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The Washington times., 1933-10-04
EXPECT
ACTION HERE
BY YA.F.OF l..
Impetus to Movement Found
In Link of Labor Fedora
ton to the NRA
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

The attitude OF officials OF the
American Federation of Labor
that the Government service
once again should set standards
of wages and working conditions
for the entire country is ex-
pected, before the present con-
vention of the Federation at the
Willard Hotel is ended, to lead
to the adoption of a resolution
embodying a program that would
give Federal workers the 3O-hour
week and the other benefits they
have sought for many years,
At least half a dozen resolu-
tions of import to Federal en-
ployes are now under considera-
ton by the resolutions committee
Of the convention.
One calls for thirty-year op-
tional retirement of Government
employees. A second is the gen.
eral resolution drawn up by E.
Claude Babcock, president of the
American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees, and embodying
demands for restoration of Fed
eraI salaries, improvement OF
working conditions and standards,
and ample appropriations to
meet the Federal payroll.
Living Base Attacked
This resolution also attacks cost
of living as a basis for Federal
salaries, on the ground that it
ties salaries thus definitely to
the past, and negates the prog
ress of the nation.
The third reaffirms the attitude
of the Federation in favor Of
higher governmental standards
and instructS the executive coun-
Gil to continue its cooperation
with affiliated organizations OF
Government employees.
The semi-official position of the
A. F. of L. at this time under
the NRA makes its pronounce,
ments of special interest.
Not only is William Green,
president of the Federation, an
aide to Brig. Gen. Hugh S. John
son, but the Federation has been
accepted by the NRA as the
medium through which organiza-
ton of employees is to be effected
in many industries.
Metal Trades Voice
Resolutions setting forth the
demands of organized Govern
ment employees, affiliated with the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees and the various
postal unions, expressed the views
of Federal workers on a number
of points, but the initiative in be-
half of the 3O-hour week was
taken by organized workers who,
for the most part, are outside the
Government service.
Green was said today to be con-
fident that the convention would
ask the 30-hour week in the Gov
ernment service.
That work-Week is sought by
the Federation for industry gen
orally, AMI has been obtained in
certain trades and in work under
taken under the Public Works Ad-
ministration.
1t was said that Green took the
view that the Federal Govern
ment is the largest employer of
labor, and that the 3O-hour week
could hardly be introduced effec-
lively if Uncle Sam did not ac-
cept it.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Revenue Agent?
He's Merely
RQcketeer

A new beer racket is being
worked in washington.
A racketeer, a we'll dressed
fast talking young man, VlslCS
restaurants and delicateSsenS
selling beer and explains he IS
a revenue agent sent out TO
collect the beer tax.
In two stores his story Went
over and he checked the sales
record and received several dol
lars in taxes, for which he
gave a receipt.
Police and members of the
District beer board say the man
has no authority and a look
out for his arrest has been
issued.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Legion Post to Plan
For Arn1iStiCe DaY

Fort Stevens Post, No. 80,
American Legion, will hold its
regular monthly meeting Thurs
day evening in temporary quar-
Fourth and Butternut Streets
Northwest.
Leo J. Reel, post commander.
has invited Capt. Joseph r..
Koch, U. S. A.. chaplain of the
Army Medical Center, to be the
guest speaker, and his talk will
concern plans for the posts par
ticipation in the Armistice Day
observance at Walter Reed Gen.
eral Hospital. Arrangements
have been completed for the
posts first annual golf tourna-
ment at the Manor Golf Club,
Wednesday, October 18.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Sanitation Movies
ShOLU1 in COlIntu

Motion picture films on prob
lens Of sanitation will be shown
in the Fairmont Heights Metho-
dist Church tonight by the
Prince Georges County Health
Department in an effort to i'm
prove health conditions in the
area where the most serious out,
break of typhoid fever in years
threatened the town month
aO0
The Washington times., 1933-10-04

than when he talks of tomorrow
and the next 10 years. In his latest
book Il gather from report) our
best prophet tells how a man in a
railway carriage, trying to suppress
a sneeze, will bring on new world
war. l can we'll believe it.
But in his latest address Mr..
Wells was talking of intolerance as
practiced in Germany and else
where, and said: ITO me it seems
more than anything else rebellion
of the clumsy lout against civiliza-
ton. 1t is the clumsy lout's revo-
luton against thought, against
sanity and against books. .. The
clumsy lout is rampant every
where with idiotic symbols and
idiotic salutes contriving imbecile
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Kin of Doomed Man
Gets 80 Daus in Jail

