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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
YACHT PARTY ON CAROLINE
 BIRTHS HERE
Five Guides Go Aboard To- day as Fishing Cruise Be-
 comes Hunting P arty

A fishing cruise through South east Alaska aboard the Campbell Church yacht Caroline will be con- verted into a hunting party Friday as five guides joined the party to- day.
 Aboard the yacht are Rudolph Schilling and his sons, August and Rudolph, Jr., of San Francisco; F. Bain, M. Drury of New York and Joe Donohoe of San Francisco.
 The Caroline left Petersburg on August l under the command of Capt. Jim Sande Other members of the crew are Tom King, mate; Art Maitland, engineer; Jack Ross, chef and Joe Griffin, cabin man.
 The guides who boarded the yacht today are Ed Jahnke, Dick Harris, Hal Hibbs, Jim Lovett and T. Me Kinney The party will engage in goat hunting starting Friday south Iof Juneau on the mainland, and later will try it's luck in bear hunt ing on Admiralty and B9ranof Is- lands. They voyage will end in Petersburg September 10.
 The Caroline berthed at the Ma rine Airways dock at midnight, then switched over to the Standard Oil dock this morning and later berthed at the upper City Float.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
FOR SEEKSTO STILL TORIES
 BY DEMOCRACY
Declares He Wants No Change
 Tn Government

MANTEO, N. C., Aug. 18.-Pres- ident Roosevelt today declared Democracy and more Democracy is the answer to the Tory insistence that salvation lies in vesting power in the hands of a select class.
 He was speaking at the celebra- ton marking the 350th anniversary of the Lost Colony" of Sir Walter Raleigh.
 The President said: T seek no change in the form of the Ameri- can government. Majority rule must be preserved as a safeguard both to liberty and to civilization.
 The Chief Executive renewed his criticism of tke Liberty League and others whom he said thunder today"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
RICH BUILDER
 LIKES LIVING
 IN RAIL CAR

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18-George Yang, wealthy Pittsburgh contrac- tor, lives down by the railroad tracks in summer-and likes it.
 His home is a one-time army hospital car which he purchased in 1914 as his rowing headquarters on construction jobs.
 Yang liked the Seclusion of the railroad car so well that he decid- ed to make it his summer home The house" luxuriously furnish ed, is flanked by a rocky hill on one side and small lake on the other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

INOth
 . Prince Robert in port and sails . for Skagway at Il o'clock to- . night. . Prince George scheduled to . arrive tomorrow evening. . SCHEDULED SAILINGS . Mount Mckinley scheduled to . sail from Seattle this morn c ing at o'clock but probably . delayed until afternoon. Q Northwestern scheduled to sail Q from Seattle tomorrow at 0 am. . Dorothy Alexander scheduled . to sail from Seattle August . 20 at 9 am. . Northland scheduled to sail . from Seattle 10 a.m., August . 20. c Yukon scheduled to sail from . Seattle August 21 at 9 am. . Princess Louise scheduled to . sail from Vancouver August 0 21 at 9 pm. . Prince Rupert scheduled to . sail from Vancouver August Q 23 at pm.
 . Aleutian scheduled to sail { . from Seattle August "A at 9 . am. 9 sOUTHBOUND SAILINuS c North Sea scheduled to arrive Q tomorrow morning; was in Q Sitka at 3 pm. this after . noon
 Q Princess Charlotte scheduled . to arrive in port Friday .
 . morning at o'clock and sails Q south hours later.
 c Baranof scheduled south
 . bound next Friday or Satur-
 . day.
 Alaska scheduled southbound {
 next Monday. . LOCAL SAILINGS { . E5tebeth leaves every Wednes- . day night at 6 pm, for ( . Sitka and wayports. . Dart leaves every Wednesday ( . at am. for Petersburg, Pert ( . Alexander, Rake and way { . ports. ( . . q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
Z ARMY MEN
 ARE KILLED

WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. = Col. William McChord, and Staff Ser geant Michael O'Connell, of the Army Air Corps, wer killed today in a CT S h near Boghland, Va, enroute from Boiling Field to At lanta.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
AAT TO FLY
 TO SEATTLE
 ON SATURDAY

A flight to Seattle is scheduled by the Alaska Air Transport Sat urday, Agent Russell Clithero an nounced today.
 Chief AAT Pilot Sheldon Sim mons will be at the controls. The return trip will be made the fol- lowing Tuesday, Clithero said.
 Several reservations for the trip have already been booked.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
ELECTRA NORTH

