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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07
Still the Big Barn

1 Still the Big BaE Ruth's home run act remains the greatest one man show in baseball Often as this and other operatives have seen it put on, there is still a thrill in the big fellows rhythmic swing, faultless timing and follow , ing through.
 The masses continue to manifest semi-hysteria whenever the Big Bam connects. A ceremony of handkerchief waving awaits the Babe in the right field bleachers after every poke into this favorite home run territory of the Yankee Stadium.
 So long as this unprecedented ap- peal to the box offices exists, and l it seems to have lost none of it's potency, the magnates will do no great amount of tampering with the ball calculated to minimize the his trionic qualities of the games most eminent actor.
 Earnshaw, the victim of Ruth's first double -barreled blast of the 1881 season, failed to profit from his experiences of last season. On two separate and distinct occa- sions of the 1930 campaign the Big Moose of the As was combed by Ruth for brace of round-trip blows, so that George Livingston Earnshaw's embarrassment well can be imagined when George Herman Ruth again smote him in the same spot. All told. in competition with the two aces of Connie Mack's full house" Ruth has hit Earnshaw for seven homers in three years and Robert Moses Grove for six circuit clouts in five seasons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07

As Friday, May 8th, is the last meeting before the summer vaca- tion the Pioneers and Auxiliary will have public Card Party. Refreshments will be served. Ad- mission soc. Meeting called for 7:15
 Card Party 8:30 P. M. adv.
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National League
SUMMONS FOR PUUBLICATIoN

No. 3165-A
 In the District Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, Division Num- Der One, at Juneau.
 PHYLLIS L. CARTWRIGHT, Plain tiff, vs. M. c. BOATWRIGHT, Defendant.
 To M c. DOWNRIGHT, the above named defendant, GREET ING:
 IN THE NAME OF THE UNIT ED STATES OF AMERICA, You are hereby commanded to appear in the above-entitled court holden at Juneau, in said Division and Territory, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed against you in the above-entitled action, within thirty days from the date of the service of this summons and copy of said complaint upon you, and, if you fail to so appear and answer, for, want thereof, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the dissolution of the bonds of matri- mony now existing between plain tiff and defendant, and will apply to the court for the relief demand ed in said complaint, a copy of which is served herewith and to which reference is hereby made. The date of the order for pub lication of this summons is May 9th, 1881. The period of publica- tion prescribed in said order is four weeks. The first publication of same is May 7th, 1881, and the last publication of same is May 28th, 1881, and the time within which defendant is to appear to answer this summons is thirty days after the completion of the last 
 DATED at Juneau, Alaska, May 6th,, 1881.
 (SeaD JOHN H. DUNN. Clerk of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division No. |
 By J. w. LEVERS,
 Deputy. First publication, May 2, 1881. Last publication, May 28, 1881.
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American League
TRIMMER TO GIVE PRIZES

D. B. Femmer, of the Northland Transportation Go. is offering $75O as first prize and $2.50 as second prize to school children submitting the best reasons why the Northland Transportation Co.,, operating the motorships "NORTHLAND" and "NORCO," should be granted a contract by the U. s. Postoffice Department for the carrying of the U. s. Mail twelve months in the year instead of the winter months only.
 Rules of Contest:
 1. Contest closes Saturday, May 16th.
 2. Address all letters to Post master General, Washington, D. c. and enclose the letter in an en- velope addressed to D. B. Femmer, Agent, Juneau, Alaska.
 3. The best reason WHY THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE AWARD ED, First Prize, $7.50.
 4. SECOND PRIZE, $250.
 5. Judges for this contact will be announced later.
 6. Open only to school children of all ages. adv.
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E1 MALAN GOULD @~ 7sSSS5SS4TTR 7sS5S542 FI25g S5Sg55s