Jay Vernon, 20, colored, of the
first block Union st. S. w.,
brother of one of two men SEN
fenced to death for the murder
of Park Policeman Milo Ken
nedy, was sentenced to 80 days
today in Police Court on a lar
cency charge.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Boat Club to Decide
Its Clubhouse Plans

The Old Dominion Boat Club
will take final action on plans
for an addition to the clubhouse
at its meeting tonight on the
Alexandria river front. Plans
call for $4,000 gymnasium and
club room to be built on the
west side of the present club
h01lSe
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Youth, 20, Chosen F foreman
Of New D. C.. Grand Jury

Mae Eleanor Carper, Alfred Castle
man, C. Victor Detterer, Mrs.
Lydia M. Helm. Mrs. Gladys Noble
johnson, Mrs. Bernice R. Jones,
Sheridan S. Kleindienst, Charles
John Killer, Ethan Allen Lowry,
Robert Mop. Milans, Hirsh Perl,
man, Hugh S. Sampson, William
H. Scrivener, Joseph M. Stoddard,
Edward H. Story, Mrs. Katherine
Swain, Mrs. Irene May VanPelt,
Mrs. Laura McClintock Walburn,
and Horace Winter.
The term OF the jurors will
expire January 2.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04

Help" Help" "Help" How
often have you heard those cries when
you couldn't render the service neces-
sary to relieve the situatiOn? Keep i'm
formed as to dependable services avail
able at a moments notice read
the Business Service Directory of the
WANT AID SECTION of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
Election Day Brings
OnLu Three DrUnkS

Although yesterday was election
day only three drunks we're ar
rested in Alexandria, a new elec-
ton day low record.
Offenders were dismissed by
Acting Justice Harry F. Kennedy
in police court today.
The Washington times., 1933-10-04
True TO Type
Wells Clumsy Lout Not Sure to Lose
to Wells Books
-By GILBERT SELDES-

1t is little easier to believe H. G.. Wells when he
talks about The Shape of Things to Come" and pre-
diets the course of the world 100 to 500 years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
LOOK BUY NOW

Now is the time to spend money to make money. History shows that those who have been able to over come their hoarding instincs before the majority, during depress-0ns, and invest their money properly gre those who reaped richly with the turn. The fall in diamonds is less than half the average fall in stocks and real estate. For those who buy now and hold there is no safer investment. The most dis tressed market at present is Holly
 wood and some wonderful bargains are offered. A broker sent us q large beautiful SOLITAIRE, near ly one and one-half carats, SC in a platinum mounting, decorated with twenty small diamonds. The price is S400 and if you can afford it, DON'T miss this opportunity. We will be pleased to show you this wonderful buy. THE NUGGET SHOP. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
N0NBEL|EF IN ]. GOD FREES TWO
 BEFORE COURT
Henry L. Mencken Refuses to Testify Under Oath
 AcknowledgingD Deity

BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.-Henry L. Mencken nabbed a couple of dis turbers last night and got them
 into police court, but would not testify against them today, point ing out that the State constitu- tion provides that to testify under oath one must believe in God. J. R. Coe of Washington and Thomas C. Pinkerton of Baltimore interrupted the deliberations and discussions of Mencken and Alfred
 Knoph, publisher, in the rear room of restaurant in their club. After one of them had felled the ser
 geant -at-arms of the club and ere
 ated fight, Mencken chased them to the street, nabbed them and turned them over to the police.
 They were released when Mencken refused to testify.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18

high throughout Alaska with A g
 previously at of 5 de- moderately low of Vancouver wit in is ra mil the Aeutan Islands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
FIRST AIRPLANE
 TEST FLIGHT IS COMMEM0RATED
Hundreds Visit Hill at Kit ty Hawk - Flier
 Drops Wreath

