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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29
Price Copper Drops

(By The Associated Pressl
 NEW YORK, April 29, Dom estic copper sold for fourteen cents a pound, a cut of half a cent from its previous level.
 Trade circles said the price was established through sales by the customs of smelters' number one scrap copper and was mark ed down to eleven and three quarters cents. 8 cut of a half 8 cent.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29
British Military
 Attacked in India

fBy The Assoclated Press)
 SIMLA, India, April %, Fan atical tribesmen raided the Brit ish military camp at Waziristan last night leaving twenty two dead and injured.
 Reports from the northwest border province said that more than six thousand British troops are in the district to quell the revolt.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29
26th Quitter
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 PALMER, April 29, Tom Volta, formerly of Pine City, Minnesota, withdrew from the governments colony here, saying his wife was unable to become adjusted to the country. This is the twenty sixth family to resign.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29

SEATTLE, April 29-Owners of the tug Salvage King, Victoria dispatches said, at one PM, no request had been received as yet to go to the steamer Cordovas aid. Prince Rupert also reported that no aid has been asked there
 Gonzales radio, Victoria, Point Grey and Vancouver, said that no distress signals had been picked up.
 The steamer Cordova has a crew
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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29
ALASKALN VESSEL IS
 AFIRE ON,OCEAN
(By The Associated Press)

The 125 foot coast guard boat Alert, was ordered out of Ket- chikan at am. but is not ex- |pected to reach the scene until 3 pm.
 Coast Buard headquarters said the U. s. Naval tender Swallow, which is in the vicinity of Dun- das Island is expected to reach the Cordova first.
 The first messages gave few details of the liners plight. Own CTS here reported she carried 56 first class and AS third cabin pass engers.-
 The Cordova is listed as ae2Sa foot steel steamship, built at Will mington, Delaware in 1912, of 2089 gross tonnage and 1269 net toonage.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-04-29

Mrs. E.iien hicAdUO de Onate Is shown as she appeared in Los Angeles court for trial of her di-
 vOrce suit against Rafael Lopez de Onate, actor. Mrs. de Onate's mother is Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdOO, daughter of the late President Wilson and former wife of Senator William Gibbs Me AdOo. Associated Press PhOtop
Evening star., 1937-05-31
At Eighty.

Pope Plus XII at eighty is figure
noble in virtue and beautiful in service
to God and man alike. Christians of
every school Of thought join in recog-
milton of his generous idealism and his
anxiety for the practical application OF
It's dynamic of love to the problems of
the world. He has won the respect and
admiration of Protestants as we'll as
Catholics throughout the earth for the
devotion to the Prince of Peace which
he has manifested all his life. A pontif
utterly dedicated to equity and justice,
he merits universal praise at the moment
when he celebrates the completion of
eight decades of existence.
The period in which Pope Plus oc-
cupies the papal throne is, certainly, one
Of turmoil and strife. In Russia, Ger
many, Spain and Mexico the Church
has suffered grievous losses since his
election; in every country, indeed, the
revolutionary aftermath of the World
War has cost the cause of Christ de-
feats hard to bear. Yet religion is not
dying. Rather, the contrary Is true.
Men are more spiritually mature ut the
Evening star., 1937-05-31

affairs OF other states. The three re-
naming pacts are of non-poitical
nature, being aimed at facilitating those
cultural and sentimental relations among
the peoples of all the Americas which
are the bedrock of understanding and
friendship.
Ungrudging ratification by the United
States is certain to encourage similar
action by the Central and South Amer
ican governments, especially those which
for one reason or another are reluctant
to move speedily. President Roosevelt
struck the right note, in his message
transmitting the agreements to the Sem
ate, when he said that it is particularly
fitting that the United States should be
among the first American governments"
to place the final seal of approval on
these instruments of Pan-American good
neighborliness. From many standpoints
it is a psychological moment for our
leadership in that direction. The oppor-
tunity should not be missed or it's poten-
tial benefits impaired by unnecessary
procrastination.
Evening star., 1937-05-31

