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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
M. GEORGE ON
 JUNEAU VISIT
Pioneer Juneau and Doug las Merchant Returns
 After Six Years

Michael George, pioneer Juneau and Douglas merchant, arrived on the Yukon for an extensive visit among his relatives and friends here. MT. George, who now resides in Walnut Park, Los Angeles, Te- turned to Juneau for the first time in almost six years, and was sur prised at the development of the city in that period of time Tt will be good town when they get her built" remarked the retired mer- chant, after viewing the extensive street improvements now underway.
 MT. George, well known through the Leader Department Store here, and heavy Juneau property owner, operated flourishing business in Douglas for many years, establish
 ing in the island community in 1909. In speaking of the new Doug las bridge, which he plans to cross before returning to his home, MT
 George said that even in 1909 talk of such structure was rife. Even the Juneau Empire published a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
DOROTHY NOW ] VERY LIBERAL,
 PLAYING ROLE

. LONDON, May 2l.-Indications rare that Dorothy Round, Sunday school teacher and women's tennis champion, is becoming a little more broad minded about mixing her two main interests.
 Two summers ago she threatened to throw things completely out ot gear by flatly refusing to play the final of the American women's tour nament on Sunday, but rain fortu- nately intervened and averted a showdown.
 At other times, too, she has con- sistently refused to wield her rac- ket on the Sabbath; not even in a practice game.
 Her first slight concession came Good Friday, when she consented to play in the Melbury Club tour nament after having attended church in the morning.
 Back from her world tour, brown as a penny, the Wimbledon cham pion appears to be playing better than ever In particular, she has a new straight down the line back hand that will eIve her opponer ts jitters this summer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
NORAH MAKING L LAST JOURNEY
 BEFORE FALL
Vessel to Sail South Thurs day Morning Louise
 to Come Next

On her last northbound run be- 'c.e yielding her route to the larg- CT Princess Louise, the Princess Norah visited Juneau for an hour today. She berthed at City Dock from Vancouver, B. C., at II :45 o'clock this morning. She is due to sail s3uthbound, on the return trip i from Skagway, at o'clock Thurs day morning.
 The Louise, off the drydock and ready for the summer service, will ssil from Vancouver on her first trip May 30, according to V. M. Mulyihill, local agent for the Can adian Pacific. The Louise is sched- u,ed to make a fast trip here, ar irving the morning of June 2, inas- much as she will have much freight to unload at Skagway. She will sail south from Juneau on June A. The N3rah, in addition to bring ling six persons here, had capacity load for Skagway, including five round trip passengers.
 The inbound list:
 From Vancouver, B. C. Arthur Adams, MT. and Mrs Van s. Bar ibour, George D. Benson, Mrs. Mabel ,Jascbson, George D. Frizzell,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
FAMILIES OF
 NEEDY VETS
 TO GET AID
Poppy Sales Will Help To ward Fund Declares
 Mrs. McKanna

1 Nearly 30,000 new names will be on the scroll of Americas dead defenders when the nation honors its war dead on Memorial Day this year, according to Mrs. R. J. Mc- Kama, President of the Afford John Bradford Unit of the Amer jean Legion Auxiliary. World War veterans have been dying at the average rate of 80 per day during the last year, making nearly 30,000 who have passed on since last Memorial Day.
 This high death rate among the veterans gives Poppy Day, May 25, heightened importance, Mrs. Me- Kama explained. On this day the Auxiliary women collect contribu- tions which form the major source of support for their work for needy families of veterans throughout the year. Unless generous public sup port is given the Auxiliary's Poppy Day appeal, the welfare activities of the Unit cannot be maintained.
 Almost every veteran who dies now leave widow and children, and few leave sufficient means to provide for their families" said Mrs. McKanna. The seventeen years which have passed since the war make it very difficult to prove that the veterans death resulted from war service, and unless such legal proof can be established, no government aid is available for the family. The Legion and Auxiliary must step in with emergency aid until other aid can be secured or the family made self-supporting. Tn addition to the veterans who die, there are more than 100000 constantly in hospitals. We en- i fdeavor to do something for those veterans while they are still with in reach of our help, providing them cheer and comforts while they are in the hospitals and aid- ing them in the long, uphill strug- gle to regain an economic foot hold after they leave the hospitals. Their families. too, often need aid.
 The peoples, which we will of fer Saturday, May 25, to be worn in honor of the dead, are our principal means of raising funds for this work for the living"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
House Shortage Reported

