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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
NEWL0ANS ON MINING
 PROPOSED
Delegate Dimond Intro- dules Measure Extend-
 ing R. F. (. Field
(Uunrlnued from rage Onej

ritories ordered favorable reports on two of Delegate Dimond's bills when it met on February first. One of these was the measure to author iza payment of $6.09276 to the town of Wrangell, this being the sum due the town for cannery license tax, which could not be collected be- cause of financial difficulties which tied up the assets of the company owing the taxes. The money was finally collected by the Court as a fine for nonpayment of the tax in the same amount as that of the tax. However, this was of no benefit to the town of Wrangell because un- der the law the proceeds of such fines are covered into a special court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
GOVERNOR IS BUSY

Gov Ernest Gruening is still in Washington and working in close harmony with Delegate Anthony J. Dimond towards interesting depart ments and. Congressional commit tees in the national development of Alaska.
 The Governor and Mrs. Gruening hope to leave for Alaska about the middle of February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
G0vE'NR1ENT CALLS 5ITKA p0ST0FFI(E
 LANDS(ApING BIDS

Bids will be opened April 8 at the fire of the Public Works Adn 1is "2ticn District Engineer at ean 7''cisco for furnishing all labor and materials and perform ing all work of landscaping at the U. s. Postoffice at Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
KELSEYS IN EAST

Driving their new DeSoto car on a trip scheduled to almost encircle the United States, R. D. Kelsey, ac- ccmpanied by Mrs. Kelsey, arrived in Washington, D. c. on February l. MT. Kelsey is agent for the AL aska Steamship Company at Val deg and has numerous other busi- ness interests there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
GOING TO ANCHORAGE

Representing the Bureau of Bio logical Survey at the meeting of the Alaska Game Commission during the Fur Rendezvous to be held in Anchorage, George A. Hossick is leaving Washington on February 6 enroute to the Northern city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
VALDEZ GIRL APPOINTED

Accepting an appointment as sen- for stenographer in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Miss Betty Chase of Valdez, arrived in Washington last week She is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Chase, who are spending the winter In Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
BEST BOWLING SCORE MARKED
 BY M. RAYELA

Max Rayela rolled 579 for the Cosmopolitans last night at the Brunswick, but his team was beat en three of four by the Signal Corps squad.
 In the other contest of the spring tournament opener, Juneau Flor ists won three of four points from the George Brothers squad
 Tonights games are Barbers vs Brunswick and Home Grocery vs Druggists.
 Scores last night were as follows
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
SCHOOL IS TO OBSERVE
 ST. VALENTINES DAY

Valentines will be in evidence at the Douglas public school tomorrow and particularly in the grades. Pu- pills in Miss Fraser's, MT. Savikkos, and MT. Oberg's room will all ex- change Valentines following their studies in the afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
PRATT ON ALASKA

Judge Harry E. Pratt of the Fourth Judicial Division of Alaska with his headquarters at Fairbanks, is pas senger aboard the Alaska enroute home after visit in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
AUDITOR FLIES

s. Ryan, Pan-American AirwayS auditor, arrived on the Alaska to- day and flew to Fairbanks on an- nual audit work
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13
AP Feature Service


 HERE rec hape Ciayfon Ra,Uson, q man ,Uifh q book 4 and some cards. Mr. Ra,cson commercial artist; nOiC he's ,Uriter-"Deah from Top Haf,'' 'Ihe Footprints tue CeLng''-mysiery stories, folks. Wafch icla hc does ,cifh his book aud cards:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13

The moore introduced chemis- try into Spain about 1150
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-13

Twenty-one Presidents of the United States were lawyers.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

