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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
LINDBERCHS TO BE ACCLAIMED
 FOR SIX DAYS
Japanese Prepare Program of Re ept ions and
 Other Functions
FAMOUS COUPLE IS
 GIVEN MANY HONORS
Following Fetes, Plane Is to Be Given General
 Overhauling

TOKYO, Aug. 27-Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is to have his plane completely overhauled and this work will begin after the six-day program of receptions and other functions in honor of the famous flier and his wife. Nothing IS seriously wrong with the plane but sn overhauling is desired.
 Mrs. Lindbergh is headlincd far her charm and captivating man. ner which VIII win the hearts of the Japanese as this is a symbol of r1odestv
 Col. Lindber2h is featured as the King of the Air, the King of the Skies and superman hero"
 The Colonel and his wife ex- perienced G quake while at their breakfast. Dishes rattled and flow CTS trembled but the meal was not interrupted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
Hamburg Sho,Us
 How City Can Gut
 Government Costs

HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 27.- The Free City of Hamburg, Ger manys premier seaport and second largest city, has an example of brutal economy" for the municipal administrations of the nation.
 It announced a sweeping general reduction of all public expendi- lures affecting all departments, be- ginning with a slash in the Ham burg Senate payroll.
 The Senate membership will be reduced from Is to l2, numerous commissions and bureaus will be abolished and other departments and sub-departments will be com bined into fewer units with fewer officials. sAf
 These measures are expected to wipe out a $9,O000o0 deficit which hangs over the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
IS TO DISMISS
 MURDER CHARGE
 AGAINST CLARK
Authentic Report Circulat- ed About Confessed
 Slayer of Two

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 27.- City newspapers, crediting what they term authentic sources, said the murder charges against David H. Clark, former Prosecuting At toney of Los Angeles County, and confessed slayer of two political figures, Herbert Spencer, newspaper man, and Charles Crawford, wealthy realtor, are to be dropped by the District Attorneys office
 It is said that District Attorney Pitts will ask dismissal of the murder charges next Monday.
 The jury in the trial was dis missed last Sunday when it failed to agree, standing II to for &C., quittal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
IS NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT,
 LIBERTY PARTY
Coin Harvey Chosen to Head Ticket-Andrew
 Hardskog Is Mate

MONTENE, Arkansas, Aug. 27.- William H. Coin" Harvey, of this city, and Andrew Hardskog, of Los Angeles, have been chosen Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates respectively of the new Liberty Party" at convention here.
 The convention adopted plat form proposing among other things, the revision of the monetary system, moratorium on private debts and Government ownership of all utilities.
 Harvey is 80 years of age and a veteran of William Jennings Bryan's silver campaign.
 Harvey at first refused the Presi- dential nomination but later ac- cepted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
DOCTOR IS SHOT DO " N
 BY 4 CONNECTS
Official Slain in Attempted Break, Michigan
 Penitentiary GAS BOMBS USED TO QUELL DISORDER Murderous Prisoners, when Cornered, Take
 Own Lives
MARQUETTE, Michigan. Aug. 27.

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Aug. 27. -Dr A. w. Hornbogen, Acting Prison Physician, was shot and killed by four convicts today. A guard was shot in the leg and two other guards were wounded.
 The outbreak took place at the Michigan Branch Prison.
 The convicts shielded when corn cred in the cell block.
 The convicts were Tony Ger mano, patrolman slayer; Ed Duver, Charles Rosbury and Frank Boiler.
 Guards forced the convicts into the industrial building after they had entered the prison hospital and shot and killed the physician in an attempted break.
 The four convicts barricaded themselves in the cell block part of the building and the guards tossed in gas bombs. When the gas cleared 1t was found the four convicts had shot themselves.
 The prison is quiet this after noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.- Off to hunt the "web-footed dog that sings like a bird" and other beasts as strange as sideshow freaks, pr. William Mann, director of the National Zoo, is on his way to the South American jungles.
 Armed with traps, nets, snares and special cases, he will spend the next two months under British Guiana tropical sun collecting little known birds, beasts and reptiles for the national capitals menagerie.
 The web footed dog is a jungle animal with queer sing song whine. Its feet are a survival of some prehistoric ancestor that lived iu the water.
 The Surinam toad. whose children hop into the world from the skin ot their mothers back, also will be sought by Dr. Mann. Eggs are laid by the mother in the usual way. ! but the male then presses them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
HeIp for Cotton Seen If
 Prohibition Is Repealed

