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NOTICE TO PAT SCHOOL TAX

All male persons between the ages |of 21 and 50 years, who are not sailors in the United States Navy Tor Revenue Cutter Service. volun- |teer firemen, paupers or insane per- sons, are required to pay an annual School Tax of $5.
 This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in April and shall be paid before May l, providing you are in the Territory on said first date; if not, the tax is due within 30 days after your arrival in Alaska or within 10 days after written or oral demand is made upon you by the School Tax Collector. Taxes not paid in accordance with the fore going requirements shall become de- linquent and each person delin- quent shall be subject to a fine Of $2..
 All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax, are subject to fine of $25 or im- prisonment in jail for a period of one month.
 A. w. HENNING, City Clerk,
 School Tax Collector adv. for Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-20
THE FINANCIAL PICTURE

The fear of a runaway market such as caused havoc the late POS is. being expressed in many fin ancal these days experts watch their graphs and charts to determine the facts in the national picture The April review of the National City Bank of New York points out that at the present time there is heavy back log of thrilled orders and that manufacturing payrolls almost back to the 1929 level
 Tt is hardly deniabe that the conditions now ex- istng in many markets are those which are more likely to appear toward the end than near the be- ginning of upward movement" the review states. "AI business upswings run too fast at times Specu-
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Fl "A P P -
 -B I R I Fl D "A Y

The Empire ertends congrutula- lion, and best t3tshes today, their birthday anniuersary. to the tollo,o- ing:
 APPRIL 20. Judge George F. Alexander
 E. L. Bartlett
 Elizabeth Fransen
 Callow Rutherford
 Dorothea Reymuth
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MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

F Q. Is it poor form to use the expression Cents?
 A. Yes, it is very poor form. It is no more correct than "Lades would be for ladies.
 Q. Should hostess always rise when a guest is leaving, as well as arriving?
 A. Yes, always, and whether the guest be a man or woman. It is exceedingly discourteous if she does not.
 O. Please mention about six of the most common forms of rude ness for either a husband or a wife to be guilty of; when the other is entertaining friends in the home. { A.. Refuse to talk, refuse to smile, appear bored, fall asleep, leave the room abruptly, sit and read.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-20

Scientist says bones have been found in Alaska mines which show evidence of having been scorched in cooking by prehistoric men, Even then men couldn't cook without burning something.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-20
LOOK Mld LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

l. How frequent is there an ac- cidental death in the United States?
 2. Who was known of the Ora tor of the Revolution?
 3. What well-known baby bird eats about three times its own weight in worms, every "A hours? 4 What are the approximate of the stomach? 5. What is the most populated city of Canada?
 ANSWERS
 1. Statistics of recent year gave one accidental death every six min utes.
 2. Patrick Henry.
 8 The young robin. 4 About IA inches long and 5 inches wide.
 g. Montreal
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LEGION AUXILIARY

Special meeting Tuesday, April 20, .8 pm. Bring your donations for the Hope Chest. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-20

Nebraska mans life is reported studded with 'evens How the crap shooters must envy him.
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PARKING NOTICE

Parking of cars on Front St., be- tween Seward and Franklin, is pro- hibited, except for loading and un- loading, while construction work is under way. Fire and police depart ments ask your cooperation.
 DAN RALSTON, adv. Chief of Police.
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lators push them along, buyers overestimate thei requirements, and interruptions must occur whil and consumption are brought back int liner .F sa.,r--.s.s ses Commenting on the banks review the New Tor Times has this to say:
 Such offsetting considerations have always existed in years of rapid recovery from former depression periods. They have sometimes invoked abrupt reaction though usually not very long continued. Sometimes consdera- tons other than economic intervened At present the lately much discussed idea of general war has waned But doubts re- garding certain governmental policies have had their influence; so have the strong dis like of the labor situation prediction of a runaway speculative market reaching dan gerous excesses and the opposite considera- ton of possibly higher money rates, expecta- ton of which has already been reflected in the :. decline of United States Government se- curities.
 The gist of the matter seems to be that when many confusing influences some of them of an unusual character. surround the financial situation, the financial mind is per plexed and bit bewildered, even in it's view of the industrial situation. Yet most of these confusing influences existed at least in the field of early probabilities, two three months ago when the financial mind appeared to re- gard that situation with entire compacency Perhaps the subsequent reaction of feeling, so far it exists, is eXpainabe largely by the fact that counter-influences had been so long ignored last year If so, then the present state of mind even the recent lower stock mar ket may turn out to have exercised whole some restraining influence on too rapid and too violent expansion of industrial activities and on too rapid increase in the use of credit.
 -- ----------
 Nehraeka mans life rennrtnd Stndded witt
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20 YEARS AGO
 Frum The Empire

