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The Washington times., 1938-01-17
WrightTriaI
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. II G.NS.)
Testimony was scheduled to start
today in the murder trial
Of Paul A. Wright, airport execu.
tive, charged with shooting to
death his pretty wife, Evelyn, and
his best friend" John B. Kim
mel, A jury was tentatively
seated after two days of close
questioning Of prospective tales
men.
Yesterday prosecution and de-
tense attorney conferred on
strategy.
Jerry Giesler, famous West
Coast criminal lawyer, was ex.
pected to bring to the jury q vivid
tale from Wright's lips Of the
scene he saw IN the living room
OF his home, with Mrs. Wright
and Kimmel as the actors.
Wright saw more than a kiss" +"
Giesler said, when he was forced
by q flood of emotions to start
shooting"
Mrs. Jessie E. Mcbride, mother
Of Mrs. Wright, was cloSeted with
prosecutors, VINO said they ex
pected to prove by her that Mrs.
Mcbride had endured a long Sc.
ries Of quarrels inspired by
Wright and that she was a woman
above the accusations the hus-
band was expected to present in
his defense.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
CONGRESS- HEARS.
|. SHIPPING PLEAS.

1.N.SD. Congress today heard
appeals to save coastal and inter-
coastal shipping on the Pacific
Coast.
A delegation of 40 West Coast
civic, patriotic and industrial
leaders, representing cities from
Seattle to San Diego, came here
to present the appeal.
Appearing before the two Sen
ate committees in behalf Of pend
ing bills, spokesmen said fast
intercoaStal lines are leaving the
West Coast because Of heavy
deficits.
The mail subsidy of the Grace
Line was cut off and tolls on the
Panama Canal for passenger
ships had gone up IS per cent.
They said unless they get help.
the Panama Pacific Line intends
to abandon its service of three
19-knot ships between San Fran
cisco and New York.
Bills indorsed would provide for
mileage subsidy Tor American
intercoastal ships and cancella'
ton Of Panama Canal tolls for
such shipping.
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, Of San
Francisco; Mayor Frank L. Shaw,
of Los Angeles; Mayor William j,
McCracken, of Oakland; Mayor
Joseph K. Carson, jr., Of Port
land, were with the group. Other
members included:
Governor Frank Merriam'S per
sonal representative, Brig. Gen.
H. H. Morehead, adjutant gen.
eral of California; John r. Quinn.
of Los Angeles, Byron c. Hanna,
and Stanley OlafSon, Of the Los
Angeles Chamber Of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
More Shoes
$1;l25,OOO Footwear
Ordered for CCC

Like all other boys, members
of the Civilian Conservation Corps
are harder on shoes than any
other article of wearing apparel.
An order has just been placed
for 100000 pairs of shoes for 800.
900 CCC boys. Since CCC began
in 1888 its enrolleeS have worn out
almost 5000, 900 pairs of shoes, ex-
elusive Of hip boots, logger boots,
moccaSinS and other types of foot
wear. The latest order will cost
$1,125, 900, which brings the total
shoe bill to date to ST, $3.50, 900.
Robert Fechner, director Of
emergency conservation work, re-
ports that $186,000, 900 has been
spent for CCC clothing, with the
largest portion going for footwear.
Each boy gets two pairs Of shoes
when he enters. camp. They are
alike, but one pair is worn for
work and the other kept polished
as Sunday-go-to-meetin' shoes.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
5E||g4

How quick are your mental
responses? This test is based
on mental agility rather than
knowledge. Every one knows
the answers given time to
think but not every one will be
able to write or say them cor.
rectly within the time limit.
Test yourself both wayS-Writ-
ing them, or let some one else
ask you the questions and time
you. Some people respond
quicker by one method than
the other. The introvert is
more likely to respond quicker
with the pencil, the extravert
through speech. Don't look at
the questions until ready to be-
gin. Time limit three minutes
speech and five minutes writ
ten. Each group starts with an
example to give you the idea.
Ready-GO.
A. Dogs bark, cats; horses
-; donkeys-: COWS:
ducks; lions; doves
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
|DEAN NOE LIFTS
WATER BAN IN Sd
WEEK OF FAST
ParChed Mouth Forces
Him to Suck Ice

