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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

mel? Here Are Some Pointers
on Worth While Things to See
and Do While You're There.
NEW YORK. May Is 80 From
Matte NJ" Of Wichita Falls. Tex,
comes a note: L am sure there are
many of your readers who, like my
self, intend spending a vacation in
New York this summer. who would
like further suggestions on what TO
do and to see in New York"
Very we'll! A few weeks ago I de-
tailed some Of the colorful spots,
with an admonition to clip this out
and paste it in your hat" But also
I note, I promised more. 50 here
goes:
Take in the entire new Grand
Central Station skyline belt. with
emphasis on the new Chrysler. the
Grand Central and Chanin build
ings.
To get a particularly memorable
view of this fast changing ~skyscrap-
err zone. choose a place in Library
Square, or the Sixth Avenue elevated
station at Forty-Second street.
Don't miss the old Greenwich Vii
lage for the old one passes fast.
Eighth street becomes a highway
of "Villagy'' shops and eating places
! from Fifth to Sixth avenue any Of
them worth a visit. And historic
spots disappear daily ...... the old
wholesale bes in Canal street 49,.
the new radio theatre in the old
Amsterdam Theater roof .... the
play. Berkeley Square" If its still
in town $500. the upper Hudson
the typical Manhattan back
ground of the Stadium symphony
concerts with autos blaring by and
the city lights off in the distance
The breadlines Of the Bowery and
the Little Church Around the Cor
ner ...... Just to remind yourself
how fortunate YOU are to be able
TO afford a vacation.
And that boat trip around Man
haitian Isle, revealing the magic
changes which come over the city.
49,. The conglomeration Of shops
and humans in Nassau street when
the Wall Street buildings empty
their tens OF thousands at noon or
in the late afternoon.
The miles OF swanky new model
apartments that now line the East
river ...... And, If you've never
seen IL before, don't miss the Times
Square shuttle crowds at rush hour,
nor the kaleidoscope Of humanity II
Grand Central Station $500. While
there, pass a half hour figuring out
how much exploration you can do
and how many novelties you can
find without leaving the building.
The Grand street push carts after
nightfall, just down from Manhat-
tan bridge ...... and the Orchard
street maelstrom at any hour before
six. ...... The old "brasstown' belt
on the East Side. ...... The last
remnants Of Old Chelsea in the
middle twenties.
The Hungarian and Gypsy res
t~aurants dotting upper Second ave-
nue. almost anywhere above Eight
ieth street. ...... And II you want
to get night clubbish. the Club Alb
by for a peep at the Broadway
FOUNDERS after midnight. ...... Anc
a plenty hot" show. ...... The
Broadway catch penny" shows just
To make you feel as though 1t were
"old home week" back where you
come from.
The Broadway view from the peak
of the Paramount building. -. The
blocks of wholesale flower shops In
Twenty-s sixth street and the fun
markets a couple Of blocks uptown
...... The binding new talking
picture signs in the mid-Forties anc
early Fifties.
Harlem. all dressed I'D in silk hats
on a Sunday morning. And one
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15
E||!'M!'N tW'SYORK1

more trip on the Fifth Avenue bus
ses. ...... There's something new
each time. .....- The view Of the
Manhattan skyline as gathered at
Columbia Heights in Brooklyn
And-oh. well. If you have any
pet interests just write and ask me
~questionsi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

Incidentally. if the sale Of barrels. bottles. corks-
etc. Is illegal. how about cocktail-shakers. orange
strainers and tunnels? And is a man doing anything
criminal when he buys half a dozen lemons when he
knows darned well he isn't going . serve lemon
ade7
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

It is estimated 100000 powder puffs were sold IN
the United States last year. Now watch cigaret manu-
facturers try and compute puffs Of their product.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

If 1t is true that the Gulf stream is moving north
there is some compensation in the fact that the golf
stream Is moving south.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

A Frenchman has invented a car that will jump into
the air and travel considerable distance. With roads
as they are, such an invention seems unnecessary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

