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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-01

few near limit bags were reported, as well as many which contained from one to three. Most of the birds shot were sprigs and wid- geons, with some teal, few mal- lards and at least one goose.
 The weather was fine for shoot ing, misty, but not too wet for good sport. The heavy rain this morning in Juneau did not ex- tend more than two or three miles out the highway.
 Regulations
 Three dayS of hunting are a. lowed each week, Saturday. Sun day and Monday, until the closing date, November 5, which allows 30 days of actual hunting.
 Every hunter is required to ob- tain a stamp from the postoffice, for which a fee of $1 is charged
 Bag limits, daily and total, re- main unchanged from last year except on redheads, scaup and can- vasbacks, of which there are prac- tically none in this district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-01

The limit on other species is 12 daily, and no more than "A in pos session at any given time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-01
LABOR DAY BALL

Special Dance at the Mandarin Ball Rooms Monday night, Septem- bcr 3rd. Jimmy's REVELERS and the BEST DANCE OF ALL. adv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

It's funny what few words uttered in idle jest can do They certainly changed the entire political complexion of Missis- sippi. Remember when former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo went down to Washing ton to become part of the New Deal. He was assigned the somewhat undignified Cat least for former governor) task of clipping newspapers and pasting them in to scrapbooks. He probably would still have been running this glorified press clipping bureau of he hadn't chanced to see an item in the Mississippi papers in which he was referred to as the paste master-generaP' That was too much for Bilbo. He rebelled, went home and sought the senatorial nomination in opposition to Senator Hubert D. Stephens who got him the Washington job. He beat Ste phens and that is sufficient to election in Mississippi. He'll return to Washington next January a full-fledged senator and those who poked fun may find the situa- tion embarrassing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
Press Comment
MORE DEMOCRATIC
 SENATORS?
tNew Britain Herald)

It is not unknown for midterm congressional elections to turn out differently for the senate than for the house. Thus there may be a req son for the contention of demot cratic politicians that though there will be a slight loss in democratic seats in the house of representa- lives, there is likely to be gain Of democratic senators.
 The reason this is possible at the same election hinges on the facts that the entire membership of the house comes up for election every two years, while only one-third of the senate seats are contested bi- annually. This one-third may not represent a fair political cross rsec- tion of the country.
 Thus, when the democratic poii- tlcians claim that a gain in sena. tors Is to bc looked for. they mem that the preponderence of senator ial contests this fall are In tho states where the democrats have the best opportunity of winning.
 Whether that includes Connecti- cut we are not aware, There are q considerable number of demo- cratic politicians, however, who arc exceedingly confident that Mir Ma. loney will bent the stufiiings out Of Mir Waicott. But that, of course. to Q political idea which roquircs<v vote counting to provo tenablc or fool iah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

judge.
 Justice Van Devanter scrutin- ized this certification. Finally he interrupted Neylan. The certifi- cation covered much more than the point of law in doubt, he said. It referred the entire case to the supreme court for judg- ment.
 Neylan replied that while the certification might be verbose, it did cover the point of law in doubt.
 Van Devanter bristled.
 Do you mean to infer that I am mistaxen?" he asked.
 Court attaches held their breath.
 "That is precisely what 1 mean to infer, Your HOnOr," re. piled Ncylan quietly, and pro. ceetled with the case.
 ! MAIL BAG
 s, K. L., Atlanta, Ga.--Recent references by Roosevelt and his cabinet to unfair criticism in the press are understood to be di- rected chiefly against certain confidential Washington news letters, together with, two of the leading republican papers, the Chicago Tribune and the New York Herald-Tribune. .. T. T., Washington, D. C.-Mrs Et- teile M. Sterberger, director of < the world peaceways, is not cred- ited here with initiating the munitions investigation. Chiefly responsible was Miss Dorothy Detzer of the Women's Interna- tonai League. 7. M. L.,. SantR Fe, N. M.-Senator Cutting was one of the most vigorous lead- CTS in congress for veterans ben- efits, incurred Roosevelt's dis pleasure by fighting to override his veto at the last session. This may explain Roosevelt's, present failure to support Cutting. M. L., LoganspOrt, Ind.-Marvin Mcintyre, White House secretary in charge of appointments, Is ir1- deed fond of social life. No mat ter how hard a day he. puts in at his work, Mac" is always . ready for a banquet or dances During the height of the social season he sometimes attends several parties in one night. .. c. M., Malvern, Ark.--The Gen. sus Bureau estimates that the population of the United States on July 1, 1884, was 126,425.000, a gain of 3.650,000 since April 1, 1880, the date of the last census. ..G. McG., New York City, You are correct. No partner of J. P. Morgan & Co.,, paid income taxes inr1931 and 19732. Thomas Lamont Jrs,, a few months ago settled with the government on tax claims raised against him. J. K, San Francisco-The post office departments investigation into ocean mail contracts Is be- ing conducted by Calvin W. Has, sell. career attorney in the de- partment's legal division. Has, sell has reputation as an inde- fatigable investigator. He ur- : covered the qualifications of the famous Sir Francis Drake in- heritance swindle few years back.
 Copyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
So They Say

