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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
Miss HObbiS Is
 Reigning Queen
 0nDiscoveryDay
Dawson Celebrates Finding of Gold - Fairbanks
 Queen Also There

DAWSON, Y. T., Aug. 20-Miss Antonette Hobbis presided over the Antoinette Hobbis presided over the third and last day of Dawsons an- nual Discovery Day celebration com menorating the discovery of gold. She was crowned queen at the big dance. Miss Dorothy Murphy, Fair banks ice carnival queen, was at tendant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
MCAdOO Doesn't
 Fear Dictatorship

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20.-United States Senator William c. Mc- Adoo, Democratic candidate for re- election. told mass meeting that President Roosevelt will not run in 1940 if he can find a good liberal to be a candidate"
 The Senator added that he is mot in the least worried about the possibility of dictatorship"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
University of
 Alaska, PWA Grant, Approved

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. o. The Regional PWA office an- nounces it has approved of the application of a grant of S27.- 315 for a power plant at the University of Alaska. The total cost is to be S60,700.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
GETS SAUSAGE WREATH

vANCoUvER-Th only decora- tion to adorn the statue of Captain Vancouver, discoverer of the inlet on which this city stands, was a string of sausages on April Fools Day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
Pershing Given
 Welcome in Paris

PARIS, Aug. 20.-Gen. John J.. Pershing received hearty welcome today on his homecoming" to Paris for a visit as chairman of the American battle monuments commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
Y. T. SCHOOLS TO OPEN

The schools of Yukon Territory will open Tuesday. September 6. the day after Labor Day. R. Hulland. formerly of Whitehorse. will be principal of the school at Dawson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
OVERS PURCHASE GEORGE
 HOME ON GOLD BELT AVE.

MT. and Mrs. Tom Dyer have pur- chased the Wallis George home on Gold Belt Avenue. They will move in shortly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at the short session today is 10%, American Light and Power 5A, Anaconda 33A, Bethlehem Steel ST, Commonwealth nd Southern 1A, Curtiss Wright 5A, General Motors 481s, International Harvest CT STA, Kennecott 40%, New York Central 1873, Southern Pacific 18A United States Steel 59, Pound $4.88.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 14120, rails 28.45, utilities 1879.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
E. E. PETRo SUICIDES

Emery E. Petro, 38, well-known in Fairbanks, recently sent two bullets into his chest and died a few hours later in St. Joseph's Hospital at Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20
Hit|er'S Cestapo
 Arrests British
 Passport Officer
Sharp Note Sent Germany by Great Britain
 Situation Strained

BULLETIN LONDON, Aug.
 20.- Capt. Thomas Kendrick,
 veteran British passport officer,
 mysteriOusly seized by German
 Secret Police, has been ordered
 out of Germany after an off
 cial German statement charg-
 ing him with conducting espion-
 age. Kendrick has been released
 and reported to have left for
 Vienna.
 LONDON, Aug. 20.-The British Government today informed Ger many that it takes serious views of the unexplained arrest of Capt Thomas Kendrick, British passport officer, in Vienna.
 The British official was arrested by the Bestapo German Secret Police) on the German-Swiss border last Wednesday as he and his wife were about to go over into Ger many on a vacation.
 Mrs. Kendrick was allowed to return to her home in Vienna while Kendrick is believed held in the Hotel Metropole, Secret Police headquarters in Vienna.
 Foreign Office circles speculateo ac tO Whetbpr or mt Kprdrick mas because he had granted more British visas to Austrian Jews than the German Government con- sidered as discreet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-20

Continued on Page seven)
Evening star., 1938-07-31
DERBY RACERS STOLEN
Ike and Mike Taken From Auto
Repair Shop. Police Are Told.

