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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09
MRS. A. HELLENTHAL
 s COMING ON VISIT

Mrs. A. Hellenthal is passen- ger aboard the steamer Yukon coming to Juneau to visit her sons She is accompanied by her daugh- ter. Gertrude Hellenthal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09

Libby, is in Juneau after an in- spection trip to the canneries of Bristol Bay and Yakutat where he said the, outlook was good for large packs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-09

Cathedral. delivered the eulogy, and the pall-bsarers were H.. J. Turner, J. A. krugness. V. W. Null vihtll. T.. R. Anderson, George w.. Kohlhepp and D. J. Oliver.
 Mrs. w. B. Heisel sang, accom- panied by Miss Lillian Alexander.
 Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
 The floral tributes were many and beautiful.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

publhed the A 1sT
y.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
The Closed Bank Curse
It Hangs Heavy on the Country

Hallway measures will solve the problem created by
the freezing within closed banks millions of dollars worth
Of wealth.
This problem in order be dealt with effectuay requires
wholesale immediate and drastic treatment
Such treatment would be given through the speedy enact
nent the introduced in the House by Representative
Clarence ]. Mcleod, of Michigan.
Under Representative McLeods the Government
would buy the closed institutions the purchasing
price being the equivalent Of the amount necessary to off
the depostors Those deposos would be paid Immediately
and the would its investment by holding
the of the closed banks until they appreciated in value
With this one broad stroke the would wipe out
the closed-bank curse
would tell the people that when the Government urges
them to do thing and they do itsuch putting their
money the banksthe Government stands ready to accept
the responsibility which it thus establishes
With this broad stroke the Government would make
tremendous the effort to restore confidence in
the sound banks of the country.
Such step proposed in the Mcleod bill would be the
natural complement Of the bank deposit insurance law which
already working toward the restoration Of confidence in
banks
We guarantee that the small depositor shall not lose
his savings which he puts into bank.
Why should similar provision be made for the protec
ton Of those who put their money into banks which
reopened after the banking holiday Of last March?
There are many arguments which would Justify the enact
ment of the Mcleod bill but probably the most pressing
these is the effect which enactment of that would
have upon general economic recovery
Under its provisions the Government would Immediately
add something than thousand million dollars to the
purchasing power of the country
Millions of small depositors little business and salared
workers. would get back the money which is withheld
from them and which gradually being eaten up by others
These people would put that money to work at
They would into the of the nation giving
It an impetus which could not be blocked.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
By T. E. Powers

plants appear from under a
couch or a fleet Of Flemish
fishing boats sail out of the
washstand.
Whoever the architects Of
these night clubs and theaterS
are, they must drink quite a
bit. And they must have more
money at their command than
any architects have had dur
ing the past five years. The
people who designed Radio
City were working in miniature
compared to them.
Then, when the last young
lady in a blonde wig has dis
appeared under the water to
join in mass formation on the
floor of the ocean for the big
under7sea ballet, and the two
dancing leads nave flown
through the clouds, seated
astride magic carpet and
throwing real palm trees down
on the twinkling lights of Paris,
Rome, Budapest and Leningrad
as they fly over, the camera is
drawn back to show the regula-
ton sized curtain descending on
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Mexico City

Mexico City
It is a pity that so many Of
us wander far afield in search
Of beauty, enchantment, and
the thrill Of grand scenery and
the enchantment of exotic sur
roundings. It isn't necessary
to go far for all these. Go
merely to Mexico and you'll
find them all in abundance
and much, too, that cannot be
adequately put into words
mystery, romance, allure. Truly
it is the land that one can
never forget, the land of con-
trasts. In a short ride, one
passes from the blazing coun-
try of the tropics to the re-
gion of perpetual winter, from
palm, vine and tropical flora
to the land of pine and lichen.
Mexico City is surely one of
the most remarkable capital
cities in the world. It is in a
valley whose floor is a mile
and a half above sea level. Its
borders are surrounded by tow
ering mountains and snow
capped volcanoes rear their
SUBMITS over fertile land. The
city itself is a remarkable mix
ture of the old and the ultra
modern, and you step from the
sixteenth century to the pres
ent by just crossing the street
or turning a corner. Mexico
City has it's fine modern streets
and one of them, the Paseo
de Ia Reforma, is surely one of
the finest streets in the world.
A Drive Up the PaseO
The PaSeo passes through the
new part of the city and has
two driveways divided by a lane
Of tropical flowers and trees
with a beautiful circle of a
fine statue dotted here and
there amidst the riotously
lovely flowers. Drive up the
Paseo some morning on your
way to Avienda de San Fran
cisco and you'll never forget
this lovely avenue, even if you
have seen the Corso, Fifth Ave
nue., Princess Street, Unter den
Linden, the Ringstrasse and
the Champs ElyseeS. The Avi-
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

