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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24
Canada in the Air.
(New York Times.)


 A country for flying is Canada An area of B. : 684723 square miles and three -fourths of it still lacking railways and good roads! Lakes are almost as thick as stars in the sky. River systems the St. Lawrence Hamilton Moose, Albany Severn Nelson Fraser, Coppermine Mackenzie. and net works of other rivers are everywhere south of the Arctic Circle. Salt water gulfs and bays basins channels straits-Hudson Bay 500 miles across the Gulf of St. Lawrence as large Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Ungava, St. James Bay Frobsher Bay and the great sheets of water in Franklin Territory; Tn Canada seaplanes are used more than landplanes for on every side the pilot sees lakes and quiet reaches of river where he may come down
 No part of Canada is inaccessible to the aviator. In the Far North he uses pontoons when the ice is out and skis when it is in There are two short periods when he does not fly-when the ice is forming and when it is breaking up Arctic temperatures do not dismay him. Since the World War, commercial aviation has made remarkable record in Canada. There is no better authority on the subject than J. A. Wilson, Controller for the Dominion In an interview in the current Aviation, Canada" he says, lis made for avia- ton"
 So far there has been little passenger trans portation in Canada The plane is used chiefly by explorers, prospectors foresters umbermen photo- graphers Government officials and carriers of mail and freight. The Air Board, organized in 1923 is using the plane to prevent and extinguished forest flres The service has grown so that it covers all Northern Canada serves not only for forest protection but for great variety of other useful work To date 300,000 square miles of territory have been photographed MT Wilson declares that the pilots in the Far North are fitting successors to Frobisher Hudson and Davis" Tn six years of flying not man has been killed. Caches of fuel have been laid down in many places along the coasts and In the great river basins Ar-mai con- nections with the United States have been made The forest area in the prairie Provinces patroled IS olo2l,9ll acres Mail contracts have been let for the Gulf of St. Lawrence the Yukon and Mac kenzle Valley. The remotest parts of Northern Sahaoa are within day or two of civilization by airplane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24
FORMER ALASKAN HAS FIRE.

The of the destruction by fire of the Wash ington home of Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, entaing a loss estimated at from $50,00O to $75,- 000 will cause general regret in Alaska. Senator Pittman is a former Alaskan He resided and prac- tced law at Nome in the early days of that camp. He went to Nome from Dawson to which place he had gone shortly after the discovery of the Kondke gold fields. From Nome he went to Tonopah, Ne vada, after mineral discoveries had been made down there He came from Mississippi to the West locating in the State of Washington. After a or less roaming career he took root in Nevada, and has been four times elected United States Senator from that State The Alaska delegation voted for the nomination of Senator Pttman for President at the famous Madison Square Garden convention. At the Houston convention Senator Pittman was Chairman of the Platform Committee In the Senate he is the ranking minority member of the Terri tories Committee He Chairman when the Democrats were in power.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24
GYPSY HISTORY By Mary Graham Bonner

The Little Black Clock and John and Peggy rode along on their camel in the days when the world was very new and followed the first gypsies.
 Ahead of them was quite a pro- cession of camels and people, with tents and other belongings.
 These people" said the Little Black Clock, "are never long in one place They put up their tents and stay for awhile and then they think they will find more food or more pleasant surroundings fur ther on, so they move again.
 "They do not travel very far in a day, but they can stop almost any, where as no one expects them to arrive at certain time or by a certain train, as we expect people in our time.
 They have been camping like this and travelling like this for quite awhile, and before long they will land in the country we now know as Egypt.
 There they will settle down, and because the land will be called Egypt they will be called Egyptians, just as people are now called after the names of the countries in which they live.
 "But because they have wandered as they have, camping here, camp ing there, they will be given the name of gypsies, too
 Tn fact the world gypsy comes from the word Egyptian and these very first gypsies of all were named after the people who wandered in to Egypt, camping along the road as they went, and taking a long long time about it.
 Now, when people are wander CTS and camp on the outskirts of towns and do not have any special place in which to live we call them gypsies.
 But this was the heg,!........-,s cf their name, and the beginning CT their history"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24
Changes in Tennis.
(NeW York World n