MEMPHIS, TENN, Jan. II
UN.SJ.-Agony of a parched
mouth has forced the Very Rev
Israel Harding Noe, fasting dean
of st. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
here, to lift the band on water, he
revealed today, as he entered the
third week of his self-imposed fast,
to prove that man can live by
spiritual food alone.
But the dean, quickly denied
he is drinking any water-he
merely lets ice cubes melt in his
mouth from time to time and then
expelS the water, he explained. He
admitted, however, that a certain
amount of moisture is absorbed by
his system through the pores in
his mouth.
PERIOD OF STRESS
This period of stress?" as he
termed it, will soon pass, he be-
lieves, and then the melting ice
cubes will not be needed. He re-
laxed the Furnishing regime when
he found lack of moisture was
impairing his speech, making it
difficult for him to carry on his
prieStly duties, he said.
He carries moistened hand
kerchief, and from time to time
brushes it against his parched
lips, but this practice will soon be
dispensed with, he asserted.
BISHOP CALLS
But the dean Is not disturbed
over the fact his physical body
has required a bit of moisture. He
suffered the same discomforts
more than year ago, when he
began Subsisting on oranges alone,
he said. AS his system became ac-
customed to the ordeal, he claimed
he found it unnecessary then to
continue the use of ice cubes and
the moistened handkerchief.
His sermon yesterday contained
no reference to his fast, but did
include a blanket challenge for
the church to prove mans i'm
mortality, in order to restore its
prestige.
The chances that his church
superiors would request him to
break the fast or retire from pub,
lie appeared possible today, fol,
lowing a surprise call laid him
yesterday by Bishop James M.
Maxon of the diocese and James
r. Sharpe, one of its executives.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
CHOICE OF REED.
MAY RESULT IN
AAA VALUATION
Writ of Review Pending
Before Court

! U.N.SO. The possibility that
elevation of Solicitor General Stan
ley Reed to the Supreme Court
may lead to reversal Of the high
courts 6-to-3 anti-AAA decision
was discussed in congressional
farm circles today.
The court now has pending a
petition for q writ Of review which
might furnish the basis for new
declaration Of the power Of Con-
Hress to control agriculture produc-
ton.
S.TO4 VOTE LIKELY
The new farm bill, now tied up
In Senate-House conference, might
also be the vehicle for a reversal
of the courts decision outlawing
the Agricultural Administration
acts processing tax and produc-
ton control.
Three justices now on the court
Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo-dis-
sented in the AAA case. Justice
Black was a member of the Sen
ate which passed the AAA, and
Reed, as Solicitor General, defend
ed 1t in the high court. On the
surface, this would give a 5'to-4
majority to uphold the AAA.
The court has had before it for
weeks. without action, the peti'
ton Of the Government for review
of constitutionality Of the Kerr
tobacco act. which was repealed
after the AAA decision.
REED ASKED REVIEW
The case came to the court from
a Kentucky Federal court which
ordered refund Of penalties under
the act on the ground of uncon-
stitutionality. The Government,
defending validity of the act
through Reed, asked for the re-
view.
Delay of the court in either
granting or denying the review has
proved puzzling. Should the re-
view be granted and Reed partici-
pateS in the case, it Is possible that
a sweeping opinion clarifying the
Governments power over agricul-
ture might be handed down before
June.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
MARRIED TEACHER BAN

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan. II.
Only IL per Get OF the women
teachers in the Ann Arbor public
school system may be married,
and any of those will be dis
charged automatically, when and
if they become mothers, under
new rules adopted by the board of
education.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
Hot Joke on Him,
Car Owner Finds

TIPTON, Ind, Jan. 17.-Wil-
liam A. Charles, who always drove
a good automobile even though he
is a retired carriage manufacturer,
laughed when he heard the horn
on his car blasting loudly, think
ing it was someone amusing him
self. Eventually, however, truth
daWned. His garage was afire,
and so was the automobile.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Newcomers to Washington will find
. wealth Of useful, PROFITABLE in
formation in Barbara Holmes column
ON the first Classified page.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

ANSWERS On Page u.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
FATHER, SON
co TO CHAIR

