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Evening star., 1936-04-05
News From Home.

To serve his country most effectively
at the capital to which he is accredited,
an ambassador, minister or consular
official requires to be thoroughly abreast
of current news and views in his own
country. 1t is for the purpose of carry
ing that principle into effect for the
benefit of the American foreign service
that the State Department is about to
inaugurate a worldwide radio informa-
ton system of its own. With the aid
of the Navy Departments powerful sta
ton at Arlington, satisfactory tests OF
the plan were recently made with re-
ceiving installations at Paris, Berlin,
Rome and Geneva. The short-wave net
work is about to be extended to include
eight other cities scattered throughout
the globe-London, Sydney, Calcutta,
Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro.
Lima and Cairo. In addition to these
twelve stations, naval radio facilities will
also be utilized in China and the Panama
Canal Zone. The news bulletins, aver
aging $500 words, will be sent out each
weekday night, flashed overseas by
Morse code, and at the various points
of reception decoded and distributed by
fast mail to neighboring embassies. lega-
tions and consulates. 1t will be possible
to insure that all of our foreign repre-
sentatives can within period of thirty
six hours be brought up to date regarding
the domestic situation in the United
States.
1t goes without saying that the State
Departments project is wholly devoid
of propaganda" aspects. It's sole pur-
pose is to keep our diplomatic and con-
sular officers in closest possible touch
with developments here at home, espe-
cially important legislation in Congress,
economic conditions, administration
policies and announcements by the
President, the Secretary of State and
other high Federal officials. Supplied
with such information, our spokesmen
will be equipped at all times intelligently
to interpret the American scene and
viewpoint to foreign governments, to the
press and to others with whom they
maintain official contact The result
cannot fail to be a better appreciation
of the United States position on given
occasions. The cause of international
understanding will be correspondingly
and direct1v y,rornoiad
With the exception of Great Britain,
the press in most foreign countries gives
a wholly inadequate conception Of
American life and times and of impor-
tant political, economic and social trends
and developments. Compared to the
wealth of news of foreign affairs spread
every day before newspaper readers in
the United States, the information pub
lished overseas about this country is in
significant, both in character and volume.
Even our official representatives, to
considerable extent, are required to de-
pend for home news upon its inadequate
and frequently discolored presentation
in the press of the countries in which
they are on duty. The State Department
has adopted a practical method of
remedying this condition. It's radio
service is destined to play perhaps an in
visible, but none the less influential, part
in promoting Uncle Sans good neighbor
policy toward nations remote from
American shores.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Agricultural restraints have become
such that farmers boy may hope to
experience the joys of early rising and
the business advantage of becoming an
expert accountant. He may find interest
in the plow while his best work is being
done by fountain pen.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Thanks to the tireless camera, every
body knows what death chamber looks
like. As the mechanistic era advances it
takes UP much time with demonstrations
of human usefulness.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Much depends on the graceful effect
Of assertions of feminine independence.
In high hat and frock coat, DR.. Mary
Walker was not admired. In jaunty
knickerbockers or even pajamas her pic
lures might tell a different story.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Some of the methods employed in New
Jersey court procedure are compared to
those of Barnum; which is unfair to the
memory of great Snowman who sought
to provide innocent diversion and not to
tamper with serious sentiments.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Discussion of the Townsend plan calls
attention to the fact that in campaign
promises, as in other forms Of prospectus,
there are always details that are liable
to 60 wrong.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