der how the heck they managed
to have two Lon Chaneys on the
screen at once. I think we were
almost happier then.
Today we know all about dou-
BILE exposures, and process
shots" (where you see the lights
of Broadway streaming by
through the back window of a
taxi, while it's occupants sway
from side to side, for all the
world as if they were not being
shaken from the outside by two
men in overalls). And we know,
almost for a certainty, that the
Invisible Man wasn't really in
visible.
But there is one more point
that I want cleared up before I
admit that I know everything
about the movies. How do they
get 5000 girls in a pool the size
of the Gatun Lake onto one of
those musical comedy stages?
We are shown the interior Of
a theater, sometimes an aver
age-sized theater, sometimes one
in which a fairly large Punch
and Judy show could just about
be manipulated without abra-
sions to the puppeteers. Some
times it is even an ordinary
night club, with a little
stage at one end just big
enough for four people to crowd
on and sing a burlesque Of
"Rigoletto." This is the layout.
The curtain goes up, and
this is the last we see Of the
curtain until it comes down
again. The proscenium is also
kept diScreetly out of the pic
ture. Instead, we find ourselves
transported to a hall of mirrors
the size of the Polo Grounds,
which, according to the meas
urements of the theater or
night club, would necesitate
the tearing down of the back
wall and the five adjacent
buildings, and the extension Of
the stage up to, and including,
Central Park as far as the Zoo.
At this point. approximately
5000 young ladies, in 1000
blonde wigs, descend through
the air from a height of 1000
feet (Which means that the
roof is off already and, the
floor of the stage having by
this time disappeared, group
themselves, in a formation re-
sembling an airplane view Of
the gardens at Versailles, on
the surface of an inland lake
which has come up from no.
where. This means that back
stage in that particular theater,
hell must have broken loose.
In the meantime, we have
seen shots of the managers
office and dressing room, which,
oddly enough, seem to be built
on a scale in keeping with the
rest of the night club, although,
at any moment. we are pre-
pared to see an army Of ele-
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
ONCE OVERS
Live to Fight Some Other

'Tive to Fight Some Other
Day.
Don't be foolish enough to
put up a fight when the modern
stick-up man gets the drop on
you.
These dope-filled fellows are
irresponsible and only when they
are Sputred on by some drug, are
they anything but cowardly.
They would not have an even
chance with you; realizing this
themselves, they will not give
you an opportunity to grapple
with them.
They will shoot you before
they will permit such a thing to
happen.
The old-timer shoots as a last
resoEt-tha young fellow Shoots
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning

enda de San Francisco is the
parade ground of Mexico, al
though it is short and not very
wide.
AS twilight approaches, the
street is clogged with cars and
strollers that move in a pro-
cession up one side of the street
and down the other, everyone
looking at everyone else. It is
the thing to stare at people in
Mexico City and there is no
rude intent in the gesture.
Rather it would be ill-mannered
not to give a prolonged look at
a charming lady or a family
group.
Excursions to Nearby Places
Another interesting street is
the Cinco de Mayo, the Wall
Street of Mexico, with its fine
modern buildings contrasting
with the gloriously beautiful
cathedral and the theater,
which is truly magnificent.
There's loads to see in Mex
leo before one starts on ex-
cursions to nearby places.
There is the Hospital de Jesus
built on the site where Cortes
and Montezuma first met, and
supported to this day from
revenues accruing from the
Cortes estate. There is the
grand jockey club in the col
orful House of Tiles. and, best
of all, there are the people, so
colorful, so vivacious to see
and to observe. There are pa
latial hotels and restaurants
just bulging with rare and
exotic foods. The hotels have
charming patios with palms,
flowers and singing birds, that
make leisure hours a delight.
The music of Mexico is not
the least of it's many charms.
Starlight, the tang Of quivering
strings, a love song waited on
the perfumed air into the night
beneath a balcony, the very
quinteSsence of romance, and
q custom that will endure de-
spite the inroads of matter-of-
fact modernity, at least as long
as gallant youth and tender
love endure-which will be for
ever.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
The Human Side of the News
Lake of Slime One of Africa's Grim Mysteries
By Edwi11 C.. Hill