= If the churches were interested in pre- serving the sanctity of the Lords Day all De- troit and all St Louis were in having their teams win the world series, how very different condi- tons today would be. pr Harry L. Bowlby, general secretary of the Lords Day Alliance.
 The Croatians have no love for the Italians, nor do we desire to return to our old masters, Austria and Germany. August Koshutich, leader of the outlawed Croat Peasant part.
 The day of heroes and martyrs is not con- fined to the ancient past. -Dr Samuel M. Cavert general secretary, Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ in Amer ica.
 
 If Washington and Moscow had been speaking terms when Japan started her aggres- sion against China, Japan would not have dared take such step.
 Soviet General Victor A. Yakhonton.
 
 Yugo-Slava is the country of one single nation and language. with the dialectical differences not greater than those existing be- tween various English American localities. -Radoe >Yankovitch, Yugo-Slav consul general in U. s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

New Mexico is now chief For gotten Man of the New Deal.
 Two years ago, Cutting de- serted the republican party for Roosevelt, jeopardized his care fully built up republican ma chine, made a speech which was one of the highlights of the cam { paign. 4
 Afterwards Roosevelt offered him the post of interior secre- tary, expressed warmest thanks and affection, looked upon Cut ting not merely as a political ally but as an old family friend.
 But now it is different.
 Cutting IS up for reelection. He is having a hard fight. Whereas Roosevelt has covertly aided Bob LaFollette-another republican bolter = he has not lifted a finger for Cutting. In fact, Jim Farley has been work ing against him.. M t.; <,
 The exact reason remains a mystery. '
 DEFEATED HUGHES
 Not, often is the august at- mosphere of the supreme court ruffled by the array of famous lawyers who come to plead be- fore it. But in the case of John Francis Neylan, Lincolnian law yer from San Francisco, it was
 The case opened most auspi- ciously. Charles Evans Hughes, bearded chief justice, looked more austere than usual. Prob ably he had forgotten that when he was running for president against Woodrow Wilson in 1916, it was John Francis. Neylan, Campaign manager for Hiram Johnson, who. had kept him from the. White House.
 Hughes wanted to. meet John- son-get his blessing. Neylan opposed it. Failure of that meet ing to take place probably cost Hughes the presidency. For un- til the California vote! came in Wilson almost conceded defeat. ONE OF MANY
 But last week the man who had defeated Hughes was just one of many legal supplicants before the highest tribunal in the land. .ttt
 The justices listened attentive ly. The case involved minority stockholders in a Hawaiian sugar company. Latest develop ment of the case was the action of the ninth circuit court of ap- peals in San Francisco in certi- flying a question of legal doubt to the supreme court. The certi- fication was written by Curtis D. Wilbur, former secretary of the navy, now senior circuit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
F. D. Slams One Back

