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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-28

France has won first place among the nations of the world for inter- national air records during the past few years, French airmen having hing up 54 records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-28
VIOLIN ARTIST
 IN UNION FIGHT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-28
HOME OF JUSTICE
 LAUER IS RAIDED

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
CRAvET IS BIC SUCCESS
 IN MUSIC
King and the Chorus Girl Ends Tonight at Coli
 scum Theatre

A new star, with a genius for quiet comedy and high voltage TO- nance, flashes on the cinema horI- zon!
 He is Fernand Gravel, screen idol of the Continent, whose first American picture, The King and the Chorus Girl, is at the Coliseum for final showing tonight.
 In The King and the Chorus Girl" Mervyn LeRoy's first picture as producer for Warner Bros, M. Gravel plays the role of wealthy, spendthrift eX-King Alfred VII who tumbles madly in love with an in dependent. little American chorus girl, portrayed by Joan Blondell. The king loves the chorus girl, she turns up her nose at him, and the merry. mad fun is on.
 Edward Everett Horton is mag nificently humorous as the wor- ried uncle of the profligate king. as is Mary Nash, the veteran CO., medicine, as his aunt. The cast is studded with noted names - Luis Alberni, Alan Mowbray, Jane Wy man, Kenny Baker of radio fame and many others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
LING DRAMA ENDS
 AT CAPITOL
'Bity City, Starring Rainei and Tracy Seen for Last
 Times Here Tonight

Big City" is a modern, thrilling drama of down. to-earth people O. New York, of two warning factions cf rival taXicab drivers, and of the marital romance of a rough-and- ready taxi driver and his foreign born wife.
 Tracy plays the taxi driver who refuses to be dominated by racke- teers, and Miss Rainer appears as the faithful foreign wife who be- comes the innocent victim of the racketeers' brutality.
 Miss Rainer plays present-day role for the first time.
 The co-stars have been given a supporting cast of thirty-four fea- tured players. In prominent roles are Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher Eddie Quillan, Victor Varconi, Oscar O'Shea, Helen Troy, William De- marest, John Arledge, Irving Bacon Quinn Williams and Regis Toomey
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
Congressmen Are
 Afraid of State
 Power for Taxing
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Service correspondents. D

From our own library of aimless information:
 Senate page boys, all under 16, get about SIP a month and must attend a part-time school conduct ed for them in the capitol |. George Washington vetoed a bill for the Washington monument and it didn't get started again for years. Lode and placer location nOtices for sale at The Empire Office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
MISS KARINEN IS
 IGNORED AT PARTY

In honor of her birthday, Miss Eileen Karinen was given a sur prise party Saturday evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. Bert Bertholl on East Street
 A buffet-supper was. served the guests after which the party at tended the Douglas Prom.
 Those attending the affair in- cluded: MT. and Mrs. Jean Goth, MT. and Mrs. Tom Herret, MT and Mrs. Wilson Foster, MT. and Mrs. B. Bertholl. Mrs. Goodman Jensen, Miss Sylvia Berg. Miss AL berta Porter, Miss Louise Skinner, Miss Helen Beistline. Miss Dorothy Bertholl, Miss E. Karinen, Miss Ruth Bertholl. MT. Philip Rertholl, MT. Maynard Walstrom. MT. Ethan Nelson, MT. Bud Bedding, MT. Har- " Sturrock. MT. Robert Turner, the guest of honor and the host and hostess,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
PARTY GIVEN FOR
 JAMES SOFFOULIS

A birthday party was given last Sunday afternoon at the home of J. A. SoufouliS on Franklin Street in honor of their son James who was seven years old.
 A huge three tier cake decorat- ed in pink and white was presented to James by his father, owner of the Star bakery. Favors consisting of snap-mottoes and balloons were giv- en each guest, and after cake and ice cream had been served, the chil- dren attended a matinee.
 Those attending the affair includ- ed Patty Maloney, Eulalie Bockmore Patricia Sey, Frances Karinen Katherine Bavard. Mark Klaich Daniel Klaich, Shirley Erwin, Lil- lian Brood, Virginia Meyer, Mary Jean Soufoulis and the guest oi honor
 Mrs. William Klaich, and Mrs Anthony Bockmore assisted during the afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
GRADUATION MORNING
By BETTY CLARKE
AP Feature Serulce Writer

