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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
UNCLE SkM x 10
 LOOK AT WAFER,
 WAR kANEUVERS
Motorized Plant Will Be Stationed al pIdits-
 burg in August

NEW YORK. July @. We'll watered upstate New York will be merely desert waste as source of water for drinking and cooking by the troops of the First Army in the largest peace time war man. euvers since the World War. Sched- uled to begin August 18th at Platts- burg. New York
 Although springs. lakes and streams may be or all sides of the camp. soldiers canteens and cooks food boilers will be filled only with inspected and approved, water or else.
 This was made known at First Army headquarters. Governors Is land, N. Y, where 1t was announc- ed by Major General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding, that the War De- partment had ordered to the war zoner the First Engineer Regiment from Fort DuPont, Delaware. with a mobile water qualification plant which will operate under war" conditions, giving practical field training to both operating and using troops.
 Motorized Plant
 The plant, which is motorized, and capable of keeping up with a moving army, can turn out filtered and chemically purified water at the rate of 100 gallons per minute or 144.0O0 gallons per day
 Although this unit could supply the three gallons per day per man which is the basis for army calcu- lations for water for drinking and cooking. the output of the plant will be only a drop in the bucket com pared to the 500,000 gallons needed daily for bathing by the 52,000 of ficers and men who will be concen- trated in the Plttsburg area when the mobilization for the war games has been accomplished, which will be by the end of the second day.
 12 Gallons Per Day
 This total of 644,000 gallons per day, equivalent to an allowance of 12 gallons per day per man, al- though seemingly generous, is &C., ttually only small fraction of the per capita consumption of water in most towns and cities in the Unit ed States. To illustrate the econo- mics that the army must practice in the field, engineers estimated that the per capita allowance in the cities of New York and Chicago, for example, are ten and twenty times, respectively, as great as the quantity allowed for each soldier
 The main supply for drinking anc cooking will be from streams anc takes and from town and city mains in the occupied territory As in war, it will be hauled to the troops in the from lines The haul for some of the base camps and ba tile positions will be by railroad tank cars which will go forward with the daily train of food supplies; for others by tank trucks. Milk cans in trucks or carried by hand will be. the final stage to the canteens on the belts of fighters.
 Link Pointed Out
 Gen. Drum pointed out link between the World War and the forthcoming maneuvers in the un- loading from railroad cars yester- day at Plattsburg Barracks of 125
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
D0WELL RETURNS
 FROM TRIP SOUTH

L. J. Dowell. paving contractor handling the Juneau projects, ar rived in town today from Seattle aboard the Mount Mckinley after a short business trip south.
 A guest at the Gastineau Hotel, Dowell will remain until the end of the job, within the next two weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
Two Juneau Heroes May
 Be MedaIed

SEATTLE, July 29.-For the part they played in the rescue of drowning man in Juneau, Alaska. a possibility of official recognition rom Washington looms for Wilfred G. Nicholson and Eugene Ekstadt, members of the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Haida.
 The Coast Guardsmen effect cd the rescue of George John- son, of Seattle, from Gastineau Channel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
PAUL JUDGE FAMILY TO LEAVE TUESDAY
 FOR VACATION TRIP

Paul Judge, Assistant District Ranger in the Admiralty Division, is leaving Tuesday with his wife and son to spend two months leave in the States. The Judges will visit their former home at Helena, Mont, as well as points in Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and Wyo- ming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
H0NEYM0ONERS ON
 WAY BACK INSIDE

MT. and Mrs. John Vlahovich of Fairbanks, who passed southbound through Juneau several weeks ago on their honeymoon, were Fairbanks bound today, passengers on the Mount Mckinley.
 The young couple visited on the Pacific Coast, took in Tia Juana and the San Francisco fair
 Vlahovich is mployed on the Fairbanks News Miner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
James Larson, Bride
 Are CompIimented

