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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
YOUNG MAN,
 GIRL FRIEND
 ARE WOUNDED
Two Sitting g in Parked Automobile when Bul-
 lets Whiz Forth
WOULD-BE SLAYER
 IS FOUND, SUICIDE
Tragedy Follows Quarrel After Drinking Party
 Tn Interior City

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. IS. - Shot while sitting in parked car in the business district, Howard Shade, 26. and his companion, Myr- tie Burchard Brinnell, 20, were seri- ouSly wounded last night, the girl especially, who was shot in the breast and hand.
 Charles Fisher, 19, was found dead a short time later as the result of a self inflicted bullet wound, in his cabin on the edge of town.
 Witnesses said the three had been quarreling and drinking together before the shooting
 Shade is truck driver. His father carries the winter mails out of Ne mana
 Fisher was an employee of the Alaska railroad. Fisher was part na- tive as is the girl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
ALASKA PLANES DO BIC BUSINESS OVER 6 MONTHS
2l Companies Travel |, 325,ol7 Miles-Carry
 l3,238 Passengers

Twenty-orte airplane companies in Alaska travelled 1,325,9l7 miles, carried 13,238 passengers, 1,792, 2,559 pounds of freight and express and 117,351 pounds of mail during the six months ending December 31, 1937. according to the report of the Alaska Aeronautics and Communi- cations Commission made public to- day. The average number of planes operating during the period was 67, the report shows They spent 11,841 hours in the air and made 4,615 trips.
 Of the six months, July saw the most passengers carried, total of 3,0o2, and the greatest number of miles flown, 291, ,75l It also was peak for express and freight carried, a total of 412,924 pounds. The mail peak was reached in December with 40,118 pounds.
 Companies operating in the Ter rltory during the six months, the report reveals, were: Alaska Air Ex- press, Alaska Air Transport, Inc, Aircraft Charter Service, Inc, Ber- ing Sea Airways, Inc, Cordova Air Service, Ellis Air Transport, Fergu- son Airways, Lavery Airways, Lyle Airways, Marine Airways, Inc, Mi row Air Service, Northern Cross, Inc, Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc, Pollack Flying Service, Reeve Air ways Adrian V. Rolf, Star Air Line. Inc, Valdez Air Service, White Pass Airways, Inc. Wien Alaska Air Lines, Inc, and Woodley Airways.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
GAME COMMISSION
 SESSIONS DELAYED
 BY STEAMER MISHAP

Sessions of the Alaska Game Com mission, scheduled to start today, were delayed due to the mishap to the steamer Baranof near Ketchi- kan. forcing her back to Prince Ru- pert. Commissioner Frank Williams of St. Michael, is aboard the vessel as are w. E. Crouch and Geore A. Hossick of the Biological Survey, Washington, D. O. Commissioner Earl Dinner of Petersburg also had planned to come to Juneau on that steamer, but may arrive this after noon on the Northland If he ar rives, the Commission will convene tomorrow. as Commissioner A. Si- mons of Lakeview arrived on the AL aska yesterday and Chairman Irv- ing NICK. Reed is already here from Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
HUGE RELIEF FUND WANTED
 IMMEDIATELY
House Appropriations Com mittee Asks for $250,-
 100000 Right Now

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. - The House Appropriation Committee has asked the House to approve imme- diately a 100000 emergency re- lief appropriation for the next four months.
 Quick action is suggested because of the drastic change that has ta- ken place in private emergency since last September and indications the situation will not improve inn mediately. The fund, the commit tee states, will, keep 100000 relief workers on relief rolls for the next several months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
CENTRAL CHINA FIGHTING

SHANGHAI, Feb. l5.--Sixty thou sand Japanese soldiers, the van- guard of the invading army, fight ing their way into Central China, are today reported only 10 miles north of Chinas lifeline, the Lung hai railroad
 The advance patrol Is said to be on the north bank of the Yellow River, opposite Kaifeng. which is nearly 300 miles inland from Chinas eastern coast.
 Capture of Kaifeng would choke off the railroad and give the Jap anese a base for a drive southward, 300 miles to Hankow. the temporary Chinese Capital city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15

plan, Representative Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Naval Af- fairs committee, has introduced a bill providing for the construction of three new battleships, two air craft carriers, eight cruisers, 25 destroyers, nine submarines. 25 aux Hilary vessels, 1000 airplanes, 1,200 officers and 10000 enlisted men.
 Seek Army Expansion
 On the army side, the President seeks heavy appropriations to inn prove anti-aircraft defense, the Army Reserve Corps, army mater ials, and to expand activities and membership of the National Guard.
 Present naval strength of the sev- en leading powers of the world. ex- cluding auxiliary craft, built or
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
Rear Admiral Grayson, Head of American Red Cross, Personal Friend of Three Presidents, Dies

