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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
RUSSIAN AIRMEN IN SEATTLE ON
 WAY TO SEWARD.
Party Will Fly from Nome in Attempt to Rescue
 Men on Ice Floe

SEATTLE, March 15.-The Rus sian rescue party, composed of Prof. George Nshakov, geographer, and Mauritz Slepniv and Sigmund Levonewski. aviators, have arrived here. from New York and will out fit here and sail for Seward Sat- urday on the steamer Alaska. The party will go to Fairbanks by train. charter plane there and fly to Nome.
 Under present plans they will ferry plane to Wrangell Island and then attempt to rescue the marooned Soviet party now on the Arctic ice floe.
 The rescue party will attempt to fly the 98 marooned men to East Cape from whence they will be taken to Vladiyostok by boat
 The latest information gives the location of the ice foe as being $50 miles northwest of Nome.
 Aviator Slepnov aided in the Eilson- -Borland search in the Arc tic several years ego.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Price Vie,Us Air MdiI Situation.
 Also Russo-Japanese Troubles
By BYRON PRICE Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.

More than one up-for-election Republican now is banking heavily on use of the airmail cancellations as campaign issue. It is the intention to link the Presidents cancellation order with general charges of attempted dictator ship. It is argued that MT Roosevelt denied the aviation com panies any real hearing of their side.
 Cautious floor and private ut terances in Senate and House in- dicate that this plan is widespread among the Republicans, but by no means universal Many members are keeping quiet, waiting to see what else the investigation will show.
 The Administrations own ad- vices as to the popularity of the Presidents course are much mixed
 From some sections strong sup port is reported; in others, the Lindbergh notes, the army mail casualties and the objections rais- ed in Congress are described as having made a deep impression.
 There is no question the White House is seeking to get the mail back into private hands, on some basis, as soon as feasible. The President personally is giving the subject much of his time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
VICTIM SLAIN
 W \ E N RANSOM
 DEMAND DENIED
Max Kasoff's Body Found Today on Ocean Side,
 Long Island
THREATS MADE BY
 ABDUCTORS EXECUTED
Family of Man Notified Po- lice, then Human Sac
 rifice Is Made

NEW YORK, March 15.-Kidnap- CTS of Max Kasoff called the mem bers of his family last week de- manding $5,000 ransom or i've will send him home in pieces, his ears first"
 Altogether there were four or five telephone calls.
 Last Sunday the kidnapers said: 50 you have notified the police. o. K, we'll fix him."
 Today the members of Kasoff's family went to Rockville Center, Long Island, and identified body as that of Kasoff. He had been blindfolded, shot twice in the head and once in the neck. There was a deep cut where he had been struck by length of pipe. His body was found in front of a bill- board on the ocean side of Long Island.
 Kasoff was 37 years old and was known as being in the auto rental business. He disappe d last Thursday night The family did not take the demands for ransom seriously.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15

pressed in a profound respect for the state and unquestioning obed- fence to rules that embrace the welfare of the people.
 An article published in Premier Mussolini's newspaper, Il Popolo d'Italia, says the new man will be a welcome relief from the types produced by the French and Rus sian revolutions.
 The French revolution, it de- clares, gave the world man mark ed by "swagger and egoism,' while the Soviet produced single cell type lacking in physiegnomy, form, energy or will"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Mullen Resigns
 as Committeeman

WASHINGTON. March l5. -J. J. Thomas, Democratic state chair man of Nebraska, announces that Arthur J. Mullen has resigned as National Committeeman of that state. Mullen was the third Ma tional Democratic committeeman to resign since President Roose- velt's expression against commit teemen practicing law before gov ernment departments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
NINE ALASKA PLANTS TO BE
 OPERATED '34
Pacific American Fisheries Announces Activities
 for Fishing Season

BELLINGHAM, Wash, March 15 The Pacific American Fisheries will exceed last years activities by operating nine canneries in Alaska and its Bellingham plant during the 1884 season according to an made by E. B. Dem ing, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
 The company anticipates pack of between six and seven hundred thousand cases.
 Equipment purchases for the sea- son will amount to about one mill lion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Ne,o Model Man to Emerge
 From Fascist Training, Claim

MILAN, Italy, March 15. - The Fascist regime is forging a new type of man, described as the possessor of 'virile humility"
 He will be an individualist, says a blackshirt forecast of the future generations, only in so far as in- dividual characteristics benefit so- ciety in general
 The negative" attributes of in- dividualism that he will know nothing of are listed as: venality, vanity, desire for luxury and re- bellion against fundamental nor als.
 His @virile humility will be ex-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
MRS. ROOSEVELT
 CAUGHT IN GALE.

