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The Nome nugget., 1939-10-16
ATTENTION PIONEERS!

The Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Oct. IS at 8 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall. A full at- tendance is desired, Social to follow meeting.
The Nome nugget., 1939-10-16
45O Chinese
 Drown When Boat Capsiizes

SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (P)-Au- thorities estimated that 450 Chin csc men and women laborers were drowned when the over loaded 180-ton river vessel the Hsin Taiku Maru capsized when a storm swept the Yangtze Es- tuary 12 miles from Woosung.
The Nome nugget., 1939-10-16
Chamber Commerce Luncheon

All those interested in the de. velOpment of Northwestern Alas ka are cordially invited to attend the luncheon to be given at the North Pole Bakery, Tuesday noon October 17, 1889. ...... ...... >.
The Nome nugget., 1939-10-16

Are you taking advantage of six months paid in ad- vance subscription !?
The Nome nugget., 1939-10-16
Ex-President Of Switzerland Dies

ZURICH, Oct, Is (P) - Dr. Robert Haab, aged 75, twice president of Switzerland, died here Sunday.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
PART FIVE.
Features
Miss Annie N. Happier
Dies After Illness

Miss Annie M. Happier, retired
chief of section of the Accounts
Division, Bureau of Internal Rev.
enue of the Treasury Department,
died Friday night at her home, 1919
Iowa avenue NV, after a long
illness.
Funeral services, with requiem
mass, will be held at 1890 am. to-
morrow In st. Gabriels Catholic
Church. Burial will be in st. Mary's
Cemetery.
Pallbearers, all from the Accounts
Division, will be Boyd o. Miller,
Byron L. Moss. Samuel A. Swiggert,
William o. Ohm, Alvin H. Cross,
Henry j. Dolan and Vinal L. Weeks.
For so years resident of this
city, Miss Happier was a daughter
of the late Anthony Happier and
the late Mrs. Suzanne Happier.
She began work at the Internal
Revenue Bureau in 1898 as a stenog-
rapher for the late Nathan B. Scott,
former Senator from West Virginia,
who then was commissioner of in
ternal revenue. She continued at
the bureau until retired the first Of
last December.
Surviving are a sister, Miss Mary
A. Happier, and two brothers, Henry
j. and Charles j. Happier. the latter
a practiclng attorney, all of this city.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Darlington Funeral
To Be on Tuesday

Funeral services for Acting Chief
Engineer John Darlington of the
District Fire Department, who died
yesterday of heart attack at his
home, 1925 East Capitol street. will
be held at 2 pm. Tuesday at his
residence. The Rev. DR.. Enoch M.
Thompson, rector of the Nativity
and Resurrection Episcopal Church,
will offlciate. Burial will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery, with Masonic
rites at the grave
AS ranking senior deputy chief
engineer Of the department, Mr.. Car
rington had been acting chief since
Chief Charles E. Schrom became i'll
on January IS. Chief Schrom is in
Emergency Hospital.
Chief Darlington began service in
the fire department in June, 1892.
Following other early promotions.
he became battalion chief in jan
uary, 1919, and was made deputy
chief engineer July /, 1881. He was
68 years old. He was awarded the
ribbon decoration for outstanding
work and heroism at the time of the
knickerbocker Theater disaster in
1922 and had received other COM
mendations for outstanding work
during big fires here. He was mem
Der OF Lebanon Lodge of Masons.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Agreement on Jews
Declared Violated

LONDON, Feb. Is (R.-sources
close to the 1ntergovernmental
Refugee Committee said today the
decision OF Berlin's police to expel
100 Jews daily conf1icted with Chan
ceIlor Hitler's provisional agree
ment with the committee for a CO.
ordinated plan for German Jewish
emigration.
One official said that, with refugee
camps in countries neighboring
Germany already crowded, immedi-
ate wholesale expulsions would
greatly complicate" the committees
task.
Surprise to Refugee Workers.
The Berlin action came as a sur
prise to refugee workers, who
pointed out that Sir Herbert Emer-
son. director of the committee, was
visiting European capitals in an
effort to coordinate Germany's
anti-Semitic drive with facilities set
up by outside governments.
One source expressed doubt
whether the outside governments
now would be able to cope with the
problem.
Sir Herbert became director Of
the committee on February 13 when
George Rublee, American who had
headed the body temporarily, re-
signed after extended negotiations
in Germany and presentat ton to the
committee of German terms for
Jewish emigration.
The refugee committee on Febru-
ary IA authorized establishment of a
private international corporation to
finance flve-year 5000, 900 900 plan
for emigration of Jews from
Germany.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Two More Transferred
From Police Squad