APPRIL 20, 1917.
 An attempt was made to dyna- mite the Ohio State House at Col umbus. Two Germans and one Austrian were arrested as suspects.
 President Wilson had issued an order for selective conscription and a warning was issued to girls to be- ware of marriage to those who were entering wedlock to escape the draft.
 Charges were made at mass meeting against the City Police, by Mayor Valentine The charges were not taken seriously but Council men however, promised the Chief of Police and members of his force an opportunity to appear at spec ial session and refute them.
 The Territorial House of the Leg islature started sessions at O. clock in order to dispose of much legislation on the calendar.
 The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at Douglas planned a meeting to entertain each other.
 J. H. Walmer left for the vest ward aboard the Alameda.
 The Ladies Guild of the Episco- pal church announced a goody sale to be held at the Rolyat.
 Weather Report = Highest tenn perature 32; lowest, 28; Cloudy.
 An X-Ray tube 1il St. Bartholo- news hospital, London, is 30 feet long and weights ten tons The pa- tient under treatment converses through a microphone with the doc tors who observe him through a mir TOT system.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-24
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
CONFESSION OF FAILURE

We hear that the crisis has not been conquered
The emergency has not passed. The nation faces
crisis that is even greater than it was four years
ago. a crisis that cannot be met gradually, care
fully and thoughtfuly and honestly, but must be
met by experiments. And if in the way OF those
experiments stand the law, the courts, the system
of checks and balances established by statesmen
with evidences of tyranny all around them and
profound knowledge of the source of the power OF
that tyranny, the law, the courts, the system OF
checks and balances must 60 A President who by
his domination of the legislative branch led the
nation through the crisis must now be given con-
troll of the judiciary to lead the nation through the
crisis.
All the claims, all the boasts, all the hosannas
of the last November were hooey. Not only has
the crisis not been passed, but it is graver than
ever.
It is permissible to ask: If, after four years OF
almost unlimited power for man over the legls-
lative and executive departments of the govern
ment, the only result is to increase the gravity OF
the crisis, in what state will be after four years
of almost unlimited power over all branches of the
government? If the crisis is graver today than 1t
was in 1888, what will it be in 1s41?-Lynchburg
(Va) News.
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HORROR IN AMERICA
BY WICKES WAMBOLDT

of the poor family.
There was great joy in the
home of that poor family - and
great gratitude too.
"You are mighty good and gen
erous," declared the man of the
house. And you walked all the
way here and carried that basket
to us! You shouldn't have done
that. You should have sent us
word and let us come after it.
Well, one thing sure you aren't
going to walk back. You sit right
down here in front of this fire
in my easy chair and rest and
warm yourself while | get my car
out, for I'm going to drive you
back. And if there is any place
you want to go an" time, you just
let me know and I'll come around
and get You and take you there
And the soul Of the benefactor
swelled with the blessedness of
giving. 1t is one thin" to give and
know that You have helped a fell
low creature, OF several OF them;
but to realize that your efforts
have been appreciated-ah, that
really is the oil of joy!
But please. please, my friends,
do not let this story lead you as
tray: let nothing :" this article
cause you to desire or expect any
payment in gratitude for any
charitable act you may perform.
You should do good for the sake
of doing good, not for any mani
festation of gratitude. Should it
happen that you carry a basket
of cheer to some deserving fam
ily a mile-yes, a mile and half
away, and should it come to pass
that the family ncglects to get
out its car and drive you home,
let not that oversight chill your
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peace in this country and protect the rlgheS
of the public.
The country will be compelled to move
far from the present position OF legai iii,
munity for labor unions and workers ana
will have to impose on them complete re.
sponsibility, as is now done in the case OIL
employers.
The Times-News is now publishing Sc
ries of articles on labor conditions ana laws
in England, where the greatest progress
known anywhere in the world has oeeh
made in solving these problems. inns
newspaper advises all readers seeking IN
formation on the subject to follow up these
articles and read them. Such conditions as
exist today will not be permitted to con-
tinue indefinitely.
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WHY THE EXEMPTIONS?

