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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16
NEL SON CHARLES
 FUNERAL TO BE
 SATURDAY kT Z
Relatives F aiI 10 Claim Body Burial 10 Be
 al U. 5. Expense

His relatives having failed to claim the body of Nelson Charles, the Indian hanged here last Fri day for the murder of his mother in-law will be given burial at Gov ernment expense here Saturday.
 Neither his wife at Ketchikan nor sister at Port Angeles, Wash. replied to telegrams inquiring as to their wishes in regard to burial.
 The funeral will be at the Sal vation Army Hall Saturday at 2 o'clock, with Adjutant Stanley Jackson officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16
MEXICAN OIL CASE
 OUT OF HIGH COURT

MEXICO CITY, Nov. Is. A Mexican Supreme Court Justice ruled today that foreign oil com panies might demand indemnity for their plants, appropriated by the Mexican government last March but could not demand pay ment for oil deposits which they had bought.
 The ruling was only presented to the full court which did not ap- prove it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16

The U. $. has one mile of railroad for every 542 citizens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16
FLOOD

VICTORIA, B C., Nov 1G. - Waters of the worst flood eve- rc corded on Vancouver Island have begun recedfng following five day rain and fourteen-foot tide.
 More than 2,000 acres of farm land were flooded by waters of the Campbell and Courtenay rivers.
 Many families were driven from their homes and the island high way was blocked by water ten feet deep in places.
 Several bridges were washed out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16
Mullen Goes
 South, Norah

J. F. Mullen, President of B. M Behrends Bank, sailed south on the steamer Princess Norah on busi- ness trip.
 MT Mullen expects to be south a month, spending most of his time in Seattle, and possibly going to San Francisco
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16

More people are killed in the course of farm work than in any other in- dustry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16

Empire classifieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16
ARRESTED

PARIS, Nov 16.-Police have ar rested four members of the French Communist Party and turned them over to the Military Tribunal for their trial and sentencing.
 One of the outlawed party, Ca mile Henry, was charged with spreading secret Communist pro- paganda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16

liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their un- paid minimum wages, or their un- paid overtime compensation, as the case may be, and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damag- es."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-16

or butter or other dairy proodctS. ''
 Apprentices
 The Section IA, referred to above 1 among exemptions, is as follows:
 eThe Administrator, to the extent necessary in order to prevent cur tailment of opportunities for em- ployment, shall by regulations or by orders provide for D the employ ment of learners, Of apprentices, and of messengers employed exclus- ively in delivering letters and mes sages. under special certificates is sued pursuent to regula tions of the Administrator, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section establishing a min- mum Wage) and subject to such linn itations as to time, number, pro- portion. and length of service as the Administrator shall prescribe and t2) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental defic- iencv or iniXry. under special cor lCcates issued by the Adminlstra- tor al such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under sec tion and fer such period as shall be fixed n such cerafcates.'
 A used in the act, the terms "emplctar0 means amy person act ing directly CT indirectly in the in- terest of an employer in relation to an employee but shall not include the United States or any State or political subdivision of a State, or any labor organizati tion (other than when acting as an employer, or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor or ganlzation."
 Placer Exemption
 Yesterday it was announced in Washington that 8 seasonal exemp- ticn, regarding hours, had been al- lowed the open cut placer mining industry in Alaska The exemption entities the industry to work em- ployees a basic 56 hour week for not more than IA weeks per year.
 The act provides the penalty that any employer who violates the wage or hours section of the act shall be
Evening star., 1939-08-07
McCarran Escapes Harm
AS Car Is Ditched
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 7.-Sen-
htor McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada
escaped injury when his car was
sidesWiped and forced into ditch
by a motoriSt near here yesterday.
Police said the driver of the other
car did not stop after his auto had
attempted to pass Senator McCar-
ran S car, sWerved in too close and
dltched it. A chauffer was driving
the McCarran car, which was also
occupied by the Senator's wife and
daughter. Occupants of the Nc
Carran machine got the license
number of the other car and notified
police.
A short time later Deputy Sheriff
Dick Downs noticed a car with the
license number reported to him
parked near a beer parlor on Route
7 few miles from the scene of the
collision.
The driver. who gave his name as
William Boyd of Purcellville, Va,
was tried by Trial Justice w. A.
Metzger and convicted of driving
with dead tags and without drivers
permit. The man was ordered to
pay costs and had his permit re-
voked
The magistrate explained that no
line was imposed because the driver
was the father of five children.
Senator McCarran and his family
escaped injury. His car was not ex-
tensively damaged.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Doctor Risks Life in Vain
To Rescue Dangling Man

