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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-05
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Hillis-Work Ends at Nightfall; Thompson = Dorothy Thompson S Political Guide; Stone-Sailor on Horseback; Proctor and Stephens Skiing; Schneider and Fanch- The Wonders of Skiing.
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CARD OF THANKS

With deepest gratitude, we wish to extend our sincere and heart felt thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown us in our hour of sorrow in the loss of our beloved brother, Frank AlforS.
 MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE ALFORS
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Evening star., 1938-12-23

Faces 2-Year Term
For Offering Plane
Plans 10 Japan
Aircraft Ex-Worker, n,
Convicted, Partly on
Brothers Testimony
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. GA
Christmas present in the form of a
possible two-year prison term faced
Karl Allen Drummond, 81, former
aircraft factory worker, as he ap-
peared today for sentence on an
espionage conviction growing out of
attempts to sell Japan photographs
and drawings of a revolutionary
new naval airplane.
Federal Judge Leon Yankwich late
yesterday found the former Wichita
(kan) youth guilty of stealing
documents and blueprints from the
airplane factory where he. worked
and where secret military and naval
planes are being constructed.
1T is fortunate that you did not
sell the blue prints to Japan" the
judge said, after the Government
presented testimony that Drum
mond had offered his information to
that country's agents. That would
have been grave offense punishable
by 20 years in prison."
Wee Dee Drummond, brother of
the defendant, testified for the Gov
ernment that early last May he and
Karl had discussed the possibility
OF selling blueprints, specifications
and photographs of naval aircraft
to Japan. Karl was then an in
spector at the Northrop Co. manu-
featuring plant. Wee Dee Drum
mond worked at another aviation
plant.
Wee Dee declared he decided later
not TO go through with their plans,
and finally took stolen plans for a
Navy dive bomber to 1t. Henry Clai-
borne of the Naval Intelligence Bu-
reau.
The defendant testified from the
witness stand, MY object has been
achleved-I'm the goat" That OBJ
Ject, he declared. was to illustrate
the ease with which a real spy could
purloin documents from plants MAX
ing Army and Navy planes.
Judge Yankwich branded the de-
fendants testimony as fantastic
afterthought.
Drummond's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. w. Drummond of Wichita, and
his sweetheart, Vivian Stukey, were
IN the court room when he was con-
victed.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
DaIadier Scores
Smashing Victory
In Budget Approval
Chamber Vote 366-229
On Appropriation
OF ,537 ,440
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 23.-Premier Daladier
won a smashing victory today when
the Chamber of Deputies, which al
most overthrew him yesterday, ap-
proved his 1889 ordinary budget by
an overwhelming majority.
In an early morning vote the
Deputies passed the 66,128, ,402 ,780
franc ($l,735, ,537 44O budget, in
Guiding the governments financial
decree laws by count of 366 to 229.
This was NJ Daladier's third test
OF strength since yesterday morning.
First, he escaped overthrow by a
margin of votes. On the second
vote his majority rose to the COM
parative security of 81 votes, and In
the final test he won q majority
OF 1877 by his determined stand.
Apparently by the simple method
of letting the Deputies frighten
themselves by almost throwing his
government out, the Premier stood
out stronger today than at any
time since he issued the decree laws
which had raised so much protest
among the opposition.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Hague Rops Intervention
OF Bar Association
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. %
Mayor Frank Hague said today in
tervention by a committee of the
American Bar Association in the
Jersey City-C. I. o. litigation re-
suited from Clever manipulation
by Morris L. Ernst. c. I. o. attorney.
ut was very clever work on his
part to engage the services of two
front men to carry on the battle for
the Communists and the C. I. o."
Mayor Hague said in statement.
THE two men, Arthur Vanderbilt,
recently retired president of the
American Bar Association. and
Spaulding Frazer, dean of the
Mercer Beasley Law School in New
Jersey, were engaged in order to
put respectable front on the Com
munists' attack on me and to trv
and confuse the people of this coun-
try on the real issues involved in
this matter"
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Relief
Continued From First Page)

