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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05

HONOLULU, T. H.-Tricky inno- vation, like a choose your own height" elevator diving platform, are mixed with romantic old world touches on the estate being prepar- ed for occupancy by the former Doris Duke, tobacco heiress, and her husband.
 The James H. R. Cromwells, who have spent most of the last two years developing the four-acre, palm-studded spot on this island of Oahu, expect the work to be finish ed by the first of the year
 Several countries provide archi- tectural features for the rambling units that make up the residence, but the Persian touch is predomin- ant.
 Orchid -BOrdered Walks
 The walls of the patio are lined with tree fern bark, from which will grow sprays of orchids. Chinese granite which came to Hawaii as sailing ship ballast many years ago became paving material for the cov- cred walk around three sides.
 Probably most unusual among the estates features is a dining room designed to give the guest the im- preSsion he is eating in a cham Der somehow dropped in midocean.
 Great glass port holes, curved to make the glass invisible, provide a view of colored fish, native to flaw allan waters, as they swim about in an adjoining aquarium made to sim ulate rock grottoes.
 The guest who swims and likes to dive-but for the climb to the high tower-has his problem solved.
 An automatic elevator is the div ing platform. The bather climbs aboard at water level and goes up to the desired height. He takes off and automatically the platform iOWCio dSdil JO WdGSI ItNtl.
 Has No Guest Rooms
 The living room also offers an automatic" feature, a huge glass door, 20 feet wide and 12 feet high which drops into the flooring at the touch of a button.
 Guests will have a playhouse for entertainment-but no guest rooms are included in residence plans.
 Cromwell purchased the site a beach frontage at Kaalawai beyond diamond head from Honolulu, from Ernest Hay Wodehouse, for $100,0 GOO.
 The estate has its own private harbor, and is bordered by a public rieht-of-way on the beach.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
PIONEERS ARE 10
 ELECT OFFICERS,
 TUESDAY MEETING

Members of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 6, are to hold regular meeting tomorrow mig h which should prove of exceptional in terest.
 In the first place, there will be nomination and election of of ficers.
 In the second place, Trevor Davis will show some of his latest movie colored films.
 In the third place, there will be a social session following the busi- ness and picture display.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
DOUGLAS CAFE OWNER
 AND MUSICIAN HOP
 MATRIMONIAL HURDLE

John B. Marin, widely known Douglas cafe owner, and Ruth Wood, popular pianist, were married this morning by U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray, The couple was attend ed by Winnifred Oberg and Howard Mosher.
 Marin is proprietor of the Douglas Inn and Miss Wood is a musician there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
CLEANUP MAN FROM
 FLAT HEADING OUT

R. G. Klingenburg, in charge of cfeanupS for Olson Brothers on their Flat dragline operations, ar rived in Juneau by PA plane Sat urday and is on his way south for the winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
EVERETTS RETURNING

Cecil Everetts, for the Signal Corps Staff, now on furlough, is a passenger for Juneau for his home, aboard the Princess Norah
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
CARRIGAN ON NORAH

Roy Carrigan will arrive on the Princess Norah from the south this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05

Although Mexico offers good fishing, the sport is not popular, so the government has established a new national office to promote it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
LUTHERAN LADIES AID

LUTHERAN LADIES AID
 Fancy Sale, Tea and Dinner at Church Parlors, Wednesday, Dec. '. Sale starts 10 am. Tea from 3 to 4:30 pm. Turkey Dinner, 5:30 to T pm. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05

B.P.W.C. MONDAY evening. business meeting, 8 o'clock, Council Chambers.
 CAROLINE TODD, adv. President
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Fund Drive
Boys Club to Stage
Street Exhibit

