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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

"I am, of course-of course I am-but the United States has always seemed good enough to me stil seems good enough if it comes to that" He drowned and moved restlessly. Don't think I'm ungrateful."
 of course not"
 Any other fellow would give his head for my chance, I know. Its wonderful and I owe it to you, but all the same. :" He broke off.
 "Mr Anderson says that this is a great opportunity for a man with ambition and energy she said quietly.
 Merriman nodded.
 T know-it was decent of him to choose me. .. Of course lknoW it is all your doing
 She half shrugged her white shoulders. .
 "Oh, no I only just mentioned 1t to him. I said you were friend of mine"
 "It was kind of you, Sondra." The silence fell again.
 It was very quiet in the little restaurant.
 Merriman said suddenly. ."The beat leaves at Il o'clock on Fri day morning" Sondras white teeth clenched suddenly on the ivory stem of her cigarette holder.
 Boats often go at Il, don't they?" she haZarded.
 Do they? I don't know" Merriman lit another cigarette The little tray between them on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03
Byrd's Good Ship Bear.
(Port Angeles News.) )

When Admiral Byrd goes back to the Antarctic next winter he will take along several up-to-date tractors to see if they might not do better at pulling sledges over the frozen wastes than the traditional dog teams. But the ship that he will sail in will be the famous Bear built few years after the Civil War and one of the worlds greatest veterans of polar voyaging
 The odd mixing of the utra-modern and the very old suggests that while some of our mechanical contrivances are a lot handler than anything our grandfathers had, there fields in which we haven't improved much their work The tractor may be a fine thing for polar explorer, but for travelling about in the stormy, ice-fled polar seas Admiral Byrd can find nothing better than an ancient wooden vessel that built before he him self born ti,
 The modern steel ship of course, is triumph of ingenuity. Her engines, in themselves are mar vels; compact powerful reliable, built to pump away steadily as the human heart, they enable the ship Ito keep her schedule regardless of wind and weather.
 who worked in wood instead of steel and placed their chief reliance on sails instead of engines they too, were masters of their craft Too often we romanticize about the old sailing Iships so much that forget how perfectly adapted lthey were for the job they had to do. They were beautiful to look upon of course, and they could Ibe unspeakaby picturesque at times; but first and foremost they were utlitarian, and they rep resented quite as high order of skill in design and construction as do their modern sisters, the steel steamships.
 Look at the photographs of this ship Bear some lday She looks out of date with her square yards land her clipper bow. You think, as you look that she ought to be museum piece somwehere. But Admiral Byrd couldn't find better ship for polar voyagng.
 ! The old-time shipbuilders knew their job
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JOHN T. SPICKETT.

There are few residents of Juneau who oo not feel personal loss in the death last Sunoay ol John T. Spickett. He was real pioneer oi tliS community, one of it's leaders for more than quarter of century, and his contacts were as woe and close as any other individual of his generation
 He loved Juneau and its people He was very real figure in the communitys every day lie TOT great many years In his own protession an acIor of another generation he achieved more than locai prominence He loved the theatre and it's sur roundings was steeped in it's traditions and art. Retiring from active participation in that mimic world he turned to the management end in order to maintain his connection with it. He endeavored, during his long business career, to give the people of this city good wholesome and clean amusements When ill-health forced him to retire from active work he missed by both young and old ana the whole community will miss him now that the final curtain call has for him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03
[I%e Fa1MlM CAe0t
BY RUDY ' M. AIRES

the table was already full of half smoked cigarettes which he had lit and allowed to go out. T wonder how long it will be Before I am home again" he said. abruptly. Anderson said five years, he thought" He carefully avoided her eyes. Five years is not such a very lor,g time Sondta said. Isn't it? It's long enough. All sorts of things will have happened. I expect I shall feel a stranger in
 strange land.9
 "You'll have, so much to tell us all The wonderful things you will have seen. believe the voyage | is marvellous" IL was clever of her to speak so quietly she thought. She was svre that nobody would have guessed from her even voice the ltGiment she was suffering as she Isat there, smiling and outwardly indifferent talking so platitudin- |ously.
 i've never been for a long voy- age" Mark answered Haven't you? I've been as far las Madeira. We had wonderful time on board"
 My boat stops at Madeira"
 Does it?y
 She knew perfectly well where t stopped, how long it took the oatC it arrived-everything about | it. Already in tortuous retrospec- tion she had seen herself as one of the little knot of people who on Friday morning would stand on the pier, smiling and trying to
 nsks conversation till the moment when the boat went slowly out of the slip. Already she had lived through the agony of farewell and had asked herself how she would hc able to bear those last mo- melts.
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THE FLYING FINN.

