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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
DESIGNATION OF CHINA IS
 KNOWN FACT
Scorched Earth Policy of Japan Is Eyewitness
 ed by A. P. Man
VILLAGES ARE FIRED;
 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS
Flows Rust Tn Fields as Crops Run Wild
 Scene of Desolation

YUANSHIU, Shansi Province, Aug. 27.-An Associated Press Cor respondent found on 1,200-mile journey on foot and horseback through the mountainous western battle areas of the Provinces Of Hopei, Shansi, Shohan and Shen- si, that Japan's scorched earth poll icy has reduced to ashes 40 walled towns and more than 800 villages.
 There has been left behind scenes of death and desolation.
 The correspondent found that Ja- pans scorched earth policy meant burning every Chinese town and village.
 Previous reports of destruction were viewed skeptically but what the Associated Press man saw and photographed has led to an unes- capable conclusion that Japanese destruction of Chinese homes ex- ceeds in magnitude the thorough ness of anything that has ever oc- cured
 In other China war areas the As sociated Press correspondent saw dozens of villages in which not a single house was standing and no living persons, not even dogs re- mained. Flows stood rusting in sur rounding fields while crops ran wild.
 There are two million homeless in one part of Shansi Province.
 The Associated Press man was on the road two months and crossed the Japanese lines many times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Weather Man Says Skies Will Drip A Bit Sunday

Even knowing he will lose a lot of friends, Meteorologist Howard J. Thompson, Juneau's weather man, predicts showers and cooler for Sunday.
 Thompson said today that the eleven days of clear weather ex- perienced this month, seven of them consecutive, have broken the record.
 And Thompson explained tn a t clear" weather means blue sky with no more than 3/10 of it cloudy, from sunrise to sunset.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
MARINE AIRWAYS |FAIRCHILD OUT

Alex Holden took the Marine Air ways Fairchild to the Polaris-Taku mine today and picked up four pas sengers.
 Yesterday Holden brought in MT and Mrs. Peter Williams, Hazel Will Hams, James OConnor and D. w. Haggerty from Sitka
 After returning from the Sitka trip, Holden then flew to Tyee for charter trip with C. James of the Sebastian-Stuart Fish Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Destroyer John
 luis Diez Gets
 Damaged, Battle
Loyalist Craft Makes Heroic Attempt to Run h.
 vader Gauntlet

GIBRALTAR, Aug. 27 - The Spanish Loyalist destroyer John luis Diez, has been crippled in a two and one-half hour battle with four Insurgent naval vessels.
 Twenty-two men aboard the Diez were killed.
 The ship was repaired recently at Havre and was seeking to reach Valencia but failed in running the gauntlet of Insurgent ships and has put in here.
 The destroyer put in here and appears to be badly damaged by the bow and in a sinking condition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of base ball games played this afternoon in the two major leagues as received up to 2 o'clock:
 National League Philadelphia 1; Pittsburgh 6. Brooklyn 4; Chicago 1. Boston &; Cincinnati 1. New York 3: St. Louis 12.
 American League Cleveland 2, 0; New York B.. 13. Monte Pearson pitched a no-hit, no-run game against his former Cleveland teammates.
 St. Louis 8. 6; Philadelphia 3. 5. Chicago 6, o: Boston 19, 1. Detroit l2; Washington II.
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L0YALISTS ARE
 HOLDING THEIR
 OWN, Z FRONTS
Pressing Advance Against Invaders -Insurgent
 Planes Captured
HENpAYE, Spanish h-French Bo

HENDAYE, Spanish French Bo der, Aug. 27:-The Spanish Coy : ernment claims the militianfsh are driving south from Peubla de AL cocer to Cascuera in an effort to cut off the Insurgent spearhead threatening the Almaden mercury mines.
 Five small towns, it is claimed, have been taken by the Loyalists in the advance.
 The government forces are hold ing their own on the Ebro River valley front.
 The Loyalists claim 92 Insurgent planes and IA pilots have been cap- tured in the past lew months. The planes, when not too badly dam aged are quickly repaired, repaint- ed and sent into the air against the invaders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
TERRIFIC DUEL RAGING TODAY, ALONG YANCTzE
 RIVER SECTOR
Conflict Presages New Drive Toward Hankow Air craft, Cunboats, Infantry
 Massed for Attacks

