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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
fonr Colony in Aass arden of Eden Strengens Ancas Fa

To begin with. the government men admit that these POO families could have been reSettled somewhere in the states much cheaper, and possibly better >4
 But the government wants Alaska cooniEed, and pect that the chief military Alaska big country with only 5000 white people It produces practically noth ing for itsen.. ,, 'se,s .t Alaska is like fsr.away hand, existing only by the and slender artery of steamer lines from Seattle It would be easy to along and chop that hand of And from the hand-s only slice or two to the body:
 So the U S. would like to have that hand stronger less adding more people and becoming sef-sufcient that hand be made strong. +ssE ra
 The government looks upon its five millions as applied just to Matanuska, but prime that will sprout voluntary Matanuskas in many Alaskan valleys
 That's why T can't get excited the expense at Matanuska Suppose it has cost five million dollars? Five million is unquestionah. much for homes for 200 dis tresed But also SS millions is too much to spend batteShp just to make home for 1000 sailors you look at 1t that way .-.s.. ss. :,
 Country Is Beautiful
 The colony occupies only small part of the whole Matanuska Valley the valley is about l2S miles long and places 70 miles wide They pronounce it Mat-an oo-ska up here. sN .$
 The top soil in valley ranges from one to the in- credible depth of 20 feet.
 Mosquitoes are mighty bad in the brush although they don't bother the houses where all the trees have been cut down. House flies are unknown
 - Good Roads Built
 The climate is the finest I've heard of in Alaska. It doesn't the miserable chilly rain of the coasts the SO below zero stuff of the deep interior
 Since came, the weather has been dehghtful-bright sunshine days warm don't need coat thermometer in the high 80s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
ROOSEVELT BUSY
 AT FAMILY HOME

Hyde Park, N. Y, Aug. 27-(UP) President Roosevelt started three week working holiday" at his family home today.
 Eighty acts of congress were be- fore him for signature or veto. Most important were the sugar mar keting and the $5260 100000 slum- clearance housing acts. MT. Roose- velt,s action was uncertain on the first; approval of the second was believed certain.
 The Presidents train arrived at 8:30 a. m. EDT.
 In addition, the President was expected to decide whether he would call congress into special session in November or December to give the consideration 1t pledged to a farm crop surplus control bill in return for price-pegging cotton loans.
 MT. Roosevelt will return to Washington about Sept. IS. He has an engagement two nights later to address the country by radio in cele- bration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the federal consti- tuition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
WATER FRONT AT BOSTON SCARED

Boston, Aug. 27-(UPl--A triple- alarm fire in the midst of the At- lantic avenue shipping area today swept c five-story brick storage building of the Eastern Steamship Lines and threatened the water front as flames helched from win- dows blasted by hot-air explosions. The blaze vswAS controlled after a two-hours battle. Loss was estimated at $S5,000. The fire. discovered by a laborer, may have been ,incendiary. authorities said,
 One, fireman, Edward Baughan. was ,hospitalized with serious cuts on one hand, suffered when he was nearly knocked from a ladder as 6 explosion blew out a window he was about to enter. l,ess NJ <, ,,y
 Bremen, responding with all ap- paratus available in the section. pre- vented the flaiMes from spreading to decks af Eastern Steamship conis ,pany.s New, York and Saint John. N. B., Lines, nanking the stoFehouse ugs either vsltle. ~ {, V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

Each colonist actually lives his farm None lives In town The closest farmhouse is less than half mile from town, but the farthest is Il miles
 Roads run out from town in all four directions, and then side sprout out from these The colony IS spris- ingly intertwned with 142 miles of excellent roads ,fa Like Farmers Everywhere
 Nearly all the coonss have automobiles Some of them rattletap some shiny new lmousnes There seems to unwrtten law against driving less than 90 miles an hour.
 Houses are thicker than in any farm community I've ever seen Nearly every coo has very close neghbor Each only 40 and colonsts built in corners of their tracts next to each other.
 There are no unmarried coons And only two three who have children There have been 100 babies born to coonss wives since 1885, Practically every coonst has from one to three good olfashioned shepherd collie dogs One colonist told sshhhh breath of scanda that there great deal of running around with other mems wives at Matanuska.
 / How Many Gave Up?
 One of the main things we hear the states about the Matanuska project is the great number of coonss who went back. I've heard all kinds of figures on this.
 So asked the government the onhcia figures, and they got the books and added up and gave me figures: er-
 Families who originally. ................2 200
 Families that have left. ft....................... 75
 Ratio of original ones left t................. 63%
 Of the 200 families that here in the first batch 2 built So the government just built 173 houses and closed the colony membership right at that figure Every one the farms occupied and there is a waiting list
 Many Causes of Failure
 The surviving cooniss with whom have talked verified the They that of the original group just the ride Others ncompeens who either wouldn't work or couldn't think.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
ica Far North Outpost Counter Claims Dispute Costly Projects Success

