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doesn't tell easily, if at all.
But lately I've seen so many
floundering in darkness, reach
ing SO pitifully for help, that
I've come to feel that I have no
right to withhold anything
which may possibly help or
hearten those who are trapped
as was once. And so-here'S
why I called this column Lis
ten. World!"
But first you'll have to go
back and back, thirty years, to
a New Years eve with the snow
flakes blurring against the win
dow pane-and a tall, gawky
girl, standing at the window,
staring out into the driven dark.
ness.
Behind her in the room a few
people chatted quietly, waiting
for the midnight hour. Prim
people, precise room. But to
that desperate girl, the whole
scene was as intolerably cruel as
a medieval inquisition chamber.
For that was 1907-and I was a
Californian. And between Pu-
ritan Vermont, in 1907, and Wild
West California, yawned abysses
as deep and impossible as the
grave itself.
Staring into the darkness that
night, the grave seemed prefer
able. -Four years since, I'd come
as bride to these grim mortals,
for whom love and laughter
were tainted with sin. -Four
years since, I'd known the hap
piness and gypsy adventure of
my frontier home. endless days
of unbroken loneliness, joyless
drudgery constant suspicion
and increasing dislike by people
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Grateful Strap Hanger

There seems to be an unusual
amount Of adverse criticism
concerning the higher rates that
are now in effect on the street
cars. However, considering the
infinite number Of unusual serv-
ices that are available to the
patrons, they are extremely
moderate-in fact, they might
even reasonably be higher, con-
sidering the services.
For example, we-my friend
and I-being strangers in the
District-were going out to see
the Congressional Library, and,
being uncertain Of the car to
take, asked a motorman if his
was the right car, to which he
replied:
''Naaanh!"
Such promptness and unusual
courtesy left us practically flab-
bergaSted.
When we finally did locate
the right car, the motorman
started his vehicle with such
rapidity that it precipitated me
into the lap of a very choice
bit of femininity. Now if that
isn't the most unique and ef-
fective method Of becoming &C.
quainted that anyone ever
heard, I'm as wrong as the Re
publicans were in the last elec-
ton. Nice, to say the least, that
they take such an interest In
ones love life.
One should appreciate the
transit company's attitude in
packing the cars SO full, too,
now that cold weather is here
it obviates the necessity Of
heating the cars and still the
passengers are warm. And. after
all, who minds a few trampled
toes.
To top them all, as the most
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who regarded any outlander as
little better than a savage. And
now. at %, wher did I stand?
FriendleSs. Penniless. Sickly.
Lacking either education or
pull. My only possession
my tiny, frail baby boy, whom
I so madly loved-but whom
the law would so certainly take
from me if I left his father.
BONG! BONG!
The old clock was ushering in
another year. Behind me rose a
discreet murmur of salutations.
But I did not hear them.
had flung up the window I
was reaching out and across
the darkness, above the storm,
against all obstacles that Fate
might ever set, was scream.
ing screaming "LIS-
TEN! LISTEN, WORLD: I'M
NOT LICKED YETI"
No. 1t didn't happen the next
day. Nor the next. There were
years to go battles to be
fought heartbreaks to be
borne.
But the cry I had given that
night was never to be silenced.
It was 1907 when I shouted
into that storm and 1919
before the final answer came
the chance to write a COL
umn. But the years dropped
away when they asked me what
I would name it. What name
but one could there be for a
column that would speak to the
hurt and the hopeless?
LISTEN, WORLD I'M
NOT LICKED YETI"
(copyright 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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for Government employees has
been indefinitely delayed. 1t
showed the cost would be too
high. A few days ago came