Elmer Twitchen is all broken up over Justice
Homes ruling that the sale Of barrels. bottles. caps
and corks is Illegal. However. he refuses to reform.
"Il make home brew" he declared today. If 7 have
to make It in an old boot and hold my hand over
il until it gets Fit to drink"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

Pink and blue shoes for men are to be the style
this summer. Men who wear them will have to watch
their step.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

King George has worn the crown twenty years. anc
probably he feels he is still learning the business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15
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ii Points arr1s am the two won,n
wept together.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15

OF course the British-Indian war will have TO
have a slogan. and the War Office is busy OIL the
matter now. Probably II will be finally classified
as a war to make the world safe for sanitary salt
makers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-15
a Vital Quest

Nov that a war impends between England arr
India it is the duty Of every American to define hi
position. Are you pro-Hindu?
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
GEORGE AND HOOVER

George Grigsby entertained his political audiences last April primary campaign by damning Delegate Sutherland for oppos- ing the O'Malley administration of Alaska's fisheries. He termed it as being opposition to the present Hoover administration. The inference he wished the voters to have was that he, the Democratic candidate would work with and in harmony with O'Malley and the adminiStra- tion.
 Now, is George going to sup port the Republican administra- tion? How can he justify his op- position to the trap system with his pledge of administrator SUD- port? Was his pledge of last spring true and the pledge of the present campaign wrong; or is it right and true now and the promises of last spring all bunk? ? The voter may judge for him sflf considering the company George keeps.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
GEORGE GRIGsBY

George Grigsby is out on the line building up or trying tc build up his political fences. Hc went south last summer to soli- cit help from the canners but they refused to contribute. Per haps because they were tired o5 doing so and feeding a machine that made many promises with out being able to or intending to keep those promises.
 He returned to Alaska anG now promises to legislate tn trap system out of the Terri tory-or he will "try to legislate them out" Is this turn againsi the trap system because the canners refused to finance hi campaign? We wonder!
 George is against the tras system. His immediate sponsor the Juneau Empire and it. henchmen are not in accord with that plank. Will George sincerely throw the Empire over board and support and fight fol a principle which his main sup porters absolutely oppose? Car you feature George and Troy working to eliminate all traps from Alaska waters? Will Troy give George any support if he (Troy) thought for a moment that George would put the traps out of business or even intended to keep his promise Not on youl tin type.
 Then why be fooled by such bunk?
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
TOM AND THE FISHER GIRLS

Tom Gaffney, Friend of La Dor, wished it known by the electors that he was a friend of labor" The records show that on every occasion, mines, fisher ieS, compensation, wage bill, ct cetera, Tom, the Friend of Labor" opposed those measures. He now comes before the elect CTS of the Territory, on his re- cord, as a candidate for Terri torial auditor to supplant Cash Cole, incumbent, whose record is and has been consistently in the aid and interest of labor.
 Every season several hundred girls have been shipped to Alas ka to gib and pack herring. The fish run on an average of 700 to the barrel and the remunera- tion was "75c per barrel of fish gibbed and packed" Down in our Division, the herring are so small that they run 1000 or more per barrel-which meant the girls had to do more work per barrel without an increase in pay. After they arrive at place of labor they must accept the work and be wage slaves quit and walk out or sell them selves into prostitution. When they signed the contracts rosy picture Of a fine summers wage was pictured to them.
 Attorney General Rustgard prepared a bill which provided that where the contract was Si- lent on the subject of size of herring, it should be presumed that it referred to herring of the size of not more than 700 to the barrel. This would be fair and protect the girls and create no hardship nor injustice upon the
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
ULMER FOR ENGINEER

