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The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
No Censorship Of Newspapers Indicated Now

WASHINGTON - Government legal experts said that although the Presidents full emergency proclamation opened the door to control of the radio, there is no provision in the law for censor ship of publications even in war time.
 Several lawyers conceded the President might affect the trans mission of news through its pow CT, suspend or amend the rules and regulations under the Fed eral Communications Act, but no direct censorship appeared pos sible.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
CA OPENS BIDS ON FOUR
 ALASKA FIELDS. CONTRACTS
 AWARDED IN ? OR } DAYS

C. Y. Lytle, Sioux City, Iowa, and Green Construction Com pany, Des Moines, $219,3OO.
 Morrison Knudsen Company, Boise. Idaho, $223,9O0,
 Stock, Anchorage, $239,60O.
 Mckenzie Brothers, Minneapol- $. s25O,O2O.
 U. P. l1untr, Seattle, $166,750. Portion of field at West Ruby: Stock. Anchorage, $277060
 Complete field at West Ruby
 Raoades, Los Angeles, $52I,674 Lytle-Green, Iowa, $467 ,260.
 Stock, Anchorage, $553, ,l60.
 Nathan A. Moore, Moor Park Cal, offered to do all jobs at cost plus 25 percent.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Chief Justice
 Charles Evans Hughes g Retires

HYDE PARK, June ?, tP1 - President Roosevelt accepted Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes request that he be per mitted to retire on July first. Hughes, in a lztter, informed the President: I'm consideration of health and age makes 1t neces- sary I should be relieved of du- ties which I have been discharg- ing with increasing difficulty" Hughes is 79 years old.
 It was predicted in the capit- ol that Attorney General Jack son will be Hughes successor.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
FORMER EMPEROR GERMANY KAISER WILHELM THE SECOND
 PASSED AWAY AT DOORN
German Command Accords Full Military Bura

Wilhelm was reported to have expressed a wish that the only mearaers at his funeral be the innermoSt members of his fam .2y circle. but DINE said Some delegations of the Reich are ex- pectad."
 The German pr-ss declared that postwar research absolVed the Kaiser of World War guilt. but Dienst Aus Deutschland, Nazi news commentary added that he "Caniad a great deal of the re- sponsibility for the loss of thz war
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Report Capture 25,OOO In Crete

Recapitulating on the battle of Crete, the Germans asserted that l2,000 more British and Greek troops were captured on the blitz ravag-d island, making total of 25,000. Previously British reports said 15,0O0 troops were safely withdrawn, out of the original contingent of soma. 3O,0O0.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
RAF BOMB BEIRUT OIL DEPOT IN WHAT MAY BE OPENING OF
 NEXT GREAT WAR CAMPAIGN

UNDATED, June 4 (P) - With the British public clamoring for action, RAF warplanes bombed the oil depot at Beirut in French ruled Lebanon, in what may be the opening blow of the next great campaign of the war. Si- multaneously authoritative quar- ters in London said Britain has now taken "the necessary precau- tions in regard to Syria the nei ghboring French colony.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04

ready to defend its territory az ainst any attacks.
 In Berlin, the Nazi spokesmen said France has taken certain protective measures" along the borders of some of her colonial possessions, evidently in refer ence to Syria.
 Lebanon reports reaching Vichy said British planes this morning attacked Beirut, blow ing up reservoirs and bombing oil depots there.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Lou Cehrig.
 Yankee Star Passes On

NEW YORK, June 2 (4o) Lou Gehrig, former Yankee first base man, died here today. His condi- tion was critical since a month ago He was suffering from Am yothropic Leteral Sclerosis. This rare disease was described as hardening of the spinal cord, which caused the muscles to shrivel.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
British Troops Occupy Mosul

The Middle East imperial head quarters at Cairo announced that British troops occupi- d Mosul, in the center of Iraq's rich oil fields.
 AS the war momentarily threat ened to boil over in this new theater of the eastern Mediteran- mean, tha Syrian high command declared the army of Levant is
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
London's Figures Half of Berlin's

While it would be a serious blow to the British lifeline of supplies, if true, the German com mand's figure may still fall short of it's April claim of l,21l,0 ,000 tons destroyed. By contrast, the Lon- don Admiralty declared the Brit ish merchant shipping losses in April tctaIled only 488,OOO tons destroyed, less than half the Ger man figure.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
JAPAN IS BRISTLING HER BACK
(By Associated Press)

