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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
Fathers Day, Like Dad Himself. Has Had Its Ups And Downs; But
 Now It Seems To Be Here To Stay
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 Father can claim his just dues, Sunday, June 20, practically assured that the day first set aside for him 27 years ago is here to stay.
 Public indifference has been weathered, the sales resistance of a nation broken down. The idea, once abandoned, has caught on and Fathers Day now joins the parade of U. s. holidays, it appears for all time.
 Out in Spokane, Wash, quiet voiced little woman is proud of that. She is Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, hon. orary president of the International Fathers Day Association, Inc. Be- fore Mrs. Dodd had her happy thought, first back in 19-0, father wasn't even officially recognized by the masses, to say nothing of an association in his behalf.
 First observer of Fathers Day in America, Mrs. Dodd conceived the idea as 8 tribute to her own father, William Jackson Smart, veteran of the c. A. R. He had reared his own motherless group of six, alone. And so, when his task was done and Mrs. Dodd looked back on the magnitude of it, she chose to honor him privately. Always Bright and Fresh From that inspiration the idea grew. At first ministerial asso- ciations took up the hunch, intro duced constructive teaching on the subject of father, honored the day in Spokane. Then other cities followed. That was through the years of 1910- 11-12. The Y. M. c. A., in several chapters, boosted the plan. Mrs. Dodd was Gratified.
 Came plans for launching the day on a nationwide basis. A few were actually consummated. At Wilkins burg, Pa., for instance, 8 Fathers Day club was organized, choosing the dandelion as the proper symbol. This was because "the dandelion always springs up bright and fresh again when stepped on."
 Other clubs chose the rose as symbol; deep. red if the father were still living and white, if dead. So the movement grew. And then sud- denly, for no particular reason, the idea lost ground, failed to capture further the popular imagination. Ten years later, 1920, Dads Day was dead! -.-..
 Fathers too Modest
 It was still dead, as matter of fact, as late as 1926. Facetiously, a columnist wrote:
 "It has been suggested that it was fathers natural modesty which caused the plan to fail. For he was to be taken to church to hear ser- mons devoted to his excellent quail ities and at dinner songs were to be sung about him. These songs would for the most part have to be written, for it is mother rather than father who has been celebrated in rhyme. No other specific reason has been cited for the failure of the plan."
 That is, it would have failed, doubtless, were it not for the Na- tional Greeting Card Association and the tobacco dealers of Amer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Washington, June I8.-It has to bt reported that on the latest of al least dozen conspicuous occasion! Secretary Harold L. Ickes, the New Deals India rubber man, has bounc. ed back up again from what seemed to be a position on the floor.
 His PWA, which was supposed tC be dead, has been granted two more years of life with funds.
 There isn't going to be any new
 department of public works right away which means that IckeS
 won't have to make 8 choice be-
 tween being secretary of that and his present post as secretary of interior.
 Also if the government reOrgani-
 zation bill is passed, the name of
 the interior department will be
 changed to department of conser-
 vatiOn, as Ickes desires.
 These assurances developed at g time when Ickes, who hasn't beer well, was in the Naval hospita here, away from the firing line ht loves.
 Few things demonstrate the quality of Ickes so well as his ability to stand above and seem. ingly oblivious to the constant bit ter intrigue which goes on within his department and the PWA Flat on his back in the hospita. but never more mentally alert he sent memos to his immediate sub- ordinates which left no doubt that he meant still to be secretary o1 the interior and boss of PWA hospital or no hospital. 1 Files Given to Roosevelt
 Ickes and others in his domain had been victims of persistent state of jitters dating back a year or so ago to the time when he and others had pushed out Louis Glavis chief of the Ickes investigation agency and regarded by many as the ace of American sleuths.
 The specter of Glavis still pur-
 sued the Ickes crowd, especially
 when it became known that many
 items usually supposed to have
 been in the Glavis files, were mys-
 teriously missing. Files of the
 Division of Investigation have
 been checked and cross checked
 to no other end than lot of
 headaches.
 Presumably Ickes and his favor ite chief assistant, Ebert K. Bur- lew-who has facetiously been known as the "oversecretary" ever since congress created the office of undersecretary of the interior and Roosevelt gave the job to his own friend and liaison man, Char lie West of Ohio-knew what cer- tain other insiders know: that Glavis turned results of certain of his inquiries over to Roosevelt. It's a safe bet that none of these reports compromised Honest Harold" himself, but the general effect as to certain other officials is still speculative.
 Friends of Ickes realize that his recent physical condition has been largely due to the fact that he has been as conscientious and probably a more hard-working official than any other in the New Deal. But his breach with Glavis, whom he once trusted implicitly and who once idolized Ickes, may Co Roosevelt never lost his faith in Glavis, and that was a thorn in the faithful, indefatigable secre- tary's side. Not long ago at a White House
 conference Ickes objected to the proposed-and subsequently, ac-
 complished-appointment of John
 Carson, former secretary to the
 late Senator Jim Cousins of Mich-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
valiant Carrie"
Ends Tonight at
Coliseum Theatre
Outstanding Screen Produc-
ton Presents Gladys
George, Star