MONDAY crowds will witness a
musical pep session under direc.
ton Of Leon Brusiloff at a
crowded corner of Fourteenth st.
and New York Ave-, tomorrow as
prelude to the Dance of the
States"
Members Of the Police Boys
Club will be doing their bit to
center interest on the dance to
raise funds for q recreation hall
at Camp Ernest w. Brown. Cor.
don Hittenmark will reveal de,
tails for the greatest dance in
the history Of the Capital" to be
held in the grand ball room of the
Willard on Monday night, May Is,
with music by three orchestras
The dance will conclude the drive
for $4,000 for the Police Boys
Club.
State societies Of 16 States are
cooperating on plans for the
dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

an attack on a Federal agent.
The agent, Lawrence G.. Mitch
ell, of the 400 block of Emerson
st. N. W., is in Providence Hos
pital today with fractured leg.
Mitchell and other agents were
conducting a raid on still near
Leonardtown when Elmer Dement,,
driving a horse and buggy, is said
to have deliberately run down the
agent.
Dement,, Hiram Andrews and
James Hill, also of near Leonard.
town, were arrested and arraigned
before U. s. Commissioner De
Sales Mudd. Dement, pleaded
guilty to operating a still, but de-
MED assaulting Mitchell. His bond
was fixed at $4,000, while the
others were held in bond of $1,000
each,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
MAN P A S 7 70
QUlzzED IN 10
TORSO MURDERS
Sailor Also Is Hunted
In Cleveland Probe

CLEVELAND, May 6. 1.N.S)
Two new leads developed today in
the investigation Of the city's Sc
fies Of torso murders.
A man, 6 feet 2 inches tall end
more than 70, years old, was taken
into custody for questioning by
Detective Peter Merylo, who ] rs
directed the torso investigation
more than two years. Merylo re.
ceived a tip that the man Lad
been an associate of Edward
Andrassy and Mrs. Florence Pc
lilo, two Of the victims.
Police also asked the State high.
way patrol to arrest q sailor who
was said to have predicted DIS.
covery Of parts Of the body OF
the latest y'"tin, q woman, in
Cuyahoga River.
NOVEL EXPERIMENT
Part of a leg was found in the
river April 8 and the trunk this
week. Merylo today was awaiting
the outcome Of q novel experiment.
by which he hoped to find the
head and hands Of the victim, and
thus establish Identification.
Merylo dropped a burlap sack
filled with fresh meat into the
river, and watched it sink after
floating so feet. He believes the
meat will rise to the surface after
decomposition, and thus show the
course taken by the missing body
parts. The bag is marked with a
metal tag asking the finder to
notify police.
Meanwhile, Coroner S. R. Ger
Der expressed belief the person
responsible for the chain of muir
ders may be q "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE" normal most Of the time
but murderously insane at others.
MAY GO UNSOLVED
It is quite possible, DR.. Gerber
said, that the killings may remain
Wnsolved, but that they will cease
either when the slayer'S blood lust
is appeased or when he is sent. to
an institution as insane, without
the officials knowing him to be
involved in the slayings.
DR.. Gerber lists the known VIC
tins Of the torso slayer at TO-
six men and four women. Half of
the victims have been found in or
near Kingsbury Run, . lonely
East Side gully.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
WOman's College
Purchases Art

LYNCHBURG, Va, May 6.
Purchase of the Carl MelcherS
painting. Little Red Riding
Hood" for the art collection of
.Randolph-Macon Woman's Col.
lege has been announced by DR..
Herbert c. LipScomb. The work
was done in 1897 near the end of
the painters 15-year residence In
Holland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
RUsHMoRE CASH URGED

Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, yes
terday asked the House Library
Committee for 100000 to com.
plete the national memorial on
Mt. Rushmore, in the South Da-
kota Black Hills.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Attack
Flattens Dry Raider

Assault with horse and buggy only of the charges
which face alleged Maryland moonshner when he
hearing Leonardown Md tomorrow in connection with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
OIL WORKERS TO DANCE

