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Evening star., 1938-11-30
Secretary of Treasury
And Mrs. Morgenthau
Hosts at Party Tomorrow
Officials of the Department
And Their Wives to Be Guests
At the Reception

The Secretary Treasury Morgenthau hosts
and their wives Assisting tn will be the wives
Assistant Secretaries OF the Treasury the oca themselves spending
much Of the reception hours at the party
Argentine Esp will entertain At
dinner Tuesday evening honor of the United States Ambassador
Argentina and Mrs. Alexander WeddeH
Representative Sweeney recently
At the Raleigh
The Counselor of the Polish Embassy NJ wod wankovcz sailed
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government
Nine wnkovcz and their children will remain washington during his
Staying
wife Anthony Romer and better known her homeland we'll
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school Belgium Yolanda Poland The children
Gohard,
Latvia.
The Chief of Naval Operations and Mrs. William D. 1eahy
yesterday
Assistant Chief of Staff and Arthur Fairfield Sharing
ma Leahy staff and their wives The numbered about 800
and included the ranking naval officers stationed in Washing
their but the naval and military attaches foreign
sons at this capital
Leahy in drawing Leahy quarters
the Naval Observatory which with quantities OF cysan
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gown with long skirt and the bodice OF chiffon with hnestone Mrs
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Presiding Niblack
+. Courtney L.
Dudley Herbert Howard
Allan Ghormley,
assisting during
afternoon William Denfeld
Mrs Joseph Welngs.
The chief of Staff and Mrs Craig will be at home their
at Fort Myer Sunday from until 6 o'clock.
The Commandant of Jonathan M,
Wainwright will be the guests honor at dinner this evening of Capt
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Evening star., 1938-11-30

Washington University, and Miss
Phoebe Beale.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Stocks Irregular
AS Market Opens

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 QN.S),
The stock market opened irregu'
lar today after yesterdays tum'
BILE, but the undertone was stead
ier and support was apparent. U
S. Steel was down fractionally
while Bethlehem was up slightly
Deere was weak in the farm equip
ments and Case ThreShing firm
Rails ruled around previous clos
ing prices while the utilities were
steady.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
NIPPON sentry.
SLAPS FACE OF
u. 5. DIPLOMAT.
Latest AffrOnt in
Marking Barred

SHANGHAI, Jan. II GN.SJ.
A new affront to American dig.
nifty by the japanese military
was revealed here today with dis
closure John B. Allison, United
States charge d'affaires in Nan
king, was slapped in the face by
a Japanese sentry when he
attempted to enter a Chinese
house.
Full details were not revealed
Immediately. but Japanese author
tiles here admitted the incident
had occurred and that they had
apologized for it.
REPORTS TO WASHINGTON
Allison Immediately reported the
matter to the State Department
at Washington, but the japanese
attempted to settle the incident
locally with their apology.
The only version of the affair
at the moment available was the
one offered by Japanese officials
IGNORED" SENTRY
They claimed Allison attempted
to enter the house in question
despite the sentry's objection
When he persisted, the sentry first
slapped him and then. convinced
he had acted properly, reported
the incident to his superior Off
GERS.
Allison is third secretary Of the
American embassy at Marking and
at present charge d'affaires.
Japanese officials declared Al
lison was asked several times to
leave the house and on each occa-
sion answered the sentry "inso-
lently."
It was a report from Allison to
the State Department that led to
Washington's recent protest over
seven instances of japanese inva.
sion of American property in Nan.
king.
Q.N.SO The State Department
today withheld comment pending
official information through
diplomatic channels on reports
from Marking that American Con.
slapped in the face by a Japanese
soldier.
(Other details on pages Z and 15)
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
CONGRESSMAN
IN SIX-STORY
MYSTERY FALL
Police Are Puzzled
Over Tragedy
BY CARROLL PEEKE