BOSTON, Mass. Jan. IL
0.N.S0.-Like water on stone,
warm old memories dripped on the
cold, frozen heart of Frank Dis
tasio today.
Silent, he sat in a death house
cell at State prison here. nervous
ly, his son, Anthony, just turned
%, paced an adjoining cell. To
night, both go to the electric chair
for murder.
Both-unleSs the elder Distasio
will speak out, will say:
II did it. 1 did it alone. My son
is innocent"
CHANCE OF REPRIEVE
Then there is a chance that re-
prieve, even communication to life
sentence, may be granted to An
thony.
The State convicted the elder
DiStaSio of burning to death
Daniel Crowley, a laborer, in an at
tempted insurance fraud. Anthony
was convicted as an accessory. A
word from his father might save
him.
But they have begged him to
speak and he has not. Defense
Counsel William r. Scharton, An.
thongs loyal wife, others have told
the 54-year-old man that he can
not save himself, but there was a
chance slim, but a chance-that
he could save Anthony if he would
speak.
MIND MADE UP
Saturday, he told Scharton
there was no use-his mind was
made up. But then he seemed to
weaken, told Scharton to come
back today.
And today he sat silent; think.
ing, thinking, thinking. In those
thoughts there must have been
picture of little lad-a not-so.
long-ago picture of a tike who
boasted to other kids that his
father was "the best candy maker
in the world" And there must
have been a picture of a mother
who would cheerfully, fearlessly,
have faced death rather than see
harm come to her little lad.
Warm memories dripping on q
frozen heart like water on stone.
Eventually water will wear away
the stone, but they were getting
the electric chair ready today
for two.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
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The Washington times., 1938-01-17
DR.. DUNCAN LECTURES

DR.. George s. Duncan Of Amer.
ican University gave an illustrated
lecture on "The Lands of Moses
and Jesus" before the Brotherhood
Club Of tie Fifteenth Street Pres.
byter1an Church yesterday,
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Saves steps for weary room seekers
Barbara Holmes highlights attPac-
tive, "hOmey" rooms she has seen and
recommends in preferred locations all
over town. Read her column ON the
Classified Page.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
COOP MEDICINE CAUSING FIGHT AMONG DOCTORS
Federal Medical Aid Plan Advanced to Cope with
 Growing Need

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The American Medical Association to- day is faced with a Federal Grand Jury investigation because of its fight against the Cooperative Health group, and is virtually challenged by the Administration to a court struggle which may have profound effects on the future of American medicine.
 Assistant Attorney General Thur man Arnold said organized medi- cine broke the antitrust laws while opposing the cooperative as- sociation.
 The American Medical Associa- tion, presidented by Dr. Irwin Bell said from Chicago: Apparently it remains to be determined whether or not the Federal Administration can use the laws of the courts and the people to aid it's beliefs in every phase of living, or whether or not the fundamental principals of com mon justice which have prevailed in this country in the past are tc be relegated to the limbo of forgot ten things"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
Want An IsIand Kingdom?
 Here's Bargain for s, ,5OO
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 Next to dreaming about life in the South Seas and the rustic of grass skirts we can dream best about life in the sobbing greezes of the West Indies, so it was soothing to learn that a fellow can buy himself little is land Kingdom in the Bahamas and become master of the place from coast to coast.
 We wrote to MT. H. G. Christie, a real estate dealer in Nassau, to ask more about it. MT. Christie is not reticent about the enticements of the sub-tropics and such spell he wove about us that not until we bored through a stack of litera- ture did we discover he had not quoted prices. We had to get those elsewhere.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
PRIMARIES IN
 MISSOURI AND
 KANSAS TODAY
Roose welt Administration Hopes for Victory of
 McGill Tn Kansas

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. = The Roosevelt Administration hopes to balance the expected re-nomination of Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri today with an over whelming primary victory for Sem ator George McGill in Kansas. These are the only two Democratic Senatorial contests today in four statewide primary elections which have provided few out and out tests of the Presidents policies.
 Senator Clark opposed the court bill and various other White House measures but administration advis- CTS took for granted his victory because he has the backing of both Democratic factions in his state. Neither the President nor any of his lieutenants took any part in the Missouri campaign.
 In Kansas, McGill made only a nominal campaign, Representative Gerald Winrod, one of the aspir- ants, accused him of Nazi and Fa- scist sympathies and some of his opponents charged religious intol- erance.
 Kansas voters also were choosing today nominees for Governor but this was not true in Missouri, Vir- ginia and West Virginia. All four of the States, however, were select ing nominees to House seats. One House contest in Virginia was fought principally on the Roosevelt issue. Rep. Howard Smith, rules committee member, who helped de- lay the wage-hQur bill, was opposed by William Dodd, Jr., son of the former Ambassador to Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
ICKES TO SAIL THURSDAY FOR ALASKA SHORES
Will Investigate Problem of Reindeer-W Wants Pulp
 lie Ownership