The Oil Workers Union, Local
400, will give a dance Saturday
night from 9 to / o'clock at 500
Twenty-third st., South Arlington,
Va.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
NONE ON EARTH CAN SHAKE U.s.
HITLER TELLS FRENZIED VIENNA;
CHAMBERLAIN WARNS GERMANY
Dl.ce Assures
Hitler An,ity
Is Preserved
Fuehrer missed
Never to Forget
His altitude.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press
ROME. March l4.-Premier Mus
solini today gave Reichsfuehrer Hitler
his personal reinsurance of Italian
friendship.
In telegram to. Hitler at Vienna
II Duce declared my attitude is de-
termined by the friendship between
our two countries consecrated in the
Rome -Berlin) axis"
MussoliniS communication was in
reply to Hitler's earlier message that
he would never forget" II Duce S
attitude toward his annexation of
Austria.
Meanwhile many Italians, SWerved
by controlled press from a stand for
independent Austria to Endorsement
of AuStro-German union seemed be-
wildered today by the sudden turn of
events.
Ever since the World War they had
learned to think of an independent
Austria as essential to the safety of
1taly's frontiers. Overnight they have
seen the idea disavowed.
Confronted with this. many Italians
privately confessed their bewilderment.
Why did W. fight the World War;"
Some of then are asking.
A successful conclusion of current
Italo- British conversations might open
the way, they added, for Italian COL
laboration to check too enthusiastic
steps toward Pan-Germanism follow
ing the Nazi triumph in Austria.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
NORRIS TO |ND0RSE
SENATE IVA QUIZ
Nebraskan Abandons Move
for F. TIC. Probe-To Offer
Inquiry Resolution.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Norris, Independent. of
Nebraska agreed today to abandon
his demand for Federal Trade Com
mission investigation of the Tennessee
Valley Authority and support move
for Senate inquiry.
Senator Norris told Senator Bridges.
Republican. of New Hampshire that
he was willing to combine his own
inquiry resolution with Senator
Bridges proposal for Senate investi-
CATION and drop the F. T. c. provision
The Nebraskan. who previously had
opposed Senate inquiry on the ground
it would be biased, said he planned to
introduce the combined resolution i'm
mediately.
Senator Berry, Democrat, Of Ten
nessee wrote Senate colleagues today
that he and his associates held leases
on marble land in the Tennessee VAL
ley year before the T. v. A. act was
passed.
A commission investigating the
Berry claims against the T. v. A.
recently declared the holdings WORTH
less.
Berry Urges Probe.
MY Judgment is" Senator Berry
wrote, that there are a number of
people in the United States, and per-
haps members of the Senate. who are
laboring under the impression that the
leases on the property taken by my
associates and self were recorded after
the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of
May. 1888.
This. Of course, is absolutely I'M
true, because the undersigned
and associates were operating the
properties in question for more than
q year preceding the enactment of the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act of
May. 1888"
Senator Berry's Office also made
public letter in which he told Sem
ator Norris on January that he be-
lieved the Nebraskans proposed in
vestigation of the T. V. A. would be
decidedly helpful"
As for the marble leases. he said in
the Norris letter. his own interests
were rather secondary by compari-
son to the interests of others involved
in this issue
The T. " A.. he said, waited nearly
five years before bringing condemna-
ton proceedings. certainly Identify
ing their complete disregard of busi-
ness ethics
Finding themselves in this posi-
ton" he wrote. they then proceeded
in an effort to cover up their mis-
takes and failures by attempting to
(See T. v. A., Page A-5)
Evening star., 1938-03-14
Force Will Match
Force, He Tells
Commons.
FAILS TO ASSURE
CZECHS OF HELP
Berlin's Rejection of
Protest on Austria
Is Revealed.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March l4.-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain today plainly
warned Germany that Britain would
expand her vast rearmament program
to match force with force in answer
to Reichsfuehrer Hitler's absorption
of Austria.
However, the prime minister, in a
vital statement of policy before a
House of Commons packed and tense.
did not promise British backing to
France if she should go to war to save
Czechoslovskia from pan-Germanism.
Refused to State Intentions.
Mr.. Chamberlain said Czecho-
slovakia had been in consultation with
Britain. but he refused to discuss what
Britain would do to guard the Central
European republic for whose $500, 900
Sudeten Germans Hitler had pro-
claimed himself protector.
Mr.. Chamberlain bluntly rejected a
German statement that Britain had
no right to interest herself in Austrian
independence, the German answer to
British protests over the annexation.
Mr.. Chamberlain insisted Britain
must always be interested in de-
Veiopments in Central Europe"
Baron konStantin Won Neurath. head
OF Germany's new secret council, had
written the British government is
not within its right in claiming the
~
Galleries Are damned.
Diplomatic galleries were damned
Tor the historic session. Chamberlain
pronouncements accompanied the de-
veloping probability that a triple
alliance of Britain. France and
Csechoslovakia would be drawn I'D to
curb pan-Germanism in Central
Europe.
HIS supporters cheered him loudly
when he arrived from Buckingham
Palace after luncheon with the King.
One LAborite, however, heckled him
with:
What are the cheers for? It's 4
great disaster"
Won Neurath's letter to Sir Neville
Henderson. British Ambassador to
Berlin, said:
The German government has never
left the British government in doubt
that the form of relations between the
Reich and Austria can only be re-
garded as an internal affair of the
German people, which is no concern of
third powers
The German government, must,
from the outset, reject as inadmissible
the protest lodged by the British gov
ernment. even though only condi-
tional"
'Severest Condemnation
To cheers Mr.. Chamberlain asserted
The methods adopted throughout
these tense events call for the severest
condemnation and have administered
profound shock to all who are inter-
ested in the preservation of European
peace"
Mr.. Chamberlain said, The defense
program will be reviewed in the light
of the new circumstances"-a virtual
(see LONDON, Page A-s.)
Evening star., 1938-03-14
Further Pruning Possible at
Corferees' Meeting This
Afternoon.
COMPLETE AGREEMENT
ON FUNDS is FORESEEN
Most of Construction Projects
Expected to Be Retained in
Senate Measure.
BY J. A. OLEARY.

