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Evening star., 1939-05-21
Church Group Plans
Visit to Hospital

Introducing new function in
group activities, a delegation of 30
members of the Mount Vernon Place
M. E. Church, headed by the Relief
Committee, will visit Emergency
Hospital Sunday at pm. to take
gifts and flowers to patients who
have no relatives or friends in the
city to call on them.
I'VE think it will bring some meas
ure of cheer to out-of town patients
and those who have no connections
in the city," said Frank E. Amick,
committee member, who is aiding
with plans for the groups first visit.
Mr.. Amick added that the commit
tee intends to make monthly trip
to the city's various hospitals and if
possible to later make it weekly.
Heading Sundays group will be
Justice Bolitha J. Laws and DR.. John
w. Rustin, Mount Vernon Place pas
tor and president Of the Washing
ton Ministerial Association. The
group will assemble at the hospital
at $50 pm, Philip Harpine, COM
mlttee chairman, said today.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Washington Youths
To Sinq at Baltimore

Seventy Washington boys and
girls will leave for Baltimore in d
caravan of 20 private cars and
special bus at 8 am. Saturday to
sing during the junior day program
of the biennial convention of The
National Federation of Music Clubs.
Under the direction of Esther ILL.,
kins, they will appear at the Poly
technic High School in Baltimore.
The group will present the operetta
''The Nightingale" and the several
young singers will present solo parts
Soloists will include Judy Conklin,
Beverly Cushman, Frank English,
jr.; John Googins, Weston Jones,
Nancy Linkins and Billy Emery.
The singers will remain In Baltj-
more for lunch and after hearing
other young musicians will return
to Washington in time for dinner.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

Lewis, Mrs. Leslie Beall, Mrs. Mon
roe Beall, Mrs. James Day, Mrs.
Milton Burdette, Mrs. Bradley Wat
kins, Mrs. Dorsey Day and Misses
Louise Barnes, Virgie Beall, Alma
Burdette, Bette Burdette, Maize
Barnes, Shirley Linthicum, Mary
Linthicum, Annie Lautie Day, Dor
othy, Day and Vivian Barnes.
In the Kempton section this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Riggs celebrated
their sixth wedding anniversary and
the 10th birthday anniversary of
Mr.. B. J. Brandenburg. Guests. in
addition to Mr.. and Mrs. Branden-
burg, were Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Purdum, Mrs. Ella Moxley, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Riggs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Monroe Mount, Mrs. Asa Watkins,
Mrs. Lester Burdette, Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

Merhle Brandenburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Claytus Brandenburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Riggs, Miss Nellie Galley, Miss Mary
Jamison, Miss Constance Branden-
burg, Miss Ruth Brandenburg, Miss
Carolyn Burdette, Miss Rosalie Bur =
dette, Miss Almeda Riggs, Messrs.
Lynn Browning, Richard McCord,
Richard Galley, Maurice Mount,
Lloyd Brandenburg, Lee Riggs and
Bradley Brardenourg.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Commencement Speaker

DR.. Roy ]. Deferrari, secretary
general Of Catholic University, will
be the principal speaker at the 18th
commencement exercises Of Provi-
dence (R H. College June 8, 1t was
announced today by the Very Rev.
John j. Dillon, o. p, president.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

cron Society Saturday at 1:3o pm.
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club. Monthly business will be
taken up after luncheon.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Luncheon HOstesses

Miss Veryl Schult and Mrs. Jud-
son Cobb will be co-hostesses at q
luncheon for the Washington Alum
nae Chapter Of Beta Sigma Omi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
MANT0N GIVEN LIMIT; ! YEARS
 IN FED. PRISON
Former Judge Is Also Fin ed S10,0O0 for Sell
 ina Judicial Fdyors