Thus the world has long hailed Paavo Nurm, the great champion track man of Finland whose feats on both outdoor and indoor tracks have been the sensations of the running world since 1919 Millions of people who have admired his prowess and were thrilled by his achievements will regret deeply the action of the International Olympics Committee in barring him from competing in the Olympic Games which have just opened in Los Angeles His loss will be a severe blow to Finland but not necessarily fatal as it has such runners as Willie Ritola Lauri Virtanen, Volmari Iso-Hollo and Lauri Lehtinen in the long distances and Harry Larva and Eno Purje in the middle distances to carry
 Experts have called Nurmi the greatest runner in the world up to now. And his record justifies their verdict. Thirtyfive years old, he has proved more than one occasion that age is not an i'm possible handicap. Twice his eclipse by younger stars was proclaimed in 1926 when Germany's Peltzer and Swedens Vide beat him. Their trumphs prove shortlived as Nurmi back to recapture his lost laures. Again in 1929, on second American tour he failed to show the dazzling speed that had captured the public fancy in his first appearance in this country in 1924. Articles were written about him declaring he was too old for any records noteworthy victories. Again he sur prsed his critics In 1881 he set a new world record for two miles, and in his workouts for the current edition of the Olympic Games he has showed consistent power and form This year he had planned to cap his athletic career by entering the marathon event. which he had always remained out of heretofore.
 Nurmi was of the most consistent winners ever to enter the Olympics He made his first appearance at Antwerp in 1920 where he carried off gold medals for the 10000 metre and the cross country event. In the 5000 metre race ht nosed out by the Frenchman Guillemot. From then hs added to his laures His most brilliant year in 1924 at the Paris Olympiad He cap tured both the 1,5O0 and 5000 metres events, TUT on the day easily dstancing the field Ht again won the cross-country run and the individua 5000 metres gold medal At Amsterdam, four year later the great Finn captured the 10000 metres race, was second to Ritola fellow countryman, il the 5000 metres event, and runnerup in the 3,o0 metres steeplechase to another countryman Luokola
 In the official worlds records Nurmi's name ap pears l3 times. the record d-holder for the fol lowing distances 5000 metres 8,204; 5000 metres 14,c82; 10000 metres 3OO62; l5,0OO metres 46,496 10000 metres, 104384; one-half hours run 995 metres; hours run, 1921o metres two-mie run 8595; three miles, l4ll,2 four miles, l9,156; fiv z miles 24-06.2; six miles, 29364 10 miles 5O15. Il addition to these. Nurmi holds Is unofficial indoo records for distances between one and one-eightl and four miles.
 to enter the Games will be a sore disappointment for the crowds attending them. His prestige am prowess great drawing cards and an Olympia without him a contestant will seem short o something vital
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She had several times sailed herself and had looked with idle curiosity at others left behind With tears in their eyes. and now on Friday, she would be one Of them-left behind perhaps for ever.
 Ard it was her own doing-she had brought this about, but for her, Mark might still have stayed in America where sometimes she could have seen him.
 But what would nave been the use? She could never of married him could never have had the courage to face poverty which life would mean as his wife. Cheap clothes, mean house, the eter- nal grind of trying to make ends meet on nothing a year, growing oiscor-ent and disillusionment till finally love died, and they would be left two creatures tied togeth- ter, perhaps hating one another and only longing to be free.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03
TEXAS NOT so DRY.

Last Spring, the Democratic State Convention in Texas adopted a platform endorsing the submission to the States of a referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment Dry leaders assailed this action movement by politicians that was not backed by the masses of the party in the Lone Star State Evi- dently they were misnformed the state of public sentiment in that section of the country In the Democratic statewide primary election held late in July, by vote of two to one the voters approved
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