It is being generally predicted that Joe Ulmer, Republican can .didate for Highway Engineer will go into office with a landslide of votes. HeSse the Democratic nominee is not getting the sup port Of the democratic machine. Perhaps he is not amenable to their directing minds. Johnson Of Douglas also is a bit too in dependent for the old democratic machine to swallow. The votes will be split up three ways. Joe Ulmer is more popularly known all along the coast and up and down the line into the interior. With the vote split two ways against him, Joe will be in a position to make the Empire mighty sore at attempting to engineer and manipulate the Republican primary election. Bob SOmmers is their choice even to the point of urging him to run "stickerS" on the ticket from which he was skidded by the Demo politicos of Juneau. Bob was too astute a man to be kidded into making a political funeral party of himself.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
A QUESTION FOR GAFFNEY
 TO ANSWER

How can an IriShman vote against Home Rule? What is the difference between a federal governor of Alaska appointed from the states and a federal governor of Ireland appointed from London?
 Gafney, Friend of Labor fought the election of men who would have the direction of purely territorial matters audi tor, treasurer, etc. These offices are nov elective and not even it's bitterest enemies can point to a single phase of the direction of these offices that make it such a bad proposition to vote for.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10


 the electors of Nome who are not able to learn of his record except as it is dished out to them by Gaffney himself or by the Lomenized press of Nome.
 The workmen's compensation law, is known in national labor circles as being one of the worst three such laws in the United States. It was written up by at tornieS representing certain big corporations of Alaska. From time to time, William Paul and his friends tried to amend the law to make it more fair to the Workmen. In every instance, while Gaffney was in the legis- lature, he fought the amend ments. He stood. up in a com  kination of Lomen and the Elm pire crowd that opposed the in terests of labor.
 When the compensation bill came up for final passage, Tom Gaffney, Friend of Labor" vot- ed against it's passage. Amend ments to the bill were not ap- proved by the corporation att tornies. Their whispers were louder than the insistent and urgent calls of labor.
 The following are some of the amendments opposed by Tom, the Friend of Labor: CD In crease of compensation for tenn rorary disability from 50 per cent to 65 per cent; (2) station workers to be considered lem ployees"; (3) burden of finding out names of benef1ciaries to be on employer instead of employ ee; (4) to make it easy for em- ployees to reject the act as the employer
 The worst features of the bill were retained by the Gaffney- Lomen combination. For ex- ample, CD the right of compro- mise was retained, This in view of the fact that there was no specified time when compensa- tion must be paid. By waiting long enough the designing em- ployer can always settle"
 CD Widows, parents and chil- dren in foreign countries were to get only 50 per cent under the Gaffney plan. Thereby putting 9 premium on the employing of foreign labor for it is fifteen
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10

same class as Seattle and allow Canadian vessels to bring freight north as they now allow these vessels to take freight south, Sheldon (faithful to the steam ship company which sends him many touriStS) voted NO and thus placed his private inter eStS above his public interests.
 Sheldon voted to postpone in- definitely the model Workmen's Compensation Bill approved by the American Federation of La bort (Journal 238).
 Sheldon in 1927 introduced bill number 19 "an Act to encour- age prospecting in Alaska" and then let it die without making any effort to advance the cause of prospectors.
 Sheldon then introduced a bill making it lawful to sell cigar cites etc. to minors of an age IS in lieu of IS. Believing in giving the youth an early start. Sheldon voted against the Wo- mems Community Property Act. :heldon voted against requiring public service corporations (Who nave been given a monoply) to tile an annual report showing their gross income, and gross expense. This bill was to protect he people from monoplies which ire created by law, (Light and roWer companies).
 Sheldon voted against the bill Journal 300) Ito protect labor, establishing regular pay days md nodes" etc.
 cheldon voted against requiring 5econd hand dealers to keep a
 ecord of purchase and thus dis courage thievery that seemed so prevalent in second hand goods. Sheldon voted in favor of al- lowing alien mothers only 50R las did Gaffney now candidate tor auditory merely because they were aliens. The result has been that the mines give preferential employment to men with alien mothers. It does not cost so much to kill them (only 50R the regular rates). D. 338 House Journal 1927.
 Sheldon voted against the bill to prevent the spread of vener- cal disease" Gas ded Gaffney and Rydeen). This bill was similar to that of the District of COlum- bia and was designed for use s.mong criminals.
 But we Suppose
 But we suppose that the Fourth Division cares little about records. They want the adver- Using. And so they must send their prize buffoon. In this they will have no competition.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10