KITTY HAWK, N. C., Dec. l8.- Sandy Kill Devil Hill, set apart thirty years ago from all other sand hills along the North Carolina coast when Wilbur Wright made the first successful airplane flight from it. was visited Sunday by hundreds.
 In commemoration of the epochal event Frank Hawks, noted flier dropped a wreath on the hill while on a speed flight from Washing ton to Dayton, Ohio, via Kitty Hawk
 Dayton was the former home of the Wright brothers and the place where they developed their flying ideas in their bicycle shop.
 A winged pylon, erected by the Federal Government now marks the hill where the first flight was made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
B. M. BEHRENDS CO.,. Inc. Juneaus Leading Department Store

the Matanuska field-the Wish bone Bill mine. The Evans Jones closed recently due to lack of wa ter. It however, is expected to re- sume in tn early Spring months.
 Interest in Gold
 Western areas are looking for a revival of gold mining next spring and expect to see some important developments in that field. MT Stewart said. Prospecting is or the increase and new sections are being explored in the Alaska Rail- road region. Anchorage is highly optimistic over the outlook fol developments.
 At Willow Creek activity is above normal. w. E. Dunkle is employ ing the usual number of men ane continuing operations on the regu- lar scale at the Lucky Shot ane War Baby mines. He also ha! SlNW Ol 1O illCll 0OiliS oOlliS NN velopment work on the Oracle mine in the Moose Pass area George H. Miller, former Foreman miner for the United States Blu reau of Mines. is in charge of the work for him
 The Gold Cord, another Willow Creek property is producing, anc crew is engaged in development work on the Fern. Gen A. D. Me Rae has abandoned the Gold ToI property on which he expended { substantial sum during the pas year in exploratory work.
 Unable to Visit Fairbanks
 Due to the delay encountered 1T the Matanuska Valley coal min ing district. MT Stewart had tt abandon his proposed visit to tn, Fairbanks station of the Bureau O l Mines. He will go there sometimi after the first of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
HUNK ANDERSON
 M AY BE COACH AT N. C. STATE.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 18.-Hunk Anderson who has lost his coaching job at Notre Dame. has shown interest in the vacant coach's post at the North Caro- lima State College, Dr. Ray R. Sermon, Athletic Director said.
 While Anderson has not applied for the post, pr. Sermon said. he is understood to be considering making an application.
 The contract of John P. Knight head coach at the State College has expired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
Don't Send Yule Liquor by Mail,
 U. s. Is Wmned

WASHINGTON, Dec 18-The Christmas giver will encoun- ter difficulties if he is caught mailing liquor.
 Justice Department officials said that section of the crim- inal code, in force before the prohibition act was adopted, bars the use of the mails for liquor shipment, even when the package moves entirely in a wet state, or from wet state into another.
 No law bans the movement of liquor by express, however, except into dry state, of ffciaIs said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
MIR. AND MRS. I. P. TAYLOR
 RETURNING ON S.S. ALASKA

Ike P. Tayor, Chief Engineer for the Alaska Road Commission, and Mrs. Taylor are returning to Ju- nsau on the steamer Alaska which is due here Tuesday MT. Taylor left here early in November to accompany Gov. John w. Troy to Washington, D. c. on official bus mess. He was met by Mrs. Taylor in Boise, Idaho, on his way west and there they attended the fu- neral services for his mother, who passed away shortly after his de- parture for the East.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18


 Five beds of high grade coal had been uncovered and except for two beds were largely unworked
 Removal of coal pillars in cer- tain areas. step that had been prohibited for years by MT. Stew art. is said to have caused the disaster. After Mir Stewart and his staff were furloughed last Summer and the mine inspection suspended, removal of these pil- lars was started
 Owned by Howard
 Bartley Howard, former member of the Alaska Territorial Senate was the principal owner of the Premier. It was one of the larg- est properties in the Matanuska field, employing about Is miners. It had done considerable exploring and was regarded as having a fine future,
 What the company's plans are has not been announced. MT. How ard is now enroute to the East to raise additional capital with which it is proposed to open an- other mine on the same leasehold but further upon Moose Creek. The loss of this property leaves only one coal mine in operation in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18

Daily Empire Christmas Edition wrapped for mailing, postage paid, IS cents. Leave orders at Empire or Phone 374.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
READY-TO-MAIL

Framed pictures of our popular art subjects in Christmas wrap pings. No extra charge for wooden boxes. Winter and Pond Go. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
STaMPECE ON