Oscar Olson, Territorial Treasur- CT, was the sole passenger on the Pacific Alaska Airways Electra when 1t winged away from the Juneau airport for Fairbanks this morning at 9 o'clock, with Pilots w S. Rob- bins and Walter Hall at the con- trols. The flight was postponed from yesterday because of heavy fog.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
} HALIBUTERS
 SELL, SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Aug 18-Three hali- buterS arrived here today from the western banks and sold their last catches.
 The Neptune brought in 39,000 pounds, selling for 13A and 12h cents a pound; Atlantic, 32,000 pounds, 13 and 12l2 cents; Adding ton, 25,0O0 pounds, 1874 ard 1234 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
CHANNEL BUS LINE

Phone lOo 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, 6:15, 7:15. SIS, s:45,
 11:15, l2:0O midnight. Leave Douglas A.M.-7:40, S: 40, $40, l0:40, 11:40; P.M-12:40, 2:10, $40, 4:40, $40, GAO, TAO, $40, 10:lO,
 11:40
 Glacier Highway Leave Aux Bay: A.M.-7:00, SIS; P.M.-12:30, AIS. Saturday Special
 GAS 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.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18

Local PWA officials this morning confirmed the appropriations, which are maximum forty-five per cent grants, and must be earned by the supplying, by the communities of the remaining fifty-five per cent.
 A call for construction bids on the new Douglas school building is being published today, with con- tracts to be let September l. Plans for the Douglas school have been prepared by the H. B. Foss Com pany, Juneau architectural firm. Plans are now under preparation for the school at Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
High Diver Lucky

UNION CITY, Ind.-John Synder fell 40 feet from an elevator into wheat bin-and got off with a sprained foot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18

There is a burying ground near Webster, Mass, in which the graves are marked with field stones, large ones indicate old men and the small ones young men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
PWA AIIOtments Made for Pair Of
 Alaska Schools
Contracts for Douglas Con- struction to Be Let Sept.
 1 Anchorage Later

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes has announced that Presi- dent Roosevelt has approved allot- ments of s116,085 for a school building at Anchorage, Alaska, and $29, ,250 for the new Douglas, Alaska, school
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18

Nearly 100000, 900 fish have been planted in forest streams and lakes by Civilian Conservation Corps workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide 5:23 m, 0.8 feet High tide 11:46 j. m, 13.8 feet Low tide 5.30 D. m., 3.7 feet High tide 11;27 D. m, 15.5 feet /, Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
Evening star., 1937-08-14

that day, he might have been en-
sconced in one Proba bly, more than
once he considered the possibilities of
a house boat on the Seine.
The necessity in the past for ap-
pointing wealthy men to ma ior dipio-
matte posts was we'll understood, but
even at that the waste involved in our
policy was tremendous. For example.
James Gerard spent fortune remod-
cling and furnishing mansion in
Germany before the World War. When
Alanson Heughton went to Germany
later, he had TO find another place
and spent some Sl50,000 on it, When
Houghton was shifted to. London, he
took along as many personal possess
sions as possible and the new Ambas-
Sador TO Germany toNnd he must dig
down in his jeans for like amount in
order TO have surroundings in keep
ing with the dignity of the Nation he
was representing. When finally we
did buy in Germany, we took ad-
vantage OF none OF these expenditures
Of money. time and effort Moreover,
the palace we purchased has never
been remodeled or put in livabIe con-
dition.
WIVES of diplomats in those early
DAYS had TO be clever interior
decorators. Mrs. Robbins has opened
and closed 33 houses in the course
of her career as diplomats wife.
Her husband was stationed in Wash
ineton at Ave separate periods Of
time. He had terms OF service in
Paris. Mexico City, Gustemala City,
Buenos Aires. Santiago. Berlin, Rome,
San Salvador and Ottawa. The tenn
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ever, significant. indlca tins, as it
mining opera tionS, and the steady. if
slow. expansion Of Alaskan markets
factors which inevlta blv lead to one
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Bv Ellis Nprpdnh.