MIAMI, Florida, March l5.-Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, enroute home from Puerto Rico, has been forced back to San Pedro, and landed there on account of un- favorable weather A gale was en- countered on the flight.
 PORT AU PRINCE. March 15.- Mrs. Roosevelt arrived here late this afternoon and will continue toward home tomorrow, weather permitting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
UNITED STATES CUNb0AT AFIRE,
 CHINA WATERS
Flames Spread Quickly Following Explosion
 in Engineroom
BRITISH WARSHIP
 RUSHES TO SCENE
Every Officer and Sailor on Fulton Are Saved
 Heroism Recognized

HONGKONG, March 15. = One hundred and eight-seven American sailors and a mascot cat were saved from a fiery death on the flaming American gunboat Fulton which burned to the voters edge north of here. They have been brought here by rescue ships.
 The fire broke out in the engine room.
 Eight members of the crew were injured.
 Tribute for Heroism
 A gallant tribute to British tars who saved the Americans came from the Fulton's skipper and Commander Harry McHenry, U. s. N.
 The crew of the gunboat Fulton were brought here aboard the H M s. Wishart which saved the officers and men, assisted by the crew of the steamship Tsinan, a commercial vessel.
 T cannot speak too highly of the courageous action of the of ficers and men of the H. M s. Wishart, whose display of heroism will go down in naval annals" said Commander McHenry.
 Flames ROared
 While the flames were roaring aboard the Fulton, life boats and speed boats from the Wishart went alongside and pulled men virtually from the decks and when the flames became too hot, the Wis hart's crew picked up the Fulton's officers and men from the water into which they jumped.
 The Fulton, still blazing, is being lowed here.
 There is a likelihood the explo- sion was caused when an exhaust blew out. Flames caught in the oil tank in the engine room.
 One member of the engine crew said: There was hell of an explosion. There was no possibility of putting out the flames and we seemed doomed until the Wishart and Tsinan arrived and saved us"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Repeai iil AIaska Is Expected by End of This Month

WASHINGTON, March 15.- Prohibition repeal in Alaska and Hawaii before the end of the month is expected to be- come legally effective follow ing the action of the House Territories Committee in re- por-:ng the repeal bills favor ably.
 The Senate has already pass cd the two bills.
 Final action will simply re- peal the Prohibition laws of the two Territories.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
PARTY PROVES
 FATAL AFFAIR

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 15.- J. M Gaines was given party on his 10th birthday by the mem bers of his family. After the party Caine killed his wife and seriously wounded a visitor, then attempted suicide. He told the police he was Respondent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
COUPLE MAKE
 UP; SHOT DOWN

POINT ROCK, Alabama, March 15.-Dwight Jones, aged 35, and his wife became estranged but made up their differences and determined to start life anew. They were found shot to death last night outside of their home. Mack Woodall, aged 38, husband of Mrs. Jones's sister, said he killed the couple then fired two bullets into his own body because he was jealous. Wood all will die.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Russian Flier Reported
 Lost Flying Ouer Arctic

MOSCOW, March 15.-The in trepid Russian pilot Liapldevsky who saved twelve women and chil- dren from the Arctic Sea ice foe, is missing and is believed to have met disaster in an attempt to rescue the others of the party still remaining on the ice
 It is believed Liapidevsky has been forced down after taking off from Cape Wellen across the strait from Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
CODE PROGRESS IS BEING M ADE,
 METzCAR AYERS
Quotes Wade as Sayin g Progress Is Satisfactory
 Others Make Talks