SYNOPSIS: Why is John Anderson SC cpnsiderate, Son. dra Kent wonders, when she she has been an indifferent friend to him? Now he has promised to give Mark Merri- man a position in the Congo, although he appears to sus- pect that she is interested in Mark. Both men love Sondra, and she cannot marry either, Anderson, because he all ready has a wife from whom he is separated, and Mark, be- cause her father has made her believe she should never mar ry poor man. Although she cares for Mark she is determ- ined not to doom herself to life of poverty. At present she lives in luxury with her sister,, Flora, who has married the wealthy but ui,interesting Ben, iamin Lcmax. Sondra faces long separation from Mark, and in addition is worried be- cause she. has no money of her own and is bored by her share ir Flora's social life.
 Merriman shrugged his shoulder
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of the submission of repeal or retention Prohibi- tior resolution to be voted on by each State
 Dry leaders had pointed to the Hoover victory in 1928 in Texas in support of their theory that Texans were radically dry in sentiment As time passes it becomes and more plain that Texas like some other Southern commonwealths favored Hoover in 1928 not so much because AT Smith was wet but because Hoover was a protestant
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She raised her eyes slowly ant looked at him.
 She was a little pale though his lips smiled determinedly a: their glances met.
 If I make a success of it, ] shall owe it all to you" he said and she answered with quiet con- viction.
 You shall make a success ol it, Mark"
 He moved his hand toward her little as it rested on the table then drew it quickly away again
 T suppose we ought to be go- ing"
 Sondra shivered little.
 "Is it very late?"
 Half past 12." IT
 on" She ground out the end of her cigarette, and gathered ur her gloves and handbag.
 T suppose this is goodbye she said with faint smile She saw the sudden pain that leaped to his eyes. ks
 But I shall see you again?"
 "Oh yes" There was a sharp note in her voice now, as if some thing within her was suffering on edge. Of course, shall come and wave to you and wish you God speed"
 She broke off, and for a mo- ment they were both silent, look ing at one another, then Sondra rose.
 Let us go."
 He followed her silently out oi the little restaurant into the quiet side street.
 His car was standing at the curb-a small, unpretentious affait which Sondra knew was already sold. This was the last time she would ever ride in 1.-the last time she would ever be with him Copyright 1882 by Ruby M. Ayres)
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CHAPTER
FIVE YEAR SEPARATION

Mark Merrinan finished his wine and pushed the glass a little way from him.
 "It seems queer" he said halt irely that iii another 48 hours all this will be left right behind. ? He laughed, half apologetically You see, I've never been out of this country before.
 Sondra kept her eyes intent on lighting her cigarette.
 T know" she said vaguely There WAS a short silence, then she went on with an effort. Aren't you frightfully thrilled - about going away, I mean?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Prohibition agents excuse us, Department ot Justice investigators-are reported to have found liquor in the Rainier Club in Seattle. Somebody must be trying boost the fortunes of that excel lent institution which was recently reported to be suffering from an overdose of depression.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Smedley Butler advises the bonus seekers-re- gently driven from the nation capital by force Of arms and assembled at Johnstown, Pa.-to go home Most of them, it seems, have homes to which they may go. "a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Senator Fess says that the people have right to vote to whether they want a continuation of the Volstead Act. But they used to be called names for expressing such a desire-(St Louis Globe -Democrat)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Since Prohibition adherents frankly admit they Iare puzzled over MT. Hoover's leadership" af- fecting the Eighteenth Amendment, that just about makes the thing unanimous in this country-Lex- Iington, Ky, Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Perhaps the biggest trouble with this country is.
 however that all roads seem to lead to the United States Treasury Buffalo Courier -Express)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

A Nebraska Judge has varied the monotony by ruling that mans cellar is his castle-(Toledo lBlade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Mussolini has shaken up his Cabinet, something that is likely to happen and then in any country that keeps in the race. Indianapolis News.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Many Congressmen, by the way would be more leager to go before the people this year. if they were little surer that the people weren't going lafter them.-(Boston HeraldD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

l Hard times are when you drink 15-cent bottl of ginger ale at home instead of paying a speak IeaSy hostess S2.50 for it.-QoS Angeles Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-03

Let us not despair of the country until Calvi Coolidge becomes excited-eToledo Blade)
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The army and navy at Bangkok seem to be the new Siamese twins.-( Boston Transcript
Evening star., 1932-07-21
Odds & Ends
DraPery and
Curtain Dept.

3 Printed Monks Cloth Couch
Covers; were S4.84; now. .S2.48
IS Pillow Cavers to match, 20 IN.
square; were 94c; now. :. .4Sc
66 Colored Cottage Sets, gold or
orchid; were Sl.84; now. .97c
II prs. Colored Tailored Marqui.
sette Curtains; were S1.S4;
now. .97c pr.
3S prs. Colored Filet Net Cur.
tains with valance; were $2.84;
now Observation-Disclosures. $1.6S pr.
IA prs. Tailored French Marqui.
sette Plain colored Curtains;
were S4S4: now. .S2.48 pr.
IS prs. Colored Ruffied Priscilla
Curtains: were Sl.S4; now 97c pr.
80 prs. Embroidered Marquisette
Curtains with valance; were
$1.44; now. .S8c pr.
400 yds. 36" Cretonnes; 59c to
$l.00 values; now. ..... .l9c yd.
500 yds. IS" Cretonnes; $1.00 to
S1.50 values; now. .63c yd.
500 yds. Colored Marquisette
and Grenadines; were 34c to
64c; now. .zoc yd.
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Odds and Ends
LINENS
TINTED FREE
OPPORTUNITY SHOP
SECOND FLOOR

