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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Commissioners Court for
 the Territory of Alaska, Division
 Number One.
 Before CHAS. SEY, Commissioner
 and ex-Officio Probate Jud g e,
 Juneau Precinct.
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 WILLIAM E. BRITT, deceased
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the undersigned was, on the 2nd day of May, 1882, appointed administrator W. W. a. of the es- tate of the above named William E. Britt, deceased. All persons hay ing claims against said estate are requested to present them, with proper vouchers attached, to the undersigned, at 424 Goldstein Build ing, Juneau, Alaska, within six (6) months from the date of this mo- tice
 DATED at Juneau, Alaska, May | End, 1882. H. L. FAULKNER, Administrator W. W. a. First publication, May 3, 1882. Last publication, May 24, 1892. 
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SEAL HUNT SAGA
 THAT COST 26 LIVES IS COMING
Viking" Tale of New foundland Perils, to
 Be Seen Thursday

Many strange locales have been sought out as backgrounds for mo- ton pictures, but it remained for Varick Frissell, youthful producer who lost his life together with 25 of his party while filming the fi- nal scenes of his picture near Horse Island, off the north cost of New foundland to bring to the screen the first all-talking all outdoor romantic drama of the Labrador seal hunters. The result has been one of the most unusual produc- tions ever filmed. It has beer titled "The Viking" after the shir Viking around which the story was written and which was destroyed in the tragic explosion which cost so many lives.
 Will Be Shown Thursday ''The Viking" will be presented at the Capitol theatre Thursday night.
 Varick Fns5eu, was the son of { wealthy old family, a graduate O Yale, lion of strength and dar. ing-le was six feet seven inches tall. He had visited the wild Lab, rador country on several occasions and loved it.
 The old New1oilndland sealing fleet once numbered $50 craft, witt total crews of 12,000 "swilers' anc net receipt of over 5000, 900 Today less than a dozen stean vessels with about thousand mer bring in S200,O00 worth of skin! and fat. The furs of the Nortt Atlantic seal are not used fol garments.
 Thrill of Hunt Remains But the thrill of the hunt, tht meance of the ice, the challenge to mems hardihood and daring re- main. And it was this thrill, thi; menace, this challenge that so firec the imagination of young F'rissel that he determined to make a mo- tion picture of it all And he must do it uickly, before it passed into history. "A motion picture enthus- fast, student of the drama ir college, he resolved that his pic
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
IMPORTS SHOW
 SLIGHT CHANCE,
 NEW SITUATION
Tariff Commission Reports to Congress-High Duty
 Sought on Pulpwood

WASHINGTON, May 17.--There has been relatively little difference in changes in the value of imports into the United States between countries on the Gold Standard and those off, was the report made to Congress yesterday by the Tariff Commission.
 The report was received as the House Way and Means closed the third day hearings on the Hawley bill to adjust tariff rates to com pensate for depreciated currencies.
 Urge High Duty
 Pulpwood and lumber spokesnlen had urged passage of high duty. The Tariff Commission reported that from October to February imports from six leading countries off the Gold Stndard declined 2S per cent while there was only a 23 per cent decline from coun- tries retaining the Gold Standard
 Asks For Support
 Senator Schall asked for sup port of the bill for higher import duty on pulpwood stating ttat many pulpwood mills must close and it is a question whether they will be ours or those of Sweden or Norway"
 Walter Wentworth, of the Maine Manufacturers and J. J. Underwood of the Seattle Chamber of Com merec, said Canadian firms were greatly aided by Great Britain. abandonment of the Gold Standard
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
FER A ANKENSTElN'
 HEADLINES NJ w BILL AT CAPITOL
Thrilling Play has Boris Karloff and Mae
 Clark Tn Cast

