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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
CAPTAIN HAWKS MAKES RECORDS
 FLYING ABROAD
Two Speed Marks Broken Forced Down by
 Fuel Shortage

HESTON, England, April B. Capt. Frank Hawks, American av- iator, with two speed records, climbed into his monoplane yes- terday afternoon when forced down because of lack of fuel, and 59 minutes after he left the Lebourge Airport, outside of Paris, landed here, covering the distance of 229 miles in 37 minutes faster time than any other aviator has ever flown it.
 Capt Hawks also set new record of hours and 20 minutes for a flight from Rome to Heston
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
U N UNEMPLOYMENT. WARNING GIVEN. B ' C H A M B E R.
Telephone Service Will Be Extended Seven Miles
 on Highway

Possibility of an unemployment problem in Juneau in consequence of an influx of workers from the States was the chief subject of discussion at today's noon lunch con of the Chamber of Commerce. Reports of progress in the Clean up campaign, remarks by legisla- tors and by prominent cannery man, the introduction of a new member, statement of plans for establishment of an information bureau on Front Street and an- nouncement of government inten- tions to extend telephone service along Glacier Highway completed the rest of the program. Atten- ton was called to the unemploy- ment possibility by Attorney Jack Hellenthal.
 By reason of our gold mining resources" he said, the belief is likely to become general in the States that Juneau can absorb a large supply of labor Our min ing industry is doing well, but our other industries-fish for instance do not enjoy pleasant prospects.
 Unemployment Now
 There is considerable unemploy- ment here. We should take what precautions we can to prevent the coming of any considerable number of workers.
 "An injustice would be done them, if they are lured here by exaggerated reports of our pros perity, and injury would result to residents, for destitute arrivals must be taken care of We should cooperate with the Chamber in preventing an influx of labor"
 G. H. Walmsley, secretary of the Chamber, declared that Cham bers of Commerce in the States particularly in the Pacific Coast States, had been notified that no one should come here seeking work unless he had means to pay return passage. The secretary further said that the Chamber had adver- tised in newspapers in the States setting forth that there was nc demand for labor here.
 Citizens and Cleanup
 The secretary reported ccopera- tion on the part of all citizens in connection with the cleanup cam
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23

NEW YORK, April 23-Clarence Darrow, vigorous foe of fundamen- talism, has nearly completed film ing of The Mystery of Life up- holding the theory of evolution for which he fought in Dayton, Tenn, several years ago.
 Completion of the film by Uni versal Motion Pictures, Inc, is q dream he has cherished for years, Darrow admitted today. It is an eight-reel picture in which he takes the role of proponent of ev- olution and in which he hopes to destroy the theory of the funda- mentalists.
 The premiere oI the film may
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
Weather Helps Hard Hit Area to Stage Real
 "Come-Back"
FLOWING, ING;
 GOOD CROPS EXPECTED
Southern Section Making Amazing Progress
 Fruits Doing We'll
By FRANK I. WELLER Associated Press Farm Editor)

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 23 Benign winter smiled where a truculent summer had frowned, and most of the drought area has it's farms we'll ahead of the sea son.
 Dr, O. w. Warburton, Federal Director of Agricultural Extension Work, says that with few excep- tions farmers were in position to take advantage of the pre-seasonal opportunity to blow and plant, and with good growing and har- vesting conditions they are ex- pected to have good crops where a year ago they so signally fail- ed.
 Moisture, the devastating ab- sence of which scared the coun- try from the Rocky mountains to the Potomac river last year, is sufficient for present needs.
 Except for Montana and the Dakotas, there is both surface and sub-soil moisture west of the Mis- sissippi river. The spring wheat country complains of slight sub soil moisture.
 East of the Mississippi and south of Kentucky the surface moisture is insufficient. Over the Ohio valley and on east there is hardly any sub-soil moisture for current needs.
 South Plants for Food
 The south, which of all sections was worst hit by the drought, has made amazing progress, Warbur- ton says, in the planting of home gardens.
 Farmers who had nothing to eat when their cash income was cut off are planting sufficient truck crops for a winters supply-nlany of them for the first time.
 Except for Virginia, which ap- pears to have reduced the potato acreage 1000 acres under that har- vested last year, all the south is expanding the crop. All show in- creases in corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts. AS whole, the south will increase it's acreage on soy
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
Sentenced To
 Die 2 Times.
 Nine Murders
Confesses to Nearly 100 Gruesome Slayings or
 Attacks

DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 23.-Maintaining the same stoical calm which characterized his be- havior throughout the trial, Peter Kuerten heard himself convicted of murder today and sentenced to death nine times, once for each one of his crimes.
 Kuerten terrorized the commun- ity several winters ago with a series of gruesome slayings and criminal attacks on women. He confessed to nearly 100 murders but was tried for only nine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
If GOuId's Casir,O Doesn't
 Get Rich, Dining Room WiN

Alcoholic drinks were uniformly priced at SIPS each throughout the evening.
 Though the cost of operating Gould's Casino is estimated as around $10,000 a day, it doesn't need an expert to figure that he made money that night.
 His famous baccarat room, which seats 400, was packed. Three chemin- -de-fer tables with mini mum bets of $40 were working overtime
 There was scarcely an opening stake less than $500. Bets of $2,000 were not at all rare,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
KETCHIKAN CASE
 EXPECTED TO GO TO JURY TODAY
Final Arguments Being Made-Death Sentence
 Demanded by Govt.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, An-il 23. United States District Attorney Howard D. Stabler yesterday asked the death penalty for Bert Me- Donald, accused of murdering George Marshall, Ketchikan fish buyer, near here last October. The Governments attorney made his argument before the jury
 Harry Mccain pleaded for the accused mans life.
 George B. Grigsby. second coun- sel for McDonald was to address the jury this forenoon and the case is expected to go to the jury late today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
LANDS PLANE
 ON LAW N OF
 WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 23. While President Hoover and Government aviation officials watched, an autogyro was landed on the south lawn of the White House by James Ray.
 The landing was part of cere- mony for the presentation of the Collier Trophy to Harold Pitcairn and associates for the outstanding development of American aviation in 1881, by the President.
 The windmill plane was the second craft to ever land on the White House grounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23

NICE, France, April 23. = If Frank Jay Gould doesn't make money on his Casino de la Medi- terranean it certainly will not be the fault of his managers.
 At an Oriental" gala night at- tended by 1920 diners and 3,15o others the charges ran as follows:
 Entrance fee, s2 dinner $l0, av- eraging S3O a person, including wine and cocktails; coffee for the non-diners, SIPS.
 Added to this, every man was forced to buy special flower for shis buttonhole at the doorway at a cost Of 25 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
CI0rence DarrO,u NOUie On
 Mystery Life Ready Soon

be held in Dayton, officials admit ted It was there Darrow battled with William Jennings Bryan in defense of an obscure school teacher named John Scopes. who violated the Tennessee law by teaching evolution. Scopes was convicted and fundamentalism won technical victory.
 Darrow has collaborated with Dr. H. M Parshley, professor of zoology at Smith College, in mak- ing the film.
 Darrow said the film traced the rise of man from the amoeba of the primeval days to the present. He and rarshley are the principal actors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
IS PROTESTING TO
 WILbUR'S PLAN
Against Proposal for AL aska Railroad to
 Construct School

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23 The Anchorage Chamber of Com merce is protesting to the plan of Secretary of the Interior Will bur to have the Alaska Railroad erect a new Indian Office Indus trial school building at Eklutna. The Chamber claims that this is an encroachment on the business of the local contractors. Protests have been cabled to Secretary Will bur and Delegate Wickershan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
STRIP TWO
 OF JEWELRY
Society Women Are Rob- bed in Front of Home
 in Chicago

CHICAGO, H., April 23.-Two robbers last night stripped Mrs. Claire E. More and Mrs. Horace L. Hayward, society women, in front of Mrs. More's Gold Coast apartment, of their jewelry valued at $13,200. They were returning home from a theatre.
 The chauffeur was held power less until the jewels were torn from the women.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
KIDDIES
 DROWN; SKATING
Tragedy Report ed from Fox Farm Tn Vicin-
 ity of Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23. - Three children, between the ages of four and six, were drowned on the Kasilof Fox Farm of Perry Cole while skating on thin ice last Sunday. Two were the only child ren of John Sandvick, formerly of Seattle, where they will be buried. The other child was the son of Cole. The boy will be buried at Kasilof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
Visitors Flock to
 Supposed Birthplace
 of Wm. Shakespeare

