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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-20
20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire

The Alaska Ireland Home Rule smoker, given by the Treadwell Fire Department at the Treadwel club was voted grand success by the large attendance. Many mem bers of the first Territorial Legis- lature attended after first visit ing the mines during the day. The personnel of both the Juneau and Douglas fire departments were guests of the Treadwell organiza- ton.
 The new Seattle Chamber of Commerce announced it's plans for a business mems excursion to Alas ka during the summer
 The members of the '87 pioneers met and paved the way for the in stitution of an Igloo of the Pio- neers of Alaska which was to be consummated on March 25 at a meeting.
 Interest in the All-Alas4za Sweep stakes, the principal annual dog race in Alaska, had spread throughout the country and it was decided that the First and Third Divisions should also take some interest in the affair The affair was under the direction of the Nome Kennel Club and number of teams from the Second and Fourth Divisions had been entered. It was determined that a grand benefit entertainment and ball for the sweepstakes be given in Juneau. The organization in charge of the affair included many mem bers of the Territorial Legislature and prominent citizens of Juneau.
 Gov. Walter E. Clark stated that he had no objection to women's Suffrage and that if he found no flaws in the Shoup bill on the sub- ject, he would sign the bill.
 All members of the Scottish Rite and their wives and sweethearts were requested to attend the mys- tical banquet of the Rose Croix, to be celebrated at the Odd Eel lows Hall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-20
THE DREADED CHANGE
 IN MIDDLE LIFE

Springfield, Ore gon When going thru the dreaded time of life I became rundown, sick and ir- ritable - everything would bother me, l slept poorly and felt miserable, but three or four bottles of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-20

And tomorrow BombelIi gives the Post something to gossip about.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-20

Gov. Walter E. Clark stated that he had no objection to women's Suffrage and that if he found no flaws in the Shoup bill on the sub- ject, he would sign the bill.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Alley Experiments
Something Definite

After years of theorizing and discussion Washington
alley problem last to be reaching the stage
of experimentation.
The demonstrations alley improvement which the Public
Works Administration considering should prove Of immense
value through pointing the way to ultimate abolition of the
alleys for housing.
It is planned to conduct three experiments dealing with
development of block of low houses white persons
development of block of low houses for coord persons
and alley reclamation" project
In themselves these projects will not solve the problem
which presented by the extensive of the alleys here
Their Importance from the fact that at last
thing definite is to be done meet the situation
As result of these demonstrations is to hoped that
Congress will take the bull by the horns when it
in January and pass comprehensive alley closing bill
Such have been before it for many years but they
have failed to reach the status of laws
This has been true despite the fact that the alleys
have been held by experts to be to health and
several of them to be crime centers
The projects which will be worked out by the Public Works
Administration should show definitely how much the
comprehensive plan would COST
They should show also the best way inducing the families
which inhabit the alleys to to other quarters
Until the alley dwellings finally abolished this is 60
ing be of the most delicate difficult phases of
problem
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Rural Hungary

huTdl 1AuAS Oh
Hungarian We d d / n S, par
ticularly those of the peaSantry
offer more picturesque customs,
more revelry nd merrymaking
than those of any other coun-
try. So if you chance to be
somewhere near Hungary, es-
pecially in the autumn after
the vintage, it will be really
worth your while to make the
trip to Hungary and then on to
a country district for there Is
sure to be a wedding, If not
several.
The ethnographic peculiari-
ties which are a feature of the
wedding customs of the Hun
garian peasantry, derive from
pagan traditions, from local GUS
toms, and from the popular
mind. OF course, almost every
district has it's own customs
but in the main the procedure
is the same. First is the feast
of the betrothal and a highly
practical affair it is, too. A
plate covered with a beauti-
fully embroidered cloth is pre-
sented to the couple and they
proceed to collect the "kisS
money" The invited guests
place money in the plate, &C
cording to their means and at
every donation, the couple must
kiss each other.
r1aSter Of Ceremonies
The third Sunday after the
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
WHEN WAR COMES THIS WILL HAPPEN
TO BATTLESHIPS