Vice squad ranks in the Metro
politan Police Department were
further depleted yesterday when
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, police chief,
ordered the removal Of Pvts. Frank
A. Jordan and Ray D. Mcclure from
that organization, placing both men
on precinct patrol duty.
Maj. Brown reiterated his state
ment made earlier in the week when
he removed four other men from
the vice squad that the moves were
"for the good of the service" and
that transfers are merely routine
matters" on the force.
Yesterdays transfers boost the
total changes for the week to six,
four others having been made on
Wednesday-Sergt. George c. Deyoe
and Detectives Harry o. Dodson,
Melvin Kite and William McEwen.
No new men have been named by
Maj. Brown as requirements for
those transferred, thus leaving a
squad of only eight men to handle
gambling and liquor investigations.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Gilbert Dies in Berlin
After Heart Attack
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 25.-Prentiss B. Gill
bert, Charge D'Affaires of the Unit
ed States Embassy here and since
last November chief American dip
lomatic representative in Germany,
died of heart attack last night.
Mr.. Gilbert, who was IS, had been
IN charge of the embassy since No.
vember l6, when Ambassador Hugh
r. Wilson left for Washington at
the request of President Roosevelt
to report on conditions in Germany.
To Mr.. Gilbert therefore fell the
task Of presenting a series Of pro-
tests the United States Government
sent to Germany over the rights of
American citizens here after cur
tailment of Jewish liberties in No.
vember.
Announcement of the death was
made today by First Secretary JET
ferson Patterson, who succeeds Mr..
Gilbert temporarily as Charge
DAffaires. Mrs. Gilbert was noti-
fed at Davos, Switzerland, where
she was on vacation. She arranged
to return to Berlin Immediately.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day in the American Church of
Berlin. Burial probably will be in
the United States.
Mr.. Gilbert, a native of Rochester,
N. Y. suffered a heart attack yes
terday afternoon but at first it
appeared his condition was not
serious. He died at pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Devils Island Film
BOOKINGS Cancelled

Remaining local bookings of "Dev-
lis Island" a Warner Bros. motion
picture, have been Cancelled, 1t was
announced by the company's zone
Office here yesterday.
The action was taken under orders
from Grad Sears, general sales man.
ager. who telephoned Zone Manager
John j. Payette from New York City.
Mr.. Sears gave no reason for the
order, but 1t was understood that the
French Embassy had been in receipt
of numerous communications pro-
testing the picture as unfair" The
Embassy stated that no official pro-
tests to Warner Bros. ever had been
made in connection with the film.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Man Missing After Train
Forces Leap Off Trest|e

Missing since a companion said
train forced them to jump from
the Anacostia railroad trestle, Law
renee Carr, 81, Of the 1400 block Of
East Capitol street, was sought last
night by police.
A search was made along the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, after
Wilbur LEM, %, of the HOO block
Of East Capitol street. appeared at
home covered with mud. He said
an approaching train forced them to
Jump into q culvert.
Police found no trace of the miss
ing man. Lenz, who was recently
injured in traf1lc accident, was
taken to Casualty Hospital for
treatment.
The trestle was rebuilt this week
after burning Sunday. Lenz said
they had walked out on it to view
the work.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