Of course not all those who went back were ncompe- tents good many down with that devastating disease known homesicness and simply couldn't stay so far away Others left because of family Illness There were couple of dozen reasons why people left many or them perfectly legitimate
 The end of the exodus has not come yet There are people here who such poor managers they just can't make go of It. and will eventually throw up the sponge
 If you were to come here and look around you would why some go and some stay. Contrasts Are Clear
 You would see two neighbors adjoining farms work ing the same kind of and-men who started exactly even two years ago.
 And you would see today that has neat home of land cleared and has held his debt down to 5000 and has organized his production at he has small income from eggs and pork and odd jobs.
 And you would see his neighbors barnlot cuttered up grubby 10 acres cleared land $10000 in debt nothing coming absolutely hope for the future There are few perpetual trouble -akers still here and they will - doubtedy get the gate The coonss themselves say people will be giving up and leaving for the next 10 years
 Thousands Seek Chance
 In Washington, there literally thousands of appca- tons from farmers all the country who want to be Matanska coonsts But to become coonst you have to pay your own way up.
 Some 20 families have been selected. and paid their own way up The other repacements have been mostly rom farmers already living in Alaska.
 Even few of specially selected replacements have given up and gone home But that will grow less and less for the longer you stay in Alaska the better you ike % they say
 NEXT: Matanuska colonists themselves tell you how they've doing what their hopes and plans for the future ia.5-..i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
Undeserving Workers
 Ordered Dismissed
State WPA Administrator Promises Thorough Invesfi: gaton; Anonymous Letters Flooding Headquarters

step, I want to assure everyone in the state that upon receipt of legi- timate complaint I will take steps to have specific cases investigated and, If found to be undeserving, their places will be taken by work CTS whose families have no other income"
 Reports Persist
 MT. Sullivan said that occasional reports concerning the presence of undeserving persons on projects continue to come in, despite the fact that the WPA Is asking local wei. fare departments to reinveStigate an drecertify those in need on an average of twice a, year. as a means of discovering changes in financial circumstances, H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
JOHN MONTAGUE
 VISITS MOTHER

Syracuse, N. r., Aug. 27.-(UP)- John Montague, who had heard himself called the Paul Bunyan" golfer of Hollywood, a mystery man" and finally a Jean Vatican, came today to the bedside of his sick mother. sl ss. x
 He had bene freed on $26, 900 bail from Essex county jail at Eliza bethtown, N. Y. pending trial on a charge of participating in Q s70 roadhouse robbery seven years ago. The state claimed that he changed his name from Laverne Moore to Montague after the crime. and fled to California where he became the goifing pal of Bing Crosby and other movie stars. l
 The dappy, genial wizard of the links" was freed by Supreme Court Justice Brewster; who likened him to Victor HuGo's hero dk the novel Les Miserables.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

State Works Progress Administra- tor Vincent J. Sullivan today prom ised immediate investigation, upon receipt of specific complaint, of the status of any certified relief worker who allegedly is not entitled to such assistance.
 More and more frequently said MT. Sullivan, are complaints being heard unofflcially concerning the presence on WPA projects of per- sons undeserving of aid-persons in families where other members are earning enough money or where otherwise there is income sufficient to keep the families in the necessi- ties of life.
 Procedure
 Mr. Sullivan asked that citizens of Connecticut thoroughly under stand the method of hiring workers for WPA projects. A project, he said, Is submitted by a town or city, as the sponsor, to employ local able bodied welfare recipients. When the project Is ready to be started, the Works Progress Administration re- quests the necessary number of workers from the local welfare de- partment, and it Is the function ot that department, or the local select- men in the cases of small communi- ties, to see to 1t that those most de- serving, from a standpoint of need, are assigned to the work. In this manner 1t can be seen. the WPA ad- ministrator pointed out. that his or- ganization has nothing to do with hiring.
 However, continued MT. Sul- livan, "from time to time we hear of undeserving persons working on our projects. Sometimes they are men whose children are bringing in weekly salaries, or whose wives are working. While we have nothing to do with the actual hiring, depending on the welfare departments for this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
Market General List
 Was Dull At Opening
Railway Shares Steadied as Strike Prospects Were Deferred Heavy Losers Yesterday Regain Today