The big ship the foreground Of this picture the British
battleship "Renown If this picture Of REAL WAR
instead of mimic it would have been necessary few
after this picture taken down into the
to get any of the RENoWN'
This picture and short editorial should make Americans do
serious thinking They might interest somebody in
Navy which still prattles about capital ships and the
Importance of spending hundreds Of millions on baeshps
that would dare go to sea if
If fools did send them out airpanes from above and sub
marines from below would take their measure for
watery grave.
The story of this picture well told in the words printed
underneath that excellent London illustrated publication
'The Sphere
"DIVE BOMBING: spectacular 300 m. h. due
by Hdrts bon1bers capital ships The machines,
ing from behind the clouds at approxated height
of 10000 feet, closed in at tremendous speed and, be-
fore counterottdck could be launched dropped their
dummy bombs and with deafenng roar, speed quay
the safety of the Clouds The leading ship is the
RenoWn"
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Hard Blows

1T is estimated that at least
300 new landing fields could be
created within the next six
months in our national and
State forests by the men of the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Aeronautics has suffered some
hard blows since the Roosevelt
Administration entered power.
Not one of the three assistant
secretaryships for air, which
Congress created at the request
of the Morrow board, has yet
been filled.
What is much worse, the aero
nautics branch of the Depart
ment of Commerce has been re-
duced to confusion worse con-
founded by "disorganizatlon"
that is a serious reflection on
the Democratic party.
The resolutions of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association
should be welcomed by the Presl-
dent and the Congress because
they offer some constructive
remedies for some of the de-
structive things which have been
recently done to air development
by pork-barrel politicians and
their incompetent appointees.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
SHORT JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning.

announcement of be r o t n a !
brings with it its own obserV-
ances. A master Of ceremonies,
decorated with a garland and
ribbons by the bridesmaids, and
bearing a bunch of flowers on
a tall staff, starts on a round
of visits to the families and
friends Of the couple, inviting
the guests to the wedding in
gay and humorous verses. The
next day, they make q great
ceremony of carrying the brides
bed to the house of the groom,
together with a chest carved
and painted with a brilliant
design o. tulips. This contains
cloth and linens.
Next da:- Tuesday. the in
vited guests invade the home
of the bride and help to pre-
pare and cook the wedding
feast which takes place on
Wednesday. On the marriage
morning, the guests assemble
at the home Of the bride and
the best man and the person
giving away the bride haggle
over her in humorous verses.
Money is demanded. This the
guests give.
After the ceremony, the party
returns from the nuptial mass
to the home of the bride and
the best man asks the parents
of the girl to surrender their
girl to the groom-once more
the occasion for more witty
verse.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Policies Urged

These resolutions urge upon
the Federal Government fidel-
ity to the following policies:
To maintain all possible activ-
tiles designed to foster civil
aviation.
To avoid any curtailment of
service or any changes Of policy
which might adversely affect
the safety, the reliability or the
general usefulness of air navi-
CATION or Of air transport SER
vice.
To maintain on a scale, which
will avoid the necessity of aban-
dOning ground already gained,
all the aids for air transport,
financial and navigatiOnal, that
are now provided by the Federal
Government.
The development of the air
forces Of the United States as
an arm of the national defense
is earnestly urged upon the
President and the Congress, in
this specific recommendation:
That not less than $6O,OOO,-
600 be allotted by the Public
Works Administration for the
immediate purchase of new
military and naval aircraft,
and for carrying out an airship
development program for the
Navy.
There is tremendous unem-
ployment in the aircraft indus
try today. This would be re-
lieved by the expenditure of
public works funds for pur-
chase of military and naval
aircraft, already requested and
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Like Lightning

