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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
VIKING CLUB WILL
 HOLD CARD PARTY,
 DANCE SATURDAY

The Viking Club makes announce ment today of the social evening to be held next Saturday when cards and dancing will be on the pro- gram in the LOOP Hall.
 The gathering begins at 8 p. m, and playing for the dancing will he Martins Orchestra Refresh- ments will be served
 Barracks costing $1,000,000 are to be built in Northern Ireland to house the Royal Ulster Rifles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
AMATEUR PRIZE PHOTO CONTEST
 JUDGES NAMED
Two Hundred Feet of Film to Be Run Of Each
 Evenlng

Judges were named today for the Juneau Amateur Photography Dis play to be held March 1-2-3 in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church parlcrS.
 There will be three judges, Mrs, Sally Shafer, Dr. E. M Coffey, and M. D. Williams.
 Exhibitors are requested to get their displays in to J. w. LeiverS, Chairman of the Committee in Charge, or the Rev. John A. Glasse by next Sunday.
 The Committee in Charge of the contest is composed of Leivers as Chairman, Miss Gladys Forrest, Mrs. R. l.. Davlin, Alex Durham and Stacy Norman.
 It was also announced today, that 200 feet of amateur motion pictures will be shown at 9 o'clock each night of the contest in the church parlors.
 The following rules of the contest are reprinted from the February 12 issue of The Empire:
 Exhibits will be devided into sev- eral classifications according to the type of work, in general, as follows.
 Enlargements from negatives ta- ken and enlarged by the exhibitor, to be not less than 3h by Az nor larger than II by IA inches, both black and white, and tinted.
 Exhibits from negatives taken by the exhibitor and enlarger profess sionally.
 A snapshot section of displays consisting of not less than 8 or more than 12 pictures mounted on cardboard not more than Is by 26 inches in size, divided into several classes.
 Contact prints of sizes 2h by 3h and 2la by A., taken, developed and printed by exhibitor.
 Contact prints of larger size such as 3h by Az, 31a by Az, and 3A by 515, taken, developed and print ed by exhibitor.
 Glasses of the same sizes, taken by exhibitor, but finished profess sionally, considered for composition only.
 First, second and third awards of merit will be made by competent judges for exhibitions in the var ious classifications.
 Special displays of interesting work not in the above classes may be arranged.
 Detailed instructions are being prepared by the committee, and may be secured by those interested in submitting displays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
JUNEAU LEADS IN NUMBER OF
 AUTOMOBILES
Treasurer's Records Show $500 Motor Vehicles
 Operated in North

Records in the office of Oscar G Olson, Territorial Treasurer, show 2,2S2 passenger cars. 1,l76 trucks and 32 buses in use in Alaska.
 Juneau heads the list with 624 pleasure cars and 238 trucks fol- lowed by Ketchikan with 368 pleas ure cars and 139 trucks. Next in order are Fairbanks with 356 pleas ure cars and 194 trucks. and An chorage with 239 pleasure cars and 135 trucks. Fairbanks is the second town in the Territory in the num- Der of trucks in use Q94) The fol- lowing list shows the cars in use in the towns of the Territory:
 Seward: 150 passenger cars, 66 trucks.
 Nome: 88 passenger cars, 82 trucks . Cordova: 65 passenger cars, 2s trucks.
 Palmer: 54 passenger cars, 34 trucks.
 Wrangell: 46 passenger cars, 23 trucks.
 Petersburg: 40 passenger cars, 24 trucks.
 Haines: 39 passenger cars, 25 trucks.
 Valdez: 37 passenger cars, F trucks.
 Douglas: 29 passenger cars. IA trucks.
 Chitina: 25 passenger cars, 27 trucks.
 Sitka: "A passenger cars, r trucks. Wasilla: 20 passenger cars, 24 trucks.
 Mccarthy: IT passenger cars, g trucks.
 Circle: 10 passenger cars. trucks. Dillingham;: passenger cars. 8 trucks
 Flat: II passenger cars, 19 trucks. Hyder: passenger cars, IA trucks. Ophir: passenger cars, 10 trucks. Skagway: passenger cars, 3 trucks.
 Ruby: passenger cars, trucks. Kodiak: 1 passenger car, 1 truck. Nenana passenger cars, trucks. Seventeen automobile enthusiasts from the States brought their cars with them in 1937, and one truck came in for private use.
 Believe it or not, the trailer has reached Alaska, too, the report shows. Cecil M Wells, of the Wells Garage in Anchorage, uses trailer on his summer outings and fishing expeditions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
REDEKAH DANCE
 PROCEEDS WILL
 BENEFIT HOME
L odge Plans Affair for March 26 in Elks'
 Ballroom

