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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. 1888

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25. 1888
 After the early morning hours many obstacles may be encountered by persons engaged in important business or government affairs.
 There is a sign read as foment- ing secret and perilous plans, De- ception and intrigue may affect men who bear heavy responsibilities.
 Fear should be cast out of consci- ousness under this configurationt Americans can accomplish nothing, the seers declare, by borrowing trouble regarding possible conflict with foreign powers.
 Good news may be expected under this. rule of the planets. Tidings that reassure young and old, personal as well as general predictions of better fortunes, are prognosticated
 Jewellers will profit in the sum- mer through a novel fashion that makes special appeal to the young. Keepsakes of odd design may be InuCn III vogue.
 This is a promising eonfiguration for gardens. The cult of beauty in the home will be prominent. As Eu- ropean cities and their priceless art contents vanish there is to be in- creased achievement in the United States. Artists and sculptors are to ao,,o,,ootod ot otfoo+iny
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of difficulties. While financial affairs are fortu- nate there may be domestic anxie- ties. +g
 Children born on this day prob ably will be imaginative, high-strung and extremely sensitive. Subjects of this sign usually are studious and inclined toward unusual habits of thought.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson, American author and philosopher, was born on this day 1803 Others who have cele- brated it as a birthday include Alois Maier, noted chemist and derma- tologist, 1888; Lord Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist, 1903.
 Copyright, 1938
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By w. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say We have one chance of a hundred. Say, We have one chance in a hundred"
 Often Mispronounced: Realm Pronounce relm, one syllable, as in elm.
 Often Misspelled: Trey (three, at cards, dice, or dominoes); distin- guish from tray
 Synonyms: Gradation, series, se- quence, succession, progression.
 Word Study; Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Insinuating; introducing artfully, or indirectly. Tt was sly, polite, in sinuating address"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

Q. Tn business telephoning, who terminates the call the person who calls or the person who is called?
 A. The person who puts in the call; however, if he talks on irrele want matters and the business of the person called is interfered with, that person may terminate the call.
 O. Who should escort the debu- tante to the dinner table?
 A. Her father or her guardian
 O. How should one invite friends to christening?
 A. By telephone or informal note.
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Try The Empire clasS.fieds for results.
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Fl A P P -
 -B I R T HID AY

The Empire ertends congratula- tionS and best a0ishes today. their birthday anniversary, to the tollo1o- ing:
 MAY 24
 Charles Sabin
 Emma Ness
 John D. Emmons
 Eckley Guerin Mrs. Wallis S. George Mrs. Sam Guyot
 Pete Kirkebo Annabelle Edwards
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24

Weather: highest 61; lowest 35. Clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. C. Gordon

| What color of the eyes has predominated among the presidents of the United States?
 2. Who wrote "The Hunchback of Notre Dame?" ais
 3. What were the Seven Won derS of the Middle Ages?
 4. What does amour propre' mean?
 g. What is the greatest natural wealth of Great Britain?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
20 Kears Ago
 From The Empire
MAY 24, 1918

MAY 24, 1918
 Mouth organs and phonograph concert was to be used for the pur- pose of seal slaughter Deputy State Fish Commissioners left for Useless Bay to kill predatory hair seals which destroy food salmon. It had been learned that the seals were attracted by music and then could be easily slaughtered.
 Ketchikan was soon to lose the prestige as the first port of call for steamers navigating Alaskan waters. The Government was to es- tablish a customs house, school and postoffice at Nakat, five miles north of the Canadian boundary, to &C., commodate the fishing trade.
 Vocal and instrumental pupils of Mrs. L. P. Dawes gave recital at the Presbyterian Church.
 "DraftieS" from Ketchikan, Pet ersburg, Wrangell, Sitka and Juneau had been given big send off with a parade which included float of the local Italians. At the Palace Theatre, Gov. Riggs delivered a short address followed by Judge R w. Jennings At the close of the speeches the Red Cross girls passed through the audience and collected nearly $500. Girls who participated in the parade and collected were Misses Marie Otteson, Helen Smith Bess Orchard, Nellie Orchard, Doro- thy Troy, Vera Mullen, Helen Troy, Muriel Folsom, Eileen Rosenberg, c. Mclaughlin, G. Laughlin, Dorothy Haley, E. Campbell, R. Mcdonald Kenna Campbell and Helen McDon- aid
 Warm Springs Bay was to be the center for the herring industry for the summer The fish were to be packed under the direction of Scotch experts
 J. J. Finnegan, of Seward had ar rived from the Westward on the Northwestern to assume duties of his new office, as executive officer for the draft in Alaska He was ac- companied by his wife and chil- dren.
 Weather; highest 61; lowest 35 Clear.
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ANSWERS