For the new panoramic picture of Juneau. Get yours in time. Winter and Pond Go. --adv.
 Daily Empire Christmas Edition wrapped fer mailing, postage paid, Is cents. Leave orders at Empire or Phone 374.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
BASKETBALL GIRLS
 ARE TO PRACTICE
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the school gym, the girls Of the High School basketball team are requested to report for prac- tice, according to Coach Maurina Herbig. All the girls are request ed to go prepared for hard work out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
COAL MINE FLOODED
 OUT AND LOST
One of Three Operating Mines in Matanuska
 Valley Wiped Olt

tContinced 1tv.n Page one)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
SANDERS TO
 STAY ON JOB

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-Sena- tor Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio, msm- Der of the National Republican Committee and former National Chairman, said Everett sanders will continue as head of the na- tional organization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18

DalIy Empire Want Ads Pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
BLANKETS - BEDDING

We line of Blankets They bought when lowest history and able sell them still exceedingly
 wool blankets ranging price from Sl5 S495 All wool Sl350 Cotton filled comforts S 5 and up Wool filled
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
GROVER e. WYNN TO F.
 RETURN ON TUESDAY

Grover c. Vim. prominent local attorney. left Seattle on the steam CT Alaska Saturday morning for his Juneau home. He has been south for several weeks on busi- ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05

final hours of the convention he was named it choice for vice. president and ho subsequently shared in tho overwhelming repub- llcan victory by which Warren e. Harding was elected president. Always Republican One of Coolidgo's closest friends once said of him that during his entire career he worked with the republican party. and his idol was Abraham Lincoln"
 In 1919 Coolidge received from Amherst College, Tufts College and Williams College tho degree of LL.D. and in 1920 from Wesleyan University, Vermont University and Bates College the same. degree.
 Io was the author of . book en- titled, Have Faith, in Massachu- setts," but he was . student rather than an author of bookA Aside from politics. books were his life.
 Successful Governor
 As governor of Massachusetts, Calvin Coolidge, if one is to judge by the constantly increasing ma jorities he received in each suc- ceeding election, advanced rapidly in the estimation of the people of the state. He was elected in 1918 for his first term. His reelection by an increased plurality was prac- ticaily conceded when the police of Boston left their posts.
 After Q night of rioting tho gov- ernor took command of the situa- ton, restored order with state guardsmen, destroyed every effort of the police to win their places back, ended for all timo the possl- bility of . police union with an outside authority and faced the electorate on the issue of law and order.
 Tfo was reelected by Q plurality of 12b,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05
DOCTOR IS HELD
 AS COUNTERFEIT
 GANG MEMBER
Dr. Burtan of New York Be- lieved Implicated With the Arrested German War Ace

New York. Jan 5-(UP)-Fed- eral authorities to-day held Dr Valentine Gregory Burtan on a charge of counterfeiting, and were attempting to prove he accompaB- jed Count" Enrique Dechow Won Beulow to Chicago when $100,000 worth of false currency was taken there.
 Dechow Won Buelow was arrest ed when he alighted from Mon treal plane and held in connection with investigation of an interna- tional ring of counterfeiters said to have printed $500,000 worth of s100 bills. Secret service agents seek to prove that he obtained $200,000 of the bills in Germany, took them to Mexico where he bur jed part. and brought the rest into the United States.
 The man who accompanied Won Buelow on his trip to Chicago fooled eight Chicago Gangsters into a deal to circulate the bills, the agents said. Paul Norton. brother of nails" Norton. a late gangster. was said to have been the leader. They gave s40.000 in counterfeit to federal agents, and threatened to take the man who sold it to them for a ride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05

cumstances.
 He was born, on Independence Day of 1872, in Plymouth, N. IT., and his early life was spent on his father's farm in the hoart of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05
NEW BISHOP WAS CONSECRATED AT
 BOSTON TO-DAY