His invasion of England had
been preceded by over 20 years
Of battling activity in the in
terest Of the dry cause, started
when Theodore Roosevelt ap-
pointed him to prevent drunken
ness among the Red Men in
Indian Territory. 1t was there
that he won for himself the
nickname of Pussyfoot.
Two bootleggers, with
shack located on a neutral
slip of land between Oklahoma
and Kansas, defied him to
molest them. They warned
him that if he attempted to pay
them visit, someone would
leave the place "in a pine box"
Johnson, ever fearless, paid
them the visit, disguised as
cattleman, and two men were
carried out in boxes, but they
were the two bootleggers.
Oklahoma paper, reporting
the case, said: The Booze Bus
ter strikes like lightning, even
II he is PuSsy1uuU.
To the present generation.
who have seen what prohibi-
ton really meant, the fallacy
OF Johnson's campaign is OBJ
vlous. But for his gameness
and his courage, we take our
hats off to PuSsyfoot and wish
him, even today, the best of
luck.
James Wolcott WadSworth
raises his voice in warning
against the permanent control
by the Government of wages
and hours and the regimenta-
ton of industry which, accord
ing to Mr.. WadsWorth, is ths
purpose of those behind the
emergency program. The gen
tleman from New York speaks
the doctrine of orthodox Re-
publicaniSm and, as usual,
speaks it in straightforward
and refreshing style.
It wouldn't be Jimmy Wads-
worth-he is still Jimmy in New
York State, despite his So years
to mask his words. The OPP
position may call him die
hard Tory, but they know him
as one who is willing to sacrifice
his political fortunes rather
than compromise on an issue.
copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
Edwin G. Hill appears in perSoG
at Loew's Fox Theater this WssiA
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
The Human Side of the News
"Pussyfoot" Johnson-Game Fighter-Lost Cause
Blu EdWin C.. Hill

william E. C"Pussyfoot"O
Johnson, the gamest fighter
who ever battled for a lost
cause, is back in the news.
For 20 years he fought for the
dry cause in the United States,
and when the battle here had
been won-although only tenn
porarily, as we know today
he undertook the bravest Of
missions-to carry the fight
abroad.
England was the first coun-
try he selected for his warfare
against alcohol, and it may be
safely said. that no American
was ever more bitterly de-
nounced and generally hated
in the British Isles. Yet no
one ever more completely and
dramatically succeeded in win
ming great personal popularity,
and that through one OF the
finest exhibitions of gameness
ever witnessed anywhere.
It took place in London, in
public hall just off the Strand,
where a debate on the dry queS-
ton had been arranged between
johnson and r. Mitchell Banks,
an English lawyer. The sub
ject was, THE How and the
Why of American Prohibition
But the debate did not get far.
The presence in England of the
"meddlesome Yankee" as they
called him, had been bitterly
resented and a group of stu
dents undertook to wreck the
meeting. The speakers were
shouted down.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Lost Eye

The crowd in the street broke
through the iron entrance gSSes,
brushed aside the police and
charged down the aisles. They
seized johnson, mounted him
upon a rail and paraded him
through the Strand, Covent
Garden, Leicester Square and
Piccadilly. shouting: We've got
PusSyfoot!"
During this horrible ride,
johnson was pelted with mis-
sileS of every sort, and one OF
these, Sharp-pointed rock,
struck him in the eye. BY the
time the London police stepped
in to rescue him, he had Suf-
fered a hemorrhage, and in the
hospital it was found necessary
to remove the injured eye.
But not for one minute dur
ing this ordeal did the victim
lose his temper, and from his
hospital bed he issued a mes
sage to those who had at
tackled him: You had a good
time. I had a good time. I
have no complaints. But if
you want fun, get into the
game against the greatest
enemy of the human race
drink"
His sportsmanship immedi-
ately won for Pussyfoot john
son a warm spot in the Brit
ish heart. The popular reac-
ton in his favor was ire
mendous. The newspapers in
London praised him to the sky.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

fair is it Elsie Robinson
what I feed Junior and when I
put him to bed?" cries Mrs.
Brown.
Whose business is it how
many hours I keep open. whom
I hire or what I pay them?"
demands Mr.. Jones.
Is or isn't this a free coun-
try? Have, or haven't, private
citizens any personal rights
any more?
You've heard those questions.
Probably you're asking them.
What's your answer? How
many personal" rights have
YOU, in 1898? HOW MANY
SHOULD YOU HAVE?
Your father and mother had
plenty of personal rights. So
long as they paid their taxes
and obeyed the regular laws,
they could do pretty much as
they pleased. Experts" med
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Air Development Program
Prepared By Association
By James T. Williams, J.-

badly needed by the armed
forces.
Another practical recommen
dation adopted by the associa.
ton, of which Orville Wright
has been a leader since it's
foundation, ought to be wei
coined by the Civilian Conser.
vation Corps. 1t is that the
director of this corps add to
his program the building Of
landing fields 'in the rugged
and heavily-Wooded portions Of
the national domain"
There is a serious shortage OF
landing fields in these areas
today. Building these landing
fields now would increase the
safety of air navigation and
make these areas, many Of
which are of great scenic beauty
much more accessible to visitors.
Another useful purpose which
this construction would serve is
the more extensive employment
of aircraft in survey work and
in the prevention and control of
forest fires.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
When Time Is Money
Flv

