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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
Assistant Attorney
 General of State
 of Washington Dies

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 18. - John Hanna, aged 58, Assistant Att torney General and former Wen- atchee lawyer, died suddenly last Saturday as the result of heart attack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
SEATTLE RETAIL MERCHANT
 ARRIVES HERE ON BUSINESS

John A. Tesack, of the firm of
 Tesack and Benson, retail grocers. Iof Seattle, arrived on the Yukon
 and will spend few days here on business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
LEGISLATIVE DEMANDS
 PREVENTS ADJOURNMENT

WASHINGTON, June 18. = Con. gress came squarely to the edge o adjournment last Saturday nigh but met such demands for enact ment of so much additional legis- lation that a recess was taken un- til noon Monday.
 With all key pieces of legislation the Administration had insisted upon out of the way, the Senators pressed demands for action on the farm mortgage moratorium bill and Railroad labor legislation so hard that Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader gave up hope of finishing Saturday night.
 liar Days Work
 Fourteen and one-half hours of work had been done by the Senate and thirteen and one-half hours done by the House when the bells changed out the word of recess.
 During the work hours Saturday the Housing, Deficiency appropria- tions. labor arbitration and other major measures sought by Presi- dent Roosevelt had been all but disposed of but a few remaining finishing touches remained. As the demands for the mortgage bill and others grew, Senator Robinson moved suddenly for a recess which stopped the legislature mill and the House was obliged to follow suit.
 Lasor Measure
 Congress. Saturday night, passed the Labor Dispute Measure giving the President power to set up spe- cial Boards to settle labor disputes and giving the Boards authority to hold secret elections and selection of workers and representatives for collective bargaining.
 Bills Sent to Roosevelt.
 Legislation sent to the White House on Saturday included the bill for pensions to railway employ ees, a bill to give Indians a greater degree of government, Taylor Graz ing bill to give the Interior Depart ment control over the Public Do main.
 The Senate also voted to drop all further inquiry into the peti- tions for the custer of Senators Long and Overton of Louisiana saying the investigation failed to disclose substantial reasons foi continuing the inquiry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18

Di duiUi uot oSiiCih ,"&NNr ps 1e tV0eW V ing. MIRA is not mentioned, nor is ,AAA or any other official agency. The small group" of planners stands out. There is where the Committee seeks to turn on the heat.
 Insofar as it can, the governing body of the party has marked out the brain trust as issue No. 1 for the coming congressional campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
Price Says C. Q. P. Bmrage
 Likely to Be Concentrated
 On Roosevelt s'Brain Trust
By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau The Associated Press, Washington

If the Republican National Committee has it's way it will be for the Washington brain trust. Like all similar platforms, the Committees declara- tion of principles is cast in elastic languages yet second third reading scarcely fail to disclose clearly dominant note
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18

porary authori ty," trying "cov crtly" to accom- pliSh un-Ameri can things.
 Pre- si d e n Roosevelt is no mentioned; t h document can b. read as even in dicating a belle that the Presi dent is the victim of this covert hraint.r1ISt. SchAnn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18

A sheep owned by A. Laudermilk of Gooding, Idaho, has given birth to 27 lambs in nine years, includ- ing sets of quadruplets, triplets and twins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
PEACE PROPOSAL bElNG REJECTED, COAST WORKERS
Agreement Drawn Up Last Saturday at San Fran
 cisco Turned Down
VARIOUS UNIONS TO
 SEEK ALL DEMANDS
Seamen Join with Others in Asking More Requests
 from Elm pl overs

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 18 With the latest peace proposal voted down by the longshoremen, the workers presented what the leaders termed united front for settlement of the demands of all maritime unions.
 Saturdays peace proposals were rejected by the longshoremen of San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and San Diego.
 Seattle longshoremen's associa- ton votes today
 San Pedro voted for the peace proposal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18
SMITHS VIEWPOINT

SEATTLE, June Is. Mayor Charles L. Smith said charters of coast groups of the International Longshoremen's Association may be revoked so Communists and agita- tors will be excluded when new charters are issued He said Presi- dent Joseph H. Ryan has the right to revoke charters.
 Meanwhile a new settlement plan has been instituted by the l. L. A. of Portland to be submitted to the employers by the unions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18