No one can dispute this state ment. Strange as it seems, if anybody can, Carl Laemmle, Jr., will be very much obliged to him. So will James Whale and so will Boris Karloff.
 And here's the statement. No artist ever had the nerve to draw a likeness of the monster that Dr. Frankenstein created and that everyone in the world for the last hundred years, knows, destroyed him.
 Innumerable tditions of Mrs. Mary Woolstoncroft Shelleys story of ~Frankenstein," have been pulp Eshed, and it has appeared in ev- cry language.
 No Illustration Found
 But when the makeup people at Universal City were clldgelling their brains to find out what the monster would look like, they couldn't find single illustration in any library, manuscript vault, art gallery or any other place whatsoever which would help them All that Mrs. Shelley, in her book did to help was to say, over and over again, that the face was SC dreadful, so horrifying, so repel- ant that the monster never could come into any personal relations with humankind.
 Keep Karloff Bottled Up
 This was a staggering job, but when the makeup men had Karl offs classic and highly intellectual face made over to suit them, the production department was so con- cerned about it that they bottled Karloff up in room in closed stage so that nobody could see what the makeup looked like un- til it was displayed in the theatre However, Dr. Frankenstein's mon- ster can be seen at the Capito theatre tonight when this Univer- sal production of 'Frankenstein' goes on the screen.
 Incidentally, the lack of an il- lustrated edition of "F'rankenstein' has now been repaired. Crosse' & Dunlap are issuing thoroughly l illustrated edition of this hundred year old classic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17

In the above thrilling scene of suspense in "Frankenstein," which begins showing tonight at the Capt. tol Theatre, Colin Give, as Dr. Frankenstein, is seen at the left and his life-created monster is at the right. Below are John Boles, as Victor, the friend of Dr. Franken- stein, and Mae Clarke, as Eliza beth, the fiancee of Dr. Frank enstein.
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ture should show not merely the seal hunt-he wanted. to portray also the natural nobility of the hardy people, the self-sacrifice, fears and prayers of the wives and swethearts left behind as we'll as the bravery of the men who went ito the ice.y
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
S350,000 YACHT GOES TO KODIAK
 ON BEAR HUNT
Stranger Will Be Back Here Alter Her Trip
 to Barrow

Bound for Kodiak, the $350, 900 steam yacht Stranger departed this forenoon from Juneau. On Kodiak Island Capt. F. E. Lewis, wealthy Los Angeles resident. who Is skip per and owner of the craft, and Victor Fleming of Beverly Hills, Gal, a prominent motion picture director, who is the sole guest aboard the vessel, will try to kill a fine large specimen of brown bear. ss
 win Go To Arctic
 After the hunt on Kodiak Island, the yacht, which arrived in Juneau yesterday from Balboa, Cal, will proceed on her cruise to Poin. Barrow and wrangel Island in the Arctic ocean. She will return to Juneau next Fall, when Capt. Lewis and Mir. Fleming will under take to do some hunting in this |neighborhood.
 Specimens to be Collected While in the North, Capt. Lewis is collecting living specimens of |land and sea life for geological gar- dens in Los Angeles. His vessel l is especially constructed with wa ter tanks for the preservation of Hive fish. &S
 Last evening aboard the yacht. Gov. George A. Parks and H. W. lTerhtne, Executive officer of the Alaska Game Commission, were guests of Capt. Lewis at dinner
 Samuel Swenning. Alaska guide. who joined the vessel at Kstchi- kan and took Capt. Lewis and MT. Fleming on a hunt on Admiralty Island, left the craft here. I
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17

are a new skiff and an outboard motor that were left aboard of her.
 The Ventura was 46.5 feet long, II feet wide and 3.4 feet deep. She was 13 gross and Il net tons. Her engine could develop 45 horse power. She was built at Everett in 1908.
 The vessels home port was Ju- neau. She was used as charter craft by her owner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
NO CHILDREN'S PRICES!
DO YOU DARE SEE IT?
SPECIAL NOTICE! No one admitted during last reel!

