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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-02-14

Mrs. Jennie Lander John Ston was recently married to A. Baabsgard in Arcta, Calif., according to reports received by friends. Mrs. BaabSgard was the wife of the late A. Johnston, Fair banks photographer. She left the north several years ago for California.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-02-14

ow and she checked the de- scription with the records of a Portland dentist. The commissioners description tallied with that of the den tiSt.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-02-14

A group of Ketchikan men have organized a com- pany to utilize airplanes to take out hunting parties,
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24
LOUIS WANTS RETURN
MATCH BUT THINKS
SCHMELLING HAS EARN
ED EIGHT TO MEET
BRADDOCK.

NEW YORK-(CNA)-Joe Louis
might have lost Temporarily a
chance at the heavyweight cham
pionship but he has not lost his
sportsmanship.
Returning to New York last
week for a short visit, apparent
ly fully recovered from his recent
defeat by Max Schmeling and fill
ed with the determination to re-
establish himself with the public
as soon as possible, Joe declared
that his chief ambition right now
is to fight Schmeling again. i
He added, howv.er, that in all
fairness to Schmen1lg, he thought
Max had earned the right to meet
James J. Braddock for the title
and that he was willing to wait his
chance to fight him.
II want to fight Schmeling
again pat he has right to fight
for the title before he fights any
one else" said Louis. Joe also
declared he was willing to meet
anyone that his manager wanted
to- match him with. Moreover, he
wants to fight often and talked of
having a fight per month. He felt
that the long layoff before the
fight with Schmelling did him no
good.
1--WE learned something from
that fight" Louis said. Next
tir1e TIL keep my hands up. No
body is going to hit me with rights
like that again."
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24
E++d Mo+en
Returns Home

NEW YORK-Miss Eta MOten
disembarked from the S. S. Ameri-
can Legion last Wednesday re-
turning to America after a four
month stay in South America. AS
she descended the gang plank,
Miss Motion who was accompanied
on her tour by Miss Enid Lee Of
Boston, her accompanist, express
ed her appreciation at being "back
home" but admitted in the next
breath that she had been charmed
with the beauty and graciousness
of the Argentine and Brazil, the
two countries which she visited.
"It was a remarkable expert
ence to have no sense of inhibi-
tion because of race or color" she
said. I'm Argentine, the people
simply do not think of color while
in Brazil being brown was a vir-
tue"
Miss Moten played the exclusive
"Maipo" Theatre in Buenos Aires
and the Urea Casino, a theatre
grill patronized by the elite in Rio
De Janerio which she described as
the most beautiful theatre Or place
of entertainment that she had ever
seen.
"A distinct appreciation for ar
lists of color seem to exist in
South Amrica," she said, "and I
have an invitation to return next
spring with an entire company of
! 'Morenos' as they call u.s." Dur
ing her stay Miss Motion sang
twice at the residence of President
of Brazil Varagas and Mrs. Vara-
. gas.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24

H.L.L.-Will / finish school and
become a teacher as I plan?
ANS. Yes, you will finish
centrate on this plan and make
school and I see if you will con-
every effort toward achieving your
purpose I am sure that your wish
es will come to pass.
G.K.-DoeS H. T. mean me any
good and will I marry soon; what
are his initials
ANS.-No, this person does not
mean you any good. You will
marry in October and his initials
are E.. M. You will be very happy.
M.V.-Please tell me how I
might get my most favorable days
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24
by FLOYD L. EASTER

Well, decidede that Mrs. Edna
Jones of Baltimore, Maryland,
wasn't joking when she decided to
commit suicide. While friends and
relatives were trying to bring
her around" and comfort her after
her first attempted self-destruct-
ion, she hurled herself out a Sec
con story window. Both trials
failed, however, even after she
drank three ounces of poison, be-
fore -. probably she felt about
like the business men of Harlem
when Joe Louis fell before tile fists
of Schmelling few weeks ago.
That's something you don't read
about everyday. Some people say
that a, Negro is so lazy that when
he decides to commit suicide, he
has a chance to think it over and
change his mind before he gets
gun or bottle of poison. Per-
sonally, I don't think that's a bad
way to be. Especially, when it is
associated with suicide.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24
of each month.

