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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
REPUBLICANS

A Republican rally was held We'd nesday night at the Coliseum The atre with Judge Lester O. Gore, candidate for delegate to congress, and Harry c. Mccain. candidate for attorney general of Alaska. as the main speakers.
 Cash Cole of Juneau, candidate for the auditors office, was presen- ted as the first speaker by H. D. Campbell, Republican committeeman at Wrangell Mir. Cole who lived in Wrangell as a boy. spoke of his pleasure in again meeting old friends and in noting the progress that the town is making.
 Livable Pensions
 He was followed by Hanford H Henning, of Ketchikan, who stated that his chief concern if elected to the House of Representatives would be to get a liyable pension for the old in Alaska, regardless of race. He believes the present Social Security Act to be a badly jumbled job.
 Vigorous Opposition
 Jack Wilson delighted the aud fence with the broad Scotch-Irish brogue in which he vigorously op- posed the Democratic candidates and upheld those of the Republican faith. He said that J. P. Anderson raised flowers for a living; that he put out nice "chrys-anny-t and that Mrs. Crystal Jenne had a good sopranny voice. but left the infer ence that he did not consider such qualifications enough for a legisla- tive job. He called attention to Del egate Dimond's campaigning on an abolish the fish trap" platform in company with Jim Davis, owner of three faYorably situated traps upon which he cleared up twelve thous- and dollars during the past season.
 Condemns New Deal
 Harry G. Mccain, of Ketchikan, candidate for Attorney General, said that for the past three years the Democratic party had been in pow CT, or rather the New Deal, as it did not represent Democratic principles. The platform adopted by the Dem ocratic convention before Roosevelt was elected advocated drastic reduc- tion in taxes and a reduction in government expenses. The President said he would reduce taxes 25 per cent; instead he had increased them 25 per cent Government expenses have mounted skyward. The Nation al debt has increased until no one knows what will happen. The mon ey is being wasted and no perman- ent relief afforded. The Boundbrook N. J., colony is one utopian scheme which has cost one million so far with nothing but blue prints to
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

Wrangell Institute opens Wednes- day and students will probably start coming to Wrangell tomorrow By Tuesday all but a very few of the 120 who have. been accepted for enrolment will be here. Many will arrive on steamers, but the majority will undoubtedly make the trip from their home village by gasboat.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

J. w. Stedman, who left here some weeks ago, to enter the hos pital at Ketchikan, and shortly af- rewards went to Seattle and Port land for medical attention, return ed on the North Sea last week to Ketchikan. He feels somewhat inn proved in health. he reports.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

Word has been received here that J. P. Anderson, Democratic candid ate for the legislature, will speak over KINY at o'clock tonight and again at the same time on Monday night.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

Harry Race of Ketchikan spent Sunday and Monday in WrangelI in the interests of his candidacy for the legislature on the Republican aiehet.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

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Evening star., 1936-07-31

is, the Womans Bureau will function
under q captain, q lieutenant and one
sergeant, other increases having been
disallowed.
1t was Mrs. Van Wrinkles plan, which
she was never able to make effective
through legislation, for a Woman's Blu
reau created by statute, under command
Of an assistant superintendent of police.
She sought the legislation as recognition
Of the Importance of the bureau in police
work and as written guarantee of its
permanence, for the bureau could be
abolished, as it was created, through an
order Of the Commissioners.
Such recognition has in part been
achieved. not through legislation. but in
public appreciation of the bureaus work.
It's abolishment now would be unthink-
able. 1t has created for itself field Of
police work as clearly defined as that
of the Traffic Bureau or the Detective
Bureau. A great deal of recognition and
public sympathy for the bureaus work
has been won under the wise, common
sense administration of Captain Mil
liken, a lady who knows her job and
does 1t well.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Editorial Supports Spirit
Of Genuine Americanism

