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The Washington times., 1934-01-25
MORE ARRESTS
IN SHAKEDOWN
PLOT LIKELY
Detectives GriIIing 2 Already
Held in Hope of Exposing
ChiSeIing Leadership

Determined to wipe out all
traces of graft and extortion in
the local CWA, detectives today
started a search for the higher
ups who are believed to head a
ring which has mulcted scores of
employees out of a portion of their
Scanty wages.
Two men, supervisors Of the
CWA employees on the District
rent survey, are already in Gus
tody, charged with larceny by
trick.
Leaders Now Sought
Detectives are grilling these
men, hoping that they will re-
veal the identity of the racket
leaders.
There is no question, investiga-
tors declare, that the racket has
been taking several thousand dol
lars a week from the workers,
who have been warned to pay or
they will lose their jobs.
According to complaints which
have been received, some of the
men have been forced to pay
almost half of their small weekly
wage in order to meet the de-
mands of the racketeers.
Investigators have run up
against a serious problem in
the case, however, since with the
arrest of the two men others
who are said to have been TAX
ing the money have become
frightened and have given UP
the racket for the time being.
Convictions Difficult
In a case of this nature, de-
tectives pointed out, it is almost
impossible to get conviction un-
less a trap is laid and marked
bills paid over while detectives
look on.
The drive against the racketeerS
is not local. In all sections of
the nation there have been COM
plants Of similar practices, and
it is possible that the Depart
ment of Justice will be called
to launch a sweeping investiga-
ton of the situation throughout
the country.
Thomas E. Archer was the first
man to be taken into custody
here. He was arrested Tuesday
after detectives had been planted
in Connecticut Avenue apart
ment house and saw him take q
marked IS bill, they allege.
Other Arrests Likely
Acting on information said to
have been furnished by Archer,
they arrested Joseph George Nc.
Alwee yesterday.
Sveral other local CWA en-
ployes have been implicated in the
plot, it is said, and detectives
hope to make several more ar
rests.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
.iStrictLOS
da1y resume of District
District Commissioners
legislative AFFAIRS
Senate

The committee did meet.
The Commissioners did not meet board.
Transmitted bill providing for increased fees in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds to chairman of the Senate District
Committee. (Story on Page 81
Commissioner George E. Allen called at the White House
to discuss liquor matters. (Story on Page ~
Melvin c. Hazen, president of the board i'll at his home
House
Subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee held hearing
Smith bill in connection with establishing District of
CoumbiaVrgna boundary. No action (Story Page 18
Spanish War veterans protest to Representative Mary T.
Norton chairman House District Committee, against pension
reductions. (Story Page 49,
President Roosevelt asked by Representative Virginia E.
Jencke member of the committee to issue Mothers Day
stamp.
Resolution submitted to Representative Mary T. Norton
chairman House District Committee urging restored pay
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
TUO Girls Missing
From Masonic Home

Have you seen these two girls,
who yesterday vanished from the
Eastern Star Masonic Home?
Dimple Duncan, 13, brown
hair, blue eyes, weight 95 pounds,
brown coat and dress.
Edith Hunter, 13, brown hair,
blue eyes, weight IS pounds, blue
hat, coat and dress.
Both are about five feet tall.
They were wards of the home.
Edith's mother, Mrs. r. A. Hunter,
lives in the 300 block of Madison
st, N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
King Cole Sentenced
For Theft of Shoes

King Cole, colored, will not be
"A merry old soul' for the next
three months, as acting Police
Judge Harry Kennedy, of Alex
andria, today sent him to jail for
that period after William Slade,
also colored. testified that King
Cole. whose real name is Arthur
Smith, had stolen his Sunday
shoes.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
GOnzGga Seniors
Plan Miduenr Ball

Seniors at Gonzaga High School,
first block 1 st. N. w., will hold
their mid-year dance February 2
at the National Press Club. Music
will be furnished by Leon Brush
loft and his orchestra. Joseph v.
McQuillen, president of the class,
is experimenting arrangements.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
Victim of Shooting
Refuses to Talk