STRAFTORD-ON-AVON. April 23-Visitors Hooked here by the hundreds today for the celebra- tion of Shakespeare's birthday. The pilgrims came with the motive of offering the Poets supposed birth place to the Parish church. Floral tributes were placed on the tomb.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
COLLAR BONE IS HEALED

Lloyd Owens, logger, who entered St. Anns Hospital April II with a broken collar bone, was discharg- ed today. His fracture is almost completely healed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
INFLUENZA IS CONQUERED

Clarence Geddes, who has been in St. Ann's Hospital with influ- enza several days, has returned to his home, entirely recovered,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
NEW REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED BY
 UNITED STATES
American Ambassador and British Representative
 Give Notice

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23. The United States has extended recognition to the new Republic of Spain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
Aunt of Exiled King
 Passes Away in Paris

PARIS, April 23.-Infanta Isa- bella, aged 30, aunt of exiled King Alfonso died here this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
BRITISH AIR
 CHIEF KILLED
 PLANE CRASH

Sussex, England, Apri l23.-Air Vice-Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, Commander of the Air Defense of Great Britain, and his pilot, Henry Moody were killed this afternoon in an airplane collision 100 feet in the air. The occupant of the other plane was not injured.
 Marshal Holt was one of the pioneers of the Royal Air Force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23

The prison industries of Indiana were operated at a loss of 1850 during the fiscal year of 1930.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23
CALLS ON MINISTRY

MADRlD, April Z3. - Unlted States Ambassador Irving Laugh lin called on the Spanish Ministry and notified the new government of Americas recognition. His call was followed closely by that of Sir George Graham, British Am bassador, who accorded recogni- tion of the British Commonwealth.
 All the principal nations have now acknowledged the new Re- public.
 FAVORABLY IMPRESSED .... MADRID, April 23.-Following official recognition of the United States of the Spanish Republic, generally favorable impression was heard in Government circles and among the people.
 Foreign Minister Alejandro Ter roux said: The United States withheld recognition naturally enough until after the Spanish and European nations, closest to Spain, also England, had extended recognition. The United States has recognized it because of good reports on the Republic sent by Ambassador Laughlin."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-23

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05

MI. Doak is determined to deport
holdup men, but probably won't both
er those who charge $85 for al apart
ment like this.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
TT WON'T BE LONG NOW

New Yorker: so you're a moon
sinner" remarked the interested
tourist.
The lanky moonshiner drew him :
self up haughtily.
Mister, you got me wrong" he as
serted. Since prohibition, weuna
calls ourselves irrigation engineers"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
NOW YOU TELL ONE
NO GAMBLING

Our preacher is so strict he won't
even perform a marriage ceremony
Good gracious! Why?"
He says that his conscience won't
permit him to take part in any game
of Chance."-AnSWers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
HEED THE MORAL

Shady Garage Proprietor: How
much did you charge him on his car?
Mechanic: Fifty dollars. sir.
What was the matter with his en-
gine?"
mo gasoline, sir."-Passing Show.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
GOOD SUBSTITUTE

Chicago News: It vas the first
donkey small Egbert, 4, had ever seen
and he had leased to ride him
around the mountain camp until the
boys mother was driven to dis
traction"
Father. for goodness sake. she said
at last, give him a ride on your back
to satisfy him."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
DO YOU E IT:

II hope, Jones'" said his employer,
that you are saving at least half of
what you GET
"Well, sir. said Jones. Il would, but
the fact is that / don't get as much as
that."-Tit-BitS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
HOPELESS U

Daughter: But, daddy, why do you
object to my becoming engaged? Is
1t because of my youth?
Father: Yes, he's hopeless.-Fath-
finder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
IN NECKING

Fort Wayne NeWs-Sentinel: They
used to cry on your shoulder. Now
they jump on your neck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05
THE REFRIGERATION MENACE