or each month.
ANS.-I would advise you to
send for my Forecast and Guide;
it will give your favorable days,
and lead you to success and happi-
ness. Price LOO, with 10 questions
answered free.
All would like to know if
my friend loves me as much as I
do him, and why did he stop COM
ing to see me?
ANS. = am sorry, but this
friend does not care for you; it is
best that you forget him. I see
he is interested in soaaeone else.
E.W.-My neighbor accuses me
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24
Around and About
By FLOYD L. EASTER

sistent gossip and gossipers that
predominant in Phoenix. The best
way to overcome that and be a
happily married couple is to COM
pletely ignore it.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24

Minute Meanderings: Although
bit late, personal congratula-
tions to Nathaniel "Christy" Louis
and Miss Jane Lucas upon their
marriage a few weeks ago, and
may the love bird never fly out
their window And speaking of
love birds, possibly the greatest
cause of their premature flight is
caused by the insistent, and con-
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24

A good way to rid the world of
such trOuble-making people is to
burn them at the stake. That's
what they used to do the witches
in the olden days, Cat least, that's
what they tell me, and anyone
WHO will, with malicious afOre-
thought, try to start trouble and
disagreement between married
couples, especially young ones
who are going to have a tough
time at the best, is certainly to be
placed in the witch" class. Now
what do you think about that?)
The Arizona gleam., 1936-07-24

is a bit late also, but is is better
to be late than not at all. It goes
to Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Craig on
the arrival of a bouncing baby
boy. That's why Johnny has that
funny expression on his face now
adays -. Maybe Arizona isn't
the hottest place on earth after
all. Considering that LII peo-
pie are dead in other parts of the
country at this writing. Local
citizens ought to read about that
and appreciate the Phoenix cline
or even reach for an overcoat,
maybe Corned beef hash
with all the left overs chucked i'll
continues to be ''tops'' on my list
of pet dishes :. Freddie "boOn-
lie" Warren continues to be the
most prompt man-about-town, and
he really should be proud Of that
little tot of his. Lowell Sper-
land Cadillacing down Washington
street with the broads; and seeing
my old claSsmate Ruth CarretherS
for the first time III moons
Five out of every ten men who re-
ceived bonus is probably as
broke as they ever were, but
here's hoping they enjoyed them
selves when they were going
broke. The remainder bought
automobiles, which means that six
months from now, used car deal
ers have bunch Of repOssessed
cars on their hands to resell, that
formerly belonged to ex-service
men.
Evening star., 1936-04-11

trial have Jared little better. On Thurs
day they heard their attorney, In NOV
ing and eloquent speech, plead for the
mercy of the court. With what must
have been tears in his heart, if not in
his eyes, he suggested to the court by
rhetorical question that perhaps these
twelve good men and true did not enter
the gambling racket of their own free will;
who knows but what force Of circum-
stance, plus the ravages Of the depres-
sion, were really responsibler And is
the gambling business really so bad, after
all? Execution of sentence, imposed on
these men last Spring, almost a year ago,
was delayed again for full week while
a probation officer looks over their
records.
Their release on probation will not
necessarily follow investigation by the
parole officer. But if it does. the other
members of the gambling racket will
naturally take the view that nobody re-
CARDS very seriously the efforts Of the
police and the prosecutors to break up
the gambling racket-that raids and ar
rests by the police are mere flashes IN
the pan, quickly forgotten, if. of course,
you have a good lawyer. But the ques-
ton now is why the twelve hired men
of Sam Beard did not plead guilty in
the first place and throw themselves on
the mercy of the court, telling their sob
story then, instead of waiting eighteen
months for all other efforts of their at
torney to keep them out of jail or fail. II
they wanted a new chance, why did they
wait until they were on the verge Of 60
ing to Jail to ask for it?
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Sob Story.