THE contempt which certain Repub-
lican leaders express for civil service re-
Partisanship and accounted ~ for !"
the Merit System. says The Star OF
April 2, 1896 IF
they can make it ridiculous they may
be able to prevent recurrence of the
mugwump exodus which cost their party
so many votes in 1884 and elected Mr..
Cleveland President. If they can sweep
the whole system out of existence. more
over, they will have no check upon their
own activity in supplanting Democrats
with Republicans when they come into
power again. The desire of certain
Democrats to break down the reform Is
less capable Of rational explanation.
Their party certainly has everything to
lose and nothing to gain by making
step backward. 1t imperils its perna-
nent representation in the executive de-
partments of the Government and re-
lakes public confidence in the sincerity
of its professions on other subjects as
well as this. Generally the attacks upon
the reform make no pretension to a
foundation in logic; but those which,
like the speech of Senator Vance, take
higher ground and set out to convince
the American people that the civil service
law restricts the freedom OF the Presi-
dent and the rights of the citizen and
is therefore unconstitutional expose the
weakness of the hostile cause. The law
gives the President arbitrary powers. He
IAN amend the civil service rules at will.
He can wipe them all out If he chooses.
He can remove a civil service commits
sioner if he finds that that officer is not
obedient to his wishes and appoint an
other and more desirable person to the
vacant place. In short, he holds the en-
tire system in the hollow Of his hand
and is no more deprived Of his freedom
of action than the weather is divorced
from the operation of natural forces by
a prophecy from Gen. Hazen's bureau.
Nor are the rights of the citizen more
abridged by the civil service laws than
by the unwritten law of selection under
the old methods of patronage"
The old building at the corner Of Fiji
teenth and streets. destroyed few
Washington Light make make room for or
Infantry Armory. the new Depart
ment of Com.
merce, is thus referred to in The Star
of April 8. 1886:
For half q century the Washington
Light Infantry has by its unsullied, SOL
dierly career we'll earned the title given
to Boston military organization Of the
Ancient and Honorable; to which, in
view of the perfection of drill and Or
ganization steadily maintained by the
corps, should be added that OF the
modern and admirable In keeping with
the public spirit always shown by the
Infantry it has raised a magnificent
building comprising spacious armory
and a theater that in size and beauty
and fitness for its purposes will compare
favorably with the best in the country.
The erection of this building on plan
of such grand proportions and with sat-
isfactory thoroughness Of construction
has naturally cost good deal of money.
The Infantry has provided fully for the
larger part of this expenditure, but is
still burdened with floating debt Of
some $4,000. To clear this up, the
corps is about to hold grand military
fair and bazaar"
Evening star., 1936-04-05

A fierce campaign is threatened, but
statistics may save the national DISPOSE
ton. 1t is hard for any man to be in
towering rage while seriously occupied
with arithmetic.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Lawyers who cherish respect for their
calling are amazed by the development
Of a new system by which a defendant
may be substituted after the definite
conviction of another.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Rockville has been very proud Of her
court house, part brick and part marble.
terialize, it may need a new wing Of
asbestos.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Great hotels advertise quietude and
comfort as inducements to those who de-
sire to escape the hustle and excitement
of small town life.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Art under boondoggling auspices re-
veals a few performers who fall under
the suspicion of being the same old
"hamateurs" in disguise.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

In revising the Government it might
be desirable to avoid piling up more
records than can be kept in convenient
readiness for reference.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Hats OF.
From the Portland oresonian.

From the Portland Oregonian.
A marked increase is noted In the
number of bareheaded persons seen on
the streets these days. Some are found
to be Just young men home from COL
lege for Spring vacation, but many Of
the others are candidates who have 70.
Gently thrown their hats in the political
ring.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

A scandal in politics is in danger Of
putting up collection Of wild billboards
to advertise a very unsatisfactory circus.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

New Jersey is again announcing
plunges into the broad blue ocean some
distance from the political mire.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Holding Out.

"You avoid the vein Of humor you
once cultivated in your speeches"
Comedians are valuable these days"
answered Senator Sorghum. II don't
intend to try to be funny for any such
slight consideration as a Government
salary"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Nothing New,

N0thlnK New.
docs moonlight make you senti-
mental?"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. 'I have
heard about all the different kinds Of
sentimental speech. There is nothing
new under the sun and the same thing
applies to the moon"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Impetuous Intellect,

Impetuous Intellect.
A laggard is the person who disdains
To help a puzzled world when it COM
plains.
Yet he is little better than a Ounce
Who tries to settle everything at once.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
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Evening star., 1936-04-05
April Rainb0ws.