IN The Virginia hills today foot
back librarians tour iSola ed
areas not only to bring books sno
magazines TO those who have not
managed 10 get hold OF much read
ing matter in their lives. but 20 reaC
aloud TO men and women Hho have
never learned 20 read and never before
discovered that. the printed page Is
magic gateway 10 new and taSclnat-
ing worlds.
Aud IN (ne own Of Independence
IN Grayson County. the heart Of the
hIii country, tooay stands t,ny clI-
cuia rlng library made Of logs a Struc-
ture that was dedicated IN july win
brass ba DDS a goat ta roecue racing
contests for children and speeches.
Unuil then there had never been
library IN The whole OF GfaySou
County. 60 miles long and sometimes
Ca He'd he roof OF The State because
1t contains The highest eieVa tons IN
Virginia. IL was The NaLional Youth
AdmlniStra llou. agency OF the Fedora |
Government deoicaled' 10 fostering
education sli over The Uniled States,
that. with he aid Of helpful Vlr-
einianS made The library and The
Foot OK librarlan MS possible, giving
people OF the hill area the chance 10
read some Of the treasures OF litera- =
ture that were discovered so long ago
oy most groWn-ups that they have
since become a part of their char
acters.
And do ne hlii people ike "Da vld
Copperfeld" and VANITY Fair? And
do the eyes Of The young folks shine
when thev see books on carpentry OF
mechanics OF gardening They are
definitely delighted.
The story Of this rena iSSance IN the
Virginia mountain country is best told
bv Miss Pauline Bourne, National
Youth Administration director, whose
efforts have been rewarded by seeing
boys and girls walk l8 miles to the
county seat in search OF work whose
curiosity. now stimulated by written
words, had never before lured them
that far away from their hilltop
homes
4 FFER much study of what had
been done in other communities
with similar problems Miss Bourne
decided 10 suit the procedure TO the
occa sion and use the material al
hand" she says, and gives this picture
Of her field OF action.
"Grayson County had no library.
There were 800 'out of school youth
in the section who have proba bly, COM
pleted the sixth or seventh grade in
one-room schools. living in isolated
communities. They are of pure
English Scotch and Irish descent, and
they were idle Many still are. We
had no relief schers to instruct
! them in trades or handicraft. From
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thls group the travehns librarians
we're taken.
The >UirIl VI iusralitude >howu by
some VI The Older people on relief
CONVINCED me that something must
be done 10 Improve The mental ATTITUDE
OF the Younger generation. The minu
AS we'll sS the body must be TED sod
there Is no stronger influence during
the plastic stage Than BOOKS Out Of
these conditions tne GraySon County
200, Back Library WAS born
The central library was one lluv
room, lItll+ more Ihsn d rece,viug Sia-
lIou. and ss books and una q zlnes were
acquired carving boxes were devised
snd The Young CoipoftturS sent out
each with niS OF her route mapped oui
aud couSldersbi bie ieeway given as 10
me thodS. Now and theu Young
carrier found people who could MOI
read. but ionsed 10 be read 10; Lney
found old people some Of them blind
and some Of them With no glasses 70
ena bic them 10 ma ke out the sgeS al
which they eagerly peered; they found
sick FOLKS. for whom the days dragged
YEARLY away. with hands LOO feeble
to hold a book. even II they had such
treasure
'HE only thing tnat everybody IA
those hills had plenty Of was
time. So when the Foot Back IIbrsr-
ian found 4 wisCfu old person who
never did nave NO chance 10 learn 10
read what more simple than TO put
down his travelling kit Of literature
choose A story or sn article. snd read
aloud for an hour or so? Sometimes
chance that some peighbor who could
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1mporLs ion Of on from CalltornIa
INTO Alaska replacing roaI u snorner
ons OF those subjects in connecrlon
with this question that II nehoove2
one 10 approach with dehcacv and
tact
Oh can be hoated up Tho sea
coast much more chea plv than coal
can De transported. and as result
OH mas found q flrm foot hold TODAY
IN Alaska There is ALWAYS the pos-
SiOIIrV. as experts nave predicted.
nat ne California OIL fields will
give out before great manv years
have rolled sroupd When and v
TINS hApp<ns the Demand for roai
.lignt we'll Or 50 great that Alaska
would hnd herself with readV mar
ket CompetiTIye conditions can
cn.ux- lhe whole plcItIe
lbe geologic cuuuI'lOus mat Cnarar-
teIlze Alaska Goa mines present
puoturr dIrlcuity which makes mining
very -xp-nsive Inere are three coal
uesriLY >oues - surveys made oN me
Geological surrey Of he DE- "a ~ ment
Of Ne lot terror Dave Inoice ed. There
- ioiUluS an0 IauljIng OF he Strata.
Inc veIus have oten raised. lowered
Auu general twisted IN 81 clrec-
tion> ov mountain formations SINGS
he beds we're otlglna tlv formed. and
thev sre brosen and irregular IN
lnicSueSS inVoiVlng much dna q
~orE III mIuIng While many ~ -hs
ve,n- are long snO very him. few
are eu'a>;e ior sfrIpper mines, or
miuins from tie surface
The hIst geological explOra non ,nJo
he resIou was mace In | 89S when -ne
Mr. ni,Ska valley was trsgerStd ov
W. G. MeudenhaII OF the unUed
S'Stes Geological Survey Men6en-
ms III was a geoloelst attached 10
nIIltary expedition In the charge Of
Capt EDWIN Gi@nn OF The United
Sts les Amy He maoe Gopoara phic
map OF he region and prote de.
See COAL. Page B-2D
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Navy Interested in Reserves and of Private Public
Operation of Mines Is Tied Up With Costs of Pro
dlction and Transportation