MILWAUKEE.-Add to signs Of returning pr sperity a definite housing shortage in this Wisconsin metropolis. In step with the short age of houses, real estate agencies report an upturn in rents, and movers say more people are moving into the city this year than are leaving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
AIR MAIL FOR
 NEARBY TOWNS

First class letter mail and also registered mail will be carried from Juneau by air to nearby points the same as last year, according to a radiogram received today by Postmaster Albert Vile.
 The air mail contract is for the PA and on the days the plane is regularly scheduled for Hoonah, Ghichagof, Kimshan Cove, Hawk Inlet, Sitka, Tenakee, and Funter, the mail will be carried.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
WILLIAMS FAMILY ARRIVES

Mrs. Lew Williams, wife of Lew Williams of The Empire staff, ac- companied by her daughters, Jane and Susan, and son Lew Jr., ar rived on the Yukon from Tacoma, Wash, to make their home here The Williams family will reside in the Bishop Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
Coming North In Outbomd Canoe
Canoe

SEATTLE, May 21.-Edward s. Conolley, aged 21, and Wal ter Davi1, aged 20, both of San Mateo, California, have left here in an cutboard canoe for Skag- way, then to Fairbanks, where they say they have jobs await ing them in mine.
 From Skagway they will go by railroad to Whitehorse, taking their canoe with them, then down the Yukon River to their destination.
 The canoe was well loaded when it left here and sits low in the water.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
BRATSBURG, WILLS
 TRAFFIC HEAD, HERE

Here for a week to confer with
 iaLeau merchants and to inspect his company's service, A. J. H. Bratsburg, Traffic Manager of the Wills Navigation Company, arrived last night, coming from Seattle on the Wills motorship zapora. He is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
DISTRIBUTORS
 SENT TO JAIL

SEATTLE. May 21-Ten-day jail sentences have been given John Renke and Albert Andrews, con- victed of distributing Communistic literature among the families of colonists here last Friday while enroute to the Matanuska Valley project.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
TO JOIN FATHER

P Lydick is travelling on the Yukon to join his father, employee of the Copper River and Northwest ern Railway, at Cordova. Young Ly- dick has been studying in the States this winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
MRS. JACOBSON HERE

Mrs. Mabel Jacobson, proprietor of the general store and a fur firm of Stock and Wright, arrived here on the Norah from Vancou- yer, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
SALESMAN TRAVELS

w. Forrest, representative of the Kelly Douglas Company, Ltd, wholesale grocery firm, is travelling to Skagway on the Norah from Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
TO CORDOVA

Oscar Bergseth and R. R. Far ish, connected with the New Eng land Fish Company, are travelling to Cordova on the Yukon from Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
FAIRBoRN TO MAYO

James Fairborn, the White Pass and Yukon Route agent at Mayo, Y. T., is returning to that post af- ter a winters vacation. He is travel ling on the Norah to Skagway from Vancouver. B. 0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
RACER KILLED
 ON SPEEDWAY

INDIANAPOLIS, May 21.-John- ny Hannon, of Norristown, Pa, was killed on the Indianapolis au- tomobile speedway while practicing for the annual 5O0-mile race on Memorial Day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21

"My husband often described his love affairs to me and suggested that seek similar diversion with other men," Elissa Landi, film star, testified when she obtained a divorce in Hollywood from John Cecil Lawrence of London who has his own action for divorce on file in London, naming Abram Chasins, inset, noted Philadelphia
 musician, as correspondent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M.

Ketchkan cloudy 47; Wrange cloudy raining Skagway cloudy 5 White Pass cloudy Carcross partly cloudy partly cloudy 5o Anchorage cloudy Nenana Springs cloudy, Katag 3D. Unalakee cloudy 28 Flat, clear,
 SYNOPSIS The that centered yesterday morning 
 morning the mouth of the and southern general pressure attended precipitation from the Prince William Sound region southward to British olmbia and generally weather the interior and western portions of
 much this morning Francisco cooler the Panama and Yukon valleys
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
ARTHUR ADAMS RETURNS

