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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
NEW BARBER SHOP OPENS

Tom Daine is now located in his new quarters on Front Street, the former cable office building, which is owned by Mrs. Uberti. In addi- tion to his barber shop he will have card tables and carry a stock of cigarettes, tobaccos and candy. The building has just been repaired and renewed for MT. Daine.
 Henry Kufer will open his shop where Daine was temporarily To- cated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
NEW CRACKS IN
 VATICAN PALACE

VATICAN CITY, italy, Jan. 25.- A new crack has appeared in the Vatican Palace close to the wing of the Library which collapsed sev- eral weeks ago. All valuable con- tents in the endangered portion have been removed.
 Thin strips of glass, cemented over the old cracks, were broken and engineers fear the ancient walls are in danger.
 Two cracks, each seven feet long, opened across the arched ceiling on the ground floor part of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
Chapter 6 A DEADLY PROPOSITION

Darn few hints, mind you, son an sure vague an untrailable, said Winter.
 "It might be owin' to the slow gettin' rich of Gage Preston It's a fact. He's growth rich. Not so you could see it much in cattle. but in land an money in bank happen to know he has a bank account in Los Vegas. That's pretty far off you know, an it looks queer to me Found it out by accident. I buy from wholesale grocer in Los Vegas. He happened here, an ir a talk dropped hint of infor.
 nation. It's sure not known hert in Wagoritonglie, an I'm askin' yol to keep 1t under your hat"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25

his tncomprehensible buoyancy.
 He did not notice the heat while he was striding out of town, but when he got to the cedars and mounted a slope to a lonely spot he was grateful for the cool shade. He threw aside coat and sombrero, and lay down on the fragrant mat of cedar needles. How good to be there! He became aware Of his labored breathing, of moist, rest Less hands, of hot face. Excitement was strong upon him.
 Rock makes decision that promises trouble, in the next in- stallment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
ACTIVE VOLCANOES
 TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED

Harry Blunt, who piloted the air. plane in which Father Bernard Hubbard, s. J., the Glacier Priest" " made his flight over Aniakchak volcano, was passenger for Sew- ard from Seattle on the steamship Northwestern. He said he would take photographs of Alaska Penin- sula volcanoes next Spring while they were in action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
DOUGLAS NEVIS
D. I. w. c. ENTERTAINS
 FOR MRS. FRANKFURTER

Complimentary to Mrs. Dewey Frankfurter, the Douglas Island Womens club entertained Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. c. H. Bowman. Three tables of bridge were enjoyed, prizes going to Mrs. Guy Smith, for high score and to Mrs. A. R. Edwards for consola- tion. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
SHIPPING MAN ON VACATION

R. J. McKenna, agent of the Alaska Steamship Company at Fairbanks, is taking a vacation trip to the States. He is accom- panied by Mrs. McKenna. They are passengers on the steamship Vic- tOria,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
N. A. McEACHRAN RETURNS

IN. A. McEachran, Alaska repre- sentative of the Schwabacher Gro cery Company of Seattle, is again calling on Juneau businessmen. He spent the Christmas holidays in the Puget Sound metropolis. On his way here, he made business visits to Alaska towns south of this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
PEARcEs SAIL SOUTH

V. H. Pearce. chief clerk of the Alaska Road Commission at Fair banks, and Mrs. Pearce, are taking a trip to, the States. While the southbound steamship Victoria was at Juneau Saturday night, they visited friends in t.>S city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
 . BUILDING PLAN
 FOR FAR WEST
Jobs for Thousands Seen in Highway, Street,
 Bridge Work 7

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. s. Plans for the expenditure of around $650, COG, 900 on construction projects in the eleven Far Western States during 1881 have been re- ported in detail by Western Con structicn News.
 Jobs for thousands of men rose in prospect in such undertakings as building water supply systems. on which 1t was estimated $253, ,0OO, ,O0O would be spent, and in highway building, street paving and bridge building, budgeted to absorb $283,- 100000.
 The outline of construction. by divisions, was incompletely set forth
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
WILL GO TO TENAKEE