2 2x2.yd. double damask table
cloths, pure linen; regularly
S7.25;; sale price. ...... 1854
; 2x2l2.yd. double !damask
table cloths, pure linen; resu-
larry 5000 each; sale
price S4.94 ca.
l 67x6S cloth. pure linen da.
mask; regularly $3.50;
/ 67xS6 cloth, linen satin da-
mask; regularly S.. 1924 ca.
2 2x2la.yd. cloth. floral designs,
all linen; regularly $3.50. .$3.14
l 67xl03 cloth Scotch linen da.
mask; regularly S.. ..... 1854
50 fine quality sheets, hem
stitched, size 1890, colored
hens; regularly Sl.6S ca.
8Sc ca.
) 72x84 North Star all.wool
two-tone blankets; regularly
SI%.oo Cd, SOllcu' WIZ ca
S Play yard bath mats, large
size: regularly S3.75 ea.. 81 ca.
? quilted rose bedspreads, very
fine quality, size 72xlO8; resu.
larly $500 ca. .$5.94 ca.
5 moire bedspreads, size Tx
1903; regularly $500. 1884 ca.
l embroidered rayon poplin
bedspread, 90xl0S; regularly
S5.75 ea...............S1.94 ca. ca.
5 part.woo! plaid blankets;
regularly $2.95 ca. ..$l.74 ca.
Is brocaded bedspreads, excel.
lent quality; regularly $4.95 ca;
sale price. .S2.A "a.
II white wool.6lled comforters.
sateen covered; regularly $3.7S
ca. .S1.94 ca.
MOSES-FIRST FLOOR
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To Make More Floor Space
Ridiculous Prices Selected Fen Pieces Of Our Fine
LIVING ROOM FURNITURE

z.pc. living room suite, upholstered in a fine green
oamask. Solid mahogany legs in Queen Anne style.
Down-flled one-p piece cushion settee. Sold
floor sample as is. Regular price, SS25; Friday S9S
LARGE living room chair, upholstered in tapestry
was sos; Friday. ......:........$ $50
| CosswelI style chair with down-hed cushion.
Queen Anne style; was $ll0; Friday. y.........N9
end tables in mahogany, large shelf at base;
SIP: FRIDAY ........................$4.o sass
2,pc. living room suite, upholstered in aenuine
mohar, sides and backs covered in same. Carved
frame, base with wood panels arms Was $37S;
tie.top tables for porch living room; were Sl0
FRIDAY S39S
2.pc living room suite, covered in figured tapestry.
Genuine down.hlled cushions; was $225 Friday S9s
odd sofas in damask covers; we're $298;
Friday ........................ .SlOO
Spinet style desk of solid mahogany; was $3.50:
FRIDAY S2975
NOSES
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BLUE COCKADE PLANS
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

A campaign for membership in the
Blue Cockade, a national non-profit-
making organization. working for repeal
Of the eighteenth amendment, was
started this week under the direction
Of Laurence E. De s. Hoover. 1t was
announced today. The organization's
local headquarters were opened last
week in the Willard Hotel.
The Blue Cockade has members 1r
As States and Hawaii. Among its direc-
tors and sponsors are Senator Tyding.
of Maryland, Senator Walsh OF
Massachusetts, Conde Hart, Bur-
goyne Hamilton. Frank F. Winans
Sherman B. Joost. Henry Loundbery
William Bowie Clark. Gen. George
Squires. Countess de Beaumont, Prince
George Matchabelli and Mr.. and Mrs
William Ziegler.
The local organization b to hold
a ball August IL at the Congressional
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THE STAR, WASHINGTON THURSDAY,

ing corps will be asked TO set to work
making clothing wherever possible.
Our first step will be to supply chap
tiers saying they can make clothes with
the cloth they want" said Payne. ITO
expedite this work we will probably
get cloth already manufactured by ex-
changing cotton for it. We ought to
be able to start sending out this cloth
within a week OF 10 days.
THE second step will be to make
contacts with manufacturers of cloth
ing after the chapters have told us the
needs for readymade clothing. I am
not prepared at this time to say
whether we will exchange cotton for
manufactured clothing"
Payne has on display in the Red
Cross assembly room two long counters
piled with cotton garments to prove
that practically all clothing needs. in
cluding coats and raincoats, can be sup
piled from that material.
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RED CROSS TO SHIP
COTTON TO CHAPTERS
Use Of 100000 Bales Donated by
Congress Outlined by Chairman
John Barton Payne.

