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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
DECISION IN CLARK GABLE
 CASE CHANGED
Woman Not Guilty of Mail Fraud But Specie
 of Blackmail'
SAN FRANcIsco, Cal. oct. 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 29. The Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the conviction of Violet Wells Norton for mail fraud in con- nection with a letter she sent to Clark Gable.
 The woman was convicted on the basis of the letter the Prosecution charged she sent Gable from Mani toba, Canada, naming him the fa- ther of her daughter Gwendolin.
 The court held the letter did not come under the statute concerning mail fraud but it was a scheme to coerce or extort and was specie of blackmail"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
'. s. Takes Tip From Britain

LONDON, Oct. 29.-When Amer ica takes it's voluntary unemploy- ment census it will be borrowing a page from the British. British un- employed register every week at one of the some 2,000 government offices. The weekly registration keeps the government posted and guides employment offices.
 The October 4 report showed 1,090.967 wholly unemployed, 191- 737 temporarily unemployed, and 56,500 normally in casual employ ment, making a total of 1889 ,204. This was an increase of 30,000 over August g but a decrease of 236,- GOO over Sept. 21, 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
RAIN STOPS FIGHTING ON
 SPAIN FRONT
Floods Result from Heavy Downpour-Hostil-
 ities Disrupted

zARAGOZA, Spain, Oct. 29.-In- surgent and Spanish Government armies on the broad Aragon front quit fighting each other today to combat a common enemy flood.
 High waters sheet wide areas of the valleys of the Ebro river.
 The water at this Insurgent base is at the highest level in 20 years, 21 feet above normal The Ebro is g feet above normal.
 Heavy rains are responsible for the rise of the Ebro.
 Roads and railways in the Gov ernment territory to the north are flooded and great damage is being done
 The rain has filled the trenches driving the Valencia troops to higher ground.
 Hostilities are disrupted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
INTERVENTION
 IN SPAIN WAR
 IS DEADLOCKED
Germany and Russia Block Proceedings on Bel
 ligerent Rights

LONDON, Oct. 29-Germany and Russia forced the subcommittee of the Spanish Intervention Commit tee into new and tighter dead lock today.
 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ger man representative, again declared that granting belligerent rights is essential as a preliminary condition to withdrawal of foreign volun- teers in the Spanish Civil War,
 Russia insisted that withdrawal of the bulk of the foreigners should be ordered before belligerent rights are granted.
 This means the committee cannot proceed further.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
COLONY PLEA
 OF MUSSOLINI
 PHASES NAzI
German Press Says Marks Another Gain Tn Drive
 for Islands

BERLIN, Oct. 29.-The German press hailed the support of Premier Mussolini to the Nazi claims to colo nies lost as the result of the World War and said this marked another gain in the Reich's drive for the re- turn of the lost possessions.
 The press also took advantage of the notice of the changing atti- tude of the English press toward respect for German Colonial argu- ments."
 In Rome yesterday, Mussolini said it is necessary that Germany be restored to her place in the Afri- can sun"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Murder Charge
 Holding Woman

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 29. Still maintaining her innocence and complaining of stomach trouble, Mrs. Agnes Ledford remains i'll the county jail while an investigation into the deaths of her two step- daughters and a former husband continued in two counties.
 The Columbia County .sheriff's office said information charging her with first degree murder in connection with the death on Sep tember of Ruth Lepford, her husbands daughter by a former marriage, will be presented to the grand jury Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
U. 5. Business Given Support
 By vandenberg
Michigan Senator Address es Community Club
 Meeting

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. %. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, ad- dressing a meeting of the Com munity Clubs stated If legitimate American business doesn't have a fair chance to survive profitably, none of us has a chance to survive.
 Tt is a fine ideal to share the wealth. Wealth ought to be shared as widely as possible in democ- racy. But wealth has to be created before it is shared.
 Business has succeeded before and can make jobs. Money must go to work before men go to work. "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
 Of Two States
 Dies Suddenly
R. P. Hill, Democrat of Ok lahoma, Passes Away
 Heart Attack

OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 29. = R. P. Hill, Democratic Congressman from the Fifth Oklahoma Congress sional district died today as the rS6ilt of sudden heart attack.
 Congressman Hill is one of the few men who ever represented two states in Congress. He was first elected in the Illinois Twenty First district in 1912. Later he came to Oklahoma and was sent to Con gress from this state.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
RIVER WATERS OF OHIO HICH;
 AREA FLOODED
Monongahela Also on Ram page But Cool Wealth
 CT May Check