tOoliIilloCo L lOlIl TllSl fdQe)
wants all it can get" said Senator
Glass
The Senator, long opposed to big
Federal spending programs, told re-
porterS States and communities had
cared for relief problems effectively
before the Government entered the
field.
They may not have done it on the
luxurious scale of Harry Hopkins" :"
he continued, "but no one ever
starved to DEATH
Representative Short. in predicting
the Senate never would confirm Mr..
Hopkins for cabinet post, declared
the w. P. A. had been mixing into
politics, and added:
1T is unblushing political bribery
-pernicious, unbridled, wicked
crookedness-and it stinks. OF
course, the w. P. A. has done some
good; there would have to be a few
accidents you couldn't help when
you spend so much money"
Sees Little Hope of Change.
Despite Senator Glass advocacy
OF turning relief back to the States,
the Vlrginian said he had little hope
congress would change the present
w. P. A. system.
congress has got in the habit of
voting these appropriations during
the last five years, and it prob
aDiy Will do 1t again." Senator
Glass said, adding that it was "vi-
clous and wasteful" to make l,1mp-
sum appropriations.
congress ought to know what
rs oemg done with the money II
should not be left to one man ~
dispose of it as he wishes ar
cordlng to his whims or iudpme,,t /"
Some legislators speculated tn.
Gay on the application of a nrovi.
sion In the Relief Act reoinr;np
that ST. 100000 given the w D
"A. last summer be so apportioned
as to last until February %
The act said the apportionrent
could be waived or modified" hv
the President in the event of an
emergency, but that he should "f,Ilv
SET forth the reasons for any waiver
These reasons, the law said shonld
be communicated to Congress "in
connection with any estimates for
additional appropriations" "
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Three Held on Charge
Of Frisking, Officer

Three suspected pickpockets ar
rested after they allegedly tried to
lift the wallet of Detective j. G.
Austin of No. 2 precinct station were
being held for investigation today
Detective Austin was on the look
out for pickpockets who had vic
timized 20 persons in recent weeks
on street cars and buses. The men
were all colored and took wallets
after jostling their victims.
A man brushed against Austin, he
reported, and made a move toward
his hip pocket while on a Four
teenth street car near Q street NV.
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Glass
Continued From First Page.)

his eyes stood tearfully looking at
the enduring monument, which
characterized him in marble and
bronze as defender of the Federal
Reserve System"
Excused by the Arrangements
Committee in advance from any re-
sponse, the Senator from Virginia
was surrounded by many who per-
sonally congratulated him. When
asked, however, if he cared to COM
ment for the public, he shook his
head quietly and replied Not a
thing, please. My heart is too full
for words"
President Roosevelt, in his letter,
congratulated the board of governors
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Musica BIatkmai|ers
Facing Arrest as
Suicide Note Is Studied
Wall Street Blamed
By SwindIer for
Collapse Of Drug Firm
BACKGROUND


