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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-22
Malta M. E. Church

Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
Christmas sermon by pastor, 1890
a. m. Epworth League, 6 p. m.
Junior League, 6 p. m. Evening
worship at &c B. Frisbie, pastor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-22
Bristol Grange

Friday evening, Jan. 6: Installa-
ton of officers. Oysters will be serv-
ed beginning promptly at 6 p. m.
Members and their families are in
vited.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-22
llElS,S1mn1daye-
MfESeryice-
St. James Catholic Church

Masses on the 1st, 3rd. and 5th
Sundays, will be at $3.50 a. M; and
on End and 4th Sundays, at 1880 g..
mfr. w. L. Thomas, pastor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-22
s. S. Glass To Meet With Rev. Wee.

The Pisgah Comrade Sunday
school class will hold it's regular
meeting at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. L. S. Wees, Friday evening,
Dec. 30. A pot luck supper will be
served. The entire Sunday school
is invited
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-12-22

Let us show you how easy it is to
shave with the Schick electric razor,
now $1250.-The Stanbery Phar-
macy.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Sobriety Gets the Acid Td

WALKING o stroieht line or
" blowing O froerontIy dis
euised breoth at the policemen
does on oileeed drunken driver
or pedestrion no good in CoIum-
bus. Ohio. these doys. He's got
to prove his sobr;ety by o
scientific test thot listens to no
eloquent pleading on the port
Of the occused. The heortless
test tube yields to no persuasion
Of cloves or winter9reen. II
simply registers the cold foct
Of how much. # any. oIeoholic
fume you exhoIe. Here's o pic
ture story Of how it works.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
Cannery Dispute
 At Petersburg Is
 Up to Washington
Attorneys for Both Sides Sign Stipulated Settle
 ment, Labor Trouble

PETERSBURG, Alaska, March Is. A stipulation settlement of the Glacier Sea Foods Company dis pute with cannery workers has been signed by lawyers of both sides and forwarded to the National Labor Re- lations Board in Washington. A de- cision is expected in few weeks
 Hearing here was terminated with the provision that it could be re- opened on five days notice in the event of the Boards failure to ap- prove the stipulated agreement.
 The settlement provides that the contract made last September 23 be cancelled; that the company will not aid any union company, will not permit meetings on the prem ises or officials to join any union. Twenty-one remaining strikers will be re-instated if they apply before May. If operations are resumed, part time workers are to be re-employed on the basis of seniority, accruing to last September 29, the day before the strike. In the event of future dispute the board can order an election.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
INSURGENTS ROLLING ON
 TOWARD SEA
Italian Troops May Soon Have Eas tern Spanish
 Shore Landing Place

HENDAYE, French Spanish Bor- der, March 18-An Insurgent of fensive today rolls relentlessly to- wards the blue waters of the Medit- erranean, capturing the cities of Caspe and Alcorisa, giving General Franco control of the Montalban- Alcaniz Highway.
 Government resistance has stif- tened, but Galician mop-up troops continued to advance eastward of strategic Caspe to within 50 miles of the ocean.
 It is admitted by Government sources that Caspe's downfall left the Government defenses in a grave position, as a thrust to the sea would sever leftisJ Catalonia from the rest of Spain and provide a landing place on the East coast for been landed in Southwestern Spain the landing of Italian troops.
 Heretofore, Italian troops have and thence sent overland by rail fora long distance to battle sectors.
 DEMAND AID TO LOYALISTS
 PARIS, March 18.--A crowd of Peace Society adherents, urging aid to the Spanish Loyalists, rioted and attacked the police last night. The crowd was finally dispersed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
ADMINISTRATION ] BELIEVES NAVY. BILL WILL PASS.
Opponents WouldEstablish Naval Frontiers
 for Fleet HOUSE PASSAGE
 EXPECTED SOON If Foes of Measure Suc- ceed, Asia Battle Fleet to Come Home

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Ten- tative approval today of 20 pei cent increase in the American fleet, gave Administration leaders confi- dence that the House Will pass the billion dollar naval program by an overwhelming margin before the final roll call Monday.
 Foes of the bill, however, are mak- ing a determined effort to strika out the policy section which would commit the Navy to non-agres- sive role, but assign it to protect our commerce and citizens abroad" :"
 Instead, opponents favored pro- posal by Representative Frank C.. Kniffin, Democrat of Ohio, to estab- lish definite naval frontiers behind which the fleet would be impound- ed unless attacked. This would re- quire the withdrawal of all Ameri- can warships from Asiatic waters.
 The fleet increase which the House has tentatively authorized, would permit the construction of 46 new warships and g auxiliary ves- sels besides $50 airplanes.
 The House declined by vote of 98 to 63, to kill the provision for building three new battleships.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
HITLER CLAIMS AUSTRIAN COUP. MISUNDERSTOOD
Der Fuhrer Says Absorp- ton Saved Thousands
 of Lives
PROMISES MUSSOLINI.
 lNVlOLATE FRONTIER
Announces Naturalization of Austrian Railway
 System

