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The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Booker to Attend
Bankers Meetind

Y. E. Booker, head of the
local investment banking firm of
Y. e. Booker and Company, will
be the only Washingtonian to at
tend the annual convention Of
the Investment Bankers Associa.
tion, which opens at White Sui.
phur Springs, Va. today and con-
ttnues until next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Transit Company
Deficit GrOLUinQ

The Washington Rapid Transit
Company's September statement
filed with the Public Utilities
Commission shows a deficit Of
$8,522, as against $4,637 for the
month last year.
For the nine months there is a
deficit of $28,410, compared with
$21, ,376.25 for the period in 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Evangelist Closes
Services TOMORROW

The months revival campaign
which has been conducted by the
Rev. Ben Hardin, Of Chicago, at
the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North
Capitol and K SITS, will come to
close with two final services
tomorrow.
The evangelist will preach at
ii a. m. on THE Preparation of
the Bride" and at 7:30 p. m. on
Weighed in the Balances" when
a special musical program will
also be given.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
COTTON CLOSES
LOW, WEAK

NEW YORK, Nov. z QN.SO.
The cotton market closed barely
steady today as a lastminute rush
of profit-taking and professional
pressure due to the impending
Government crop report on Mon
day influenced declines ranging
from 4 to 6 points.
December closed points lower
At 6.62, January was off 5 at $40,
March off 8 ct 6.S4, May off 5 at
7.03, July off 8 at TIT, and Octo-
Der off 4 &C TAI. 80 r,
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Grand Union Sales
And TONNAGE JuIvr1p

Store sales of Grand Union
Company for the four weeks ended
October 81, 1881, were $2,873, ,902,
comparing with $2,812,319 in the
corresponding four weeks of 1880,
an increase of $751; ,583, or 2.19 per
cent.
Tons of merchandise sold in
creased approximately 19 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
DR.. Herbert Smith
To Speak TOMORROW

DR.. Herbert Scott Smith, rector
of st. Margaret's Church, Con-
necticut Ave. and Bancroft Pl. N.
w., will preach at the II o'clock
service on Hearts Courageous"
The Washington times., 1931-11-07
Tips on Better
Trade News

Palais Royal buys land for
parking space.
w. I. Grant Sales increase
In October.
Report shows Uselps sales
soaring.
Copeland sells more COM
mercial refrigeratOrs.
Grand Union sales and ton
mage increase.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13
INTERESTS
 THROTTLE ALASKA
 RY, SAYS DELEGATE
WICKERSHAM RESUMES FIGHT FOR HIS BABY" GOV
 EMINENT ROAD

James WickerSham, chosen at last years election as Delegate to Congress from Alaska, has re- turned to Washington to resume a fight he began more than 20 years ago for the government owned Alaska railroad.
 He declares that his pet has not been treated fairly by Con- gress and by the Interior Depart ment, which is responsible for it's management, and he is going to see what can be done about it.
 Failing to obtain action from department heads, he plans to carry his case to Congress. For all his 73 years, the Alaskan Del egate is picture of robust health and seems perfectly capable of putting up good show when he gets into action.
 Father of Alaskan Road WickerSham was member o1
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13
THIS DAY IN H!s1DRY

l788-First regular meeting of Tammany Society.
 1884-Cyrus Hall Mccormick, in- ventor of reaping machinery, died.
 1907-The 300th anniversary of first permanent English settle ment in America celebrated at Jamestown, Va.
 1884-Cyrus Hall Mccormick, in snoose found near Seward; may be greatest producer world!
 "THE MAJESTIC,' LAST WORD IN MODERN REFRIGERATION, AT BROWN & HAWKINS.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13