SEATTLE, Aug 2.-Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and his bride arrived here at 8 o'clock this morning and left immediately by plane for a visit to the Olympic Peninsula.
 Secretary and Mrs. Ickes are guests of Mrs. John Boettiger, daughter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and wife of the publish CT of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 The Ickes will sail for Alaska Thursday morning aboard the AL aska Line steamer Mt. Mckinley.
 Mrs. Ickes told interviewers: I'm just thrilled to death with the idea of going to Alaska"
 It will be the first trip to Alaska for both Secretary and Mrs. IckeS.
 The Secretary said he is par ticularly interested in Alaska's rein deer herds, and wants to make the reindeer herds control public charge to end the conflict between natives and white owners.
 The Lomen Brothers, who own a lot of the deer, have agreed to sell out, but Congress has not ap- propriated any money as yet. It is quite hard to keep track of the young reindeer and there has been quite a bit of trouble between the Indians and the whites over owner ship of the herds,' said Secretary Ickes.
 The problem is the same that was faced by western cattle own CTS except there are no cowboys or six shooters" Ickes concluded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
ADvANCE OF
 INVADERS IS
 SLOWED; LOW LAND FLOODED
Breach Reported Ten Miles Above Kiukiang = For ward Movement on
 Hankow Interrupted

SHANGHAI, Aug 2. = Japanese headquarters here reports Chinese troops along tine Yangtze River have rut the dike above Kiukiang and flooded a huge area of farm land to slow down the drive against Hankow, the Chinese Provincial Capital City.
 The breach is said to be ten miles above Kiukiang, and important river port, 30 miles down the river from HankoW and the center of bitter fighting for several weeks.
 A similar strategy halted the Japanese drive westward along the Lunghai railroad when the Chinese cut the Yellow River dikes early in June.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
FIVE BOYS DIE IN FLAMES; CAR
 CATCHES AFIRE
Auto Fails to Negotiate e Turn, Crashes Into
 Culvert, Blazes

LaGRANDE. Ore, Aug. 2. - Five boys were burned to death when their automobile struck a culvert and caught fire two miles west of Union early today.
 The victims have been identified as Berton Bushman, 15; Clinton Bushman, IT; John Foley, IT; Leroy Foster, l6, and Robert Myrick, 13, all of Perry, about six miles west of here.
 The car, it is believed, failed to negotiate a turn and apparently left the highway when the driver applied the brakes too sharply.
 Gasoline spread over the occu- pants of the car and they were burned to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
CORRICAN IS LYING OR THIS
 IS FAKE NOTE
Bottle Picked Up on New Brunswick Beach
 Ireland Goal

ST. ANDREWS, N. B., Aug. 2.- While playing on the beach, Nancy Chandlet, aged 6 years, picked up bottle floating on the water and in 1t was the following undated note:
 Flying about 5000 feet above Nova Scotia. Tail wind taking me about 120 miles per hour. Should sight Ireland about 5 am. tomor- row at that rate. Corrigan."
 Douglas Corrgan. who landed in Ireland July Is. claimed he thought he was flying to California from New York and instead wrong waved" to Ireland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
A MASTER OF INNUENDO

The Bahamas are strung out east ward from Florida as if Paul Bun van had stood at Miami and flung them out of the front yard They range all the way from dots that the waves wash over to big jobs of several thousand acres.
 Most of the islands have great agricultural possibilities, says MT Christie, whose cable address is Christland, "and are abounded with very fine fishing and sea food of every description, also coral beaches which are incompatible in the Universe"
 The temperature desn't seem to vary much, ranging from low of about 65 degrees in the winter months to a top of 88 degrees in the summer These temperatures were measured in the shade" It may get hotter out in the sun and no doubt does.
 The Bahamas are right in the old time pirate belt in the triangle between Florida and Cuba. They belong to England. When you buy an Island you don't become an Englishman, but you have leisure to practice an English accent On one or two of the larger islands there are forts erected to beat off the freebooters. During the Civil War the islands were a favorite stopping place for blockade runners heading for Confederate ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
A NavyPIanes
 Arrive at Base
 From NorthIand
Return Safely to San Diego After Maneuvers,
 Alaska Coast

