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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-20
STOCK PRICES DROP QUIETLY
 IN DULL DAY
Losses Limited d in Most Cases to Only About
 One Point

NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-stocks sank quietly today and trading was also quiet Losses were largely limited to one point although several issues fell down three points.
 Auburn was an isolated weak feature, dropping 10 points.
 United States Steel, General Mot ors and other leaders were down one to two points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-20
SHISHALDIN IS
 STILL ACTIVE

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Feb. 0-Shishaldin volcano continues in a state of eruption and is throw ing ashes and smoke over radius of approximately ten miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-20
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK. Feb. 20 = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is IS, American Can 68#, Anaconda Copper 101s, Beth lehem Steel g, Curtiss-Wright 3, Fox Films 3ss, General Motors 229s International Harvester 24, Kenne- colt, 95s, Packard Motors 4, United States Steel 48k, Bunker Hill, no sale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-20
TOKYO VOTES
 IN QUIET WAY

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 20-With election quiet as the populac watched the war with China, the Japanese are voting today for pub lie officers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-20

Children in country schools of England are reported to be better nourished than at any time on record.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
AQUARIUM

Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley is quite proud of the fact that soon a splendid rev aquarium will be operating in the magnificent new con- merce building. Tanks are now being prepared and soon a regu- lar fish parade will head toward the Capital City Tn the ranks will be rainbow, brook and land locked trout; salmon from the inland streams of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and small, but beautiful fish from the sub tropics. From an Alaskan hat chery 5000 miles away will come the celebrated black fish. Part of this journey will be made in,- cased in ice, so hardy is this specimen. Officials say this f1sn can bounce like a rubber ball.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11

three to four hours. It is served i'll courses and they eat and eat The Alaskan Eskimo cooks most of his food but the chuckSi eats raw fish and meat and never uses salt. They drink great quantities of oil. In a two-day stay in a chucksi hut everyone went about this interior palace naked. When you crawl in your furS are hung on the wall to dry and warm. The floors are cover cd with Walrus fur and the in babitants of the hut simply ,tretch out on the floor, pull another fur over them and go to sleep"
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
APPROPRIATION,

The Department of Commerce appropriation bill is now before the House. Last year the amount allowed was $54,425 ,23O, but the amount recommended by Com mittee for the approaching year is 44,132,875. For the Alaska general service under the Bu- reau of Fisheries the last ap- propriation of $446,240 has been reduced to $412,30O. For the E1ining station and mine in spection in Alaska the former sum of $11,460 has been slightly reduced to $1O,8S5. It is not ex- pected that there will be any further reductions in these figures.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
Sincerely Yours E. Trubee Davidson, Assistant Secretary of War.
ALASKA FARM STATIONS

The Department of the In- terior believes that the continu- ed operation of the Matanuska agricultural experimental station is essential and necessary to the carrying out of the land settle ment project along the Alaska Railroad. Governor Parks has re- commended the transfer of the station to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and having the scholars Of the Eklutna school operate the farm. M. D. Snodgrass, agri- cultural development agent cf the Railroad, advises he is an xjous that the Railroad should have jurisdiction until provision is made for the Territory CT Federal government to operate the station.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
MARSHAL JONES

The nomination of Charles D, Jones as U. s. Marshal of the Second Alaska division has been referred by the Judiciary com mittee of the Senate to Sena- tors Dill and Blaine, who expect to consider the appointment and make their report to the com mittee within the next week. Appointment of Judges for the Second and Fourth divisions are expected to be made very short ly, by the Department of Justice.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
BONE DRY LAW

