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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
WpA PROCEDURE WILL BE PLACED
 BEFORE CONGRESS
Changes for Future Relief Are 10 Be Proposed-
 FOR Also 10 Act

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. = Presi- dent Roosevelt said today that it will be up to Congress to decide whether Federal relief procedure should be modified to meet criti- cism of the WPA.
 That was the Chief Executives s comment when asked a question at the conference with newsmen.
 The implication is made that there may be some changes, especially in the WPA agency, in fact WPA Ad- ministrator Harry L. Hopkins has himself so indicated. There has been some criticism over the allegations made there has been politics in relief"
 The President also intimated he had some ideas about amendments that should be made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
BA55ETT JURORS HEAR LETTER OF
 'W0MAN'S HELL
Writings of Mrs. Smith Throw New Light
 on Confession

SEATTLE, Dec. 9.-An intercepted letter in which Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith wrote she went through hell" in fear of disclosures that might be made by her alleged son Decasto Earl Mayer under the lie detector," was read to the jury today in the trial of Mrs Smith and Mayer for first de- gree murder.
 The pair are charged with the slay- ing of James Eugene Bassett, 35, ten years ago over an auto, blue road ster His body has never been found.
 The letter read to the jury today was one of several that State Prison officials said were intercepted last spring before Mrs. Smiths release after serving grand larceny sen- tence for having Bassett's belong ings in her possession.
 Mayer was given life sentence as an habitual criminal, but is now being tried with his mother for Bas- sett's murder.
 John Schermer, Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor, testified that Mrs. Smith wept last spring after confessing that she and her son had killed Bassett and wept also during her reenactment of the staying for investigators.
 Schermer said also on the stand that when he interviewed Mrs. Smith after her confession in prison, he warned her that her confession might lead to a conviction and hang ing of herself and Mayer, but she insisted that she was confessing to make her peace with her Maker"
 Warden J. M. McCauley, of Wal la Walla State Prison, yesterday testified in the absence of the jury that Mrs. Smith confessed volun- tarily that her son Mayer slew Bas. sett and she helped him dismembel the body and secrete the dismem. bered parts over wide area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
Rome Sees Great Mob of Students March, Shout
 ing Forward Italy"
FRENCH TROOPS AT
 TUNlS HELD READY
Polish Ukraine Adds 10 Stir with Demands for
 Own Cabinet
By Associated Press

While warlike cries resounded through embittered France and Italy, delegates from 21 American nations met today in Lima, Peru, to work out the problems of their des- tinies in peace.
 In Rome, anti-French demonstra- tions continued as 1900 students marched through Rome's ancient streets shouting, Forward, Italy!," and demanding French colonies.
 Rising Cries
 A rising volume of Fascist cries was also heard in Tunisia French protectorate in North Africa, while diplomatic circles predicted the clamor may lead to formal Italian demands for concessions" there.
 In Paris, sources close to Premier Daladier said France will fight if necessary to defend this TuniSian protectorate that has become the worlds most fearsome looking war blister.
 Subject To Attack
 Moreover, these Partisan informa- tion sources pointed out significant- ly that Italys neighboring Libya is far more vulnerable to attack than the protected harbor of Tunis.
 In Tunis itself, reinforced Mobile Slp trn streets and French troops were held in their barracks awaiting develop ments.
 One person was gravely wounded and three others less severely in dis orders accompanying the demons tratios of Italians, FTenchmen and Arabs that lasted until near mid night last night.
 Armed Gesture
 Reports from Spain and France indicated that mocementS of Italian troops in Northern Catalonia, which gave fear to the world yesterday that Italy was facing France in armed gesture, were learned today to be merely part of preparations for a new Spanish Insurgent offensive in the near dormant Spanish Civil war.
 Ukraine Demand
 Contributing to the stir in world politics, Ukraine citizens in Poland presented claims to the Polish Parl- lament for autonomy in their region embracing about 50,000 square miles and eight million inhabitants.
 The autonomy is asked for except as pertinent to matters of foreign policy, currency, budget and Gov ernment loans. The Ukraine claims ask, however, for the districts own Premier and Ministers, each to be a member of the Polish Cabinet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
16 CHILDREN ARE |NJURED;
 IN HOSPITALS
Several Reported to Have Broken Ribs = 38
 Aboard Vehicle