per cent cheaper to kill a for eign laborer in Alaska than to Fill a citizen. Therefore the cor porations preferred foreign to citizen labor.
 Let Gaffney, Friend Of Labor tell his own record in the First Division. See how far he will get.
 What does this have to do with the auditors office? It has much to do with it. And the man in that office cannot be the hireling of the vested interests.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
THE FITNESS OF CANDIDATES
 By James Wickersham

If the people of Alaska ap- prove of self government and oppose a Federal Bureaucratic control of their local affairs, they must look to the patriotism and character of the men whom they elect to the legislature, and see to it that no Tory in dis guise shall be elected to betray them.
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
THE RUFFCON COMING TO
 THE LEGISLATURE

It is hard to believe but it seems true. The people of Fair banks and the Fourth Division are seriously thinking of send ing Robert Sheldon, otherwise known as Bobby" Sheldon, back to the next legislature.
 It has long been suspected that legislative material in that Division is very scarce, but we hardly thought that Fairbanks had nobody whatever. What else can we think when that Divi- sion proposes to send the Kings Jester" down?
 As a clown, Bobby" is a great attraction to the tourists who come to Mckinley Park, with his cute mustache his short stature, his bantam rooster ctrutting, his efforts to lower his voice to manlike quality, all of these are very entertaining. But why not keep him in a gilded cage at Fairbanks?
 The Marquam Brand
 Have the people forgotten that Bobby Sheldon was one of the original Tom Marquam boosters. It is a shame to bring Tom into this campaign, but how else are the people to know where Bobby belongs morally? Or are we mis- taken about what the moral is sue weighs in the minds of the people of Fairbanks? John Troy says that the moral issue makes no difference, and by that token, the people of Fairbanks might very easily defeat Marquam and yet elect one of his trained seals"
 The Trained Seal
 Bobby Sheldon came to be known as one of Marquam's trained seals during the legis- lature of 1925. During the early part of the season, Bobby was wholly lost for his master had not arrived. But when Tom ar rived, then Bobby began cutting up the cutest of all the two seals, who that year came to the legislature from Fairbanks.
 It would be a great mistake to allow Bobby to come to the legislature without his master. Perhaps Tom will have returned from Washington D. c. by then. It hardly seems likely because Tom still has to satisfy the grand jury there concerning his enormous campaign expenses the source of which he has kept secret.
 Part of his Record
 Bobby helped to defeat the bill to give Pioneers an increase in pensions in 1927. He has in part succeeded in making the people believe that he and his friends supported that bill, and yet the record shows that when it was moved to suspend the rules (House Jr P419) and pass both the bill to increase the pensions of the pioneers and all so to make the office of Trea- surer elective, Bobby Sheldon and his friends voted NO.
 The only bill Sheldon intro duced in the 1925 legislature was house bill number 4, An Act x to permit the appointment of corporations or national bank ing associations as executors or administrators of estates of deceased persons"
 When the Senate (Pratt lead ;ng) struck out watchmen of mines from the lien law, Bobby made no effort to protect such Watchmen.
 When the memorial asking
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10
THE RECORD ON LABOR

An industrial insurance bill which would have been an ap- preciable burden to the fishing industry, was killed in the House Pacific Fisherman.
 This bill was defeated by the leadership of Thomas Gafney of Nome. This man voted against every bill to improve labor con- ditions. His speech just before voting usually was this: Tn principle, this bill is fine. I be- lieve in it because it seeks to i'm prove labor conditions BUT the time is not right and so I will have to vote against the bill"
 A curious record for a man who had been the President o1 the Western Federation o1 Miners in Nome.
 Compare that record with that of Cash Cole, Republican candi- date for the same office. CasE from his first induction to ar elective office and prior to that even, supported and fought fol measures for the betterment o1 labor and wage conditions. IT office he has continued indepen- Gently and efficiently and in g manner that would be creditable to any person.
 STANDING ON HIS RECORD
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The Alaskan., 1930-10-10

