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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15


 ial Correspondence Miss Ann Reisterer, nurse at the Pioneers Home, left on the Northwestern Tuesday evening for Seattle, en- route to Wenatchee for an indefinite stay. She was forced to resign her position here because of ill health.
 Mrs. Lyle Blodgett of Ketchikan departed for her home on the S.S. North Sea Thursday morning af- ter enjoying weeks visit here at the homes of MT. and Mrs. Peter Kostrometinoff and Mrs. George Pe- terson and family.
 Miss Jane Mills, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Foster M. Mills of Sitka, has arrived here to spend the sum- mer with her parents, after spend- ing the winter teaching school at Palmer
 Miss Elizabeth King, member of the staff at the Sheldon Jackson School here, left last week for Se- attle where she plans to spend some time before returning to her home in Scotland
 Miss Irene Dunnegan is enjoying a vacation from her position as nurse at the Pioneers Home Hos pital and left Tuesday for a six weeks stay in Washington and Ida TO. She plans to visit with a sister in Fairbanks before returning to Sitka.
 Rev. H. c. Greig and son Wallace are spending this week at the Girl Scout Camp at Point Neva, building new cabins to be ready when the members enjoy their annual camp ing session in July.
 Miss Esther Cashen and her niece, Miss Airline Godkins of Juneau ar rived here Wednesday for a visit of two weeks with MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Cashen.
 Rev zlobin, priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, in charge of St. Michael's Cathedral here. was pas senger aboard the North Sea for Seattle, where he plans to attend a meeting of church heads and transact business in connection with the church.
 William I. Mahoney, U. s. Mar shal of Juneau, was a round-trip passenger aboard the North Sea, leaving here Thursday morning. During his short stay here he in spected the work on the new Fed eral Building which is under con- struction, conducted official buSi- ness and was placed in charge of four prisoners who are being trans ferred from the local federal jail to Juneau
 The construction of a new fish house and a new reform lines have been included among the improve ments at the P.---,-lid Packing Com pany plant herc sni repairs have been completed in preparation for this seasons work, according to Lawrence Freeburn, superintendent. /
 The marriage of Elva Bahrt, daughter of Henry Bahrt, U. S. Commissioner here, and Orman
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Smith. took place at the home of the
 brides grandmother, Mrs Nadia
 Bahrt. Wednesday afternoon, before
 few intimate friends and mem
 bers of the family. The ceremony
 was performed by the brides fla
 ther. Mrs. Smith, who recently ar
 rived here after several years ab-
 sence during which time she resid-
 ed in Ketchikan and Seattle, has
 been employed at the Alaska Grill
 and Fountain and MT Smith has
 position at the Pioneers Home.
 The couple plan to make their home
 in the Oja Apartments.
 Bis hop P. T. Rowe, Episcopal
 Bishop of the Diocese of Alaska, left here on the North Sea after a weeks business and pleasure stay here. The Bishop officiated at reg
 ular church services at St. Peters By The Sea last Sunday and Mon day baptized nine children and read the confirmation service for five Visiting at the rectory, the Bishop was entertained at the homes of MT. and Mrs. Theodore Kettelson, MT. and Mrs. William Knight and Miss M. Mills Coming here from Wrangell, Bishop Rowe plans to leave immediately to visit church. es in Cordova, Anchorage and Val dez, enroute to Anvik where he is
 to attend the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Anvik Mission He expects to return in time to attend the gen. ,eral convention of the church to be held in the late summer at Cleve- land, Ohio. Mrs. J. H. Molneaux is in charge of Episcopalian activities in Sitka.
 The Fourth annual Presbyterian Young Peoples Summer Conference was held at the Sheldon Jackson Memorial School here June 3 to 8, with sixty-four delegates represent ing fourteen Alaska towns in at tendance. Serving on the confer ence staff were Mrs. John A. Glasse of Juneau, Rev and Mrs. A. D. Swogger of Metlakatla, Rev. and Mrs Donald Christiansen of Ket- chikan, Rev. and Mrs. Verne Swan sen of the MS. Princeton, Rev. George Beck of Ketchikan, Mrs. Dorothy Stewart, Rev. J. L. Web Ister, Miss Ruth Meade, Miss Lottie Stevenson, Miss Emily Sidebotham and Miss Laura, Adams of Sitka. Durin gthe morning the confer ence work was made up of studies of the Bible, Church Methods and Missions. The afternoons were spent in recreation and vespers were held during the evenings A pageant and conference picnic were fea- lures of the meeting. Delegates were brought here and were returned to eAiNAA 'oiAiSo Ofi Cile MUIOTSIllD Princeton.
 As the result of a recent boom in shipbuilding activity in Sitka, two boats were launched this week. The S.J.S. which was built by stu dents of the Sheldon Jackson Me morial School, under the supervis- ion of Peter Simpson, native boat builders and School Superintendent w. Leslie Yaw, was launched Mon day evening, with Mrs. Yaw chris tening the boat with a bottle of water from nearby historic Indian river The boat, which is to be pow cred with large diesel engine, has been engaged as seine boat for the New England Fish Company's can lnery at Chatham this summer, and during the winter will be used for work at the school, which will in ,clude the towing of logs which are used at the school sawmill. The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Red corpuscles in the blood out number the white 5000 to l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15
CHARLES JOHNSON'S PARENTS WILL VISIT
 HERE TWO WEEKS