In campaigning for reelection in Penn sylvania, Senator David A. Reed defined the Roosevelt Recovery Program as "radicalism masquerading as improve ment, imitation masquerading as better times and dictatorship masquerading as democratic government" This occurred at place called Fogelsville Grove in Penn sylvania. It should be historic except that it is merely typical of what the electorate is being bored with this year by the Old Guard. They started out with sophistry because there was no sense in undertaking to deny the dire necessity for the Presl- dents program, which so strikingly re- sembles measures they themselves had long and fearfully considered, even before the crash. So in trying to condemn the New Deal as un-American they boldly asserted that it was Russian Bolshevism, Italian Fascism, or assorted Socialism.
 They never once called it British. On the contrary, Old Guard senators deplored it's alleged failure to resemble anything British and bitterly denounced President Roosevelt for ignoring the usually de- pendable economic formulas" of the ultra conservative Mother Country. To cap the climax, former Senator and former Ambassador Walter E. Edge, whom none ranks in the high command except MT Ogden Mills himself, sailed into New York harbor. He had been in Europe endeav- bring to dig up circumstantial evidence that the New Deal owes it's biological ori- oin to foreign parts. But to the. ships news reporters at quarantine he echoed with emphasis the Old Guard refain that fhe United Kingdom was recovering with olIt ever having done a thing. Under the vise guidance of the Conservative party, he said. Britain was adhering strictly to (he ancient philosophy of laissez-faire, interpreted to mean "keep on taking all you can get"
 The President waited until the Chicago Tribune. the New York Heraid-Iribune
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

o. Did the United States navy cooperate with the producers of Here Comes the Navy in the pro- duction of the picture? , IA. They cooperated by permit ting scenes to be photographed aboard the battleship Arizona, ana the dirigibIe field at Sunnyvale, Calf, including pictures of the Macon, also at the. naval training station at San Diego. Calif; and the navy yard at Bremerton, Wash. Views of the Pacific fleet during the recent battle maneuvers also were included in the picture.
 O. When will the Chicago's worlds Fair close? X
 A. october 31.
 o. Where is the largest radio station in the world?
 A. WLW at Cincinnati, O., has 5O0,00O watts power.
 o. Why are persons who are color blind not accepted for enlist ment in the navy?
 A. Because 1t is necessary for seamen to distinguish colors when reading signals.
 o. How many negroes were there in the United States in 1860?
 A. 4,441,S30,
 70. How long would it take the average person to count a million?
 A. Allowing sixty counts to the minute, and. eight hours to the day. it would take about s4.7S days.
 o. When was the first newspa- per published in the United States?
 A. 1890.
 o. Give the address of the American Civil Liberties Union.
 A. 100 Fifth avenue. New York city.
 O. Did Babe Ruth ever appear in motion pictures? :.
 A, He had the leading role in "Babe Comes Home," which was released May 22. 1927.
 Q. What was the date, of Labor day in 1920?
 A. September 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
A Thought for Today
Better Not Fool With It

The Merritt Highway or Parkway, \ whichever you choose to call it, has been kicked around this state so much, that some of us wonder if it will ever become an actuality. Naturally we all hope 1t will, even though it's real benefit is going to be felt by residents of Fairfield county The mere fact that it is at the lowest figure $10,000,000 proposition has from the very beginning constituted the great est obstacle to its speedy completion. Yet this fact is completely overlooked when republicans and democrats start bringing the road into their discussions
 Recently a republican speaker in Fair field county waxed quite sarcastic over the fact that democrats were claiming some credit for pushing the project to the point it has now reached. He denied they had anything to do even with suggesting this parallel post road route or pushing along construction work. It goes without saying that the gentleman who made such an assertion as this was talking purely for campaign purposes and not for the en- lightenment of the public.
 ' As we recall it, the Merritt Parkway was first broached during the days when the republicans had complete control of our state government. We're not sure whether it was before Governor Trumbull came into office, but we do know that throughout. his administrations there were , efforts made to get the job started. At no time, however, during this period did the republican powers-that-be offer any en- couragement in the way of appropriating funds, fostering bond issue or any scheme that would have financed immedl- lately the cost of purchasing rights of way ard building the parkway.
 If wasn't IIntil COvnrnOr Cross came into office that efforts were actually made to get the road going. It had been tacitly and openly approved for many years. It remained pretty much in the air until Governor Cross came along. And it wasn't until Governor Cross had some help from democratic Senate in his sec ond term in office that work was really started on the project. Now, mind you, wo aren't claiming that the democrats should get credit for pushing through the job. We're just trying to point out what coincidence it is.
 Here is great road development that pays honor to veteran republican leg islator. When the republicans controlled the state and all the counties they fiddled around with the Merritt Highway. When the democrats upset their equilibrium by electing governor and then repeated this effort with further damaging re- suits in the Legislature this much-dis- cussed route got under way. To an out slider the answer would be obvious. We aren't claiming the obvious. We are just asking that some day clear and impartial account of the history of the Merritt Highway be written and given to the state, not as political document, but as a rec ord of facts and happenings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