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 29. - Flood waters at the watersheds of rivers in West Virginia and west ern Pennsylvania that rolled down the Ohio river have been checked by the cold wave.
 Several days of heavy rains, how ever, have sent the Monongahela past the 27-foot stage. The river is expected to rise six inches more before receding.
 The Weather Bureau said the danger of flood in the Golden Tri- angle" has passed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
MIME. CHIANC IS INJURED IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT
Wife of Head of Chinese Governm ent Suffers
 Broken Rib, Shock

SHANGHAI, Oct. 29.-An injury to Mime. Chiang Kai Shek in an automobile accident while travelling between Nanking and Shanghai last Saturday is disclosed.
 She suffered fractured rib and also suffers from shock.
 Mime. Chiang is the Wellesley Col lege CUnited States educated wife of the head of the Chinese Govern ment and herself Secretary Gen. eral of the Chinese Air Force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
} RIFLEMEN ARE KILLED
 AT SHANGHAI
Members of F Foreign De- tachment Bombed While
 at Post of Duty
ENGLAND AROUSED
 OVER NEW ATTACK
Invade ders Halted Tn One Move-Besieged Chinese
 Still Holding Out

BULLETIN - LONDON, Oct 29.-The greatest indignation is manifest in British official cir cles over the killing of three Royal Ulster riflemen at Shang- hai, the latest on the lengthen- ing list of British casualties at tributed to Japanese gunfire.
 The House of Commons ad- journed for the weekend before the killings became known.
 Formal comment is withheld pending official report.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
New Grocery Boy
 Legacy Puzz|ing

BENNETT SQUARE, Pa, Oct. 29. The will of Mrs Stella H. Tingley proved headache to Chester Coun- ty legal authorities.
 It contained bequests of $500 each to the ''ice man" and ''milkman";; i; $50 to the "laundryman"; $100 to "the colored lady" and $50 to the new grocery boy"
 The task of identifying them was up to the court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
SILVER WAVE IN
 FROM LYNN CANAL

The shuttle-ship Silver Wave, re- turned from Skagway today with two passengers from the head of Lynn Canal. They were Lyman Ritter and Mary Dolan from Skag- way.
 This afternoon, Capt. M. B. Dahl and Purser George Davis were scheduled to make the northbound trip to Haines ond Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
KILLED BY ARTILLERY

SHANGHAI, Oct. 29.-Three Brit ish Ulster riflemen were killed and several wounded during Japanese smelling of Hungjao. a suburb west of the International Settlement.
 Many Americans and other for eigners were also subjected to the smelling and aerial attack between the Chinese and Japanese in the undeclared war.
 Damage has been caused among the American mission property, also on the British defense lines.
 One unidentified foreigner and several Chinese were also killed by Japanese shells falling inside the British lines Seven Chinese non- combatants in the shelled district were also killed or wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
TWO THOUSAND
 ARE TO STRIKE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 29. - A strike of 2,OOO Pacific Electric Railway trainmen and bus drivers, serving 250 Southern California communities, has been ordered for next Tuesday. Higher wages and a change in working hours are the de- mands presented.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Neo Expedition from Mosco"
 To Search for Missing Pliers

tion which relieves that headed by Pilot Sherveleff, who has been searching since September 10.
 The four planes commanded by Sherveleff have been recalled but he remains on Rudolph Island to CO., operate with Chukhnovisky.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
NEW NATION
 ESTABLISHED

PEIPING, Oct. 29. = Establish ment of a new independent Timer Mongolian Nation" in the North western Chinese provinces, recently conquered by the Japanese Army, has been formally proclaimed at Ke- wisue, Capital of Suiyan Province.
 Prince Teh Mongol, prince long associated with the Japanese ex- pansionists schemes, has been named head of the new state.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29

MOSCOW, Oct. 29-Four large planes equipped for flying in the Polar night, are to be entrusted for the search mission for the six miss ing Soviet f1iers.
 Ivan Chukhnovisky, veteran avia- tor, is in charge of the new expedi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
AUTOS COLLIDE
 HEADON;6 DEAD

