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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28
RAINFALL NEEDED

Pleas are being made locally for climate of a more humid nature. The unprecedented cold, dry spell, during which perisd of thirteen weeks rainfall has been practically nil, is causing a certain amount ot uneasiness amongst the tOwnspeople concerning the water supply. Mem ory of past water shortages creates the reminder of a situation which, it Is hoped, need not be repeated.
 Thanks may be offered, in spite of certain derisiYe (tho thought less) comment, that a new stOr- age dam was completed last sum mer. Otherwise Wrangell the past stx or eight weeks would have been experiencing the doubtful pleasure of being without water, with the accompanying tremendous hazard ot fire. The new dam has performed exactly as it was intended-as a flood control and storage reservoir and no one need be in the small est manner apologetic for it's con- structiOn.
 If the people of Wrangeu will exercise due caution about leaving water faucets opened, the present water supply will be sufficient, but if users continue to leave their faucets open, the drain On the wat CT supply will be so great that the water mains will have to be closed in the interest of fire protection. In the meantime, the town is being constantly patrolled, and if wat or Is found flowing from any per sons faucets or taps, water servi 3e to that person will be immediately discontinued without notice.
 Few people realize that Wrangell is not alone in this mild crisis. It is reported that Douglas has been without city water for three weeks and Is fluming water from Trea l. well at gr~at expense; that Peters. burg haS practically depleted its supply, and that Juneau's system Is rationing water to the citizens. In- deed, for its size, Wrangell now nas probably the second best munIcIpa water system in southeastern AIa,'- kA, and with the cooperation Of all customers, large and small, the town should be able to carry on through any additional dry spell of reasonable period.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28
GASTINEAU WOMEN DEMOS
 HOLD ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The Democratic Women's club of Gastineau Channel at recent meeting. attended by fifty mem bers, unanimously elected Mrs. G. E. Krause for her third consecu- tive year as president Mrs. D. H. Kaser, vice president, and Mrs. Alice Coughlin, treasurer, were also reelected by unanimous ballot. Mrs Chas. Fox of Douglas was elected second vice president and Mrs. Kenneth Junge, secretary, Elected on the executive board were Mrs. Arthur Riendeau, Mrs. Holzheim- CT and Mrs. oscar Olson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

Alaska was the only section 2 America that did not have a coal mine fatality during 1884. accords ing to a report just issued by the Bureau of Mines. For the past IA years Alaska has reported only two coal mine deaths, according to Ter ritorial Commissioner of Mines, B. D. Stewart, and has maintained the best record in the United States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

The Petersburg city council has been requested by the Chamber of Commerce to take action to elim- mate punch boards for minors.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

Frank l. Reed, proprietor of the Anchorage hotel. announces he has sold il to A. B. Cummings. man. ager of the Alaska Railroads hotel at Curry. With the hotel, Cum mings bought downtown lots cov- ering one block and plans to build all addition almost double the pres ent size of the structure The ho- tel now has 75 rooms and apart ments, Cummings will take pos session on March 1 and Reed will devote all of his time to the An chorage Light and Power Company of which he is president
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28
ADS

FOR SALE -Gasboat No. 1900. g 1t. in. long, 9 it. 5 beam, 12 Ii. D. Buffalo engine. Also 13O Govt gun in good shape. Inquire Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

Lillian Seaberg, l6. died Feb. 20 at Anchorage of scarlet fever, the first victim of the disease reported there. She was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Gus Seaberg and Il }ld highest scholastic standing in the junior class of the Anchorage high school. She had been i'll a we *. Kathryne Kennedy, another student is quarantined at her home with scarlet fever,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

DDouglas Island Women's Cluu members were hostesses to the Ju- neau Womens Club recently. The evenings entertainment included games, a program and refreshments while a short business meeting pre- eeded the party A cast of seven presented a one-act play. "The Ros- tof Pearls coached by Mrs Elton Engstrom.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-02-28

overhauied in Nome. Instead of being gone about a week, Moore left Anchorage on November 29 and re- turned January 14.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
SPORT SLANTS