Ike" and Mike" Soap Box Derby
racing cars belonging to Lewis and
Ray Hanbury of Oxon Hill. Md. were
reported to police yesterday as having
been stolen from an auto repair shop
at Thirteenth and Good Hope road
Sc. where they have been in storage
since the race.
The racers were identical, police
were told, with the exception of the
name and number. Ike was No
l30 ard Mike No. l3l.
For some reason Ike" was valued
at $3.50 and its twin at only $3.50.
Evening star., 1938-07-31
FRANCOIS TROOPS
HALT LOYA[|STS
Concentration of Men and
Planes Fails, However,
to Regain Ground.
By the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
HENDAYE. France, July 30.-In-
surgent Generalissimo Francisco
Franco appeared tonight to have
halted the governments Ebro River
offensive with tremendous concen-
tration of men and planes, but had
failed to regain any lost ground.
The government continued to push
troops westward across the Ebro, but
Barcelona dispatches conceded that
the imposing array of insurgent
strength had slowed down opera
tions''
Several hours of insurgent counter
attack by land and air failed to bulge
Barcelona's South Catalonia forces
from the territory they had won since
last Mondays surprise thrust across
the Ebro-estimated at between 100
and 240 square miles.
The Ebro line remained little
changed in the past two days. The
government thus far had failed to
capture Gandesa. former nerve center
Of Frances South Catalonia forces.
fTSDdTt
Reports from each side indicated
the insurgents were making ready a
heavy counteroffensive designed to
sweep the government back across
the Ebro or shatter the peoples army"
before 1t could retreat.
The government reported slight
gains south of Gandesa, Gen. Francois
old regional headquarters. but added
that the insurgents were maSsing
infantrymen and field guns in that
sector to reinforce insurgent control of
several dominating heights.
The reports made no secret of the
fact that Gen. Vicente Rojo, govern
ment strategist in chief there, and
his aides, Col Enrique Lister and the
pesino,' were concentrating on in
pesino," were concentrating on en-
trenching themselves in the hard-won
territory in preparation for general
assault
With this end in view, they reported
occupation of strong positions at
Prat de Compte, south of Gandesa,
and Bot. to Gandesa's southwest.
From the latter village they COM
nanded a highway running west from
Gandesa to Alcaniz and Zaragoza.
Rebel Conveys SheIled.
From the Bot positions government
gunners were able to shell insurgent
conveys moving up to the front. Can
desa itself was said to be a virtual
no-mans land. criss- crossed by in
surgent and government shellfire
Fleets of insurgent bombers con-
tinued to blast at the lines of COM
munication across the Ebro BARGE
Iona dispatches said 400 bombs fell
around one pontoon bridge in "a
hours.
Barcelona military quarters said
they were convinced the offensive al
ready had served its purpose-to en-
force lull on the Sagunto-Valencia
Evening star., 1938-07-31

front, where the government was said
not only to have been able to improve
its defenses but to launch to success
flll counterattack.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
They Aren't Above It

NIvII, SERVICE COMMISSIONER SAM ORDWAYS pro-
y posas for amendment to Byrne Reorganization Bill
S333 seem this desk to be both progressive and con-
structive White of Civil Service rules
trained directors promotion by competitive test
registers established and made
mandatory-au these things prove real benefits.
Without them. Ordway declares, the Byrnes Bill might
possibly prove downhi step in civil service history
In one statement however Ordway emphatic dis
agreement from this corner with this declaration:
Neither the central personnel independent
to place appointing officers
departments trial in the matter of removal OF employees
not? The of employees kicked out blacklSted
by appointing officers not large compared with the service
whole perhaps where instances to light they
filthy Why shouldn't hidden personnel records be brought
light? certainly the cleanliness of the sunshine
Threat open trial would do clean ScumSpotS
Federal carpets than other machinery Why ap
pointing officers departments either should be above trial
just cases is clear in this corner.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
GOVERNMENT
HEART THROBS

OUIS P. HARRIS ON OF
~ Weather Bureau henceforth
will slice $4,000 from his income
tax returns, having wed a still.
unidentified maid in Boston on
Washington Birthday -. All her
many friends will be glad to know
that Bureau of Plant Industry's
Mrs. Georgia L, Bender has left
Sibley Hospital and is recovering
nicely from her recent operation
. Margaret G.. Harrington,
Treasury employe, who recently
passed away, was a member OF
AFGE and a sister of Winnie Har.
rington, officer within Ages
Engraving and Printing Lodge.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

speakers were Charles j. Armbrus-
ter and Ben Larcomb. retired,
daddy" of the club . Under the
direction of H. T. Herrick, chief of
Industrial Farm Products Re
search Division, Agriculture, a new
100 per cent soy bean oil varnish
that is water and weatherproof
has been developed.
Clarified
"Just a Veteran" suggests we
clarity Our recent item relative to
many guards receiving pensions of
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Tales Outu School

They do say that the wife Of a
White House aide is telling inti-
mates that "the President says
that there will be war" q. The
Weather Bureau Masonic CLUB
held it's thirteenth annual dinner
at the Powhatan yesterday .
w. R. Gregg, bureau chief, was
the principal speaker Other
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Regarding Tips

