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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE SIGNED

From time to time letters come in to The Empire giving enlghtening information on various subjects of interest to the community, but in too many in stances they are unsigned or signedA Subscriber "A Reader" initiaed
 It is the policy of The Empire never to publish any communication no matter how mertorous it may be- unless it is signed by the aathor It is our belief that nothing anonymously written is worthy of pub- cation unless the source of the authorship is known Please sign your communications if you desire them 10 have consideration
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

@. What should one do when an intimate friend constantly makes glaring grammatical errors?
 A. Ignore the mistakes unless the friend should be aware of her de- ficiency and requests you to cor rect her.
 Q. Should hostess apologize to her guests if the service is poor?
 A. No. It is better to pretend not to notice it, then try to improve it the next time
 O What does the word "decol- lete" mean?
 A. It means ''cut low in the neck. or having the neck and shoulders bare as in an evening frock. tPro- nounce day-koll-tay).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. C. Gordon

| Which are the three leading fruits produced in the United States?
 ?. Who invented printing? 3. How many automobile acci- dents in this country are caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel? 4 What is the Decalogue? 5. How many different flags have flown over Texas? .9
 ANSWERS
 l. Apples, peaches, and pears, in the order named.
 2. Johann Gutenberg, 1434 3. More than 10000 annually. 4. The Ten Commandments 5. Six; the Spanish, French. Mex ican, Texas Republic, Confederate. and the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

wake up and take advantage of it. In the final anay- sis the housing legislation comfort and better living We all want it. but it takes initiative the part of the individual to get it. If the Better Housing Committee can stimulate that initiative in breasts
 it will be doing an excellent service to the community.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

One fact that is lost sight of these days of mad scrambles for Federal grants is that the government will perform every service except pay the taxes Ohio State Journal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Steel was prohibited in England for bridge construction as late as 1877.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Prncetown, Mass. is seeking 10 serve as town crier. Here's chance for some radio an- nouncer out of job.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

The age of the earth, in it's pres sent solidified form, is estimated to be 1852 100000 years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
H A P P -
 -B I R T H D A Y

The Empire ertendS congratuld- tions and best 1OiShes today, their birthday anniUerSary, to the tolloao- ing:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Weather: Highest 49; lowest 35. Light rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
20 Years Ago
 From The Empire

MAY 5. 1918
 The school had been selling Thrift Stamps since February, the total amount for the entire public school being S8,145. Each pupil averaged S28.75. The school had been taking part in war activities by setting aside certain periods of the day for this work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

At a meeting of the Juneau City Council, J. Montgomery Davis was elected City Wharfinger B. M. Behrends was reelected as City Treasurer, S. P. Raymond as Street Commissioner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Mrs. L. Wernecke entertained number of friends at home on St. Ann's Avenue in Douglas. The time was spent in the making of button holes and sewing buttons on Red Cross Hospital garments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Gov. Ernest Lister of the State of Washington, and Mrs. Lister ar rived in Juneau to be present at the festivities of the Juneau Shrin- CTS. They were the guests of Gov. and Mrs. Thomas Riggs, Jr., during their stay. Gov. Lister was the first Governor of a State to visit AL aska while in office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05
REBEKAHS

REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge No. PA meets every second and fourth Wednes- day, LOOP. Hall. BETTY Mo- CORMICK, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

The steamer Alaska, sixteen hours out of Ketchikan, arrived from the south with the visiting members of Afifi Temple of Tacoma and their ladies and the following passengers for Juneau: H. L. Morris, c Faverly. F. Gilkey, Mrs. F. White, O. Larson and George H. Jernigan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

The first white child, Ethel Nor rison with her mother, Mrs. l.. M. Morrison. made the trip over Broad Pass to Anchorage from Nenana in a freighting outfit, in eight days travelling time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-05

Fred Henning John L. Donohue Pete N. Schneider John R. Murdock Helen Beistline
Evening star., 1938-07-26
MISSING FUNDS HELD
. SPENT FOR GOOD TIME

Held for the grand jury on $1,000
bond by Judge Edward M. Curran in
Police Court yesterday, Walter j.
Brady, 81, said in a signed statement
that the Sis he allegedly took from
his employer was spent "for a good
time, eats and shows and one suit of
clothes"
According to his former employer,
Jack zoltrow, proprietor of the zol-
trow Fish & Poultry Market, 3539
? Georgia avenue NV, Brady was given
the money June 20 to deposit in
downtown bank.
Brady set out for the bank on the
markets motorcycle, but, according
to Mr.. zoltrow, he made no deposit,
but abandoned the motorcycle and
went off with the money.
When picked up by police July 10
i Brady had no money, saying he had
gone by bus to Richmond. Va, and
then to New York and Philadelphia
''for a good time"
Evening star., 1938-07-26
VOLUME LISTING
TREAT|ESF|N|SHED
Senate Committee Ends One
of Most Tedious Jobs in
Congress-. History.