On October S, 1884, Sam Beard, who
had attained considerable notoriety
among Washington gamblers through
his ability to keep out of trouble and
who had grown fat and prosperous in
the local gambling racket, was arrested
in a raid on the headquarters of his far
flung gambling establishments and
twelve of his hired henchmen were taken
with him.
Eighteen months later, having ex-
hausted all the legal moves that his
money could buy in delaying the course
of the law, the fat Beard has finally gone
to the Federal Penitentiary, at Atlanta,
where he undoubtedly belongs. The law
having permitted him plenty of freedom
while his case was argued in the courts,
he apparently arranged that his tenn
porary absence at Atlanta should not
interfere with his various business in
terests in Washington. Business as usual
while Sam is away.
The twelve hired men who helped
Beard operate his gambling racket and
were co-defendants with him during his
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Place Hunters.
We're all hunting places. We're all IN
the game
That is followed by men after fortune or
The great want promotion. A salary
small
Will do for the man who has no job at
all.
The Office boy bends to his share of the
work,
Expecting a chance to perform as
clerk.
Each keeps up the effort to toll or to
learn,
In hope of a chance to climb upward
in turn.
From wealth he endeavors to climb to
place
Where his dollars may toll for the good
of the race.
He strives for a name that Is brilliantly
At;
For place on the pages where history's
writ.
Then he looks even higher than earthly
renown
And seeks to deserve both harp and a
crown
Mongst the heavenly throng in the fu-
ture not far.
We're all hunting places. It's well that
we are.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Roman Victory in Africa
Will Prove Hollow Prize

To the Editor of The Star:
According to the cables from Rome the
announcement Of the slaughter OF 5000
EthiopianS causes great public rejoicing,
while the news that 10000 more have
been blown to pieces among the rocks
sets loose a spontaneous outburst of glee
even among the italian children. In the
good old days of Scipio and Pompey the
Roman public demanded that the enemy
be led through the streets in chains to
be spit upon and jeered. Modern, up-to-
date generals, however, find it easier to
shoot 'em than to bring 'em back alive.
What's it all about anyhow? Italy was
oyerpeopled, we were told, and room must
be found somewhere for surplus Italians.
But what reason have we to expect that
Italians will migrate to Africa? "Ital-
ian immigrants" says Prof. G. Salvenimi
of the University of Florence, 'do not as
a rule leave Italy to become farmers in
undeveloped countries. They seek en-
plovment in rich countries where wages
are high"
The attempt to colonize Eritrea with
italian farmers has been a fizzle. After
40 years of effort only "a families have
been located on the Asmara plateau. In
fact, during these two score years only
1901 Italian farmers have located in all
Italy's African colonies, including Tripoli,
Cyrenaica, Eritrea and Somah. More
over, the italian birth rate has been
constantly declining since 1885, so that
there is small occasion to become
alarmed about room.
The chief asset Of Ethiopia is the
Ethiopians. They are acclimated to
the tropics and high attitudes. White
Ethiopians can't and wont work under
those conditions. Every Ethiopian killed
makes Ethiopia worth so much less An
italian victory based on the extermina-
ton of the Ethiopians will be vain and
hollow prize. E. v. WILCOX.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

the two. Another belief held that the
tall grass trailed westward after the
pioneers and occupied soil already pre-
pared for it by the buffalo grass.
DR.. Clements experiment proves quite
the contrary-that the tall grass was
the natural monarch of the prairies and
that the coming of the bison constituted
a sort of grass revolution which enabled
it to be overthrown by the plebeian buf-
falo grass.
Says DR.. Clements: Much field study
has been given to this problem in Ne
braska and Kansas, before an oppor-
tunity offered to test the merits of tall
and short grasses in actual competition.
Within sight of the graceful obelisk of
Nebraska's capital was found a stretch
Of nearly pure buffalo grass, tagging half
a century behind its departed nameSake.
Dotted through it were the vestiges OF
tall grasses, apparently hopelessly dis
couraged by their diminutive antago-
nistS. The area was fenced to demon
strate the part taken by grazing in this
effect, and was charted annually for
three years to trace the course OF COM
petition.
During the first season the tall grass
recovered rapidly and produced seed for
the first time. It increased its lead each
year until it everywhere dominated the
buffalo grass and had actually replaced
it over much of the territory. In the
weedy spots, q single year of protection
restored the natural advantage OF the
grass to such an extent that the weeds
disappeared as if by magic in the Sec
ond Summer. This experiment sup
Piled the final link Of evidence necessary
to explain the changes in grass land
communities during the period OF set
tlement.
"When the bison roamed the plains
by the millions they damaged the tall
grasses more than their short COM
petitors, giving the latter a decided ad-
vantage in the struggle and rendering
them correspondingly dominant. AS the
buffalo were killed of or driven west
ward, the handicap to the tall grasses
was removed in little more than q dec
ade and these quickly assumed the rank
allotted them by the character OF the
climate.
"Similar experiments to redress the
balance between the two kinds OF grasses
have been made throughout the west,
always with the consequence Of restor-
ing the ability of the taller species to
compete successfully with the shorter.
The converse process is taking place In
the tall grass prairies OF the missouri
Valley, where conf1ning cattle In pas
lures has had the effect Of transmitting
the blue-stem communities into buff
falo grass sod"
Evening star., 1936-04-11
A Plea to Save Franklin
Park From Destruction