The bill to repeal the Alaska Bone Dry Law will be given an other hearing on March 1, before the Committee, when it is eX- rected that a couple of amend ments to the old law will be a. greeded to and which will prac- tically meet the present opposi- ton to the law. There does not appear to be a disposition upon the part of the Committee to favor the present bill to repeal the Bone Dry Law.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
contract was made to carry mail from Fairbanks to McGratE, a

contract was made to carry mail from Fairbanks to McGratE, a
 distance of about 300 miles.
 When this system was inaugur- ated, mail was being transported
 by dog sled. It required IT days
 to make the trips compared with ? hours and 45 minutes by the
 first air trip. Once the advan- tages of air-mail were demon
 strated, progress in the develop
 Eent of this means of transport
 tation has continued. At presen.
 there are 67 aviation fields with
 in the Territory and five hydro plane ports. The landing fields vary in size from 250 to 500 feet to 400 by 1,400 feet. Fairbanks and Anchorage fields have two
 runways 400 by 2,O00 feet. Gov,
 George A. Parks states that the total aid to aviation has been approximately $180,O0O and that
 t h e economic benefits have
 justified the expenditures. Ill
 1881 there were six commercial aviation companies, one each
 located at Nome, Fairbanks, An |chorage, Chitna, Juneau, and ketchikan. An airway service las been developed by the Weather Bureau because of the progress made in aviation. Re- ports are made regularly and aerial navigation is aided through this service. In 1927 there were 10 commercial planes. They transported 16 tons of express. A total of 415 passen- gers were carried 60,0OO passen- ger miles. The machine that year flew 95,000 plane miles. In
 1881 there were 26 planes which flew 381, ,234 plane miles, carried 7,947 passengers, and flew 947, ,- 695 passenger miles, and carried 161,718 pounds of mail and ex- press. In 1880 the 24 planes then in use carried 3,654 passengers a total of 684,361 passenger miles.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
PROTEST DAVIS LAW

Delegate Wickersham has re- ceived dozens of protest by wire from S. E. Alaska ports, against tie passage of the Davis bill, which would practically exclude passenger traffic to and be- tween Alaska ports by Canadian steamers. The bill is strongly supported by interests on the Atlantic coast and the Delegate hopes to have an amendment adopted tn a t would exclude Alaska from the jurisdiction Of the bill in the event of it's pas sage.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
PRIMARY LAW

The Alaska Women's Primary Law Club has directed a letter of inquiry to Delegate Wicker sham as to his views on the pri- mary law for Alaska. The Judge has replied that he has always favored the primary for Alaska and believes that it is highly es- sential that the present law should prevail, otherwise there 2uneu!uou ..GxoId,, ga pInoM conventions dominated by H handful of manipulators in both parties, who would thus prevent the thousands of men and wo- men voters from expressing theil preference for the candidates whom they desired as party nominees.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
ALASKA FLIFR

Joe Crossen, the famous Alas kan f1ier, has been visiting the East during the past couple of weeks and has been entertaining the readers of newspapers with stories of the favorite past;me of the Alaskan Eskimo and the Siberian chucksi. Eating is a serious occupation and Joe says:
 The average meal lasts froGl
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
Washington Neps Letter
 ByWill A. Steel
DEBUNKING A STORY

Delegate Wickersham was not given much encouragement last Fall by the War Department to believe that army air training camps would be established ill Alaska in the year 1882. But a recent reading of Anchorage and Seward newspapers indicated that later consideration of this project was more encouraging end that the camps were a pos sibility within the near future. However, an effort to have this report verified was soon blasted in an interview with Assistant Secretary of War Davidson, who also wrote letter as follows: Washington, D. c.
 February 23, 1892 My dear Sir:
 In regard to your inquiry, I want to make it perfectly clear that the statements attributed to me in the Seward Gateway of Monday, February 8, 1882, are incorrect. I pointed out to MT. Morton that, while it would be desirable sometime in the future to locate Army Air Corps per sonnel and equipment in Alaska, it was impossible to do so for the present. Certainly no suggestion was made that Air Corps planes would conduct survey of the Territory this Spring. From the above, you will see that the pros poets of locating Air Corps units in Alaska are very remote. I regret the situation, but think I should bring it frankly to your attention.
 Sincerely Yours
 E. Trubee Davidson,
 Assistant Secretary of War.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
ANTHROPOLOGY
* * *