A code for the gold mining in dustry is new being prepared. 1t was revealed to the Chamber of Commerce today by L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent of the AL aska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany, who returned this week from! a several weeks trip to company headquarters at San Francisco and elsewhere. He said he could not discuss the code at this time.
 Progress is being mad. on it, and I am authorized to quote MT. Wade Deputy MIRA Administrator for Alaska to say he is satisfied with that progress" MT. Met2gar added
 Routine Business Trip
 His trip south was just matter of routine business, he said. He was not in position to observe gen. eral conditions as closely as others returning recently from the south, but the few things he did notice indicated quite a material recovery had been made in the past 12 months. For instance, there is to- day four times as heavy passenger traffic on the railroads as there was at the same time last year. Employment in the smaller ship- yards is very much better, and also in the numbering industry. Business, generally, seems to have substantially improved.
 President Gardner said late data on the lumber industry showed 380 Pacific Coast mills now in operation as compared to 80 a year ago.
 1000 Sailors to Visit
 The crews of the six submarines and two surface ships comprising the Twelfth Submarine Division, U. S. Navy, scheduled to arrive here July 27 for a four-day visit, number 1000 men. The officer personnel includes 60. This was disclosed to the Chamber in letter from Capt. H. M Jensen, Division Commander. He expressed his appreciation for the Chambers invitation to visit this port and said the Juneau call was being looked forward to with a great deal of anticipation.
 Details of the visit, such as hour of arrival, entertainment, etc, will be worked out later. President Gardner announced he would ap- point special committee later in the season to work out program for the visitors.
 Church Explains Business
 Three phases of his operations in Southeast Alaska were explained to the Chamber today by Campbell Church, Jr., head lof an organi- zation conducting cruising parties here for several years last past. The idea that it was devoted to hunting and fishing expeditions is erroneous, he said We promote cruising in private yachts and are seeking to build up our business along that line rather than on hunting and fishing. The former is lasting and permanent; the lat ter temporary, because it must go as more and more people come into the country"
 He smilingly disclaimed making enormous profits. That is not the situation. We are a group of young men who are putting money into Southeast Alaska, and trying to build up something for the future" he said. In the past four years
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
SCORES KILLED.
 CITY IS FIRED
Dynamite Explosion Raises Havoc in San Salva-
 doran Republic

SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, March 15.-Much of the city of La Libertad is a mass of smoking ruins, levelled by a fire which spread after an explosion in which 150 persons were, killed.
 The blast, which was heard for 30 miles, occurred when dynamite exploded as it was being unloaded from ship.
 Fire followed quickly, spreading to buildings near the wharf and then sweeping through many city blocks.
 The City Hall and a church are among the buildings consumed.
 Not one man handling the 250 cases of dynamite escaped death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Mink Bites Man; Mink Is Dead, Man SuruiUes

ABERDEEN, Wash, March 15. A year ago, Phil M IS on, rancher; had a mink in captiv- ity. It bit his hand. Mason survived but the mink died.
 Then Mason got a wildcat and made a pet of it.
 The wildcat scratched and bit Mason.
 Mason is now back at work but the wildcat is iii and like Iy to die.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15
Soviet to Train One
 Million Men for Air

LONDON, March 15.-An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Riga reported that the Soviet Council of Peoples Commissars had decided to increase the Soviet Air force by training one million pi- lots to be ready for service at a moments notice by the end of 1887.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15

Australia now has 58 woolen mills producing about 76,000000 square yards of woolens, worsteds and flannels, a million blankets and 100000 pounds of yarn year. lY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-27
TREASURY IS HELD
CAMPAIGN CHEST.
Senator Vandenberg Says
Coming Election Most Vital
Since Civil War.

