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The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-04-16
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
(By J. 0. Bccles, gecreta " to Delegate Dimond)

are reported to have made a healthy growth in all instances. and a limi- ted number have been marketed.
 "The expansion of this potential industry in Alaska beyond it's pres ent successful experimental stage depends upons this modification oG existing law to permit the oyster growers to gain title to their crop.
 No additional appropriation of funds would be necessary if this proposed Legislation should be en- acted into law,
 Tt is recommended that this bill be reported favorably."
 Signed Frank T. Bell Commiss- ioner"
 The Delegate has requested Hon. S. o. Bland, chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine Fisheries, to arrange for hearings on the b.ll as soon as possible
 Look After Indians Money
 On March 31 Delegate Dimoud iu- troduced in the House of Reprcseu- tatives H. R. 6042, a bill to provide for the establishment of q trust fund in the Treasury of all moneys received by the Metlakatla Indians from leases or other contracts. the fund to bear interest at four per cent per year.
 Under existing law all moneys re ceived by the Metlakatla Community from the lease of the cannery sItu- ated at Metlakatla or under other contracts is depohited in the Treas ury of the United States and m or der to withdraw any of it it is nee essary that Congress include pro. vision therefor in an appropriation bill. Occasions arise when money is needed to meet some emergency and frequently the desired funds cannot be used because of the deiay in Congress in enacting the neces- sary appropriation. With the plaurg of the money in a trust fund 10 bear interest it will be possible to with draw any part of the trust fund for the needs of the Community without awaiting an Act of Congress.
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RADIO INTERFERENCE

Every now and then We read where Seattle or San Francisco or New York CT some other city is hay- ing a Police Dept. Clean-up"-- A Dope Ring Cleanup" - a "Trat- fife Violator Cleanup" We are happy to say Wrangell does not need one of these "clean-ups' But no one can disagree that we certain ly need a cleanup" of Radio h. terference".
 To many Wrangell residents the Radio is the only means of real en- joyment, and to all it is the only means of obtaining late news. We have no highways to go driving on; we have no tennis courts or play fields to use up our leisure time; there are very few activities put on
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Favorable report was made by the Department of Commerce on March 26 on the bill for protection of oys- ter culture in Alaska.
 The bill was introduced by Dele gate Dimond to encourage and pro teet the cultivation of oysters in the Territory for commercial pur- poses. Through an amendment to the Act for the protection of the fish cries of Alaska it would make pro vision That the Secretary of Com merce. in his discretion, and upon such terms and conditions as he may deem fair and reasonable, is hereby authorized 10 lease bottoms in Mas ka Territorial waters for bona tide oyster cultivation for commercial purposes.
 The text of the report made by the Commissioner of Fisheries, and coneurred in by Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Ernest c. Draper, and passed without objection by the Bu- read of the Budget is as follows:
 Lease UySIer bedS
 "The bill H. R. 1561, introduced by Delegate Dimond on January }, 1887, upon which report has been requested is identical in language with H. R. 12S71, introduced by Delegate Dimond in the Seventy fourth Congress. This bill would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to lease bottoms in the territorial waters of Alaska for bona-fide oys- ter cultivation for commercial pur- poses. Under existing fishery laws the granting of such exclusive fish cry right is expressly prohibited.
 oysters were first introduced in Alaskan waters in 1881, when about 49 bushels from Puget Sound were planted in the vicinity of Ketchi- kan. Since that time about 1,700,- GOO seed oysters have been planted in this region. and additional plant ings have been made in the Prince William Sound area. These oysters
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by our public school or clubs pr or ganiaztions for our entertainment and education. The only pleasure and education we can get would be listening to the radio. BUT we are deprived of that because of inter .ference-90 percent Of which is probably unnecessary.
 Where loes this interference come from? A large part of it is due 70 faulty transmission lines of our el- ectric light system. Much of it comes from careless electrical in stallation. A great deal is due to motors of all types on oil burners, mixers. razOrs, vacuum cleaners, Yi- orators, etc Light globes about to burn out, faulty switches and con nections and many other small things can cause lot of radio inter terence.
 Every once in awhile some citizen makes enough of a kick so that something is done to remedy the sit uation-howeyer not for long. Like a great many other things in town
 "a good start is made and the end is a good flop"
 Just the other night we sat down endeavoring to hear news - and when we realize that the radio is our only source of late news we know how annoying it is not to be able to hear it. News was coming in fine when BZZZZZZZZZ a noise tore through the set. We turned the radio down low expecting the noise to abate or stop-which it did-28 minutes later!
 True, if we stay up till midnight the radio reception begins to come in fine-but many working people who have to be at their labors early in the morning are in bed at that time. Also, the good NEG and CBS nationwide programs are off the air by then.
 The town has had noise deteC- tor" out for many weeks and has stopped much of the radio interfer- ence. There is a lot of work still to be done. We, as radio listeners can help tremendously by seeing that our electrical euipment IS in good order and that our motors are filtered So they will not interfere with radio reception.
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'REDERICK'S Permanent Way complete $5. Christine Hurley Phone 77.
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THANKS, sHRINERs!