The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, under direction of its chair
man, Senator Pittman, Democrat, of
Nevada, has just completed one of the
hardest, most tedious, jobs that ever
confronted congressional committee.
1t has brought up to date and pub
lished volume four of treaties, con-
ventions, international acts, protocols
and agreements, which for the first
time contain a master index to all
international agreements entered into
by the United States. Through this
index any treaty in force between
1889 and January l, 1898, can be
located easily in any of the four vol
unes.
The work was authorized by the
Senate in May, 1887. and the last
volume contains treaties entered into
from 1923 to 1887 The previous
volumes contained the treaties up to
1923.
Senator Pittman wanted the pub
lication indexed so simply it would
furnish an easy and ready reference
to any treaty in force, or which had
been in force. He had spent long
hours searching for treaties in the
previous volumes and wanted to avoid
~such search in the new volume.
Involved Long Research.
The work of preparing the new
volume and the master index was
carried on by committee aides and
involved a long, tedious and slow re-
search of the records, cross-indexing
of the old volumes and careful check
of each treaty to insure the accuracy
of the volume.
1t is the first master index of all
treaties ever attempted and its con-
clusions in the last volume will per-
nit the reprinting of the previous
three volumes without their individual
indexes. The whole arrangement
worked out by the committee-chrono-
logical index, classified list and treaty
tables-were so arranged that future
volumes may be prepared and printed
with a minimum amount of work.
In the index, bilateral treaties are
!ndexed under the name of the second
power with a cross index to the higher
power if it is a dominion, such as
Canada. The second group, multi
Vateral treaties with the American
republics. follow in sequence of date
of signature, while the general multi
lateral treaties also have been ar
ranged according to date.
500 Copies Printed.
At the start of the new volume is
the chronological list of treaties in
the four columns and Immediately
following it is a classified list of all
instruments contained in volumes
.tfree and four At the close of the
volume is the alphabetical index.
Not far from the close of the volume
are two tables of treaties prepared by
Hunter Miller of the State Depart
ment. The first lists all treaties sent
the Senate since 1889 while the second
records all treaties entered into and
in order of date of proclamation.
Only 500 copies of the new volume
have been printed for use of members
of Congress. AS the volume is eX-
pected to be in great demand by
colleges and educational institutions
q interested in foreign affairs, Senator
Pittman will ask the Senate in Janu-
ary to authorize the printing of ad-
ditional copies.
The Senate, however, can't give them
away free. Everybody but members
of Congress will have to pay s2.25 a
copy.
Evening star., 1938-07-26
HECHINGER NAMED

Made Head of Executive Group
for Boys Club.
Sidney L. Hechinger has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Boys Club of Wash
ington. Frank r. Jelleff, president
announced today. He succeeds Harold
A. Brooks. vice president of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. and chairman
.for the last three years.
Other members of the committee
are A. F. E. Horn, Henry P Edwin,
DR.. Chester D. Swope, Charles Cooke
Alvin w. Hall, Harold A. Brooks, Ed
gar Morris. Albert E. Conradis and
Admiral Spencer S. Wood.
Evening star., 1938-07-26

treaty between that country and
Paraguay, at the Legation at 4 pm.
today. Miss Mabel Vernon, director
Of the committee, will lead the delega-
ton.
A similar group called yesterday on
Senor Pablo M. Insfran, Charge
d'Affaires for Paraguay.
Replying to the congratulations Of
the committee, Senor Insfran said
there was every prospect that the
Buenos Aires treaties would be ratified
before the Pan-American conference
| is held in Lima, Peru.
Evening star., 1938-07-26
RULES ON FOWLS, DOGS
ARE TO BESTUDIED HERE
Committee of Three District
officials to Suggest Any
Needed Amendments.