AP Feature SerUice Wr1ter
 There's just one way to look your best for commencement: Take plen- ty of time getting ready.
 Allow yourself half an hour long CT than you think you could possibly need. You'll be surprised how few minutes will be left of that half hour when the family finishes inspecting you
 But before you parade in front of the family, give careful thought to your.
 POWDER. Apply it carefully. It's a good idea to wear slightly darker shade than you ordinari- ly use. It will look less chalky under the lights.
 ROUGE. You'll look a little better in the spotlight, too, if you have a touch of color But be sure it's no more than a touch. LIPSTICK. The danger with lip stick is not in wearing it, but in choosing too dark a shade and in putting it on too thick FINGERNAILS. They must be neat. If all the girls in your class wear nail polish you probably will want to. But be sure it's applied care- fully.
 HAIR. Your hair must be neatly arranged and look soft. Don't get a permanent unless you have at least two weeks in which to let that ter-permanent stiffness soften Its more important to brush your hair every day and get out in the sunshine and air as many afternoons as possible. Then have your hair fixed the day be- fore graduation. Don't let the hairdreSser try out any new tints and stick to your usual rinse.
 If you have any time left over after you've taken that last satsi- fled look in the mirror, you might practice walking.
 Pretend you're about to walk up to receive your diploma. First sit down. Relax completely. That means sit as comfortably as you can-but don't slouch.
 Breathe deeply ten times.
 Now stand up. Walk, from your hips, as if you were going to open the front door to let in caller. Keep your head up and your should CTS down Don't be afraid to smile your most charming smile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17

ultra-modern.
 The group was known to Ameri- can Whalers in the late ZOOS but the whalers passed it by with hardly an entry in their logs. In the 18th century, however, science discov- cred new things about fertilizers, especially phosphates. All of the Phoenix islands once were rich in guano, the hard-packed deposits of birds through the centuries. Guano contains high percentage of phos- pilates to enrich depleted soils Fer tilizer companies from the United States set up guano mining camps on several of the islands in the 1870's, but as soon as the guano deposits were mined out the islands were abandoned, and no nation took the trouble to claim them.
 A Palm or Two
 A year or two ago trans-PacifiC passenger plane routes became practical Immediately the strate- gic value of the Phoenix islands as emergency landing bases was rec ognized and the United States claimed Howland, Jarvis and Baker This year Uncle Sam put in a bic for Enderbury and Canton. Only Great Britain has disputed the claims, so the two nations started holding conversations, which arc still going on
 Last year astronomers discovered the islands were a perfect spot tt observe the June eclipse of the sun and huge temporary camps sprane up. The Navy sent Warship te help along, and a metal American flag was imbedded in concrete.
 Canton is a long rim of coral about 600 yards wide, around an egg-shaped lagoon extending 11h miles. Enderbury is an oval chunk of coral and rock, four miles long 11s wide. Nowhere does it stick more than g feet out of the ocean. Some of the islands have few scraggly coconut palms and sparse topping of pigweed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
LuiSe Rainer Sued
 For Large Amount