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view of the responses by letter in The
Star OF July IS to the editorial in the
issue of July 20, entitled Judicial Duck
Soup" I feel moved to commend very
heartily the timely support the editorial
gave to the spirit of genuine Amer
icanism. know of no one thing equal
to persecution for building sinew into
cause, be It good, bad, or Indifferent.
The history Of most religious denomina-
tions and sects bears witness. Our
red-baiting friends, in their ill-judged
zeal, seem bent on strengthening the
Communists in their conviction that our
economic wrongs can be righted only
through violent revolution. Communism
through violence, as movement or
philosophy, is properly to be regarded
as symptomatic of deep-seated disease
in the social body, and the disease it
indicates is neither cured nor ameliorated
by the attempted suppression Of the
symptom. Capable physicians in treat
ing ills in the human body endeavor
by every possible means to find and re-
move causes. Only charlatanS and in
competents conf1ne their efforts to sup
pressing symptoms. I believe that
thoughtful persons, generally, who are
not Fascist-minded, are grateful to you
for your recent utterance, and hope
you will continue to voice liberal and
humane American sentiments as occa-
sion arises. r. A. YOUNG.
Evening star., 1936-07-31

by closer or more natural ties than the
United States ana Canada. For more
than a century their far flung unforti-
fed border, stretching from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, has been q unique inter-
national symbol of good neighborliness
and q token of their determination to
live together in trust and friendship.
They have long been each others best
customers in many branches of industry
and agriculture. The 1885 reciprocal
tariff agreement, though it has evoked
political opposition in both countries,
is designed steadily to expand Canadian
Am erican trade, and there are already
substantial indications that 1t will serve
that purpose. If the Quebec conferences
lead to cooperation in the power field,
that will be one more link in the chain
of practical advantages that bind the
United States and Canada in the field
of mutual interest.
Canadians are jealous and proud of
their sovereign nationhood within the
British Empire. The spirit of loyalty to
the mother country, breathed so elo-
quently at the recent Vimy Ridge battle
field commemoration in France, flames
in the hearts of all the sons and daugh-
ters of the Dominion. Yet, Canada,
speaking through the present head of
its government, has no hesitation in ex-
plicitly acknowledging that Its ties with
the United States represent practically an
identity of interest, as in relation to the
non-Anglo- Saxon universe. In a striking
speech defining Canada's policy toward
the League of Nations and the world
at large, Mr.. Mackenzie King recently
declared that external affairs for Can
ada mean in overwhelming degree our
relations with other members of the
British commonwealth, particularly with
the United Kingdom. and with the
United States"
The cordial sentiments breathed by
this significant utterance of the Cana
dian prime minister are Fundamentally
reciprocated by the American people.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Girls Need Organization
Similar to Bows Club

To the Editor of The Star:
Wouldn't it be an excellent thing for
Washington TO start girls club2
Such a girls club would. perhaps. fol-
low the lines of the boys club, which has
been developed so successfully that we
now have the Boys Clubs of America
Inc.," with headquarters in New York
City, serving over 200 afflliated clubs
throughout the country, some OF which
own club houses valued at over 81 900 900.
The girls in the poorer sections of
Washington have a need that is Just as
keen and vital as that of the boys. AL
though the Girl Scouts and the Y. w.
c. A. are doing fine work, they do not and
cannot deal with the girls who are forced
to live in homes full of dirt, squalor, pow
erty, hunger and delinquency of all types.
Senator Copeland Of New York has
estimated that one-fourth of our national
income goes for crime. Is it not simpler,
far less expensive, and far more human
and rational to spend our money and
energies on the building of clubs than
on reformatories? Is it not easier to
build character, healthy bodies and
minds, leadership, ideals of honesty, self
reliance, industry and fair play during
early formative years than after youth
full future mothers have contacted the
Juvenile Court or landed behind prison
bars?
How can we citizens of Washington be
truly proud of our majestically beautiful
city, with its wonderfully inspiring pub
lie buildings. when just around the corner
from them are so many young girls and
young women with no chance at any
thing beautiful, clean and wholesome
with no choice but to become the asso-
ciates and accomplices of the Nations
young male criminals?
CECILIA SILVER.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
One.Man Street Car a
Hindrance to Traffic

