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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
PART Two PAGES.

PART THREE-l4 PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FOUR-Io PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Aviation-Page 5.
American Legion-Page $.
Marine Corps NewS-Page 5.
w. C. T. U. Nsws-Pags S.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page 8.
Army and Navy News-Page 6.
Spanish War Veterans-Page Q.
Fratern'ties-Page Z.
News of the Clubs-Page 8.
Organized Reserves-Page 9.
Y. ". C. A. News-Fase 6.
At the Community Centers-Page 8.
Radio-Page 8.
FART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX-l0 PAGES.
Financial News and CLASSIFIED Adver-
Using.
The Home Gardener-Page 10.
| Parent Teacher ActivitieS-Page 10.
Serial Story, Robbers Roost"-Page 10.
PART sEvEN-aO PAGES.
Magazine Section.
The Bridge Forum-Page II.
Reviews of the New Books-Page Is.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 16.
News Of the Music World-Page II.
Crossword PuzZle-Page 10.
The Boys and Girls Page-Pase 10.
Those Were the Happy Days-Page 20
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
COLORED SECTIONS PAGES.
-arzan: Brcon Mullins MIR. ana Mrs.
the Tinlid Soul: Reg'lar Fellers: Lit
tie Orphan Annie; Highlights d
| History, and Mutt and Jeff.
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EXPLOSION KILLS ONE
Four Other Workmen Burned a
Tulsa Oil Refinery.

AulSd vi nellHSIy.
TULSA, Okla, May 80 (P.-One
workman was killed and four were
burned, two critically, in an explosion
at the Midcontinent Petroleum Corpo-
lation's refinery here today.
Rem Armstrong of Redfork OSls. :,
working as gauger on top Of the
stills was killed instantly.
The injured werc Russell Rector
Richard Bean. James oxford and
Charles Norton, all of Tulsa
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-24 PAGES.
General News-Local. National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges--Page B-4.
PART TWO-8 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
P.Re 5.
D. A. r. Activities-Page 5.
Disabled Veterans-Page 5.
District National Guard-Page I.
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GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
coIoRED SECTIONS PAGES

Tsezan: Moon Mullins; MIR. ana Mrs:
the Tinlid Soul: Reg'lar F'ellers: Lit
tie Orphan Annie; Highlights Of
History, and Mutt and Jeff4
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WEATHER..

20. Q. weather Bureau Forecast)
Showers and thunderstorms and cooler
today; tomorrow fair with moderate
temperature.
Temperatures-Highe %, at pm.
today: lowest, 81, at 8 am. today.
Full report on page 3.
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Society Section.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

Buy that fur coat now. Chas. Goldstein & Co. -adv.
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teen minutes after your wire reached me-
 Have you had breakfast?"
 No"
 Good. Then you can have it with me. Mine is just about ready"
 They were tremendously casual and carefully polite. Sam reflected as she looekd across the breakfast table at Peak, that so far as their conversation was concerned they might be almost total strangers. They talked; but they said noth- ing. How long would it last? Not long. A single word from either one of them, at any moment, would be enough to unlock the gates.
 She got to her feet. And now,' she said swiftly in an instinctive effort to put off the inevitable, I'm going to do the dishes"
 Peak said quietly: You sent me telegram, Sam. You said you wanted to see me. Why?"
 T want to talk to you"
 All right. I'm ready. What do you want to say?"
 She put hand to her throat. Cant it wait, Peak? Can't it wait little while?"
 Why should It wait?"
 T don't know" She tried to smile. Perhaps because I'm embar- rassed I don't know why, but I'm terribly embarrassed"
 T know" He nodded T feel the same way"
 DO you really?"
 "Yes, and I don't like it."
 T don't either" Sam drowned. Then she said abruptly: Will you do something for me, Peak? Will you do me a favor?"
 "Of course. What is it?"
 Its just that I want you to let me arrange this day. I want you to promise to do whatever I say.
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SUMMONS AND RESULT

