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The Alaskan., 1931-03-13

In a recent issue of the Se- ward Gateway, Editor lesson of that paper declares: Tt is na- tdral for a white man to try to rrOgress; it is not so with the average native They have always been contented to carry on like their forefathers, and perhaps, after all, they get more out of life from their way of thinking"
 Which leads us to ask M, Jes- son why is it natural for enc lace to progress and for another to mark time while civilization marches on? What leads him to believe that the native is always contented to carry on as did his forefathers? And in what way does he get more out of life from their way of thinking" and what is their way of think ing?
 A number of years ago a Tah- Itan Indian woman gave birth to a son by an Englishman. That son was adopted by a Chinese and sent to China where he was educated and where he lived as a chinaman. Today that En- glish-Tahltan writes and speaks the Chinese language and does not write the English language.
 A white woman in Telegraph Creek, B. C., deserted a girl baby on the doorstep of an old Tahl- tan Indian couple. They raised that red-headed girl as befitted the daughter of a chief and to-
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13
AGAIN: ENVIRONMENT
 OR HEREDITY

day she talks and thinks in the Tahltan Indian language and cares not for her own parents people.
 An Apache Indian boy was captured by Federal Troopers during the Apache uprising He was adopted by an officer and ;siven his elementary education in the public schools. The spark of ambition in his heart was kindled so that he fought his way through college and medical school and he afterwards euc- cessfully practiced medicine in Chicago. He was one of the fore
 most Indian thinkers and op- posed to the bureaucratic don1i- nation of the American Indian ny the Indian Department.
 Many instances like the above may be given to show that not keredity but environment moulds our lives. Environment shapes the lives of every individual and only rarely does a child with stand the deterring influences of what race that child may be.
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13
LIONS IMPOSE FINE
 FOR NON-VOTING

Joining the 'Bring-out-th -ote-Campaign,' the Seattle Lions Club voted recently to inn pose . fine of $1 on every mem Ter who failed to vote at the next election. The action was taken after an appeal by Willis Prindley, chairman of the Cham Der of Commerce publicity com Tnittee to insure a representative vote on the tenth of this month.
 We are faced with the rather startling spectacle of less than 20 per cent of the registered voters taking part in the recent primary election," MT. Brindley said. This small majority pick ed the candidates who will be on the ballot next Tuesday because more than 1OO,OOO Stay-at-home voters permitted it. While cleo tion of members of the City Council, School Board and Port Commission, and the proposed charter amendments and bond issues are important, the para mount issue is whether Seattle is going to have representative government or government by a small minority.
 "Wut Tsa"
 A herd of seal were basking in
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13

was made, and the very attempt defeated the bill. Washington tried this same stunt a long time ago when they tried to keep the California fishermen from oper- ating on the Columbia River.
 Now comes Representative ziegler again with a tax on fibre boxes in an attempt to force the cannerS to use wood containers manufactured in Alaska. It is a l ropoSal of merit if practicable But in the words of MT. ziegler: This proposal is not intended 10 be a revenue producing meas ure." In our humble opinion this admission will defeat the very purpose of the bill But while it is in the legislature and if it does pass, it will make good political thunder which perhaps after all is what it is intended to be.
 Just as soon as the canners and pulpmen get ready to do SC they will carry a case into the courts and relegate the law into the same class with the now de- funct trollers' tax.
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13
BE PROUD OF YOUR BLOCD

"One day last week after 7chool one of the girls called one of the boys Jap. Then he called Ter a Native. Then they started quarreling so hard that Ee hit her. There were several others watching. They were all school mates.
 ''The next morning the teach CT asked who started the fight. The two kept blaming each oth- CT so teacher said we would have to hold court and find out the truth, and who was most to blame.
 "Wednesday morning after a day to investigate and get ready 1 -re hod court. Dan Resoff and Fad Brizgoloff were officers Paul Elei and John Resof were the two lawyers. Patrick Tedishoff, Jennie Allen and I were on the iury. Gus Stevens was the Judge. It got very exciting. It is no in suit to be called what race you are, but if you yourself are no good, then that is something to be ashamed of. Hitting people is a different matter. So When everything came out the boy was found guilty but the judge Cnly gave him a suspended sentence because the girl shouldn't have uuarreled either. x " Mary Stevens.
 The above article was written up by one of the pupils in the Cordova school and appeared in the local newspaper together with other news items regarding the Cordova school under the heading of Government School Notes"
 Our experience is that prac- tically all publications through out the Territory are anxious to- furnish information on native school affairs and would appre- ciate any item written by the pupils and corrected by the teachers. We feel that this is anI excellent way of bringing thei school before the native people and that it will act as an added incentive for our boys and girls to improve their command of the English language.
 We also take pleasure in run ming the above article in order that our native people through out the Territory may appreci- ate the outlook on life expressed
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13