To the Editor OF The Star
Cannot something be done for Frank
lin Square before it is too late-an in
junction, mandamuS, or something?
On this once-beautiful park one may now
see huge apparatus and engines appar-
emily to work devastation, as has already
taken place in Lafayette Square. Frank
lin Square has been in need of repairs
for some years, until today it is in a
frightful state OF disrepair, so that in
walking on its paths it is like reeling as
a drunken man. This square used to
be one of the Capitals beauty spots, but
has been permitted to become very
much run down. 1t has offered plenty
of opportunity for employment for the
needy in recent years, but nothing was
done, and today devastation threatens.
I have seen no plans Of what Is contem-
plated, but fear the worst. Not much
need be done except to rebuild the old
walks and to give the park an expert
enced gardeners care.
1t was a restful place much enjoyed
and now and then the fountain in it
was permitted to play. Perhaps it is
going to be like what Lafayette Square
is going to be. have a running track all
around it or horse race course with
wide expanse of cement glaring and hot
in the sun, driving people out rather than
inviting them in. Trees there have been
scandalously moved about, many have
been ruthlessly cut down. And, surely,
to add to the discomforts Greek stone
seats will be installed as in the Union
Station Plaza. 1t is terrible and shame
Much damage has been done elsewhere,
especially in the Mall and the old
Botanic Garden. May not something be
done by public spirited citizens to save
the parks in the midtown section east Of
Fourteenth street? Who is responsible
for all this devastation? Anyway, let us
at least save Franklin Square from the
vandals. There is not a minute to lose.
JOHN LORANCE.
Evening star., 1936-04-11

at Easter time" More than two hun
dred persons, already benefited by his
talent for healing, now will benefit by
his sympathy. The story has gone around
the world as an example Of fellowship
in action.
But DR.. Hursh, It may be supposed, is
not merely a sentimentalist with fair
for publicity. His gesture Is sincere.
Proof of its integrity may be found In
the fact that he has three sons pre-
pairing to follow his footsteps in medi-
cine. He has brought up his boys to
share his philosophy, and no individual
can testify to his convictions more effec-
lively than by wishing his children to
share them.
Hence the Easter gift which DR.. Hursh
has announced for his patients possesses
elemental significance. Something basic
ally notable prompts it-something
which his countrymen may wish to think
of as essentially American, fundament-
ally democratic, characteristically Chris
tian. When studied with merited care,
it appears to be symptomatic of those
values of life which have combined to
make civilization in the United States
noble and free and kind. Oh, yes; there
may be moments when the skies are
overcast, when fear runs riot in the pub
lie mind. when greed and hatred swell
to monstrous proportions in multitude
of hearts! But knowledge and faith,
working together, soon restore sanity and
hope. Disaster never reigns supreme.
Instead, providentially there always are
souls equal to the need-gentle and
generous men and women, spiritually
mature and brave, to lead humanity
onward and upward out of trouble and
sorrow.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Why Not Try Advice of
Farmers For a Change?