It is an outpour1ng of lndigna- ton against the professors-against that smart group vested with tem-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
Sink or Swim Together

Speaking on January 10 to the National
Retail Drygoods association, General
johnson, recovery administrator after
several thousand words of eloquence, said:
"Your part in helping the president
bring back recovery is not to Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg. If l
had only nine words for which to address
YOU, would rise here and say: Keep
prices down-for Gods sake, keep prices
down." That and that alone is the royal
road to recovery"
He meant, for this group selling con-
sumers' goods, in order to make consum-
ers' buying power go as far as possible.
A great effort is being made TO raise
ruinously low wholesale rates for farm
products, in order to increase the Duy-
ing power of the agricultural group. Ana
as a part of this same plan, General john
son has urged industry by all means 10
keep wages up, even when hours are re-
duced, SO that employees can still buy. Il
realize the difficulties from the employ
er's standpoint" he says. "Some OF the
codes in force have literally raised nell
with some industries. Companies without
cash reserves, or whose reserves are III
closed banks, and which are unable to Dor
row. will howl their heads off at the idea
of cutting hours without cutting wages.
But there's only one way out OF this de-
preston, and that's to put people to work
at decent living wages. When industry
goes as far as it can in that direction, 1T
will be the governments duty to help. We
are all in this boat together, and we
will all float or sink together"
Trade, agriculture, industry and labor,
on the whole, have responded nobly An
excellent industrial example is STEEL From
last June to November while its produc-
ton fell from 100000 tons to 1,l10,-
900 tons, it kept it's men working by short
ening hours from an average OF 39.4 10
27.8 a week, and actually paid out $500
900 more in November than in June, with
its wage cost per ton rising from $13 to
S22 This was playing the game. Many
the small business is so often without cash
40 bravely, and indeed more 80, because
the small bushes is so often without cash
surplus or credit.
Here, as General Johnson suggested,
the government may help. The banks
have a duty to perform, which many OF
them have shirked. If they will not or
cannot provide credit for sound business
to keep labor constructively employed, the
government must do it. And If that
duty is forced unduly upon the govern
ment, the banks will lose in the long run,
because it will change banking more and
more into a government service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30

doesn't seem to US that the general order
from Washington would overlook even
one committeeman or woman. If any OF
them hold federal jobs as we understand
it, they must be relinquisned. Failure to
do this, we presume, will only result IN
action being taken at Washington. We
don't see how Mrs WEIGH can escape the
ban. Perhaps her desire to retain the
two positions right now is actuated by the
fact that as yet the Senate has not ratified
her appointment and won't until Senator
Augustine Lonergan gets the job.
For example, last Saturday political
observer in the Hartford Times COM
mented that certain groups in the demo-
cratic party were trying to GUST Archi-
bald Mcneil, the national committeeman,
and also Mrs WEIGH. The writer pointed
out that Mrs Nora Hahaney Harris of
New Haven, native of Waterbury, was
being mentioned for the post of national
committeeman in the event that Fan
ME Dixon WEIGH resigns. But this COM
mentator pointed out friends of Mrs
WEIGH are going to back Mrs Mabel q.
McQueeney of Bridgeport should the res
ignation become inevitable. That would
seem to be an admission that the resig-
nation is being taken seriously in some
quarters if not by Mrs WEIGH herself.
We'd be more inclined to think the resig-
nation hinges on ratification of her fed
eral job. To resign now might mean loss
of both jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
HISTORY

Clothing for soldiers was furn-.
ished by most of the families OF
the town during the Revolutionary
war, and provisions were PROVIDED
for soldiers families. The bounties
previously mentioned. that Is, six
pounds paid to soldiers were not
recorded as paid before 1878. al
though during that year. and 1779
there are records of bounties paid.
Anderson says. "the first purchase
of provisions for soldiers family
in 1878, was made by Captain
Jonathan Curtis, who received
from the town twelve pounds for
that use. This was quickly followed
by the expenditure of large sums
for provisions, and also for CLOTH
ing for the Continental soldiers.
In 1880 the committee of supplies
here received 5,464 pounds from
the state.
The taxation at this time was SO
heavy that most everyone lived on
the town or state. The records Oh
the town at this time suffer be-
cause of the state of things due TO
the war and, general distress at
tending 1t. What was the East
Farms cemetery was bought at this
time, and the earliest burials were
| of soldiers. The first case recorded
of incubation for smallpox here
| during this period was the inocula-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
Bishop Edward Campion Acheson