present hour than they were in 1914
when Armageddon dawned The agony
through which they have passed-still
are passing-has cleansed the souls of
whole communities. For example, there
is wonderful hope for unity operative
everywhere today; the scattered forces
Of Christianity are learning to CO.
operate.
And for this gain Pope Plus deserves
a large measure Of credit. He has borne
himself so distinctively. so mercifully,
that those who ordinarily might refuse
his leadership have been proud to ac-
claim him. A scholar, deeply read, and
philosopher, skilled in science, he
would challenge attention in any field
OF effort. That he chose to pledge his
talents to God is something for which
mankind in general is grateful. Granted
that the times have been difficult, the
Holy Father nevertheless has worked
miracles of healing. He has been good
physician to the whole human family.
1t delights to honor him-because it
loves him.
Evening star., 1937-05-31

IS. Several other "oldsters" in the new
ministry are we'll along in the 6Os
incidentally, it's a 67-year-old Judge in
Westchester County, New York, who has
just given an epochal liberal decision.
permitting the youth of Yonkers to wear
shorts in public. His ruling lays down
the doctrine that "the Constitution still
leaves some opportunity for people to
be foolish if they so desire"
Secretary Hull derives lively satisfac-
tion from the beneficial results already
produced by the reciprocal trade agree
ment with Canada. During 1886 our
imports from the Dominion increased
S92 1000 900 to total of s378,OOO. 900,
while Canada bought from us a total
of s370,000,000, or s57,0OOOOO more than
in 1885. In each case import gains sub
stantlally exceeded such increases from
all other countries combined. Recovery
on both sides of the border, drought con-
dltions and rising prices were contrlbu-
tory factors in boosting Canadian
American trade toward old-time Levels.
Recently the Roosevelt Supreme Court
plan was the paramount issue in q
Pennsylvania congressional by-election
and resulted in big gain in the Repub-
lican vote. New York State Republicans
apparently derive encouragement from
that event. It's announced that the
judiciary scheme will be utilized as ma ior
campaign material in the forthcoming
G. o. P. attempt to retain control of
the Assembly. There is now bare 76-
to-74 Republican margin in the lower
branch at Albany. Efforts will be con-
centrated on winning six seats in popu-
lous upstate counties.
West Virginia is so literally repre-
sented in the new Federal Coal Com
mission that amusing suggestions are
forthcoming to change its name 20 the
West Virginia National Bituminous
Coal Commission" Two of the seven
commissioners and the secretary of the
body are from the Panhandle State.
There might have been a fourth West
Virginian in the outfit, if Charles Brooks
Smith, Washington correspondent Of
group of prominent State papers, had
succumbed to an inviting offer to become
director of public relations for the
agency created by the Guffey act. After
A years of uninterrupted pursuit of the
nimble item, Smith preferred to stick
to his trade.
(Copyrisht, 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-31
Good Neighbor Pacts.

President Roosevelt has given the
Senate a practical chance to promote
inter-American solidarity by prompt
ratification of the eight treaties and
conventions signed by the twenty-one
American republics at Buenos Aires. It
will be convincing demonstration of the
sincerity of the United States good
neighbor policy If the pacts receive from
the treaty-making branch OF Congress
without undue delay the Endorsement
which is necessary, as far as this coun-
try is concerned, to give them effect and
purpose.
The hour has seldom been so propi-
tious for action designed to fortify the
cause of peace throughout the Western
Hemisphere. The one latent danger to
tranquility has evaporated with resump-
tion of diplomatic relations between
Paraguay and Bolivia following their
devastating war In Brazil, where grave
political tension was threatened by
clashing presidential ambitions, there are
developments which minimize the peril
OF strife over President Vargas success
sion. The sister Americas generally have
their present being in an atmosphere of
uncommon calm. The time for sealing
the work OF peace initiated in Argentina
last December is therefore ideal
-Four OF the agreements pending in the
Foreign Relations Committee concern
coordination and improvement of inter-
American peace machinery. Another,
and one of paramount Importance from
the standpoint of our southern neigh
bors, reafdrms the doctrine of non-
Intervention in the internal or external
Evening star., 1937-05-31
Keeping Faith.

