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Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
POOL TO SAVE SMALL HOMES

LOS ANGELES, May 25, R-A pool of $2,Ooo,oOO is being raised by Los Angeles residents to aid some 5000 home owners faced with loss of mortgage homes. The funds is to be loaned in small amounts to those threatened with foreclosure, on certificates by which the loans will be liquidated and the money returned to the lenders.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
COMMENCEMENT AT ALASKA C0LLEGE WAS
 AN INSPIRING EVENT
(By Special Correspondent

On May 18th were held the 10th Annual Commencement exercises at the Alaska Agriculture College and School of Mines located near Fair banks.
 Graduates were: Norma Florin Clausen, Donald Macdonald, Fred Arthur Kubon, William Thomas Burns, James Louis Giddings, IT,, Alvin Antonio Polet, Robert Edgar Lyle, Philip Ivan Gill, John Roland Snodgrass, Donald Robert Mueller, Wilson William Walton, Aldwyn David Roberts, Olga Strandberg Doheny, Sadie Pratt Mover, and
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
LIGHTER, PLUS TANK GAR,
 EQUALS NEW TERMINAL

CLERMONT- -FERRAND, France, May 25, (P)-This city is to have a new railroad station because a trav- eler got a new cigarette lighter.
 He bought the gadget in the sta tion's tobacco shop, tried to fill it from tank of gasoline and started a fire which burned the station to the ground.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25

Here is something for local dis ciples of Isaak Walton to shoot at: Amos Sandstrom of Ketchikan captured two king salmon, one weighing more than 30 pounds, by the use of a bamboo rod and reel. Angling for kings has become a recognized sport at Ketchikan.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
MARRIED WOMEN ARE OUT

TORONTO, Ontario, May 25. - Fifty married women employed by the University of Toronto were dismissed presumably to make jobs for women unmarried and widows more in need of such employment.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
ONE AS BAD AS OTHER

BOHEMIAN, Ky, May 25, Five prohibition agents and tornado sWooped down on this town the same day. It is not known which did the most damage.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
WILL HONOR AVIATRIX

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25, (F) The Senate passed bill author izing President Hoover to award the Distinguished Flying Cross to Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam for her crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, the first solo flight made by a wo- man.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
CONGO HIGH IN DIAMONDS

LEOPOLDVILLE, May 25, (P)- The Belgian Congo now is second among world diamond producers, latest statistics giving the output of the Kasai district as 100000 caratS. Congolese diamonds are found in open mines.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
"FER GOODNESS SAKE."

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, (P)- Unemployed is the most serious problem that faces the people of the United States in the opinion of Silas H. Strawn, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. This was the high light of the address of the chief of the National business organization at the opening session of the 2Oth annual convention at the Exposition auditorium.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
.. CURRENT BREVIT|ES =.

HUNGARY DRAFTS POLICE
 BUDAPEST, May 25, P)-Faced with crime waves and having no funds with which to hire additional policemen, several towns near here have drafted civilians as watch men.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
PICNIC RESULTS TRAGEDY

P) -Felled by driving wind a giant elm tree fell across a motor truck killing four young Canadians and probably fatally injuring two others. The truck was returning from a picnic.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
MAKE HOP IN JULY

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 25. - Jonathan Saul, aviator, is planning a westward flight from London to New York and expects to be ready by July.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
INTERNAL AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25, - It is reported President Hoover had five teeth extracted but this had nothing to do with the economic problem.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
HUNTERS SHOOT OFF TOP
 BURNING ELECTRIC POLE

BORGER, Tex, May 25, P)-A Borger utility company got bill from some citizens of Durham, Okla, the other day for four boxes of shotgun shells fused in putting out a fire"
 The hunters explained they shot off the top of a power line pole, seven inches in diameter, which had been set afire by lightning.
 Thus they prevented disruption of electric service in the town.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
JUGGLED OWN STOCKS

WASHINGTON, May 25, In test imony given before the Senate Bank Committee which is conducting a probe into the short selling opera tions of the New York Stock EX- change it was revealed Saturday that one film company made $9,- 100000 profit by juggling it's own stocks.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
Austria Finds Gilded Fruit

AuStrla Finds Gllded FruIt
 VIENNA, Austria, May 25, P)- A business in gold dust, which he imported for private sale concealed in boxes of dried apricots, ended with the deportation of Jahya Ka- him, a Persion. Gold worth $420 was seized.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
CAT, 25, CATCHES WHARF RATS

