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The Washington times., 1938-03-02
ATTACK OF NERVES

| Nat located the Phoenix easily
The guy was there. He was the
only one in the room besides the
waiter.
Nat saw the waiter go out on
some errand. This was where he
put the finishing touch to the
picture. Just one shot and the
waiter would come hurrying back
to a dead customer. Unpleasant?
Well, things happened like that.
For a moment he debated
whether it wouldn't be safer tc
drill a hole through the window
into the strangers back - he
couldn't miss at that range. And
then decided that from inside the
noise wouldn't sound so bad.
He went through the door.
From across the street Mike w9S
watching the scene. He had a car
parked farther down, but he had
orders from the Boss to keep the
new man in sight.
Inside the Phoenix Nat got his
first attack of nerves.
What If this guy was ready for
him. Hadn't Mike said something
about the guy suspecting every
body. Better go easy. No need
to start jumping before the fire
works went off. He felt for his
gun and half pulled it out to make
SIRE IL Slipned eaSily,
GETS FLOWERS ANYWAY
Right. All. set. Couldn't delay
any longer, or he'd be getting red
hot for nothing. Maybe his nerve'd
fail him at the last moment ana
he'd walk back into the street.
For a second he eyed the guy
sitting alone at the table. Yes,
here he was. Description fitted.
Shoot now before he looks up!
The man'at the table was stub
bing out cigarette. He didn't
see Nat until he'd been in the
room long enough to make sure he
was the right guy to bump off.
When he saw Mats gunhand go
to his left shoulder, he duckeo
and fired from beneath the table.
Nat slumped to the floor, a bull
let through his lung, and his gun,
unused, slid over the linoleum
under a chair. ,
The man sprang to the door,
and was out in the street before
the waiter had time to exclaim
when he saw the body on the
floor.
Mike eased away from the Phoe-
nix and went straight to the Boss,
who was sitting in his office a
few blocks away studying flower
catalogue and slipping lime-juice.
"Well?" he said, without look
ing up as Mike came in.
"Magee flopped. Must've been
slow On the draw. Pity. quite
kid. Pardy sure was quick-like
lightning"
20. K" The boss flicked over
a page Of the flower catalogue.
"Pardyll do-he's the new man.
Give him a five-buck rise. And
send a wreath for Magree lilies
they always look swell on a
grave"
THE END
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

dressed, clean shaven, with a fight
er's nose and large mop of hair.
Hes been trailed to the Phoe-
nix" said Mike. Just got a call
saying he's alone at table facing
the door. It's the first chance
we've had. He knows we're after
him so he'll suspect everybody.
Don't raise your gun till you're
ready. Now go to it, and if you
bungle we won't even send you
flowers"
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
ORDERED TO KILL

On the third day he went out
strolling. After all a guy couldn't
sit all day and night in a stuffy
joint like the club and wait for
something that never happened.
That Was where he took the wrong
turning. The Boss noted it and
through Mike sent a man to tail
him.
He had a type written report
that evening that would have
made Nat act more discreetly if
he'd been able to read it.
He came back to the club with
the feeling that the walk had done
him good.
There was q message for him tc
phone o number. When he got
through he recognized Mikes
voice. He was given an address
and told to get there right away.
Mike let him into the room. II
was furnished like al office, anc
they sat down on either side Of g
big desk.
Nat got his instructions. 1t was
q Job for the gun. His first kill
and II he made good at it there'c
be. more to 1t than Just q pat or
the back. There was q brief de
scription Of the man-tall, loosely
The Washington times., 1938-03-02

CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOB FOR A GUN"
NAT MAGREE, who has no
use for work, so gets a job
as a gorilla.
THE BOSS, who has novel
ideas about testing a man
for the role of a gorilla.
The Washington times., 1938-03-02
Job for n Gun
By PETER LANGDALE

Nat Magree said he knew much about work any
and for that kept far away from it. What had he
been seeing all his life but people workng2 And what did
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Big Attack On SuehOW Is Now
 On Stated Japs

SHANGHAI, May Is, (P)-Jap- anese dispatches declared that the Chinese city of SuchoW is com pletely surrounded. Japanese troops are closing in from all sides on thousands of Chinese now trapped in the area around the vital Central China rail june tion city.
 Japanese asserted that if will only be a matter of hours before the actual assault takes place on the strategic city, for which they have been fighting for months.
 The encirclement was accom- plished, the Japanese said. by closing the last gap to the West, just below the Lunghai Railway near Tangshan.
 Meanwhile foreign observers heard that Paoting, the important city of Central Hopeh Province, had been surrounded and besieg- ed by twenty thousand Chinese troops. Fighting is going on in the suburbs. Ten Americans are said to be in Paoting.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Twenty Four Are Killed in Hotel
 Blaze In Ca.

