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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
Brush Fires

Two brush fires were extinguish- cd by the fire department today.
 Engine 2 was dispatched to the Warner estate on the Wolcott road, while Engine s put out a blaze on the Raymond property, Woodtick road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
LITHUANIAN CHOIR
 TO FROLIC TONIGHT

The annual Yuletide party Of members of the senior choir Of St. Thomas church will be held this evening at the Chase Country club. Members of the choir are asked to meet at 7:30 o'clock ct the Congress avenue rehearsal rooms from where transportation will Dc provided. Miss Mercelle Andrikis heads the com. mittee on arrangements. The choir Is directed by Professor Alexander Aieksis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
LEGISLATORS FATHER DIES

Putnam, Conn.,, Dec. 20-tUP)-- Thomas 0. Ciarie, Goodyear, father of House Minority Leader T. Fin. melt Clarie, died suddenly Christi mas day. The elder Clarie for many years was Q member of the Killing l iy Finance Board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
Record Mobilization
 Against Paralysis
Nation Responding Enthusiastically to Presidents Call to War Against Gripping of Men, Women,
 ChiIdren-Chairmen Appointed

New York, Dec. 20 America ls moving swiftly toward Q record
 mobilization for war against one of her greatest perlls, infantile
 paralysis, Keith Morgan, national chairman of the committee for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

New York, Dec. 20 = (U.p.) = Prices moved irregulAriy in a iiar. row range with volume light on the stock market today.
 Around noon, most leading is-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
SEND MONEY HOME

Fitchburg. Mass, Dec. 20-tUP)- The 5000 Finnish adults here sent to the Finnish Relief Committee the money they would have spent on Christmas gifts for each other. Only children received presents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

The new Burma China Highway in China ascends 70 ee20 feet above sea level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

Motorists Of Calcutta, India, have been warned not to hide their li- cense plates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

Turkey has banned the shipment of practically ail foodssuffs to other countries.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
Chamber Holds
 Noon Luncheon

The regular monday lunch con of the N. w. Alaska Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday at the North Pole Bakery with Director H. G. Miller presiding as chairman.
 Minutes of the previous meet ing read and approved, and no communications being received, Wm. F. Barber, agent for the Pacific Alaska AirWays at Nome was requested to give a brief talk on the Unemployment Com pensation Commission, which he also represents here.
 MT. Barber, gave a detailed out line of the system employed in the registration of unemployed persons, and benfits which un- employed receive. He already has quite a number registered and others are receiving weekly com pensation from the Territory.
 Following MT. Barber's illum- inative talk, Chairman Miller called for comments on an article written by him and which ap- peared in these columns last week.
 MT. Ralph Lomen asked num- erous questions as to any con- structive program or plan which Mir. Miller might have in mind, and discussed the general econ omic condition in Nome, until the time for adjournment was in or der No action was taken by the chamber and no definite program established for the lowering of the cost of living in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
No Suspension of Assessment Work

WASHINGTON, May 19 fP) - The Senate served notice on the west and prospectors that Con- gress will refuse legislation sus- pending the annual assessment work requirement on mining claims held on location in the United States and Alaska.
 By unanimous vote they ag- reed to postpone action indefinite fy on the bill of Senator Murray proposing the suspension of the $100 work requirement for the fiscal year ending June 30.
 Senator Hayden told the Sen ate that the legislation had no chance of being enacted and nov ed for a postponement 50 that claim holders may be put on mo- tice now they can expect no re- lief He sad not only certain Senators were prepared to resist its passage but the House Com mittee on Mines and Mining and President Roosevelt were oppos- ed to the continuance of the mor- atorium.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
ANNOUNCEMENT

List of furnishings for home for sale between now and July 1St:
 Large chest with five drawers, cream color.
 Double day-bed without mat tress.
 HOOSier Kitchen cabinet. Kitchen tables with 4 chairs to match.
 Two hard wood rocking chairs. One large velour upholstered seat chair.
 One GrafOnOla with records. One new ail-metal wringer for clothes.
 One wash copper boiler. One wash tub
 Cooking utensils and dishes. Bread mixing pan. 2 dish pans. One aluminium cake griddie. Two new COlman gas lamps with "A mantels and 6 extra gen orators.
 Camp chair, Ironing board on folding stand.
 One gasoline iron 3 special sad irons. One hand operated portable sewing machine.
 INQUIRE
 125 D STREET
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
PAGE THREE

and that the drifts had been cgLt thru from the Lomen Conner cial Company office to the Stand ard Oil warehouses. Drains had been opened and conditions were improving daily.
 Councilman Kelsey reported that a sketch of plans for the addition to the public school was about ready and would be pre- sented to the council for approv- al soon.
 Bills against the city which had received the okey of the fin ance committee were ordere5 paid.
 The school boards budget for the next school year was read and turned over to the finance committee for action.
 The local band was granted permission to use the city hall once a week for practice.
 Council then adjourned.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
Council Holds
 Busy Session