In the presence of more than 70 members, last evening. candidates for membership were initiated at the meeting of the Rebekah lodge in the I. O. O. F, Hall with Mrs. John Mccormick, Noble Grand, presiding.
 Seven new members were initiat- ed, and one was admitted by card. Plans were made for the food sale to be held Saturday at Bert's Cash Grocery, and further arrangements were made for the dance to be held on March 26.
 The dance, which vii be held at Elks Hall, will be given for the benefit of the Rebekah and Odd Fellows home at Walla Walla, Washington. A new building for boys is being built by the lodges, and the support of all Washington and Alaska chapters has been ask ed, Mrs. Mccormick stated today. Many Alaskans are being cared for at the home, and the cooperation of Gastineau Channel in supporting the dance is already indicated Mrs. John Mccormick and Miss Mary Kolasa are in charge of the affair.
 During the evening, Mrs Nadia Vestal was appointed drill leader. Refreshments were served at the close of the. meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
METzCAR FINDS FAITH VOICED
 BY BUSINESS
Recession Concern Over shadowed by Feeling that
 Stabilization Will Come
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suits of various equipment used in the Spain and the Orient come to light.
 { Also from Petersburg, as guests of the Chamber were Andrew Wi kan and Peter Lund, who came here to participate in the Ski Tourna- ment.
 The Chamber voted to endorse the plans of the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission for a system of aerial navigation aids and the development of aviation in the Territory.
 A copy of letter to Delegate An thony J. Dimond from Maj. Gen. J. L. Schley, Chief of Army Engin- eers, forwarded by the Delegate, was read and pointed out that $3O,- 100000 was expected to be appro- priated for rivers and harbors at the present session of Congress and that the Juneau small boat harbor would be given careful considera- tiOn."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
TIME OFF IN
 AR MY LIFE IS
 COMEDY THEME
'23lI2 Hours Leave Ends Tonight at Capitol
 Theatre

Rollicking, madcap youth of 1917 needless of the shadow Of the great war in the gusty bursts of their TO- 0ust mirth, come to life again from
 he past in the sparkling Grand Nat onal comedy, "231A Hours Leave" which ends its engage ment at the Capitol Theatre to- night.
 With James Ellisoi, a harum scarum young training camp vol unteer, and Terry Walker, the gen. 1ral's captivating blonde daugh- ter, in the romantic leads.
 The picture, based on Mary Ro- oerts Rineharts classic Of the base camps, where young Americans were rained for overseas, tells how young Sergeant Ellison and his prepos- terous comrades spend their last days leave before embarking in settling wager, only to see their winnings eaten by General Mark ley's amazing horse. Caligula.
 Terry Walker, in her first starring role. is unfailingly lovely as the feminine lead, who solves the wager problem to the delight of Ellison and the chagrin of his bun kies. Daughter of the peppery gen. eral, played by that capable come dian, Paul Harvey, she deftly and convincingly supplies the romantic interest in the gay plot.
 Fast action and high comedy reach their apex in the excitement of barrack-room vegetable fight. when a vagrant tomato, propelled by Ellison, decorates the generals stern physiognomy. Ellison doesn't recover from the cloud on his mili- tary character until he manages to capture two enemy espionage agents single handed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24

