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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28
CHESAPEAKE AND DEL.
CANAL TO BE WIDENED

Deepening and widening of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, at
cost of $12,625,OOO, is listed among
the projects for the development of
rivers and harbors reported by the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to
Congress.
This project, the dream of ship
ping interests in Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore, comes under
the jurisdiction of the North At
lantic Division of the army engi-
neers. According to the reports some
of the projects listed by the division
are justified now while others must
wait for further growth of commerce.
The report of the engineers, how
ever, does not specify, whether the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal pro-
ject should be done at once or wait.
The value of the cargoes hauled
through the canal amounted to $44,-
721,734, an increase of $3,163, 656 over
the previous year. During 1888 a
total of 9613 vessels of all types used
the waterway.
The tonnage hauled through the
canal in 1888 was nearly twice the
tonnage of ten years ago, in 1924,
when 1926 tons passed through the
canal. There has been a consistent
increase of tonnage Of waterborne
cargoes through the canal from year
to year during the past ten years, the
report discloses. Total cargoes dur
ing the past ten years aggregate
$3.50, 100000 in value and about g.
100000 tons.
The steady increase in tonnage
hauled through the canal from year
to year is a pertinent argument, be-
ing presented both by Baltimore and
Delaware interests, who are urging
the widening and deepening of the
canal from "barge canal" to "ship
CANAL" with depth of 80 feet and
$50 to 800 feet width.
Last September the project was turn
ed down by the PWA, although the
request was approved by Army engi-
neers and by the House Rivers and
Harbors Committee.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
DELAWARE LEGION BOARD
TO DISCONTINUE SIGNING

The Delaware Liquor Commission
has decided it doesn't want your name
when you buy a bottle of liquor.
But the commission still wants to
know exactly how much you bought
and the brand you selected.
Therefore, commencing December
1s and continuing until next Feb
ruary 1, retail vendors of bottled spir-
it's and wine for consumption off the
premises, will not ask you your name
and address when you make a pur-
chase, but, the vendor must be sure
to make. an immediate entry of the
brand and amount in the books fur
nished for that purpose by the COM
mission.
If on February 1, the Commission
decides that the desired results have
not been obtained through this mod
flied order then it will either revert
to the requirements Of names and adj
dresses or adopt some other measure
to insure the commission knowing
definitely and accurately the extent
of retail sales of bottled spirits and
wines.
The necessity of giving ones name
and address for each purchase has
been considered by many as nuisance
Many "wiseacres" have given phoney
names and it is not unusual to find
the names of "Pierre S. DUPONT" John
J. Raskob," "Al Smith," Franklin d.
Roosevelt" and even clarence True
Wilson" staunch prohibitionist, on the
sales books.
The purpose of having the names
of the purchasers was not only to
have a record of the buyers, but to
get the store keepers into the prac-
tice of making sales entries at once,
after the sale, so as to avoid errors.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28
QUEEN ANNE HUNTERS
FACE FUR SHORTAGE

Faced with prospects for short
yield of furs but also with prospects
for higher prices, Queen Anne's coun-
ty muskrat trappers are ready for the
opening of the muskrat trapping seas
on January 1. The season closes
March Is.
The extremely cold weather Of last
year is believed to have killed thou
sands of muskrats in the marshes
and for that reason trappers believe
that the yield this year will be small
err than usual.
However, fur prices generally have
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28

the kitchen and extinguished the blaze
before the fire engine, which had been
called, arrived.
About this time, Mrs. Roy Bull ar
rived at the home and helped Mrs.
Marsh from the smoke laden kitchen
Mrs. Marsh was carried to the North
ampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital
where it is reported that she is ex-
pected to recover from the severe
burns that covered half of her body.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28
Great Advance In
Treating Sore Throat

You can't expect lasting relief from
sore throat when you use salves or
gargles. A sore throat is due to an
internal cause and as such should be
treated internally. Real prescription
medicine -Thoxine-does this.
It's two-way action not only re-
lieves the soreness in the throat but
also goes deep into the system to
drive out cold and fever. Thoxine is
pure, safe, pleasant to take. Guaran-
teed to relieve sore throat or coughs in
Is minutes or money refunded. Only
35c. Lloyd & Blaine's Drug Store.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28

Town Board visited the office after
they had been informed of Jones'
death and found everything in order.
Mr.. Jones was the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Jones. He was born
and lived in Middletown all his life.
In addition to his wife and his par
ents, he is survived by three brothers,
Victor, Carl and STAG, and one Sis
ter, Mrs. Bertha Richards, of Clay
mont.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28
the floors dropped in.

