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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10

The ederal government will spend $l05,304 this year on inn provement of protection facilities in the Olympic National forest in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10
BUSES CARRY PUPILS

WASHINGTON.-School buses in 193O are estimated to have carried 1,276,427 children each school day over 425,OO0 miles of route to 16,- SIS schools.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10

It took an airplane three hours on an inspection trip of cattle in the Spokane, Wash, country that formerly took two days by auto- mobile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10

John Cecil, part owner of the U & I Cafe here, left on the Queen for the States for -30-day vaca- tion trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10

five room suite in the Metropole Hotel and always paid in cash. sometimes with bills as high as $500 Smith said Capone frequently gave S5 tips.
 RAISE PRICE OF ALCOHOL
 CHICAGO, H., Oct. TO- The Herald Examiner said today the price of five-gallon cans of alcohol in speakeasies has been raised from $50 to $32 in order to get money for the defense fund for Capone, on trial in the Federal Court for income tax law violations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-10
CRIMES SHUTS OUT
 AS EIGHT INNINGS
Weakens in Ninth and Hal- lahan Finishes After
 Two Runs Scored
SCORE
COMPOSITE SCORE

(Seven Games)
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INSURANCE CHANGE
URGED IN ONTARIO
Automobile Premiums Found
by Commissioner as
Too High.

MONTREAL, January 24.-Decided
changes in the automobile insurance
rate and legislation recommendations
are contained in the report of Mr.. JUS
tice Hodgins, commissioner. who has
investigated the insurance premium
rates of the Province of Ontario.
Among other recommendations is one
providing that section PISA of the in
surance act should be brought into
force before February /. The section
provides that the superintendent OF in
surance, after due notice and after a
hearing before him, provide an adjust
ment in the rates whenever he finds
them excessive, inadequate, discrimina-
tory or otherwise unreasonable.
Judge Hodgins also suggests that the
company should be required to apply
a merit or demerit rating plan for coll
ers with a good record will be entitled
to fair reduction of rates, or policy
holders with bad record compelled
to pay an excess rate.
Radical changes should be made in
the qualification Of agents, the report
says. Applicants for licenses should be
required to pass an oral or written ex.
animation, or both, to be prescribed by
the Department of Insurance. License
fees should be substantially increased.
Consideration should be given to the
possibility of applying to the regulation
of future automobile insurance rates in
the province regulations of character
exercised by the British government in
the field of employers liability insur-
ance 1t Is urged
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be seen wasliington's well, sunk by his
men when he prepared old Fort Loudoun
against siege by the British.
There Is q rugged charm about this
country and some remarkably beautiful
scenery is to be found here At the
head of the magnificent vale of the
Shenandoah, which converges at this
point with the historic Potomac. Is
Harpers Ferry. Here one can look into
three States, west Virginia, Virgins
and Maryland. separated by the two
rivers. No trip TO this touring area Is
complete without a visit to Harpers
Ferry. the scene Of John Browns raid.
The National Capital. with its innu-
merable national shrines. Is a Chief
There are the Capitol, the White House.
the Lincoln Memorial, Washington
Monument and many other places Of
national and historic interest. With its
southern climate Washington is a travel
point the year around
Across the Potomac in Old Virginia
Is Arlington Cemetery where the Ma
tion's war dead keep eternal vigil with
Americas Unknown Soldier. The
Capitol. Washington Monument. LIN
coin Memorial and the Arlington
Amphitheater and the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier are in a direct line
Soon the beautiful Memorial Bridge will
link them in on completed drive.
just within Arlington's gates is the
restored home of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Across from Washington. too, on the
way to Mount Vernon. is Alexandria,
with the church where both Washington
and Robert e. Lee attended services and
the Masonic Hall, still in use, where
Washington presided over the lodge to
which he belonged.
Mount Vernon. keeping stately watch
over the quiet Potomac, is a shrine Of
shrines. There, down the hill from the
white pillared home he loved, close to
the silvered stream, is the tomb Of the
First President.
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eastern part Of this area where Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Lower New
York join. There Is the famous Della.
ware Water Gap, majestic spot where
this peaceful, silent-howing river won
a battle of centuries with the noun
tains and bored its way to the
sea. creating a drive of scenic splendoT
Of the world. There are the beautiful
and recreational Pocono Mountains.
with numerous lovely resorts, Paradise
Valley inviting the traveller to stop
throughout its length, and Eagles Mere,
renowned mountain play spot framed
by impressive natural beauties.
The Lower Hudson Valley, lined by
the Palisades, leads down through
PoughkeepSie. Peekskill, Tarrytown,
has his retreat. and Yonkers to New
York City with its thousand and one
magic charms. On the other side Is
New Jersey with such famous inland
cities as Trenton, Camden and Prince
ton and its widely known shore re-
sorts, Asbury Park, Cape May. Wild
wood, Atlantic City. which the influence
of the Gulf Stream makes play
place the year round, and a host Of
others.
Maryland-old, historic, quaint and
lovely-holds much to lure the tourist,
from Cumberland, HagerStown, near
which is Antietam Battlefield; Fred
erick, the home Of Barbara Frietchie,
and Braddock Heights in its rich, roll
ing Western section, to. Baltimore,
Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay
towns on its popular Eastern Shore.
At Annapolis is the United States
Naval Academy, which all Americans
want to see and where frequently big
battleships of the Nations feet lie at
anchor in the bay.
In the lower corner Of this enchanted
region lie the Springs district of West
Virginia and Virginia. where the two
states meet-White Sulphur Springs
in the one and Warm Springs and
Hot Springs in the other, their palatial
resort hotels framed In green beauty.
From there the way lies up through
the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, where
the winding Shenandoah River lies
Graded between the towering Blue
Ridges the Shenandoah National Forest
and the proposed Shenandoah National
Park. All through this section are
famous places where Washington once
led his forces. At Winchester, Va. may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
DREAM OF CANADIAN HIGHWAY
TO SOUTH AMERICA REALIZING
Trip Today, However, Would Test Steel OF
Hardest Adventurer-Hopes of
Promise Seen.