Seldom does Wrangell nave the opportunity of enjoying such a mus ical treat as the Shriners Band ot Ketehikan gave us last Saturday evening. We had been anticipating the Bands arrival for several weeks but we hardly expected such fin ished" and professional program from a group of amateurs who con sider the Band as a hobby.
 There was never a moment of nes- itancy in he entire program-eYely number was played with confidence and enthusiasiasm that were a pleasure to both see and hear. The solo parts were capably rendered and with such ease that there was never a chance for the audience to feel "On edge" or worried for tear there would be a sour note a miscue.
 Besides enjoying the Band for just the musical pleasure it brought to the listeners, it was really in spirational to watch men and boys playing together, shoulder to should CT, and to know the feeling of eom- radeship that must exist in such an organization. Could there possibly be a better influence than the sense of cooperation between the keteh- ikan Business men of the present and those of the future?
 Working together in such per feet harmony is not thing that "just happens" It takes weeks and months of practise-and when We consider the members of the Band are doctors, dentists, merchants, pro- fessors and students-aIl men who put in long hours every day on their own particular vacations - We should more thoroughly appreciate the way they spend their leisure D time making the Ketchikan Shrine Band the splendid organization that it is.
 We take our hats off to Dr. El- lis-a busy man who spill finds time to eapably conduct and play in a Band which we feel perfectly safe in saying is the finest Band in Alaska"
 We hope that the Ketcnikan Shriners enjoyed their visit in our city and that they'll consider this just the first of what we'd like to call an ANNUAL Good Will Trip to Wrangell.
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GETTING TOGETHER ON ALASKA
 INFORMATION

While agreements are being reached in the sitdown strikes, Charles w. HawkeswOrth, well known Alaskan, suggests a plan of agreements for Alaskans which is well worth while considering. The Indian Bureau official suggests we get together on our facts and our falsehoods SO we can sell Alaska in telligently to the travelling public.
 If we must tell whoppers, let's make them coincide, says MT. Hawkesworth, so the tourist won't be baffled with 16 different yer sions of the same story and when he gets back home coin a 17th version for consumption among his friends in the States.
 It strikes us as a laudable sug gestion. Every one of us should make ourselves a salesman of Alas ka. To sell our product, we should be we'll informed on the Territory: at least reasonably posted on the questions which we know tourists are sure to ask. The cab driver, who takes the tourist around to see the sights; the hotel clerk, where the tourist eats; yes, and the waterfront reporter who chronicles their com ings and goings, should be armed with essential information about All aska. They need not be equipped as an Alaskan historian, but working knowledge by the people who come in direct contact with the tourist
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ADS