Trumbull Cheer: A policeman was
walking his beat in a residential dis
trict when a badly battered house-to-
house salesman rushed up to him.
Say officer" he painted, pointing
to a redhead iceman who had just
climbed on his wagon. II want that
man arrested. Just look what he did
to mel"
Stalking majestically into the
street, the policeman waved the ice
wagon to halt, and demanded, did
you hit this MANI"
"Oi did," was the shameless reply.
What for?"
Alienation av affections" replied
the iceman. "He sold Bridget Nolan's
missus wan av thin electric ice
boxes"
CUSTOMARY
eff you die first. dear. you'll wait
for me on the other shore, won't
you?" asked the wife.
Il suppose So" sighed the husband.
Il never went anywhere yet without
having to wait for you."-Pathfinder.
If the people you know seem dumb
perhaps you are smart. Or perhaps
you aren't privileged to associate
with others because they think you
dumb.
New doctors say nothing but germs
can give you a cold, but how do germs
know when you are in a draft?
Americanism: Shuddering at the
thought Of butchery in Russia; lynch
ing twenty-five within a year here at
home
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05

But how could baffled parents
shift their responsibility to somebody
else If there were no colleges?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-05

A%mericanism: Shuddering at the
thought Of butchery in Russia; lynch
ing twenty-five within a year here at
home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
Watch Cream Separator
During Winter Months

With prospects of high prices Tor
butterfat, the saving qualities OF
good separator will be worth more
during the winter months. Close skim
ming is always profitable but becomes
unusually important with close mar
gin in many sections between cost OF
fee, and the price of fat. One OF the
important services rendered by test
ers of herd improvement associations
is the monthly test on cream separa-
tors owned by members. Those who
do not belong to testing associations
are reminded that most creameries
will gladly cooperate in making such
test for their patrons.
Unfortunately on many farms least
attention is given to the care of the
separator during the winter months
when butterfat is at the highest price.
It has been found that the loss In
skimming may be three times greater
where the separator is not washed
between each milking, yet during cold
weather many make practice OF
washing only every other day. Mini
mum losses and more regular tests
are assured where the milk is sep
arated before it becomes cold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20

teresting to talk to Mr.. d'Arnalle, be-
cause he was singing in opera in Italy
In the days when I was loafing over
there.
A young woman, born and bred In
New York, visited some friends who
have a farm. Her chief delight was
finding the nests Of hens which wan
dered from the boxes provided for
them and laid eggs in outlying places.
She tracked couple to the barn and
was triumphant concerning her sleuth-
ing. One day her host declared that
he had heard hen cackling out In
the woods and said he believed it had
a nest there. This was enough for the
city girl. She demanded the direction
and all available information. Indus
triOusly searching the woods in ques-
ton, she came upon a nest in which
were piled four dozen eggs. This was
by far the biggest find of the season,
and she took somewhat more credit
than Christopher Columbus, who only
made an egg stand on end. 1t was
some time before the visitor learned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20

everything that they would need If
they were going into real battle. They
were almost weighted down with their
equipment.
whats the idea" / asked.
"They don't know what they are 60
ing to come up against" some one re-
piled. "They are taught to expect the
unexpected and to be ready for any
emergency which may arise"
It's very much like that in life.
None of US knows what exigencies he
is going to meet in life, what uneX-
pected circumstances may arise, and
just what mental or physical equip
ment he may need. The best policy
then is to accumulate and carry along
with us daily a pretty good assort-
ment. Mother used to repeat to us
children the wise saying that if you'd
keep a thing for seven years, no mat
ter how useless it might seem, you'd
be sure to find some opportunity to
put it to good use.
Nancy always carries an umbrella
when she goes off for the day, or even
a few hours.
"What are you carrying that thing
for?" 1 ask. "The sun is shining and
there isn't the slightest likelihood of
its raining"
"Well, it may" she replies, sand l
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
DARUYL =
nnFA(1).
DAIRY SIRES ARE
SOLD TOO QUICK
Bulls Should Get a Chance
to Prove Merit.