T mean that Peaks deal wasn't an attempt to buy you. It was the reverse. It was an attempt to pre- vent you from being bought , Fred dy said
 "R,aally?" Sam's eyebrows lifted in polite disbelief. That's a quaint notion, Freddy How did you work it out?"
 ps"I didn't" he snapped inpatient ay. "It worked itself out, and wish you wouldn't be so darn skep- tical. I'm not improvising, you know. I'm telling the truth
 I'm sorry. I know you're telling the truth, or rather that you think it the truth. At the same time can't believe you"
 Wait till you know the facts DO you know, for instance, that Peak Abbott and I had heart-to- heart talk just a little while after you announced your engagement tc him?"
 -,"No. What did you talk about?' ,"I did most of the talking, and I talked plenty" Freddy smiled grimly. T told him that you were marrying him for his money and nothing else"
 Sam shrugged. "He already knew that"
 He didn't know about you and
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N < <uyA M
" FREE "A A N IN ( o | N

me. When I told him that yea would marry me in five min utes if either of us had a nickel. told him that you'd be miserable with him; that he'd ruin your life. y
 "Really?" What did he say to that?"
 Well, he didn't entirely agree. He seemed to think that perhaps you'd be as happy with him as with me. He wouldn't do any, thing except say that he'd think the situation over"
 "Well?p
 Don't you see? Peak thought things over, and the result was that he planted money on Fourth"
 Wonderful He thought things over and decided that if he couldnV get me honestly, he'd buy me?"
 Freddy snorted Don't be redic- ulous. He planted the money or Foutrh, not with the idea of buy ing you, but of setting you free.
 "Free?" She rubbed her forehead wearily. Free from what?"
 Free from the necessity of mar rying him, naturally. Free so that if you wanted to, you could marry me" He grinned. And now, my dear child of six, are you begin ming to understand"
 Sam said nothing for a time She sat perfectly still, and seemed to be studying her hands as they lay in her lap. Then, at last, sht said in a small bewildered voice Gould it be true, Freddy? Coulc it possibly be true?"
 "It is true. I know what Tn talking about"
 Have you-have you any proof?'
 "Proof?" He threw up his hands T have proof that my common sense hands me on a silver platter Remember, please, that I told Peal you'd marry me in a minute i you had five cents to your name
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He had heard me say that, and he promptly up and gave you the five cents. Was that an effort to buy you? I hardly think so. I think it was something very different
 Sam was silent for another long interval. Then she said in a still smaller, more bewildered voice Its a possibility, I suppose. II might even be true"
 Its true, all right. You may not fully realize it now, but you will in time" He cooked his head. "Ano unless I'm mistaken, my taxi ap- breaches. The Boy Scout is now about to step gracefully into the night"
 Yes" She seemed almost tc have forgotten him. There's your taxi"
 Freddy slipped into his overcoat picked up his hat, and turned to her. T have spoken, madam" he said with an elaborate bow. T trust I haven't bored you?"
 No" Her eyes were wide. You haven't bored me"
 Good. And do I get a vote of thanks?"
 "Yes. I'm grateful. I'm very grateful"
 | Once more; good. And before I go may be so bold as to inquire your plans for the future?"
 T don't know" She shivered T don't know anything. I'm con- ] fused"
 That's all right. Take your time The confusion will pass. Then, too there's that little matter of your being fed up with MT. Cupid and all that applies to him. That, as you yourself told me, is like the lchild who eats six plates of choco- late ice cream. He doesn't want any more"
 1 Sam looked at him but said mo- thing.
 Freddy pulled a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, nodding very ] thoughtfully. Its a serious con- dition," he admitted gravely, but not hopeless. There is always hope I once had a similar experience
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Oregon heads the nation with the lowest morality rate for the sixth consecutive year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
ALASKA DEEMED QUITE SUITABLE FOR BULL FROGS
Ernest Walker Sawyer Sees Possibilities for New
 Industry in North

