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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
The Relief Administration.
(New York Times.)

Both Governor Roosevelt and the State are to be congratulated on his choice of members Of the Temporary Relief Administration. With the Chair man, MT. Jesse Isdor Straus of this city, are to be associated MT. John Sullivan, President of the State Federation of Labor and well known banker of Buffalo. long interested in phianthropic causes MT Philip J. Wickser. These selections to which the Governor gave a great deal of time and anxious thought, make up admirably balanced board It
 is unquestonably of a higher personnel than we should have been apt to get had the Governor not been permitted to make his own appointments without first having to get the consent Of the Senate at Albany. In administering the S20,OO0,O0u to be provided by the State the central body will have need of vast organization, covering the whole State. Governor Roosevelt points out that the ques- ton of a special womens division is already being studied, while other plans being framed to enlist the services of large number Of sklla "a and unpaid workers.
 The voluntary nature of the whole effort has been emphasized from the first Public spirited ctl- zens are responding to this appeal to undertake a great social and humane work made necessary, 1t IS to be hoped but temporarily, by the stress o1 hard times. Nothing but deep sense of civic ob- lgation we may be sure, could have induced MT Straus to make the personal sacrifice requisite ii he to respond to the Governors urgent invita- ton. President of great business house. and re- sponsble for the conduct of it's affairs, With many other duties pressing upon his attention he is ready to drop all these things and place his talents and energy at the disposal of the State It is the very highest kind of public service. No office could bring such opportunities or entail such responsl- bilities The work will be axacting and prolonged but it's successful achievement is made certain by the willingness of like MT. Straus to give the patriotic plea first place So long as this country count upon such vounteerS for emer- gency duty, need not despair of the Republic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
Almost of Age.
Cincinnati Enquirer.D


 United States air mail service is just twenty years old It is a lusty youth. Its record is one to be wondered at. Its activities, extended now over thousands of miles daily, challenge respect and admiration.
 Ships That Pass In The Night the happy and intriguing title of novel third of a century ago. They now do pass in the air as well as on the sea with routine regularity The air mail service has grown by leaps and bounds-its story is as mar vicious almost that of the Magic Carpet; and its ships actually do more than the Arabian dreamer visioned his flying fabric doing
 These ships covering thousands Of miles, hurting daily from sea to sea, deliver hundreds of pounds of air mail putting new energy and blood into the veins of compelling higher trade and commerce
 Twenty years is not long time, but the devel- opment in this connection is remarkable and i'm pressive A great peace-time activity is estab- lished, and in America it has proved itself to be superior to any foreign effort Perhaps the air mail service owes something to the intensive improvement in aircraft stimulated by the exigency of war. At my rate it has demonstrated a progressive achieve ment through all the years following the conclusion of the world conflict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
By EDWARD STANLEY

LEYDEN, Holland, Oct. N.-The world seems to have two kinds of important scientists-those it catch es up in blaze of adulation and those that it misses.
 One of the latter is going from this quiet Dutch town this fall 70 America, for the first time, to lec- ture at various universities, parti- cularly Harvard and the University of California.
 He is Dr. Willem de Sitter, cele- brated astronomer, and he probably will lecture on his theory of the universe, which is one of the three world-theories.
 Provided Scientific excitement
 It is this theory which has made him an important scientist, aside from the fact that he is a profes- sor in Leyden university and direc- tor of the observatory It has pro- vided scientific excitement for 10 years
 I1. QC CAlNOlJ 10 tllftb tAl4o is an empty world That is to say, space is so much vaster in relation to matter such as planets. suns, and so on, that it simply doesn't count. It should be explained that he does not believe that his theory fits present conditions. But it will be true, he believes. in some bil-, lions of years.
 His theory is known as de Sit ter's world" and it was developed after Einstein had advanced the theory that the world, or the uni- verse, was static It was balanced and had no systematic motion.
 This didn't satisfy De Sitter, and after a year he advanced an eX- actly opposite theory.
 Two Theories Combined Later, Lemaitre, the Belgian sci enlist, combined the two theories. in effect, to explain things as they are today. This is the theory that Dr. de Sitter accepts for the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
BUTLER SUGGESTS PLATFORM
 PLANKS.