NBy ASSOCldLeQ ffeSS)
 Japanese Foreign Minister Mat suoka reaffirmed Japan's loyalty to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo AL liance when he conferred in Tok yo for more than one hour with German Ambassador Eugene Ott.
 It is reported the chief subject discussed was President RooSe- Velt's speech.
 The Stock Exchange boomed again in the apparent belief that RooSevelts speech particularly lacked reference to Americas problems on the Pacific.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
GERMANS CLAIM 746,OOO TONS
 BRITISH SHIPPING SUNK MAY
 BRITISH SAY LESS THAN HALF

ton of the remaining 52,00O tons was attributed to surface raid CTS.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
WehrIy Becomes City PIonner,
Filling Long-Vocont Post

The appointment of Max S.
Wehrly as city planner for the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission fills that post for
the first time in eight years and
heralds a broadening of the COM
missions activities, in the opinion
of other staff members.
Mr.. Wehrly, formerly associate
landscape architect, qualified for
his new position through a COM
petitive civil service examination
and was confirmed as city planner
at the commission meeting yester-
day.
The commission has had no city
planner since 1888, because no
money was available for the job
John Nolen, jr., director of plan
ming, last held the position and
upon his shoulders has fallen the
bulk of the work that city planner
would do.
Mr.. Nolen explained that from
1888 to the present the commission
had borrowed" a city planner
from time to time from the Ma
tional Resources Planning Board
in the person of Charles NJ Her.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Court Consolidation
Measure for D. T..
Filed by Randolph
Bill Would Unite Police
And Municipal Bodies;
; Men to Hear Appeals

A bill providing for consolida-
ton of the District Municipal and
Police Courts and for establishment
of new ree-judge appeals court
was introduced late yesterday by
Representative Randolph, Democrat,
of West Virginia.
The proposed consolidated court
would be known as the Municipal
Court. The chief Judge would have
as his associates the present nine
judges in the Police and Municipal
Courts.
Under the bill. the three judge
court which would be set up would
hear appeals from the new consoli-
dated court and the Juvenile Court.
1t would be designated the Inter
mediate Appellate Court.
The bill carries out the court re-
organization program drafted after
long study by the Justice Depart
ment, the local judiciary and the
Bar Association.
Important provisions are:
Increase of the courts civil juris-
diction from suits involving $1,000
to those of $4,000.
Lengthening the terms of the
judges from 5 to 10 years. and estab-
fishing pension plan for them.
The presiding judge will assign the
associate judges either for civil or
police duty an arrangement ex-
pected to facilitate court procedure.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Food Stamp Plan for District
Sought in Budget for 1912
CopitoI Is Only Major City in Country
Where Proerom Isn't in Force

they normally spend for food. These
are good at any grocery store for
any food at the regular price. The
orange stamps are used in order to
make sure that the normal pur-
chases will not decline.
With every dollars worth of
orange stamps bought. the family
gets so cents worth of blue stamps
free. The blue stamps are good at
any grocery store for the purchase
of foods currently designated sur
plus" by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture.
The stores sell the stamps TO the
Federal Government for their face
value. In this way the stores in
crease business. The system is a
subsidy for the stores.
The Secretary of Agriculture an
nounces the surplus list each
month. For the most part it con-
tains dairy and poultry products,
fruits and vegetables and meats.
There are l8 commodities on the
May list. They are;
Fresh grapefruit. oranges. apples,
carrots, Irish potatoes, butter, raj
sins. pork lard, all pork except that
cooked or packed in metal or glass
containers, corn meal, shell eggs,
dried prunes, hominy grits, dry edi-
BILE beans, wheat flour and graham
-four.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
U. 5. Must Develop New
Trade Attack, Official Says