BULLET TIN - TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 9.-Sixteen school children are in Tacoma hOspi- tals after a school bus, crowded with 38 persons, crashed into a telephone pole and then over turned. All received cuts and bruises.
 The accident occurred between Tacoma and Seattle.
 Several of the children are reported to have received frac- tured ribs.
 None of the victims are in danger of death, according to examining physicians.
 The accident occurred when the driver of the school abus swerved to avoid striking an, other car.
 The bus was enroute from Browns Point, northeast of Ta- coma, suburban districts, to the Federal Way School near Seat tie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
INTANGIBLES' MAY HIT NAZIS

Any blow at Germany will be found in the intangible" factors in connection with the treaties. These treaties and others already negotiated have linked France, England, Canada and the United States in a trade group pledged to treat one another fairly and with out discrimination. Among these nations and others willing to recip- rocate, trade will be on a non-pre- ferential cash basis as distinguished from the German-style barter basis which has proved onerous to some nations
 It should be remembered that both the United States and the British Isles enjoy extensive trade with Germany in spite of barter difficulties. It is fairly advan- tageous trade in both instances. Both the United States and Eng land find Germany good market for petroleum products. England also sells Germany coal, iron ore and copper, of which she has either plenty or access to plenty.
 In turn, the United States sells to Germany cotton and a host Of agricultural products, just such products as she sells to England, In recent years the cotton market has largely failed, being usurped by Brazil which is able to absorb in exchange for her cotton larger share of German manufactures than this country's competitive industries will permit. In 1884, however, we sent Germany 1OO0OO,0o0 bales.
 England's concession to tn e United States are largely on agrl- cultural products, which will not injure Germany's trade with Eng land because Germany does not sell agricultural products. Instead she is an avid buyer of them from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
MAIDEN FLIGHT BY NAW'5 NEW
 AIR5HIP E 0. K.
Silver Graft Scars Majes- ti1aIIy Under Wateh-
 full Eye of Men

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 9. - The worlds largest nonrigid airship has made it's maiden voyage under the watchful eyes of United States Navy officers and technicians.
 Constructed for the Navy by the Goodyear Zeppelin Company, the silver ship, 246 feeet from stem to stern, is a sister ship to the L-1 which was launched last April.
 The flight was a most successful one, it is said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
Reorganization Bill Will Again Be Placed Be-
 fore Next Congress
CONFERENCES HELD
 REGARDING PROGRAM
Policing of Foreign Secret Service Agents Is
 Also Urged

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. = Presl- dent Roosevelt disclosed today that he planned to send to Congress an- other message recommending legis- lation empowering him to reorgan- ize the Government agencies.
 The President conferred with Government reorganization experts yesterday and he told the neWsmen at today's conference that the con- ference had resulted in very good progress on the legislation he pro poses which will be of broad scope and, the President added, some of the conferees plan to introduce bills to bring about reorganization.
 New Program
 The President said further that he had no idea whether there will be fundamental changes in the new program compared with the reor- ganization bill that passed the Sem ate at the last session of Congress and met defeat in the House.
 The President also told the re- porters that effective coordination obtained among the Intelligence forces of the Government empha- sized his purpose to ask that addi- tional monies be appropriated to meet the situation by no means ended with the recent spy trial in New York.
 The President said no OGPU or secret police are needed to watch the American people but the Nation does need to have it's people watch the secret police of other nations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
GROSS
 $40 RIVER TO
 DEFEAT NIpp0NS
Important Engagement Is Fought with Japanese
 Getting Worst of If

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9.-The Chinese forces which have been blocking the way to Nanchang for months, are reported to have crossed the Siao River and routed the Japanese at Yungsui after three hours of m- tense fighting
 Yungsui is on the Kiugian-Nan- chang Railway, 30 miles north of Nanchang, important Chinese air base and capital of Kiangsi Prov ince.
 The Chinese have fought the in- vaders stubbornly every mile down the railway since the occupation of Kiukiang on July 26 with the result that the Japanese advanced only 50 miles in 150 days of fighting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
Kefthikan Pioneer
 Dies: III Long Time

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. g. Mrs. s. B. Van zandt, II, died to- day in the hospital following an ex- tended illness She came to Ketchi- kan in 1912 and had resided here since Previous to coming north she lived in Bellingham, Wash. Mrs. Van Zandt was born in Ontario.
 Survivors are her husband, a daughter. Mrs. Marsden Brooks of Ketchikan, and grand daughter, Dorothy Chandler, on the staff of Time Magazine.
 The remains will be sent to Seattle for cremation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
(oughIin Sues For Two Million In Libel Case