Nearly sl000,000 is believed 10
have been pruned from the Senate
total of s4s,l66,oOo in the 1899 Dis
trict supply bill, with possibility of
further reductions when the conferees
convene this afternoon.
Many small differences we're ad-
justed in a tWo-hour session this
morning, and members OF the confer
ence predicted complete agreement
before evening.
The savings that had been made
up to noon are reported to be mainly
in the general fund. where the deficit
requiring new taxation exists When
it passed the House the bill created a
general fund deficit of 100000.
which Senate amendments increased
to about 100000. II present indi-
cations are borne out, therefore. the
conference agreement may bring the
new tax need down to less than
So, ,0Gc 900.
Fear 1t Will Fall Short.
District officials fear. however, the
business privilege tax will fall about
$500 900 short of the amount it was
expected to raise this year, in which
case that sum would have to be added
to next years estimated deficit.
The deficit also is almost certain to
be more than the House figures of
100000 since the House bill left out
the S765, 900 item for street lighting.
which the Senate restored to the gen.
eral fund
1t is believed the conferees will re-
tain most of the construction prof.
ects the Senate added to the highway
and water departments, since the
House bill would have left surpluses
lying idle in the Treasury in the
separate fund Of those two agencies
The S620000 for commencing the
new Pennsylvania Avenue lSEl
Bridge awaits decision this afternoon.
Although House conferees are opposed
to starting this project in the coming
year. there are indications they may
agree to it rather than leave an un-
expended balance in the highway fund
New Reservoir Likely.
1t is likely that the 100000 new
reservoir for the District Water De-
partment, in the Soldiers Home
grounds. will be retained, since the
separate water-rate fund is adequate
to meet that expenditure.
Important Senate increases for
maintenance Of hospitals and welfare
activities remain for settlement this
afternoon. including the Senates
action in striking out proposed pur-
chase of Homeopathic Hospital for
use as health center. House con-
ferees believe this purchase would be
preferable to building new municipal
health center in the same neighbor-
hood, as proposed last year.
A considerable part of the reduction
from Senate increases is believed to
have come from school items, where
the Senate added nearly 100000.
The two groups of conferees are
headed by Senator Thomas. Democrat,
of Oklahoma and Representative
Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi.
Evening star., 1938-03-14
NEW TAX MEASURE
HELD INSUFFICIENT
McGj|| Urges Restoration of
Levy on Closely Held
Corporations.
BY the Associated ? %

