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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
GREAT CONCERN FELT

LONDON, Oct. 12.-The machine cunning of the British cars in the war area in China was received by the British Government with the greatest concern. The recent bomb- ing was ascribed to Chinese planes, according to the Japanese reply on the incident, but today's gunning was by Japanese planes, according to authtntic sources and the Japan csc Government will be held to strict account, officials said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
ARCTIC KING ON WAY TO OUTSIDE
 TO PLAY AWHILE
Insists Report He Will Re- tire Was All Big
 Joke

Charles Brewer, veteran of the Arctic shores, hero of many rescues, and largest operator in trading above the Arctic Circle, only smiled and sighed as though he were used to 1t, when questioned today at the Gastineau. That is the price of honest fame.
 It is difficult to find the most outstanding thing in such a fre- quently highlighted career as Bro- wer's. In his own modest opinion, the rescue of 300 men from ice- bound ships in the winter of g and 98 is the most talked-of rescue in which he has figured. And the greatest tragedy of his experiences was the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
 Rogers was a friend of mine," reminisced Brewer. He was coming to see me when he crashed"
 It was Brewer, King of the Arc- tic" who had the job of sewing up the badly torn bodies of Post and Rogers for the dismal airplane- hearse ride to Seattle. The dis cussion of the subject seemed to awaken unpleasant memories and Brewer returned to the wreck of or
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
THREE CABS
 ARE SPELLED
 IN WAR ZONE
Nippon Air Force Makes Another Attack on
 English Officials
GREAT CONCERN IS
 FELT OVER INCIDENT
Soviet Secretary, Riding in One Machine, Has
 Narrow wEscape

SHANGHAI, Oct. 12.-Three auto mobiles belonging to the British Embassy were machine gunned by two squadrons of Japanese war planes this forenoon.
 None of the occupants in the staff cars were injured, it is reported.
 s. s. Murray, Assistant Air At tache of the British Embassy, was riding with several other English men at the time.
 The attack took place near Min hong, IA miles south of Shanghai.
 The automobiles carried British flags. and flags were also painted on top of the cars.
 Jump and Run
 The officials said the planes continued the attack after the occu- pants jumped from the automobiles and ran, seeking cover.
 It was established later that So- vi.at Embassy Secretary Shahov was also in one of the British cars attacked. He was picked up ten minutes before the attack when his car broke down.
 Herbert Phillips, British Consul General, said an immediate in- vestigation will be ordered although at noon today no absolute details had been received.
 The cars were enroute from Shanghai to Nanking on the same road on which two Japanese bomb- CTS recently dropped shells on a car and during which the British Ambassador was injured
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
Ketchikan Couple
 To Wed in Everett

EVERETT, Wash, Oct. 12. = A marriage license has been issued to Erwin M. Nelson and Bettie l.. Schultz, both of Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
Ships Caught in Ice

Eight ships were caught in the ice that year" said Brewer. -Four got out safely the next summer, and four were crushed. We had 300 men berthed at Point Barrow all winter long"
 Brewer with the aid of his Eskimo employees-12s of them with their families-got the crews from the ships and took them safely across the ice to shore. The Alexander, belonging to H. Lebes, with whom Brewer was associated. was the only craft among nine whalers that were trapped by a tickle Polar pack.
 Those boats caught by the floes were the Belvedere. Orca, Jessie
 Continued on Page Three)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12
READING FOR MINERS

The Far West has a particular interest in the bill extending the time for prospectors to complete required development work on min ing claims. Prospectors are requir- ed to do at least $100 worth of work year on mining claims to hold title to them Several years during the depression the govern ment has waived the requirement for the annual "assessment work, '' recognizing that prospectors were having hard enough time mak- ing a living, with little to spare of time or money to protect their claims.
 The small prospector often is in a tight spot. He must either do the required annual development work or give up his claim. And ev- Iery prospector is haunted with the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12

All Saints Day is the day follow ing Halloween.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-12

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Evening star., 1937-01-10

more responsible group than many
previous legislators. While the mem
bership cannot from any standpoint
be considered exceptional, or particu-
larly outstanding, it is generally Of
high type.
While the unicameral legislature
met for the first time in the former
House of Representatives chamber,
across the wide rotunda of Nebraska's S
magnificent capitol building, the
$4,500 carved doors Of the former
Senate chamber stood ajar. A half
dozen young women taking cos
metology examinations, bent industri-
ously over desks that were intended
for legislators.
Otherwise, the chamber. with its
thick, luxurious carpets, inlaid tile,
gold ceiling and heavy drapes, was
significantly barren.
Copyright, 1887. By the North American
NsvBpapss Alliance lnsl
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Russia and China Alienated.
'ritain in the Mediterranean against