NO CHILDREN7S PRICES! NOTE By request from the producers will not admit under Is years to evening performances We will show this picture at the matinee Saturday afternoon if no objections raised by parents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
TOPNESS FUNERAL
 SET FOR TOMORROW

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of the Charles w. Car ter Mortuary for the late Knute Tcpness, who died in this city last week. The rites will be con- ducted by Rev. c. C. Saunders, pastor of the Northern Light Pres byterian Church. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
MRS. ROFF COMING
 BACK TO JUNEAU AFTER OPERATION

Mrs w. w. Rolf, who underwent a serious operation at the Coffey Clinic in Portland, Oregon, is re- turning to her Juneau home aboard the motorship Northland which sailed from Seattle last night. Mrs. Rolf is accompanied by her two children and also her mother, Mrs. Charles Stearns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17
ANCOON INDIAN GETS 6-MONTHS JAIL TERM

George Mason, Angoon Indian. was brought here Monday from Tenakee by Deputy United States Marshal Springer to serve out a six months jail sentence. Mason was convicted of assaulting his wife. s-sa s &N
 He was tried in the United States Curnrnissioner's Court at Tenakee and sentenced to six months in jail and to pay fine 6f S30O st ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-17

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ATTENTION AUTO DRIVERS

The City of Douglas car drivers licenses for the year 1882 are now due and payable to the City Clerk. Everyone that drives a car must get license before June l, or the City Marshal will take action to collect same according to the city ordinance.
 FELIX CRAY |.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
Quit Kicking And Go To Work

. Continual bowling about reduced earn ihgs of many corporations is doing much to prolong the depression. intimidate the indl- Iidual and drive money into hiding. Why shouldn't corporation and private earnings fall below the peaks of two or three years ago2 We are then living under abnormal conditions.
 1. When an automobile salesman without any capital could open an expensive show loom and sell automobiles as fast as he could 9et them. we were not living in normal times. When bond salesman without any practical experience. capital or knowledge of the intrinsic value of the securities he handled could open an office equipped with expensive furniture and oriental rugs. and sell securities. bonds. stocks. etc. to a clam bring public. and make money faster than he ever dreamed of. ordinary caution should lave warned anybody conditions were not hormal. When a real estate operator could take practically worthless land and sell it al fabulous figures which no normal crop value could justify. it should have been self-evident that there was something wrong. And so on through every Gne of industrial.
 
 During ten years of imitation. countless persons came to think that by their own ability and shrewdness they were creating wealth for themselves by speculation when. as matter of fact. most of them were cre- ating nothing and saving nothing while they lived in fools paradise which dhey thought would last forever. The majority of per sons have more today than they had in pre-. war times but they complain about having less because they are making comparisons on false basis This is true of individuals and it is true of companies. Industrial con germs expanded beyond any normal require ments. They have endeavored to maintain operations on an inflated basis which can- not be done because there is no longer any artificial demand to maintain such pro huction.
 All over the nation. one-man industries snd one.msn farms are starting again on a dsflated basis You can drive through the country and see little "shaeks' spnnging up on cheap land and in the fsr-away places The occupants of these little hoi .es are go. jng to produce their living and gradually make little surplus The big farmers who bought higb.priesd land on Inc strength of bigh.prieed crops H we'll ss the industries which built and equipped plants at peak prices and built up peak. ovefbsads, gre aft going io have 10 fesdjust themselves to ibs basis of inc man who is starting st ibs bot. som today. The iabofinS man who sn' Joysd wartime wages for ibs past decade s In fbs ssms bosL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20