would be possible to motor, with con-
siderable difficulty, from ANTIGUA to
Medellin. There is a gap of at least
100 miles between Medellin and Car
tago. From the latter point one might
travel by car a few miles south OF Cali,
but there is an impossible stretch OF
about 80 miles between there and Po-
pagan. Part of the road from Popayan
to Paste, 100 miles, is under construc-
ton, but virtually no part of 1t is suit
able for motor traffic. A paSsable road
runs from Paste to IpialeS, on the Ecu
dorean boundary.
The route chosen by persons who
have made motor trips into Argentina
generally begins at San Felipe and fol-
lows the route of the railway across the
Andes. From the pass. over the noun
tains the route goes through Mendoza,
Argentina, and the trip from there to
Buenos Aires is comparatively simple,
except that roads in general are poor
and in many cases impossible when
wet. From Buenos Aires to Rio de
Janeiro it might be possible to travel
by automobile in dry weather, but 1t
would be very difficult trip.
Mr.. Hoover Aids Move.
The movement toward a finished
highway from Canada to TERRA del
CueBO WdS EINCI AA1PCbdc
when President Hoover, as President
elect of the United States, made his ia
nous South American goodwill tour. In
South America, it was reported, nothing
is at present more talked of than road
building and the connecting up of
roads already built or under construc-
ton, and to the ultimate longitudinal
continental highway.
President Hoover has long been an
advocate of such international commu-
nications and, therefore, the subject is
not new to him. In speech delivered
some time ago. he said:
For many years, for perhaps half a
century, the engineers have carried a
dream in their minds that they might
some day have a railway from Canada
to TERRA del Fuego. That dream is
much more likely to realization and is
certain of realization through the great
new form of transportation by automo-
bile, for through that we will have the
extension of our road system to that
point where we shall have at last, and
in reality, and in not many years real
communication between all the nations
Of the American continent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
ROAD WORK PLANNED
DUE TO UNEMPLO YMENT
More Than Billion Dollars
Taken to Finance Under
taking.