His body crushed and broken
in a plunge from a sixth.floor
window of the Carlton Hotel, Six
teenth and K Streets Northwest,
Representative Edward A. Kenney.
SO, New Jersey Democratic leader.
was instantly killed this morning.
Kenney, clad only in his under
wear, crashed to his death follow
ing a dinner at the hotel last
night. The New Jersey State
Chamber of Commerce sponsored
the function in honor Of the
States Congressional delegation.
FOUND BY WAITER
The body of the Congressman
was seen lying in the patio Of the
hotel by Emile Desert, waiter,
about 7::30 o'clock this morning,
An ambulance was summoned
from Emergency Hospital, and DR..
Maher said Kenney had been dead
between two and three hours. His
left leg was broken, his thigh pune
tured by a broken bone and his
head crushed.
Search was Immediately started
through the hotel, and in . room
on the sixth floor Kenney's clothes
were found strewn on the floor.
and the tall French-type window
was open.
SIGNS OF PARTY
In the room police reported they
found a number of empty cham
payne and whiskey bottles and nu.
merous cigarette butts, indicating
a party had been in progress.
Just how Representative Kenney
happened to be in the hotel over.
night has not been determined,
as he was not registered as q
guest.
The room was one of a number
that had been engaged by the
New Jersey party of close to 100
busines men and political leaders
who came to Washington yester-
day to stage the annual party.
Further mystery developed when
some members of the party de-
clared that Representative Ken.
ney left the party about 1880 last
night, put on his hat and coat
and announced he was going
home.
Other friends reported, however,
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
NIAGARA BRIDGE
VICTOR IN FIGHT
WITH. ICE Jam
HEAVIEST STORMS

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Jan.
27 G.N.S0.-Battered and twisted,
it's steel girders tangled gro
tesuuely, the shimmering Falls
View honeymoon" bridge linking
the United States and Canada
across the Niagara River, today
emerged the victor in a dramatic
battle with a huge ice jam.
A sharp drop in temperature
tumbling the mercury to eight
above zero, coupled with the cease.
less toll Of hastily recruited
workers, relieved pressure Of the
100-foot ice pack at the founda.
tions of the bridge this morning
Owners of the structure de.
clared danger of a collapse had
passed, at least temporarily. Toll.
ing throughout the night, laborers
dug a 60-foot ditch around abut-
ments on the American side.
When clear water was reached,
wooden bulwarks were placed
against the torn girders.
Receding temperatures checked
the flow Of ice over the fall and
the lower river current was carry
ing away much ice from under
the jam,
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Cold Weather TO Continue,
NeU Lou Awaited TOniQht

Predictions of the coldest t
weather of the winter failed to
materialize last night when the
temperature dropped to 10 de-
grees at 6 a. m. and hovered there
for two hours.
But the Weather Bureau u
warned a shivering city that
colder weather is in store for to-
night and predicted again that
the seasons record of II degrees
established last month will be
broken tonight.
Despite the freezing weather,
there will be no ice skating in
Washington today or tonight,
Park Police said. Ice around
edges Of the Lincol1 Memorial re-
flecting pool was only an inch
The Washington times., 1938-01-27

Shortly after Burke began read.
ing a lengthy statement condemn
ing the conduct Of the board as
Icoercive. guilty Of intimidation
and engendering diSsension in Ia
Dor and industry, it was proposed
by members of the committee that
I if there is to be an investigation
it be conducted by some other
committee.
b.. NORRIS PLAN OPPOSED
After the committee squabbled
over the authenticity of Burke's
charges, Senator Norris G0 of Ne
braska proposed that the whole
matter be turned over to the La
bor Committee which approved
the original national labor rela-
tons act.
Burke argued that because the
board is vested With judicial pow
erS" the inquiry should be con-
Quoted by the full judiciary COM
mittee.
The clash between Burke, a
member of the Judiciary Commit
tee, and his colleagues, was pre-.
cipitated when Senator Dieterich,
of Illinois accused Burke of wash
ing dirty linen in the Senate" and
suggested that the charges be
aired through the courts.
IT have not attempted to
make the Senate of the United
States the wash room for dirty
Clothes" Burke replied hotly,
II can substantiate every one
of these charges and will do so
if the resolution is acted on
favorably."
"If any one reading the pre-
amble of this resolution can't
Continued on Page 6, Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Miners MOVE
FOR AUTONOMY
wins SUPPORT
Delegates NOisily
Shun Compromise
By EDWARD LOCKETT

