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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
ROOSEVELT STILL FAR IN THE LEAD.

In spite of the strenuous efforts that have been put forth in quarters to stop Roosevelt public opinion in the States seems to be very strongly in favor of the nomination of the Governor of New York by the Democrats. One would gather from conversations with all sorts and conditions of men and women and those of all political affiliations, that the sentiment in favor of making Gov Roose- welt the next President is overwhelmingly in the ascendant.
 Not only that, but most people believe the Demo- crats will nominate Gov Roosevelt The feeling that the New York Governor is so far in the lead that it would require vast organization and the expen- allure of large sums of money and tremendous effort to push any other candidate to position as ad- vanced as that he is occupying. People, do not feel that the Democratic Party will fail to see the advantage of devoting their efforts toward advancing one that already has such long start rather than taking chances losing the race by trying to head him off with someone who is now miles in the It is generally conceded that Gov Roosevelt is the surest bet the Democrats have notwithstanding the disposition of many to accept the Will Rogers suggestion that they have so many good candidates that they might make mistake and still do right.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
Prohibition on Two Fronts
(New York Times.)

Vets and Drys have renewed their legislative battle Prohibition two fronts. In Wash ingten opponents of the law have managed to ob-
 tain enough signatures to the Beck -Linthicum pet tion assure them of a record vote in the House
 of Representatives reSubmisson of the Eighteenth Amendment. In Rhode Island they have succeeded lin repeating the State enforcement law and in lenactng a statute which attempts to legalize
 beer containing 375 per cent of alcohol by volume.
 For the first purpose, the Vets needed the support of 145 members of the House. They got this number. When the question comes to a test they will probably poll somewhat larger vote. For there are number of Dry membrs who, unwilling Ito petition for roll-cal will be ready to resubmt the issue to the States and permit them to decide
 lit for themselves There is not the slightest chance however, that in the present House the Vets can lpol the 290 votes required to approve resolution for repeal What they have succeeded in doing is
 to demonstrate that the forces favoring this action are stronger than they have been at any time since the amendment was enacted On no occasion in the past have many members voted for repeal Nor is the strength of the Wet bloc fully measured lby the l45 signatures attached to their petition. The apportionment of seats in Congress under represents the urban districts which furnish most lof the opposition to Prohibition. The 145 propon- lents of repeal constitute only onethird of the bershp of the House but represent 45 100000 people
 What will happen to the law in Rhode Island is a question which only the courts can answer. No doubt test will soon be made.
 Meantime regardless of the fate of the new statute
 lit is unquestionably within the power of the State to repeal it's own enforcement law In taking this action Rhode Island becomes the seventh State to
 reject the invitation of Congress help enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. The others are New York Maryland Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada and
 Wisconsin The remaining ferty-one still retain their laws but do little to enforce them. All told, these
 forty-one spent only $7o5775 directly for enforce
 ment of Prohibition 1929 the latest year for which data available This less than one-eighth of what they spent to enforce their fish and game laws, and less than per cent. per capita.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
ROADS FOR AUTOS ONLY.

The American Road Builders Association has compiled figures of it's own on highway acci- dents and their causes. Among the facts the asso- citation has unearthed that half the victims are pedestrians and that a large percentage of the pedestrian victims meet death while walking at night upon unlighted highways having no parallel sidewalks
 Modern highway engineering knows only wheels. It considers the rights and requirements of the wayfarer on foot The result is that the foothpath which skired virtually all earth roads has been displaced by widened highways upon which rushing vehicuar traffic leaves no for the foot trav- eler
 Absence of footpaths sidewalks upon State maintained rght-of-ways cannot be attributed in all cases to the neglect of highway departments and the sefishness of motorists. Only seven States have laws permitting the of State funds for the construction of such pedestrian facilities Delaware and Florida limit such construction Georgia, Idaho, Indiana and Utah confine it to bridges and New Jersey has provided for State grading only.
 Perhaps neither the Legislatures nor the highway departments would be justified in using revenue from automobile taxes for building sidewalks but the presence of pedestrians highways is such men, ace and nuisance at night that it is doubtful if the average motorist would protest against such use.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
Non-P artisan Congress.
(CincinnaUl Enquirer.) )