ANO w EFIO l. Blue.
 2. Victor Hugo.
 3. The Coliseum at Rome, Cata- combs at Alexandria, Great Wall of China, Stonehenge in England, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Porcelain Tower of Nankin, and the Mosque of St. Sophia at Constantinople. 4. Self-love, or self-esteem. 5. Coal and iron.
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Vocal and instrumental pupils of Mrs. L. P. Dawes gave a recital at the Presbyterian Church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24

Warm Springs Bay was to be the center for the herring industry for the summer. The fish were to be packed under the direction of Scotch experts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-24
Jeanette Prinz

Jeanette PrinZ Juniors at Indiana university proved their ability to pick 'em" when they selected pretty Jean- cite Prinz of Louisville as class queen to reign at their annual
 3g prom.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11

ing dragged in by the heels in an
aviation epic
While the studio believes Alice
can carry any Straight dramatic
role without using her lovely voice,
she feels she won public support
by her singing and that the pub
Lie will continue to like her best
when she sings.
WON ACCLAIM
Hollywood generally regar S
Alice as being the closest to Miss
Harlow's type this town ever will
produce. After Jean died q year
ago last summer, Alice was cast
In the feminine lead Of I'm Old
Chicago" a role for which the
platinum-tressed M-G-M eauty
was to have been loaned to Fox.
Alice won tremendous acclaim
in it.
Then she scored not only a sing
ing but a dramatic success as well
in alexander Ragtime Band"
which win be one of the years
biggest money makers.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Wed go Years.
ID. e.. Wife
Still SsBride"

Clasping a big bunch of red roses
given her by her husband, happy
bride" yesterday smiled on neigh.
bors who joined in congratulations
on her Sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary.
She was Mrs. George P. Conway,
Of 1401 Sixteenth st. N. w. Mr..
and Mrs. Conway confided to their
neighbors that they are "just as
happy as the day We were mar
ried."
I've been a bride for so
years." said Mrs. Conway.
II guess that makes me bride
groom" echoed Conway, a retired
postal inspector. Mrs. Conway until
recently was president of the ladies
aid society Of the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
DR.. Morgan Accuses
IVA Of Propaganda

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. II
Il. N. S).-Private induStry'S
crooked bookkeeping will even
tually force a company to the wall,
but crooked bookkeeping in Gov
ernment enterprises can go on to
eternity, DR.. Arthur E. Morgan,
deposed iva head, declared to-
day.
DR.. Morgan accused the present
iva directorial staff with "ca-
PRECIOUS force and resorting to mis-
leading propaganda" in the ad-
miniStration Of the vast power
project.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Report Lehmdn to Act
In BROOKLYN Graft Stir

NEW YORK, Oct. II Q.N.S.)-The New York Journal
American today said that before the week out Governor
Herbert II. Lehman will appoint commissioner under
authority of the State Moreand act, to investigate
charges of corruption of law enforcement in Brooklyn
The story added that close to the had
dvuged the information and predicted that former State
Supreme Court Justice John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie,
lifelong friend of President Roosevelt, would be named
eMoreland act commissioner.
In taking this course the story said the governor will
refuse the request of Commissioner of Investigation Will
liam B. Herlands for immediate appointment of special
prosecutor to supersede District Attorney William F. K
Geoghan of Kings county.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Landmark Passes;
Yields 10 Proqres!

NEW YORK, Oct. II GN.SD.
The forward press Of progress has
edged another of the fast diSap-
pearing landmarks that marked
the New York scene in years
gone by. This time it was the
Paterno Castle, famous fortress
like residence built In 1905 by DIR.
Charles v. Palermo. Five large,
modern apartments will replace
the bulky, strongly-built castle
which was levelled by a huge
pendulum operated on q crane.
and dynamite.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Law DEGREES
Georgetown Glass
To Be Graduated

Georgetown Law School tomor-
row afternoon will confer degrees
upon a graduating class whose
members obtained final credits at
the schools summer course.
Prizes will be presented to honor
students.
The Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
Sd, Georgetown president, will
confer the degrees, and Charles
Henry English, class of 1905, Erie,
Pa, will make the principal ad-
dress. Mr.. English is q member
of the American Bar Association S
Council on Legal Education and
Admissions to the Bar and presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Bar AS
Sociation. .t..t
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
GERMANS LA OK.
FOOD, CLOTHES.
LUCAS LEARNS.
Former COP. Chairman
Tells Of Trip to Reich

