will be installed.
Karl A. Young, chief of the Mt.
Rainier company, who recently an
nounced his candidacy for the
presidency of the State Firemen'S
Association, will serve as celebra-
ton chairman.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

Young and Florence Rice in Longest
Laramie Kid: final chapter, "Phan-
tom Rider" with Buck Jones.
JESsE-sunday and Monday: Banjo
On My Knee" with Barbara Stanwyck
and Joel McCrea. Tuesday and Wednes-
day: Gold Diggers of 1887" with Dick
and Friday: Gods Country and the
Woman" with George Brent and Beverly
Roberts. Saturday; Rose Bowl" with
Eleanor whitney and Tom Brown; also,
Girl on the Front Page" with Edmund
Lowe and Gloria stuart, matinee l p. m.
SYLVAN-sunday and Monday: "our
Relations" with Laurel and Hardy.
Tuesday and Wednesday: "3 Men On
Horse" with Frank McHugh and Joan
on Ny Knee" with Barbara Stanwyck
and Joel MeCrea. Saturday: Straight
from the Shoulder" with Ralph Bellamy
and David Holt; also, Fugitive In the
Sky with Jean Muir and Warren Hull
matinee l p. m.
PALM-sunday Monday and Tues
day: Born to Dance" with Eleanor
ami Thursday: The Great ziegfeld"
with william Powell and Myrna 10y.
Friday and Saturday: Charlie Chan at
the opera with Warner GLAND and
keye Luke,
Enrol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in
Captain Blood: latest news events.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Claire Trevor
and Dean Jaeger in star for Night.
also Michael Whalen and Jean Muir in
white Fang: Thursday and Friday
Joan Crawford and Clarke Gable In
Love On the Run" also Robert Kent
and Rosalind Keith in King of the
Royal Mounted" saturday: Fred Mac
Marray Jean Parker and Jack Oakie in
The Texas Rangers" also Chapter
of Ace Drummond"; color cartoon
The Old Plantation"
HOWARD-In person: Little Jack Lit
tie and his orchestra vs. Baron Lee and
his band. plus a big stage show On
screen screen; r.yar S MA MSldsn es.,+ 1Ro Rornsro
sECO-sunday and Monday: Gold
Diggers of 1887" with Dick Powell and
Ian Blondell comedy color cartoon.
I'D Give My Life" with Sir Guy stand
ing and Frances Drake. also Man Who
Lived Twice" with Ralph Bellamy and
Isabel Jewell; selected short subjects,
tive in the Sky" with all-star cast; in
teresting short attractions and Fox News
with Lowell Thomas. Thursday and Fri
day Can This Be Dixie" with Jane
subjects, Pathe News. saturday: Case
of the Black Cat" with Ricardo Cortez
and June Travis, also Unknown
Ranger" with Bob Allen; Chapter 4
phantom Rider" Comedy. Universal
News.
TAKOMA-Sunday and Monday: Bar
bara Stanwyck in Banjo On My Knee"
Tuesday and Wednesday: Robert Young
in Longest Night; also, Buddy Rogers
in Weekend MIlliOnaire,", Thursday
and Friday: Dick Powell and Joan
Blondel in "Gold Diggers of 1887"
Saturday: James Dunn in Mysterious
Crossing; also. Eleanor Whitney in
Rose Bowl"
STATE - Sunday. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday: Sonia Heine in 'One
in q Million" cartoon and news. Thurs
day and Friday: Irene Dunn in "Theo-
dora Goes Wild" comedy and news. Sat
urday: Laurel and Hardy in "Our Re
lations"; also, Chester Morris in "Coun-
terfet," Popeys and news.
HIPPODROME-Sund and Monday:
Shirley Temple and Alice Faye in "Poor
Little Rich Girl" cartoon novelty and
news. Tuesday and Wednesday: Gladys
George, Airline Judge in valiant Is
the Word for Carrie: also. Ben Lyons
in Together We Live" Thursday and
Friday: Paul Kelly and Marsha Hunt
in Accusing Finger: also. Rochelle
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
Nurses Alumni Elects
Mary Slaughter Head

With 200 members present, the
Nurses Alumni Association Of
Emergency Hospital held its an
nual meeting in the nurses home
last night and elected officers for
the coming year.
Those elected we're: Mary
Slaughter, president; Janet Wash
burn, first vice president; Venus
Palmer, second vice president;
Mary Belfield, corresponding sec
retary; Hazel McWhirt, recording
secretary, and Dorothy Hunter.
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
MD. u. M0URNS
DEAN SPENCE,
DEAD AT 70

