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Evening star., 1938-12-27


hearth. Wrap each cake in green
cabbage leaves and cover with hot
ashes. When done, rake out the
cakes and wipe clean. They should
be eaten Immediately with butter"
Quakes May Be Possible Here.
Maybe even Washington is in dan
ger OF disastrous earthquake.
Only today. DR.. N. H. Heck of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey told
geologists here, is science in possess
sion of instruments and methods
which will enable them to determine
the cause of the great Charleston, S.
c., quake of 1886, one of the great
cataclysms during historic times.
Otherwise, DR.. Heck pointed out,
earthquakes along the Atlantic
Coast have been frequent but haven't
amounted to much. He urged that
the recent methods be applied to
find out whether a major factor of
this quake was not slipping of the
earth's outer coat in that particular
region along the basement rock.
Six Growing Zones in Northeast.
Six distinct vegetation zones in
the Northeastern United States,
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
HOW TO STAKE CLAIMS.

How Mining Claims can be Staked in Alaska. length, Bread. tn, how many, and the Associa- tion Claim, described in detail, in pamphlet form, for sale at The Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Britain Ready
 Fight Also Is
 Willing Disarm

LONDON, Dec. 13 L49 Prime Minister Chamberlain told the world tonight that he was deter mined to follow his policy of European appeasement but eau tiously warned aggressors that attempts at domination would never be long successful" He was speaking at a Forsign Press Association twentieth anniver- sary dinner where guests includ- ed German, Italian, and other diplomats.
 Chamberlain announced that Britain was ready to defend her empire and allies but also offer ed to join any international dis armament conference. He admit ted he received checks, disap- pointments, and setbacks' but added T am neither disheartened nor deterred by those passing phases"
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Chamberlain's Speech Unheard
 By Germans

UNDATED, Dec. IA tE) - A jolt to Ango-German friendship caught Europe's attention, while twenty one American Republics at a meeting in Lima considered g declaration 10 withhold recogni- ton of any acquisition of terri tory acquired through aggrss- sion.
 Chamberlain rebuked the Ger man press and as a consequence all German representatives were absent from tha dinner where he spoke and raised speculation whether barrier had arisen to any full peace understanding be- tween the two powers. Chamber lain deplorsd the tone of the Ger man press in it's recent "vitupera ton"
 Former premier Baldwin re- minded his listeners that his tory teaches us that no form of government ever rsmains the same"
 The German Ambassador and all German press representatives after seeing advance copies of inc speech stayed away. The German foreign office spokesman said We were frankly astonish- cd" but then added the incident could be considered One of the ups an downs of politics and not taken too seriously
 Frenchmen declared h a t Ohamberlain's statement of An glo-French relations had passed beyond mere legal obligations, ' and gave added strength to Dala- disr's hands, particularly in the face of Italian clamor for French territory. In Rome that part of his speech was soft-pedalled and stress was laid on his assertion that he would continue his pol icy of appeasement and this was Interpreted to mean that Italy would get something when Cham berlain confers with Mussoiini next month.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Sensational
 kidnap Case
 Comes To End

OLYMPIA, Wash, - Dr. Kent W. Rerry snd shree co-defend- ants were convicted on first de gree Kidnapping charges as their sensational and packed trial for the torture and abduction of IT. wing Baker ended in Superior Court.
 The Jury, after 10 hours de- liberation, recommended life i'm prisonmant for Berry, 5O-year- old physician; William McAloon, 55, impassive former Montesano night marshal; James Reddick, 27, taxi driver; Robert Smith, g, Grays Harbor County farmer. The jury also convicted Berry, McAloon and Reddick of first degree assault charges, carrying 20 year maximum sentences with recommendations for leniency in Smiths case. The action led to speculation that the kidnapping charge against him must be sus- pended by the court.
 The four men forced Baker, 37, retired Coast Guard officer, and automobile agency operator, from his home, torturing him with belt and pliers while he lay bound hand and foot in an isolated gravel pit.
 Berry claimed as his defense that Baker raped Elizabeth Ser ry, 27, his wifi in an automo- bile during July 4th party.
 Berry received the verdict with trembling lips. Mrs. Berry, who sat beside her husband thru out the trial and testified in his behalf turnout the trial. burst into tears when she heard the verdict.
 AS soon as the court adjourned Berry shouted at the jury:
 'The prosecution rigged up this whole thing. Of course we will appeal If there ever was a frame-up. this is it!"
 A woman juror leaned toward the doctor from the jury box and said:
 Sir, you perjured yourself.
 Judge Wilson said arguments for a new trial will be heard in two weeks. He set no time for the sentences.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Britain is Ready to Defend Her Empire and Allies
Chamberlain
 To Visit Muss-
 olini In Jan.