the St~ tes dropped 10 26 oo+ short
tons and from BRUSH Columbia to
l6lo86
The United States NAVY has long
manifested 8 keen interest IN Alaska
Goa mines with An eve 10 Goa hng
station along he Pacific IN tlme OF
war. In 1919 the NavV Depa ment
sent q commission 10 study ne neid
and deIe eimine whether explora tion
vouto be advisa Bile. As result The
NaVv TOOK over operation as tbe
Navy Alaskan Goa CommIssion. Of
ne mint 81 CniCkaIooG and also went
vigorously TO WORK making broad
studie> Of ha oors transport and noVl-
go non yToUiems
When The Navy r-turueo lue Chick
aioon mine 20 he Interior Depart
ment III 1922 1t vas "nh ne nope
expressed hat through pupilc oper-
non oI private lease .ne WORK misnt
o- continued wIrh view 10 Uuiloius
upou Il comm e,ciai osAI> Coai pro-
uucins unlt 20 ,upuiv he Naeg 7eet
~ith inci III tini- of ueeJ me VsHs
has from Jine ~ iiMe t~>'c0 out
various sreoe- suO s4uus VI A 10 -s
coal ioI suitability 20 It's ut-u< aud
declared th~ ntsh-sraoe wye flOU
Matauu>ka deSIraGie 1t mas been
suggested inat IA be uined sac
brought 10 Seward 10 naval oOs ing
s,aGlon and that certain areas IN
The MatsnuSka JesIon Oe rSLaaeo ov
the Governments as naval reserve
\\iHIiE e II - true that Oh has
iargety replaced coa 10 The
operation Of our naval h-ct Lbr
general tendency AT prea-ut - "
,,Se Coz wnsrePer possible suo use OIL
where 40 Other re>otMce ~ii sarve
IL strikes one a. ions wav about
aud nishiV illogical ~ laVISniv ex-
pend o,u limited OH resources WIN
the s-Sun1pilou tnaL once We nave
run through he eSllpa ted araila oi e
g 0OO coo 600 barrels We can ia II
oa OK 90 coal or some >ynthe,Ic sub
s'iiute for oil In tsct the present
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Bv I.urr Salamanca.

~ 1NCF n,Ir Alaskan coal fields
have become known. under the
Guffev Pltum'nons Goa Com
- mission act as DiSrrlct Nc %"
there has heen revived keen interest
In thr. probable furre attimde Of the'
United States Government with re-
gard 10 these vast resource that lie,
cractica llv untouched. 10 The north
Of rs
will the National RltumlnouS Goa
Commission interest itself actively in
Npenine up Government mines or in
granting new leases to private enter
prise. in an effort 10 aid in develop
ment of the territory? win he United
States NavV press lis demands ft- re-
serves 10 be used in The event ~ war
on he Pacific side Of ihe continent
and eSta bliSh in he territory Goa ling
station for the Navy? Will efforts be
made 10 extend tranSporta ton faCili-
ties into The interior OF Alaska? In
short. the impetus given 10 coal MIN
ing in Alaska in the past year. and
the added interest that IS apparent on
the part of prospective miners or
settlers, indicate that The new coal
commission has. bv its very existence
started things stirring with regard 10
a question that has been The center
~ bitter controversy for ANY wears.
personal survey Of opinions of
members Of the Goa Commission. Of
hclalS of the Alaskan Division Of the
Department OF the Interior, the Bu
resU Of Mines and the Geological Sur
uev. and inquiries among a number
ut coal producers and Government
supervisors in newly sci up districts
under The Guffey act. who have Just
mel for a coal conference in the Cap
ttal made it clear TO This writer that
whatever the Coal Commission may
decide 10 do wit respect 10 these dis
taDr reserves of coal here is bound
10 ne a, great diversity of opinion about
the adviSa bllrv Of anv measures that
may be taken. There is apparent
peculiar "tonChinnSS' about the sub
Evening star., 1937-08-14
MRS. ROBBINS LIKES NEW JOB
Decorating American Legations and Consates Abroad Will Take
Wife Of Late D. S. Minister Canada, Who Has Lived
in }} of Them, All Over the World.