Connecticut was saddened to learn that
the distinguished head of it's Protestant
Episcopal diocese was dead. Bishop Ed
ward Campion Acheson had only served
in this capacity since 1928, compar-
atively short time to occupy this exalted
office. but for we'll over a quarter OF a
century he was a familiar and beloved
figure in this state, particularly in Mid
dletown. He came to MiddletoWn in 1898
and remained there until his death oc-
Cured at his home Sunday.
We doubt if any man who rose to the
titled ranks of the ministry had such an
interesting career as Bishop Acheson. he
was born in England, moved to lreianc'
and emigrated to Canada to enter busl-
ness. He soon gave up the commercial
world for the religious and enrolled at
Wycliffe College, Toronto. 1t was while
there that the boy, who was to rise to the
position of Bishop of Connecticut, won
the Queen Victoria medal for distin-
ouished bravery in subduing a rebellion
of half-breeds in the Saskatchewan val
ley.
His military work did not end there
Though well advanced in years when the
limited States entered the World War he
enrolled as field worker for the Red
Cross and saw active service on the bat
tlefelds of France. He was also chaplain
of the 26th Division of the A. E. F., bet
ter known as the Yankee Division. He
succeeded Right Rev Chauncey B. Brew
ster as Bishop of this diocese upon the
Iatter's retirement in 1928. He had pre-
viously held the titles of Suffragan Bishop
and Coadjutor Bishop. kindly man
and most wise one, his passing will long
be mourned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
/ an occupation and means shepherd
THE EDITOR.

O. What was the Nazarite vow
taken by Samson, and referred to
in chapter Fl of Acts?
A. 1t Is described In the sixth
chapter OF Numbers, as a vow to
let the hair grow long, and abstain
from wine and every form OF de-
filing contact. At the close of the
period Of the vow, the devotee pre-
scented himself in the temple with
his offering. His head was then
shaved and the hair was burned in
the fire with the sacrifice. Great
religious merit was thus attained.
@. Give the dimensions and cost
of the Golden Gate bridge over San
Francisco. Bay.
A. 1t will cost about $4,000
600. The bridge proper will be 81
$50 feet long and the towers Will
be 74O feet above mean high wa
ter. They will be the tallest bridge
towers ever built. The main tower
at the San Francisco end will be
884 feet high. The minimum ver-
teal clearance at the center will be
220 feet above high water. Includ-
ing approach roads, the total length
will be seven miles. The two main
cables will have diameter of 80
1-2 inches and will be 1860 feet
long between anchorages. Cable
sag at the center will be 47S feet.
III You want q copy Of our bull.
Ietin VALENTINE PARTIES
write to the Waterbury Democratic
Washington Bureau. enclOsiSnR fivA
cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30

@. From what animal does fitch
fur come?
A. The polecat. rG
@. Is Penn or Penna the cor
rect abbreviation for Pennsyl-
A. Pa. is the abbreviation APP
proved by the United States post
Office department, but both Of the
other forms are recognized.
@. Is there town in England
named Balliol?
A. No. 1t is the name of a col
lege at oxford university.
@. When was the first civil
service retirement law for employees
of the federal government adopt
ed?
A. 1t was passed May 22,( 1920,
and became effective August I. for
deduction purposes only, and Aug
ust 81, for retirement purposes.
@. Do fish sleep?
A. No, but they rest and remain
quiet in hooks of streams. They
never close their eyes.
Q. Over what country did the
Queen of Sheba rule?
A. Over Sheba, the country OF
the Babaeans in south Arabia.
@. What does the name Shapiro
mean?
| A. It is a German and German
Jewish family name derived from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
Time Will Tell

According to the most recent reports
Mrs Fannie Dixon WEIGH will not re-
linquish her position as national COM
mitteewoman from Connecticut in order
to retain her more recent federal office
of collector of the port of Bridgeport. In
accordance with the ultimatum from the
White House few days ago democratic
national committeeman and women are
retiring from active participation In any
government jobs or undertakings that
might embarrass the President, his adj
mlnistratlon or the party In the coming
campaigns. Mrs Weleh who was IN
Washington last week maintains that she
as. not be Obliged 10 give up either post.
We presume that she II well advised ~
making such statement. However. y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
So. They Say