otA'
Memorial day signifies something more
than mere remembrance of the martyred
dead. It should be an occasion of re-
dedication for the living. The spirit of
Lincoln's Gettysburg address prompts
the annual commemoration, vitalizes the
rites and ceremonies which constitute
the sacred aspect of its program, gives
meaning and solemn Importance to the
words men say and hear. Decorating
the graves of fallen soldiers and sailors
merely symbolizes the pledge of their
comprehensive promise that the ideals
for which they sacrificed their lives
shall not perish from the earth"
And what are those ideals? The
Great Emancipator summarized them in
the phrase: "A new nation, conceived
In liberty and dedicated to the PROPOSE
ton that all men are created equal" He
stipulated further the duty of successive
generations to highly resolve" that
government of the people, by the people,
for the people" shall survive. America,
he insisted, shall have a new birth Of
freedom" The source of the necessary
Increased devotion" he told posterity
might be found in the example of these
honored dead
Lincoln, obviously was inspired in his
utterance. Deep understanding and deep
love of his country filled his mind and
his heart as he spoke. Soon he, too, was
to give "the last full measure of devo-
ton" that the Nation might live. Destiny
already had marked him for immolation.
He walked in the shadow of his fate.
But when the assassin had struck, the
very horror of the deed served to ad
vantage the Union. North and South
both mourned the leader whose maxim
was: With malice toward none, with
charity for all
1t is with conscious recollection of the
past then, that America should keep
tradition Is not enough. Renewed con-
secration is demanded. This year many
thoughtful citizens believe that the
Nation Is engaged in struggle as i'm
portant as any conflict of long ago.
Alien doctrines are at work in the United
States, promoting class bitterness and
strife. Theoretically expedient reforms
are threatening the institutions estab-
lished by the founders of the Republic.
Novel patterns Of thought, untried
methods of procedure, adventurous OBJ
jectives are being loudly urged by par
tisan chiefs. Confusion prevails as never
before since the hour when the first
shot was fired at Fort Sumter.
One thought, however, provides COM
Tort. America shall not fail, If it keeps
faith with the patriotic sons to whom
1t pays homage on Memorial day. They
perished for the durable values of life
the holy values. It would be treason to
suggest that they suffered in vain.
Evening star., 1937-05-31
Sales Tax Is the Fairest
And Most Easily Collected
To the Editor Of The Star.