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS a regular street car patron of the
Capital Transit Co., I am Volclng my
protest against the change to one-Inan
cars in the District. The wholesale in
stalling of one-man cars in washington
will not help this city from transpor-
tation standpoint to say the least.
Why do we need more orle-rnan cars?
Who pays the money to operate-who
helps even those who havs these hear
ings in charge? The thousands who ride
the cars in Washington.
The claim is brought up that busses are
operating with one man. Any one OPP
Grating street car or bus without hav-
ing a motorman or q driver and one to
take care of the other duties is running
risk of trouble. If driver of bus or
a street car attends to the work Of op-
Grating, watching traffic signals and is
free from worry Of waiting on the pa
irons, will do better job and there will
be less danger of accidents, regardless of
the claim one -man- operated vehicles are
more safe and less liable to accident.
Common sense should be the answer be-
tween a two-man-operated car and
one man, better protection and better
service for the patron.
Why do those who want one-man cars
want to make more unemployment? Is
1t proposed to give the odd man another
position?
They say they are not making any
money and are doing lot of sputtering
of paying the hard-working employees a
little more money. But how about them
selvesp They maintain high-price execu-
tives, they ride in their high-price cars
and. of course, no doubt have their
yachts, Summer cottages and 90 to their
watering resorts. But they are willing
to give to the car riders old rundown
equipment, under-manned cars and
buSSeS.
I want to give one real example OF
how the one-man car is operated at this
time. Recently the writer was in the
center of the street and walking across
at Thirteenth and Pennsylvania avenue
about noon and a one-man-operated car,
which was going East, stopped for the
traffic light. The operator was writing
down some figures, whatever he has to
do TO keep check on his work. Even
after the signal changed he kept on writ
ing for several seconds and then started
the car What I want to bring out, he
was slowing up the schedule. he was
stopping pedestrians from crossing a busy
street, which to me is about the best
argument for the two-man-operated We
hicle. With a conductor, the motorman
attends to the lights and can start his
car at once, while the man who takes
the fares does not hold up the opera
ton Of the car. One-man cars are not
what they seem to be and should not be
on the busy streets Of the Capital Of the
United States.
With all the car-riding public against
the one-r1an car I cannot see how the
Public Utilities Commission can give
It's sanction to the Transit Co, allow
ing 1t the right to make the car riders
ride something that they do not care to
ride. for one will refuse to ride one
man car and hope all the thousands Of
car riders will join me in a protest
against the one-man car.
FELIX A. URY.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
The President i'm Canada.

President Roosevelt's visit with Lord
Tweedsmuir, governor general of Cam
ada, and Prime Minister Mackenzie
King at Quebec today will not be con-
fined to social plessantries. A long range
program for development Of hydroelec-
trio power through cooperation of the
United States and Canada will be q
principal topic of conversation between
the President and his distinguished hosts.
Their discussion will also include pro-
posals for exchange of duty-free power.
The St. Lawrence waterway develop
ment, for which the Senate two years
ago rejected treaty, is certain to figure
in the Quebec talks, too, and possibly
a joint tidal power plant of far larger
extent than the Passamaquoddy expert
mental project. Before leaving for Que
bee, Mr.. Roosevelt told visitors at Campo
bello Island that he thinks it will be
necessary "to educate the people of the
United States and of Canada on the
broad benefits Of power development" +"
and that congressional and parliament
tary action, respectively ct washington
and Ottawa, may be necessary to effec-
tuate laree-scale undertakings. Ways
and means to this end, the President
intimated, would be canvassed ct
quebec.
The American people view with url-
commonly sympathetic interest the get
together Of the President and the heads
of the Dominion government. No two
nations anywhere in the world are linked
Evening star., 1936-07-31
The Woman's Bureau.