public protest from Chief OF
Naval Operations Leahy because
% destroyers, in construction,
had been delayed by strikes, late
delivery of materials and neces-
Sary changes in construction.
Now comes Maritime Commits
sioner Joe Kennedy with his re-
port charging maritime labor
abuses, urging restoration of
discipline aboard American
ships. (Kennedy also charged
some outside employers were
guilty of imposing long hours,
low wages and furnishing
cramped quarters)
Apparently everybody's baby
has the measles these days.
TODAY's 1910 Republican
l. prospect - Senator Arthur
Vandenberg, aged SO, magazine
and newspaper editor, author Of
Alexander Hamilton, the Great
est American" forceful and
capable Senator for the last
nine years. Last year he was
the leading candidate against
Landon. Borah backed him then
but lately his Borah connection
has been broken, or slightly
bent.
Now he is also keeping clear
of Hoover and Landon. For this
or other reasons the factional-
lists are not at heart strong for
him, but as he is miles ahead
of any other candidates in popu-
lar mention, his chance of the
nomination is at least 2-to-1 bet
ter than that of anyone else.
y \ y
T AWYERS at the Supreme
~ Court bar cannot make out
how the court feels about the
various legal points involved in
the seating of Justice Black.
That is why they keep shooting
new petitions to the court every
time an OLD one is rejected.
It is not much of a secret that
this process will continue until
the court makes a definite rul-
ing. Certain people have made
up their minds to that.
Incidentally Blacks partici-
patton in rulings so far con-
firms the impression that the
net result Of his appointment
was to give Justice Brandies
two votes instead Of Just his
own. A smart newsman, OBJ
serving Blacks demeanor on
the bench, describes him: "A
well-fed martyr"
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wanted to fight it out.
Now, when a losing Chinese
general chews a mediator's ex-
tended paw, he is either bluffing
or has a purpose. This time
the diplomats fear Chang is not
bluffing. Their private advices
indicate he has a plan in his
large Chinese sleeve.
AS they see it from here, it
appears to be the old Chinese
pillow game, played more bel.
ligerently, to wit:
The Japs have practically
seized five of Chiang's northern
provinces and would like to
settle down to peaceful occupa-
ton. But Chang has an army
of 100000 routed and outmaneu-
vered Chinese nearby. He may
be able to get them together,
thus requiring the Japs to keep
their $4,000 occupational troops
in those provinces for protec-
ton. The idea is to make Japan
keep her mailed fist in the North
China pillow if she wants to
hold it.
Local official scholars are
willing to concede the plan prob
ably offers Chang more hope
than Brussels.
THE deep inside reason behind
= this Republican national
committee agitation for princi-
pies is-money. The bell of the
cash register at RNC head
quarters has rung lately only
for mo sale" disbursements.
They cannot get contributors
without doing something.
MIR. MUSSOLINI'S handled
AVA press romped gleefully upon
the anti-communist pact. The
figures of the combined fleets
were waved on high. These
showed: Japan, 200 ships;
Italy, 2O6: Germany, II. Total
tonnage, 1928, ,9Os.
What the Italian public was
not told was that the three
fleets could not possibly fight
together and that the lineup of
the democratic fleets is: Great
Britain, 285 ships; France, 1862;
U. s., S25; total tonnage, g.
769,074.
In other words, the three dem
ocracies are twice as large, any
two of the democracies is larger,
and Russia has few extra.
y - r
THE Governments labor pro-
motion policies seem to
work better outside than inside
the Government.
A report from the commission
investigating the five-day week
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brea k d 0 W n
just on the
siren 6 t h of
the k n o W |.
edge that I'd
die in a
month, 1 be-
lieve I'd go
on quietly en-
] oyin g the
time that was
left. 1 think
I'd be con
SerVatiVe.
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TODAY'S ZODIACAL SIGN:
SCORPIO