The District of Columbia in it's taxing
methods is unlike most other juriSdic-
tions. For the purposes Of taxation a
very large part OF the population is alien.
Many thousands of the persons living in
Washington are foreign as regards Its
upkeep. The owners of real property
must contribute to the conveniences and
pleasures of urban life that these peo-
pie enjoy.
In some instances these foreigners buy
and own their homes and must contrib
ute to the taxing funds, but this Is the
exception rather than the rule. The
owners Of automobiles must pay the tax
on them and on the gas they use. Many,
perhaps the majority of these persons,
live in crowded quarters on the least pos
sible investment. They enjoy the use Of
streets and parks and have police protec-
ton furnished by property owners.
There are few If any of the States
where any privately owned property is
exempt from taxation. The incomer
from State may bring a carload Of fur
niture upon which he has paid with reg
ularity an annual tax and finds it to be
tax free here. The District is possibly
the only jurisdiction where household
goods under value of 81 900 are exempt
from taxes. The usual State rates as
sessed on the household goods of resi-
dents OF this city would perhaps meet
all delinquencies in expenditures.
The District is, it is believed, the only
jurisdiction where the return of property
for taxation is left entirely to the volun-
tary action of the property owner. In all
the States the small political divisions
have assessors and taxing officers whose
business it is to interview every property
owner and see that no property escapes
it's just proportion of the burden. AS it
is here much property may escape the
burden without any evil intent on the
part of the owner.
The sales tax is the most fair and rea-
sonable of all methods of taxation. There
is no escape from the duty thus imposed,
there can be no tax dodgers Each
purchaser of goods, not exempt must
make the required contribution and the
burden is thus broadly distributed. 1t is
the only method by which the otherwise
taX-free citizen may be compelled to con-
tribute to the upkeep Of the urban ad-
vantages SO generously provided.
Some merchants may say that this will
the District lines to buy goods. But this
is more than answered by correspond
ing relief from the tax burdens the mer-
chants are now called upon to bear.
Residents who should 60 elsewhere to
buy can only be classed with tax
dodgers"
The reasonableness of the system is
found in the fact that the amounts are
small and payable without accumula-
ton. 1t is the one tax system with the
motto pay as you 60" 1t is self adjust
able in that the wealthy naturally buy
more than those less wealthy and all are
free from oppression.
The resident foreigners plaintive plea
Of back home" expenses cannot be so
much as a persuasive argument against
this proposed system.
J. w. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1937-05-31
New Fields of Opportunity
For Rugged Individualists
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star;
John D. Rockefeller exemplifed rugged
individuality in the highest degree. He
strenuously devoted the full measure of
his powers and faculties to material eX-
ploitation and the acquisition of un-
matched individual wealth. His per-
sonal fortune exceeded that of any other
single individual in the annals of the
human race
When we extol rugged individuality as
an American ideal, our meaning is
limited chiefly to industrial, business and
financial enterprises, and the accumula
ton of great wealth. Rugged individual
ity finds an unlimited field for its outlet
in new country like ours has been up
to now. with unlimited and undeveloped
resources.
But after our frontiers have been
reached and overrun, and the wealth Of
the Nation concentrated in the hands
of few individuals. rugged individuality
must be curbed. lest the mammoth for
tunes of the few absorb the larger por-
ton of the wealth of the Nation and the
less we'll endowed, and less capacious
fellow citizens be reduced to a state Of
sufferance. dependent upon the gratis
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and more fortunate few. The ruthless
rugged individual now finds himself
under the ban of public disapproval and
restraint of laws and regulations which
the community has imposed for its own
self-protection. Our country may prob
ably never again see John D. Rocke-
feller, an Andrew Carnegie or Henry
Ford.
But rugged individuality does not
necessarily confine itself to industry,
commerce or financial pursuits. Other
fields of human enterprise challenge the
most strenuous exercise of the highest
powers and faculties with which human
nature is endowed. The sphere OF re-
lgion, politics, adventure, science, art,
philanthropy and human service arouse
the most strenuous energies and quicken
the liveliest enthusiasm.
The larger the number who devote
their powers and talents to social and
human service, the greater will be the
gain for mankind. The field is unlimited
and the opportunities are appealing. In
the great enterprise of human adven-
ture the frontiers can never be reached.
KELLY MILLER.
Evening star., 1937-05-31
Abattoir Not Objectionable
To Benning Neighborhood