By EDWARD LOCKETT
Sr.N.S.). Shouting and stamping
delegates threw the United Mine
Workers convention into noisy
confusion today with a rank-and
file revolt, demanding complete
autonomy for UNIV districts.
From West Virginia, Pennsyl
vania and Kentucky the delegates
fought for the floor and beloved
to their fellow-miners to vote down
compromise, partial autonomy
proposals of the officers.
SEEK LOCAL POWER
The revolving miners sought
power for each district in the
UNIV to elect its own dis
trict officers. The officers report
recommended plan whereby the
districts would be permitted to
elect district officers except in
the important posts of president
and secretary-treasurer. Under the
officers plan, these two posts
would be continued to be filled
by appointment exercised in the
international board at Washing.
ton.
Again and again the presiding
officer futilely pounded for order
as the delegates yelled approval
Of speakers demands for com.
plete autonomy anG just as loudly
heckled opponents of complete
autonomy with shouts Of "shut
up" and don't give us a lecture. "
Fully. a hundred delegates
Jumped to their feet at the same
time when the autonomy issue
was placed before the convention.
49,, STARTS STAMPEDE
Mike Yorad, of Mather. Pa,
brought virtually the entire au-
dience of 1000 members shouting
to their feet when he made a
brief, blunt demand for complete
autonomy.
IT come here today to fight
for autonomy" he began. II
haven't anything against UNIV
officials. I'm not a job
seeker. We would have much
better cooperation in our dis
tricts if we elected our own
officers"
John Curtis, of Peachtree, W.
Va. picked up the microphone.
I'm here to demand auton-
omy," he said. 1--WE are going
to fight for it."
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Man Overheard
From Freighter

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 Q.NS.).
A man was lost overheard from
the Norwegian freighter Nord.
ward today about IL miles east Of
Atlantic City, N. j.. her skipper
reported in message intercepted
by Mackay Radio. The master
asked all ships in the vicinity to
keep a sharp lookout.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Britain to Renew
War on Sea Pirate

LONDON. Jan. 27 G.N.S0.
Great Britain will send reinforce
ments of destroyers to the Medi-
terranean with orders to shoot on
sight" if the present mysterious
submarine attacks develop into a
new piracy wave, the diplomatic
correspondent of the London Daily
Express said today. l
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Insane Patients
Unharmed in Blaze

BELLE MEAD. N. j., Jan. q
S).-Eighteen insane pa
tients, led to safety via fire escapes
last night when fire broke out in
Belle Mead Sanitarium here, were
unharmed today except for minor
bruises.
Firemen from four nearby towns
fought the blaze, believed to have
been caused by a defective chin.
ney
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
BULLETIN!

The Senate this afternoon
defeated cloture by a vote of
81 to 81. This vote permits
the filibuster by Southern
Senators on the antilynching
bill to continue without limit.
If the cloture rule had been
invoked, debate would have
been limited to one hour for
each Senator. Earlier story
on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
GETS
REEDS POST

G.N.SO. President Roosevelt
today nominated Assistant Attor
ney General Robert H. Jackson
to be Solicitor General of the
United States. He succeeds Stan
ley F. Reed, who was appointed
to the Supreme Court.
Jackson has been head of the
antitrust division of the Depart.
ment of Justice and is known as
an aggressive, hard-hitting at.
torney.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Tom Mooney Files Second
Appeal in Supreme C0urt

preparedness parade in Cali
fornia, contends that he is being
held in prison in violation of con
stitutional rights.
Once before Mooney appealed
to the high court but the court
sent the case back because there
had not been a final determine
ton by the California supreme
court.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
D.C.TriO Arraigned
On Lottery Charge

Pleading not guilty to charges
Of operating a lottery three colored
men were ordered held under bond
by U. S. Commissioner Needham
c. Turnage today.
Isham Parker was ordered put
under $500 bond, William T
simms, $500, and Herbert vii
liams, $500. Twenty7six were ar
rested in a raid by the vice squad
on a poolroom in the 1000 block
Of Georgia Ave. N. w., yesterday.
Others were booked for investiga.
ton and released.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
5 Reported Killed
In Munitions Blast

LONDON, Jan. 27' II. N. s..
Five persons were reported killed
today in a terrific explosion at
the Imperial Chemical Company's
high-explosive factory at Ardeer,
Ayreshire, Scotland. The plant is
designed for mass production Of
high explosives and is one of the
largest Of It's kind In the world.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Dup POnt Employs
$4,000 in Setup

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 Q.N.S.)
e. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company had 1889 stockholders
at the close of 1887, or 5000 more
than at the end of 1885, Lamnot
du Pont, president, announced to
day. About 2 per cent of the com.
pany's stock is held abroad. Total
employed at the end of 1887 was
$4,000.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
9 Killed, 36 Hurt
In Blast in Java

BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 27 GN.S0
Nine natives were killed and SO
injured today by an explosion in
a munitions fatory at Rembang
on the north coast Of Java. Au-
thorities began an immediate in
Yestigation.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
N. Y. Retail Sales
Drop IL Per Cent