The annual national junior and boys indoor tennis championship tournaments offer a 'preview" of possible Davis Cup stars of tomor- row. It is most interesting to watch these youngsters return each year with added experience and size, to grow from the boys class to the junior group and then on up into the senior ranks.
 Take the case of Alfred Jarvis, the new national junior champion. Alfred now is IT years old and probably the tallest tennis player in the game Six feet, 3-4 inches and still growing strong. In 1883 Jarvis won the national boys title and last year moved up into the junior class. He was runner up to Gilbert A. Hunt Jr., of Washing, ton, then Last year he returned vastly improved to give an impress sive exhibition and defeat the fa- vorite, Donald Leavens of Milwau- kee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
BETTER TIMES DRIVE
 READ THESE RULES!

l. Election starts Wednesday, January 22 2 Election ends early March, depending saings. Election votes the basis of 100 dollar o cash paid to participating merchants follows
 (a) On all counter cash and COD purchases.
 (b) On all cash
 (c) On all cash down and instalmen payments
 
 period regardless of when the purchase made Votes will strictly quantity purchases commodities industrial chase by merchants NOT to be included The election to girls between the ages of Is and 30 unmarried). Nominating blank published 10000 but only lot of will by candidate Right reserved nomination  B. Votes be mailed Better Times Editor Daily Alaska placed in the official ballot boxe locations be announced  Judges will be appointed by the merchants their matters will be final Merchants participating the election of their influence candidate. IL Buying by behalf candidate dis trbutn other method according the above rules is expressly prohibited
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
Stagg, Naismith Heroes of '9O'S
 for Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. IT, Springfield College is compiling it's 46-year history of football, starting with the first team coached and explained by Amos Alonzo Stagg in 1890 after he came here from Yale.
 More than 500 men won varsity letters in that time. Six of them were four-letter men, among them were James Naismith, '91, who in vented the game of basketball while teaching at Springfield.
 The four-letter men besides Doc tor Uaismith were: Alanson L. Fish, '98, of Rutland, Vt, who was captain all four years of his under graduate career; Dr. Percy K Holmes, '04, now dead; Frank G. Civiletto, '23, coaching in Cleveland O.; Arthur F. Schaefer, '22, coach- ing in San Bernardino, Caiif.; anu Warren w. Walters, '24, coaching Williston Academy
 Sixty-Seven men won three let ters at Springfield.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
NEW CONTROL SYSTEM
 FOR KINY BROADCASTING

Engineers were busy today chang ing the entire control system at Sta ton K1NY. The new system, similar to that in use in all large stations in the States, will cut out all delays and make programs smoother.
 Four remote control lines are now ! operation in Juneau connecting ne studio with the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, the Higa School. the Odd Fellows Hall, and the Terminal Cafe, and another-from
 ne Coliseum Theatre-is in the pro- cess of installation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
CRIMSON BEARS TO
 MEET ALUMNI FIVE

Answering challenge from last seasons Crimson Bear graduates, the Juneau High School basketeers meet an alumni squad at the High School gym at SIS o'clock tonight. A curtain-raiser will open hostili- ties at 7;30 o'clock.
 It will be a battle between a smooth-running, well-coached out fit and quintet of more experience ed but disorganized players, Dutch Behrends, Specks Paul, Buddy Lind strom, Hank Meade and Freddie Harris.
 They will find a hustling match in Lefty Smith, Ralph Bardi, Ken Webster, H. Sturrock, and Walter Scott, the Bears that improve with every game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
BREWERS BOWL. FIRST GAMES IN
 NEW SCHEDULE
Radde and Stevenson Take Honors in Opening Series
 on B. P. U. E. Alleys

The Eastside defeated the Hor- lucks, the Olympians won from the Blue Ribbons, and the Rhein- flanders beat the Golden Glows in the Brewers League opening games of the new spring bowling schedule at the Elks alleys last night.
 Ed Radde of the Blue Ribbons bowled consistent games, 19l, POP, and 16o, for the best three-gam total of the evening, 561, beating R. H. Stevenson of the Rheinland- CTS by three points. Stevenson, however, bowled the best individual game, PIP, and Fred Henning of the Olympians placed second in the game scoring with POT.
 Complete scores were
 OlympianS US. Blue Ribbons
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
} CHEVROLET TRUCKS
 ARE DELIVERED HERE

