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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-12
U. S. DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau

Forecast for Juneau and vcini " beginning II:
ure tonight and
winds
Weather forecast Southeast
on frres north portion tonight Thursday fresh strong
southeast
ence Strait Chatham Strait and Canal
Forecast of winds along the
southeast and winds from Dixon
strong northeast winds Cape
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-12

Empire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-12

Cod liver oil causes ID marked
softening of fat whe., fed to hogs,
an Iowa state college research re-
port shows.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-12
He Wasn't, Afraid
OF Big Black Bear


DUMMOND, Wis, Jan. 12-After
this, when Roy Gore sees some
thing fitting around in the dark,
he'll call out Halt, who goes
there?" before exercising his duties
as night Waterman at the Pigeon
Lake COG camp
Gore saw a shadoWy form trying
to slip into camp after curfew He
made a running tackle, and found
his arms full of a black bear. Gore
ran one way, the bear another.
The island of Singapore was coded
to the East India Company in 1919
by the Sultan of Johore
Evening star., 1938-03-17
POTENTIAL MARKETS
CHARTED IN new MAPS
Commerce Bureau Makes Series
Covering All Types Of
Consumer Merchandise,

A series Of new maps picturins po-
tential markets in the United States
for all types Of consumer merchandise
and factors affecting trade has been
completed by the Marketing Research
Division. Bureau Of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce.
The series contains 16 maps which
are designed to present . general pic
ture of the location Of potential mar
kets so that manufacturers and dis
tributors may more definitely locate
localities In which opportunities for
distribution Of their products Is large,
it was explained.
The maps show that rural markets
cluster in pattern not unlike that Of
urban markets, and that distributors
located In towns may also serve the
larger part Of the rural market ad-
joining the towns in which they op-
crate. 1t was reported.
Copies Of the ma ps, titled Patterns
of Stores, Sales and Population in the
United States" and designated as
market research series No. 1s, may be
purchased for 10 cents each from the
Marketing Research Division, Com
merce Department, or any Of the bu-
reau's district ofices in principal cities.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
SIX HELD FOR JURY
|NNARCOT|CSC CASE
Police Probing Series Of
HoIdups Arrest is
Persons in Raid.

Six persons arrested yesterday and
charged with violating the narcotic
laws were held for action Of the grand
Jury by United States Commissioner
Needham G. Turnage. The case
against . seventh was continued to
March %.
Those held were Howard p Fergu-
son, 40. Of the 1900 block of Fourth
street NE, under $1,000 bond; Charles
n. Levister, 26, Of the 1000 block Of
Ninth street NV, under $4,000 bond;
John G. Bates. 26, of the 1900 block
Of K street NV, under $4,000 bond;
Earl w. Pearson, colored, %. Of the
900 block Of French street NV. under
$4,000 bond: Gilbert Leroy Hunter,
colored, ~. Of the 900 block Of West.
minister street NV, under $4,000
bond. and Rosalie Watkins, %, Of the
1900 block Of Ninth street NV, under
$500 bond.
The case against Mabel O. Wool
ridge, q. Of the 1900 block Of Park
road NV. was continued.
Arraignment before Commissioner
Turnage followed arrest of "a men
and women by metropolitan police and
Federal agents
Police hoped to solve dozen recent
holdups with arrest of 16 colored
suspects of both sexes in raid on an
alleged "marihuana joint" in the 900
block Of French street NV 1t.
Joseph w. Shimon and his pickup"
squad made the raid after investi-
gators said the place had been used
as headquarters by gang Of thugs
who had been smoking "reefers" be-
fore committing robberies.
Federal agents arrested eight ad-
ditional men and women as drug sus-
poets at about the same time in a
drive against heroin addicts.
Agents reported seizure of $500
worth Of heroin and materials used
In the preparation of the drug.
Those held for the grand jury were
all charged with either sale or pos
session of narcotics or both.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
Jobs Hard to Get,
WOn,n7, Parndes
z Years as MAJ,
Picked Up for Quis.
'Busboy' Turns Out
to Be Faker.
By the Associated Press.