Because Of the unemployment prob
lem record year of highway construc-
ton has been planned with funds pro-
vided for the most part directly by
motor car owners, according to H. H.
Rice, chairman N. A. A. c. Tax Com
mittee.
To finance this undertaking they
contributed during 1880 more than
81 ,00o, 100000 in special motor vehicle
taxes.
, The relief Of unemployment which
might have been expected to result
from this program is being jeopardized
through the activities of a new type of
holdup. These bandits of the highways
for such they are although their
weapons are propaganda-haye turned
greedy eyes on the savings OF the
motoring public.
They now seek to plumber the treas
uries of the several States and divert
from them a considerable share of the
funds which have been collected for
highway use.
Whether they shall be successful in
this project or not will depend upon
the vigilance and vigorous opposition Of
highway officials as well as motorists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Middle Western States Teen With Lore
That Prove Attractive to All Motorists

ing mecca, while q network Of motor
clubs assures the motorist that service
the dependability of which makes any
and every trip q pleasure.
Among the noted national trails that
traverse 1t are the Lincoln Highway, the
Susquehanna Trail and the Lackawanna
Trail. splendid highways and beautiful
drives that lead through enchanting
scenery. .
Pennsylvania, part of the original
grant of PENIS Woods from King
Charles of England to william Penn, lies
in the upper reach of this section. This
State has beauty all its own, the con-
traSt of monastic quiet and teeming
activity, of valleys and mountains. En-
tering from the northwest one comes
first to the Springs District, replete
With resorts, among them beautiful
Cambridge Springs. The Allegheny
National Forest, spreading over the
ridges and valleys of these beautiful
mountains, is an attraction within it
self.
Below lies Pittsburgh beneath its
haze of smoke, center of the mighty
steel industry, weirdly beautiful as seen
at night with the lighted flares of the
great steel mills. Across to the south
center of the State is Harrisburg, the
capital, and below that picturesque
Chambersburg, which is soon to cele-
brate its centennial
Gettysburg battlefield, scene of the
decisive battle of the Civil War and the
most sanguinary struggle ever fought on
American soil, is just south of these
and presents a mecca for every tourist.
A national shrine, it lies in peaceful
serenity, only its monuments and
markers and its hallowed place in his
tory denoting the event it commence
rates.
Tabled Philadelphia with the treas
ured Liberty Bell; Carpenters Hall,
where the dream of liberty began to
take shape; Congress Hall, where Wash
ington was inaugurated as the first
President of the United States the
Betsy Ross house, where the Stars and
Stripes was born, and the burial place
of Benjamin Franklin, holds many
interesting and historic attractions.
Beauty and history vie in the North
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For the tourist who turns his car to-
ward the Middle Atlantic States,
whether vacation or business bound,
there waits q part Of the country which
embraces some Of the most beautiful
natural scenery and teens with historic
lore, according to the American Auto
mobile Association.
This section of the Eastern United
States lies between the blue Atlantic
on one side and glorious mountains at
the western edge-high, green, graceful
ridges over whose pine-clad slopes laurel
aboundS.
Within its borders and throughout its
expanSe is selection of touring points
amazingly varied. Nature has spread
vista after vista, in the midst of which
man has built historic shrines, centers
of industry, cities that are rich-mem-
Dried for the part they played in the
Nations beginning, and recreational
places of charm and beauty, some Of
them play centerS of the world.
Stretching from the Southeastern tip
of Lake Erie across Southern New York
to the Atlantic and, on the South, from
the Blue Ridge Mountains across West
Virginia and Virginia to the sea, this
area holds all of Pennsylvania, New
District of Columbia in its embrace,
with parts of the Virginias and New
York.
Included in it are such interesting
cities as Washington, D. c.; Philadel-
phia, Annapolis, Baltimore, Atlantic
City, New York City and Pittsburgh,
many of the Nations beautiful resorts,
many of It's shrines, and some Of its
famous battlefelds. Gettysburg and
Antietam are among the latter.
The gorgeous Valley of the Hudson,
the lovely Shenandoah Valley, the twist
ing picturesque Valley of the Susque-
hanna and the Graded sweep of the
quiet Potomac, on the banks of which
rest stately Mount Vernon and the tomb
of the Father of His Country, are within
its eXpanse.
Magnificent scenery, beautiful drives.
improved roads, and hotels and inns
rich in the qualities of convenience,
comfort, historic background and scenic
beauty add to the lure Of this tour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
1881 EXPORTS WILL BE
ON SATISFACTORY BASIS
1ndustrialist Says Auto Industry
Leads Revivals.