more than 20 years ago began agitating for the construction of l the railroad. He sold" the idea l to Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior in the Wilson admin 1 istration, and construction of the road was begun before the war. Last summer a committee com l posed of Senators Howell of Ne braska, Kendrick of Wyoming and Thomas of Idaho made an in 1, spection of the railroad and brought back a report that it was being extravagantly managed and recommended that it's rates be raised to meet operating deficits.
 The Interior Department fol- lowed this recommendation by raising both passenger and freight rates and this stirred up hornets nest in Alaska
 Rates Held Prohibitive
 Wickersham contends that this move is the very worst solution of the problem Instead of in creasing revenues, he says, it will reduce them, because cost of transportation has been lifted to prohibitive levels.
 What Alaska needs is lowed and not higher rates" he declares. we are rich in raw materials, but we cannot market them be- cause of freight rates.
 Congress has set aside $250, 900 of the railroads million-dollar ap- propriation to develop industries and the Interior Department makes rates which prevent those already l in existence from operating. That does not seem to make good ] sense" N Wickersham insists that the Morgan-Guggenheim interests are throttling the government-owned railroad and are largely respon- sible for it's policies. 2. Morgan -Guggenheim Holdings This group owns the Copper River Railroad, running from Cor dova to Kennecott, and Wicker sham claims it is really plant facility for the great copper mines along it's route. He says. it's rates are purposely kept high to dis courage copper development by outside interests, but that they are now being used as basis for the government-owned roads charges. The copper interests operate a steamship line between Seward, the southern terminus of the gov- ernment line, and the states That is the only way to get in or out of Alaska, and the monopoly is charging all the traffic will bear and more.
 Uncle Sam could smash this monopoly over night by putting q few government-owned ships Into the Alaskan trade, but the Nor gan-Guggenheim combine is so influential in Washington that nothing has been done.
 Until this relief is granted, Wickersham says, Alaska will be at the mercy of the Morgan -Gug- genheim outfit and it's development will be retarded.
 Tretaed Like a Stepchild without the Alaska Railroad" i" he adds, we would be lost. Yet, until it is frankly operated on the theory that it's main purpose is the development of the Territory, we are not much better off with it than we would be without it.
 we are asking comparatively little of the government nothing like what was grante d to the Western states when the building of railroads was subsidized by land and money grants.
 We feel that a million dollars a year spent on the Alaska road is small outlay in comparison with the tremendous wealth that
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13
MEET OPPORTUNITY!

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 Whatever it is. here is a definite plan of action a: a price you can afford to pay Classified adver- s tisements in the Seward Daily Gateway and the Seward Weekly Gateway produce results-and that is what you want. No matter what kind of mer- \ chandise you are selling and no matter what you want here is your opportunity for quick action. During lo30 consumers in Alaska poured more than sooo0oo Into the channels of trade for mer- chandise of all kinds You can share pgofitably in this great market.
 Let Alaskans get acquainted with you Open the door to them. Make yourself known in the Gateway. Many of them want just what you have to seu
 Each subsequent insertion 712 cents a line line will average six words Address counts as part of the ad.
 Further information gladly rendered upon re- TELEPHONE MAIN no
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 Publishers of the Seward Daily Gateway and Seward Weekly Gateway
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Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13

NEW SHIPMENT MELOTONE RECORDS JUST RECEIVED. 3 for $l.e0-ALAShA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-13

mixed train is due to arrive Seward this evening from An rage.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
BAD WEATHER BROUGHT
ON BAD COUGH
REM brought
prompt relief

George Schott of 327 Newport
Ave., Detroit, has to tramp a mile
or more to school every day
through the winter. In the cold
and blustery weather, he often
gets bad coughs-and-colds. 1--WE
tried a number of things for them'
says his mother, "but nothing
helped him like REM. I'd seen it
advertised in the paper and as
we'd tried about everything else,
I decided to give REM a chance.
We'll, it helped George more than
anything else. He himself says
that REM's the best medicine he
ever took. My hus band, too, has
taken REM and it helped him
Just as much. It's certainly good
cough remedy" REM is indeed
a great remedy for coughs, as
thousands who've used it testify.
Profit by their experience and ask
your druggist for REM. Every
druggist has it.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
RADIO STATIONS
'SYNCHRON|ZED'

The first experiment in "syn-
chronized broadcasting" was tried
out by the National Broadcasting
Company last night and was re.
ported to be perfect success.
II this plan works out as we'll in
further tests as it did in the in
it1al attempt, one of the greatest
drawbacks of broadcasting, that of
overcrowding of channels, will be
overcome.
Time Is Limited
Under the present Federal radio
law only one station may broad
cast on certain channel at q
time, resulting in many stations
being given only half time on the
air.
Last nights experiment was
tried on station WBAL of Balti
more and WIZ of New York.
WBAL and VITO of Hartford
Conn.,, share the same channel
and divide the time. Last night
WBAL was synchronized with
WIZ, which works on another
wave length.
Stations Cooperate
While VITO worked on the reg
ular channel, WBAL received and
sent out the WIZ program origi.
mating in New York. c. w. Horn,
general engineer of the National
Broadcasting Company, declared
the result was perfectly satisfac-
tory, the WBAL broadcast not in
terferlng with the VITO program.
On days when WBAL uses it's
own assigned wave length VITO.
will be synchronized with WEAF,
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Players to Present
A. A. Milne COn1edy