MT. and Mrs. Frank Suffecool, pioneer residents of Skagway. came to Juneau on the steamship Vic- toria Saturday evening. They plan to go to Tenakee for month to take the baths there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25

library where the catalogues are kept.
 The building is 400 years old
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
INTERNATIONAL
 BANKER PASSES
 AWAY IN EAST
Paul M. Warburg Dies iin New York Predicted
 Stock Market Collapse

(Continucd Irvss. sage One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
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 Highway Construction
 The foregoing budget included an estimated expenditure of about $45, 900 900 on road construction and highway maintenance for Texas, other items listed being in Wash ington, Oregon, California. Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mex leo.
 The largest single item in the 1 foregoing figures was in the Los Angeles water supply system, on which bonds have been voted for $220. 100000. Progress in this work has been somewhat retarded by legal aspects. The law under which these bonds were designed to be issued is the same as that govern ing the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge, which has been repeatedly under fire.
 Clearing up of the Golden Gate bond statslS would not only allow that $30,0oo.0oo project to go ahead, said s. H. Wade, President of the Western Construction News organ iSation, but would in all probability speed up the mammoth Southern California construction project.
 $70,O0O,0O0 Bridge Job
 Another large item in the budget was an estimated $7O,OO0, ,000 for the proposed Oakland San Francisco bridge. Preliminary work has been progressing smoothly on this under taking. This project win involve an outlay equal to the entire building activities of last year in Los An geles, San Francisco and Seattle, the three largest Coast cities. Oakland was slated in the pros pectus to call for bids within six months on the Alameda Contra Costa tunnel to cost $l, 700 0O0 and approaches expected to cost around | 2.600, ,000, The city of Seattle was lin line for around $2,84O,000 for grading and street work, while King County, Washington, was due to spend nearly as much on roads. The Los Angeles flood control project was booked as a $15,00O, ,O0O job for this year The Western Pa- lcific Railroad had before it an ap- proved plan for building an exten- sion on it's line from Niles into San Francisco, to cost about $8,- poo, 900. The United States Army Engineers dredging program was to cost $7.000.000, and Sacramento flood control $1,500,000. Federal projects ak Los Angeles were listed at $3,700,000. The street work pro- gram of Los Angeles was totaled at $15,455,000 by J. J. Jessup, City Engineer. s3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05

It was a wise move on the part of Governor Cross not to call special session of the Legislature to appoint successor to Representative John Q. Tilson. who no longer is "a representative. His resignation became effective Saturday and he was among the missing at the opening of Congress in Washington today. Not only would spe- cial congressional election have imposed con- siderable expense upon the state at moment when 1t does not wish to incur any addi- tional expense. but it would not have pro- vided the state with the representation to which it is entitled until about two weeks before the Roosevelt inaugural. If the election laws were observed. a special elec- ton could not be called before February }. so the governor reveals And the man elect cd on that date would not be seated before February 22. In the meantime the Con- gress would have transacted most of its short session business, we hope. There would be little to be done in the few days elapsing before the democrats took full control of Congress and the federal government. No. Governor Cross is quite right. The present representatives and senators from this state can look after the affairs of the third district in the next few months And in the future the state should do as it did when it first elected E. w. Goss of our own district, the fifth. namely. elect a man for the short and also regular sessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
Thin Trickle of Ore

Ore shipments on the Great Lakes this year. which means shipments down the lakes from the Superior iron region, were 3,567.985 tons. In 1929 they were more than 65,000.000 tons. Anyone who dared to prophecy such a decline three years ago would have been declared crazy. It is a tre- mendous drop even from last year. when the total iron ore shipment was 23.467.000 tons. So great fall would not have been credited a year ago.
 There is certain satisfaction even in such figures. There is not much farther to fall. In all probability there is no way to go. from this level, but up. So small quantity of ore cannot even replace the weight of iron and steel that is turning to rust. Another consolation-the life of those great Lake Superior desposits is prolonged; though there isn't much satisfaction just now in such reflections.
 It is inevitable that the big ore freighters will soon be forming procession again down the lakes Steel is one of the feast-or- famine industries. A tremendous deficit of production is piling up. Another year or two should bring a new feast. And since iron is fundamental. that would mean a widespread sharing in the feast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. lsS2
Right In The Saddle