April Rainbows.
The rainbow is prophetic
OF Earth's hopeful kindness.
Calculations theoretic
Contradict this, more or less;
But we greet the April shower
With the faith we've always shown.
Every drop that finds the bower
Holds rainbow Of its own.
Every sunbeam shining brightly
Brings a sign of promise new.
When the mist it touches lightly
It will make a rainbow, too.
So we'll cease the dull repining
And we'll sing our little song,
For a billion rainbows shining
Cannot possibly be wrong.
Jud Tunkins says many feller who
tells Jokes, tryin' to help us forget our
troubles, Is merely addin' to them.
HE who speaks words Of kindness, !"
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown. may
not necessarily be friend. He may be
only diplomat"
, Cherry Blossoms.
Though cherry blossoms are not sent
To bid farewell to Wintry gloom,
The memory and the sentiment
Are worth more, even, than the bloom.
"Findin' fault" said Uncle Eben, lis
20 easy dat you wonders how 1t happens
dat you hear Of 20 few folks losin' any"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Cherry Blossoms.

"Findin' fault" said Uncle Eben, lis
20 easy dat you wonders how 1t happens
dat you hear Of 20 few folks losin' any"
Evening star., 1936-04-05

Jud Tunkins says many a feller who
tells Jokes, tryin' to help us forget our
troubles, is merely addin' to them.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

the only authoritative source material
available on the subject of wealth con-
centration, the officials chose George G.
Haas, an agricultural economist and
statistician. Mr.. Haas had worked for
the Farm Board under Mr.. Hoover and
then for the Farm Credit Administra-
tion before transferring his activities to
the Treasury Department. He is said
to have brought into Government service
q number of youthful researchers imbued
with the zeal for reform.
y
Then the other day Mr.. Morgenthau
chose an Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. His choice was Wayne Chat
field Taylor. And what is Mr.. Taylor,s
background? So far as Government serv-
Ice goes, it was acquired as assistant to
George Peek when he was administrator
OF the Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, seeking to solve the farm prob
lem through Government control. Later
he served as Mr.. Peek's aide in trying to
find foreign outlets for American farm
products.
Those are the men who guide the
President In fiscal policy. They have
given the country some Of its most
dazzling experiments and are offering
others.
All of them bring to their task back
ground of farm problem experience. None
has strong ties in financial centers. Yet,
from practical operating point Of view.
they have made a striking success of a
difhcult financing job.
Dominant in the group, when 1t comes
to shaping new policies and experiments,
Is Mr.. Oliphant. He operates out OF
the public view and does not banker for
the limetght. His interest y In reform
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
MINER TRAPPED FOR 20 HOURS IS
 RESCUED ALIVE
Pennsylvania Man Suffered No Serious Injuries
 from Entombment

SHAMOKIN, Pa, July 2.-Rescu- CTS today brought Enoch Kuklinski Jr, to the surface after he was en- tombed for twenty hours in a thirty foot coal hole. Physicians said he suffered no serious injuries.
 Air, air, give me airl" the thirty five-year-old miner gasped through the towel over his face as, swathed in blankets like a mummy and strapped to plank, he was hoisted out by chain wound on hand turned windless. His father, 6O who escaped entrapment because he was working nearer the shaft when the gangway roof caved in yesterday, reached to embrace his son, but the rescuers hurried the son to an am- bulance as crowd of 400 cheered.
 The only apparent effects of the accident on the miner were from shock, hunger and thirst, The coal timber which fell on Kuklinski had pinned him to pile of crushed coal on the mine floor which cushioned the weight but held him fast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
MRS. HEWITT
 FACES SUICIDE CHARGE NOW
Widow Is Fugitive from California in Steril-
 ization Case