the floors dropped in.
They were unable to save any
household goods or clothing.
The fire company responded to the
call for aid, but the flames had gain
ed such Roadway that they were I'M
able to save the dwelling.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28

been higher during recent months and
indications are that muskrat hides
may bring as much at the opening
of the 1885 season as they did at the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-28

close of the 1884 trapping period
Trappers already have leased large
acreage of marsh lands and no tres
pass signs have been posted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
WORRIED OVER BOOTLEGGING.

copyrighted Wasnlngton dispatch by the Asso- ciated Press declares that the Roosevelt Adminis- tration is deeply concerned over rampant boot logging taking place under repeal and somewhat at loss to know how to approach the problem" That bootleggng has not died sudden death because of repeal is not any secret. In fact, there are indications galore that it is fourishing in certain areas to a degree not known during Prohibition days.
 Two reasons are probably the greatest of the factors in this outcome. Legal liquor is hgh-prced. There is real justification for the prices charged generally throughout the country. The old law of supply and demand seems to be working overtime. The supply of genuine aged whiskey in the United States is far from being adequate to meet the demand and the dstillers to be charging all that the traffic will bear and more. That encour- ages bootegging of illicit liquor.
 The second factor is the low quality of of chemists and other experts say is rotten that the "self-respectng bootegger who values the good will of his clientele would not consider offering it for sale It doesn't begin to compare with the higher class illicit whiskey that is still obtainable at smaller price than the legal stuff commands
 The way to stamp out bootleggng is to manufacture honest product and sell it at a reasonable profit That is wholly in the hands of the distller If he chooses do it. the bootlegger though he evades Federal and State taxes, cannot compete because it costs him too much to keep the channels of trade open for his contraband wares.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
DIMOND FOR DELEGATE.

Alaskans whether Democrats Republicans, ought to be gratified and probably in large majority. that Delegate Anthony J. Dmond has filed his declaration of candidacy for the nomina- tion of his party for a second term. While his friends had been certain for sometime he would do so there had been no direct word from him on the subject until his declaration received by Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle.
 MT. Dimonds record to date in Washington is in the words of sometime past, "as clean as a hounds tooth" It is such that political rivals could not, if they would, find any serious flaws in it. He has given Alaskans regardless of party, an honest, sincere and capable representation in the National capital On the strength of that he is entitled to his party's nomination without opposition, by acclaim if it legally possible. It is hardly likely that any Democrat will desire to contest that point So far the rank and file are concerned 1t is his for the asking.
 The Cordoya Times, consistently Republican in political matters, sometime ago edorally announced its adherence to MT Dmond for another term. It urged upon Republican leaders the advisability Of not nominating any candidate for Delegate, either letting it go by default joining with the Demo- crats in endorsing MT. Dmond It gave as it's reason the outstanding nature of the work done by him since he went to Washington less than jected makes little difference in the final result since it is certain anything political can be that MT Dmond will be renominated in April and reelected next Fall by majority probably as big as that he boiled in 1892.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
WAKE UP YOUR
 LIVER BILE WITHOUT CALOM FL
And You'll Jump Out of Bed in
 the Morning Karin to Go

If you feel sour and sunk and the world looks punk, don't swallow a lot of salts, mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chewing gum and expect them to make you suddenly sweet and buoyant and full of sunshine.
 For they can't do it. They only move the bowels and mere movement doesn't get at the cause. The reason for your down-and-out feeling is your liver. It should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily.
 If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. You have 9 thick, bad taste and your breath is foul, skin often breaks out in blemishes. Your head aches and you feel down and out. Your whole system is poisoned.
 It takes those good. old CAMPERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS to geS these two pounds of bile flowing freeiy and make you feel up and up." They contain wonderful, harmless, gentle vegetable extracts, amazing when it comes to making the bile flow freely.
 But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carters Little Liver Pills. Look for the name Cartera Little Liver Pills on the red label. Resent a substitute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
MAKING A "BIGTIME' CRIMINAL.

For months, hardly day has passed on which newspapers have not chroniced some crime of John Dillinger of persons associated with him his gang" He is credited with having engineered the escape of 10 prisoners from the Indiana State Prison who in turn delivered him from jail at Lima, Ohio, after killing Sheriff Joseph Sarber. Since then police officers county peace officers American Legion posts and others have been his trail Not until last week they successful when Arizona officers captured him and three Of his companions at Tucson
 Although he is depicted super criminal in all this publicity, Dillinger's background is place. He is of type frequent that he may be considered as a problem needing more attention than it has far received Still a young man. 30 years old, he is small town product instead of having come up from the slams of a great city usually regarded the breeding place of criminals He is native of MooreSve Ind, and lived all his life in that State In 1924, he was hardly 2l when he sentenced from Morgan County on charge of assault and battery with intent to rob village storekeeper Sentenced to serve from 10 to 21 years, he was paroled after nine years Presumably he was reformed and ready to take his place as a useful member of society He had been unruy inmate of prison occasion, but paroled on pleas that he needed to assist his father on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
Wings Over the Pacific.
(New York World Telegram