BERLIN, March 18-Adolf Hit Ter today told the Reichstag that the absorption of Austria had saved thousands of lives"
 Said Hitler: Tt is a pity that the democracies of the world do not understand" why and how he added Austria to Germany
 Behind me are seventy-five mil lion people" Hitler shouted. Be fore me stands Germans armed might"
 In thanking Premier Benito Mus solini for his attitude toward the Austrian coup, Hitler said: "Italy's frontiers will remain for us inviolate and behind this word stands Germ any as a nation"
 Making a long and thunderously applauded speech before the Reich stag, Hitler announced the nation alization of Austrian railways and the consolidation of the Austrian National Bank with the Reichsbank
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
SCHUSCHNICC
 GIVEN RIGHTS
 FOR OWN LIFE
Will Be Permitted to Re- main in Old Austria
 or Go Abroad

VIENNA, March Is. - The Nazi Propaganda Ministry announced to- day that former Chancellor Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg will be permitted to choose whether he wants to remain in Austria or live abroad. No charg es will be placed against him by the Nazi regime now in control of the former little nation of Austria If Schuschnigg decides to go abroad he will be permitted to take all nec- essary funds with him.
 The police report the arrest of several clergymen.
 The drive against the Jews con- tinues unabated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
CIO WORKERS LEANING ON
 LABOR BOARD
Showdown Fight impending in Two Cannery Em-
 ployees Camp

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 18.
 Officials of CLOS Alaska Cannery Workers Union, Local 5. said today they would rely on the procedure of the National Labor Relations Board in dealing with any situations that might arise out of the impend- ing fight with the rival American Federation of Labor Cannery Work CTS Union
 Geofge Wolf, President and Busi- ness Manager of the CIO union, re- ferred to statement made recently by Secretary Edward D. Vandeleur of the AFL's California Federation of Labor at the Western Teamster's Conference in which he said a showdown was due soon between CIO and AFL.
 With respect to showdown, which Vandeleur says is coming. !" said Wolf, Twelve hundred Alaska cannery workers with from two to thirty-five years Of experience have signed cards in the last two days authorizing the CIO to represent them.
 "Vandeleur is attempting to incite the teamsters and other organiza- tions to actual warfare. He con- demns the National Labor Relations Board, charging it with favoritism We are going to rely on the National Labor Relations Board and the sup port of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific with whom we have worked under signed agreements for more than two years"
 The issues arose between the un- ions when the membership of the new CIO was busted from the State Federation by the San Francisco Labor Council and the new cannery workers Union chartered by AFI,.
 Both unions are seeking agree ments with Alaska operators.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
FANNIE WEISS PLEADS GUILTY,
 IS SENTENCED
Juneau Woman Goes to Eastern Federal Insti-
 tuition for 21 Months

SEATTLE, March Is. = Fannie Weiss, GO, of Juneau, Alaska, was to- day sentenced to 21 months in the Federal Industrial Institution at Alderson, West Virginia, upon plea of guilty in conspiracy to violate the White Slave Traffic Act.
 Frank Pellegrini, Assistant Uni ted States Attorney, said she caused girls to be transported from Seattle to Juneau for immoral purposes.
 Fannie Weiss was arrested in Ju- neau about two months ago follow ing indictment by Federal Grand jury in Seattle. She was later re- leased on $5,000 bail and then went to Seattle She came north very re- gently, arranged her business affairs here and then returned to Seat- tie, entered her plea and was sen- tenced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
Territorial Disputes, Aris- ing from World War,
 Crash Out
NAX DECLARATION
 MADE IN BERLIN
Aerial Attacks on Spanish Civilians Arouses 2
 Other Nations
(By Associated Press)