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5 = Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, renowned as head of the American Red Cross, physician and confidante of three Presidents, died early at the age of 59 years.
 The retired Naval Officer had been in poor health almost from the time his close friend, President Roosevelt, persuaded him to accept one of the worlds foremost human itarian jobs in 1885.
 Dr. Grayson contracted a cold during his southern visit last month and this developed into a bronchial infection after his return here.
 President Roosevelt, informed of his serious illness, called at the Grayson home fate yesterday.
 President Tn e dore Roosevelt started pr. Grayson on his eminent career, appointing him to White House duty in 1907 President Taft retained him and President Wilson made him his personal physician.
 Counselor and Friend
 Cary Travers Grayson, Rear Ad- miral, U. s. Navy, was most wide ly known as Woodrow Wilson's per sonal physician, but other Presl- dents. both before and after the World War, knew him as a coun- selor and friend.
 Grayson first was attached to the White House medical staff in 1907, when Theodore Roosevelt was President and Grayson Lieuten- ant in the Navy's Medical Corps. Backed by strong recommendations of Roosevelt, Grayson was kept on by President Taft and Wilson found him at the White House when he took office.
 In Demo Party
 Retiring from the Navy after Wilson's death, Grayson became a figure in the inner councils of the Democratic party With this back ground and friendship that had it's roots in the Wilson Administration when Franklin D. Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the ex-Medical Officer was made chair man of the 1883 inaugural commit tee and was one of the advisers and helpers of the recovery President. Grayson attained too consider able reputation in his profession and was President of the Gorgas
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15

 PROPOSED TO
 HELP J0bLESS
System of New Highways Across Continent Are
 Suggested Now

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Repre- sentative J. Buell. Snyder, Democrat of Pennsylvania, has suggested that next five years in building super highways.
 Snyder proposes that 900-foot pavements be laid out and paid out of the tolls for three roads that would cross the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Six other proposals are for roads to be laid north and south.
 The Pennsylvania Representative estimates that the cost will be ap- proximately eight billion dollars.
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Groups Opposed


 As is customary, Congress will lis ten attentively to the expressed de- sires of certain special pressure groups. The American Legion, as represented by it's commander, Dan- iel J. Doherty, already is on record as supporting the Presidents pro- gram Arrayed against the expan- sion is the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, who see the proposal "as unwarranted by any evidence thus far presented and call culated to stimulate the spirit of fear and unrest which is the parent of war"
 In apparent reply to Congressmen who asked whether the U. S. line of national defense is "on the coast of California or 1000 miles up the Yangzte river" the President defin- ed his conception to mean, flor the protection not only of our coast but also of our communities far re- moved from the coast, we must keep any potential enemy many hun dreds of miles away from our con- tinental limits
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
NO HOPE SEEN IN CONFERENCE,
 DISARMAMENT
Both Senate, House Lead CTS Declare Kings
 Proposal Futile

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. = Senate and House leaders have agreed that the disarmament conference pro- posed by Senator William H. King, of Utah, will be futile.
 Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Commit tee. said that If it is impossible, by reason of distrust and fear, to accomplish the limitation of the 1922 conference, there is no hope now for success"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
By WALTER SEIFERT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-FolloW- ing President Roosevelts strong worded plea for broad expansion ot the national defense program capi- tai observers foresaw major Con- gressional debate over extent and scope of the United States foreign policy by isolationists and legisla tors who backed the Ludlow bill and the neutrality act.
 Speedy passage, however, is pre- dicted.
 Painting word picture of war threatened world, the President rec commended additions to the army and navy estimated to cost S800,0 ,000,- GOO.
 To carry out the White House
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
JUDGE HELLENTHAL
 VISITING IN CITY