Arthur Adams, who was called south to Vancouver by illness of his mother, who died before he reached the bedside, returned home to Juneau aboard the Princess Nor ah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21

picture of the proposed bridge, he said.
 MT. George plans to return to his family in Los Angeles within two months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
STOCK VISITS

For a brief business visit, R. H. Stock, member of the contracting fir moi Stoc kand Wright, arrived here from Petersburg aboard the Yukon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
MCANN ON SHIP

Joe McCann, who has been at- tending school, is travelling to Skag- way to join his father, A. J. Nc Cam, conductor on the White Pass and Yukon Route.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
PALMER ON NoRAH

R. H. Palmer, Mayo. Y. T., mer- chant, is travelling from Vancouver, B. O., to Skagway on the Norah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21

ALASKA'S PROSPERITY CHAIN letters for sale at Empire office. All you do is to fill in names and
 letter is printed. Two dozen for twenty-five cents. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
BARTHOLOMEW ADMITTED

Arthur Bartholomew, medica patient, was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
ELMER TRAVELS

J. M. Elmer, a miner n the Willow Creek district, is travelling to Valdez from Seattle on the Yukon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
ATTENTION REBEKAHs

There will be a regular meeting of the Rebekahs "wednesday night, May p, in the I. o. o. F. Hall starting at 8 o'clock Refreshments and initiation Visiting members welcome.
 EDITH F. SHEELOR, adv Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-21
LOCAL DATA
Weathes
RADIO pEpnRr.
tBy the U. s. Weather Bureaul

Lowest fam. fam. Precip. 4aE. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Value of Nations
Farms ShOHs Drop

A 81 per cent drop in the value of
'merica's farms since 1880, despite
that they have grown both in number
and acreage, has been disclosed by
he agricultural census.
The bales of figures gathered in
the court of farms already had shown
that there were half million more
forms than in 1880 and 68,4OO,OOO
more acres in cultivation.
The statistics revealed, however,
hat the value Of the smaller farm
acreage was $14,995, 495.9O greater in
1880 than the increased amount was
in 1885.
Officials said this in some degree
explained the farm mortgage disputes
that had arisen in sections of the
middle west. In some cases, they said,
reports to the census bureau showed
that farmers were paying on mort
gags that were larger than the total
present value of their land.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Nye PreSideS as
Chairman of Sat.
Teachers MeetinQ
Prof. r. E. l.. Plummer Delivers an
Excellent Address on Value
of Citizenship

Prof. F. C. Nye, principal of the
Green Valley High School, was elect
ed chairman Of the we1l-attended
teachers meeting which was held in
Jefferson Saturday of last week.
Elected to serve with Mr.. Nye were
Miss Gertrude Perkins, Of Helton,
vice-chairman; and James Stanley,
principal of Fleetwood High School,
secretary.
Prof. r. E. L. Plummer, principal
of Healing Springs High School, de-
livered an excellent address on the
values Of citizenship, taking up the
necessity of good citizenship in the
home, school, and church. Prof. Plum
mer's address was one Of the best
that the teachers have had the pleas
ure of hearing for some time.
Superintendent Miller discussed the
ratings of the various teachers &C.
cording to education and experience,
and took up the matter of getting
federal aid for high school students.
He also discussed the responsibility
Of the teacher as means of moul-
ding the destiny of each child under
his or her care.
Mr.. Miller asked that the teachers
make out their reports at once and
get them into the office in order to
get their first month vouchers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
To Let Contract
on No. is Oct. 3rd
Is Included in List of Fifteen Projects
for Next Letting by North
State Commission

Contract for grading, structures
and gravel surfacing of 7.3 miles on
highway number Is from the end of
the present grade to the Ashe county
line will be let by the state highway
and public works commission on Oc-
tober 8, it was announced in Raleigh
Monday by w. Vance Baise, chief
engineer.
Bids will be received on Is road
projects and the estimated cost of the
projects is near $1,40O,OOO. Included
in the list are a number of railway
overhead crossings and underpasses
as part of the public works admin
istration program.
News that highway Is is to be con-
structed is welcomed by the people
of both Wilkes and Ashe counties,
which will be immensely benefited
by that important highway.
journal Patriot.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
JOHNSON SELLS