When Lieutenant Commander McCinnis and his crews landed their six great navy seaplanes on the water of Pearl Harbor after a 24-hour mass flight from the Golden Gate they did more than write aviation history. They proved to America, as Balbo did to Italy, that wind fog darkness and other scowls of the lowering elements can be con- quered by men of science and men of action
 Captain Cook. it will be recalled discovered the largely by accident. There was nothing accidental about this navy flight
 Through the darkness for fifteen hours with nothing to guide them but their delicate direction finders they made straight for the eight specks on the blue map of the vast Pacific Only Lieutenant Perrys plane separated for a few hours from the flock, and it's commander so little worried that he turned the controls over to an assistant while he shaved himself
 To these Vikings of the air the record breaking flight stirring to the rest of us, was just "a routine hop"
 The navy's feat is being heralded as demonstra- tion for defense When the planes landed they had travelled without stop 2476 miles in "A hours and AS minutes. In their tanks fuel enough to have taken them 15Oo miles farther to the Midway Islands.
 More significantly it is demonstration for com merce and peace. It will draw the motherand closer to these coral islands By ship the islands are nearly week away from California Some day the tired business man and his wife may reach Nirvana by commercial plane in the time it takes now to travel by train from New York to Miami For the Hawaans it will stir new dreams of Statehood
 America once more doffs its hat to aviation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
Senate and Veterans.
(New York Times )


 The Roosevelt Administration has won the first round of the controversy reform of the veterans pension system. It scored this victory when the House of Representative approved bill embodyng the Presidents budget estimates This measure proposes to appropriate for veterans relief during lth fiscal year beginning next July the sum of S546,000000 compared with $884 100000 actually spent for the same purpose in the year which tended last June 30 Part of the reduction thus effected is due to the payment of a smaller sum into the soldiers bonus fund, but most of it is the direct consequence of the reform made last year the Presidents initiative The chief purpose was to sweep the slate clean of peace veterans land return to the principle that public funds should be spent only for the benefit of those actually disabled in service
 The bill goes to the Senate It will meet opposition there. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania has introduced a measure (S. 2115) embodying the so- called "four-pont program" of the American Legion One of these points calls for the perpetuation of service connection" for all veterans who were granted it before the National Economy Act was adopted. Another seeks disqualification at the Gov ernments expense for veterans whose present dis abilities admittedly have connection whatever with war service, provided they are mot able reasonably" to pay for it. Senator Robinson of Indiana proposes Gin s. 104O) still more direct method of undoing what done last year. He would have all laws granting benefits of every kind "re-enacted in their entirety"
 Much will be said in the Senate debate of the folly of saving $300000000 at the expense of vet erans' when the Administration is proposing to spend many times that amount for emergency purposes. In considering this argument two points should be kept in mind One is a matter of prin- ciple regardless of the amount involved, the dis tincton between injuries and disabilities having no connection with war service is soundly made The other is a matter of finance: expenditures for emergency purposes can be terminated when the emergency has ended; expenditures for veterans relief constitute continuing charge upon the gen eral public and this charge rapidly increasing before 1883. It has been estimated by those in charge of this service of the Government that if the pension system had not been reformed it's cost might have mounted ultimately to nearly $2,O00,- 100000 year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court fo
 the Territory of Alaska, Division

Tn the Commissioners Court fo- the Territory of Alaska, Division Number One.
 Before J. F. MULLEN, Commis- sioner and ex-officio Probat e Judge, Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate Of BEN OLSON, deceased.
 NOTICE IS EREBY GIVEN That the undersigned was, on the 10th day of January, 1884, duly ap- pointed executor of the last will md testament of Ben Olson, de- ceased All persons having claims against the estate of said deceased Ire required to present the same with proper vouchers attached, to he undersigned at. Juneau, Alaska, within 6 months from the date of this notice.
 ARNOT HENDRICKSON,
 Executor of the Estate
 of Ben Olson, deceased. First publication, Jan. II, 1884 Last publication, Feb. J, 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

the home farm. Four months after paroled he was being sought a bank robber suspect From then on the lurid tale of his dongs have made his familiar to the entire country. The prisoners whose escape he is believed to have unanswered have similar records.
 This seems to raise serious question as to reform" of criminals It certainly does bring into question the use of paroles and clemency to such cases. Cases like Dillnger's all too frequent Each of them seem to prove that prisons are better places in which to learn criminal ways than to be useful citizens
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
Dictatorship Issues.
(The Arkansas Gazette )