VINTON, Iowa, Oct. 29.-Six per- sons were killed and three injured in a headon collision of two auto- mobiles near here last night.
 The dead are Mrs. Raymond Brown, of Cedar Rapids. Iowa i; Marie Lee Brown. aged 3, Mrs. Browns daughter; Mrs. O. A. New ton, Mrs. Bud Shaw. Mrs Harry Newton, all of Grundy Center, Ia, and John Roach, of Vinton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
JAPAN TO TALK WITH CHINA ON
 ENDING STRIFE.
That Is If Head of Invaded Land Makes Such
 Request

TOKYO, Oct. 29.-The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said Ja- pan will not hesitate to enter ne- gotiations to end the conflict in China If China proposes such talks directly to Japan.
 The spokesman said the main thing is ito persuade the Chinese to change their attitude and aban- don anti-Japanese policies"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Mothers Sign to
 Learn Tap Dance

NEW ORK, Oct. 29.-Parents in suburban Maspeth believe in keep ing up with the younger genera tion-and how! The Parent Teach CT Association announced twenty mothers have enrolled to be taught tap dancing and a dozen fathers have signed up for basketball. The fathers and mothers also will rol- Ter skate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
2 More Bodies
 Are Recovered,
 Mine Explosion
Death Toll Now l4-All Men in Workings At
 Time Accounted For

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct 29. The bodies of Pete Olson and Joe Lucas have been recovered from the tunnel of the Evan Jones coal mine. This raises the death toll of the explosion to IA and accounts for all those in the mine at the time on the day shift.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
zWILLINC TO
 MANAGE OAKS

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 29.-E. w. Dutch" Zwillfng has been named manager of the Oakland team of the Pacific Coast League, replacing Bill Meyer who will take up Zwil- ling's duties as pilot of the Kansas City Club of the American Asso- ciation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
This Is Odd; Divorce Plea Turned Down

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 29.- Chancellor George McCandless has dismissed the petition of Mrs. Ellen Jones, 83. to divorce her husband, William Jones, 84, who were mar ried 57 years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Death Hangs
 On Door Handle Of Automobile

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Oct. 29. Mary Lee Moses, 27, San Francisco artist. died a few hours after her skull was pierces by an automobile door handle She walked into the side of the car.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
By MORGAN w. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON. Oct. 29.-Shut your eyes on the International din of the moment, turn back the clock twenty-odd years, and you glimpse Woodrow Wilson trying to assert Americas rights in the community of nations without taking sides in a war.
 Everybody knows now that he failed in that effort, and America moved inevitably into the World conflict.
 But the same broad question that faced Wilson in 1914 faces Roose- welt today:
 How can America remain at peaceP
 Nobody can answer that question, of course, but there are similarities and difference in the world situation in 1914 and in 1887 that will help Roosevelt chart a course for the United States.
 Today the big powers of the world are rapidly rearming themselves with new and terrible machines of war, just as they were in 1914. In those days the nations were just beginning to practice with the com paratively new machine-gun, air plane, Zeppelin and submarine. To- day they're experimenting with re- fined samples of the same things flying fortresses," pocket bat tleships,' and motorized armies. '"
 Stage Differently Set
 And then, as now the President was forced to divert his attention frequently from the domestic politi- cal scene-a scene in which he pre- ferred to operate. Wilson preached the new freedom; Roosevelt up- holds the New Deal" In 1914, the Balkan war was fresh- ly recorded on the pages of history "a sinister prelude of what was to come. What can be said today of the conquest of Ethiopia, the Span ish Civil War, and the Sino-Japan- csc warfare in the Orient? { Again nobody knows the answer As matter of fact, when we ask that question we come to the end of possible similarities between tur- bulent 1914 and equally disturbed 1887.
 The common props on the inter- national stage in 1914 were imper- ial governments, the delicate bal ance of power between the Central powers and the Entente of Europe the "orten door" in China, the Monroe Doctrine in the Americas and so on, muct as it was in Queen Victoria's era.
 But the war changed all that Now we have a League of Nations We have the labels of Commun- ism, Fascism, and Democracy tc mark off blocs of world powers, and ], there's no delicate balance of power between them, merely vague hostil- ity and distrust.
 /, We have a train of postwar trea- ties committing the influential pow CTS of the earth to national poli-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
VAN VLACK TO
 DIE, SCAFF0LD

