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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26

IT there's a better college tennis array than that sporting the col CTS Of the University Of North Carolina this spring, the would like to know about it and issue challenge down at Chapel Hill.
 The Tarheel recqIat e---inyer-. a'- ter cleaning up the 5css in .l- south, sent their team into the eastern strcngho,.is VI I-u.ss little short of astonishing.
 Here are the sccras cs Ncr.h "a oiinas rclnp or victory around the eastern courts: G 'nrgc'r--N 7-2: Princeton, 8-1; Army, go; New York university, S-1; Yale 5-4; Brown, 90; Harvard, 7-2
 The climax for the Tarh22,s va5
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
PORTLY FRED'S PITCHING

Freddy Fitzsimmons, the portly but effective right-hander of the New York Giants, pitchel his way to Broadway from Mishawaka. h. dana, via Muskegon and Indiana polls.
 He has been a first ra6s right handler in major league company for going on seven years, but this spring he has assumed the stature of greatness by some Of the finest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
LOTT BOUNDS
 UP IN TENNIS
 MEET, FRANCE
Advances to Third Round in Singles Champion
 ship Play

AUTEUIL, France, May 26.-Lott defeated Charles Kingsley of Eng land, in three straight sets this afternoon to advance to the third round in the singles championship play on the French hard court, GO, 6-1 and GA.
 Elizabeth Ryan continued a steady march in the women's singles defeating Hedwiga Jedrozepowska in the second round 2-6, 9-7 and 6-3.
 Borotra defeated the Austrian champion Artens 6-8, 7-5, 60 and GA in the second round.
 Betty Nuthall easily won from Nanette Lebesnerais 60 and 6-2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
ATHLETICS WIN
 17TK STRAIGHT
Grove and Mahaffey Vic tors Tn Double Header
 With Tanks

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 26.- Robert Moses Grove and Leroy Mahaffey pitched brilliant ball be- fore 32,000 home fans Monday as the Champion Athletics won 9 double header from the New York Yankees 4 to 2 and 16 to 4.
 The victories ran the Champlon's winning streak to seventeen straight games.
 Grove chalked up his fifty con- secutive triumph in the frs t game.
 Mahaffey allowed only one hit in the first seven innings of the cecond game and allowed only SIX altogether.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26

twirling seen in either big show
 Fit25lmmons obtains results from a style that is neither impressive nor thing Of beauty. Freddy has a generous waistline. He w5ddles to and from the mound His dellv- cry consists of a twisting winl-u1 in which he jerks his head c,oa around to the point of seeming a ccntortlcnist. But he has control.
 That fat guy can put the bal where he wants it." remarked Babe Herman, the Brooklyn out fielder, after Fitzsimmons had blanked the Robins recently and followed this up with another shut out at the expense of the Chicago
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26

sufficient to claim national title honors on college courts, they would like to hear the rcbutsal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
JONES TILArs @HOLE OFT.

Broadway hears that the pro- lucers of the Bobby Jones golf 'talk!es" figure to gross more than Sl,000,000 on the series of 12 shorts featuring the king of the links.
 Some question has arisen as to juot how much the average movie fan is interested in the proper stance, grip and swing, but Jones is getting the "big lights" in the cinema belt of the Big Town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26

CHICAGO, Ili., May 26.-Buckey Lawless, Syracuse welterweight, who recently defeated Young Jack Thompson, welterweight champion in an overweight match, conquered his Negro rival, Gorilla Jones, of Akron, Ohio, in a painless 10- round bout in the Chicago Stadium last night.
 The fight was so unsatisfactory that purses of both fighters will be held up pending an investigation.
 Old papers at the Empire office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
JIM L0NDOS WINS MATCH
 WITH SzAb0
Takes Two Straight Falls from Hungarian
 Wrestler
----ByPap

NEW YORK, May 26.-Jim Lon dcS, recognized in several states as the heavyweight wrestling cham pion, successfully defended his title against Sandor Szaioo, young Hun garian, before a crowd estimated at 10000 in Madison Square Gar den last night.
 Londos took two straight falls.
 Both wrestlers weighed in at 200 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26

Cubs. The Babe put his finger on the reason for Fltz'S great spring showing, even though he couldn't put his bat on the ball.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-26
Juneau City League

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Weekly herald., 1931-10-18
THE N-E7I: NURSE IS HIRE