 Admitting emergency, leaders of both parties have succeeded in a of cooperation at Washington that has not been equalled in recent years, certainly not since the emergency of war time All the important constructive bills passed by the Congress at this session have been the result of moratorium partisan strategy
 To some extent the leadership has come from Republican President. But Democrats like Senators Carter Glass and Robert Bulkley have been equally active and equally nonpartisan The great body of Senators and Representatives while acting with their party groups, have refraned from the obstruction ist tactics that the salt of party life in normal times
 There is danger just now that this wholesome holiday from partisan conflict may come to an end. If it does, it will be largely because eager Republicans in Congress tried to insure to their party the full credit for the emergency legislation of recent weeks This would be ruinous mistake for both parties Every effort should be made to avoid such catastrophe
 When the time to choose between the parties next autumn the American people will have plenty of evidence to weigh, in platforms and didates and the past records of the parties, with out inquirng which group deserves the glory for emergency legislation passed under party truce in the midst of grave national crisis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 16.- Clarence Hastings, IA, who for five months has spent about 22 out of each "A hours in a Drinker res- pirator at City Hospital, with only his head showing, has been dubbed the gamest kid in America"
 A letter with only that phrase for address, written by youngster in Perth Amboy, N, J., reached the befreckled fair-haired Kings Ferry lad at the hospital the other day with some 5000 other cards, letters and packages from every part of the country.
 The mail filled two mail sacks, and still is rolls in, day after day
 Owes Life to Respirator
 Clarence was stricken with infan- tile paralysis and owes his life, say hospital attaches, to the res pirator. It has helped his inter- costal muscles (those between the ribs) to function, allowing him to breathe. The hope is that these muscles some day will be nursed back to normal use.
 Tn one days mail he gets a variety of things. A youngster in the Bronx sent his pet rabbits foot flor luck A minister sent a prayer. From stout woman in Detroit came jokes about eorpul- enee.
 Clarence Hicks of Philadelphia, Pa, sent a bundle of travel pie lures, postcards and handkerehiefs. Little girls in New York City sent valentines.
 Books, Pictures Among Gifts
 World War veterans send stories of the war, persons bearing the name of Clarence" or Hastings" write to tell him of the coincid- ence. Out of door books, Bibles, scenic pictures, catalogues, all find their way through the mail to him Some letters have contained dollar bills.
 Boy, you got more pluck than 10 ordinary fellas," wrote Dave Goldstein of Toronto, Ont. Jack O'Melia of Conora, L. l., who de- scribed himself as a magical com edian," enclosed som e magical tricks"
 Clarence wasn't able to read these thousands of messages of cheer and good wishes, but they were read to him, and many of them brought grins to his face.
 Well have to answer them all, l" he said gaily.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
THE DIFFERENCE

We were asked the other day,
 Why all this noise about Contract Bridge. What is the difference with Auction and why mess up things with lot of new rules?" This is a large order for a brief answer but we will say that one of the largest differences between Auction and Contract is that, in Auction one tries to buy the trump as cheaply as possible and the re- verse is nearly true in Contract.
 In Contract one does not receive full credit for making Game unless one Contracts for it, hence the name. In Contract one does not bid Notrump except as a last re- sort. Suit bids are preferred and partners must respond to each others bids, if game is to be achiev- ed. Contract is as much better than Auction, as Auction is better than the old Bridge Whist. It will inevitably take the place of Auction and you will like it better, after you master the simpler rules of bidding. The main thing about the bidding is to learn to count your hand. An Ace counts one and a King is one if backed by it's Ace but only half if it's Ace is absent. The Queen and Jack are. only plus values unless they have good back ing. These honors must add up to two and a half before you have 6 bid of one, for you must not fool your partner. This is the pri- mary rule in Contract and the rest comes easy with practice and easier with a little reading. Culbertson has attained his prominence be- cause his principses were more log ical and brought order out of chaos. Culbertson's Blue Book will teach you better Bridge than you could learn at years Bridge Parties, if you will sit down alone with a deck of cards for a few evenings and work out it's problems. Price $200 at
 THE NUGGET SHOP adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
MAIL BEING
 FLOWN INTO
 ARCTIC AREA
Plane Leaves Nome for Point Barrow-S Search
 for Baychimo