UNDATED, Dec. 13 (P) - A series of new efforts to settle old worlds differences took shape in Europe as twenty one American republics fonmed new projects to increase trade in the New world.
 While cooperating for peace, Chamberlain was in his key ap- peasement rols, again as the dip lomatic world awaited his speech tonight. The Foreign Press Asso- citation in London gave some strong indication that Britain's immediate foreign policy course would be followed especially in the month until Chamberlain wis its Mussolini on Janualy 14th, IL is expected he will make a speech which will concern the British prospect of German geS- lures toward M ?mel, former Ger man territory, and was express ed by Chamberlain himself yes terday in the House of Com mons, but few believed that Brit ish action would go beyond this.
 Greater importance is attached to the forthcoming visit to Lon= don of the Reich's bank presi- dent Schacht who will confer with Montague Norman, head of the Bank of England. Chamber lain's opening wedge, reaching toward and Anglo German set tlament, considered it possible through financial arrangements, to aid Jewish emigration and that some agreement be made in trade relations.
 Nine persons were arrested in Kaunas, Lithuania, accused of fo- menting post-election disorders.
 In Berlin, the Economies Min istry put new obstacles in the way of Jews removing property from Germany, forbidding them to take anything except posses sions for strictly personal use
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
POLICE DOG IS KILLED
 IN BATTLE BEAVER

NORTH BEND, Ore, Dec. A large police dog paid with its life for attacking a young beaver according to Fred Lilienthal, who witnessed the vicious battle.
 The dog leaped upon the beav- CT when it left creek in search of material for dam building. Lilienthal said.
 The two an ,mals wrestled around the creek bank for sev- eral minutes until the beaver succeeded in dragging his heav- fer opponent into the water.
 The dog was no match for the beaver in its natural element, the witness said, and soon fled the scene, dripping blood from num- erous cuts and dragging "ham- strung leg.
 The dog was shot by it's owner.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
NORTHWEST IS BUSY
 CUTTING XMAS TREES

SPOKANE, w ., Dec. - In the land of snow and spruce, stretching from the Pacific Northwest through the Minne- sota-Wisconsin land and as far Cast as Maine, modern day lum- berjacks are bucking the ele- msnts in the $10,000,00 business of supplying America wis Christ mas trees.
 en million or more of the trees, spruce, fir, balsam, and pine, will be this years total, forest service officials estimate. National for ests will supply nearly 30O,O00 trees. The rest will come from private and state lands.
 The stump value ranges from two to five or ten cents a tree, depending upon its size. That's what the land owner receives. The city buyer, however, after the trees have been brought to town from the woods, will pay anywhere from 25 cents for one standing a few feet tall, to $1 and up or the larger ones,
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Aged Seattle
 Woman Pleads
 Guilty Murder

SEATTLE, Dec. 13 (P)-Mary Elanor Smith. aged seventy three sobbed wildly and pleaded guilty 10 the first degree murder of James Eugene Bassett, here, te!. years ago. She changed her plea right after Bassetts widow co mother Marion Bassart test,. fi-G that she didn't want the
 ea'a penalty inflicted A few minutes later the jury was em- powered to decide between death and life Imprisonment and re- tired to deliberate her fate.
 Mrs. Smith cried that her con fession to the staying last spring was not made voluntarily; "it was such a terrible thing to my son. co-defendant Mayer who killed himself Sunday, in the county jail, just before court con vened. The jury was brought in and informed for the first time of Mayors death but were not told it was suicide. The jurors cast startled glances at Mayors vacant chair.
 Mrs. Smith changed her plea by agreement of counsel after presiding judge Batchelor reject ed a motion directed toward a verdict of acquittal.
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14

UNDATED, Dec. IA tA) - A jolt to Ango-German friendship caught Europe's attention, while twenty one American Republics
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
N o T I c E