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 Q.N.S0.
The New York Federal Reserve
Bank reported today that retail
sales in the N. Y. Federal Reserve
district in the week ended Janu-
ary 20 declined IL per cent from
a year ago; the decline for three
weeks was Seven-tenths of per
cent.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27

0.N.S0. Tom Mooney, noted
labor prisoner, today again
appealed to the Supreme Court
in an effort to obtain his free
dom from San Quentin Prison in
California.
Mooney, sentenced to life
imprisonment as a result Of q
fatal bomb explosion in the 1915
The Washington times., 1938-01-27

thick and there was open water
in the center.
By 8 a. m. the mercury had
climbed to % degrees and fore.
casters said it would probably
stay below freezing throughout
the day.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Franc Weakened
By Heavy Selling

LONDON, Jan. 81 G.N.SD.-Re-
newed and persistent selling to-
day sent the French franc to 155
to the pound sterling on the Lon.
don exchange.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
TREASURY CONDITION

Q.NSO. Treasury balance as of
January 25, $2,946, ,626,551.41; mis-
cellaneous internal revenue, $8,.
982, 1894; customs receipts, $40,
977 1858 .38; receits, $3,446, 1923, ,974;
expenditures. $4,312,803,413.
The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Senators in Row
Over NLRB Probe
Burke DenoWaces Body as Biased and
RuLin0 bY Intimidation

QNS.) jurisdiction of proposed investiga-
on the National Labor Relations Board broke out Sen
ate judiciary subcommittee today met to consider charges
against the board by Senator Burke (D Of Nebraska
The Washington times., 1938-01-27

(Other details on pages Z and 15)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
Thnt Debdte Ouer HeIium For Hitler Gets Hot --- For
 Gas That WiU Not Burn

to determine whether helium was of military importance to Germany
 Ickes in several speeches has made it plaln he di5likes Hitler. He has left no brick unthrown. When he found reasons for refus- ing to ship the helium, observers promptly traced the delay to Ickes' dislike of Der Fuehrer, regardless of whether that was just to Ickes.
 Publicly, Ickes explained 6,000,- 900 cubic feet of helium would fill zeppelin, so why should Ger many want 36 million? Also he pointed to testimony of General WeStover chief of the Air Corps, before a House committee. The General had said the Army learned during the World War that it had been Germany's intention to send zeppelin on raid over New York
 On that basis, Ickes refused to let loose cupful of helium. Count Eckener, the famed zeppelin com mander, started from Germany to make personal appeal. but Ickes was unshaken. He said he would be glad to meet him, but could not permit personal considerations to influence his decision He has asked the Navy and State Department for more information.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
NEW JERSEY TO BE OBJECT OF
 INVESTIGATION
AilegedLack of Free Speech Provokes Federal
 Inquiry l.. ~. ..,..:.....


 WASHINGTON, May 18-Attor- ney General Cummings today said he had ordered a thorough inves- tigation" into the general situation in Jersey City, where complaints charge that free speech has been de- nied The investigation will be in charge of Assistant Attorney General Brian McMahan, Chief of the Criminal Division.
 Cummings said an inquiry is be- ing made at the request of many persons who sent complaints to the White House and the Department of Justice
 The Attorney General said neither President Roosevelt nor Postmaster General Farley were among those suggesting an investigation.
 The investigation will be handled under the same Federal law which permitted the Government to take action in the investigation of con- ditions in Harlan County, Kentucky. The law prohibits interference with the exercising of an individuals civil rights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, May 18.-Helium is an inert gas that neither burns nor explodes, but it has heated up a controversy, nevertheless, between placid Secretary of State Hull and not so placid Secretary Ickes of the Interior Department The German Embassy is something of beWil- dered bystander
 To begin at the beginning, the United States is the worlds No. helium producer. We almost have monopoly. The center of the busl- ness is Amarillo, Tex. It comes ur in wells with gas and oil
 While it won't lift as much as hydrogen when used in balloons and zeppelins, neither does 1t eX- plode when bullets are shot through it or a lightning bolt strikes 1t.
 When the German zeppelin Hin denburg burned last year as Il moved into Lakehurst's naval air station, it's inflammable hydrogen killed B persons. Tn sympathetic mood. Congress authorized the sale of helium to foreign countries pro- vided it first was determined that the shipment would not become 2 factor of military importance" Oi course Germany was the only na- tion wanting much of it for airships and soon completed negotiations with the State Department for about 36 million cubic feet to be delivered in the next two years.
 Germany set about reconstruct ing it's new giant zeppelin to adapt it to helium and the Navy gave implied approval by extending te Germany again the permission tc use Lakehurst for landing field.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
SEATTLE C|0
 TURNS DOWN
 LOWER SCALE
Minimum w a ge Proposal Proves Stumbling
 Block
MACHINISTS UNION
 BLOCKS OPERATIONS
Overtime Pay Causes Nego- tiations to Be Halted,
 San Francisco