The four victims brought to II the
number killed in the construction
Of the tunnel, which will carry the
States $4,000, 900 express highway
under Laurel Hill. Seven others
were killed when the tunnel was
first started in the 188Os as part of
a railroad designed as a competitor
to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The tunnel, left unfinished when
the railroad was abandoned, was
taken over by the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission as one of
seven on the superhighway between
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
Commission Chairman Walter A.
Jones said Nothing will be left I'M
done" to determine whether the &C
cident Saturday could have been
avoided and Coroner H. A. McMur-
ray announced he would make a
very thorough investigation"
The coroner said seven men had
been killed on the construction of
the highway in his county and
'osrS; That toll is too .vy."
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Woman Killed as Storms,
Fires Sweep Northwest
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. IA
woman was killed and property
damage has mounted to hundreds
of thousands of dollars in Western
storms and fires.
A limb ripped from a tree by a
violent windstorm killed Mrs
Josephine Tobler Graft, 81, at Santa
Clara, Utah. A three-hour t1re, con-
quered early today by firemen from
five communities, destroyed $275 900
worth of property in Centralia,
Wash. At least $4,000 acres of tim
ber and brush land in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho lay in blackened
ruins.
The Centralia fire swept through
the main holdings of the Eastern
Railway & Lumber Co. and burned
a residence, blacksmith shop, TO-
600, 900 feet of lumber, and damaged
the Driscoll Boiler Works. Sparks
from the fire started several fires
throughout the city, but all were ex-
tinguished.
Much property damage resulted
from Southern Utah windstorm.
Trees were uprooted, windows
broken and harvested crops scattered
in the fields.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Frank w. MondeN Dies Here;
Ex-Mojority Leader of House
Saw Long Service
As Representative
From Wyoming

Frank Wheeler Mondell, 49, who
served in Congress from Wyoming
for "a years and was majority leader
of the House for two terms during
the postwar years, died yesterday
at his home. 3147 Sixteenth street
NV, after an illness of six months.
Private funeral services Will be
held at ii m tomorrow at the resi-
dence, with burial in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Retiring from Congress in 1928,
Mr.. Mondell served for two years as
a director of the War Finance Corp,
and since then had practiced law
here.
Surviving are his widow, three
sons, Frank W., jr.; George Parker
and William Harris Mondell. and
two daughters, Mrs. Alfons Landa
and Mrs. Mondell Gregg, all resi-
dents of Washington.
Conservative Republican.
During his long political career
Mr.. Mondell was known as con-
servative Republican, andehe took
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Ruyburn to Review
Congressional Work

Representative Sam Ray
burn of Texas, majority leader
Of the House, will be the guest
speaker tonight on the Ma
tional Radio Forum over
WMAL at 9::30 o'clock.
Representative Rayburn will
discuss the work of Congress
during the last session. He
also is expected to review the
administrations record in
Congress since the advent Of
the New Deal in 1888.
The National Radio Forum
is arranged by The Star and is
heard over a coaSt-to-coast
network of the National
Broadcasting Co.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Work to Start Soon on 9 Probes
Voted $845 900 by Congress
Depressions, Banking. N. l. R. B. and
Un-Amercon Activities on List

cial inquiry. which the House or
dered over the protest of its Labor
Committee.
Along with Mr.. Smith, Speaker
Bankhead named two New Deal
Democrats. Representatives Healey
of Massachusetts, and Murdock of
Utah, and two Republicans, Repre-
sentatives Halleck of Indiana and
Routzohn of Ohio.
The committee decided to meet
September T. Mr.. Smith said hear
ings probably would be started be-
fore october.
Dies Unit to Resume Work.
In the meantime, the House Com
mittee on Gn-American Activities,
headed by Representative Dies,
Democrat, Of Texas, will resume its
work. Mr.. Dies, who has been re-
cuperating from illness in Texas,
will get back here this week, and
hearings are planned for either
August Is or September l.
Investigators of the House w. P. A.
(See INVESTIGATIONS, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1939-08-07
By the Associated Press.