pr. Nicholas Murray Butler pioneer opponent or the Eighteenth Amendment in recent speech at a political gathering in New York City, warned Re- publicans of disaster ahead if their party remains Dry, refuses to recede from it's high tariff position, and does nothing to reduce expenditures on arma- ment. The whole country, he has found, is dis cussing political and economic issues never be- fore even in 1898 and will demand clear-cut and definite positions the issues next year
 Dr. Butler declared all the omens are against the Republican Party. with the 1880 Congressional elections and special runoffs since that time in consideration. These have almost invariably indi- caed the drift in nonpresidential years since 1868, and lately they have been away from the present party in power.
 Asserting that by Prohibition the Government is "endowing the bootlegger by law" he warned his audience that if the Republicans do not break away from Dry domination they will find their party hopelsssly disrupted.
 On the tariff he held that the G O. P tariff policy had served it's purpose, that the country is now creditor rather than debtor; and that unless the Hawley-Smoot tariff schedules dras- tcaly cut "the 100000 unemployed will grow to 10000 000'
 Huge expenditures for armament are leftovers from system outworn and vanished, that time and distance has been wiped out by modern methods of communication and transport. The en- tire world is linked together by bands of industry and commerce and unless the United States, under Republican leadership demands actual steps be taken at the Geneva conference next February it will b. held to an accounting, he avowed.
 Dr. Butler would remove Prohibition parti- san political issue by having both the Republican and Democratic parties come out squarely for re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
MODERNIZING THE BIBLE.

From the University of Chicago comes the an nouncement that the first American Bible will soon be off the presses and ready for distribution It modernzed work containing many simpicatlons from the King James version and written in phraseology that is easily understood by the average individual. It must not be thought that the Ameri- can version has been undertaken lightly. More re- search has gone into it than in any former yer sion, and it's accuracy ought to be above criticism since both Hebraic and Greek scholars colaborated with American translators and complers in then abors.
 All Of the metrica passages of the St. John version have been handled as to lose none ot their sonorous poetical value and the translators Of the modern version have had the advantage of 5000 original manuscripts discovered since the King James vsrson compiled from the only six original papyr known to exist in 1911.
 The book is being printed by the University CT Chicago Press Even the style of printing is modernized. The ordinary book formal will be ad- hered to instead of the double column style generally followed since the first printing The New Testa- ment version is by Dr. Edgar J. Goodspeed and the Old Testament by Dr. j. M. Fowls Smith, both of the University of Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
"I Do Not Choose to. Rur."
(New York World Telegram )

Again MT Coolidge has told the country that he does not choose to But-just as four years ago-some whisper that there is mysterious hidden assent behind his plain words of denial.
 Why the mystery? MT. Coolidge is always canny. but subtle. He means what he says Why shouldn't he?
 Whether he wise enough in 1928 to foresee the national troubles ahead may be open to argu- ment but that he the Republican election troubles of 1882 is pretty clear. MT. Coolidge was never the kind to go out, of his, way to meet trouble,
 Moreover, there is very good reason why President is rarely denied one renomination To condemn MT Hoover any other President by withholding renomination would be for the party to condemn itself and its administration, and thus virtually destroy any chance of victory.
 Such action is not only considered inexpedient by politicians, but almost impossibe-the Presi- dent usually holds through patronage, enough dele gates to control at least to split the party if challenged
 As the most practical politician of our time MT Coolidge would hardly violate the unwritten law oi his party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
Public Projects in Western States Help
 Take Up Idle Slack
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air base at Sunnyvale; $5,000, ,000 bombing base in Marin county and the $3,500,00O army air base in Alameda. In Nevada 5000 men are at work on Hoover dam and more are en- ployed as construction is speeded up However this increase is offset by the shrinkage of work on farms and railroads and in mines, and the supply of labor at the dam site still exceeds the demand
 In Washington, Oregon and Cali fornia railroad construction ap- proximating sl5.00O,0O0 is projected
 As fall began the unemployed in Colorado were estimated at 25,000 with probable increase to 45,00O ate in November when the sugar beet operations end.
 Colorado Rushes Road Work
 An unofficial committee in Colo rado headed by Jesse F. Welborn is seeking work for unemployed, while the state plans to continue it's $4,O00,000 highway program throughout the winter.
 Conditions in Wyoming are re- ported generally favorable with To- cal relief programs and highway construction helping to care for the idle.
 Montanas estimated 2,500 job less are being aided by local relief measures, with unions contributing funds and splitting up work A slO000,OO0 highway program has helped.
 Providing for uransients is one of the major relief problems in New Mexico where the jobless are estimated at between 10000 and 25,000. Local efforts are being stressed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17
astronomical moment.