SHANGHAI. Aug. 27.- The Chinese and Japanese are en- gagged in a terrific artillery duel today in the Yangtze River Val ley apparently presaging 8 re- newed Japanese drive to at tempt to take Hankow before winter.
 Japanese aircraft and gum boats, also infantry have joined in what one observer called the biggest offensive in the war.
 Terrific heat hampers the op- posing sides as the mercury ranges up to 140 degrees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
F0SSILIzED RUMINANT IS
 FOUND IN INT.
Discovery Is Reported by Hydraulic Miners, Lit
 tie Eldorado Creek

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 27.- An apparent prehistoric carcass of a fossilized ruminant, with hide and bones of the legs attached has been discovered by hydraulic min CTS operating on Little Eldorado Creek
 University of Alaska professors said possibly the prehistoric rumin- ant is a super bison that roamed the territory ages ago.
 The ruminant will be shipped to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
ZENGER IN ATLIN

Al Zenger flew high and far last night, from Juneau to Atlin at an altitude of about 5000 or more feet in a plane piloted by Shell Sim mons. zenger is looking over his old stampede grounds today, according to radiogram. and intends to do the same thing tomorrow before returning late in the day to Juneau. Incidentally he is looking for a "streak" or a pocket" he claims to have lost years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Thunder Ouer Dutch Indies
 Brings Influx of '. s. Planes
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Tug. 27 - Fol many months the Netherlands East Indies, that vast Dutch territory south of China and centering on Java. has been consistently buying military airplanes and other wal supplies from the United States.
 Each month the totals have beer recorded by the State Department which administers the arms ex- port licensing act, along with the totals of other foreign sales. They show that this internati tionally ob- scure region has bought more war planes than perhaps any other country except those actually at war, China and Japan.
 Anyone with a smattering of geographical and military knowl- edge could have surmised an ex- planation. The islands, rich agri- culturally and tremendously wealthy in oil, are nearer Japan than some parts of China. They lie in a scattered huddle southward from China across the equator.
 The total population is 60,000,- GOO of which 45,000,000 are sar- dined on the island of Java, leav- ing the vast remainder not thickly populated = just a huge undevel- oped tropical empire.
 Not until recently has there come to us a first hand opportu- nity to learn what residents of this rich tropical commonwealth think of their situation, but the oppor- tunity has come and the result is communicated here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Girls Fate Cause
 Of Fathers Death

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27.-Notified his daughter had been involved in tn accident, William Martin Forman, seventy-five, jumped into his auto mobile and started for the scene.
 Before reaching it he collapsed over the steering wheel and died of heart attack. His daughter, it was learned later, was uninjured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Fake Coin PasSer
 Fined 20 Cents

MALONE, N. Y, Aug. 27.-Harry Ginsburg, New York City, is out 20 cents as result of pleading guilty to two charges of attempting to pass counterfeit money.
 Ginsburg, in custody since spring, was fined 10 cents on each charge by Federal Judge Frederick H. Bry- ant, who said the fine was man. datory The defendant was placed on probation for year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
YACHTS RAY
 GUARD COAST

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 27. = Under a scheme inaugurated by Sydney motor yachtsmen, owners of pleasure craft will place their yachts and services at the disposal of the navy in the event of a na- tional emergency.
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SHOOT OFF TO
 DECIDE CHAMP
 TRAP SHOOTER
Two Men Make 99 Out of l00-Deciding Round
 Is Won B to 22

VANDALIA, Ohio, Aug. 27.-O. W. West, 46, of Coshocton, Ohio, won the Thirty Ninth Grand American handicap trap shoot here, defeat ing Parr Rhines, 37, of Marseilles, Illinois, g to g in the shoot off after they tied 99 of 100 in the regu- lar shoot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
CLIPPER PLANE
 DELAYED AGAIN