The same imitation that affected industry and the individual also affected government and taxation. and government is among the last to recognize conditions and reduce its mushroom expansion accordingly. The trouble with government is that its man agers (our public officials and public serv- ants) will not reduce their own functions voluntarily. The reduction will have to be forced by tsx-weary people who. after they have adjusted their own personal and business affairs. will turn to their govern mental problems which in large measure they have permitted to expand, by their own indifference, without check during the past decade.
 Emphasizing the term hard times" has become more or less racket indulged in by growing army of theorists who would remedy our ills through schemes which try to create employment at public expense. thereby further discouraging industry through exorbitant taxation. thus creating more un- employment. Most of our economic doc tors are afraid to state in plain English that we are on new basis; that products of all kinds will be selling at pre-war prices; that large part of our unemployed are go- ing to have to make employment for them selves at wages more nearly what they re- ceived before the war. Many of the jobs they enjoyed will never return because the conditions that produced them are gone for ever unless we start another worldwide war. which would be terrific price to pay to stimulate employment. It may be hard med icine to take but it is reality and the sooner we recognize the conditions'an adjust ourselves to them, the sooner will we conquer the de- pression by merely returning to moro normal standards of living.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1882
MT. Gormley Is Right

In answering Congressman Edward W. Qosss assertion that he. Mir Gormley. fl elected to Congress in November. would be dominated by southern democrats down in Washington at the expense of New Eng land. with the request that Mir Goss give an accounting for unemployment and low wages right here in Waterbury, we think he throws dpwn the gauntlet. not only to Mir Goss but New England in general. Apparently. if all reports can be believed, New England ahd New Jersey are the only die-hards in the nation today. namely. the only states that continue to back President Hoover and the more than apparent. elsewhere. much out-of-favor republican party
 .The attitude of Representative Goss. in believing, or, more to the point. trying to make others believe that New England would have to fold up if democratic representa- tves were sent down to Washington from this section, is the attitude of New England in general. And furthermore it is the under lying sore which has been fostering in this section for years. New England's troubles, Connecticuts and even Waterbury's are not all due to the thing known as the depression. This section was slipping long before the depression. dying of dry rot. as some one 50 aptly put it. New England as the leading industrial section of the country exists no more. Population figures are tumbing everywhere, or at least are stagnant. Water bnry's hundred thousand of two years ago. by the toughest kind of scratching, if the ruth were told. would be far less today.
 Yet. Mir Goss tells us everything is fine and dandy under present conditions and that a democrat. if elected, would not have a chance down in Washington. We'll, what has he done for this section? He has lent his support to high tariff. which econo- nlists tell us is throttling the very wheels of industry in the whole of the United States. As Mir Gormley pointed out in his answer t4 Mir Goss. things right here in Waterbury. in which Mir Goss himself is personally con- cerned. are far from right. Yet Mir Goss is satisfied with the way his party is doing things down in Washington. No, if the truth were known, Mir Goss is not but like the rest of the e-hards in New England. cart sever his allegiance. to customs and ideas of the past, that great republican night mare. which haunts New Enganders even in their sleep: namely. this section. New England. cannot exist under democratic rule Well, after next March 4th and for the next four years. we are afraid it will have to. whether it votes that way or not. The rest of the country IS looking to the future not the past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
. Blame Rests on Adults

Education of motorists in traffic safety is still in the red little sehoolhouse stage of development. in the opinion of Harold c. Hoffman, motor vehicle commissioner of New Jersey, who believes that adults are largely responsible for the slow progress of safety training.
 Although good work has been done in in- stilling safety codes in the young. Commis- sioner Hoffman comments. Our efforts in teaching safety to children cannot come to full fruition until we have been successful in bringing to the adult motorist full sense of responsibility to his own children and others We must engender too. a general and wholesome respect for the motor laws de- signed to promote safety on the highways and insist upon their equitable enforcement.
 Commissioner Hoffman also points out that while younger children have demon- strated an aptitude 10 asslmilate safe prac- tces, the elder ones now in high school and Statistics show" he says. that these young sters are nopriously unsafe drivers. and for the tragic accident record of youth, l am convinced that our high schools and colleges must accept large share of responsibility The high scbools prepare these boys and girls for various activities of life; but when it comes to an activity that we are sure most of them will take up. that of driving a car they do comparatively little.
 Education in the traffic field is universal in its application. Too often we are tempted to confne consideration of it to children. and even to the motor vehicle owner and oper- ator. forgetting that the automobile manu- facturer the motor vehicle administrator, the highway engineer, the legislator, and even the corner traffic cop always must go on acquiring new and more useful knowledge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
WHY NOT CONNECTICUT?
(New Haven Journals Courier)