BY the Associated Press.
FLINT. Mich. September 27.-As-
sorting that the coming election from
every viewpoint is the most
important since the Civil War;"
United States Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg told the Republican
State convention here today that Re-
publicans confront IAN opposition
with the greatest campaign chest ir
ell political hiStory-to wit, the
Treasury of the United States"
we confront" he said, an OPP
position which, with the greatest
army of press agents ever hired at
public expense, adroitly covers up
its greater errors by well-managed
emphasis upon the lesser achieve
ments with which it is rightly
credited and which it would be absurd
to deny
Declares Fat Running Lean"
Senator Vandenberg said "the
battle with depression is less favor
able with America today than with
most of our foreign nelghborS who
have played less bravely with patcnt
medicines" and added: I'VE create
more problems than We solve. There
are more unemployed than ever. We
are living on our own fat-and the
fat is running lean
Private business said Senator
Vandenberg, must resume; there is
no other way. 1t cannot resume-it
cannot create jobs for workers and
consumers for farm products-in the
face of handicaps have sketched. 1t
cannot resume in the face of persistent
threats of Government competition.
1t cannot resume-certainly it
cannot make a long-range plan-so
long as extraordinary and anti-con-
stitutional powers permit any one
man, even so greata man as the Pres
ident of the United States to decide
for himself. whenever he pleases, what
shall be our tariffs, what shall be the
value of our money and what shall be
the course and nature of our Govern
ment activities"
Evening star., 1934-06-29
For the Children's Sake.

Hundreds of Washingtonians have
read with sorrow and regret of the
death of Mary Agnes Beane. Only
four years of age and for that rea-
son a symbol of all the other small
boys and girls of the community, she
was struck down by an automobile
at the entrance to the Chevy Chase
playground and gave her life to
dramatic the dangers of city street.
But such a sacrifice ought not to
have been necessary. Motorists Il
censed to drive should be aware of
the fact that especially in residential
areas in Summer a constant and un-
remitting care must be exercised If
tragedies are to be avoided. With
the schools closed for the vacation
period thousands of children are free
to run about in the less busy byways
as well as in the main arteries of
traffic and they may not be fully
conscious of their peril. The re-
sponsibility in the circumstances rests
primarily with drivers. They should
remember that operating high
speed vehicle is privilege with linn
itations. No motorist has the right
to endanger the existence of another
person. and the martyrdom of child
is a particularly 'indefensible thing
Granted that drivers involved in
fatal accidents invariably have an
Evening star., 1934-06-29

Undoubtedly, as some one else says.
But it is just as likely as not to
be the sort Of dismayed attention the
lady does not desire.
Not one gentleman in q million
would say a word, of course.
1t Is just another one of those
things that is not done, even by ones
best friend.
The lady must bear these accent
marks to her fingers without benefit
of opinion.
Sometimes she does 1t by looking at
'em critically herself.
We have seen her do 1t, on busses,
in particular. There must be some
thing about this form of public trans
portation which peculiarly fits it for
contemplation Of the digits.
Yes. thar she sits, looking rather
critically at her own livid finger tips.
The observer would swear she were
mildly worrying about them. as to
just how they happened to get that
| way.
The yellow cat instanced often looks
at its fluffy yellow tail with exactly
the same expression. as If TO ask,
Where did you come from?"
Whence came you, yellow tail?
And you, red finger nails, how in
the name OF heaven did you get that
way?
Were you dipped in a pot of red
INK at the rainbOw's end?
Are you the tell-tale evidences Of
some bloody ancestral feast, when
claws were really claws?
*H*4
"Ah. proud questioner. we are
nothing more than an evidence of
modernity." reply the red finger tips.
We are the rather goofy of signs
OF plainly nutty era, that is all.
We first cropped up in the hey
day of the old deal.
We were the sign manual of two
cars in every garage and of one
chicken in every pot.
We went places, and did things
as II no one else had ever gone places
and done things!
I'VE consciously bespoke the SUPER
conscious acceptance Of life, as some
thing TO be read about, rather than
h'Su' oohictlIuk 10 De talked ABOUT,
rather than to be done: something to
De lauShed at, rather than to be pom
| dered.'
Alas, little red badges OF courage,
what now?
Many will hope you fade out, grow
nice and pink, like the baby's soft
cheek.
Come to think OF II, with its she'll
like transparency. 1t Is rather too
good TO be painted Ger with the pale.
sickly cast OF thought.
1t requires mental energy and some
courage. no doubt. to do house paint
ing on ones finger tips And yet
Ever the question crops up, more
persistent than red, perhaps: Why,
oh. why?
Lives there no maid. with nails of
red who never TO herself hath said: {:
This is the darndest color I ever
saw. I'm going TO wash it off and
go natural from now on?"
Those who await this phenomenon
should live in hope.
Nature is, indeed, marvellous.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
Government Dole
Is DemOraliZing
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Washington. and probably the whole
OF the United States of America.
seems TO have the Government dole in
its most pernicious form. In other
parts OF the world, presumably. it is
only the really ''indigent poor" who
are helped in this way.
The relief or bread" lines are
filled constantly. surging crowd,
busy talking and laughing and smok-
ing. many of the individuals looking
rather prosperous. Quite commonly
they call at the distributing stations
for their supplies of -four. eggs,
oranges. etc. in either private or pub
lie automobiles.
1t Is creolbly reported that these
supplies, instead of being used as in
tended, are often sold by the recip-
tents for booze" and for other things.
One tragedy of this whole mess"
Is that many OF the dole grabbers
won't work. some of them having re-
signed from places of useful employ
ment. They reason thus. Why work?
Uncle Sam is able and ready and
willing to feed and clothe US. He
pays US as much as we are able to
earn at work, and sometimes more.
No. We prefer to follow the line Of
least resistance. If We are paid well
for not working. why work for pay?"
Thus. the labor problem in the
homes of this city is being affected
most unfavorably. 1t is difficult
nowadays to secure good servant in
the house. This fact may be readily
verified through either the citizens or
the employment agencies of Wash
ington.
After the World War, as every
thoughtful observer knows, large
percentage of our veterans came back
home claiming that they had made
the world safe for democracy and
that for this patriotic service Uncle
Sam owed them a good living for the
rest OF their lives. They have con-
sistently refused to work and have
demanded governmental care and
compensation What shall we think
or say now Of our peace" veterans?
The fact Is that there are compara-
lively few of us left who may reason
ably be expected to carry on-doing
the days work, keeping in motion the
wheels of toll and industry, actually
earning a livelihood.
If any one else wants to see this
circus" in action. let him call any
day at Third and c streets northwest
and have look at the merry throngs
1t is manifest that those responsible
for the selection of persons entitled
to this emergency relief" must be
extremely lax and liberal in the per-
formance of this duty.
Men and women are lazy enough
by nature Why should Uncle Sam,
especially in these days of his own
distressing poverty. undertake to make
Americans the most shiftleSs people
on earth?
EVERETT M. ELLISON.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
alibi, 1t remains incontrovertible that

