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cases. While the Legion believes that larger number of beds should have been authorized in anticipa- tion of future needs, it appreciates the generous attitude of Congress and realizes that the victory gain- ed in the passage of the bill will open the way to obtain complete justice for all sick and disabled veterans.
 Just as the Legion has duty to perform in behalf of disabled comrades, it likewise serves those who were made orphans by the war, the dependent children of veterans who were robbed of op- portunities in life through the pa- triotic service that their fathers gave the nation in time of peril. Child welfare work has therefore become an outstanding part of the Legion's program of service. While special consideration is given to the children of veterans, the Le- zion is endeavoring in this work to bring increased happiness and
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better opportunities for the enjoy ment of life to all under-privileged children through constructive ef- forts in education and legislation.
 "As a result of the Legion's in tensive work in the last few years, improved child, welfare laws have been enacted in many States and more thought has been given to ways and means. of helping chil- dren than ever before. It is in teresting to note that when Presi- dent Hoover selected a national commission to study child welfare problems, known as the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, the Legion was ac-- corded a prominent place on that commission.
 Other Work Depicted
 Dedicated to the highest of patriotic ideals and pledged to up- hold and defend all of the prin- ciples of freedom and democracy for which our fighting men have laid down their lives, The Ameri- can Legion is vitally concerned with Americanism and citizenship work, the development of a cleaner and better type of American man. hood and womanhood. The Legion's Americanism program embraces a of worthy activities which
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Canadian Hens Bearing Heapy Responsibilities

OTTAWA, Ont, May sO-The hen is one of the greatest factors through these days of stress, Fred c. Elford, Dominion poultry htis- bandman, said on his return from the Pacific Coast.
 Poultry Is carrying things alone,' he said. For the farm CTS have tho feed on hand and are turning 1t into fresh laid down to 9 cents a dozen in some sections, the cash farm CTS are getting for them enables them to buy necessities"
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LIGHTEST WHISPER IN NOISE" CLASS. !.
 SCIENCE DECIDES

ANN ARBOR, Mich. May 3o- It is scientifically good form now to call even whisper noise if you feel that way about it.
 The word is defined scientifically for the first time by the Acoustical Society of America, which decides:
 Noise is any undesired sound.'
 This is one of 160 definitions of acoustical terms made by a com- mittee appointed by the society in 1929 to standardize the words. Dr. F. A. Firestone, of the University of Michigan, is chairman of the CO., mmittee.
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| (Continued from Page One) recognize that to the living and to the nation they have duty to perform if they are to keep faith with their buddies who marched across the brink of eternity
 Conceived out of the comrade-l ship of the World War and dedi- cated to the spirit of unselfish service, The American Legion is striving to build, in honor of those who made the supreme sacrifice, a living memorial of service. This slogan: Tn peace as in war we serve has been chosen in the ef- forts to give practical expression and interpretation to the ideals and aims of the organization. It was fitting, therefore. that The Amer ican Legion at it's inception desig- mated service to the disabled vet eran as it's first major objective. The rehabilitation of those who were wounded, who contracted ill health as result of their war service, has been major objective of the Legion for nearly dozen years and it will continue to be as long as there is a single disabled man in need.
 Legion Presses Demands axi4 Iie- abled has been outstanding from year to year but more so this year, perhaps, than ever before. At the last session of Congress when the Legion pressed it's demands for an adequate number of hospital beds that would make medical care and treatment available to all disabled veterans, a law was passed pro viding for the biggest hospital building program ever authorized by Congress. When the program is completed it will provide total of 1,7l7 beds for sick and disabled veterans who have heretofore been unable to obtain treatment because of the overcrowded conditions in the, hospitals.
 The enactment of this measure is ;. important not only because it will fill an immediate need for hospital beds but because it marks the first serious effort on the part of the Congress to recognize the responsibility of the Government toward all disabled ex-seryice men in accordance with the existing provisions of the law. Under the World War Veterans Act all ex- service men are entitled to medi- cal care. and hospital treatment without regard as to whether their disabilities were contracted in the service. Althought this has been the law of the land, veterans have never received the full benefits it. authorized for the simple reason that scarcely enough beds were available to care for those suffer- ing with service connected dis abilities.
 Committed to Policy
 Tn passing this new hospital building program, however, Con- gress was definitely committed to the policy of building hospitals for non-service connected cases. It was recognized throughout all of the hearings on the measure that there are now sufficient beds to care for all veterans with service con- nected disabilities and the testi- mony upon which the new program was formulated had to do exclus- ively with non-service connected |
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American College Boys
 Win Praise as 'Studious