According to the Scottish Rite News Bureau, To-
Gated in Washins ton, interest is growing in Item
(g) of instruction "a, of the we'll known income
tax blanks with which so many Americans have
been wrestling of late.
The particular Item" referred to is less than
two lines but it does whale of lot of exempt
ing" for it reads
Compensation paid by state or political SUBJ
division thereof to its officers employees for SER
vices rendered in connection with the essential
governmental function (s) exempt from tax"
There are no accurate statistical data to be had
on the number of county, state and municipal EN-
ployees in the country. However, it was estimated
by research group in 1882, that the public pay
roll in 192O-27 for forty-eight states, 1864 coun-
ties and 16 691 incorporated cities and towns ag-
gregated close to $4,000, 100000 annually. That
was a decade ago, and we all know how the num-
Der has grown since then.
The question that critics of our tax laws are
now asking is: Why should these already greatly
favored empoyees-favored by tenure Of office
in many cases, favored by relatively high salaries
and regular established incomes-be further aided
by exempting their salaries from their gross in
comes for federal and state tax purposes? Since
their livelihoods are drawn from the tax burdens
of the people, it is claimed they should share that
burden on the same basis as all other citizens.
As The News Bureau points out, the tax bur-
dens in this country are increasing by leaps and
bounds with no let-up indicated. The immediate
beneficiaries of these burdens arc vast numbers
who draw salaries from the various municipal,
county and state governments. They should not
be set apart as an exempted group in detrlment
to those who work in private walks OF life. They
should be willingly amenable to federal and state
statutes which would require that their salaries be
included as q part of their gross income for tax
able purposes.
If new sources Of tax revenue are sought, here
is a fertile field to be tapped.-Hickory Record.
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MILLS RIVER

MILLS RIVER, March "a
Miss Frenche Reid, of Henderson
vile, spent the weekend at home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Barnett.
Miss Martha Barnett is with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alec
Barnett, for the spring holidays:
Miss Barnett is attending school
in Georgia. .
Miss Marian Poscy, student mt
Asheville Normal, is spending her
spring vacation with her mother,
Mrs. Hattie Posey.
Miss Helen billiard, who was
home for the weekend from
Whiteside Cove, and Miss Annie
billiard had as their guests Sun
day, Misses Lucille and Clara FL
len Howell.
Mrs. C. L. billiard visited her
daughter, Mrs. John Bryson in
Hendcrsonville Monday.
Miss Lucille Howell, of the
Asheville Normal, is visiting the
Jaynes family this week,
The Mills River senior play
here was well attended Friday
evening and the play was enjoyed
immensely.
Mr.. L. L. Burgin, our represen,,
tative in Raleigh, is expected
home Wednesday.
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THE TOWNSEND PLAN FADEoUT

The people of the United States who still believe
in the Townsend Plan, and apparently there are
some, may we'll take notice of what seems to be
happenings to Premier Aberhart of Alberta and his
Social Credit government, which the Sarna ObserV-
err says "seems destined to encounter the disinte-
grafton that is inseparable from failure where ex-
travagant promises are made"
Mr.. Aberhart swept into power in the Alberta
government on a promise to pay $25 month to
every man, women and child in the province, as
compared with Doc Townsend's promise to pay
$500 month to every citizen over sixty-fve years
of age.
Premier Aberhart not only has not made even a
start toward financing his Social Credit scheme,
but he has very nearly his province into bank
ruptcy in the 1s months he has been in office.
His followers are beginning to realize that they
were deluded by one who was either a charlatan
or visionary ignoramus.
His support is falling away and it looks now as
though he would be compelled to resign and that
his government and his movement would simply
disntegrate, as any such insane and ridiculous
idea must eventually fade out or blow up.
The Townsend Plan movement apparently is also
disintegrating, and fortunately before it gets to
the dangerous stage of the Alberta Social Credit
plan.-Rock Hill Is. CO. Herald.
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Hendersonuille, Route 3