LOS ANGELES, May IT, = Lui5e Rainer, screen star, has been sued for S10O,000 damages in superior court. The plaintiff, Rita Buccola, fifteen, was asserte6 to have been injured seriously in an automobile collision between her fathers car and one occupied by the actress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
 IS SPRUNG;H0 GIVES H0NORS
Roy Howard, Publisher, Be. ing Entertained, Speaks
 Across Pacific
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, May 17-Conversa- tion piece at midnight: Roy How ard, the publisher, is sitting at a table adorned with spreading cocoa nut blossoms, imported from Ha- waii. He is chatting with Com mander Bailis of the Coast Guard, and with MT. and Mrs. George Sutton, of the Sutton news agency; with Charles Rochester, the hotel man, who is his host for the eve ming, and with Mrs Rochester, and a number of people whom your cor respondent can not identify.
 Out in front, in pool of light, three girls in skirts made of ri (tea) leaves are swaying softly to the strains of murmuring tropic lullaby. And the man at the micro phone is singing softly song which runs liks this: ITO you, Sweetheart, aloha from the bottom of-my heart = Keep the smile on your lips-Brush the tears from your eye. :" It goes on like that. It is Ray Kenney sing ing, and when Ray sings, the best is singing.
 It is his homecoming, and much of New York is here to welcome him back. They are jammed at tables over which hang vast palm frondS. It is, Of course, the Hawaiian room at the Lexing- ton hotel.
 Meanwhile busy walters are plac- ing before guests glasses that are the tallest in town. They are about 14 inches high. They are served sitting in a deep, hollow plate, which is necessary, because five or six inches of crushed ice has been frozen about the glass. It clings to the glass like a frosted pineapple. This refreshment is called The Dagger" =. and 1t will stab you and wound you if you are not careful. It is of rum and fruit juices and, to the palate, is reminiscent of the daiquiri. Those walters handle so many "Daggers' they qualify as knife throwers.
 Suddenly Charles Rochester rises casually and strolls over to one cf his aides. The man mods under standingly, catches Kenney's eye, and Kenney gives him an answer ing nod. Rochester returns to his guests and sits down.
 It is one minute of midnight. As Kenney and four of his men leave the orchestra and wander over to MT. Rochester's table, an attache of the room plugs a telephone into the wall. He hands the telephone to MT. Rochester, who takes 1t and turns to Roy Howard.
 Roy" he says, here's call for you"
 Ol 1Aloiiho- AAS cchNNo ~~@~ phone, speaks into the transmitter. At first incredulity comes over his face. He is surprised, then amazed. Finally his countenance is wreath ed in smiles.
 For Rochester had arranged a surprise call for Roy Howard, pub fisher. It is from his daughter in Honolulu, who is working on one of the newspapers there. And so midnight strikes for Roy Howard. And while he talks with his daugh- ter Ray Kenney and his men sere- made her softly, in the background. She tells her father that she hears every word. perfectly. The happy man talks a few moments longer, says aloha, and hangs up.
 It seems to me that this surprise Charles Rochester has arranged for his friend is one of the incest, most genuinely thoughtful things he co1IId have done
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17

Dance recital, Elks Hall, May 20 8 pm. aoV'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
MOOSE WOMEN TO
 MAKE NOMINATIONS

A meeting of the Women of the Moose is scheduled for tomorrow evening at o'clock, and is to be held at the IO.O.F hall
 Nomination of officers will take place at the meeting, and refresh mentS will be served.
 In charge of the social part of the evening is Mrs. Ray Peterman and Mrs Ralph Reischl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17

Today's News Today.-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17

at the University of Washington next falL
 After vacationing in Juneau dur ing the summer months, Phyllis Jenne will major in music ard art at the University of Idaho next fall.
 Ruth Kunnas plans to remain. in Juneau during the summer and will enter business school in the fall
 Lillian Kiloh will also enter busi- ness college in the fall. following summer spent in Juneau.
 Work outside of Juneau will claim Leonard Lowell this summer He will enroll in an engineering course at the University of Oregon in the | fall
 A summer in Juneau and business school in the fall are the tentative plans of Violet Mello.
 Pauline Mestrezat tentatively plans to enter a commercial school in the States, following summer of work in Juneau.
 After spending the summer vaca- tion in Juneau, Mary Metcalf plans to attend college in the States.
 Following the summer, which she will spend in Haines, Ellen McKech- nie will enter the Metropolitan BuSi- ness School in Seattle.
 Planning to enter training school in preparation for a nursing career next fall, Anne Morris will remain in Juneau during the summer
 Irene Mccormick is to work in Sitka during the summer. In Sep- tember she will enter training at St. Marys Hospital in Walla Walla.
 Mary Jean McNsughton plans to enter the school of Business Admin istration at the University of Wash ington in the fall, following a sum- mer of work in Juneau. , Caroline McAlister will enter : training, preparatory to a nursing career, next fall. During the sum- mer she will work at the Capitol Theatre.
 Business school in San Francisco will claim Frances Newman in the fall, after a summer of work cut side of Juneau.
 ' Elizabeth Stewart Nichols will [ make her home in Juneau.
 Work in Haines during the sum- : mer and work around Juneau next 5 fall are the tentative plans of Ross Peterson.
 Beatrice Primavera will vacation in Juneau this summer and plans . to enroll in the business course at : Washington State College in the } fall
 Planning to enter Griffin-M Mur- phey Business School in the middle , of July, Marguerite Protzman will : vacation in Seattle for six weeks. Helen Ricketts will major in lan- guages at Whitman College, after spending the summer in Juneau After summer of seine fishing Robert Ridley will enter the Uni- versity of California, where he plans to take pre-medics.
 David Reischl will work at the Union Oil dock this summer end will continue to work there next fall.
 Spending the summer months in Juneau, Mary Ellen Spain plans to enter business college in the fall.
 Lyman Snow will enroll in an ae- ronnautical engineering course at some college in the States, after spending the summer working in Juneau.
 Although her plans for the fall are undecided, Dolores Smith will vaca- tion and work in Juneau during the summer.
 Following a summer of working in Juneau, Jean Taylor plans to att tend the University of Washington in the fall.
 Blythe Young will work in Ju- neau this summer and plans to take a business course at Washington State College in the fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
N. s. GRADS TO
 KEEP ON WITH
 THEIR STUDIES
Majority of Seniors Plan to Attend Higher lnsti-
 tutions Tn Fall