the warm sunshine on thei1 favorite rockery. They had pick ed out "Wut Tsa," a half-groWr seal as sentry. Swimming back and forth around the r0okery 'Wut Tsa" kept calling to the sleeping herd warning them that some hunters were approaching the rookery, but the lazy herd gave him no heed. So lie too climbed up on the rock and dog cd off to sleep.
 Quietly but swiftly, severa canoe loads of hunters ap- preached the rookery and using shotguns, spattered their shot amongst the herd killing a large number of seal. "Wut TSa, slightly wounded, slid into the water saying: Now sleep on! am not the only one to be hurt by the failure to stay aWakep
 The Lions Club of Seattle may De likened to "Wut Tsa." They will not be the only voters whf will be hurt by the indifference and apathy of the voters where vital issues must be considered And in Alaska too, "Wut Tsa has spoken.
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13
SOUND DOCTRINE

Give the common people all the facts and there will be no racial, group or national hat reds" So speaks an Alaskan publication. We agree with the statement fully and urge that
The Alaskan., 1931-03-13

by the Cordova pupils. Race is not thing to be ashamed of. It is what we ourselves are that counts Bureau of Education Monthly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

forged tO the front when it first came Om tIle mar ket. So good that folks Saye fiji its name. Nd is even better. tOday... better than ever at no extra cost. THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE is orange color You can identify it easily On sale most everywhere from Maine to Texas ~a the sign q the Orange Disc" USE TOURCIDE. .. Day.io-dsy road news of new construction deiours and closed roads On file in Gulf Service Stations. Consult it, free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
Starr Faithful Is Dead But Mystery
 Still Shrouds Case
Some of the Letters Claimed to Have Been Written By Starr to Ship Doctor Called FOrgeries By Her Father

<, being outwitted and prevented from | doing this-which is the only pOs- sible thing for me to do.
 "If one wants to get away with murder one has to jolly well keep ones wits about one. It's the same with suicide. If I don't watch out I'll wake up in the psycopathic ward but I intend to watch out and ac- complish my end this time.
 NO ether, allonal or window jumping. don't want to be maimed. want oblivion. If there is an after 1 life it would be dirty trick-but I am sure 5O,000,00O priests are wrong. That is one of those things one knows
 Nothing makes any difference | now. I love to eat and I can have one delicious meal with no worry over gaining. adore music. I am going to hear some good music believe I love music more than any thing. I am going to drink slowly, keeping AWARE every second. | (Aware, was printed in large let l ters). Also, I am going to enjoy my last cigarets. I won't worry be- cause men flirt with me in the streets II shall encourage them.-I don't care who they are. wish I got more | pleasure sleeping with men. I'm | afraid I've always been rotten
 sleeper;' it's the preliminaries that | count with me.
 Tt doesn't matter though.
 "It's great life when one has 24
 pie. can tell them they are fat, or l that I don't like their clothes. | And I don't have to dread being lonely old woman, or poverty, or
 obscurity, or boredom. I don't have
 to dread living on without even see
 ing you, or hearing rumors such as the women all fall for him, he en-
 tertains charmingly.'
 ! Why in hell shouldn't you!-but it's more than I can cope with
 this feeling I have for you. have
 tried to pose as intellectual, there
 by to attract you, but it was not suc-
 cessful. And I could not go or
 writing those long studied letters.
 I don't have to worry, because there
 are no words to describe this feel
 ing I have for you. The words love
 adore, worship have become mean
 ingless. There is nothing I can do
 but what I am going to do. I shall never see you again. That is extra | ordinary. Although I can't compre- bend it any more than I can com prehend the words-'always' - or | 'time.' They produce merciful numbness. Starr" The other letter, written on May 30, on the stationery of hotel, in | dicated Starr was preparing to take her own life. It read:
 ~ am going (definitely now-Ive been thinking of it for long time) to end my worthless disorderly bore of an existence-before I ruin any one else's life as well. I certainly have made sordid futureless mess of 1t all. I am dead, dead sick of it. It is no one's fault but my own-I hate everything so-life is so hor- rible. Being a sane person you may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