When Mayor Fred Kubon call- ed the regular meeting of the City Council 10 order Monday night at the city hall, the follow ing councilmen answered pres ent: Jack Hurley, William Kel- sey, Leonard KrohloW, George Madsen and Lyle NeVin. The on ly one being absent was Coun- cilman Edward Anderson. who was unavoidably otherwise en- gagged.
 City Clerk M. J. Walsh started to read the minutes of the pre- vious meeting when a motion was made and seconded and pass ed dispensing with the reading of same.
 Communications were read from the Seattle National Bank regarding certain payments on city bonds, which upon motion duly made were ordered paid
 The annual report of the North ern Light and Power Go. which was submitted to the council by the company officials showing a detailed account of the business done, including receipts and eX- penses. The report was ordered placed on file.
 Several communications were read from Garnet Martin and Delegate Dimond in reference to hurrying up action in obtaining and equipping the buildings at White Mountain as an institu- tion for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients for this section of Alaska.
 MT. Martin being present the mayor called on him for a few remarks in reference to the above subject matter He explain ed that he had introduced a reso- lutiOn at Juneau memorialiZing Congress to take action in mak- ing of White Mountain, a tuber- culoss institution and etc, and requested that the city council, l the chamber of commerce and other organizations write or tele- graph the Delegate backing up this movement to get an insti tuition started right away, in- stead of waiting several years for the bureau heads to get around to it at their pleasure.
 At the conclusion of his re- marks, the council went on re- cord as favoring the movement and instructed a letter be sent the delegate in reference thereto
 Chairman Lyle Nevin of the Police and Jail committee prot up the matter of complaints con- corning children and others us ing the sidewalks for bicycling. He believed a notice should be printed in the local paper call ing attention to the ordinance forbidding the use of the side walks for bicycles and that the Chief of Police would be inform ed to see that the law is enforc- ed by stopping the practice
 The street committee stated that a eat" had been used in cutting down drifts on streets
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
CHAPTER TT
 AN ACT

To amend Sections 3 and 5 of Chapter 76, Session Laws of AL aska, 1885, relating to placer min inc c1airnc
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24
Full Text of Alaska S New Stalking Law

Numerous inquiries have been made of late respecting the exact provisions of the new law, en- acted by the recent sesson of the Territorial Legislature, govern ing the size of association claims and use of the power of attorney in locating placer claims. The new act, known as chapter TT in the session laws, becomes effect i've June g, or 90 days after it was approved by the governor. Any stakings before that date are governed by the old law.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24

Approved March 9, 1889.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24

FOR SALE Chjld's Crib, Radio, Dishes, Coleman Gas Plate, 5 it. Skis, Water Pump, etc.
 Tuuuire of V. C. Widnev
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24

Thomas c. Neibaur, Idaho World War veteran who returned his congress .Onal medal of honor to the war departm mt in protest against his WPA job netting him S4 a month. is shown in his uni form after he started work as a capitol policeman in Boise with salary of S125 a month.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24

The new law, to apply on and after June 9, is brief. The full text of the act follows:
 CHAPTER TT
 AN ACT
 III. B. 62l To amend Sections 3 and 5 of Chapter 76, Session Laws of Al aska, 1885, relating to placer min ing claims.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska.
 Section l. That Section 3 of Chapter 76 of the Session Laws of Alaska 1895 is hereby amend ed to read as follows:
 Section 3. Association Claims. No association placer mining claim shall be located in excess of forty acres, and have great CT length than twenty-six hun dred and forty feet (2640 feeD." Section 2. Section 5 of Chapter 76 of the Session Laws of Alaska 1885 is hereby amended to read as follows:
 Section 5. Location by Agent or Attorney. No person shall To- cate any placer mining claim in Alaska as agent or attorney for another unless he is duly author ized thereto by a power of attor- n2y in writing, duly acllnoWledg ed and executed within four years prior to the date of loca- ton, and recorded in the office Of the Recorded of the Recording District in which the claim IS To- cated. No person shall act as at torney in fact for more than two principals in any one recording district; f the attorney in fact has two powers of attorney he may locate one claim under each and no more, and if he have one power of attorney, he may locate two claims hereunder and no more during any one calendar n1onth in the same recording dis trict.'
 Approved March 9, 1899.
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-24