Comedy instead of tragedy has
been chosen for the second pres
entation of the Repertory Play
ers of Washington, when the
group presents THE Dover Road"
BY A. A. Milne, in the Armstrong
High School auditorium on March
20.
The cast will include Samuel
Popel, Franklyn Brown, Roy Sor-
rell, William Smallwood, Phyllis
Hodge and Estralde Spratlin.
The players are under the di-
rection of Miss Mary Burrill
dramatic teacher at Dunbar High
School. This is the first season
for the RepertorY group.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

Around
Radio
Dial

AS far as can be judged. the
RADIO audience takes its orchestras
more seriously than any other
agency Of entertainment. An in
dividual artist may be good or
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
READY FOR SHAD

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, March
II (I.N.SO.-Connecticut river
shad should be available soon after
April 20, this year, the legislature
having shifted the date of the
shad fishing season from May /.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

AS far as can be judged, the
radio audience takes its orchestras
more seriously than any other
agency Of entertainment. An in
dividual artist may be good or
not so good without any deluge
OF praise or protest. But let
well-favored orchestra lose caste
Tor few turns, and the listeners
rear up in righteous indignation
and mince few words.
One of the curious phenomena
about radio orchestras is that
they frequently go awry. The gen
eral rule is that a band has more
attractiveneSS as sustaining
feature than it has on a sponsored
program. There is an excellent
reason. In the majority of cases,
1t is the sponsor who unwittingly
sets about causing the downfall
OF the melodists.
Vice presidents or other Off.
clouS executives of the sponsor
who don't know more than three
notes Of music have taken up the
practice Of debating what shall
be played, and how. They usually
get their lunches from their
wives or children, or even the
family cook. The orchestra leader
is subsidized, if he isn't careful,
often inhibited, and the result is
that his technique is changed,
and his program seriously under
mined.
Messrs. Whiteman and Rolfe
play for their sponsors rather
than the public, though both
manage to keep up by sheer
strength, though not so long ago,
the Whiteman outfit was so seri,
ouSly handicapped that the result
was almost ruinouS. It is a "uri
GUS situation, and the only cure
for it seems to lie with the lead
ers, who should assert them
selves, refuse to be strong-armed
by misguided employers and thus
allow themselves to drift into o.
scurity.
} Engineers of the National
Broadcasting Company will in
troduce novel methods of micro
phone manipulation in broadcast
ing the moderniStic opera, "Woz-
Zeck," from the stage of the
Metropolitan Opera House in
Philadelphia, Thursday night,
March 10. The entire second act
of the opera will be heard over
NB.C. networks from 9 to $50
p. m.
For the first time in the his
tory of broadcasting trained
marksmen will shoot" Conductor
Leopold Stokowski and the opera
cast. Engineers will employ
parabolic reflector microphones,
recently developed in the N.B.C.
laboratories by o. B. Hanson,
manager of plant operation and
engineering, and his staff. An
engineer will be stationed behind
each microphone directing the
instrument toward stage and
orchestra pit, chan ging the
'focus" as the singers move
about.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
WMAL-476na

3:OO-Columbia Salon Orchestra.
3:30-Captivators.
4:OO-Civil Service Employment Oppor-
tunities-Herpert E. Morgan, CT
the L. S Civil Service Commits
sion.
4:10-Italian 1dyll
4:3O-National Student Federation of
America Program.
5:00-Rhythm Kings.
5:15-Adventures in Words-Dr. Frank
H. Vizetelly-"The Battery of
the Kitchen"
5:30-Bert Lown's Orchestra.
5:40-Contest.
5:45-News Flashes
6:0O-Time and Program Resume.
6:02-"Some Recent Contributions of
Chemistry to Human Welfare"
6:15-Harry fuckers Orchestra.
6:45-Dawson Brothers-Harmon onizers.
7:00-"The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight"
7:15-Leonard r. Davis, baritone.
7:SO-"Radio Joe and His Budget
S:0O-Arthur Pryor's Band.
8:15-George Washington University
Glee Club.
8:30-Edting the News.
S:45-Dressers.
9:0O-Muscal program.
9:S0-Symphony concert.
l0:00-"Mr. and Mrs
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
-WRC-316na
Photo by International