I've had automobile accidents
and motor boat accidents. ! may
have aviation accidents. one
things sure. When q mans num-
Der Is up, he gets 1t. Not before.
Eddie Edenburn, auto race ofri-
cial. a.a
Come from good stock, don't
miss anything, but he moderate in
all things and keep your Drains
@Dr Adolf Lorens, famous SUR
geor.
Jazs Expresses ABOUT a. COM
plefely AZ any music can the tempo
81 the times and the spirit OF
everyday America.
--ueorge osrshwin.
when I ask Intelligent people
what impresison my dance gives
them. they invariably reply, "a
beautiful white bird nkimmin9
iIahfiv the moonlight"
sally Reno; ian dancer
The med Of America II whele'
s-JS s Ill / strauss. q. q, ambassador
~ NFaNco.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
Back to Serfdom

Most recent news from Germany gives
the American workingman new reason to
thank his stars that he lives on this side
of the Atlantic and not in the realm OF
the Nazis. 1t would be hard to overem-
phasize the extent to which the German
worker has lost freedom under the new
dispensation. The latest development IS
a law which - effective next May -
abolishes labor unions in toto, imposes
fines and other penalties on workers who
disobey factory rules, gives the employer
complete mastery over his employees, and
does away entirely with the right OF col
lective bargaining. The German worker,
henceforth, is to take what is given him
and like it.
To be sure, the state is supposed to look
out for his interests. But the ordinary
workingman is mindful Of the old adage
about the way heaven helps those who
help themselves. The German worker is
to be completely at the mercy of men at
the top of the heap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
Rome Letter
BY RALPH l.. FORTE
Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent

Rome. (UP)-Itaiians are a
drinking race and Premier Mus
solini has often remarked in pub
lie speeches that they should do
more drinking. The Italian knows
how to drink, however. and he sell
dom Is to be seen drunk.
Visitors continuously observe
that "lamp-post huggers" are rare
in Italy whether 1t is Saturday,
Sunday or even a national holi-
day.
Italy is the ideal country for
healthy imbibers. One can drink
practically everything found any,
where else in the world and at
any time of the day or night.
All Italian cities have countless
cafes, hotels, restaurants, wine-
shops and cabarets fully equipped
and ready to quench the thirst of
any Bacchus' satellite with as
lenient an in-road on his wallet as
Is reasonably imaginable. Any
town Is equally convenient and
even the tiniest village perched on
the loneliest peak can produce a
hospitable hostelry for the unex-
pected visitor.
Italy's real boast are her wines,
of course. She makes good liquors
too, but the excellence of her vim
tage output Is, in many cases, be-
yond comparison.
The best popular bottled wines
are Chianti, Capri, Orvieto, Bar
olo, Frascati, MARSHA and Ver-
mouth. These all sell for between
FIVE and eight lire bottle az to
So cents at present exchange)
4 They can be had either sweet OF
dry and "sulla vena" or mot toe
sweet"--a halfway between.
Liquors, brandies and q score Of
bitters usually consumed as appe.
TIGERS range between twenty and
twenty-five lire q bottle. Spark.
ling wines average twenty lire {
Quart, and ordinary wine, which In.
faliibly graces tho table OF every
good middlo-class family, cost
anywhere from 100 lire 10 $50 lire
a quart (ft0 TO 80 cents). Good
win ordlnalre" properly bottled
cost. perhaps, four lire tabout 81
eents).
4 good many natives like ths
looks OF wine and very often y0l
lnd Il on their dining room tables
day In and day out, IN the YER,
same o0nEalner and with the con,
tents nc the very same Lowell,
ina various eyndicaten and fed
lofaflonn 10 which the nhOpkoeperl
belong have lseA their tins SEIZED
nIes, Owing 70 the extensive ~,
ITioly Of shops, u one shop y closed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
"AM Right. AI!"