THE NEV NURSE E HIRE
 Hiss Emma Lambert co1ne on yes ter day's tr2in .Shc is living in the O.!.. Nelson bungalow whi cl2 the Govt has lccsed. She wi Il 1ttcnd the Natives. She wishes to say that she will oc very willing to go out the Trail Tt my time neccs sary to see tho sick, tr ansp or t. tion being the only thing hiking. is the Govt has no nppropri- otion for that, individuals will need to provide it, 2s their p2rt. 1-iss L~,mbert is enc Of the 34 nurses en- p1oycd by the us. Govt for 1ll%skon Native work. There gre 10 physicians, di tri buted clong thous >nds of mil cf coastal r2ngc md along the i'm portant rivers Of this v:.st Yartt0ry, Tc those sc2ttercd along the thous- anos of the Yukon River ] modio cal boat furnishes the only me ans of so- curing medical tn dental relief. Dur- ing the summer mon tl1s of e2ch VT the boat cruis es along as far as the del- tT1, wi tn D hr. nurse {: dentist, ex- tending lst add dis tr outing medi- cines, advising Of the care 2c fecd- ing of children, performing opera- tl ons, and taking Q few patients tp the hospit Us at Fairbanks {: Tancna. -'1ss Lambert WIS nurse on this boat during the p2st sumner.
Weekly herald., 1931-10-18

7U7ORED IND 1ETEREsT1NG F TRUE
 Thct Sw2ggcr h2s taken over Doctor Gi11espie's job sinco Dr.. left town. The Dr .s2id Swager already knew how to do butcher ing and kncvs all the insidCs cf 2. pig. Dr. Hi1lc spie show d him tho cross between 2. pig and D mn and all the differences and so ow owagor is ready to fiji you up or wh2tcver Gi1s you.
 ~:c know t is true tho, that rr. Bur1ing (Gv3ger) n hss been 2 grcot help to Dr.. many times this sumner in many w~ys, tending to the dispcn- sery etc., and always rcn6y toGsast.
Weekly herald., 1931-10-18
T::.YLCRS COME TO TO17N

L'AIIO4t0 OOIE-J V TWIN
 Hrs. Taylor md her son Alfred md q .u. Alberta ca12o in from out the Trail at Il Gooro's Camp GIT the RoaG Com. g little while go. Alfred is old enuf to be 6 boy-scouJ. Thoy got J L. L.ClougETs house for rent. They expect to st2,y thru the winter to send thcir children to school. hl- bert. is in the 9th Grade 6c Albert n tho 7th. Thoir new house is just across from the schoo1house.
Weekly herald., 1931-10-18

FIT 1cQ I'M HIS \ Tx LAST 5wUn4BERa
 )S11co this issue went to
 l:r1 ,ve received over the
 r3.dio the sorr rowfu1 word
 t-l~~~>t Thomas Alv=, Edison
 passed Cn at 9 little after
 o'clock this norninG.}
 EC1@OE, the man who has contr but ed most of any man to things of human proggress Tho tried to make the world *4 better place for it's people to live who took so aEall share of it's pr offits Some times none If ,When S omc one asked"!h"t will you do if you don't got your inc one? "lle would reply, well I can always make $75 month as m ex- pert telegraph operator 2nd I can live on t1lat." He who found the joy Of life not thru riches but by the joy of working for others vi thout pay in money, but his pay WIS the liking of seeing others happy anG conf or tc.ble. He h2d moro thon l 500 patents on arti calls of moro imp ort tance in one than any other III IT in lO.He invcnt ted the nimeo- graph, uni ch Ind it not been invont- eG we wouldnot be able to serve ac n'any patr ons by this paper And m2ny other things we desc bed in our is sue of Feb. .22. '31. TO our opinion, the loss of this man is the gro~:te g. loss in the world He WIS 84 yrs .old
 Te wish he could hove lived to be 100 because he WAS doing sc mo,ly 1icr and Wor tllWhile things .Idis or was vc- ry kindly to any boys trying to dc good work, ard never too busy to send letters of encourogment to anyone he could wi tn the help of his secr1~ t tries. -7c C1-tend our sorrow tC Mrs .Edison and her sons y; H .1rcaadoW- crof t ,Edis on's succes sors the boys who gre learning to dc his work in N.I.T. ,3c to the other 5 of the Fou1, CT oni es.
 It is said of another very great and good man Abr alom Linccln and we think it should also be s li6 of this greot nd good il n Thomas '>@ Edis on,
 "Eow he belongs to the ages. :.
Weekly herald., 1931-10-18

(Continucd from P2gc I, Column 3.
 in the spring now the Copper River g. Nor tlaWcs s tern R.R. is going to close own in January for 5 or 4 months. They h2ve to doithcir frcighting in- to the Ko tsina early cnuf to sled in over the snow by w2y ot the river & Horse- 50 they dire not leave md maybe get stuck on the eoost.
Weekly herald., 1931-10-18

'TE22ELY HER LII X phbli lication pub- li5hcd wc1}<1y by the HERIALD PRESS Co Circulation $50 copies per week!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
Mrs Sanger Is Back