 In the third of a series of lectures by Dr. Ales Hrdlica, curator of physical anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution lie last night revealed the de- scent of the people o fthe Alas kan peninsula. The present lec- ture course is the result of re- search of the institution since 1863 and brings the study c1 these ancient Americans up to the most recent survey conduct ed by Dr. Hrdlicka on Kodiak Island last summer.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
CORRECTING AN INJUSTICE

The Claims committee has re- ported favorably on the Dele gates bill to re-imberse Clyde Sheldon, of Wrangell, for $250 ss remission of fine imposed by error against him for fishing ir a closed area where there was no fish stream.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
ST. TIMOTHY P. o.

On Feb. 4th the commission of E. A. Mcintosh, as postmaster at the reestablished office of St. Timothy, went forth from Wash ington, as also did the office supplies. The mail will be sent by special arrangements from Chicken, coming to that point from Fairbanks.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
ALASKA AVIATION

A good idea of the growth of commercial avaition in Alaska is given in figures prepared by Ernest Walker Sawyer. Commer- cial aviation made it's appear ance nine years ago in Alaska. A special experimental air-mail
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
FARM BOY, IS, WEDS
 A GRANDMOTHER, 48

Leslie J. Johnson, eighteen, and Mrs. Iva Lightfoot, forty eight-year-old grandmother with three married children, were married at Springfield, Mo.
 Johnson has been employed on Mrs. Lightfoot's farm.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11
SIZE IT SHOES RETURNED

On display in a store window, Seminole, Okla, is a pair of shoes, size 17-returned by the buyer because they pinched his feet. The same man, says the storekeeper,, ordered a size p shirt-aud kept it.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11

Martin Price, who was born in Juneau and resided there un- til he went to war, is now mar ried and resident of Washington, having made a recent call at the office of the Delegate.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11

Gertie: Can you see a ny change in me?
 Mertie: No, why?
 Gertie: I just swallowed fif- teen cents.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-11

The House has passed Delegate Wickersham's bill for a revision and extension of the boundary of the Mount Mckinley National Park It has now gone to the Senate and will undoubtedly he passed without objection.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Mr.. JOS. Cappello
n fs now associated with
4 CLAIRE
BEAUTY SHOPPE

A. nOOMS SSf III go
md FLOOR - BROWN BLDG.
E Mr. Cappello is very we'll
Known in, Waterbury for his
Artistic hair-cutting ability. He
has had extensive experience in
such well known shops as the
Commodore Hotel and Wanna
Makers in New York, where
rfices for hair bobbing were as
nigh as $3.50. He also was en-
Mayed In high class emporiums
III Paris. Mr. Cappello makes
semi-monthly trips to New York
CITY to learn the very newest
IDEAS in Partisan hair bobbing.
He has created numerous
styles in babbing, his latest be-
ing the kiss BOB" which Is
proving immensely popular in
this city. Mr. Cappello repre-
sented the Claire Beauty Shoppe
a the InternationaIBeauty Con-
vention at the Pennsylvania
Hotel in New York, where he
received a diploma of merit.
Mr Cappello's services are in
9feat demand, SO please make
ypur appointments early for
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B0bbing, soc up. Kiss Bob
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11


hearts. therefore it is quite easy
for West to read South as holding
a long string of spades and q solid
diamond suit. West should not
double. North, Of course, would
pass.
The Play
Against a six-spade declaration,
West would have the opening lead
and his proper opening would be
the ace Of spades in order to take
a look at the board. II he leads
the West would have the opening
lead and his proper opening would
be the ace Of spades in order to
take a-fook at the board. II he
leads the, ace Of clubs or the ace Of
hearts he should expect It to be
trumped and 1t may set up q king
in dummy, for q valuable discard.
When East shows out Of spades,
West should continue with the six
of spades.
Declarer will then run off all of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
The Waterbury
Burns Club
Held Ladies' Night Enter
tainment at FOreSters
Hall