B7 the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, March 17.-"Busboy''
Ann Brock deliberated today . return
to the farm" her seven-year mas
ouerade as man at an end.
Discovery that the 17-year-old cafe
terra worker was a woman was an
nounced by city hospital physicians
yesterday. Police became suspicious
after the supposed young man was
picked up for routine questioning.
Chief of Detectives John J. Carroll
said the "busboy," who gave the name
Of John Brock. admitted her identity
and told him she came to st. Louis
seven years ago. She adopted the
masquerade. the detectives said, be-
cause she had been informed 1t was
easier for men to obtain work than
women.
Detained at police headquarters the
black-haired, slightly built woman ex-
pressed concern over the possible loss
Of her job.
Il guess I'll have to go back to the
farm" she remarked.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
Cooke PIT. A. Card Party.

The Henry D. Cooke School Parent
Teacher Association will hold its an
nual card party at pm. tomorrow
in the school auditorium, Seventeenth
and Euclid streets NV.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
We Get a Free Ride

THE HOUSE is to be congratulated on its refusal
trict of Columbia. The fact that the battle
through the opposition of Members of Congress to
the nonresident taxable phase of the proposed measure
is lucky break for Westinghouse adds still
another to the numerous nonassalabe arguments for
home rule for the District
The opposition to the nonresident angle was led by
Representative Howard W. Smith 3D. of Virginia,
who has many friends and constituents who would be
Our Interests affected by the clause. 1t shows
o., Co., what an able Congressman can do
N"'O for you when you re in JAM And
it also points to what be done and done to folks
like us who have no Congressman and are ruled by
people whose first interest is the foks at home"
We were secondary and very minor consideration
in the matter. We just happened to be out taking
walk with the man whose OK was being gored.
There also, of course, the thought floating
around that with Washington income tax there
would be continued complaint about the outlander
legislator and his helpers and other foreign groups
who are tax free-and being squawked over quite
lot on that score. But, all in all the underdog-by
that we mean the real Washingtonan- congratu
late himself for being on the right side of the political
fence for
It is to be hoped that the Senate will be as sound
about the bill as has been the Lower House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
How to Spend?

MYTH the reorganization bill down the hatch for this
w session. the Presidents enemies are swiftly mass
ing to fight his spending proposals. The issue is already
clear.
The fight won't turn whether to feed and clohe and
house the recessions victims let them starve no Sem
DoIo mr. ator or Congressman has yet come out
for letting them starve The question
AN""e IOO0' is whether to go on with work relief
adopt straighout dole system Conservatives such
as Senator Harry F. Byrd (Dem, Va) are for the DOLE
economical the President and his supporters are
for making kind of job for practically every able
bodied unemployed person.
We're for work relief We're for it for the reason that
it is better for mans morale to be working at some
kind of job than to be sitting around home collecting
roueorrnt;ou dole checks under the reproach-
w full and morale-crumbing eyes of
UT human FIOTe the little woman. Work relief
costs more than DOLE but it also saves more human
fibre from decay; and afford to conserve all pos
sible human fibre in this country Especially when we
can build lot of sef-lqudating improvements
Hitler Mussoini and the Mkado putting their un-
employed to work in the trenches That's one way of
doing it, and the most expensive. Compared with that
method public works cost about cent the dollar.
But you bet your life reactionaries going
scream to heaven against spending even that cent.
From he New YokD Daily Newh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Drama of Richard Whitney

