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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04
20 Years Ago From The Empire
FEBRUARY 4, 1918

FEBRUARY 4, 1918
 Mrs. Allen Shattuck left for the south aboard the Alaska
 Sam Guyot and wife left Seattle for Juneau aboard the Jefferson.
 w. D. Gross was a passenger from Seattle on the Jefferson, Juneau bound.
 The Douglas Parent Teacher As- sociation was to meet this night in the school assembly room.
 The Metlakatla basketball play CTS were to meet Thane this night in Douglas. Grover c. Vim was to be timekeeper.
 V. I. Hahn, w. '. Blanchard ana A. G. Muirhead, officials of the White Pass and Yukon Route of Skagway, were visiting in Juneau. It was understood they were here to discuss the workings of the eight hour law with the Governor.
 More than one foot of snow had piled up during the night and with with accumulation already on the ground, some places over mans head, people travelling the roads and traiis leading out of Juneau were warned to look out for snow slides
 Weather Report-30 high, 24 low snow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

Q. What entertainments are ap- propriate to give in honor of an engaged couple?
 A. Dinners, teas, luncheons, dan ces, and showers.
 Q. When one is not sure that two persons are acquainted, is it all right to say, Mrs. Walker, have you met Ms. Smith?"
 A. Yes.
 Q. What is a "connoisseur," and how is it pronounced?
 A. One competent to act as cri- tical judge of an art, or in matter of taste Pronounce kon-i-sur, o as in on, as in it, u as in fur, prin cipal accent on last syllable
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04
PENSIONS FOR
 PANAY VICTIMS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-United States Senator McGill has asked Congress to provide wartime pen sion benefits for the sailors killed or wounded in the Japanese bomb ing of the United States gunboat Pdnay.
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tion which resulted in excellent prospects done some years ago in the Chickaoon region.
 Providing that the lands which show good oil prospects not clamped into the naval reserves as has been a custom of the past the prospects appear to be bright at the present time for developing ether major industry in the north It will be another step on the road to Territorial development if per mitted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04
WILD LIFE FILM
 IS TO BE SHOWN
 SUNDAY NIGHT

David Wood. of the Alaska Game Commission office, will exhibit 1900 feet of motion pictures showing AL askan wild life at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sunday evening at g o'clock. The public is invited to see these interesting and edu- cational pictures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04
Danger in the China Sea
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 Unless restraint is exercised by the western powers the China Sea rather than Shanghai, may furnish the point of conflict with Japan that all reasonable persons hope avoid From the Straits Of Singapore to the island Hainan there is naval activity which could be highly explosive internationally
 Since September the Japanese Navy has been making occasional sallies at the Chinese Island of Hanan In October Japan threatened to seize It and use it as a base of operations against French lndo- China unless the shipment of munitions to China over the French owned railroad from Hanoi to Yunnan stopped Now the Japanese have again attempted to force a landing and the French have dlspatched three cruisers to adjacent waters
 On February IA the powerful British naval base at Singapore will be officially opened. British, Aus tralian, New Zealand French, Dutch and American naval squadrons will participate. This demonstration intended solely impress Japan with the solidarity existing among the western nations.
 The truth is that the Singapore base is far from completed. Britain seized the occasion of the com petion of large dock to stage the naval demonstra- ton. Her purpose is clear from the fact that from January 3 to February B. 25 warships several squad rons of arpanes and 10000 troops will engage in maneuvers in and around Singapore
 This is all unnecessary because the Japanese are well of the naval strength of the nations par ticpating and know what they could do should the occasion arise. This parade of men-o'-war will not deter the Japanese It may the other hand only inflame them. If the western nations wish to halt the Japanese they do without any great danger of conflict by blocking the Straits of Singapore and stretching line of from that British strong hold to Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands to stop all supplies from reaching Japan. It would be impos- sble for the Japanese Navy to operate far from it's base Since the powers however. have no intention of taking strong action their show of force at Snga pore will no powerful purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

Romance is reported to be upsetting the apple cart of the Hitler high command revealing again that most of us are ruled from the heart not from the head.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

It is obvious that there is still one thing free n this country and that's speech.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

Apparently that Little Business Mans" confer ence was what might be termed "howling" success
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

The official director of the controlled press in Roumania is MT. Cucu. But aren't they all?- Detroit News
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H A P P - I R T HID AY

The Empire ertends congratula- tionS and best soishes today. thei, birthday anniuersary, to the touo,U- ing:
 FEBRUARYY 4.
 Ed J. Radde
 Mrs. V. N Crone
 Mrs. George Wools
 Mrs Robert Casey
 Ernest A. Johnson
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It may not be that Japan is conducting ln China. It has all the appearance of a massacre Louisville Courier Journal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