The Alaska Clipper, Pan Ameri- can Airways Seattle to Juneau Si- korsky amphibian plane, did not leave Seattle today for Juneau, but will make the flight tomorrow morning, according to PAA agent Louis Delebecque.
 Weather was poor for the trip and the flight was delayed another 24 hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
BERNICE WAUGH COMING

Miss Bernice Waugh Is aboard the Aleutian for her Juneau home after spending the summer visiting her grandmother in Seattle She will enter high school again next month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
LOOKS TO BRITAIN

n
 Beginning early in the thirties there was a feeling of alarm among the Netherlands Indies al the aggressive attitude of Japan ir the Far East. This vast territory is subject to tiny European Holland although it is a hundred times as large and its population several times as great. But obviously il could not look to Holland for pro- lection against major first line power in the Pacific.
 Instead, it has looked for years to Great Britain for protection just as has Holland in Europe English trade, in return, has ex- acted favorable treatment in these Indies as a sort of quid pro quo for the protection. It was not off cial but expected It riled the Dutch. Further the British atti, tude of hands off " displayed when Japan first began sweeping in on China in 1881 and later, gave impetus to the Dutch Indies de- sire to provide more of their own defense.
 They began buying few bomb- ing planes. Obviously this was the best protection for a territory sprawled in big and little islands over an oceanic zone far larger than the United States.
 The buying took on some inn petus in 1884 and 1885 and then there arose, in May of 1886, a strange crisis. Early that month there came a report to Dutch East Indies officials that Japanese fleet of considerable size had left under sealed orders and was bound for surprise invasion of this rich territory to seize a desperately needed source of oil.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27

Tn 1876 there were only 200 tele- phones in Europe and 376 in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27

Automotive exports from the United States to Colombia rose from s199,243 in 1892, to s3.489, ,860 in 1936-an increase of 1852 per- cent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 27. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session is 10& American Can 981s, American Light and Power 5A, Anaconda 33A Bethlehem Steel 591s, Curtis s Wright 5K, General Motors 485s International Harvester 59%, Ken necott ALA, New York Central 19, Safeway Stores 1873, Southern Pa- cific 19, United States Steel 59ss, Pound $4.87h.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials Al 95, down .99; rails 2871, down 50; utili- ties 1889, down .23.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-27
Farmer Finds Way
 To Get Into Jail

AIKEN, s. C., Aug. 27. = Lloyd Meyers, a farmer, could not pay his government crop loan and decided he ought to serve it out on the county chain gang. County Jailer Frank Sorge said that could not be done. Meyers went to the crop loan office and raised a ruckus about the matter. He was jailed for disorderly conduct.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-19
By Frances Drake
BY Beck

and all the JUNCTION and tnitta-
tive you can muster to put your
plans across. Good luck!
A CHILD BORN TODAY win
be keen, clever at limitations;
possess sound judgment: have
stubborn tendencies. This child
has great ambition stored In its
makeup and for this reason par.
ticularly, it should be taught
that the material In life 10 not
aII-impOrtant. The mind and
soul will be its SOlace, these win
guide 1t along the right path.
1889 A BIG year.
This feature also appears Go
the Sunday Washington Herald.
Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-19
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AIRY FL (CapricOrn) -Headway
to be made In construction
work, engineering, manufacture
ing useful commodities; mach
inery; automobiles, alrplanes;
domestic affairs.
JANUARY 22 TO FEBRUARY
20 (AquariuS) Your start TO-
day very important to whole
weeks results. Have cOncen-
trated thought and action.
Whatever your trade or prOfes.
sion, understand what 1t needs
and give it THAT!
FEBRUARY 81 TO MARCH
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this nOne-tOs stimulating day; pa-
denco with intricate matters
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consistently d uring working
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NOVEMBER % TO DECEM.
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many complexities to hinder
progress. A day well worth an
early start and continuous
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Shopping, manufacturing, sell
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DECEMBER - TO JANU.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01
J. F. DUTHIES
 SOUTH ON YACHT