The announcement of tentative plans issuing from Alfred E. Smiths offices outlines 8 projected speaking tour with six major ad- dresses, three in his home state, and one each for New Jersey, Massac husetts and Rhode Island. Connecticut becomes conspicuous by its absence from the list.
 Democrats and independents Of the inter-party fringe all will ap- preciate the importance of this announcement. They know that Al Smith, because of his strong fo!- lowing. because of his proven abil- ity as a political speaker. because of his clear and fearless thinking, will prove a strong support for his party and will improve the good health of the. already vigorous democratic campaign. Connecticut democrats, however, will wonder why he apparently intends to neg lect their state.
 That Al Smith will accomplish much in the states he proposes 10 visit seems very probable indeed. That he might accomplish more by m address in Connecticut also seems probable. For it is precisely in Connecticut that the inner-party split occasioned by his silence foi- lowing the Chicago nomination was most evident and most bitter. Ills formal advocation of Franklin Roosevelt is expected to help great lv in the esta blishment of state democratic harmony. A personal visit here and Q definite speech would help much more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
A Book a Day
Sitting Bull is Given His Dues as DAaV TAaAnvs
by BRUCE CATION

Sitting Bull is Given His Dues as Real Leader
 A great warrior and an admir- able statesman gets his just dues in "Sitting Bull,' 'by Stanley Ves- tai, and I am glad to recommend the book to you as one of the most interesting biographies of the year.
 MT Vestal went to what must have been a terrific amount or work to get the real facts on the life of the famous Sioux chieftain. He sets forth here his findings, and they are worth reading.
 Sitting Bull, he insists, was not a mere medicine man." He was a real tribal chief-the most able and influential man the plains Indians produced in their final struggle for independence.
 He won his position through great personal bravery, high ability as a hand ito hand fighter and as a military strategist, constant solici- tude for the welfare of his people and an unquestioned personal in- tegrity. ter's command was Sitting Bulls battle, and the fact that Major Reno's troops were not also an- initiated was due solely to Sitting Bulls wish to let the invaders go in peace.
 MT vestal has drawn a fine three -dimensional picture of Sitting Bull and has given Q truly excellent picture of Indian life. Incidentally, he has made 1t clear that tn American governmentS policy tow ard the Sioux was one of the dark ? est chapters in our history. Sititnt' Bull was a tragic figure-and. with. al, a genuinely great American. The book is published by Hough- ton- Mifflin, and costs $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
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given bit of weather, bu: we cant tell why 1t happened that way" Marvin says. Weather
 Is the result or complication or factors.
 "Weather may be just Q fortui- tous combination of factors. There is no convincing evidence that weather sequences are eitner | fortuitous or otherwise. The fluc- tuations may arise from both peri : odic and fortuitous sources. Dr l Marvin. in recent exhaustive ex- periments with dice, demonstrated by means of a chart that weather showed fluctuations in about the same way as the ebb and flow ol luck.
 Toss a coin. If heads come up six times in succession the nexl flip is as likely to bring a head az a tail, although the law Of aver ages runs heavily against seven heads in 8 row. In the same way. despite six successive relativeiy
 mild winters this one may be cold or warm. The law of averages ie quite useless in weather forecast ing. .., average winter temperatures in | this era since 1872 shows " warm winters and 17 cold winters up to 1900 and 10 cold and Il | warm since. That may indicate
 that the polar ice is gradually melting, but no one knows now l long 1t will continue to melt ani | there is no assurance that the | warmer trend will last. | "Records for only 60 year' I aren't much to figure with" Mar. | win says. We may be able to de
 better in another 50 or 1ot l vaar rap p