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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
DeROUXS MOVE

MT. and Mrs Norman DeRouX have transferred their residence to Juneau where Mrs. DeRoux will be manager of the American Beauty Parlor while the owner, Mrs. Leo Young is away, and will also occupy her apartment.
 MT. and Mrs. Young expected to leave today on a two weeks honey moon trip along the shores of Chi chagof Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
5 FALIBUTERS
 SELL, SEATTLE

fEATTLE, July 29. Halibuters scl ing here today catches and fri oS. follows
 From the westward banks-Van- acc 41,000 pounds, SIS and 7l4 ccnsa a pound; Yakutat, 10000 ..4as. and 7l5 cents.
 hr0ln the local banks Oceanus, l3. le pounds, 7M and 752 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
P FIN. ALICE
 SAILS SOUTH
 THIS MORNING

Gcvan passengers went south on ih- Princess Alice this morning, here at 8 o'clock.
 aving were J. M Martin, Miss To- "a Morrison. F. L. Butterway, I'd Laurie, Miss F. P. Travers, Pearl lAan icy, and A. McClelland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
NOTICE-DoG LICENSES

Dog Licenses are due and if not paid within three days dogs will be shot, by order of Douglas City Coun- cil.
 CHARLES TUCKETT, adv. City Clerk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
TIDES TOMORROW

la tide-2:51 am, IT'S feet. Low tide-9:0l am, "A feet eh tide-3;24 pm, l79 feet
 L.W tide-9:29 pm, -0.3 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-29
GOODBYE TIME

HUNTSVILLE, Tex, July 29. = Jack Ellington, general manager of the Texas prison system, says he
Evening star., 1938-10-30
DEATH WILL GIVE
SLAYER HIS WISH
Deering, Anxious for End, to
Face Utah Firing Squad
Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 2s.-Pasty.
faced John w. Deering. the incorrigible
law breaker whose only spoken wish
Is to die. will 60 before 4 firing squad
in Utah's dingy State Prison Monday.
Shortly after dawn-unless there Is
a reprieve which Deering neither has
asked nor wants - the 39-year-old
slayer will be strapped in an old,
straight-backed chair and blindfolded
to face five marksmen concealed be-
hind a canvas covered doorway.
A physician will place 4 stethoscope
to the prisoners heart. He will indi-
cate its exact position. Another ofli-
cial will step forward, pin 4 cardboard
target to his shirt, then step back.
More than two years ago Deering
shot down Oliver r. Meredith, jr.. Salt
Lake City businessman. in q hold d-up.
Deering has asked his keeper, War
den Owen Nebeker, to use his influence
to have the death sentence pushed
ahead.
Deering believes the firing squad will
end all his troubles.
Il don't believe in . hereafter" he
said in an interview. Il figure those
bullets will finish things OF and end q
life I'm pretty disgusted with.
I'm not tough guy, either. I
thought this all out long ago I'm not
going out with any hate for society or
the law. I'm just disguised, and exc
cution is the best way"
Deering knows prison life. He was
sent away the first time in 1918. He
was q free man for only three years
in the 25-year period that followed
prior to his arrest last summer In De-
troit.
Evening star., 1938-10-30
CRACKER CONTEST
AT FOOD SHOW
Eleventh Annual Event to Be
Opened in Packard
Building Tomorrow.

TO add to the fun and entertain
ment of the occasion, the District
Grocery Stores, Inc, will hold a
cracker-eating contest at the opening
tomorrow night of its eleventh an
nual food show in the Packard Wash
ington Building, 1912 Twenty-fourth
street NV.
The show management yesterday
decided to stage the cracker-eating
contest in addition to Halloween cos
tune contest, open to both male and
female Is years of age or more. The
two contests are being held to add to
the festive spirit of Halloween.
In the cracker-eating affair each
contestant will be given saucer, each
containing an equal number of crack
ers. and the one who first consumes
saucer full, without the aid of liquid,
will be declared the winner Tomor-
rows show will start at 7:30 pm. and
evening shows will be held at that
hour on succeeding days through No.
vember 5.
Beginning Tuesday matinee will be
held each day at pm. and will be
featured by baby parade and show
each day at pm. At 4:45 pm. dur
Ing each matinee Santa Claus" will
be on hand to distribute toys to each
child. not over years Of age, attend
ing the show.
A feature Of tomorrow nights show
will be the presentation of valuable
mattress to show patron as an
award. An expensive make automobile
will be given away during the six days
of the show, in addition to a number
Evening star., 1938-10-30
LOWER PRICES OFFERED.