Thomas Humphrey Spence, dean
emeritus Of the College Of Arts
and Sciences at the University OF
Maryland, died at his home in Col
lege Park, Nd, last night after a
long period of illness, at the age
of 70.
Dean Spence. long a favorite
with the Maryland student body,
retired from active teaching in
1884 after almost AZ years of serv-
ice at the university. Born in
Snow Hill, Md, he receiN ed his de-
gree at Johns Hopkins University
and later took a post as principal
of the Snow Hill High School,
which he held until 1892, when
he became professor of languages
at Maryland, then the Maryland
Agriculture College.
In 1902 he became vice president
of the school and in 1912 became
acting president. With the reor-
ganization of the school as the
University of Maryland in 1920,
he was named acting dean of the
Arts and Sciences College, a post
he held until he retired as dean
emeritus m 1924. He continued
as a professor of history, philos-
ophy until he retired in 1884.
Dean Spence married Charlotte
Calvert, descendent of the famous
family that settled Maryland. He
is survived by his widow and three
daughters, Mrs. Virginia Irving
Lescure. of Harrisburg, Pa; Mrs.
Charlotte Calvert Wilton, of Char
lotte, N. c., and Mrs. Mary Spence
Montgomery, of College Park, and
two sisters, Mrs. William R. Bull
lock. of Charlotte, N. c., and Mrs.
P. M. Price, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow morning at St.
Andrews Episcopal Church in Col
lege Park. by the Rev. Ronald Tay-
lor. the pastor. Burial will be at
Snow Hill tomorrow afternoon.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
DIED
ANDERSON, ETHEL S.-On Frida

ANDERSON, ETHEL S.-On Friday, Feb
ruary 12. 1887. at Georgetown Hospital,
ETHEL S. ANDERSON of 1439 Spring Rd.
n. w. wife of the late Herbert L. Ander-
son and mother of Mrs. Marguerite A.
Thomas.
Services at the 8. H. Hines Co. funeral
home. 29O1 Fourteenth St. n. w, on Mon
day, February Is, at 3 80 p. m.
Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
MACDONALD. WILLIAM HUGH = Sud
denly on Wednesday, February 10. 1887,
at his residence. 324 F st. N. E, WILLIAM
HUGH MACDONALD. the beloved husband
of Laura E. Macdonald and father of John
F. Macdonald and Madeline L. Macdonald
Remains resting at the w. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home. Fourteenth and Chaplin
SITS. N. W.
Funeral services will be held on Satur
day. February 13, 1887. at 2 p. m, from
the W. w. Chambers Co. funeral home,
14O0 Chaplin St. N. W.
Relatives and friends are invited TO at
tend.
Interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13

ulty Should Be Abolished" to be
staged on the Maryland campus
next Wednesday evening.
The following evening, coed
members of the team will hold
their annual argument with the
Trinity College team of Washing
ton, upholding the negative of the
question: Resolved, That Con-
gresS Should Have the Power to
Fix Minimum Wages and Maxi
mum Hours in Industry"
Miss Brown, who has been active
in debate team activities for four
years at Maryland, is now in the
graduate school of the College of
Education as a major in history
She is a graduate of Central High
School here and expects to become
a teacher after she gets her degree
in June.
The Washington times., 1937-02-13
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

1and Mary A. Petrello, II, OF vs. PoIo-
mac Ave. S. E,
James f. McManaman, 25. Of Cope
land, Kan, and Nina Mae Malone, 26'
of 22O Indiana Ave. N. w.
Arnold Bentley Clements, 22, ana
Marie Soffee Thomson "a ooth OF "AoV
Nineteenth st. N. w. ,-.,
Robert X. Matthews 81, Of 81 Divi-
sion Ave. N. E., and Florance sefronia
Williams. IS, of 1907 Tenth st. N. W.
Lintices Lee, %, Of 24os NichoIs ATei 1tIi
Morris Rd. S. E.
Ben Miller. SO. of 2os New Jersey
Ave. n w, and Amanda Davis, %, Of
S6N5 Morrison St. n. W.
Clem Powers. %. of 4S04 Hayes ST.
N. E., and Thomasina johnson, IS, OF
12S f st. n. w.