irregular.
 Several heavy losers Of the prev ious session rallied. U. s. Steel open. cd at Ill l-4 up Ia on 1900 shares; Johns Manville l2o l-2 up l-4; Al. lied Chemical 227 up 1: Westing. house Electric i4s s-4rup i.2; Gen. eral Motors 65 6-S up i-2: Deere < Go. l32 up 1: United Aircraft 27 S-4 up 3-4.
 New York Central opened 1000 shares at 36 i-4 up i.4 and extend. ed It's gain. Southern Railway rnads a small gain. North American led rally in utilities. It opened 1900 shares at % up 7-S. Consolidated Edison and Public Service of New Jersey were steady.
 Sears Roebuck lost i.4 to e2. Fractional declines were made by Kennecott Crucible Steel, Mont- gomery Ward, American smelting and Goodrich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
BY ELMER c. WALZER Limited Press Financial Editor)

New York, Aug. 27-(UP)--Rail- road shares steadied on the stock exchange today when strike pros- poets were deferred by intercession of a mediation board into the rail wage situation. The general list was dull with prices irregular in a nar- row range.
 Bonds were mixed. Cotton futures were steady. Sugar futures opened
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
WAS NOT DEAD

whitman, Mass, Aug. 27-(UPl- Few persons have a chance to mourn at their own grave, but William Blight, a farmland, had the chance and passed 1t up. Three weeks ago police found a body near the town line. labeled 1t that of Blight. and with proper services, buried 1t, To- day Blight was back home. He told police he had been working in a nearby town. AA-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
THEY STRIPPED, THEM

Schenectady, N. Y. Aug. 27-(UP) Two young women who declined to join the strike at the 0loversville Knitting company plant here, were stripped of their clothing as they attempted to break through picket lines. The girls were forced to walk several blocks to their homes nude. Other non-striking employees were greeted with a barrage of tomatoes as they left the plant,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
LONDON INSURANCE RUSH ON

: London (UP)-Fears. that Great Britain will become involved in an- other wra are responsible for wild scramble to insure property against damages from invading aircraft or Boinhardment from the sea. Cover to the extent of tens of millions of pounds Is being provided weekly, ac- 'ccrding to the Property Owners Protection Association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27
BY ERNIE PYLE NEA Service Special Correspondent

BY ERNIE PYLE .>r
 NEA Service Special Correspondent
 Palmer Alaska Aug 27-when get back to the states, know people will What the truth about Mata nuska?" .a- .tt es% . e. We'll they won't get the truth from Because there isn't any one truth It's like asking Flows the weather i Texas today?" There lot of answers and all of them are right. ,, .,, ','' Matanuska has had merciless thrashmg from its critics And overexaggerated in the other dcc ton by defenders I'll to st out the wheat from the goats the saying and tell simply how Matanuska strikes me- pure outsider who doesn't one way or the other. Here few impressions: a'N '%
 Tabloid Impressions i-Matanuska Valley is certainly AlaSkaS Garden of Eden" It is really thrilingly beautiful spot . i 2-Cfimatcaly, Matanuska better place to live than northern Minnesota ''-' Y 3-Good farmers can undoubtedly make fair but m-' ited living here. "' 4-Rad farmers any better here than anywhere else. ''." even who aren't doing any good say they absolute ly love Alaska. ... s-You hear reports that the government will abandon Matanuska, but do not believe 1t. ,, e.. ,,- 7-The failure of the project should not be judged it by the number of people who went back home. GA lot of them "just for the rde.D
 s-The government is its fifth million up here, and a great deal of 1t has been waste The spending be justified merely the basis of re.estabshing 200 families who relief
 That last raises the whole question of why Mata nuska established.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