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The new law, to apply on and after June 9, is brief. The full text of the act follows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
LOAD SCRAP IN
SEATTLE P0R 7

SEATTLE ~Longshoremcn went
to work Monday loading scrap
iron for Japan on two ships which
had been pieketed for week.
part OF the time In defiance of a
federal court injunction.
Gangs reported first 10 the
British freigbter bennington Court
and then the Danish steamer Nord-
DO. Piekets Of the Seattle COM
mittee against fascist aggression
dispersed late Sunday
Longshoremen were held to
have violated their working agree
ment with the Waterfront EN-
ployers association In ruling
handed down Saturday night by
Van e. Griffin. federal arbitrator.
after an sll-dsy hearing called d,
the request Of the employers
Meanwhile. Federal Judge v. y,
Cushman. Of Tacoma. opened what
appeared likely 10 be lengthy
hearing on the petition OF steam
ship lines and stsvedoring com.
psnies for q permanent injunction
against piokeilng Of the i~o
/ ffeightsrs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
GREAT BRITAIN

Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain. In the British House Of
Commons. said today that the
foreign secretary. viseount Hall
fax, had made the government .
position clear in a statement last
week regarding Britsin's probable
stand over protection OF Danzig
from forceful return 10 Germany.
Chamberlain presumably re-
ferred to the foreign secretsry's
statement that Britain would meet
force with force.
The prime minister announced
that the government has received
information OF the arrival In Dan
Continued on Page ~, Column ID
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
Stadium Ihow July 4
Feature For Tacoma
Townsend Picnic a Spanaway; Rain
On IL independence Days in As Years

tacle in the Stadium Thursday
night assured tae public there's
no intention of backing down now.
There's better than an even
chance that the weather may sud-
denly turn for the better, thaw out
the air, dry off the landscape and
set again one of those sparkling
nights that make the stadium
shows among Tacoms's most at
tractiye annual events.
Just as a matter of history, the
weather bureau shows that only
IL times in the last As years has
there been rain on July 4. Ten
CONTINUED on Page IA. Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
JAP ANESE GIRL
IS DESPONDENT
OVER SOLDIER
Swallows Poison at
Home; Is Saved at
Hospital, Then Put
in City Jail

Held in city Jail Monday
for investigation following an
attempt to end her life by taxi
ing poison was Awake Yama-
shita, 2l-year-old Japanese
girl.
The petite, young Oriental,
blamed her act on dependency
over a love affair with Fort
Lewis soldier. she told investigat-
ing police officers.
After writing a suicide note 10
the soldier, a member of Co. b..
10th Field artillery. the young
woman swallowed tablet contain
ing poison. at $40 p. m. Sunday
at her home. 1901 Mckinley ave.
A neighbor. hearing groans OF Miss
Yamashits, summoned the police
ambulance.
The japanese was rushed TO
Pierce County hospital. where she
was given medical assistance and
then taken to the city jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
BUILDING COSTS
WILL Be PR0bED

WASHINGTON - Justice de-
partment officials indicated today
that labor unions will fall within
the SCOPE of the departments anti
trust proceedings looking toward
lower home building costs.
Assistant Attorney G eneral
Thurman Arnold. whose antitrust
division has instituted nation
wide investigation of the building
trades industry. twice has said
publicly, in speeches in San Fran
cisco and New York. that prelim-
mary Investigations indicate close
ties between unions and building
contractors.
These ties, officials said. appear
to be a major factor in keeping
up the high rate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
; SISTERS Die,
HAND-IN-hAND

WEST NEWTON. Pa. Search
ers today probed the depths Of
Youghiogheny river for the bodies
Of hres sisters. who drowned
when a handmade skif over
turned
Unab Die 10 swim. the sisters we're
swept To their deaths BY the swift
current. their arms linked as they
struggled 10 save themselves. A
girl companion swan to shore and
sought aid
The victims were Louise 70.
Anna. n. ana Eleanor hirelia, IL.
az Of CoIiinsbuFE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04