"If a dairy herd sire Is worth put
ting at the head of herd, ne Is
worth keeping until the effect OF ms
breeding is known" says G. A. Smith,
extension dairyman for the Colorado
Agricultural college.
"In most cases herd sires are dis-
posed of before their true worth Is
known" Smith adds. "Many a good
bull has gone to the butcher TOO soon'
because he was mean or the dairyman
had a large number Of his daughters
in the herd and needed some new
blood"
Dairymen with large herds can al
ford to have more than one nero
sire, but those with small herds can
exchange bulls with the neighDors or
form bull circles, it is suggested. Sucn
an arrangement would eliminate the
necessity of purchasing a new sire
every two years, and would keep many
good bulls in service much longer.
Dairy bulls should be kept In a
bull paddock at all times, it is adj
vised. The meanest of aged bulls can
be handled with safety in well con-
structed paddock.
Practically all of the herd sires In
use on herds owned by members OF
the Colorado dairy-herd-improvement
associations are pure breds of good
type and breeding, and in most cases
were purchased to improve the pro-
duction and type of the herds. SUCH
good herd sires should be given full
opportunities to show their merits
Smith concludes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
LIGHTS OF NEW YORK $ S:51::--

enough concerning hens to realize that
they do not pile up their eggs and
that the nest was plant
The cows also engaged the city girls
attention. They were gentle animals,
but she so alarmed one of them, by
trying to tie an old sheet around it,
in humane effort to shield it from
the flies. that it almost had to be
lassoed at milking time.
AS every one knows. Eddie Ricken.
hacker was, before the war. in the
automobile racing game. He went to
France as the driver of General Perish
ing's car. John N. Wheeler asked him
how he happened to take the job.
81 went in as General Pershing's
driver" replied Rickenbaeker, "be-
cause wanted to be transferred to
the air service and thought this was
the quickest means to accomplish 1t,
but, when l asked for the transfer,
the general didn't seem to favor the
idea"
"How did you finally get the trans
fer?" asked Wheeler.
"Well," said Rickenbacker, II gave
General Pershing a couple of rides
that convinced him that where l be-
longed was in an airplane."
This is dog story, which my in
fOrmant swears is true. A couple liv-
ing in Merton, Pa. bought dog. but
couldn't keep it at home. The animal
would disappear regularly every morn
ing and just as surely return some
time after noon. The couple got tired
Of this and finally sent the dog to
board at some kennels, where they
thought 1t might be broken of the hab-
it of running away. One day a con-
ductor and brakeman came to the
house.
did that dog of yours get killed?'
they inquired. The family explained
what had happened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20

of the system in an address recently
before the Brooklyn council, Boy
Scouts of America.
Russians may be divided into three
classes: Those in prison, those who
have been in prison and the winding
few who are on their way" said Chew
alier. He explained that the police,
working on the theory that the
authorities expect a convict for every
crime, 'rOund up any number Of in
n0cent people and offer them their
choice of crimes and evidence to take
their pick of or go into the exile Of
the prison camp"
Knowing the terror of the camp,
they choose to plead guilty, Chevalier
explained, and take a sentence of
usually ten years.
"But a ten-year sentence in Russia
Is not as bad as it sounds" he said.
Amnesty for holidays reduces it to
about two and a half years. After
half of this term has been served the
prisoner may go home for week-ends,
and after two-thirds, he may be pa
rolled. Long waits for trial reduce it
further. | know of one prisoner who
waited ten months before receiving
a ten-year sentence and was then re-
leased with an apology for keeping
him waiting so long,"
Chevalier's fate lay in the irony
that his best man gave him away
twice. In Russia, he explained. the
wedding ritual demands that the best
man give the groom over to the bride.
The best man who delivered him to
his bride later delivered him to the
police. Under present conditions,
one doesn't know friend there A
mother may be forced to turn against
her son, and there is mistrust every
where" he said.
Eight hours before he was SEIZED
uled to leave the Caucasus because
his property was confiseated and he
feared an imminent revolt. Chevalier
was Jailed ''for staging farewell
party without permission, but obvj-
ously for abetting the revolution" he
declared. Here he received and our
lived his first death sentence anti
waived opportunities to escape. feeling
secure as an American citizen.
Taken to the execution ground, VITA