MAGAZINE Subscription orders taken at lowest prices obtainable Joel Wing. Phone 82.
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Now, it seems. workers start at the bottom of. the ladder and sit down.
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 the bottom of. the ladder and sit down.
 What Europe needs is a permanent sit-down strike for standing armies. St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 Very few Americans who believe in communism are moving to Rus sia. How Come? Atchison Globe.
 For hiccoughs, which he has had nearly a month, a Newark N. J. man drinks champagne. which seems to set up some kind of a vicious circle-Alaska Daily Press.
 Explorers in Colorado say ele- plants once roamed the United States. That was before Farley be- came Democratic national chair man.
 European Peace - Time out de- voted to establishing credit in Am erica. Chicago Tribune.
 Packing a court is nothing new. There was, for instance, the Haupt- mann trial.
 The mind is like the stomach, It is not how much you put into it that counts but how much it digests. Albert Fay Mock.
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What Europe needs is a permanent sit-down strike for standing armies St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Very few Americans who believe in communism are moving to Rus sia. How Come? Atchison Globe.
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'OR SALE-The Andrew Palmer Boat Building and Repair shop. it's curtilage, approaches, way docks and entire equipment of en- zines, hoists, machinery, tools. furniture, and stock. H. B. Le FeYre, administrator. Box l4G4. Juneau.
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may well go further toward sell ing the traveller on Alaska than the elaborate data the historian may take longer to give.
 The Territorial Chamber of Com meree has jut gotten out a pocket folder giving a world of information about Alaska which is now avail able. A casual study of this little booklet will equip any one to ans wer the average questions. That s one way to get together on our in- formation.
 Of course, we agree, that it is the civic duty of every Alaskan to add a few bear-story trimmings. but let's make 'em sound genuine.
 The Alaska Daily Empire.
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TOR sALE--4-room house situated between 2nd and 3rd mile posts on Shoemaker Bay Road, construe- red by C. c. Rulaford. 3.6S acres land. garage and Chevrolet Truck, all for S550.00. See 0. R. Keeney
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rent by year Cart ley home. six rooms and bath. oil burning furnace and kitchen range; fireplace in dining room basement garage See Mrs. May Gartley.
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QUART Permanent wave, all hair dressing services by appointmen5 evenings, Fri. afternoons. Effle NJ BroWnson. Phone 111R3.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
Separate Cremati0ns Planned
For 2 Women, Despite Request

Miss Lawrence, 28-revealed their de-
termination to die because they feared
they would be separated and that their
art-both were students of dramatic
art-would be crushed.
The young women had known each
other for two years and had lived in
the Lamont street home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Weadon for year. Miss
Lawrence worked in the Patent Off1ce
and Mrs. Courtenay was a secretary to
Dr. Joseph Elward, 1925 street.
Miss Courtenay same to washington
from Minneapolis at an early age and
attended the National Cathedral
School for Girls. She was the grand
daughter of the late Rev. DR.. Charles
Courtenay, author of the best seller,
1.-THE Art Of Growing Old Gracefully" )"
who at one time was vicar Of st. Peters
at Tunbridge Wells, England. Her
mother, Mrs. Edith K. Courtenay, lives
at Glenside, Pa.
Miss Lawrence Is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Law
renee, Bethesda, Md. and three BROTH
ers. Dudley. Lester and Randolph, all
of WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
HAZEN DEMANDS
TRAFFIC CLEARANCE
Orders Strict Enforcement of Law
Giving Right Of Way to
Fire Apparatus.

Strict enforcement Of traffic laws
requiring motorists to give fire appar-
atus the right-of was demanded
by Commissioner Hazen today in a
letter calling the attention of Police
Supt Ernest w. Brown to several
recent accidents in which firemer
were injured.
Maj Brown, in an order to pre-
cinct commanders, emphasized that
regulations direct motorists to drive
to the curb and stop when they hear
the sirens of emergency vehicles.
"You will direct members OF your
command strictly to enforce these
regulations" Maj. Brown directed.
At the request of Commissioner
Hazen, Mai. Brown ordered that
whenever possible q scout car should
accompany fire apparatus on emer-
gency runs to clear the streets and
arrest motorists who fail to heed the
warning siren.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
HOPKINS WILL GET
W. P. A. UNION PLEf
Members to Protest Dismissal!
Ask That Congress Spend
More to Continue Jobs.

