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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-02
CHAPTER VI

T don't want tea," Daphne Brett said to Anne Cockerell in the round room at the Ritz, the last week in October. If you've ordered it, you can call the waiter back and tell him to brew something more stimulating for me. I need itP'
 sYou do?" Anne asked, her eyes taking in the smart details of the bright scarf and hat Daphne wore with her usual tweeds. You don't look in need of any stimulation"
 Daphne permitted herself @ speculative, embracing study of the occupants of the room before she answered. Then she said cri- tically:
 T do, very much. I need a mink coat, eight diamond bracelets, a sheaf of orchids and a telephone call from Clark Gable inviting me to dinner. Then, maybe I'd feel better"
 Anne folded her arms patiently and composed herself to wait for Daphne to "come out of it." But Daphne showed no signs of doing so.
 Let's start again, shall we?" Anne inquired after extended si- fence. Have you come to that time in . woman's life when she thinks all is over? If so, what you prob- ably need is sleep"
 aNo, I think = think I'm de- velOping an inferiority complex" " Daphne countered. Do you, or do you not, think one is social asset?
 "I do not" Anne answered em- phatically. I'm glad you've brought up the subject. I've known for the last few weeks there was something the matter with you and 1t turns out to be a complex. Why, at this par ticular time when everything's go- ing dandy?"
 Daphne swallowed hard. T don't know. never felt this way before. Did the feeling ever come over you suddenly that you were nothing more than a dull lump of clay? That your girlhood was gone forever and 1t never had been much good any, way? That you felt as though you were sitting out in the middle of a very large island all by yourself?"
 Certainly" Anne said heartily. Its usually when my latest pernla- nent is letting out its last feeble gasp, or I've had a cold, or I haven't had 8 nice compliment from man in a long time. Have you tried an alyzing the thing?"
 "No, I'm not much given to self analysis"
 Maybe that's what you need. It seems to me there are lots of things you need. Want to hear them?"
 Daphne tilted her glass upward and nodded.
 well, one thing you need is 8 new and exciting beau. The old ones that you have are not enough"
 Had is the word. My beaus are all coming around to see Jennifer now"
 prised. How about Tuck? Strange as it seems to all of us, it appears that Tuck really has 8 heart and he seems to have given it to you"
 1T don't take Tuck seriously, Anne. Maybe that's why he likes me. I can't see any other reason. I'm not the type you'd expect Tuck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-02
BY I. S. KLEIN

THE American Revolution was nearing it's climax in l782, when France sent additional troops and ships across the At. lantic to help defeat the British. Cruising the West Indies. Count Francois de Grasse. French ad. miral, came upon a deet of 30 warships under command of Ad. miral George Brydges Rodney.
 They fought for nearly l2 hours. and when the French hoisted the white flag Rodney had lost nine ships and 600 men, while nearly the entire French fleet was dis. abled. Some 5000 troops being transported by the French ships were killed, and 6000 were wound. ed, while De Grasse himself was captured. The victory saved the Island of Jamaica for the English, and prolonged the American Rev. olution by delaying Cornwallis' surrender.
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1cE-F1sHING MYsTER1oNs

Bristol, Me.-(UP)-Levi w. Stew ard went to haul in his rigging while ice-f1shing on Biscay pond when seddenly it disappeared in a hole. Later Steward hauled in an-. other line 100 feet from the first. He janked out his first rigging with a four-pound pickerel on 1t.
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Brain TwizzIers By Prof. ]. D. Flint

You may have heard the prob lem of the squirrel and the hunter but 1t is always interesting to think about since it has puzzled people for years. A number of requests have come in to print it so here goes:
 If a squirrel is on the trunk of 9 tres and hunter walks around the tree but the squirrel keeps moving 50 that the tree trunk is always be- tween him and the hunter, does the hunter walk around the squirrel? This problem rests on true reason ing and has been used many times fn tests of reasoning ability.
 Answer to Yesterdays Twizzler
 There are 145 ways of serving the desserts. There would be four group angs of combinations: IS where pud- ding is given the who will eat Saly that, 50 where one of the pair Mno vii leat either is given pudding, 10 where other of the pair is given Nsidding, and 10 where both of the nair are given pudding-a total of
 1Ccnyyisht John E. DiIls Gel
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A monus sraent to Ad. niral Rod. ney. in Ia. m aica, is pictured on a stamp is- sued by that colony in l0 l 9 an d again in l02l.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-05