The motion picture version of
Barry Benefield's best-selling novel,
Valiant Is the Word For Carrie"
which concludes its showing at the
Coliseum Theatre tonight, brings
to the screen Gladys George, noted
dramatic actress, supported by an
elaborate cast.
Miss George has been stage
actress for many years but did not
attract the attention of Hollywood
until she made a new record in
New York last year by appearing
in TOO successive performances of
Personal Appearance. She is an
actress of great charm and ability
and big things are expected for her
by Hollywood.
Valiant Is the Word For Carrie"
is the story of Carrie Snyder, a wo-
man frowned upon by respectable"
residents of small Louisiana town
Supporting Miss George are Ar
line Judge, John Howard, Isabel
Jewell, Harry Carey, Dudley Digges
and many others.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
Baby Found Alive
After kidnapping
Police Go to Alley After
Anonymous
Call

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. "a. - Three
months old Diane Carol Lucas was
found alive today in the rear of an
apartment house three miles from
where the girl was reported kidnap-
ed yesterday in busy uptown shop
ping district. Wrapped in a white
blanket the baby nestled on the
doorstep near the alley.
The daughter of Mrs. Dorothy
Lucas, %, the baby was snatched
from her carriage as Mrs. Lucas
left it on the sidewalk while she
shopped in a grocery store.
Police theorize the abduction
might have been done by former
sweetheart, the father or an impull
sive childless couple. Police went
to the alley after receiving an an
onymous telephone call.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
Bing Crosby Is
Star in Scotch
Picture Tonight
Pennies from Heaven to
End Showing at
Capitol

Hoot mon! The heathery land
o. Scotland is well represented in
one of Hollywood's latest produc-
lions. And it may be merely con-
firmation of the well-known belief
that Scots are clannish. For Nor
man McLeod-and there's a plaid
name!-was the director
The picture is Columbia's new
Bing crosby comedy-with-music
pennies From Heaven" ending its
showing tonight at the Capitol The
ire
Donald Meek, featured character
player, was born in Scotland.
Edith Fellows. featured child
player, is of British extraction and
her mother was Mckenzie of the
Hollands" if you please.
Bing Crosby, alone, seems free
from killed ancestry. Bling, what's
more, believes he can explain why
there are SO many Scots in the
company.
Look at the title" wise-cracked
Bing when asked about it. ITS
Pennies from Heaven'-sure-fire
to attract Scotchmen."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
BARR MAKING HOP,
COASTAL POINTS,
In AAT BELLANCA

Pilot Sheldon Simmons was to
have headed north from Seattle this
morning in the company's Lock
heed Vega seaplane, Alaska Air
Transport Pilot l.. F. Barr headed
out from here this morning at 1920
O'Clock in the AAT Bellanca Sky
rocket.
Passengers out from here with
Pilot Barr were: Ole Englin, for
Tenakee; F. J. Maloney, Chichagof;
Willis Peters, for Hoonah. At Ten
akee, he picked up a sick man for
Sitka. Pilot Barr is expected to re-
turn to Juneau this afternoon about
4 O'Clock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau

GdStfneau
l.. G. Herndon, Mrs. Roscoe Town
send, DR.. j. w. Edmunds, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. o. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
John Kenneth Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. c. Baxter, Mrs. Talbot johnson.
Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs F.. r.
Smith, Tacoma c. Halvorsen, M.
M. Custard, o. Lilligraven, K. Lowe,
Juneau, ID. G. Boyer, Grants Pass;
Betty Ann Beck, Jean Elliott, Phoe-
nix, Ariz.; Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Wal
ker, Butte, Mont; Mrs. Clyde M.
Graves, Spokane; x. Fl. Robinson,
S. j. Mccormick, Boston; Mr.. and
Mrs. Allan Sallee, Ketchikan; C.
+. Van Thullinar. Salt Lake City.
Juneau
Charles w. Reames and family,
Medford, Ore; Elizabeth Cook, Au-
burn, Calf; E. j. Strelau, Freder-
lex Davidson, Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Dunn, Pasadena; Margaret
Shalberg, Tebenkaf Bay; F. A. Bray,
San Francisco; w. M. Kyle, George
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
FROM BOXER TO YUKON

Transferring here from the Indian
Bureau motorship Boxer, Or. E. W.
Werbel and Miss Ruby Snowman,
physician and nurse bound for the
Bureau hospital at Dillingham;, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Monfore,
teachers bound for Nondalton,
boarded the westbound steamer Yu-
kon this afternoon, booked for Sew
ard
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
z HEALTH men
REACH BARROW;
STUDY ESKIMO
DR.. Levine, Assistant Ford,
Make Trip Though Ice
from Wainwright

POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug.
24.-Dr. Victor Z. Levine, United
States Public Health Service, and
his assistant Delbert c. Ford, have
arrived here to study means by
which Eskimo deaths will be re-
duced and health will be improved.
A complete laboratory will be es-
tablished for the study of immuni-
zation and sanitation,
DR.. Levine said they came here
from Wainwright in two small boats
through exceedingly heavy ice.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
Magic Houses Give Swedes
Attractive Homes For $500
BIZ The APP Feature SerUice

BIZ The AP Feature SerDtce
THREE thousand so-called
i Magic Houses dot the out
skirts of Stockholm, Sweden
neat, efficient little homes cost
ing from $500 to $3.50. They're
the result of Sweden's continu-
ing drive for low-cost housing.
With owners and their fami-
lies doing most of the work, the
houses bob up like mushrooms.
All parts are pre-fabricated.
The only cash payment re-
quired is $75 for marking out
the building site. Municipal
funds finance payments over
20 years or longer.
Here is the picture record OF
a four-room Magic House as
built by a Swedish workman
of average means with the aid
of his family and neighbors
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
JOHN DOOLIN SAILS
TO STATES TO ENTER
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY

John Doolin, son of Mrs. Flossie
M. Doolin, left for the south aboard
the Baranof Saturday evening, fol-
lowing a visit of five weeks with
his mother here
John, who graduated from high
school in Spokane last spring, is re-
turning to Spokane to enter Con
zaga University.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
DETAINED

Ralph Gushing of Fairbanks was
taken from the steamer Alaska here
yesterday by local authorities on a
Geographic warrant from Fairbanks
charging him with attempting to
leave the Territory without settling
a bill in that city. He is being
held in the Federal jail.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
PHOTOGRAPHERS ON TOUR

H. A. Roberts, photographer Tor
the National Geographic Society, is
passenger for Seward aboard the
steamer Yukon. Mr.. Roberts, who
lives in Seattle, will take the Golden
Belt Tour over the Alaska Railroad
to Fairbanks and return over the
Richardson Highway to Valdez He
expects to photograph Black Rapids
Glacier.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
MRS. SHEARD DUE
HERE ON LOUISE

Mrs. c. Sheard and her three
children are aboard the Princess
Louise coming to join Mr.. Sheard,
now here
The Sheards are from Des Moines,
Iowa.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
ENJOY STEAK DINNER

Members of Afford John Brad
ford Post, American Legion, and
their friends, about 40 strong, en-
joyed steak dinner at the Dugout
last night followed with impromptu
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
TRoPEA RETURNS HOME

James TrOpea, proprietor of The
Golden North Hotel at Skagway
Who has been in Juneau for several
days, returned TO his home aboard
the Dorothy Alexander.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
oFF TO SKAGWAY

A. Van Mavern, Elmer Jakeway,
K. B. Edwards and Max Gerth, ira
yelling men, left on the Dorothy Al
cxander for Skagway to call on the
trade.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24

People in the national capital who
wish TO keep up with their reading
must read 250.000 volumes year,
the number annually received by
the Library of Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
DR.. ]. w. EDMUND
Opt0metrist of Alaska and Seattle
Is NOW HERE
At the GASTINEAU HOTEL
Room FOG