For the first time since its creation
the Woman's Bureau Of the Metropolitan
Police Department is headed by a full
fedged captain. Lieutenant Rhoda Mil
liken, who succeeded the late Lieutenant
Nina Van Wrinkle in command Of the
bureau, has been acting captain for the
past three years. Her formal promotion
to captain was made possible through q
provision in the current District appro-
priation act for q new captain on the
police force, requested by Major Brown,
superintendent Of police, who has sought
for the bureau an equal status with the
precincts under command Of a captain,
a lieutenant and three sergeants. AS it
Evening star., 1936-07-31

Good news In the gardeni
The fox sparrows are back!
Baby foxes, these are, funny little
nondescript fellows, scratching vigorously
in the leaves with both feet at once.
They were near the recently installed
feeding stet tion, q low cradle OF wood,
surmounted by q neat roof.
The feeder holds about a teacup of
grain, which seems enough to do the
cardinals, doves, fox sparrows and others
at this season.
The foxes, however, were not eating
seeds, but were digging in the leaves
nearby.
True sparrowS they showed themselves.
forever fighting, flying close to the
ground and close together, sporting in
the air.
Only one who knew birds could have
spotted them for what they really were,
for to all outward appearances-at so
feet-they appeared to be nothing more
than English sparrowS.
1t was that comical scratching motion
which gave them away.
And what would you suppose was in
the plate of salmon, which had been
put out the evening before. and which
had been flooded with rain during the
night?
A turtle, so-called, and nothing else.
Whether he was eating salmon, or
merely waiting for the flies to con-
gregate, we do not know, but rather
suppose the latter.
Probably he would not be above a
bite of frst-class salmon, at that, life
being what 1t is, and food not always
available on demand.
Almost every yard has, or can have,
its turtle. Normally they come as near
being perpetual motion as anything.
Year after year they slowly amble across
the lawn, making their curious way
around, closing up at the sight of
enemies or q touch.
The yard with q turtle (really tor
toise) has pet which demands no care
This is something.
These small tortoiSes, which may be-
come as big as dinner plate. but usu-
ally are only about half that size, con-
Stitute an interesting feature of an aver
age yard.
There may be trained turtles of this
type, but we have never heard Of one.
No, the real charm Of this fellow is that
he comes and goes absolutely at his own
free will.
He is distant relative OF the abused
creature one sees with rose or some
other foolishnesS painted on its back.
Roses are beautiful, pictures of roses
are beautiful, but not as subjects for
turtles back.
Among the utterly needless cruelties
is this, of decorating" the shells or cara
PAGES of such creatures.
There is no need for 1t. in the first
place. because the dark green natural
color of the little fellows commonly sold
for 10 cents is quite enough.
In the second place, the paint prob
ably has some ill effect, in the long run.
These things are tough, and would live
for many weeks, or even months, utterly
without food. In fact. they have been
advertised as being able to go without
food for six months, the seller probably
figuring that the average purchaser
would be tired of them in that time,
anyway.
Purchasers OF such small turtles
should remember that they need plenty
of sunlight. Lack of this, and of bits
of fresh beef, cause them to 60 blind
Evening star., 1936-07-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

and to refuse to eat the manufactured
turtle food" They should have water
to swim in, but plenty Of opportunity
to get out at will.
Yard turtles evidently come and go
through much of the neighborhcod, for
weeks may go by without one catching
a glimpse of them.
Then, one bright morning, one notices
something unusual out by the bird bath,
or near the gate-and, sure enough, 1t is
old Tom, as we call him. vending his
way with surprisingly agility.
This speed of the turtle always catches
one by surprise. Is he not down in the
books for unvarying slowness, and why
does he go at such rate, then?
He is, in truth, from his claws to his
rather serpentine head, strange thing,
true garden rarity.
Left to his own devices, he harms no
one, but accounts for thousands OF in
imical insects, including members of the
f1y population.
Somehow, when we think of turtles,
we think of hoptoads, but haven't seen
one for many years.
Yet toads, with their nocturnal habits,
real gems of the garden
Few of them are seen, however, cauS-
ing one to wonder If they really are be-
coming extinct, owing to city and near
city conditions.
ToadS and their aquatic cousins, the
frogs, are so much alike, in many ways,
that it would seem strange if there were
any disappearance of the one and not
of the other.
Both begin life in the water, and as
tadpoles look exactly alike.
Recently q Suburbantte brought up a
tadpole in an aquarium.
When it got its legs, etc, he put it
out into very small pool in the back
yard. He could not see the even stranger
changes which took place internally, as 1t
was transformed from vegetarian to
a meat-eater. The intestinal tract, from
coiled like a watch-spring, Strengthened
out, and took on the usual appearance
of the tract of an animal eater.
This little creature disappeared from
its pool, scarcely more than a bowl.
The next day it was back-Wlth a
companionl
The question was! Where did the
companion come from?
There was series OF small lakes
several blocks away. but it was diff
cult to believe that one had hoped TO
them, found mate, and hoped back.
The next day scores of tiny tadpoles
appeared in the bowl. Rather quick
work, thought the owner, until he in
quired of one who had followed the
doings of frogs for years.
where did you get the water you put
in the bowl?" asked this man.
From the lakes answered the
owner.
That accounts for it." replied the
other The water had frog eggs in it,
and they Matched out in the sun"
Eggs of these creatures are laid in a
gelatinous strip, and are practically in
| visible except to the experienced eye.
Birds. turtles, frogs, toads-these are
interesting, one and all, and are to be
| found in hundreds of gardens, with the
possible exception of the toadS, which
may be disappearing.
Grass, trees, shrubs, f1owers-these are
only the beginnings of a garden. The
real garden is what happens when these
are secured. In this good happening
various small creatures of earth and air
and water must be included.
Evening star., 1936-07-31
Col Knox on "the Issue. -