growers woes, and that under consumption, it said, was due to lack of buying power.
 Since 1918 the government has passed up about s7,8oO, 100000 from moderate tax on liquor. not in- cluding the revenue lost by states end municipalities"
 The government put the burden elsewhere, increased the tax bill of railroads 300 per cent" the an- alysis said. "The railroad has to charge more for hauling wheat to market than the farmer gets for the wheat. Taxes have been raised or everyone it said, through the adoption of the Fig hteent h Amendment,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
M'KINLEY PARK A WONDERLAND,
 SAYS M'BRIDE
Predicts Wonderland Will Attract World Tour
 ists to Alaska

Collector of Customs J. c. Mo Bride, accompanied by Mrs. Mo Bride, returned to Juneau early this morning on the steamer Queen via Skagway and Sitka, after a five-weeks trip through the inter- for of Alaska and Yukon Terri tory. MT. Mcbride made the jour- ney in the interests of the Customs Service, visiting Seward, Fairbanks Panama, Ft. Yukon, Circle City Eagle, Dawson, Whitehorse and Lake Atlin.
 we had the pleasure of motor ing through Mckinley Park for 47 miles, MT. Mcbride said, "and want to say that we enjoyed every minute of the trip. The park is a natural wonderland, more impressive than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and on larger scale I predict that when a suit able hotel is erected there, Me- Kinlsy Park will be one of the finest attractions in America for tourists"
 Calls on Bunneu
 During their stay in Fairbanks the McBrides called on Dr. Charles A. Bunnell, President of the Alaska College. A new addition to the college is now being constructed, and the roster of the college con- tains more names than ever before of students who expect to attend the fall semester.
 T think Fairbanks, on whole, is prosperous said MT Mcbride. The recovery of gold by the Fair banks Exploration Company is bet ter than they had expected, and several new quartz properties are being developed. The outlook is very promising for lode mines, and understand that the Anderson and McGinn Mine, 12 miles out of
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27

NEW YORK, Aug. N.-Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment will lift the price of all commodities Gncluding cotton), reduce tax bur- den and give health and life to in ternational trade" a Wall Street house declared in special cotton analysis distributed here.
 The depression of the Stock Ex- change, firm of Munds and Winslow charged, should be charged to Hae noble experiment" which it is said should be buried under an epitaph;
 What price bigotry!"
 Cotton crops, the report said, have not been excessive. Under cca-umption is responsible for the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
NATIONAL AIR RACES LURiNC
 SPEED PLIERS
Furious Pace for Record Seeking Planes Calls
 Out Aces

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 27.- American aviation will thunder a scng of speed at it's annual classic, the national air races.
 The big show, to be held August s-September in Cleveland, will set a greater premium on speed than in any of the 10 years of pre- vious competition.
 Engineers and pilots. pondering the results of last years races. have predicted speeds of 250 miles an hour and possibly beyond the American record of 266 miles an hour held by Lieut.. Afford J. Will hams.
 Greatest interest has centered in the Thompson trophy race. the American speed classic for land planes, won last year by the late Charles Speed Holman at POI miles an hour.
 High Qualifying Speed
 The race course has. been in- creased to 10 laps of 10 miles each with a qualifying speed of ITS niles an hour
 Among the expected entrants in the race Labor Day are Lou Reich CTS, of Arlington, N. J., flying a lcw-wing monoplane for Bernarr MacFadden, Robert Hall, Spring field, Mass, in a special Gee Bee racer, Harry Williams, millionaire Louisiana sportsman, with the Wee Wine" special ship, and two races built by E. M ''Matty" Laird. or Chicago.
 One of Laird's ships is a new one, to be flown by Major H. Doo- little, last American to win the Schneider cup while the other is the. same in which Holman won lsst year.
 A new speed race for women will be flown for the first time. Five laps of a 10-mile course will be covered, a qualifying speed of 40 miles an hour being demanded. Another speed innovation will be daily one-mile dashes for all displacement classes. Records will
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
Farmer Plans to S'Sit in'
 at O,un Funeral Seruices