But recent observations by Am erican astronomers have indicated that the Lemaitre theory will hold good only for this age. This age, as stars go, will be a good many mil lion years.
 Then Dr. de Sitter's theory will become operative Thus he has a double object in visiting America Besides his lectures, he will Y1eet the men and see the observatories where support for his theory origi- mated.
 These observations revealed that the matter in the universe, star clusters, etc., are growing farther apart, retreating from each other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17

It is the Department of Agriculture, it seems, that wants to know what would be the effect Of legalization of beer on the farmer. We'll it would probably make him more cheerful, as it does the rest of us.Gr Boston Globe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17

Chemistry, says news story is to make silent tongues wag. If chemists want to confer a real boon upon mankind, they will now produce some thing to make wagging tongues silent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17

peal His conclusion that the Drys, if dissatisfied can form a party of their and make it the only issue will appeal most people as reason able solution of the impasse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17

Made of spring steel a tool has been invented to clean spark plugs without taking them apart, being inserted into the part where the carbon forms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-10-17

In a txicab ride started in Lon don and ending at the Isle of Skye, Scotland, passenger recently trav- eled more than 2,000 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
Christmas Bargains

There is not likely to be the usual riot of spending for Christmas this year. Yet there may be a bigger turnover of holiday goods than either merchants or customers expect. Incomes are smaller. but thrift funds seem to be about as large as ever. Es- inmates represent the total for the country as around half a billion dollars. Not all Of this money, or half of it. will be spent di- rectly for Christmas gifts But it will be nearly all put into circulation this month. providing stimulation for general business and helping merchants particularly.
 The smaller incomes and shrunken sav- ings, too, will go farther than the same amount of money has gone for nearly 20 years. The bargains available at the stores would have been incredible two years ago, or even one year ago. Articles of all kinds have been deflated. Many fine goods both domestic and imported can be bought to- day at less than they cost the merchants. Thus the Christmas buyer will find many bargains that he cannot expect to find again. With no excuse for extravaganza, there IS much reason for liberal buying, especially of goods serving useful purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
Building For Prosperity

The first thing that Senator Norris of Me- braska urged upon his recent return to the Capital was congressional appropriation of $3.0O0,o00,0 900 to be expended upon pub lie works to relieve the unemployed. The Nebraskan recognizes. as do many people of other countries; the soundness and effective ness of this most popular depression nos trum. France is already planning public works program which will cost 5000. .OOO.- 900 francs and take care of the unemployed until l933.
 The French project is designed to meet the specific needs of each section of the country. The coastal cities will benefit through the 500,O00.000 francs spent on harbor development. Fifty million more francs will go to extending canals and rivers, while public roads will undergo improve ments to the tune of 500.000, 900 francs
 The rural regions of France will be well cared for under this public works program, which includes 500.000.000 francs for the extension of electricity to agricultural re- gions, modernizaton of rural equipment and other improvements Construction of new school buildings to cost 300. 100000 francs is planned, as we'll as an alloeation of l0.- 000.000 francs for equipment in technical schools. Educational institutions in the French colonies will receive 40,000;000 francs for building purposes.
 Playground development alone will set in circulation 25,000.000 francs, while new hospitals and asylums to be erected in all parts of the country will release another 35O.000.000. Fifty million francs will be expended in improving tourist resorts. and this amount is in addition to the budgetary sum already provided for that purpose. The Ministry of the Air has secured l50.000.- 900 francs for civil aviation projects. which mainly consist of building and improving airports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12

Cleveland comes next with $5.6Se,0O0 and Les Angeles third with $3.321,000. The grand total of community funds for the county this year so far is about $64,0O0. .OOO, raised in 175 cities. This is fine. big outpouring of generosity, doing credit to every city concerned and to the whole na- ticn. n would be far more imposing if to the total given were added the special funds raised in New York. Chicago and other cities which do not have the definite conn munity fund system.
 But at its best. the amount is small com pared with the need. It can only take care of the most urgent wants of people forced to the hunger level through no fault of their own. And it is at best superficial and transcient remedy for what ails them. The real remedy is work. Far more than has been done by all the community funds can be accomplished if everybody in every city who can provide useful employment for idle men and women will do SO. This preserves the self-respect of the beneficiary and. by improving business. helps everybody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
LOWER THE RENTS.
Editor:

Editor:
 will you be kind enough to pub fish this letter on the subject of lower rents in Waterbury. Much
 has been said and written about lower taxes, but scarcely a word is ever mentioned about lower rents. The sentiments seems to be the "poor taxpayer" but never Q word of sympathy for the poor trent payer"
 working man has such Q load to carry, why don't the rents take drop. Taxes have been reduced the past two years and why can't the landlord. who has had the cream of the milk for some time and lower their rents. Other com- the rents which in most family budgets is the largest item by far. When taxes took 8 jump some years ago, the landlords grasped the opportunity to raise the rents, not what they were worth. but far in excess of that. Enough to cov-
 ed their tax boast and then some. If landlords were reasonable there would not be so many vacant rents
 in Waterbury, but no, they hold
 out for the highest penny until the poor tenant who is struggling along
 on a reduced wage is forced to
 skimp on food or clothing to pay
 his rent. Not until the tenant in- forms the landlord that he is about to seek more reasonably priced quarters does the landlord say he will come down on his rent. But
 then 1t is too late, the tenant who
 was a good tenant, gets a cheaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12

