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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-09
DEAR PAL

Dear pal, now that you're gone I'll finger on thinking of you, Dear pal, way up above Now l am blue, thinking of you; Up in the heavens they needed you He called you, what could we do, Dear pal, happy I know
 O-O-o
 The chap who marries a blonde shouldn't feel peeved if the neigh bors claim his wife is light headed.
 O-O-O
 The man who marries an icicle depends on divorce to thaw out the wedding.
 O-O-O
 There is never a hangover from hanging.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-09
AND THAT'S THAT

If China, Japan and Russia, Hop off and stage fight, What of the league of nations,
 You said 1t son, Good night" o-O-o
 You never miss the maid until her afternoon off.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Capital EnUisiOned
As Industrial Citu

Speaking on THE Romance Of
Real Estate" Hermon c. Metcalf
told the Columbia Historical So
ciety last night that Washing
ton, Hamilton and jefferson
wanted the City of Washington
to be the leading industrial as
well as the government city of
the country. Those plans have
gone awry, he said, because the
development Of railroads has
surpassed development of ship.
ping facilities.
DR.. Allen c. Clark, president
Of the society, introduced the
speaker who showed pictures Of
the older Capital City.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
FREEMAN BANS
/ NEW M|SSAL

The Right Rev. James E.
Freeman. Episcopal Bishop Of
Washington, served notice on the
clergy Of this diocese that the
American Missal is not to be
used in the churches here.
This warning was voiced last
night at the opening session Of
the annual diocesan convention.
While the bishop did not men
tiOn the misSaI by name, he de-
clared that no book, not author.
lied by the church, shall be
used.
The American Missal was
arranged for altar use by q COM
mittee Of clergymen and bishops
Of the church but has not been
authorized b y the general con-
vention of the church.
Possibility of a real controversy
in the church has developed since
the publication Of the missal, a
number Of bishops having
banned its use.
Business sessions Of the con.
vention were held today in the
Epiphany Parish Hall.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20

NEW YORK, May 20 u.N.S).
An automobile, carrying q tall
blond young man, will whirl over
the highways between Princeton
and New York City today. Past
blossoming farms and orchards, 1t
will speed along until slowed by
New York traffic.
-Four years ago today a silver
grey monoplane lifted heavily
from Roosevelt Field and started
the same young man on his IA
nous flight through fog and wind
over the vast Atlantic to Paris.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
of Paris Hop
Finds Indy at Work

he planed merely a day Of work
in celebration Of his flight, the
first solo and first nonstop dash
from the United States to Europe.
He will motor here from his
country home near Princeton and
spend the day in conferences with
officials of air transport systems.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
Free Bus-tO-TrOLLey
Transfers Are Asked

A resolution asking for free
from street cars to
buses, within the city limits, was
adopted by the Citizens Forum Of
Columbia Heights at a meeting
last night in the Wilson Teachers
College, Eleventh and Harvard
SITS, N, w.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
OXFORD HON0RS EINSTEIN

OXFORD, England, May 10
CU.P0.-An honorary degree Of
doctor of science will be con.
ferred on DR.. Albert Einstein,
noted physicist, by oxford Uni
verSity at q special convocation
Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-05-20
DENTISTS TO MEET

The District of Columbia Den
tai Assistants Society will hold its
next meeting at the Columbia
Medical Building tomorrow
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

could be avoided. And this prin- ciple is upheld in the case of the children of Paul Jones yer sus Ketchikan School Board.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

seems to be spreading through. cut the world like prairie fire Seward Gateway.
 When the Gateway takes per. sonal steps to help eradicate th. lotten rule of selfish party in terests, and this includes other eWshounds, labor will not h. s-i-jacked by the plutocrats.
 Poverty, hunger. fertilizes the breeding places of communistie ,.cGivities. The belly is the cen ter of thought Of large pro- ortion of the laboring class When the bangs of hunger are fit they have plenty of time [. l-sten to the doctrines of al Finds of 'isms."
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
Reciprocity

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotove Engineers in Washington and Oregon have served notice that they will pa tronize only those merchants, jobbers and shippers who use the freight-hauling facilities Of the railroads. A resolution sigrl- ed by General Chairman Will liam Bibelhauser, c. G. Younger, T. E. Luster, and P. w. Rathbun declares that continued use of transportation facilities other than the railroads will mean less jobs for railroad employees and that they feel it is their duty to patronize only those firmswhich give their shipping business to the railroads and thus, aid il, maintaining "the largest pay roll in the two states"
 Railroad men and those di rectly dependent upon them are responsible for a staggering amount of business in the two states each year. The patroniz- ing of auto bus lines and motor truck freights makes no jobs for railroad men. But there is one element in this story which is of particular interest to the pub lie: It is just one instance where the employers and the employ ed have realized their interde- pendence and. that. each must fight the others battle in order to protect their own interests. Such a spirit of co-operaion and reciprocaion would have obviat- ed every labor dispute in history and the public, though not a participant, is a sufferer in every disturbance.
 We talked with a couple Of salmon cannerS recently about operating costs and salmon mar kets, and we were told that the operator who made a profit this
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

