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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
Commerce and Navigation Paef Is Suddenly
 Abrogdfed JAPAN AMBASSADOR IS GIVEN NOTE LAST NIGHT
Proponents Believe Nip- pon Advance in China
 Will Break Now

WASHINGTON, July 27.- The United States served mo- tice last night it is terminating the 1911 treaty on commerce and navigation with Japan, thus op- ening the way toward an em- bargo on shipment of raw ma~ terials to that country.
 Under Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre handed Jap anese Ambassador Horinouchi the note informing him of the step taken by the United States.
 SUDDEN ACTION
 The action came like light ming from a blue sky since the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittec. discussing the resolution calling for denunciation of the treaty, postponed further dis cussion until later in the week.
 Early yesterday Secretary of State Cordell conferred with President Roosevelt.
 Following talks with Far East ern advisers, the President ap- proved and perhaps ordered the action taken.
 Six months must pass before total abrogation of the treaty can go into effect.
 ACT JUSTIFIABLE
 Chairman Key Pittman, Dem ocrat, of Nevada, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said of the action: 'T think it is a wise and justifiable act"
 Senator Arthur H. yanden- berg, Republican of Michigan, who sought Senate action in calling on the Government to terminate the treaty with Ja- pan, said: Conditions in the Far East in 1889 are so mani festIy different from conditions existing in 1911, as respect to protection of American rights in the Orient, that there is no doubt about the necessity of new treaty which faces reali- ties as they are today" Proponents of an embargo be- lieve the abrogation of the treaty will break the Japanese advance in China and force her to withdraw to her own shores.
 Opponents of abrogation fear il will cause a war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
50VIET5 LAUNCH FRESH pURGING,
 HIGH OFFICIALS
Many Stripped of Deeora- tions-Be|ieyed Many
 Are Arrested

MOSCOW, July 27.-Seventy-nine prominent Russians, including sev- eral high Soviet Army officers, are stripped of their decorations in a decree published today.
 Tairoff, former Soviet Minister to the Mongolian peoples; Sergey- eff, Republican Division Command CT; Air Force Commander Lapin, formerly Marshal Bluecher's as- sistant in the Far East, and Shev- chenko, Chief of the Political Ad- ministration in the Ural Military District, are all included in the published list.
 Such a published list in the So- viet Union is usually tantamount to an announcement that those mentioned have been arrested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
|tkes Hopes For365Day
 Fish Season
Orders Intense Study with View to Making Year
 Around Work Here

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Deyel- opment of a year ar-around fisheries industry in Alaska will be under taken by the Bureau of Fisheries under Secretary of the Interior Har- old Ickes.
 Officials said Secretary Ickes has ordered an investigation of Terri torial fisheries in an intensified ef- fort to do away with the seasonal nature of fisheries work.
 pr. Carl Hubbs, University of Michigan professor and prominent fisheries expert, is making studies at present along the Alaskan coast in relation osuch year-around industry plan as Ickes has indicated hope for.
 Dr. Hubb's reports will form the basis of research to be undertaken by the Bureau of Fisheries upon completion of the $50,000 fisheries laboratory in the vicinity of Ketchi- kan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

resto ration ofSenatOr Wheeler purchasing power for the masses will do more for industry and the railroads than all the legislation i'll the world
 The whole economy of the U. s is sensitive to the financial stabil- ity of the railroads. The American public has invested billions of dol lars in railroad securities. Hundreds of thousands of persons are directly dependent upon the railroads for employment When railroad pur- chases of supplies drop from an annual average of nearly fourteen hundred million to six hundred mil lion dollars, great industries are paralyzed.
 As a factor in national defense railroads are irreplaceable. They are vital as a means of transporta- ton for the farmer, the producer and the public.
 When the Interstate Commerce Commission was created in 1887, il regulated the railroads which ther and for years later had a -virtua monopoly in the transportation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer


 WASHINGTON, July 27 = The last week of July, 1914, was hot and sultry.
 Americans dozed at the end of torrid workdays in capacious hammocks. Placid U. s. citizens, to cool off, took trolley-car and buggy rides. A few enjoyed the dubious luxury of the gasoline shorter"
 Tn Europe, less than month be- fore, a murder had been commit ted. A man named Gavrilo Princip had shot the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria. Most of us in the U. s. had forgotten all about it.
 Americans talked about the bumper wheat crop, John Drew's new play, and those wicked dance innovations - the bunny hug and the turkey trot.
 Sketchy News Reports
 For three weeks there had beer only sketchy dispatches on the fer ment in Europe's chancelleries over the almost-forgotten assas- sination.
 Most accounts of European de- velopments were burned on the in side pages of U. s. newspapers.
 Then came July 28. B Bann e l headlines on first pages of news papers screamed.
 AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

turkey trot." Some citizens blamed the trot and the bunny hug for an alarming increase in divorce.
 Headlines screamed.
 British Lion Leaps Into Fray. Kaiser 90 Miles From Paris"
 Americans were getting war conscious. But they still devoted lots of attention to the 1914 bath ing suits for Milady, which fea- tured candy striped knee : length skirts, and to photographs on wheels that rolled onto porch or lawn.
 A war correspondent wrote: Tn exorably the Teutonic steam roller moves westward over a carpet of corpSeS."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

American businessmen in heavy, dark suits, high starched collars, high vests, and high shoes worried over the stock market slump. But wheat prices scared amid riotous scenes at Chicago.
 Biggest and Last
 American newspapers burst forth with verses like these: The worlds a-tremble with the
 tread
 Of Millions of Her Fighting Men The Bodies of the Shriveled Dead Pass Into Common Clay again. And at their Doors the Women
 Stand
 With Starving Babes at Shrunken
 Breast
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

Even then comparatively few Americans realize the lid was off what a few students of foreign af- fairs described as the simmering pot of European hell brew"
 In Russia, Car Nicholass huge army was mobilizing. The ter rible Cossacks' were ready to ride to the aid of fellow Slavs in Ser bia.
 In Germany, the kaiser held mid night conferences with his cabinet. Berlin crowds paraded, singing Deutschland Uber Alles."
 The New Bathing Suits
 In America, player pianos banged out: "Everybody's doing it Doing it. Doing what? The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
SYNOD TO MEET HERE IN 1941,
 GLAS5E HOPES
Invitation Extended to 200 Presbyterians 10 Come
 North 10 Juneau

The Presbyterian Synod of Washington probably will hold its 1941 convention in Juneau, Rev. John A. Glasse. pastor of the Northern Light Presbyteria n Church, said today.
 Reverend Glasse returned recent ly from the 1899 session at which he extended an invitation to the group to meet here in l941. The final decision will be made in 1940. but Reverend Chase says he is quite sure they will meet here"
 About 200 ministers and their wives attend the convention, Chase said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
Juneau Man
 Unified with
 His Daughter
Roger Stevenson Success full in Having Adop-
 lion Set Aside

SEATTLE, July 27-a 14-year- old Seattle girl and a grey-haired father from Juneau are happy to- day as the legal barrier which sep arated them for nine years was withdrawn by presiding Judge Jones of the King County Court.
 Judge Jones granted the petition to set aside the adoption of Char lotte Harriett Stevenson by the grandmother who joined in the pe- tition.
 The father is Roger H. Stevenson, of the Signal Corps, United States Army, stationed at Juneau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

And Vail Their Mourning for the
 Band
 That Perished in the War Gods
 Quest
 American curbstone opinion placed war guilt equally on the three great royal families, the Hahsburgs of Austria, the Roman offs of Russia and the .Hohenzol- ferns of Germany. Germany's in- vasion of Belgium turned U. s. sympathies toward that "plucky little neutral"
 Said General Nelson A. Miles, famed old U. s. fighter:
 This is the biggest and the last of the great vars
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
DUCHESS WILL
 DOCK HERE AT
 GOVT. WHARF
Big Ship Due Week from Sunddy-75O Going
 fo Glacier

Canadian Pacific's big liner Duchess of Richmond. largest ship ever to enter Juneaus harbor, will dock at the Government wharf when it calls here August 6 in the course of a world cruise.
 The Duchess of Richmond will come to Alaska directly from Hon. olulu, calling at Yakutat Bay and Sitka before Juneau.
 It was announced today that 75O reservations had been made by Duchess passengers to drive to Mendenhall Glacier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

what every in- dustry needs m ore business. N 0 t h in g will create a greater volume of traffic for the railroads ex ep t greater economic activ- ity.
 Better pri c e S for the farmer jobs for the 10,- 900, ,000 u n e m = plOyed a n d a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
TULSE0UAH MAN
 VISITING CITY