Members of the Waterbury
Burns club observed Ladies' night
Saturday evening in Foresters' hall.
President Robert Currie presided
and various games were enjoyed.
Mrs Donald Macintosh won the
first prize in the women's pinochle
tournament while Mrs William Ca
rev captured second place. In the
mems tournament, Andrew Wyllie
was first and Hugh Munro was
second. In the whist games Mrs
Andrew Millar took first prize and
Mrs Robertson Boyd was second.
Mrs James Wilson was the win.
ner in the carpet bowling cotest
among the women with Miss Mary
Littlejohn second while James
Barr won first prize among the
men with William Currie second
The domino tournament was won
by Fred Armstrong. The children
also enjoyed a carpet bowling con-
test. Fred Baker directed the
group singing. Vice-President
James Gardner headed the enter
tainment committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
The League Of
WOmen's Voters
Heard Address By DR. Mar
garet Kelly Of Bridge
port a''

DR. Margaret Kelly. principal of
the Bridgeport City Normal school,
in a talk before the members Of
the local League Of Women voters
at the Waterbury club Saturday
afternoon, declared that public edu-
cation is facing the. worst - crisis
since the World war. Whether it
will survive the economic depres-
sion remains to be seen, she said.
Public Schools and the Woman
Voter was the title of DIR Kieley's
talk. The speaker was introduced
by Miss Daisy Lord Of this city,
who was in charge Of the meeting.
DR. Kelley outlined. how woman
can use her influence to create pub
lie opinion in the right way and
how she can. use < her vote.
Wherever there are good schools.
she said, there is greater resistance
to economic crisis. -
Miss Sarah Fahey of New York
was present as a special guest. Mrs
Joseph J. Davis presided at bus
mess meeting which preceded the
talk. Today plans for another event
are being made at meeting at
the club at which Mrs F. P. Nc
Evoy is presiding.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Executive Meeting
OF Musical Group
Held Last Night

The regular monthly meeting
OF the executive board of the Mat
tatuck Musical Art Society was
held last evening. Plans were
completed for a card party to be
held in the Waterbury Savings
Bank Hall, Thursday evening,
April 14th, at o'clock.
ut was voted to forward a con-
tribnfion to the Mcdowell Music
Fund and to place with the Bron-
son Library subscriptions to the
National Music Magazine and the
Connecticut State Bulletin.
The ladies chorus of the society,"
which is to sing in New Haven on
May 4th in Music Week, in a
choral contest sponsored by Con-
necticut State Federation of Music
Clubs, held its first rehearsal yes
terday afternoon under the able
direction of Isaac Beecher Clark.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

The Bidding
After careful consideration South
decided to open the bidding with
six spades. He felt that II ne
were to make q forcing two-bid,
that he might eventually be pushed
into contract that he could not
make. The only card that he
wants to see In his partners hand
Is the ace Of spades and II partner
holds that card. after q six-bid he
will undoubtedly 90 to seven.
What would you do with Vests
holding? West not only has the
side aces. i presume that the ma
jority OF players would double and
you could hardly blame them. But
Is II really q sound double? Hold
Ing the ace Of hearts and the ace
OF clubs. West is almost certain
that South holds no clubs or
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

The regular meeting of the Bun
ker Hill Parent-Teachers associa-
ton will be held on Wednesday
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock in the
kindergarten room of the school.
Mrs J. Winfred Beecher of Newton
terrace will be the speaker of the
afternoon having as her topic "Ed-
ucational and Social Advantages of
Music in the Home" Mise Beverly
Stocking will be the pianist.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