Britain in the Mediterranean against
Italy. There is deep impression
among many Senators and Represent
atives that the administration is too
much inclined to play with what our
legislators call "the League Of Nations
powers" and that any favoritism
shown to any country of that group
would inevitably lead us into trouble.
These are the main ideas which are
being discussed daily by the majority
Of our Congressman. They all have
their advantages and their weak
points. One thing is common among
them all-that some real legislation
must be passed forthwith to keep this
country, as far as it is humanity possi-
bic. out of another war. And on this
point there is no discordant note be-
tween the legislative and the executive
branch Of the administration.
tcopyTight, 1870 .,...-.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

n ARIS.-France' opposition par
- ties are in much the same
position as the Republican
L party In the United States.
They are still trying without success
to find the weak spot In the admins
tration's armor.
As during the recent American
presidential campaign, they thought
they had found the weak spot in the
gigantic budget deficit. The French
deficit is proportionately larger than
the American, and the French race, as
a whole. having none Of the happy
go-lucky spirit that characterizes
America, but, on the contrary, being
traditionally cautious and thrifty, 1t
was thought that exposing the "reck-
lessness" Of the governments finan-
cial policy would start an avalanche
of protest.
Nothing Of the kind is happening.
The public, when politicians start
talking about billions in debts, shrugs
its shoulders and inquiries about the
weather.
Rising prices probably will be the
next point of attack, and here the
opposition would seem to be on more
favorable ground. Retail prices have
gone up between 20 and Is per cent
since May /. and are still rising. The
houSsholdsy, 4or many ARTICLES 4
Evening star., 1937-01-10
'Opposition" in France Likened
To Weakened C.. o. p. Cause i'm u. S

everyday consumption. such as milk,
sugar. coffee, meat and vegetables, as
well as coal and oil, feels the pinch
very acutely. Some classes Of people
have had corresponding increases in
wages, Of course.
But it Is to be feared that this issue
will not prove to be the Achilles heel
of the Blum administration. Much as
the Frenchman disIkes to pay more
for his bread and meat, he considers
that, in Germany today conditions are
worse than they are here. Not only
are food prices higher, but ration cards
are now being distributed to the Ger
man people. a condition reminiscent
Of war.
If one looks back on the issues that
have decided French elections in the
past, it will be seen that almost never
has the result turned on q financial
or economic question. and it would
seem to be hopeless for the opposition
today to attempt to sway the public
with such arguments.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

sire to lose markets than political
control.
BY withdrawal from the League of
Nations Japan isolated itself from the
world, and it was in part to break this
isolation that the pact with Germany
was concluded. The result was to iso-
late the empire more than ever, and
at the same time to bring the coun-
try back in a measure into the whirl-
pool Of European politics after its
period of concentration on Eastern
ASiatic affairs.
Foreign Trade Expanded.
The balance sheet is not entirely ad-
verse, for Japan's foreign trade has
expanded greatly during this period
and there has been something closely
resembling boom in business and
industry in this country. This semi
boom can be traced directly, however,
to the feverish activity of the army
and the navy to increase their
strength, which has resulted in the
placing of large orders with plants
dealing in war materials and allied
products. As such, ii is essentially an
artificial prosperity, made possible
through the expenditure OF govern
ment funds, provided through taxa
ton and the flotation of swollen gov
ernment bond issues on the domestic
market.
Gloomy as the picture Of Japan's
foreign relations just painted may be,
when the people of the empire turn
their eyes inward they see even less
cause for rejoicing and optimism. The
government has drafted and approved
a budget for the fiscal year beginning
April l that totals 3,041 100000 yen
Cs851 100000 at present rates Of ex-
change, an enormous figure for q
country no weather. than is Japan.
In order to meet the demands of
this budget, nearly half of which is to
be devoted to military and naval ex-
penditures, there must be drastic in
creases in many forms of taxation
Tobacco prices already have gone up
about 20 per cent, tobacco in Japan
being government monopoly. Post
age rates, both domestic and foreign,
are to be boosted. The interest paid
on postal savings deposits is to be
lowered, and this is the form in which
the small savings of virtually all jap
anese save the wealthy are kept.
These taxes and price boosts are all
Of a nature that affects the little man
direcflv Tho for,,oar tho dov 1ohorer
the clerk in the department store
and the stenographer in the Office
thus will be made to feel the in
creased cost of government in q very
immediate and personal way. and
every one Of them is fully conscious
that this higher cost of living is in
order to supply the japanese Army
with still more funds to spend on
still greater armaments.
The effect Of the budget and other
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Evening star., 1937-01-10
TRICK RIDER OF THE EAST.

