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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Earth today Military training will become of concern to young men throughout the coming summer. This is a favorable evening for entertaining distinguished men and those of the legal pro- 'fession Men learned in the law are to receive signal honors.
 Women now come under sway which encourages their enrolment in peace movements of many sorts. Those who have won prominence will devote their energies and in- fluence to prevent future wars.
 Persons whose birtlldate it is have the augury of a year of ex- tensive work with corresponding re- turns. Money will be forthcoming through more than one channel.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be physically strong and exceedingly active mentally. Sub jects of this sign of Gemini have comprehensive in>,rests.
 Harry Emerson Fosdick, teacher, writer and clergyman was born on this day 1878. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Richard Mansfield, actor, 1857; Ar thur Wing Pinero, English dramat- ist, 1855; Queen Victoria, ruler of tfe British Empire, 1919.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeP'
SUNDAY. MAY 23, 1937

Adverse planetary aspects rule to- day, according to astrology. The stars encourage introspection and depression. Church should be es- pecially beneficial while this rule prevails.
 Un der this configuration tn e world may appear in drab hues and there may be deep concern about world affairs and our own in ternational relations.
 Trade and commerce are to cause diplomatic problems. Plots to dodge laws meant to protect the people will be numerous.
 Although ships are subject to a planetary direction which is fla vorable and the navy should bene- fit through activity, this is not an suspicious day for ocean. travellers.
 Summer tours are to meet with obstacles which may be serious, but many Americans will be called abroad for service in surgery, nurs- ing and chemical research.
 Girls should be careful in letter writing today Thee may be an urge to become too confidential with friends of both sexes.
 This is fortunate influence for students who are to be graduated +l,;r ,,aor Tho cforc f,rornica aycit ing and dramatic experiences for many.
 Improvements in radio will be of great importance to European pow CTS. Like the airplane it will be greater factor in future wars. Sec ret inventions now are to be care fully guarded.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of new oppor- tunities, sudden journeys and new anxieties, but the ultimate result should be fortunate.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be of extraordinary men tality and personality. Subjects of this sign of Gemini have extreme confidence in themselves and may inspire reverence in others.
 Henry w. Reyes, United States Senator, was born on this day 1883. Others who have celebrated it as a birt h day include Edgar James Banks, archeologist, 1866; Henry M. Teller, statesman, 1880; James Buchanan Eads, civil engineer, 1920
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
RAISING TEACHERS SALARIES

The City Council at it's meeting last night ap proved the Juneau School Board budget for the coming school year calling tor slight increase in teachers salaries For the most part it doesn't call for much of an increase about $6o per for each teacher but it is a step in the right direction and followed up from year to year, as School Director Grover C. Vim assured the Council last night could be expected eventually teachers salaries will be brought up to a respectable level.
 The person is nowadays who doesn't concede that education is the individuals most valuable pos session If such not the case our grade schools high schools colleges and universities would not be filled to overfowing they are. Sending Junior to college is longer mark of distinction It is the usual thing Still, while value education So highly we continue to pay our teachers, not alone in Juneau but throughout the country salaries which compare with those paid for common labor and far below the wages paid the average skilled workman.
 During the last school term according to the bud get presented the City Council last night there were ten teachers the schools getting the grand and handsome salary of $500 per year. There's better living in being dog catcher, and the latter doesn't require degree from some college uni versity.
 Next term these salaries going to be raised to l56O providing the Commissioner of Education finds his appropriations sufficient to the ln- creases, and it is assumed they based on that premise, few others will go higher, but none high enough yet for what expect from the average school teacher who is required to spend at least eight years after leaving grade school equippng him or herself for the profession of teaching
 The start made by the School Board with the approval of the Council in raising salaries is req sonabe and constructive action which should be fol- lowed up from year to year until teachers salaries get up into the decent living bracket. Most of us will admit that the school teacher is entitled to just as much of the abundant life as the chap who works on the end of No shovel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
MONDAY, MAY 24, 1887

Benefic aspects dominate today, according to astrology. Adverse in fluences also are active on a date of promis se to business and the learned professions.
 Despite efforts to undermine their popularity and power this should be lucky day for men in public service.
 Reliance on strong leadership will be increasingly necessary as the year progresses and international problems become more complex and more difficult.
 This is an suspicious sway for the launching of big constructive enterprises and seems to presage great interest in the building of warships and airplanes.
 Trade will bring large profits to American merchants and manufac- turers, but there will be grave necessity back of intensive export ing and importing.
 Mars will frown upon the planet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
ALASKA'S COMMUNICATION
 ADVANCES