MT. and Mrs. E. G. Johnson of Parma, Idaho, are to arrive aboard the Princess Charlotte from the south for d two weeks visit in Juneau.
 While here they are to visit with their son, Charles Johnson, asso- ciated with the Butler -Mauro Drug Company and will stay at the MacKinnon Apartments. The John sons are making their first trip to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

The U.S.S. Swallow arrived at the Japonski Island naval air base at D. m. Sunday, on its second trip this summer from the Puget Sound Navy Yard loaded with supplies for construction work going on there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15
Reich Rebuilds Navy
 With Daring Design
 Also Bold Diplomacy

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Miss Jane Mills, daughter of MT and Mrs. Foster M Mills of Sitka has arrived here to spend the sum- mer with her parents, after spend ing the winter teaching school at Palmer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Eros, a siuruy craft built by Adolf Thomsen and to be used as hali- but schooner was launched from the beach in front of the Terri torial School Tuesday evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Mrs. Lyle Blodgett of Ketchikan departed for her home on the S.S. North Sea Thursday morning af- ter enjoying a weeks visit here at the homes of MT. and Mrs. Peter Kostrometinoff and Mrs. George Pe- terson and family.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Miss Elizabeth King, a member of the staff at the Sheldon Jackson School here, left last week for Se- attle where she plans to spend some time before returning to her home in Scotland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM SITkA
SHIPS FUNNEL HAT

SITKA, Alaska, June 13.-tSpec-
 ial Correspondence) Miss Ann Reisterer, nurse at the Pioneers Home, left on the Northwestern Tuesday evening. for Seattle, en- route to Wenatchee for an indefinite stay. She was forced to resign her position here because of ill health.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Miss Irene Dunnegan is enjoying vacation from her position as nurse at the Pioneers Home Hos pital and left Tuesday for a six weeks stay in Washington and Ida TO. She plans to visit with sister in Fairbanks before returning to Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

The marriage of Elva Bahrt, daughter of Henry Bahrt, U. S. Commissioner here, and Orman
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Rev. H. c. Greig and son Wallace are spending this week at the Girl Scout Camp at Point Neva, building new cabins to be ready when the members enjoy their annual camp ing session in July.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

The construction of a new fish house and a new reform lines have been included among the improve ments at the Ps-~-:.lid Packing Com pany plant herc Sni repairs have been completed in preparation for this seasons work, according to Lawrence Freeburn, superintendent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Miss Esther Cashen and her niece Miss Airline Godkins of Juneau ar rived here Wednesday for a visit of two weeks with MT and Mrs. Lawrence Cashen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-15