 Territorial disputes, cradled by the World War, quarrels over the Lithuanian and Pol ish frontier and Lithuanian sovereignty over the once German Memel, today created a new war threat in Europe.
 The Nazi spokesman in Ber- lin declared that German troops would march into the war lost Memel the moment Poland invades Lithuania.
 Poland awaited expiration tomorrow of the ultimatum demanding Lithuanian con sessions.
 France and Russia have agreed to bring simultaneous pressure on Poland and Lithu- ania to end their quarrel.
 In London, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain endeav- cred to avert a clash on the Baltic and at the same time joined with France in seeking Vatican aid to help halt the aerial attacks on civilians in Spain.
 Nearly 600 persons have been killed and 1000 injured since Wednesday by Insur- gent air raids on Barcelona.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
TENNIS WONDER WEDS DIVORCED WIFE OF COACH
Frankie Parker Marries Woman Who Once
 Would Adopt Him

RENO, Nevada. March Is. = Frankie Parker, p, fourth ranking American tennis star, has married the former Audrey Brown Beasley, divorced wife of Mercer Beasley, famed tennis coach who developed Parker.
 Mrs. Beasley won her divorce Saturday, charging cruelty. The Beasleys had been married since 1915 and have son, IA.
 Parker, whose real name is Pal oWski, lived with the Beasleys. who sought to adopt him in 1883 when he was boy wonder in the tennis world, but his mother objected to the adoption and the matter was dropped.
 Mrs. Pajowski, Milwaukee resi- dent, wept openly when informed of the marriage of her son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
AELP to Spend S36,000 Here
 For Expansion
Light Company Announces Vast Improvement Pro-
 gram for This Year

An expansion program for 1933 to cost total of S36,O00 was an- nounced today by w. S Pullen. Vice President and Manager of the AL aska Electric Light and Power Com pany.
 Included in the improvements which the company will make this summer will be new power house sub-station with new transformers and switching equipment, a 2,666 horsepower unit, to cost s20,000 An other S10,000 will go into a new pipe line connecting the power house with the Gold Creek water supply, MT. Pullen said In addition $500 will be spent on a new concrete sec tion in the Gold Creek dam and s4.- 500 on the street lighting system, making total expenditure for inn mediate improvements of $36.0O0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
May
 Throw Hat Into
 Ring for Ronors
Declares, in Hollywood, He May Be Candidate for
 Irish Presidency

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 18-- John Mccormack said he is con- sidering standing for the Presidency of his native Ireland.
 T have not received an official invitation to become a candidate for the Irish Presidency but many friends have written to me to throw my hat into the ring. I have cabled to Dublin to see if I am eligible un- der the new eonstitution,n said Mccormack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
FASCIST PLOT
 TO KILL PRES.
 VARGAS F0ILED
Police Find 5000 Daggers
 Tn Rio De Janeiro Home

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, March l8.-Police today announced that a Fascist plot to assassinate President Getulio Vargas has been smashed.
 Three thousand daggers bearing Swastika emblems have been found in the home of Plinio Salgada, lead CT of the once powerful Fascistic Integralist Party
 The daggers were seized, but Sal gada escaped to the German Elm bassy, though Embassy officials de- nied he had taken refuge there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
Juneau Profits Mounts
 To S1.27, Share
Net Return for l937 Given at $1,9ll,2 ,286 Compared
 to $l,7l9,490 in '36

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1s.- The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company reported a net profit of $1,911 ,286 for the year 1887 after provisions for depletion, including Federal income taxes, according to it's annual report.
 The profit for 1886 was $l,719,- 490 or $115 a share, compared with the '37 return of $127 per share
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
LINCHENC IS CAPTURED BY
 JAPAN FORGE
Invaders Cross Yellow Riv. -Nippons Dislodged
 Near Tungkwan

SHANGHAI, March 18.-The Jap anese claim the capture of Lin- cheng. across the Yellow River in Shantung Province.
 The Chinese spokesman asserts that counter attack has dislodged the invaders near Tungkwan.
 Informed Chinese circles predict the reorganization of the Chinese Central Government is. scheduled prior to the Kuomintang meeting set for March 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
CONSTITUTION GROUP REFUSES
 LOBBY DEMANDS
Head of NCUCG Will Not Comply with Sub-
 poena Request

WASHINGTON, March IS. = pr Edward A. Rumley. Secretary of the National Committee to Uphold Con- stitutional Government, today re- fused on the advice of counsel, to furnish records demanded by a Senate Lobby Committee subpoena.
 The subpoena asked for informa- tion on efforts ito influence, sup press, and foment public opinion
 pr. Rumley said the subpoena constituted fishing expedition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
DIVIDENDS ARE
 REDUCED BY PAF