A group of friends gathered last evening at the home of MT. and Mrs E. M. Policy and later sur prised MT James Larson and his bride by calling at their home with refreshments and gifts,
 Approximately 15 persons were present for the evening, and two reproductions of Sydney Laurence paintings were presented the new lyweds. Ce s rgsS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
TENAKEE TRIP IS
 MADE BY HOLDEN

Pilot Alex Holden flew the Marine Airways Bellanca to Tenakee this morning and brought back three passengers.
 Oliver Orange came in from Ten akee, and Jack McDaniel, Jr., and J. J. Floresca from Superior Pack ing Company
 Floresca was brought in for med ical attention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of base ball games played this afternoon
 National League Philadelphia o; Cincinnati 3. New York 5; Chicago 2.
 American League Chicago-New York game called in second inning on account of rain. A
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
RAIN p0STp0NES
 PIONEER PICNIC

Postponement of the annual Pioneers picnic due to the rainy weather was announced today Off, ficers of the Igloo and Auxiliary said the outing probably will ue held some evening of next week. though a definite date has not yet been set.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
SLIDES BLOCKING
 FOREST TRAILS

Continued wet weather has re- suited in slides blocking Forest Service trails at Dupont and else where throughout the Juneau area, District Ranger w. A. Chipperfie,d said today. Crews are being put on to clear the trails as soon as slides are reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
Robbie Gddstein l
 Is Birthday Host

Because he will be 12 years old tomorrow, Robbie Goldstein, son of MT. and Mrs. l. Goldstein of this city, was host this afternoon with a birthday luncheon at the Baranof Hotel.
 Those whom young Robbie enter tained were Jackie Hendrickson, Leroy Fiske. Minard Mill, Sam Hegstad and Jack Turoff.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
STREET W0RKMEN 17'
 FINISH FOR WpA

Street Foreman Bert Lybeck's City crew is keeping busy these days completing work on several WPA jobs on which work was sus- pended at the, end of the fiscal year June 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
BOUND FOR CHILE

Jerry Tindall, formerly with the Chichagof mine. is at the Gas tineau Hotel, awaiting boat passage south.
 Tindall is on his way to Chile, where be will be foreman of a mining property there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
SEATTLE TUG BRINGS
 BARGE5 FOR DREDGE
 PROJECT IN HARB0R

Bringing two barges which will be used in the Juneau small boat harbor dredging work, the tug Ma tilda Floss, Capt. Harry Butcher arrived here today from Seattle. The dredge itself will come north with the next load.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
BACK TO CORONA

Mrs. M. D. Kirkpatrick, widow of the well known Cordova flier who lost his life in an air crash last winter, was northbound passenger on the Mount Mckinley today.
 Mrs. Kirkpatrick is returning to her Cordova home after burying her husband in Kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
TOURISTS VISIT

MT. and Mrs. J, A. Rubel, of Brooklyn. N. r., arrived on the Mount Mckinley and are stopping over as tourists in town for a few days, guests of the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
SAM K0N0FF WINS
 JUDGMENT OF $525
 FROM MIKE B0(AT(H

Sam Konoff won S525 judg- ment in District Court yesterday from Michael l. Bocatch for pay due under a labor contract. Ko- noff was employed by Bocatch at the City Float. Beer Parlor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
SPRING MAN HERE

MT. and Mrs. M. M. Morrison arrived in Juneau on the Mount Mckinley today and are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. Morrison is representative of the Laher Spring Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
OUT OF HOSPITAL

M. Hayes, Tulsequah miner. was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital after receiving medical attention He is at the Baranof Hotel and will
 return to the Polaris-Taku shortly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
ON VACATION TRIP

Mrs. Ed Sweeney of the office of Indian Affairs, sailed for Skag- way on the steamer Yukon for a vacation trip. She expects to be away about three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
WEATHER SYNOPSIS.

prevailed Alaska the lowest reported a
  southward Hawaiian Islands also from the souhward Island Precipitation throughout Southeast Alaska and northern British Columns elsewhere Alaska partly cloudy weather generally reported
 Juneau, July 3OSurise 345 sunset o:26 July 3 Sunrise, 348 sunset SPA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-07-29
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(By the U. s. Weather Bureau