NOME. Alaska, March 16.-The first regular air mail flight from Nome to Point Barrow started yesterday
 Stops are scheduled at Deering, Candle, Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Point Lay and Wainwright, both ways.
 Pilots Graham and Laiblin are making the flight for an organized company.
 Mrs. Edna Christofferson, who accompanied Graham here from the States on the long flight, is aboard the plane. and a search will be made for the Hudson's Bay trad ing ship Baychimo, supposed to have a valuable fur cargo aboard.
 Pilots Graham and Laiblin, of the Nome Company, are also op- erating an air mail route from Nome to UnalakIaet, connecting with the air mail from the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
PUBLIC ATTITUDE IS IMPROVING.

While there is nothing to indicate to anyone who travels about the country that the return of good times is near there is noticeable improvement in the attitude of the People adjusting themselves to the situation There is less panic. People are discovering that one live even in hard times, and there is growing conviction that depression cannot last forever
 It is also noticeable that people are not as fretful as formerly about the Administration There is a prevailing feeling that the Government-the President and Congress-are doing real work in lay ing foundations for betterment and that results will appear in course of time Time has made them better walters than heretofore, and they waiting with more patience.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
ABOUT HATS AND OTHER THINGS.

Some two more decades ago there was a popular ballad that had to do with the Bird on Nellies Hat" It must have been gay little bonnet for it was naughty little bird" if memory serves us right. The demand for the bird became so great that conservationists moved to action and so laws passed to protect it from the hat manu- lecturers.
 Last year, when the hat makers were in the midst of one of their worst slumps, Nellies fancy blossomed forth for another ancient frivolity of feminine haberdashery, a saucy alluring creation with which an Empress had turned the heads of a Napoleonic court, and had fastened upon it her name-Eugenie. In satisfying her yearning for this, several hat mills in New England were given life and hundreds of expert workmen got steady jobs
 It took a scientist to evaluate the effect of Nelie's hat on industrial conditions. Dr. Nystrom professor of marketing in Columbia University, told the Retail Millinery Association that there is prob ably anodyne effective for the depression
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

blues as the purchase of new chapeau." Sailors say the fashion experts. to be the spring mode. Little Annie Roone's" sailor was almost as uni versally popular the Eugenie model.
 Easter is almost with And that means that Nellie will soon be seeking chapeau and all of the folderols that go with it. When she goes buying, there's power to it, power enough to put new blood in the arteries of industry and com merce. May she exert it to her utmost this year, Possibly it may do much for the country the credit expansion law which President Hoover regards as the most important aid the Government lend to the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
Life Is Cheap.
(New York World -Telegram)

(New York World-Telegram)
 Not mentioning the increasing tolls of shootings and suicide, the National Safety Council reports 5000 accidental deaths in the United States in 1930 As deadly as a war tank is the peacetime auto mobile which accounts for 33,000 of these deaths annually. Industry, increasing each year is com plexity, is another Moloch, requiring 1s,000 lives annually.
 Besides these deaths, most of them preventable the Council records 10.000,000 annual accidents Strangely, the home is not the safest spot, for 4, 900 injuries occurred with alarming frequency in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the bedroom in the attic in the garage-eyerywhere."
 The fault lies chiefly with ourselves. We have jazzed up the tempo of American life to danger ous speed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

Congressman Linthicum, wet leader, commenting upon the 187 votes cast in the National House of Representatives for reopening the Prohibition issue said "a need is another election" Heretofore the vets have been unable to muster 100 votes. The Literary Digest poll would indicate that MT. Linthcum is amply conservative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

Back in the old days the Presidential candidates went after the saloon vote or the anti-saoon vote or the labor vote. the this and that vote, but this year the candidate who walks off with the Wendell heir vote will ride in the next inaugural parade Macon, Ga, Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
NOTICE