the wilds. Seen by starlight
the bleached bones CLEAN
hideously, and the scene is remi-
niscent of the more grue-
some of the works Of GuStave
Dore.
There is one skeleton that
dominates them all. Once it
belonged to a giant elephant.
Probably, the poor beast per
lshed quickly, for, considering
what his bulk must have been,
he sank but little into the
slime. He stands a short dis
tance beyond the end of a spit
OF firm ground that juts out
into the swamp. His tusks are
huge and in good condition,
but valuable though they be,
no native can be persuaded to
become party to the plan to
rob the skeleton.
An old hunter told Basil
Fuller that he once asked his
"boys" to retrieve them for
him. But the blacks refused,
saying that they did not fear
the Swamp-for could not the
white man devise a means of
overcoming it's treachery?-but
rather the spirits that inhabit
it. And so the skeleton of the
giant elephant remained un-
molested.
Etosha Pan has mysteries
other than the skeleton army.
The western side is mountain
GUS, and by the road passed
the wagons Of many an adven-
turous Boer, who preferred the
dangers of the great unex-
plored to life in a country
ruled by foreigners unwilling to
allow him to keep the slaves,
which formed so important a
part in his wealth. Many
wagons arrived at Etosha Pan,
but not all paSs4d on. Per-
haps the drivers were careless,
perhaps they were even unwary
enough to negotiate the diff
cuiiSy country in their heavy
vehicles by night-surely a
most unlikely procedure for ex-
perienced dwellerS on the veldt!
But, be all this as it may.
the story goes that sunk some
where in Etosha Pan are many
wagons and their luckless oc-
cupants.
All a part of the grim and
fascinating mystery of Africa
for all its railways and man
made cities, untamed, scornful,
contemptuous, sinister.
ICopyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate. lnc.)
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

at the first evidence of hesi-
fancy in obeying his commands.
It is maddening to be held up
by one whom you could literally
tear to pieces, if you could get
hold of him.
But it is foolish when q dope
inspired fellow is pointing gun
at you, to make a move toward
any sort of self f-defense.
It is better to put up your
hands Jet him have what he
wants-than try to protect your
self at the cost Of your life or
serious injury.
To submit, is not a cowardly
thing to do in this day-it is
the wiser thing to do.
Don't be foolish in your
bravery.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
&yR6acAkAs xAAA
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

the regulation sized stage Cor
smaller, with the audience
standing in it's chairs and cheer
ing the little understudy who
made good, or the big star who
carried on" with a breaking
heart.
And well may they cheer.
They have just witnessed one
of the greatest conquests ever
made over Time and Space.
They have seen science flouted
and every law of physics vio-
lated, and all for a moderate
cover charge as they sat at the
ringside of a floor show.
If musical productions in the
movies can work this miracle,
certainly they ought to be able
to dig up just one teenty-weentE
new plot.
Copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles By Robert BenchIey
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Congress Should Expose
Anti-American SapperS
Bu James T. Williams. Jr.