ATLANTA. Georgia, May Is, (P)-Twenty-four persons were killed, a dozen injured, and many others missing in a fire which de- stroyed the fve-story Terminal Hotel. The destruction of the hotel records and the mutilation of the victims, falling timber and steel hampered identification eff forts. The ruined walls stood as a menace to traffic and rescue workers. Police. said the high winds will probably cause the walls to crumble..
 There were about sixty persons registered at the hotel Flames broke. out following an explosion in the basement where the kitch- en was located, The hotel was an old structure.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Mexico Broke
 Off Relations Great Britain

[ MEXICO CITY, May IA, (Pp-- Aexico broke off diplomatic rela- tionS with Great Britain on ac- count of her ''unfriendly attitude" after the March 18th eXpropria- tion of two hundred and fifty million dollars of British oil pro- perties in Mexico.
 Primo Villa Michel the Mexi- can Minister to England has been recalled. and it is expected that St. Clair O'Malley, the British Minister to Mexico will be inn mediately recalled.
 The break was precipitated by Britain's increasingly stern de- mands for return of the oil pro- perties, asserting there had been "a denial of justice, and political motiveation in the seizures.
 Mexico fatly refused to return the oil properties to Britain and a demand payment of a small bill which was less than one hundred thousand dollars, which actually caused the schiSm.
 Britain then pressed for pay ment the third of twelve annual installments of British claims for damages growing out of the Mex ican civil war. The payment was due January one, but was de- layed.
 A formal British note said, that the Mexican attitude on this bill and other government indebted ness is general far from reassur- ing.
 Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay sharply challenged the right of Great Britain to "analyze the domestic situation of Mexico.
 The British Foreign Office, sur prised at the action, unofficially hinted that economic sanctions will likely be taken against Mex leo which sold Britain goods worth sixty-eight million Pesos in 1886, and bought only twenty three million Pesos of British goods.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
To
 Commence Soon
 In Fish Canning

ASTORIA, Oregon. May IA, (P) -Colurnbia River Packers Asso- citation prepared to open Alaska operations following a settlement of the fish price dispute at Frisco. They plan to employ three hun- dred men. The company will op- crate the Nushagak cannery by transporting the workers from Frisco, because of a Commerce Department regulation prohibit ing the use of the floating Can- nery Memnon for such purposes.
 The Memnon will sail from here about May 18th.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Two Ton Tony
 Knocks Out One
 More Contender

NEW YORK. May l3, (P-"2- ton Tony Galento. 232 pounder of Jersey, a bartender, kayoed Ma than Mann of New Haven. l9l pounds, in the second round of a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden.
 Tony connected with only four solid punches, but each blow nearly decapitated Mann, who was finally outcounted on one knee near Galento's corner, in two minutes and four seconds of the 2nd round.
 Earlier in the fight Mann was foorad nine times from left hooks.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
STANDING COMMITTEES

Standing committees of the 19- 38 city council of Nome, are as follows.
 Health and Relief-AnderSon and Hurley.
 Finance and Ruilding-Bassett and Krohlow.
 Fire and Water-Hurley and Madsen.
 Police and Jail-Krohlow and Anderson.
 Law, Ordinance and Printing - Madsen and Taggert
 Streets, Alleys and Lights-Tag- gert and Baasett.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Japs Surround Suchow will Attack City Few Hours
Supreme Court
 Ruled Again In
 Favor of Labor