As U. S. Senators and Representatives trooped their respective ways towards the Capitol today, but one thought was ap- parently uppermost in their minds, namely what will Congress do with the 18th Amendment this week. Gone were any ideas of how we would treat our foreign debtot nations. Even the pressing problems Of ur- employment relief at home faded into the background. Beer, light wine and liquor were on the rampage. Speaker Garner IS confident upon the advice of wet leaders in both the democratic and republican ranks that repeal of the dry amendment will be forthcoming shortly. It is almost too much to believe that, but certainly every in- dieation would lead us to believe that he is not engaging in idle persiflage.
 A two-thirds vote of the House is neees- sary for repeal Ordinarily that would en- tail 2o0 votes. But the necessary two thirds vote today or tomorrow or any day this week may even be ten or twenty votes less than that. The Constitution states sim ply that two-thirds of those present and voting is needed for repeal, not two-thirds of the full membership. Absentees will be fairly heavy during the short session. enough SO that the two-thirds necessary may not be more than 270 at the most The democrats being in the saddle. it is up to them to lead the way.
 Democratic strength in the House right now must be about 220. If they can't mus ter at least l90 votes for repeal the move ment is doomed for the short session. although it is possible that this number might support modification vote upon which only majority vote is required for passage. If the democrats do bring forward lo0 votes for repeal, will the republican party become party to the movement by supplying the remaining 70 or 80? That is a question which even veteran legislators don't seem able to answer The votes are said to be there. but whether they will be cast remains to be seen. The outlook IS op- tignistc to be sure for a change in our exist ing statutes governing liquor, but in what direction nobody seems exactly to know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
Who's in the Right?

The action of the Connecticut State Fish and Game Association in voting for license fee of S25O for residents and $500 for non- residents upon fox-hunts. drag g-hunts, and the like in which riding to the hounds is involved. is liable to cause os much com motion as any political scandal. However. the association seems to be backed firmly by Commissioner Thomas Beck of the State Board of Fisheries and Game and if this commission can't weld some power at the next session of the Legislature, then 1t might as well retire. On the other hand we can ex- pect some powerful lobbying on the part of those residents of the state who find relaxa- aton and recreation in their association with riding and hunt clubs.
 The fees do seem exorbitant, but after reading a little further it becomes clear that they are meant to be so. The idea IS to end all such rides in Connecticut Successful conservation of our existing small game. such as rabbits, and birds. depends. according to the State Fish and Game Association and its allied members. upon the end of the prac- tice of riding to the hounds over our mead ows and through our woodlands. That seems just bit exaggerated. It has only been of recent years that such hunts have been engaged in and certainly the territory covered by them can't be as extensive as to threaten all hunting in the state.
 We can understand why farmers might become wrathful if their herds of cows are scattered far and wide. There have been instances. it is reported. where herds have disappeared for days at time due to horse men terrifying them by breakneck riding through their pastures There should be some form of redress for this. Certainly if hunt clubs are going to engage in this form of pastime. it should be over land that they own or lease or over which they have per- mission to pass. Certainly no landowner will grant this permission if he believes it will endanger his livestock Perhaps the conflicting parties should try to work out some scheme whereby both might engage in their favorite form of sport
 This, of course. isn't new problem. It's centuries old. Landowners of another day. whose fancy and habit never ran to horses or hounds. were constantly at war with the sport loving gentry. The latter usually won because they were too often ln the majority or were able to assuage ruffled feelings by pieces of gold. The early days of this nation witnessed the similar silent and grim struggle with apparently the tiller of the soil preserving his domain from any such eneroaehment. Now we are re- verting to some of the pastimes of other centuries and bringing back their quarrels. A little thought and no hasty action will doubtless solve this difficulty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
DO YOUR WINTER BASKING IN THE
 INCORPORATING RAYS

