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Evening star., 1939-04-10
Britain and France
Reported Planning
Display Of Force
Premier DoIodier Confers
With Army, SEQ and
Air Commanders
0y the Associated Press.


PARIS, April 10-France and
Great Britain were reported today
to be considering joint military and
naval demonstrations to back no
their Eastern European allies
against further italian German ex-
pansion.
The French foreign Office was
kept closely informed of the delib-
erations of an urgent cabinet session
in London Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet conferred at length with Sir
Eric Phipps, the British Ambassador
and also received Jacob Surits, the
Soviet Russian Ambassador
In view of italian Premier Mus
solini's repeated assurances that he
has no designs on Greece or the
strategic Greek Island of Corfu,
circles close to the government said,
Britain now may not denounce the
Anglo-Italian accord guaranteeing
the status quo in the Mediterranean.
This, however, was not expected to
affect any plans for show of naval
force In the Mediterranean.
The congress of the Federal Union
OF War Veterans. representing some
3,5O0,O0O former soldiers, adopted
resolution in support of govern
ment efforts to build a mutual
assistance bloc of nations against
aggressor countries.
Premier Daladier was to meet
with the cabinet at pm. 11 am.
E. s. T) tomorrow to discuss recon-
mendations Of the urgent National
Defense Council session yesterday.
The cabinet also was to meet again
with President Albert Lebrun We'd
nesady.
A two-nour extraordinary meet
Ing of the French Defense Council
on Easter Day when M. Daladier
consulted commanders of the French
Army, sea and air forces was said by
informed sources to have been con-
cerned with possible naval demon
strations.
There was no hint in the press
or oficial quarters as to what form
such measures might take.
MlnLary fact HepOrteO.
Genevieve Tabuois, writing in
the Paris newspaper L Oeuvre, turned
French attention toward Spain,
where she said Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco had signed a secret
military agreement with Germany,
Italy and Japan-signatories with
Nationalist Spain, Hungary and
Manchukuo of the Communist
pact.
She said the secret agreement was
"siened Friday, April 7, at 4 pm.
In Burgos. Spain," and provided
that:
/, For 10 months Spain places all
her air and naval bases at the
disposition of the axis powers.
2: Germany and Italy guarantee
to finance the building of line of
Notifications behind the strategic
passes Of the Pyrenees Mountains
Cat the French-Spanish border.
3, Germany. Italy and Japan guar
antee to defend Spanish territory
against all aggression by third
power and will support Generals
6lIIlO cTdIlCO III Il1S ldtlolld1 Ici14-
torial demands
That last phrase, Nine. Tabouis
said, might refer to Britain's Gil
braltar at the entrance to the Medi-
terranean.
The commentator Pertinax. how
ever, dismissed Nationalist Spain's
potential threat to France with a
single sentence:
Franco can no longer doubt that
the least movement of hostility on
his part will mean the loss of Span
ish Morocco"
Evening star., 1939-04-10
Sewer Heurino

A hearing on an application by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission on construction of
sewer beneath the Eastern Branch
in Bladensburg, Md, will be held by
Army Engineers from the Washing
ton district office at Bladensburg to.
morrow at pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-10

The shortest way home may be
across the middle Of the block. Are
you sure you can make 1t:
Evening star., 1939-04-10

Even the safest driver must help
pay for the carelessness of others.
Drive and walk safely for economy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
PROBE OF
  WpA GETS
 APPROVAL
House DireCts Committee to Make Thorough
 Investigation

. WASHINGTON, March 27--A bi- partisan vote of the House of Rep- resentatives today directed the House Appropriations Committee to make a thorough investigation" of WPA acting on the probing resolu- ton of Representative Cox.
 The resolution needs no further action by the President or Senate to make it effective.
 Democratic Leader Representative Rayburn, supports the measure. saying he is convinced that such an inquiry will reflect credit" on the WPA administration.
 Cox assured the House it will not be political investigation and there will be no attempt to whitewash any, body or anything.
 Representative Martin, Republi- can leader, also supported the in- quiry with the declaration that sThe American people are demanding that this agency be conducted in fair and impartial manner"
 The resolution directs the commit tee to make its report to the present Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
REASON BEHIND REQUEST
 OF FDR FOR $15O,000,000
 IS NOW FULLY EXPLAINED
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Work relief or the dole for the unemployed millions?
 The President and Congress come once again to that same old ques- tion that plagued the nation in the dark days of 1932-and has remain ed to plague it ever since.
 Dress them up, garnish them any way you will, but the hot words about relief and economy crowding onto page one of your newspaper these days add up to just that issue. There's simply no way around it.
 Thumb back fast through eight swift years of relief history in the United States and you'll see why.
 In 1882 Congress avoided the issue temporarily by providing quick $500 GOO, ,000 for the relief kitty in the various States, thus passing the buck to 48 other governments. The States by and large passed it on to the localities. The counties and cities made no bones about the choice. They picked the dole, be-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
HIGH TRIBUNAL
 RELEGATES TAX
 POWER, STATES
New York and Utah Given Right to Levy on Fed
 erdI Income