WASHINGTON, D. C., May l6, Pl-The Supreme Court ruled that working men who strike as a result of unfair labor practices, that their employers are entitled to the protection of the National Relations Act.
 The decision was given uphold ing an order by the National La Dor Board, directing the Mackay io-Telegraph Company to re- instate five employees who had gone on strike in San Francisco.
 Justice Roberts delivered the decision, asserted that the strik- CTS remained employees under labor organizations and were protected against unfair labor practices. denounced by it".
 There were no dissents amour ced Justices Cardoza and Reed did not participate in the case.
 The Court reversed the opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court of Alp peak, refusing to approve the re- instatement of the five men on the ground that they severed ern- ployment by striking.
 Justice Roberts said the Board S findings of discrimination was supported by evidence.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16
Two Kinds of Claims

:. It is very important to distin- guish between a lode and pla- cer deposit. If a deposit is lode, it should be staked as a lode claim; If it is placer, it should be staked as a placer claim... If both a lode and a placer deposit are found in the same area, 1t should be located as both a placer and . lodo claim.
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Japan Claimed Broke Railway
 East Tanshan
SHANGHAI, May l4th, P-A

SHANGHAI, May l4th, F-A Japanese Army communique claimed that the vital Lunghai Railway was cut east of Tanshan, by Nipponese mobile forces who blew up the bridge.
 The Lunghai Railway has been the goal of the Japanese during the past five months. The rail- way runs East and West thru Central Chinas rich agricultural areas. The Japanese also claim ed that four hundred thousand Chinese troops were trapped by the coup and must surrender or s.arVe to death,
 Japanese warships land-d troops in South China near FoochoW evidently aiming at the Hankow- Canton Railway.
The Nome nugget., 1938-05-16

SAN FRANCISCO, May IA, (P) The Local Alaska fshermen's Union voted 432 to 90 to accept the working conditions and pro- posal for the union to furnish men for the Pacific American Fisheries at Seattle, which will operate the Southeastern Alaska Canneries.
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(. of C. LUNCHEON

The Northwestern Alaska Cham Der of Commerce will hold it's >gular business meeting Tues- day. May r. at Cavey's Cafe. Luncheon will be served prompt ly at 12 o'clock tNo0n).
 Leroy M. Sullivan, chairman.
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Evening star., 1938-12-18

called city, places In England and
Ireland generally must have q ca
thedral. Royal decree can confer
the title and Plymouth, England, is
now a city although lacking a cathe-
dral.
The Burlington Routes Zephyr
streamliners of today are bit more
ambitious than the first, which made
its maiden dash four years ago last
month. The pioneer Zephyr had
only coach and parlor car accommo-
dations. The trains now running
the route include full-length dining
cars, cocktail lounges, Pullman bed
rooms and berths, intercar tele-
phones-and, 110-volt current for
electric razors and curriers'.
Egypt forbids the flying Of air.
liners to Mecca.
The Italian tourist information
otfice in New York says: Contrary
to rumors which have been circu-
lated and which have been reported
by the press, 1t is not necessary for
Jewish tourists to be In possession
of any special documents to enter
or to visit Italy. The only require
ments are individual or collective
passports, which are the documents
usually requested"
The carillonneur of Florida's
famed Box Tower, Anton Brees, has
announced four recitals each week
and 16 special recitals for the winter
season, which is the only time the
carlton is played. The weekly pro-
gram will be on Sundays at 3 pm.
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urdays at noon. The first special
recital comes at midnight on Christ
mas eve, to be followed by a second
at midnight on New Years eve. On
January 8, January Is, February /,
February % and March % recitals
will be given at noon. On January
10, February IL, February Is and
March % evening recitals at 8 pm.
and on January 5, February 4, March
5 and April 3, at the same time, full
moon recitals. There will be a sun
rise service at the tower on Easter
Sunday, April 8, a special concert at
noon, and the regular Sunday pro-
gram at 3 pm. The last recital of
the carlton season will be on April
Is at noon.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,