community. only needed improve ments should be undertaken. Every argument should be presented and heard. A campaign to obtain the wholehearted backing of the com munity may be necessary in some in stances, because of the taxaation that would be involved, but if only necessary public Improvements are undertaken, the public should agree to the expense.
 "A careful study as to the ways and means of helping correct the present economic and industrial de- pression, and the unemployment sit- Eation throughout our country, has resulted in one outstanding fact. That is, much good can be accom- plished if projects for public im- provements are started at this time. Public works not only will provide employment for labor in the com munity concerned. but likewise in the factories where the material used is manufactured, in the mines or field, where the raw material originates, and among the transpor- tation companies.
 "The newspapers of the country can perform d lasting service for the good of their own communities, to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
POLITICAL TRUCE PROPOSAL FROM
 DEMOCRAT SIDE
Senator Pat Harrison Has Made the Suggestion While the Debt Plan Is Being Considered
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER United Press Staff COrresDOndentl

United Press Staff COrrcSDOndcnt) Washington, June "A - CUP) - New force has been given President Hoover's momentous proposal for q one-year holiday in all war debt and | reparations payments by suggestions from the democratic camp for po- | litical truce.
 Developments since the proposal was dramatically laid before the | world by the president Saturday night all have contributed to unit ing the country in support of the Administrations move. Most for eign reaction likewise has been fav- | orable.
 MT Hoover is compelled, however. to endure some suspense while France works out her position. This government is doing everything pos sible to persuade France to join in the plan, using figures to show that the loss to her will be negligible. Italy's reservation that Germany must abandon here projected GUS toms union with Austria also throws a complicating factor in the way. Despite these diplomatic hurdles the administration is hopeful. The suggestion for political armistice came from Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, ranking democrat on the senate IlndHce cOIH- mittee.
 "Times like these are like times of war and a political truce should be declared" said Harrison. "So far as my own feelings are con- cerned, the public interest will te best served by declaring an armis- tice on politics so that these issues may be solved by American states men rather than by American politi- cians."
 Such an utterance, coming from one of the most vitriolic critics Of President Hoover in the democratic party, was regarded as tending fur ther to reassure Europe as to the probability of congress giving its re- quired approval to President Hoov- er's plan next December. Harrison would have congress convened thirty days early to consider the matter. He congratulated the president on "the non-partisan manner Tn which he conducted the negotia- tions.
 Because of his great personal in- fluence inside the democratic na- tlonal organization. Harrison's state ment was regarded as one Of the most significant comments that has come from the opposition party Newton D. Baker, secretary of war under President Wilson. has joined with Owen D. Young. one or m" framers Of the existing reparatlons of President Hoover. thus placing two of the most eminent democrats oiitslde of the formal party orgnT,i' xation, on record behind Mir Hoover
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 paleatine'a population has Just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

not underestimate take dope to for get and drink to try and like peo- pie, but it is of no use.
 q am mad and insane over you. I hold my breath to try to stand it take allonal in the hope of waking happier, but that homesick feeling never leaves mel have, strangely enough, more of feeling of peace or whatever you call it now that it soon will be over. The half hour be- fore I die, will, I imagine, be quite | blissful.
 You promised to come to see me. | I realize absolutely it will be the one and only time. There is no earthly reason why you should come. If you do 1t will be what I call an act of marvellous generosity and kindness. | What I did yesterday was very hor- rible. Although I don't see how you l could lose your job as it must have | been clearly seen what nuisance you thought me.
 | If I don't see you again, good | bye. Sorry to so lose all sense of humor, but I am suffering so that all I want is to have it over with
 It's become hell such as I couldn't have imagined.
 If you come to see me when you are in this time you will be a sport you are assured by this letter of no more bother from me. ! My dear,
 Starr" The third letter merely expressed her regrets for her actions on the Franconia. It was understood that when she called at his cabin, Dr Carr was entertaining friends and that he told Starr to leave, that he never wanted to see her again." He learned after the boat sailed that she was still aboard and notified the captain. who had her transferred to tug in midstream
 After the grand jury hearing, Un- termyer, who eulogized Dr Carr for. his idealism and exalted sense of public duty" in bringing the letters voluntarily to this country, issued a statement which said in part:
 From all I have been able to gather of the facts, the case as it presented itself to the district attor- ney was one in which it was not 6nly eminently proper, but was his boun- den duty to investigate to determine whether it was one of suicide or death by violence. I think the let ters clearly establish a case of sui eide ,but that is. after all, only opinion"
 District Attorney Edwards said it would be necessary for a handwrit- ing expert to examine the letters to establish their authenticity.
 T cannot make any statement on whether those letters were written by Starr until they are examined by handwriting experts he said. "Dr. Carr believes they were written by her."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