Margaret Tack quizzed by her attorney, Pnip When Margaret Tack 2oyarold nogapher Detroit tell Lloyd McCardy Miss Tack herself girl
 
 he had refused mother Attorney Philip Neudeck questioning
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
MORE POWER
 FOR FARMERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The era of the oil lamp and the hand pump in American farm life is drawing to a close.
 During 1888 the rural electrifica- ton administration expects to fin- ish or place under construction some 70000 miles of rural power lines. These will provide light and power for 100000 persons, for some 100000 farm homes, schools, churches and meeting halls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-24
BROWN BEAR, KILLED
 BY TRAPPER
Bruin Shot from Distance of Twenty Feet in
 Self-Defense

KAHILTNA, Alaska, Feb. 24 - Pete is dead.
 The 1.200 pound brown bear, ne- mesis of sportsmen in the Lake Creek District, has been killed by James Kennedy, trapper. He shot the bear from a distance of 20 feet in self-defense.
 Kennedy said lie found four bull let scars in the 11-foot hide and another in the skull.
 Fishermen received the news of the bears demise with delight as many have been chased while fish ing in Lake Greek.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Little Business Loans.

The Federal Housing Administration
has announced a loan insurance plan
which 1t describes as the administra-
tion's initial effort to solve the loan
problem Of small industry, and in making
public the plan it was asserted that the
administration expects to do a great
volume Of business under 1t.
It Is to be hoped that there will be q
generous realization Of this optimistic
view. II the little business man be
induced to borrow $4,000 to improve
his plant or to modernize 1t, or t2,500
with which to build a new structure, it
will be step toward prosperity. If the
number who might apply is large enough,
in the aggregate, it will, Of course, pro-
vide more work and workmen will spend
more for food and other necessities.
But the little business men are having
their troubles along With the big busi-
ness men. The conditions under which
the loans are to be made are that the
borrower must have an assured income,
must demonstrate his ability to repay the
loan and must own the property to be i'm
proved or have . lease on It running ut
Evening star., 1938-02-13

their plan to emasculate the soil con-
servation program.
Two and one-half months Of talk have
produced one important piece Of legis-
lation-amendments to the housing act.
These amendments were offered nearly
q year ago and have been approved too
late to have much effect on building op-
erations in the next few months.
And 50 it goes. Senators have talked
for q mouth about lynching while impor-
tant legislation piled up. After weeks Of
work on new tax plan, the House has
evolved q proposal that soaks the little
man, who was supposed to be helped.
While the arguments have gone on, un-
employment has been rising ct an accel-
Grated rate.
At this stage, 1t really looks as though
the President is having more luck deal
ing with big business men, who are sup
posed to be his enemies, than he Is with
= Congress supposed to be made up Of
his party friends and associates.
The policy this time is to try to muddle
through . depression with aS little reli-
ance on Congress as posEble.
(ooDyrtght. 1e3s)
Evening star., 1938-02-13
APPLIED RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D, d, L.,
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

In one Of Christ's most pregnant state
ments He said: II am come to make q
man every whit whole" This simple
affirmation implied the comprehensive
ness Of His mission. One reason why
His age misunderstood Him and ulti-
mately crucified Him was that, He took
|. religion out of its circumscribed and Sc
/ queStered setting and brought it to mar
ket place, home and forum and made 1t
a vital force in all the occupations OF
life It was for this that He frequented
the places where life was tense; 1t was
His avowed desire to make OF religion
a practical concern, relating 1t to the
every day needs Of men, applying its
precepts to every condition and circum-
stance Of life.
We read that. He went about the VIII
lagos preaching" because it was in VIII
lage and city that the pressure was great
est and the trials most exacting. He de-
clared in a message His program by bor-
rowing phrase from the prophets, say
ing: THE spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because He hath annointed me to
preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath
sent me to heal the broken hearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives and
recovery OF sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are bruised" Thus
He set forth His all inclusive program
and His approach to men was that Of
the true diagnostician. His remedies for
human ills covered the whole range of
human needs. His gospel is designed
to touch life intimately and vitality. and
touching it to enrich and give it mean
ing and purpose. Its value is to be found,
not in the reverent acknowledgment
Of its Incompatible teachings to which
men pay respectful heed. but in the ap-
plication of these teachings to life's
problems and trials His church, as He
conceived it, is to be the major factor
in stimulating and inspiring men to
service that is selfless. heroic and COM
passionate. The range of this service
is limitless, 1t reaches out to every hu-
man interest, nothing is or can be alien
to it.
Are We recognizing this today? We
hear much Of the social implications OF
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least six months longer then the term