The Common Council sitting as a Board of Equalization will meet on December 16th, 17th, and 18th at ! o'clock pm.
 M. J. WALSH, Pub. Dec.14, ,16,19 City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1938-12-14
Sentenced To Life

SEATTLE, Dec. l3 (4) - The jury gave Mrs. Elanor Smith life Imprisonment after being out only nineteen minutes.
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Evening star., 1938-07-14
Maryland Girl Wed by Proxy
To Bridegroom, In Venezuela

Mr.. Hillary attended mass and re-
ceived holy communion in the Church
of San Francisco, Caracas, while the
ceremony was taking place, account
ing for the early hour for the rites
here.
Mrs. Hillary will sail July 20 from
New York on the Grace liner Santa
Elena for Caracas, where she and Mr..
Hillary will live. On her arrival an
other marriage ceremony will be held,
when the ring ceremony will be used,
after which the couple viii leave for
. weeks stay 1T Merida, tn the Andes
Mountains.
Mr.. Hillary IS representative for the
Goodyear Tire b Rubber Co., having
been Transferred from Akron, Ohio,
during the past year.
Mrs. Hillary attended school in this
city, st. Joseph College, Emmitsburg.
Md, and has been . student at the
Maryland Institute Of Art. Baltimore,
for several years. Mr.. Hillary Is .
graduate Of oeoeystown Foreign Derv.
ies School,
Evening star., 1938-07-14
SEVEN INJURED
|NNEARBY CRASH
D. c. Party Bound for Beach
in Auto as 1t PIunges
Off Marlboro Road.

Two Washington young boys were
critically injured today and their IA
theirs and three other persons also
were hurt when the car in which they
were going to a Maryland beach
plunged over 25-foot embankment
after striking men working" sign in
the middle of highway near Marl-
boro, Md.
Doctors at Casualty Hospital praised
highly the work of Walter Banks,
part-time worker with the Marlboro
Rescue Squad, who single-handedly
extricated all the persons from the
wreckage, gave them first aid, applied
splints, and then started for Washing
ton. On the way, he stopped and
picked up a man to drive the ambu-
lance, and himself got in the back Of
the ambulance to administer further
to the injured.
The boys hurt were Edward Hol-
kamp, Is, of 1914 Florida avenue NE,
and Randolph Newton. I. of 80 U
street NE. The Newton boy was still
unconscious several hours after the
accident.
Others in the car we're the boys
(See TRAFFIC, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1938-07-14

~cIc WeIcIy 1BnOIeQ ana not DieSScO,
and they were just about a. happy
with this chilly reception Is If the
President had thrown q few bouquets
In their direction. They seemed per-
fectly content for the crowds at the
stations in their States to have seen
them standing beside the President,
even though he failed to dignity them
by any reference. Actually they were
looking for some heavy cannonadins
from Mr. Roosevelt and were delighted
to get OF 20 lightly.
Discussing this phase of the ride
with the President through Nevada
yesterday. Senator Pat McCarran, who
Is looked upon by the President as q
non-believer. was as happy as . boy
who has seen Santa Claus. As the
Presidents train was leaving his State,
and he had come out unscathed, this
stocky, bushy haired Nevada Senator
gave the definite impression it was all
right with him so long as the President
did not say anything against him.
1t would be putting 1t mildly to
say that Senator McCarran was q
trifie nervous when he stood beside
the President during the latters first
speech in the State. He said after
wards that he was expecting most
anything to happen. Nothing hap
pened but chill and he was beaming
as he saic that the President had
made his reelection . sure thing by
saying nothing about him.
Senator McCarran,s approach as he
was escorted into the presence Of
Mr.. Roosevelt. in the latter's private
car just before his first speech in
Nevada, was something like that Of
Evening star., 1938-07-14