Hitler is strong in Germany be-
cause the people are with him and
believe he can lead them out Of
their economic wilderness, in tine
opinion of Robert w. Lucas,
washington lawyer and former
hcairman Of the Republican ma
tional committee. whose path
crossed that of the Nazi dictator
at Godesberg in August.
Rack from a four months trip
which took him to Germany,
Italy, France, England and several
small countries, Lucas predicted
that Hitler will go on with his pro-
gram of political and economic
expansion until he works out a
satisfactory relationship with all
Of Central Europe.
HTTLER'S AIMS
His ultimate aims, as the Wash
ingtonisn gaGhered them, are eco
nomic self.svfficiency for the Ger
man people, peace and an alliance
with England-not necessarily at
the expense of France. except as
it might bring France, England,
Germany and Italy into common
European accord.
THE German people are pow
erty sCrickea by comparison with
other peoples of Europe" Mr..
Lucas said today. Il spent sew
eral weeks in Germany, with
members OF my family. There
are practically no automobiles
In the country, and we took
many rive~ trips-the all-day
trips that so many Germanys
take when they 60 on q days
outing.
LACK OF FOOD
"You never see Q German
child eating an ice cream cone
or candy as you do in other
countries. We watched them on
these boats. The older Germans
drink beer, Of course. But there
is an obvious deficiency Of food,
clothing and raw materials In
the country, discoverable in
many ways.
Even the Germans Of the
better class are not able to get
good clothes. The substitutes in
use are in evidence everywhere.
by comparison France is well
off and England Is prosperous.
Little Holland is richest Of all.
Even the Italians appear to be
much better off than the Ger
mans.
WAS BLUFFING
"The German people know
this. Hitler also knew there was
substantial sentiment both in
France and England for giving
Germany CzechoSlovakia. rich
with the food and mineral
wealth the Germans need. So
he ran his bluff-and 1t was Q
bluff-and got away with 1t.
II am convinced Hitler does
not want war. But he does want
to raise Germany to the
economic level of her neighhnrs.
nc NCI1L1dA pCOPAO OCAAGVC IA
him and will be stronger than
ever for him now, in view Of the
Sudeten settlement.
AUSTRIANS AFRAID
I'm Austria the people were
cowed. Majority opinion there,
I gathered, is against Hitler, but
they are afraid to talk. When
we were in CzechoSlovakia there
was great tension, of course, for
they did not know what the
next few weeks would bring.
Ultimately, In my opinion, Hit
Ter will close the circle around
the republic and bring it into
the new German hegemony.
80 long as he can accomplish
his aims peacefully he will be
supported by the German peo-
pie, and Germany's new military
power apparently Is q convinc-
ing argument for peace when he
talks with England and France.
MY daughter is still in Eng
land, attending the University
Of London. They were terribly
afraid there Of Q possible attack
by the German air force. Cham
heFlain'S peace was realistic"
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Faye Sings, But
HdrlOW Couldn't,
Star Argues

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. II G.N.S0.
Beautiful Alice Faye today won
the first round of her fight
against What this town believes
is an attempt by Twentieth Gen.
tury.Fox to turn her into a second
Jean Harlow, who couldn't sing a
note.
AS the result of her insistence,
Alice will sing again in "Tailspin. "
This was to have been her second
straight picture in which she
played the same type Of roles Jean
made famous without singing.
SPOTS FOR SONGS
The studio has found spots
where two songs could be inserted
without looking like they were be-
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
Bandits Rob Station
As Traffic Rolls By

While early night traffic
streamed by, two bandits last night
entered a fillir-g station at Georgia
Avenue and Kalmia Road North
west and robbed Robert FitZhugE,
manager, of $50 at the point Of .
gun. Albert KirkSey, 1243h Dun
can ST N. e reported two colored
men. dragged him into an alley
near Seventh end @ Streets North
west and robbed him of SIS.
The Washington times., 1938-10-11
.GARNETT NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF
VA. CHEST DRIVE
Committee to Map
Campaign

ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. 1.-THE
appointment of Christopher B.
Garnett as chairman of the Airing
ton county Community Chest cam
paign was announced today by
drive officials.
Mr.. Garnett. prominent Wash.
ington attorney and former assist
ant to the Attorney General Of
Virginia, has been active in Airing
ton affairs for a number Of years.
He is chairman of the County
Planning Commission and is a
former member of the Arlington
county board.
TO MAP PLANS
Plans for the county chest cap.
paign will be mapped at meeting
of Arlington's II area chairmen
with Fred A. Spaulding, secretary
of the suburban unit of the Wash
ington Community Chest, at p.
m. tomorrow.
The campaign here will be con-
Quoted from November 9 to %
inclusive.
DESIGNATION PLAN
Under a new designation plan"
county residents who work in
Washington will be permitted to
designate SO per cent of their con-
tribution toward the Arlington
quota. County residents working
in Arlington may designate 100
per cent of their gift for their
home community.
George c. Freeman, an official
of Boy Scouts of America head
quarters in washington, will act
as secretary of the Arlington drive.
He is a resident of the county.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
BEARD PRISON
RULING TODAY

Sam Beard seemed destined to
stay at Lorton Reformatory today
unless a detailed report now being
prepared by Penal Superintendent
Ray L. Huff convinces Elwood
Street, Public Welfare Director,
that the former Washington gam
bier is a person apart from the
average District prisoner.
81 have great confidence in
Mr.. Huff and his staff" Street
said, "and I am confident that
any prisoner at Lorton can be
competently handled"
The Commissioners asked Street
yesterday for details of the Beard
case after Senator Henry F. AS
hurst CD of Arizona, chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, and DR.. James Nolan, director
of the Washington Criminal Jus
tice Association, had decried the
transfer of Beard from Atlanta
penitentiary to Lorton last Satur'
day,
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
BIGG|NS HOLDS
KINDNESS WINS

Utilization of the power Of
kindness never fails, Peter B.
Biggins, member of the board OF
lectureship, The First Church of
Christ Scientist, Boston, declared
last night in lecture on Chris.
tian Science: The Science Of
Divine Power" at Memorial Con
tinental Hall. Mr.. BigginS said
in part:
THE student of Christian
Science soon recognizes that
the rule of this science can
be applied with scientific &C.
curacy. When in the great lab
oratory of human experience
we apply to the scientific under.
standing of the power of good,
the power of God, and utilize
this science in the practical af-
fairs of a daily life, and heal.
ing results, surely we have the
right to consider this the result
OF science"
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Hearing
One-Man Street Cars
To Be Discussed

Operation of approximately 13O
one-man street cars in the District
was to be explained by the Public
Utilities Commission today at the
second session of the congressional
investigation of the Capital Transit
Company.
Riley E. Elgen. chairman of the
commission, and Richmond B.
Keech, vice chairman, who were
on the stand when the House Dis
trict public utilities subcommit'
tee, which is conducting the inves-
tigation, recessed yesterday, are
to continue their testimony today.
Examination of the transit COM
pany's use of one-man street cars
grows out of a bill sponsored by
Representative Everett M. DirkSen
(RO, of Illinois. ranking minority
member of the subcommittee,
which would eliminate the use of
cars run by only one operator.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Jennings Randolph
DO, of West Virginia. began its
investigation yesterday by ques
tioning members of the PUG on
their reasons for permitting the
increase in street-car fares. A de
tailed explanation Of methods OF
evaluation took up the greater
part of the session.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Chemical Society
Installs DIR. Drake

DR.. N. L. Drake, professor Of
organic chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, was installed as
president of the Chemical Society
of Washington last night, at a
meeting in the Cosmos Club.
DR.. F. C. Kracek, of the geo.
physical laboratory of the Carnegie
Institution, is secretary, and DIR. R.
M. Ham, of the National Institute
Of Health, is treasurer. An ad-
dress was delivered by DR.. B. H.
Nicolet, retiring president.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
100000 Sought
For D. G.. Roads

Action will be taken today to
secure 100000 Of Federal funds
for road work in the District of
Columbia. The move is made
under the Cartwright amendment,
and Thomas Settle. secretary Of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission has in
structed it's legislative committee
to press for funds.
At today's meeting the commits.
sion will learn the attitude of the
Maryland group toward proposed
new taxes to meet the require
ments of the Capper-Cramton act,
providing that projects in Prince
Georges county shall be paid with
two-thirds of Federal money and
one-third of money raised by State
taxes.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Doctors to See
Film of Childbirth