Leonard Hll the English physiologist who has done so much to clarify our ideas about fresh air, foul air and ventilation, has recently found that the rays from electric fire or dark source of heat produce congestion of the nose and feeling of stiffness in persons who have a defected septum or some other chrome nasal obstruction.
 Hill believes the prickly sort of heat one feels on facing an electric fire is due to these nose closing" rays. which he says may be screened out by q sheet of glass between the fire and the skin, but not by ceilophane or gelatin.
 Then the physlologist finds that other rays which he calls nose opening rays are given off by an ordinary incandescent lamp and pass through glass, and these nose opening rays counteract the effects of the nose closing rays.
 He further observes that if the skin is wet with precipitation 1t Is protected against the those closing" rays. The same effect IS pro- duced by the yapors that rise from a bowl of water set in front of the electric fire.
 Glass absorbs most of the nose closing" rays and permits the nose opening" rays to pass through Hill says the nose opening rays be- long to group between 10000 and 10000 ang- stroms. in the region of the short infra-red rays.
 Sources of heat such as the open fire or gas fire are pleasant largely because they give off plenty of the nose opening" rays.
 The suggestion to place bowl of water In front of the electric heater. in order that the water vapor may shut off the those closing rays and let the 'nose-opening' rays pass through, is in linc with the standard practice of evaporating water in artifcially heated at mosphere. Much of the discomfort and i'll health caused by overhated air, foul" air, "vitated" air, etc. is due to the excessive dry ness produced by stove ors furnace heating.
 In the ordinary dwelling during the months when artificial heating is necessary, many gal Ions of water should be evaporatcd daily. two or three gallons for each room, and when this Is done Q household temperature of 68 degrees or less will be found as comfortable as 70 de- grces or higher in the dwelling where the air Is very dry.
 In order to evaporate 8 sufficient quantity of water 1t is necessary either to have a special humidifying system built into the house. or else have open reservoirs of water on or be- hind each radiator in each air register of absorbent wcking in folds hanging in the water. Such an arrangement freely evaporatcs water at the temperature of the radiator or air register. Mere open pans of water are of little value. It is scarcely worth while to evaporate a few quarts of water in dwelling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
Here, There And EDeruOhere

of early winter, ipling white lam- nations of ice to mark It's ebb.
 The sun uses the laminated ice in its decoration and then after q sat- isfactory period of dazzling the human eye, converts the ice into Q steaming mist that writes away In orthodox ghost fashion till the marsh land is once again camea- clear and peaceful beyond human possibility.
 Just the other day, 1t seems, the marsh lands were teemipg with life, and now except for the black duck that socks it's fresh water each twenty-four hours. and for a handful of blaclsbirds, thero there is no life in sight. But the keen eye may locate and the bird- minded person recognize the nests that once were teeming habitations breeding creatures against the great task of Keeping down des- tructlve insect life.
 To tho real lover of marsh lands, the winding creek must contain at least one half-stranded vessel that speaks the days when there was life along the creek. Some day that boat shall come to life and the creek also and its marshes, and out in the great cities many peo- pie will sense the change and be- gin the fret that ends only when they are back, ''summer folk" among the marshes, with an end- less vacation stretching before them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
A Book a Day
Pictures Real Greatness
 Of Plain Indians
by BRUCE CATION