A delegation of w. P. A. union
members from half 2 dozen cities Will
go before Administrator Harry J.,
Hopkins Tuesday at 3 pm. TO plead
for broader concept" of the W. P.
A. program.
Administrative and research workers
met last night at the Willard Hotel
to protest dismissal of some of their
fellow workers and map a program
Of demands for presentation to Hop
kins. Union members represented
Washington, Chicago, Cleveland, Den
yer, Seattle and San Francisco.
They will urge: Full continuance
OF w. P. A. to be financed by a de-
ficiency appropriation: expansion OF
research necessary for the proper plan.
ming of relief program: extension OF
civil service status to all w. P. A
administrative and research employees,
and establishment of white collaI
projects sufficient to absorb those still
unemployed at regular civil service
pay
The meeting last night urged q
census of the unemployed and sug'
gested that 'for this work all dis.
missed administrative and research
workers should be reinstated at once
Representative VoorhiS, Democrat
of California was one of the speakers
Others included Eli Oliver, executive
vice president of Labor's Non-Partisar
League; Willis Morgan of New YORK
president of the City Projects Council
and Walter S, Polakov, who Wrot'
The Power Ago
Evening star., 1937-04-03
Woman Wounded
With Lost Weapon
Of Col. Goddard
Ballistics Expert Had
Searched for Reroluer
Orer a Week.

The loaded revolver for which Col.
Calvin Goddard, well-known ballistics
expert, had been searching for during
the last few days in his home at 1888
Quebec street was found yesterday
after Miss Beatrice Burba, %, of 1918
Madison street, shot herself through
the hand with the weapon.
Col. Goddard said the .25-caliber
revolver, the only loaded gun in his
collection of more than 500 weapons,
vanished from under a couch pillow
about week ago.
Miss Burba had called at Goddard's S
home to examine his collection, ex-
planning that her f1ance in Boston was
an arms collector and she was anxious
to find unique gun for him.
II left the room for a moment and
heard a shot and knew the young
woman had found the 'lost" revolver,
Col Goddard said. 1T was almost
uncanny how she happened to pick
up that gun out of the several hundred
unloaded ones"
Miss Burba was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital and returned home.
The wound was NJ serious.
Evening star., 1937-04-03

The poignant last request Of
Dorothy A. Lawrence and Adrienne
Courtenay, who 6ied in each others
arms in suicide pact in their gas
filed apartment at 1851 Lamont
street, that their bodies be cremated
together and the ashes "comingled"
and scattered at sea, will not be full
filled.
Private funeral services for the
young women, who apparently died
Tuesday night, but whose bodies were
not discovered until yesterday, were
to be held this afternoon at / o'clock
in the Crematorium at Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
In accordance with the wishes OF
the family of Miss Lawrence, however,
the cremations will be conducted
separately. Final disposition Of the
ashes has not been decided, but Lester
Lawrence, ia Longfellow street,
brother of Miss LaWrece, said:
'You can rest assured there will
be no comingling Of the ashes"
In their farewell note, the young
women-Miy Courtenay was ~ and
Evening star., 1937-04-03
Nuts to Compete
With BIuebIOOdS in
Dog Show Today
Hittenmark viii Hold
NOreI Contest at Syl-
ran Thenter.

Nuts, as well as thoroughbreds, will
have chance to take prizes in a
unique dog show to be held today at
Sylvan Theater on the Monument
Grounds by Gordon Hittenmark,
Station WRC's "time-keeper
Hittenmark is going to depart from
the usual rules and give all entries
q break by handing out prizes
to the best looking dog, the largest,
the smallest, the cutest and the best
trickster.
Entries closed at IL O'Clock this
morning. The program includes a
parade and judging during the early
afternoon.
Each dog entered will be given
a certificate Of membership in the
"air-way kennel club" which Hit
tenmark has been promoting on his
early morning programs.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
HOEPPELS' PAROLE
TESTIMONY STUDIED
Board Considers Data Presented
by Father and Son at
Hearing.

The Parole Board today was con-
sidering testimony heard yesterday
afternoon on the applications of
former Representative John H. Hoop
pei of California and his son, Charles,
for parole from the District Work.
house at Occoquan, Va.
The two have completed four
months of their sentences of from
four to twelve months for conspiracy
to sell an appointment to West Point.
They are now eligible for parole and
are said to have good records as
prisoners.
The Board of Intermediate Sen
tence and Parole heard the former
Representative and his son along with
"a other prisoners who are eligible
for parole.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
DRIVER WHO FOLLOWED
POLICE AUTO is FREED