policy in China. That friction has
now been greatly intensified.
Relations between the United States
and Japan has been steadily improv-
ing for nearly four years, and there is
no crucial point at issue between them
today, yet the possibility that this ma
tion may go Fascist has caused Amer
lea to look more cautiously at Japa-
nese foreign and domestic policies.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
ONE.HOUSE LEGISLATURE
TEST WATCHED BY u. S.
Nebraska Plan Stirs Proposals for Sim
liar Action in 26 Other rStates-Norris
Sees Spread of Idea.

seen possession gatherings before
when not more than q handful Of
members had given five minutes
serious thought to even the most i'm
portant matters they knew they were
going to have to decide"
Most Nebraskans are heartily In
favor Of the unicameral plan, II for
no other reason than the wide pub
licity it is giving their State. But
the State Is not without its skeptics,
and many have been the warnings
sounded for the benefit of members
Of the first one-house.
President j. G.. Mothersead of the
Nebraska Bar Association has warned
that too great desire to accomplish
something big might prove the Legis-
lature's downfall. The unicameral
Legislature has had a big "build-up"
and has been told that the eyes of
the Nation are upon it, he explains.
Under these conditions, he believes,
there IS grave danger that much pres
sure will be brought to bear to make
laboratory of the State of Nebraska" |"
LET the new unicameral Legisla-
ture bear this fact in mind-the suf-
fering Of the guinea pig in the lab
oratory may be of benefit to the rest
Of the world, but is Of no particular
benefit to the guinea pig" he points
out.
The primary obligation Of the Leg
islature, says Mothersead, is to Ne
braska and not to other States that
may benefit by experimentation in
Nebraska. Others may benefit by Ne
braska's mistakes, but only Nebraska
will suffer, he warned.
He fears that members of the uni
cameral Legislature may be afraid
they will be considered q failure II they
do not do something new and revo-
1utionary.
Con Mccarthy, manager Of the Ne
braska Farmers Union State Ex-
change. fears that farmers have lost
prestige with adoption Of the new plan.
OF 43 members, only II are farmers.
Fewer Farmers in House.
Nebraska farm districts used to
have strong representation IN the
legislature and found it fairly res
ponsive to farm sentiment" asserts
Mccarthy. "But there aren't nearly
so many farmers in this one-house
system"
One unicameral member, during q
debate on a proposal to remove five
rows Of seats, which will not be needed
because Of the legislatures reduced
size, opposed it with the statement:
'"This one-house legislature may not
be here more than q few years"
Most observers agree, however, that
the personnel of the unicameral Leg
islature offers strong hope for its
success. Most Of the members are
regarded - cspablA - Q ~hola =
Evening star., 1937-01-10

III NCOLN.-FOT lie eyes Ol d Id
ton to watch, the State of
Nebraska this week drew the
- curtain on an innovation in
American Government, the unicameral
Legislature.
The Nebraska experiment may well
prove the forerunner of a Nation-w wide
trend. In 26 other States, the one
house plan already has been proposed.
In New York there was renewed agita-
ton this week for a one-house Legis-
lature as a result of the deadlock over
election Of a speaker by the Repub-
n-controlled Assembly.
Legislative commissions have been
named in several States to come to
Nebraska to observe the proving ground
tests. More probably will be commits
stoned as other Legislatures meet.
United States Senator George w.
Norris, godfather of the unicameral
Legislature, thinks his fedgling will
grow into a lusty infant. mot rapidly,
but gradually" he believes, "and first
in those States which have referendum
provisions for amending their consti-
tutions."
Aim, Better Law Making.
The unicameral Legislature was con.
ceived on the theory and hope that a
better method of law making could be
found. Simplification and clarification
of law making. and elimination Of
partisan politics, Is its aim.
To say that members of the first
unicameral Legislature are cognizant
Of the attention Of which they are
the center is putting it mildly. It is
fattering and deeply gratifying. but
also productive Of many cases Of stage
fright.
The 43 members are elected on q
non-portisan basis. Actually, the
unicameral Legislature is composed Of
% Democrats and 2i Republicans, o
majority Of them former State legis-
lators who know the ropes" The
members almost fell over backward in
their attempts to emphasize the
absence Of politics in election Of uni
cameral officers. A Republican,
Charles j. Warner. beginning his
thirteenth term, was elected speaker.
Likewise. the belief that harmony
is needed to demonstrate to the
Nation the value of a ofie-house set
up, lends hope for short session
devoid Of much of the customary
small-time political pickering. Con-
troversies and controversial subjects
probably will be kept at minimum.
Nebraska is very much interested In
what the world thinks of its expert
ment.
A member pointed out that, unlike
his previous pre-session experiences.
"every member I've talked to plainly
has bean doing some THINKING I've
Evening star., 1937-01-10