RIG majority ot the 46 who are graduating from the Juneau High Schcl this coming commencement have made plans for continuing their studies in higher institutions of 1 leaning next fall According to the J-Bird, official publication of the lHigh Schcol, the tentative plans oI the present seniors are as follows
 After spending the summer work l ing outside of Juneau, Bill Alex ander will attend a diesel school in the States.
 The University of Washington will claim Dick Aiken, who plans to take an engineering course. Aiken will work in Juneau during the summer months.
 Planning to work outside of Ju- neau this summer, John Alsteads s plans for attending college are in- definite.
 Helen Beistline is to work in Ju- neau during the summer and Wall attend Washington State college in the fall
 Business school in Los Angeles is the objective of Jane Blomgren, who will work in Juneau during the sum- mer.
 Henry Behrends plans to attend diesel school, after spending the summer working in Juneau.
 Work outside of Juneau will occu- py Bud Browns time this summer. Brown will take aeronautical en- gineering at the University of AL abama next fall.
 Gerald Coke will work around Juneau this summer and plans to take a post graduate course before entering Stanford University
 After vacationing in Juneau, Ann Campbell plans to attend Seat tie business school in the fall.
 Corinne Duncan will continue tc work at the Capitol Theatre this summer and plans to attend a Beauty School in San Francisco ir the fall
 Following a summer of work neal Juneau, Mitchell Daniloff will en- roll in pre-medics at the University of Alabama.
 To attend an industrial school il the States is the aim of Gil5eri De Vault, who plans to work in Jul neau this summer. Roy De Roux will enroll in tn, navigation and diesel engineerin! school at the University of Wash ington. His summer will be spent a Taku Cannery.
 Rudy Edman intends to spend tn summer working in Juneau and vii be in Seattle in the fall Although her plans for next fal , are uncertain, Pat Hussey will worl in Juneau during the summe . months.
 Work outside of Juneau will occu l py Ed Hildre's summer months. Hi , plans for the fall are undecided.
 His plans for next fall unver tain, Tom Hellan will spend tn summer working outside of Junear After a summer of halibut fish ing, Harold Hansen will enter tn navigation school at the Universit of Washington.
 A journalism course at the Uni versity of Alabama is Elaine Hou sells plan. following summer 0 , work in Juneau. , Mile Marie Jorgenson is to worl ' at the Gastineau Motors Compan, , this summer and will enter th' school of Business Administration
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
MARTHA SOCIETY SOCIAL

Friday. May 20, Presbyterian Church parlors. Luncheon from II to |
 Ice cream and cake throughout the afternoon. Luncheon: adults soc children 35c. Ice cream and cake 25c. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
DANCE RECITAL TO BE
 GIVEN AT ELKS' HALL

Pupils of Mrs. Dorothy Stearns Rolf will perform Friday evening, May 20, in Elks hall. The program will begin at o'clock, and the pulp lie is urged to support the student demonstration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-17
SAVE POSTAGE; PACIFIC ISLES
 NOT ROMANTIC
Anyway, Jobs Are All Fill ed, According to Gov
 ernment Information