Against this kind of generalship
and this sort of troops, the British
and French will need to use the
very best they've got, but the Nor
wegian spring thaw, after the
heaviest SHOWS in SO years or more,
is bound to make large-scale mil
itary operations nightmare in this
northern theater for several weeks.
No mud that was ever seen on the
western front during the last war
could begin to approach the quag-
Evening star., 1940-04-26
1000 See Gun Fiqht,
But Miss Besieged
Man S Suicide
Takes Life in Bullet
RiddIed Room; Dozen
Of Curious Wounded
"A. P. Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, April 26-
More than 1000 curious spectators
risked their lives to watch an ap-
parently deranged gunman shoot it
OUT with a score of offcers-and
then missed the grand finale.
In the solitude of his second-foo
room, the gunman killed himself
after machine gun bullets ripped
away part of the shotgun with which
he held off police for two hours here
yesterday afternoon.
Sheriff Harry Hunt identified the
gunman as Henry Reeb, 36, unmar-
ried and unemployed.
During the battle firemen climbed
to the top of the three-story build
ing where Reeb lived, lowered a
graphing hook and swung it
through a window of his room.
Clinging to the hook when it was
pulled out was-a pair of mems
trousers.
Whether the hook caught the
trousers accidentally or whether
Reeb fastened them on it in ges-
ture to authorities will never be
known. He died a short time later.
One of the purposes of breaking
the window was to clear a way to
throw tear gas bombs into the room.
The wild exchange of gunfire from
shotgun, machine guns and re-
volvers resulted, the sheriff said,
when Reeb resisted officers who
sought to serve an insanity warrant
on him at the request of relatives.
When the sound of bullets whiz-
zlng through street in the heart Of
the downtown district ended. at least
dozen spectators were wounded,
several seriously. All are expected
to recover.
AS hot lead whined across the in
tersection, curious spectators began
to gather in doorways and other
vantage points to watch the battle.
Law enforcement officers from the
surrounding territory were called in
and for two hours the authorities
tried to drive Reeb from his quarters
with tear gas and bullets.
Finally, when the shooting in the
room ceased, officers went in with
drawn guns to find Reeb crumpled
beneath the window from which he
had been firing.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

mires which are now in the making
along the very inferior Norwegian
coastal roads just above 64 degrees
latitude, north.
One factor in the allies expedi-
tionaries' favor may be the limited
supplies of shells and munitions
which are probably possessed by the
Germans as well as what ought
soon to be an inferior number of
Nazi troops. To this observer, how
ever, it would appear that typically
British caution may again play into
the German hands.
If the Germans are to be driven
back down the road to Trondheim
before June, only most determined,
expertly organized and audacious
onslaught by the allied Norwegian
forces by land and sea (and possibly
also by air. seems likely to do it..
Thus far, the audacity and organiza-
ton in the Trondheim area, and
almost everywhere else, has been all
on the German side.
(copyright, 1910, Chicago Daily News. Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Frederick SiIIers Dies:
Retired Postal Official

Frederick Sillers, SO. former as
sistant superintendent of mails at
the City Post Office, died suddenly
early today at his home, 1880 up
shur street NV. Death was at
tributed to q heart attack.
Mr.. Siliers, q native of Washing
ton. entered the employ of the Post
Once as a clerk in 1889. In 1904 he
was made an assistant superintend-
ent. He held the position until
shortly before his retirement in 1884,
being denoted at his own request
so as to be eligible for retirement.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

tence, declaring he wanted to in
vestigate the facts thoroughly.
Informations were sworn to by
George M. Roberts, superintendent
OF weights, measures and markets
for the District government, after
purchases were made by his agents
at various High stores.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Milton Norman told the court chick
ems handled in the stores were be-
ing sold dressed" at live weight,
the difference being approximately
three-fourths pound per chicken.
The prosecutor explained that the
chickens were weighed at a poultry
farm in Maryland and sent to the
Evening star., 1940-04-26
John |. Lewis 10 Speak
Before Negro Congress

John L. Lewis, president of the
G. I. O., is listed as the principal
speaker at the opening session of
the Third National Negro Congress
tonight in the Labor Department
auditorium.
Other speakers will include A,
Philip Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters and head of the congress.
The Rev. Arthur D. Gray, chair
man OF the Washington council of
tns congress, will preside.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

High establishment with live weight
tags attached to each.
Furthermore, Mr.. Norman said, the
investigators found there were no
scales In any Of the stores.
The defense claimed Mr.. High
had been purchasing chickens on a
consignment basis" from q business
associate who owns poultry farm
In nearby Maryland.
Mr.. High said the associate han
died all transactions and that he
relied upon the poultry dealer ex-
clusively.
Evening star., 1940-04-26
High Admits Charges
In Short-Weiqht Case