To the Editor of The star:
The Federal Farm Board under Presi-
dent Hoover bought the surplus wheat
and cotton of America, then held 1t in
stead of shipping to Europe and Asia,
where it always had been sold. They
paralyzed our foreign trade.
When the next crop was harvested
with the old crop still on hand the mar
ket was glutted, prices broke and finan-
cial wreck and ruin were spread, not only
over America, but the foreign market was
destroyed and depression became world
wide.
The Farm Board was amply warned
by experienced men, and Hoover was
urged to put a practical grain man on
the board; he repeatedly refused.
The Department of Agriculture under
President Roosevelt plowed up cotton,
held wheat land idle and killed of the
pigs. This threw millions of men out
of employment, destroyed railroad ton
mage and added to the depression.
They paid one man for not growing
II 900 acres of cotton. Had he raised
that cotton he must have employed 1900
men, and he must have fed nearly 10000
persons. They paid him for not en-
ploying men! When land Is not farmed
farm labor must suffer!
Comes now Chairman Fletcher, who
has Just employed flock of college pro-
fessors to check up on the college profess
sorS in the Department of Agriculture,
for doing exactly what Hoover planned
to dol But nobody wants any informa-
ton from the men who know the world
market.
Under the McNary- Haugen plan do
mestic prices would be set at a fair
level. and the foreign market developed
intelligently so that, after time, foreign
prices would rise to meet our levels.
This will never be accomplished by school
room experts. 1t takes men of hard
practical sense, men who have had actual
experience in marketing farm crops.
Wheat is as active and hard to control
as dynamite, and it is just as apt to
explode. Wheat is produced by hard
work, and lots of it, still the size of the
crop is controlled by weather conditions,
the farmer can plan and plow and plant.
there he is done. The snowfall, the freeZ-
ing weather, the rains and the drought
all take crack at that crop and 1t may
be anywhere from 40 bushels down to S.
Until man can control the weather and
God Almighty he cannot control farm
production! Our only out is to produce
all we can eat what we can and then
sell the rest! There is market
for all we can raise. but that market is
not coming here after the crop.
HERB E. SHARP,
Secretary National Wheat League.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Republican Brains.

Announcement by Chairman Henry P.
Fletcher of the Republican National
Committee that the committee had taken
on six or eight professors to do research
work, and expected to have more on the
Job later, is almost breath taking. After
what Mr.. Fletcher and Republicans
generally-not to mention Al Smith
have been saying about professors the
last three years, this action looks ike
reversal of form. Almost as though the
Republicans were at last going to take
leaf out of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
book; to set up brain trust" OF their
own.
With a certain half-guilty embarrass-
ment sticking out all over them, the
Republicans responsible for this innova-
ton explain that the new professional
set-up at G. o. P. national headquarters
is not to be brain trust in the sense
that the Roosevelt professors have been
brain trust. The Republican professors
they say, are to be no more than in
tellectual detectives. They have not been
called in to evolve and enunciate policies
for the Republican party. They have been
called in to analyze ponderouS New Deal
reports of all kinds, dealing with expendl-
lures for relief, dealing with social re-
forms attempted, with resettlement, with
marginal lands, with crop curtailment,
with processing taxes, with rural electri-
fication, with the T. v. A. and with other
alphabetical agencies Of government.
They are to drag the truth out into the
light, to expose the mistakes and the
errors and extravagances of the Roose-
velt New Dealers. Set professor to
catch professor!
Maybe this is a good move on the
Republican National Committees part,
in spite of the fact that it seems to have
cast into the Atlantic ocean the issue
which it has been at such pains to build
up during the past three years-the
issue that President Roosevelt has turned
the Government over to group OF i'm
practical theorists, the professoriat. May
be the Republican professors will be able
to show up the Democratic professors.
Certainly they will not agree with the
Democratic professors. Why should they?
The Democratic professors have ter
rible time agreeing with each other.
The Republican professors are assigned
for the present, at least, to doing work in
the research division of the Republican
National Committee-a division which
for many years was handled by one man.
the late Bennett Gordon. in a most
effective manner. Gordon had several
assistants when campaign years rolled
round But the new research division
will have personnel running up as high
as eighty, it is said. Perhaps with all this
talent at hand the Republicans may be
able to write platform; to get up set
of formulas all their own for curing the
depression. They have been chided by
the Democrats for several years now
with having nothing to offer as substi-
tute for the Roosevelt New Deal-that is,
nothing except the old deal. Perhaps
they will come forward with brand-new
farm relief plan that will make the
A. A. A. look sick by comparison. Per-
haps the Republicans will be able to
produce an old-age pension plan that
will charm all the Townsendites off the
Democratic bough.
Anyway, it is still great day for the
professorsl