Alexander Ganaris, 35, of the
100 block Eighteenth st. N. w.,
will say nothing about it as he lies
in Emergency Hospital, so police
are baffled over just how he came
to be shot in the right hand at the
corner of Eleventh and N Streets
today. He was taken
to the hospital by Langdon P.
McAinch, a taxicab driver, 3400
block Holmead Pl. N. w.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
Mrs. Keyes to Speak
On HitLer's Regime

Germany under the Hitler gov
ernment will be the subject of an
address by Frances Parkinson
Keyes of New Hampshire, in Con-
Stitution Hall tomorrow night
under the auspices of the National
Geographic Society. Mrs. Keyes
has just returned from a several
months tour of Germany.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
Found Dying
In Bed bu Friend

Malus Nisbett, As, First block
Third st. S. E., was found uncon-
scious in bed today by Robert M.
Foster, a fellow roomer. He died
on the way to Casualty Hospital,
probably from heart attack, po-
lice say.
The Washington times., 1934-01-25
CWA UNIT TO MEET

Alexandria's CWA committee
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in
the corporation court room. Com
nittee members who have charge
Al the various projects will report
hn their work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28
New Sport
 in Fishing

Strip Fishing" for salmon has developed into a decidedly popular sport among followers of Isaac Walton, in Southeast Alaska.
 The tackle used consists of an average of 30 pound test raw silk line, fly rods from ounces up, or special salmon rods from 9 to 10 ounces. with or pound test leaders.
 Relatively small hooks are used and herring from to inches in length are used for bait.
 Stripping" gets it's name from stripping in the line after the cast, from either row boat or anchored power boat. The baited hook or hooks, (some fishermen prefer two hooks in the herring) along with light sinker are cast as far as possible and slowly stripped in by hand The reel is not used until the salmon is hooked. Frequently King salmon 40 to 50 pounds in weight are landed, after battles that last from one-half hour to three hours. Few salmon of any variety are caught under Is pounds in weight
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28
.Juneau's Public Schools

week. The vocal music in high school consists of girls glee club, a boys glee club, an A'Cappella choir and assembly singing
 Art work is also given through out the grades. A program is ar ranged in which the art teacher gives at least two periods weekly to each room.
 Grade pupils, beginning at about the fourth grade are allowed an opportunity of starting instrument tai music. All instruments are taught except piano One individ- ual lesson each week is allowed each pupil enrolled in this depart ment. Instrumental music pupils are asked to purchase their own instruments with the exception of certain instruments which cannot be used for solo work These are the property of the school After a certain proficiency is ai n e d, these students enter the senior orchestra which is composed main ly of high school pupils.
 Seventh and eighth grade pupils are taught Home Economics and Manual Training. This instruction is given them in the high school building two periods a week.
 The high school is organized on the subject oasis and student is allowed to choose his or her course. A wide range of subjects is offered including Mathematics, English, Languages, Science, His tory, Manual Arts and Commer- cial subjects. Eight of the nine teachers are teaching only those subjects in which they receive their major training and experience. The high school is fully accredited both to the University of Washington and the Northwest Association of High Schools and Colleges.
 Each teacher in the high school 1 sponsors one of more activities These activities are educational as well as enjoyable to the students | They include the following. Stu dent Assembly, Annual, Dramatic Defamation, Newspaper, Honor Society, Rifle Club, Library, Radio Club, Popular Orchestra, Senior Class, Junior Class, Sophomore 1 Class. and Freshman Class. In addition to these the City Basket ball League uses the high school 1 gymnasium m ost every week night during the winter months
 The school board, faculty, and students of the Juneau Public Schools. are working together tc make this educational institution an outstanding example of modern educational principles, a school ir which happy guided educational and social life is experienced, fit ting them to step into a larger so- cial sphere with confidence of hay ing mastered the fundamentals ne cessary to win permanent sue cess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