TT IS scant thirty miles from midtown New York to
Ossinng, but long fall from the presidency-emerl-
tus of the New York Stock Exchange to cell in Sing
Sing Richard Whitney
He Took the Ran sentenced yesterday to make
Like N Gentleman both the short trip and the
long, when General Sessions
Judge Owen W. Bohan imposed two grand larceny
terms to concurrenty, of five to ten years EACH
So ends one of the most dramatic and poignant cpl
eodes of recent years. It must be admitted that Whit
ney, once the Jig up, took the rap like man.
Throughout the brilliant probings of District Attorney
Dewey and the inquiries of other agencies Whitney
shouldered all the blame. He might have implicated
others in his widespread sealngs of customers Sc
curitie to bolster his brokerage firm but he didn't
Nor he shown to have robbed poor widow
orphan or little market gambler. He stole from
people his financial size or thereabout, all of
whom supposed to know their way around the
circles of high finance.
Mr.. Whitney goes to Jail convicted of being high
class thief with all the tone that Groton and Harvard
could impart and guess is that lot of Gro
tonans and Harvardians still like Whitney better than
another prominent Groton-and- Harvard graduate we
could mention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Your [. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a general quiz. Score
10 for each question, 5 for half.
!. Give two words which will
be found in the vocabulary Of
the average man which end in
CION.
2. The Cathedral of st. John
the Divine has a very fine am
bulatory. What is it?
3. What names do the initi-lS
in F. w. Woolworth represent?
4. Is coral (a) mineral CD
vegetable Co animal?
S. Does a python kill its pre-.
by (a) crushing or CD poison?
6. Give the correct accent to
Ia incompatible (b) in-ex-pli.
cable.
Z. From what famous story is
this line, "Sister Anne, do you
see anyone coming?"
8. An airplane going two
thirds Of a mile in two-fifthS of
a minute is travelling at how
many miles per hour?
8. What is the term for the
art Of pottery?
10. There are IL tennis play.
ers who belong to the same club.
In the season they wish to each
play a single match against
each other. How many matches
must they play?
ANSWERS on Page 1877
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Business Afraid

Recession or depression?
Almost every day I hear per
sons discussing whether we are
in another real depression.
The consensus among the
scores Of businessmen that I
contact as q salesman, is that
business is afraid 10 move for
ward, invest more money,
launch new ideas, or do any
thing else to promote business
generally.
Will Mr.. Roosevelt ever real
ize that his very Administration,
which he claims to be behind
the businessman, is consist
emily stopping the every move
business makes toward better
conditions?
Investigate! Investigate! In
veStigate!
That seems to be about all
the present Administration can
do. Every time one Of these
Federal investigations get under
way, that particular business be-
ing investigated is crippled.
Hundreds Of persons lose their
jobs, stock goes down and still
the investigation goes on.
All for democracy. If Mr..
Roosevelt really wants democ-
racy, then why in the name Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Let Old Bridge Stand

I see in your paper they are
going to try to get us to spend
$18,0O0,000 to build a new bridge
across the Potomac at the foot
of Fourteenth Street. Haven't
we got enough to do around this
city without building bridges. I
have a time enough to raise my
three children and feed them
and pay what taxes we have
now without trying to pay off
$18,0O0,OO0 for a bridge when we
have two bridges now that there
is nothing the matter with. Why
can't they find something else
for us to do besides spending
money building things we don't
need.
Let them spend that $1S,000I-
900 to take care of things we al
ready have and where will they
stop? It is about time somebody
did something in Washington
besides printing stories in the
newspapers and trying to stir up
spending more money that we
have not got. Why not spend
$1S,O0O,000 for something we
really need?
MRS. M. j. OCHARTY,
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cipher scatters other ciphers
throughout the governmental
machine and in many other
ways wastes thousands Of dol.
lars yearly.
The fundamental test for
aspiring Congressman should be
proper use of the negative. I
doubt If it has ever occurred
to the American people that If
congressional reporters-all Of
them educated men-were not
to correct the chief grammati.
cal errors of a great number of
Representatives then bills and
laws would come out meaning
exactly the opposite Of what
was intended. Take down some
of these birds as the words
come out of their mouths and
confusion would engulf the
country.
THE double negative, Of
l. course, means an affirma.
tive. My friend and I, on our
visit to the House gallery,
heard it used three times in
discussion of important legisla-
ton. Again I say that but for
the care and understanding Of
the reporters a smart lawyer
could toss many a bill to hell
and gone. I have also found
in the House a not.infrequent
use Of the triple negative
there isn't no use not"-which
of course conveys the speakers
meaning but is fearfully cum
bersome and, were it so printed
in the record, would bring
about bloody revolution led by
the seventh-grade purists Of the
public schools.
Returning to deadly serious
ness, an aspiring Congressman
should at least know as much
about parliamentary rules as is
incumbent on an American Le-
gion Post commander or the
ruler of an Elks club. He should
be able to recite the names Of
the 48 States and the depend.
encies.
AS he will probably dare to
raise his voice on an interna-
tional issue, he should be re-
quired to give the names of the
countries Of the world and their
systems of government.
He should be able to explain
thoroughly two pieces Of pend
ing national legiSlation-for on
such issues he will be voting for
the good of all the people IN
stead Of just the people Of Po-
dunk. Such a bill, were it in
troduced, could not fail Of pas
sage. A vote against it would
be an admission Of ignorance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Protects Liquor Sale