and the others of the old Guard press had dilated for days on MT Edges elaboration of the theme And then he blew it out of bounds in his Sunday evening radio chat to the men and women and children every where. "They would have you believe, he said, 'that England has made progress by letting nature take her course, but do not believe any intelligent observer can accuse England of undue ortnodoxy in the present emergency" Then ne showed that all we are doing the British have done, even to social security Dld the British hold to the gold standard? No. Did they % back to that standard? No. Did they hesitate to reduce the interest on domestic debts? No. And thanks to the the many reforms in their social fabric, their climb back to economic health IS orderly.
 "Old Thunderer," the traditionally con- servative London Times, speaks proudly of ''the conversion loans, planned agricul- ture, subsidity to shipping, closer control of industry and the national system of relief" as showing "how far the process of specialization has been carried" in the very country the Old Guard spokesmen this year have urged us to initiate. In commenting on the effectiveness of the Presidents shot at adversaries who damned his recovery program as un- American because it is non-British, the Literary Digest finds that "a significant degree of silence followed it's absorption by the opposition press." Naturally, but there is the serious aspect to be consid- cred We, nor England either, are yet out of the depresison, and it behooves the Presidents antagonists to be not only less ludicrous but also more intelligent in attack.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
In 1'o-day's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not be accepted unless accompanied with writer's name.
WRITER RELIEVES COUNTRY SHOULD GIVE SO-HOUR
 WEEK A TRIAL
Editor of the Democrat:

Editor of the Democrat:
 So you say that the 30-hour week is not the answer. We'll that is arriving at a conclusion rapidly. and bringing about the demise Of an idea without fair trial. Your effort on Thursday evening regard ing the above subject reminds me of the old lady seeing trolley car for the first time, said, "It won't run," and when it did go she said, Tt won't stop" Also it brings to my mind the attitude of a great many people, refuse to agree with you even if am positive you are right. You stated that the S0- hour week is not the answer. Acknowledging that it might mot be the answer, but 1t can be tried and probably it might prove to be a successful angle of the sought-for panacea. The only solution we have tried the back of the federal govern ment and this can mean only na- tional bankruptcy. Referring to a statement in your article. quote At best 1t can but bring to labor a part time wage, unless the gov ernment is willing to bankrupt the employer by forcing him to pay "a 40 or A hour salary equivalent for 30 hours-unquote. Please don't fret, or lose any sleep over any employer ever going bankrupt because he over-paid his employees.
 They have always been too cute for that to happen. Again you said, "We know the answer-give everyone something. which in real ity amounts to no one getting much of anything" Would it not be better if everyone received something. and do away with diff ferent agencies of aid. Once again, don't fret, some people will always get much of everything. In clos ing. I would like to ask, "How many hours do the coupon clip pers work?"
 Sincerely yours,
 J. V. WALKER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22