Appearing in Police Court for the
second time in little more than a
month, Luther w. High, president
Of the High Ice Cream Co., yesterday
pleaded guilty to 10 Government
informations charging 40 violations
Of the Districts weights and meas
ures laws in connection with the
short-weight sales of dressed chick
ems at 10 High stores here.
Judge John P. Mcmahon contin-
ued the case until May 3 for SEN
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Woman Dies After ScoIdino

Katherine Bannan, 65, died at
Casualty Hospital last night after
she was scalded two weeks ago while
taking bath at the Little Sisters
OF the Poor home, 220 H street NE.
Deputy Coroner Christopher Murphy
issued a certificate of accidental
death.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

Well known in music circles, Mr..
Sillers sang tenor in several church
choirs during his younger years. He
was member of Columbia Lodge
Of Masons.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mabel Donaldson Sillers, and q son,
Frederick Sillers, jr.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the residence,
with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Xeterun of Indiun Wurs Dies

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 26 CR-
John s. Mahoney, 81, national com.
mander Of the Veterans Of Indian
Wars in 1884 and 1885, died last
nieht.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

China's annual egg production is
estimated at $4,000 900 900.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

thing she could reach out and touch. The
McAllister lawyers, Bart and Conrick, had
said not to come until notified. During long
hours in Conrick's Office going over testimony
she was to give for the defense. Max Conrick
repeatedly insisted, Don't hang around the
courtroom. Plays the devil with nerves." But
she couldn't stay away.
Today on the witness stand Max had guided
her through the questions and answers 50
carefully rehearsed. And now he was leaving
her to the mercy of the district attorney.
DIE had heard this lean, narrow-mouthed
man rip to tatters the statements of other
defense witnesses. She had watched him shoot
terror into these witnesses like poisonous
injection. Bit by bit he was forging chain of
belief that guests at the party the night before
the murder were too drunk to recall anything.
He was building the conviction that Neil
alone stayed cold sober in order to keep his
hand steady to kill He was keeping before
the jury the thought of a lovely girl with her
throat cut and Neil's painting knife, smeared
with paint and blood. beside the body.
Irenes breath caught as the district at
torney stepped forward . 1t was horrible
the way testimony could be twisted. You had
to be cautious and clever. Terribly cautious
terribly clever. You had to hold tight to your
Evening star., 1940-02-18
by Rita Weia,aan
Nlvssrofsd BY Wsitss 6evakoker

wits, the way you were holding to the arms of
the witness chair. Tight! Tight! No, let 60
of the arms and fold your hands in your lap.
Mustn't give away to your panic The
prosecutor smiled in most friendly manner,
as if about to discuss some question which
concerned neither of them. Irene's frank blue
eyes smiled back.
Miss Dorrant, you have testified that
when you manicured Thelma Clarke's nails
at the prisoner house on the night Of October
14th, you accidentally cut the cuticle and her
finger bled profusely. You say you stanched
the blood with the towel found in her bath
room. Why didn't you bandage the cut In
some way?"
Miss Clarke was very vain about her
hands. She wouldn't wear any bandage or
plaster Take care - take care, Irene!
He's trying to prove Neil wiped his hands en-
the towel after the murder. If he proves it,
the boy will go to the chair. He'll burn as
sure as -.
How did Miss Clarke manage to hide a
cut that shed 80 much blood?"
"She ealwaysused Burgundy red nail polish." "
Burgundy red?" The district attorney
raised voice and eyebrow in a way that sent
a giggle ripping through the crowd.
What's 80 funny?" flashed Irene. ITS
the same -" But she got no further.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Il Short Story Complete in This Issue