To Colonel Knox the role of vice presi-
Dental candidate is no passive role, nor
is the time between now and the Novem-
Der election to be spent in fishing for
anything but votes. He made that clear
last night in his vigorous speech of
acceptance, leaving no doubt in any
bodys mind about his own conception
of the issue in the coming campaign.
He does not intend to leave all the
talking to "the boss
No proponent of the New Deal, said
the colonel. "has ever been able to define
the New Deal or to explain what it is
aimed at or where it is going. No one
of them has ever been able to make
clear what the economic plan is." Not
so tongue-tied or confused, however, is
Colonel Knox. To him the whole thing
is as plain as day. What the New Deal
has meant up to this time is "a series
of hysterical experiments" that have
retarded and discouraged recovery,
brought mounting deficits and failed
to keep faith with the Nation. And what
the New Deal will mean, unless repudi-
ated by the people, is:
Federal control over local business,
over local bank credit, over local wages,
over local conditions of work 1t leads
to Federal RECOMMENDATION of the labor,
the business and the home of every
American citizen. It leads to price,
fixing and production control by Federal
authority. 1t leads inevitably to the ex-
tinction of the small business man, to
the end of free enterprise in America.
To practical minded Colonel Knox,
the desirable thing to know about a
rendezvous with destiny" as promised
by President Roosevelt, is what Miss
Destiny is going to look like. From
present indications, he suggests Destiny
promises to assume some Of the attri-
butes of "a receiver for the Treasury"
and he wickedly points to past rem
devious under the New Deal-"a rem
devious with the N. r. A." a "rendez-
vous with Farleyism," rendezvous with
the tax collector" and q rendezvous
with a destiny plotted on blue prints in
Washington Office"
Colonel Knox is a business mar, and
his speech is full of comfort for the con-
servative element in business that has
been scared out Of its wits by the gyra-
tions of the Washington New Dealers.
The speech contains no slight reference
to any unhanged rascals or to possible
crusades against the princes of privilege
or even the economic royalists. It re-
states the theme that what this country
needs more than anything else is less
Government and more recovery, and
that with the election of new admin
istration next November the dammed-up
forces Of recovery will burst forth in a
magnificent prosperity"
He sees as the issue the choice be-
tween the rugged heights of self -sup-
port, government and self-respect"
and "the apparently easy valleys of a
regimented society, maintained by a
paternalistic Government which falsely
promises to provide its subjects with q
security that men were won't to pur-
chase in the past by their own efforts"
Like Governor Landon, Colonel Knox
promises that where the specific pro-
gram (of the Republican party is not
definitely outlined the details will be
presented in the coming campaign"
But the presentation of such details
should not be too long delayed.
Evening star., 1936-07-31

Steel has resumed payment of large
dividends, and without relying on an
extra output of plowshares for the pur-
pose of turning crops under. AS an indi-
cation of advancing prosperity the ges-
ture is gratifying, dividends being always
better than dole.