Washington, Oct. 22-Is the administration engaged in a de- liberate campaign of wooing the good will of business as the first step in rightward swing of economic policies?
 Or is it anaesthetizing business in preparation for further rad- ical surgical operations after elections? @
 That is the chief topic of con- lecture in the capital today.
 It is mixed picture.
 In one corner, the political spokesmen are o u d ly and proudly acclaiming the liberal reforms of the New Deal. In the other corner the president and members of his official house. hold, are just as industriously engaged in "reassuring' busi- ness. @t
 That progress is being made in both arenas is unquestiOnable.
 Despite latest Litevary Digest polls, every indication points to a sweeping Roosevelt victory in the congressional voting. The New Deal not only is likely to capture a two-thirds majority in the senate, but hold its lines practically intact in the house.
 The secret reassurances to business circles seem to be get ting across. In the last few weeks commentators voicing business views have outdone themselves in announcing that reformist days of the adminis- tration are over, and that hencc- forth recovery measures alone will be its aim.
 TIPS
 From Wall street also have poured forth a literal flood of ''inside' tips as follows:
 THAT the president is against a central bank.
 THAT after elections he will move to end strikes.
 THAT the administration Is preparing to cut down federal unemployment relief expendi- lures. ! THAT the brain trusters and liberals are to be weeded out, or relegated to the background,
 Tho facts, however, are almost the opposite. Roosevelt is not going to move drastically in either direction. In a recent conference with some so-called radical friends, he is reported to have said:
 'Wait till elections are over. We're not going to budgc an inch from our present policy" SATIATED
 A group of correspondents, who had covered the MIRA dur ing the stirring days of its or- ganization, called on General Hugh Johnson, for farewell chat. %
 The discussion turned on possible future policies of the Blue Eagle.
 General" one of the news men asked, ''what would be the first thing you would do if you were reappOinted administra- tOr?"
 IT'D RESIGN"
 FORGOTTEN MAN
 Senator Bronson Cutting of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
A Book a Day
Sees Presidents AS
 "Just Average Men"
BY BRUCE CAPTION

Away back in the Harrison ad- ministration, Irwin H. Hoover went to the White House to help install electric lights. He stayed on as a sort of repair man, joined the White House staff, and became finally, chief usher-a position he held until his death in the spring of 1888.
 Thus MT Hoover got an extra ordinary intimate view of every president. from Harrison to Franklin Roosevelt; and in 'Forty-two years in the White House" he has told what he saw. It makes an amazingly interesting book.
 He got over being awed by pres idents long time ago. Of all the presidents he saw Harrison, Cleveland, Mckinley, Roosevelt. Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover-he says that only two were unusual men: Roosevelt (the, first) and Wilson. The rest were "just average men,"
 Coolidge didn't mean it, accord ing to this writer. when he didn't choose to run. He expected to be drafted, and.. was violently disap- pointed when the draft failed to come. Incidentally. Coolidge is given credit for having the most virulent temper of any president Ike Hoover ever saw.
 Wilson never recovered appre- ciably after his stroke. says Hoover. During his last year in office he was just shell, physical- iy and mentally, of his former seif-and Mrs Wilson practically ran the country.
 1 could go on for columns. cit- ing similar revelations. Some of them are momentous and some of them are unimportant. but ali are interesting. Here's a book you don't want Co miss.
 Published by the HouBhton Miffiin Co. it sells for ss.to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-22
Chuckle eCorner
RADIO By Harold Mallicoat

RADIO
 By Harold Mallicoat
 Once static caused most inter- ference. Now it's the announcers. One way to find out what you can get on your radio is to take 1t to a pawnshop.
 A good eliminator for some ra- dios would be an axe. According to radio, cigarettes will do almost everything except grow hair.
 A side show with one of Amer ica's large carnivals has man with four arms. What jazz pt- anist he would make! It's lonely lane that has never. had a song written about it.
 A college professor, once said musicians never commit suicide. Their neighbors often do.
 Musicians who play for their own amusement should be barred from the air between seven in the morning and seven the following morning.
 Too many viol players will spoil any orchestra.
 BashfuI Betty says it seems every time she turns on the radio when her boy friends call the announcer starts talking about 'B.O."
 A mixed quartet is not a cock tail. N' A Newton business man says his radio is like his wife. Does noth- ing but growl.
 If you are broke and out of, work And the wolf hangs round your
 door.
 Then learn to play the saxophone-- He'll bother you no moro.