It seemed about time for this op- erative to report in detail on the activities of a portly gentleman named Ruth. Anyway, it was a pleasant spring day. calculated to lead many a taxicab to the Yan- kee Stadium
 AS we arrived at the outset of hostilities, MT. Ruth was just talk ing futile third swing at the right handed smoke blown in his direction by George Livingston Earnshaw, worlds serier hero no longer than last October.
 That sound we detected from the right field bleachers obviously was of a derisive character as the Babe trotted out to his place in the sun, He has heard it before and seemed not the least bit annoyed
 Three innings later with the As leading 40 and a mate on first, Ruth swung once and missed with great gusto then swung again and connected High up into the right field crowd scared the ball, follow ed by tremendous roar.
 Twice more the Babe came to bat with a man on base and two runs needed to give the Yankees a winning lead. A towering fly wasted the first chance, then with two strikes on him he caught one of Earnshaw's fast ones. The telltale crack sounded Again the ball sailed high into the stands; again the tu- mutt and the shouting.
 The old man had broken up the ball game single-handed with a brace of blows that seemed sym bolic of a number of things, among them:
 1. That the new ball, when SOL idly smacked will travel as far as the Ruthian drives of old
 2. That the Babe, with an ex- tension of his $30,o00 contract to he considered, is off on another big year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07
DR, MlCHAL
 SERIOUSLY ILL

PASADENA, Cal, May IT, Dr Albert Nicholson, aged 79, one of Americas outstanding physicists, and the first in this country to win a Nobel Prize for scientific achievement, is growing gradually weaker. Physicians fear he will not recover from his nervous col lape of month ago from over work on his final experiment to eliminate a slight error in his de- termination of the speed of light.
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WHEN THINGS WAKE UP

Spring-hanging up another worn-out Winter unocks the sunshine, flowers and bunnies
 Mankind to begin again with new hope new ambition, and new determination to be prudent, learning what to seek and what to shun.
 bank account of your own is thing worth striy. ing to have Make this your Bank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07
GAMES WEDNESDAY, Pacific Coast League

Seattle at Portland, rain. Hollywood B. San Francisco 4. Sacramento 2; Oakland 4. Night game. Los Angeles l; Mission 3. Night game.
 National League Philadelphia 3; Boston l. Brooklyn 1; New York O. Cincinnati at Chicago, rain. St. Louis 6; Pittsburgh 5, thirteen innings.
 American League Philadelphia 10: Boston 3. Cleveland at St. Louis, cold. Detroit 9; Chicago 4. New York 10; Washington T.
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PLANT TREES

PLANT TREES Birch and Mountain Ash trees, hardy rose bushes and other nursery stock. adv. JUNEAU FLORISTS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07

Old papers for your fires, at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07
GILBERT WINS
 FOR ST. LOUIS
Babe Ruth Returns to Game Makes His Fourth
 Home Run

PITTSBURGH, May 7.-Gelbert, who tripled then scored on a single by Martin in the thirteenth inning yesterday afternoon gave St. Louis 6 to victory over Pittsburgh,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-07
HOME RUNS

HOME RUNS
 Arlett made his fifth home run of the season yesterday afternoon !n the game between Philadelphia and Botson, National League, with a man on base and won the game 3 to 1.
 Babe Ruth is back in the game and made his fourth home run yesterday afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30