CTS and since the workers are by far the greater number they should be the chief consumers. Where is the consistency in de- manding of them now that they consume the cOuntry's product when their wages would have purchased only a third of it ev- en if they could have bought at manufacturers cost. Their lack of buying power is the key to the present depression. How long must the producing ma- jority wait and starve while the consuming minority (holding in it's hands the purchasing power) catches up with production?
 And still there are those who would economize by cutting wages. We may even have a few of them in Petersburg and our neighboring town of Wrangell.
 But there are hopeful signs While the experience has beer costly, we are learning by our mistakes. Three thousand ex~ ecutives, manufacturers ana heads of advertising and sales departments from all parts of the United States and Europe met in New York a few days ago and adopted a statement to the public in which appears the fol- lowing significant language:
 This federation subscribes
 to the principle that busi-
 ness cannot realize its full
 development except thru the
 widest possible distribution
 among thecreatOrs of wealth
 of an equitable share of the
 profits of production and of
 the time economies made
 possible by the development
 of machinery.
 We hold this to be evident
 because no matter how
 great may be the advertising
 mans ability to create de-
 sire, such desire cannot be-
 come effective in producing
 business, unless behind the
 want, lies financial ability
 to satisfy it.
 Apparently the country is do- ing more straight thinking about the cause and cure oil business depressions than ever before.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
Treasury will be bankrupt by the

Treasury will be bankrupt by the first of the year. The taxes in the main come from the fisher ies. Any failure in this industry will add to the crisis and in 1885 ii is the announced policy of the Bureau of Fisheries to close the Bristol Bay area, taking that revenue from the Territory. The burdens of government must be met and how is the question now worrying some of those who put the inequitable burden upon the canners in favor of the minors.
 In the end labor, the small consumer must pay and pay and pay. And the first immediate solution is employment of resi- oent labor at a scale which will insure greater buying power in order that bills may be met, re
 pairs met, homes built and all development in stagnant pools of depression be wiped out. Their is no need for the depression to occur in Alaska with the wealth of the fisheries, timber and min erals at her doors. But when they are locked up for future generations, for the benefit of political demagogues, when the rules of reciprocity are forgotten and only selfish breed continues, then must the Territory stagger along to meet a greater financial crisis than it can bear.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
Buttons, Buttons, Who's Got the Buttons?

Some American manufactur- CTS have been at great pains of Ute to explain to LIS that there has been mo reproduction out that the idle factories and consequent unemployment are "ue solely vc under consump tion."
 Cut such expressions in any '.irection-tl;ey are the same stuff all the way through, re- presenting only an attempt to avoid responsibility end to pass Ire buck. We have been ad- monished to spend, spend, spend and save the country; buy more shoes to make more jobs for shoemakers; put dollars into cir culation and create 8 world of business, so the worker can ca. more bread to save the wheat farmer and buy more fish to save the fisherman, so the farm CTS and the fishermen can buy more coal to save the miners. so the miners can buy more shoes, so the shoemakers can eat more bread, and so on and on and on. The man who has unspent dol lars these days is beig called a traitor.
 Let us endeavor to brush aside some of the smoke and hysteria of the battle, candidly consider a few simple figures, and see on whose doorstep those accusations will finally roost.
 The census of manufacturers taken by the Department Of Commerce shows that in 1929 the total manufacturing output of this country was something like 6912 billion dollars. Tho cost of materials, containers, fuel and power was 371a billions. leaving more than 311a billions as the net value added by man. ufacture. This amount divided by the number of workers em- ployed shows that each work man produced in excess of $3,6O0 during the year, out of which he actually received $1,3O6.
 Out of the wealth produced by manufacture nearly $2 went for interest, profits, and manage ment for every dollar that went into the pockets of all the work
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

