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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
NIGHT FLYING

FAIRBANKS, Aias,1f Gs;n. IT, Major c. H. DecSard, returning here with Matt Neimenen last night believes night flying under moon will be the solution of weather de- lays in Siberian flights. He has made this proposal to Alfred J Lomen suggesting night hops in emergency. Foggy days over the Straits often clear as evening ap- breaches.
 The Siberian hops will be made by Capt. Pat Reid and Ed Young Reid will take Swartman's plane and Swartman will remain at Nome in reserve until the arrival of Fair child planes from the States.
 Commercial Flying
 Pilot Frank Dorbandt will en- gage in commercial flying which has been at a standstill since Eiel- son was lost, causing hardships in outlying districts.
 Matt Niemenen has left for An ehorage and will resume conner cial flights for the Alaskan Air ways Incorporated.
 Major Deckard places no faitt in the report from Moscow that Eielson has been found. He says he had enough of rumors during Reid's force down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
OVER 1S0,00O ACRES OF FARM
 LAND FLOODED
Fertile Fields of Arkansas Are Under Two to Three
 Feet of Water

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17.-More than 180,oco acres of fertile Arkansas farm land today lay under from two to three feet of water while engineers fought to prevent further breaking of the levees along the swollen lakes and rivers.
 Big Lake crashed through one of the major levees, flooding 10000 acres in Northeast Arkansas.
 The St. Francis River poured over a levee and flooded 10000 acres.
 The Government Engineers of flee said advices had been received that the lowlands in other parts of the State were also flooded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

VOL can judge man by his n nickname, not so much by the sobriquet itself as by eligibility to be pub!aSs cuete1. For all piex names are not complimentary and many a famous man would be sur priseG were ne to discover the label that his staff or the public have devised for him.
 Washington is the home of the sobriquet and the government is it's fertile breeding ground. Men who are well-liked are nearly al- ways referred to by their nick name. and the uninitiated often
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

1the various names that character ize the great and near-great. Presi- dent Hoover is invariably referred to as "The Chief" rot because of the office he holds but because it is the name given him when he was Secretary of Commerce. To Mrs. Hoover he is Bert" the only other byname he has ever had. When Charlie" is mentioned in official circles, the initiated know that Vice-President Curtis is un- der discussion. This nickname has supplanted his former nickname, Big Chief" which is descriptive of his Indian origin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
THE CHIEF STINlSoN STIrfY LA TOILETTE LITTLE eoe

las "Stimy" at>she State Depart ment, and the Assistant Secretary, Joseph P. Cotton, is affectionately known as "Unois Joe" The very good looking and cordial Assistant Secretary of the Navy is known as Commodore, not because of his naval affiliations, but because that happens to be the sobriquet given to him years ago in his home town, New Orleans. General Summerall, Chief of Staff of the Army, is known as "Sitting Bull," to im- mortalize the name of his tele- phone exchange in France during the World Var.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Freight Train Derailed At Crest of Hill; Tsco
 Men Killed, l Injured

WALLACE, Idaho, Jan f7.-Fs1- gineer Charles Campbell and Brakeman Lewis Erickson were killed and Fireman Charles Swant was injured when a Nor heru Pa cific freight train was derajle5 at the crest of the Mullan grade be tween Wallace and Missoula late yesterday afternoon. The dead and injured were trainmen of Missoula, Montana.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
By FRANK I. WELLER
 Farm Editor

Associated Press Feature Seryice)
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Still continuing downward but at slow fer rate, farm real estate values last year showed the smallest annual loss since the current period of de- flation set in, the bureau of agri- cultural economies reveals.
 In the 1928- 29 12-month period values per acre of all farm lands. including the improvements of them declined slightly less than one per cent, averaged for the United States as a whole Few of the sharp declines of recent years were shown. This is particularly true of the corn belt states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
BATTLESEHIPS SEEM FOREMOST
NOR FHWEST IN
 WINTERy 6 RIP;
 SNOW BLANKET
Lakes in Western Wash ington Frozen-River
 Frozen at Portland

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Jan. IT Icy blasts accompanied by ex- treme cold today strengthened the winters grip in the Northwest States as California experienced re- lief from freezing temperatures under the stimulus of a general rain.
 Snow blanketed most of the State Of Washington and lakes in Vest ern Washington are frozen over The Willamette River at Portland is frozen solid the first time in a decade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Wife Earns More;
 No Alimony Asked