I see in your paper that the
police are "hot" on the numbers
runners. I am not in favor Of
legalized gambling but the num-
bers only take a few cents
away, while money which should
be spent feeding my children is
given to a liquor store operator
who sells liquor even on Sun
day. I have been to the ABC
Board with proof and they tell
me that they can do nothing
about it. If tn, police would
spend less time attempting to
break up the numbers racket
and learn the true conditions Of
GquCr sale here they would
realize the need for action on
their part. Why doesn't the
ABC Board do something about
it?
A READER FOR 20 YEARS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
MotOrn1en Too Busy

Your policy in the past seems
to have been vigorously against
the one.man operation Of street
cars in Washington. No one ap-
preciated more than the writer
your strong fight to prevent the
expansion Of this dangerous
practice by the Capital Transit
Company.
Recently the writer has had
occasion in the early morning
frequently to ride the fast-accel-
Grating new one-manners on the
Fourteenth Street trolley line.
These cars do a good job Of
getting passenger traffic down.
town quick. But in doing so
the steady rider is daily i'm
pressed with the hazards Of SO
doing under one-man operation.
Most Of the cars seem to be
operated by level-headed men,
apparently veterans Of street
car operation. But these men
seem to be under q constant
strain to make schedules. At
Thomas Circle there almost
daily occur numerous close
brushes with automobiles as the
speedy trolleys swing around
the circle there.
Many passengers shudder as
the cars speed noiselessly along,
the one-man crew often making
change and taking fares out Of
the corner Of one eye while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
Wise Words

The man who is possessed Of
this excellent frame Of mind
(cheerfulness) is not only easy
in his thoughts, but a perfect
master Of all the powers and
faculties of his soul.-AddiSon.
I hope I shall always possess
firmness and virtue enough to
maintain what I consider the
most enviable Of all titles, the
character Of an honest man.
George Washington.
It is idleness that creates i'm
possibilities; and where men care
not to do a thing, they shelter
themselves under a persuasion
that it cannot be done.-South.
Never marry but for love, but
see that thou lowest what ID
lovely.-William Penn.
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keeping the other eye on the
tracks.
Surely this situation is con-
ducive to serious accidents.
Keep on with your fight against
the one-man cars.
TROLLEY RIDER.
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year.
I told my friend I thought he
was a trifle hard on our ma
tional lawmakerS-that there
must be more than only one
and half per cent of real intelli-
gence up there. He said:
when I hire a man at $4,000
a year he's got to be good. These
Congress jobs, when you take in
the perquisites, the opportuni-
ties for nepotism, plus the pa
tronage, are worth a lot more
money than that. The majority
of those birds, particularly
those from the river-bottoms
and the crossroads, are in Of
flee because they outshouted a
softer-Spoken and almost Ger.
tainly a brainier man or because
they laughed him out of votes
with country wise-cracks.
How long do you think my
business would last If I hired
men who were only loudmouth-
ed?"
ct OOK here" he said, warm.
- ing to his subject, when
I engage a man I give him an
intelligence test from the lower
ranks up. When I get in the
five figures that candidate has
got to show me that he knows
the advertising business. And
the same rule applies to any
other line of endeavor-for the
safety of that business. Why
should not a law be enacted
making it imperative for a can
didate for Congress to take an
intelligence test?
1.-THE business Of the United
States is vastly more important
than the business, say, Of the
Chase National Bank or United
States Steel or General Motors.
What would eventually hap
pen to Henry Ford after a
plebiscite Of his workers had
voted in a man with a flare only
for dirty stories or who ridiculed
his opponent because he took
out his false teeth and washed
them after every meal?"
NOV talk like that gives you
~ to Enthusiastically after
more or less consistent daily
reading Of the Congressional
Record plus attendance at least
once a week in Senate and
House press galleries. The test
would not have to be a difficult
one. Dumbness hits it's level
fairly quickly in the House and
comes to be a cipher after the
first couple Of outbursts of
aSininity.
The danger is that the cipher
changes to a vote for or against
important legislation, to be
manipulated sometimes by clev.
erer men for great bar. And the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