year would be indeed fortunate. T do not know what we can pay
 our. fishermen. We wish to pay them full value for their producs but unfortunately circumstances will not permit us to set a price which at this time would cause us to jeopardize our investment We'have had MT. O'Malley close our trap locations to protect Us during the time we use only lo- cal fishermen. We would like to set a minimum cost per fish ana later when the pack is sold, dis tribute to our men the differen- tial, if any, which the market allows" stated this operator. We replied that the fisher folk
 were a fair minded people whose desire was to receive fair and full value fortheir labor. At the present rate of production, the average crew delivering 25,O00 salmon at 5 cents could not ev-
 en hope for an existence but if the system, by abolishing the traps, permitted 3 catch of 100. : 900 salmon at 3 cents, the men would be satisfied with the less CT price. And if they had as Surance from the operators that 2 fair per cent of the case profit would be forth coming, they would be willing to operate Oil that basis.
 That friendly assistance in the political fields would mean S measure of relief which the can ners need. In comparison to the tax to the federal government, and the territorial tax whether the operator makes a million CT loses a million canning salmon the minor pays 2 per cent on al net profit over $5O0,O00. During the immediate future the Terri tory will face an economic crisis as it has never faced before. The
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
4 Ecu, Hints

With apologies to the Pacific
 Pulp and Paper Industry. Alaska has been sufferlng 5 from hints by the pulp and pap
 CT companies for the past seve -
 al years. The Campbells gro coming, usually at election time and the tomorrow is always .d the mediate future
 George T. Cameron publish ar of the San Francisco Chronic.r with associates, holds large tins her claims and hydro-electlir power concessions from the BL- leau of Forestry that leads the shcep-ninded citizens of Juneou 'o believe that they will soon have a new industry in that OIL town.
 While anrounceemnt of a de- finite site foc the Cameron mill mas been stldiously avoided, pr pnlar street gossip, (by the po- Jitical old maids) has already To- rated the mill at Thane, due to some natural advantages (and to unload Jackson's old Thane gold milling bubble) and it's ;,roximity to Juneau, one of tl Two major population centers ir Southeast Alaska which could be really tapped as a labor re servoir.''
 Methinks he writer meart "one of two major population "cnters in Southeast Alask2, where the labor reservoir coull| Lc readily topped"
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
WHOSE OBLIGATION?

If it is absolute unbiased in- formation honestly and sincere ly sought, we would suggest that The Gateway ask the legal Opin- ion of Senator DimOnd, or Re presentative Ziegler, or any oth- CT attorney in Alaska, "Whose obligation is the education oi Alaska's abOriginee population
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

the Territory's or the Federal Government. We will await the honest answer to this simple question.
 In the case of U. $. versus Charley Jones An Indian, charg with illegal voting, First District Court, the late Judge Thomas Reed laid down the principle that Jones was a citizen by vir- tue of birth under the American flag and jurisdiction and that it was his constitutional right to participate in all the rights an.l privileges as we'll as to assume all duties and obligati tions of ci- tizenship.
 The right of voting is an ob-- ligation and duty, despite the effort of shyster politicians to llullify this constitutional right. The right to an education in schools maintained by moneys appropriated from general taxes is another. And not one attorney in the Territory will deny this assertion-honestly. For which reason the various towns have never fought the legality of the question when it
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
Whose Obligation?
 ROTTEN RULE

It is high time the rotten rule of political rings must pass. Tn, selfish party interests now com first, not the welfare of the whole people Labor has been hi-jacked aud sanGbaggeG bl plutocrats until faith is begin ring to Waver. Communism
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10

family succored many old time pioneers and prospectors some of whom today receive pensions from the Territory. Said Indian TOW a hopeless criple is the ob- ject Of charity from his relatives
The Alaskan., 1931-07-10
Discrimination

In Juneau is a white woman, a widow who is receiving $75 per raonth for raising her own fam- iiy-from the Territory. Tn Pe- tersburg lies on her last bed of sickness native widow, with six minor children, who receives $5 per month from the Indian Bureau, in addition to which her crippled daughter adds a few dollars by picking shrimp.
 Tn Petersburg is a man whose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
Mature AbhorS a Vacuum, but the Vacuum
Tube Has Become Man S Best Friend,
Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting,
Feeling, Thinking in More Than 200
Different Ways.