WASHINGTON, March 27. = The Supreme Court today ruled that States have constitutional power to tax the salaries of employees or of ficials of the Federal Government or it's instrumentalities.
 The decision was delivered in connection with litigation involving an attempt of New York and Utah to impose income taxes on Federal employees.
 The opinion, in effect, approved part of President Roosevelts tax recommendations to Congress in which he asked legislation permit ting reciprocal taxation of salaries of Federal and State employees.
 Whether or not the Federal Gov ernment can tax State employees awaits specific ruling in the fu- ture, but the court, in it's opinion, left little doublt, however, that it will uphold such taxation
 Justice Stone delivered the New York case decision, and Justic c e Black rendered the decision in the Utah case.
 Dissenting in the New York case decision, were Associate Justices Butler and McReynolds.
 Gen. Tshwnius, Chief of the Gen. eral Staff, has been asked to form a new Cabinet.
 The resignation of the Cabinet followed reports of difficulties in negotiations between Lituania and Foreign Minister Wills Bertuleit, Nazi President of the Memel Di- rectory, who is working out details of cession of the seaport.
 Solicitor General Jackson said: ''The decision is most significant. It completely frees the State and Federal governments so they may tax salaries of public officers"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
Ky PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Marcn 27 - AL times we feel like defender of the faith and protector of the Senate, so insistent are we that this branch of the Government be safeg guarded in it's right sphere, but the battle TOT the time has been taken out Of our hands and we are glad of It.
 Sometimes it is just a little trou- blesome to defend the Senate, not to mention when the House IS thrown in too.
 But the job has fallen to Jim Preston af Washington.
 He has been chosen to present the Senate properly before the country in the movies. For anyone in Washington to make go Of It in the movies is news in itself. IL
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
Apparently Territorial Ex-
 pansion Move Will Go
 with No Stop Action SUGGESTION MADE BY LABORITE IS REJECTED
No Penalties of League of Nations Will Be Inyok-
 ed in Present Trouble

LONDON, March 27.-Ths British Government has rejected the sug- gestions for an economic boycott against Germany or " attempts to apply the League of Nations penalties, with American coopera- tion,' to halt Germany's territorial expansion.
 Richard Austen Butler. Parlia- mentary Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, told the House of Commons this afternoon that Great Britain IS not considering the possibility of a boycott and also said that For eign Secretary Halifax is also "un- able to even consider such step"
 Opposition Laborite Morgan Price suggested the economic boycott with the assistance of the United States as aimed against future disturbers of European peace"
 Prime Minister Chamberlain also told the House of Commons that Rumania ''has not signed away her economic independence" under the new trade treaty with Germany
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
Yankee
 Clipper
 On Trip
Forty-two-ton Ship Cross ing Atlantic with 21
 Passengers Aboard

HORTA, Azores, March 27.-The 42-ton Yankee Clipper, which be- gan a Transatlantic flight yester- day, leaving from Baltimore, with 21 passengers, on shakedoWn flight, has arrived here, gliding down to a smooth landing in the harbor
 The Boeing ship, carrying the largest number of passengers to fly the Atlantic on heavier than air machine, was nearly half an hour ahead of schedule time from Balti- more.
 The official time for the cros- sing was IT hours and 32 minutes. The average speed maintained was 160 miles an hour.
 Tt was a long but pleasant trip said Capt. Harold Gray.
 The Yankee Clipper, leaving here, will head for Lisbon, Marseilles, Southampton and Foynes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
Chinese Are Said 10 Have Staged Brilliant
 Counter Thrust
AIR FORCES AGAIN
 SHOWING ACTIVITY
Bombers of D efe n din q Forces She'll Invaders
 Line-PIanes Down