NEW YORK, June 20-Marin T. Manton, former Judge of the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Appeals, was today sentenced to two years in Federal prison and also fined $10,000.
 The sentence is the maximum possible under his conviction for conspiracy to sell judicial favors.
 Manton was sentenced by Fed eral Judge Chestnut after making a fervid but dispassionate plea of over an hour, to have the jurys verdict set aside. Speaking him. self in the third term, except when he spoke of "chagrin and humilia- tion" ne suffered, Manton summon ed a long array of arguments against the conclusion of the jury reached on June 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
 IN CHINA
 pR0TE5TED
American Properties Con- fine to Be SheIIed by
 Japanese Planes

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull said American Charge dAffaires at To- kyo has protested to Japans con- tinued bombing of American prop critics in China.
 Eugene Dooman, Charge d'Affaires called on the Japanese Minister, with instructions from the State Department. and in, addition to making representations against the bombings, also sought to obtain per- mission to publish the recent ex- change of notes between the United States and Japan on this subject.
 Secretary Hull explained that it it is customary to obtain assent from a foreign government for pub lication of notes.
 In this case, assent has not yet been obtained.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Is Roosevelt Candid in 1940! Read On
Question Is Put Direct 10 President Answer
 Is Given, Yes!

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Presi- dent Roosevelt was asked point blank at the conference with news men this afternoon whether he is candidate for reelection in 1940.
 The President told his interrogator to go stand in corner.
 That was the Presidents only answer he gave to the question.
 The question and answer brought laugh from the President who further said he made an awful mis- take the other day. Columnists have written considerable about it, he said, because he had forgotten to mention the corner.
 The President did not explain this remark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
ADMIRAL LEAHY GOES TO
 PUERTO RICO WITH HARD
 TA5kT0pERF0RM FOR us,
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, June 20-Obser- vers here interpret the appointment of Admiral Leshv, naval chief of operations. to take over the gov- ernment in Puerto Rico, as mean ing that the administration had decided nothing should be spared to bring about improvement in the islands condition.
 Of all U s. colonial problems that of Puerto Rico has been worst. Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Cuba came under the American wing almost simultaneously and the conditions of all but Puerto Rico have improved with reasonable steadiness since Old timers who knew Puerto Rico away back when will tell you that affairs in the Caribbean island, both political and economic, have grown worse. They place the blame about equally on natural difficulties in the island itself and on inept governors.
 Under Democratic and Republican administrations alike it has been the habit, with a few exceptions, to governors who are either out and out political hacks or mil itary executives who have limited patience With cumbersome civil processes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
SUB INQUIRY BRINGS OUT
 MANY FACTS
Induction Valves on Un- dersea Graft Said to
 Be Faulty

PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire, June 20.-Assertion that the induc- ton equipment on the submarine Squalus would have been fatally defective in time of war" was made at the Naval Court inquiry today by Lieut.. Oliver Naquin, Command CT of the sunken craft.
 In discussing valves by which air is taken in when submarine is on the surface, the equipment which some officers blame for the sinking of the Squalus, Lieut.. Ma quin asserted that if any one of the four pipes were ruptured by a depth bomb or mine, the entire ventilating system of the undersea boat would be flooded.
 Lieut.. Naquin recommended that an automatic instantaneous snap action" equipment that would close the pipes be installed in the future.
 Earlier, Lieut.. Naquin declined to concede directly that the mechan- icle fault of the main induction valve caused the ship to plunge to the bottom on May 23.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
BUSINESS TAX
 REVISION BILL
 PASSES HOUSE
Measure Rushed 10 Senate -"Deterrents' to Busi-
 ness Are Removed
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, June 20.--The Senate Finance Committee has unanimously ap- proved of the Business tax re- vision bill passed by the House.