Congress listened to an old friend last week. Mrs Margaret Sanger. surrounded by birth control advocates marshalling a great variety of fancy facts and figures appeared in the interests of measure that introduced by Senator Gllett of Massachusetts. The bill would legalize the importation and dissem- ination of birth control information and de- vices Senator Gillctt announced that it was introduced by request, but later amplihed this statement by saying that he believed in the measure and intended to fight for it.
 It was just l33 years ago that birth con trol was suggested, but not as Mrs Sanger and her followers would have it. The Rev Thomas R. Malthus of England propounded his famous doctrine known ever since as the Malthusian theory. He proclaimed that the rate of population increase was so great that means of sustenance could not keep up with it. His remedy was celibacy and delayed mar riage. The modern day followers of Malthus aren't quite as pure minded as he was. They suggest medical control of the procreation of the human race.
 In 1873 Anthony Comstock, New Eng lander, succeeded in frustrating the ambitions of birth control advocates by having Congress pass a measure which has since become ia nous as the Comstock law, making it crime to send birth control information through the mails. Until he died Comstock fought ably for his law and succeeded in keeping it the statute book It has sur vived to this day. The Gillett measure would amend it and make available to everybody in the country any information relating to birth control. It can be easily seen what abuses result from this laxty.
 The proposed amendment not only con- ficts with state laws on the subject but would permit the mails to be flooded with obscene and pornographic literature We refer doubters to the words of His Holiness Pope Plus XI. is bis recent encycoal on the subject of birth control, the use of contracep- tives. etc. This will be sorry nation from the standpoint of both health and morals if we permit :.lch legislation to be passed. The United States cannot afford to relax it's ef- forts to attain high moral standards They are seriously impaired as it is without opening the door to grave abuses such as would result were we to permit the Glllett measure to be made law We trust in the good of Congress to reject such trash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
Corn On Top

Corn is king at last even in the Chicago grain pit After 84 years of snubbing. it is formally recognized as market leader and transferred to the large pit previously reserved for wheat. This action is said to be the re- suit of the governments entrance into the wheat market. Private traders are dlsnclined to buck Uncle Sam in that game, so wheat transfers fall of and a smaller pit suhices.
 Broadly speaking, however, corn is coming into its own. Wheat has had fictitious inn portance merely because it is more standard commodity than corn in the world market. having more general use being more easily stored and moved and better cash crop.
 But in actual importance to the American people, corn has long been more vital. The corn crop for decades has been about three times as large in volume and twice as large in money value. In all-round economic import ancc, wheat cannot be compared with corn. The latter is virtually two crops in one-a grain crop and meat crop. If we had to do without either. we should give up wheat, buying abroad what we need of that grain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881
Major General Clarence R. Edwards

Arlington national cemetery received the mortal remains of Major General Clarence R. Edwards today. The beloved commander of the Yankee Division in the World war was laid to rest in ground consecrated to those men who have come to the aid of their country. There is no doubt but what Major General Edwards came to the aid of bis country. He was a military man from the days when he ''plebbed" at West Point right down to those ear-splitting ones in the trenches of France where he commanded the flower of New Eng land troops.
 He was of New England. although not born in this part of the nation. His birth place was Cleveland, Ohio but he numbered among his ancestors the distinguished theo- logian. Jonathan Edwards. In May. 1917, he was placed in command of the 10th Di- vision which was made up of New England troops. including many from Waterbury. In September his troops sailed for France. They went into the trenches in February, 1918. and from then on until the end of the war were in the thick of the fighting, Major Gen. eral Edwards was relieved of his command just eighteen days before the Armistiee signed.
 A military man from his shining boots to his spek -and-span cap Major General Edwards was held in the highest regard by all who knew or met him from the lowliest pri- vate in the rear tank to the highest ranking officer. General Pershing who knew him in his stay at West Point regarded Major Gen. eral Edwards as sterling officer and worth while friend But it was from the in the ranks that Major General Edwards won undying admiration and respect Although every inch soldier he was sooitous com mander. His men deserved the utmost con- sderation and best of attention He saw to it that they got this
 Although urged on many occasions to enter politics he always refused to capitalize bis military career He was opposed to prohlbl ton and since his retirement in 1922 could have been candidate for state honors, but this he refused to be. His popularity remained unbroken to the end when he staged gal 1ant fight to regain his health. He will always be remembered as New Englands own soldier Daddy" Edwards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
City Folks

The census shows that in the last 0 years urban population has jumped 25 per cent, while rural population has barely moved up , per cent. Over 68 millions of us live in cities now, as against over 5 millions in ural districts. Once this kind of tendency made sad reading. Now it matters less. The automobile and the summer camp get people away from the crowded spots for every avail able week and weekend. This travelling, in turn. leads to decentralization.
 People find how easy it is to live in the country and work in town. they buy country places for the summer, they live in them longer every year, then they make them warmer and more convenient and give up the city flats entirely. What will happen next isn't quite sure. But it begins to look as if the city of the future will consist mainly of business blocks and hotels, with an occasion al apartment house for people in the trans- ton period. Factories are moving out of town in some places. As factories become lighter. better looking and less smoky, this movement may accelerate. Commerce is little different So far, businesses tend to flock together
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
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DECATUR's EXPLOIT