For SEVEN DAYS or until Aug. 3d.;
Examining Eyes for Glasses.
DR.. Edmunds needs no introduce
ton to Juneau citizens as this is
his tenth annual trip throughout
Alaska (now returning to his Seat
tie Offices where numerous citizens
have been benefited by his highly
scientific work, backed by five
diplomas from recognized Eye Col
leges, besides being a Post Gradu-
ate. Crossed Eyes frequently
Strengthened with glasses only. We
welcome difficult cases.
Have your Children's Eyes exam
ined before school starts. Glasses
will not be fitted unless needed.
Permanent Offices at 1431 Fourth
Ave, Seattle. adv,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24

JUNEAU WOMAN'S CLUB
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar will meet
with all present and prospective
members of the Juneau Woman's
Club and the Douglas Island Wo-
mans Club in the interest of Club
work Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
at the home of Mrs Ray Ct. Day.
RUTH GEYER,
adv Acting Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24

Living animals with no offensive
odor can now be sent by air ex-
press, provided they will not require
food or water in transit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24

]. Carroll, T. J. Cahill, Cheyenne.
Alaskan
Alex Wilson, Juneau; J. w. Nc
Daniel, Alice Rocorich.
Large numbers of well-to-do ma
tives of India cling to the tradi-
tional use OF native leaves and twigs
for cleansing the teeth.
Try The Empire classifieds for
results.
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Today's News To-day Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24

Try The Empire classifieds for
results.
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Try an Empire ad.
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The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Sailor Pays $3.50
For 'BOOting' Cat

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16.-It
cost Sailor Charlie Marshall $3.50
to demonstrate how he played
Frank Merriwell in the crucial
moment of a big football game.
One of his listeners arched a brow
at his account of gridiron exploits.
"Okay, watch!" said Sailor Mar
shall.
A cat, pet Of a bartender, lay
curled on the walk. Gauging the
distance, Charlie caught the kitten
a direct hit amidships and kicked
it as high as his head. He was
fined for cruelty to animals.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
NINE. STRANSKA
CHARTS FIGHT

Nine. Anna Henry Stranska
may go to Czechoslovakia in her
fight to recover her 6-year.old
daughter, Mary Peyton, taken by
her estranged husband, DR.. Paul
Stransky, last Tuesday.
Stransky and his daughter are
on their way to Prague.
At her Falls Church (Va0
home, where she is staying with
her father, Nine. Stranska said
today:
Il haven't had time to think
or plan. So many wierd things
have happened so suddenly. I
believe 1t is best to remain here
for a while, but don't know
what I'll do; whether I'll go to
CzechoSlovakia or not"
The State Department, Nine.
Stranska said, "has been very
kind" but is unable to help her.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
FRANCO FORCES
PRESS FORWARD
ON SANTANDER
Advance Slowly in
Three Columns

MADRID, Aug. Is GN.S).
Plunging Northern Spain into the
most deadly battle since the fall
of Bilbao, three Nationalist col
un1nS, closing in on Santander,
today continued their slow ad-
vance through hills honeycombed
with small forts.
Six important villages fell to
the Nationalist, it was admitted
in Madrid, as the army of Gen.
Francisco Franco struggled north
ward along the Reinosa highway.
Government forces in the battle
of Reinosa resisted desperately, :"
Madrid announced, and a heavy
toll was taken in lives on both
sides, yet Nationalist advices said
NationaliStS were within a mile Of
Reinosa. That places the main
and southern column 40 miles by
road from Santander.
A score of tanks preceded the
second column, fighting north
westward from Soncillo in a
thanking movement designed to
unite, the Soncillo and Reinosa
forces. Along the coast. from the
east. struggled a third army
based on Bilbao.
With yesterdays capture of
several villages around Candle
noss,y 500 officers, including the
government commander. were
captured by the Nationalist
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
FARMS
TOPIC At MEET

CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y, Aug. 16.
The plight of tenant farmers will
be the basis of a series Of lectures
today, tomorrow, Thursday and
Friday at the Institute of World
Missions at Chautauqua Institu-
ton, under the auspices Of the
Council of Women for Home Mis-
sions and the Foreign Mission
Conference Committee Of Wo.
mans Work.
The institute theme will be
Facing Facts and the Future
With Christ" The lectures on
tenant farmers will be given by
DR.. Arthur F. Raper, research Sec
rotary of the Interracial Commits
sion of the South. The theme Of
this series will be Forgotten
Folks"
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Surprise!
Divorced d Years.
. ~. ,WidOW Learns