Food chain store prices are from 6
to 9l2 per cent lower and drug chain
store prices from IA to 1914 per cent
lower than Independent store prices,
according to a Government survey in
representative cities reported by the
Federal Trade Commission.
Evening star., 1938-10-30

Of other valuable gifts and scores Of
articles of foodstuffs.
For succeeding nights of the show
the management has arranged for a
series of contests, the winners Of
which will receive special awards. Sew
eral Of the contests will be surprises,
with the participants being unaware Of
the nature OF the contest in which they
are to take part until it actually is
ready to begin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
of
 Stock Exchange
 Firm Announced
Membership of Rich ard Whitney & Co. Taken
 Away Statement

NEW YORK, March 8.-The New York Stock Exchange has suspend ed from membership Richard Whit ney, prominent Wall Street leader, who as it's President piloted the Ex- change through. one of the most crucial periods.
 The brief announcement says the Committee on Business Conduct pre- scented Charges and specifications" against the firm of Richard Whit ney & Company, and that the firm advised it was unable to meet its obliga tions.
 Whitney declined immediate com- ment but a statement from his at torneys asked that the public re- serve opinion until after the firm had answered the charges.
 Richard Whitney is a brother of George Whitney, one of the J. P Morgan partners and was President of the New York Exchange from 1880 to 1895, during most trying business times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
FORMER CHIEF SOVIET POLICE
 NOW ON TRIAL
Admits He Ordered Death of Maxim CorkyIn
 Prisoner $ Box

MOSCOW. March 8.-Genrikh c. Yagoda. once the dreaded Chief of the Soviet Secret Police, stood in the prisoners box today where he had put many others. and retracted part of his pre-trial confession of treason and murder. He is one of 21 facing death at the Moscow murder trial.
 Yagoda admitted that he ordered the deaths of Maxim Gorky. writer, and Valerian V. Kuibiseff, Chief of the first Five Year Plan. but denied that he ordered two other deaths.
 Asked why he had previously con- fessed ordering killings, if untrue. he said: Allow me, please, not to answer that question"
 Dr. D. D. Plentnff. heart specialist. confessed he drew harmful prescrip- tions for Gorky at Yagoda's di-4 rection.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
NAVY MEASURE
 DEBATE STARTS
 NEXT THURSDAY
House Rules Committee Clears Way for Hearing
 -Vinson' s Remarks

WASHINGTON. March 8. - The House Rules Committee has cleared the way for debate beginning Thursday on the. Administrations billion dollar naval expansion bill
 The committee has recommended 12 hours for general debate.
 Chairman Carl Vinson, Demo- crat of Georgia, warned that fail- ure to build the proposed ships will "imperil the security of this coun- try"
 Chairman Vinson also asserted that the United States will have to stand absolutely alone" in de- fense of it's possessions
 The building program will in- crease the Navy's maintenance cost from twenty-five to fifty million dollars annually.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
2 JAPANESE QUESTIONED
 ON FILMING
Naval Officer, Embassy At- tache Found Taking
 Pictures, Navy Yard

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, March 8. Two Japanese. one a naval officer and the other an en- bassy clerk at Washington, were questioned upon reports they were found taking photographs around Charleston, where the big navy yard is located.
 The men questioned were Lieu tenant Commander K. Nagasawa and HirosIli Harasaki. The men were finally released after about two hours of questioning by the authorities during which time their cameras were confiscated and the films developed. It was found that the pictures taken were only of old houses and moss-hung oaks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
LIGHTNING STRIKES IN So. CALIFORNIA
Another Statement Issued by
 TokyoRegarding Withdra,ual
 Of Boats from AIaskan Waters

BULLETIN-wAsHINGTON March ssecretary of State Cor talk regarding fishing agreement Alaskan waters He said there IS Tokyo to the effect agreement has making gress and an s expected
 March 8-Suppemenng statement days reliably learned that United reached amicabe settlement fishing
 
 The Tokyo Government divuge the details of the solution but said the American wishes been met fully"
 The Government said all ships will be withdrawn Alaskan waters and further study salmon migration Bristol Bay and Boring abandoned.
 Officials said the might three salmon study program in the Central Pacific
 It generally believed diplomatic circles that the Japanese decision withdraw comprehensive relations with
 SENATOR WANTS CONTROL OUT 56 MILES
 WASHINGTON March 8Senator Copeland Democrat of United limit O
 shallow of the of Alaska. licensing all fishermen
 Regarding the licensing proposal Copeland sad do not fishermen object fishermen must meet" Copeland argued the is a world 90 miles and must extend control s7 miles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
NIPPON FORCES BEING BLOCKED,
 CENTRAL CHINA
Snow flinders Progress of Invading Army to
 Coveted Section
GUERILLA WARFARE
 BECOMES EXTENSIVE
Chinese Troops Recapture Towns-O Outposts Are
 Being Attacked