Holland, ever bearing in mind its
wealthy colony Of the Dutch East In
dies, has long been uneasy regarding
Japanese intentions in that direction,
and the southwark expansion" slogan
of the Japanese Navy is alarming to
The Hague, even though Toxic hastens
to explain that this expansion will be
purely economic, apparently failing to
realize that Holland has no more de-
Evening star., 1937-01-10

The alignment OF Japan into OPP
posing camps on the question OF
embracing tascism, in the footsteps
of Italy and Germany, is described
here, with a discussion OF the
forces inpolped that are hurryino
the nation toUdrd q decision ,Dith-
in the merit tew months. by q
tptdely knoun American Journalist
Uho has spent more than IS years
in the Orient.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
BY FRANK H. HEDGES.

TOKIO.-All of Japan is rapidly
falling into one of two opposing
camps and girding for struggle that
will determine within the next few
months whether this empire is to
follow the path taken by the Germany
of Adolf Hitler and the Italy of Benito
Mussolini, or to return to the ways
Of the great democratic powers which
the nation was endeavoring to follow
until its ambitious continental adven-
ture was launched at midnight on Sep
tember IS, 1881, with an attack on
Mukden.
That date marked the eclipse of the
political parties and parliamentary
government in Japan, and the triumph
Of the Japanese Army in guiding the
empires destiny. The course of that
guidance and the disturbed and un-
comfortable position into which it has
led the nation are known. The en-
pire Of Manchukuo has been brought
into existence as an ally Of Japan,
but the cost of maintaining that en-
pire is proving too great for the
Japanese nation to bear. 1t will be
decades. if ever, before this invest
ment" pays.
When the balance is struck for the
last five years, Japan cannot but be
sore at heart. Relations with China
are in a worse plight than at any
time for decades past, and China has
so strengthened itself as to be a v7y
formidable antagonist now. Soviet
Russia is suspicious Of the Toxic gov
ernment, and Toxic needs greatly to
solve the vexatious border question
between Manchukuo and Siberia, to
obtain supplies Of Russian oil, iron,
coal and other raw materials. It
needs to allay Russian fears so that
the huge military machine Moscow
has created in the Russian Far East
will no longer be threat to Japanese
safety.
Russia and China Alienated.
BY concluding with Germany the
theological pact aimed at communism,
Japan has alienated not only Soviet
Russia and China, but has aroused
the suspicious and i'll will of every
other power save Germany and Italy.
Friction between the British Empire
and Japan had been steadily growing
for more than year, in large part
because Of trade competition in vari-
GUS quarters Of the globe and in large
part because Of Japanese action and
Evening star., 1937-01-10
New Orchids Found.

Two orchids hitherto unknown to
science have been found near Mount
Sturgeon in North Queensland by an
expedition lead by the Queenslsnd
government botsniSk
Evening star., 1937-01-10

Continued on Eighth Page.)
Evening star., 1937-01-10
BY WILLIAM BIRD.

~ ARIS.-France's opposition par
- ties are in much the same
| position as the Republican
Evening star., 1937-01-10
BY RAY MACKLAND.