Whenever it is proposed to achieve greater econ- omy and efficiency by centralizing administration and substituting direct and unacceptable responsibility for divided authority, the cry of dictatorship" is raised.
 If President Roosevelt's overwhelming popularity did not make it politically suicidal you would hear him attacked all sides by politicians in elective and bureaucratic office, well as by those on the outside dangerous man who is foisting a dictatorship the country.
 What the people want in nation, State, county and city is the best possible management of public business. They will finally insist on reorganization in the interest of that management in spite of political bogy, whether it be raised by those who are under honest misapprenhension or by others who are moved by selfish motives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
TRINITY GUILD

Will sponsor a card party Friday, February 2, at Trinity Hall start ing at 8 pm. Contract and Bridge Whist and Pinochle will be play ed. Public is invited adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

ecerbate the irrenconcilable posi- tions.
 This is not the view of Ameri- can jingoes or professional anti Japanese. It is, believe, the view of men who, looking at the mat ter without passion or prejudice, realize that propaganda such as is now being put forth in Japan may if it is not checked, put Japan in position of isolation in the world from which it would be extremely difficult for her to retreat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

If that what'shisname new President of Cuba wants to find bargain in a buletproof limousine he should get in touch with some of the ex-boot- logging kings of this country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

If the should become worst, how about trading off few kidnapers for some more French wine2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

Whats the difference whether a man drinks standing until he has to sit down or drinks sitting until he can't stand up?-(Toledo Blade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

The most seasoned American Ob- servers of Far Eastern affairs have
 been disposed to make large al- lowances for the Japanese militar- ist propaganda on the ground that it's immediate purpose is to justify large military appropriations in the
 budget now under consideration. Nevertheless this propaganda is taking a form which may have ser-
 ious implications for the future, and it would be a mistake not to call attention to them What is to be feared is that the propagandists will commit Japanese opinion and Japanese public men to projects that are impossible to realize, that bridges will be burned, the Jap anese national honor engaged.
 This propaganda seems to be bent upon establishing two prin- ciples. One is that, all treaties to the contrary notwithstanding no one must question the Japanese advance into Asia Indeed, last week there were expressions of pained astonishment in Japan be- cause the United States, though of- fering no active opposition. does not by recognizing Manchukuo give it's approval to the treaty breaking The other is that in the naval conference scheduled for 1885, -'36, Japan must have a navy equal to Britain's and Americas.
 These two principles combined are formidable If they were ac- cepted, they would destroy the whole basis of the treaty relation ship set up in the Washington Con- ference. Let us recall what those relationships were. The United States came to the Washington Conference with a naval building program under way which, if com pleted, would have made us the first naval power The British had an alliance with Japan The Jap anese had taken a big bite out of China.
 The Washington Conference was a compromise in the interests of general peace. The United States gave up naval supremacy and ac- cepted equality in capital ship with Great Britain. The Britisl gave up their Japanese alliance Japan and the Unite d State agreed upon a ratio of three t. five. Tn return the United State agreed not to fortify islands il- the Western Pacific, thus makine it impossible for the American navy to give battle on the Asiatic side of the ocean. Japan. in re turn, gave up Shantung and signed the Nine Power Treaty, recognizing the integrity of China.
 Now, as Secretary Stimson point ed out in 1882, all these agree ments were inter-related. We, for | example, did not build a navy which outclasses Japan two to one because Japan pledged herself | to non-aggressive policy as re- spects the Asiatic mainland and ] the Asiatic islands. We did not fortify our own outposts because we have no ambitions of our own l in Asia and were willing to re- nounce the possibility of the use of | force in that part of the world. | But if Japan is now going to claim | the right to override all her treat ies and at the same time to pos sess a navy equal to ours, the whole basic settlement of twelve years ago will be undetermined
 This has one very important
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01
2n YEARS AGO
 From The Empire
FEBRUARY 1. 1914

FEBRUARY 1, 1914
 Word that the Delhi was on the way to Juneau from Seattle with 700 tons of coal aboard was re- ceived with enthusiasm in the city Half of the amount was for house use and the other half was steam coal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

But why doesn't the inheritance tax apply to the part of the estate the lawyer gets?-tAkron Beacon JournalD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

z. J. Loussac haG purchased the Juneau Drug company's store in the King Jaeger building on Front Street and was to take possession within a few days MT. Loussac, who was previously engaged in business in Iditarod, had come to Juneau several months before and had been employed with the J. w. Doran drug company since his ar rival.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-01

Now that the tax whiskey is s2 a gallon instead of s1.1o maybe it will be better-Qndian- apos News)