3:O0-Music in the air.
3:30-Chicago Serenade.
4:OO-Story Of Brian Boru.
4:3O-Pacific Vagabond.
5:OO-Afternoon Tea.
5:3O-Talkie.
5:45-Lady Next Door
Bookkeeping up With the Times.
6:1O-Black and Gold Room Orchestra.
6:15-Musical program.
6:5O-Dance Orchestra
7:O0-Amos m Andy.
7;15 Fred East and Bill Raymond.
7:S0-Phil Cook.
7:45-Instituta program.
S:0O-Plantation.
S:30-Frolc.
9:00-Musical Magazine.
9:3O-Bakers.
10 O:oO-B. A. Rolfe's Orchestra
l1:00-Saint Patrick's Day progra m
broadcast from the National
Press Auditorium.
11:S0-Weather Forecast
11:31-Organ Recital by Otto F. Beck.
b. t.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

3:S0-Good Afternoon.
8 3:45-Tea Time Chatters.
4:OO-Hi-Lights from The Washington
Herald.
4:15-Adoree Corteau Ori n ]
sketches.
4:30-Iva Loughlen Guy, mezzo So
prano Margaret Chapman Tre-
mearne, Irish Airs"
4:45-Edward Dawson, classical pi-
anst.
5:CO-March of Music.
5;15-Inner Meaning of Fairy Stories.
5 5.30-Opportunities.
6 6:0O-Strickland Gillian, in a conf
Dental chat.
6:15-The Racketeers.
6:3O-Aerial Columnist.
6:40-LeRoy Lewis Studied.
7:00-Dinncr Music.
7:20-Late News Flashes from The
Washington Herald.
7:30-Jack Ralston's Orchestra.
8:O0-Theater Program.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

Find a solution to emergencies in
advance. be prepared to be served.
consult the 2i-HOur Service Directory
published in today's Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
TODAY'S RADIO PROGRAMS

10:15-Richie Craig, jr.
10 :30-Playhouse.
11:O0-St Patrick Day program from
the National Press Auditorium.
II 11:15-Lotus Orchestra.
II 1:3O-Romanelli and His King Edward
Orchestra from Toronto.
A M
IL :O1-Noble Sissles Orchestra.
IL 2:3O-Ann Leag.' Organist.
WOL-229na
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
DISCUSS COAL SITUATION

Secretary of Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur has info d Delegate James Wickersham at Washington that he will discuss the high rates on the Alaska Railroad as they ef- feet the shipment of coals from h. terior mines to Seward with Colonel Otto F. Ohlson, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, who is making an official visit to Wash ington. Secretary Wilbur also in formed the Delegate that he would take up the matter as to the advis- ability of building coal bunkers at Seward. Delegate Wickersham has informed the Seward Chamber of Commerce that the matters per- taining to the above important questions will be gone into fully.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
WEOELL AWAITS WORD
 OF CAPTAIN HAWKS
 IN REGARDS ID RACE

VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2 (P1 U. R. Wedell, New Orleans flyer, said that he would wait here for a while to see if Capt. Frank Hawks is we'll enough to come back for a race to Agua Caliente Hawks is in a Yreka, Calif., hospital and when asked about race with We dell said, I'm not entered"
 Wedell said that he had been flying direct by compass and had not checked his flight until he saw this airport. Explaining why he flew past here and added nearly an hours time to his flight, he said that he thought he was passing over Bellingham so he kept on go ing. When he came over the noun tainS and saw no more towns until he saw paper mill he thought he must be wrong and decided to back track
 It is believed that he flew past this city as far as Powell, river, 90 miles north of here.
 Wedell and Capt. Hawks friend ship dates back to war days when they were both instructors in av- iation
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
"sNOW- -sHOE" WIRELESS