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 9. - The Rev. Charles COughlin, ra- diO priest, has filed libel suit of S2,OOO,00O against the Daily Detroit Free Press, 1000, 900 for actual damage and S1,000,000 for punitive damage.
 The suit is based on a news story pertaining to Coughlin's recent radio address to German Jews.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
NOTED PAINTER DIES, RESULT OF
 BATH SCALDING

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Katherine August Carl, noted portrait painter, died from a scalding received while taking bath. She was in her eighties.
 She painted the portrait of Elm press Dowager Tze Hsi of China and this was placed in the United States Museum. This brought her fame.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
JEW CAMPAIGN
 SPREADING NOW
Foreign Minister of Swed- en Makes Charges
 Against Germany

GOTHENBERG, Sweden, Dec. 9. Foreign Minister Richard Sadler today accused Germany of attempt ing to extend her anti-jewish cam paign to Sweden.
 Swedish film concerns doing busl- ness with Germany have been in- formed that it is mot proper for them to have Jews on their staffs," !" Sadler charges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
Retaliation
 On Germany

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Dec. 9.-Mo- ton picture executives and players are signing declaration of inde- pendence," and are calling upon the President and Congress to severe economic relations with Germany
 Within the next few weeks the sigr,ars plan to ask millions of theatre-goers throughout the coun- try to sign documents for forward ing to Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
GUNB0AT LUz0N IS AT SHANGHAI
 FROM UP RIVER
American Graft First Per. mitfed by Japanese
 to Sail Yangfze

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9.-The United States gunboat Luzon has arrived here after an uneventful voyage of 600 miles down the Yangtze River from Hankow
 The Luzon is the first foreign ship permitted by the Japanese to sail down stream since the Japanese gained control of the river above Nanking
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
Is
 MadeUp
 N. N.Y.Mayor
LaGuarda Receives Bullet in Letter-Aufhori-
 ties Notified

NEW YORK, Dec. y.--Mayor La Guardia has received bullet in a letter warning him you will get one like this if you continue your attack on the German Nazi Party"
 There was a signature with a Swastika.
 Departing from his usual disre- gard of threats, the Mayor asked the police to investigate and he also informed the postal authorities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
HEAT WAVE AT
 SHOPPING TIME
 FOR CHRISTMAS
Los Angeles SweIfers as Thermometer Regist-
 CTS 92 Degrees

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. g. = This city sweltered yesterday for nearly two hours for an all-time De- cember high temperature.
 The thermometer in the weather bureau registered 92 degrees midst the Christmas shopping season.
 Yesterday was the fifty-fifth day of the current heat wave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09

ENGLISH ON NOETHLAND
 James P. English who has been in Juneau for several weeks, left for Seattle aboard the Northland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09
HOCKEY GAME

In a hockey game played last night, Portland defeated Vancou- yer 8 to 0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-09

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The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Three Double Victors

Beginning in 1885 came a sue.
cession of three double victors.
Omaha, a great horse over route
won both races, and following him
came M. L. Schwartz Bold Ven
ture in 1886, and War Admiral
last year.
There will be a break today,
perforce, for Lawrin, Herbert M.
Woolfs winner of the Kentucky
Derby. is not to start. But that
circumstance will not dim the
glory and the tradition of the race.
A splendid field will parade to the
post and with only II breaking
from the stall gate, the race should
be truly won. The victor should
be the best horse.
You will find many a veteran
Of the turf at Pimlico today who
will tell you that Charlotte Girl,
which runs in the colors of E.
Sachsenmaier. and winner of
seven consecutive races, is a def
mite threat for the 1889 Kentucky
Derby. This dainty daughter of
Cohort-Virginella ran five furlongs
yesterday in 100 2-5, and closed
with the determination of a cham
DiOn.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
3 for |
AS Trade Trio for
Dick Seibert

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May IA
G.N.S0-The Columbus Re d
Birds today traded Dick Seibert,
first baseman, to the Philadelphia
for First Baseman Gene
Hasson, Outfielder Paul Easter
ling and Pitcher George Turbe-
vile.
Hasson was with the Athletics
last season. He hit .306 in %
games. Easterling comes from
Oklahoma City by way Of the AS
and Turbeville has been with
the Philadelphia team for two
seasons as a relief hurler.
HaSson and Turbeville will join
the Red Birds Immediately and
Easterling will report Monday,
club officials said. Seibert joins
the Athletics Monday.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
MARION MILEY
PLAYS MRS.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May IA
I.NSO.-Mrs. Estelle Lawson
Page, national titleholder of
Chapel Hill, N. c., will shoot the
works" here today in her 36-hole
finals match with Marion Miley,
Western champion of Lexington,
KY, in an effort to capture the
Southern women's golf champion
ships for the first time.
The national champion entered
the finals yesterday by defeating
Dorothy Kirby. 1s-year-old defend,
ing champion of Atlanta, Ga.
up, while Miss Miley was enter.
ing by defeating Mrs. Dan Chan
dler, Of Dallas, Tex, 1886 and 1887
medalist. ! up on the nineteenth
green.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Benched!
Cubs Lose Lazzeri, I'LL
With Chest Cold