ROUND POND, Me-, May 25, [P) Warren Elwell, of Muscongus Island, owns a cat which celebrated it's 18th birthday by catching two big wharf rats. It is believed to be one of the oldest cat in Maine and seems in excellent condition, hav- ing good sight and hearing.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
OFFICIAL OBSERVER

BUENOS AIRES, May 25, An of- fcial observer will attend the Brit ish Empire trade conference at Ot- tawa. Matters vitally affecting Brazils exports to England will be discussed it was announced unoffi- cially after conference between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25

CHAS. SHELDON NOMINATED
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25, (P) President Hoover Tuesday nomi- mated Charles Sheldon for post master at Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
SOVIETS TO FARM ARCTIC

YAKUTCK, U. s. S. R., May 25, P)-In it's effort to make crops near the Arctic circle, the Soviet government has sit aside 76,Oo0 acres along the Amga river in the northeastern province of Siberia for cultivation this summer. Grain, potatoes and melons are to be planted.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
PROTECT FILIPINOS' MEAT

MANILA, May 25, (P)- An ordi- nance prohibiting the eating of meat of animals not properly slaughtered was passed by the Philippine government after IT persons had died and scores of oth- CTS been made ill by the meat of a water buffalo which had died of disease.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25

In 1881 there was total of 22,- SIT persons engaged in the Alaska fishing industry, including all of it's branches
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
BEAR IS PLIERS MASCOT

ALAMEDA, Calif., May 25, (P- "Jess," a 300 pound bear mascot of the Bay Airdrome, has a record of more than 50 hours in the air.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-25
MRS. FORTESCUE ILL

MRS. FORTESCUE ILL
 NEW YORK, May 25, Mrs. G. Fortescue was to testify before Ter ritorial committee as to conditions in Hawaii but was too ill to ap- pear.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
Ell NINO FLYNN FUE EN-.
TREGADO A 81 NADGE

Atendiendo un eScrito de ha-
baas corpus que lie fuera presen-
tado, ell iuez Parks, DE- Ia corte
del circuito, hizo que fuera en-
tregado a su madre ell nino Bob
by Flynn, de 3 amos, que llegara
a esta ciudad en- compania de su
padre, Roberto Carol Flynn, a
quien ahora Sc acusa de secues-
tro.
Representa- a la Sra. Flynn ell
abogado Tom Walden.
Tom Whitaker no representa-
al acusado en- ell case, aunque hi
70 acto de presencia.
Despu5s de haber obteni1o el
nino, la FRA. Flynn y su padre,
cue la acompahara desde Neg
Orleans, Sc marcharon del hotel
Tampa Terrace, donde Sc habian
alojado.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
AUMENTO DE UN DIEZ POR
CIENTO EN- LA TARIFA
DE Aqua EN- LOS SUBUR-
BIOS

Ell comit6 de aqua del ayunta-
miento, en- una session especial
verificada aver, t0m6 ell acusrdo
de recomendar Sc aumente un 10
por ciento en- la tarifa de aqua,
a los vecinos de los suburbios.
Anteriormente Sc habia recO-
mendado un aumerto dc 500 a
los vecinos de los barrios ext"e-
mos, pero contra tai intenci6H
ell juez Parks d'ct6 una senten-
cha, prohibiendolo.
No Sc sab" 81 oho~a u aboo7-
do James w. Morris, Jr., que
representara en- ell otro case a 7os
propietarios Re Viroi";q Pa"l
Sc opondra de nuevo al pequo-
~ aumento a%cOrdado.
FL comit6 de aqua decidi6 NO
h2cer mas alteraciones en- la ia
RIA, aunqua Sc lie habi2 pedido
aumentara ell precio a los ed'fi-
as que tiensn sistema especial
d. aqua rara protection en- case
incendio.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
INGENDIO EN- Ell ALMACEN
DE LA TAMPA GROCERY.