First Of three days for attend
ing to matters of home, parents
and estate. Today: Business
hours call for careful handling
of the pocketbook; evening holds
temptation to misunderstood
other sex, superiors and infe-
riors. Don't.
KNOWING IN ADVANCE
There is no fate Of the type
that forces us to do certain
things or prevents us from doing
certain other things. But there
is a fate that is like the weather
and the seasons, under which we
can keep trains running on
time if we know conditions in
advance. This is the psycholo-
gical weather, as it were, Of our.
thoughts and feelings. 1t is the
same with nations
YOUR YEAR AHEAD
Your year ahead begins pc.
riod Of changing conditions in
your life and your mind, if this
is your anniversary. From
Feb. 9 chance to better assets
if you try. Danger: Nov. 27-
Jan. 4; March 23-May 16: Aug.
10-Sept. 80.
TOMORROW
Routine morning and after
noon; socially, emotionally bet
ter in p. m.
(Copyrieht, 1887. by Chicago Tribune
N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)
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well, after
I made some
sort of pro
vision in the
way of life
insurance to
help my hus-
band a f t er
my death, I
guess I'd just
have a good
time, or else
I'd worry my
self to death
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"I W VI d
p ack every
thing I could
in that month
as far as my
fl a nc e S
would let me.
And, by all
m e an S, it
W ould be
pl e a S u re. I
W o ul quit
W ork an d
really enjoy
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IT wo uld
p r o b a b ly
+ a i n t first.
TIL e n L d
spend d the
next 80 days
in having a
bit of fun.
And I don't
t h NIX L d
travel far to
enjoy life. I
suppose first
of all I would
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The Inquiring
Photographer.
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

If you could forsee the exact
time of your death and knew
it was only one month away,
how would you spend that
month";
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settle up my financial obliga-
tions to leave the world as
square" as possible and I would
also try to establish all the pro-
vision I could for my family"
Miss Mary Ann Cooper, 1772
Massachusetts, Ave. N. W..
switchboard operator:
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before the month was over.
Yes, I'm afraid I would take it
very hard indeed as I certainly
enjoy being alive"
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what time I had left. I think
I would insure my life so as to
leave something to my family,
then I would spend what money
I had in having my fun"
Mrs. Magdolin Martin, TOO
Blair Rd. N. w, waitress:
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Listen, World!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

YOU'VE asked times than I remember, why
l. I named this column "Lsten, World!" And didn't
answer.
didn't answer because it was one Of those things
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some certain thing, but I don't
think anyone really could know
until actually facing the situa-
tion."
John C. Holzberg, 17O6 Lanier
Pl. N. W., real estate man:
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of the things
I've a | W avs
wanted to do
a n d h a v e
been promis-
ing myself all
these y ears.
And 1 believe
t h a t if l
really k n e W
that there alb
solutely W a S
no h ope Of
e S C a p i n g
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Ella O'Connor, 2714
Quarry Rd. N. W., bookkeeper:
IF 1 didn't have a nervous
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death, I would keep my chin
up and not let those dear to me
know the fate that awaited me-"
William E. Shannon, 3104
Cleveland Ave. N. W., vice presi-
dent of Shannon & Luchs:
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News Behind the News
Vandenbere Has Best Chance for Nomination;
Chang Either BIuffing or Has Plan

By Paul MaLIOn

world copyright 1891 King All rights reserved
Reproduction in full prohibed)
THIANG- KALSHEK shocked the diplomats here when he
~ bit the hand of the Brussels peacemaker He said the
medders merely increasing his difficulties and he
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L d o n {
think anyone
knows what
he would do
in a case like
tn a t. OF
course, every
one h a S an
idea that he
would travel,
or e n oy
what life he
had remain
ing, or do
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Wise Words

Verify, when the day Of judg.
ment comes, we shall not be
asked what we have read, but
what we have done.-Thomas
a Kempis.
The great pleasure in life is
doing what people say you can
not do.-Walter Bagehot.
The foundation Of every
state is the education Of its
youth.-Diogenes.
I hold every man a debtor to
his profession.-FranciS Bacon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17
A Sensible Statement
Philadelphia Record)