Judge Simon Hellenthal,' we'll known Alaskan, for many years a resident of Juneau before moving to Valdez to sit on the Third Di- vision Federal Court bench, arrived aboard the Alaska from Seward
 Judge Hellenthal will remain in Juneau for several days before con- tinuing his journey south to visit his mother in Holland, Michigan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
KETCHIKAN BOWLERS RE-
 TURN TO THEIR HOMES

A rousing send-off was given the Ketchikon bowlers last evening when the players left for their homes aboard the Alaska The wis., itors all agreed that although they did not win the tourney. they had a royal time in the Capital City at the hands of the Elks and friends,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
Turns Down Peer To Marry Ditch Digger

LONDON. Feb. 15.-Ishbel Mac Donald, daughter of the late Pre- mier Ramsay Macdonald, once ru- mored engaged to a Peer, announces she plans to wed Norman Ridgley, ditch digger and handyman of Speen, Buckinghamshire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
BARANOF HITS LOG, PR0pELL0R
 BLADE THROWN
Steamer, Juneau Bound, Goes to Prince Rupert
 Drydock, Repairs

Steamer Baranof, of the Alaska Steamship Company, sailing from Seattle last Saturday morning at g o'clock, struck floating log and threw a blade of the propeller, a short distance south of Ketchikan early yesterday afternoon. The steamer made its way into Ketchi- kan and left there about 7:30 O. clock last evening for Prince Ru- pert to go on the drydock for repairs to the propeller. The Baranof is expected to come off the dry dock late Wednesday night, return to Ketchikan Thursday and come north arriving in Juneau Friday, according to advices received here.
 Passengers Aboard
 The majority of the passengers remain aboard the Baranot. all though it is known that Wilbur Wes- ter and perhaps two or three others. are remaining in Ketchikan until the Baranof reaches there again
 It is not known whether the Northland, due in Juneau this alter noon at 4 o'clock, has any mail. It is presumed she sailed from Ket- chikan before the arrival of the Baranof and the latter is believed to have about Az days of mall still aboard
 Juneau Bound
 Passengers sailing from Seattle
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TWO APPROACHES

The two agencies approach the proposition. wholly from the econo- mic standpoint, which in itself is an attitude which seems to distinguish the American discussion of labor management cooperation from that of the British British labor, as the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and other sources say, has approached
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TO KETCHIKAN

George Anderson, of the Ander- son Music Shoppe, left on the AL aska for a piano tuning trip to Ket- chikan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15
VIEWPOINTS ON LABOR ISSUES
 FROM Z SIDES
Digests of British Trade Disputes as Relative to
 U. 5. Situations

This is the second of two ar- ticles in which Preston Grover, Washington columnist for the
 Empire, examines British labor legislation and policy with an eye on American labor problems.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15

California spends more than S2,- 900 a year for paper on which to print state warrents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15

In the White House grounds are trees planted by Presidents and their wives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-15

building, is shown in the following
 tables. The question marks indi- cate annrnYina lions
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Passengers sailing from Seattle Continued on Page Three)
Evening star., 1938-08-28

ton to 1899 models, nevertheless.
Most obvious Of all is that labor costs
will not be any lower-and labor. more
than materials, remains the chief price
determinant. The engineers, it Is true,
have been alert for economies in de-
signing the new cars, but 1t becomes
difncult to transform minor savings
here and there into dollars instead Of
pennies.
Manufacturers are unable to over
look reports that steel prices may rise
before the end Of the year. Detroit
stands to benefit by the elimination Of
Pittsburgh preferentials probably only
after more mills have been set up in
the Michigan area. Meanwhile, most
OF the motor companies are hopeful
the price schedules submitted by the
steel mills will still be favorable on
the basis Of heavy commitments for
the fourth quarter.
A new obstacle to high metal prices
is to be found in the wider use of plas-
tics. So long as the automobile build
ers find plastics both decorative and
economical, an effective ballast has
been found to hold metal prices down.
The day is still far distant when an
automobile can be built out of vege-
tables, yet the designers are finding
increasing use for products Of the
chemical laboratory.
Next to prices current interest
among owners centers in the proba-
bility that the 1899 models will fea-
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Everlasting, Cold Go,cn Fabric
At$2.5O Yard Made byScientist
Briton's Discovery, in Hunt for Cure
for Arthritis, Also Makes Gold
COblets, Dishes Possible.