alibi, 1t remains incontrovertible that
roads and streets are the province Of
pedestrians, not the exclusive prop
erty OF drivers. Certainly, children
dart out into the path OF cars In mo-
ton; they have been taking chances
OF that kind for centuries-it Is one
of the prerogatives of childhood to be
carefree. And it lies well within the
memory of living persons that the
youngsters traditional liberty re-
manned practically unchallenged until
the invention of the gasoline motor.
But boys and girls should be edu-
Gated to the new threat which hangs
over them. They should be taught
that crossing a street is serious
business. Parents and guardians Gus
tomarily endeavor to protect them
against smallpox and diphtheria; they
also should spare no effort to protect
them against the far more devastat-
ing plague Of speeding automobiles.
And the constituted authorities Of
the community likewise should recog-
niZe their obligation. The entrances
to Fairgrounds should be properly
policed, and sufficient money should
be made available for that purpose.
The loss of Mary Beane touched a
multitude of hearts. In her name
let the people of Washington unite to
prevent such casualties. 1t is a duty
to be vigilant in the children's be-
half, and no cost or concession is too
great to make for the children'S sake.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
Shift Tax Burden from
Industry to Privilege

To the Editor of The Star:
In view of the series Of articles on
Man and the Machine" appearing in
The Star, j. B. Chamberlain's letter
of June is particularly apropos,
and raises in ones mind the question
why the introduction of labor saving
devices, instead of bringing about in
creased luxury and leisure for the
workers and the dissemination Of pros
perity for all, should, instead, increase
unemployment and poverty and ac-
celerate the concentration of wealth
in the hands of an ever-decreasing
few.
This paradox of increasing poverty
In the midst Of plenty was pointed
out more than half a century ago by
the economist of whom President
Roosevelt has said. II believe that
Henry George was one of the really
great thinkers produced by our coun-
try. ! do not 60 al the way with