My ardent desire Is ." to
keep the United States free from
political connection lDith eUery
other country, to see them inde-
pendent of all and under the in
Tuence of none.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Agitators for unpreparedness,
North, East, South and West,
have enlisted in a new sapping
expedition to undermine our
National Defense.
Baked in their recent at
tempt to prevent the passage
through the Congress of the
Vinson bill, which authorizes
the building UP of the Navy 70
equality with the strongest
within the next five years, this
band of sappers is now trying
to prevent the voting by the
Congress of any appropriation
at this session to start this
new naval construction.
These are the same sappers
whose influence upon the House
Committee on Military Affairs
has been SO strong in recent
years as to make it the chief
obstacle to the building up of
the Army.
Leaders and Dupes
These are the same sapperS
who are waging an inSidiouS
campaign to deprive the Re
serve Officers Training Corps
and the Citizens Military Train
ing Camps of the life-blood of
Federal support and Federal
control.
These are the same sappers
who are flooding the country
with propaganda which, mis-
represents as obsolete the Policy
of Washington and the Doc
trine of Monroe, and the ad-
vice and counSelS and warnings
of the Farewell Address.
How much of the agitation of
these sappers against American
institutions and American pol
icies and American defense is
the work of domestic dupeS,
and how much is the intrigue of
alien agents, only a congress
sional investigation by a joint
committee of the Congress will
reveal.
Such an investigation, if con-
Quoted by a committee COM
posed of patriotic Senators and
Representatives who put their
country above their party. will
show where the trail of the
snakes of alien intrigue leads,
and who are the domestic dupes
of all such intrigue.
Such an investigation will
show what alien agencies of va
riouS sorts, subsidized by the
ebt-dodging governments of the
Old World, are now operating on
American soil under camou-
flageS that fool many innocent
but gullible Americans.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

ouSn dA 4lVcSGlSdJlOQ Will
throw a flood Of light upon the
sources of polluted stream of
anti-American propaganda that
is now flowing from the Federal
City, the City of New York, Bos.
ton, Chicago, and other metro
politan centers, to Central and
South American countries, to
our insular possessions and to
the war threatened countries of
the Far East.
Such an investigation will un-
mask the secret inStigatorS of a
series of mendacious attacks
that have appeared in this
country and abroad within the
last nine months upon the COM
potency and loyalty of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Secretary Of
War, and upon the Chief Of
Staff and General Staff of the
American Army.
Insidious Wiles
These attacks upon Secretary
Dern, General Macarthur, and
the Army General Staff began
soon after the United States,
under their leadership, blocked
at Geneva the attempt of GER
tain debt-dodging governments
of the Old World to hamstring
the land forces and cripple the
air forces of the United States.
These attacks upon Secretary
Dern, General Macarthur and
the Army General Staff, which
the snakes Of alien intrigue have
incubated and disseminated,
bear a suspicious similarity to
attacks which these loyal Of
ficialS have recently suffered at
the hands of certain noisy but
fatuous politicians.
If the present Congress is
fearless and sincere in its pro-
feSSed desire to explore and
expose all Sapping expedition
which seek to undermine Il
Government of the Consti u
ton, it will begin by turnirs
the searchlight of an inves i
eating committee upon tn.
snakes of alien intrigue al
keep that light turned on un.
the domestic dupes of this j
trigue are also identified ano
their eyes opened to their oWr.
deception.
And in so doing, the Cor.
greSs will heed the warning Of
George Washington in the
Farewell Address when he said
Against the insidious vile,
of foreign influence, 1 conjuI
you to believe me, fellow-cit
zens, the jealousy of a free
people ought to be constantly
awake; since history and ex-
perience prove that foreign in
fluence is one of the most bane-
full foes Of republican govern,
ment."
Copyright 1884. The Washington
Timesl
The Washington times., 1934-03-31

That's a strange tale that
Basil Fuller, noted English ex-
plorer, brings back from the
Dark Continent. It's the tale Of
Natures own graveyard, which
the explorer came upon in
Southwest Africa, where there
are today 100000 square miles Of
jungle and swamp into which
few white men have ever pene-
trated.
And, in the heart of this saw
age wilderness, Basil Fuller Stum-
bled upon one Of the most mys-
terious and haunting spots in all
the world, the only animal ceme-
terry in the world-a place Of
death and desolation, which has
been trapping its victims for
thousands of years and strip
ping them to their gliStening
bones.
Etosha Pan, it is called, "The
Lake of Slime" rs miles long
and so miles wide-So sinister
and terrifying that the African
natives believe it to be the home
of evil spirits, and even the stolid
and hard headed Beers pass by
with a shudder, whipping up
their oxen. Approached by moon
light from the northeast, the
Pan presents a terrifying spec
tacle. The corner of a ridge is
turned, and suddenly the travel
Ter sees before him a vast ex-
panse of flat country, which
nature has chosen to use as a
CHASTITY cemetery
Gruesome Army
Thousands of bleached skele-
tons gleam in the moonlight;
skeletons which seem unable to
rest. even in death, for many
still stand in the tortured att1-
tudeS, caused by frantic efforts
to escape, scores and even hun
dredS of years ago. Grinning
and naked, SCanQ C1le BEue-
some army. Far into the dis
tance extends the Pan, but it's
victims are gathered most
thickly near the edge Of the
firm ground which they
thoughtlessly deserted.
Skeletons of almost every
creature known to Africa may
be seen from some spot on the
bush-lined fringe of Etosha
Pan. The slime is sufficiently
stiff to maintain the bodies,
once all struggles have ceased.
They stand there distorted and
still, as though about to answer
some ghoStly challenge from
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
Cobbler With Only One Eye
The Mountain Moves to Oblige Him