Sensational events followed in
Desttgation of McKesson & Rob-
bins, huge drug firm. Philip
Musicd, president of company,
1Dho hid a criminal past by mas
querading as IF. Donald Coster,"
killed himself and three brothers
Dere arrested. Musica has been
accused of illegal arms ship
mentS, drug adulterdtion, large
scale bootlegging, smuggling and
income tar eUasion.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Eight
blackmailers fed from the income of
F.. Donald Coster- Musica, master
swindler, Government investigators
asserted as they studied today the
strange, half-incoherent note left
by the man who ended his amaz-
ing career with bullet In his head.
The note, penned by the presi-
dent of the McKesson e. Robbins
drug firm, in the last desperate
minutes of his blasted life, was re-
leased by Samuel Reich, attorney
for the promoter.
LAS God Is my judge" said the
notes shaky writing, Il am the VIC
tim of Wall Street plunder and
blackmail in struggle for honest
existence"
Blackmailers Known.
Gregory F. Noonan, acting United
States attorney, said eight persons
known to his Office had known that
Coster really was Musica, swindler
and ex-convict, and had "profited
financially because of that knoWl-
edge"
The identity of the eight, Mr..
Noonan said, would not be disclosed
until they were under arrest.
Although Coster-Musica strove-
unavailingly in the light of develop
ments since his suicide last Friday
to lend protection to his three
brothers, Government attorneys were
not impressed
In Washington, Assistant Attorney
General Brien Mcmahon declared
Our information definitely indi-
Gates that the surviving brothers
are more culpable than he would
lead us to believe"
The surviving brothers-George
Dietrich-Musica, George Vernard-
Musica and Robert Dietrich -Musica
were named yesterday in a super
seding indictment charging them,
and the corporation as we'll with
conspiracy and violation OF the Sc
curities Act.
Couched in desperately-wo
language, Coster- -Musica's note said
George Dietrich-Musica and Robert
Dletrlch-Musica. took orders" No
direct reference was made to the
third surviving brother.
"McKesson." he scribbled, Should
have been in receivership in 1880
and again in 1882 if it's profits had
not been bolstered in frantic effort
to save the company, and the al
legged millions lost are simply
profits to save the company from
the hands of the bondholders and
afford dividend at least to the pre-
ferred stock in hands of innocent
stockholders that were not getting
salaries for the rottenest kind Of
management
Mr.. Noonan suggested the letter
was the work of a man temporarily
unbalanced.
Coster-Musica wrote that the in
vestigation of the company began
to make him and "underlings the
goat" He claimed some of the di-
rectors had knowledge or were
totally unfit =" and that "one
in particular now co-trustee was
selling his common stock and that
Of his friends to the public with full
knowledge of the situation under in
vestigation."
Evening star., 1938-12-23

of the Federal Reserve System upon
the occasion and expressed regret
that he was unable to be present.
II would have taken pleasure. }"
wrote the President, in joining
with you, your colleagues and your
guests in the observance of a quar-
ter century of distinguished service
which has been rendered to the
country's banking and thus to busi-
ness, industry and agriculture by
this distinctly American institution
in which all who were associated
with its creation, and particularly
those who like myself served in
Woodrow Wilson's administration,
justly take pride.
An Original Sponsor.
1T is especially appropriate that
you are marking the anniversary by
unveiling on the wall opposite the
Evening star., 1938-12-23