Three now one-ralf ton 1886 Chev- 'olet panel trucks have been de- livered in Juneau by the Connors Motor Company, Inc, since the first of January. Two of the trucks were delivered to the Alaska Laun- dry, and the other to I. Goldstein.
 The new cars are equipped with hydraulic brakes, used on Chevro- let trucks for the first time on this years models.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
bRUNSW|CKS
 VICTORIOUS
 LAST NIGHT

The Brunswick won two out of three games from the Pioneers in the City League bowling at the Brunswick alleys last night. M. QUinto of the Brunswioks made the best three-game total score, 536. but c. Ashby of the Pioneers bowled 211 for the best individual game.
 Colum bia Lumber will bowl against Sanitary Grocery at 7:30 D. m; and the Brunswick team will meet United Meat at 8.30 o'clock tonight
 Complete scores of last nights games were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
GAME BOAT oN PATROL

The Game Commission boat Griz- zly Bear left yesterday for a patrol of the Petersburg district. Game Warden Homer Jewell arc Deputy Warden Reynold Collins are aboard he vessel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
ROWING RACQUETEERS


 "The greatest tennis show on earth" according to Promoter Bill O'Brien's billing, opens in Madi- son Square Garden early in Janu- ary with a cast that includes Big Bill Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, Mrs. Ethel Burkhardt Arnold, Miss Jane Sharp, Berkeley Bell, Lester Stoe- fen, George Lott and Bruce Barnes.
 After the matches in the Garden and series in Chicago, the play CTS will split up into two groups and go their separate ways which will cover every state in the Un- ion. More than 180 cities in this broad land will have an opportun- ity to see the pros in action on the tennis courts. They will play an average of four matches a week, every week for six months. During one period on the tour, they will play 16 matches on 16 successive nights.
 A check-up of the previous tours shows the average number of games played in a nights engagement is 84. If this average holds up the professional racqueteers will have participated in l5,l20 games when
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
MEETS
 RETzLAFF IN
 15 ROUND GO
Negro Phenom and North Dakota Farmer Enter
 Ring Tonight

CHICAGO, IL, Jan. IT. = Joe Louis, negro ring phenomenon, meets Charley Retzlaff, 28-year-old North Dakota farmer tonight in 15- round bout.
 Indications are that 10000 will
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17

s--Average--Did not bowl.
 The Grocers League will bowl ts first game on the new sched- ule tonight Wesco vs. Happy Home, 7:30 D. m; Reliance vs. Heinz, 8:30 D. m; Kraft vs s. & w, 9:30 D. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
ALBRECHTs GO OUTSIDE

Major George w. Albrecht and Mrs Albrecht, of Fairbanks, are pas sengers aboard the Victoria for l short trip to Seattle and Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
GASTINEAU HOTEL
 LOBBY REDECORATED

The lobby of the Gastineau Hotel is being redecorated, the ceiling be- ing painted ivory color and the walls buff.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
NELLY BABY ILL

Baby Rosanne. daughter of MT. and Mrs. B. w. Nicely, is in St. Ann's Hospital, suffering from a cold in he head. Her condition is not con- sidered serious.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
GOODIE SALE

Martha Society Goodie Sale to- morrow morning, Saturday, at ten- thirty, in the Sanitary Grocery. Adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
HE HAS THE HEART

Jarvis showed enough to make the experts hark back to the golden days of Big Bill' Tilden. The youngster has the natural build, ability and enthusiasm for tennis. lie has plenty of heart, too. It took plenty of courage to come back in that fourth set after Leavens had taken the lead by winning the sec end and third sets. After intermis- sion Jarvis came back in fine style to win the next two sets. His enor- nous height was used to good pur- pose as he shot his cannonball ser vice at his opponent.
 Veteran tennis officials were loud in their praise of Jarvis and view ed his winning effort against Leav- ems with great hope. A player of tremendous potentialities, they all agreed. Several expressed the hope that Jarvis would play in all the big tournaments this summer to gain the seasoning so vital to the bigtime tennis player
 Jarvis is coached by Charles M Wood, professional of the Somer- set Hills County Club in Bernardo vile. N. J. He is a freshman at Williams College, and in addition to being a tennis star, he also plays football and basketball. His fin tenor voice has gained him a place in the college glee club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
LEAVES ST. ANNs

Peter Magoff, who nas been con- fined in St. Ann's hospital for the past week, was discharged today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17
B.yPap

match the battle and gate receipts of 1ear S100,000 are anticipated.
 Retzlaff promises to take the fight to Louis.
 The negro is 10 to 1 favorite.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-17

their six months labors have been completed And in case you're in
 terested, they will use about 18,000 nice new tennis balls in that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17
How Much Longer?