The attitude of Japan toward England and America best described in the expression Notes to you!'-New York Sun.
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Empire classifieds pay.
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w. D. Gross was passenger from Seattle on the Jefferson, Juneau bound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

Sam Guyot and wife left Seattle for Juneau aboard the Jefferson
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The Douglas Parent Teacher As- sociation was to meet this night in the school assembly room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-04

Mrs. Allen Shattuck left for tn south aboard the Alaska
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is q simple mathemati-
cal quiz to be done in the time
limit of Is minutes.
1. At the church lawn party
Mrs. Smith found that one-half
pint of ice cream was a serving
for one person. She had three
and one-haf gallons. How
many people could she serve?
2. Mr.. Smiths bill at the
store was $16.35. He gave the
cashier a 20-dollar bill. How
many pieces of change would he
receive if the cashier gave him
the change in the largest de-
nominations possible?
8. Mr.. Smith sold his radio
for one-fourth more than it cost
him. What did it cost him if he
received $50?
4. If Mr.. Smith drives his car
at the rate of one-fourth a mile
in one-half a minute, at the
same rate how far can be drive
in an hour?
S. If Mr.. Smith leaves home
at 8:15 a. m. to drive a distance
Of 125 miles, and he averages
that same speed as given in
question No. 4, at what time will
he arrive at his destination?
6. Change one-sixteenth to a
decimal.
7. If the subway fare was
raised from SC to &c, what would
be the per cent of increase?
8. What liquid measure Is
400 per cent Of a quart?
9. What is 621a per cent Of
1920?
10. What is 6A per cent of
4s?
ANSWERS on Page 13)
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ing the same thing. Cinder
paths are better far for
cyclists than the concrete roads
Of today. The automobile gets
you places and the bicycle, in
this country at any rate, be-
comes a means to leisurely pleas
ure and healthful exercise.
IN Great Britain and in Europe
A. the bicycle is a means of
travel to and from work for a
tremendous lot of people. But
over there automobiles are not
as cheap as they are here-or as
readily obtainable. The result
is that the travelled roads, when
people are on the way to work
or on the way home from work,
are almost barred to automo-
biles. On Sundays and holidays
the cyclists preempt the high
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Thinks F. DIS Plotting

I wonder what scheme to
harass and annoy honest free
men the President will bring
back from his latest joy ride.
1t was one of his numerous va
cations that spawned his nefar-
ious court-pacElng plan to cancel
the Constitution, and another
vacation produced the one-man
government reorganization pro-
posal. This time, I surmise. Mr..
Roosevelt will have some slick
scheme to destroy freedom Of
the press and freedom of speech.
PATRICK HENRY, JR.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Votes For D. C.

In your issue of Monday, Au-
gust 8, Mrs. Roosevelt said:
"The public must share the
blame for the unsavory connota-
ton that the words politics
and politicians have"
Personally, I can find no rea-
son why the votelesS D. c. tax
payers should share any blame
for the mistakes of peanut poll
ticians and political parsons.
wished on them by the great
Democratic double-dealers, How
are the D. c. citizens to know.
when a district attorney is be-
ing picked for them-Say, one
like Garnett-whether or not he
knows anything about law?
Then there was former CommiS-
sioner Frederick A. Fenning,
who picks these political plumS
for the hacks and sugar cured
hams. And how will people with
out a vote take part in politics?
An old sage tells us that:
Neither those who love
truth nor those who love beauty
can care for politics which cares
not for beauty nor for the
truth"
If Mrs. Roosevelt is in favor
of votes for votelesS Washing
ton, I sincerely hope the next
Congress will soon find time to
make the change.
B. ]. LAWLOR.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

Fascist campaign by various
periodicals Is intended as a
sincere warning against Fas-
cism, it has Gegenerated into a
hysterical mess of white-hot
hatred, unequailed since the war
fever of 1861.
Do these editors want war.
despite the fact that war solves
nothing? Or do they favor po-
litical persecution of FasciSts in
this country. despite our Bill of
Rights? Or maybe they want
Communism here. At any rate.
they surely are martyrizing the
Reds. s. P. D.
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should be left in the hands of
the men. Most women, in my
opinion, cannot stand the strain
brought to bear upon them by
politics. would like to see
John Nance Garner made Presi-
dent in 1910. He is a good man
for the position because of his
long years of service as a legiS-
lator."
\ X X
Miss Rosemary Bernhardt, 423
North Columbus St., Alexandria,
Va, business college student:
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