D. J. MacDougall, of Tulsequah, is visiting in Juneau for few days, guest at the Gastineau. Hotel.
 MacDougall has store at Tulse- quah, and is prospecting lode claims near the Polaris-Taku.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
COMES TO VISIT, REMAINS

Miss Mary Wilkinson recently went to Anchorage to visit Mrs. Jack Harrison. She has secured a teaching position in the Anchorage public schools, therefore will not re- turn to her home in Bellingham. Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
A5ST. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TO
 VISIT TERRITORY
Oscar Chapman Leaving Seattle "Wednesday
 for Trip Here

Assistant Secretary of the h. terior Oscar Chapman will leave Seattle August for Alaska, ar irving here August 5, according to word received in Juneau today from Washington,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
LEAVES CoRDOvA

Chris Nielsen, longtime resident of Cordova, recently left for the States to locate. intending to engage in the apartment house business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
No Congressional Adj Will
 Aid Railroads; Two Fadors
 Named Which Will Help 0u1
By SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELER Democrat, Montana Pinch hitting for Preston Grover on vacatiOn.)

WASHINGTON, July 27. No Congressional act will solve the railroad problem. The railroads need
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
Canee|Iing of 28-Yedr-0 Old Agreement Deelar-
 ed Unfriendly
ABRUpTNESS CAUSES
 MUCH SPECULATION
Economic Retaliation Now Being Studied by Nip-
 ponese Officials

TOKYO, July 27.--The decision of the United States to terminate the 28-year -old commerce and naviga- tion treaty with Japan is regarded in the Foreign Office and by other official circles as an unfriendly act, because of it's abruptness.
 The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman declared that the ending of the treaty is "unthinkable and nobody can ignore the political sig nificance of the action, which was not preceded by any exchange of notes or previous notification. We fail to understand Americas real intentions"
 May Retaliate
 It is disclosed in official circles that the Japanese Government is already studying possible steps to retaliate in an economic way.
 The Foreign Office spokesman later said:
 q wonder if the action is intend ed to protect American interests not only in the Orient, but at home? It may be either an international or domestic political gesture but there must be something behind it"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

There are 100000 bicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark - one for every two persons,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

WE WERE BUSY TALKING ABOUT THE "W(kED TURKEY TR0T
 WHEN THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE IN EUROPE IN JULY, 1914

Twenty-Five years ago tomOr- row, July 28, Austria declared war on Serbia, and the World War began. How did America take the news? What were Am ericans of July, 1914, doing, saying and thinking? Did they foresee what was going to hap pen? This article, by veteran Washington writer, answers these questions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
PROPOSES NEW TREATY

TOKYO, July 27.-The Japanese Foreign Office, in an official state ment this afternoon, declared that Japan will be glad to conclude a new treaty" in place of the treaty denounced by the United States If Washington so desires"
 The formal statement on denun- citation, made by the Foreign Office, indicated, however, the belief that the American move is a political gesture connected with the British Japanese negotiations in China, now in progress.
 Economic Retaliation
 Officials did disclose. possible means of economic retaliation is under study by the Government which considers the denunciation an unfriendly act because of it's abruptness.
 There are many Japanese offic- ials, however, who do not want any thing to come up which will result in arrangement between the pow erful United States and Japan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials l44.5l, rails 30, utilities 26.50
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July 27. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7as, American Can 98A, American Power and Light 57s Anaconda 27b, Bethlehem Steel GA Commonwealth and Southern 1% Curtiss Wright 52s, General Motors 48h, International Harvester 56 Kennecott 36A, New York Central 46. Northern Pacific l0M, United States Steel 53M, Pound $4-6s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-27

Continued on Page Two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
LIGHTHOUSE men
SEEK DISCHARGES

Eight members of the light
house department forces in the
Seventh District are anxiously
awaiting news from their appli-
cations for discharges. which
were forwarded to Washington
last week. All of the applica-
tons were made on the grounds
of disability of various kinds.
Those who have made the APP
plications are: VIM. Vassie, ma
chinist; Wilbur johnson, black
smith: Harold Thompson, carpen-
ter; r. G. Roberts, keeper at
American Shoals light; Stanley
Saunders, assistant keeper at
Tortugas light; John Peter Rob
erts. employee at the local station.
all of Key West; Judge Isler, as
sistant keeper at Hillsboro Inlet
light, and Luther B. Shelton,
member of the crew of the Ten
der Poinciana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
WPA employees
CEASED WORK
HELD MEETING or PROTEST
THIS MORNING AT
BAYvIEW PARK