Roswell McGill. Undersecretary Of
the Treasury, today told the Senate
Finance Committee the tax revision
bill. as it passed the House, would not
provide sufficient revenue
Mr.. McGill testified at an executive
session of the committee. Members
said he suggested restoration of the
tax on closely held corporations. which
was stricken out by the House.
Mr.. McGill was reported to have
said the Treasury was pretty we'll
satisfied" with other corporate pro-
visions of the bill. including the re-
vised undistributed surplus and cap
ital gains taxes
New Wage Hour Bill
A House Labor Subcommittee mean
While settled down to writing a new
wage-hour bill after listening to other
Congressman express their views on
the subject for more than a week.
Chairman Ramspeck, Democrat of
Georgia expressed belief bill would
be ready for the full committee within
week. He declined to predict what
form the new bill would take.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee said after its ses-
sion that the Treasury felt the elm
ination of the closely held corporation
tax had cut s45,OOOOOO from pros
pective revenues while an increase in
liquor taxes had restored only s25,-
100000 of this.
The House voted to increase the
liquor tax from 81 to 1925 a gallon.
Would End Nuisance" Taxes.
Senator Harrison said he believed
there was mo disposition" on the part
of the Senate committee to revive the
surtax >on closely held corporations.
He said he hoped the present "nuis-
ance" taxes. eliminated by the new
revenue bill. would not have to be
restored in order to provide sufficient
receipts.
Senator Vandenberg. Republican,
OF Michigan, member of the COM
mittee, said he understood the Treas
ury hoped to obtain $500, 900 900 rev.
enue under the bill, but experts be-
lieved it was $2O,OO0,Oo0 short in it's
present form.
Informed Senators predicted con-
servatives and administration forces
would engage in a showdown fight
over how far tax modification should
be carried in an effort to stimulate
business
Wants Profits Levy Out.
Senator Harrison asserted that capi-
tai gains provisions of the House bill
should be revamped and that the un-
distributed profits ,levy should be elm
mated instead of modified.
Senator Harrison also mentioned as
possibilities reduction of the higher
surtax rates on individual incomes and
a broadenng of the tax base, but said
he could give no one any encourage
ment" that these steps would be taken.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, an administration sup
porter and Finance Committee mem
Der, said he would urge amendments
to increase the present scale Of surtax
rates and to lower income tax ex-
emptions. These would bring about
(See TAXES, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1938-03-14
EMPEROR KARl'S AIDE
DYING OF GUN WOUND
Baron Karl Won Werkmann Is
Reported Shot When Black Shirts
Call to Question Him.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, March 4-Baron Karl Won
Werkmann, Emperor Karl's last Sec
retary. a prominent leader of the now
liquidated monarchist movement, was
reported today to be dying of bullet
wounds. The baron had been confined
in monarchist headquarters under
heavy guard since Friday.
When S. S. (Blackshirt) Nazi troop
ers called this morning to take him
to their headquarters for questioning.
an S. S. source said, Baron Won Werk-
mann drew pistol and threatened his
captors.
One account was that he shot him.
self He suffered severe wounds in
the abdomen and thigh
The baron's last article in mon
archist weekly pleaded I'VE want to
live our own lives" expressed loyalty
to the now deposed chancellor, Kurt
Schuschnigg, and outlined the mon
archists' uphill fight for placing Arch
duke Otto. eldest son of the dead En-
peror Karl, on the Austrian throne.