II Sh0rt Story Lomplete IN Ih1S issue
4 4 4
YT WAS hard to keep from looking at him as
she leaned forward in the witness chair;
= almost as hard as to believe that he was on
trial for murder. When she thought of him,
when his face flashed into the mirror of her
mind, he seemed always to be laughing at
fate which treated him too kindly for his
own good.
"Playboy McAllister" they called him at
the night spots, where he was as much part
of the show as the glamor girls and theatrical
celebrities. Playboy McAllister with hair
smooth gold cap, white teeth glistening, and
his too-bright, too-reckless eyes. He sat be-
tween his attorneys with the same jaunty air
as when he played host, the same careless
grace he wore just as he wore new suit
every day.
Yet Irene could see he was afraid. She could
see it in the movement of his hands, the long
sensitive fingers linked through one another.
held tense Hands we're Irene's job. Over her
manicure table she read them, books of char
acter, without so much as glancing at the face
of her customer.
The first time she had done Neil McAllis-
ter's nails she knew that if he had not been
born a rich mans son, he might have become
a serious artist. But he played at painting as
he played at everything; as he had played
around with the little model, Thelma Clarke
whose body with her delicate throat slashed
open was found in the studio of his country
home early on the Sunday morning of wild
weekend party. 1t was his uselessness that
stood trial. The fact that daughter of the
masses presumably met death from those idle
hands was what caused the mob of spectators
to condemn him in advance.
You could see all they cared about was
watching him being tortured :. Even Tim!
Tim, the boy Irene was going to marry, was
among them. And Tim hadn't come to give
her moral support. The bullet-hard look in his
eyes told her as much. He was getting thrill.
They were all getting thrills out of it.
That was what caused Neil McAllister's
fear. Irene knew, because she was afraid too.
Each day in court, fear sat with her like some
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10

that United States Judge Florence
Allen Of the Circuit Court Of ap-
peals for the sixth district. during
the month Of February 1910, pro-
tested to the defendant that the
charge was illegal and the defend
ant inferentialy admitted Is illegal
ity, waived the charge as TO suit
cases carried BY her
Resulting from long controversy
between the railroads and the red
caps union before the Wage and
Hour administration over the use Of
tips to meet minimum wage require
ments, the carriers adopted the loc
charge plan which, i is alleged, viii
be used To pay the 3oc an hour mini
mum to red caps.
The growth of popular sentiment
against the introduction Of the new
system is seen in the formation of
students Committee Against the
Higgh Cost of Railroad Traver at
the University Of Ghieago 4 state
mem issued Jointly BY Chairman Roy
Mel and Secretary Sarah Riehman
Of the committee declared, We hail
the payment of wages to red caps
as All advance in their fight for Sc
rurity, bat we feel that the burden
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10

land arc expected to be on the re-
viewing stand Ia front of the Capitol
with Governor Bricker when the
motoreade celebrating the Tooth an
niversary Of the completion Of the
Old National Highway, Route 40,
passes through Columbus about 4
PM, May IL.
The Ohio Conservation Commis.
sion will hold an open meeting III
Columbus on June IL, when tho pub
lie may appear and register conf
plants on last years hunting regu
lations and make suggestions for
improvements.
Ohio now has another splendid
new lake Kiser Lake located near
81 Paris, ii champaign county Il
contains oyer roo nefes uf water
and u park area of aronnd $50 acres.
FOR RENT Office space available
steam heat. Ideal location for IN.
sulance Office Phone AID 0029.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
(From Department Of State)
GEORGE NEFFNER, Secretary
(From Department of State)


The campaign To educate Ohio
voters TO Wrlte-in the name Of
GEORGE NE,FFNF.R on their pri-
mary ballot undei. the heading For
Secretary Of State" grows apace,
the intensive " Tx having now
reached the voting preeine, organi-
zations. Faced with only one print
ed name on the ballot as a candidate
for Secretary Of State and this can
dssAte rejected BY the Republican
voters Of the entire state III seven
previous primary elections, the vot-
ers Of Ohio have only one Way to
avoid this candidates II mination
anu lhat is for the individual voter
q " WklTEIN GEORGE NEfFNl'R
Cor Seefctary II state t'aillrc 10
write-in by i majority Of primary
voters will result in the nomination
Of candidate for the fall elections
who has already been rejected BY
practically all groups OF organiza-
tions Of his party,
Newspapers throughout the state,
Democrat, Independent. Republican
and Fraternal. editprially refer to
GEORGE NEFFNER as qualified
BY experience, ! courteous, eff
cient, exceptionally we'll qualified
by reason Of training, character,
temperament and general fitness
and che has always been absolutely
fair and non-partisan in all his off
cial rulings
The difficulties of the write-in
campaign are obvious. but the re-
suit Of the experiment will be the
finest test imaginable of the voting
Intelligence Of the Ohio electorate. =
says an editorial in tho Ohio State
Journal
A recent report Of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board shows that
the number Of mortgages filed
again Ohio homes the first three
months Of this year have materially
increased over the number filed dur
ing the same period IN 1929, Home
mortgages financed in Ohio during
the first three months of this year
totaled 222,22l, amounting to S66,-
S42, 900, as compared with 1910
mortgages valued al S56,s3o,o 900 IN
the first quarter Of last year. Saw
ings and loan associations financed
11,30T Of the 1910 mortgages. in
surance companies ao3 and hanks
and trust companies i7T6,
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment
Station states that an inspection trip
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10