most of these things were tied up in national reserves in Alaska Here the timber is held in National For ests, the coal and oil and water power reserved, and the fish and the furs, and even the game which played such large part in all the countrys early frontier exploration and settlement, is held in strict control by the Federal Government
 Obstacles Are Surmounted
 Naturally. these conditions slow ed up Alaska's development. It was IT years after Alaska was pur- chased from Russia before any law was extended to it, except that exercised by military and naval authorities. And it was 27 years more before Congress would con- sent to even a most limited form of Territorial organization. Such obstacles retarded but could not block the developments of a land so rich in natural resources as it is
 Figures representing the value to the country ol the production of Alaska's major industries give a better picture than words can.
 From it's placer and lode mines there has been added to the Ma tion's wealth the total of S4l9, ,79l, : 900 in gold. From 1880 to and in- cluding 1930. the average annual value of the Territory's gold pro duction, as shown by figures of the United States Geological Sur vey, has been about $7,700,000 or more each 12 months that was originally paid to Russia.
 From its copper mines has been produced ore valued at SPA, ,687 900. And other minerals, including sil- yer, coal. lead, tin. marble, plati- mum, gypsum and others worth S30, POS 900 have been produced.
 Its sea fisheries, stretching from it's southern border to Bering Sea have yielded large variety of pro- ducts having total valuation of s965, ,186.756.
 These are the richest of it's pres ent developed resources but others played a part in the volume of commerce built up.
 It has shipped airplane spruce for fighting planes in the World War, and Petrowski turnip seed for Northwest Pacific farmers when their supply was cut off from the Scandinavian countries in the same conflict.
 It ships wool as well as curios; reindeer livers for New York City's sick: live reindeer for santa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28
ROBERT S. RAVEN,
 Superintendent

The Juneau Public School was established at the present site ot the elementary school building in 1885. From then until 1900 1t was under the supervision of the U. s. Commissioner of Education This school-eonsisted of one room
 The first school board was elect ed under the Carter Code Tn 1900. The school was enlarged to four rooms soon after the new board assumed office. During the sum mer of 1902 an upper story was added with the corps of teachers enlarged to six. The high school graduated two students in 1904, and in 1905 all four years of high school were represented.
 m 1913 the two story building had become so crowoea that t1e upper floor or the city hall Was gwen over to the hign scnool. Ine total enrolment of potn the eie- nentary school and the high school was 3l5.
 me new building did not mater iallze until 1917. It was pullt to house the elementary school ana nigh school combined. In 1918 a Junior -Senlor high scnool was ar ranged. Seventy-one students reg istered in this department the tlrsu year. In 1923 the school was reor- ganized into elementary and high school, the junior high school plan having been eliminated.
 In 1926 the school again became Overcrowded and it was found ne cesSary to teach the Kindergarten m the council room of the city hall. The enrolment of boCh the elementary school and the high school had grown to 473 and the teaching staff to IT. The high school used not only the upper floor of the building but also three rooms on the first floor. The new high school building was not com pleted until November, 1928, and was occupied immediately
 The schools have continued to grow since 1928 until now we have an enrolment of 733 students with 27 teachers. There are Is elemen- tary teachers. 9 high school teach CTS, and special teachers. There is now total of 323 alumni.
 Physical Education is taught from the first grade through the high school. Starting with the sixth grade, four specially trained teachers take these classes and give corrective exercises as well as drills and games. Glasses are sched uled in both gymnasiums
 Vocal Music is taught throughout the schools. The vocal music teach CT divides her time so that each room receives at least two periods
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28
Copper Mining Inactiue