Airplanes have brought Alaska within hours of the States It is probable that the not far distant future will see commercial air line lines operat- ing between the Territory and Seattle While strides are being made forward in transportation, commun- cation service also is forging ahead.
 An exclusive report in The Empire of last eve- ming reveals that shortly commercial radio telephone communication will be established between Juneau and Seattle That that the long distance tele-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

o. What is the customary length of an engagement?
 A. While this depends entirely upon the plans of the man and the glrl, six months is usually the max imum.
 @. When two men and two girls enter a public dining room. in what order should they proceed to their table?
 A. The girls should follow the head waiter, and the two men follow the girls.
 o. Is there any instance where an introduction is obligatory?
 A. Yes, when two persons ex- press desire to meet each other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

phone service now universal over the States and to foreign countries will be available to Aaskans.
 It is a significant step forward. It reveals the advance the Territory making away from isolation We becoming an important unit in the world communication and transportation progress. Alaska is definitely Pan- Americans projected round- the world aviation route Transportation and com munication go hand in hand Each must necessarily keep abreast of the other. That they are keeping abreast to the benefit of Alaskans, is indicated in the report of yesterday telling of the telephone communication with the States
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. C. Gordon

l. How fast does baseball travel when delivered by the average pitch CT?
 2. What is the hardest substance in the human body? 3. Who is Secretary of the Treas ury of the U. S.?
 4. Which was the first state to grant full suffrage to women? 5. How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?
 ANSWERS 1. 9 feet a second, or slightly more than 2 miles minute. 2. The enamel of the teeth. 3. Henry Morgenthau. f. Wyoming
 5. Fifty-six.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

son who had been born at St. Ann's Hospital.
 Meagre details of the finding of the stolen gold brick at Chichagoff had been received in Juneau. It was reported that William Freeburn, su- perintendent of the mine, and I. MacCumber, bookkeeper, had found the brick at place where a large snow bank was located near a dirt bank, approximately a mile from where the gold was believed to have been stolen.
 Sidney D.. Charles had returned from locating a homestead in the Taku River Valley, and reported that among those already having farms there were Ben Bullard,. John Johnson, G. B. Morgan, Clay Win tersham, B. H. Littell, Harry Dierk, A. H. Thebus, Oscar Ehrling and Charles Hilty.
 The Treadwell Club was to give the last of the seasons dances in the Labor Union Hall, completing social events until the fall.
 Miss Mary Mclaughlin and George L. Swarva had been married quiet ly at morning mass in the Catholic church by Bishop J. R. Crimont. Miss Celia Mclaughlin, sister of the bride, had acted as bridesmaid. and J. E. Malioy, her cousin, as best man.
 Word had been received that Mrs w. A. Holzheimer and daughter, Miss Katherine, who had spent the winter in Seattle, had joined MT. Holzheimer in Kefchikan
 M. H. Sides, of the customs office, had left for the south to visit in Seattle.
 George E. Nelson and Eugene Nell son, who had been attending the University of Washington were to return to Juneau aboard the Spo- kane.
 Road work in this section was reported to be going rapidly ahead and highways were being put in excellent condition under the direc- tion of J. C. Hayes, superintendent of roads
 In answer to hundreds of letters which had been received by the Army and Navy Departments, an- nouncment had been made that there would be no evasion of the conscription draft. The announce ment was made by the Judge Ad- svocate General who stated that all those between the ages of 21 and 30 would be required to register and that evaders would be punished. A German submarine had been reported off the coast of Maine, following which report vigorous pa- trol was instituted.
 Temperature in Juneau ranged from 40 to A degrees. The day was cloudy
 SEE TRIMMER FIRST For all kinds Of feed, also fertilizer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

A Negro truck operator informed that he could not get his money until he had submitted an itemized statement for a certain hauling job. After much medita'io he scrubbed the following bill Three comes and three goes at four bits went S3"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any bills contracted by anyone other than myself. Dated May 20, 1857 Ralph J. Effner. adv.-24
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Reports indicate Italy and Germany are tired of fighting over Spain Probably looking for bigger game
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Our idea of poor place to have st-down strike is down in a coal mine where they can block up the hole
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Harry Hopkins says Americans like to work. Well
 now Harry, we're American and we like to fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Ralph De Palma, winner of the l9lo lndianapohs classic rates the greatest automobile driver Of all time. Such is the opinion of T '. tPopl 1yers general manager of the track and q ve.er2H os tne game since 1910 who selected the 10 s.1ate3t suto pilcts of the past quarter century in Unite s'aes Lou Meyer only three time winner & .''' 7af; YVES accorded second and TcI.....y A--.--.4. s---t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

there in 1921 and 1923 was ranked third Others selected named in the order of their rank included Jimmy Murphy Frank Locilhart. Rex Mays, Bill C4n,rla2s Dario Restas. Jules Goux and Harry ta.s. Of these, Meyer. Cummings and Rex Mays are slated to be there trying for new laurels
 nsn tie lc37 edition is staged at the famous tsacE. Nay 31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
H A P P - --B I R T H D A Y