Weather is the only unsettled
thing about Tacoma's Fourth of
July. and it would have to be the
most important thing. Just as
July started out in a blaze of sun
shine and forecasts of very def
nitely clear skies, old Jupe Pluvius
had to break out his sprinkler.
So the weather's unsettled,
with occasional showers forecast
for tonight and Tuesday. But the
show must 60 on.
Chairman Pat Cardin of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
committee juggling the final de-
tails of the Fourth of July spec
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
WHITE RIVER
VALLEY NAN
GECTR0c|JIED
Father OF Taeounans
Killed Near AuburIl
When He Cou,taeto
High Tension Wire

Clinton Elliott Millirun. -.
farmer u Alsona. " miles
east ~ Tacoma. was electro
cuted near Auburn Sunday
while attempting 10 remove :
tree which had fallen across
Z high tension wire.
tis mad fssle< the tree
its WAS . native 81 Pennsylvania
and fctmsg supinys a. psehmsa
tsImb<r company.
he WAS : psmbes n The Nofai
A. Gave lodge. y. = A. ~.
he 10 survived ~ hls wife Ellss.
h~ih. two daughters. Mrs. Ma.1e
Mcqueen, vsnsouvss. ard Mrs
Ruth Mckee. Tacoma fossr sona
Walter ~. and Jay ~. Tacoma
Percy G.. Montana. srd uswaFs
A.. Alsons. The funeral win b
arranged ny rirss's mortasFy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
People In
The News

william T. Stone. vice president
Of the Foreign Policy association,
said in a University Of Virginia
address that the administration
foreign policy Of preserving the
status quo" might prevent war
nov but vas not an adequate
basis for a stable peace -.
Gen. Hugh Johnson said today
in an article tn Look magazine
that new dealers urging President
Roosevelt to seek a third term
hope to split the Democratic party
by that strategy. leave a wreck
and then return with triumphant
socialism in 1874" He singled
out Secretary Of Interior Harold l.
Icses for criticism -.
Marshall Neiian, mentor Of such
stars as Mary Piciford and Jean
Harlow. was accused today Of
writing worthless checks a. SEN
Robert r. Wagner. D.. y. Y, oriti-
ciz.d the revised resolution dealing
with the sdnittsnce 70 this eoun-
Try of German refugee children I.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
One Dead, 2 Hurt
In Tugboat Blast

sEDHOs NOOLLEf. y ssb =
Three men were Injured ens fatal
". sfhes quantity of 6tna-
mite exploded ca ths sksEit aver
togbe AZ rsp~sse eear heFs tesis1.
Ralph ft1geF. shout 10. n
Mount ysrnon. DIED IN : hospital
Berb CAfnm ard AIMED Hfhss>ass6
Also n M,sant vernon. Nefs less
seriously hurt
Neither u ina tao was is con
dltion 70 explain the cause u Inc
explosion. they are IN = hoapstsl
here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
LIG II T
Garner Friends Claim
He Has Big Edge
For Nomination

WASHINGTON - John
Nance Gamers presidential
managers on Capitol Hill =
and the place is full of them
are giving cloakroom conspira-
tors a peek at a document list
ing 400 delegates for him,
with only 551 necessary to
nominate. That is their peak
claim so far.
The estimate strikes insiders as
a trifle optimistic. and New Deal
ers scott at 1t; they figure his total
nearer to $50. For obvious reasons
Gamers friends arc not identifying
the delegations supposed to be in
the bag. But they are known to
comprise almost all the south
western territory. most of the
southern states and all the anti
Roosevelt commemorative which
will present fayorite sons at first.
The total number of states on the
list is Is.
The Garner campaign is in fun
swing, despite the deliberate
secrecy with which it has been
shrouded. His friends are spend
ing plenty of money, distributing
literature, buttonholing state lead
ers. sending out polls which reveal
him well in the lead. Accidental
discovery of the nationwide activ-
ity has frightened the Roose-
veltians.
The New Dealers original ten
dency to depreciate and minimize
the yiee-president has been sup
planted with the realization that ne
IL their most formidable foe He
will enter the convention with lar
more delegates than NanonaI
Chairman Farley or cord.h Hull
possibly with more than tns
president himself
Though stin silent on use
subject of a third term, koose-
welt has moved 10 COUNTER
attack the Garner advance.
In discussing 1910 with recent
callers at the White House, ne
has scrupuIously avoided the
question Of individual candi-
dates. But he has asked them
to insure that only liberals
none of these CONSERVATIVE
Democrats" were his words
be chosen as delegates.
In his conversations with the
Texan, the president has gwen
no hint that he is ansered oy
the vice-president's open can
didscy, or that he is aware OF IL.
The two men are most polite ana
punctlious In their relation
scontinued on Page 4, Column .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
.LINOBERCH ON
WAY TO n. N.