Within the automotive industry
there is a conviction that exports in
1891 will be again on a satisfactory
basis, according TO r. c. Graham,
chairman Of N. A. A. c. Export Com
mittee.
The automobile industry has always
led the revival of business and its re-
turns to normally. Its product has
become essential in the economic de-
velopment Of all nations, a product Of
which no nation as yet has sufficient
quantity and. finally a product that
everyone in the world hopes TO own
some day as soon as he can get the
necessary money. Therefore, If the
upward turn comes in 1881, as those
qualified To know seem to think II will,
automotive exports will be the first TO
respond.
Not only DO individuals find the
automobile indispensable but nations,
as well, have become dependent for
revenue upon the hundreds of millions
of dollars brought TO them annually
through taxation and customs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Getting Proper Air.

What the motorist wants in cold
weather is fresh air without draught.
If he cannot get it, he will raise the
windows of the car, which prevents the
proper giving of signals, which are more
necessary in Winter in many respects.
There are numerous varieties of draught
shields among the accessories. They
not only serve this purpose but also
that of decorating the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Traffic Tie-ups Costly.

Trafic tie-ups, caused by trafic sig
nails which have been built on an I'M
sound engineering basis or without
justification of auto trafic conditions,
cost one hundred million dollars q
year, an expert says. He further states
that half Of the trafflc lights in this
country are Of no value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Remove Carbon.

That carbon and valve cleaning job
which many motorists forget is neces-
sary at times even In this era Of anti
knock fuels may be the explanation Of
hard starting these colder days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Taxes Paid by Auto Industry.

The automobile industry pays over
$3.50 ,o00, 900 annually In Federal, State
and local taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

One hundred and forty-two thousand
tomohiles-16a per cent Of the product,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
DOMESTIC GAS
 USE INCREASES
Greater Gain Made in I93O Despite the Hard
 Times
EXCEEDS THAT OF 1929

Last years business conditions failed to affect the use of manufac- tured gas for household puproses in Connecticut in the slightest degree. In fact, the average use of gas per customer increased during 1930 to a greater extent that it did in 1929. During 1880. the average use of gas by the individual domestic customer was 2S.500 cubic feet. In 1929, the average use per customer was 27,0O0 cubic feet. gain in 1890 of 1900 cubuc feet per customer. Since 1928. the average household consumption of gas has increased by 2SOO cubic feet or close to ten per cent.
 The above figures have been de- termined from the actual reports ren- dered to the American Gas associa- tion by Connecticut public utility companies whose sales constitute 65 percent of the total gas sales made in this state. The figures do not in- clude customers who make use of manVfactured gas for the purpose of general house heating. They are confined entirely to lthe 2S5.6OO gas company customers in Connecticut who utilize gas ranges. water heat CTS. room heaters and other ap- Dliances and to a very small propor- ton of the total domestic customers who use gas for lighting purposes.
 For several years, the household utilization of gas in Connecticut has continued to grow at a. more rapid ratio that the growth in the mum Der of customers thus revealing a con- stantly widening use within the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
GET FIRST JOBS
 ON NEW PRISON
Pennsylvania's Jobless to Be Given Preference
 By Committee
BY JAMES A. SULLIVAN