Tennis, official publication of the United States Lawn Iennls Association undertook survey re- centy to lind out what ranking players thought of three proposed changes in the rules as follows.
 l. Substitution of some other words for
 love to denote zero score
 9 Restriction of the server to one trv
 instead of two
 B. Playing the point over when a ball
 in the course of rally touches the net
 before going over; giving this occurrence
 that is, the same status as a let on
 service.
 And what did the ninety-two players who re- piled think ot these changes? They were over whelmingy against all of them. Some of the pro- posals received more votes than others, but none of them received anything like favorable major ity So that's that. The moral believe, is that any sport, simplifies its problems when it puts them up to the players. If football had followed such a plan instead of making the spectator su- preme it would probably have not only been the victim of less tinkering but would now be free of many of the evils that beset it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

Whether they were real" not whether or not the NEWS" in newspaper deserved capitliza- ton might be discovered by any who would successfully search for files. We know this not one of the papers survives. All long ago ceased to exist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

literary critic aged 33 looks back over the accomplishments of his generation and finds little cause for qualification. Why not cheer up take a couple of extra years and see what can be done about it?-(New York Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

The Empire is in receipt of letter from VIII A Steel declarant for the Republican nomination for Territorial Senator written at Juneau, January 22 in which is the following:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

The New York Times, speaking of aviation in Canada, says that "in six years of flying not man has been killed" The Times to have over looked Aviator Patterson at Mayo However that may be an exception that proves the record.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

The name Roosevelt that still appears in the papers with much frequency usually has only re- mote connection with the Great Colonel. Gov. Roosevelt and the former President were about fourth cousins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

Say what you Will, nfe isn't always the same. In the old days, good and bad, the free lunch counters offered special attractions when cold wealth CT creaking across the country. eToledo Bade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

Uncle Sam is not quite in the World Court yet He is at the threshold with the United States Senate sitting the step. And when that dignified body is "sot" it is a long sitter-C Toledo Bade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

It is understood that Senators Borah and Jones are in favor of a Committee to Lay Down the Law to the Presidents Committee Law Enforce ment.-(New York Times9
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

The Flint Journal thinks that new blood i needed in the Senate. Yes, complete transmission -(Detrot Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-24

And the tough part of it is, MT. Ware doesn't get any of his s7SO,0oo back.-(NIacon, Ga, Tele- graph)
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
TIMES To HAVE
FILM GUESTS

The Washington Times today
publishes the last list of names
Of boys and girls born in Wash
ington IL years ago this week and
who are to be guests at the
Palace Theater.
John Gilbert and Wallace
Beery are on the screen in
'Way For a Sailor" and Dave
Schooler is on the stage in a
special anniversary program,
Birthday Party Revue"
The Times does not want to
forget any boy or girl who was
born this week, IL years ago If
your name has NJ" '~~"''
lished, The Times will be glad
to give you guest tlcK.to - -
will bring your birth certificate
to room 407 in the Hearst
Building.
Here are the lucky children:
Lena Louise AliniSi, GiuSeppina
Chienco, Bertha L. Taylor, son
of Richard E. Sedgewick, Mary j.
Burdick, son of william Miller,
Marie B. Audre, Edward L.
Handy, Louise B. Cox, Justine E.
Burns, daughter of Albert j.
Greiner, Alice T. Brown, Cath
crime CalliuS, Noble L. Kuster,
Helen G. Davis, James B.
Fletcher. jr., Mary Statho.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
ASSESSED
FOR ASSAULT

Charged with assaulting Police
man v. v. Vaughn, on September
10, Aaron Trachtenberg. automo-
bile tire dealer, pleaded guilty in
Police Court today and was fined
$50 by Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
Tractenberg, with William Os-
borne, was said to have engaged
in a row over a parking ticket
with Policeman Vaughn. Vaughn
was struck over the head in the
course of the alteration, and he
shot Osborne.
Osborne was later indicted for
assault with a dangerous weapon.
It was charged he struck Vaughn
with a bottle.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
OUAKE'S DEATH
TOLL REVISED