Recently sales executive of automobile company had
eight of his distributors in different States
The distance be covered than 1900 miles.
Time being money he spent half hour figuring up
Der of hours which would be required he by rail
by plane.
The problem worked out as follows:
By rail, IA
By plane, a.
One hundred and foryfour hours equal days Twenty
four hours equal one day
He therefore by plane covered his entire territory
pne day, and was back at his office next morning
Thus he saved five days by the air route and his
had the benefit of his services at headquarters for that period
(which it would otherwise have lost
you have time spare there no moral to this true story
l i TINA A Zaluahls to you, there L.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

If the Roosevelt Administra-
ton is well advised, it will give
swift and sympathetic consider
alton to the resolutions adopted
at the annual convention of the
National Aeronautic Associa-
ton, which was recently held in
the Federal City.
This association Is not only
national but nonpartisan. Its
efforts are devoted to the de-
velopment Of aeronautics in the
public interest, and it's recon-
mendations this year, as in the
past, attest the soundness of its
program as we'll as the patriotic
spirit that dickens its leader
ship.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
ONCE OVERS

Don't fuss so much at Dad
over the way he dresses.
When he has a new hat,
shoes or a suit sent home,
don't object because they are
not strictly modern.
Your father may not care
to buy articles too extreme in
cut or style.
He has some sensible ideas
that he wants to carry out.
He likes to appear independ-
ent, but he does enjoy words
of favorable comment from the
family on his selections.
If you don't like the style,
at least you can praise the
quality of the material, or it's
becoming color, perhaps.
Your dad may have been
faStidious in his day.
Now he selects his clothes and
accessories for comfort, wearing
qualities and the personal sat
iSfaction he feels in wearing
them.
In his youth he probably
pinched his feet with the
pointed variety of shoe, and
wore his trousers so tight that
they threatened to split out
every time he sat down.
He wore the stiffeSt Of
smooth, stiff shirt bosoms.
But now he wants comfort.
Dad has acquired some sense
that he did not possess in his
younger years.
You. too, will become more
sensible as the years roll
around.
NcopyrtghS, 1888. King Features
Syndie1te. Inch
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
Lost Cause

Lord Birkenhead, then British
Lord Chancellor, expressed his
public regret that a citizen Of
the United States should have
been submitted to such an
outrage, after being invited to
England by an association of
people sharing his ideas.
Soon all England was talking
about him, and loud approval
was voiced of his remark, that
just for the sake of fairness,
he would like to get hold of
the fellow who threw the rock" )"
And chances are that the fell
low would have lived to regret
his act. For Pussyfoot john
son has been a fighter all his
life.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