SOMERSET, Pa, Aug. IA small
town surgeon who risked his life in
a vain attempt to save one of four
men crushed by a 20-ton rock fall
in highway tunnel was hailed as
a hero today while two agencies
sought to fix responsibility for the
tragedy.
Ignoring dust and small stones
that crumbled from a gaping hole
in the ceiling of the tunnel, DR.. John
D. Spencer stood on a stepladder
and cut away William Leach, 80,
from his pinioned left arm.
Leach, who had dangled by the
arm for an hour, was conscious
throughout the operation because
there was no chance to give an
anesthetic. He died a few minutes
later in an ambulance.
Hardened tunnel workers, accus-
toned to fatal mishaps, called DR..
Spencer guy with guts," but the
surgeon modestly said:
II was scared, scared stiff, but /
knew ( ,i{s j it was the only eaanoe to save
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Going 10 Get Evi|er,'
Says Garner, in Texas
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Aug. 7-Vice President
Garner, in high good humor and
robust health. rode today toward his
Uvalde home where I'm going to
fish, get 1ull of chiggers and feel
natural once more"
He still had no comment on John
L. Lewis recent charge he was a
"poker-playing, labor batting, whis-
key-drinking, evil old man." but he
was heard to remark jokingly to a
friend:
I'm going to get eviler every day.
I'm going to be my natural self and
free man as long as I live"
Mr.. Garner, who met well-wishers
at train stop here with firm hand
shakes, refused to discuss the Gar
ner-for-President movement or the
recently adjourned Congress.
He said he would not go fishing
his first day at home, where, Wash
ington sources have said, he would
conduct front porch" campaign
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, but would sit around
and rest.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Chandler Candidate
Has Lead Of 1884
In Kentucky Race
1t. Gov. Johnson Ahead
Of Brown, 85,862
To 1928
BY the Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Aug. lit.
Gov. Keen Johnson, Democrat, and
Circuit Judge King Swope, Repub-
lican, held to their leads for Ken
tucky's gubernatorial nominations as
counting of ballots cast in Satur-
days primary was resumed today
after law-required Sunday recess.
Unofficial returns from 1,173 of
4,307 precincts gave Mr.. Johnson,
Richmond newspaper publisher, 85,-
862 votes to 1923 for John Young
Brown of Lexington, former United
States Representative, his nearest
opponent.
In the Republican race the Lex
ington judge defeated by Gov. A. B.
Chandler in 1885 had 25,l41 votes to
1928 for John Sherman Cooper,
Somerset attorney, in 912 precincts
unofficially tabulate6.
Throughout the campaign Mr..
Johnson, who bore the Endorsement
of the State Federation of Labor,
an A. F. of L. affiliate, attacked the
G. l. o. and Mr.. Browns connec-
ton with it as an attorney for the
c. O.s United Mine Workers.
Returns from 800 precincts put
Mr.. Swope, a veteran Lexington
campaigner, 8,108 votes in front of
his chief opponent, John Sherman
Cooper of Somerset. The vote: Mr..
SWope, 22,909: Mr.. Cooper, 148O1.
The Courier-Journal, predicting
Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Swope would
meet in the November election, esti-
mated Mr.. Johnson's final margin
would exceed $4,000.
Nominations for many other State,
district and local races remained in
decisive on the basis of returns tabu-
lated so far.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
freighter Hits Iceberg,
Proceeds on Way
By the Associated Press.