The Empire ertendS congratula- ions and best a0ishes today, thei, 'irthday anniperSary, to the tolleao- ng:
 MAY g
 Mary Metcalf
 Ed T. Williams Patricia Gullufsen
 Dora Traffers H. R. VanderLeest
 MAY 23 Lew w. Williams Dolly Loftsman Cecilia Crawford T, D. Mitchell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

SEE TRIMMER FIRST For all kinds Of feed, also fertilizer. Phone IA. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

Temperature in Juneau ranged from 40 to A degrees. The day was cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
20 Years Ago
 From The Empire
MAY g, 1887.

Otto Stewart mad arrived in Ju- neau from Eagle River to see his son who had been born at St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22

A German submarine had been reported off the coast of Maine, following which report vigorous pa- trol was instituted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
American Republic

Perhaps Ambassador Dodd, American representative in Berlin, was unduly eX- cited when he wrote to Senator Bulkley of the unnamed millionaire who was ready to establish dictatorship in this country. The resulting furry has resulted in the ambassador hedging little. He insists, however, that "three well-informed Amer jeans" talked to him in 1885 and 1886 about certain powerful men who were thinking of dictatorship"
 Many Americans, no doubt, both power full and otherwise, have thought about dictatorship since Russia, Italy and Ger many set the styles for one-man govern ment. Anybody can think about dicta- torship. But the chances are that any body of importance who ever thought favorably of centralized, one-man govern ment in this country has soon thought again, realizing the absurdity of it.
 Intelligent Americans have mostly seen, quickly enough, the 'catches" in foreign Relationships. The more we see of them, the less we like them. Besides, you don't get Relationships in country where every man feels that he's running the govern ment, or has right to say how it shall be run. There can't be dictatorship where everybody insists on dictating at once, and where, as soon as anybody starts acting dictatorial, several million people jerk the chair out from under him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
Wars Anniversaries

Two anniversaries in which the world should have been vastly interested passed by on the same day recently With little more than the curSory blessing of way back when" newspaper story. one marked the 23d year since June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinands as- sassination at Seraievo struck the spark that ignited the World War. The other was the 18th birthday of the Treaty ot Versailles, which officially designated the end of that great war.
 No enthusiastic celebrations, no wild fluttering of standards or hoarsely cheering crowds marked these anniver- saries as milestones which the world wished to perpetuate. But, aside from the mystic oddity that they both came on the same day of the same month, they remain significant in the practical study of the cause and effect of war.
 Consider how the circumstances Of the Serajevo murder and the subsequent re- prisals parallel events in Europe today. In 1914, Austria felt that it had to avenge the Archdukes death, so it waged war on Serbio, a tiny neighbor. Today, Ger man warShip is bombed in Spanish wat CTS, and Hitler soothes national "honor" by shelling Spain's helpless Almeria.
 In 1914, the disturbance was localized until AuStria's appeals brought two mighty sets of nations automatically to grips in senseleSs death struggle. Today. similar alignments are being called on to support dictatorial adventures, as in China, Ethiopia, and Spain, and the exact date of the next vast upheaval seems to depend only upon how far national "honor" can be stretched before 1t cracks. The peculiar relation between the arch dukes assassination and the Treaty ot Versailles is that the treaty, however Realistically conceived, actually perpet- uated the germ of war.
 It created a group of winners and a group of losers. And then it sought to keep them on that basis - permanently, if possible. Germany, which lost the war, and Italy, which felt that it was cheated of its share of the war spells, illustrate how the sullen dissatisfaction of being loser has swung the tide again toward conflict. So, in fact, properly there should not be any ebullient clamor over the ghost of Serajevo or the wizened form of the Treaty of Versailles. Both are monuments to the fallacy that might is right, and their value will lie alone in their example of what nations ought not to do.
 No petty points of moralizing are in- volved. These are realistic warnings. And they are just as much for America as for Europe, because the pendulum is swinging back heavily toward gigantic conflict of arms. It may not be long before one set of "allies" or the other again trumpets the transatlantic call for help-"in the name of humanity" And when that time comes, the United States should be listening wisely, but not too well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
Aboriginal Americans Grand Council of Six Nations Has Assembly,
 Once Bore Name of Iroquois.
NEW YORK TIMES

tree. Thus shall all Great Peace
 be established and hostilities no
 longer be known between the
 Five Nations but only peace to
 a united people.
 When the proposition to estab- fish the Great Peace was made to a foreign nation 1t was to be done "in mutual council.' The nation was to be persuaded "by reason and urged to come into the Great Peace" This effort was to be con- tinued through three councils, but if the foreign nation did not then yield to persuasion and reason, then and only then was there to be an emergency war" of compulsion.
 As to their government, the civil chiefs were nominated by certain noble women" but the nominations were confirmed by popular councils of both men and women. It was given to women not only to nomi- nate rulers but to depose them for incompetency in office. And as to changes in the Great Binding Law, the Constitution, if conditions aris- ing at any future time call for amendment, the case shall be care- fully considered" the proposed change shall be voted upon and if adopted shall be called Added to the Rafters'."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08