SHANGHAI. March 8. - Heavy snow throughout Central China and increasingly strong guerilla attacks on all fronts have checked the Jap anese advance in the self designated task of bringing about pro-Japan- csc regime in China.
 Growing intensity of guerilla at tacks threatens. to disrupt commun- ication facilities between the far flung lines of the Japanese army.
 Daily reports from Hangchow area tell of Japanese outposts being at tackled.
 Train service is disrupted.
 Telegraph and telephone lines are cut.
 It is reported that Chinese troops have recaptured several towns in Anwhei Province and are now threatening the Japanese garrisons at Wihing and Wubang.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
COIdsteins Back
 After Long Trip

MT. and Mrs. I. Goldstein re- turned to Juneau today aboard the steamer Alaska after a nine weeks trip in the States during which they made complete circle of the coun- try.
 In Pontiac, Michigan, the Gold steins purchased car, drove East, thence down the coast and back across the southern states and up the Pacific Coast to Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March s. = IL may sound like idiocy to send six flying fortresscs" roaring over South America as a gesture of good will but that is major purpose Of the recent flight, and there is at least a fair chance that it will work as well as any other gesture.
 The six huge army planes took off from Florida and touched at points in Peru and Chile enroute to Buenos Aires, there to partici- pate in the inauguration of Presi- dent Ortiz of Argentina qnciden- tally a War Department staff and a group of news men had to sit up
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
FREIGHT RATES
 ARE TO GO UP
Interstate Commerce Com mission Grants Increase
 to Railroads

WASHINGTON, March 8. The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted railroads a 10 per cent increase in freight rates but ex- empted several major commodities.
 Increase on anthracite coal IS limited to 10 cents per ton and bituminous coal, Ignite, coke and iron ore are exempted from any increases.
 The commission also allowed a per cent increase on most of the commodities 1t exempted from the general 10 per cent increase.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
TAX REVISION FIGHT NEARING
 CLIMAX, HOUSE
Proposed Repeal Entirely of Undistributed Porfits
 Levy Is Defeated

WASHINGTON, March 8. = The House fight over the Administra- tion's tax revision bill today ap- preached a climax after defeat of the Republican proposal to repeal entirely the undistributed profits levy.
 The repeal amendment was sub mitted by Representative Allen T. Treadway, Republican of Massa- chusetts.
 The repeal amendment was de- feated by vote of 78 to B.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
LABOR LEADERS
 ARE CONVICTED, EXPORT CHARGES
Two 9th CTS Now Await Trial on Practically
 Same Complaints

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March B. Conviction, in a Common Pleas Court, has been obtained of Donald A. Campbell and John E. McGee, labor leaders, of extorting $l.200 from Vernon Stouffer, head of a restaurant chain
 The trial lasted three weeks.
 The two men are the first of four unionists facing trial on ex- tortion charges in connection with alleged labor rackets."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
Man Returns Stolen
 Purse But No Money

WINNIPEG, March 8-One Win-' nipeg purse-snatcher is starting differently. A woman WHO mad her purse stolen received a note to call at department store bureau, where she found her purse and this note:
 T am returning the valuables and keeping the 90 cents and car ticket"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
COUPLE CLUB MEETS

Members of the Couple Club met last night at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church where pot-luck dinner was served and an informal meeting held. MT. and Mrs: Ken meth Ferguson and MT and Mrs. Henry Larson were hosts for the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
CONSP|RATORS
 AGAINST CUBAN
 GOVT. ARE SHOT
Secret Meeting Discovered Soldiers Make Raid
 Revolt Nipped

HAVANA, March 8.--Four con- spirators against the Cuban Gov ernment were killed when Cuban soldiers raided secret meeting in big cave near here.
 The meeting was attended by soldiers, sailors and civilians who were discussing a supposed con- spiracy
 The dead are two civilians and two on-commissioned navy, of ficers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
FRENCH AIR LINE TO SPAN
 NO. ATLANTIC
Preliminary Flights Are to Take Place in June,
 Report Received