Within 10 days the Red Cross will
begin distributing 100000 bales Of Farm
Board cotton to the needy under legis-
lation passed by Congress pust before
adjournment.
John Barton Payne. Red Cross chair
man. said yesterday the $4,000 chapters
of the organization have been asked
to inform national headquarters at
once of their needs. Volunteer sew
Evening star., 1932-07-21

2.pc. Lawson stye living room SUITE covered IN
taupe and rose mohair. loose cushions, spring filled
Was $40; Friday. ay............. SsS
$3.50 love sofa covered in gold damask: Friday Sia2
) ottomans with spring top, very special. ..soyo
Console table and mirror. table with genuine maroe
Hall clock with parchment enamel finish; was sl9o:
Hish-back hall or living room chair; was Sl6s
Friday .....................:. .So'
$3.50 odd living chair with pleated BACK ene e
damask covering; Friday. ....S4'
coffee tables French style; were $33SO; .
Friday .......................: .:....: 1925
l windsor style armchair, solid mahogany rush
seat; regularly $3.50; Friday. 'si9Io
Odd occasional style chair, upholstered IN green
damask solid mahogany frame; was s'o' .,o,.
Handsome mantel clock solid mahogany has cnimes nm
Was S73 Friday. .'.''...'''' 's-'|'
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was q reasonable" price to be paid by
the distributing companies to the
Cities Service Gas Co., a pipe line in
the organization for main line" town
border gas.
The present "town border" or city
gate rate averages 39.5 cents a thou
sand cubic feet.
The distributing companies were d.
rected to appear before the commission
September l to show cause why the
ordered reductions should not be made
permanent land cause why other re-
ductions should not be made as the
evidence presented might justify"
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CUT IN GAS RATES
ORDERED IN KANSAS
Slash of 10 Cents Per 1000 Cubic
Feet Directed at IL
Companies.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., July 21.-A gas
rate reduction order which, unless 1t
is set aside in the courts, will mean
a saving to Kansas gas consumers
estimated at S928.O00 annually, was is
sued yesterday by the State Public
Service Commission.
The order. effective August !, was
directed against IL distributing COM
panies in the Cities Service Co. or
ganization. In 1t the commission in
corporated its ruling that 29.5 cents
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any intention Of making q permanent
place for herself at headquarters.
"Officially. I am not supposed 10 oe
here at ALL" she said.
The Democrats chose as their head
quarters building with q large pank-
inc and trust company in it. There
will be a place to park contributions, II
and when any arrive.
The Republican headquarters at tne
Waldorf will not open officially until
about August !. Everett SANDERS;
chairman Of the Republican Natlona!
Committee, has been in and out OF
the city and Joseph Mutt Is here get
ting the 40 rooms the Repuoicans
will 0Cupy In order, but real acIlVlueS
are 10 days away.
When both organizations get to WORK,
ing at full speed New York should
be busy place.
(Copyright, 1882. bv North American News
paper Alliance. 1GcD
Evening star., 1932-07-21
Bank Shares Given Away.

Passing the bank shares Is a new
game in Chile since the revolution
there. The $50 shares of the Anglo
South American Bank, once a flourish
ing concern, have become valueless and
have an uncalled liability of $25 each.
Fear that the liability will be called at
any time is causing many to pass the
shares on to others whenever they can.
Evening star., 1932-07-21
Jewelry

Greatly Reduced
6 Scottie Clips. in gold and silver
metal. Now. .39c
s Sports Clips, in pastel shades
Now SOC
8 Flexible Sports Bracelets, in
various cOlors. Now. -. .39c
5 Flat Sports Necklaces, two
tone. Now. 39c
2 Tulip Necklaces, in bright
orange. Now. .39c
Also a wide selection of Neck
laces. Earrings and Bracelets;
formerly 94c to $l.S4. Now 39c
MOSES-FIRST FLOOR
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All Remnants
h or Less

All Remnants and short
lengths of curtain drapery
and upholstery fabrics l
to 8 yds. in a piece marked
at great reductions n
and less.