Tn inccndio cause ayer danos
de gran importancia en- ell alma
cen de la Tampa Grocery. situa-
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
MORRIS OVENS NOMBRO A
UNO DE SUS A~SISTENTES

FL nuevo fiscal del condado,
Morris NJ. Givens, nombr6 aver
q uno de sus asistentes, ell abo-
nado T. Byrd S%parkman, y al
mismo tempo acept6 la renun-
ca de c. w. Standau, que servia
a las 6rdenes del fiscal Skinner.
Cuando Morris fue fiscal, ha-
&c amos, Sparkman lie sirvi6 de
asistente, demostrando su eff :
ciencia.
La ley a~utoriza al fiscal para
nombrar dos asistentes, con suel
do del condado.
Sparkman eS comandante del
primer battalion del 116 de hrti-
lleria.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
ENFERMA Ia .MADRE De-.
JUEZ PETTEWAY

Per eferubedad de la L adr2
del iuea Petteway. la corte de IL
criminal no pudo celebrar session
aver. siendo excuSados los testi
Cos : los ciudadanos que habia
sido llamados para formar par
te de los juradoS.
Ell Sr. Petteway trat6 de con
seguir aver otro iuez para que
presidiera, pero no es probable
que ell gobsnaGor designe a otro
antes de cue paSe eSta Semana.
Ell estado de la anciana seno-
ra es baStante grave.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
LIE ARRANGE UN PEDAZO
DE NARIZ<A UNA MUJER

Salt Lake City, Nov. 29.-Ba-
10 la acUsaci6n de haberls ar,an
e op sqrle1l opue!5u!J z!Ieu eI
cado un pedazo de Ia narlz a una
mujer, mordiendola, fu6 puesto
hoy a disposition de las autori-
dades del estado Bert Faircloug,
de 40 amos.
Va los testigos declararon que
el hombre concurri6 a una fieS-
ia de despeaida, en- honor de la
ga. Harvelt Maxwell, hermala
de su rujer, y que la mordi6 en-
brazarla.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
LA NINA GARCIA SOLO Sc
LIE AMPUTARON DOS DE-
DOS

A Ia nina Jewel Garcia, de 6
amos. herida en- ell desgraciado
accidente del sabado, solo sc l.
amputaron dos dedos de la ma
no derecha, no ell brazo por Ell
codo, como por equivocaci6n Sc
publicara.
FL estado de la nina era baS-
tante satisfactorio en- la mana
IA de hoy.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29

Glare para hey y manana. Me
nos frio. Temperature maxima.
Sc grades. minima, Is.
Marea alta a las 2:l6 a. m. Y
sos p. m.; marea baja a las
500 a. m. y SIT p, M.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
Dl@'ns V DIVORCES

'chn I, Mahoney contra Mary
l. Mahonoy; Laura Edna Chas-
tame cont "a A. C. Chastaine
Norma A. Lewis contra Charles
Austin Lewis.
La gaceta., 1932-11-29
IA dAScE'rA
nor menos de $4,000.

IVT ITNIIVo WV ~VW'VVV.
La ciudad no tratara con John
II. Drew, sino con el First Nh
nal Bank. como recibidor De IA
Drew Development Co.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Credit for Length of Days.

Dr. Henry Van Dyke, attaining the
age of eighty, declares that a man
deserves no credit for having lived so
long. Length of time, he suggests, is
a mere accident and there is no special
merit In surviving. His view of longev-
ity is neither new nor novel. 1t has
been expressed again and again by
thinkers ancient and modern. But is
it scientific? Is 1t true that an indi-
vidual is powerless to prolong his ex-
istence?
Observation prompts the idea that
DR.. Van Dyke is mistaken. Length
Of days cannot be utterly fortuitous.
The human body and the human mind
must be subject to the same laws which
govern other things used and spent. A
life lived nationally and cautiously
should last longer than life lived ex-
travagantly and carelessly. II this be
not true, what is the sense Of the COM
mon proverb about the candle burning
st both ends? Granted that there may
be exceptions to the rule. 1t would seem
that enduring the wear and tear, the
shocks and sorrows, of this world for
eight strenuous decades is no small
achievement. A man who performs
the feat is entitled to some decent
measure Of appreciation. Remember
ing the handicaps he has overcome, the
natural enemies he has yanq,lished, his
Evening star., 1932-11-26