SHANGHAI, March 27. = The Chinese are reported to have made brilliant counter thrust north west of Nanchang where they pushed back the advancing Japa- nese troops with 1000 invaders and 500 defenders killed in the engage ment.
 Reports also assert that the Chi snese air forces bombed Japanese po- sitions along the Siao River, inflict- ing many casualties and shooting down three Japanese war planes,
 The battle for Nanehang, once the important Chinese airbase in Kiang- si Province, ITO miles southeast of Hankow, wages with, sharp inten- sity. The Japanese began the siege yesterday on the city which is one of the few remaining in Central China which has not been con- quered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
NATIONALIST5 ARE REPORTED
 AT MADRID
Franco $ Troops in Suburbs of City-0ne Column
 Crosses Bridge

PARIS, March 27.-The Fournier News Agency said Spanish Nat ionalist communique at Burgos an- nounces that Gen. F'ranco's troops have entered the suburbs of Mad rid
 The Agency also said communique reported that one column of in- fantry crossed the Toledo Bridge, which leads to the center of Mad- rid from the south. encountering only feeble resistance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
Declares He Will Permit No Attack on Rome-Ber-
 lin Axis : Will Fight
| ANY OPPOSITION
 IS VERY CHILDISH
Wants African Colonies Says Next Move Now
 Up to French Nation

ROME, March 27.-Premier Benito Mussolini publicly af- firmed claims to Tunisia and DjibOute, now colonies of France, and declared the next move is up to France.
 Premier Mussolini warned that any attempts of Demo- cratic nations to break the Rome Berlin axis would be childish. He mentioned Great Britain and France and when the Premier spoke the names there were loud shouts of de- risi0n.
 The Premier said he "consid- CTS ! long period of peace is necessary to safeguard Europe and for the development of the European civilization" He de- manded sacred rights" and re- iterated the following five point policy:
 One Considers peace nec- essary, but Italy demands her rights.
 Two-Adheres to the Rome Berlin axis and will attack any anti-axis coalition
 Three - Italy has colonial problems with France alone.
 Four-Considers Italian in- terests predominate on both the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas.
 F'ive--Italy must rearm even at the cost of complete nation al militarizati0n.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
COURT PARTY
 TO KETCHIkAN

Leaving for Ketchikan for the opening of the term of court there tomorrow, Judge George F. Alexan- der and other officials left last night on the Alaska.
 Others of the party for Ketchi- kan are District Attorney William A. Holzheimer, Clerk Robert Cough lin, Peggy Mcleod, John Newman and wife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
MIsCOvICHES

MT. and Mrs. Andrew Miscovich. and Peter and John Miscovich. are arriving tomorrow morning from the South on the steamer Yukon after winter in the States. They will re- turn to the Interior where the Mis- coviehes are operating gold placers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
FED. EMPLOYEES EJECT OFFICERS
 ON WEDNESDAY,
Federation Is to Meet in Gold Room of New
 Baranof Hofel

The local branch of the National Federation of Federal Employees will meet during the noon hour We'd nesday in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
 Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and other business mat ters of importance taken care of. A full attendance is desired by the President. Mrs. Sally Shafer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
MRS. R005EvELT
 VISITS SEATTLE Comes North from San FrdnCisCo-Beafs Ar
 rival of Stork

SEATTLE, March 27. = Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here Sunday by plane from San Fran Ecisco to visit with her son-in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Boet- tiger
 1 The Boettiger's expect the ar rival of the stork at anytime now.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
! OFFICIALS OF UNION MISSING,
 KODIAK ISLAND
Gasboat Reported Several Days Overdue on
 Inspection Trip

KODIAK, Alaska. March 27. IT The F,ishermen's Union official gas- boat with Emil Christoffersen and Paul Wyckoff aboard has not been reported for several days.
 The boat is overdue from an m- spection trip around the islands.
 Local residents have started a search.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
INTENSE FIGHTING RACES

SHANGHAI, March 27 - The Hankow headquarters of the Japa- nese Army reports the capture of Nanchang is in sight and it is ex- pected that before nightfall the Japanese will enter the city simul- taneously through the four gates.
 The Japanese forces have crossed the river ready to enter the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
OMAN RETURNS

s. B. Landrum. Federal Bureau of Investigation man assigned to Juneau, returned on the Alaska after three weeks spent in the West ward. Landrum said there was mo news" in his journey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27
MOVIE OF UNITED STATES SENATE TO BE MADE WITH
 JIM PRESTON A5 DIRECTOR

is true enough that Helen Hayes began her career here but she left early in life, long before the blight of politics had fallen upon her.
 Jim came into the job this way He once was superintendent of the Senate Press gallery and may some day be again. More recently he has been keeping the national archives before the public eye. But all this went into the discord when Frank Capra, the producer, came to this town. He is dynamic He met Jim Preston. Jim is not dy- mamie. He is factual. They merged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-27