HENDERSONVILLE, Route 3,
March 24.-Will Johnson, who has
been i'll, is better.
Mrs. Sherman Morgan and two
children, of Flat Rock, visited her
mother, Mrs. Volney Pace, Sun
day. c.,,
MIR. and Mrs. Theodore Gibbs
and Dixie Gibbs visited MI. and
Mrs. Lum King Sunday afternoon.
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Br HUU-,EY DUlCiiER

BY HUU-,EY DUlCllER
NEA Service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. IS c n a or
" George w. Norris of Nebraska
md q rubber band. which he
mapped loudly on q pad of paper,
became one of the chief sensa-
lions of early Senate hearings on
The Roosevelt judiciary plan.
Unless something is done to
correct the impression, historians
are likely to believe that those
nappingS-which almost disrupt
I'd the hearing and did bring a
mild reproof from Chairman
Henry AShurSt Of the Judiciary
committee-were the obliviouS
fddlingS of an absent-minded,
nervous old gentleman.
The plain fact is that Norris,
who is IS and was himself once
chairman of the Judiciary COM
nittee, was only trying to work
off his emotions of impotence in
some relatively quiet way.
Senator William H. King Of
Utah, a youngster of u, was en-
gagged in questioning a witness.
During long years here, King has
developed a peculiarly individual
led style of questioning. 1t knows
no equal when judged by stand
ards of irrelevance, verboSity and
compleXity.
The usual custom among specta-
tors when King gets started is to
relax, yawn, grin, whisper and
read newspapers. The witness
finds his best course is to say eyes
automatically enever King
stops.
But Norris had questions Of his
own to ask and had to get away
for an appointment. II was Kings
victory. Norris just couldn't take
IT,"
THE seniority system, under
which both houses of Congress
are run by the men who have beer
there longest, doubtless is as effec.
tive as any other which might bt
devised. Yet, the arguments tha
Roosevelt applied to the question
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THE NEW D E a L
IN WASHIN GTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

OF Supreme Court justices over ~
years old, applies with equal force
If any--to aged legislators.
Everybody knows that Some of the
most valuable men in Congress
are over 70 years old, Just as
everyone knows that Justices
Brandeis, Holmes and others have
done some of their best judicial
work long after 10. On the other
hand, Congress has septuagenar-
ians in powerful posts for no
other reason than the fact they
have served many, many terms.
Chairman Robert H. Doughton
of the House Ways and Means
committee, sometimes called
"Muley Bob" is a North Carolina
congressman, aged 70. When
Chairman Mariner Eccles OF the
Federal Reserve Board tackled one
of the most critical issues con-
fronting the administration, sug-
costing higher taxes to prevent in
fation, Doughton replied TO seek
ers of comment with an answer
(which doubtless will be embalmed
as one of the statesmanlike utter
ances of the current era.
"Oh, you mean Mr.. Heckies
said Doughtok with a laugh.
"He's heckling u.s."
ROOSEVELT, who insists or
IL having his own little joke Oft
ener than anyone else; was saying
recently to Senator George Rad
cliffe Of Maryland:
George, remember when yot
and / were in the fish business to-
gether?."
Radcliffe admitted remembering
Not that either of them was ever
actually down among the fish, as
| All Smith was in the old. days Of
Fulton street. But once upon Q
time Roosevelt was representative
Of a Baltimore trust company,
working for Radcliffe, the com
pany's vice president. And the
two had to administer the affairs
of a bankrupt Ash company II
New England.
! fCopyright. 1897. NEA service me-
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attempt to re-
lieve the pangs
of hunger gnaw-
ing at his vitals.
While he was
thus engaged, his
dulled eye OBJ
sc re d mechani-
cally "a Letter
to the Editor in
which a subscrib-
er compla i n G d,
"The pres e n t
schedule of auto
mobile lie @ n S c
rates in t h / S
state works a
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HIS TOOTH CROSSING