SEWARD.-Product and com- n1ercialization of bullfrogs in Alas ka, is likely to become profitable enterprise, in the opinion of Ern- est Walker Sawyer, Assistant Sec retary of the Interior, who in a communication to the Seward Gateway, says:
 On one of my visits to Matan- uska last summer I was surprised in one locality to find thousands of small frogs. I also received the impression that in that definite To- cality there was almost total ab- sence of mosquitoes. Frogs un- doubtedly thrive in Matanuska.
 Advised Shipment to Fairbanks
 T suggested to Mir. Higgins that 50 be sent to Fairbanks for obser- vation. Mir Palmer was sure there were already some in the Tanana Valley, but I have never seen any.
 On my return to the States I investigated the frog situation on the West Coast and paid $1.50 for booklet on the subject of Com mercialization of the Bullfrog by M. w. Herriman of Lakeside Frog Farms, Ltd, Lakeside, Calf. This booklet was prepared especially to meet the California conditions but it contains some most interesting i,, fo,-y,, otio,, bona thic uyil1 develop an interest in bullfrogs in Alaska which I believe could event. ually be put up in cans or quick frozen at a very large profit"
 Asked For Research Work
 MT. Sawyer also said in his let ter that he suggested to Dr. H. w. Alberts at Matanuska and to MT. Palmer at Fairbanks to carry on a little research to assist in adapting the industry to the locality. There are two other firms in California who have frog breeding stock for sale and there is said to be a frog farm in Vanvouver, Washing ton. Most of the frog legs used for consumption in the United States come from Louisiana but a great number are being brought in from Hawaii.
 Undoubtedly :::..Ts can be suc- cessfully matured in Alaska for a responsive and profitable market, declares the Gateway.
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ynopais: The engagement of Sam Sherrill to Peak Abbott runs more smoothly after Sam's etepfathor, Fourth Aldersea, gains wealth from an inyen- ton. Suddenly finding that Peak has supplied FOurth's money, in hurt pride Sam breaks her engagement and runs away. Freddy Munson, who loves Sam, follows her and explains Peaks motive.
 Chapter 39.
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myself"
 Did you?"
 Yes" Freddy nodded as he opened the front door T once got so fed up with something that l renounced it forever. I know that never could touch it again. Its very name nauseated me. I was fed up."
 "Really?" Sam was anxious to be left alone, but she realized that something was expected of her What affected you that way? With what were you fed up?"
 With what?" Freddy grinned puffed deeply at his cigarette, and slowly exhaled a large cloud of smoke. He bowed. Why, with to- lbacco, Sam. Good night. Pleasant dreams"
 He closed the door gently be- hind him.
 Peaks dusty blue roadster skirt ed the cranberry bog in the hollow dll olOWly CllllbCQ IllC lOllS SlopC beyond. It wriggled painfully through tiny grove of scrub pines at the top and came to a halt at the back door of the old Taylor place. Peak shut off the motor, pushed his hat back from his fore head with little groan, and then glanced at his watch. It was quar- ter past eight in the morning, which meant that he had driven four hundred miles over dark un- familiar roads in something like thirteen hours. Not bad. His eyes burned mad there was an ache in the small of his back. The door of the house opened and girl stepped out. It was Sam Sherrill. She was wearing a brown skirt and sweater, and she looked changed, somehow. That was be- cause her face was tanned. She came across the grass toward him with a little smile, holding out her hand.
 Hello, Peak, I'm glad to see you You came quickly" Hello, Sam" He toook her hand and nodded. "Yes, I came as quickly as I could. I started fif-
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When Sam permits discussion tcmorow, she introduces an unexpected plan that amazes Peak.
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BAZAAR HELD TONIGHT

The annual Bazaar of the Ladies' League, which the members have been working on for many months past, is to be held this evening in the Eagles hall. Starting about 8 o'clock the affair will open with program. After this fea- ture, visits to the various booths will be in order and the special selling campaigns brought to close. Refreshments will be served later in the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

Dorothy Drew (above), 16, of Dover, New Hampshire, decided to make dull times exciting. So she borrowed brothers clothes, had a haircut, and headed for New Haven, Conn. Stopping in Boston, she asked a policeman where she could get room-but, while she had changed all outward appear ances, she forgot about her girlish
 voice. She's homeward-bound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
DOUGLAS NEWS
DOUGLAS CHAMBER RECEIVES IMPORTANT DATA ON BRIDGE