JERSEY CITY. N. J., July D. Mrs. Marion Cooper Hewitt, so weak that she had to be assisted by two nurses and a policeman, ap- peared before the criminal court hare today to face charges of att tempted suicide, and being Cali fornia fugituve from justice, for maj arraignment was deferred to Septembere 24. Bail of $3500 on both charges was supplied, and Mrs. Hewitt returned to a hospital.
 As there will go no Grand Jury meeting during the summer, the Judge said that he would sign a postponement order every ten days until Fall.
 The California charge against the wealthy widow accuses her of con- spring to have a sterilization op- eration performed on her daughter, Ann Cooper Hewitt, to prevent her daughter from having children and thus sharing in the fortune left by her father.
 An overdose of sedative brought the suicide charge against Mrs. Hewitt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
WILKINS SENDS MESSAGE AFTER
 THOUGHT LOST
Roosevelt Orders Coast Guard Search, Miss
 ing Explorer

OSLO, Norway, July 2. The Norwegian liner Stavangerfjord to- day reported to Oslo the receipt of message from the Wyatt Earp ex- ploration motorship of Sir Hubert Wilkins, which had been unreported for twelve days, giving the position as 1900 miles northeast of New York and about $50 miles east of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
 Previously Wilkins wife, who was represented as completely broken up with worries for the safety of her distinguished husband" had ap- pealed to President Roosevelt, who ordered a navy coast guard search for the missing explorer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
ALASKA TO BE
 ADDED TO BIG
 DEFENSE PLAN
Air Base Site to Be Located at F Fairbanks by Board
 of Officers
DELEGATE DIMOND
 MAKES STATEMENT
Flight of Army Bombers to Alaska Was Part
 of Scheme

WASHINGTON, July 2. - The United States Government is pre- pairing to forge another link in the chain of protective air bases. This was indicated yesterday when the War Department named a three man board of officers to select a suitable air base site near Fair banks. The personnel of the Board of Officers is as follows:
 Lieutenant Colonel Wilmot A. Danielson, of the Quartermaster Corps.
 Major Otto G. Trunk, of the Army Air Corps.
 Major Albro L. Parsons. oi the Medical Corps.
 Base Authorized
 The air base is authorized by Con- gress which passed the Wilcox Air Base bill offering the United States Flying Corpse the extreme northern aviation supply depot.
 Among the first to express satis- faction at the Boards appointment is Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond.
 The Delegate said: T am confi- dent it will be shown that Alaska is as important as the Hawaiians in the National Defense scheme"
 Was Planned Early
 The War Department has long con- sidered the feasibility of establish ing an aviation base in the Nations northernmost Territory.
 Although the High Command did not openly acknowledge it, it is gen. erally understood that the mass flight of heavily laden bombers to Alaska, via Edmonton, a few years age, was made chiefly to study flight conditions in the north with a view to establishing base at or near Fairbanks It is said that the flight showed the advisability of the Alaskan base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
ALASKA VETS GIVEN TIME
 TO GET BONDS
P o tn asters May Hold Bonus Certificates
 for 90 Days

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said the regulation requiring postmasters to return to the Treasury bonus bonds that cannot be delivered with in 30 days, have been modified for the benefit of Alaska veterans who are unable to be at their post office addresses within that period.
 Delegate Dimond said the Post Office Department has agreed to order all Alaska postmasters to al- low Alaskan veterans. working on the fishing banks and out of the way places or in distant mining camps ninety days in which to se- cure their bonus bonds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
SWEPT TO DEATH IN FLOOD WATERS
First 6 Months Auto Output
 Equals Total '3I Production

stantial success in ironing out the traditional peaks and valleys in factory activity, which in past years produced a shortage of workers at one period and heavy unemploy- ment at another.
 Replacement Market Seen
 A majority of executives are con- vinced the upturn which took on additional impetus this year will carry on throughout next year. and while no authority among them cares to attempt an appraisal of potentialittes beyond that point, they count heavily upon the obso- lescence of older models to provide a huge replacement market.
 Coupled with the effort to stab ilize employment in the motor in dustry was the plan. effectuated
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
NIGHT RIDERS
 IMPLICATED IN
 SIX FLOCCINCS
Preac cher He a ds Gang, Newspaper Asserts
 Find List of Victims