Forecast for Juneau Vicinity beginning 3:3o July 2s; Rain tonight and Sunday moderate southeast winds
 Sunday mod Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait Frederick Sound Canal
 winds the the Gulf of Alaska: southeast winds tonight and Dixon Entrance to moderate fresh Dry o Hnchinbrook. 5t Hf8
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Piuno Recital Is Given
By Alice Neumun, Is

Sixty guests attended the piano
recital given yesterday afternoon by
Miss Alice Neuman at the home of
her parents. DR.. and Mrs. Lester
Neuman, 5000 Fulton street NV.
The l6-year-old pianist, student
of Eta Schmid Wells, and valedic-
torian of this years graduating class
at Western High School, played nine
selections in program divided into
three parts.
Miss Neuman was assisted by Mrs.
Wells at the second piano in an
Interpretation of Beethoven's Con-
certo c Major, Opus Is, No. l." of
which the young pianist played the
movements allegro con brio" and
largo Mrs. Wells also assisted in
treatment of Schubert's Moment
Musical. Opus "a, No. g." which en-
phasized the romantic composers
formality of design.
Contrasting with the programs S
classical compositions was March,
Little Soldier" by Pinto, the little
known composition forming a diver
sion from less modern numbers on
the program. Included also were
selections from Bach. Chopin, Ilyn-
sky, DebusSy and Paderewski.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

amount of tax-exempt Government
property.
The Senate, on the other hand,
has always taken a broader view of
the Nations obligation to the Cap
ital. And during the Is years of
lump sum Federal payment practice,
in lieu Of a fixed percentage, the
Senate has battled repeatedly
against steady reduction of the
amount. For the past three years
the House has succeeded in holding
the Federal share at $5,0OO,0O0 an
nually. but this year the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appropri-
ations decided to take stand for q
more equitable amount, and, at the
same time, Senator Overton brought
forth his separate proposal for a
scientific, permanent formula.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Home Construction
Held Not in Rance
Of City Families
Labor Official Gives
information Before
Monopoly Group
By the Associated Press.

Isador Lubin, commissioner of
labor statistics. testified today that
relatively small percentage of
dwellings constructed last year were
in the price range which most Of
Americas urban families could
afford.
Mr.. Lubin appeared as the first
witness at the Monopoly Commit
tees housing industry study, de-
signed in part to find out whether
building material price levels, labor
practices and monopolistic re-
straints were discouraging expan-
sion in the industry.
He told the committee only IS
per cent Of the houses built in 1898
were within the $4,000 "a 900
price range which more than half
of the urban families could afford
"Over 20 per cent of the houses
built were priced at Sc ,O00 to So, 8,0O0,"
he said, although only 10 per cent
of our city families can afford such
homes. Between $4,000 and $1,000
the proportion of houses built
catches up with the proportion of
families than can afford to pay
this amount"
Joseph J. O'Connell, committee
member representing the Treasury
Department. said at the outset of
the hearings that housing offered
one of the most fertile fields FOR
utilization of accumulated indi-
vidual savings.
He said attention would neces-
sarily be focused on the question of
cost-the cost of materials. labor
and other elements that enter into
the original capital cost of house,
and the cost of finance and
other factors that determine the
amount the owner or renter of
dwelling accommodations is required
to have available at periodic inter-
walls after occupancy.
Among other things. Mr.. O'Con-
nell continued, the committee would
take up the effect of local real
estate tax rates, of foreclosure costs
and other non-labor and material
costs, and the deterrent effect of the
provisions of local building codes.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Jones Minimizes
Past Defaults Of
Latin Countries
R. F. G. Head Cites
Economic Conditions
Of Lost Decade
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Jesse H. Jones Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. said
yesterday he believed Latin Ameri-
can countries "can be made. good
customers" in spite of past defaults
on some private loans.
Mr.. Jones, who, as head of the
new Federal Lending Agency, would
be in charge Of the proposed $780,
100000 worth of foreign loans un-
der President Roosevelts new
$3.50, 900 900 lending program, in
dicated he felt past defaults of the
Latin American countries should
not be held too harshly against
them in the light of world economic
conditions in the last decade.
The Presidents suggestion for
foreign loans already has drawn
much criticism on Capitol Hill, al
though legislation to carry out the
lending program has not yet
reached Congress.
Senator Johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado told reporters he would
vote against "the whole PROPOSE
ton" If foreign lending were re-
tanned, and Senator Wheeler, DEM
ocrat, of Montana said he was op-
posed because it would inevitably
lead us into the internal affairs"
OF countries receiving the loans.
Senator Adams, Democrat, Of COL
orado described the proposal as
bad"
Senator Wheeler, chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Committee,
which handles railroad legislation,
also expressed opposition to the
Presidents proposals for Govern
ment purchase and lease of railroad
equipment and for loans for toll
highways and bridges.
Most railroads have plenty of
equipment at present-more than
they can use," Senator Wheeler
said. AS to toll highways and
bridges, he expressed belief few
would be f-liquidating.
Mr.. Jones disclosed at his press
conference that Chile and two or
three other countries which he did
not name already have made in
quiries for credits similar to the one
recently granted to Brazil.
He explained that the type of loan
contemplated was exemplified by a
regent, and heretofore undisclosed,
commitment of the r. F. c. to
finance the purchase by Portugal of
up to $4,000 900 worth of equipment.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