Rev. Zlobin, priest of the Greel. Orthodox Church, in charge of St Michael's Cathedral here, was a pas scnger aboard the North Sea for Seattle, where he plans to attend a meeting of church heads and transact business in connection with the church.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
On With The Dance

Several million Americans will join
with the President and his family in
happy celebration of his fifty-fifth birth
day on January 80. At the same time
they will give perhaps as much as a mil
lion dollars toward the alienation of
suffering and the attack of science on
infantile paralysis. This year Colonel
Henry L. Doherty, chairman of the ma
tional committee for the Presidents
Birthday Ball for the fourth time, esti-
mates that no fewer than five thousand
parties will be given throughout the
nation.
Americans in tail coats, Sunday suits,
wind breakers, pierrot costumes, sweaters
and overalls; beardless boys, men in the
prime of life, war veterans bewhiskered
granddads, the high school basketball
team; Fifth Avenue sophisticate and mid
western farm hand alike will twirl the
ladies in waltz, entrance them with
rumba or stomp their way elegantly
through Virginia reel.
American women, dowagers, sub-debs,
school teachers, the girls from the five
and ten cent store where you meet the
million dollar princesses, the Junior
Leaguers, artists models, the ladies of the
Browning Club and the girls from across
the railway tracks, they will be among
those present" at the Presidents Parties.
Whatever their costumes, whether
Channels dernier cri of a "take me home
for $685." they will be in themselves
sufficient reason for celebration.
But this year when the industrialist
and the cotton picker agree times are
better, things are going ahead, this year
when there is once again chance for
everyone to earn good living and look
forward to future for himself and his
own people, there is the more cause for
festivity. 1t is a time for Thanksgiving
and time for further strengthening and
consolidating the national well-being.
That is why the national committee is
not surprised at the early and enthusi-
astic response for the 1887 parties.
Thirty per cent of the funds obtained
will be used to forward the work of the
persistently seeking methods to strike at
the heart of poliomyelitis, to stamp out
this enemy of children, and to help those
who have been it's victims. But seventy
cents out of every dollar collected, will be
spent locally for the relief of infantile
paralysis sufferers. The celebrations will
thus represent the spirit of the good
neighbor and good American, first bene-
fitting friends and acquaintance and
afterward contributing toward the gen.
eral good.
The Presidents Birthday Ball this jan
uary, as in past years, will be an Ameri-
can gesture, national in scope, altruistic
in purpose and gay with the spirit of
young and generous people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

Introduction Of bill that would pre-
vent legislator from holding office
under the state government must have
provided some little excitement In the
General Assembly last Friday. We can
just see the members of both houses,
democrats and republicans alike, girding
themselves to kick this bill right out
through the windows One of the rights
(seized, not inherently of good legisla-
tor is that he may find or take for him
self a job with the state government.
Some of these may be judicial; others
executive. I ~
Right now if this bill ever passed the
Legislature it would result in great
many of our present legislators giving up
positions that they hold. For this very
simple reason the measure, which was
introduced by Representative Samuel
Shethar of Weston, seems doomed to die
in the vest-pocket of some committee
member. Representative Shethar is not
a native of this state, having been born
in New York, according to the prelirn-
mary manual of the General Assembly.
This may explain his innocence in the
matter He is also a member Of the re-
publican party
It could be argued successfully that
passage of this bill would insure the state
of better government than it is now get
ting. 1t could be demonstrated that no
man can serve two masters successfully
at one and the same time. But on the
other hand it can also be proved by the
facts that the majority of our legislators
who accept or seek for or are given var
ious offices under the state government
acquit themselves with honors in them.
We don't need to 60 far from home to
prove this point.
In theory this bill may seem like a
much-needed reform. In time if the
merit system gains much Roadway in
Connecticut such a change might 60 into
effect. Right now neither the people
nor the lawmakers will regard the situa-
ton so dangerous as to demand that all
legislators abstain from bit of patron
age. ......;
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
Secretary OF Welfare