THOSE mailing or phoning
L "ne,US tips" about Fed
eral affairs or conditions
often are reWGrded. Names
are kept strictly confidential,
and thus it is advisable for
those with juicy information
to adopt a "pen name" for
identification in case they
are retOarded.
AS in the past, many
GwGrdS are cinema tickets.
Thus (CAP) beside your name
or "pen name" entities you
to call at this desk for t,0o
passes to LoeW'S Capitol, uotO
showing "A r S ENE LUPIN
RETURNS" Nth MAJOR
BOWES on the stage. Those
NTH (PALJ can head for the
Palace, Which has Robert
Taylor in "A YANK AT OK
FORD" 1DhiIe (COL) means
tho passes to see Fredrtc
March In "THE BUG
CANCER" at the Columbia.
Toddy's GwardS: J. A. S.
cap: "AAA" Up AL;
"BrotDnte" (COL).
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Speaking of
Government Workers
Bv J. EARLE MOSER
T UNA-graphs:

oNA'sfSpiiS'
Farm Credits elderly lass who
used to let off steam by emitting
a scream (out in the corridor
once in awhile).
The young gal who did likewise
In old AAA, bowling I'm perSe-
cuted!" (She lasted three days.
That unfortunate in a large in
dependent office, found one morn
inc locked and kneeling in a lava
tory booth, loudly praying for her
boss to be struck dead! Told TO
visit a medico by kindly superVlS-
ors, she instead tried to force her
way into the White House TO COM
plain to F. D. (Now over at Ana
coStla).
labor Departments lad who has
blithely left the office at p. m
daily for the past four years-oe-
cause he has something on the
boss"
Census Bureaus famous Bloody
Mary" of 1880 manned thusly py
coIleaeues) who would suddenly
hurl her typewriter to the floor
every once in awhile and stare va
cantly at the wall for the resi-
of the day! (She never once dlo
any work, but they were elVner
too afraid or too kind to fire ne''
That big agency's letter writer,
uho addressed $50 missiVeS OF
Complaint about deskmates to the
personnel office in brief tenure
and the fiftyish GAO splnster VINO
wept for a solid three hours when
Eddie the Eighth abdicated.
~
The Federal Housing pretty OF
's4, who did all her work stanolng
un to avoid Government spread
And, finally, all OF Uncle sam S
4,999 carrot-eaters!
BUT, to show we also can take
II, we'll mention in passing tne
sn,,ad of newspaper men in a not
far Maryland institution, who
after breakfast are led to type
writer's and solemnly sit all day,
r"a.~;,r o,,t l,nintelligible gibber-
ish (vho made that remarkD un'
til led back to dinner in the eve
ming.
DTS and bites, salutes ana
ID swipes:
"snoops" are the newest cause
for brittle tempers at Greenbelt
Not Government investigators
or Omen, but curious visitors ::
Each week end they snoop around
the houses and apartments. peek
ing in to see the furnishings i.
Then troop over the lawn to the
next exhibit Naval Gun Fac
tory Apprentice Alumni will dance
Saturday, March S, 9 to l, at
Washington Navy Yard {. Music
by Phil O'Brien's Orchestra .
Stag or Drag Informal L.
Tariff, $l.25 >. William R. Thick
stun, Weather Bureau, is sporting
a new car Why not a suitable
prize to the political appointee and
the Civil Service employe who have
had the longest temporary" posi-
ton?
Tales Outu School
They do say that the wife Of a
White House aide is telling inti-
mates that "the President says
that there will be war" -. The
Weather Bureau Masonic Club
held it's thirteenth annual dinner
at the Powhatan yesterday .
w. r. Gregg, bureau chief, was
the principal speaker Other
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
By j. EARLE MOSER

PRESIDENT CHARLES sTENGLE (right), shown con-
ferrng with Treasurer Cecil Custer and Secretary Berece
Hefner of the AFGE today sharply criticized Henry L.
Mencken Baltimore editor for printing page allegedy
containing O00725 dots each representing useless Fed
era obhoder stengle said such attacks u workers
are efforts of predatory business weaken u regu
ton of working conditions
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
SWEET OFFERING

ORIGINAL VeEGti Candy
" Stores are asked to pre-
sent one-pound boreS of their
delicious chocolates or cara
nlels, on request, to:
Albert FratantuOnO, GAO.
Cecilia Weisbaum, Loans
and Currency.
Mark H. Cunningham, In
ternal Revenue.
(Cdndy 1Dill be presented
at either store, 620 Ninth St.
N. W., or 609 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Page Johnny Federal

TreaSury's Procurement Division
should look into this. Coast
Guard boatswain sends carbon pa
per back to district office with
complaint it writes on wrong side!
. The skipper, who never made a
mistake in a surf boat, put the
paper in, wrong side to, with the
inevitable result.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

sos to $135 monthly with which to
exc out their meager pay This
item .eferred to Army and Navy
retirement pensions and not to dis
abled veterans The average
compensation OF the latter is about
$50 a month :. One who receives
as much as $65 a month would
probably be too badly disabled to
perform guard duties.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Shutter Screen