Ds tilc HeSOSldlcu I!cSS
BOSTON, Aug. THE 5O3-foot
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line S
freighter Beaverhill, bound from
Montreal to London, struck an ice
berg early today off the Northeast
Coast of Newfoundland, but several
hours later she reported damage
was slight and she was proceeding
At first the liner Ausonia had
stood by.
A message from Capt. T. Jones
said the inside hull was untouched
by the collision. He reported that
the No. 4 double-bottom tank had
been damaged. The freighters cap
tain said his vessel would reach
London as scheduled on August 13.
The Coast Guard cutter Cham
plain, which was considerably south
of the position reported by the
Beaverhill, at first started to her aid
but later, upon receipt of the re-
assuring messages, put about and
continued her ice patrol duties.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Two Of I Convicts
In Virginia Break
Seized in Illinois
Pair Who Fled Bus Taken
In Tourist Cabin; Auto
Tags, Unmatched, Clue
BY the Associated Press.

by lllS hssOtldlcu 1lcSS
KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-Two of
the seven prisoners who escaped
from Federal guards near Thorn
burg, Va, July 26 were recaptured
in a tourist camp near here today.
Deputy Sheriff Gene La Fontaine
said they identified themselves as
Gerald Montague, 81. of Kankakee,
who was serving three years for the
theft of taxicab, and Walter Smith,
%, of Cincinnati, a convicted post
office burglar.
La Fontaine and another deputy,
Walter Bauer, surprised the pair as
they slept in cabin. They were
armed, but did not offer resistance.
Five other Federal prisoners,
Montague and Smith were being
transferred by bus from the pen
itentiary at Atlanta to the Govern
ment prison at Lawrenceburg, Pa,
when they escaped on the Rich
mond-Washington highway below
Fredericksburg.
After overpowering the guards
they Communicated an automobile
driven by a woman and headed
south toward Richmond. Montague
and Smith said the fugitives sepa-
rated soon afterward and that they
hoped a freight and arrived here
July %.
La Fontaine reported the pair
had admitted five burglaries and the
theft of a car from Kankakee ga
rage. Near their cabin the officers
found the stolen car.
1t was this machine which led
to their capture. Marshal William
Bukowski OF nearby Momence,
checking licenses, noticed that the
numbers on the front and rear OF
the car were different. He called
the deputies, who entered the cabin
and recognized Montague.
At Chicago, A. A. linus, chief
postal inspector, announced he had
sent two men to Kankakee to ques-
ton the prisoners about the at
tempted seizure of $4,000 Army
pay roll aboard an Illinois Central
train last Monday.
Two men boarded the train at
Onarga, south of here, but were
driven off by guards. One, John
Waldon of Chicago, was shot and
captured. The other escaped in an
automobile driven by a confederate
along a highway bordering the
tracks.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
By the Associated Press.

Adjournment of Congress was the
signal today for investigators and
clerks to start on the groundwork
for nine congressional inquiries for
which $3.50 was appropriated.
About 40 congressman will come
back here in the early fall for hear
ings on such things as American
activities, the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, banking and the gen.
eral economic condition of the
country.
Others will travel to Alaska to in
quire into the fisheries situation
there, and one committee will hold
hearings in California on how en-
ployers are treating labor.
Last of the hearings to be launched
was the House inquiry into the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board.
Just before adjournment Saturday
Speaker Bankhead appointed Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, who often opposes President
Roosevelt's policies, to head the spe-
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Polish Peasants
Raid Borbed Wire
Defending Germany
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Aug. THE steal
ing of barbed wire from German
military distractions" it is
reported by the newspaper Illus
trowany Kurjer of Krakow. has
become sport" among Polish
peasants along the German
frontier.
Mischievously, the newspaper
indicates, the peasants cross the
border and snip away lengths of
were, which they used to fence
their gardens.
There is an element of COM
petition, says the newspaper.
to see who can get the most wire.
and in some cases the peasants
bring back pieces of military
equipment to prove their dar-
ing.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Federal Employment
Hits An-Time High
With 925,260 Jobs
123,505 Workers on
Rolls in Washington,
June Report Shows