On February IS, 1904, Stephen
 Decatur led small party which
 burned, in tne harbor of Tripoli. the American frigate Philadei-
 phia after its capture by the Tri- politans.
 The Philadelphia had been sent
 to Tripoli with other frigates 10 take action against that coun-
 try for molesting American snip
 ping. The frigate was captured
 when it attempted to chase an enemy cruiser and struck a reef.
 The Tripolitans surrounded the
 helpless boat, floated her and
 brought her under the guns of a fort. :, The officers became prisoners or
 war and the crew, 300 or more Tn number, were put to hard labor. On the night fthe 18th, Decatur ran into the harbor, boarded the frigate within half-gun shot of the Pasha's castle, drove the Tripolitan crew overheard. set the ship on fire, remained alongside until the flames were beyond control. and then with. drew without losing man. Admiral Nelson has called this exploit. "the most daring of the age."
 When the present cash value of the certificates was considel cd tt prompt Nv appeared that the measure simply meant the doubling of the amount of the so-called bonus.
 The administration opposed the proposal vigorously. Now 1t appears that the best the veterans can get, thanks to compromise" proposal,
 Is the Drivilege of borrowing more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
THE SLEEPING GIANT

Bridgeport Telegraph
 While a group of Westporters have been spending their private funds to keep the public from using the state park in Westport, a group of citizens of New Haven and vicinity have been spending their money to preserve for future generations the beauties ui the Sleeping Giant mountain at .lr Carmel, to be a park for the people forever. Banded together in the name of the Sleeping Giant associa- ton these New Haven people bought the mountain in question and fought to standstill the quarry compan, which was engaged in chiseliny away the face of the Sleeping Giant under the terms of a long time lease
 Judge Carl Foster in the superior court has upheld the contention o1 the mountains new owners that the terms of the lease forbid quarryins on the side toward the main high way where the recumbent figure ot the giant has been familiar land mark since the white men first came to America. The original owners had some faint computations abou. allowing this landmark to be blastel into trap rock, for they put a pro- vision against it in their contract; :; but the quarry company interpreted this clause according to it's own lights and started a course of drill. ing which, in a year or two more, would have defaced the hill and ruined it's pictorial value completely The quarry company under the terms of it's lease. has an option which may permit quarrying for an other generation. Judge Fosters re- straining order, however, may have Ia decided effect. The less picturesque side of the hill is the more difficult to quarry. It is possible that the trip rock people will be glad to set tie for the remainder of their lease and withdraw, whereupon the Sleep ing Giant association can proceed without hindrance to turn this into q state park.
 Connecticut owes much to those or | its citizens who. with foresight anc public spirit are preserving beaut, spots for the welfare and pleasure | of future generations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
THE COW THE MAYOR ORDERED

Christian Science Monitor)
 Half century or more ago Ed mund Lear wrote a book of nonsense rhymes. These included the fcllow> ing famous limerick:
 There was an old man who said.
 ''How
 Shall I flee from this horrible COW?
 will sit on this stile, 'a
 And continue to smile.
 Which may soften the heart of that
 /, cow"
 Today the tables are turned, for the COW has fled, leaving, not the old man, but James M. Curley, mayor of Boston asking why she was driven from the happy home he arranged for her in 1922.
 But the mayor has not stopped at merely asking. Instead. he has had another COW sent out to take the place of the one which he ordered for the Franklin park zoo nearly q decade ago and which during his absence from city hall was sold. His idea is that the children of Boston who never get chance to SC COW In it's natural haunts shall not grow up. so far as he has the power to prevent 1t. ignorant of its appearance and habits. He may have heard of the little boy who, on returning from his first trip to the country. com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-16
Cibralter Tunnel

Plans to construct tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar are again up for discus sion between Spain and France. Spanish engineers have reported that the ground strata beneath the water will permit construc ton at moderate depth. Spain wants the tunnel, but has money for building 1t. France has idle money which it would like to put to work in this way and is willing to furnish some of the capital for the privilege of transporting soldiers in time of war Eng land looks on the project leniently, because that country would still control the situation English guns could sweep the undersea railway on each side of the Straits where the tunnel would come to the surface.
 he military advantages of the tunnel seem to receive first consideration. but there are others. It would bring Paris within 40 hours by train of the Atlas foothills. rich vegetable and fruit region. It would make possible transcontinental train service across Asia and Europe into Africa. On the whole, the commercial advantages seem more import ant than the military.