The thirty day reprieve that Governor Harold c. Hoffman has granted Bruno R. Hauptmann can merely extend the doomed slayer'S life but a few more months. In a way 1t seems like a cruel prolongation of life. No one can imagine that the condemned man can escape the death sentence. For one, we don't see how he possibly can avoid 1t now. It would require evidence of the most sen. sational nature to have reversal of the death sentence given.
 So we say that if Governor Hoffman weighed carefully this reprieve, he grant, ed to Hauptmann, he must also have taken into consideration that sometimes it is far more cruel to prolong life than to allow it to terminate abruptly. That sounds like a benediction on mercy kill- ings, but 1t isn't. We aren't concerned with that type of death at all. What we are talking about is capital punishment.
 Once man has been condemned to die by the state and the state has proved be- yond reasonable doubt that he is guilty of the crime for which he has been sem tenced execution should proceed without interruption. Only in such grave case as this can there be ever any excuse for 8 reprieve. And even with one granted, It is hard to conceive how the situation can be changed. Surely, if evidence to acquit Hauptmann were obtainable, 1t would have come to the fore long ago.
 Doubt now assails both public officials and the private citizen. The conclusive ness of the states case against the con- demned man is easily forgotten. We think only of mercy; little of the babe that was snatched from his cradle and ruthlessly murdered. A man has been found guilty of this latter crime by the most over- whelming evidence. Unless equally over- whelming evidence (of new character) can be secured this reprieve is a niscar- riage of justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17

tained this victory cannot yet be demo- bilized because we are faced with another enemy, an enemy who would snatch the fruits of our victory and use them to url- dermine again the foundations on which we are striving to build a permanent prosperity. .."
 Remember how the so-called power trust had come to be regarded as deadly menace through the means of its far reaching lobbieS. Regulation of public utilities was desired. Government oper- ation of utilities was demanded to pro duce yardstick whereby private owner ship might be measured. We got both and then immediately tried to throw them out the window. Our sorrow for suffering utilities was intense, though slightly startling. If we are to give the people control of their government, we must learn to control our emotions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17
U. s. Is Tough

If you hear a queer Tapping noise up and down in the land these days, 1t is un- doubtedly being caused by honest citizens Throwing back the lids of their cyclone cellars and sticking their heads out to learn what all the hollering is about The combination of presidential race which is about to break loose, Congress which has divers discordant things on its mind, and a supreme court which is swinging d biz ax, has created an uproar which will probably get worse and worse until next November arrives. So far 1t seems to be producing more heat than light, and more noise that heat. On the one hand we are assured that the only way to preserve the liberties of the American people is to toss the administration out, neck and crop, and install leader Of the opposite political faith. On the other hand we are assured that these same liberties will inevitably die in agony unless the administration stays in power and keeps it's foot on the neck of the opposition.
 And shuttling back and forth between these two camps we have similar row over the supreme court If 1t fails to stand firm and crack down on all unWise legislation, our liberties are as good as done for; contrariwise, If 1t does not stop exercising its power to nullify acts Of Con. 0ress. the American eagle will be caged forever. All these claims are being made, these days, by orators and nation-savers all up and down the land. It is perfectly obvious that all of them can't be right; sooner or later, the honest citizen is apt to start wondering If any of them can be right. g1baeee4~a Are we, that is, in as much danger of losing our liberties as our rival leaders seem to think? This republic has endured for more than century and a half, ana it has been through some very bad times through foreign and civil war, through boom and depression, through lncompe- tence in high places and corruption in government, through footing by ire sponsible financial pirates and indiffer- ence on the part of the electorate.
 It has survived the Ku Klux Klan and the Know-Nothing movement, the Popu. lists and the Greenbackers, the Credit Mobiier and Teapot Dome. It has lived through the Abolitionist and Prohibi. tionist eras, the times of Jay Gould ana the times of Al Capone, the California , gold rush and the Miami land boom. It has taken an awful beating from every imaginable source, including it's own occasional stupidity, and 1t has always come back for more.
 In other words, it's pretty tough country, and the liberty 1t prizes Is one of the hardest growths on the planet. It's just possible that this liberty will sur yive and grow no matter who wins the next election or what happens to the supreme court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17