least six months longer then the term
of the loan.
However. taking the views Of the cross
section contained in the group which
visited Washington, 1t is probable that
not many Of them are In such q state
Of solvency as to meet the conditions Of
the Government. If they are, there is
the question as to whether they want
to go into debt under present conditions
to modernize plant, when they cannot
market the products of their present
plants. But one can borrow $2,500 to
erect new building. At present costs,
the structure which can be turned out
for this amount is so small that 1t Is
doubtful If the product would make even
q noticeable splash in the sea of COM
merce.
What the little man needs most of
all now is loan on inventories to pur-
chase raw materials and to pay salaries
until he can realize a profit. When
he gets that and pays it off and business
justifies 1t, then he can begin to think,
and then only, of loans with which to
modernize his plant so that his profit
spread will be greater.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

the gospel" the large question Is, are
we recognizing these implications In the
common experiences of our everyday
life? A letter Just received from q dis
eliminating observer refers to the wide
spread failure of Christian men today,
including the clergy, to reckon seriously
with the practical application of the
teachings of Christ to the surging prob
lens OF our time. His language may be
overstrong, but 1t Is warranted by the
exigencieS of the present situation. He
writes: Most certainly Christians gen.
orally have no notion Of the gravity Of
our social and political world crisis. They
sound all too often like little birds twit-
terirg away, utterly unaware of the
imminent hurricane" His appraisal of
what may be impending may be too dire
full but the challenge he presents to the
church and to individual Christians is
one that is worthy of most serious con-
sideration. He believes that Christianity
furnishes practical, workable program
for our modern world.
Certainly some wsll-defined program
Is demanded in the face of drifts and
tendencies that are fraught with perils.
Christ did lay down certain basic prin-
cipleS governing human relations. He
did affirm that His followers were obli-
gated, at any cost, to demonstrate to
the world the value of His scheme of life.
1t was to prove its virtue and efficacy by
being applied to every situation. It con-
templated the effecting of a world unity
through the recognition of a world
brotherhood.
Such an ideal of life must mean sub
stituting selflessness for selhshness: un-
derstanding love for misunderstanding
and hate; generous cooperation for
proud isolation and an excess of ma
tional, social or industrial pride We
cannot accept Him and reverence Him
as the worlds greatest teacher, worship
Him as divine and confine our recogni-
ton of Him to some limited and re-
stricted area Of life. 1t is true, as Ches-
terton says, that Christianity as He in
terpreted it is difficult program, but
1t is program and the only program
that is sufficiently comprehensive to meet
the disordered world in which we live.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

~ permanent bureau OF fine arts" to
"perpetuate the Works Progress Admin
istrations art projects under . COM
missioner and six assistant commission
ers for the theater, dance, music, litera-
ture, graphic and plastic painting,
sculpture, etc.-and architecture. The
measure, as might be expected, is sup
ported by the "so-called art unions which
have come into existence within the last
few years as by-product OF govern
mental relief"-more or less definitely
radical groups who declare it their
chief purpose to force the Government
to support artists"
In normal times neither Mr.. Sirovich's
nor Mr.. Coffee's proposition would have
a chance. Only the still unliquidated
emergency which brought the New Deal
into being gives them excuse. They
symbolic bewilderment and confusion.
II they were enacted into law their ef-
feet would be to put art in chains,
throttle and stifle it-at public expense
NO more thoroughly dangerous coercion
OF national culture could be imagined.
In Communist Russia, Fascist Italy and
Nazi Germany it may be quite all right
to enslave genius to the state; but in
America it would be veritable treason.
The independent artists of the country
want the assistance Of their fellow
citizens of all classes to prevent their
reduction to peonage.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Olympic Games BOycott.