NHE turned today. The citizens of the District
fought back against the hghhanded tactics of those
who rule by right of presidential favor-and
safety conference called at the District Building to
discuss of cutting down the number of accidents
which have taken rising toll among children barred
to the public.
Interested parents teachers and others vtaly inter
ested informed they could not attend without
invitation. Even reporters barred
The newspapers of the city-which have the interest
of the city at heart-made strong protest And the
City Fathers reented and five minutes before the meet
ing started announced it would be open to the public
That made little difference, few persons
hand after having been told it closed meeting.
But it victory in that it showed dctatoria tactics
will NOT be tolerated. Let pray for such vic
tories until we are day given the right of self
government.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

HIS not written ad for the bicycle manufacturers
but did you notice the mob of kids wheels during
the Corrgan parade2 The bike let tell is coming
back stronger than Norher that has changed its
More than million and half sold in 1938-and you
get idea of the jump in popularity when you told that
the total sales in 1892 six years before, 100000
New York, awake to the revival is putting 60 miles
of cnder paths in the parks of the city, and Washington
would do well to follow its example We have miles and
miles of bride pas and bike tracks could be parallel
to these That is what done in all big cities at the turn
of the century when the League American Wheemen
political power in the and-for all the big shots belonged
to it-and everybody owned bicycle.
Over those beloved ways in many dare
paths fathers mothers the
if middle them
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side up, you'll become a hero.
If you break your neck, they'll
call you a darn fool and a black
guard for letting your family
starve while you wasted your
time with such crazy ventures.
OF course, your family probably
will starve to death waiting for
the great goi capitalism to feed
them; but you can die happy
knowing that you've done your
bit for the theory Of good old
rugged indiviGualism.
PUZZLED.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

Velt is a charming and capable
First Lady, don't believe she
would qualify as President. But
because of her popularity and
the desire of many to have her
husband serve a third term, Mrs.
Roosevelt might have a chance
of winning were she to be a
candidate"
X \ X
Davis johnson, 523 Third st.
N. E., auto mechanic:
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mo. I don't be-
lieve women have
any business mixed
up in politics. So
far I've not been
par tt C u larly i'm
pressed by any of
the women politi-
clans. While I do
think Mrs. Roose-
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$ c orc he'd
a ! on g and
t h e n pulled
up in t h e
shade to do
their C ou E t.
ing. And the
g r andfathers
and gran d.
m o t h e rs Of
many thirty
iSh men and
women Of to-
day were do
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4 y 4
Disfranchise Bund?

I move that we declare all
members of the Nazi BLnd in
America, even though American
born, to be aliens. THESE peo-
pie are pledging allegiance to
a foreign nation, when you
come right down to it. B. B.
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little. Washingtonians without
a vote are apt to get this way,
I guess. but electing Mrs. Roose-
velt as President would be the
same as having Mr.. Roosevelt
serve another term"
X X X
Miss Jacqueline DrOney, ATS
Rlagden Ave. N. W:
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Praise for Column

When you dropped Elsie
Robinson from your columns
we had a feeling that a dear
friend had passed to the Great
Beyond-or sailed down the
River Styx as Elsie herself
might term it. Indeed, we be-
gan to wonder if she had really
died until we saw one Of her
articles in a Baltimore paper.
But, say, you certainly did
know how to pick out a sue
cessor when you chose w. A. S.
Douglas. Oh boy, but is he
good! That account Of his wan
dering uncle in yesterdays
paper was just like pages torn
out of our own past. Our own
Uncle Sam and Pop. It was
just like a personal account, diff
fering only geographically.
Pop used to be so glad to see
Uncle Sam, who would come
down from New York in a blaze
of glory. only to depart a month
or so later in ignominy, occa-
stoned by being such a con-
firned boozologist, and though
Pop liked his, too, he couldn't
stand the raids on the bottles,
the helping himself to the clean
shirt, etc.. and his tall tales OF
past glory. For Uncle Sam, rest
his soul, was the most enter
tanning liar the devil ever turned
loose.
w. A. S. Douglas just shows
you that people are people
everywhere. He is a regular
guy, and we hope he will con-
tinue to entertain us with close,
intimate personal bits in the
most of his writings for many
a day to come.
Only we wish to say that we
like the first picture Of him
more than the one you now run
with his articles. They suited
those articles to a T, and, like
a song without words. they
the first pictures, or picture,
rather-just told us that he'd
not skipped anything in this
life, and knew all the rounds.
A REAL, ADMIRER OUT ON
FOURTEENTH ST. N. w.
y 4 \
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Cracks About COrrigan