ONE, Oct. 81 UNS0.-More
reports of the earthquake near
Ancona, becoming available today
as communication was re-estab-
lished, revealed lighter death
toll but heavier property damage
than had previously been esti-
mated.
While unofficial figures still
listed 30 dead and 200 to 300 in
jured, as a result of yesterdays
earth shocks. official reports
placed the total number of deaths
at 16. The higher previous fig
ures, officials said, were based
upon reports that 20 persons had
been killed at Senigallia, while Of
ficial figures list only IL deaths
there.
Property damage between An
coma and Pesaro was heaviest at
Senigallia, where 80 per cent of
all buildings were destroyed or
rendered uninhabitable.
The Ancona region was visited
by another slight temblor at 4
a. m. today.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
BRAZIL To HAVE
DICTATORSHIP :

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 81
1.N.S0 Three thousand revolu-
.tionary troops, including hun
dreds of hard-riding gauchos from
the Brazilian hinterlands, gath,
cred in Rio de Janeiro today for
the arrival Of their leader, DR..
Getulio Vargas, who is expected
some time during the day to take
over power as provisional presi-
dent.
DR.. Vargas left Sac Pau1o yes
terday, after a brief visit, during
which he was warmly welcomed.
His delay in reaching Rio de
Janeiro was due to requests of
scores of towns and villages along
the route to stop his special train
and speak.
Pending his arrival, Gen. Juarez
Tavora, youthful northern leader.
outlined the revolutionary pro.
gram in an interview with news.
paper men. He declared the gov.
eminent to be established by DR..
Vargas will be a civil dictatorship
maintained by the aid Of the
army and navy.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Tunney AT Weight Says
F1ght DAYS Are Done

the defendant in suit for
$4O0, ,0c0 filed against him by Tim
Mara, sports promoter, for
alleged breach Of a contract in
connection with Tunney's match
with Jack Dempsey in Phila.
delphia in September, 1925.
Has Been HIDING, He Says
The idea of coming to court
daily doesn't appeal to Tunney,
but he is watching and listening
to the proceedings with interest
as he sits at the defense counsel
table.
"I've been trying to hide my.
SELF"
Tunney so said when asked
how he had succeeded in keeping
out of the limelight for months.
Tunney said he was entirely
recovered from the operation on
his side which he underwent late
last year. He looked much better
than when I saw him in Florida
last February when he was re-
cuperating from the operation.
In fact, he looked as if he could
step into the ring tonight and
give the SharkeyS, the Striblings
and the Cameras a lesson or two
in boxing. He said:
1--WE been doing this train.
ing I've been telling you about
over at Stamford, Conn, where
/ have my home"
Tunney indicated his future
plans were rather vague. He was
asked:
"Are you going into business
Into Wall Street, or anything
like that?"
"WeII, I'm concentrating on
this suit right now, and after
1 get this and a few other
matters off my mind I'm going
to do something / regard as
useful.
II will never fight again,
however. I am not interested
in accumulating money. I have
enough. / am not extravagant
and live mOdeStly on a little
farm up near Stamford. I'm
waiting for business to read.
just itself and then I'm going
to get into something"
Mr.. and Mrs. Tunney are said
to be an exceptionally happy
couple.
Both in Good Health
He and his wife, the former
Polly Lauder, heiress and young
society woman, are often seen TAX
ing long walks near Stamford.
They were both i'll late last year
and she was ill prior to that in
Europe. But now they are both in
fine health and enjoying life to
the utmost.
Tunney, in the course Of his
chat with this writer, showed that
he had a warm spot in his heart
for Dempsey, the man from whom
he won the heavyweight crown,
He said, when Jacks name was
brought up:
''Why, I have only the kindest
thoughts of Dempsey. He is q
splendid chap. wish him the
greatest success and hope to
have the opportunity some day
soon Of sitting down with him
and having a good chat"
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
THE NEW "BOY FRIEND"
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

By JAMES l.. kALGALLEN
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-T
feel great-wOnderfuL Don't
I look it?"
Gene Tunney speaking.
The retired heavyweight cham
pion of the world. who had drop
ped out Of the limelight for some
time, pounded his abdomen with
his fists and smilingly remarked:
Hard as nails"
'T've been keeping in trim
chOpping trees. See those
blisters. I also do some road
work every day. 1 like to run,
you know"
What do you weigh?"
1929"
That is Tunney's fighting
weight.
''NOt going to fight again."
ooh, nO-I'm through with
the ring forever"
Tunney was interviewed by
International News Service today
in the courtroom Of SupreI le
Court Justice Hating where he is
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Shepherd Smallpox
Scare Hats Game