WASHINGTON, June 20. - The business tax revision bill has been approved by the House with only one dissenting vote and has been rushed toward the Senate.
 The measure repeals the last vestige of undistributed profits tax and continues for the next two years the excise levies.
 The measure was supported by Democrats and Republicans alike who expressed desire to eliminate the so-called business "deterrents." :"
 The lone objector, amid 358 votes, is Representative George Holden Tinkham, Republican of Massa- chusetts, who said he opposed the excise taxes and als othrough the bill did not give enough concessions to corporations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20

CHICAGO, III, June 200.-Grace Abbott, of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Chicago, formerly United States Children's Bureau, passed away here last evening.
 All over the nation, child welfare agencies battling for health, school ing and homes for children, were better equipped for their work be- cause Grace Abbott was Director of the Federal Children's Bureau from 1921 to 1884.
 When she started her tenure, she faced a picture of children working when they should have been in school, children ill from lack of proper food and children in common prisons for lack of detention homes
 When she left, child labor was be- ing outlawed through industrial codes under the NRA, states were holding joint conferences on juvenile delinquency and welfare agencies were bending their effors to feed uderprivileged children.
 In New Role
 She went in 1884 to the University of Chicago's school for social admin istration of which her elder sister, Edith Abbott, was dean, to teach public welfare administration and thus aid in training successors in the work in which she achieved dis tinction.
 The Abbott sisters were born in Grand Island. Neb., their parents being Othman A. and Elizabeth Griffin Abbott. Grace's natal day was November IT, 1873 She went through the Grand Island schools and took a Ph.B degree at Grand Island College in 1898. Then for three years she taught in the Grand Island high school, took year of graduate work at the University of Nebraska. 1902-3, and returned to her high school teaching through 1907. At the university she and Ruth Bryan Owen, later minister to Denmark, acted together in an amateur play.
 Works With Perkins
 The year 1908 saw the Abbott sis- ters in Chicago Edith as associate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
THIRD TERM
 TALK FORCES
 OUT REMARKS
Two Sen ators Express Their Opinions or Re-
 nomination of FOR

WASHINGTON, June 20-In a speech last night, Senator Edward Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, de- clared that the third term might lead to a breakdown of the Demo- cratic form of Government.
 Senator Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat of Indiana, announced that he opposed the renomination or reelection of President Roosevelt or any other man for third term"
 Both Senators have frequently dis agreed with the Administration, particularly on the Court issue.
 Sen. Van Nuys' remarks attracted special attention because Senator Sherman Minton said previously that Indianians were supporting Paul McNutt for the Presidency, but would get behind President Roose- welt if he chose tosrun.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Finds Old Friend
 By Newspaper Ad

LEBANON, Ore, June 20.-It still pays to advertise. Mrs Etta Bridge former former Nebraska resident, inserted a classified advertisement in a paper of her native state asking if any of her girlhood friends were still living.
 To her astonishment her school girl chum, Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, who lived only twenty miles from Le- banon, answered the ad. The two women had not seen each other for fifty-four years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Present Governor Criticized

The present governor, General Blanton Winship, has been the tar get of criticism from witnesses be- fore congressional committees just as have previous governors. Every governor who goes down there has two strikes called on him before ever he sets food on the island.
 Just now coalition group has political control in the islands-un- der the governor, of course. Gen. eral Winship's critics have testified that he has given in to them far too much with the result that pat ronage rolls have been swelled ex- pensively.
 General Winship replies that the islands budget is in balance, a statement which his critics greet with derisive cheers. They say that under the act giving Puerto it's gov- ernment the budget never can get unbalanced. If the legislature ap- propriates more money than is rais- ed by taxes, the budget has to be adjusted to fit.
 Meantime sugar plantations have expanded in the island, the larger ones owned by people outside the island. That takes out some of the wealth and has hurt many who once depended on small crops. The population is almost as dense as that of Rhode Island, nearly 500 10 the mile, and hasn't handful of factory industry with which to SUD- port it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Era
 Wife, Slayer
 0fMafe,Free
Escapes from Reformdfory -Going Out For One
 Last Good Time"

EVANSVILLE, Ohio, June 20-- Velma West, flapper era wife who bludgeoned her husband to death in 1927 because he would not go to a party. and then went there herself. escaped from the refor -oatory here last night.
 She left a note telling the super intendent she was going out flor one last good time
 Wardens said she had been des- pondent lately because of her health and failure to get parole considera- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
l Al Tienisin !
 AreLeavinQ
Women and Children Are Evaeuaiing BIoekdded
 British Concession