. school boy going up to the teachers
desk to be rebuked or punished for
some form Of misbehavior. Instead
of taking apples As in the case Of q
school boy, Senator McCarran brought
along . large box of mountain trout
caught the day before on his Nevada
ranch. Evidently fearing that this
token of good will would not be sum-
cient to inspire friendly nod from
the President, he brought along also
. great bouquet Of flowers also gath
cred from his ranch.
Senator McCarran's escape from
being publicly denounced or chas-
tized may have been due in 4 large
measure to the fact that there Il
little doubt about his winning the
Democratic primary.
This was the case in Colorado, where
the President avoided any "purging'
Of Senator Adams and confined his
expression Of disapproval to merely
ignoring the gentleman. Mr.. Roose-
velt is evidently not going to waste
ammunition.
The Presidents daughter Anna,
with her husband, John Boettiger,
who Is publishing the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. joined his special train
in Salt Lake City and she was pleased
by the Presidents platform appear
ances.
You know" she said, II love to
hear my father talk. I like, too, to see
the interested faces of the people In
the crowds listening to him."
Mrs. Boettiger said she was de-
lighted to find her father looking 10
we'll and in such good spirits. She
said he had given her . graphic
account of his experiences and OBJ
servations on this trip and said there
was no mistahng the fact that he
was highly pleased with everything,
particularly with the size and the
enthusiasm of the crowds turning out
1T the various stops.
Mr.. Roosevelt Is looking especially
well on this trip. He appeared 4
trifle worn and tired and somewhat
pale when he left Washington last
Thursday night but after q day or
30 of train riding and meeting the
people along the way, he soon looked
refreshed. It has been the observa-
ton of this writer that travelling
seems to serve As . tonic to Mr.. Roose-
welt. Probably that Is why he 70
frequently indulges himself in this
form of diversion.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
By the Associated Press.

CUMBERLAND, Md, July 14.-Miss
Marion Underwood Swayne, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rawlet K. Swayne,
this city, was married to Mr.. John
Joseph Hillary, Caracas, Venezuela,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. william Hillary,
Grand Rapids, Mich, by proxy, at
6:15 am. today in SIS. Peter and
Paul's Church, with the brides cousin,
Marcus R. Reinhard, having the power
Of attorney, standing for and taking
the VOWS for the absent bridegroom.
The marriage by proxy was necessi-
tated by the laws Of Venezuela, which
require legal residence Of ~ days for
foreigners before . marriage may be
solemni5ed.
The Rev. Father Boniface. o. NJ,
pastor Of the church, performed the
ceremony here today, and omciated
at the low mass which followed.
The brides mother and Mrs. F..
Desales Mudd, La Plata. Nd, were
the omcial witnesses. Others attend
Ing were Mr.. swayne and . few
intimate friends. I
Evening star., 1938-07-14
ROW HALTS WORK
AT TESTING BASIN
Carpenters, workers,
laborers at Odds Over
Moving of Forms.

Work on the urgently needed Navy
model testing basin at Carderock,
Nd, Is virtually at . standstill and
800 union employees are idle as the
result Of 4 dispute among three unions
over the right to move . special type
Of wood and steel concrete form.
The dispute, involving the carpen-
ters. iron workers and laborers, now is
going into its third week and. al
though the contractors, the Turner
Construction Co. Of New York, are
well ahead Of their construction sched-
ule, there Is anxiety over the situation
because Of the deisre of the Navy De-
partment to put the basin into opera
ton in connection with the naval con-
struction program.
Contractor Not Party.
THE contractor Is not Z party to
the dispute, which is one of juris-
diction among the three unions in
volved." it was explained by @. F..
Ferris, construction superintendent in
charge Of the job for the Turner Co.
I'VE will abide by any decision the
unions may reach"
The dispute, 1t Is understood, arose
over the moving Of forms used in
fabrication Of the arched concrete
roof over the testing basin. This roof
will be 118 feet in span by 1900 feet
in length. The form permits the
casting Of 60-foot lengths oS the arch
at time and then Is moved to the
next section.
Each Of the three unions, however,
insists upon the right Of moving the
form. it was explained. All three
unions have called their members Oh
the Job pending settlement Of the dis
pute.
Basin Needed for Tests.
The Carderock testing basin Is ur-
gently needed by the Navy Department
to permit the thorough testing of scale
models Of new naval and merchant
marine vessels proposed for construc-
ton under existing programs for
building up the Navy and the mer.
chant service. Model testing work
now Is carried on 1t the Washing
ton Navy Yard Basin, which Is re-
garded As inadequate, both in size and
capacity. for handling the large num-
Der of tests required.
The Navy Department refused to
make oficial comment on the situa-
ton at Carderock. It was pointed out
that the original contract does not
call for completion Of the basin until
August, 1899, but ofncials, OF the rec
ord, made it clear the department
would welcome completion at the ear
liest possible date. There Is Is yet no
disposition on the part Of the Navy
Department to intervene tn the dis
pute, it WAS said.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
Broadcast Cancelled
Ry the Associated Press,