New York, June 24-- CUP )--De- spite two letters said to have been written by Starr Faithful to Dr c. Jameson Carr, for whom she pro- fessed "a mad and insane" attach ment and which indicated her inten- ton of suicide, the baffling death of the beautiful Greenwich Village girl seemed no nearer solution to-day.
 The two missiyes, presented to the Nassau county grand jury yesterday by Dr Carr, ships doctor aboard the Cunard liner Franconia, told of her unrequited love for him and told of carefully laid plans by the eccentric 25-year-old girl to end her life by means which would prevent frustra- tion.
 However, District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards, who has clung to a theory of murder since the girls body was found on Long Beach more than two weeks ago, declared he was still skeptical that Starr had taken her own life.
 Stanley E. Faithful also held to the theory to-day and charged the letters were forgeries. He trembled with indignation when he was shown the missives written in round grace full script, and declared:
 ''The letters are forgeries. That's all can say"
 Apparently more agitated than at any time since he last saw his step- daughter on the Friday morning she left home never to be seen alive again, Faithful denied he had any name to suggest in connection with his charge.
 Edwards announced to-day that he intends to continue his investiga- tion along the lines of the murder theory and that the grand jury will be summoned again Friday to hear additional evidence. Inspector Har- old R. King, who has continued to refrain from expressing an opinion one way or another, said his mind was still open on whether Starr had committed suicide or had been mur- dered.
 Dr Carr, who voluntarily brought the two letters, and a third-a for nal apology from Starr for her &C., tions aboard the Franconia on May 29, when she is alleged to have been taken off the vessel in mid stream in an intoxicated condition already made public, to this coun- try from England, was accompanied by his attorney. Samuel Untermyer, whom he once attended during se- were illness aboard the Aquitania.
 What was considered the most important of the letters was posted at the Grand Central Annex at O. clock on June 4, the day preceding Starr's disappearance. It revealed the girls admiration for the ships doctor and announced that she had only "A hours to live" The letter opens with an intimate salutation and continues in emotional terms. It read;
 Hello Bill, old thing:
 "It's all up with me now. This is something am going to put through. The only thing that bothers mo about-the only thing dread is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
Legion To Start
 Public Surveys
Nationwide Campaign By 10000 Posts to Check Up on
 Needed Public Improvements

Chicago, Ill.--A nationwide cam paign for 10000 American Legion posts to conduct surveys on needed public Improvements in their vari- ous communities, then get behind m movements, in cooperation with the proper public officials, to have pro- jects started, was announced here to-day by Howard P. Savage, past national commander and chairman Of the legion's national employment commission.
 Tt is the earnest wish of our ra- tional commander, Ralph T. O'Neil, and myself as chairman of the le- gions national employment commis- sion," he said, Ito be able to report highly successful drive by the time of the national convention in De- troit with great proportion of our people employed"
 Savage has sent an appeal to all department commanders, and through them, to every post sug- gesting the necessary steps to be taken to make the campaign a suc- ce~>
 ''rhe first step" he has told them, should be an intelligent survey in CO., operation with the proper public of ficials and the newspapers of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

the state and to the nation if they will get behind this activity and start the ball rolling toward the proper relief of our some 6,0O0,00N people who are now in the throes of enforced idleness.
 ''If enough communities start this movement, and it spreads through- out state, the confidence and en- thusiasm that is engendered un- dcubtedly will have a beneficial ef- feet upon state legislatures in spoB- soring needed state projects. The same will apply to congress and fed eral officials, if enough states engage in creating needed work at this time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
GIRL INJURED ] ON HILL STREET

Joseph G. Stalk of 114 Greenwood day afternoon that while driving on Hill street, Margaret Gaetano of Burr. ton street ran out into the street from a store. The front bumper Of the machines truck and knocked her down. The little girl started to run away, but Stalk insisted upon ac-. companying her home. Dr. Thomas Cottiero was called. A bump on the head was the only mark the child had of her experience. She was bad ly frightened also.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
HAWAII POST ACTIVE

Lihue, Kauai, T. HAS it's prin- cipal community service activity this year Kauai Post of the American Legion department of Hawaii. is raising funds to erect and equip a laboratory at the local tuberculosis hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

Palestlne's population has Jus, been estimated at a0O.0OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27
Major Radio Features
SPECIAL EVENTS.

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WRC, $50; Navy day program, WRC
1000.
SPEECHES.
Back of the News in Washington" by
William Hard. WRc 75$S.z53e ::
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VARIETY.
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lI:o2.
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1880; Rudy Vsllee and His Connec-
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