After several days spent in the hospital have now returned to my office where I shall be glad to re- ceive my patients.
 adv. DIR. GEO. L. BARTON.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

In spite of the assumption that the Democratic is the wet party the Republicans mustered more votes against the noble experiment than the Demo- crats did in a House where the latter in a majority.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

When Japan has things better systematzed and coordinated it is expected munitions makers will stamp the official apology right the shell.-CDes Moines Register.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

St. Bernard dogs in the Alps more carrying brandy in their casks, instead of coffee. This beverage is not to be confused with the moon that comes the mountain.-(Des Moines Reg ister)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16

That dry agent who has become a movie censor doubtless the naughty part of film to divide among his friends.-(Akron, Ohio, Beacon -Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
AT THE HOTELS

Gastineau R. McCombe, Chichagof.
 Alaskan Anton Stanier, E. E. Michaels, Juneau.
 Zynda w. Robinson, Seattle; w. T. Nix on, John MeAteer. Bellingham; w. Burr Johnson, City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-16
FIRE ALARM CALLS

Ia Third and Franklin. IA Front and Franklin. Is Front. near Ferry Way. 1-6 Front, near Gross Apts. 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill. 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Willoughby at Tote m
 Grocery.
 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash
 Coles Garage. 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-8 Seventh and Main. 2-9 Fire Hall. 3-2 Home Boarding House. 3-3 Gastineau and Rawn
 Way.
 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Harris. 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-6 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth, back of power
 house.
 A Calhoun, opp. Seaview
 Apts.
 4-3 Distin and Indian. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Tenth and c. Al Twelfth, B.PR. garage. 4-8 Twelfth and Willoughby. Az Home Grocery. 5-1 Scatter Tract.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-16
Two Escape Serious
Injury in Collision

A Youth and a man escaped serl-
Gus injury but two automobiles were
demolished in q collision at the inter-
section of Mandan street and Rosser
avenue about $40 p. M. WEDNESDAY
Norman Dohn, driver OF one OF tne
machines. suffered cuts. bruises ano
shock while Ralph Meddaugh escaped
with only q slight cut on his back
despite the fact his car turned over
on its side and became wedged oe-
tween q store and tree.
Dohn was treated immediately
after the mishap at a local hospital
but was released short time later
when It was found he had not SUI
fered serious injury.
Meddaugh, according to his Story
was driving south on Mandan wniie
Dohn was moving east on Rosser. AS
they met at the crossing, Meddaugh
said he turned east on Rosser In an
attempt to avoid q sideswipe collision
Dohn's machine struck Meddaugh's
car in the rear and turned over
Meddaugh's coupe crashed into the
side Of the lsidore Davis store, which
Is on Mandan street, facing west
Immediately south Of Rosser.
The Dohn boy, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
william Dohn. 222 Mandan street
extricated himself from the wreck.
age and talked to Meddaugh for q
short while before becoming uncon-
scious.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-16
unable 70 LOCATE
| BODY IN RIVER HERE
Scan Missouri With Field Glass
es For Corpse Said Float
ing Downstream

Search for a body reported float
ing in the Missouri river proved un-
availing here Wednesday afternoon
and evening and was continued
Thursday.
The body is believed to be that of
a seven-year-old Livingston, Mont,
girl who persisted in the Yellowstone
river near her home more than two
weeks ago.
The Yellowstone empties into the
Missouri at Fort Buford, Mont.
The body was said to have been
sighted near Washburn Wednesday
and A. ]. Loudenbeck, Mclean coun-
ty sheriff, followed it as far south
as Wildwood lake, where he was
unable to recover the corpse because
of the swift current in the Big
Muddy.
He Immediately notified the Bur-
leigh county sheriff's staff here and
all points along the river were
asked to be on the lookout.
Jack Sherback. river man, scanned
the river with field glasses Wednes-
day afternoon and evening from q
perch on the Northern Pacific rail-
road bridge. He continued his ef-
forts Thursday, while boats were
kept in readiness on shore for an
attempt to recover the corpse il it
is sighted.
Loudenbeck said the body is float
ing on the surface.
Local officials believe that unless
the body floated through here dur
ing the night, it is caught someplace
in the river bed north of Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-16
GANCLAND HAUNTS
SEARCHED FOR MEN
IN Big JAIL BREAK
Five Men Hold up Officials at
Ottawa, ILL.,, and Free
Pals From Cells