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Beulah Doherty, granted a divorce from James J. Doherty, did not ask alimony because she earns S25 more month than he does.
 Mrs. Doherty told Judge Timothy I. Fitzpatrick she earned $50 a month as clerk for the state high way commission, while Doherty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
BRITISH VIEWPOINT

LONDON, Jan. 17.-There is lit tie expectation in England that the forthcoming Naval Corference will result ir tic early abolition of ba tleshios although development of ths propo al will be welcome by g arge section of the British rublic.
 The London Times said Dis- appearance of the battleship from the worlds fleets is an idae tn- capable of immediate fulfa tnaent 2
 The point considered most here is the cost of capital ships to sax- payers. The London Chronicle is urging eventual abolition of this score and pleaded with ths British Government to set an exanapie jn declaring reduction Of tonnage in
 (C0nfinfaH nV pona rfs-rct
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Increase of Duty on
 Cuban RalU Sugar Is
 Demanded by Smoot

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Chair- man Reed Shoot, of the Senate Finance Committee served notice today in the Senate he will pro pose anamendment to the tariff bill calling for an increase in the duty of Cuban raw sugar from 1.76 cents to 2 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Passenger Train and Loc0motiUe Running
 Light in Collision

PALESTINE, Texas, Jan. IT, Two men were killed and two se- riously injured in the collision of an International Great Northern Railroad passenger train and To- comotive running light. The dead are John Hall, engineer of the To- comotive and L. J. Hughes, express messenger of the passenger train.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

Senate, and when given they gen
 erally stick. Thus Senator Hiram Johnson is known to his colleagues as "Hi,1 and # mother Hiram is elected to the Senate he will have to find another nickname for there cannot be more than one "Hi" as far as the Capitol is concerned. Cooley" sounds like school nick name, but it is the sobriquet be- slowed on Cole Blease, of South Carolina. Doe" Copeland is, of course, that very popular physician and politician, Senator Copela' 1. La Toilette is "Little Bob," lile Brock of Tennessee is the "C sdy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
BIRMINGHAM TO OPEN SPRING TRAINING ON
 THIRD or MARCH

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. IT, Officials of the Birmingham club of the Southern League announced that spring training would open on March 3 and the team would play it's first exhibition game with the Toledo Mud Hens on March IA
 The Barons and Hens will have six practice games In all, two in Anniston, Ala, where Toledo will train, and four in Birmingham.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
TWO AIRPL.ANES MAY TODAY FLY
 ID NORTH CAPE
Pilots Reid and Young Are Scheduled to Leave
 Nome for Siberia
REPORT EIELSON IS
 FOUND NOT BELIEVED
Nome Is Suspicious of Mos COW Report, Likewise
 Major Deckard

NOME, Alaska, Jan. 17.-Tho wing of Capt. Pat Reid's damaged Fairchild plane has been perma- nently repaired and heAhopped off to Teller with a cargo of gaso- line, and returned here.
 Both Fairchild planes are ex- pected to take off during today for Teller and North Cape, Siberia to hunt for Col. Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland.
 NO credence is given here in the report that Eielson has been b. cated near a river in Siberia.
 Another Alaskan Airways In corporated plane took off yester- day for Deering with repairs for the damaged landing gear piloted by Graham.
 Another plane with O. D. Coch- ran is to go to Fairbanks some time today, weather permitting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

earns $125 month as clerk for an oil company.
 They were married December l. 1928, and Mrs. Doherty said she handled the joint incomes until they separated March 3, 1923 Dur ing their married life, she com plained, Doherty absented himself on what he said were deer hunting trips. They were dear" hunting jaunts, she asserted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7l2, American Ice 37, Anaconda 7014, Bethlehem Steel 95ss, Central Alloy 32h, General Motors 381l Gold Dust 427s, Granby 52, Grigs- by Grunow 15%. Kennecott 56ls National Acme 18%, Packard 1852 Radio 37%, National Brands 264 Standard Oil of California 59si Standard Oil of New Jersey 62% U. s. Steel l69.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Young Inventor Rich;
 So He Quits Business