one which may be overcome by an
appeal to patriotism" The Louisville
Courier-Joufnal points out that failure
OF other elements to function success
fully means "a non-partisan regime set
up by the President and not responsible
to the Reichstag" The North Adams
Transcript believes that present prin-
ciples and methods and policies may be
expected to survive" while the Newark
Evening News voices the view of the
Hitler incident as "postponing the re-
turn of regular parliamentary pro-
cedure and a continuance of what is
virtually a Won Hindcnburg distactor-
ship"
won Hindenburg has tried a re-
dictionary government and it has failed, {"
declares the Rutland Herald, with the
belief that there may be trial of one
OF more radical character, while the
Omaha World Herald offers the judg-
ment OF the present situation: THE
Junkers probably came nearer the Pres
1dent's idea of how Germany should be
governed than any other party; GER
tainly nearer than Hitler. Therefore, 1t
Is a testimonial to his patriotic devo-
ton that he should call for a govern
ment more acceptable to the people.
There is satisfaction in knowing that
such man is ruling Germany. But
Germany, like Italy, must suffer from
the effects of a strong man govern
ment. Both nations must inevitably
come to depend SO much upon the
strong man that his death will be a
devastating blow. When Mussolini dies
an outburst of the rampant and pug
nacious nationaliSm, which he alone
can foster without burning the coun-
try's fingers in international affairs is
to be expected. And when Won Hin
denburg dies a chaotic war between
Communists. Fascists and Socialists is
likely to follow
Evening star., 1932-11-26

reled," since both were members of
the same political party. Herein is to
be discerned a significant limitation of
the concept Of the all-powerful political
leader of Italy of American affairs. To
be members of the same party, accord
ing to Mussolini, 1t would seem, is to
be united in all matters relating to gov
ernment. Indeed, there can be only one
party, according to the standpoint of
the Italian leader. The idea that the
mayor of the largest American city
should be at odds with the Governor of
his State is altogether bizarre. Prob
ably II Duce knows nothing Of the Sea-
bury inquiry and but little Of the hear
ings at Albany on the question Of re-
moval. Gould not the chief executive
of the State make the mayor of the
metropolis behave? Would not Musso-
lini himself make the mayor of Rome
conform to the standards of integrity
established at grand headquarters?
The idea of protracted cross-examina-
ton Of a recalcitrant mayor by the
great chief Of the realm on questions of
personal income and irregular advan-
tages is altogether foreign to the Musso-
lini concept Of government. Perfect
subordination and discipline should be
expected. This disclosure of the pre-
mier's limitation Of understanding of
American politics suggests that II Duce
really ought to cross the sea and spend
a little time in the United States, to
observe and study American conditions.
He would meet many pleasant people
and you'd learn a great deal about the
way-the strange way-in which poll
tics and personalities combine on this
side of the Atlantic. The newest
Italian ships are crossing the sea so
speedily that the premier could well af-
ford to take a little time off from his
multiple duties as head of nearly half
of the Italian administrative depart
ments to enlarge his understanding of
the workings Of the greatest of the re-
publicS
Evening star., 1932-11-26

"I'll be seeing va"
This is an old phrase which seems to
have come into renewed usage on the
streets OF the National Capital.
In a recent stroll for dozen blocks
in the downtown section we heard this
sentence half dozen times, by actual
count.
Here was young lady. announcing
in dulcet tones that she would be seeing
va"
A young fellow about 20 years old
told a comrade the same thing.
va" according to our observation,
makes no reply in kind.
All 'ya" is supposed to do, evidently,
is to wave hand in friendly parting.
x X x *
Such saying may have any one of
three effects on a listening human
being.
1t may leave him Indifferent.
1t may please him.
1t may rub him the wrong way.
The majority of human beings pay
no attention to such utterances, which
is just as well for them, since typical
colloquialismS are not worth bothering
about, after all.
If it pleases one, then its mission is
fulfilled
But if it "rubs you the wrong way"
feel sure that you are much too sensi-
tive for the happiest sort of living for
yourself.
He who resents such usage, of course,
VIII no doubt have higher regard for
our mother tongue than he who uses
such sentences without thought or mis-
giving.
Let him beware, however, of giving
himself too much credit in this respect.
The vigor of English came about, at
least in part, through the very intro
duction Of such words and sayings into
the common stream of the language.
Street words and phrases, and
thought, and ideas-these in time come
to be accepted by highly literate per-
sons
What is regarded at first as vulgar
ism, and nothing more, at last becomes
an accepted part of the language.
The so-called common people" have
done more than the scholars in making
English virile language, one respected
around the world, not because it is not
full of oddities and unparalleled forms
of unlogical formation, but largely be-
cause of those very things.
!; x x x
English is what it is because 1t has
never hesitated to canonize, as it were,
the good, strong words and phrases
which have been born in loWly places.
Since all nations and languages have
contributed to this happy result, it is
not surprising that many students re-
gard this mother tongue, of ours as sur
passing all others in the elements of
strength.
This Is just another way of saying
that in English one has a better chance
Of making the other fellow understand
what one is talking about.
French may have more clarity, In a
way, more precise quality, in sense,
but English, properly used, leaves no
doubt in any readers or hearers mind
as to what the aim and intent of the
user is.
Often enough this good Is not Sc
cured, simply because the user fails to
make use Of the best words for his pur-
pose.
One Of the commonest faults, In this
respect, is the selection of words which
are just unusual enough, in a certain
usage, to throw the average person off
a consideration Of the meaning to a
consideration Of the word selected.
Consider such word as ''normalcy."
1t is in the dictionary of course, but
then so are 100000 others, most of
Evening star., 1932-11-26
friends are not i1l-advised when they
conCrnt,rIata ond oonla,1d hin,