Il prefer a
big city. I've
a ! ways lived
in a large
city. I know
that I have
gotten so used
to the hustle
and b u S tie
and noise OF
a large city
that I would
n e V e r be
h a ppy in a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

II like a
S m ii town
better. I just
returned from
a visit in my
h o m e town,
T h omas, w.
Va, a small
CO a ! mining
community. If
I could have
my choice I
W Guild pick
out some love-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

OF cour S e,
I'm accuS.
toned to liv-
ing in a big
city, so I
d o u b t if I
could ever
like a small
town. But I
do enjoy the
things that a
city offers,
a n d I do
think that a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

"Let me live
in a city
every time. I
like the con-
veniences and
opp or t u nj
ties that a
metropolis Of
ferS. A n d I
like the activ.
ity Of a large
city. An ideal
place to live
is in the sub
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

in cities, and everyone is always
so helpful when one is i'll or in
difficulties. Above all, what I
like about a small town is it's
peacefulness."
X X X
Joseph Stankus, TIA jefferson
st. N. W., Treasury Department
emplOye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

" little town, with a quiet and
friendly atmosphere. and live
the rest of my life. In a city, I
always have a cooped-up feel
ing"
X II 4
Mrs. M. Pearlmutter, 1920
Nicholson st. N. W., commercial
artist:
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heaven does he not run the
Government, which the people
elected him to do, and let the
legitimate businessman run his
own business.
In short, clean up your own
back yard. JOHN CLAY.
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I'D rather
live in a small
town. I like
t h e idea Of
being able to
S a y n e ii o.
a n d g o o d
m o r ming to
e v e rybody I
see. People in
small ow MS
are m u c h
more friend.
ly than those
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

urbs of large city. There one
has the country atmosphere
and beauty of space, yet the
convenience of the CITY,"
x 4 X
Miss BesS Feinstein, 1920
Nicholson st. N. W., stenogra-
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"Ihave spent
several Su m
merS in small
towns and I
wouldn't want
tu live there
all the time.
I think there
is more to do
a nd greater
a d v a ntageS
for people in
! ar ge cities.
There is too
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n o W be-
ing paid
in a n y
o t h e r
t ashton?
T h e r e
are only
two that
I would
e v e n
think of
using in
my bust
ness, and
of course
t h e y
woul dnt
dream of
W o rking
for me-"
H i S
90 b u S i
n e S S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
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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VOICE OF THE People

Editor should be limited 200 Names and addresses Of
the writers will be omitted upon
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small town, where the movies
and church provide the usual
chief attractions"
X *
Thomas Brodigah, 900 Mary
land Ave. N. E., usher:
"T would rotIar live IN a cifu
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
The Inquiring
Photographer.
The washington Times in
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Would you rather live in a
village or a small town, than in
a city?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12
ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

WENT to the Capitol the other day and sat for several
hours in the House press gallery. accompanied by
former newspaper who vice president of one Of
the largest advertising agencies in the country As we left
the place-after listening four solid hours of blaher-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

person has more and better OPP
portunities to carry out their
ambitions in large cities"
X \ 4
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, 10
Wetherill Rd., West Moreland
Hills, Md, housewife:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-12

much of knowing everybody'S
business and too much idle COS.
sip in a small town."