trolling the flow Of electrons from fiIament to
plate. That third element he called a grid q
sort of gate through which the eectrons flowed
and which could control this flow by means of
a varying electrical charge.
There's your simple radio tube. OF course
today there are four and five element radio
tubes, having two and three gridS for much
more accurate and effective control of the cleo
iron flow
1t was 1906 when De Forest inserted that
grid into the vacuum tube. Yet quarter CEN
fury later millions Of listeners throughout the
world are enjoying entertainments produced out
of sight and physical reach, all through the aid
Of these vacuum tubes.
THE radio tube has gone even further. 1t has
made the talkieS possible and 1t has per-
nitted considerable improvement in the re-
cording OF music and voices for improved types
Of Photographs
Even more promising is television Here is
a combination of both radio vacuum tube ami
the electric eye.
The electric eye to the scientist is called the
photo-electrc CELL It Is actually q vacuum
tube that Sees one that converts this vision into
corresponding electric impulses. just as the
radio tube converts the sound 1t hears into
similar electric impulses.
Instead of De Forests grid, however, the cleo
trio eye makes use of thin layer of some aka
lin element, like potassium, caesium, selenium
and its variations than the pupil of the human
eye.
It only matter of connecting this sensitive
layer to an electric circuit TO get the results
scientists have succeeded in obtaining from
this unusual phenomenon.
TeleviSion is the most far-reaching and
promising possibility. But while television is
still in the experimental stage, the scientists
have put the electric eye to some 200 practical
uses and are finding new applications for it al
most as fast the demand arises.
TALKING motion pictures, in their projection,
require the use Of the electric eye to catch
the sound tracks alongside the film and con-
vert these waving lines of light and shade into
corresponding sounds. Here in other words Is
an instrument so remarkable that 1t even sees
sounds.
In fact, the electric eye has been made to
feel, to hear, to taste and to smell besides see
ing, applying all the five physical senses of man
through its single virtue Of sight
AS an instrument of feeling for exampIe the
photoelectric cell is being used in some of the
large paper mills to detect flaws in paper as it
passes through the rollers to "feel' its thick
ness and discard that which does not come I'D
to specifications.
In the reproduction of taIkieS the electric eve
becomes electric ear, hearing" electrically
the sounds that had been deposited on the film
at the time the scenes were photographed and
recorded
Similarly. the senses of taste and smell are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
II Schemer Comes to Grief

ONE salesman with fine scheme Is spends
- ing six months in an Iowa jail, considers
Ing the error Of his ways in trying to play both
ends against the middle. He visited farmers in
the guise Of Federal poultry and swine in~
spector. This went unchallenged for the Feds
eral Government is conducting an intensive
campaign in Iowa looking to the eradication oe
tuberculosis among the poultry and swine.
The energetic inspector" found tuberculosis
highly prevalent and had remedy that he
would gladly sell to the anxious owners Of the
docks. Curiosity was aroused. however. over the
TACT that Government agent was in private
business at the same time with the result that
the agent" is now Gin" but not in business nor
yet In the Government service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
BY ISRAEL KLEIN.

UT of almost nothing, sealed in an
alright bottle man has succeeded
in getting more than he has out
of any more substantial substance
on earth.
Vacuum the absence of air, has
not deferred him, but helped him. The vacuum
tube has become electric brain-modern civ
Nization's greatest gift
Yet it has become only within the short
span OF the last IS years. In fact its capabili-
ties have been known and developed only
within the years of the modern adult genera
tion.
It was in the Fall of 1879 only So years ago.
chat Thomas Alva Edison produced the first
electric light. What he succeeded in doing was
to exhaust enough air from glass bulb so that
o carbonized thread within the bulb heated by
electric current, burned for 40 hours.
And it wasn't until 1888 that he discovered
something happening within his bulb that
scientists now are making use of in big and
practical way.
That was termed the Edison effect, the escape
Of ultra-minute electrons from the heated fila
ment
Nothing was done about the Edison effect
for q while. Edison himself was content with
developing the electric light the first and~today
the most widely used vacuum tube in the world.
For the electric light is in reality only simple
vacuum tUbe-merely burning filament set
on fire" by an electric current passing through
vacuum or rather the non-existence of air.
The vacuum to be sure, is not complete Man
hasn't yet succeeded in securing a complete
absence OF air. But air is evacuated from these
tubes up to point at which the best lighting
effect is obtained.
TODAY, scientists evacuate air and insert a
u small amount of an inert gas like neon into
the tube to obtain some special effects. Or
they add a drop two Of mercury or some
other chemical element to obtain other effects
Or they coat the interior of the vacuum tube
container with an element to get still other
results
Out of each Of these possibilities have arisen
new uses for the vacuum tube, uses that are
growing In number and Importance almost
weekly.
There's radio. perhaps the most marvellous
discovery Of the twentieth century. The Edison
effect led to it,
First to realize the possibilities of the escap-
ing electronS from lighted filament in a
vacuum tube Sir John Ambrose Fleming
British scientist. who. in 1904, put these cleo
irons to some practical use by catching them
on small electrically connected plate inside
the tube.
That n crude. elemental form of wire
less tube until Dr. Lee De Forest, young Amer
lean scientist. installed third element into
the tube two years later and succeeded in con-