WON'T OVERDUE IT
 Capra wanted to produce picture about Washington. He wanted to
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Evening star., 1939-07-27

and Dick Bartell, to beat Fred Fitz-
simmons.
There were some better than ay-
erage happenings in the American
League, too, notably two by those
record-book Wreckers, the New York
Yankees. They tied the modern ma
Jor league record of scoring in every
inning OF a nine-inning tilt (held
jointly by five teams as they ham,
mered out a AL victory over the
becalmed and befuddled Browns.
And Bill Dickey. headed straight for
CooperstoWn's Hall of Fame, poled
three homers to come within one of
the nine-inning game record held
by Bills former roomie, Lou Gehrig.
While the bombarders were at
work Red Ruffing was choking the
Browns with a three-hit perform
ance for his l4th win of the year.
The fumbling Boston Red Sox had
70 call on their meal ticket, Jimmy
Foxx, to shake off bothersome band
OF White Sox in the second game
after losing the first. The Pale Hose
ran out the first one. 81, and then
FoXX came to life in the second and
with two homers and a double drove
in enough runs to give the Hubsters
a 6-5 victory.
Al Milnar of the Cleveland In
dlans won his sixth of the year with
an eigha-hit job to check the Ath.
letics, 9-3.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Smart Defense
Marks Climb
of Pirates
Gionts Are Helpless
Before Cards.; Yonks
Crush Browns
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Pleasure craft sailing National
League waters are warned to keep
sharp lookout for Pirates.
The determined BUGS, in the short
space OF week have climbed out of
the depths of sixth place and now
are entrenched in second. The twin
scuttling they gave the Phillies yes
terday by 81 and So broke them out
OF a deadlock with the st. Louis Car
dinals.
Maybe those World Series prep
arations the Pittsburgh people made
last fall were just year premature.
The records show the Pirates have
done more up and downing than an
elevator pilot and have held every
position save first. From all indi-
cations they're ready now to make
a strong bid for that. With 18 VIC
tories in their last 26 starts, they
have climbed within nine games of
the Cincinnati Reds, who were idle
yesterday.
Those two victories yesterday. fea-
turing Pitchers Bill Swift and Joe
Bowman, were built on a 20-hit at
tack and some sparkling fielding, the
key to the Pirates climb from the
lower division.
Cards Blank Giants.
But the Pirates didn't make all
the senior circuits headlines. A
youngster by the name of Tom
Sunkel. wearing a Cardinal uniform,
came awfully close to pitching the
first no-hitter of the year-against
the Giants. A single by Tom Hafey
in the eighth spoiled it, and Billy
Jurges, back after his costly sus-
pension, got another in the ninth.
But those two blows couldn't do
much by way of helping another
lost Giant cause. They lost by 1910
as Sunkel won his first full-length
victory and his second game of the
season.
Ole Dizzy Dean came up with a
country fair performance to prove
that he still has his famed "nothin'
ball-the one they can't do nothin'
with" The speechmaker had the
Brooklyn Dodgers as helpless as
guy in an automat without a nickel
as he moved them down with five
hits and won, 1912.
The Cubs, apparently chagrined
over pair of lickings the day be-
fore. slapped out a 13-hit attack, in
cludfng homers by Gabby Hartnett
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Crash Will Bench
Myer Short Time

The Mats today found some
relief in learning Second Base
man Buddy Myer, feared to have
suffered a fractured wrist in
collision at the plate with
Detroit's Catcher Birdie Teb-
belts yesterday, actually received
only a badly bruised left hand.
Buddy, who attempted to score
in the fifth inning when one of
Pitcher Buck Newsom' pitches
trickled away from Tebbetts,
crashed into the Detroit catcher
while launching a slide and was
knocked unconscious. Tebbetts
was not injured.
Myer. who has been playing a
crack defensive game in addition
to hitting timely, is expected to
be lost to the team for four or
five days. Jimmy Bloodworth
will handle second base in his
absence.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
The Secret, He Says, Is Relocation

We saw the Clark Griffith it. too and
Lucky stage at his bayard
Teer is waiting Tor OCTOBER
Gr bang out OF watching Teter
side another
screaming through flaming structure and through
fights pretty
rngsideand has been doneand
the and face the same
fate willing take football
beating there who will ride with
his
he did it, Nobody, of course asked him
explain he said 1.-The realize how
1 riding in motor
will only throw his
that he
bruises There will be hard collision
the windhdand I'm assuming it's shaeproof gass-but
the the will throw
you against with 10 times the force.
10 the that
upset all hoping that Ill
lose
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Win, Lose or Draw
Mon at the Wheel
By FRANCIS {. STAN.