Alaska" by Lester D. Henderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-05
Former Alaskan With Alaska 5. S.
 Company, Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencero

l tSeattle oSt-Intelllgence1) I Back in 1907 a Seattle school boy inadvertently one morning took a route along the waterfront on his way to the seat of learning. He never reached it, but instead, sign ed on as an oiler and water tender on the Saratoga, operating to AL aska for the old Northwest Steam ship Company.
 From then on his history has been one of exceptional activity both in rail and water transporta- 1 ton and he has found time besides i to be a professional ball player, a member of the United States Signal Corps in Alaska, Washington Ma tional Guard, Mayor of Belfair on Hood Canal and a member in good standing of the Truthful Fisher ! mems League"
 His name is Phil Truckey, his ! initials P S., and they sometimes call him Postscript" Take him by and large he is one of the most efficient and best liked men on the Seattle waterfront. Frei g h t agent for the Alaska Steamship Company now, he is plenty busy, but always has the proper and final retort in any attempt to rib him"
 Back in the early days on the Saratoga, Phil was associated with the late Fred Tracy, agent for the Alaska Steamship Company, and his first meeting was characteristic of contact with Tracy for the first time. Phil got his hand caught in the machinery, bruising it a trifle and sought Tracy for first aid. Tracy looked at the hand and then at Phil and said: Why in blazes didn't you jump into the crank pit and be done with it?"
 Makes Many Shifts
 After a few years at sea Phil shifted to rail, joining the Milwau- kee road. Here he advanced quick ly from the yards to the local freight claim department. In 1915 he went to Chitina with the Cop per River and Northwestern Rail road, staying there until 1918 when, variously in the same year, he came | to Seattle, worked on the Grand Trunk Dock, joined the steamer Alameda, was shifted to agent at Kennecott for the Copper River road, and in September joined the Signal Corps at Valdez Through his previous training with the Ma tional Guard he advanced to the post of battalion sergeant major in less than a year.
 In 1919 he went back to the Cop per River Railroad, taking the post
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HALIBUT SEASON ABOUT OVER, COD NOW FISH OBJECT
Some Fishing Vessels Troll ing for Salmon-Others
 Co Above C. Spencer

With halibut fishing activities vir- tually completed for Area ?, Juneau fishermen this week are turning to black cod and salmon trolling.
 Only one halibut vessel-the Viv- ian, Capt. Charles Larsen-still had not brought it's last Area 2 cargo into the Juneau Exchange. Today no halibut sales were made on the exchange.
 A lead of salmon was brought into E. E. Engstrom by the Sadie, Capt S. A. Stevens today
 It was reported that approXj- mately five of the smaller vessels which have been fishing for hali- but will turn their attention to black cod The Alaska Coast Fisheries is the only concern in Juneau which purchases black cod and sable fish The New England Fish Company and Sebastian Stuart will continue to purchase salmon.
 Some of the larger vessels, includ- ing the Fremont, Oceanic, Norland, and Emma, were reported ready to try halibut fishing above Cape Spencer, where the season is not closed
 Vessels taking ice at the cold stor- age today were 3l-A-751, Capt. M. Lopp; Sadie, Capt. S. A. Stevens: It. Capt. Andy Bertesen; Ida II, Capt. J. Sunderland.
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Marine News
 Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

. Prince George scheduled to ar . rive 6:30 o'clock tonight . Aleutian due sometime tomor- . row. . Princess Charlotte scheduled . to arrive 2:30 o'clock tomor- . row afternoon. . Mount Mckinley due Saturday. { . SCHEDULED SAILINGS { . Northwestern scheduled to sail { . from Seattle 9 am. today c but no report . Northland scheduled to sail Q from Seattle 10 am. tomor- { . row. . Yukon scheduled to sail from ( . Seattle August ' at am. ( . Princess Alice scheduled to 0 sail from Vancouver August ? { . at g pm. Prince Rupert scheduled to sail from Vancouver August { . at 9 pm. 2 Dorothy Alexander scheduled . to sail from Seattle August { . 10 at g am. Evelyn Berg scheduled to sail . from Seattle August 13 at { pm. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . North Sea scheduled south , bound during the night or early morning. Was loading c salmon at Port Althorp at 3 g pm. today. , Princess Louise scheduled to
 arrive in port at o'clock . tomorrow morning and sails { south 2 hours later.
 Q Prince Robert southbound at , 4 o'clock Saturday morning. . Baranof scheduled southbound late Saturday.
 . Alaska scheduled southbound
 next Monday.
 . LOCAL SAILINGS
 . Estebeth leaves every Wednes- . day night at 6 pm, for Sitka and wayports. . Dart leaves every Wednesday . at 7 am. for Petersburg, Port . Alexander, Rake and way . ports.
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w. E. DAVENPORT,
 UNION OIL HEAD,
 ON SURVEY TRIP