We never realized that dust consti- tuted one of the greatest of traffic haz- ards, but down on Uncle San's records it takes its place high up on the list of contributing cause to accidents and motor law violations. And as a result Uncle Sam's scientists and experimenters are hard at work discovering ways and means of combating dust They think that use of salt along roads may prove of some assistance. In some places where it was tried it has proved successful and also cheaper than other treatments for road surfaces. There is quite knack to building salt-topped roads. You don't just sprinkle the salt on it. A regular foundation and surface has to be prepared and in the final dressing the salt is mixed approximately with crushed rock and clay. The roads thus built have packed harder and maintained moisture without becoming slippery. Oil and calcium chlor- idle are both declared to be more expensive and not as lasting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08

with pomp and parades, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward foreevermore."
 e. How are United States silver certificates secured?
 A. The Treasury holds as secur- ity against silver certificates out- standing, silver in bullion and stand ard silver dollars of . monetary value equal to the face amount of such silver certificates.
 c. What is the address of Mar garet Sanger, the birth control ad- vocate?
 ton, D. c.
 c. Is elementary instruction conn pulsory in Palestine7 What is the percentage of literacy?
 A. It has been officially esti. mated that 86i Jews, IA Moslenis. and 577 Christians, out of every 1000 of each who are over 2 years of age are literate. Elementary in- struction is not compulsory, but a free public school system is being extended by the government.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08
Drawing to Climax

The appointment of a commission to sign the flood compact this week IS another notable step toward complete flood control in the Connecticut River valley. Governor Wilbur L. Cross has named Attorney General Edward Daly, General Sanford H. Wadhams of the State Water Commission, and James A. Newlands of Hartford to participate in the gathering at which four states - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire - will affiX official Signatures to a document which should mean much to the future welfare and progress of all concerned.
 We are glad to see that Connecticut has not let this matter slip. It would have been an easy matter at this session of the Legislature for the flood control pact to have been buried under a pile of partiSan legislation or forgotten entirely. That it was not proved there were off cials present at Hartford throughout the legislative session determined and pos sessed of the facts necessary to secure Endorsement of the present plan of pro- viding flood control in the Connecticut River valley.
 While Connecticut together with Mas eachusetts bears the burden of the cost Of flood control, as now proposed by U. $. Army engineers, it will derive benefits in proportion. After all the Connecticut River crosses this state from north to south in an almost direct line. It drains an important area of the state. It passes right through our capital city. We can't afford to take any more chances or to Eapend upon nature to be lenient in the natter of flood waters. Conditions being es they are - forests being denuded and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-08

There assembled yesterday for the first time since pre-Revolutionary days the Grand Council of the Six Nations that together bore the name 1roquois. When Chateau briand visited the Mohawk Valley he found that they called them selves the Men of Always" A re- cent anthropologist has confirmed this in discovering that the true name of these Indians in general meant "The Indestructible People" living in a land whose name, mean ing "The Isle of Eternal Plenty" suggested the awareness of waters encircling them. And they also called themselves the original Men" Before the Declaration of Independence the Five Nations, who later became Six Nations, were in- dependent bodies having no politi- calcoherence. Long before the Con- stitution of the United States was adopted by the several states the Five Nations had framed the Great Immutable Law" the Con- stitution of the Five Nations, and mitted 1t to remembering strands of wampump - records as precious to them as are to us the documents which were exhibited yesterday in Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
 The Constitution of the Five Na- tions Sometimes referred to as a League of Nations to Enforce Peace) was declared by one who is described as the great culture hero and founder of the civic system, Dekanawideh, the lawgiver of the Stone Age. The picturesque pream- ble as published in the New York State Museum Bulletin in 1916 contains this article:
 I, Dekanawideh, and the con-
 federate lords now uproot the
 tallest pine tree and into the
 cavity thereby made we cast all
 weapons of war. Into the depths
 of the earth, down into the
 deep underearth currents of
 water flowing into unknown
 regions, we cast all weapons of
 strife. We bury them from sight
 forever and plant again the