friends are noe i1l-advised when they
congratulate and applaud him.
Scientists have estimated the norma
span of human existence to be a full
century, not the threescore and ten
years Of the prophet. Montaigne and q
thousand of his echoes have declared
that no individual dies a natural death
short of that time. They speak of all
who die young as having committed
suicide-by overeating, principally. That
there is value in their notion Is ex-
emplified in statistics compiled in Eng
land and the United States. In 1854
the expectation of life for men in Britain
was 39.9 years; in 1922 it was 55.6
years. In America it was 51.49 years
in 1910 and 553 years in 1920. The
race is living at faster pace in the
twentieth century than ever before, but
it is living more carefully. If the ac-
cident rate were cut, as, of course, it
should be, the present tendency would
be accelerated. Bernard Shaw, In
Back to Methuselah," discussed the
whole problem at great length.
1t is pleasant to cite the case Of DR..
Van Dyke because he is an excellent
example of a man whose life has been
crowded with activity. He has been a
clergyman, author, diplomat and teach
er. Some authorities would say that he
has reached eighty because he has been
so consistently occupied with work.
William Morris told Theodore Watts
Dunton: "It is rust that kills men, not
work. Look at Gladstone, look at those
wise owls your chancellors and judges.
Don't they all live longer for work."
Of course, mere length of days, mere
longevity, signifies little in itself. What
really matters is the use to which the
time is put. Living nobly, as we'll as
living long and living fully, is inpor-
tant. History brims with the names
of men who remained serviceably active
to extreme old age: The painters,
Giovanni Bellini, Michelangelo and
Titan; the philosophers, Voltaire and
Goethe; the writers, Anatole France
and Frederick Harrison, all were Gre
atively busy to the end. They consti-
tute an inspiration toward emulation.
Evening star., 1932-11-26
Probation of Adults.

From ths Santa Monica Evening outlook.
There are more than 5000 adults on
probation in California. Had this addi-
tional number been sent to prison it
would have been necessary to build
more prisons. The upkeep Of a prisoner
confined at San quentin or Folsom Is
s228.13 per year. Compared with the
cost of probation, which is S2665 for
the same period, the saving Is evident.
Many of those out on probation are
earning their lvings and earning
enough more to enable them to pay
obligations incurred through the act
that had caused their conviction.
Terms of probation are named by the
trial court and not by a prison board
having little or no knowledge Of the
case.
Often as preliminary to probation the
subject must serve some portion of the
do this in the county jail. The idea
Of probation Is not than an offensa
shall be overlooked, but that the of
fender, not keing professional crim-
NAL nor a criminal at heart, shall be
given a chance to make good on his
own behalf and win place as q worthy
citizen, at the same time paying In
most practical fashion his debt to
society.
Probation Of adults has been q sue
cess. 1t is not to be confused with the
parole system, under which many gross
errors have been committed. Not over
10 per cent Of the applicants for pro-
baton are granted It outright. It Is
granted only when tt seems to be de-
served, and only rarely has Il been
abused, so infrequently, In fact. that
the derelictions are negligible.
Through probation thousands have
been given chance who otherwise
might have become habitual criminals,
and the taxpayers have been saved .
vast sum.