vALIER. IL. Aug. 27.-S. R. Pat ton isn't going to wait until he dies for his funeral sermon, be- cause he wants to know just what the preachers are going to say about him.
 Hence. Patton. who is 80 years old and a pioneer farmer, has ar ranged for five ministers to come cut to his place on next Sunday, August 30, and officiate at his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
Doak Fixed $l1
 Painters Wages

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 27.- Painters engaged in making the in terior of the Internal Revenue Building more attractive must be paid S11 a day.
 This was held by Secretary Doak to be the prevailing wage" for painters in the District of Colum- bia.
 The decision was rendered under the acon-Davis Act, which pre- sc-ibes that contractors on govern ment buildings must pay the pre- yailing local wage rate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
LIEUT.. FRENCH
 ACQUITTED BY
 COURT MARTIAL
Fourth of Accused Men on Tallapoosa, Like Others,
 Is Found Not Guilty

SEATTLE, August 27.-Lieut. Reginald French of the U s. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa, on trial here before a Court Martial. charg- eG with drunkenness, was acquit- ted this morning. The findings of the court were that the charges were improved.
 Lieut. J. A. Hirschfield, Lieut.. 0. 'G Bowman, Machinist Mate z. R. Schoen were previously acquitted of charges against them. There has been no conviction at all by the Court Martial.
 Enlisted men Leonard Odum and Frank Bryant are to be tried to- morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Simon and Schuster, publishers, have re- ceived a cable from Nice. France, saying Frank Harris, aged 75, not ed author, died there. The cable was from Mrs. Nellie Harris and merely said Harris died in his sleep.
 Frank Harris, picturesque trav- eler, poseur, raconteur, editor and author, wrote himself into com- parative poverty and self-exile from the land of his adoption.
 The author of My Life and Lcyes." who was born, coincidentally enough for his romantic adventures, on St. Valentines Day, revisited America only once after he went abroad in 1922 to write the frank
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CLIFFORD NOW. ESTIMATING
 RELIEF FUND
Indications Point to Much Distress During
 Coming Winter

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 27.- Walter A. Clifford, Direc or of President Hoover's newly organized Unemployment Relief organization, is seeking to estimate the total fund needed to prevent acute dis tress among the unemployed dur ing the coming winter.
 Among evidence so far gathered are statistics from the Children's Bureau of the Department of La- bor indicating that distress will be materially greater than last winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
PRIN, NORAH
 ASHORE, OFF

VICTORIA, B. O.. Aug. 27.-After four and one-half hours ashore on a sandy beach on the west side of Port Renfrew, harbor on Vancouver Island, the steamer Prin- cess Norah came off under her own power and has headed here for a damage survey. There are 125 passengers aboard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
EICHT-DAY TRIP. FROM MARACAIBO TO JUNEAU ENDS
C. C. McDermond Flies G. 337 Miles Since Leav-
 ng Maracaibo Aug. 8