Alaska copper mines have pro- duced almost S215,000.0O0. Due to the distressing situation of the copper mining industry of the world, the great Kennecott mines, have been forced to cease active operations The owning company, Kennecott Copper Corporation, produced from these mines and others on Latouche Island, by far the largest part of the total for the industry.
 The Latouche mines were closed down a few years before the de- pression hit the industry hardest. Kennecott continued to produce until two years ago Regarding the future of tne industry the United States Geological Survey, early this year said.
 It should not be presumed, how ever, that Alaska has permanently ceased to be an important source of copper With increased demand for the metal and consequent high CT prices, the Kennecott mines will again produce, interest will be re- vived in many undeveloped cop per properties throughout the Ter ritory, and the search for new lodes will again be sufficiently at tractive to enlist the attention of prospectors'
 Also Affects Siluer
 Silver production in Alaska for many years has been largely incl dent to the mining of other metals, particularly copper and to a less extent gold. Alaska copper ores, though low in silver, have in the aggregate, pro duced no b e amounts of that metal The amount derived from that source naturally fluctuates with the demand for copper, and the closing of the copper mines in 1883 is reflected in a decrease in the silver output.
 Increasing prices for silver have directed new attention to the pos abilities of development of known silver lodes, and caused revival of prospecting for new lodes.
 Coal and Oil ReSerDed
 While coal deposits of the Ter ritory are practically unlimited and all grades of coal are found wide ly scattered over it's area, there are three main fields-Bering River, Matanuska Valley and Healy River. The coal lands are not open for entry and patent and coal deposits can only be worked under leases. The leasing system has not been successful and offers no encour- agement to large-scale development that would require any heavy vol ume of capital investment The industry is purely local and min ing is carried on in a very limited measure Production last year was about 100000 tons which was con- sumed largely along the Alaska i Railroad
 Oil. too, is in Government re- serves, except for a small patented area in the Katalla field where the Chilkat oil Company operates a number of shallow wells and re- fines it for local consumption. Its products, mainly gasoline and dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

That this has been accomplished is evidenced by the steady produc- tion levels maintained for several years, and the escapement records kept by the Government which show that ample spawning fish reach the beds to seed them for future cycles. The United States Bureau of Fisheries, armed with absolute authority, can and does close any -fished areas, reduce gear in others and by fixing the periods for commercial fishing eff fectively regulate and control the entire industry.
 Gold Mining Neat
 Gold mining is the next in inn portance to Alaska and to the Ma tion Alaska's miners in 1883 pro- duced S10, ,758,0 900 worth of the yell low metal, on the basis of $2067 a fine ounce, an increase of more than half million dollars over 1892. This brought the total since the beginning of the industry in 1880 to $4l9, ,79l ,000 on the old gold basis.
 In the first five years. when the yield was still less than $100,- 900 annually, placer gold constitut- ed the main source. But from 1885 to 1898. the lode miles played the most important part. The situa- ton was reversed again in 1899 and until 1917 largely exceeded the lode output. Since then, and particular ly during the past four or five years, the lode mines have account ed for more and more of the to- tai until last year the percentage was about even.
 Known rich placer deposits have long since been worked out. Behind the shovel and bucket miner has come hydraulic giants and great dredges, gold boats, which. through modern mechanical devices and more scientific recovery methods, are profitably operating properties on a large scale that several years ago had to be left untouched.
 Industry Is Stimulated
 Pronounced stimulation has been given the gold mining industry by the policy of purchasing newly mined gold at a premium, and by the Presidents dollar revaluation plans. It has greatly increased in terest in prospecting, exploration of prospects and the development of both placer and lode mines
 Many gravel deposits, says bull letin of the United States Geologi- cal Survey, recently published hitherto considered to be of too low grade or too remote from trans portation to be attractive, are now being re-examined as dredging pos abilities. Similarly. there is re- newed interest throughout the Ter ritory in gold lodes and active de- velopment with view of installing milling equipment, is under way on many properties.
 Many known lode deposits, here tofore classed as marginal are finding prospective capital for de- velopment. Now here is activity more pronounced in this class of lodes than in the Juneau district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