w. E. Davenport, District Sales Manager of the Union Oil Com pany, has arrived in Juneau from the south on complete survey trip of Southeast Alaska.
 MT. Davenport will remain in Juneau until the Aleutian sails, possibly tomorrow.
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of dispatcher at Cordova. A year later he returned to Seattle to work for the Northern Pacific, but moved down to Portland when better chance was offered with the Union Pacific, returning here again to join the Alaska Steamship Com pany as rate clerk in 1923, where he has been winning consistent ad- vancemert
 Phil has a summer home on Hood Canal and an invitation to spend the weekend there is ap- preciated by the fortunate-there is never an idle moment and no sleep.
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MATANUSKA FAIR
 IS TO BE EVENT OF
 SEPTEMBER 4, 5, 6

Announcement is made that the second annual Matanuska Fair will be held on September 4, 5, and 6. Amer J. Peterson, manager, has been in Anchorage making prelim- mary plans for the event.
 Two permanent buildings are to be erected for the event and in addition to exhibits of live stock and produce, baby show is to be held for which more than 100 Matanuska-b born babies are expect ed to compete.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-05
CHANNEL BUS LINE

Phone IOo Juneau or Fl Douglas Leave Juneau: A.M.-7:15, 800, 9:15, 1915, 11:15; P.M,-12:15, 1:15, 3:15, AIS, 5:15, SIS, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45,
 11:15, 12:00 midnight. Leave Douglas A.M.-7:40, 8:40, $40, 10:40, 11:40; P.M.-12:40, 2:10, $40, 4:40, $40, $40, TAO, $40, 10:10,
 11:40
 Glacier Highway Leave Aux Bay: A.M.-7:00, SIS; P.M.-12:30, 4:15. Saturday Special
 6:45 pm. Leave Juneau: AM. - 7:30, 9:30; P.M.-2:30, SIS. Saturday Special
 10:00 pm. First Bus Sundays and Holidays Leaves Juneau at 9;30 am.
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EDUCATOR VISITS

Jesse R. 'Overturf, superintendent of schools in Palo Alto, Gal, wis., tied in Juneau last night She is a passenger on the Prince Robert.
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HUNTER LANDS
 DOUGLAS HERE
Takes PA Head to Todd Before Returning to
 Ketchikan

Bringing Robert M Douglas, Stan dard Oil Company official, here from Wrangell, Pilot Herb Munter landed his Stinson Reliant seaplane at the Marine Airways hangar here this noon, on the Intercoastal Air ways regular scheduled Thursday round flight from Ketchikan.
 After flying PAA Chief Edward E. Wyman to Todd early this af- ternoon, Pilot Munter was 10 return here, then take off about o'clock for his return flight to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-05
Mosquitoes

No need now to be chewed to bits by those blood thirsty pests! Just burn little BUHACH on your porch-or wherever you want to spend the night in comfort and rest in peace.
 Mosquitoes HATE the pleasant odor of burning RUHACH and won't come anywhere near it. It's sure death to them if they do! So protect yourself from these pests this cheap, easy way: In Handy Sitter Cans 25c up at all Drug, Grocery, Seed Stores, Pet Shops.
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MARRIED AT ANCHORAGE

Announcement is made of the marriage by Commissioner Thomas c. Price, of Vernon S. Ross, An chorage trapper, to Miss Verna Sylvia Childers, of Palmer. The ceremony, performed in the Com missioner's office, was witnessed by Florence Daniels and Howard Ross, both of Anchorage.
 Alaska" by Lester D. Henderson
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TIDES TOMORROW
TALLAPOOSA IS DUE
 ON AUGUST TWELVE

The U.S.C.G. Tallapoosa, origin ally scheduled to arrive here yes terday, is not due to return to Ju- neau until August 12
 The cutter will remain in Juneau for a day or two before proceeding to Seattle and subsequently, to its new base at Savannah, Georgia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-05
PHYSICIAN TRAVELS

pr. Max B. Brandy, physician of Mount Vernon, N. Y, visited in Juneau while the Prince Robert was in port Wednesday night.
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Try The Empire classifieds for results.
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Try an Empire ad.
Evening star., 1937-07-24
5 f&%$s$S%R &lk5?$$S;?z5%;55R !