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17-Six years out of college, Jonathan c. Stim- son has retired at an age when most men are getting started in business.
 Royalties from the sale of his re- flecting device for automatic sig nal lights for street and railway crossings have enabled him to quit at thirty-one. In addition, his income is bolstered by sales of an auto tail light which he also in vented and patented.
 Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon, in the States for some time visiting, is a homebound passenger on the North western
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Grand Duke Bre0ks Monte Carlo

The former Grand Duke
 Dimitri of Russia and luis
 4 merican
 wife, the former 4 udrey
 Emery IS reported to bs the first to break the bark in the present Monte Carlo season. Duke Dinitri, who IS really the last of the grand dukes living 1T
 tradit onai
 grand ducai
 splendor,
 achieved ti6 break of the bank by the persistent use of his favorite
 number, %. kewsreel) (Internatioual
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
FARM REAL ESTATE IN BEST POSITION
 SINCE "DEFLATIDN''

higher than before the war. In 1920 the corresponding position was 70 per cent above pre-war When allowance is made for the lower purchasing power of the dollar. farm real estate in 1929 was worth on the average about 20 per cent less than before the war.
 The number of farm foreclosures and related defaults was less in the last 12-month period than in the one immediately preceding. On the average, 1924 farms out of every 1000 were lost by default as compared to 22.S lost for the year before.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
Blinded by Bliz5ard Girl Walks in Front Of Train; Is Killed

} SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. IT.
 } Virginia Holcomb, aged 2l , years, blinded by a blizzard,
 } walked in front of train ) yesterday and was killed. She
 } left her home for a grocery
 } store, the parents said. The } route was along the railroad , tracks.
 , Verne Koblantz, Miss Hol- } combs fiancee, saw her start } out and followed her. After } the train passed he came } upon her body. The skull } was broken and the body } flung far from the tracks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

Tn most states the number of dis tress transactions was less than in the year before, but there was con- siderable variation as between To- calities in the same state, and some communities reported more fore closures than previously.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17
RADIO INDUSTRY
 IS INT0LERABLE
President of Chicago Com pany Says Combine
 Most Apparent


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-B. J. Grigsby, President of the Grigsby- Grunow Company of Chicago, tes- tified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that the sit uation in the radio industry was becoming intolerable A combine was seeking to dominate the in- dustry and create a monopoly he said.
 Gov, George A Parks, who has been in the states for several weeks, is a passenger aboard the North western which is due in Juneau to- morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-17

Compared with pre-war levels, the countrywide averaged acre. value stands about .l6 per cent
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
INSPECTOR ON
 WAY NORTH TO
 EXAMINE CRAFT
Wiley Wright to Inspect Planes and License Pi-
 lots and Mechanics

Wiley Wright, Inspector of the United Department of Commerce. Division of Aeronautics, conferred here last night with Gov. George A. Parks relative to inspection of airplanes and licensing of pilots and mechanics in Alaska. He continued on the Aleutian to Seward enroute to Fairbanks where he will begin his work.
 Inspector Wright will remain in the Territory as long as it is neces- sary to complete his inspection oi aircraft and examination of pilots and mechanics, the Governor said today. He will visit Anchorage and Fairbanks and, if necessary go to Nome and Chitina where other airplane companies have their bases On his way back to his Seattlc headquarters he will spend a week here.
 The inspectors instructions cal for a thorough inspection of all
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
FINAL MEETING OF SCHOOL YEAR HELD
 BY LOCAL PIT. A.

An interesting program of music and other entertainment, following short business meeting during which active officers for the com ing year were installed, concluded the final meeting of the Juneau Parent-Teacher Association for the present school term.
 Mrs. M. L. Merritt, President, and Mrs. Wallis s. George, Secretary Treasurer for the 192930 year gave way to Mrs Harold Smith and Mrs. Grover c. Vim, respectively.
 It was unanimously voted to se- cure a new piano for the school during the coming summer. Ralph E. Robertson presented two auto- graphed pictures of President Her bert Hoover on behalf of the Asso- citation. The leading number of the program following the meeting was an address on the Correlation of Scientific Phenomena" by Robert s. Raven, science instructor.
 MT. Raven pointed out the lead ing theories advanced by scientists as studied in general science, biol ogy, physics and chemistry, and gave the modern ideas of the basic principles underlying existence of the universe.
 Other numbers given included a May Pole dance and Easter Flower Exercises by children of the kinder garten; piano solo, Edward Mize;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
EDGAR l. DAVIS
 LEAVES FIRLAND:
 IS COMING NORTH