A committee composed Of three
District officials was named by the
Commissioners yesterday to make a
careful study of present police regula-
tions governing the keeping of fowls,
Evening star., 1938-07-26
VICE PROBE ENDS
Baltimore Jury Unable to Get
'Scintilla of Evidence

BALTIMORE, July 26 tP,.-The
grand jury which investigated vice
conditions in Baltimore was released
today by Judge Eugene O'Dunne upon
the report of the jury that "our ef-
forts have been 100 per cent non-pro-
ductive of even a scintilla of testi-
mony having tangible or evidential
value"
Evening star., 1938-07-26

pigeons and dogs with view to sug-
gesting any amendments which they
may find necessary.
Those appointed to the committee
were Assistant Corporation Counsel
E. W. Thomas. J. Frank Butts, di.
rector Of the Bureau of Sanitary In
spection O; the Health Department,
and Inspector L. !. H. Edwards, as
sistant superintendent of the Metro
politan Police Department.
Evening star., 1938-07-26

Greece is discouraging the importa-
ton of foreign radios.
Evening star., 1938-07-26
WARDWELL RENAMED
D. c. Heads. Reappoint Him t.

D. 9. deads. Reappolnt Him to
Real Estate Commission.
The District Commissioners yester-
day reappointed Aubrey st. Clair
Wardwel as member of the Real
Estate Commission of the District.
Mr.. Wardwell was renamed for a
three-year term, beginning August 81.
Evening star., 1938-07-26
SIGNING OF PEACE PACT
WILL BE RECOGNIZED

Congratulate Minister
From Bolivia.
A delegation from the Peoples
Mandate Committee will extend con-
gratulations to Senor DR.. Don Luis
Fernando Guachilla, Minister from
Bolivia, on the signing of the peace
Evening star., 1938-06-30
Ickes Refuses
To Talk About
Speech Making
By the Associated Press.

Secretary Ickes refused today to
allow reporters to draw him into a
discussion of whether Government
lending officers had the right
to urge the support of political candi-
dates.
Questioned about a remark attrib-
uted to Aubrey Williams, deputy Works
Progress administrator, to the effect
that such an officer would be a queer
kind of duck" if he did not urge
such support, Secretary 1ckes replied
I'm not going to discuss what kind
OF duck any Government officer may
be. In my own case you have to de-
eide for yourselves whether I'm a lame
duck. a mallard or just an old tame
duck"
Pressed to say whether he would
make any speeches during the pri-
maries. the Secretary said he had been
known to do that" but declined to
make any definite statement whether
he would take the stump for or against
any candidates.
II have mace some speeches during
primaries" he said but have nc
plans right now to make any of a po-
Etical nature. However, I'm not say
ing I WON'T
Evening star., 1938-06-30
WORKER IS KILLED
AT ART GALLERY
Nels Anderson Meets Death in
Fall at Structure to House
Mellon Collection.

A worker, identified through papers
as Nels Henry Anderson, IS. OF
220 Second street Sc. was killed to-
day in fall at the National Gallery
Of Art, which will house the Mellon
collection, under construction at
Seventh street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV.
Police investigating the accident,
said they understood the man, la
borer on the project, fell 20 feet into
a concrete sub-basement while plac.
ing forms to hold wet concrete. Al
Emergency Hospital 1t was said he
appeared to have fractured skull.
Persons at the Second street ad.
dress said Mr.. Anderson had lived
there about two months.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
INSURANCE ARTICLE
IRKS ROOSEVELT SON
Indignant Over Certain Outright
Misrepresentations,' Hospital
Statement Says.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. MINI, June 30
James Roosevelt's physician today said
the Presidents son was indignant
about Saturday Evening Post article
concerning his insurance business.
A statement issued from the Office
of A. j. Lobb, associate in the section
of general administration of the Mayo
Clinic, where Mr. Roosevelt is under
going treatment for a stomach all
ment, said:
'Mr. Roosevelt has read the article.
He naturally is indignant over certain
outright Misrepresentation It is i'm
possible to ascertain from the hospital
and during the treatment exactly what
further steps, if any, can be taken,
but he has requested his attorney to
consider the matter for future con-
ference Until that time there will be
no further comment"
The article, written by Alva john
ston, said Mr.. Roosevelt, who serves as
the Presidents secretary. is making
between $250,000 and $2,000,0 900 q
year selling insurance.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
TRANSIT WORKERS
CALL PAY PARLEY
Employees to Meet Tonight
to Discuss New Scale
Negotiations.