You would be interested the travels of Marco Poo
Venetian Thirteenth Century travelling in the
East long first European that entered China and told
about it. He saw met and was employed by the grand khan
Koobla and admired that ruler going to seated plat
form carried the backs Of four elephants chained together
representing tremendous wealth and for Russia and told
how that oil good to cames with the mango" He
knew of other for it, except that would be burned for
light
He heard and believed the story of the pus cobbler who
saved the Christian community from adopting the religion of
the saracens losing their lives when the Cah Of Baudas
said to them:
YOur Bible says the Christian uOhO really believes
his religion, and has faith, mountain.
Not later than ten days from nouU, expect
of you to that mountain there to place
that I shall indicate. If you fail, look OUT"
The Christians had faith but feared that they might not have
quite enough Fortunately angel in vision revealed the fact
that certain pious oneeyd cobbler could get them out Of
their trouble The good went to church every day
part Of what he made to the Lord And that was not ALL
Once very handsome lady to have her shoe fixed
The cobbe when she went out realized that his mind had
dwe improperly and nfuly the beauty of her foot and
ankle He had read If thine eye offend thee pluck it out
30 he took his sharp awl and destroyed one eye
On the day appointed by the caph the cobler
with all the Christians anxiousy looking knet down and
prayed the Lord please the mountain To the
prise Of everybody the pagan saracens and the joy Of the
pOus Christians the mountain moved instantly to the place
pointed out by the caiph.
The latter became Christian, wearing cross under his
clothes the rest of his days. and thousands of saracens
converted It is safe to add that the cobbler did rushing
business after and to be hoped that he kept the remain
ing eye.
That only Of the intensely interesting narratives in
"Traves of Marco Polo article written by Arthur Br
bane telling about that book and printed the editorial
page of the Washington Herald tomorrow may interest you
The three kings that went to the little child young
DID, and found that the baby took
the age of each visitor he entered will interest you
The story of the cruel Au brother of the Lord of the Tar
tars has moral for Uncle Sam, with all his money.
The old of the mountains who made his young drunk
with hasheeh and sent them out murder wholesale Marco
Poos strange orerunner of hgherup gangters that give
cocaine to their young killers
And you will surely like the ladies of strange country Of
whom Marco Polo writes:
"The greet ladies arroyed in stiff, and sUiH
give you the style Of their Dress. They all Ueur
rGUers Of cotton CLOTH and in the making of these
some Uiu pat sixty, eighty, hundred ellis
stuff. This they do to make themselves look
large in the hips"
Fashions change
Read the article by Arthur Brisbane about Marco Polos
travels tomorrow the Washington Herald BETTER get the
book and read it all. -
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
WISEWORDS

Opinion, which on crutches
walks, and sounds the words
another talkS.-Lloyd.
He is noble only who in
word, thought and deed, proves
himself a man.-Anon.
What a day may bring a day
may take away.
Men fear death as children
fear to go in the dark.-Bacon.
A hundred years Of regret
will not pay a farthing of debt.
Since the house Is on fire
Let us warm ourselves.
Defeat is a tonic to a brave
man.
The Washington times., 1934-03-31
MOVIES VS.. TIME, SPACE
By Robert Benchley

A lot of metaphysical myster-
les have been cleared up about
movie technique since the days
when We used to sit and won
Hyder weekly herald., 1934-03-10
Bone Dry Law Still In Effect

The Alaska Bone Dry Law is still in effect, despite the re- centSupreme Court decisionaf- : fecting the Volstead act, ac- cording to' District Attorney William A. Holzhe:mer. The reason is that the Alaska law operates like any local option law in the States, MT. Holzhei- mer said.