NCOLN.-For the eyes Of a ma
ton to watch, the State of
Nebraska this week drew the
The Washington times., 1937-11-25

which Miss Elva Mcnamara is
chairman, the women will dedi-
cate the library at 4 p. m. on
December 8 at the institution.
Some 800 books have already
been collected for the library.
Mrs. Nell Hysong, past presi-
dent. donated some beautiful
chrysanthemums which deco
rated the luncheon tables yes
terday end with other fall deco
rations, the occasion had a real
Thanksgiving atmosphere.
Mrs. F. r. Wadleigh delighted
the group with several interest
ing piano numbers.
GUESTS PRESENT
Guests in attendance included
Miss Zada Daniels and Mrs.
George Phillips, the guests of
Mrs. Laura Waters; Miss Claire
Keefe, the guest of Mrs. Ella
EIildebrandt, and Mrs. Irene
Thuli, past president of the San
Diego (Calif.) Soroptimist Club.
It was announced that the
annual banquet and installation
of officers for 1898 will be held
January 8 in the Willard Hotel.
Miss Webster is chairman of the
banquet committee.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Bazaar Plans
Are COMPLETED

Elaborate arrangements have
been made for the Unitarian
Bazaar of All Souls Church,
which will be held December /
and 2 in the church parish hall
at Sixteenth and Harvard
Streets Northwest. The event
Is sponsored by the Women,s
Alliance, Of which Miss Florence
Bingham is president.
Mrs. william Howard Taft
heads the list of patronesses and
a large group of prominent
women are sponsoring the bene.
fit sale.
There will be an exhibit of
dolls from many foreign lands,
with the collections of a number
Of persons loaned for the occa.
sion, and these will represent
every, country and princ!pality
OF Europe, nearly all Asiatic
countries, and dolls from IA diff
1erent Indian tribes. Each doll
viii be authentically dressed in
the costume Of the country
from which it came.
Mrs. Ridley Mclean will be
in charge of a tea which will
be given on the second day Of
the sale at 4 p. m. Mrs. Nc.
Lean will pour, assisted BY YRS.
o. g. B. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph
Stewart, Mrs. r. F.. jackson,
Mrs. C. S. Miller, Mrs. e. H.
Horton, Mrs. Truman Abbe,
Mrs. John L. Hyde, Mrs. Fred
g. Harden, Mrs. James Doran,
Mrs. Eugene F. Mueller, Mrs. C.
c. Williams and Miss Helen
Nicolay.
At the various booths will be
many useful and interesting
articles for sale, a splendid op.
portuntty to buy Christmas gifts.
On the first day Of the bazaar
there viii be a hostess luncheon,
with tables for bridge after.
wards, and there will be enter
tainment in the evening. On the
second day, q turkey dinner viii
be the feature.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Women Hear
Health Talk

Proper rests the cure!"
This assertion was made by
Washington's foremost authority
on tuberculosis, DR.. Winthrop j.
Peabody, the physician who
played an instrumental part in
the construction Of Glenn Dale
Sanitarium, by bringing before
Congress the plight of hundreds
Of tubercular patients who
needed proper disqualification.
The occasion upon which he
made his address was the
"Pajama" meeting of the Ma
tionsl Home for Jewish Children
in Denver, held yesterday after
noon in Cafritz auditorium in
the Jewish Community Center.
STRESSES HEALTH
Dr.. Peabody brought home
the fact that healthy children
make healthy citizens, and COM
mended the association for it's
interest not only in the Denver
institution but also the one with
which the citizens of Washing
ton are so closely connected.
Giving a brief history of the
institution, DR.. Peabody said:
1.-THE old hospital was the first
organized aid for those stricken
with this infectious disease. It
was established in 1908 at Four
teenth and UpShur Streets
Northwest, ten years after the
first State SanitariuHn in Rut.
land, Mass, was built. At that
time tuberculosis ranked num-
ber one on the list of mortalities
in the nation. Today, with mod
ern aid and the enlightening
education given the layman
upon this disease, tuberculosis is
separated by a very slim margin
from being sixth in the mortal.
ity rate"
Expounding upon the merits
and importance that hospitali.
zation tenders to patients ad-
mitted to the hospital, he said:
TN the olden days, those
stricken were advised to go West,
where the climate was either
warm and slnshiny or cold and
stimulating. However, as often
times happens, 1t was Q great
The Washington times., 1937-11-25

Each new member was pre-.
sented with a certificate Of mem
bership and a crystal bowl, the
gift Of Miss Marjorie Webster,
past president of the club.
TELLS OF FUTURE
Viewing the future from the
magic bowl placed before her,
Miss Daisy Reed, president Of
the club, unfolded the golden
future of this Washington group
"A crystal gazer with all the
mysticism of the art.
This club has done many
wonderful things, and one of its
latest projects planned is the
establishment of q library in
the Home Of the Incrables.
Working under the direction Of
the clubs civic committee, of