Hear ye, hear ye, all men with
families or dependents! Throw
your Social Security card out
the window, and get an old
crate and take a jaunt to the
old country. If you land right
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them over.
And the law in Europe and in
Great Britain still favorS the
pedestrian and the cyclist in a
tiff with an automobilist.
At the beginning Of the cen
tury the cinder paths on which
Love die so much pedalling
kept the sweethearts, the bicycle
mashers and the scorcherS from
the hoofS Of the brewers big
horses, and from the curses of
reactionary pedestrians. There
were few gas buggies and these
were for the great part subjects
Of ridicule.
notice that the new breed
of bicycle riders are a bit wabbly
compared with the blades Of
yesteryear. Except for Western
Union and Postal Telegraph
messengers the new armies have
little devil-may-care about them;
they raise no jaunty hands from
the handle-bars nor do they
perch their feet precariously
above the front wheel and so
parade glory Of equilibrium:
with the exception Of the tele-
graph boys they take bicycling
too seriously.
DUDDING love rode perched
~ atop the bicycles of yester-
year-a sane, leisurely growing
regard, improved much in tempo
over the strollers Of the eighties.
1t was considered fast then
but parallel it with careless
youth at the wheel Of an auto
mobile today. showing off to the
girl beside him.
Maybe there is something in
the suggestion Of the editorial
writer who wants some automo-
bile manufacturer to put out a
model which will carry a couple
of bicycles. Perhaps in this way
it might be possible to recapture
some of the more leisurely ro-
mances of the nineteen hun
dreds-and maybe also do away
with a lot of speed deaths, gin
weddings and other tragedies.
And suppose you subordinate
love in the matter. Thousands
upon thousands of automobile
riders get no exercise going to,
at, and coming from their des-
tinations-if we except golfers.
The car with bicycles built in
would be a godsend for the
family. Boy and girl could ride
off into the woods for a spell
and the rest of the youngsters
could take their turns at the
wheels, at home or abroad.
The exercise would help Pop
nightly and bring back mem
ories; and as for Nom, the same
sort of memories, and a very
possible cure for that middle
aged spread.
Copyright. 1898. by Washington
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would be perfectly silly to elect
Mrs. Roosevelt as President, if
it is her husbands form of
government that the people
want. I admire him a great
deal and I would like to see
him remain in the White House,
as I believe he can do most to
benefit the condition of the
country"
i Il
George Mexican, 815 Eight
zenith st. N. W., clerk in the
House of Representatives:
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II would not like
to see Mrs. Roose-
velt become Presi-
dent, especially be-
cause her husband
has served in the
highest position in
the land. I don't
t ink the voters
would choose Mrs.
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Wise Words

Great men are they who see
that spiritual is stronger than
any material force, that
thoughts rule the world.-Em-
erSon.
Men are respectable only as
they respect.-EmerSon.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

Il don't think
Mrs. oose " cit
should be elected
President. Aere is
no doubt in my
mind that she
would be a capa-
BILE person for the
job, but the gov
ernmental a f f airs
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

mo. I think Mrs.
Roosevelt has done
a lot of fine things
and given her sup
port to many Splen-
did ideas, but I do
not feel that she is
fit for the job of
President. Politics
concern me very
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

mo. l do think
Mrs. ooS cit
knows a great deal
about governmental
affairs, has a ire
mendouS interest in
her husbands work,
as well as a good
business mind, but
I would prefer a
man. as President,
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
AL Smith as Senator

NEW YORK Republican strategists are reported COM
~ ing around to the belief that it would be smart Re-
publican tactics to nominate Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith
for Senator to this fall for the long term Senator
Wagners term expires this year;
DeIOH9o 4" the late Senator Copeland's term,
N n ID Tu,,,, vacated by his death, ends in 1941)
" We think the same; that the Re-
pubcans would be smart to nominate AL Smith. The
ex-governor has gone full circle poitically-from old
Tammany conservatism through new Tammany" lib
eralism to Hoover conservatism. He
belongs in the Republican camp If elected to the Senate,
he would most likely he such another Senator Cope
land was except that believe Al has brains than
Copeland had
And we agree with those Republicans who think it
would be smart for the Republicans in New York City to
give their Sixteenth New York District Congressional
nomination to-
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

she has been a tremendous help
and inspiration to the President.
No doubt he has often listened
to her advice. But she needs
much more experience to be the
Chief Executive"
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

Roosevelt for herself, but only
because they would not want a
change in the setup that Mr..
Roosevelt has made. So why
beat around the BUSH"
X Il Il
Miss Jean ROuff, of Chicago,
visiting D. c.:
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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TheInquiring.
Photographer.
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Would you like to have Mrs.
Roosevelt succeed her husband
as President of the United
States?
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

IN my opinion
Mrs. Roosevelt is
not quite capable
of handling the
Presidency. I think
she is a fine woman
and is able to carry
on her duties rs
First Lady in an eX-
cellent fashion and