Ottawa, ILL.,, June l6.-(R-Gang-
land haunts of Chicago and hiding
places in scores of cities in Illinois and
Indiana were raided by the police
Thursday in a hunt for five gunner
and three suspected bank robbers they
liberated from the county Jail.
Gilbert Mitchell, Marseilles electric
plant switchboard operator, was re-
leased in Chicago Thursday by the
gunner. They kidnapped him to facil-
itate their escape and held him pri-
soner all night, he informed his Of
flee by telephone.
The gunner entered the Jail We'd
nesday on visitors day and. taking
advantage of its officials while they
were showing large groups of visitors
around, menaced them with pistols,
unlocked the cells and released three
prisoners awaiting trial for alleged
participation in the recent $4,000
holdup of the Union National bank of
Streator, Ill.
Near Ottawa, ILL.,, they accosted
Mitchell. Four Of them entered his
automobile and, in two cars, they sped
away.
The Jail fugitives are Ed Pierson,
Charles (Chuck) Tilden and Abe
Katzquitz. Five others in the Jail for
the same bank robbery, among them
Assistant Police Chief Clarence Goss
of Streator, made no attempt to es-
cape.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-16
STANDARD BEARERS
OF 1928 ARE NAMED
FOR new CAMP Align
One Ballot is Enough For Each
Although Vice President
Encounters Trouble
DRY FIGHT STILL RANKLES
Many Delega tes Nursing
Bruises From Bitter Battle
Wednesday Night


Chicago Stadium, June 16.-(AP)
Again, as in 1928. it is Hoover and
Curtis for the Republicans.
In an all-but- unanimous first and
only ballot Thursday cheering ma
tional convention reaffirmed the
commission of leadership conferred
on Herbert Hoover four years ago,
renominating him with 1,1261a votes
out of the total of 1854.
Then, by single ballot also but
with a scattered field of candidates
receiving votes from many delega-
tions, Charles Curtis, choice Of the
administration, was made the
Hoover 1882 running mate.
On the initial roll call he was just
short of the 578 needed to nominate,
but the big Pennsylvania delegation,
changing its vote, gave him the mar
gin Of victory.
Only the adoption of some perfume
tory motions remained before the
final adjournment of the convention
which began Tuesday.
The official total Of the first bal
lot on vice president was as follows:
Curtis 633 3-4; MacNider had l78 ga.
and Hartford l61 ga.
On the first ballot Minnesota gave
MacNider Is votes and Curtis 10.
North Dakota gave MacNider six
and Curtis fiV
Hoover's denomination was effected
with a cheering demonstration, last
ing 80 minutes or more, in which all
states joined.
Delegates came together in the stad-
ium weary and disturbed. nursing the
bruises of session Wednesday nigrt
which saw the party platform adopt
ed in the early morning, only after
lrepealists had rolled up a strength
that surprised party captains.
In many delegations the Curtis op-
position still was stirring. but the best
omen of a denomination lay in the
scattered and unorganized character
of the field of favorite sons.
Battle Rocks Party
In spite of the great considerations
which surround the naming OF can
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-16
Asserts r. F. c. Will
Aid Northwest Banks

st. Paul. Mimi, June 16.-(R-
Millions Of dollars Of reconstruction
finance corporation funds are ready
to aid northwest banks In financing
the handling Of the coming crop u
(such aid should be needed.
This assurance was given the MIN
nesota Bankers association In con-
vention Wednesday by Joseph Chap
man. Minneapolis, regional manager
Of the finance corporation.
Bankers must keep on doing their
regular business. they must keep their
nerve and their judgment and their
knowledge that when business Is on
tho bottom there Is only one direction
for It y 90. and that Is up. The re-
|coustxuction finance corporation
stands ready to finance every lawful
requirement Of our banks for con-
structivs purposes"