There is talk at Washington of estab-
fishing a new cabinet job, involving a
Department of Public Welfare, which
would control and unity the various
federal relief and welfare agencies. The
President is known to be considering it,
Such an innovation would merely require
congressional consent
Under Secretary of Welfare might be
grouped such activities as the PWA, the
WPA, the CCC, the Resettlement Admin
istration, the National Youth Admins
tration, the Bureau of Public Health
Service, possibly the Social Security
Board, and so on.
It is mainly question of organization.
The rapid expansion of government ac-
tiyties has created a looseness that is con-
susing to the public, to the government
itself and to those who do business with
t.. Tightening up the machinery of adj
niniStration is known to be one of the
Presidents aims for his second term.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
Tax Income Value

The National Association of Real Estate
Boards is starting campaign unanim-
ously approved at its recent convention,
urging every state to tax realty on its
income value rather than on arbitrary
valuation. This movement will be pushed
throughout the country. 1t seems logical
phasized by the depression.
An immense amount of hardship has
been imposed on citizens whose savings
were in real estate by insisting on tax
payments when the property produced
no income, and when the owners had no
income from other sources This rigid
taxation system drove millions of honest
people to loss of their homes. But even in
normal times is it wise to tax unproduc-
tive property, if there is legal provision
for collecting suitable taxes on it when it
does become profitable, or is sold at
profit
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

Creation OF bond refunding COM
mission, as suggested to the Legislature
by Governor Wilbur L. Cross, should meet
with popular approval. Practically every
one, regardless of political affiliation, has
agreed that the present deficit OF the
State of Connecticut should be wiped out
in this fashion. The naming of fine
commission, like that proposed by the
governor, would strengthen the belief in
this means of financing. 1t seems logical
to believe that if the present deficit were
wiped out, it would be quite possible to
balance the budget for the next bien-
mum. State revenue is coming in in such
increased amounts that by a little prun-
ing here and there the officials ought to
make both ends meet. This, naturally,
would not take into consideration the
vast amount OF money that must be spent
on large projects in the next two years
They would have to be taken care Of in
the proposed bond issue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

We're quite anxious to see how the
democratic leaders, not those holding
state office, will react to this proposed
program. The situation right now is
unique in that it has parallel in Con-
necticut history. We referred to it in
Saturdays editorial columns when we
brought back memories of the days when
Ex-Governor John H. Trumbull, Welfare
Commissioner Frederick c. Walcott, and
John M. Wadhams were backing bond
issues or short term notes to meet exist
ing problems, such as expanding and
undermining institutions. Republican
leaders quashed the plan for fear of polit-
ical reprisals. The situation today is
quite similar. We hope the result will
differ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
r ress Comment
THE PHONOGRAPH COMES
~ ~ 4 BACK o. :. \. y.
Bridgeport Telegram

- L.. 80
SIaagepoae, w.nen va %. !, o ~ III, "
AitAsric@ . lnSt celiseto = i.lc p.ioi.o
graph INDUSTRY, ana Wnlcn Was pro-
ducing mltiaons Oh COLTS Wo.I'i u
macnnes ana recoFoS aIinuaiiy pc
fore the radlo ecDpseo Ihe pnono-
graph, Wan De INTERESTED IN the news
that the machine Is coming BACK
The very instrument which first
suppressed It is the means of its re-
vival. Thanks to radio technique
and the use of vacuum tubes in
recording music and reproducing It.,
the modern electrical photograph
is an infinitely better performer
than lis mechanical ancestor
Most modem radios are now
en,iinned 81 that nhonoerar,h turn
fables NAV be attached to them, and
the radio amplifier used for recorded
music Christmas sales Of s,,ch de-
vices broke All nrevions records.
sales NJ records nave doubled an
n,,ally for fine pastG two wears,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

response ought to be prompt and
generous. When, eight years ago,
Will Rogers was informed of the
campaign to buy the home, he sug-
gested that the fact that Hartford
did not already own 1t be kept a
secret, for no one would ever believe
it. The fact that Hartford has not
even yet provided for the permanent
maintenance of the home is equally
a matter for which the community
should hang its head. 1t Is an asset
to the city of the first order, the
loss of which would be cause for
modification. The people of St.
Louis have recently taken steps to
preserve the home of Eugene Field.
The people of Hartford have, in the
home OF Mark Twain, far greater
heritage, which has not only senti-
mental value and literary associa-
tons but practical use. The failure
of the campaign now under way is
not to be thought Of.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
A Book a Day
Scots Prosecutor
at Least Did Duty
BY BRUCE CATION