Scallon, tho Rev B. A. Scallon, Miss Annie Scallon, the Roy c. 1. Noid- ling, tho Rev Francis Van Hover. Ing, and Brother Lambert, all of Alexandria, and the Rev Patrick ]. Kclloher, s. J., of Shreveport.
 After his consecration, Bishop Desmond, carrying his silver staff walked down tho center aisle of tho cathdral, extending his bless Ing to all in tho congregation. Seated in the first row wcrc hls threo borthors, Joseph, of Leban. on, N. H., John of Arlington. and Leo of Cambridge, with n sister, Mrs James Sullivan of Brighton. Another sister is n nun in tho order of saint Joseph at Los Angeles, Bishop Desmond's parents were tho late MT and Mrs Daniel Desmond of Hayerhill.
 Tho now bishop of Alexandria will say his first pontihcal mass to- morrow at St Clements church m Somervillo, where he has been 0 curate. Ills plans for leaving for Louisiana are indefinite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05
Ex-President Calvin Coolidge Died Suddenly To-day

Green Mountains.
 There was nothing in this envir- onment to lead the boy to dreams of greatness But like other farm boys, he made it his ambition to go to college. After years of hard work, in which the hard phlioso- phy of a difficult struggle for a living became ingrained in him, he succeeded in reaching Amherst college, to graduate with distino. ton if not with high honora
 Until his graduation from col- lege there is nothing to indicate that Coolidge had any political am- bitions whatsoever. But, after his admission to the state bar, and the beginning of a modest legal prac- tico in Northa m pton, Mass, in the office of Hammon and Field, he became town clerk--the first step In . long political career.
 Coolidge quickly became popular with the townspeople of North ampton and in 1899 he was elected to the city council-although he had not sought the office. At the same time he was made city solioi- tor. Tho post gave him much ex- pcrience in law.
 Six years later he married Grace Goodhue of Burlington, Vt, a young Northampton school teacher. So unobtrusive had been the romance between the young lawyer and Miss Goodhue that few knew anything about 1t until the marriage was ans nounced,
 Coolidge's rise in politics was steady after his first public post. Ho was elected to a number of of- fices and finally became mayor.
 Then, in 1911. he entered state politics when he was elected to the state senate. Of four years service In that body, he spent two as pre- siding officer.
 At the end of his senate term ho was elected lieutenant of Mnssa chusotts. under Gov Samuel Mccall. In 1918 he was elected governor of the commonwealth, and In 1919 was reelected. It was In this post he first gained na- tional attention.
 The Boston police strike of 1919 was the incident that commended his executive ability and judge- ment to the nation. His handling of the situation, and his declara- ton for Claw and order" regnrd- less of what might come, won him commendation In all quarters.
 When republican leaders in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05

decesaor, From" Marshall, had
 Coolidge was born on Juy ( 1872, at Plymouth, . typical rs. mote country village nestled in the rugged hills of Vermont. De- seconded from John and Mary Cool. ldge, who about 1880 settled in Massachusetts, hise ancestry ran back through . long line of farm. CTS who lived In that state until hls great.great-grandfather moved Co Vermont.
 Reared on Farm
 To young Coolidge came the usual experiences of country boy living on q lonely farm. His fath- or, besides tilling the soil, was also the village storekeaper. Industry, frugality and self-reliance and Q capacity for hard work were the guiding principles of life his father taught him. To the ungradod country school at Plymouth. with It's small, single room, It's wood stove and wooden bucket of spring water, he trudged In 1ll kinds of weather. Every Sunday found him attending services at the vile lage church.
 After mastering the educational requirements of the village school he pursued his studies at the Black River Academy, at the nearby town of Ludlow, and later ho crossed the hills of Mash chusetts to the college of Amherst. He paid three dollars week for his board. He was even then a great reader of books, especially those dealing with history and govern ment. He took no active part In the sports of which the average college student is so fond. He preferred to study. Tn his senior year, in open competition with the students of not only his, but of all American colleges, he won the first prize offered for the best essay on the principles for which the Amer ican Revolution was fought. He was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1895 and at tho mencement exercises was tho orator,
 Studied Law Early
 Coolidge did not havo enough money to go to law school. He went to Northampton, Mass, tho nearest place whero law was studied and practiced, after he was graduated from Amherst and sec cured Job in . law office. He buekled down to his law books, and 50 assiduous was he with hls studies that at the end of twenty months he was admitted to the bar. He then opened his own law office at Northampton and contin- ued to practice as an obscure country lawyer until he turned his attention to politics.
 On october {, 1905, he married Miss Grace A. Goodhue, of Bur lington, Vt, and he and his bride made their first home in one-half