WASHINGTON, May 17-Hun- dreds of Americans write Uncle Sam to ask him to send them to five tiny dots in the Pacific.
 The adventurous correspondents are inspired by stories that the Fed eral government has claimed these lonely specks to use them as air plane bases to link Australia and New Zealand with the United States.
 None of the prospective colonists has taken the trouble to inquire about living conditions. It seems not to matter that there's little or no fresh water, and not enough sod to raise a good-sized string bean.
 Nothing seems to interest them but going to the islands-any of them. Their names are Canton, En- derbury Jarvis, Rowland and Ba- ker-all in the Phoenix group-and they lie between Hawaii and Aus tralia.
 A New England girl who should be thinking about boy friends writes that she is really interested in climatic conditions, and wants to go to Enderbury to study the weather. A Detroiter says he pre- fers anything to the now-you-w work, -you-don't automobile industry. And an immigrant in the middle west commends his handy-man skill
 There Aren't Any Jobs
 The letters pour in to the De- partment of the Interior, under whose custody the islands have been placed.
 Fact is, there are a handful of jobs on those islands at three dol- lars day and board. But every one is taken by strong, healthy Hawaiian youth who has had ex- perience on lonely islands. Uncle Sam wants you to know no others need apply for the jobs, which are mere flag holding positions that will last only until the nationality of the tiny dots is determined.
 People who can't control their pioneering impulses might as well know that flag holding on dot of land in a vast ocean is not a job for anybody who wants to be a success in the world in large way.
 It's a big event on Canton is- land, for instance, if one of the imported hens struts down the baked coral and lays an egg stand ing up, when she should do it sit ting down. Making fancy swim ming trunks from worn out trousers is grand diversion, even if the sharks are too thick for swimming to be safe.
 Dear Diary-How DuIl''
 If you don't believe it, read the diary of a flag -holder dt's now in the possession of the Interior de- partment here).
 Pea and I awoke at the same time this morning He took the weather report. and I stayed in bed and read the funny papers. One of our hens laid an egg standing up i. Leong fixed up his pants in modernistic designed swimming trunk
 And so it goes, page after page of utter monotony and the hard work of putting up beacons, keep ing house. feeding the chickens.
 The food has to be slowed on high shelves or hung from rafteTs to cheat the hermit crabs and rats. The crabs are natives, the rats were imported from ship wrecks.
 Occasionally the colonists take out throw-nets and spears of na- tive Hawaiian design to fish for their breakfast, and usually they end up the day by listening to dance music from the United States. Life, by and large, is a curious mixture of old and new, of primitive and
The Washington times., 1938-10-06

Slipon upper fronts,
coat styles in plain COL
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and crew neckS. Sizes
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MAIN FLOOR
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-11
BUSINESS
INFORMATION, PLEASE
(Wall Street JournaD

IN a country which is undoubtedly the
most Statistic-minded on earth, the quail
ity of information which its government
collates regarding actual business con-
ditions leaves much to be desired.
We do not say that government does
not devote enough time and money to
quizzing business. We do say that if this
effort were more intelligently directed
toward getting useful material, rather
than such publieity-full material as a.
mounts of corporate salaries and other
political matter. both it and the public
would be better and more usefully in
formed on the specific problems which
confront the nation.
Today it is commonly supposed that
inventories, their size and ultimate dis
position, are one of the most formidable
of our problems. Yet try to get some in
formation on this problem from govern
mental sources. An industry which was
first Of those under government regula-
ton in NRA days. which has long been
a focal point of direct and indirect gov
ernmental attention cotton textiles
is a good case in point. On this subject
no official information is issued author
itatively and regularly. Yet it would
seem that a government which loans
about to buy up $10,000,000 worth of
clothing involving textiles of all sorts,
including manufactures of that staple,
and which IS in many other ways con-
cerned with the wages and hours and
profits and taxes derived from cotton
textile production. would at least know
where it stands and where the industry
stands.
Again, government looks for new in
ventons, new industrial discoveries of all
sorts to restimulate industry. Yet the
most prolific of all industries in relation
to new products, chemicals, is treated IN
a most cavalier manner in relation to
statistics concerning new products.
Doubtless there is involved in govern
mental collection of business data diff
Guilty over reluctance of certain operating
units to disclose their individual posi-
tions. But if the bureaus gave convincing
proof that individual company reports
were to be received and held IN strict
confidence, that difficulty could be over
come and really informative reports on
trade conditions could be made.