Miss Katherine Mpivane, daugh-
tersof Mrs John David Mulvane OF
New York and Edward Pierce
Maffftt, son of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
C. Maffitt of st Louis. Mo-, were
United in marriage at st Bartholo-
news church in New York, Satur-
tisN aftern at 4.a30 o'clock. A
reception at the Ambassador hotel
Followed the ceremony. Miss Null
vane'a sister, Mrs Oswald r. Jones.
was her matron OF honor. Miss
Mildred Hockstader was maid of
honor and Mrs Damon de Blois
wack and Miss Mar " Elizabeth
Wyeth were bridesmaids. Mr.
Maffitt.s brother, Thomas f. Half
fit, Jr., was best man. The ushers
included Damon de Blois Wack.
oliver wallcp, Frank Wright.
George Darrell, Andre MaximoZe,
Derrick january, of Rockville,
Ma. and Kenyon Boocock, Miss
Afulyane studied at the Spencer
school and also studied In Flor
ence. italy, Her sister, Mrs Oswald
r. Jones, is the daughter-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs William Jones of
Ciiff street. Mr. Maffitt was grad
uated from Taft school in 1924
ana from Yale in 1928. He also
graduated from the Foreign Ser
vice school in Washington. He also
stldied in Vevey, Switzerland, and
III now vice-consul at Athens.
4The circle Jeanne dare held
their weekly sewing circle at the
home OF Mrs Della Grace of South
Main street last evening. The men,
bers attending included Mrs Marie
Grenier, Mrs Alexina LaVallee, Mrs
Matolda Duquette, and Misses En-
ma Vanasse, Aurore Massicotte,
Lacie Trepanier, and Marie Lee
E1Anc and Mrs Adele Leblanc.
e
Miss Charlotte Elton has return
ed to Vassar College after spending
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs John p. Elton of
Church street. "a.
Mr. and Mrs Frederick w. Hol-
comb of Prospect street have been
spending few days in New York.
Mr. and Mrs Roger S. Sperry Of
Pine street have been registered at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New
EArk over the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

Miss Anna Beausoleil, aSregster-
ed nurse in the training school at
Rutland has left for Norwich
where she will resume her work
at the Norwich sanitorium. She
has spent a week in this city as the
guest of her sisters, Misses Emma
and Sara Beausoleid, Mrs James
.O'Brierl and Mrs Adelard LaMad-
e1eine and her brothers Henry and
Emile Beausoleil.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

Budapest is on both sides of the
Danube river. Buda is on one side
and Pest on the other.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

three his nine spot is good and his
contract of six spades is made. 4
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

his spades and then play his ace.
king and queen Of diamonds. AS
the diamonds are split three-three-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

The Rio Grande Valley in Texas
is producing ribbed oranges with
skins like that of a cantaloupe.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-05-19
Wenatchee Southern
Railroad Needed

Under the headline, West Needs
Wenatchee Southern the following
article, which should be of interest to
residents of this valley, appeared in
the Wenatchee World, May IL:
"The railroad most needed in the
Northwest today is the Wenatchee
Southern says H. V. Gates, pioneer
Pacific coast railroad and hydro-electric
engineer, who is here today.
"'It is pity the Great Northern
doesn't go ahead and build the line
between Wenatchee and Kennewick.
railroad all the way from Canada to
San Francisco. 1t would be shorter,
smoother, and better route in every
way"
For the past several years, nothing
has been done in connection with the
Wenatchee Southern, although inter-
est in it's construction has never died
out in this section of the state. On
Feb. Ia, 1929 the Interstate Commerce
Commission denied an extension of
time automatically cancelling permits
sion to build.
The proposed road would connect
Wenatchee and Kennewick by route
beginning at Wenatchee and following
the Columbia river south through Bev-
erly, White Bluffs, Hanford, and Rich
land, to a connection with the o. w.
r. & N. lines few miles west Of Ken
newck. 1t would tap four transcontin-
entail lines, the Great Northern, North
ern Pacific, Milwaukee, and o. w. r.
& NJ and provide eastern Washington
with water-level rail route from the
Canadian border to the sea ports on
the Columbia river.
The road had been in the promo
tional stage for number Of years, but
difficulties in financing it were encoun-
tered from the first, resulting in sew
eral applications for extension of time.