Back in the 18th century the
Stuart kings of England decided to
use force to compel Scottish COW
enanters and dissenters to accept
the established church. For long
years they enforced a bloody perSe-
cution-and stirred up so much re-
sentiment that it finally cost James
II his throne.
The persecution was entrusted
to a Highland soldier namde John
or ,"Bluidy Clavers." as his victims
called him. .s.g
Although he would seem to be
poor material for the hero of a ro-
mantle novel, Constance Dodge has
written good one around him in
Graham Of Claverhouse" (Covici-
Friede: $3.50. a,%
She presents Graham as a sim
pie soldier who believed In doing
his duty, as. defined by his super
Tors, no matter how ugly or messy
it might be. And she succeeds, too,
in arousipg the readers sympathy
for llira-no mean feat, when you
consider the hangings, the house
burnings, and the dragooning that
he carried out year after year.
Graham at least had the virtue
of loyalty. When James II fed
and William of Orange took the
throne, Graham refused to turn his
coat. Instead, he rallied the High
land clan for a last desperate re-
belhon against the new king-and
was killed for his pains.
1t, is impossible to give a story
like this the sweetness and light
and the sugary. happy ending COM
mon to most romantic novels.
Miss Dodge has not tried to. She
has simply told her story of adj
venture and ill-stsrred love-told
1t rather jerkily, IN places, but in
interesting fashion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25
Answers To.
Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. Is the phrase open Sesame"
in the Bible?
A. No. 1t Is the story of "Ah Ba-
ba or the Forty Thieves" In the
Arabian Nights Entertainments"
It Is a magical conjuration for
opening closed or secret doors and
gaining entrance.
@. What proportion OF the popu-
lation Of the United States are
Negroes?
"A. In 1890 there were 1881, 143
or 81 per cent OF the total popula-
ton.
@. Was the "Titanic" equipped
with radio when 1t struck an ice
berg and sank?
A. She carried an old type spark
transmitter, now obsolete, capable
of transmitting about $50 miles.
Jack Phillips, the senior operator.
lost his life In the disaster, and
Harold Bride, the Junior operator,
was rescued from a raft.
@. Is there any state that does
not grant divorce?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

The proposed new police barracks for
Litchfield should materialize, but we're
inclined to think itwon't. 1t will turn out
the same as the new county jail did up
there. Everything was lined up for one,
even to selection of a site on state road.
But something collapsed and there was
no new jail, although the present one is
over 100 years old. And yet legislators say
our present county jail system is perfectly
ok Nothing's wrong.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

started to leave. Mrs. Roosevelt
stopped him.
"Just one more thing, Ad-
miral," she said sweetly. "HOw
about taking care Of the chill
dren Of the cabinet members"
No one had given this a
thought. Grayson re-opened his
charts and blocked out additional
seats for the cabinet children.
NOTE:-Mrs. Roosevelt was so
anxious to avoid any slip-up that
during an all-day visit to the Ar
thurdale, w. ", resettlement
her pet project, she made several
telephone calls to Washington to
make sure that the promised
tickets had been delivered.
Mail Bag
X. NJ, Baton Rouge, lathe
president has not gained In
weight since the beginning Of his
first term. At that time he
weighed 1856; now he weighs 1873.
Il. v. i. A., Springfield, H.
Grover Cleveland participated in
more inaugural parades than any
other president, due to the fact
that his two administrations were
separated by Harrison's admins
tration. Thus, in the role either of
incoming or outgoing president.
Cleveland rode in four parades.
r. N. b., Winston Salem, N.
c. - In discussing in private
chambers, the Supreme Court
first hears the opinions of its
Junior" members, on the theory
that this prevents the newer men
from being influenced by the
opinions Of their seniors.
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