'.AM Right, All"
Most of the pitchmen work with
q couple of "shills"-accomplices
who form the nucleus OF eacn
crowd and make the first pur-
chases. Then they go in opposite
directions and act as lookouts for
the police. A Wall Street fell
low amusedly watching this pro-
cedure heard one of the shills say,
"All right, AL" as signal that a
patrolman folded UP his case OF
cheap neckties and walked on.
So the spectator decided to have
some fun himself. He followed
along until the tie man stopped
and gathered another crowd; then
he called softly: "All right, Al"
The hurried flight occurred again.
Twice more he sent the harassed
merchant on his way. Then some
body tapped him on the shoulder
It was a large man, accompanied
by an even larger man, both look.
Ing pretty grim. "A jokes q joke
wise guy" muttered the FIRST shill
"An' now maybe you better buy
some nice neckties."
They stood beside him while ht
selected scarves of pink and greer
and purple. giowered him into ~
Ience when the pitchman short.
changed hi m by a quarter, ane
walked Q little way down ths
street with him. right past Q pc,
llceman. 'Now scrami" ordered
the shiils. The Joker scrammed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION =
"Ghost' Responsible
For Coolidge Articles

Calvin Coolidge's famous news
paper articles, syndicated all over
the land after he left the White
House, really were written by a
Washington newspaperman who
got SO sick Of the job that he tried
to farm it out to colleague.
Senator James j, Davis famous
autobiography and most OF his
public speeches, including his
famous Eucharistic Congress ad-
dress, similarly were written. for
him by D ghost.
President Harding used a ghost
repeatedly--but the best speech ne
ever made was one that he himself
wrote at top speed.
These assertions are contained
In "The Puppet-Show on the Po-
tomac." by Rufus Dart II. The
book is, as you can imagine. a
sprightly and irreverent affair
which deals rather savagely with
certain shams and pretenses OF life
| In the national capital.
< After asserting that the vast
majority OF our statesmen never
write their own speeches. but ridt
TO glory on the compositions OF
secretaries and newspapermen. MI
Dart turns to other odd aspects Of
life nt. tho capital.
some OF his sbreeziest remarks
have TO do with presentation o.
American debutantes ut the Cour
OF st James.
This, no says. has become Z
racket; and no tells how u v
worked, IN a way that will leav.
YOU forevermoro unimpressed 81
the roto pictures OF lovely Amer
lean womanhood preparing 10 curt
Soy before the British king. -,
uettlng hack 10 ghosls.--coolidse
says Mr Dart. wrote ~ MS owl
lspseohen IN the white House, ever
In no ald use ghost later. ii0Otel
used n ghost NJ timnB, but wfet'
laIi hIa 1888 campaign Speoehsl
An In all, ii'n ~ enIightenlni
aorf of book, published BY Ne
ItlFlds. 4 Y priced - $685.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30

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tho miiitarv viii And some other
c smC !" Ior,inafe the govern
ment.
What will happen after that.
no one can predict. But the gen.
eral staff has in mind a preven-
tatiye war. 1t figures that France
can crush Germany now, where
as five years hence 1t might not.
> This is strong stuff, and no ci-
william government in France can
bring about such q war and re-
main in Office overnight. That is
why the military want control.
Anotha, thin. t,,o 1oneraI
staY hos definite ideas about AZ
so,,,a aestyo,no,,t ~ tho An,crica,,
war debt. THE 1enerols figurc
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MERRY -GO-ROUND
President Roosevelt's partial
restoration of veteran compen-
sation cuts took the ground
right out from under Senator
Dave Reed. The Pennsyl-
vania republican, facing an ON
nous reelection fight this year,
had 1t all planned to wage his
campaign as the veterans great
and devoted friends despite the
fact that last year he was in the
Hoover vanguard seeking reduc-
tions in veteran expenditures.
Mrs Jimmy Dunn, daugh-
ter of the meat-packing Armours
and wife of the state depart
ment's protocol chief, came back
from chaperoning Sec Hull
through South America with
rare acuna rug. They cost $500
in this country, she got 1t for
SIS. The latest code prob
lem Of the NRA has been the
manufacturers of brass rings for
pigs noses. According to MIRA
officials, there are only three en-
ployers of this industry and they
employ total of ~ men. They
objected strenuously to being
combined with any other code.
In the gold fish raising in
dustry, only six employers could
be located. They were finally told
to go home, that they didn't need
q code. o. M. p. Brown of
the shipping board, a relative of
President Harding and originally
suspected of being political
deadweight, has turned out to be
board. = Ray Miller, hard
hitting AAA representative on