A thoughtful and sympathetic
 view of aboriginal Indian culture on the western plains is something
 you don't often find these days. Writers usually make one of two mistakes: they romanticize the Noble Red Man out of all resem- blance to reality, or they paint him
 as fiendish savage just one de- gree above the wild beasts and re- joice In his extermination.
 You will find almost an ideal study of Indian life in "Wah' kon- tah," by John Joseph Mathews. This writer. himself member of the Osage nation, a college gradu- ate and World War flyer, has presented a plain and unyarnished picture of tribal ways and habits of thought, and has clothed 1t in Q remarkably fluid and poetic English style.
 Mostly. "Wah' on-tah" deals with Major Laban J. Miles, who
 was Indian agent on the Osage
 reservation for a good many years
 beginning in 1873. Major Miles
 liked the Osages and was liked by
 them, and did what he could to
 make easier their painful transi- ton from nomadism to civiliza- ton. Writing about his work. MT
 Mathews pays his tribute to tho
 man himself and to the tribesmen
 among whom he worked.
 Out of these pages there
 emerged . clear, unscntimentai
 picture of thoughtful, proud and
 mystic people who were foully dealt with by their white conquer ors. "Wah kon-tah" will give you
 q new slant on a much misun- derstood subject.
 Published by the University of Oklahoma Press at $2.50. the book is the November choice of the Book of the Month Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
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tie. And when Borah gets into the forefront of any fight he Is more than likely to steal the show from all the other progressives.
 Another dramatic and important debts with it's interlinked feature of disarmament. That, of course, is Borah's special dish. Next, to the president and the president elect he is the man whose views on that problem are sought most of- ten.
 Obviously, If he becomes major figure in the wet-dry tax and debt battles of the coming session, he will knock in the head any idea that Borah has entered period of eclipse.
 President Hoover probably has no love for Borah, following his refusal to support the president in the recent campaign. The demo- crats, now in the iascendancy, owe him nothing except for his silence, whereas the other important pro- gressives- Norris, LaFollette, John son and Cutting among them were campaigning for Roosevelt. And his stand for prohibition op- poses large majority sentiment.
 You might think that the sen- ator could at least be fortified with the thought that his constituency in Idaho was still 100 per cent behind him. But if you did you would be fooled.
 The fact is that the old master went out campaigning in big way for the reelection of his re- publican colleague, Senator John Thomas, q regular and a Hoover ite. After he had made 16 speech es for Thomas the voters of Odaho vent to the polls and defeated Thomas almost as overwhelmingly as they turned down Hoover.
 Borah is here for four more years, at least. Try to ignore him!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05

altogether wrong. As Walter Llppman ob. serves ia the New York Tribune, ''ons of lhs stages in the attainment of wisdom is the realization that in many human prob lens the issue is not between a simple right and simple wrong. but between two rights"
 The task of satesmanship in this pses- ent argument. he holds. is to find common ground beneath apparently irreeoneilable national claims. ''in order that the productive forces of the world may once more be set in motion" He suggests that this common ground may be found not in the formula of capacity to pay" but in the formula of equalization of sacrifice" along with a lump sum cash payment for final settlement.
 This suggestion is at least worth con- sidering. All the nations have sacrificed much. and will have to sacrifice more. be- fore we are through with this World War burden. If they were all frankly sacrificing together, for the common good. they might come to an agreement. As for Uncle Sam, the supreme creditor. lump sum of cash for bis receipt in full. even if it were not very large, would be better than general repudiation by the debtors-and would be mighty useful just now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
So They Say

Mrs Garner and have made 1t q fast rule not to accept any so- cial invitations. We prefer car- rying on the practice of "early to bed and early to rise' we began years ago.
 --Vice President elect John N.
 Garner.
 Japan always has been and still Is one of the most loyal supporters of the League of Nations. ---Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese rep
 preventative Of the Council of
 the League of Nations.
 our difficulties are sometimes caused by the r-patrf0ts, who have such mistaken Idea of pa- triotism that they think 1t conflicts with nternationalisn. Dean Virginia C., Gildersleeve of
 Barnard College.
 Contrary to popular belief. proposition isn't bad word to end Q sentence with. --Charles A. Lloyd, Asheviiie, ".
 C.. addressing National Council
 of Teachers of English ct
 Memphis, Tenn. < If your three little islands arc not largo enough to Accommodate the Japanese population, then Ja- pan should devise other means of solution. Why not try birth con- tro17
 --Marshai Wu Pei-fu, Japancso scholar and retired war lord,
 in message to Emperor oE Ja-
 pan.