(b) symphony-seating capacity,
5000.
3. (a) Legitimate theater. with
full latitude for three -dimensional
use-seating capacity, 5000.
90 Lectures - seating capacity,
5000.
4. Federal fuections, as for exam
pie, inaugural ceremonies-seating
capacity, 10000, with overflow to the
open grounds.
S. Dance festivals and pageants-
seating capacity, 10000.
6. Ice hockey, horse shows, ETC.,
with large arena space open-seat-
ing capacity, $4,000.
7. Demonstrations requiring use of
the center of the arena-Seating ca
pacity, $4,000.
8. In addition. there are roof gar
den areas available which may be
divided into (a) Open concert per-
formances, such as the Army and
Navy Bands. and (b) a small OPEN
air theater for dances and children's
theater performances.
Court of Honor.
In addition, outside the main
structure, the plans call for a
court Of honor for inaugural pa.
rades and similar professions and
for two small galleries which are
above four small forums, each with
a capacity Of about 200. These
forums are for citizens meetings,
professional societies and intimate
types of lectures. The small GAL
leries may be used for local artists
and one-man shows which are too
easily lost in large galleries, Mr..
kastner explained.
In the basement of the main
building, Mr. Kastner has planned
a large exhibition space available
for convention purposes and miscel-
laneous exhibits.
His diagrams show only space
allotment, Mr.. Kastner explained.
A major necessity in the prepara-
ton OF detailed plans will be q
study OF acoustical and sideline
requirements.
In democratic auditorium" he
said, there should be no preferred
and no bad seats. Each person
should have clear and unobstructed
view and complete liberty to hear.
This does not necessarily mean
complicated announcing systems
which usually distort the range of
the human voice."
In explaining some of the features
OF his plan Mr.. Kastner called at
tention to such contemporary
achievements as the Federal The
ater under the Works Progress Ad-
mlnistration, which has literally
discovered thousands of artists, from
marionnette shows to what NAV be-
come our contemporary American
ballet"
These things are of Significance
not only for the community but also
TO the visitors on whom a great deal
OF Washington commercial life is
DEPENDENT he said.
Additional details of Mr.. Kast-
ner's auditorium plan Uill be pre-
sented tn tonlorroW's article.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Byrnes on Radio Forum
South CuroIino Senator to Discuss Problem
Of Providing for Unemployed i

The problem of providing for the
unemployed will be discussed by
Senator James F. Byrnes, Democrat,
Of South Carolina in the National
Radio Forum tomorrow at 1890 pm.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Star and broadcast
over Nationwide network of the
National Broadcasting Co. The pro-
gram will originate through Station
WMAL.
AS chairman of the special Senate
Committee to Investigate Unemploy-
ment and Relief, Senator Byrnes
spent months working on the prob
lem. He has introduced a bill in
Congress based on his committees
findings. The measure would lib
eralize a number of benefits and
consolidate many Federal relief
agencies.
In his radio speech he will outline
the purposes of the legislation and
describe consultations expected.
Two major points of liberalization
contained in the bill will be de-
scribed. These points deal with Fed
eral relief compensations and as
sfstance for the blind, the aged and
dependent children.
The South Carolinian, as a result
of his investigations, would combine
Federal agencies now handling re-
lief. These include the many "al-
phabetical agencies" established by
the Roosevelt administration to
cope with the unemployed problem.
The two largest among these are the
Works Progress Administration and
the Public Works Administration.
Another two he would consolidate
are tho public building section Of
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Death Of Gilbert
Stirs Conjecture
On Enjoys Return
Hull Declines Comment
On Suggestion, However,
At Conference
~ the Associated Press.

~ too AbsoclAteu freSS.
The death of Prentiss B. Gilbert,
American Charge d'Affaires at Ber-
lin. stirred conjecture in diplomatic
quarters yesterday as to whether
the American and German Ambas-
sadors might return soon to their
posts.
Both Ambassadors Hugh Wilson
and Hans Dieckhoff were recalled to
report" in November when official
relations between Washington and
Berlin were particularly cool.
The Nazi government was quick
to express condolences following Mr.
Gilbert's death. At the express di-
rection of his government, DR.. Hans
Thomson. acting German envoy,
called on Secretary of State Hull
to voice condolences. At Berlin, DR..
Dieckhoff telephoned his regret to
the embassy.
Hull Silent on Enjoys Return.
Secretary Hull, at his press con-
ference, declined comment on a re-
porters suggestions that Mr.. Gill
bert's death might speed Ambas-
sador Wilson's return to Berlin.
Succeeding Mr.. Gilbert as Charge
d'Affaires, the State Department
said, will be Raymond Herman
Geist, So. embassy first secretary
and consul, who has served in Ber-
lin nearly 10 years.
Both Secretary Hull and Ambas-
sador Wilson stressed that Mr.. Gill
bert will be missed as an observer
and reporter on German and Euro
pean affairs. In a statement, Secre-
tary Hull said he was deeply grieved
at Mr.. Gilbert's death and de-
scribed him as among the depart
ments most distinguished off,
GERS" He said the American Gov
ernment had lost "a loyal and eff
cient public servant"
Mr.. Wilson, on duty at the State
Department since his series of con-
ferences with President Roosevelt
following his return from Berlin,
said he was "indescribably shocked
and said of Mr.. Gilbert that I'VE
shall miss him badly"
Entered Service in 1921.
Mr.. Geist, the new acting chief
OF the Embassy, was born in Cleve-
land and educated at Western Re-
serve, Columbia and Harvard Uni
sersities. He was attached to the
American Peace Commission at
Paris in 1919 and before entering
the foreign service in 1921, served
as American food commissioner in
Austria and as an adviser to the
Austrian government on relief.
He was assigned to Berlin No
vember 10. 1929. Earlier, he had
served in South America, Port Said
and Alexandria, Egypt.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Seven Steel Concerns
Ask Writto Prevent
Pay Boost March |
Miss Perkins Oversteps
Authority, Injunction
PIeu Asserts

