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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
PAST FEBRUARY. WAS WARM SAYS.
 MIzE'S REPORT
Precipitation Above Aver age but Snowfall
 Below Normal

The past February was the sec ond warmest month of that name of record. Precipitation was con- siderably above the average, but snowfall was slightly below the average, according to R. c. Mize, in his monthly statement today.
 The mean temperature was 37.0', or 6.6o above the normal. The warmest February of record was that of 1912 with a mean of 37.3' and the coldest was that of 1890 with mean of 22.4' The high est during the month, 533 on the ,11th, occurred during the night and exceeded by 9 any previous February record. The low est recorded was 18' on the 24th. The lowest ever recorded was IS in 1917 Temperatures were be- low the monthly average only from the 23d to 18th.
 The total precipitation was 755 inches, or 1.88 inches above the normal The wettest February Of record was that of 1923 with a total of 1899 inches and the driest was that of 1911 with a total of 156 inches. The total snowfall was 21.0 inches, or inches be- low the normal. The greatest amount of precipitation i'll any 24- hour period was 2.39 inches on the 9th-10th. The greatest 24-hour snowfall was 13.2 inches, on the 26th-27th. 2.8 inches remained on the ground at the end of the month.
 The mean relative humidity per- centages were 81 at 4 a. m., 73 at noon, and II at 4 p. m.
 The prevailing direction of the wind was from the southeast and the average velocity 8.2 miles per hour. The maximum velocity was 34 miles per hour from the south east on the 18th.
 There were clear days, with 100 per cent sunshine), a partly cloudy and 21 cloudy days. Meas urable precipitation occurred on 20 days, or more than the av- craze.
 There were 64.8 hours of sun shine, or 25 per cent of the pos- sible amount.
 Dense fog occurred on the 18th.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
VERNE L. BORDEWAY, FORMER ,CdRDOvAN,
 ON WAY, iWRANGEILL 2

Verne l.. Bordeway, sresident of Cofdova for the last twelve years. and one of the founders of the Alaska Ice Pack Corporabiori, crab canners. is. a passenger on the steamer Alaska on his way to Wrangell by way Of Sitka.
 Mir. Bordeway has disposed of his interests in the Alaska Ice Pack Corporation in Cordova and is now associated with Jim Masterson of Bellingham and John Berg, who are looking into the trap site pos abilities on Moves Island. with a view to establishing a salmon can nery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
YOUR INCOME TAX
No. Is Losses from Casualties and Theft

To be deductable, a loss aris- ing from fires, storms, shipNrecks or other casualty" need not be connected with the taxpayers trade or business. If his home or his automobile is destroyed by fire, or his summer bungalow dam aged by floor or storm, he may claim ded1eEioff for the loss sustained
 Loss of property by theft or burglary is an allowable deduction and need not be incurred in trade or business. Hence, the loss oc- casioned by the theft of jewelry or an automobile used for pleas ure and convenience is deductible. It must be established, however, that the property actually was stolen. Should circumstances at tending the loss leave the owner in doubt, as to whether it was stolen or lost, the claim would not be allowed
 A loss is deductible only in the year in which it is sustained, even though, as in the case of theft or casualty, it may not be discov- cred until a later year. Losses compensated for by insurance or otherwise, of course, are not de- ductable. However, in the event the amount. of insurance is not sufficient to recompense for the loss sustained the excess of the loss over the mount of the insur- ance is deductible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01

gin timber without a thought as to what is to become of the land afterward. They will have to main tain a cover of growing trees on it to prevent erosion and regulate the stream flow because of the public interest involved. At the same time they will be growing a second crop of commercial timber The added costs to the companies which this action entails is to be met in part by the minimum lufn- Der prices which the MIRA lumber code provides and which will give the lumbermen a better price for his product than was possible un- der unrestricted competition.
 To Practice Forestry
 "The lumberman is to practice forestry on his private holdings in much the same way that it is practiced on the National Forests. My job is to study the require ments which appear necessary to keep these lands productive in each forested region of the coun- try, work with the lumber, com panies in fitting the requirements to their individual holdings and see that they are carried out. My headquarters will be in Washing ton, D. C., but expect to get to the Pacific Northwest at frequent intervals and hope to have the pleasure of meeting many Alas kans while there. I know l will always retain my interest in the Territory and I hope I will some time be able to return to Juneau to live"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
U. s. MARSHAL THOMAS
 GAFFNEY OF NOME IS HERE ON WAY SOUTH