Tom Gaffney, Friend of La bor," points with pride to his
The Alaskan., 1930-10-10

STANDING ON HIS RECORD
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
RICH BACHELOR
LONELY HERE
Times Staff Photo
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across the Red River and do
away with privately owned toll
bridges.
He is lonesome because for
every hundred dollars he owns
there is somebody always trying
to tell him where it ought to be
spent, while he had rather spend
his own money and just be
friends with his well-wishers.
Lew, as everybody calls him, is
in a big downtown hotel. There
isn't a staff of secretaries to keep
people away from him and he
hasn't got IA yeS-men bowing and
scraping and walking backwards
around him. He hasn't any.
You knock on his hotel room
door and go in, and there he sits
in his shirt sleeves. with his
papers and maps all before him,
trying to figure out how he can
make these incomprehensible
Government officials understand
why the good citizens of Okla,
homa and Texas have a right to
get rid of the toll bridges. Wentz,
incidentally. is chairman of the
Oklahoma Highway Commission.
Fifteen years ago he was clerk
in the water department of Pitts
burgh, Pa. He cut away and
went to the southwest to scout
in the oil fields and trade in
leases. His wells came in. Today
he pays one of the largest per-
Sonal income taxes in America.
Before he left Pittsburgh he
was a baseball fan. He still is.
Fred Clarke used to manage the
Pittsburgh Pirates, but was given
the gate in a big row. Lew
Wentz got the idea that Fred
got a short deal and set out to
buy the Pirates. He was going
to put his old friend in to run
the club again. He offered more
than 100000 for the club be.
fore learning finally that the
owners would not sell,
The Washington times., 1930-02-10
HUGHES IS OK D
AFTER LASH|NG

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from unwarranted self asSur-
ance or a display of temper due
to self opinionation. irritation or
prajudice." He declared Hughes
appointment was made by Pres
ident Hoover for political
reasons" and was part of a FRO
gram which many people be-
lieved. was designed to turn the
Government over to a small
clique"
In the face of these charges,
contained in two letters from
Doherty to Chairman Norris (R }
Of Nebraska, which were read
into the record, the committee
reported Hughes appointment
favorably by q vote of 10 to 2.
Only Senator Blaine (R0 OF Wis
conSin joined with Norris in
opposing the appointment.
Doherty charged there had
been "unseemly haste" in naming
Hughes. He regretted the fact the
President had given Hughes a
promotion on the Supreme Court
after Hughes had capitalized
into wealth the prestige and in
fluence acquired by the honor
done him by his (firSt) appoint
ment" to the court. He said he
was alarmed that a political
machine" had been built. up i'll
washington SO strong as to be
extended to embrace the judicial
branch Of the Government"
Charges Political Reasons
He also charged President
Hoover'S appointments to high
public offices were primarily
prompted by political rather thar
meritoriouS reasons"
Doherty wrote the committee
| two letters. In one he said:
II was greatly grieved last Mon
day to learn that the illness of
Mr.. Chief Justice Taft had be-
come so serious as to necess;tate
his resignation and was shocked
to see such unSeemly haste n ap-
pointing his successor.
II am one of probably a great
many people in this country who
cannot indorSe the Presidents ap.
| pointment Of Judge Hughes.
SHOULD Not Expect It"
IT feel that no justice of the
Supreme Court should resign to
run for political office nor should
he capitalize into wealth the
prestige and influence acquired
by the honor done him by his
appointment, and if he does do
this. he should neither expect MOI
receive reappointment and Ger,
tainly not advancement to the
position Of chief justice.