'CoItlIlued from FIRST PageD
fected girls to leave the institution
on visits or to take day jobs in the
homes OF private citizens.
DR.. Smith staunchly supported
her administration. claiming she had
instituted humane system of ham
ding and rehabilitating delinquent
girls. Oliver Gasch, assistant cor
poration counsel. who was assigned
to act as prosecutor, claimed that
the evidence showed that regardless
OF what fine ideals she had. she
failed to carry them into practice.
Letter to Randolph.
In the letter to Chairman Ran
dolph, G. M. Thornett, secretary of
the Commissioners. said in part:
Il am directed by the Commits
sioners to inform you that after
careful consideration of all the tes-
timony and evidence presented at
the hearing. they cannot find any
reason to revoke or amend their
action of October 20, 1897, separat-
ing DR.. Smith from the service of
the government of the District of
Columbia.
"A copy Of the transcript of the
testimony presented at the hearing
will be forwarded to you as soon as
it is completed"
An almost identical letter was sent
to DR.. Smith. She had asked the
Commissioners to change the record
OF her dismissal so that it would not
show she was dismissed for the
good of the service" This the Com
missioners declined to do.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

more than $4,000 to it's original
figures, of which 100000 is for more
personnel to improve child welfare
work. The House amendment to
make an additional payment of
$12.5O0 to the firm of Griffenhagen
& Associates for the survey on re-
organization of the District gov
ernment goes back to the House for
action as an issue still in disagree
ment.
Before passing the tax bill to-
day the Senate adopted one other
amendment directing that the fees
and fines collected by the District
Court and by the United States
Court of Appeals go into the Treas
ury to the credit of the United
States and the District of Colum-
bia in the same proportion that each
now contributes to the expenses of
these courts. At the present time
all Of these fees and fines are cred
tied to the Federal Government. al
though District taxpayers provide go
per cent of the expenses of the Dis
trict Court and 80 per cent in the
Court of Appeals
! Passage of the Overton plan to-
day marks the most definite step
for return to the fixed ratio basis
of fiscal relations that has been
taken in Congress since the House
began Is years ago substituting an
annual arbitrary lump sum for the
definite 60-40 ratio. Although not
observed since 1925, the substantive
law fixing the Federal share at 40
per cent was not repealed until last
year. That action left the District
without any permanent legislation
establishing a national obligation
toward the city for the first time in
81 years.
The Overton formula seeks to cor
rect this condition with a new basic
law under which the national obli-
CATION could be measured accurately
from year to year by the percentage
OF land acreage being used for
national purposes.
The question of whether District
highway funs may be used for the
building and maintenance of safety
street car platforms g, s back to
the House for decision.
In the school budget, the Senate
accepted House provision declar-
ing that the average of salaries for
school librarians shall not exceed
the average paid in the free pub
lie library.
Little Discussion Reported.
It has been reliably learned that
since the supply bill went to confer
ence more than two weeks ago
there has been very little actual dis
cussion of the divergent viewpoints
of the House and Senate on fiscal
relations, because House conferees
took the position they could not
agree to an increase in the Federal
share without first taking the ques-
ton back to the House for instruc-
tions. On this theory they are I'M
derstood to have contended debate
on the subject would be fruitless.
The House, over a long period of
years, has sought to reduce the
Federal obligation toward the Cap
ital, despite steady increase in the
Evening star., 1939-06-27
7 Shoppe Slayer
Seeking Release
From Jail
Contends Evidence
Favorable to Him
Was Withheld