A meeting Of union employees of the
Capital Transit Co. has been called
for midnight tonight at the Masonic
Temple. Thirteenth street and New
York avenue NV, to consider a re-
port on the efforts under way for arbi-
tration of the long pending wage
scale and working agreement between
the union and the company.
John H. Cookman. business agent
of Division 6s9 OF the Amalgamated
Street and Electric Railway and Mo-
tor Coach Employees of America, will
make report to the meeting.
Strike Not Considered.
He will discuss the PROCESS OF nego-
tiations looking toward the selection
of third arbitrator, he said today.
Asked about current reports that the
union might strike on all the transit
lines. Mr. Goodman said he had not
yet reached the point of considering a
strike He said he could not predict,
however, what might come up at the
meeting The men were asking for
report on the negotiations. he said.
Patrick J. O'Brien of Philadelphia,
member of the General Executive
Board Of the amalgamated. also will
address the meeting. it was learned
later today.
Oficials of the Capital Transit Co.
expressed confidence today that agree
ment could be reached on the third
arbitrator. Edmund Jones. attorney,
has been agreed on as the representa-
tive of the company. and Charlton
Ogburn, attorney, is to represent the
union.
The scale expired April 1, and both
sides agreed to put the demands for a
new agreement up to arbitration.
The amalgamated, Mr. Goodman ex-
planned. is asking for improvement of
hours, wages and working conditions
for virtually all of the 2,700 employees
affected, including motormen, con-
ductors, bus drivers, shopmen and
others. This includes virtually all en-
ployes of the company except clerks
and officials
Strike Threat Heard.
Bus drivers were heard to threaten
a strike which would tie up all bus
lines in the city at midnight. Other
transit employees said the meeting
would take q strike vote and refuse
to arbitrate, or to delay negotiations
further. If this action is taken. it
might tie up all street cars and buses
throughout the city before tomorrow
morning.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
STOCK RALLY
IN PROF|T-TAK|NG
Over 100000 Shares
Change Hands in First
Hour Furry.
Ey the Associated Press.

.
NEW YORK, June 30.-The surg
ing June advance in the stock market
ran into opposition today after an
excited opening, and prices see-sawed
along a devious course as more than
million shares changed hands in
the first hour around the trading posts
on the stock exchange.
Virtually idle two weeks ago in the
smallest dealings since early postwar
years, brokers were swamped by a
rush Of business which left the ticker
trailing as much as 10 minutes at one
time.
Not since last October, when stocks
were shaky after the collapse of the
1s33-l937 bull movement, had Wall
Street seen such frantic trading while
the tide washed up to new highs for
the spectacular June rise, then ebbed
when the initial scramble to buy had
been satisfied.
Transactions in the first hour on
the big board" approximated $780,
900 shares. the heaviest for a compar-
able period since October 81 last,
around the all end of the steep autumn
fall in stocks and commodities.
Perspiring brokers got a breathing
spell when the market Gained down
after the first period. The tussle be-
tween buyers and sellers left prices
well mixed throughout the list, with
moderate gains and losses supplanting
initial advances that extended yester-
days wide gains as much as 81 or
more in representative issues.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
TYPHO0N NEARING
JAPANESE ISLES
Quake Heightens Terror of
Rains and Numerous
LandsIideS.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, June 30-A typhoon howled
toward Japan's islands today in the
wake of two days of horror in which
at least 100 persons we're killed and
400 others were missing.
Toxic was virtually isolated by the
heaviest deluge of rain in Japan's
recorded history and by an earthquake
which leveled homes and disrupted rail
and wire communications.
The Central Meteorological Institute
warned all cities in Southern Japan
to be prepared for the tropical hurri-
cane blowing northward across the
China Sea.
Due to Hit Today.
It said the winds would strike late
this afternoon unless they were de-
flected. Most liners and larger freight
ers remained tied at their docks in
Yokohama.
Meteorologists reported the typhoon
was approaching the eastern coast OF
Japan, but said they believed it would
pass the islands.
A police survey showed a total OF
297,379 houses destroyed or damaged
throughout the nation and 104 bridges
down.
Belated reports from the north in
dicated there had been a second earth
quake and a nationwide total of al
least 1T landslides.
Most Deaths in 2 Cities.
Most of the deaths were in Toxic
and Yokohama. In both cities land
slides crumpled homes. 4 railroad
tunnel collapsed near Toxic and q
main line road was washed away
Many rivers burst their banks, imperil-
ing other homes beneath undermined
cliffs.
More than IL inches of rain fell
flooding 150, 1000 homes in Toxic alone
The rain had slackened early this aft.
ernoon, but roaring winds were grow.
ing steadily.
Rivers still were high. and police
forcibly removed families from low.
land homes and areas endangered by
further landslides, the cause OF mos
of the casualties. Earth, already
soaked by the torrential rains, slipped
in many places after the quakes. The
landslides in Toxic and Yokohama
were the worst disasters.
Evening star., 1938-06-30
Veterans at Gettysburg S'oap
Stories Instead of Bullets