LIEGE, Brussels, May 30-Jules Duesberg. rector of Liege University, who has returned from a. three months tour of America, believes that college students there are more studious than here and less dis tracted from their studies by out side interests.
 Duesberg was in America be- tween the end of the football season and the beginning of the baseball and track season.
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 the Yukon Valley has Eastern Alaska
 
 central Interior accompanied the fallen slightly Alaska slightly Western Alaska vicinity
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Obligations of Citizenship
 Are Stressed by Maj. 4tkins in Address On Memorial Day

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
Tue W eather

Forecast for Juneau and vicinity Beginning pm May tonight Sunday fair warmer gentle variable
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Thousands OF Workers Ready
For Huge May Day Turnout
To Fittingly Close May Day With Big Indoor
Meeting I'm the Bronx Coliseum

Over 20 language mass organiza-
tions have reported to the United
Front May Day Committee Of their
energetic preparations for the mighty
May Day demonstration and parade.
The Finnish workers organizations
have issued thousands of leaflets, are
holding regular preparatory mass
meetings and have arranged for their
own band of music and for marching
in a body from Madison Square to
Union Square. The masses of Ital-
ian workers are being modified by
t h revolutionary organizations
through series of open-air meetings
and distribution Of leaflets for the
May Day struggle for protection of
foreign born, against the brutal cam
paign of the labor department to de-
port militant foreign born to meet
death at the hands of the various
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TAKE FIRST STEP
TO ELECTROCUjTE
PATERSON FIVE
7orkers Must Rally to
Defense


PATERSON, N. j., April a. -
Thursday morning, April %, Com
rades Helen Gershonowitz, and Ben
famine Leib, two of the five COM
rades, held on the frame-up charge
of first degree murder we're srrsig11ed
in court on another frame-up charge,
made by Morris Urban, a. nephew
to Mr., Marx Urban, who died five
weeks after an alteration ia from
of his shop with some OF l1is ewr
underworld thugs. This charge Ia
assault with intent to kill Morris
Urban.
These two comrades win go on
trial first and what ever the out
come may be they must go on trial
ci1 the second franle-up charge along
with the other three comrades.
The trial of these two comrades,
Helen GershonoW1tz and Benjamipe
Leib is set for Monday, April q, at
the Passaic County's Court, Pater-
son, N. j. The defense committees
throughout the country, /. L. D.
branches and all committees formed
for the purpose of supporting and
helping in the smashing of the frame
up against the five active members
of the National Textile Workers Uni
on, must at once begin to function
and send all their support to the I.
L. D. Paterson Textile Workers De-
Tense Committee at 205 Paterson St,
Paterson, N. j. We request all Ian
guage papers to reprint this press
release.
On Sunday, April &c, at EOS Pater-
son st, N. j., at $3.50 p. m. the I. L.
D Paterson Defense Committee IL
calling the second Conference. The
first Conference for the defense OF
the five active members of the N T.
w. U. was held the last Sunday in
March. At that conference IT was
decided to call upon all latcr and
fraternsl organizations of Paterson
to participate III IL e defense of the
comrades. Almost all organizations
OF Paterson have been visited and a
big number have already responded
faNors bly,. We Cali upon the dele
gates to come on time and build a
united front to save these five work
ers, and strengthen the N1WU which
will be the only force that will wrest
tho workers from the clutches OF
bosses justice.
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Parents Call for Continuation
OF Mass Fight to Free Boys
Statement of Parents