Pointing out that the United
States faces competitive conditions
in foreign trade based on economic
and political ideas far different from
those on which the political and
commercial life of the country were
founded, Carroll L. Wilson, director
of the Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce, warned today that
it is necessary Ito develop counter
attacks to defend and maintain our
freedom to act as we prefer to act. /"
In a statement issued in connection
with Foreign Trade Week. he de-
clared that he could meet the chal-
lenge without adopting the theology
of the totalitarian nations.
The national interest in the
changing scene of the world rela-
tions demands more constant and
more intensive study of the shifts in
trade forced by the war" Mr.. Wilson
said. England today conducts its
foreign trade almost entirely on the
basis of the major national interest.
Our trade with Latin America, much
"a - "eaDNA oii ttiC uptAoll VI lOt
mer trade routes, must swing from
luxuries to necessities as we find it
essential to keep up the pace of pro-
viding for national defense.
New conditions will arise from
the war. Some conditions that
have come into existence from
the war will disappear. 1t is essen
tial that all alternatives be studied
so that this Nation can be ready for
any situations that may develop. 1t
is probable that exporters and i'm
porters will seek Government aid
in promoting foreign commerce. 1t
is just as probable that Government
will have to assume the initiative in
many phases of foreign trade, espe-
clally in guiding export so as to IA
cilitate the import of essential COM
modities and materials"
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Knights TempIar Hold
Ascension Day Parade

Ascension Day was observed by
District Knights Templar with a
parade last night through the
downtown section and a service in
the Church of the Epiphany.
The parade under the auspices
of the District of Columbia Grand
Commandery began at the Masonic
Temple with $50 knights in full
uniform. A 35-piece band provided
music. At the church, services
were conducted by the Rev. DR.. Ze
Barney T. Phillips, grand prelate,
with the assistance of the Rev. DR..
James Shera Montgomery, grand
prelate emeritus. Dr. John C. Pal
mer. past commander and prelate.
preached the sermon.
After the Ascension services the
knights returned to the Masonic
Temple. Ceremonies were directed
by Otto B. Reopke, grand command
er. and J. Fred Huber, inspector
general. Eugene E. Thompson, past
grand commander, is chairman of
the Religious Services Committee.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Eighth Washington Church
Robbed in Ten Days

The eighth church in Washington
to be broken into during the last 10
days was robbed last night, police
reported today.
Burglars broke a window in the
basement of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, at Columbia road
and Euclid street NV, according to
police, and stole So in stamps and
an undetermined amount of change.
Earlier in the week the National
Baptist Memorial Church and the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, both at Sixteenth street
and Columbia road NV, were en-
tered. Offices were ransacked. but
apparently nothing was taken.
All police were ordered to keen
places of worship under surveillance
and Tuesday night when light was
seen in Hamline Methodist Church.
450l Sixteenth street NV, the
church was surrounded, but police
found no one inside.
Last week four churches were
broken into on the same night and
small sums of money taken.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Hitler, Opposing Nature,
Cont Win, Scientist Says

Hitler is fighting the laws OF
nature and therefore will lose the
war in the end, a New York zoologist
told $50 teachers at woodrow Will
son High School last night during
a lecture sponsored by the Rose
Lees Hardy Foundation.
The Nazi leader is trying to force
totalitarianism on a higher form
of mammal, DR.. Fairfield Osborne,
president of New York Geological
Society, declared, and therefore will
not win, regardless of his early sue
cess in battles.
He also discussed less ominous
things. such as how whales some
$4,000 900 years ago fused around
water a bit and ended up by SWIM
ming in it. He described how all
eels are born in the Sargasso Sea
and how golden plovers, although
borne many miles in revolving cages
and anesthetized, still can find their
way home.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