After having flown 6,a37 miles in eight days, c. c. McDermond, rep resenting the Pan-A American Air ways of Venezuela, arrived here late Wednesday afternoon from Mara caibo in the seaplane Petersburg, Pilot Robert Ellis. He was ac- companied by J. L. Carman, Presi- dent of the Ala six a-Washington Airways, and Mrs. Carman.
 MT McDermond came from Se- attle via Ketchikan on the sea- plane Wrangell, with pilot Anscel c. Eckmann at the controls. They were met at Petersburg by the To- cai plane and transferred there. He will take off tomorrow on his re- turn trip home.
 Is Ahead of Schedule
 He was one day ahead of his schedule arriving here. He left Maracaibo on August 8, for Juneau, on a Pan-American plane which took him to Miami, via Barranquila and Kingston. From Miami he hop ped to Atlanta, using an Eastern Air Transport ship; an American Airways plane transported him from the Georgia metropolis to Los Angeles with a stop enroute, at Fort Worth, Texas.
 The Pacific Air Transport car ried him from Los Angeles to &c., attle via San Francisco and Med ford. From Maracaibo to Seattle he was at the plane controls. Coming from Seattle here the Alaska Wash ington planes were handled by pilots of that company.
 Returns Via East
 On his return trip, MT. McDer- mond will head for home through Canadian and Eastern United States cities. stopping at Calgary Winnipeg. Chicago, Cleveland. New York, Atlanta, Miami, Santo Do- mingo, Trinidad, La Guaira and to his home in Maracaibo. He is scheduled to land there on Septem- Der IT after covering 14,320 miles. He will have circled the United States and the West Indies com pletely.
 Studying Air Transportation
 MT. McDermond's trip is being made for. the purpose of studying air lines, operating methods and other factors in air transportation throughout the country. He said incidentally he was getting line on hotel accommodations and, in response to a query, said he was learning something about prohi- bition. "In Atlanta they buy Coon Hollow at $4 per pint. In ElPaso Green River is the favorite. And I am told here whiskey costs $10 per quart which is cheaper that it can be bought in Colombia he said.
 A native of Indiana, MT. McDer- mond went to Venezuela 10 years ago and has made it his home since then. He described it as great producer of oil and coffee. The former industry is operating at one third capacity, shipping but 9000,- o0o barrels per month out of a potential productive capacity of about 3O,000,000. One third of the coffee produced is destroyed in or der to keep prices up.
 Gomez at Helm Again
 He referred briefly to political conditions in the country, which is under the rule of President Go- meg, sometimes referred to as The Tyrant." Last year, after 20 years rule, Gomez was succeeded by Juan Perez, but the latter was victim of depression, lasting but a brief while, then Gomez returned to power. And he is likely to be there
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funeral"
 If the ministers wish to speak of my mistakes and imperfections they will have full liberty to do SO" he said.
 The Rev. John D. Maulding of McIIeansboro, one of the five preachers invited. was asked how he would speak. He said he would ''try to talk as though this old man had passed on.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
Of with Women As Htornlers
 In Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.-Prohibition Director Wood cock has dispatched to all Federal Dry officials through out the country new general order forbidding the employ ment of women as inf0rmers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
FALSE CONTAINERS DISAPPEAR

NEW YORK.-Fruit and vege- table wood containers that deceive the customer regarding their vol ume are rapidly disappearing says the U. S. Bureau of agricultural economies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
NO DRUNKENNESS CHARGE

A Seattle dispatch under date of August IT said that Lieut.. Bowman was charged with drunkenness. That was not true He was aboard ship on the night that it was al- legged that things occurred out of which charges grew. He was &C., cused. as was Lieut. Hirschfield, Of neglecting to report men for
 runkenness. Like Hirschfield, he was acquitted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
RetaiI Sales ot Passenger Cars
 Higher in July

NEW. YORK, Aug. FIR e t a il sales of new passenger automobiles in the United States during July are estimated by R. L. Polk and Company at POP, 510, based on fig ures covering twenty-three states which normally account for 4l.53 per cent of the country's total The estimate is slightly higher than the POI ,911 passenger cars sold in June.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-27
BOOTLEG GAS BATTLE

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.--A nation wide campaign against bootleg" gasoline with Cook County, Ill, as the starting point was opened to- day by the gasoline industry repre- sented by gasoline tax evasion committee of six.
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01
II Was a Wise Spider.