In letter to Harold H. Post, Edgar l. Davis advises him that he has left the Firlands Sanitarium, Richmond Highlands, Seattle, con- pletely cured after two years treatment for tuberculosis.
 Davis will come north with How ard Bailey, having been employed for the season with the Bailey Floating cannery to the westward
 MT Davis was purser on the Steamer Admiral Rogers for many years and has a legion of friends in Southeast Alaska. He was rec ognized as a most efficient officer of the Admiral Line. His friends will be pleased to give him the glad hand in the north and congratulate him on his recovery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
POLICE ARREST MAN0N CHARGE,
 SEIzINC GIRLS
Frank Krupa Identified as Man Who Forced At-
 tentions on Small Girls

Suspected of attempting to force his attentions on little girls, all though no actual criminal assault was indicated, Frank Krupa, about 30 years old, was arrested late yes- terday afternoon by Chief of Police c. A. Getchell and turned over to Federal authorities this morning.
 Krupa was identified by three small girls, two of whom he is ac- cused of seizing and attempting to caress. One of them was 12 and the other about IA years of age. The first attempt was said to have taken place on the stairway in the Triangle building shortly before noon April 20, Easter Sunday. The other took place on May 2, on the stairway between Calhoun and Will loughby Avenues.
 To hold Krupa, complaints were filed against him this morning by the United States district attorneys office charging him with assault
 
 and battery in both cases. The time for a hearing, which will take place before Judge A. w. Fox in the United States Commissioners Court, had not been set at noon today.
 Krupa is apparently a disciple of Communism. In his possession was found a card showing him to be a paid up member of the Com munists Party of the United States, holding membership in the North west district with headquarters in Seattle. He is a native of Ger many and has resided in the United States many years. He declared his intention of becoming a citizen in New York several years ago, but IS not believed to have completed his naturalization.
 He is a sailor by trade and was at one time employed in that capacity by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on the east coast of the country. He came to Alaska late last March, signing up with a cannery in the southern end of this district, according to papers found on him at the time Of his arrest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
SMALL ADDITION IS
 MADE TO ALEUTIANS
 RESERVE BY ORDER

A small addition, composed of wo islands and group of rocks southern Boring Sea, has been made to the Aleutian Islands Res- rvation in an executive order re- ently signed by President Hoover, opies of which have just been re- cived in this city. The lands em- raced in the order are: Amak Is- and, Sealion Rocks and small unnamed island lying southeast of Amak Island. This group is To- ,ated about 20 miles north of False Pass on the Boring Sea side of the Alaska Peninsula. All of them Ire rocky, uninhabited and are said have no industrial value. They Ire set aside as a refuge and breed ng ground for birds and wild ami malS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
SAVE THE DATE

Elks Club BASEBALL DANCE at ELKS HALL Saturday Night. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

equipment and examination of pi- lots as well as mechanics. If any of the planes being used are not up to standard and not safe for fly ing, they will be put on the ground until such time as the faults are eliminated. Flyers will be required to pass all the tests specified by the Department fo Commerce for commercial flying licenses, where they are engaged in that occupation and mechanics to pass Federal ex- aminations for licensed men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

LET Almqu1sJ Plcss or- Suit We call and deliver. Phone 329
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

cursion of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
 The Chamber was today in re- ceipt of a telegram from Ernest Walker Sawyer, special Assistant to Secretary Wilbur of the Interior Department, relative to the Los Angeles organizations tour and b. cal visit. He will accompany that party to this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

LODE CLAIM LOCATION
 NOTICES Both Amerioas. and Canadian forms at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

Try the Tive o'CrOcK Dinner Specials at Mabry'c. -edv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
CHAMBER TO DISCUSS ENTERTAINMENT PLAN
 FOR BUSINESS TOURS

Plans for greeting two important business excursions to Alaska will be discussed tomorrow by the Chamber of Commerce at its regu- lar weekly luncheon meeting at the Arcade Cafe, it was announced to- day by G. H. Walmsley, Secretary
 One of these is the annual good will tour of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. and the other the ex-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
DaiIy CrOss-,uOrd Puzzle