CHICAGO, Aug ia woman
10 years old, who was married in
1887, filed suit in Superior court
to set aside divorce obtained by
her husband 43 years ago. The
action was taken that she might
share in his $4,000 estate.
She continued to live with him
for 16 years after the divorce and
never knew of it until after his
death last spring, according to the
These unusual circumstances
were set forth by Mrs. Maggie King
in The bill filed by Attorney Albert
j. SABBATH. Her husband, William
A. King, a veteran conductor on
the Chicago, Milwaukee. st. Paul
and Pacific railroad, died March %
inyNGtlwaukee, at the age Of "a.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
HIS VEGETARIAN.
Wife MURDERED
BY MEAT EATER
New Yorker ConfeSSeS
Hammer Staying

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 CC!TP.sJ.
Joseph Cortese. SO, and his wife,
Sarah, 20, disagreed widely on
one point. She was q vegetarian.
He believed meat was essential.
It was for that reason he killed
her yesterday.
Although he Is a musician, VIC
lin teacher and taxidermist, Cor
tese has been out Of work and on
relief for the past four months.
When he arose yesterday at their
Brooklyn apartment he picked up
q stone-mason'S hammer in the
kitchen. Then he went to the
bedroom, where his wife was
sleeping beside their 7.year-old
daughter, Antolnette. He frac-
tured his wife'S skull by several
blows with the hammer. She
never regained consciousness.
Cortese went to the nearby
home of a sister, Mrs. Frances
Bachman, and told what he had
done. Then he went to church
and confessed to priest. He was
on his way to a police precinct
station, he said, when two radio
patrolmen picked him up.
In a statement to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Herman Barshay
he said he had contemplated sui
eide but wanted to put his wife
out Of the way first because he
knew she wouldn't feed the chill.
dren properly after he was gone.
A suicide note was found in his
pocket, in which he asked his wife
to pray for my SOUL"
Another child, 10-month-old
Salvatore, was asleep in a crib in
the mothers bedroom when the
murder was committed. Two
others, Henry, 10, and Anthony,
9. are at a charity summer camp.
the location Of which CorteSe
didn't know.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Disappointing
Unused Cash Register
Burglars Loot

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 16.-Bur.
glars who removed the cash regis
ter from the store of H. w. Eagan
in Center Hill not only got an
empty machine, but one which
never had contained any money.
It was new.
The cash register was aban.
doned in the woods a mile from
the store, according to county po-
lice, who said it was found and
turned over to head siarters an
hour before the robbery was re-
ported.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Killed AS He Runs
To Pull Fire Alarm

NEW YORK, Aug. Is (C.TPS)
An efrand Of mercy was fatal to
Louis Boyatzis, SO, Of Washington
Heights.
One of six persons killed in week
end automobile accidents in and
near New York, he was struck as
he ran across the street to sound
fire alarm. Boyatzis was stand
ing in frnt of his restaurant when
he saw smoke issuing from an
partment building.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
WPA SPENDING

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 G.N.S).
A total of $409, 195,154 was spent
by the Works Progress Admins
tration in this city on projects
sponsored by city, State and Fed.
eral governments between August
/, 1885, and July /, 1887, WPA
officials disclosed today.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Hospitals Set Up
In HOngkOng Area

HONGKONG, Aug. 10 GNS).
Once gay bathrooms. cabarets and
hotels took on a grim appearance
today as workmen busily began
converting them into hospitals and
dormitories. Arrangements were
made to receive wounded who now
are being sped to this British pos
session by boat from Shanghai.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
Nationalist
TOrpedO Ship

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. IS
Q.NS0. - Ranging far from its
base, the Spanish nationalist sub
marine Cs3 today torpedoed and
sank the government Spanish
steamer Ciudad de Cadiz, accord
ing to, reports received here. All
members of the crew we're rescued
by the Russian steamer Varlam
AVAnesonl.
The Washington times., 1937-08-16
"Tiger" Treasurer
Succunbs at 70

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 GN.s).
Philip F. Donohue, treasurer Of
Tammany Hall for IS years, was
dead here today at rs. He was the
chief lieutenant Of the late Charles
= Murphy, head of the organiza-
ton,