Claus's steeds in various parts of the country; parkas. gloves and mukluks for Admiral Byrd's Ant arctic expeditions; oil paintings for private galleries as well as com mercial studios: ivory in raw and manufactured form; several prod ucts from the whale such as oil, meat, tail, bone, hides and ferti- lizer; castors from northern bea- yer; even an occasional supply of bears gall that finds it's way to Chinese doctors of Pacific Coast cities.
 The discovery of gold in the Klondike, in Yukon Territory, Can ada, gave it it's first impetus to- ward real settlement, but 20 years before that time, the foundation for it's greatest industry was laid.
 For it's gold mines, particularly the bonanza placer camps of Fair banks and Nome, Iditarod. Ruby and lesser ones, Alaska became most widely known. For there is a magic about the word gold" that kindles the imagination and fires the zeal of all peoples.
 Before N ome, the first great placer camp of the northern do- main, mushroomed into existence, already adventurous souls were es- tablishing processing plants to reap harvest from the Alaska fisheries. Steadily and continuously these have grown in number and pro- duction until the Alaska fisheries are recognized as the most valu- able in the world. and the indus try founded on them occupies first place in the Territory's commerce.
 Abundant Fishery Products The production of the fisheries industry of Alaska for the past decade have averaged more than $40 100000 annually and since 1915 has not fallen below 25,0000 900. It has exceeded $50000,000 twice, in 1918 and 1928. It reached its peak in the latter year when the total was $54.545 ,588.
 Alaska salmon and halibut, pro- cessed in cold storage plants, are served almost daily on tables of the Nation from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Can adian border to the Mexican boun- diary line. Canned and mild-cured salmon. mild-cured herring clans, crabs and shrimps, codfish and even trout are produced for the markets of the world
 Oil from it's herring and whale reduction plants find its way into high grade cooking compounds manufactured in the United States and sold to the world. Meal from the same plants feeds poultry and livestock in nearly all parts of the United States.
 More than 25O00 persons are em- ployed annually in the industry and millions of dollars are paid out for labor, fish and all kinds of supplies and materials necessary to production.
 Tn canning and other plants. ves- sells and gear. it is estimated that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

there is a capital investment of more than $75,000,000.
 The Siluer Horde
 Salmon. made famous in Rex Beach's The Silver Horde" fur nish the raw material for the largest branch of the fisheries in- dustry The canned salmon pro duction accounts for about 80 per cent of the total annual produc- tion of the entire industry
 This has been called the poor mans best supply of food, possess sing greater nutritive value than any other in the world at a com parable price. The oil in canned salmon contains twice as much vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, !" as good cod-liver oil, some varie- ties as much of Vitamin A as the same oil. and Government research has also shown that it is one of the best and most economical sources of Vitamin G. preventa- tive of pellagra The canned fish contains other elements besides vitamins, fats and proteins, such as iodine, lime and phosphorus. Few other foods, indeed, bring as many valuable contributions to the fam fly table as canned salmon. As for economy, in cost per pound, it is among the cheapest of the high protein foods. and has been appro- priately styled, the King of Food Fish"
 Production Is Immense
 The Territory's annual produc- ton of salmon exceeds 5000, ,000 cases. The total production since the establishment of the first small cannery near Wrangell in 1876 is 44,05l ,683 cases. Its value, i based on declarations of value to the United States Customs since 1904, and estimated values prior to that time is $795 O84, ,760. On the basis of figures compiled by the United States Bureau of Fisheries, and which are probably nearer the | actual sums received by the pro- ducer than those for declared val ues, the salmon canning industry has produced bout $845 000 900 worth of food since its inception. It has put 6,9l4,580,784 pounds of the healthiest, most nutritive i and most economical food on the Nations tables To do this it was necessary to take and process more i than 00000,000 fish. Packed in one-pound tall cans if placed in single line, end to end, it would be 490,921 miles long, reaching al most 20 times around the world
 Prior to transport to the market, ] it first had to be cased which re- : quired almost 750 100000 feet, board i measure, of lumber which was bought from the mills of Alaska, Washington and Oregon
 4 Unique Crop
 Salmon is a unique crop It plants itself and returns to the planting grounds to be harvested year after year. Managed and prop erly controlled production. Termit- ting the homing fish to return to the parent streams, has prevented depletion and insures perpetuity to the industry
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-01-28

tillate, find a ready market in com petition with the best known com mercial brands
 No explorations of known fields have been made in several years. This is due partly to the over-pro- duction of oil in the States and to the leasing system prevalent here.
 Other minerals mined include lead, tin, platinum, quicksilver and limestone. The value of the output annually is not large. but over a period of years has run well into millions of dollars.