Scribblings: Children not yet 5
years old travel free on American
railroads. After they are they are
charged half fare until their 18th
birthday anniversary, then they
need full fare ticket. On British
railroads, the half fare begins at 8,
but extends until the day the chill
dren are IA; under 3, they ride free.
The French railroads have another
famula. Under 4, children travel
free, and full fare begins when they
are 10, with half fare for the in-be-
tween ages. And speaking of fares
the railroads OF France will con-
tinue the 40 per cent reduction for
tourists through 1899. To benefit,
tourists must spend at least 6 days in
France and buy tourist cards for 40
francs each (about 81 O5). The cards
will be valid for three months.
Hungarians are great hosts, and
time was when their hospitality
scared to such dizzy heights as hid
ing the wheels of visitors carriages.
But the machine age more or less
stopped them, and the custom was
not continued in the form of remov-
ing ones auto battery or debating
tires. Kissing the hands of ladies
survives as not an unusual greeting,
but this, too, has been generally
modified. The American woman
should retain her pose-be noncha-
lant-when a servant or an equal
says Unexpectedly, Il kiss your
hand" Ofttimes, no action follows;
the sweet words suffice.
On the summit of Lookout Noun
tain, near Denver, Colo, is museum
that has captured the spirit of the
days when the West really was wild.
There are bows and arrows, elaborate
Indian headdresSeS, bright blankets;
but visitors go there chiefly to see the
six-shooters, the inlaid rifles and
carved saddles that contributed to
the fame of Buffalo Bill, immortal
figure among the frontier scouts.
The museum, in fact. is a monument
to the intrepid Indian fighter, whose
remains lie in solid rock tomb on
the top of the mountain that over
looks vast, gently rolling stretch of
plains.
California has 18 national forests,
totaling 19,423,135 acres, under Fed
eral supervision, and four national
parks, with 1246,366 acres.
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Every year, amid piratic pa
geantry, swashbuckling Gasparilla
sails into Tampa and takes the city
in the name of fun and frolic. The
event will be staged this year on
Monday, February 6, sandwiched
in between 10 other days of enter
tainment built up of State fair at
fractions. The landing of De Soto
will open the fete January 81.
A recent addition to the warp and
woof of the Magic Carpet OF travel:
New York to Baghdad in 9 days, In
dia in 10 days, Indo-China in II
days; Singapore in IL days, and the
Dutch East Indies in 13 days. Here's
how it's done: The speedy Rex and
Conte di Savoia of the Italian Line
connect at Naples with Royal Dutch
Air Lines. No thicks about the
time; overnight stops are counted in.
The nimrod who yearns to shoot
woodcock is advised to go to Ireland
Evening star., 1938-12-18
Tourist Luxury
Built Into New
maurefania
More Outside Rooms,
Play Space and
Beauty Provided

LIVERPOOL, England, Dec. IT,
At the shipyards of Cammell Laird
it is freely stated that there will be
luxuriousness about the tourist
class in the new Mauretania that
will far excel the facilities aboard
the old steamer of that name, facili-
ties which made her one of the
worlds best-loved ships. To begin
with, there will be fully 20 per cent
more outside rooms The old Maure-
tania carried $50 passengers in her
tourist class. The new liner will
carry only 400, despite the fact
that much more space has been
allotted to tourist class than on the
old Mauretania.
There will also be more deck space
on the new ship-at least four times
as much.
Passengers in the tourist class will
have full use of the large interior
swimming pool. which will be re-
served for their exclusive use dur
ing certain periods each day.
AS in the case of the Queen Mary,
the tourist decks of the new Maure-
tania come down in huge, platform
like steps, beginning with an i'm
mense promenade and continuing
through the main to a covered deck.
Thus there will be three decks for
sports and lounging in this section
Of the ship.
There will be seven public rooms
IN tourist class-a lounge, smoking
room, restaurant, gymnasium, swim
ming pool, motion picture theater
and children's playroom.
A large variety of costly and at
tractive woods will be used for dec
Grating the tourist class of the new
Mauretania.
The restaurant on B deck will
have paneled flush walls in poldas
veneer and white birch, the smoking
room will be paneled in English
chestnut. with landings of Queens
land walnut and poplar burr, while
the lounge will be paneled with
peroba.
The childrens room will be pan
eled in bleached Tasman silk-oak
with landings of zebrano and syca-
more. Bleached Nigerian cherry
with sapela landings and sycamore
used as a contrast, will feature the
tourist class entrances and stair
cases.
Evening star., 1938-12-18
The Travellers Notebook
Last scribbngs for 1898 Tell Of Hungorons as Hosts,
Illuminated Ice Cakes and
India in 10 Days
India in 10 Days