NEW YORK, March "a. (UP).
Horace E. Smith, 71-year-old re-
tired banker, of Haverford, Pa,
arrived last night aboard the
steamship Scythia on his Tooth
voyage across the Atlantic. He
said he had achieved the ambi-
ton of lifetime" by making 100
crossings.
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gross injustice on our deSerVIIIV
poor"
Then the starving Chinese sigh
ed a great sigh of relief; and as
he continued to MUNICH and swal-
low newsprint, he devoutly thank
ed Buddha that he did not live in
.barbaric America where the de-
serving poor were so inhumanely
treated in the matter of automo-
bile license rates.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH d :.

Mr., King, who has been n n
proving. w. Is \
Gerald DrummuuJ
vile. s. c., was rccrr, y, Gt6I
Nolney Pace. Wy ''l,Or J
II. V. Caps took d,..
day with Mr.. and Mr.. "' I'ef s.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian ~ I'VE Say
daughter, Sarah. yIsj',JT apps y
Falls Sunday. i" LAD
Mr.. and MI. Harvey q
of Mount OIiyr,. v.sf.cJ .U''tt,
ter'S parents. M. and v ,"e 1,
Johnson, Sunday. '''h Vi
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A starving Chinaman lay by the
side of Chinese highway chew
ing up and swallowing wads of
paper he was tearing from a dis
carded American newspaper in an
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YOU MUSTN'T WALK HOME

Last Christmas a man prepared
a fine basket for a deserving poor
family. He put in turkey and all
the fixings. Then to save IN the
way of expense that he might
have more to give away and to
keep his own family from the
laws of the wolf, he shouldered
the basket and carried it iaborl-
ously nearly a mile to the door
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AUGUSTA WAGE RAISE

AUGUSTA, Ga, Mar. "a. (UP)
The John P. King Manufacturing
company yesterday granted wage
increases to 1900 employees to-
falling 100000 annually.
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Elephants with heavy tusks frequently rest their
necks by standing with their tusks placed in the
forks of trees.
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charitable soul. Remember it is
the giving that is the big thing.
Trudge your way home with a
light heart, and be not discourage
ed in your philanthropies. Your
reward will come in the develop
ment of your character.
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In mid-ocsan, the gravitational pull of the moon
draws the water between two and three feet away
from the earth's surface.
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p N. ZIMMERMAN, BOOK

P. N. ZIMMERMAN, BOOK
ing agent for VIM. S. Willett's In
dian Bazaar for the past few
months, was home for the week
end, and so was Mr.. Willett, who
has filled as many as three en-
gagements a day, mainly in South
Carolina. This is a story of how
a success was born out of a hob
by, which consisted of collecting
curios in the wilds of India and
exhibiting them with an interest
ing story when other jobs were
not so plentiful.
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MISS ANNE SAMPLE, LIBRA

MISS ANNE SAMPLE, LibKA-
lian, says "Gonc With The Wind"
is by far the most popular book
the public library has ever circu-
lated and she adds: 81 hope we
will never have another such pop.
ular one" The library has had
four COPIES in circulation and the
waiting list has been so long and
impatient it has naturally disturb
ed the routine of the librarian.
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ALL angiospcrms, enclosed seeded plants the world over
come under either the dcotyedonous the monooccnS
class No matter from what part Of the world plant comes
under which class to place it. or course mU
nreciSe cateonreS
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C, d. WHITE, COUNTY FARM

C. D. WHITE, COUNTY FARM
agent, is working along line that
means the upbuilding of farms
when he encourages milk routes
to the farmers homes. We have
been spoiled largely by Grade A
milk prices, which standard is a
long leap in equipment from the
milking performance on the ditch
bank, but the milk routes will fur
nish the farmer having one or
more cows a market for his sur
plus milk. Milk prices will not
Justify farmers buying cows
merely to cater to this market,
but they will enable him to build
up a herd, make a pasture, and
improve the farm whereby he may
gradually grow into the Grade A
class.
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*TODAY'S WORD STUDY:

Monde script; Short o with en-
phasis on first syllable. A person
or thing that cannot be easily de-
scribed or classed; odd; of no par
ticular character.