CHICAGO, May IA I.N.SO.
Tommy Lazzeri, the ex-New York
Yankee who has been going great
guns with the National League
Chicago Cubs, was slated for the
bench today-and possibly for
several days-due to severe chest
cold.
Loss of Tony will strike the
Cubs where it hurts, for the aging
shortstop has been playing like a
streak with the Nationals, and his
powerful bat has provided one of
the Cubs most dependable scoring
agencies.
Lazzeri's spot will be filled by
Bill urges, listed as the Cubs
regular shortstop, who was
benched in favor of Tony when he
failed to measure up in early
season play.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14

After six lean years of local
golf campaigning, Claude Rippy,
former ranking District public
links star and now a representa-
tive of Congressional Country
Club, has finally crashed into the
win column.
The lanky transplanted North
Carolinian, who learned his golf
down in the Carolinas as caddy
and who makes his living as a
clothing salesman, captured the
twenty-eighth annual Chevy Chase
Club invitation tournament yes
terday, defeating Francis j. Allen.
Pittston, Pa, one up in 10 holes.
The match was a regular Al
phonso and CASTOR act all the way,
with first one and then the other
trying desperately to toss the
match away.
MISSES PUTT
Allen started the act by three
putting the tenth green and then
missing a two-f ooter on the
eleventh to literally hand Rippy a
two-up advantage. 1.-THE Ripper"
took three shots from the edge of
the seventeenth and three-putted
the eighteenth green to toss the
two-hole advantage right back
into the lap of the former George
town Prep golf captain.
In keeping with the precedent,
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Rippy Crashes Column
After6L Years OnLinkS

rounds of 76 for the regulation
eighteen-role match while Rippy
was conceded a par 4 on the nine
tenth when Allen issued his try
for a five.
WELL-MATCHED FIELD
Rippy, in winning the Chevy
Chase Club Invitation tournament
survived one of the most evenly
matched fields ever to compete in
a local tournament OF this kind.
Every player in the championship
division was fully capable OF
eliminating any of the others.
Rippy, in reaching the final
round, was forced to eliminate
Page Hufty, of the host club, in
the Semifinals, and 2, while Al
len was out squelching the other
Chevy Chase hope, Johnny Braw-
ner, / up. After the tournament
Rippy Signified his intentions Of
playing in both the Maryland State
and Middle Atlantic champion
ships.
Rippy's only bid for fame came
in the 1885 National Public Links
championship that saw him play
sensational golf to reach the final
only to lose to Pat Abbott, of San
Francisco. He has played in any
number of other local tourna-
ments during his six years here,
CONTINUED on Page 9, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
"Yussel' on Spot

There is an interesting little
drama on the side in the phena-
Cling before the fight. Joe Jacobs
Is Schmeling's manager of record,
but Jacobs is held in low esteem
in Germany. The Nazi party
would like to see him barred from
the ring the night Max fights
Louis, and we wonder a bit as to
whether or not Gen. John J. Phe-
ian, of the New York State Ath-
letic Commission. was tipped off
to that effect when he went dash
ing overseas to attend an interna-
tional boxing conference.
This is a serious bit of business
to "Yussel the Muscle" for he is
in the red to Mike Jacobs for a
tidy sum. Some declare that Joe
owes Mike IS grand. If Jacobs
is Schmeling's manager, he can
pay off. But if he is tossed by the
State Athletic Commission. he will
be in a terrible fix. Or will it be
Mike Jacobs who is in the fix?
The Washington times., 1938-05-14


eight years, five winners of the
Kentucky Derby have captured
the Preakness and the handsome
Woodlawn Vase that goes to the
victor's owner for a year. Three
of these have gone on to win the
triple crown. These were Gal
liant Fox, Omaha and War Ad-
miral.
Gallant Fox was monarch of
the home stretch in 1880, winning
the Derby and tn Preakness,
which then, as now. was worth
$4,000. Two years later, Col. E.
r. Bradley's Burgoo King &C
counted for both prizes.
Nothing but an incident almost
without precedent in the history
of great races prevented the num-
Der being augmented by Head
Play, Mrs. Silas B. MaSon'S fine
colt. Head Play was beaten by
Brokers Tip at Churchill Downs
as their jockeys fought madly
with whip and fist down the home
stretch. Head Play won the Freak
ness handily,
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
GALENTO MOVES
into TOP RANKS
BY Mann KAY0
BY HYPE IGOE