Although 1t was not advertised as a political gathering a recent meeting in Manchester sponsored by the Young Peoples Democratic Club and the Demo- cratic Women's Federation of that town turned out to be quite an affair. Among the speakers was pr. Edward c. Dolan, well-known in democratic circles through out the state. He was quite outspoken in his remarks which were mainly political in nature. He took rap at the Roosevelt administration critics. Among his claims was that the democrats would remain in control of the federal government until 1865. That must surely constitute rec ord. We have heard all sorts of claims ad- vanced but this one of Dr. Dolan is the best to date. We don't know on what he bases his claim for the year 1865, but dem- ocrats will certainly hope that he is not wrong in his estimate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17

whereby Q farmer sets aside a certain acreage each year also gives the government the right to tell him how 1t shall be planted--in legumes, grass, etc., according to chemical analysis of the soil.
 This Is virtually what Wall lace originally wanted.
 Prayerful Attitude a Senate Democratic Floor Leader Joe Robinson was holding Q press conference in his office and dur- ing the course of tho discussion rested his hands before his face. He might have been in an att. tude of prayer. As he did so Q photographer clicked his camera.
 Joe bolted upright, snapped:
 "IIcrc, you! Destroy that plate. ! don't want my plc- ture appearing In the papers of the country In . prayerful attitude"
 Unafraid
 Werner W. Main hopes he won't die in office, but he is ready for anything fate has in store for him.
 He is the new congressman from Mlchigan's third district. The last five congressman repre-. sonting that district have died tn office.
 "I'm not superstitlOus," says Main, "but I'm something of Q Ratalist. Ie fate has ordained that ! must dle before my time, why worry about it? There k . destiny that shapes our ends. rough hew them though we may"
 Tn fateful order, the following five died before their term OK. pired: William F. Frankhauser, who committed suicide in i02l; John M. 0. Smith, who died In 1923 after serving 2i months; Arthur D. williams, who died Af- ter an operation in 1928; Joseph l.. Hooper, who died of . heart attack in 1884; Henry M. Kimball, who died last october after II months in office.
 But Main is not disturbed. He says 1t helps to be Q fatalist. He smiles from Q round, dimpled face, and exudes the optimism of Q man who has been 6 Presbyterian elder, 0 Kiwanis president and Q leader of the Boy Scouts of America.
 The fact is, however, that Main took out extra life insurance be. fore stepping into the shoes of five dead men.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17
Political, But Powerful

It was a powerful argument that Post- master General James A. Farley brought to bear in a radio address that he made early this week at Tuckahow, N. Y. Of course there was much quoting of his latest democratic slogan in the ensuing days - "Keep Roosevelt in, keep the gang out" That's all right, too, and probably good advice, but that isn't what interested 90 much as was his reiteration of pledge made by the democrats four years ago when they vowed warfare on the special and ertrenched interests of the country.
 Tn the early days of the Roosevelt ad- ministration these interests, which in the past through control of the finances of the nation as well as many of it's legisla- tive bodies, turned tail and ran. Some even sought the protection of the federal government as the storm of depression broke over them and they knew not how they would weather 1t. But as time passed and the dull grey skies gradually paled with bearns of sunlight slanting through here and there, courage re. turned and also an overwhelming desire for the powers that were once theirs. And to-day the vested interests are hungry for their plumber.
 Recognizing this, Postmaster General Farley said, Tn the light of the progress that has been made the destiny of this country rests upon the continued war that has been made fin the interest of the people of this country. This war started as 6 war against depression. The var against depression has been won, but the forces which have so successfully at-