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 24.-"We are the par
ents of Haywood Patterson, Andy Wright and Eugene Will
ams facing the electric chair for crime they
committed.
"The International Labor Defense and George w.
Chamlee chief counsel in the have complete charge of
the defense and doing everything that be done TO
the lives Of our boys.
Although our sons minors we were never consulted
the retainer of Steve Roddy either by the Ministers
Alliance or by Mr. Roddy.
1--WE know that the international Labor Defense has
gagged for good lawyer there is in Chattanooga
and do not want Mr. Roddy to have anything TO do
with our boys
1.-THE Interdenominational Ministers Alliance by sending
committee and Attorney Roddy to Birmingham in eff
fort to have the boys dsown the International Labor De-
tense really helping to send the boys to the electric chair
eve call upon everyone to give full support to the In
ternational Labor Defense"
Signed Mamie Williams, Ada Wright, Claude Patterson
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Over 10000 miners In the SHAM
okin Section of District 9 dover an
thracite) have been on strike for over
a week against the new starvation
program Of the mine owners. This
strike, like the recent strike Of nearly
$4,000 miners OF the Glen Alden mines
in the upper anthracite District y
is a strike directed also against the
officials of the UMWA who are open
ly acting as strike-breakers. Brennan,
the president Of District 8 openly at
tacks the strike and sides with the
employers as did President Boylan
in District I
The condition Of the miners here
is an alarming one. There are $4,000
miners out of abor% 10000 in this
District who have been unemployed
for many months, and even years.
The greater number HAYS been work
ing part time. At the present time
d. So D.
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fascist governments,

fascist governments
Scandinavian, Hungarian, Lettis11,
Lithuanian, Russian and SO on are
receiving enthusiastic response from
the workers of these nationalities for
mass participation in the May Day
defnonstra ton which will constitute
their reply to the vile provocation of
the Mulrooney police and socialists
and their alliance with the Russian
white guards, who will fly the i'm
perial colors in the socialist, police,
fascist anti working -class demonstra-
ton on May Day. These working
class organizations and tens Of
thousands of workers consider this
open Haunting of the cars murder
gangs as dastardly threat to the
New York workers and vile, active
provocation against the Soviet Union
The r. U. u. G. of Greater New
York, representing the revolutionary
labor movement of the city at its
meeting last night acted on the re-
port of its delegates to the United
Front May Day Conference. The T.
U. U. G. enthusiastically accepted the
decisions of the conference and calls
upon the workers Of New York to
give their reply on this May Day Of
international working class solidar-
ity and struggle against capitalism,
to the provocation of the corrupt
grating Tammany police with the
socialist, fascist Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Russian White Guards in
the attempt to prevent the May Day
demonstration of the working class
at Union Square.
After the parade to Union Square
the workers will rally in large num-
beers to the May Day demonstration
called by the Communist Party at
the Bronx Coliseum. This monster
mass meeting will be the culrninat-
ing point in the tremendous days
activities.
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BIG RALLIES In
BROOKLYN TODAY
Protest Scottsboro :
Prepare May Day

NEW YORK.-There will be four
open-air meetings on Saturday, April
Is, at p. m, in South Brooklyn, Red
Hook, Coney Island and Brighton
Beach, under the auspices of Section
1, Communist Party, to demand the
immediate withdrawal OF American
marines from Nicaragua and Hon
duras and that the hundreds of
thousands of dollars spent to carry
on war on the Nicaraguan workers
shall be used to give relief to the
millions of unemployed workers and
their families.
The meetings will be held at the
following places:
South Brooklyn, 50th st. and Fifth
Ave.
Red Hook, Columbia and President
SITS.
Coney Island, 23rd st. and Mer-
maid Ave.
Brighton Beach, Seventh st. and
Brighton Beach Ave.
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National Miners Union Calls On Strikers to
Elect Own Broad Committees Mass Picket,
Stop Sell-Out BY Officials

there are over 10000 affected by the
strike. and $4,000 unemployed or only
$4,000 at work throughout the entire
District.
The strike sentiment throughout
the entire District is very great. In
fact, the whole anthracite region Is
in motion. Everywhere the miners
are ready to fight. They are ready
to answer the attack that is being
made against them by the mine OPP
orators. The anthracite miners are
now, faced with the same attacks
that the miners in the soft coal re-
gions have gone through. The OPP
orators are determined to forge tens
lfsg !. II Il.
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BEACON REFUSES
MAY DAY PERMIT