sition against any attempt by the
Federal government IN the direction
Of socialized medicine.
Senator Taft will visit Topeka,
Kansas, on Saturday, May sth. TO
address Kansas Republicans under
the auspices Of the Kansas COP,
State Central Committee.
The sAhject of his Topeka address
will be: (Which Type q Goveln-
ment2" His address will be carried
on the NBC Blue Network from
$50 to 900 pm. est,
Mr.. Taft will utilize his one-day
visit to Kansas, home state Of Al
fred NJ Landon, the Republican
presidential nominee in 1886. ta dis
cuss agricultural questions with farm
leaders there. Delegations from
states Immediately surrounding Kan
sas will visit with the Senator and
will attend the meeting before which
he will speak.
The next stop in this itinerary
will be III St. Louis, Missouri, on
Monday, May Goth. The Republi-
can State, County and City Commit
tees Of Missouri will be hosts is Mr..
Taft. He has not adopted title for
this address but will discuss this
country's foreign policy
Final stop III this five day tour
will be in Indianapolis, Indiana on
Tuesday, May 2lst.
On Friday, May oath. the Senator
will go to Brooklyn. New York. to
address d luncheon meeting 81 the
Brooklyn Women's Republican Club,
the foung Mems Repabliean Club
OF that city cooperating in the meet
ing. The same night in Hackensack.
New Jersey, Senator Taft will ad-
dress 4 rally OF the Bergen County
Republican Club al q dinner This
address will be carried BY the Mu-
tual Rroadeasting System according
to tentative arrangements
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
Complaint Filed Against
Cincinnati Terminal CO.
On lOc Red Cap Charge

CINCINNATI tANP) Miss Ida
NJ, Stopher Of Cincinnati, Thursday
filed formal complaint before the
Interstate Commerce commission
against the Cincinnati Union Ter
inal company, protesting the pay
met of Zoe charge for the hand
ling Of luggage by red Gap en-
ploye Of the terminal company. In
her complaint, Miss Stopher asked
that company be ordered to answer
charges Of violations Of various sec
tions of the Interstate Commerce
act.
Miss Stopher, who had purchased
u ticket from Cincinnati to India
napolis, in her complaint stated that.
"she had been subject to the pay
ment of rates, fares Or charges for
transportation which were eSacted
and still are, (l) unjust and unreal
sonaule in violation of Section ] of
the Interstate Commerce act, l21
unjustly discriminatory il violation
Of Section 2; ta1 uHduly preferen-
tial or preiudicial III violation Of
Section 3; (4) illegal for failure to
publish a tariff, in violation Of Sec
tion /, t5)illegai as surcharge on
exsortion for which defendant was
already paid at the time Of the pur~
chase Of the ticket,
The complaint seeks to test the
legality Of the recent plan of a Toe
charge placed upon passengers By
railroads for the handling OF lug
gage by red caps. The plan has
heen instituted IN Cincinnati, Chi
eago, st. Louis, Washington. Pitts
bnrgh and Baltimore Recent indi-
cations show that the plan will he
instituted throughout the nation.
Miss sopher's complaint stated
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10

thronphant tba sta4a .,,.a.l 49,
Ohio will hav. ! na,n,1 yb.,. .,n,,
this yea, desn;ta ~ saro,. ,.,,ta,.
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wheat have hean n,,,.b .Sa,,,,a,..,t
ed tho repor. savS .pao,.,oa L
sestrictea e. very axnosea n,sitions
and t. ;ninrr f,an '.ta,,.j,n.. .,.,t.,.
IN low nlaees ],
Growers Of farm produce hay
been warned by Columbus police
that they must register aud pay y
lee Of vi 90 hefofe bringing any q
tAeir products into Columbus for
sale Farmers desiring to sell home
hase peen aaslsed Y soh'asf oHl7
ois''s u ei'ose sities 70 secure liitof-
n'a''''' on s',y Mafheti's fssa'a-
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nasepah pafk near 'he seeee 81 w
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