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. March 18.-The Pacific American Fisheries has reduced the quarterly dividends on common stock from 30 to Is cents share.
 This action is said to conserve the company's resources on account of the unsettled conditions in the salmon industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
POLAR QUARTET GIVEN WELCOME
 IN HOME LAND
Scientists Make Triumphal March Tn Moscow
 Receivedby Stalin

MOSCOW, March 18.-Comman- der Ivan Papanin and his three Polar ice drift companions, were today welcomed as heroes following their return to Soviet Russia.
 After triumphal parade, Stalin received the intrepid quartet who drifted on an ice pack from the North Pole to near Greenland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
Man to
 Wed in Seattle

SEATTLE, March 18.-A marri- age license has been issued to Nels N. Miller, 58, of Juneau, Alaska, and Hilda Nelson, legal age, of Cor dova, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March 18 = We went over to the Internal Revenue office to see if income tax collectors have any heart, and it seems they have-at least by their own testi- mOny
 Most surprising thing we discov- cred, though, was that Washing tonians are habitually late in pay ing their income taxes. It would seem that people who live in Wash ington-right at the fountain head of things-should get their busi- ness with the Government done on time, but they don't. Whole colo nies of them sometimes are left standing in line at midnight March Is, when penalties start
 The Bureau occupies whopping building just off famous Pennsyl- vania Avenue It is part of the Treasury, but its building is larger than the Treasury building = and newer
 TAX COLLECTORS PLANT
 Congress has blown first hot and then cold on publicity about any thing in connection with the in come taxes, so most officials, as a matter of policy, play safe.
 They refuse to let anything get out of hand unless it is approved by MT. Gaston, who is assistant to Secretary Morgenthau We were turned loose in some department files only on condition that if any question arose as to whether such
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
of Income Taxes
 Hare Hearts; Testimony Giuen
 By Themselves, Proof Positiue

and such an item might be used it would be settled by MT. Gaston. He approved everything we had
 First we found a plaintive note from an Internal Revenue Agent urging the public. to believe that the agents are human, have chil- dren of their own, go on Sunday picnics-and fret about their repu- tations for hard dealings with tax payers.
 Taxpayers go right on making the same mistakes year after year, we learned also So does the Bu- reau. Each year about 150,000 of the 100000 or more taxpayers send too much to the Government. Where overpayments are found, refunds are made The bureau, in turn, is forever asking some maiden lady to account for her husband
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18
OIn STORY

OLD STORY
 The oldest and most to.d story in the Bureau is about foreign-bo taxpayer living in this country who figured that he had earned about $2,600 for the year and sent check for the whole amount to the Gov ernmeht A tax agent returned the check fellow didn't owe any thing.
 My son told me to pay it all, ," the puzzled alien-born explained That's how much good is an edu- cation"
 While most letters are from 
 xs TI-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-18

Continued on Page Three
Evening star., 1938-04-06
PRELATE APPEALS
FOR OIL FUND HELP
Archbishop Urges Mexican
Catholics to Assist In
Paying Firms.
BY the Associ. presa