Approximately 400 Works Pro-
gress Administration workers
ceased their activities this morn
ing shortly after starting work
on various projects throughout
the city, and repaired to Bayview
Park to hold a meeting of protest
against the cuts in remuneration,
which were authorized, in Wash
ington and became effective on
July l.
The cuts are for labor from
$4,000 to $50; for semi-skilled
workers, from $57.40 to $40; for
skilled workers, from $7280 to
$50 and for professional and tech
nical employees, from $3.50 to
$57.
Up to the time the order was
issued workers in Key West were
paid the same rate as those in
cities of 100000 and over, but
that exemption for Key West
has been nullified and workers
here are to be paid the same rate
as those in communities of from
5000 to $4,000. population. which
are the rates shown in the pre-
ceding paragraph.
Following the action of the
workers committee composed
of Mayor Willard NJ. Albury,
Commissioner Chairman Carl
Bervaldi, Chamber of Commerce
President Everett Russell and
Clerk of Criminal Court C. Sam
B. Curry saw B. Curry Moreno,
WPA area supervisor, and it was
explained that the orders were is
sued in Washington and that the
local office had nothing to do
with the matter.
It was agreed by members of
the committee to write the WPA
officials in Washington, explain
ing the situation in this city and
ask that the exemption, which
had been in effect until June 80,
be restored.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
UN-AMERICAN
ACTION CHARGED

NEW YORK. July 5.-The Am
erican Youth Congress in ses-
sion in this city today accused
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt of UNI
American action in connection
with her endorsement of a re-
port of principles presented to
the convention by minority
group.
The report mentioned in par
ticular the conventions opposi-
ton to any form of dictatorship,
but made nc. mention Of COM
munism, leaving the inference
that the Congress was not OPP
posed to the latter. Officers of
the group released reports that
the big majority of their repre-
sentative organizations, with
membership all over the nation,
were opposed to anything re-
sembling communism.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
MRS. DAN LEWIS
DIES In GEORGIA
FUNERAL SERVICES IN tai
LAHAssEE THIS AFT
EHNooH

News of the death of Mrs. Dan
NJ. Lewis, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Clifford Hicks has been re-
ceived by relatives here. Mrs.
Lewis passed away Monday night
in Townsville, Georgia. hos
pital.
Mrs. Lewis was formerly Miss
Annie Lois Hicks. She was grad
uated from Key West High
School in 1927 and four years
later completed a course at the
Florida State College for Women
after which she taught in the
public schools of Monroe County.
Four years ago she married
Dan NJ. Lewis. son of a ITALIA
hassee wholesale lumber dealer
and since that time has been
making her home in that city.
Besides the husband and her
parents, she is survived by son,
Dan, Jr., 2. Funeral services
will be held this afternoon in
Tallahassee.
Mrs. Lewis death in a re-
suit of a long illness. Mrs.
Hicks has been with her since
February. Mr.. Hicks left Key
West a week ago when advised
of the seriousness Of his daugh-
ter's illness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
WINNERS
in TENNIS MATCHES
my Associated Pre..D

my fAAAOAtalCW MSHEG8I
WIMBLEDON. Eng, July
5.-For the first time in
eight wears. the finalists in
the Wimbledon tennis tourna-
menf viii be two Americans.
Bobby Riggs and Elwood
Cooke defeated their semi
final opponents This morning
in 4 brilliant display Of lem
mis-. Riggs victory over
Ferenc punree Of Yusoslavia
was expected: however. the
defeat Of Henner Henkel.
German ace. was entirely un-
expected. Puncee was de-
feated ii three straight sets
while Henlksl extended Cooke
TO four sets before bowling in
defeat.
IS = result Of quarter-final
victories this morning there
IS . possibility that The wom-
ems division wiz find an
all American entry In the
persons Of Miss Alice Marble
and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fa-
bian. who are bIazing al op-
ponents aside IN their drive
towards the top.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
Grand Jury Selected To
Investigate Sawyer Case
[l[IIIMMMa
HIDDEN TAXES
UNDER SCRUTINY
By WOMEN HERE