To the Editor of The Star:
I have often wondered if the beggars,
ragged, hungry and dirty, couched out
side the beautiful cathedrals in foreign
countries thought them as beautiful as
the sailors and marines out on jaunt
seeing the sights?
The Benning abattoir will give work
to about 500 men and women; it was in
dorsed by the Benning Citizens Associa-
ton, composed of some who have made
their living at the slaughter house since
1877. 1t was Endorsed by the Central
Labor Union of Washington. The plans
for the new abattoir were approved by
the Department of Agriculture and it
will be under strict Government super
vision. AS for pollution, the five sewers
from Prince Georges County, Md, that
empty into the Eastern Branch and flow
under Benning Bridge are more dan
gerouS to health than all the modern
abattoirs could ever be.
OF course, some citizens associations
seven miles away objected to the abat-
toir, but some of their-apartment houses
are none to pure. Why throw stones?
The location of the abattoir is un-
suited for fine residences, it is surrounded
Wy Uls 1Icle4I ydAo, two GILL ouuo, 4eeu-
ing pens for all live stock going north,
junk yard, two storage yards for poles,
old railway cars, cable spools, cinders; a
grain elevator, coal storage, two packing
houses. 1t is only 20 feet above sea
level. Few from the Northwest, either
white or colored, would move out there
It is mile from the colored Government
housing project, tenants of which would
rather have job than relief. The Gov
ernment spending cannot go on forever.
JOHN RIGGLES.
AAakNooR AA
Evening star., 1937-05-31
Washingtonians Lucky to
Be Americans in 1887
20 the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Are we Washington n-Americans not
fortunate VS.. London-E English residents?
For, it Is now unlawful in London to buy
a loaf Of bread after 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. Cut flowers may be purchased
but no potted plants on Sunday in
London. 1t is also illegal in London on
Sunday to take home ice cream in con-
tainers London drug stores are for
hidden to sell anything but medicine on
Sunday. Londoners may buy candy dur
ing Sunday but no meat or tobacco. We
Americans really don't realize how lucky
we are to be Americans in 1887. Certain
Americans who have made great for
tunes In the United States and have
made investments in London pay per-
sonal income taxes to England but none
to Uncle Sam. Englishmen pay no
taxes to the United States on their
American investments or incomes there
from. w. Z. RYAN.
Evening star., 1937-05-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Violets and buttercups are supposed to

Violets and buttercups are supposed to
interest children only, but many an
adult gardener might pay attention to
them with profit.
These may be common flowers, but
they are immortalized In the popular
songs OF the past.
Many will recall Every Morn I Bring
Thee Violets" and Dear Little Butter
cup" the latter one Of the favorite mel
odies of "Pinafore"
These small flowers, nesting in the
grass, are minor but nevertheless beau-
tiful melodies in the great plant SYM
phony Of nature, in which the peony,
the iris, the rose and the gladiolus pre-
sent major strains.
Some will love the smaller flowers and
birds, in preference to the greater and
shower.
1t is possible to have all of them, at
least in little, rather than to possess just
a few OF the larger.
Many persons cut themselves off from
some of the best benefits of flower gar
dening by mental attitude of indiffer-
ence toward minor creations
This attitude not only deprives it's
holder of countless small beauties, but
above all helps create a frame of lnind
which, extending itself over larger areas,
as such things always do, results in in
tolerance on wide scale.
The total of these petty indifferences
and misjudgments is far greater than
the sum of the parts.
1t is the same with music
Every one will understand this when
it is applied to music
Consider one of the new electrical
recordings of a beautiful voice, a fine
orchestra, singing singularly effective
and melodiouS song.
Here we have four component parts,
the record itself, the voice, the orchestra
and the song.
The grand result, however, is far
greater than the sum of these four.
There is quality in the music which
brings honest tears of appreciation to
the sensitive listener
Music is like that. 1t has that power.
Real music, that is.
The home gardener who keeps his
eyes open for the lesser notes in the
PAoiiV oyhAPAiOiAJ VIII always tldNC q
real advantage.
Many flower "voces" will sing to him
which are never heard by others.
Among these, the violet and buttercup
melodies are far from least.
Some persons even manage to find
beauty in the humble dandelion, which
has grown to the proportions of lawn
nuisance.
II there is beauty in the bright yellow
OF these, surely it is to be found in the
humble buttercups, which belong to an
ancient and noble plant family.
Wise householders will refrain from
running the lawn mower over them
while they are in bloom.
1t is true that the stalks are somewhat
straggly, but the fine little cups of yellow
are not to be despised, and do not last
very long, after all.
There will be plenty of time to NOV
them down later, when the moving will
do the plants no harm.
Enjoy while they bloom the humble
buttercups. lowly but beautiful in Their
season. They are to be desired par
ticularly around stonework OF any kind
where they find themselves very much
at home.