Ten years ago they read about
each other in a. newspaper and began
q correspondence. Last night they
saw each other for the first time, and
at once began to debate whether
Easterly shot Ironmonger's horse from
under him at the Battle of Taylor's
Creek, Va, In '64.
Improvised Jury" Decides.
Ironmonger said yes. Easterly said
no. The argument grew 50 hot that
q jury was improvised from q group
Of townswomen who happened to be
walking through the tent city. East
erly testified that he was 500 miles
away with Grant in Tennessee when
the Taylnr's Greek battle was fought,
and the Jury decided In his favor.
Tronmonger's great boy" Mr..
EaSterly generously said later q he
(6oe GETTYSBURG, pAge A-l0.)
Evening star., 1938-06-30
NEW NAVAL PACT
REACHED BY j. s,
ENGLAND,FRANCE
Limits on BattIeships Are
$4,000 Tons and Guns
of Is Inches.
AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED
TO HOUSE OF COMMONS
Britain Urges Other European
Powers to Build Warships of
Not Over 10000 Tons.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
London naval treaty OF 1896, con-
cluded to take place of both Lon
don and Washington treaties, Uhich
Japan had denounced, provided for
limits OF $4,000 tons ON b1ttleships
and Is inches on their guns. United
States, England and France took
advantage OF its escalator clause
last spring ,1hen Japan refused to
confirm or deny that she uas build
ing ships of more than IS 900 tons.
Tri-pdrtite negotiations for neU
agreement hare gone on since then.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 3O-An agreement
among the United States, Britain and
France setting the limits on battle.
ships at $4,000 tons with 16-inch guns
was announced in the House of Com
mons today.
The agreement, announced by Alfred
Duff Cooper, first lord of the
Admiralty, was sequel to the decision
of the three powers to abandon the
35,000-ton limit of the London naval
treaty of 1896.
This was made public March 81 in
accordance with the escalator clause
of the treaty, invoked by the sigma
tories because of reports that Japan
was building mammoth men-of-war.
Wanted Lower Maximum.
Mr.. Cooper indicated that the As, 900
ton limit was higher than Britain
wanted to build up to. but that is
the lowest figure on which agreement
could be reached" he said.
Mr.. Cooper announced that Britain's
two new battleships to be laid down in
the 1888 program would not exceed
10000 tons and would carry ls-inch
guns.
| Britain, he said, has asked other
European powers to keep their capt.
tai ships under 10000 tons.
France, in the March 81 announce
ment of the decision to "escalate," :"
said she would not go above IS, 900 tons
unless another continental European
nation did so.
16-inch Limit in Treaty.
The 16-inch limit for guns Is the
same as that of the London treaty.
An effort to keep it to IA inches failed
because Japan would not agree.
The United States is considered the
protagonist of the 45,oo0-ton battle
ship, but it was believed here that
Washington would not build vessels
that large Immediately.
The escalator clause permitted the
London signatories-the United States
Britain, France-to abandon the treaty
limits if non-signatory exceeded
them. Japan, which walked out of
the conference which framed the
treaty, last February rejected requests
Of the signatories that she disclose her
naval construction plans. Italy also
attended the London Conference of
1886, but failed to sign the treaty.
In addition to the three-power ac-
cord Britain signed a protocol with
Germany today bringing the Anglo
German naval treaty into line with
the new limitation.
Britain also hopes to conclude a
similar protocol with Soviet Russia,
with which she has another bilateral
naval treaty.