SEATTLE, May 18-Conrad Espe, Secretary of the CIO, said the lab pr organization has rejected the latest offer of the Canned Salmon Industry. This rejection is on the minimum wage offer, the CIO not being satisfied with it.
 Another stumbling block is also the insistence. according to Espe. of the packers that they be per- nitted to hire their former employ ,es, especially foremen. contending they should govern the hiring.
 Espe said that after CIO mem oers are taken care of, there is no objection to the industry hiring AFL workers but the CIO union members must first be given jobs.
 Negotiations are resuming today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
SUCHOW ATTACK BEGINS AS BIG GUNS OPEN UP
Japanese Artillery Cuts Path for Troops
 and Tanks

SHANGHAI, May 18.-Japanese artillery today blasted a path to- wards Suchow for the advance of tanks and infantry in vicious as- sault on the long fought for rail- road junction.
 Japanese dispatches said the city had been deserted by Gen. Chiang Kai Shek's Central Government troops, and a crack troop of Japan csc soldiers is reported to have been removed from the heart of the tight ening circle before the invaders cut the Lunghai Railway.
 It is reported that about 250,000 Chinese provincial troops are trap ped. Many are said to be trying to escape, and thousands of soldiers and civilians are said to have left the city by the East gate, pouring out through the countryside to avoid the Japanese column closing in on all sides
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
BIG AIRLINER IS
 FOUND BURNED;
 g ABOARD DEAD
Rancher Finds Wreck Near Highway, High Sier-
 "a Country

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May f8.-A report has come out of the noun tains that the $80,000 Lockheeo airliner which disappeared late Monday with nine persons aboard has been found total wreck with all nine persons dead.
 Walter Peterson, Mint Canyon rancher, said he sighted the charred wreckage of the plane, 20 miles north of Saugus, half mile off the Mint Canyon Highway.
 He said he found all persons aboard the ill-fated ship, "all burned up."
 Relating how he looked into the plane, he said he could see seven burned bodies piled in a heap in- side, but could not see the bodies of the two children known to have been aboard.
 Peterson said the fog was so thick Monday, when the airliner crashed, that the burning craft could not have been seen a hundred yards away.
 Officials estimated it would take several hours to reach the scene and expected much difficulty in bringing the bodies out of the rugged Sierra Nevada area where the crash occurred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-18
CIO CHIEFTAIN TURNED DOWN IN ENNIS yLvANIA
Lewis Back ed Candidate Thomas Kennedy Loses in
 Primary-Earle Wins
DEMOS POLL MORE
 VOTES THAN IN 1884
Clifford Pinchot Thwarted in Try at Comeback on
 Republican Tick ct

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 18.- The Pennsylvania bid for political power by John L. Lewis, CIO chief tain, faded today as returns from yesterdays primary balloting gave tf1e opposing Democratic State Com mittee slate a sizeable lead. It appar- ently had turned back with Lewis, on the basis of incomplete returns. Senator Joseph Guffey, who joined the CIO chief in supporting Thomas Kennedy for the Democratic gub- ernatorial nomination and Phila- delphias Mayor s. Davis Wilson for the Senate.
 Gov. George H. Earle, whose split with Guffey shook Pennsylvania $ New Deal organization, walked away from Wilson Charles Alvin Jones, Pittsburgh, his running mate, and built up a heavy lead over Kennedy Secretary Treasurer of the United Mine Workers.
 Tn the Republican fight, Clifford PinchOt was thwarted Ill drlVe TOT return to the Governorship by Ar thur H. James. Senator James J Davis was renominated.
 Incomplete returns showed the Democrats polled more than double the votes cast in the 1884 primary while Republicans also increased their totals.
 Representative Stack of Philadel- phia was defeated for renomination Stack was one of the most vocifer ous opponents of the administra- tion's reorganization bill He was the only Pennsylvania Democrat wanting to recommit the wage-hour bil.
 Representative Roland, Democra- tic whip in the House and outspoken champion of all administration policies, won renomination.