an aid to beauty or to creating the
impression Of great wealth the dis
coverers are only incidentally inter-
ested, but they believe they are on the
track OF something which may relieve
a gread deal of human misery.
For almost 4 hundred years gold in
various combinations has been used in
the treatment Of some Of the COM
moner forms of arthritis, and some
questionable use Of 1t also has been
made in tuberculosis treatment. For
arthritis the precious metal has 4
recognized medieval value, but is 50
highly poisonous to the human system,
like all the other heavy metals, that
the cure often appears worse than the
disease. One Of the common effects Is
the production of a very severe and
painful rash all over the body.
BY combining atoms OF gold with
organic molecules. similar to those
produced by living things, the Guys
Hospital investigators hope to hit
upon some compound in which the
gold will have its full curative effect,
but in which its poisonous action
will be blocked of. To this end they
are making in the chemical laboratory
all the possible organic gold COM
binations and already have a score or
more. Some of these, preliminary ex-
periments indicate, are just as efficient
and much less poisonous than any,
thing used in the past, but they are
still far from the stage where expert
ments can be made on human beings.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

lists Of the Nation would welcome such
an addition to motor car equipment,
chiefly because interlocked- bumpers
take some Of the Joy out of driving
today.
Disadvantage Built In.
Much Of the present difnculty
arises from the fact that the front
bumper on the average car Is 2 to
inches lower than the rear one.
Ordinarily when the car Is loaded and
more weight Is put on the rear springs
this variation will be reduced. New
ertheless = sudden impact against an
other car will invariably lock the
bumpers.
Automobile owners can only look
hopefully toward the efforts OF sew
eral manufacturers to get an agree
ment for = standard size In bumpers.
Such an understanding, it is said,
should be no harder to reach than an
agreement on standard width for
road tread, which has existed for
many years.
Drivers have looked askance for sew
eral years at inferior bumpers on
many models. While embellishing their
cars with attractive radiator grilles,
most OF the manufacturers failed to
provide at the same time adequate
bumper protection. A minor collision
would leave the latticed grille In
tatters. The only recourse for owners
Evening star., 1938-08-28

ture improved visibility. Safety cam.
paigns have made prospective buyers
conscious of some Of the defects in
older cars, while at the same time
there is something Of q clamor for
the family car to be the equivalent
Of q sight-seeing vehicle.
Both designers and engineers have
been struggling for the last year to
strike q balance toward better visi-
bility. The emphasis on sleek, long
lines in the automobile is not help
full, however. II cars are to be built
close to the ground then the seats
must be correspondingly low. And II
tonneaus are to be heightened and
windshields to be sloped we'll back
ward VI sibility will not be strength
ened f6r the driver.
In the next S or 10 years automo-
biles probably will make wider use Of
glass. The arrival of rear -engined
cars will furnish the driver with .
better view Of the road ahead. Per-
haps some revision will be made in 0he
not-distant future to change the angle
OF the front corner posts Of the car.
giving all occupants a clearer picture
OF objects moving in = cross-direc-
ton. 4
How about bumpers?" is another
question car owners are asking about
1889 models.
Many joke has been made about
rubber bumpers, but half the motor
Evening star., 1938-08-28
UNION DAUGHTERS PLAN
TOATTEND CONVENTION

Five members of the Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey Detached Tent, No. l.,
Daughters Of Union Veterans Of the
Civil Var, will leave here Saturday
to serve as aides to the organizations s
national president at the national con-
vention in Des Moines, Iowa. which
opens next Sunday and lasts till Sep
tember 10.
Mrs. Anna Hage McElroy was des-
ignated as delegate and Mrs. Nan
Thurber as alternate. The other aides
are Mrs. Kathryn c. Rain, Mrs. Hes
ter Warner and Mrs. Hermoine A.
Sutton. Other members will attend
unoficially.
The aides were named at a meeting
Friday, presided over by Mrs. Lizzie
Bassett. senior vice president, in the
absence of Mrs. Clara Holbrook, presi-
dent. who is recovering from an illness.
The national convention OF the
Daughters is held each year at the
same time and place as the Grand
Evening star., 1938-08-28
TILE MANUFACTURERS
CITED FOR VIOLATIONS
Trade Commission Accuses Eight
OF Discrimination in Setting
pricee