6y tHe hSSOCl' NreB.
MEXICO CITY, April 6.-Arch-
bishop Garibi y Rivera Of Guadalajara
yesterday called upon Mexican Cath
olics to raise a fund to help pay II
American and British oil companies
for their 100000 holdings expro-
priated by the government March 10.
This move, approved by Archbishop
Luis Martinez Of Mexico City. came
as the oil companies asked in District
Court for an Injunction against en-
forcement Of q Federal Labor Board
order terminating their labor con-
tracts with their $4,000 former en-
ployes.
Archbishop Martinez promised a
pastoral letter on the oil controversy
during Holy Week.
The Oil Workers Union said Mon
day its members were prepared to con-
tribute days pay each month "as
long as needed" to help pay for the
appropriated property.
Yesterdays court action was the
second Of three steps indicated by the
oil companies in an effort to have the
appropriation decree set aside. The
first of these was a reGues, filed in
District Court Monday for an injunc-
ton against enforcement Of the decree
on the ground that 1t was unconstitu-
tional. The third step. not yet taken.
will be request to the Department of
National Economy for administrative
revocation of the decree.
Bernard E. Smith, New York broker,
and Francis w. Rickett, British pro-
moter, arrived from New York last
night presumably to resume negotia-
tions with the government for pur-
chase of oil, which now fills many
storage tanks to capacity.
Officially. however, they denied their
visit was connected With the oil situa-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-04-06
NAz| REFUGEES.
REACHNEW YORK
Germans and Austrians Flee
to Accept U. S. Offer Of
Political Asylum.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April GA group Of
German and Austrian refugees arrived
yesterday on the British liner Antonia
to accept this country's historic and
recently renewed offer of political
asylum.
They came as millions who now are
Americans had come in years past
through the narrows and on up the
shining bay past the Statue Of Liberty,
cleaning in the April sun.
AS the Coast Guard cutter Calumet
pulled alongside the Antonia and the
ladder was put for the officers to clam
ber aboard for the customary inspec-
tions, some Of the silent few who lined
the Antonia's upper deck smiled and
held up their hands in tentative greet
ing.
But for the most part the arrivals
were stolidly quiet and bewildered
lot. Most, of course, could spead no
English, and the exact number who
could be classified as actual fugitives
from their homelands was impossible
Of determination.
Left With Only $500.
Baron George Won Halban, slight
young Viennese who fed Austria after
the Hitler coup, said in broken but
distinct English that he managed to
leave the country with only $500. as
measured in American money, above
his passage.
Smiling and deprecatory in his man
ner. he explained why he had left:
Il was an offlcer in the army" he
said. Also was Monarchist. They
knew that. was unwilling to serve
in the army longer under German COM
manders."
1T was very difficult to get out, but
-" and he left the sentence un-
finished.
Wants to See Texas Most.
Anyhow. I always wanted to see
this country. New York shall visit
for two weeks. Then shall go to Chi
cago. and most Of all I want to 20 to
Texas"
Fritz Hertz. short, black-eyed and
smiling, stood on the deck with his
wife and 3-year-old son Rolf, and told
his story this way:
Il was merchant in Stuttgart:
sold sausage castings. Then they
wouldn't let me have any more mer-
chandise. had to close my store. I
thought it was good time to leave"
I'm jewish" he added.
He said he had no definite plans. but
there was an uncle here in New York
who would see him through.
Evening star., 1938-04-06
PRINTERS OPEN VOTE
ON A. F. OF |. LINKS
Contribution to War Chest Is
Among Five Questions to
Be Decided.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.-Mem-
bers of the International Typograph-
ical Union began voting throughout
the country today on five points Of
'basic policy" four Of which deal
with the unions affliation with the
American Federation of Labor
Woodruff Randolph, I. T. U. secre-
tary-treasurer, said local units had 10
days in which to vote.
The questions, he said, are:
l. Shall the special assessment of
q cent member each month, as
sessed by the Denver convention of
the American Federation of Labor, be
paid voluntarily?
2. Shall approval by referendum
vote Of members Of I. T. U. be re-
quired before payment of any assess
ment levied by a convention or Exec
utive Council of the A. F. of L?
3. Shall the l. T. U. continue to
maintain the policy adopted at the
time the A. F. OF L. was formed:
THAT the individuality Of the I. T. u.
shall be maintained, and that the
I. T. U. shall not take a charter and
be subordinate to any organization?"
4. Shall the I. T. U. continue to
exercise complete and unrestricted
authority to define its Jurisdiction,
enact and amend" its laws as provided
in the constitution. and the Executive
Council be authorized to take any
action as may be necessary to retain
the rights of the I. T. U. in the A. F..
Of L.?
S. Shall the I. T. U. relinquish
Jurisdiction over mailers and mailing,
and the secretary be author
lied to make changes as may be re-
quired in the book of laws after exist
Ing injunctions have been dissolved? d?
Evening star., 1938-04-06
u. S. MISSIONARIES
HAVE CLOSE ESCAPE
Methodist Group Is Caught in
Heavy japanese Attack
on Chengchow.

BY the Associated Press.
HANKOW. China. April 6.-Belated
reports today told Of the narrow escape
Of Methodist Mission April in =
heavy Japanese air attack on Cheng-
chow. important Lunghai railroad city
on the central front.
Miss Bessie Reid of Kingston, On
tario, the dispatches said. was standing
within few feet of where a japanese
bomb exploded. The bomb shattered
windows and cracked walls which had
just been repaired after similar damage
a month ago.
The staffs of the American Southern
Baptist Hospital at Chengchow and the
China Inland Mission Hospital at near
by Kaifeng were said to be working day
and night.
Wounded. the reports said. stream in
from the East. where heavy fighting
continues, for Suchow. Lunghai juno
ton with the Tientsin-Pukow Rail-
road.
This work has been organized by an
International Committee. which has
arranged to meet trains bringing In the
wounded every night.