Posponement until tonight second of the series of
Sunset Symphonies" at the Potomac Water by
tiona Symphony has necesaed cancellation OF the proposed
broadcast of the final half concert to conflicting
radio programs on The Stars station, WMAI.
The remaining concerts in the series will be
planned by WA with cooperation Of National Broad
casting Co. unless in this posponeents interfere
The next broadcast will be at p Sunday the Water
Gate.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
Rooseuelt's 'Purge' on Trip
Becomes Just a July Chill
Senator McCarran Escapes With Only
Being Ignored in Speech and, Like
Others, Is Thankful.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SAN FRANCISCO
July Roosevelt
the continent without
pectsd pung reelection seeking
ock because they have not always voted the they directed
speaking q
dsfavor
Evening star., 1938-07-14

Canton IN Hong Kong, British
croWn colony, center of arms traffic
for China.
ny the Associated Press.
CANTON, China. July l4.-Japa-
nese aerial bombs killed probably $50
persons and injured 500 others in this
South China city today, the third
successive day in which japanese war
planes have attacked.
Eighty-three dead were counted be-
tween the East Bund and Honam
Island alone as rescue squads pulled
mangled bodies Of men, women and
children from wrecked houses.
The dead and wounded for the last
three days in the Canton area were
expected to total more than $500.
There were 1928 casualties by ofncial
count yesterday, including 240 killed
when a bomb hit a concentration
camp at Tsengcheng in South Kwan-
tung Province.
Gruesome scenes resembled those of
last months bombings, in which hum
dreds were killed.
Thirty-seven japanese air raiders
appeared shortly after daybreak, d.
recting their attacks toward the Pearl
River Bridge and the old power plant
Near the bridge. on the East Bund
one bomb struck the center of q
crowded vegetable market, and "a
shattered corpses were counted there
The only living thing appeared to be a
pet monkey. chained to a tree.
Crossing the bridge to Honam, one
saw - bodies laid out on the side
walk.
Trucks carried wounded to hospi-
tails. where some of the injured died
before medical aid could be had.
Two 500-pound bombs landed on
Honam Island near the shore line,
creating havoc among the residents
of flimsy dwellings and boats.
In Canton Hospital, where DR.. Sun
Yat-sen studied medicine in his youth
surgeons were covered to the elbows
with blood. Some victims were lifted
to the operating table, only to be
pronounced dead before a surgeon
could pick up his Scalpel,
Evening star., 1938-07-14

oy inc ASSOClAteo Pre69.
The Government today offered loans
averaging SO to 90 cents 4 bushel on
1898 wheat to farmers wanting to
store their crops for better prices.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
announced the complex scale Of loan
rates. 1t varied from As low as 50
cents . bushel for some wheat farmers
holding their grain on the farm to a
high as 80 cents at the grain terminal
for the highest protein spring wheat.
The new farm law made the loans
mandatory when Agriculture Depart
ment experts forecast q huge wheat
crop. far in excess Of q normal years
domestic consumption and export
needs of about Isl. o.o0o, 900 bushels.
Secretary Wallaces scale set up a
system OF base loan rates for the
major terminal markets. They range
from 81 to 81 cents 4 bushel. The
scale then fixed certain deductions 70
be made from these base rates In fie-
uring loans for wheat stored at vary
ing distances from the terminals.
Base Rate for Farm Storage.
Wheat stored on the farm or In local
warehouses or elevators will bring the
cooperating farmer the base rate TO,
the terminal serving his territory, les,
freight charges and 4-cent-a-bushel
handling charge.
For example, department official,
said loans on No. 2 hard winter wheat
stored on Kansas farms probably
would bring the farmer from 50 to 81
cents . bushel. This compares with
the Kansas City terminal rate Of n
cents.
In all counties in Virginia and West
Virginia loans on No. 2 red winter
wheat will bring 78 cents . bushel
For all Maryland and Delaware coun.
ties the rate is 70 cents. The volume
of loans in these States will be small.
Oficials said they expected very
little Of the wheat to be stored In the
terminal markets. They said most ol
1t would be stored on farms or in local
warehouses. where it would draw rates
(see WHEAT, Page A-4)