rick, who lately left the city to re-
turn to private business.
The duties of the city planner,
Mr.. Nolen pointed out, are carried
on under the supervision of the
director of planning and include
the preparation of reports on traffic
and transportation, plats and sub
divisions, highways, parks and park
ways or any of the manifold tasks
on the planning side" of the COM
missions work.
Being without city planner, Mr..
Nolen said, he was forced to as
sumo a great deal of the work and
parcel out the rest to other staff
members when it was impossible
to borrow Mr.. Herrick
He said one of the first assign
ments he intended to give Mr.
Wehrly was that of working toward
closer cooperation with the Dis
trict Zoning Commission. He also
said Mr.. Wehrly would begin soon
an intensive study of slum and
blighted areas in the District in
cooperation with the Alley Dwell
ing Authority.
There are so many things for
him to do I hardly know where
to begin" he commented.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Triple Funeral Held
For Victims Of Boy
Slayer in Virginia
Stote Police Disclose
Youth Led Them to
$Io He Stole
By WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN, Jr
Star Staff Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. Va, May 23-
More than 400 friends and relatives
of the slain Johnson family attended
the triple funeral of father, mother
and daughter at the burial ground
on Mrs Edward Johnson's farm on
a sunny hilltop six miles south of
here today.
Meanwhile Virginia State police
announced that the stunted, i'm
mature mountain boy who admitted
shooting Mr.. and Mrs. johnson and
their 15-year-old daughter, Ethel, in
their post Office and general store
at Huntly Tuesday night, led them
yesterday to sl9 which he had stolen
from the cash drawer of the store
and hidden in the bushes near his
cabin in the hills, about six miles
from Huntly.
Wanted S17 to Redeem Bicycle.
Until yesterday, Thomas Dewey
Cameron, jr, Is, had insisted he
obtained no money although ad-
mitting he went to the store with
a pistol with which to get SIT to
redeem a bicycle which, he said, his
grandfather was holding.
The grandfather had accused the
boy of stealing SIT and was holding
the bicycle until the money was
restored.
One of the largest funeral crowds
in the history of Rappahannock
County rode in automobiles behind
the hearses today along the road
between the funeral parlor here and
the farm on which Mrs johnson was
born.
The family was buried in an in
closure around the graves of Mrs
JOhnson's forebears The services
we're conducted by the Rev. John H.
Sinclair and the Rev. P. H. Chelf,
Baptist ministers.
Police Were Trailing Boy.
1t was learned today that State
police were trailing the boy at about
the time he set out on a bicycle from
Front Royal to go to the Johnson
store, carrying a loaded .38-caliber
revolver in paper bag. Some boys
in Front Royal told Policeman r. E.
Wood they had seen a mountain
youth who displayed a loaded pistol.
Police were searching the highway
between Front Royal and Huntly
for the youth when they learned of
the slayings.
Virginia law, police said, does not
prohibit the death penalty in the
case of minors. Offenders between
the ages of and 18 can be SEN
fenced to death for premeditated
murder If the State can prove the
defendants are mentally responsible.
Authorities would not say whether
they would seek the death penalty
for the Cameron boy, who weighs
only 95 pounds and is less than 5
feet tall.
The boy is to have preliminary
| hearing tomorrow before Trial
Justice George W. Settle at Wash
ington. county seat of Rappahan-
mock County Commonwealth At
torney w. F. Moffett said he intends
to ask Judge j. H. r. Alexander to
call a special grand jury before the
next regular term of court in July
If the boys case is sent to the
grand jury.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

| Washington is the only aior
city in the country whose low
income families cannot buy vital
food at low prices through the
stamp plan.
But the Commissioners, the Board
of Public Welfare and the COM
munity at large are hopeful that
| Congress will make it possible for
the plan to come here soon by ap-
proving the $4,000 revolving fund
item in the 1912 District appropria-
| ton bill.
Hearings on the bill began yester-
day. Absence of the fund has been
all that prevented the plans intro
duction here before
The same $4,000 item was
stricken from the District appro-
prlation bill last year because some
members of Congress thought the
plan should be inaugurated in their
districts before it was launched in
Washington.
West Virginia Only State Excluded.
Since that time the plan has been
extended across the country until
half the Nations population lives
in areas where the plan is operative.
West Virginia is the only State
which lacks it. The Surplus Mar
keting Administration of the Agri-
culture Department refused to in
troduce the plan in that State be-
tho NTnet Nirnt,,io
general insisted the stamps were
subject to the State sales tax.
In 1910 the S. M. A. spent less
than s20.000.000 on the stamp pro-
gram. The outlay this fiscal year
runs to about 100000. The S. M.
A. now is spending money at the
rate of s120,OOo,0O0 a year on the
stamp plan.
The S. M. A. administers the pro-
gram in cooperation with local
boards of public welfare. which must
have the money for revolving fund
to initiate the program The Dis
trict requires $4,000 revolving
fund-money which ultimately will
be returned.
Plan Begun Years Ago.
The plan was inaugurated little
over two years ago because. as then
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
said, "the conscience of the Amer
lcan people has long been shocked
by the paradox of farmers impover-
ichol hu oh oh,tynloraA urH,l1
same time millions of consumers
were hungry for food which was
rotting because the price for it would
not pay the cost of harvesting and
transportation
The plan also helps business by
moving all surplus commodities
through the regular channels of
trade. The benefciaries of the
stamp plan buy in regular stores,
who through Government subsidy
receive the current prices and whose
business is widely increased.
Rochester, NJ Y, the first city in
which the stamp plan was tried.
had an increase of sl,00000 in re-
tail sales during the first year Of
the plans operation
In areas where the plan is in op-
Grafton, families receiving any kind
of public assistance can, on a VOL
untary basis, take part in the pro-
gram. Their eligibility is certified
by local welfare agencies.
Two Kinds Of Stamps.
Two kinds of stamps are used.
Families may buy orange -colored
stamps in the approximate amounts
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Independent Stores
Gain in 5 Years