J. F. Duthie, retired ship builder of Seattle, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Duthie, left for the south yesterday on their yacht Malibu.
 MT. and Mrs. Duthie were in- bound passengers on the steamer Mt. Mckinley here Saturday eve ming, from the Westward and In- terior. While in the Westward MT. Duthie spend some time looking over mining interests near Anchor age.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
Serial o9237

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Act of Con- gress, approved May 10, 1872, NEIL WARD will file in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, his application for patent to READY BULLION MILLSIT'E and FRAC- TON MILLSIT'E, adjoining mill sites, U. s. Survey 2019, abutting on side line IA Ready Bullion Lode Claim, U. s. Survey 1900. These millsites are in the Juneau Record ing District, Harris Mining District, near the head of Sheep Creek, about 51s miles from Juneau, AL aska, in approximately Lat. 58' 16 N. and Long. 134' IT w, described as follows:
 READY BULLION MILLSITE
 Beginning at Corner 1, identical with Corner 1 and 4, Ready Bullion and Bullion Extension looes, Survey 1900, whence from said point U. S. L. M. 3-A bears N. 820 49' w. 1259. AZ feet distant; thence s. 450 00 E. 46670 feet to Corner 2, identical with Corner 4 Fraction Millsite, along line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900; thence s. 450 00' w., along line 4-3 Fraction Millsite 466 TO it. to Corner 3, identical with Corner 3 Fraction Millsite, this survey; thence N. 45' 0O' w. 466.70 it. to Corner 4 thence N. 45" 00' E., crossing trail and Annex Creek Power Line, 46670 it. to Corner 1, the place of beginning. Containing 5000 acres There is a 5 K 10 it. Tool Shed near Power Line on this millsite.
 FRACTION MILLSITE
 Beginning at Corner on line Al Ready Bullion lode Survey 1900, whence U. s. L. M. 3-A bears N. 660 49' 30" w., 2077.17 it.; thence s. 45' O0 w. 46670 it. to Corner g; thence N. 450 00' w. 466.7O it. to Corner 3, identical with Corner Ready Bullion Millsite, this survey; thence 45o 00' E. along line 3-2 Ready Bullion Millsite 46670 it. to Corner on line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900; thence s. 45' O0' E. along line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900 46670 it. to. Corner l, place of beginning. Containing 5000
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acres. There is an 18 X 40 1t. cabin near trail on this millsite.
 DESCRIPTION OF RAJ MONUMENTS: U. s. L. N. No. 3-A. a 2-inch iron pipe BE feet high set in mass of concrete on top of a high bluff, Lat. 58 16' 25.5" N. and Long. 134' IT 45.5" w. marked U. S. L. M. No. 3-A on a brass plate set in the cement base.
 MAGNETIC DECLARATION at all corners 31o 30 E.
 This Survey 2019 is along the line Al of Ready Bullion Lode, U. s. Survey 1900.
 Sheep Creek flows through both millsites roughly paralleling Line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900. NO CONFLICTS OF ANY KIND. ONLY ADJOINING CLAIM OF ANY KIND Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900. All ground non min eral.
 POSTOFFTCE ADDRESS of Nell Ward is 91S Spruce Street, Seattle. w dSll., anu Ol A. w. TUX, Illo dSClib and attorney in fact, Box 813, Ju- neau, Alaska.
 THIS NOTICE, with copy of ap- proved plat of Survey 2019 posted on land included in said Survey 2019, May 10, 1888.
 Any or all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above. described Millsites or premises are required to file notice of their adverse claim with the Register of the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage. AL aska, within the period of publica. tion or within eight months subs sequent to the date of the last pub- lication hereof, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Register. First publication, June 16 1938. Last publication, Aug. 27, 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01
OF .CHROMITE MADE
 NEAR KETCHIKAN
Territorial Field Engineer Makes Find in Cleveland
 Peninsula Region
Continued from Pagc Ope)