portrait of President Wilson bas-re-
lief of Senator Glass of Virginia,
who, as one of the original sponsors
of the act, has always been its de-
fender.
THE Federal Reserve System rep
resents one of the great forward
steps in dealing with our economic
system. On this occasion we may
we'll recall for our guidance now
and in the future President Wilson, S
words, f1ttingly inscribed under his
portrait:
1--WE shall deal with our eco
nomic system as it is and as it may
be modified, not as it might be if we
had a clean sheet of paper to write
upon; and step by step we shall
make it what it should be-"
The ceremony took place in the
lobby of the Federal Reserve Build
ing. where music was provided by
the United States Marine Band Or
chestra. directed by Capt. Taylor
Branson. Several members of the
Glass family joined with distin-
gulshed officials of the executive
departments and Congress in the
occasion.
Eccles Lauds Systems Record.
Chairman Eccles characterized the
record of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn during its past quarter of a
century in peace and in war as a
"creditable one"
THE system has rendered a pub
lie service" he said, "a service as
essential in our country as it is in
every civilized land"
Chairman Steagall reviewed the
career of Senator Glass in Federal
finance and praised his lofty pa
trlotlsm, great learning and superb
courage"
The participation of the Virginia
Senator in fiscal affairs throughout
his several capacities in Washing
ton, the speaker said, left a deep
and lasting impression on the finan-
cial structure of the Nation"
The speaker praised the Vir-
ginian's career in the House of Rep
resentatives as responsible for his
appointment as Secretary of the
Treasury.
"Why Wasn't He President:"
In the Senate, Mr.. Steagall said.
Senator Glass had continued as a
defender of the Federal Reserve
System and its improvement. The
future will wonder. the speaker pre-
dicted, why Senator Glass was mot
nominated by his party and elevated
to the presidency"
AS he unveiled the plaque, he paid
warm personal tribute to Senator
Glass and voiced the Admiration
and esteem of those who love you"
Chairman Eccles read letters from
former Senator McAdoo of Califor-
MIA, former Secretary of the Treas
ury, and from Chairman Wagner of
the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee on the significance of
the occasion.
Carries Quotation.
The plaque carries beneath the
bas relief in bronze a quotation
from one of Mr.. Glass books, AN
Adventure in Constructive Finance. :"
In the Federal Reserve Act" the
inscription reads. I'VE instituted a
great and vital banking system not
merely to correct and cure periodical
financial debauches, not simply in
deed to aid the banking community
alone, but to give vision and scope
and security to commerce and
amplify the opportunities as we'll as
to increase the capabilities of our
industrial life at home and among
foreign nations
Evening star., 1938-12-23
Mayor Hague Renews
Fight 10 KeepC.
Out Of JerseyCity
Circuit Court Asked
To OverruIe Civil
Liberties Order
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 23.-Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City, N. j.,
asked the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals today to overrule a Dis
trlct Court order giving the c. I. O.
equal rights of assembly with other
groups. Briefs filed by his counsel
said the order put the court in a
new status as a governing body"
and lnterferred with orderly city ad-
ministration.
Edward j. O'Mara, counsel for the
mayor and other Jersey City officials,
told the court in their appeal from
the order that the union planned a
course that would lead to riot and
disregard of law.
They said the civil liberties case
injunction restraining the city from
interfering with rallies of the C. I.
Q. and allied organizations could not
be enforced without improper inter-
terence with the city government.
Sees Rights Invalidated.
THE court has, by its decree, re-
written the ordinance of the CITY
OF Jersey City respecting public as
semblles on the streets and in the
parks, Mayor Hague's attorneys said
in their brief, adding that the Dis
trlct Court in its new status as a
governing body invalidated the
clty's right to preserve public peace
and prevent riots.
This entire proceeding" the
Hague attorneys contended, SIS the
result TO planned course of con-
duct directed at the Jersey City
government and designed to result
In the utmost disturbances and riot.
1t is clearly in line with history of
the c. I. o. that it chose =
method most designed to result in
violence and disorder
Yesterday, the American Bar Asso-
cations Committee on the Bill of
Rights stepped into the case by filing
brief opposing the Hague appeal
on which the court has promised
ruling by January l.
May Go to Supreme Court.
Entering the case yesterday "as
friends of the court" the bar as
sociation committee declared the
action of Mayor Hague and other
Jersey City officials constitutes a
serious abridgement of the consti-
tutional right peaceably to assem-
BILE of so deliberate and important
character as to be of national con-
sequence"
If the appellate court upholds the
lower court ruling by Federal Judge
William Clark-now a member of
the Circuit Court-Mayor Hague's
attorneys have said they would car
ry the fight to the United States
Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1938-09-18
GAINS REGISTERED
BY MAIL ORDERS
August Figures Reveal Sales
Ahead of 1888 for First
Time This Year.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. ia hint Of ex-
pansion in nationwide retail mer-
chandise business appeared today In
sales figures of the big Chicago mail
order companies.
While August volume figures spoke
for themselves in revealing that for
the first time this year sales either
were ahead or almost on par with
last years. attention was called to the
fact that there was one more business
day in the month in 1898.
Chain store and mail order house
sales made substantial gains and their
business volume was less than 3 per
cent below that of August last year,
the narrowest margin of the year.
Out of 81 sales organizations operat-
ing in every State reported sales
actually were better than a year ago.
The remainder had declines ranging
from one-tenth per cent to Is per
cent. Most declines were within l
to 4 per- cent.
One of the large mail order COM
panies which do better than per cent
Of all the retail business in the country
reported the best August volume on
record. Sales were 10 per cent better
than year ago and IL per cent better
than in July.
While officials pointed out there was
one more business day in August this
year, this accounted for only about
half of the gain. Since the start of
September business was understood to
have been about as good as year
ago, which was satisfactory inasmuch
as officials had expected some decline.
Years Narrowest Margin.
Another large mail order house re-
ported that in the four weeks ended
September 10 sales were only per
cent less than in the corresponding
1887 period, but IL per cent greater
than in the preceding four weeks this
year. This was the flarroWest margin
under year ago. figures since February.
A year ago this company's business
was at the best level in history for
the season. In the spring volume
was running as much as 10 per cent
less than year earlier. but the mar
gin has been contracting ever since.
Evening star., 1938-09-18
COTTON SHIPPERS
HIT BY WAR SCARE
Demand Abroad Drops Sharply,
Partly Due to Confusion on
Insurance Rates.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE Eu-
ropean crisis caused concern among
shippers and factors in American cot
ton ports.
w. l.. Clayton. head of the worlds
largest cotton firm, said business had
been materially affected by the Ger
man. -Czechoslovakian crisis.
He said cotton consumption slumped
with the outbreak of hostilities in the
World War and any show of major
fconflict today would seriously cripple
consumption.
Ocean shipments have been slowed
and the demand for cotton abroad
has declined heavily, he said. Part
of the decline in demands may be
attributed to the confusion that exists
in shipping circles over insurance
rates, Clayton explained.
Houston and Galveston. two of the
worlds largest cotton ports. and other
gulf outlets for cotton enjoyed brisk
movements until! about three weeks
ago, port authorities said. Since the
German Czechoslovakian crisis new
foreign buyers have dropped OF heav-
| lily. they said.
Evening star., 1938-09-18
Commodity Price
Changes for Week
BY A. A. PATTON,
Associated Press Statistician