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Oct.
Wholesale vaccination of high
school and Shepherd College stu
dents at Shepherdstown following
the recent smallpox scare" there,
is cutting heaNily into the attend
ance records.
A number of smallpox cases
were discovered among colored
residents and as a preventative
hundreds submitted to inocula-
ton with temporary illness in
many instances coming as an
after effect. The football game,
scheduled for Saturday, between
Shepherd, College and Shippens-
burg (Pa.) State Normal has been
cancelled.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Car PlOws Into New
Porch of Accident
Investigator
A $4,000 ONE

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct.
30-Awakened by a crash, Ac-
cident Investigator Charles
Freeman hurried downstairs
and found an automobile in
the middle of the newly fur
nished sun porch of his home.
Seated at the wheel was Will
liam Faucet, 26, dazed but un-
hurt. ...-
Mr.. Freeman placed the
driver under arrest on charges
of driving while drunk, reck-
less driving and operating a
machine without a license.
Faucet was sentenced to a
fine of $3.50 or As days in Jail.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Insane Inmates Cool
When BuiLdinQ Burns

MORRIS PLAINS, N. j., Oct.
81 (U.S0-Four thousand insane
patients of the GreyStone Park
Asylum near here, watched the
roof and cupola of the north wing
OF the main building burn yester-
day, without excitement. Virtually
all the inmates were at breakfast
in another building and only q
few were in the wing.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
TRICK LANDS
2SUSPECTS
INJA|L
Prisoner Admits Abduction;l
Says Woman 0utWitted
Gang; Ransom Was Sticks


A man-hunt spreading oyer four
counties was in progress today
as more than 200 armed officers
sought two remaining members
of the gang that kidnapped Earl
L. Yocum, millionaire bank presi-
dent Of Valva, ILL.,, holding him
for three and one-half days.
How the gang of four men,
at first demanding 100000 ran
sorn, was tricked into releasing
Yocum for a bundle of sticks
was revealed in confession
made by Vernon Ahlgren, who
was captured after q running
gun battle with posses who sur
prised Ahlgren and two compan.
ions as they waited to collect
$4,000 in ransom money.
Wife Is Heroine
Alhgren's story, told grudgingly,
revealed Mrs. Yocum as the hero
inc of a clever piece of detec-
tive work. It was her strategy
that brought her husband home,
unharmed, and led 10 the zap
ture of two of the kidnaperS.
Following his capture on farm
near here, Ahlgren said:
1--WE were suckers. We
thought Mrs. YOcum was so
scared she wouldn't dOuble-crOSs
us. We thought YOcum him.
self would not dare. We let
him go without finding out
that the package left for us
contained no money. We made
. mess Of the whole business,
but I'll say Mrs. YOcum is a
smart woman"
Angered at finding only a bun
die of sticks near Leland, in re-
turn for the bankers liberty, the
gang telephoned Yocum early yes
terday that they were going to
bomb his home. Yocur1, pretend
ing that he was intimidated, told
them package containing $4,000
would be placed beside Lone Tree
Road, two miles from here.
Describes Abduction
Instead Of sending a messenger
to meet the gangSters, Yocum dis
patched a squad of armed officers
and a running gun battle resulted
in which three of the men escaped
by ditching their automobile. Ahl-
gren, one of the trio, was caught
later.
Ahlgren described the seizing of
Yocum on Saturday night and told
how the banker. bound, gagged
and blindfolde. and partly chloro.
formed, was carried by automobile
to hunting lodge near LOGON, Ill.
He continued:
Eve thought we would get
100000 ransom. Then we
marked it down to 100000,
then to $4,000, and finally con-
Sented to take $4,000 down,
with the understanding we
would get more later. The idea
was to frighten his family into
paying anything for their
safety"
Fright Pretended
It was revealed that the bank
er'S wife, while feigning to be ter
rified and pleading with authori.
ties to drop the matter and allow
her to handle the affair without
assistance" instead was co-operat-
ing with Inspector George Newell,
Of the American Bankers ASSocia-
ton, and other authorities.
Mrs. Yocum'S statement was in.
tended to reach the kidnapers,
and it did.
Another alleged member of the
extortionist gang, Harry WhiSkers,
Of Cambridge, ILL.,, is under arrest.
Ahlgren implicated WhiSkers in
the plot, according to police. The
other two, still sought by posses,
are Orville WAiskers, cousin of
Harry, and Floyd Winslow. an ex-
convict,
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
HAWKS TO FLY AGAIN