A Westward correspondent writes that between July 1 and September 30, of this year, there were GA ar rests made in his precinct. There were 23 violations of the Bureau of Fisheries regulations, 16 viola tions of the liquor laws and 19 other violations. Fines cdlleated by the Commissioner were second only to those collected during one quarter of 1928 when over $1450 was remitted to the Clerk of the District Court. Outside of that ey erything appears quiet on the boulevard.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
AT THE HOTELS

OVERLAND John Q. Iunla. J. A. Rudd, Oscar Keterin, E. Peverall. ;. ". stayton, Leonard Colapossi.
 VAN GILDER1E. M. Whelan A o' Dundas, Joe Linke, c. L. Higgins, D. A. Murphy, B. c. Elmes.
 SEWARD-Ivor Ostrom, A. Olsen, Mrs. John Meyer, MT. and Mrs. Otto Lakshas, Mrs. Chas. B. Taylor, Rob ert J. Gleason, Lee Wellnan, Jack Wheaton, H. B. Crewson.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
LEGAL NOTICE

No. S-312 MARSHAL'S PUBLISHED NOTICE OF ARREST In the District Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, Third Division. IN ADMIRALTY. GILBERT M CHAMBERS. doing business under the name, style, and designation of Chambers & Colwell, Libelant,
 against AMERICAN OIL SCREW BLANCHE (224785), her engines, tackle, ap- parel and furniture, Respondent.
 NOTICE:
 have arrested the foregoing ves- Sel upon a libel filed in cause of contract, civil and maritime, for the sum of $671. 30 and interest there on.
 Process returnable and cause heard on opening of said Court on Tuesday, December 9th, 1881, if the same shall be day of jurisdiction, otherwise on the next day of juris- diction thereafter, at the Federal Court House in Seward, in the di- vision and territory aforesaid, and all persons interested must appear or default and condemnation will be ordered.
 Dated Seldovia, Alaska, Novem- Der 10th, 1881.
 H. P. SULLIVAN,
 United States Marshal, Third
 Division, Territory of Alaska.
 By MILO HULBURT,
 Deputy Marshal L. V. RAY, Proctor for Libelant, Seward, Alaska. Publish Nov. 16, B, 30, Dec. '.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

Permission has been granted the Town of Seward by the Territory of Alaska to construct the airplane hangar as indicated upon a plat submitted, according to word sent to Seward officials by Wm. A. Hesse, Highway Engineer for AL aSka, with offices in Juneau.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
FINANCIAL CRISIS ACUTE

CHICAGO, Dec. 3. (P--The fi- nancial crisis in Cook County gov- ernments became more acute when the Federal Treasury notified the Cook County board that it's bonds are not acceptable as investments for Postal Savings Funds, because of technical default on S1.863. 400 worth of bonds.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

Bishop Antonin and Rev. An tonin, who boarded the SS Admiral Evans at Sitka and who left on the Evans for Kodiak, will catch the SS Starr at that point and go to Unalaska. They go to visit the Russian churches to the Westward.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

Send your cleaning and pressing in on Monday to the Seward Steam Laundry and take advantage of our special one-half regular price offer. Seward Steam Laundry.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

MARY JANE BEAUTY SHOP now open for business at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Sennett. Phone Main 94 for Mrs. Pearl Henry, licensed opera tor.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

The SS Admiral Evans, of the F. $. s. Co.,, which left Seward for the Westward yesterday afternoon, will sail out of Seward for the South Thursday midnight, according to the local office.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

An important meeting of the American Legion will be held to- night and on the evenings sched- ule is the nomination and election of officers.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
When it's developing and print ing-think ALASKA SHOP.

Seattle r. l., Times, Star, Frisco Examiner and other papers; latest complete line of magazines in every mail. ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

The train from the north arrived in Seward at about II o'clock last night on account of being held up oy snow conditions. The train de- parted this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

Fresh Apples S2.25 to $500 per box. Matanuska Potatoes S3.00 per Cwt. Brown & Hawkins Corpora ton.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
NOTICE

The Bridge Club will meet Fri day, December 4, at 1:30 in the af- ternoon, at the home of Mrs John Nelson.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02
ALASKA FISHERMEN

Bargains in boat equipment. Stuf- fling boxes, bearings, propellors (new and used), gear pumps, etc. Wm. H. Baker, 59 Pond St., Quincy. Mass.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-02

SKATING NOW-Skates at new low prices. Urbach & Valade.