The proposition of bridge across Gastineau Channel again came before the Douglas Chamber of Commerce last night in the shape of reports of the committee. The local committee, with the able assistance of the committee from the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, presented data showing the exact status of the bridge at the present time and definitely outlined the course which must be pursued in furthering of the project. Progress was also reported on other issues which have been taken up by the local Chamber.
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BACK IN OWN TOWN

Jack Gravrock and his sister, Mrs. Inga Dickensen, are again occupying their residence, which has been under repair since early summer. The house has been re- modelled and modernized in several respects.
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SPEND Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Friday evening at the Bible Chautauqua, Odd Fellows Building. adv.
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I especially want you to promise not to try to talk about important things until I've given the word. Will you promise those things? If you will, we'll both have a much easier time"
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NOTICE

NOTICE To Scottish Rite MaSons: Regular meeting Friday evening. 7:30. Degree work following. Visit ing Rite members cordially invited.
 WALTER B. HEISEL, -adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-22
Saratoga's Renaissance.
(New York Herald Tribune.)

Seventy five years ago Saratoga Springs the fashionable summer resort of the United States. Any with literary social political prestige to maintain or cultivate, high society and the deni- monde made it a point to be there at some time during the grand Great shareholders from the Caronas and Virginia rolled in with their equipages for the Fourth of July opening. The quality of New York Philadelphia and Boston as- sembed, and from the first July balls until Sep tember the waters of Congress Spring had to- com- pete as well they could with old world vntages equally supercharged with carbonc acid gas.
 The rise of Newport, mpoverishment of great Southern families after the Civil War well as increasing safety and comfort of transatlantic crossings, withdrew many fashionabes that Sara toga entered into social decline in later Victorian times.
 The opportunity for creating a great modern health resort at Saratoga, comparable to Nauheim, Kissingen Wiesbaden Vichy finally recog- nized and acted upon by the State in 1909. Since then several commissions and the State Conservation Department have been at work creating reserva- tion which now embraces than thousand acres and than hundred springs wells. Two large bathing establishments and many other lesser improvements have been instituted since the State began it's reclamation of the Springs twenty odd years ago.
 The present Saratoga Springs Commission, ap- pointed last summer plans to spend $75000 in land scaping the reservation. to remodel the Washington Baths and to enforce the European system of medi- cal supervision drink hall to cost $900000, is pro- posed in their general project calling for a total expenditure of than two million dollars. In short the State is planning to do for one of the finest spas in the world what Europeans undertook for mediocre ones generations ago.
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WILL HAYS AND THE PREACHERS.

Some years ago when Wayne Wheeler was the super-censor and power behind the throne in American Government he adopted, to make his dictatorship more secure, the custom of paying Senators and Representatives, whose votes he would want for his proposed legislation honorara for making dry speeches throughout the country. Among those the Anti-Saloon League payroll were Sena- tor Jones of Washington and others MT. Wheeler also caused honoraria to be paid minister to make dry speeches among the churches where they were supposed to say good word when possible for the Anti-Saloon League and MT. Wheeler its dictator MT. Wheeer's position on the great dry throne largely dependent upon the favor of the churches
 similar condition is now found to exist in connection with the arbitrary control of the nov ies' assumed by some of the churches and moral leaders" To satisfy the demands of the Federal Council of Churches and other would be super the motion picture people voluntarily placed Will Hays in a controlling position The super censors thought MT. Hayss practices not sufficiently moral and they began hectoring him. It has been discovered that MT. Hays, probably profitting from MT Wheeler's experience has put some of the eminent diyines of the Federal Council of Churches his payroll The result naturally, has been a great hullabaloo
 Whenever preachers leave their pulpits and texts and stray out in secular highways and byways to run the universe, things go awry.
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White House Leaks" "
(New York Times.)