BEACON, N. Y. - A United Front
Committee, consisting Of both Negro
and White Workers went down to
see the mayor of Beacon, for the
purpose of getting permission from
the mayor to demonstrate in Beacon
on May LIST.
Mayor Russell, an ignorant, bull
doing lackey of the Beacon bosses,
refused to give any permit and tried
to dismiss the committee of work
ers with the following: "As long as
am mayor in this town I wont have
any Reds in here The workers
hearing this. made a more definite
decision to have large mass meet
ing in Beacon on May 1st permit or
no permit.
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Of thousands Of miners out OF the
industry. and through speed-up and
wage cuts to maintain the present
production and reduce costs at the
expense Of the miners. Mines are
being shut down everywhere.
This whole program has the. full
support Of the UMwA officials who
tell the miners they can not fight
these conditions imposed by the OPP
orators but must accept them. Under
different conditions. different meth
DDS are used but the same betrayal
that was put over by Lewis and his
hencl1men upon the soft coal miners
is now being put over upon the miners
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Whole Anthracite Seething with Revolt at
Lay>OHs, Speed, Wage Cuts; 10000 Striking

in the anthracite. With this differ
ence. The UMWA officials are now
shamelessly and openly siding with
the operators. In the soft coal the
UMWA has been practically wiped
out with the exception of Illinois,
where the same policies and methods
are pursued by the Fishwick- Lewis
leadership as by the Lewis Boylan-
Brennan leadership in the anthracite.
In both Of these places the bosses
collect the dues for the officials
which the miners would not pay vol
unfairly. Thus the UMWA is moth
ing more than the foreman for the
companies in return for which they
are paid by the company through
salaries robbed from the miners in
the shape of dues taken through the
so-called "check-off' which the op-
orators enforce as optional on their
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FOUR HUNGER MARCHES
in INDIANA STARTED BY
MAY | DEMONSTRATIONS
May Day Starts Five Marches in Ohio: State
Capitals to Be Scene of Conferences
May 10 Conference in Michigan Plans State
Hunger March on Capital At Lansing

The unemployed of the heavy industrial section i'll the
saets along the Great Lakes the The great May
First demonstrations this year will endorse demands for state
insurance for the obess and immediate relief other FORMS
and will ray the delegations which will move on the capitals
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of at least three and possibly
four of these states shortly
afterward.
Four lines of hunger march
ers in Indiana will start on May
3 and drive on to indianapolis; five
lines of hunger marchers will start in
Ohio and come dow together from all
sides on Columbus, the capital of
that state. They reach Columbus
May 10.
Preparations in Micligs are just
getting under way, the number of
lines of march and minor details are
not yet arranged, but the delegations
will be in Lansing on May q.
Tt is probable that q state hunger
march will be arranged in Illinois
within the near future.
4 Lines of March.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April "a. -
The scope of the Indiana state hun
ger march has been much enlarged.
Instead of but one march, from the
Cary 9atnord region, there will be
four marches starting from different
corners of the state and converging
on Indianapolis, the state capital.
A mass meeting is being arranged
in Indianapolis to greet the marchers
on Sunday evening, May 8. and a
state conference on unemployment
will be held the morning of May 4.
At 4 p. m. on May 4. the hunger
marchers and the unemployed and
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Issue Statement Denouncing Attempt to Ham
string Defense by Pooling Youths, All Minors,
Into Regulating L ID
Leave Chattanooga for Birmingham Prison tx
See Boys-Rush Letters to Sons
FLASH NEWS.