NEW YORK, March 8.-Accord- ing to advices received here from Paris, the French National Air Lines plans to use giant land plane" for experimental flights across the North Atlantic starting in June.
 A seaplane will also be used, with light weighing advantages and each are for the purpose of perma- nent adoption for the Atlantic serv- ice, France to the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
Flight of Flying Fortresses''
 To South America as Good WiU Gesture Had Other Purposes Too

II the night of the flight, checking the progress of the flight as the planes inched a long a six-foot map. They don't cruise at 200 miles an hal,r- an q map; it is rare ly an inch an hour)
 One of the strangest develop ments of this business of establish ing good neighborliness with the Southern American republics is this. They become upset and feel neg lected if they are not propaganized.
 BRAVE NEW WORLD
 Italy and Germany, who are most active in pressing their trade and
 Continued or Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
MANY ARRESTS FOR SPYING IN
 J. s. REPORTED
Department of Justice Agents Are Working
 Secretly in Nation

< WASHINGTON, March 8. = The Department of Justice agents have questioned secretly several persons suspected of being spies. Details of
 the activities of the agents are kept secret but usually well informed circles indicated several suspects have been taken into custody in separated parts of the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
HoOveT, Hitler Hold Conference
 In Berlin Today
Former President of U. S., Nazi Head Discuss h.
 ternational Issues

BERLIN, March 8.-Former Am erican President Herbert Hoover and Adolf Hitler talked over the entire international situation for 40 minutes today.
 Hoover declined to make any comment but indicated he might make a statement at the end of his two-day stay in Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
Bolts Set Fire to Buildings Hail Also Falls on
 Stricken Section
RAIN REPORTED OVER
 LONG STRETCH TODAY
Reside nts Are Becoming Jittery-M Many Vessels
 Are Now Tied Up

LOS ANGELES, Cal, March B. Hail and lightning ushered in an- other new storm last night and to- day as rain plagued Southern Cali fornia struggled to bring order out of last weeks flood chaos.
 Lightning bolts set fire to Pasa- dena home during the night and extinguished lights.
 A residence in Altadena was dam- aged slightly by lightning.
 Heavy hail struck Redondo Beach after an electrical display illumin- ated the sky.
 Rain is reported from Santa Bar bara to Newport Beach.
 Residents of Southern California are beginning to show the jitters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-08
SHIPPING HARD HIT

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March. 8. Winds, storms and economic ad versity have kept many ships of the Pacific Coast merchant fleet in ports during recent weeks.
 Waterfront reports indicated that some score of ocean-going ships are tied up for lack of paying cargo out of the West Coasts 225 vessels.
Evening star., 1938-03-06
SETTLEMENT HOUSE
PLANS GALA OPENING
Southeast Organization Moves
This Week to New Home
on Virginia Avenue.

The Southeast Settlement House will
open its new home at 326 Virginia
avenue Sc. with celebrations on Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday. The or
ganization is moving from its old
quarters in six-roorn building at
301 G street Sc. to the 22-room
structure formerly occupied by Friend
ship Settlement House.
Open house will be held from 10
am. to 10 pm. Saturday, when the
regular activities of the organization
will be demonstrated. The chief event
Saturday will be shower luncheon
to which friends will bring gifts for
the new house. Speakers will include
DR.. Dorothy Ferebee, Elwood Street
and Miss Lillian Peck, secretary of
the National Federation of Settle
ments.
A formal dedication service will
be held at $3.50 pm. Sunday. Speakers
will include Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes and DR.. Howard Thurman of
Howard University. Maj. Campbell
johnson will preside.
Evening star., 1938-03-06

side of which they know none. The
fear that the democracies of the West
no longer will find the moral and
physical strength to resist the Fascist
dictatorship seems to prove ground
less, and even today the military con-
ditions are such that it would be an
almost desperate adventure on the
part of the Fascist powers to allow
themselves to be involved in a war"
Like the hero of his own Magic
Mountain" Thomas Mann has let his
own mind be the scenes OF the con-
flict between the philosophical oppo-
sites in modern thought, and with
the same back curtain--the fir-wooded,
snow-covered Alps He has become,
without his own seeking, perhaps
Europe's foremost symbol of battered
but unconquered democracy, for his
mind is representative of democracy
at its best in which there is a sus-
tanning admixture of "aristocracy."
Demagcgy Has Free Course.
True democracy can never dis
pense with aristocratic cooperation"
he writes to his Washington sponsors.
The word 'aristocratic' should not
be taken as meaning birth and privi-
leges of any kind, but in the meaning
of the spiritual In a democracy that
does not honor the higher life of the
mind and is not determined by it,
demagogy has free course and the
level of the national life is pushed
down to that of the ignorant and
uncultured, instead of being ruled
by the principle of education and
governed by the tendency to lift up
the lower classes to culture.
1T is the merit of Socialism to have
made rule of this tendency of lift
ing up the masses by education and
putting in their reach the cultural
wealth, while today in the states that
boast of representing the most modern
forms of democracy, namely, the Fas-
cist states, the demagogic principle
triumphs throughout There are the
lowest concessions to the judgment
Of people without learning and the
stirring up of the most primitive in
Stincts."
Evening star., 1938-03-06
GETS 60-DAY SENTENCE
D. c. Man Given Term for Driving
While Drunk.