Government employment reached
an all-time high in June. when the
rolls showed total of 925 ,260 work.
ers, according to the monthly re-
port of the Civil Service Commis-
sion today.
The nearest approach to this was
last December, when thousands Of
holiday postal workers ran the fig-
ure to 919,161.
Wartime Peak Surpassed.
The estimated wartime peak was
slightly under $4,000.
Employment increased both in
Washington and the field in June.
Locally, there was an addition of
7l3 persons. to raise the total to
123.505. with pay of $22,178,128. In
the field. the increase was 22.148,
to 01,755, and the pay $l17,962, ,405.
OF the total employment, 1926
was on such projects as naval and
road construction. There were
1872 900 full-time employees and 49,
884 part time engaged in other &C
tivities.
In the Distri, t. Interior, Navy and
War DepartmeI is had the principal
increases.
Seasonal Increases.
In the field Agriculture, Post Of
fee, Interior, Commerce, Tennessee
Valley Authority, Civil Aeronautics
and Panama Canal reported seasonal
increases. War and Navy had some
seasonal increases, and others due to
the armament program, while the
Railroad Retirement Board added
almost 1000 persons to its force of
less than 200 in setting up field Of
fees for unemployment compensa-
ton functions.
Treasury and Works Progress
showed decreases.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Danzig Is Reported
Willing 10 Negotiate
Dispute With Poles
Tension Is ReIuxed After
Warning to Reich by
SmigIy-Rydz
BY the Associated Press.


WARSAW, Aug. 7.-Polish reports
from Danzig today said Nazi au-
thorities there had agreed to nego-
tiate their customs dispute precipi-
tated by the Danzig-Polish herring
and margarine war"
This brought immediate re1axa-
ton of tension, although the Polish
press voiced irritation at German
Nazi activities in Danzig, taking their
cue from a speech yesterday by
Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz, COM
mander of Polish armed forces, who
used such phrases as clear warn
ing and Polish guns may roar"
The Polish view of today's action
by Nazi authorities in the customs
dispute was that negotiation was
quite in order provided the funda-
mental principles involved-Polish
rights to customs control-were not
involved.
Warsaw circles were inclined to
regard this as a moral victory for
Poland, with Danzig authorities
yielding to virtual ultimatum.
Smigly-Rydz Made Demand.
The newspaper Polonia of Kato-
vice stated that demand for IAN
immediate answer" from Danzig au-
thorities Friday, after an announce
ment that Polish frontier inspectors
would not be permitted to work any
longer, was at the direct instigation
Of Smigly-Rydz.
At Danzig it was announced Off
cially that ''the Danzig Senate to-
day handed diplomatic representa-
tives of the republic of Poland re-
ply concerning the activity of Polish
controllers and ultimatum like
threats of Poland issued in connec-
ton Herewith" but gave no other
details.
There were continuing reports
that Marian Chodacki, Polish COM
missioner to the Free City, bluntly
told DR.. Arthur Karl Greiser, Danzig
Senate president, Saturday that Pol
ish guards would forcibly intervene
to protect" Polish customs officials
if necessary.
Poland stopped importing herring
and margarine from Danzig last
week, contendlng that the customs
men were not permitted to inspect
the products
The Free City of Danzig is within
the Polish customs administration
Addressed 100000.
Smigly-Rydz addressed 100000
persons yesterday in Krakow IN a
celebration marking the 25th ami
versary of the entrance of Polish
leglonnaires into the World War to
fight for Poland's independence.
The marshal declared in answer
to German demands for incorpora-
ton of Danzig in Germany that the
Free City, tied to Poland tor CEN
turies," constitutes "the lungs of
our economic life"
The conservative newspaper Gas
said that "Danzig may have peace,
welfare and freedom, but it may
also become the arena for life-and-
death fight.
The guns of the Polish Army are
facing Danzig should authorities of
the Free City not abandon in time
the dangerous road they are follow
ing on orders from the outside"
An editorial in the Ilustrowany
Kurjer of Krakow said, Poland is
ready to pay the tribute of blood
(See WARSAW pace A-Sl
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Esther RoIston Wed

GUILFORD, Conn, Aug. 7 R-
A starring role in a summer the
ater production of Susan and God"
today called Esther Ralston of the
stage and screen back from a one
day honeymoon. The actress and
Ted Lloyd, radio commentator and
columnist, were married yesterday
at Greenwich, Conn.