Occasional Rocker
Strongly constructed of
gllmwood and attractively
upholster- $A.Qz
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13

Hannah Woolman writes from Flor.
ida, JAM /, 1898: "Forty-two Of the
mission took the bus and we started
at 1880 a. m. Mrs. England offered
a prayer for our safety We went
through Haines City, Lakeland and
Plant City, the greatest strawberry
center of the world; then on to
Tampa, and across the great cause
way nine and half miles long to
the bay Oyster beds are on the
sides of the causeway. They are
owned by different people; then on
to Clearwater, Fla, where we spent
the day on the beach Of the Gulf Of
Mexico 1t was a beautiful sunny
day. / went to Haines City, where
they can grapefruit and oranges
1900 people work here. after see.
ing the people who work here, pre-
fer my fruit off the trees. The
weather is so warm the children are
going barefoot. There were hun.
dreds of people at the Gulf of Mex
ico."- Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Glass
left Wednesday for Florida. They
plan to be gone two months. &C. O.
Thomas and wife spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. assTommy
Jones and family of Columbus spent
Friday night and Saturday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart, near
Sharpsburg. Harrison Woolman's
were Sunday afternoon callers Of
Doyle Hale's. s.--Mrs. VIM. Swab and
two children were callers. james
Scott of Marietta and o. T. Clark
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. woodward, Sunday. Charles
Dilley of Sycamore Valley is run
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13
MUSKINGUM WATERSHED
CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

Assessment No.
To All Persons and Public Corpora
tions Interested:
Public Notice is Hereby Given:
1. That on the 10th day of Novem-
Der. 1887, the Board of Directors of
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy
District duly levied an assessment up
on all the benefited property ana pub
lie corporations in said District from
which no appeals We're then pending,
in the aggregate sum OF S3,19olS mas
caused the same to be recorded upon
the Assessment Record of said Dis
trict, and that said Assessment Record
is now on file in the office of the Dis
trict at New Philadelphia, Ohio
2. That the assessment against any
parcel of land or any public corpora
ton may be paid to the Treasurer of
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy
District at any time on or prior to the
21st day of January, 1888, without
costs and without interest, and if so
paid a discount of ten per cent of the
assessment will be allowed according
8. That as soon after the 21st day
of January, 1888, as conveniently may
be. the Board of Directors of said
District will divide the uncollected as
sessment into convenient installments.
provide for the collection of interest
on the unpaid installments, and will
issue bonds bearing interest not ex-
ceeding six per cent per annum in an
ticipation Of the collection of the sew
eral instalfments of said asSesSme ent
pursuant to the Conservancy Act of
Ohio.
w. o. LITTICK,
BRYCE c. BRowNfNG. SfSaSen''
Secretary.
of Muskingum Watershed ConserVancy
30d3 District.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13

Claude Murray had sick horse
last week, which required medical
attention.
Carl Walker was compelled TO
render medical aid to one of his
milk cows, last week, in order tC
save her life
Frank Foster and daughter Wan.
da of this place attended the all day
grange meeting at Reinersville Sat
urday, and assisted with the music
Miss Beulah Foster of this place
is staying at the Mrs. Mildred Har.
ris home, east of McConnelnsville.
VIM Stegner of this place has
been sworn in as trustee of Meigs
vile township for a four year term
The George Stegner and Vearl
Newton families who reside on the
former Lindimore farm, south OF
this place, have all been very il
with grip.
| AS we write, visions of old land
| marks and old settlers come to oul
mind We recall time many years
| ago, a man named Bill Mcfarland, 9
| typical Scotchman from the old sod
who immigrated to this country ir
| the early 70's, and for time roam
ed about the country, finally arriv.
! ing at Unionville. He began to pros
pect for coal, and located place tc
his liking east of this village, some
distance up small stream, which
as far as we know has no name but
which we will call mcfarland
Run which empties into Meigs
creek, at the foot of which fol
many years was called the Bark
hurst hill. Quite a distance up thi;
stream between rock ribbed hills
! and far into the depths of the wood;
/ whot that tinn fhn NY M
Wilkins farm, he located spot ia
vorable to him to start mining oper
ations. With a much worn shove
| and pick, he built rude shack il
1 which to live, and began operations
/ of the mine. He remained there fol
! many years. merely existing on his
/ small income from the mine. We
! remember him we'll as he would si
here in the village store. tellinE
/ stories and relating incidents tha
occurred in his native land, Scot
| land, when he was a young man
| Some of his stories would provoke
much mirth and laughter among his
| listeners, while others relating II
! his hairbreadth escapes and trag
edies that he had witnessed woult
cause your hair to stand on end
But using his familiar words mi
you sur this man passed over many
years ago, ana the NlSlOn OIL tIl!
queer old man remains only in the
minds of the older persons in thi:
section, as one of the oldest speci
mems of mankind ever to appear il
/ this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bozman O.
J McConnelsville visited here Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Wicker
| sham Mrs. Mollie Kirkpatrick an(
/ granddaughter Miss Irene Grand
staff of Big Meigs creek, spent Sun
day here with the formers sister
Mrs. Graham Clark, and family
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Barnes an(
daughter Cue of Bristol spent Sun
day afternoon here at the home O
the writer and family.--Guy Broth
ers and family. near Carmel church
spent Sunday with Emmor Rowland
and family, near Hooksburg. -
s Aaron Groves of Onion Run remain!
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13
Morganville