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 29.- Douglas Van Vlack, B, of Tacoma, Wash, slayer of his former wife, during kidnap attempt, and two policemen, two years ago, today heard that he was sentenced to die on the gallows December 10. He evaded two previous attempts at going to his death by legal phas- res.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Cold Hunters Now
 Doing Other Work

AUBURN, Cal, Oct. 29. The army of gold hunters who went into the hills during the depression, partly because gold was $35 an ounce and partly because they had no other jobs, is gradually dwin- ding
 So says Stuart Schwab, Iowa Hill storekeeper, who used to buy $500 worth of gold dust a week. Now his weekly trade is less than $lOO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Governor Troy Boosts Coast
 Air Mail Route

SEATTLE, Oct. 29.-Gov. John w. Troy, of Alaska said he favors making Seattle and Juneau ter minals of the proposed air mail route. He said he believed the coast route is the most logical although the inland route is better than none at all"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29

The medicinal waters of the Sara toga Spa, New York, have been fla nous since the time of the Revo- lution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29

Of the AS States, 28 had sterili- zation laws of some kind in 1885. Most of the persons sterilized in this country have been insane or feeble minded. Only about five per cent have been criminals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
BRITISHERS SPELLED TO DEATH, CHINA
America's Foreign Policy;
 Just What Does 1t Medn?

cies of peace. And yet some of the signers of those treaties are actually at war without so much as breaking off formal relations with each other or formally declar- ing hostilities.
 And where does this confused sit uation leave President Roosevelt in his announced desire to fashion an American foreign policy with peace as the keystone?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29

Income tax receipts constituted 35 per cent of Federal revenue Tn the fiscal year l936
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Moral Boycott

Therefore the President has turn ed to a new instrument-a moral boycott against war-makers. His State Department has told the League of Nations we are willing to stand up with other peace-loving nations and be counted for peace.
 But neither the President nor the State Depadtment has committed us to a policy of fighting for peace. Nor have they been willing to try to cut off the supplies of warlike nations, that is, to carry on an econ- omic boycott.
 And that means we are not com- mitted to use force against any na- ton, and we won't use it, unless well, it is anybdy's guess what would make us go to war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
BRITISH HALT JAPANESE

SHANGHAI, Oct. 29. = British military authorities early today halted two Japanese naval launches steaming up the Soochow to attack the Chinese lost battalion in the beleaguered Chapel sector. The Chinese are still firing from ware houses in the midst of Japanese troops that have them apparently surrounded.
 The launches entered that sec- tion of the Soochow which passed through the heart of the Interna- tional Settlement. The British re- fused them permission to pass.
 Pounding Chinese Positions Japanese forces are pounding Chinese positions in the Pootung area across the Whangpoo from Shanghai and are prepared for new offensive on the battle-ground ad- joining the International Settle ment.
 The freighter Steel Traveller nar- rowly escaped shells from Japanese destroyers and airplanes when it docked at the Pootung wharf to discharge cargo of steel. ATTA BOY, CHINA BOY HAWKING, Oct. 29.--Members of the Chinese Cabinet are apparently unperturbed by the Chinese evacua- tion of the Chapel area at Shang- hai. Cabineteers declared that de- lenses inland are prepared and China can hold out against Japan for five years if necessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-29
Treaties Broken

 First of all Roosevelt was in Wilson's Cabinet as an Assistant of the Navy. He says himself that he learned in Wilson's troubled day some of the things to do, and other things not to do" He knows:
 l. America did not save the world for democracy even though she entered the World War to at tain that ideal.
 2. The League of Nations, as now set up, may be a moral force for peace, but it definitely has failed to stop powerful states bent on getting what they want by force.
 3. No important peace treaties since the World War-the Kel- log Briant pact, the Nine Power pact, the Four-Power Pa cific treaty, Locarno-has yet prevented some of the nations that signed them from taking up arms against each other. 4. Most postwar International conferences have failed to put the worlds political and econo- mical machinery in a sane ball. ance.
 5. The Versailles peace treaty end- ing the World war did not alter human nature. it merely redrew the world map, and. some im- partial observers think 1t is a breeder of war.
 6. A revised Monroe doctrine which puts all American repub- licts on an even footing is the topmost star in the American diplomatic crown.
 T. The open door" for trade in China for all nations may or may not be open the next time we take hold of it's latch.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