Two eleventh precinct policemen
who charged motorist with speed
ing because he kept pace with them
in the rear as they answered an
emergency call failed to make their
case in Police Court yesterday
After questioning the officers closely
Judge John P. Mcmahon dismissed
the charge against Malcolm G. Kee
Of 466 K street when he testified ne
did not notice his speed, thinking
the police car was merely cruising"
The policemen, Ralph Stoner and
c. E. Ripperger, testified Kee attained
a speed of 40 miles an hour in trail
ing them as they headed for the
station house in response to a report
at once" call.
In dismissing the case Judge Nc
Mahon declared: IF you were speed
ing in answer to an emergency call,
your siren should have been blowing
The officers said it was not. /
Evening star., 1937-04-03

Later Mrs Eva Doyle, friend, of
1106 o street southeast, said that, If
necessary, she would go around the
neighborhood-like I did one time Il
years ago-and take up a collection to
get the money to bury Mr.. Butts
Mrs. Butts is penniless, Rosa and
Elmer are half-clothed and often
hungry, and relief authorities say they
are unable to contribute more 20 then
aid.
Funeral arrangements are being
held up. awaiting Mrs. Butts efforts
to provide burial for her husband.
While their mother was away today
Rosa and Elmer were in charge OF
Mrs. Nellie Ley. 708 G street south
east. a relative of Mrs. Butts by mar
riage.
Mrs. Ley said Rosa and Elmer
hadn't been fed this morning-it was
then two or three hours after. the
regular breakfast hour She planned
to take them over to sister of Mrs
Butts, Mrs Nora Grant, for something
to eat.
According to Mrs. Ley, Mrs. Butts
parents, who live in Martinsburg, w
Va. are almost as penniless" as the
widowed mother.
The place where Mrs Butts and hel
children now live consists of a rather
barren bed room, with double bed
and a day bed, and small kitchen
The mother has managed to keep the
family together for the past month
Her husband, when he was well. die
not work regularly for the w. P, A
and had gone back on the job only 6
week before he was burned fatally
after layoff on account of th'
weather. He was a laborer.
Evening star., 1937-04-03
Collins Battles Smilingly
To Cire District ''New Deal''
''Pilot' OF d. G. Bill
Takes Defeat and Vic-
tory With Grace.

Efforts of Representative Collins,
Democrat of Mississippi, to give Wash
ington new deal" are about over
for the present year.
AS chairman of the subcommittee
on appropriations which framed the
1888 District supply bill, he has just
finished plotting the measure through
the House. That job was easy, how
ever, in comparison with the work
he did behind closed doors of a COM
mittee room, conducting hearings and
Whipping the bill into shape for
presentation to the House.
Collins took the chairmanship Of
the District appropriations subcom-
mittee when the new Congress con-
vened because no other member who
was eligible wanted it. Neither did
Collins seek the assignment He re-
garded it as worse than the itch,
but he took it anyhow with a promise
to give the District a new deal"
Failed to Satisfy Everybody.
Whether the bill he prepared rep
resented a new deal" depends, of
course on the point of view. Natur-
ally, civic organizations did not get
everything they asked in the way of
mprovements-not because Collins
did not regard them as essential prl-
marily, but because there would De
no funds to finance them And some
of the things he did, were not met
with approval in all quarters. But
whatever he did, Collins firmly be-
lieves he was acting in the best in
terests of the District.
To Collins can go much of the
credit for scrapping the Jacob fiscal
relations plan which proposed rev.
olutionary scheme for determining the
extent the Federal Government should
share in the expense of the District.
Though aided by his colleagues on
the subcommittee, especially Repre-
sentative Engel. Republican of Mich
igan, it was Collins who first saw
the unworkabili of the Jacobs for
mula, and went to work to have it
scrapped.
Smiling Battler.
A placid mild-mannered gentle
man of the Deep South, Collins is not
easy to anger. He smiles even at ad-
versity.
Perhaps the best illustration of his
temperament was his reaction in the
House yesterday as members of the
District Legislative Committee at
tempted to riddle his appropriation
bill because they thought it usurped
their authority and prerogatives to
dictate the Districts legislative needs.
Collins fought the efforts to eliml-
nate some of the legislative provisions
when he believed removal would
.eopardize Improvements and reforms
that would make the District better
place in which to live or to save tax
payers a few dollars.
Each time he battled, however, he
finished smiling. Frequently, between
skirmishes, he would exchange pleas