(United Press Stan Correspondent) Lewisburg, Pa.--Federal, state and community employment committees are cooperating in supplying the workers needed for the construction of the new northeastern district fed- leral penitentiary in Kelly Township here.
 A stipulation in the contract awarded the Great Lakes Construc- ton company of Chicago provided that local labor be employed so far as possible.
 Government authorities announced that it was their policy to prevent importation of cheap labor. The Lewisburg Businessmen's associa- tion, with the aid of state and fed eral committees on unemployment bureau here which has listed and classified the unemployed of the ter ritory.
 About 300 men will be needed when construction work is definite ly under way this month.
 Notices to men on the list to re- port for work will be mailed by the committee, and no men will be hired on the job, it was announced.
 Despite the announcement that To- cal labor was to be given prefer ence, unemployed men are travl- ing from far and near to apply for work.
 They ranged in age from 17 to S5. None has found employment.
 At present the first unit to &C., commodate 1,500 prisoners is being built. Eventually, the prison will hold 5000 prisoners, sent here from the northeastern United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
Old Doc Stork
 Also Takes Time
 Out To Cogitate
Only 8o Births Past Month as Compared With IFS for the Same Period Year Ago-Deatfs Show Jump of Sixteen, l0o Being Registered as Against 93 Last Year

April may be the month of show CTS, both the heavenly Kind and those the brides-to-be are interested in. but this past April there was a noticeable lack of both, if records taken from the town clerks office are to be considered a criterion. Maybe there were just as many showers on brides-to-be as in April of last year. but the records show that there were but 31 marriage certificates filed in the town clerks office this past month, compared to 35 filed in April of last year.
 Miss Julia Moran, in charge of such records in the town clerks of flee, hastens to explain that. these figures are not yet complete because all marriage certificates are not filed on the day of marriages She explains that in most cases the cer- tificates are not filed until week after the parson has tied the knot. We'll, yesterday was the last day of the month and this is May ?, so this writer took the figures as presented as the official figures for April (with apologies to Miss Moran). Anyway,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
U. 5. WILL BUY
 CARS LIBRARY


 Washington.-The Library of Con- gress has announced it win purchase part of the library which was once the property of the former royal family of Russia.
 No mention was made of the price involved. The books will be ob- tained from Israel Peristein. of New York. who acquired the Russian col lection a few months ago from a state concern dealing in books in Soviet Russia.
 The collection is said to embrace about 1.700 volumes. It includes books that belonged to Alexander II, Alexander III. Nicholas II, the Count Alexis, and the Empress Marie Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III.
 The collection formerly was in the Winter Palace at Leningrad. The purchase includes numerous secret documents embraced in more than 50 volumes which had belonged, to the general staff of Russia and reiat- ed to military preparedness of vafi- ous countries adjacent to Russia.
 The books are printed in Russian, French. German. English and other languages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
State Child Health
 Commission Formed
Connecticut's Response to White House Conference
 Responsible for Early Adoption

Hartford. May 2,-Mrs Percy T. Walden, president of the Connecticut Child Welfare association in com- menting on May day. National Child Health day, says that Con- necticut's efnective response to the request of the White House confer ence on Child Health and Protec- ton for State cooperation is the ere. ation of child welfare commission.
 'This commission will make a survey and a comparative study of conditions and laws concerning child welfare and related fields and report with recommendation to the gen. eral assembly of 1883. It is the sec- ond Child Welfare commission ap- pointed in Connecticut" said Mrs Walden, land will have the advan- tage of building upon the founda- tions laid in the ten years that have elapsed since the first commission" !"
 Mrs Walden, who has been active