Thomas Gaffney, United States Marshal at Nome, is southbound passenger on the steamer Alaska. During his stay in Juneau today he conferred with Gov. John W.. Troy, Collector of Customs James J. Connors, National Democratic Committeeman, and others prom inent in the Democratic Party.
 Marshal Gaffney is taking B. Kelly, recently adjudged insane at Nome, to Morningside Sanitarium at Portland, Oregon, and expects to return north in a short time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
LABOR ASSOCIATION
 WILL MEET MONDAY

The committee on permanent or ganization of the proposed general labor association, tentatively called the Alaska Laborers Association, No. l, met this morning, and drafted an outline of the rules and regulations to be presented at the permanent organization meeting to be held next Monday night.
 The meeting place has not yet been announced.
 Workers in all lines are extended an invitation to attend the meet ing and join the new organization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, March l. IT Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mlne stock today is 1912, American Can 1o2, American Power and Light 9s, Anaconda 14A, Armour B 27s, Bethlehem Steel 44ss, Calumet and Hecia 5, Curtiss- Wright As, Fox Films 14ls, General Motors 3oA, International Harvester fl, Kenne- colt l94, Montgomery-Ward 3l, Packard Motors 59s, Southern Rail- road SIS, Ulen Company 25s. Unit ed States Steel 54ss, United Air craft 24ia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
E. (. ADAMS PERFECTS NEW PROCESS, KODAK
 FILM FINISHING WORK

After 25 years experimenting with chemicals and processes for the development and printing of kodak films. E. 0. Adams, of the Elite Studio, has perfected process which he claims is far superior to any now known.
 Samples of his new process ol printing are now on display at the Elite Studio and the detail and extreme clearness of his work can be examined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
CARENRA, L0UGHRAN
 TO FIGHT TONIGHT
MIAMI, Florida, March 1.

MIAMI, Florida, March l. Although rain and wind threatened this morning to again postpone the Primo Camera and Tom Lough- ran fight, the wea ather cleared this afternoon and the two men will probably enter the ring at 2 o'clock, Pacific Coast s a n d ard time. The fight is a pro- posed 15-rounder. Camera continues to be the favor ite at 4 to 1. The cham pion weighs 270 pounds and the challenger weighs 1894 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
TRINITY GUILD MEMBERS TO MEET AT DEANERY
 TOMORROW AFTERNOON

Mrs. c. E. Rice and Mrs. Arthur Fox will be joint hostesses tomor- row afternoon when the members of Trinity Guild meet at the Episcopal Deanery. The meeting will begin at 2:3O o'clock, it was announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
PUBLIC CARD PARTY

Women of the Moose will hold the fifth and last of a series Of five card parties Thursday March 1, at Moose Hall. Door prize, play ing prizes and grand prizes for series will be awarded. Refresh ments. Admission 50 cents. Public invited. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
Mrs. Massie Leaves
 { Reno, Parts Unknown

RENO, Nev March 1. - Mrs. Thomas Massie slipped quietly out of Reno where she had been in a hospital since she received her divorce from Lieut.. Thomas Mas sic, U. s. N. Her destination is not known.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
In Touch by Plane

TRIPOLI-A daily air mail and passenger service keeps Mar shal Italio Balgo, new governor of Libya, in constant touch with Premier Mussolini in Rome. The planes make the hop in seven hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
MRS. VILLA MOEHRING TO
 LEAVE FOR VACATION TRIP
 ON STEAMER ALASKA TODAY

Mrs. vella Moehring will leave this afternoon on the steamer AL aska for the South to spend about three weeks visiting relatives and friends in Seattle and Bellingham. Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01

 in portions Interior  the Pacific States in
 
  the ecentral
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
Makes Coal Gasoline