(Phlladelph1a RecOrd)
 John L Lewis has gained several cubitS in stature as public speaker
 In one brief interview he did a job of work that should have the most important consequences in capitalization relationships.
 He pleaded for new cooperation between capital and labor.
 He set up the principle that workers cannot make money unless employers make money.
 He set up as one objective of the liberal movement not lower dividends for investors but higher dividends
 This is precisely the note of sanity that has been lacking in the fog of discussion concerning the rise of unionism. This is precisely the kind of labor statesmanship that solid labor progress, more time spent writing contracts and less time spent in hysterical chatter about labor radicaliSm.
 There are certain business leaders and certain labor leaders who probably rubbed their eyes when they read the Lewis interview.
 What hear these few business leaders saying, has Lewis been quoted correctly? Can these be the words of that ogre that destroying monster that Red-CIO boss? Can he really be talking about preserving profits and the profit system? Isn't he enemy of system?
 These few business leaders are startled by the Lewis statement only because of their own mis- conceptions of the labor movement.
 They the business who have devoted their lives solely to production of the most possible goods and who have regarded wages merely an evil
 They the business who have looked upon every labor move to increase wages an attack on business unlimited production and it's profits
 They the business who have real ized the opportunity that lies in the wefilled pay veope-the opportunity of selling goods to more consumers with money to buy.
 They the business extremists who have fought labor organization with thugs and tear gas feeling that they fighting a radical movement menacing their own existence.
 On the other side are some of the workers and organizers in the labor movement who have wanted nothing less than millennium by next Thursday with every employer working for five dollars day and paying his workmen ten dollars and with every stockholder bthely content to invest his money with out the slightest desire for dividends.
 These are the labor extremists who have carried their desire for consumption, buying power, to great extreme certain employers have carried their worship of production without thought of market.
 Most unfortunate for labor is the fact that sprinking of avowed radicals, ranging from Stalin tes' to "Trotzkytes' and "Lovestonites' and left wing Socialists have crept into the labor movement and tried to make of it device for revolutionary activity. These are the few hot-heads who have scared honest business out of their shoes by talk ing about Karl Marx at contract conferences.
 They too, will be startled and rebuked by Lewis concern about the maintenance of profits But the average American will not be startled
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HAS TOKYO LOST CONTROL?

AS more complete reports of the bombing of the waters by Japanese are brought to the attention of the State Department the international incident takes seriousness It is now revealed that not only did Japanese airmen, as they admitted drop bombs the Panay but that machine gunners fired on the American vessel and of the Japanese from Jap anese army motorboats actually boarded the vessel which was flying the American flag.
 Hurrying to make amends Tokyo announces the recalling of Admiral from the scene of naval oper ations in China and says it will punish officers respon sble for the attack, well as pay for the damage incurred
 There is to believe that the Japanese situa- ton in China is not all that Tokyo attempts to picture after a weeks developments following the Yangtze river bombing Obviously there is bitter feeling on the part of Nippon troops against the United States forces and it is barely possible the feeling recprocated by the American soldiers and sailors That is natural condition wherever armed forces of foreign countries meet on common ground. But significant is the quick statement from Tokyo that those in charge of Japanese forces in Nanking and Shanghai areas will be punished Is it possible that the Tokyo high com- mand is not in complete control of the troops has hurled into against China? Has Tokyo mili- tarzed itself to the point of danger within it's own ranks?
 That is one impression given to the world as result of the Panay incident The other the rather ugly picture that the Japanese attacked the American gunboat with malice forethought in the name of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By w. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, My wife loves to read good books. D Say, My wife loves her children, and likes to read good books" The word love is much abused
 Often Mispronounced: Automa- ton. Pronounce o-tom-a-ton, first o as in or, second and third os as in on, unstressed, accent sec ond syllable.
 Often Misspelled: Granary; gran, not grain.
 Synonyms: Obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive.
 Word Study: "Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master ing one word each day. Today's word; Consonant (adjective) hay ing agreement; consistent. What he has done has been consonant with his view of the general good"
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Michigan Cridders
 Elect BenChWar1ler

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec 17-A husky tackle who sat on the bench most of the time the last two years is to captain Michigan's football team next year.
 He's Fred c. Janke of Jackson Mich. who tips the scales at 205 pounds.
 Janke, as a sophomore, showed promise of becoming an outstanding lineman until an early season in- jury benched him for the year.
 Then, when practice began this fall, he was shifted to fullback, but the experiment proved unsuccessful He was sent back to the line.
 He found his job gone, but won it back this year as regular.
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Horoscope ''The stars incline
 but do not compel"

SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1937
 Benefic aspects rule today, ac- cording to astrology. The stars en- courage short journeys and meet ings with strangers who will be- come valuable friends.
 Heads of families will benefit un- der this sway which inclines to- wards kindliness and generosity The parental purse may be opened readily.
 The planetary government inspires general good feeling. Public ser wants will benefit through a cessa- tion of criticism and an inclina- tion toward better understanding on the part of taxpayers.
 Warming is given that accidents may be more numerous than usual this evening. Drivers of automo- piles should be most cautious.
 As a severe winter is prognosti- cated for many parts of the coun- try the buying of furs and heavy wraps may be widespread. Fuel problems will confront families of modest means.
 Young women in great numbers will train as nurses. The Red Cross will be strenuously active and will require generous support from all claSseS of civilians
 International law will be a sub ject for heated discussion and Unit ed States diplomacy will be severe ly criticised especially by pacifi- cists, it is forecast.
 Women now will shop enthusias- tically and sellers of china and porcelain will profit through the holiday period
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of unusual in- terest to which strangers will con- tribute Good fortune is indicat- ed. Girls will have many suitors.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be original and imagina- tive Subjects of this sign usually have artistic tastes; many possess real talents.
 Carl Maria von Weber, composer, was born on this day 1786 Other who have celebrated it as a birthday include: Lyman Abbott, clergyman and author, 1885; Johan Niklas By strom, sculptor, 1920; Christina. Queen of Sweden, 1926
 Copyright, 193D
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17

Kristoffer Antonsen has been found guilty of preseason trapping and hunting in Commissioners court in Wrangell and fined $100 and given 30 days in jail as well as hav- ing his license revoked and guns for feited, according to information to the Alaska Game Commission from Warden H. R. Sarber at Wrangell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17
LOOK and LEARN
 Bv A. C. Gordon

l. When was the U. s. entirely free of debt?
 2. How many stars were there in the American flag at the time of the Spanish-American war? 8. What is a "marchpast" 4 What is the national bird of the U. S.?
 5. Which state first adopted compulsory education, and in what year?
 ANSWERS
 1. In 1885, during Andrew Jack sons administration.
 9. Forty-five
 3. This is word coined by Eng fish officers, corresponding to our word review"
 4. The eagle. f8f(. 5. Massachusetts, in 1852.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17
TREASURE HUNT WILL START AFTER
 CHURCH SERVICES

The Treasure Hunt planned by the Juneau Ski Club for Sunday will not start until 1230 p. m., in def erence to special Christmas church services which many are planning to attend, it was announced today.
 The hunt starts from the Irving Noble h m e, opposite St. Ann S hospital, and is planned to offer special inducements to beginning SkierS.
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Emperor of Japan, which is tantamount to an act of war.
 Which ultimately will prove the correct answer remains to be But the fuller official reports reaching this country indicate that the situation in the Orient hasn't improved and probably will not inn prove so long as Tokyo keeps pushing on toward conquest.
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H A P P - I R T Fl D A Y

The Empire eTtends congratula- lions and best toishes today, their birthday anniDersary, to the tolloiD- ing:
 DECEMBER IT.
 Ruth KunnaS
 Barrie Coate Mrs. George w. Johnson
 Al Forsythe
 Ed Sweeney V. N. Blackwell Mrs. l.. J. Holmquist Peter R. Larson
 S. J. Kane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-17
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

Q. Is it necessary to answer wedding invitation?
 A. Yes, if the invitation is a per- sonal note, or one is also invited to the reception.
 e. When a young man asks a girl to go to a dance with him, what is the best way for her to refuse?
 A. She may say, T am sorry, but I already have another engage ment"
 Q. When are suppers given?
 A. A supper is given after the theatre, or concert, to members of the party; or, on any night when, at later hour, it takes place of dinner.