TIENTSIN, June 20.--One hun dred and twenty British women and children are eyacuating the be- leagured British concession. The party is levaing aboard a small British river boat for Tangku where the women and children will trans- fer to coastal steamers for Chin- wangtao-Pehtaiho beach, on the coast, some 200 miles northeast of Tientsin.
 Many of the women and children boarded the steamer during the night and others went aboard dur ing today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
WAREHOUSES OF
 WAR MATERIAL
 GO UP IN FLAMES
Cotton Stordges Used by French in Military
 Work Destroyed

ANGOULEME France, June 20.-- Fire today destroyed the cotton warehouses of the great Angouleme military power factory.
 The blaze was discovered among the reserve stocks used in the manufacture of munitions this fore noon and quickly spread to ware house after warehouse.
 Heavy attachments of troops were thrown around the factory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
AMUND5EN ON
 ISLAND RUN

Johnny Anundsen flew three passengers to Sitka and Tenakee to- day on the Marine Airways mail run.
 L. Brennan was to go to Tenakee, and Bernard Wray and J. c. Greedy to Sitka
 Amundsen was to stop at Hawk Inlet, Superior Packing Company and Tenakee, Todd, Sitka, Chich- agof and Hirst Chichagof with mail this morning, while this afternoon, Hoonah, Port Althorp, Lisianski were to be on the mail run list.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 20.--Closing quotation on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 92. American Power and Light Al Anaconda 24h, Bethlehem Steel 56ss, Commonwealth and Southern .1Iz. Curtiss Wright SIS, General Motors 44%, International Harvest CT 58A, Kennecott 32A, New York Central 141s, Northern Pacific 8h, United States Steel 47A, Pound $468 5-l6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
ENGLISH YACHT SPENDS NIGHT IN
 JUNEAU HARB0R
Stout Producing Guinness One of World s Foremost
 YaChtsmen Visits Here

Two hundred and twenty eight feet of royal yacht, the luxurious vessel Fantome, owned by the Hon. orable l. E. Guinness, of the famed stout producing family of England, spent the night in Juneau's harbor.
 Guinness, GA years of age, with little love for publicity arising out of what crew members said was a bit of lousy turn" received from newsmen some years ago, spoke friendly enough to reporters here.
 You've a lovely country Guin- ness said as he made his difficult way down the steep gangway at the Ferry Float with heavy cane to aid his steps. We do wish we could stay longer, but perhaps an- other time.
 And that is the complete de- scription of somewhat feeble, but boat-loving, Guinness, one of the wealthies men of England, who has two other yachts larger than the Fantome and spends his years trav- cling the globe with little respect for time or business cares beyond an occasional rush trip back to Lon don for necessary business transac- tions.
 Flies To England
 For instance, in March, after the Fantome had been taken from Lon don to San Francisco, Guinness left the craft there to fly across the continent, make rush trip to Lon don for fortnight, then hurried back to rejoin the yacht and con- tlnue a leisurely cruise.
 Going to Pacific Northwest wa ters, Seattle and Vancouver, and then on to Alaska where he went as far as the Glacier Bay area. Guinness is now returning to take up plans for another cruise to Scotland, perhaps, or possibly Nor way
 The Fantome will be left at &c., dIOlC dlld biiC CliCh . CItW OI JO will go overland to New York and back to London to pick up the Fan tome II, a brig type auxiliary sailer. Then, with the Fantome in Seattle, it will be possible to return in the future to the Pacific Coast with a minimum of time consumed to con- tinue more extended Alaska and Pacific rim cruise.
 1200-TOn Vessel
 The Fantome that anchored in the channel here, is a 1900 ton ves- sel, 228 feet overall with a 38-foot beam. She is 118 feet high from the waterline to the masthead trucks.
 Her power is a compliment to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
CALLS ON DIMoNp

Following attendance at the Gen. eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church recently held in Cleveland. Ohio, Arthur A, Johnson, of Rake. Alaska, extended his trip to the East Coast. While in Washington on June 6. MT. Johnson called at the Delegates office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
TWO SMALL LOADS
 OF HALIBUT SOLD