Convicted Of first-degree murder
for the Staying on Good Friday,
April 3. 1881, of Mrs. Lizzie S.
Jaynes, cashier, during holdup of
the Garden T Shoppe, Eighteenth
street and Columbia road NV. only
to have the President commute his
sentence to life Imprisonment,
Thomas Jordon went into District
Court today on a writ of habeas
corpus and sought his release, con-
tending that certain evidence, ia
vorable to him, had been withheld
at his trial.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
heard a procession of Witnesses
some of whom said they had not
been called at the trial-testify and
recessed for lunch, with more evi-
dence IN prospect. Attorney James
j. Laughlin contends that a police
incidental. which does not tally with
Jordon's description. was not pro-
duced at the trial. Among the police
officers testifying today were: De-
tectlve Sergt. Guy Rome, as official
custodian of the records; Thomas
F. Heide, former policeman, and
Officer F. ]. Hack, both of whom
interviewed Mrs. Jaynes, after the
holdup, although she did not know
that she had been shot; Detective
Sergt. Michael j. Mahaney, who
later interviewed her: Inspector Ed
ward J. Kelly, formerly on the
homicide squad. and 1t. Clyde N.
Strange, who said that Jordon gave
him a written statement, admitting
his guilt, and never repudiated it
to him.
Flournoy c. Schneider, who is In
the electrical business, testified that
with friends he was in the Garden
t Shoppe the night of the shooting.
Mrs, Gertrude Ella Yates of North
east Maryland, waitress at the
Garden T Shoppe at that time. said
as Jordon, at the request of his
counsel, stood in the courtroom,
that neither man who robbed the
place would fit Jordon's description
Evening star., 1939-06-27

John Roosevelt
I'm Marine Corps
lAH His Life
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, June 27.-John Roose-
velt, %, who, officers disclosed to-
day. has been an official member
Of the United States Marine Corps
for % years, will become a member
Of the Marine Corps League tonight,
thus joining his father, the Presi-
dent, and his brother James.
Ofncers of the league said young
Roosevelt had been made a member
of the Marine Corps at his birth
on March 13. 1916, while his father
was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The commandant of the Quantico
Va) Marine Barracks, a personal
friend of the President, executed
the formal papers making John a
marine.
President Roosevelt already has
been made an honorary life member
of the league, now holding its an
nual convention here, and James,
lieutenant colonel in the Marine
Corps Reserve, also holds member
ship.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Tax Lien Is Filed
Against Musicu Estote
By the Associated Pros.

By the Associated Press.
HARTFORD, Conn, June 27.-A
tax lien of s397,199 against the
estate of F.. Donald Coster- -Musica
suicide-president of the McKesson
& Robbins drug firm, and his widow
Carol of Fairfield, was filed in the
Hartford town clerks office by
Thomas S. Smith, collector of inter-
nal revenue for Connecticut.
The tax lien notice, filed yesterday
charged a deficiency of $2O2,127 in
income taxes for the years 1929
1888, 1884, 1885 and 1886. Interest
and penalty charged accounted for
the balance.