A wedding Of interest took place
at Mt. City, Tenn, Friday afternoon
when Miss Polly Johnson was mar
ried to Mr.. Marvin Sells, both of
jefferson. Accompanying the young
couple to Mt. City were Miss Betty
Johnson, of Clifton, and the mother
of the bride, Mrs. w. E. johnson.
Mrs. Sells is the daughter of Mrs.
w. E. Johnson and the late Mr.. john
son. She is a student at the Jefferson
High School. Mr. Sells, who works
in West Jefferson, is son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Sells.
The young couple will make their
home with Mrs. Johnson for the
present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
WOMAN IN RED WHO SOLD
DILLINGER OUT SAYS THE
GOVERNMENT Is NOT FAIR

Mrs. Anna Sage, the storied "wom-
an in red" claimed the sole credit
Monday for putting John Dillinger on
the spot"
Her attorneys asserted in Federal
court she alone had furnished the &c"
men with information that enabled
them to set trap for the desperate.
They made the first authoritative
disclosure of the role played by Mrs.
Sage IN the outlaws death in procur-
Ing write of habeas corpus which
aeted the governments plans to
Ieport her,
She was solely responsible for the
Information leading to the killing of
0illinger," said Attorney Thomas ].
johnson.
He told Judge John P. Barnes that
exchange %or her tip she had been
-.aured the Department of Justice
oa,d cancel the deportation proceed
gS. He declared the promise was
-',,e by Melvin Purvis, who then
IS head of the division of investiga-
IN office in Chicago, and Inspector
,',uel P. Cowley.
he Department of Labor, he add
:. Lad refused to honor the alleged
agreement and had ordred his client
, board train here tonight for her
::--.:e-way ride to her native Rumania.
Cowley was slain in a gun duel with
Baby Face" Nelson last year. Pur-
is, who has resigned from the SER
ice, could not be reached for COM
ment.
The woman in red" was with Dill
niger and his girl friend, Polly Ham,
ilton, on the night of July %, 1884.
He was shot down as he left theater
with them.
e.. Until this week, she had denied she
ed Spotted" the notorious public
CASHAJ' -.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
RE-UNION-MEMORIAL SERVICES

On Sunday September 20, at Pine
Fork Baptist Church in Allegheny
county, more people were gathered
than at any previous time in many
years. The occasion was planned and
sponsored by U. S. Myers as a re-
union and memorial Of the relatives
and descendants Of the late Zedrick
Myers of Wilkes county. Later the
plans were altered to include the en-
tire community in all day services at
the church.
In addition to about two hundred of
this well known family, including rel
atives from Va. and w. Va. an esti-
mated three hundred and fifty per-
sons from that and adjoining COM
munities attended The forenoon was
devoted entirely to the singing of
Gospel songs by the Blevins choir
from Cleg Horn Valley, Va, and the
choir of Hay Meadow church in
Wilkes county. A number of touching
solos were sung by Mr.. Horty Barker
(blind) from Va.
A bountiful dinner was served on
the grounds and an interesting sermon
was delivered in the afternoon by Rev.
Mcknight, pastor of the church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
4 MEN FACE ELECTRIC CHAIR

The North Carolina Supreme court
the past week upheld conviction of
three young white men on first de-
gree murder charges and dismissed
the appeal Of the fourth. Action of
the court automatically sets Friday,
Ocober a as the date of their electro
cution.
No error was found in the convic-
ton of Arthur Gosnell, Dries Gunter
and Robert Thomas, charged with the
murder Of William Thomas, elderly
Madison county merchant.
The appeal of Robert Dunlap, con-
victed last March in Buncombe coun-
ty on charges of numbering Pauline
Mcclellan, was dismissed because of
failure to complete the appeal.
Time for serving statement of
the case had expired without any ac-
ton by Dunlap's attorneys. The SUI
preme court examined records in the
case and found no error appearing on
it's face.
Gosnell, Gunter and Thomas were
convicted in Madison county superior
court last February. They allegedly
waylaid the merchant. as he walked
from his sleeping quarters to his
daughters home for breakfast. The
victim was beaten with a piece of
iron, robbed and left lying in field.
The three were charged jointly, al
though evidence tended to show Cos
nell struck the fatal blows.-Ex.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
PRISON TO BE BUILT FOR
WOMEN LAW OFFENDERS