A nation wide women's
tax study movement spread
10 Key West today with the
announcement of the forma-
ton Of q local unit of the Ma
iional Consumers Tax Com
mission under the leadership
Of Mrs. Stephen Douglas. of
$50 Division Street.
III is through such non
partisan groups as this. said
Mrs. Melville MuckIestone.
NCTC president. who an
nounced the appointment.
that the women Of America
can best study the problem
of hidden taxes. Most of US
are unaware we pay these
but they take rs percent of
our rent bill. 3la cents of so
cents spent for butter and
eight cents of a dollar spent
for silk hose.
The NCTc now has tax
study units in some 5000 COM
munities. The drive in this
state is led by Mrs. LEILA B.
Norman. Of Coral Gables. the
commissions state director.
Hidden taxes are q real
burden on ow-income fami-
les. explained Mrs. Muckle-
stone. They account for a
major share Of all tax rev.
enues raised by local. state.
and national governments.
They mean higher prices on
all food. clothing. fuel. rent.
and other living essentials.
Too often the result is that
Iow-income families have TO
forego actual necessiiies".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
lDANzIG TENSION
EASES UP SOME
NO DEVELOPMENTS or ANY
CONSEQUENCE IN EURO
PEAN CONTROVERSY
tny Associated Press,


WARSAW, July 5.-Those who
expected that developments over
last weekend and early this week
in connection with the inter-
national scene would bring on a
war shortly, are on the disap-
pointed list when it is reported
today that tension in the Danzig
semi-crisis has eased consider
ably with neither side showing
any tendency towards acts that
could be described as even near
war-like.
Germany, however, continues
to insist that Danzig will become
part of her nation by Fall with
out show of arms. Poland, how
ever, in seeming opposition to
that view, was today reported
engaged in digging trenches all
along the German border.
An important announcement is
expected shortly in connection
with the pending French British
Russian alliance.
Continuing to show force in
the situation is England. Prime
Minister Chamberlain told the
press today that he was seriously
considering a strong official note
to Hitler on the European state
of affairs, calling attention to the
fact that the democracies would
most assuredly "go to war" if
any act of armed aggression was
committed by Germany against
Poland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
NlLllZZl1
CALL EMPLOYEES
BACK TO WORK

Ray Aiwell, Works Pro-
gress Administration worker.
called at The Citizen office
this morning and issued . call
for all workmen. who left
their employment today. 10
return TO work tomorrow
morning.
The matter Of having the
wage exemption placed back
in force is being handled BY
Representative b. c. PapY,
city and county officials and
the Chamber Of Commerce
who will make every possible
effort in behalf Of The work
ers.
Mr.. AtwelI said that should
the men not rsturn 10 work
tomorrow. their refusal 10 DO
50 would result In the efforts
Of the committee being ham
persd 70 4 very great extent.
An answer TO the commit
tees pleas for rsestablish-
msnt Of the exemption Is not
expected In less than = week.
- $1,000 A.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY
QUIETLY OBSERVED
NO UNToWARD INCIDENTS
WE'RE REPORTED DUR
ING DAY

Fourth of July was quietly OBJ
served in Key West yesterday
with some of the stores closed
all during the day, while others
closed during the afternoon.
There were two games of base
ball played at Tru m b o
Field yesterday between a Tam
pa All-Star nine and Key West
Conchs, and diamondball con-
test between the Re-Nu-Art ten
of Coral Gables and a picked
team of Key West players. Sec
Iond game of the Tampa-K
West series and the softball con-
test were played in drizzling
rain. Key West Conchs split with
Tampa, and the local softballers
downed the visitors.
Many were at the beach picnic
ing, while others rode up the
highway, stopping at points on
the Keys.
No accidents were reported in
the city. and everything went
along smoothly.
Marathon Celebrates
The business men of Mara
thon, Fla, were hosts to several
hundred residents of Monroe
county yesterday when they en-
tertained all corners with free
fish fry and a full schedule of
swimming, races. fishing tourna-
ment and dancing.
Prices were given for the best
fish brought in during the day.
Dance was held at Gene Sands
Casino in the evening. Mr.. and
Mrs Gordon Sharpless of Viii
mington, Del, contributed a
wonderful display of day and
night fireworks to the celebra-
ton. The Sharpless' have recent
~ built a winter home in Mara
thon.
Among the many Key West
ers who attended the celebration
at Marathon were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Delgado, Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Rivas, Mr. and Mrs.
Ramon Rivas, Judge and Mrs.
Raymond Lord, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Cleare, Jr.. Mrs. HiIda
Silas, Claude Sails, Mayfield
Knowles. Allan Armstrong and
Ella Nicolai.