The community at large lost one
of it's most valued friends and neigh
bors in the passing of Mrs. Frances
Fitch She will be sadly missed by
all who knew her. Mrs. Zena Hart
ley who is suffering from severe
cold, is slowly recovering MISS
Charlotte Jordan is some better, al,
ter suffering from cold and sore
throat. Sara Sands who has em.
ployment in McConnelsville, spent
Sunday evening with her mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Sands, and family. Mrs.
Deryl Buckley visited at Mrs. Chas.
ter Carr's of Wolf Creek, Tuesday.
Mrs. Millie Wise, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Wise and son Edgar Lee,
Donald Wise and Miss Ella Street
visited in the twin cities, Monday
Mark and Martha Hartley are con-
fined to their home, suffering with
bronchitis. Oran Jordan of Park
ersburg is making an extended visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jordan The P. B. and S. C. Mas
sey families are suffering from FIJI.
P. B. Massey is not i improving as
fast as his friends would wish. Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Buckley and daugh-
ter Nita of Portersville, visited al
Charles Buckley's, Sunday Mr..
and Mrs Fred Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Clay Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Clay
and Frances Roberts attended the
funeral of Mrs Roberts mother
Mrs. Ida Devol of East Bloom, Tues
ay.--Miss Arlene Buckley is back
in school, after being absent sew
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13
EMBRYO FED CHICKS

Again at the beginning of a new
year, 1898, we look ahead and be-
gin planning for the realities of an.
other year Also at this time OF
year we farm folks begin thinking
of baby chicks, etc.
For your consideration, we are Of
fering Big Type S. C. White Leg
horns, New Hampshires, and Barred
Rock, x New Hampshire Hybrid
chicks, this year. First hatch Feb.
IA Due to SO many requests for
sexed chicks, We are offering our
White Leghorns as sexed pullets
and sexed cockerels, or unsexed as
you wish. Plan ahead, order chicks
three weeks in advance, and receive
FREE 25 lbs. Chick Startena with
each 100 chicks ordered.
See the display Of HYBRID
CHICKS in the show window of the
Standard Supply company, McCon-
nelsville. For further information
and price, write JAMES POULTRY
FARM & HATCHERY, two miles
west of Pennsville. 0. l6tt
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-13
NOTICE OF INTENDED
PURCHASE OF REAL ES-
TATE BY COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS.

The undersigned Board of County
commissioners of Morgan County,
Ohio hereby give notice in conform :
ity to Section 2444 of the General Code
of Ohio that they intend TO purchase
the following described real estate
now owned by e H. Clifton. ct al,
to-wit:
situated in the County of Morgan,
in the State of Ohio and in the Village
of McConnelsville, and bounded and
described as follows: Being lots Num-
ber Forty-seven (4T and Forty eight
(4S) in the First Addition of said Vii
lage of McConnelsville. Ohio.
Except SiXty-six (66l feet off the
South end of said Lots heretofore con-
veyed to c. f. Clifton and Ella Cliff
ton by f II. Clifton. ct al, by deed
dated January Sth. 1881. and recorded
in Vol rs, Page SOC of the Records of
Deeds of Morgan County Ohio.
Said purchase will be made and con.
cluded on or after the 7th day OF
February. 1898. All petitions for or
circumstances against such proposed
purchase may be presented at the Of
fce of the County Auditor of Morgan
G. B. NORM,
ASBURY BANKES,
NJ NJ WOOD,
Members of the Board of County
commissioners of Morgan County
Ohio