pera lures in these cities range Mrs.
Robbins saws. all the wav from 45
below TO l04 above
Mrs Robbins was born in Buenos
Aires her maiden name being Irene
oe Bruyn President Roosevelt and
other close friends call her Ren.
her mother a South American OF
French descent and an accomplished
pianist Tooay at 76 Madame oe
Bruyn practices daily at the piano
educated in France, where she studied
Languages, decorative art and dra-
mstics She speaks fve languages
Spanish. French, German Italian and
trace Of accent Because it is often
so complicated at an American n
gathering to explain her nationality
and antecedents. she often saws she
that.
She has two sons AND daughter
and two era ndchildren. Her eldest
son. Warren Delano Robbins. jr., 27,
is unmarried and has a post with
the National City Bank st Buenos
Aires. where his material grand
parents, his uncle and his great
grandmother reside. Mrs. Robbins
recently furnished on apartment for
her SOD in Buenos Aires in modern
istlc style
RENE ROBBINS well knows the
demands made on American n
ministers and amba ssadors in foreign
climes. She knows from experience
what type of entertaining is expected
Among the newer decorating prob
lens for Uncle Sam within the next
two years are the furnishing OF
residences in Vienna, Helsinki, Fin
land; Monrovia, Liberia, MonteVideo
Uruguay; Port au Prince, Haiti, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil: Shanghai, and
Cuidsd TrujiIlo, Dominican Republic
In Vienna building has been pur.
chased and remodeling will begin ir
about two months At Managua
Mica ragua, We plan to build Spanish.
type house of white cement with 9
patio this Fall. To some extent it viii
resemble old New Orleans houses with
columns and balconies. In FINLAND
the building TO house the minister sne
his Offices will be OF brick, in Georgia. I
style In the difficult climate o.
Liberia We viii copy to a detail the ole
Carroll House Of Baltimore. Two con
crete houses will be built for staff
members To construct these build
ings in Liberia we must send all ma
Ierials and equipment, engineers snt
skilled foremen. At Montevideo, ir
Port gu Prince and In the Dominican
/ Republic We are building this yea
'See MRS. ROBBINS. Page B-3)
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Br Flora e.. Orr.


~ NE of rhe most fascinating
Jobs ever 70 fall to uomans
lot has Just been given 10
- Mrs. Warren Della no Robbins.
WIDOW NJ the la,e United States Min
lister 10 Canada who was a cousin of
President Roosevelt's on his mothers
SIDE of the family.
Mrs. Robbins is 10 De in charge of
furnishing and interior decorating in
all American legations and conSulates
in foreign countries from Bangkok TO
RuenOs Aires. from Montreal TO Muk-
den, and in them plans 10 build up a
competent staff to insure Americans
in foreign countries proper settings in
which TO conduct Uncle Sans bust
nASS
Only within recent wears have
America MS appointed TO diplomatic
and consular posts been assured that
this country intended eventually to
relieve them of house hunting wor-
r,es When William Phillips first went
as Amba!sSa dor to Brussels in 1924 he
lived with his wife in two front rooms
in boarding house. There was such
an acute housing shortage that when
fhe then Secretary of State Hughes
came 10 Belgium on a visit Envoy
Phillips gave up his pension quarters
to Secretary and Mrs. Hughes and
retired 10 a back bed room Later,
largely at his own expense, Mr.. Phil
lips leased beautiful twin houses
one for his family. the other for Off
cial entertaining. We still rent quar-
ters for our representatives. in Brussels.
Today The United States owns
buildings N Buenos Aires. Rio de
Janeiro. London, Paris. Berlin, Te
heran. Rome, Toxic Mexico City
Tangier. Oslo, Panama City, Bang
kok, Ists nbul. Tirana. Ottawa. Santi
ago Chile, Peiping, San Jose Costa
Rica,. Praha. San Salvador and some
few OF her cities. We have made but
. beginning, however, on what the
State Department deSignates "a long
and much needed program" In some
cases the buildings owned are suitable
only for Offices and the problem of
living quarters still hsunts our ennis
ssries.
\ HISTORY of early hit-a nd miss
procedure in acquiring places
abroad to hang diplomatic hats would
he most interesting. One Of the first
enhaSsjes to which the United States
claimed ownership was the house in
London which we received as gift
In fee simple from J. Pierpont Nor
gan.
When Ambassador Myron Herrick
was in Paris he did a bit of sleigh OF
hand and got us a bargain. He had
heen urging ownership there for years
and remarked that tAxi drivers never
knew where the American En bassy
WIS located Had there been trailers IN