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 QN.S0.
Capt. Frank Hawks, airplane speed
king, today planned an attempt
to make record time between Ha-
varia and New York. He said he
would take off here within four
days. He probably will stop at At
lanta and Miami to refuel his
plane.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
SORORITY is HOST

The Phi Kappa Tau Sorority,
class of 1926, Notre Dame Acad-
emy, will entertain at a card
party Monday night in Notre
Dame Auditorium, North Capitol
and K Streets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09

Congress does not always approve
Of the many projects submitted to 1t
as being useful for carrying on the
affairs of government But one serv-
ice that this body of law makers finds
useful and which was installed on ap-
proval, is the telephone.
Fifty years ago when the telephone
system was first being established in
Washington, the officials Of the Ma
tional Telephone Exchange Company,
predecessors Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, asked
the privilege of installing telephone
in the Capitol on trial.
Several months later William H.
Barnard, secretary Of the company
wrote Congressman L. P. Morton, later
vtce.president of the United States,
asking If the use Of the telephone at
the House Of Representatives was
satisfactory and, II so, II he would
please pass for payment the bill Of
$3.50 then pending.
Following this letter came the re-
quest for the installation Of an addi-
tional telephone in the Office of the
Sergeant-at-Arms. A short time later
a private line connecting the secretary
Of the Senate with the public printer
was provided.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09

cHtSJ operator.
Individual telephones and private
lines served the Capitol and House of
Representatives for several years.
Then on December 2, 1897, one
operators position switchboard with
thirty telephones in service was in
stalled In the Capitol for the use of
the Senate. The first telephone
switchboard system in the House was
placed in operation July 81, 1898, at
which time there were fifty-one tele-
phones in service.
These two private branch exchange
systems were operated respectively
for the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives until 1901. when four-position
switchboard was installed and the
service of both the Senate and the
House was supplied from one system.
Subsequently the size Of this switch
board was increased to twelve opera
tors positions. In 1926 It became ap-
parent that it was necessary to pro.
vide more adequate equipment. The
new switchboard was placed in service
November %, 1925, with 1903 tele-
phones in operation. This number
has now increased to 1916. More than
$1,000 calls are made daily from this
system. =
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09

Progressive America, not satisfied
with talking by telephone on land,
spanning the ocean, and from moving
airplanes, can now talk to ships at
sea.
Picture a gigantic ocean liner plow-
ing through the waves mountains
high, hundreds of miles from shore,
with passengers aboard, maintaining
telephone conversations with friends
and business associates on land. This
sounds incredible. but it Is a true
statement of facts nevertheless.
Telephone service between the LIE.
viathan, queen Of the American mer-
chant marine and the nearly 100000
telephones connected with the Bell
System was recently inaugurated.
Since that time the ships passengers
have awaited themselves Of the op-
portunity Of communicating with their
homeland while en- route to or return
ing from Europe.
Ship to shore telephone service was
opened by Walter s. Clifford. President
Of the American Telephone and Tele-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09

graph Company, in conversation
with Commodore H. A. Cunningham
of the Leviathan. Members of the
Federal Radio Commission, naval
officers, representatives of the Depart
ment of Commerce, shipping heads,
and newspaper and press association
executives also talked from New York
to Commodore Cunningham and others
on the Leviathan. Congressman Fred
erick A. Britten talking from Wash
ington also conversed with the Levia
than's commander.
In opening the service President
Clifford said:
Telephone service with ships at
sea is new. But like all such develop
ments in telephony. we expect that it
will spread from one ship to another
until within a few years what is now
novelty will be commonplace. and
people will think no more of calling a
friend on any ship at sea and any.
where at sea that the ship may be
than they now do Of telephoning from
one city to another"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
Such Il Life

It must be discouraging to the In
stallment collector. after a hard days
work, to come home and find his wife
out.-Pathfnder Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

Harmony Lodge, U. o. A. w, is
holding Christmas eve party in
their hall, East and Ninth streets.
this evening. Entertainment and
dancing will be featured.