BIRMINGHAM April "a (By telegram The nine
Negro youths in Jail here, victims of Scottsboro lynch
dict today repudiated statement extorted from them by
Roddy asked International Labor Defense to continue
defense.
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Only the organized power OF ths
working class can save tbs politics.
Z ~ sSaSsss l,i,N g''Siti ED ~
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HOME EXPERT !. STRESSES NEED
 OF RAW FOODS
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-H a ns CT Will Return from Sitka
 by Early in june

Nutritious food was the subject discussed at meeting of the Home Demonstration Club at Douglas last evening by Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Han- sen, who has charge of the home economies extension course Of the Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines. She emphasized the need of raw food in the diet as means of increasing the con- sumption of Vitamin c, which is essential for the prevention of soft gums and tooth decay.
 The Home Demonstration Club Of Douglas was one of the first clubs in the Territory to be or ganized under direction of the Ex- tension Service of the College.
 During the past winter the mem bers held regular meetings at which they discussed home making prob lens while they engaged in sewing.
 Mrs. Fohn-Hansen will leave Monday for Skagway and Sitka She will return to Juneau late this month or early in June.
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PRETTY NUMBERS ARE
 FEATURED MAY FETE

A large number of parents and friends witnessed the presentation of the May Day F'ete in the Nat. yesterday afternoon. The grade students were dismissed at 2:30 o'clock in order to prepare for the program, which started at 3 o'clock.
 Jessie Fraser was crowned May Queen. She was attended by Mary Loken and Glenn Kirkham, crown bearer. The lavender and pink streamers stretched from the cell ing to the balconies formed a pleas ing canopy for the pretty num- bers. The children were attired in colorful and attractive costumes
 After the coronation of Queen Jessie, the third, fourth and fifth grade boys sang baseball song; followed by a folk dance featuring members of the first grade. Attired in Dutch costumes, the sixth, sev- enth and eighth grade girls per- formed Dutch dance. The first grade sang a song, PlaymateS. In costumes typical of Scotland, the seventh and eighth grade girls danced Highland fling. Wearing big straw hats and welding rakes the sixth, seventh and eighth boys sang haymakers' song. After 8 folk dance by the first grade, the program wound up with May Pole dance by the third, fourth and fifth grade girls, who were dressed in fluffy pink and green tarletan costumes.
 Working under the supervision of the Music Department, the grads teachers planned and carried out the May Fete.
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rections, the program which has been arranged by Douglas Aerie IF, Fraternal Order of Eagles, for Mothers Day, will be given sun day evening in their hall
 Rev. P. E. Bauer heads the pro- gram with an invocation, and the vocal duet announced will be sung by Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Kirkham.
 The program will start at T O. clock. For the benefit of those who may attend both the Mothers Day program and the theatre, Manager Ott will not start his show until 8 o'clock.
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POHNERT MEETINGS
 WILL CLOSE SUNDAY

The series of Evangelistic meet ings that have been held in the Methodist church during the past three weeks will be brought to a close Sunday evening.
 As a climax for her series of ad- dresses, Miss Martha Pohnert will tell of her experiences and impress sions as she travelled through Con- muniStic Russia.
 The service will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to hear this first hand in- formation in regard to Russia. r.
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TODAY STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May g. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 1874, American Can 107h, Anaconda Copper 27A, Beth lehem Steel 452s, Fox Films IFS, General Motors 43%, Granby Con- solidated 141s, International liar vester ATS, Kennecott 21 E, Pack ard Motors IFS, Standard Brands 1873, Standard Oil of California SITS, Standard Oil of New Jer- sey, no sale; United Aircraft 31A U. s. Steel 1115s, Wright 39s, Hudson Bay As, Checker Cab 1914, IFS, 12, California Packing 255s.
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TAKES PAINS
 TO GET FAIR TRIAL

T shall hold you," said United States Commissioner Sey to Louis Oden. charged with stuffing in the front of his trousers some of the goods. wares and merchandise in Saloums store.
 The accused was held in $1 ,000 bonds to the grand jury. He can rest assured that there will be no infringement of his constitutional rights or no fault in the presenta- ton of his defense, if he is held for trial in the district court.
 As a World War veteran, he is entitled to a government loan of
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Douglas Church.
 Services

Noticee Tor this cnnrcn column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics. etc