VI Olscrlmlnat1on In Setting
Prices.
BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
issued eight complaints yesterday ac-
cuSing certain tile manufacturers OF
price discrimination between different
purchasers. in violation of the Robin
son-Patman Act.
Companies named as respondents by
the commission are: Superior Ceramic
Corp. Anderson. Ind: Trent Tile Co.,
Inc, Trenton, N. j.; Mosaic Tile Co.,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio; c. Pardee Works,
Perth Amboy, N. j.. and Matawan
Tile Co.. Matawan, N. j.. and their
jointly owned distributing agency,
Pardee Matawan Tile Co.; Wenczel
Tile Co., Trenton, N. j.; Wheeling
Tile Co., Wheeling. w. Va: Architec-
tural Thing Co., Inc. Keyport, N. j.,
and National Tile Co., Inc, Ander-
son. Ind.
The commission charged that the
determinations tended to create 4
monopoly in the respondent companies
and in the favored purchasers receiv-
ing the discriminatory prices.
The complaints, which contained
substantially the same allegations
charged that the companies, in the
sale Of tile, allowed discounts VARYING
from S to is per cent to certain Of
their customers, but that these dis
counts were denied to others.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
1889 AUTO PRICE
CUTS UNLIKELY
Labor Remains Big Factor
in Cost Visibility
Interest Hiqh.

DETROIT, Aug. ~ NA.N.A).-
The most common question asked to-
day by automobile owners is:
will prices on 1889 models be
lower?"
And the answer is almost necessarily
In the negative,
The manufacturers right now are
secretive about the price tags that will
90 on the new models. Very often final
costs on a new car are not determined
until day or two before it is ready
for the market. Furthermore, the
manufacturers exercise the utmost
caution in reaching prices until the
trend has been established among the
important competitors.
Certain facts stand out with rela-
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Army Of the Republics national en-.
campment.
College Filled for First Time,

BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Aug. n P,.-
Capacity enrolment Of better than 800
students was predicted for Bluefield
College by President Edwin C. Wade
today on the basis Of registration for
the 18th annual term starting Sep
tember g.
Mr.. Wade said dormitory and mesa
hall facilities already had become *.
hausted for the first time in history.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

was to buy bumper guards to forestall
this kind Of damage.
(Copyr.eht. 1888. BY the North America an
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1938-08-12

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. McEarchern
will spend the week end in Annapolis
with Mrs. McEarchern's brother-in-
law and sister, 1t. and Mrs. Thomas
Burrowes. It, and Mrs. Burrowes have
returned recently to the Naval Acad-
Evening star., 1938-08-12
By the Way
Beth Blaine

CAPE N l-Many wahngtonians this popular
with the perfect
"a Capital within reach by motor train.
with house. joining
relaxation the the business world
Samuel
block the
their delightful children
Coolcan is visiting the Beaches
children, spending the
that mother. the late
Crosby frequently
eeknd Right the the house has
porche both charmne furnished while the
ideal the three small bueeyed Boyd
playing the beach sailing in their
the Deborah
Saturday night Betty and Crosby entertained at small dinner
Boyd who from her home
family She completely charmed all the guests
Being we-known
Miss Boyd has been busy
and Crosby
have Washington.
Green enjoying summer here at an
with them the lattes little son Teddy
Myra, daughter is at camp
the cottage they purchased last
decorated They scheme
advantage their modern and
ca American furniture.
their mother looking much too
health outdoor life they lead.
Evening star., 1938-08-12
Miss Burton HOnored
AT Bridal Showers.

Miss Marie E. Burton, who will be
married to Mr.. Parker D. Jet1ers
August %, has been honored at sew
eral bridal showers since her engage
ment was announced.
Wednesday evening the bride-elects
matron of honor, Mrs. Florence E..
Moss, gave her personal bridal show
er at the Burton home on Eighteenth
street NV.
Among the guests were the two
bridesmaids, Miss Sue Massle ana
Miss Doris Walters. Mrs. Louise
Bartlett, Mrs. S. w. Rallings, Miss
Elizabeth Williams and Miss Corlnne
Young. co-workers of Miss Burton IN
the Division of Trade Agreements,
Department of State. also attended.
Mrs. Paul D. Coleman, sister OF
Mr.. Jeffers, entertained recently at
a combination shower and birthday
anniversary party in honor of Miss
Burton. The party was held at Mrs.
Coleman's Takoma Park home. The
bride-elect's uncle. Mr.. Oscar E. Bur-
ton of Ohio, was among the guests.