automobile bowl below York tonight
county scheduled the the
Technically sport.
think the athlete In the essentials for
reformed oil
athlete the
Louis him money-make At
Bulge during his
Luckys body of
either of these estimates
they could be correct
built along the lines of heavyweight wrestler He
He generally
who HE their around
worth equipment and
movable hre-ex-
tinguhers In short Teer strictly big
league.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Metro Softies Launch
Second Half Tonioht

A double header will launch Sec
ond-half competition in the Metro
Night Softball League tonight at
Seat Pleasant.
Dixie Tavern NETS Golub's Mar
ket at 8 o'clock, while Standard
Linen tackles True-Blue at 9:15.
Tru-Blue won the first-half crown
last night by defeating Irish War
Veterans, 7-3.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Shortage of Pitching Talent
Is Pittsburgh's Worry

spirit and bats routed the Bucs out
of the doldrums and now they're
playing like they get some fun out
of it.
Young Shines at Second.
But the Pirate pilot is not over
looking the work of Jeep Handley
at third-he stole his 18th base of
the season yesterday-Left Fielder
Fern Bell, Shortstop Arky Vaughan
and Second Baseman Pep Young.
Pie thinks Young docs as good
fielding as any one in baseball
today"
Every day I have meeting with
the boys and try to build up the
team" declared Traynor. Il don't
like to say what we can do-they'll
hear about it when we go down.
I just hope we keep winning"
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Results in Minor Circuits

By the Associated Press.
International League.
Toronto, 4; Jersey City, 3.
Buffalo. g; Newark. g.
Rochester, 8: Syracuse. A.
Observation-Disclosures played previous
date.
American Association.
Milwaukee, 13; Columbus 10.
Minneapolis, 2; Louisville, /.
Kansas City, 5; Toledo, l.
st. Paul, III; Indianapolis. $50.
Southern Association.
Little Rock. 5; Atlanta, 3.
Memphis, g. Chattanooga, 8.
Nashville. II: Birmingham, (second
game postponed, rain).
Knoxville, 10; New Orleans. 8.
Texas League.
Tulsa, Z: Shreveport, g.
Fort Worth. 3; San Antonio, 2.
Dallas 8; Beaumont /
Houston, 1914; Oklahoma City, 3-2.
Piedmont League.
Rocky Mount, 10; Richmond 6.
Charlotte. 9; Asheville. l.
Winston-Salem, IS; Portsmouth. 8.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
Fair Fan, 80, Ribs
Gobby After Gift
By the Associated PreN.

By the Associated Preas.
CHICAGO, July 27.-Eighty-
year-old Mrs. Della Smith, ardent
Chicago Cubs baseball fan, gave
Manager Gabby Hartnett, her
hero, mild rebuke today in re-
turn for an autographed baseball.
Although I like Gabby, think
he's traded too many good play
ers.',, she said after receiving the
ball at her home.
Because of infirmities. Mrs.
Smith never has seen the Cubs
play. Yet she never misses q
game-via radio and newspaper.
Evening star., 1939-07-27
By the Associated Press

6y lHc hDoOSldbcu 1900
PITTSBURGH, July 27. The
Pirates are hot as the blazing July
sun, but Manager Pie Traynor can't
help feeling a little bewildered about
1t all.
OF course, skyrocketing from sixth
to second place in the National pen
nant race fulfilled his fondest hopes.
Especially did yesterdays dual tri-
umph over the Phillies delight him.
But what now? It's pitching
troubles that keep Traynor from
commenting on chances of overtak-
ing the league-leading Cincinnati
Reds. He just hopes the Bucs keep
on winning.
"I don't know who'll pitch from
day to day." means the Pirate skip
per. 1--WE Just got five pitchers and
they all worked in the last two
days.
Only Five Hurlers Sound.
1--WE had 10 in the spring, but be-
tween sore arms, having their teeth
pulled and tonsils out, there are only
five left: If they get overworked
it'll be tough"
Joe Bowman, Fireman Ace Brown,
Bill Swift, Rip Sewel and Bob
Khnger were mainstays accounting
for 18 Pirate victories out of the
last 26 starts. Jim Tobin, Russ
Bauers and Cy Blanton form the
sore-arm brigade, while Ken Heint-
zelman and Bill Clemenson have
been having tooth trouble.
Traynor readily credits the Pirate
upswing to Slugger Chuck Klein,
castoff obtained for $3.50 train fare
from Philadelphia, and Substitute
First Baseman Elbie Fletcher, taken
from the seventh-place Bees. Their