Seven independent steel COM
panies sought an injunction in Dis
trict Court yesterday to stop Secre-
tary Of Labor Perkins from putting
into effect, March !. a basic wage
scale for Government contract work
in the iron and steel industry.
Justice James M. Proctor refused
to issue temporary restraining or
der against Miss Perkins and five
other cabinet officers named in the
suit and the case was set for hear
ing at 2 pm. tomorrow before JUS
tice Jennings Bailey.
The action, it was said, was the
first challenge of the determination
Of the Secretary Of Labor under the
Walsh Healey Act which, since its
enactment in 1896, has set wage and
hour standards in the manufacture
Of nearly billion dollars worth of
materials and supplies for the Gov
ernment.
Other Cabinet Officers Named.
Other cabinet officers named in the
suit were Secretaries Morgenthau,
Swanson, Woodring, Ickes and Far
ley.
The complainants were the Lukens
Steel Co.. Coatesville. Pa: the Alan
Wood Steel Co., Conshohocken, Pa;
the South Chester Tube Co.. Chester,
Pa: the Central Iron & Steel Co.
Harrisburg, Pa: the Harrisburg
Steel Corp. Harrisburg: the Eastern
Rolling Mill Co.. Colgate, Md. and
the Atlantic Wire Co., Bradford,
Conn.
The Independents claim the Sec
retary of Labor has misinterpreted
the word locality" in the Standards
Act, and in SO doing has "over-
stepped and abused the bounds of
her authority. the intentions of Con-
gress, and invaded the rights of
the small steel companies. and by
her actions has stimulated monop-
oily and caused the small companies
to suffer irreparable harm"
The plaintiffs argued that the
Present minimum of 62l2 cents an
hour in the Pittsburgh Ohio
cago area cannot be justly imposed
on locality" which embraces half
the Eastern portion of the country.
1t was contended that a natural
wage differential has existed be-
tween the two localities" for half
century.
Monopoly Creation Seen.
The injunction request following
refusal of Secretary Perkins to post
pone until April her determina-
ton to institute the 62la cent wage
rate on March l over an area from
the Iowa State line to the Atlantic
and from Maine to Kentucky, it was
said. The independents insist they
will be driven out of business by the
increase, creating a monopoly of
three or four big companies in the
East.
The suit, which also named as
defendants Assistant Secretary of
Labor Mclaughlin; L. Metcalfe
Walling Of the Labor Department S
Public Contracts Division, and Ad-
miral Christian j. Peoples, director
OF the Procurement Division, Treas
ury Department, was filed by the
| local law firm of Gardner, Morrison
& Rogers, headed by former Gov.
o. Max Gardner of North Carolina
Attorney Roberts B. Thomas of New
York also is associated in the case.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Americans Ar Proorum

The cultural interchange between
America and India, along with the
mysticism Of India, the wisdom of
ancient China and the art and i'm
agery of Japan, will feature the
broadcast of Americans All-Im-
migrants All" today at 2 pm. over
radio station WJSV. The program is
sponsored by the United States Of
flee of Education.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Proctor to Address
Oldest Inhubitonts