as a crystalline constituent of the rock. Although the chromite is as sociated with magnetic at some Of the occurrences it is of very pure quality at others.
 Another oval mass about 2 miles long and one mile wide occupies the summit of the high ridge that extends westerly from Mt. Burnett. rt lies about three miles distant from the first described mass. With in this second mass the dunite oc- CUTS mtermixed with pyroxenite and the composition of the rocks is less uniform Also, more magnetic is here associated with the chrom- ite and large punches of pure mag netite were observed. It is some times difficult to distinguish chrom- ite from magnetic in the field. The sllrest method is by use of mag net.
 Much prospecting and develop ment work will be required to de- terrnine the commercial value of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01
BILL RICK BACK
 AT POST, PAIN
 TAKIT MEAT co.

After an absence of two months, most of which was spent in St. Anne's Hospital, recuperating from a severe attack of appendicitis, Will liam Beck today returned to his duties as manager of the meat de- partment at George Brothers Pay n Takit store here.
 MT. Beck was discharged from the hospital last week, but contin- ued his recovery at home before re- turning today to his post. During his absence, H. E. Iffert has been in charge of the market. MT. Iffert is continuing on duty to complete the staff of the meat department.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

SEALED BIDS, will be received at the Office of the City Clerk, Klawock, Alaska, not later than August 13, 1888, at pm, and then publicly opened and read for fur nishing labor and material neces- sary for the construction of a WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, in ac- cordance with the Plans and Speci- fications on file in the Office of the City Clerk at Klawock, Alaska, and the Office or N Lester Troast and Associates, Architects and En- gineers, Juneau, Alaska. where they may be examined and copies ob- tained. A deposit of 5000 will be required to insure the safe return of the Plans and Specifications, this amount to be refunded when they are returned.
 All bids shall be accompanied by cash, certified check or Bid Bond, furnished by Surety Company au- thorized to do business in the Ter ritory of Alaska, for five (59a) per- cent of the amount of the bid. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into contract and furnish satisfactory performance bond with in the time stated in the proposal, the deposit shall be forfeited as liquidated damages.
 The successful bidder shall be re- quired to file performance bond in the full amount of the Contract price, which bond shall be fur nished by a Surety Company accep- table to the Public Works Adminis- tration.
 No bid may be withdrawn, after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for thirty (30) days.
 This Project is being financed in part with funds provided by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and shall be con- structed under rules and regula- tions of the Public Works Adminis- tration as approved by the Admin istration, by executive orders of the President and as amended for AL aSka.
 Attention is called to the fact that no less than the minimum wage rates as shown in the Construction Regulations included in the Con- tract must be paid on this project.
 If any person contemplating sub mitting bid for the proposed Con- tract is in doubt as to the mean ing of any part of the Plans and Specifications, or other Contract Documents, he may submit to the Engineers written request for an interpretation thereof. The person submitting the request will be re- sponsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpretations of the proposed documents will be made only by Addendun, duly issued and a copy of such Addendum will be mailed or delivered to each person receiv- ing set of such documents. The City of Klawock, Alaska, will not be responsible for any explanations or Interpretations of the proposed documents.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any fn- formality in the bids received. There is available the sum of ap- proximately THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3o. .OOo.00D for this pro- ject.
 CITY OF HAMMOCK BY: N. LESTER TROAST &
 ASSOCIATES
 City Engineer.
 First publication. July B, 1888. Second publication, July 30, 1858.
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MRS. SPOIL soUTHBOUND

Mrs. w. w. Stoll, accompanied by her daughter Sylvia, are south bound passengers on the steamer Mt. Mckinley Mrs. Stoll's hus- band is manager of the Independ- ence Mine, in the Willow Creek district, near Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01

officers of the Chamber of Com merce were installed. Walter B. King is President, w. T. Stuart is e-President and Frank s. Shel- ton is Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-01
HAS INTERESTS IN ALASKA

Fred Glassbrenner, holder of in terests in a number of meat mar kets throughout Alaska, is south bound passenger on the steamer Mt. Mckinley. MT. Glassbrenner Journeys to the north annually.