CANBERRA , Government fi- gures indicate that Australia is producing motor fuel from coal at the. rate of nearly 100000 gallons a year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01

were also bit heavy although there was some recovery later.
 Amusements Up
 Amusement stocks generally maoe the best showing and were up from fractions to one point or more. Gains were held by Western Union and Celanese.
 Losers of fractions to about one point included United States Steel, Allied Chemical, Sears. Many lead- CTS were not changed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01

Radio licenses in force in Great Britain at the beginning of 1884 numbered 5,973,700.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01

Daily Empire Want Ads Pay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
STOCKS 60 UP, DOWN; CLOSE IS
 FAIRLY STEADY
Dullness Rules Almost En- tire Session-Washing-
 ton Being Watched

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-01
HEINTLzEMAN ,. TELLS DUTIES
 OF NEW POST
Popular Fore stry Official Declares He Re gre't s
 Leaving .Northland

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
WORSE THAN THE SALOON

James A. Davis, former federal prohibition d-
rector in the west states that the present status
of the liquor business is worse than the old-fash-
Toned saloon"
He is absolutely right. There isn't any question
at all that conditions in our drinking places in the
nation are worse than at any time during the last
decade of the saloon business.
Mr.. Davis believes the country will return to
local option and to prohibition unless some change
comes about within short time. ...
We agree with him absolutely.
The decent people of the country will not stand
for this sort of disgraceful condition much longer.
They are too much concerned for the moral and
physical safety of their boys and girls, and the
civic decency of the communities in which are their
homse, to put up with condition which threatens
to destroy what they have built up with great la
Dor and sometimes with hardship and sacrifice.
Whether it is up to the law enforcing agencies,
or to the people engaged in the liquor business, to
do this particular house cleaning; it will have to
be done, and mighty soon, or lot of people will
feel the axe.
There are signs of it already, in at least three
states which have refused to allow the liquor bust
ness to return legally. And if South CaroGnians
keep informed on matters relating to LIQUOR con-
troll in the wet states, if they fully appreciate the
folly of extreme liberalization that is fully in evil
dence, they will not lend endorsement to the liquor
business by favorable vote August 28th.-Rock
Hill IS. e. Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
LAUGH IT OFF
By WICKES WAMBOLDT-

laugh and simple explanation
might have resulted in new friend
ships. Whenever we find that we
have been made to look funny, we
had better laugh about it, and let
humor save the day.
An old man, who was descend
ing a public stairway slipped and
tobogganed down on his back.
Half way down he knocked an old
lady's feet from under her; she
sat down on him and rode him to
the bottom of the stairs. The stu
alton was awkward but the old
man was equal to it. Inclining
his head toward the old lady, he
said graciously, madam, you will
have to get off here. This is as
far as 1 60" Everybody laughed
and thought the old man was a
good sport. The old lady proved
that she too was a good sport by
replying as she untangled herself,
"I'll take my legs and you can
have what's left"
We should not take ourselves
too seriously. There is no need
to do so for we are merely lot
of human beings trying to learn
to live.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
MEMORIES

Such seems to have always occupied this place
of prominence in mans recollections-this old
home well with its cooling sparkling and stimulat
ing waters, or the spring down the hill with its
gourd hanging to the limb of sapling out Of
which one drank when the hills were hot and the
fields dusty.
The ilustrous shepherd king of history couldn't
ever throw the we'll at his fathers old place at
Bethlehem out of his memory.
His royal experiences were dramatic, romantic,
thrilling and adventurous.
There are few careers so cluttered up with ell
gaging and spectacular events as that of David.
But at the last, when his day was done and his
song had been sung, his scepter gone, his throne
passing, and he was chased to the Cave of Adult
lam by the relentless Philistines, while left there
alone with his remembrances it was that old home
well that was the last to release him from its fas
cinatons.
"What want above all things else,' he said to
his magnificent bodyguard who came to inquire
of his desires-''what I want is drink of water
from the well of Bethlehem that stands by the
gate" .. pcs. ..
Our hands reach across the long wastes of the
centuries to tap that old king on the shoulder to
say, eve understand You are talking our lang
uage. We feel the same way We would like to
have drink of water, too, from the old wells of
our childhood" Julian S. Miller in The Charlotte
Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09

the Winston-Salem school board. Everywhere the
board members have been condemned for their
intolerance" Finally, in belated public state
ment in the Sunday edition of The Journal and
Sentinel it was declared that the school board
failed to re-elect Mr. Shields only when it under
stood that he anxious to leave the school sys-
tenn of Winston-Salem and was making applica-
tons for positions in school systems of other cities
in this and. other states. 49,. -
The board further told the public in effect that
the book this school man wrote had nothing what
ever to do with the boards failure to reelect him
as principal 1t turned out in fact that this book
never had been discussed or even mentioned in a
meeting of the board.
Today The journal, emphasizes a fact that all
public. boards should overwhelmingly, that
they are simply serving the people and that the
people are entitled at all times to.a full knowledge
of their acts. One reason that the people have
permitted themselves to be robbed of control ot
their own affairs through their own local boards,
is that they lost confidence in these boards because
of secret action taken in executive meetings. Men,
bers of the boards too frequently take the same
resentful attitude towards the newspapers as that
manifested in Winston-Saleni.
The only curiosity which the newspapers have
in the deliberations and actions of local boards is
for, the purpose of keeping the public informed
which is an obligation every conscientious news
paper publisher feels towards his readers. When
board members become so unmindful of their place
as public servants that they assume the public has
no business knowing about what is being done by
them as officials, then they cease to function &C
cording to democratic standards and line up with
the MISUNDERSTANDING Record
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09

and tried to take hold OF hef:
When she showed him away and
demanded an explanation of his
behavior, he began talking con-
fusedly and incoherently about
looking for some person whose
name she did not catch. She told
him she did not know anything
about the matter and shut the
door in his face.
The truth was that this man,
heading for his own apartment,
had in a state of absentminded-
ness, walked up one flight too
many. The arrangement of the
apartments was identical; when
the door was opened, the man did
not realize in the dark hallway
that the woman before him was
not his own wife; so he stepped
in and attempted to kiss her.
When he discovered his mistake,
instead of admitting it and laugh
ing it off, he got on his dignity
and tried to cover it up.
From that time on the persons
in that apartment house regard
ed him with suspicion, and he felt
uncomfortable whenever he met
any of them; whereas a timely
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
CRIME TO-DAY is EASIER TO
WEAR DOWN sd. ii.
iBy BRUCE C.ATTON)


During the last year or so the nations
fight against crime has taken on an en-
tirely new aspect; or, to be more exact, it
has resumed an old one. ,.s .''','i.' -''
Organized society's war on the under
world has passed turning point, and that
point is best exemplifed by the bloody ca
reer and death of John Dillinger. $500"
For more than a decade the underworld
in every large city was commercial I'M
dertaking 1t bought and sold commodities
like any other business group. It muscled
its way into legitimate business enterprises
and perverted them to its own uses.
It's big gangs-the Capone mob in Chi
cago, the Purple gang in Detroit, Egan's
Rats in St. Louis, the Diamond outfit in
New York-were made up of business
men. rs.
The business was anti-soci&l; to be sure,
and it was attended by terrific amount
less, and the big criminal got his money
by buying and selling, rather than by d.
rect action in the old-time manner.
If you examine the picture now, you will
see that this condition has changed. Our
public enemies these days are in the tradi-
ton of Jesse James rather than Al Capone.
They are highwaymen, of the immemorial
stamp, and not masters of commerce.
Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Baby
Face Nelson, Clyde Barrow = these men
had their allies and their confederates, but
they were essentially individualists. They
went out and took what they wanted by
strong-arm methods, Just as did the Itch
century highwaymen of England.
They defied the police; the Gapones and
the Diamonds, all too often, corrupted and
co-operated with the police.
This means that gangsterism today is
far less of menace than it was half a
dozen years ago.
49, To be sure, the utmost vigilance still is
necessary The work that has been done
), so we'll in the last eighteen months must
continue until highway robbery becomes a
relatively rare crime. But the worst Is
" over.
We are no longer nourishing a world
within world, in our big cities: Tie
gahgster is no longer a high-powered bust
ness man whose contacts and Influence
reach far up through the social fabric. He
is what the old-time outlaw was - lone
desperate whose days are inevitably mum,
bered.
- The tide of crime has begun to ebb al
last.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
MISTAKE OF THE BOARD

~, The failure of the Winston-Salem school board
E to re-elect Prof. James Nj Shields principal Of
- the South Park high school there, has grown into
statewide issue that Is taking on national sig
nifcance. boz. .,.-... =.
=, In the first place., the people of Winston-Salen
- had right to know why Prof. Shields not
= elected after the question was raised The Jour-
"a nal and Sentinel consequently, publicly asked for
"a statement and was politely told that expana-
So ton was to be given the press. = $50
1t became generally accepted that the only rea-
sson for the letting out of Prof. Shields was the
fact that he had written book dealing with the
school situation in which opinions were expressed
that incurred the displeasure of the school board
members.
Consequently, the press of the state has beel
very severe in the editorial criticism directed
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
BEHIND THE SCENES M
WASHINGTON

Bank set up for Russian trad
credits to promise no credits until
Russia made q settlement pact.
That piece of bad coordination
made the. Russians sore and ham,
pcrcd negotiations. Roosevelt re-
Gently became impatient and
transferred the negotiations here.
The State Department might be
having more success now if For
cign Trade Adviser George n.
Peek and the Labor Department
hadn't started throwing rocks
through the window which landed
plop on the conference table be-
tween Secretary Hull and AM
bassador Troyanovsky.
MOSCOW and Washington will
I'I have to compromise if Hull
is to show Roosevelt an agreed
plan III the near future. Russia
will have to give up the idea of
any cash loan from us in the
near future, much as she wants
it for the sake of prestige at home
and abroad-and especially for
its effect on Japan.
Roosevelt we'll knows the pro-
test such a loan would arouse in
this country at this time. One
suspects that he spared and
kidded about it at the secret
three-man conference and pos
sibly gave vague, far-off assur-
ances which Litrinov misinter-
preted.
On the other hand, Russia will
not accept our present position
that she must make a lump sum
agreement before she gets any
credits. The obvious face-saving
compromise here is one which
would start Export-Import Bank
operations with Russia as soon as
she agreed to help set up ma
chinery for adjudication and set
Element of debts and claims
which might take years.
| Copyright. 1884. NEA Service. Incl
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
essolene gaAsaetss' SMOOTHER PERFORMANCE

In his letter to Commissioner of
Revenue A. J. Maxwell, who had
written asking his views on the sit
uation, State. Treasurer johnson
says:
"You will recall that Mr.. Brum-
mitt also stated that the state
treasurer was not in favor of the
auditing being handled as it is,
which is true. For since | have
more duties than any other state
officer, ] felt that / had as much
as could possibly do and also
for the reason that the state au-
ditor wanted to do this work, |
stated to members of the general
assembly that | was in favor of
the state auditor assuming these
duties. But they did not see fit to
follow my suggestion and provid-
ed that the auditing of the ac-
counts of the local school spend
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09

ing agencies be done ioirtlr
the state school commission -:
the director of local govcrr,,o 81.
who is also the state tras ,,',,a-
This audit is not an audi. of =
state treaSurer'S accounts ., y. y;
but is an audit Of the Accom- g
Of the local school officials r.
state superintendent of public !.
struction certificS to the STATE ~ |.
dltor that a certain amount !, H..
to a county or school district -
warrant is drawn in their f.r: !
and presented to the state ,ro, "
urer, which is his authority "a , no,
out the money. At the close ~ !.
the fiscal year, these warrants -, !.
returned to the local schooI -
ficials and the audit referred :,
is an audit Of their acropr,, !. /"
determine if the money was r,,. "
erly .disbursed." '''r
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-09
LABOR DISPUTES

Labor disputes were never more abundant than
right now.
Between 1000 and 5000 of one sort or another
are on the boards.
i These are not all strikes-some are mere con-
troversies that are being arbitrated but even these
are hurtful and keep industry and labor both
churned to a lather. IL .t.,a. $685..
President William Green of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor thinks 'These disputes can not
help retardingl business"
And they assuredly can not. They ARE holding
recovery back the very thing that neither Capital
nor Labor should want to see done.-Julian S.
Miller in Charlotte Observer.