An illustrated talk on Historic
Pennsylvania Avenue will be given
by John Clagett Proctor at the
regular monthly meeting Of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants of
the District of Columbia Wednesday
at 7:30 pm. at the Old Union En-
gine House, Nineteenth and H
streets NV.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

articles dealing NTH the audi
toriun stadium problem noW be-
fore Congress. Further discussion
,DiH tollo,C, and the opinions OF
readers are inDited.
Any auditorium plan for Wash
ington should be based on a full rec
ognition of social needs and should
be utilitarian rather than just an
other monumental public building,
in the opinion of Alfred Kastner.
noted local architect, who has won
prizes in design contests for two
similar buildings in Soviet Russia.
To prove satisfactory, a local audi
torium must be serviceable as a
legitimate theater, as symphony
hall, for the purpose of opera, and
any other type of festival that may
be required, as we'll as for large
meetings. exhibits and ceremonies,
Mr.. Kastner believes.
To encourage detailed considera-
ton of plans for multi-purpose
auditorium, Mr.. Kastner has sub
mitted to the Capital Auditorium
Commission a set of preliminary
plans for such structure. Although
he has prepared these plans. Mr..
Kastner does not ask that they be
adopted.
ut probably would turn out best
il an open public architectural COM
petition were held, especially as
multiple use is a specific require
ment,' Mr.. Kastner told The Star.
Criticises Earlier Hearings.
Mr.. Kastner. whose architectural
firm Offices are at Dupont Circle,
won first prize in competition for
the design of an auditorium for
Khartov, Soviet Russia. and second
place in design competition for the
design Of palace of the Soviets at
Moscow.
Criticising earlier hearings held
by the Auditorium Commission on
the ground that no citizens associa-
tions "or anybody representing the
intellectual forces of the District"
were present, Mr.. Kastner declared
that the preliminary plans submit
ted to the commission for a local
auditorium called for the usual
ornamental static stuff"
Il maintained" he said, that that
was secondary to the functions of
the auditorium. That is. the audi
torium must be an instrument pri-
marily to satisfy various major needs
in Washington"
He said that the mechanical feasi-
bility of such a multiple-use struc-
ture as he had proposed was imme-
diately challenged.
This was natural" he said, "be-
cause Government architects at
present see nothing but another
gilded hall to add to the collection
of structures borrowed from the
past"
Shows Eight Diagrams.
Each detail of the structural plan
he has prepared, Mr.. Kastner said,
Is now in operation somewhere in
the United States and has been
found practicable. His plans include
eight diagrams showing how, by re-
arrangement of seats and the use of
movable walls or partitions which
are a fixed part of the design, the
auditorium may be put to the fol-
lowing uses:
l. (a) Misunderstanding capacity,
5000.
CO. Opera-seating capacity, 5000.
2. ca Banquets or civic or Fed
eral functions, seating capacity,
1000.
Evening star., 1939-02-26

the Treasury Department and the
Bureau Of Public Roads of the Agri-
culture Department.
Taking = long range view, Senator
Byrnes in his radio address will tell
Of the problems facing the Govern
ment In providing comprehensive re-
lief, and what Is projected for future
action by Congress. He will tell Of
the search for a comprehensive
plan for the unemployed" and lesis-
lation required to set up necessary
Federal uaaehinary.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Lecture at M. U. .

The Place of Maps in a National
Defense Program" will be the sub
Ject of an illustrated lecture by Mai.
William Bowie, president of the So
ciety OF American Military Engi-
neers, Tuesday at 11:20 am. in the
engineering auditorium, University
Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Wins Phi Koppo Phi Honor

John Rockey, an engineer in the
Agriculture Department, was one Of
Is alumni Of Drexel Institute of
Technology to be initiated into the
Drexel Chapter Of Phi Kappa Phi
yesterday. Phi Kappa Phi Is Z na-
tional honor society.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Club PIuns Dinner

The annual dinner of the Takoma
Park Horticultural Club will be held
tomorrow night at $50 o'clock at
the Baptist Church, Piney Branch
road and Aspen street.
Evening star., 1939-02-26
Weather Report

DstIc OF coumbiaRan today and tonight tomorrow partly
coudy slightly
Maryland and VgniaRan today tonight partly
cloudy r'
Vrgna-Ran nd in
today; tomorrow partly cloudy slightly colder.