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, July 2.-The Daily Star News, to- day said it has obtained sworn statement naming preacher, a merchant and three women as leaders of a hood ed band of night riders accused for flogging several Columbus County women and men during the last few months.
 The newspaper said the night riders called themselves vigilantes and operated with slogan ITO Change or Kill"
 The gang set out to rid the conn munity of persons they considered undesirables, the newspaper further says.
 Seven women were listed for lash ings.
 Four women and two men have already been victims.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
TENN.COMP ANY IS FIRED ON BY
 STRIKING MEN
U. 5. Steel Corporation Subsidiary Miners Pro-
 test Wage Plan

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July D. Snipers in ambush along the mountsides overlooking the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany limeworks here poured a vol ley of from fifty to seventy-fiye shots at the plants and fan house of the company which is subsidi- ary of the United States Steel Cor poration.
 The red ore workers have been on strike for more than a month protesting the inauguration of the tonnage wage plan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
TWENTY-0NE LIVES LOST,
 CLOUDBURST
Torrents of Rain Sw els Creeks and Rivers in
 Texas Section
ONE ENTIRE FAMILY
 REPORTED DROWNED
Damage to Crops, Property Estimated to Be Ex-
 ceedingly Large

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July D. Floods, caused by cloudbursts, and which took 21 lives yesterday, are again threatened when a torrent of rain fell along the Peach Creek region and fresh rise took place.
 Reports received here said an entire family of Mexicans has been swept down stream and the nine members have been drowned.
 Two inches of rain fell early this morning in less than one hour at Gonzales.
 Twelve persons were swept to death yesterday forenoon when the Guadalupe River went wild fed by swollen streams which suddenly rushed out of their banks on &C., count of cloudburst.
 Later in the day nine other in- habitants near Gonzales and San Marcos lost their lives in the swol- len torrents.
 Damage to crops and property is reported large.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
Gov. Troy Makes Call Today at White House

WASHINGTON, July 2.-GOv- ernOr John w. Troy on leaving the White House today said that Alaskans were afraid that their section will be the theatre for the next war. When asked with whom the next war would be fought, the Governor smiled as he replied: Possibly with Siam"
 Gov. Troy was accompanied on his call by Delegate A. J. DimOnd and Robert w. Benderi of The Empire. He held sev- eral conferences with War and Navy officials about Alaska's de- lenses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
SHRINE PARTY
 IS DUE HERE
 NEXT MONDAY
Two Hundred Islam Tenn pie Members Leave San
 Francisco for North

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July D. A party of 200 Islam Temple Shrin- CTS with their wives and guests are today enroute to Alaska via Seattle and Vancouver, B. c. The party members are aboard special excur- sion train for Vancouver, where the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Norah has been chartered for the special Alaska trip. Returning south the Shriners will arrive in Seattle for the National Shrine convention there starting June l3.
 The Shrine party is scheduled to arrive in Juneau next Monday on board the Princess Norah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
PRESIDENT MAY LOSE MONEY ON
 GEORGIA FARM
Manager of Roosevelt $ Ranch Predicts Crop
 Fifth of Normal

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, July D. Roosevelt stands to lose a lot of money Ottis Moore, Superintend- ent of the Presidents Pine Mountain farm, said here today. because the drought in this section has been the worst in years We have had no rain on the farm since April B."
 The farm manager added, T don't know how it will turn out. The way it looks now we will be lucky to harvest one-fifth of our crop
 Pastures for the nerd of 125 cattle are brown and Slifeless, the 50 acres of sun stunted corn is knee high where they ought to be higher than a mans head.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
Bp DAVID J. WILKIE

Associated Press StdU Wrtter)
 DETROIT, Mich, July 2.-The motor car industry crossed the mid year industrial meridian with a six months production of approximate ly 2,500000 cars and trucks behind it and every indication pointing to an aggregate for the year of close to 4,800,000 units.
 The 1886 six months output is al most exactly the total the automo- bile assembly plants turned out in the entire year of 1881
 Executives of the industry, re- viewing activities at the halfway point, see something infinitely more gratifying than the return of con- sumer demand that required the production of so many units in the first six months. They claim sub