When Mark Twain edited news
paper in Missouri one of his sub
scribers wrote him that he had found
a spider in his paper and wished to
know whether it meant good luck or
bad. Twain replied: Finding a spider
in your paper is neither good luck nor
bad. The spider was merely looking
over our paper to see which merchant
was not advertising, SO that he could
60 to that store, spin his web across the
door and lead life Of undisturbed
peace ever afterward- Walter Winchell,
Daily Mirror.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01

TO that, the mayor: this committee ;
that committee. Put Dixie Lees name
down for thousand Part of the
order OF that dsorderly. haphaxard
town.
Names. Names. Names. The dull
ural red of their sunburned faces. The
jurors shifted in their places. A low
mutter. ominous. like growl. sounded
its distant thunder. Blunt. Sharp.
Ruthless Younger than Yancey. less
experienced. he still should have
known better. These men OF the In.
adequate jury, these men In the court
room crowd, had come of frontier
background. had lived In the frontier
atmosphere. In their rough youth, and
now, women were scarce. with the
scarcity that the hard life predicated.
And because they were scarce they
were precious. No woman so plain.
SO hard. so undesirable that she did
not take on. by the very fact OF her
sex, value far beyond her deserts.
The attitude OF whole nation had
been touched by this sentimental fact
which was. after all. largely geo.
graphic. For a full century the coun-
tries of Europe. hewildered by 1T, I'M
able to account for 1t. had laughed at
this ad0lescent reverence Of the Amer
lean man for the American woman.
Leary finished in burst OF oratory
so ruthless so brutal that he had the
satisfaction of seeing the painful. I'M
accustomed red surge thickly over
Dixie Lees pale face from her brow
down to where the ladylike white turn
over of her high collar met the line
OF her throat
himself. chest out, head high. eye
rowing the crowd and the bench, lips
open with dissatisfaction. A few
more cases like this and maybe they'd
see there was material for a territory
governor right here in Usage.
The crowd shifted. murmured, Cab
bled. Yancey still sat sunk In his
chair as though lost In thought The
gable rose, scared. Hes given 1t
up" thought Sabra. exulting. He
sees how 1t is.
The eyes OF the crowd so close
packed In that snffocating little court
room were concentrated on the inert
figure lollIng so Imply In Its chair.
Perhaps they were going to be cheated
Of their show after ALL
Slowly the big head lifted, the pow
erful shoulders Strengthened, he rose,
he seemed to rise endlessly, he walked
to Judge Sipes' crude desk with his
light. graceful stride. The lids were
still cast down over the lightning eyes.
He stood a moment, that singsllarly
sweet and winning smile wreathng
his lips He began to speak. The
vibrant voice, after Leary's shouts,
was so low pitched that the crowd
held Its breath In order to hear.
fTo hn continued
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01
Aid for Motorists

Large mirrors near the top 81 lamp
posts are placed at some street cross
ings In Brussels. TO show approaching
motorists what the traffic will be at
the crossing
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01
Americas Greatest Jurist

John Marshall's name must be linked
with that of George Washington, even
though the great jurist's most impor-
tant services to his country were con
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01

UNLESS you see the name Bayer and
the word genuine on the package as
plcturedaboveyoucan never be sure that
you are taking the genuine Bayer Aspirin
that thousands Of physicians prescribe
in their daily practice.
The name Bayer means genuine
Aspirin. II is your guarantee Of purity
your protection against some imitation.
Millions Of users have proved it is safe.
Genuine Bayer Aspirin promptly
relieves:
Headaches Neuritis
Colds Neuralgia
Sore Throat Lumbago
Rheumatism Toothachc
No harmful after-ef7ects follow its use.
1t does not depress the heart.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01
MEN
Are Strange
Creatures"

WHAT AN unmerciful tWitting
they give women about their bar
gains! And how they love to harp
OH vain as 4 woman when wives
and daughters are successful III
looking their best! -. But to
hear them at the office is another
story. It's my wife this, and my
wife that with evident pride.
Vain2 There's nothing quite 50
vain as men who have attractive
and accomplished wives. How
their wives manage the home-hoW
they plan and BUYS a source Of
constant Wonderment and appre-
citation. Nothing pleases a man
more than the knowledge that his
wife is shreWd manager and a
deft hostess.
But what is so amazing to men is,
commonplace to women. Women
know that shrewd management
and good taste are not matters Of
chance, but qualities to be cult
vated-personal qualities that de-
pend upon a thorough knowledge
Of style and value.
1t is not difficult for them to OBJ
tain this knowledge. They read the
advertisements in the newspapers
printed statements Of style,
price and value. Statements that
are sponsored and signed by com
panies known for business integ-
rity and style authority.