Two halibut boats. the Helen H., David Young. and the Aeroplane, David Willard, sold halibut cargoes last night and today on the local exchange.
 The Helen H. sold 5000 pounds and the Aeroplane 1,500 pounds, both selling to New England at 6A and Az cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
FORMER ALA5kA
 MINER SUICIDES
Frank B. NagIe Sends BuI- lei Into Brain in
 California Home

GLENDALE, Cal, June 20.-Po- lice Chief V. B. Browne records as suicide the death of Frank B. Nagle, 72. former Alaska miner, who was found shot to death in chair in his home yesterday.
 Nagle had been in ill health, his widow said
 Nagle is the first man, it is re- ported, to bring mail from Nome to San Francisco This was in 1897
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues:
 National League Brooklyn 2; Cincinnati 4. Chicago 3; Boston 1.
 American League Chicago 3, New York IA St. Louis 1 Boston 8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION
 IS ON SLATE

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Presi- dent Roosevelt said today it is per fectly true that he does not want Congress to adjourn before acting on neutrality legislation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
PLANE FOR WOODLEY

Aboard the steamer Yukon here today was new six-place Curtis Thrush plane for Art Woodley of Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
DISORDERLY

Hans Rasmussen was arrested by the U. s. Marshal's office yester- day on a charge of disorderly con- duct.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Lots of Trouble

There have been street shootings and assassinations. climaxed by that of 1897 when police killed 20 and wounded 100 in suppressing . Palm Sunday parade of young men and women supporting an indepen-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
now. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials l37-57, rails 27.68, utilities 24.l2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
Nippon Forces Also Sur round International Sef-
 fIemenf at Annoy
NEW FRICTION BREAKS
 OUT AT SHANGHAI NOW
No Concern FeIt Over Unif- ed States Getting Into
 Oriental Mess
(By Associated Pressl

Japan is confident that the Brit ish must carry the burden of finding a peace formula" in the present tense Tientsin situation at the Nip- pon forces strengthened the block ade of the British concession at Tientsin and at the same time, the Japanese authorities let it be known there will be no backing down" either on the issue over the Inter- national Settlement at Annoy.
 The statement made in Washing ton by Secretary of State Cordell Hull that the United States is con- cerned over the broader aspects" in the Tientsin crisis evoked no news- paper comment in Tokyo.
 No Fear of U. s.
 The Japanese Consul General at Tientsin said Great Britain is att tempting to persuade the United States to snatch her chestnuts from the Far Eastern fire but official cir cles in Tokyo seem convinced that Washington will remain outside the controversy unless asked by both sides to mediate.
 Eugene Dooman. Charge d'Affaires at Tokyo. is reported authoritatively to have protested against the Jap- anese naval blockade of Julangsu, International Settlement at Annoy.
 It is also believed Dooman dis cussed the Tientsin situation.
 High Japanese military authorities and diplomatic officials, 1t is said, have alid reports of the China issue before Emperor Hirohito.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
NEW FRICTION

SHANGHAI, June 20.--New fric- tion has developed between Great Britain and Japan over British nav al operations on the Yangtze River.
 The British deny two Japanese charges that sailors of the British gunboat Scarab unloaded supplies at Wuhu. Yangtze River port, for the British naval canteen, in violation of an agreement to first obtain Jap- anese permission first and also that the British covered" a Japanese detachment with machine guns dur ing the unloading.
 British officials asserted they in- tend to unload naval stores wher- ever the occasion demanded and in turn charge the Japanese with un- warranted Japanese naval interfer- ence with the Scarab at Wuhu.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20
DIAMOND DRILL MAN ON MINE
 EXAMINATION

R. D. Longyear, President of the E. J. Longyear Company of Min neapolis, mining engineers, core drillers and sellers of diamond drills, arrived in Juneau today on his way into the Interior for several months of mine examination work. He is flying Saturday to Fairbanks.
 The United States is by far the worlds largest producer of petrol cum. with Russia second and Ven ezuela third.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-20

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