ments show they have way of disappearing.
Lingle used to receive money from such il
lustrious figures in Chicago as Samuel A. Ettel-
son, corporation counsel of Chicago, $4,000; Ma
jor Corolos AneS, president of the Civil Ser
vice Commission $4,000; Bert Cronson, member
of the City Council, nephew of Ettelson $4,000.
After the exposure of Lingle's gangster and
political connections, the other capitalist news
papers in Chicago tried to make the workers
think that they were free from such ties In
this they were unsuccessful. Proof of the con-
nection of every one of them came out with
such startling rapidity that gentlemans agree
ment between them was reached to kill the
whole matter. But such facts as the following
did come OUT The Chicago Daily News for
years had hired the gangster reporter Julius
Rosenheim, who met the same fate as Lingle.
Harry Read city editor of Heart newspaper
was guest at Capone's palace in Miami.
Soon after Lingle's death, when the intimacy
of other capitalist newspapers with gangSters
had been exposed, Donald R. Richberg, prom
inent Chicago lawyer made speech before the
City Club in which he brought out the inter-
locking directorates between gangsters, CAPT.
tahsts, politicians and the big exploiters. Rich
berg said:
"Is it possible that the people of Chicago
can read their daily papers and yet remain
public utility control and corruption of gov
eminent and the political protection of crime?
"The close relationship between Jake Lingle
and the police department has been published
in the Chicago papers. Out of town newspapers
described Lingle more bluntly as having been.
the unofficial chief of police of Chicago. But
Lingle was also strangely intimate with Al Ca
pone, our most notorious gangster.
Surely all Chicago knows that Samuel Et-
tleson, Mr.. insults political lawyer, who is cor
poration counsel of Chicago is also the chief
operator of the city government. Thompson is
only figurehead."
Startling as these revelations by this liberal
lawyer are, his main purpose was to lead the
workers to think that "clean government" can
be achieved by putting such right-minded CAPT.
talst leaders as himself into office and that
capitalism can shed one of its vital organs
crime and gangsterism.
Just before the mayoralty elections of 1881,
to cover UP the connection of the leading poll
tlclans in the murder of Lingle a ST. Louis
gangster by the name of Leo v. Brothers was
brought to trial and convicted. Whether con-
nected with the murder or not, Brothers was
goat and not the instigator. After his con-
viction on evidence which had all the earmarks
OF frame-up Brothers issued a statement in
which he said: eff had taken the witness
stand would have been framed further I
have no record. have no gang connections.
I challenge Mr.. Roche (police INVESTIGATOR and
Mr.. Thabun assistant prosecutor) to continue
this investigation. I'm convicted for fourteen
years for something I did not do"
(To Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
Imperial Valley Prisoners Greet
the Daily Worker Conference
In Los Angeles

the shops and factories. Why? Simply because
to the maSs-meeting come in the main class
conscious workers; in the shops and factories
the workers for the most, are yet cropping to-
wards class consciouSness-the Daily will be
their powerful means for their becoming thus.
This brings us to the fourth point: The role Of
The Worcorrs. The Worcorrs, among other tasks,
must supply specific articles based upon a spe-
cific set of conditions or an outstanding condi-
ton such as coming wage cuts, etc. The effec-
tiveneSs of an issue that contains articles speak
ing Of the grievances of particular group Of
workers cannot be estimated.
my space is up. I hope that we bring to you
comrades, some really concrete, practical sug-
gestions which in our opinion are based upon the
concentrated experience of the movement. TO
WORK COMRADESi And may our Daily grow
in powerful strides for the organization of the
masses. The heartiest comradely greetings from
the Imperial Valley Group.
Frank Spector."
Daily Worker Clubs Another Point.
The suggestions in COmrade Spector'S letter
are not only concrete and practical but VITAL
to the health of the Daily Worker If 1t is to
survive as leader of the working class in its
present and future battles against the bosses.
One more point must be added to Comrade
Spector'S four: The formation and perpetual
ton Of Daily Worker Clubs composed of read
eds and worker sympathizers of the Daily to
develop the initiative of the masses of Ameri-
can workers in building and supporting their
revolutionary press If these d. w. Clubs are
not limited to any mechanical or too narrow
basis-they will draw into their ranks masses
of American workers who are interested in the
problems of the working class as a whole and
will actively support the revolutionary press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
Exchanging Experiences in our
Shop Paper Work
BY s. ERENBERG.
California;