NEW YORK, May IA 0.N.SO
Tony Galento, the squiggy-panned
innkeeper from Orange, N. j., to-
day is deeply delving into the good
books to learn more OF that Man
of Destiny" business.
He took a grapevine twist on
those three scintillating words by
knocking out broad-shouldered
Nathan Mann in Madison Square
Garden in 1904 of the second
round of the scheduled 10-round
bout here last night.
MANN BATTERED
True to his boast, he waded
through the New Haven Comm
heavyweight as if the nutmeg
stole had been fashioned of tinsel
and tissue and bludgeoned him to
the deck twice with one-two's, the
first for 80" and the second for
the fatal 90"
Mann narrowly missed being
counted out on the first knock
down. He just did get up at
"ten," and my notion of it is that
Mann had been horribly poled by
that first one-two. 1t came with
lightning-like SwiftnesS.
TOO POLITE
"I tried to be the genna.man
in this here fight. I amt often
the genna-man when I don't
have to be the genna-man," ex-
planned Tony in his dressing
room afterward.
81 was too much the genna-
man because if I didn't pause
around to be the genna.man I
would have knocked him dead.
I was too polite"
what about LOUISE"
"IIl knock Louis out quicker
than I did Mann" .
they drew $25, 669.7O, the total
paid attendance being $3.50.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
HOya FrOsh Nine
TOPS w. & L. High

Featured by the SEVENTH hurt
ing of vincent Powers, Jack Ken
ny's Georgetown University trash
man baseball team defeated the
washington and Lee High School
team of Ballston, Va, yesterday,
1I.3, on the Hilltop field.
Pajac of the Little Hoyas, hit
for the circuit.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
A. i. Tennis Team
Downs RIM.

American University's tennis
team added another victim to its
string yesterday, when it defeated
Randolph Macon courtmen on the
A. U. courts, 8 to l.
singles-Harris (A.) defeated Hub
bard, 60, 81: Webb (A.) defeated
Clarke, 81, IS; Stink (A) defeated
Bell, 60, 60; Hudson (A.) defeated
Balthis, SIS. 81; Winter tA.) de-
feated Sanders. e., S-3; Evans (A.)
defeated Robelen, 6-3. 6-3.
Observation-Disclosures tA) defeated
Hubbard-Clarke, IL; SIS; Webb-Hud-
son (AO defeated Sanders-Balthis e.,
So Bell-Robelen (R.-M.) defeated Sit
nik-Evans, 6-3. ST. 6-4.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Archery Tourney
Draws Crack Field

With the best archers in the
District of Columbia entered. real
competition is expected at the
Robin Hood Archery Tournament
held this afternoon by the Pc
tomac Archers of Washington, on
the archery range on the south
west side of the Washington
Monument Grounds.
There are three events listed
for the tourney, which begins at
2 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-05-14
Most FiLlies Fail

It is history that no filly except
Regret ever won the Kentucky
Derby. Several of the weaker sex
have been highly regarded, as
witness Nellie Flag, of Calumet
Farms, but somehow or other
they have failed to win over high
class colts.
But the records prove that Re
gret won, and perhaps Charlotte
Girl may train on through her
three-year-old form and lead the
Derby field home.
Official Germany re m a in d
stony-faced in its calmness fol-
lowing the offer of Mike Jacobs
to give 10 per cent of the profits
of the Louis-Schmeling fight to
o refugee aid committee.
It is just possible that Germany
scents a plot on the part of some
one or other to side track Schmel-
ing, even though contracts have
been signed. There is no such
desire on the part of anyone, but
Schmeling once got a right jovial
run around, and it would not be
too far out Of the line of logical
thinking if Germany suspected
that another was in the making.
The fact that no one overseas
became the least bit perturbed is
fair evidence that Deutschland in
tends to let the fight go through.
Schmeling is regarded as clock
in" in his native land, and Ger
many wants that title.