Members and guests Of the
Medical Society of the District
will view a private showing. of a
motion picture showing THE Birth
of a Baby" Tuesday night and
will then be asked to- vote on
whether the film should be shown
to the public. The film will be
shown in conjunction with the
National Conference on Better
Care for Mothers and Children
Monday and Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
N. Y. C. RAILROAD
ASKS RIGHT TO.
MERGE 8 LINES.
Routes Would Go Into
Big Four System

GN.S.). The New York Central
Railroad today asked the ICC for
authority to merge eight OF its
subsidiary roads into its Big Four
system.
The roads are:
Cincinnati Northern, Cincinnati,
Sandusky and Cleveland; Cincin-
natl, Lafayette and Chicago; Co
lumbus, Hope and Greensburg;
Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre
Houte; Evansville, Mt. Carmel and
Northern; Muncie Belt, and Yer
non, Greensburg and Rushville.
The Big Four asked for authority
to assume obligation and liability
in respect to $1,000,000 of Cincin-
natl Northern first mortgage, 4
per cent 5O.year bonds, and $3,34O,-
600 of New York Central equip
ment trust certificates Of 1924. 1t
also asked for authority to issue
1882 shares of common capital
stock of $100 par value.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Writers to Hear
DR.. Mary Atkinson

DR.. Mary Meek Atkinson, prom
inent author whose most recent
book is 100 Years in Pioneer
Farming and the only woman
listed in Rus, the who's who in
agriculture, will address the Dis
tract branch of the Fiction Writ
ers' Group, League of American
Penwomen, tonight in the branch
clubrooms at the Grafton Hotel.
Her talk will deal with What's
New in Fiction"
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
BUILDING GROUP
BACKS PLAN FOR.
MILLION HOMES.
Gigantic Program for
1888 Mapped Here

(I.N.S.) United support to a
plan designed to boost the nation S
business in home building by a
$4,000, 600, 900 in 1888 was pledged
today by members of the Home
and Community Builders Associa-
ton. The association had been in
session here three days.
The Community Builders, rep
resenting 25 States, agreed to CO.
operate on a plan providing for
organization of a gigantic indus
try capable of turning out mli-
lion house a year.
DETAILS OF PLAN
Details of the plan include the
following factors:
An organization consisting of a
central authority controlling agen-
cies in cities of 10000 or more in
population.
Construction of homes by these
agencies Community BuilderS) on
a definite plan of architecture,
type of construction and at a price
range to attract the largest num-
Der of buyers.
MERCHANDISING PUSHED
Merchandising of these homes,
nationally and locally, through
facilities of the Community Build
ers Association under a specific
trade name.
Financing on a plan successfully
used by the largest financial instl-
tutionS.
The plan, described by President
Don A. Lotus, creates a national
industry out of disorganized col.
lection of real estate operators and
builders
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Debs Sell M'Intyre
Tickets to Devil"

In the audience at the National
Theater on January %, when a
single performance of Between
the Devil will be given as part of
the Presidents Birthday celebra-
ton, will be Col. Marvin H. Nc
Intyre, secretary to the President.
Colonel Mcintyre was visited
yesterday by five Washington
debutanteS, on the committee sell
ing tickets for the benefit perform
ance. The young ladies, Regina
McKeever, Jane Smith, Anna
Kiess, Kay Egan and Eleene Reg
lister, soon persuaded him he
should see the show, and sold him
the tickets.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Student Poisoned,
Police Hunt Girl

NEW YORK, Jan. IA (C:T
.P.SO.-DiScovery of poison in the
frozen body of Fred L.. Acer, 26
brilliant Columbia University stu
dent, today started a search for
an enchantress who may have
drugged and robbed him. Acer's
body, fully clothed, was found
last Monday in a field on the old
Willard estate in DobbS Ferry.
Today his father. Oscar W.
Acer, a well-to-do Medina, N. Y,
said he was con-
vinced his son had been muir
dered.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Soviet Protests
Plane Incident

MOSCOW. Jan. IA GN.S0.-A
new diplomatic incident involving
Soviet Russia and Japan was dis
closed here today. Soviet indig-
nation ran high over alleged re-
fusal of japanese and Manchu-
kuoan authorities to surrender a
Vladivostock Kharbarovsk m all
plane which missed its course and
made a forced landing in Manchu-
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
REP. HULL TO SPEAK

Representative Merlin Hull OF
Wisconsin will be the speaker at
the forum sponsored by the United
States Government Employees AS
sociation at the Garnet-Patterson
Junior High School, Sunday at 5
p. m. Edgar G. Brown will pre-