OUR Party is still in an experimental stage
when it comes to the issuance OF shop papers,
not only in the number (only about 1920
month"; of shop papers issued. put also in the
content of most of the papers. Most of the
comrades engaged in the issuance of shop papers
have usually made sharp line of demarcation
between shop news and general problems facing
the American working class. Until recently the
practice has been that the comrades working
in the shops wrote the shop news, while the
comrades from the Section or District office
wrote the political articles which were usually
abstract, not connected with the issues fac
ing the workers in the particular shop. The
workers in the shop read the shop news en-
Enthusiastically, but are Indifferent to these long
winded political articles Under such circum-
stances, many important issues and campaigns
raised by the Party in the shop papers were
not digested by the workers as their own and
we were wondering why the workers do not re-
spond to our slogans.
Another big shortcoming in our shop paper
work is the fact that every shop paper has
been world by itself. We did not draw any
lessons from our past mistakes, and we did
not benefit from the experiences of the various
shop papers issued in other districts or even in
greet the appearance of the "Shop Paper Man
ual," also of the SHOP Paper Editor"
Here we have an abundance Of constructive
suggestions which if properly utilized by the
comrades involved in the shop paper work would
greatly improve the technical and political COM
position Of our papers.
In our district California; ever since the ma
tional shop paper committee got on the Job,
and began analyzing seriously the mistakes and
shortcomings Of our shop papers, we succeeded
in improving our work considerably
Before, we used to issue our shop papers any
old way. Now, after we received the individual
criticism Of our shop papers and after we dis
cussed these criticisms at our shop nucleus we
are taking greater pains in the actual construc-
ton and editing Of the paper. Especially great
has been the change to the better in the Head
light" (Southern Pacific Shops, San Francisco
The April-May issue of the paper has avoided
all the former shortcomings, not enough Illus
trations, etc. The result was that the paper was
received enthusiastically by the workers. The
workers passed the paper around on the Job,
discussed its content and made favorable re-
marks. (The reason we do not make much head
way In the shop is because our comrades inside
as rule do not participate in these discus
sions on the shop paper, in order to get Or
ganizational results. They are in the shop as
mere onlookers).
We hope that the shop paper committee will
not slacken down on it's job and will continue
to exchange experiences OF the various shop
papers One little suggestion. With every SHOP
Paper Editor" send to each district at least
one copy Of each shop paper received in the
national office so that we may get the full
benefit Of the good and bad points OF the
paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
PRE- CONVENTION DISCUSSIONS
[OUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE. II. s. A.
On Inner Life In District No. 2
By BURCK

Lighter features As minutes. Maximum time
OF meeting-2 hours
Inc holding OF unit open nights with lighter
FEATURES has been tried with ONE success by
some units. Here all the work of the units is
left to the squads and there is no order of
business except squad meetings.
The executive committee of each unit is par
tlcularly responsible on this point. Plans for
at least one month in advance of the contents
OF each meeting should be prepared by the
Agltprop Committee Once it has definite
plan' comrades for each part in the features
should be prepared in advance. Experience has
SHOWN that wherever the executive has planned
particular unit feature in advance, prepara-
lions, all details and all participants in ad-
vance, the best results are gotten.
Our District has already begun to issue small
one act plays which can be put ON at the unit
meeting. The Executives must also have their
own little unit sketches written to deal with
things and situations in the unit Many units
have succeeded Especially during the Lenin-
MISUNDERSTANDING campaign in putting
over little sketches and mock trials by them
selves with good results.
The issuing of wall papers is also linked up
10 an important degree with inner life in the
units. However, the energy expended by most
units in preparing and putting out wall papers
Is not justified by the results obtained.
The policy should rather be orientated to-
wards flexible wall paper or bulletin In one
unit Is. B'klyn) the method of having articles
changed almost very week was adopted with
success. The articles were written about some
unit happening almost Immediately after it oc-
CURED. 1t was posted on the board The ar
ticles are then fresh ones on immediate hap
penings and have an interest for the members
The above suggestions on inner life, the
methods OF lettering unit meetings depend
mainly on the participation of a maximum of
the membership in the life of the unit The
executive must now begin to activize both the
old and the new members to help make the
unit meetings better This may be a step in
activizing them in League work. Some COM
rades can play and sing, others can write and
others can act. If the executives will study
each case and involve each comrade in some
part in making the unit meetings better, it may
be step in actvizing them. The opinion of
the membership shall always be the index
whereby the Executive Judges how good or how
bad unit meeting This will involve the great
est possible number Of comrades to help in
unit meetings
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30