Two popular employees OF the
Veterans Administration were
prominent in the recent success
of an amateur dramatic program
produced by the Universalist Play
ers, theatrical organization Spon-
sored by the UniversaliSt National
Memorial Church.
Mrs. Frances Duff, Stenographer
with Gen. Frank Hines agency,
headed the production staff which
presented two one-act plays, "The
China Pig" and "So'S Your Old
Antique" before an enthusiastic
audience. And in the latter play
Charles Roberts, Veterans Admin
istration clerk, took the part of
a chauffeur, while Elizabeth Small
man, extremely pretty Stegnog-
rapher in outside business" be-
came the stage wife of an antique
shop proprietor.
The plays, held in Perkins Hall
at Sixteenth and S SITS. N. W.,
were well received, being preceded
by church supper and followed
with a dance. Due to its success,
similar entertainment is planned
by the group before long.
Native of Denver
Mrs. Duff, who now resides at
1921 Morrison st. N. w., has made
art. dancing and stage designing
her lifelong hobbies. A native of
Denver, she lived for 1C years
in Europe, spending much of her
time in Paris, where she studied
art and dancing. Prior to her
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
TO MAKE
HORSE DOPING
A CRIME

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 30.-A
bill making it a felony to tamper
with race horse in Maryland was
passed unanimously to third read.
ing in the House of Delegates yes
terday.
The measure was introduced by
Delegate Charles C. Marbury CD
of Prince Georges county, and pro
vides a mandatory penitentiary
sentence of from one to three
years on any person convicted Of
sponging, doping or otherwise tam
pering with a race horse. 1t had
been reported favorably by the
judiciary committee.
Women for Juries
Delegate William S. Wilson, jr.,
DD, of Baltimore, offered a meas
ure whcih would allow women to
serve on jurieS. This measure has
been the cause Of some Of the bit
terest fights in recent years. 1t
was defeated in the house in 1885.
The senate was in session only a
few minutes but adopted a resolu-
ton empowering the board of pub
lie works to appropriate $1,000 for
the Red Cross flood relief fund.
Senator j. Allan Coad Cd, of
st. Mary's, chairman Of the fl
nance committee, announced a
plan to issue State bonds for the
teachers retirement fund, instead
of appropriating the money out
of the general treasury, and thus
reduce the necessity for diversion
Of highway department funds.
Budget Slash Seen
Money placed in the retirement
fund is required by State laws al
ready in existence to be invested
in State bonds.
The sentiment of the finance
and ways and means committees
as they left Annapolis for the
weekend, was that the budget
calling for expenditures Of
$40, 900, 900 in the next two years
would be slashed, but none could
hazard a guess as to how much.
The legislature will reconvene
Monday night.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
BUREAU PAIR LIKE DRAMA

HGovernment service. He also Is a
Mason.
Miss Smallman. known to her
friends as Betty" lives at 831
Allison st. N. W., is employed as
stenographer with a local bro
kerage firm, and came to Wash
ington four years ago from her
home in MelroSe, Mass.
School. Actress
She only recently entered the
business world, having spent most
of her time in the Capital as a
student at Roosevelt High School
and Wilson Teachers College,
where she learned to enjoy dra-
matics and art as recreations.
While at Roosevelt she had a
leading part in one of the schools
spring plays, took the part of
Viola" in Twelfth Night" ap-
peared in "Trelawney of the
Wells" and also took part in
numerous operettaS. Membership
in the Universalist Players Club
is her principal hobby, while dress
designing would be her choice of
a career.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

European stay she was educated
in numerous boarding schools in
America and at one time was
student In Western High School
here.
She came to Washington in
1881 and began her Government
career with the State Depart
ment, transferring recently to the
Veterans Administration to accept
an appointment as stenographer
with the insurance claims divi-
sion. She has one daughter, Sylvia,
aged 6, and outside of dramatic
activity declares horseback riding
to be her principal recreation.
World War Veteran
Mr.. Roberts, of 1765 P st. N. W.,
is a World War veteran, who has
been a member of Uncle Sans
civilian personnel for just 10
months, accepting a clerical posi-
tion with the Veterans Admin
Stration's collections and loans
division last March.
A native Of Racine, Ohio, Rob
erts attended high school in
Pomeroy, Ohio, and Marietta Col
lege in his home State before
serving with the American EXpe-
dictionary Force from 1917 through
1919. He is a member of the
American Legion, enjoys athletics
and music in addition to amateur
dramatics, and would probably
have followed a teaching career
but for his opportunity in the