fact that only two hours of economical
burner operation results in "a hours OF
refrigeration. A constant fame is not
required to maintain ideal conditions
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projects: In Buffalo, for store build
ings to cost over 100000; In New
York City. in the Borough Of Brook
lyn for multi-family dwellings to cost
nearly 100000; in the Borough Of
Manhattan for ar apartment house to
cost 100000; in Rochester, N. Y.
for q factory building to cost $780,
900; In Yonkers, N. Y, for factory
building to cost $44o. 900; in Elkhart,
Ind, factory building to cost
1925 900: in Detroit, Mich, for fac
tory buildings to cost over s2000,-
600. in Flint, Mich, for factory
buildings to cost over $1,00O00O; in
Cleveland for theater building to
cost $750,00O and for store and mer-
camille buildings to cost over $500 900:
in Milwaukee for school building to
cost $l,500,000; in Washington, for
apartment houses to cost over $780,
900; in Inglewood, Calf, for amuse-
ment buildings to cost $425,000; in
Los Angeles for store and mercantile
buildings to cost $660,0Oo in Pasa-
dena, Calf, for school building to
cost $350,000, and in Chicago for fac
tory buildings to cost $460,0O0 and
for stores and warehouses to cost
over 100000.
Contracts were awarded by the low
cost housing division OF the Public
Works Administration for housing
projects in Lackawanna, N Y, to cost
81 1928, 900; for an additional unit in
the Jane Adams housing project in
Chicago. to cost over $750000 for
the Lincoln Gardens housing project
in Evansville, Ind, to cost over $780,
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residential buildings an increase OF
per cent. There was a decrease Of
per cent in the value OF new nom
residential buildings, and q gain of 8
per cent In indicated expenditures for
additions, alterations and repairs to
existing structures.
For the first six months OF 1887
the aggregate value OF all classes Of
building construction for which per-
mits were issued in cities having a
population Of $500 or over which re-
ported to the Bureau OF Labor Sta
tistics, amounted to $870,632, 900, an
increase of rs per cent over the cor
responding period of 1895. Gains
were shown for each type Of con-
struction, the most important increase
being in the value Of residential con-
struction which showed a pickup OF
Al per cent During the first six
months OF 1897 dwelling units were
provided in these cities for 10l ,233
families, an increase Of 40 per cent
over the first half Of 1886"
The data collected by the Bureau
OF Labor Statistics show, in addition
to private construction, the number
and value Of buildings for which con-
tracts were awarded by Federal and
State governments in the cities in
cluded in the report For June, 1887,
the value OF these public buildings
amounted to sl3,620,O0O; for May
1887. to $5,457, 900, and for June, 1896,
$l0,762,00O
Other Big Projects.
Permits were issued during June
for the following important building
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SLIGO PARK BUILDING
"Integrated Dwellings," Shown by
Modern Housing. Inc.

Prime examples OF "integrated
dwellings" which have been designed
to the last nail before construction
have been completed by Modern Hous-
ing Of Washington, Inc, and are
now open for inspection at Hilltop,
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.S.CONSTRUCT|0N.
CONTINUES UP
Rising Material and Labor
Costs Prove No Barrier
to Building.

Despite rising material and labor
costs. Nationwide building activities
continue on their upward trend. ac-
cording to E. NJ Craig, secretary of
the National Association of Building
Trades Employers.
The midyear construction survey as
complied by Robert D. Steele, the
association statlstician, reveals no Wis
1ble signs of letdown A moderate
upturn is indicated for 1887 over the
comparable six months of 1896.
Dollar valuation for the first six
months of 1887 for "A States was
$l,558,619,517 against Sl,345,768 .953
for the like 1886 period, is per cent
upswing. The 1885 midyear showed
$758,748,922. Comparing the 1885 and
1885 midyears. there was an IS per
cent increase in 1886 over 1885.
Some scattered cities, selected ac-
cording to rank, are quoted giving the
status Of the first siX-month periods of
1896 and 1897
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or rather kept out, by . clever lttle
combination door bell. This doc,
bell isn't = combination Of anything
but operates on the principle Of q
safe. Only your friends and the
selected few who know your initial
will be able to ring the bell, and II
should be pretty obvious to everybody
that a large number Of statesmen
and other types OF bell ringers will
be kept outside with silent bells
mocking them.
The device has a small dial on II
which announces to the prospective
guest that it will first be necessary
to place the pointer on the last in
itial, or first, II you really want to
make 1t hard, before the bell can be
rung.
This little bell guarder will prove
to be a boon to people who live in
apartments which require a sizable
trip to get to the front door, as well
as those Inflated folk who are i'm
mediately called TO the front door
by a wandering salesman the mo-
ment they climb into a bathtub O,
lie down for slight nap.
OF course, the really industrious
salesman will probably go TO the
bother OF trying the bell at each OF
the initials which are on the dial
and will finally hit yours providing
1t Is somewhere between A and 2
On the other hand, if he is very in
dustrious he will more than likely
went to make another call next door
rather than make tour through the
entire alphabet. This guard Is de-
signed to keep that type of person
away anyway, and besides, II the
caller Is anxious enough to see you
to go through the involved process
OF dialing you hit-or- miss, he might
be worth while meeting at that.
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in Sligo Park Village, near Silver
Spring, Md. GAs-fired air-condition-
ing equipment Is feature Of each
home, and the houses range in size
from four rooms and one bath TO
seven rooms and two baths. The
price range is from $500 to $3.50.
Twenty-six houses comprise the group
10 far. and the organization plans
TO build l,l00 In various sections Of
the country.
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Permits Grow