ding in their family affairs.
inspecting their business pro-
cedure? The idea was un-
thinkable. Things like that
might happen in tyrannical
places like Russia or China,
but never. never in .merica!
Yet today just such things
are happening in America.
Each day more and more OF
such things are happening.
And when we look back we
realize that they have been
happening with increasing force
and frequency for the last 10
years. Yet no one seems able
to do a thing about it.
But why? why shoul d
tyranny" like this have to
come to "the land of the Free?
The answer is simple-but
hard to take. This meddlesome
supervision isn't tyranny. 1t is
the inevitable consequence of
a more crowded and compli-
Gated life. You can do about as
you please if you're living by
yourself on a frontier. But as
soon as you begin to live with
other people-as soon as you
begin to depend on them and
they on youth at moment
your "individual rights" dimin-
ish and you are forced to live
for the common good.
Why can't Mrs. Brown and
Mr.. Jones run their private af-
fairs to suit themselves?
BECAUSE THEIR AFFAIRS
ARE NO LONGER PRIVATE
AFT AIR S. WITH T H E
GROWTH OF THIS COUNTRY
THEY HAVE BECOME PUB
Lie AFFAIRS.
Junior isn't just a part Of
the Brown family. He is a part
of America. He is one unit in
a tremendous machine. If he
works harmoniously, all will be
well with the machine. But if
he runs hog-wild, he raises
Cain with all the other units.
Why do school nurses, truant
officers, health officials come
snooping around, interfering
with Mrs. Browns freedom?
That's why. Because unless
someone cramps Mrs. Browns
style a little, she'll cramp
everyone else's style a lot.
Nor is Mr.. Jones store just
a part of the Jones career. 1t
is part of American industry
and it can have no more "pri-
vate rights" than the other
parts have.
And this is exactly as true
of superrlothers as it is Of
silly ones; of superbusinessmen
as of the little fellows in one
hoss towns. WHETHER YOU'RE
GOOD OR HETHE Err
YOU'RE BAD. YOU MUST
CONFORM. YOU CAN'T BE
A LAW UNTO YOURSELF IN
1898.
Sounds simple enough, doesn't
it? Yet these simple facts are
the bitterest medicine we free"
Americans have ever had to
take. For we've been taught
that rugged individualiSm" is
the great thing in an Amer
lean. Each man for himself! !
Yet the plain truth is that
the "old-fashioned, rugged in
dividualist, who insists on be-
ing himself and following his
own plan, when the common
good depends on cooperation,
IS AS MUCH A PUBLIC EN-
ENVY AS ANY OUTLAW.
Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

Nurse should
be showing
her how to
raise Junior.
The others
from a man
" ho wants
to know why
"those ell
lows back in
w a S h i n g.
ton" should
b e tie ii ing
him how to
run his little
store.
Whose af-
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
BY Helen Rowland

might be thrilling, "just for q
change"
A perfect lady" is one who
uses a bridge lamp or an ash
tray instead of frying pan or
a rolling pin to force home the
logic of an argument with her
husband.
A woman will voluntarily con-
fess secrets to her masseuse
or her hairdresser that she
wouldn't tell in her prayers
much less admit to her lawyer.
It has been discovered that
the average mans brain is
heavier than the average
woman's-which is probably
why it moves so slowly toward
the altar that a girl gets all
tagged out waiting for it to
catch up.
The 'healing" power of psy-
choanalysis is simply that it
gives a woman a chance to sit
and talk about herself, for
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

The trouble with most love-
affairs and marriages, like the
trouble with most whisky and
wines, is that they are too
"green," and never get a chance
to mellow in these rushing
days.
The "Gay Deceiver" might
come back into favor again,
along with corsets and puffed
sleeves, except that it takes up
too much of a busy modern
girls time and energy to help
him deceive himself.
You are not really Gin love"
so long as you can even mag
INE that another mans kisses
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

married to the woman who does
not regard beer, golf clubs and
seats at the football games as
necessities.
The Washington times., 1933-10-26
How Many Personal Rights
Have You in 1893?

Two mad letters on my desk.
Ones from mother who
wants to know why the School
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

Many a man goes to his grave
still, wondering whether he
"won" the woman he married,
or merely gave IN to her,
through sheer masculine weak
ness,
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

Lovers-And Others
The man who thinks that a
permanent wave and a facial
are sheer luxuries deserves to be
The Washington times., 1933-10-26

Edwin e. Hill appears in perSc0
at Loew's Fox Theater this WssiA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
Woman Professor ExpoundS
Theory in British.
Paper Article.

fBW Science Serrice
LONDON, Sept. 29.-The universe
is periodically expanding and con-
tracing and we are living at a time
when an expanding period is nearly
finished and a contraction period
is about to begin. This is an alter
native theory of the expanding uni
verse pointed out by Professor Janet
H. Clark of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity in a communication to the Brit
ish scientific journal, Nature.
Professor Clark bases her argu-
ment on the fact that the nebulae
farthest removed from the earth
appear to be receding at the great
est rate and the five nearest neigh
bors are not receding, but are ap-
preaching the earth.
The farthest nebulae. so far re-
moved that it takes 100000 900 years
for their light to reach the earth,
appear to be speeding away from
us at the enormous rate of about
$4,000 miles per second. That is
what they were doing in the dim
past when the light signals now re-
ceived by astronomers were sent out
by them.
What they are doing now is a