< Seven thousand people of the Koryak and Lalfiut. tribes in the Kanichatka district ef Asia sew their first show when a puppet the- tre mounted on dog and reindeer slelRhS gave Gs performances In touf. of l.2sO smiiss this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

AnsweFs: d.a.i.. !. n' who s%.s,s:S ss,s.S ln Koeh's laboratory in Berlin. fIis papes "The Human Mouth as . feeus ef fnfscsicn," :" published In 1891, blassd the trail toward an awaksned reeoanition of the impcr. ssaee Of mouth infscsiea so health.
 g. No. If child C lsit.ksndsd, hs yheuId De allowed to rsnsain 60. There 6 no advantage so bs gained At changing him. As one asilhefity Aas sell ssla' "The dsvelspmehs ei lsts'handsdAsss is paft aad pssesi ef hnsbasle pkysisal ssswth and 10 W
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-27

South Shields, nn9iand, will erect municipal houses covering 275
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20
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IN REVIEWS ~
By GdlUuy1d W PicRd/zd
g Western Newspaper Union.

a recess until autumn. Vice Presi-
dent Garner and House Majority
Leader Sam Rayburn are foremost
in the planning for adjournment.
Senator Joe Robinson, senate ma
jority leader, is so sure congress
will quit soon that he has engaged
passage to Europe for July for him
self and Mrs. Robinson.
If. after the return of President
Roosevelt from his fishing trip, no
compromise agreement on the Su-
preme court enlargement plan can
be reached, congress probably will
take a long recess and resume the
fight over that measure in the fall.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana, leader of the opposition. said
some of the proponents of the plan
told him of the possibility of putting
the bill over until the autumn, and
he interpreted this as a sign Of
weakness.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20
New Roman Empire Marks
It's First Birthday

DREMIER MUSSOLINI gave the
people of Rome fine spectacle
in celebration of the first anniver-
sary of the new Roman empire, and
at the same time he warned the
world not to interfere with "the
thousands of years old civiliZing
mission of Italy in Africa. The
big parade which King Victor En-
manuel and the Duce reviewed was
given vivid color by the detach-
ments of native troops from Erit-
rea, Somaliland, Libya and Ethi-
opia. on Arab horses, on camels
and afoot. With them were the
mechanical forces of the regular
Italian army.
Gibes in the London press at the
Italian troops who were defeated in
several enga gements in Spain SO
vexed Mussolini that he barred
from Italy all but three of the Lon
don newspapers and ordered all
Italian correspondents in London to
return home at once.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20

the discussion, telling a house ap
preparation subcommittee that un-
employment is a permanent prob
lem, that the government should be
prepared to support 100000 jobless
persons at all times. and conse-
quently that congress must appro-
pirate the billion and half for
relief instead of cutting the sum
down to a billion.
Both Democrats and Republicans
on the committee protested. and
Chairman Woodrum of Virginia told
Hopkins he would use every en-.
deavor to have the appropriation re
duced by at least third
Senator William H. King of Utah,
Democrat, not only disagrees with
Hopkins as to the amount needed
for relief, but isn't satisfied with the
way the administrator has been
conducting the work. He introduced
resolutions in the senate calling for
an investigation of the works prog
ress administration and taking the
future spending of relief money out
of Hopkins hands. King said his
purpose was to abolish the WPA.
In the house economy received
wallop on the head when the re-
forestation bill was passed, I'll to
153. This measure would appropri-
ate $2,5O0,O00 annually for govern
ment aid to farmers who wish to
turn part of their farms into wood
lands. 1t was fought by a bloc led
by Representative J. j. Cochran of
Missouri, Democrat. 1T has a worth
while objective, but it is one of
those expensive measures which we
can defer passing for a while until
the budget is in balance" declared
Cochran.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20
Death Takes Harry New,
Ex-Postmaster General