Capus M. Waynick, chairman of
the Highway and Public Works COM
mission, said in. Raleigh. new quarters
for. women prisoners in Moth Carolina
will be built just as soon as posi-
ble." ..~",. - -;... 49,.
Waynick said a woman's prison
definitely will be built" and present
plans call for its construction at Cary
prison farm, near Raleigh.
The State has asked the Federal
Works Progress administration to aid
it in general prison camp renova-
ton and construction program and
hopes to secure such aid for a wom-
ans prison, Waynick said, but the
new quarters will be built regardless.
A 1885 law says that the State may
take women prisoners convicted of
misdemeanors and at present there
are no quarters for them. Recently
two women were left by Scotland
county officers at a prison camp and
State officials released them when
the county authorities would not GO
back for them. Later the women were
re-arrested and sent to county quar-
tiers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Here's New One
in Chain Notes

A new one in chain letters-and it
doesn't ask for money-has turned
up in the vicinity Of Concord, N. H.
The letter requests that six-inch
square of new print cloth, suitable for
quilt patches, be sent to the usual list
of names, as in the "dime" letters. It
is related that these pieces are to be
made into "world friendship" quilts
when the lucky pieces are sent out.
In some cases as many as 200
patches have been promised, in others
the reward is listed as 200 yards of
cloth.
Mrs. Fred Flanders of Hopkinton,
N. H., has received, she said, nearly
20 pieces since the chain began.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Snlithey Expects
Approval of Ashe
Projects Soon
Other Counties in District Have Been
Successful in Getting WPA
Work O. K'ed.

C. H. Smithey, projects supervisor
for this district of the WPA stated
Tuesday that he expected work pro-
jects for this county to be approved
hourly now.
So far only one project has been
approved for Ashe county but other
counties in this district have been
fortunate enough to get several pro-
jects put on the approved list. In the
meantime, the relief work in the
county is almost at standstill await
ing further orders from headquarters.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
Packers Call Upon
A A A to Abandon
HOg-COrn Program,
Representatives of Industry Contend
That Hog Prices Are Out of Line
with Consumer Incomea
BUREAU OFFICIALS AT HEARING


Contending that hog prices are out
of line with consumer incomes, meat
packers have demanded that the AAA
discontinue it's corn-hog adjustment
program.
Two spokesment for the industry
took issue with farmers and farm
bureau officials who supported the
program in Washington this week
They appeaed at an AAA hearing
ti, led to determine whether produc-
ton control and hog processing taxes
shall Be continued next year.
William Whitfield Woods, of Chi
cage, president of the Institute of
American Meat Packers, charged that
prices recei ed by corn-hog farmers
arc ar above the level intended by
CO.! gress in the adjustment act.
FLAMES Draught and Control
Blaming both the drought and pro-
duction CO. o Tor the high prices,
Woods said estimates by the agricul-
t,.re department indicate smaller
supply of hogs for market next year.
Woods presented extensive charts
showing decreases in hog supplies,
increased imports and decreasing con-
sumption, he declined on examination
to discuss the AAA's pig slaughter
ing campaign in 1888, saying that
it had no application to the question
under discussion.
! Claims Financial Losses $50
Many small packers, Woods said,
are on the verge of failure because
Of scanty supplies. He said while the
1855, 800 corn-hog contract signers
produced about three-fourths of the
nations crop, 3,344,700 hog producers
did not sign contracts.
George 4. Casey, representing the
Eastern Meat Packers association,
criticized the theory of production
control and asserted that the con-
tro; program with its limited s,,p.,.J
of hogs and high tax has been con-
tinuous and growing source Of finan-
ciaI runir and oppression to the east
ern meat packers. The operation OF
these companies, due to the program,
have shown tremendous losses
Casey sd the high pork prices had
caused a shift of consumer-demand to
competing good products.
Two farmers, James McNab, of
Jackson county, Mimi, and F. l.. Rob-
inson, of Kearney, Neb., defended the
program briefly and urged continue
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03
TAKE MODEST START
Young Couples Should Buy Only Few
Things at First

The right way for the young couple
OF small income to begin to furnish
the new home is to buy comparatively
few things to begin with and to add
to this modest beginning a piece or
a group at time as the purse per-
mits. This avoids too heavy finan-
cial burden at any one time, and
spreads the joy of selection and ar
rangement over years. But the first
purchases must be carefully planned
so that the later ones will fit well in
to the general scheme.