Solution of Saturdays Puzzle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
BOY IS WED
 TO LOS ANGELES GIRL

Warren H. Clark, son of MT. and Mrs. John A. Clark of Fairbanks, and Miss Dorthea June Falk, Los Angeles, were married recently in that city, according to announce ments received here today by friends. MT. Clark has been attend ing Stanford University for some time, and is just completing his senior year there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07
MISS MASON IS WED
 TO GILBERT PRUSCHA

Last Friday evening, Miss Golda Mason, on the teaching staff of the Juneau public schools, and MT Gilbert L. Pruscha, Observer of the United Statse Weather Bureau, at tached to the local station, were united in marriage. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Gab- riel Menager and occurred in his residence.
 For the present MT and Mrs. Pruscha will make their home in the Gross Apartments on lower Front Street The newlyweds are popular in the younger set and have a wide circle of friends in Ju- neau. The bride is Fifth Grade teacher.
 Try the Tive o'CrUcK Dinner EDecialS at Mabry'C. -adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-07

reading, "The Promise" by Muriel Jarman; vocal solo, Mrs. Kipste; piano solo, Helen Torkelson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04

As If these tasks were not suficient
for any one man TO carry, Col. Grant
has become president Of thu Welfare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
MEHREN ELECTED
CONFERENCE HEAD
Georgetown Man Is Named
President of District
Collegiate Press.

Revising It's constitution to provide
FOR election Of officers at the Spring
session for the ensuing year, the Dis
trict Of Columbia Collegiate Press
Conference. meeting yesterday at Amer
lean University, elected Lawrence j.
Mehren of Georgetown University as
president and 8. Carlton Ayers of
American University secretary.
Mehren recently was chosen editor
in-chief of the Hoya of Georgetown
University, while Ayers last week was
elected managing editor of the Anneri-
can Eagle of American University.
Plans for more wholesome intercol-
legiate competition" among the schools
OF higher education Of the District of
Columbia, as proposed to the confer
ence by Arthur s. Flemming, faculty
adviser OF the American Eagle, we're
referred by vote Of the group FOR study
and consideration at the Fall meeting
to be held in October at Catholic Uni
versity. Flemming suggested, among
other things. that the editors Of the
college papers adopt a procedure for
intercollegiate cooperation In case "any
unpleaSantneSS" arose in the future, SO
that the editors could work toward
smoothing out the difficulty, rather
than running 1t up"
BicentenniaI Plans Indorsed.
The conference also Endorsed plans
for the Washington bicentennial, and
adopted a resolution that 1.-The faculty
and editors can best cooperate through
the friendly advice Of the former,
rather than through strict supervision,
which implies q greater or less degree
of distrllst and responsibility.
Hence the conference believes" said
the resolution, that publications
should maintain position as q student
enterprise, yet seeking upon occasion
the advice Of more mature judgment"
Stressing the increasing publication
of economic facts in journalism today,
David Lawrence, editor of the United
States Daily, told the conference that
journalism was not the only outlet for
training In newspaper work, as more
men have gone from the newspaper
business into the bushes world than
are now In newspaper occupation"
DR.. Lucius C.. Clark, chancellor of
American University, urged the student
editors toward greater accuracy, and
presented general background of po-
litical science and economies as funda-
mental training for journalism.
Hold Four Sessions.
Dr. George B. Woods, dean Of the
College Of Liberal Arts Of American
University, in welcoming the conference
to the campus said: II do not look upon
a college paper as an instrument for
the dissemination Of student opinion
It is rather to mold student opinion"
Herbert T.. Angel. managing editor
Of the Hatchet Of George Washing
ton University, presided. Among those
who spoke briefly from the visiting dele
cations were: Reese L. Sewell, graduate
business manager of the Ratchet;
Albert w. Keller, editor Of the Dooms-
day Book of Georgetown University;
Miss Mary Angela Bowling of Trinity
College. Several representatives of
Catholic University participated In the
discussions.
Group discussions of the afternoon
were led by John M. Houston, Norman
Cramer and George L. Sixbey Of Ameri-
can University. There were four ses-
sionS.