The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-28

1 tions are bad in Germany and this state of affairs has been taken ad- vantage of by the Reds to spread their propaganda.
 Sweden Is Prosperous
 In the five European countries he visited, only Sweden is prosperous There industry is working overtime Far-sighted leaders went abroad obtaining railway building con- struction contracts in Turkey and elsewhere. Sweden is building loco- motives for Russia and Turkey, and its motorship building industry is working at top capacity with orders booked far ahead.
 The Swedish workmen are too busy to be bothered with politics and untried governmental theories, and Communism hasn't been able to get a foothold in that country.
 But in Denmark, Norway and France, there is a general depres- sion that if not so severe as in Germany, is bad enough. Unem- ployment is rife and the feeling among the unemployed is bitter.
 Cleanliness Impressive
 The most impressive thing in all of the places visited was the im- maculate appearance of h om e S., towns and people, and the univer- sal courtesy between people of the same rank and between master and servant.
 He visited the birthplace of his mother. Seated in room in the house, he commented on the clean illness and brightness of the wall- paper, and was told it was put on at the time of his mothers wed- ding which was 75 years ago.
 We got all the breaks possible on the journey" he commented. "In the two crossings of the Atlantic Ocean, there wasn't ripple. Bright sunny weather was encountered everywhere"
 Meet GiIlettes in East
 Twenty-four hours were spent in Washington where they met Maj. and Mrs. Douglas H. Gillette, for merly of this city. They were guests of the Gillettes for the day, being taken around by motor car to the many points of interest in the na- tional capital.
 Mrs. Rustgard stopped in Min nesota to visit relatives. She will return here this Fall.
 Had Tough Breaks
 If MT. Rustgard had the good breaks on his vacation, Maj. L. E. Atkins, Engineer Officer of the Alaska Road Commission, making his first survey of the interior and road system, was pursued oy the weather jinx. He couldn't but two days of com- plete sunshine. For twelve days he and Ernest Walker Sawyer waited at Fairbanks for favorable weather to fly to Nome.
 Dodging rainstorms, fogs and clouds, they succeeded in making other Seward Peninsula points, but were unable to return to Nome as planned, and missed the Kuskokwim trip entirely owing to bad weather.
 Need Air Mail Contracts
 Extension of the air mail system ,o Alaska is imperative to the pros oerity of the aerial navigation com- panies and to the development of some of the remote interior re- gions, Majj. Atkins told the Cham Der. Business on routes to such set dement's is too slight to make plane operations profitable, yet planes are necessary for development. If air mail contracts were available, it would be possible to maintain aerial on a satisfactory basis.
 During the past week, Secretary G. H. Walmsley reported, the Chamber received and answered 36 requests for information. The Executive Committee reported al lotting $35 for a booth at the Southeast Alaska Fair, which was endorsed by the Chamber, to be held here next week.
 Data on local business affected by the cable and radio communications Chamber as basis for requesting cvStap, ie hainu accanhlad hv fhe