instead of England. The advice
comes from the Irish, who report
that some of the bags sound too
fabulous to repeat when comparing
them with the results in England.
The l80-day run of the New York
Worlds Fair is scheduled to open
April 80.
Steel sleds that sizzle down the
famous Mount Van Hoebenberg bob
sled run weigh approximately 500
pounds and attain speeds greater
than q mile minute. Novel deco
rations for the winter. program at
Lake Placid includes colored elec-
trio lights frozen into crystal-clear
blocks Of ice.
+* ~
OReilly and Obispo streets are
f1anked by some Of Havana's smart
est shops.
Lake Garda, the most easterly and
southerly of Italy's lake district, is
largest Of all. The western shore
from Gargano to Salo Is warm and
sunny in the winter, but the eastern
shore, with the rocky and towering
Monte Baldo, has both cold winds
and snow.
AS many of so varieties of cam
elias bloom during January and
early February in the famed Orton
Plantation Gardens, near Whining
ton. N. c. The gardens recently have
been thrown open to visitors the
year round.
For all the toys he carries down
chimneys throughout the world,
Santa Claus is modest about his
wealth in most of his pictures. At
least the Lapps of Norway, Sweden
and Finland would think so. They
measure riches in terms of the num-
Der OF reindeer possessed.
Like Ferdinand the Bull, the jana
nese like f1oWers-especially morning
glcries. Every Japanese knows the
little poem-a hokku-which goes:
Morning glories have entwined
The well bucket overnight;
l must ask my neighbor for wa
teri"
Apropos of Ferdinand. Munro
Leaf, whimsical recorder of the life
OF a bucolic sottie, has purchased
property in Bermuda for a home.
X X
The shortest day of the year in
Orlando, Fla, has only three hours
less OF sun than the longest.
Under the Arc de Triomphe in
Paris Place de l'Etoile is the mon
ument to Frances Soldat Inconnu
In the Scottish village of Largo,
near the harbor, stands a statue of
Alexander Selkirk, who was born
IN the town and was the prototype
OF Robinson Crusoe. There is the
Crusoe Hotel, where visitors may
stay.
More terrifying than a double bill
featuring "Dracula' and "Franken-
stein" is the crypt in the Capuchin
Monastery, Rome. Imbedded in the
walls and ceilings of five rooms or
so are scores upon scores of human
skulls. More people go there,
though. than take a boat ride of a
quarter of a mile from the Place de
Ia Concorde to the Madeleine in the
sewers Of Paris. About 1000 tour
lists do that every year.
In order to attain the right to be
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-02-16
February l6, 1888
COUNCIL REQUESTED TO CONDUCT VOTE
ON PETS IN GREENBELT: DECLINES
UNTIL TOWN FULLY POPULATED

letter, received by Mayor Bes semer,
read to the Council, Monday night at
it's regular meeting, in which: it was
urged that the Council take steps to
hold a referendum the question Of
pets in Greenbelt. =
The letter, signed by Major John O..
Walker, Director, Resettl ement Division
Of the Farm Security Admin stration,
bore the subject which is much discussed
among the residents as we'll as non-resi-
dents.
The matter neatly laid in the
laps Of the Greenbelt Council since
that deliberative body has juri sdiction
over the public property Of the town.
A lively discussion ensued and the
Council linen were joined in debate, on
this burning issue, by citizens who
were present.
The member Of the Council were hesi-
tant about taking steps to hold an
official referendum the pet question
until the town was fully populated.
To solve the problem, Mr.. Harry Falls,
a spectator at the meeting, volunteered
to personally conduct the poll.
Mr.. Falls said that he was willing
to visit each home in Greenbelt for
the purpose Of collecting the votes on
the pet question. He said that in
doing so he would like to make it
known to everyone that he was abso-
1utely unbiased this question:.
Mr.. Falls plans to call on the resi-
dents between this date and the fourth
Monday in February, at which time the
Council is to meet. He urges that
each adult member Of the household
decide whether they shall vote yes, or
no, and be prepared to drop their
bote in the box, wi tn no questions
asked or answered, when he calls.
Mr.. Falls said: VI don't know what
I'm letting myself in for, but hope