Associated Press Statistician.
NEW YORK, Sept. ~17-Bolstered
by war fear speculation in the grains,
commodity prices advanced for the
fifth consecutive period this week.
The Associated Press weighted index
of IS important wholesale staples rose
to 6718 per cent of the 1925 average
from 6693 the previous week and COM
pared with 1924 last year.
The upswing of the last several
weeks, however, lacked drive enough
to carry the index out of the narrow
range that has prevailed since the
middle of June.
Textiles were the only important
group to register loss on the week.
Wool. silk and cotton cloth weakened,
the latter slumping to its low for the
year. The pressure Of bulging stocks
and prospects Of curtailed demand be-
cause of trouble abroad combined to
unsettle this category.
Grains Are Big Gamers.
Grains, nonferrous metals and foods
were the big gamers, each drawing a
measure of strength from the war
scare.
Wheat rallied sharply as tension
mounted over the Sudeten-Czech cri-
sis. carrying corn, oats and rye up in
its wake. Market basket items-eggs,
sugar, flour and lard-nudged ahead.
although cocoa and coffee slipped back
fractionally
Demand for metals of military sig
nificance. tin, lead, zinc and copper,
picked up smartly when the Central
European crisis became more critical
around the middle of the week.
Others on Increase.
The fast-rising tempo of industrial
activity in this country also played
part in the price advance of indus
trial raw materials, commodity men
held. Rubber, bituminous coal and
linseed Oil chalked up modest in
creaSes.
Cotton alone of the major staples
was unable to show comeback. The
record breaking carryover of the fiber
officially forecast for the season. plus
the fact many Of our best customers
are giving more attention to things
military, was held largely responsible
for the weakness
The index, with its components,
based on 1926 as 100 compared as fol-
lows: