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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-02

Chevro1et's reduced prices reflect in
dramatic fashion the record breaking
demand that, month after month, IS
keeping Chevrolet first in sales. In Of
fering these exceptional values at these
new, lower prices, Chevrolet hopes to
maintain, during the balance of the
year, the high level of employment so
necessary to the general program of
recovery.
These reductions bring Chevro1et's
base price down to $465.OO fob. Flint,
Michigan - the lowest price ever
placed on car of this quality and
equipment. They also mean that you
can now buy modern knee-action car
for as much as $500 less than before.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

However, you may say this for ole Doc Wirt He didn't knock the cooking.-(Macon Telegraph.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
Notice:-Heavy Water.
(NeW York World Telegraph

Heavy water is phrase which, it seems, we'll have to get used to, for nowadays whenever one picks up a newspaper there is another story about it.
 Neither frozen assets, watered stock water lon the brain affords any analogy to help under stand heavy water. It is something scientific.
 Heavy water is H2O, but the hydrogen atom here carries extra weight-is, indeed atom of double mass called deuterium The tears of the weeping willow tree said to be of heavy water, but a better place to search for it is in a laboratory. There it can be produced for about l$6,000 pint.
 Heavy waters hydrogen atom, say the scientists, lis the most effective projectile yet found for bombardng other atoms It can't smash them but lit knocks them farthest
 It retards fermentation, and therefore it may prove to be valuable treatment for cancer Its
 accumulation in the body may be cause for the symptoms of old age.
 If tadpole guppy is placed in heavy water it will die and tobacco seeds in it will not sprout But drop given to will send him off on jag. ssts s And that's all we know about heavy water yet. It is new and strange, and from here it looks as If one might blame almost anything on it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

month average improvement in the 15-year period for which data is available. Yet there still millions unemployed. The consuming power of our enormous domestic market is only in the process of restoration. Day by day it is being built up. In the process industry has learned many things. Notably that with vast economies made possible under codes, labor cost not only is eliminated as a competitive item, but the payment of living wages and sustained employment actually proves to be profitable as an investment.
 In asking business ito give first consideration to improvement of operating figures by greatly in creased sales from rising purchasing power" Pres- dent Roosevelt insured industry that such course could be depended upon. With strong, sound upward spiral of business activity" he said indus tries need have little doubt of blank ink opera tions in the last quarter of 1883" more accurate prophecy is seldom uttered The pent-np demand of the people for goods and services he said was so vast that i've need not fear tagging recovery" And that confident prediction likewise is being fulfilled to the exent that cooperation with the President is being granted. sss g aw
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
Taxes and Income.
Cincinnati Enquirer. )

The ratio of taxes to national income has been rising steadily during depression and in 1932-the latest year for which there complete data reached 203 per cent according to the National
 Industrial Conference Board. In other words for every five dollars of income, the American people
 paid one dollar in taxes either Federal, State or local This is a startling figure in comparison
 with 1929, when the ratio 11.8 per cent
 The increase in the ratio of taxes to income is due more to the decline of income, than to
 increase of taxes As matter of fact, tax co-
 ections have fallen very considerably since 1930
 the national income took veritabe nbse-dive after
 1930. While taxes were declining from $100o0000,- 900 to $8000000000 the income of the nation
 dropped from $830O0000000 to less than $40000 0O0 1000 When 1893 figures are compiled, they probably will show increase of both income and taxes and la decline in the ratio of taxes to income
 If the trend of the last three years were likely to be permanent with taxes absorbing a steadily larger segment of the national income we should be facing still graver situation than do It is reasonable to assume, however that recovery will
 The vastness of our public debt and the expansion
 of governmental functions nevertheless suggest that we shall not get back to the point where taxes take only tenth of the total income
 |. Even the disturbing figure of 203 per cent for
 1882, however. is not spectacular as the burden of taxes in Europe. In England taxes consume I28 per cent of income, in Germany g per cent
 and in France 25 per cent None of these three
 European countries has had the enormous increase
 in recent years which have had in America.
 The implication of the figures is that government
 remains relatively less costly in the United States
 but that the disparity between this country and
 Europe is less from year to year as we tend
 toward adoption of those expensive social gifts and
 bureaucratic services so general in Europe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

continental regime nowadays is known by tn shirts it wears.-tB tBuffalo Courier -Express1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
IT TAKES MARBLES TO PLAY
 MARBLES.

You can't play marbles without marbles said o. S. Kncaid, President of a textile manufacturing concern of Clifton Tenn, in raising wages ten per cent. Tt is in keeping with the spirit of the times" he explained which led the Knoxville News Sentinel to comment that This is a good spirit in itself. National Recovery will be hastened if all employers who are able will restore wage cuts"
 And many doing so Possibly influenced by recognition that steel has been the barometer of business in the United States since it became great industrial nation there followed in the wake of that industry's wage increase of ten per cent similar action by manufacturers of stoves, carpets flour brass, nickel etc, street railways companies and variety of others.
 Reports of progress have been frequent and inn pressive. recent survey by the Department of Commerce showed that the weekly average wage in February the highest since l93l the hourly average rate being within Al per cent of the rate of February 1929 and that the 12 per cent February gain over January constitutes the greatest one
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
THE PENNY DRIVE.

Ordinarily, The Empire is chary about supporting campaigns in the city for causes institutions not located within the Territory Generally speak ing, the people of Juneau well of every other town are taxed heavily enough to provide funds for the support of local and institutions, to care for local needy and meet other local obliga- tons. When have met those obligations, and usually they well met, have given about all we can afford as a community to do.
 In the of the current Penny Drive for the Childrens Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, feel that an exception is justified to the general rule. That is institution, which depends entirely upon public support that entitled to all of the financial assistance give it. It has done and is doing wonderful work in the treatment of and healing of crippled children For many years it has given Alaska youngsters in that category the very best Of care and treatment that science and money could provide and in very many instances it did so without thought of recompense. For some years now, the Alaska Legislature has recognized the institutions worth to the Territory and has made modest appropriations for it's assistance. We, as individuals, given opportunity to con- tribute mites to it. It is not drive in the usual sense of that term. No effort is being made to solicit funds Envelopes for voluntary contribu- tons being distributed in the city Any sum, however, small, will be welcomed The entire pro- ceeds will be sent to the Orthopedc Hospital. No finer cause has been presented to us. And no money be put to better use than that which is donated to it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
PAUPER'S OATH.

Very much as individuals sometimes take the pauper's oath to establish in law insolvency which may may not be true in fact Dr. Hjalmar Schacht is swearing by all that's holy that Germany cannot continue service of her foreign long term debt The situation is a very difficult to assess with precision.
 Dr. Schacht, head of the Reischbank contends that Germany's gold coverage of notes is down to less than per cent while 20 per cent is usually considered disturbingly low He points that exports have declined greatly and says that Germany can no longer import raw materials without either defauting debt service or borrowing abroad
 He proposes, no doubt taking extreme position for bargaining purposes-that interest rates Ger man bonds be cut from six or seven per cent to about three and one-half per cent and that total moratorium of several years be declared including even the Dawes and Young loans heretofore in a special category. At the preliminary meeting of the Germans and their creditors at Basel agreement was possible The showdown is to come before the end Of the month at Berlin
 pr Schacht's case is plausible His pauper's oath has the ring of sincerity But on the other hand it should be recalled that Germany has some gold assets concealed and has profted tremendously by the depression, so far foreign debts are con cerned Devaluaton and depreciation of foreign currencies while the mark was held at gold par has in effect reduced the Reichs debt burden tremendously. From 27,O00,000000 marks it has been cut to about 125000O000O marks. One-half this latter figure is short-term and is under a stand still agreement recently renewed. The remainder is long-term and will be dealt with at the Basel barley.
 The outcome is likely to be compromise But whatever the arrangements made they will represent renewal of the defation process, and this defaton will be felt in the United States, where s750OO0- 900 Of German bonds are held
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
By F. B. COUPON
Associated Press Science Writer


 WASHINGTON, May B. It isn't natural for humans to sleep all night. That's the latest finding of scientific sleep studies, and new comfort, incidentally, for young sters who hate to go to bed early and night-life devotees who like to come in with the milkman.
 If the human race followed its instincts, people would catch half dozen brief maps during the day and night instead of concentrat- ing their daily slumber in one eight hour stretch. Should mans primordial sleep habits ever re- assert themselves from out of the dim past, the worlds work might cease several times through the 24 hours while everybody took a cat nap.
 Long Sleep Just Habit
 The night-long sleep, with 16 hours of uninterrupted wakefulness in between, is just a habit man has picked up since he gained greater brain power, says a summary of sleep studies just published by the National Research council. And, d. though the habit seems firmly root ed, it really wouldn't be so diff cult for man to slip back into the old cat-nap pattern of sleep fol- lowed by the lower animals, the scientists say. n
 It requires brains to sleep as llu- mans do, the Research shows. If the cortex. or gray matter of a mans brain, were removed, he probably would be unable to sleep a solid eight hours.
 This has been shown by experi- ments with dogs Normal dogs have enough gray matter to learn and follow the habit of sleeping all night and staying awake all day. But dogs, with the gray matter of their brains removed lose the habit and have half a dozen periods of sleep through the day.
 It explains why newborn babies sleep at intervals and then awaken. A young baby's higher brain cen- ters are not yet wired up" to the rest of it's nervous system, so it acts like an animal without gray matter in it's sleep habits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
The Tough Guy"
Columbus Dispatch.)

Whether Roosevelt spoke in jest whether he was hiding truth behind his smile when he told those Congressmen with the band the other day that he tough guy" the fact is he is a tough guy and is pretty well sold following his ideas. It is this belief in his independence that accounts in large part for his sustained popu- larity.
 Not half the people who believe in him would continue to do so if they thought for moment he would be influenced in any vital matter by Counsel Richbergs dangerous ideas Professor Tugwells program for scrapping the Constitution or Secretary of Agriculture Wallaces scheme for institutng any planned economy" in all the gov ernmental supervision of the individual that the phrase implies
 The majority of people in the country believe that he is tough guy" and can manoeuvre Con- gress and the brain trust to get what he wants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
 CITY OF IIINEAII ALASKA.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That pursuant to an act of Con- gross entitled An Act to authorize the incorporated City of Juneau. Alaska, to undertake certain muni- cipal public works, including re- grading and paving of streets and sidewalks; installation of sewer and water pipes; bridge construction and replacement; construction of concrete bulkheads, and construc- tion of refuse incinerator; and for such purposes to issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $1O30O0", ap- proved April 25, 1884, and pursuant to Resolution of the Common Coun- cil of the City of Juneau, Alaska special election will be held in the said City of Juneau, Alaska, on the 22nd day of May, 1884, between the hours of 9 am. and pm. of said day, at which said election the qualified electors of and in the said incorporated city of Juneau. Alaska, whose names appear on the last assessment roll of said city for municipal taxation, are invited to vote on the following mentioned questions or propositions, to-wit: CD Whether are not the in-
 corporated City of Juneau, AL aska, shall issue bonds in any
 sum not exceeding $51, 400, pay
 able in thirty years from the
 date thereof, bearing interest at
 rate of not more than 6Gs per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used for the pur-
 pose, of regarding and paving streets and sidewalks.
 CD Whether or not the in-
 corporated City of Juneau, AL
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
20 YEARS AGO
 Ulro,,, Tho E,r1Dire
From The Empire

MAY 5, 1914
 Lieut.. Glen O. Edgerton, member If the Alaska Road Commission, arrived from Valdez and was to be
 in Juneau for some time Accom- panied by Supt. J. c. Hayes, he left for an inspection tour of the
 Government Sheep Creek road.
 Mail arriving from Dawson on
 he last steamers from the North
 showed signs of approaching spring
 It was water soaked and showed evidence of high water at the river crossings.
 Denny Malloy, who had fractur- ed the bone in the middle finger of his right hand practicing base ball, was unable to play for at least another fortnight, Dr. L. O.. Eggington declared after taking an x-ray of the injured member. This was distinct disappointment to the fans who had hoped to see him in the opening game. It was possible that the first game of the season would be played between Juneau and Douglas on the fol- lowing Sunday, but only possible. J. R. Willis of the B. M. Behrends Bank and mercantile establish ments, had purchased the beautiful home building site from J. B. Marshall immediately adjoining the handsome residence of the latter on Sixth Street. The price paid was S2,025.
 Little Misses Esther and Eliza beth Kaser, the twin daughters of Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Kaser, refus- ing to let mama and other Draper Club members who sponsored the May Day dance, have anything on them, entertained a number of their little friends in the after noon with an outdoor May party. The May pole dance was performed with all the dignified gaity ex- hibited by the larger folk several nights previously at the Elks' Hall
 Weather for the previous 24 hours was clear with a maximum temperature of 64 degrees and a minimum of 31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

An English author who has been looking us over reports in a London paper that characteristic he noted constantly the natural hustle of American women" Possibly he spent much of his time at beaches-( Boston Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

A convalescent patient usually is cross. which may help to explain the country's strike epidemic. Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

Republican Congressman charges that the Gov ernment is being run by the Roosevelt Administra- ton from little Red House" in Georgetown. Any way it is a few miles removed from the little Green House. used much during the Harding Administration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05

Sulil llOt tACttOillS l,toO, pay able in thirty years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate of not more than 6% per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to install sewer and water pipes.
 (3) Whether or not the in- corporated City of Juneau, AL aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $5,000, pay able in thirty years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate of not more than 6qo per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to construct a new bridge over Gold Creek at Calhoun Road
 (4 Whether or not the in- corporated City of Juneau, AL aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding $12,650, pay able in thirty years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate of not more than 69o per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to construct concrete bulkheadS on Gas tineau Avenue and Calhoun DOod Nr Avno,la
 (5) Whether or not the in corporated City of Juneau, AL aska, shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding S25, ,000, pay able in thirty years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate of not more than 6qo per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to construct a refuse incinerator.
 (6) Whether are not the in corporated City of Juneau, AL aska shall issue bonds in any sum not exceeding s6,000, pay able in thirty years from the date thereof, bearing interest at a rate of not more than 6qo per annum, and the proceeds thereof to be used to employ such engineering supervision any pay such overhead expenses as may be necessary in con- nection with the above men, toned public works.
 That the entire area embraced within the corporate limits of sait City of Juneau, Alaska, shall con ,titute one voting precinct, ant hat the polling place shall be il he City Hall, or Fire Hall, at th' corner of Main and Fourth Streets n the said City of Juneau. All persons who are citizens o he United States, tWenty-one year )f age or over, and who have beer residents of Alaska for the periot of one year and of the City o Juneau, Alaska for six months i'm proceeding the date o said election, and whose names ap pear on the last assessment rol pr tax roll of said City for tn of municipal taxation are qualified to vote at said cleo jon.
 DATED at Juneau, Alaska, thi 28th day of April, 1884.
 CITY OF JUNEAU, ALASKl
 by and through it's Common
 Council
 By I. GOLDSTEIN,
 Mayor. Attest:
 A. w. HENNING,
 City Clerk. First publication, April 28, 1884 Last publication, May 19, 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25
One Good Suggestion

Out of the hearing conducted by the Special Tax Study Commission in Hart ford this week came one suggestion that was almost overlooked in the interest centered in others. It was advanced by former Mayor George A. Quigley of New Britain in his capacity as president of the League of Municipalities. He argued that some share of the money taken in through court fines for violations of motor laws should be returned to the towns or cities in which the offense is committed. This is no new point of view. It should be encouraged.
 State law now compels the town or the city in which the fine is imposed to turn over such moneys to the state motor vehicle department. The town or city may claim only the costs of arrest and trial. True, these often amount to more than the amount of the fine itself. You cant blame city official for taking this atti- tude when he realizes that not one cent will be diverted from the motor vehicle department to build or repair city streets
 It's only in the last few years that di- version of funds for dirt road work has been permitted. Now each town of the state that makes application can receive S17,500 annually. This sum must be ex- pended for such roads as will not come under other state or town aid. In the case of large cities like Waterbury the money is usually spent for oiling streets; But as MT Quigley says the state should not be so free with it's warning to towns about tax extravagances when 1t calmly pockets all the money for fines and lets the city fix it's streets and pay for their patrol
 And the cost of enforcing the various motor laws that our solons at Hartford make is not decreasing. More and more devices are added every year, We nave the various traffic signals and signs, not to mention special officers for such, duty. We have police teletype used mainly TOT such law enforcement. We have motor patrol cars; we have jay lines; and other things all intended to make driving oY, streets and highways safer. But little is said about recompensing towns and cities for taking these elaborate precau- tions We think the time has come Tor the state to revise taxes so that communl,, ties may share more fully in an equal and fair distribution of such income.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25

Washington, May s5.--lnner administration circles are bunl- ing with tho whisper that Frank c, walker plans to step out As head of the National Emergency
 Reticent and publlolty.shy. ale though personally one Ot the abiest and most charming of the New Dealers, Walker, however, will not abe andon Washington. According to those In tho know, he ia destined for higher and greater responsibilities aa \ lmom- Der of the Whito House staff.
 Just what role this new honor will take is not quite clear. But it Is declared that the president plans to put Walker on his per- sonal staff as . confidential as- sIstant,
 Walker, ono of the presldent's earliest and most devoted sup. pOrters, has Nsslduously Insisted on Keeping in the background. Ho has refusod several Import. ant posts, and the president liter. ally had to push him Into the Job of running the emergency coun. eN.
 COOPERATION
 Thero were many things h the blistering Darrow report to which General Hugh Johnson took violent exception. But the accusation that really cut him to tho quick was the charge of fall. ,,un Ia aAA NAnMlA
 Asked about thls, the BluA Eagle boss replied that it re- minded him Of the following story.
 "A young lieutenant, Just out of West Point, was assigned to e southwestern post eon,mHnded by n hard.bolted old Indian fighter, llo was tho typo Of ot- fleer who marked \ new mans laundry by shooting a hole through hts suitcase,
 "rhe young lieutenant, how. ever, liked tic looks Of hts new lDss, and told hlns SD.
 "I NM sure, captain, that We shall cooperate splchdidly," he said.
 "lIuMph," grunted tue captain, "wc'll cooperate splcndldly all right, tf you dO tho cooperating" RELllsF VS WORK
 Ono important problem ab: sorblng Harry Hopkins Federal Emergency Relief is tho fact that largo numbers of workers are spurnlng employment because or . continued dole from tho gov- ernmont,
 TO what extont this prevails ts impossible Co estimate. But