II AIRY S. NEW, one of Indi-
L ana's we'll known citizens, died
in Johns Hopkins hospital, Balti-
more, at the age Of seventy-nine. He
had lived at Chevy Chase, Md,
since his retirement from active
work in 1929. but the body was TAX
en- back to Indianapolis for burial.
Mr.. New rose from reporter to
publisher of the Indianapolis Jour-
nal, and in later years he was head
Of the Bedford Stone and Construc-
tion company. However, he was
best known in the field of politics
and public service. He was chair
man of the Republican national
committee in 19O7-O8, senator from
Indiana from 1917 to 1923, and then
served as postmaster general under
President Harding, establishing the
first transcontinental air mail.
From 1923 to 1925 Mr.. New was
grand consul of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20
African Victor

LIS NAME is forgotten now but
l. he was once a national hero.
For he was the leader in one of
the most spectacula exploits in
American military history.
William Eaton was his name and
he was a native of Connecticut who
had come out of the Revolution as
a sergeant at the age of seventeen
and later won the commission of
captain in the American army. In
1898 he was appointed consular
agent at Tunis and, by his skill
and daring in handling the ruler
of that country, he secured for Am
erican commerce complete immun-
ity from the Tunisian pirates. But
the pirates of Tripoli were still prey
ing upon our shipping and in 1903
Eaton, returning to America, Sc
cured from President Jefferson per-
mission to try plan which would
put an end to the war.
He proposed rC enlist the serv-
ices of the deposed Ahmet, brother
of Yusuf, ruler of Tripoli, lead an
expedition into Tripoli, depose Yusuf
and put Ahmet, who would then be
friendly to the Americans, on the
throne. He was successful in getting
Ahmet's promise to aid him and
carly in 1905 he started out from
Alexandria, Egypt, with his army
of 400 men consisting of nine Ameri-
cans, 40 Greeks, % artillerymen of
various European nationalities and
the remainder Egyptians, Turks and
Arabs, to capture the town of Derna.
His was an epic journey of 500
days across the desert. During
that time Eaton not only had to
endure the hardships Of country
in which the thermometer never
dropped below 120 degrees but he
also had to quell mutiny, led by
the man he was trying to put on
the throne-Ahmet himself. But IL
nally they reached Derna and there
with some aid from three small
American warships, Eaton and his
men stormed the defenses of Derna,
put to rout the 300 defenders of the
city and took possession.
For several weeks afterwards he
beat off the attacks Of the enemy
but in June he was ordered to evac-
uate the city by his government
which thus threw away the victory
he had so splendidly won. The only
good that came out of his expedi-
ton was that some of the American
seamen seized by the Tripolltans
were exchanged for prisoners Eaton
seized when he captured Derna.
Eaton returned to the United States
where he was hailed as a hero for
a time. But he was soon forgotten
and he died, broken-hearted and In
poverty, in 1911.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20
Mabel Boardman Honored
by the Red Cross

NJ ISIS MABEL T. BOARDMAN
AVA was the guest of honor at the
dinner of the American Red Cross
during the annual convention in
Washington, and she richly de-
served that distinction and all the
fine things that were said about her.
For Miss Boardman was closing her
thirty-seventh year of service with
the organization, during which time
she never has accepted either sal
ary or expense money. Such self
less devotion to a humanitarian
cause is not often met with and it
is most seemly that it should be
recognized. Since 1900 Miss Board
man has raised more than $2,000,-
600 in gifts to the Red Cross.
MY satisfaction is in develop
ing things" the tall, impressive ma
tional secretary and volunteer serv-
ice head, explained. II don't care
very much for static things"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-05-20

general ancient routine was fol-
lowed, there were some notable con-
cessions to modernity. For instance,
the abbey was equipped with tele-
phones and loud speakers. Anoth-
er innovation, on the days before
the coronation, was the stationing
of companies Of soldiers from the
various dominions as sentries at
Buckingham and st. James pal
aces. Never before had this duty
been entrusted to other than the
British guards.
Throughout the British empire
coronation day was celebrated with
parades and banquets, and wher-
ever on earth as many as two Brit
ishers came together, George vi
was toasted.
In a chateau near Tours, France,
Edward, duke of Windsor, sat be-
fore a radio listening to broadcast
of the coronation ceremonies; and
by his side was Wallis Warfield, his
fiancee, for whom he surrendered
his throne.
1t was announced that Wallis had
formally dropped the name Sinp-
son and would be known as Mrs.
Wallis Warfield.