A total Of 84,858 permits were
Issued in 35 cities for the first hall
against 72,2l8 in the same 1886
period. Permit valuation was $685.
1922 for the 1887 half year against
$3.50, 1890, 43l for the 1885 half year
With the exceptions OF Cincinnati
st. Paul, Nashville, Atlanta, Ham
mond, Reading and Peoria, all Other
cities show increases over their 1896
half year.
New York City maintains foremost
IN the national construction derby anc
leads the IS cities for dollar valuation
Americas premier city also continues
to outrun all cities on residential units
with an estimated number or 20,68C
for the first half year. This latter
figure includes homes and apartments
Los Angeles is the next star performer
for valuation and new homes with
S3l,260,348 in valuation and 4,2l9
new homes for the first 1887 half
Chicagos contribution the first half
Of 1887 was 624 homes against 352
new homes for the 1886 half year.
A year ago Chicago held ninth position
among the major cities for building
volume. Chicago now holds fifth
place in the construction picture,
having dislodged Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
A total of 35,528 new homes with a
value Of s155,l39,724 were completed
or under way in 80 of the IS cities
during the first half of 1887. In the
1885 half year there were 26,55l new
homes with a value Of $l19,697,457
These new home statistics do not in
clude the suburban home building
activities Of communities adjacent to
and not a part Of the major cities.
Home and apartment building is the
pacemaker among private construction
types. They account for over 40 per
cent OF the permit valuation of the 80
cities. Most Of these homes range
l. in value from $4,000 to $4,000. In
the Middle West surprising volume
OF industrial expansion work is pro-
seeding
Home Shortages Cited.
Cincinnati complains OF q very
serious home shortage. Boston reports
an estimated deficiency of 32,4l3
family units. Gary. Ind, says there
is a marked shortage OF both homes
and apartments.
Due to the activities OF duel national
tabor groups securing collective bar
gaining concessions along with pay
increases In many industrial plants,
Craig points out that building trades
men are inclined to believe they are
underpaid and demand higher wages
than the public is able to pay con-
sistent with current earning power.
Increased home construction costs
directly affect all Nationwide wage
earners. These wage earners are the
ultimate consumers and account for
at least IS per cent OF the homes
already erected.
Craig, in analyzing building wage
increases granted in most of the key
cities this Spring, says that New York,
Chicago, Cleveland, CINCINNATI and
Boston building mechanics are now
back to their former high levels,
Most cities have the 40-hour week and
IN few cities the building tradesmen
work 80 to IS hours per week.
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Then, Of course, there ar

homes in the country where the
housewife has had to do without the
automatic refrigerator because the
power or gas mains do not run by the
old homestead.
An entirely self-supporting refrig-
orator is now on the market which is
50 equipped that it gets along very
nicely without the help of any elec-
trical or gas connections of any sort.
1t has one Of those perplexing gas heat
refrigerating units in its top, but in
stead Of the small fame which oper-
ates the ordinary machine this one
has an oil-burning device to generate
heat which, strange as 1t seems, makes
large quantities of ice cubes and keeps
q large volume Of storage space cool.
A feature Of the machine which will
appeal to the person who is in charge
Of keeping the oil tank filled, is the
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Survey
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ects in Detroit to cost over $500 900
and for one in Minneapolis to cost
nearly $2,50O,000
Total Showed Gain.
The rate OF building activity in
June was somewhat larger than in
May. The value Of total building con-
struction for which permits were
Issued in June showed gain Of 4 per
cent over May and the value OF new