 It is little startling to read that the Chief of the Secret Service has been called in to investigate so-called leaks" at the White House, eSpe- cialy the leaks themselves do not apear to have been of very serious character The story, for in stance about the Negro jantor who told White House carpenters to go easy on their hammering, because "the President has declared moratorium noise" adds to the gayety of nations without doing anybody any harm If the White House secretariat, however, wishes to keep tabs on all those in the White House employ, it certainly has the right to do SO
 But when it is announced that in the future all news about the President and his household is to come only from stated official sources, we have doubts. Good taste must always be an inn portant part of good journalism The correspondent in Washington who confines himself to official sources for his information might be replaced by a messenger boy. The duty of free press is to get the truth. If official sources, sometimes hap pens, unwilling to give him the truth he is in duty bound to endeavor to get it elsewhere. With out this duty, political journalism would be robbed of much of it's value Such well established tenets of journalistic ethics achieved after many strug- gle cannot be overthrown.
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NOT TO CANCEL WAR DEBTS.


 The announcement that the moratorium on war debts and separations must not be accepted as an indication that the United States will cancel the debts or consent to their reduction for long moratorium is varously received The United States is out to give the powers that be time to arrange for the necessary credit to carry Germany to the point where she will be able to resume foreign pay ments under her treaty obligations.
 This announcement has dullsd the enthusiasm for the moratorium in those quarters were debt cancellation is strongly urged. Many American and most foreign banks that have loaned money to Euro pean countries and interests feel that they would be to get their interest and eventually, their principal if the American Government would cancel the public debts In other words, they want the United States to give the Europeans enough taxpayers cash to pay the private lenders How ever, the announcement will meet with the favor of the general public. There is not reason in the world why the United States should further reduce the obligations of those who borrowed cash that was raised through borrowings from the American people-money that the United States will have to pay whether or not she collects from those to whom she loaned it. There is only thing in the world that would justify the cancellation of the debts their further reduction, and that would be demonstration of inability to pay them
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ANDREWS KEEPS PLACE IN RACE. AMONG EATERS.
.lks' Manager and First Baseman Has Hit .449
 Up to Present Time

Walter Andrews, manager and first baseman of the Elks, tight ened his grip on first place in the City League batting race last week, increasing his lead over Boyd, teammata, to 37 points. The latter remained in second place, 57 points ahead of Jack Kearney, who, how ever, hasn't played in some two weeks.
 Big Mac MacSpadden pounded his way into fifth place. passing both Worth and Manning. Worth dropped to sixth and Manning to seventh. Ted Keaton was the only newcomer to make his bow inside the 300 circle. Bill, Jack and Pete Schmitz and Little Mac MacSpad- den were chief ground gathers.
 The weeks percentage of all players who have taken part in as many as nine games were issued today by Scorer Ed. Mize, as fol- lows.
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MORE EVIL EFFECTS OF STANDARDIZATION

The fight of the American Federation of Teach CTS against the rule of barring married women from teaching school that is in effect in many places of the results of the foolish tendency toward standardization. Being married may impair the value of some school teachers just as many other things might impair their unsefulness. In other cases probably majority of them, it is diff ferent. Every instance of employment of school teacher just hiring one for nearly any sort of pob ought to be decided upon the qualifications and fitness of the employee. There is no more real reason to bar married women from the teach ing staffs than there would be in requiring that the teacher be of certain age or complexion.
 Everything ought to be done to make teaching a lifetime profession, and if one is a professional teach,r there ought to be no foolish rules that
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ALASKA BEARS IN ADVERTISING
 STUNT.

While all Alaskans join in admiring those Alaska black bears in Virginia that attempted to give the East object lesson the fighting proclivities of Alaska bear we are all really glad they were not the great Alaska brown bears that went a ram page If they had been brown bears that enlisted to fight the Virginia populace the casualty list would probably have been different. Those three men that slapped and clawed" would un- doubtedly have been among the dead.
 However, our hats off to the bearsl They did their best to make those who insist that Alaska bears fit for cozy pets and ought to be pro- tected by the majesty of the law realize their mistake.