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 2.-Pa- trol Wing No. 1, Naval Scouting force, has returned to the base here after summer maneuvers which took the force as far north as Sitka and Kodiak, Alaska.
 Forty-four planes completed a nonstop flight from Seattle without incident, in 10 hours.
 Ava D. Bernhard commanded the flight which returned 30 officers and approximately 200 men to their homes here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
Hunters Are Asked
 To Pass Up Big Ones

KERRVILLE, Tex, Aug. ?. = Tarleton Smith, biologist, has asked cooperation of Texas hunters in an experiment. to determine whether bullets can aid nature in improy- ing the breed of Texas deer.
 Instead of aiming at the biggest and best buck in herd of deer the hunters should concentrate on big deer so much that the runt deer are getting the top hand on the range"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
JAPANESE REPORT

TOKYO, Aug. 2.-The Japan csc Government this afternoon announced in an official com- munication that Japanese forces have repulsed large scale two edge attack of Soviet troops in 8 disputed area on the Siber- ian Manchoukuian frontier.
 A later communique charged that the Russians repeatedly bombed Korean villages in the vicinity of Changkufeng, focal point since July II between the Japanese and Soviets.
 The Japanese communique places the losses, from first re- ports, of the S0viets at 250 and lists the Japanese losses in the border fighting as including three officers and 27 soldiers killed and 67 soldiers wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
TWO PORTLAND MEN ON FLIGHT
 TO PT. BARROW
Airmen of Oregon Associa- tions Holidaying, Talk
 ing Air Voyage

VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug 2. = Harry K. Coffey, President of the Aero Club of Oregon, and William White, Secretary of the Oregon SportSmen's and Pilots Association, hopped off yesterday on the second leg of a holiday flight to Point Barrow.
 They planned to land at Prince George, B. C., and then hop to Fair banks enroute to the Arctic out post.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
UNITED STATES OFFICIALS
 REPORTED LEAVING HANKOW

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2.-According to advices received here, United States Ambassador Nelson Johnson and six members of his staff have left Hankow aboard the U s. flag ship Luzon or gunboat Tutila, bound for Chungking, 800 miles further up the Yangtze River. The Chinese office moved during the last week prompting Johnson to make sim liar decision.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
INVADERS LOSE CONTROL, MANY
 CHINA SECTORS
Communists, Guerillas Play ing Havoc with Jap
 anese Forces

SHANGHAI, Aug. 2.-An unof- ficial survey reveals that the Japa- nese forces in China are threatened with the loss of effective control of several areas captured since the in vaders came to China on July T, 1887.
 Reports have been received here from many sectors asserting that the Chinese Communists and guer- illas have already occupied numer- ous districts, sometimes without a fight and after tactical withdraw als of the Japanese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
Indian Enters
 Politics in Nev.

RENO, New, Aug. 2. Dewey Sampson, full blood Piute Indian, has announced his candidacy for the Nevada legislature on the Demo- cratic ticket.
 Sampson is currently engaged in fight against congressional proposal which he says would give White settlers title to several thou sand acres of Indian land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
FALSE ALARM

An alarm from box 21 was sound ed at 10:30 o'clock this morning but it was a false one. It is said that the alarm was turned in by Indian boys who scampered from the scene immediately the siren started to sound. The police are Investigating
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-02
Situation Reported Excep- tionally Serious, Dis
 puted Border
KOREAN VILLAGES
 REPORTED BOMBED
Moscow Government Issues Warning to Tokyo
 Terrible Results
(By Associated Pressl

The Russian and Japanese troops have fought what ap- pears to be a major battle on the Manch0ukuo- Siberian bOr- der.
 The Japanese War Office an- nounces that Russian tanks. airplanes and infantry begun 8 general attack upon Changku- feng, on the disputed border and i've consider the situation exceptionally serious"
 The Soviet Government has instructed its charge d'affairs at Toyko to warn the Japanese Government of possible terrible consequences resulting from the invasion of the Japanese and Manchoukuian forces into Rus sian territory.
 The situation Is considered by foreign observers in Tokyo and Moscow as far more serious than at any time since the border trouble stated on July II.