The American Institute of Chemical En- gineers meeting in Atlantic City have gone on record as favoring national and state legislation to curb stream pollution. The engineers consider the problem one of the gravest facing the nation today. Of course they are not losing eight of such things as foreign debts. depression. unemployment. tariff walls. prohibition. and the myriad of other tiny worries that vex most of us Still we'll agree that stream pollution is problem that demands federal and state intervention. We have seen what it could do right here in Connecticut. We are battling it with might and main. but it will be even harder for few years to come. Cities and pri- vate corporations will not be able to divert thousands of dollars to new sewage and disposal systems that neutralize wastes be- fore dumping them into streams or ponds. Still start must be made in this direction. even if merely the survey stage. Let us be thankful that this stage is passed in Connec- tieut. We are actually removing pollution causes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
Politics and Fruit

One of the things not generally known about David Lloyd-George, one time prime minister of England and leader of the liberal party is that he is fruit grower of consid- erable success. At recent home-produee exhibition at Churt, England, the world famous Welshman won 398 out of 400 points for apples and maximum of 200 points for pears grown on his estate.
 Lloyd George doubtless has excellent gardeners. It isn't likely that he pruned or sprayed or worked much over the trees that bore the prize fruit It is our guess that he has been too busy doing other things to have time for those activities. But that isn't say- ing he doesn't take keen. direct interest in his fine fruit trees or that he hasn't worked on them. Men of his success in one field usually achieve success in other. less public lines. too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
fNEA Service writer)

(NEA service WrtCef)
 Washington.--It has been many
 years since there was such sea-
 son of big doings in our nations
 capital.
 If you are not in the habit of
 reading news from Washington
 this is a fine time to start, because
 there is going to be lot of excite- ment and fighting which you will
 want to be able to discuss intelli- gently when you are with company.
 Here is congress, of course,
 which occupies the big tent. This congress Is full of hand 1t should
 be much more interesting than a always knows what the clowns, the
 circus because whereas everybody elephants and the bareback riders
 are going to do nobody knows what the 4S1 senators and congressman
 are going to do, not even they themselves. Watch the democrats, republicans and progressives fight among themselves and with Presi-
 dent Hoover!
 The side shows are also bigger and better than ever.
 For the benefit of new readers of Washington news one calls at tention to the pre-congressional entertainment features presented in the Joint committee on unem- ployment's conference on an unem- ployment program for congress, the presidents conference on home building and home ownership and the biennial convention of the Ma tional Woman's party. The unem- ployment conference was addressed by some of the nations best experts on the problem and attracted wide attention because of the importance of the unemployment relief issue here. The homes conference. a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12

The first bill to pass the House at the 72nd session was introduced by Representa- tive Shell. republican House leader. It was measure to lift the usual alien immigration and visa restrictions from participants in the 1892 Olympic games which are to be held at Los Angeles next summer. In addition free entry of personal effects and athletic equipment is authorized. We wonder if: the representative shouldn't have mentioned those wines which are causing French ath- letes worry. Wines and beers are part of. the diet that foreign athletes follow. They won't get what they are accustomed to in the good old U. s. A.. unless they bring them with them. Maybe they'll go under the heading personal effects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-12
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HERE'S A BoouET.

Allow me to congratulate the police commissioners, safety board or whoever 1t is has charge of the traffic lights around town. The installation of the double green light for outgotnig traffic on Wa tertown avenue at the junction of Robbins street was indeed the happy solution of a lot of unheces- sary delay to motorists proceeding northward. Now as the system Is there is no red light, but two green, which keep cars running smoothly with no piling. up as for merly was the case, and no reason for 1t, especially since the discon- tinuance of the trolleys on Rob- bins street. Someone used the grey matter in their head for what 1t was originally intended in making this improvement and should be rendered a vote of thanks in this day of Investigating committees, critics and cranks. And undoubr- edly if the same good judgment that was instrumental in bringing about this improvement was allowed to function more often on matters of automobile conditions in general throughout the city, motoring would cease to be a daily torture for those who have more to do than use the speedometer for an adding machine every time thsy take Henry out for a ride.
 Your respectfully,
 TAXI DRIVER.