The following letter signed by Frank Spector
for the Imperial Valley prisoners serving in
Folsom and San Quentin from 3 to AZ years
was sent to us.
1--WE greet the Daily Worker Conference. The
very fact of it's being brought about speaks for
the improved activities in the task Of bringing
the Daily closer to the Los Angeles masses.
1t must be recorded that until but recently the
Daily has been solely neglected and in this
fashion powerful weapon in the hands OF the
Los Angeles revolutionary movement has been
left to rust But in order that this weapon
may regain its keenness mere conference will
not suffice If this conference will result in
none less than paper resolutions it will decidedly
fail to serve its purpose.
FOUR POINTS TO BUILD DAILY"
what should be the concrete results of this
gathering? One: permanent committee of
active comrades to direct future activities to-
wards the widest popularization of the Daily.
Second: The establishment of d. w. Commit
tees in every working class organization.
Third: A concrete, carefully worked out plan
as a result of which the Daily will gain foot
hold in shops and factories Fourth: Organ
ization of Workers Correspondents Clubs
eft has been an institutional misconception
that the task of bringing the Daily to the masses
lies in the hands of the D. w. agent alone.
While he undeniably should be the moving spirit,
yet he alone viii never accomplish the task or
any part of it. 1t follows logically that even
after the formation of a committee, contained
in point one, we must go further: this directing
committee must coordinate the activities in be-
half of the Daily In every working class organ
ization-not only revolutionary-but reformist
as well, In short, In all those where there are
workers. But special effort must be directed to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
JOHN G. SODERBERG EXPELLED FROM
THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

The Central Control Commission of the Com
munist Party of y. S. A. has expelled John G..
Soderberg from the ranks Of the Party as
disruptive anti-Party element and an irrespon-
sible careerist, who places his personal ambi-
tons and grievances above the interests of the
revolutionary working class movement.
He has conducted whispering campaign of
ISLANDERS against the Party and against the In
ternational Labor Defense, as well as against the
leadership of his own union, the Marine Work
ers Industrial Union; as a matter Of his own
personal career without the knowledge, con-
sent or direction of the Party or OF his union
he has become functionary of the 1. T. B. IT,
apparently through deal with the reactionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-30
&z4:~.~
A Puzzled COmrade
BY JORGE

A comrade, who just can't figure it all out,
writes us, in part, as follows:
"I've just been reading in the Worcorrs
Briefs column the answer written to WORKER
in Belton Mont, regarding religion versus labor
DAILY of May 49,.
at states that the Party does not bar work.
ers from it's ranks on account of their religious
views. Well, must admit that don't quite
understand. Does that mean that such a
worker is eligible for membership in the Com
munist Party-or only In one of its auxiliary
organizations? The Party being the vanguard
OF the working class, was under the impression
did not admit those with religious views. You
see, thought that member of the Party was
supposed to believe in the material conception
of hiStory-A. L. c."
We have to go back to the Montana CORE
spondent in order to explain better. He wrote us
more than encouraging that we adopt the
biblical teachings as a method of overcoming
capitalism in favor of Communism" When w
expressed our doubt of such helping any, he 90
off the following:
"If you deny me that, or If the labor move
ment has no use for it, or ignores this moral or
biblical basis, then you or the Party cuts me off
from the labor movement entirely and forever"
quite all there, a religious fanatic, and not
simply worker with certain religious view
His letters are long and tiresome repettions of
religious arguments without one word as to what
conditions he has as worker, and it is left to
imagination even if he is worker. But he most
certainly is interested in foisting religion onto
the Communist Party.
That is where we draw the line And our
Party does not bar workers from its ranks
merely because they have religious views. Work
ers come to the Party because it leads them
in class struggle But they come to us with
numerous confusons, remnants of bourgeois
teachings. Should we bar them out until they
have gotten rid of each and every error and be-
come "wised up" outside of the Party? Mol
They would not get any further that way.
The Party takes them into its ranks, teaches
them patiently and gives them concrete tasks
from which they learn, with the aid of the
Party leadership, that the collective leadership
of the Party and its theories are correct and
any contradictory notions they may have had
are wrong.
1t is different If worker is considered for
leading position. A more rigid rule is rightly
applied to Party leaders. One who is soaked
full of religious hop cannot in the very nature
of things be trusted to make policies for revo!u-
tionary class action. Experience has shown very
definitely that such comrades surrender revo-
lutionary line in a crucial hour.
Also, people who are not workers, people such
as preachers or our Montana correspondent, WIN
approach the Party and wish to join, not q
give themselves to the workers struggle, but d
order to use the masses they find there as &
field for religious propaganda, these are barre
and if they get in by mistake the Party We
exclude them later