Independent stores have gained
on chain stores in the past five
years, according to the census.
Ninety-two per cent of all retail
stores are independent and they
do TAT per cent of the total business,
compared with 1873 per cent in 1885.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

In May, Beware OF:
1. Careless walking at night.
Six OF the eight persons killed
in traffic during May, 1910.
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in May last wear.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal, attempting to jump onto
a moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses. stand
ing in a button safety zone.
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Medical Case Sentences
To Be Announced Thursday

Justice James M. Proctor in Dis
trict Court will impose sentence
on the American Medical Associa-
ton and the District Medical So
ciety at 1890 pm. next Thursday,
court officials announced today.
The jurist recently sustained the
validity of a jury's decision, finding
the two groups guilty of restric-
ton on the Group Health Associa-
ton here in violation of the Sher-
man Antitrust Act.
Under the law, maximum pen
atty of $1,000 fine each can be i'm
posed. The jury freed all the ply
sicians and surgeons who were &C
cused in the case.
Indications are that Chief De-
fense Counsel William E. Leahy will
announce an appeal from the SEN
tence.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Silver Spring Group Elects

Mrs. A. o. Denham has been
elected president of the Silver Spring
Md Public Health Lay Committee,
succeeding Mrs Frank Neumann.
Other officers are Mrs. M E. Sherer,
vice president; Mrs. George j. Rich
ardson, treasurer; Mrs. Jackson
Harris, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Martin Kinkel, recording sec
retary.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Church Guild Dinner

The Ladies' Guild of the Christ
Episcopal Church. Clinton. Md, will
hold a fried chicken dinner in the
church at 4:30 pm. tomorrow. 1t
was enormously announced yester-
day that the dinner was to be to-
day.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Bond Concerts

BY the Army Band in the band
auditorium Of the Army War COL
leg at 1890 am. tomorrow. Can't,
Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hub
ner, assistant.
PROGRAM.
March, King Cotton" Sousa
Concert piece, American Rhap-
sooy Long
Excerpt, "Mardi Gras," from Mis-
sissippi Suite Grofe
Poular, Chapel in the Valley"
Rene, Lange & Porter
Waltz, "Amaryllis" -Vecsey
March. Second Connecticut Regi-
ment" Reeves
The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Soldiers Home Band at
the bandstand, Soldiers Home, $50
pm. tomorrow. John S. M. Zimmer-
mann. bandmaster; Anton Pointer,
assistant.
PROGRAM.
March, America First" Losey
Overture, Dame de Occur" cLady
OF the Heart'o -Gagnier
Entire 'acte-
(a) "Berceuse" -Jaernefelt
(b) Prelude" Jaernefelt
Scenes from the opera THE Bar
tered Bride" --S Smetana
Popular numbers
Blue Orchids" s"----Carmichael
Basin Street Blues" Williams
Waltz suite. Condolences"
Waldteufel
Finale. The Adjutant" Weldon
THE Star Spengled Banner"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-03-27
| LOCAL /
HAPPENINGS

Food Sale by Ladies Aid of First
Lutheran Church Saturday after
noon at Variety Grocery. II
Jake Faris of Troy was in Libby
Tuesday evening to attend meet
ing of the Commercial Club with
Al F. Winkler, member of the high
way commission.
Mrs. E. A. Rice left Saturday
morning for Seattle to visit with
her sister, Mrs J. D. Miller. She ex-
poets to return to her home here
next Saturday.
Mrs. George Moore, Jr., daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Klehm, ar
rived last week to visit with her
parents. She expects to return to
her home in Seattle Monday.
Moving next door to South Libby
Store. Open for business Tuesday
morning-Eleanor Beauty Shop
Mabel Baenen. II
Miss Irene Measure arrived Sun
day from Spokane to spend some
time visiting with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Measure. She is a
student at the Northwestern Bust
ness college.