HAMILTON FIELD. G.iis. Col.
Charles A. Llnabefgh arrived Al
thls u 4. army slrbsse from tsait
Lake CITY to-day on sn ,n6lselossd
mission. BE wss dying MIA pfis
vale pursuit plane
Hamilton field 10 70 miles noFth
II San francisco In Marin
county.
Col LlndbsFrn lefs salt Lake
CITY municipal airport ~ $50
. m and apparently flew directly
wssi 20 Hamilton field
it 1as reported unpiflslaliT
LDdbsrGh planned 20 fiy on 70
Seattle. wash. 70 lnHpset syistlen
facilities IN shs Psesfls Nortnws~t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04

dsn July -. 1891. M esme 10
Tacoma directly 10 1874. Far
many years he as engaged 10
general contracting sofk. Win
nls brother, h~ founded The kssskT
son Brothers Paint Go. isssihx
that esEsnixssioe sbasa 10 yssss
ago.
alnae his sssissmssi ~ fsss.
tractor ne has be~n associated win
bss son in operating IN Ersskson
Tire Co Ne Nsx siAs = director
n tss Northwest Savings = Lean
association,
Almost from sbs data n his
Arrival IN Tsosms M ~ss IN setiss
lcontinvsd on fsxs ~. coiDfss ,,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
Pacific AUe. job
Again Is Halted

Once again paving operations
on Pacific ave. are being held up.
Paving finishers were called off
the job between sth and 18th ats.
Monday afternoon. The trouble
was reported 10 be over the con-
tractors failure 10 employ fore
man Of finishers. A meeting wss
called at 3 p. m in the hope OF
reaching q settlement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04


The decree was issued AS Dan
zig awaited arrival OF the Polish
diplomatic representative, Marian
Chodacki, with note protesting
military preparations.
Albert Forester. Nazi leader,
in a speech to 5000 people at
Tiegenhof yesterday. said Danzig
wanted to return to Germany and
would do so.
This IL the aim ~ all Ger
mans In Danzig," Forester said.
I'VE are ready TO make any
sacrifices, no matter how
great, to attain this end. We
arr even ready to sacrifice our
lives to attain our freedom.
every Danzig German viii
work to bring Danxig back 10
the Reich"
Danzig spent quiet week end.
Citizens flocked to beaches.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quar-
tiers received reports today that
Poland. In q note 10 the NAH
DanzIg senate. might not only
protest against alleged military
activities but Intimate that I'M
less the activities WIRE halted
Poland would intervene and halt
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04
Brother FOllOlcs
Sister in Death

YAKIMA Double funeral sesv-
ices we're held today for = brother
ana sister. wbo died within ~
hour period William Kntenief. -.
died sunday Of 4 HkuII fracture
suffered In an susomobsie accident
June ~. Mis- ssster. Mrs. Jean
Lsksy. -. died Saturday Of IT,
bercuIosis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04


s"s "<e Sun
aay morning
~ hms J
sIshP ssuh
ave-
coissfal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-04

DANzlG The Mani govern
ment of psnsig was report
ed in authoritative German
sources today 10 have called
up 1000 youths for police
services.
WASHINGTON - congress
entered its seventh month To-
dAy. With President Rco.e-
vclts monetary and neutrality
programs. already badly Grip
pied. heading toward another
bitter fight
MOSCOW - Soviet 1ussla
was understood today 10 have
transmitted TO Great Britain
her reply to the latest British
French propoSsl for adherence
of Moscow TO fS> European
security front. apparently
without completing a final
agreement
PENNINGTON. y. NJ ro-
lice In four states were warn
ed today to BE- on the lookout
for bandit who held up First
National hank IT Pennington
today and escaped with APP
proximately 1000 IN cash.