George w. Black. 43, of 11O9 Staples
street NE, was given a 60-day Jail
sentence yesterday by Judge Edward
M. Curran on charge of driving
while drunk. Black. who was charged
following his arrest December IL at
North Capitol street and Massachu-
sets avenue, was convicted by. jury
last month
Joseph w. Hunt, 80, of 222 Seven
teenth place NE, was also sentenced
to pay fine of $40 or serve 25 days
in Jail on leaving after colliding
charge. Hunt was convicted by a
jury of striking police officers motor
cycle parked at North Capitol at N
street last May 18 and continued on
his way without stopping.
Evening star., 1938-03-06
148 SHIPS BEING BUILT
o. S. Yards at Work on or Under
Contract for That Number.

American shipyards on February l
were building or had under contract
to build for private shipowners a
total of 148 vessels, aggregating 367,-
604 gross tons, as compared with 127
vessels aggregating 216,118 gross tons
on January l, it was announced yes
terday by the Commerce Department.
A survey by the Bureau of Marine
Inspection and Navigation shows that
20 Of the vessels are seagoing steam
or motor vessels of 1000 gross tons
or over, totaling 3l3,350 gross tons.
Twenty OF these vessels are tankers,
seven passenger and freight and two
freight.
Evening star., 1938-03-06
Thomas Mann, Exiled German,
Will Lecture Here Thursday
Author.PhilosopIrer Sees
Tide Turning To,Uard
Democracy.
Democracy.
By THOMAS r. HENRY.

BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Washington will be host this week
to one of the outstanding figures in
world literature-a scholar and philos-
opher before whom suddenly have
been flashed the fcotlights of interna-
tional politics.
Fe is Thomas Mann, exiled German
author and Nobel Prize winner, who
will lecture before the Washington
Forum Thursday evening.
In The Magic Mountain" the novel
for which he was given the Nobel
Prize, Mr.. Mann achieved the trsin
epic of the after-war generation. It's
back-curtain Is tuberculosis sana-
tarioum in the Bavarian Alps, but its
stage Is the haunted forest of one
mans mind through which the
specter of tuberculosis has opened
paths into the strange gullies of the
unearthly. In this forest clash the
forces of modern science and philos-
ophy with superstition, convention and
formula.
More Dangerous Than Einstein.
The man who wrote it obviously
could not be allowed to live long in the
present day Nazi state, even if the
authorities had not been able to find
q trace of Jewish blood in his an
cestry. He was altogether an even
more dangerous man in the structure
OF state erected on disciplined cen
vention than Einstein.
So he left Germany and settled in
Switzerland, voluntarily at first. when
the Reichstag went up in flames, and
last year, when he denounced the
present rulers of Germany as en-
emles Of civilization, he was de-
prlved OF his German citizenship. His
letter, the Reply to the Dean of
Bonn," has been described as the
most scathing indictment of Hitler
Ism ever written aid was produced
When he was stricken of the list of
the University of Bonns honorary
doctors because of his championship
of democracy.
In Washington he will speak on
The Coming Victory of Democracy"
He has recently established in Switzer-
land magazine as a clearing house
Tor world democratic thought in which
authors may publish material which
would be banned in their own Fascist
controlled countries.
Believes Tide Is Turning.
He believes the tide is starting to
turn. Writing to his sponsors in
Washington, he says: The spirit
OF youth and the intellectual fashion,
which for some time has been fas-
cinated by the Fascist psuedo ideas,
already has started to turn away from
them and the idea of liberty, which
for some time has been out of fashion,
has gained today new youth and
freshness. Its price has gone up.
Liberty has, so to say, discovered its
virility and has obviously decided not
to let itself be run over indefinitely
by the powers of violence, but to
meet them with their own means, out