A new note in the general develop
ment OF anti-Japanism because of
aggression in China is revealed in the
decision of Great Britain not to partici-
pate in the 1910 Olympic games sched-
uled in Toxic.
The definite and uncompromising de-
nunciation made by John Bull in send
ing Japan to athletic Coventry" NAV
possibly reflect a greater cleavage in
inter-racial and international relations
than Is readily apparent. Men have
been inclined to drop their differences
In the realm of sport, meeting harmoni-
ously on the athletic field at times when
political relationships would call more
appropriately for battlefield. Will this
be the signal for a general lowering Of
world morale in sport?
What other countries will follow Eng
lands lead remains yet to be seen. In
view of the decided inclination amono
certain elements in America to boycott
the games held in Berlin, it is not un-
likely that the question of participation
In Toxic will be raised here.
1t is certainly safe to say that the
games, without the entrance of British
and American athletes, would be a fail
ure as representation of the acme of
world sport. It would unquestionably be
more severe blow to the Japanese
national pride than the present disincli-
nation of the American housewife to buv
japanese made goods.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
Art in Chains.

Those who love art-and who, it may
be wondered, does not?-should make it
a duty to read Miss Leila Mechlin's dis
cussion Of three bills now pending in
Congress printed in The Star today.
One of the trio, H. ]. Res. 200, intro
duced by Representative Keller, provides
for site and necessary funds for the
building of the Smithsonian Gallery Of
Art to shelter the collections already in
the hands Of the Government and such
other works as may be later donated or
purchased No argument is required
in behalf of legislation so manifestly de-
sirable. The bill is meritorious in the
highest degree and should be passed.
But the other bills-H. j. Res. 70.
sponsored by Representative sirovich,
and H. R. 9102, prepared by Representa-
tive Conee-are definitely mischievous
and ought to be defeated -:
The proposal Of MIR. sirovich is to
establish .'an executive department Of
science, art and literature, under secre-
tary who shall be member of the
cabinet Of the President" With the ex-
ception Of the Library Of Congress. ali
bureaus, sections, offices or other ele-
ments Of the executive branch of the
Government dealing with science, art
and literature" would be transferred to
the control and management Of the new
secretary and three undersecretaries,
with ofaces in new building. Of the
grandeur Of the Supreme Court
Mr.. Co6ee's suggestion would set. up
Evening star., 1938-02-13
China's Last Hone?

what looks painfully like the blasting
of China's last hope of foreign interven-
ton on her behalf, in the war with
Japan, has just manifested Itself at
Moscow. Coinciding with the special
mission of Sun Fo, the late Sun Yat-sen's
son, to the Soviet Union, carrying sort
of Benjamin Franklin plea of interces-
sion, categorical announcement that the
Red Army and Navy will clear for action
in the Far East only to repel aggression
seems to dash any chance that they will
be used to thwart Japan. Stain utilizes
the columns of Pravda, mouthpiece of
the Kremlin, to warn the fugitive gov
ernment at Hankow that it cannot rely
for rescue upon the colossus to the
north.
With cumulative evidence that neither
Great Britain nor the United States,
even under direct and grave provoca-
ton, such as repeated flouting of their
rights and interests in China, is disposed
to fight Japan, Chang Kai-shek natural
ly diverted his aspirations for foreign
support in Russia's direction. His con-
cessions to the Chinese Communist
groups and their armed forces, whether
voluntary or extorted, must have been
motivated to some extent by the conf
dence that he was casting an anchor to
Windward. japanese threats against
SoNetized Outer Mongolia would also,
Hankow figured, incline Stain and Voro-
shiloff toward Intervention before it is
too late.
Pravda's indubitably authoritative ar
ticle. entitled "Provokers of War;" is
interpreted at Moscow as a fiat rebuke
to all and sundry who are debating or
fomenting the idea of Russian assistance
to China. In the most definite terms, it
affrms that the Soviet Union neither
contemplates war nor will attack Japan
until the latter becomes the aggressor,
infringes the peace and violates the
U. s. s. r. frontier" Obviously, this is
a cold douche for SUN Fo's appeal, even
though Chiang's emissary is understood
to have offered to let Russia write it's own
ticket in China as compensation for help
against the invader. One suggestion is
that when it appeared that certain things
were attached to the ticket" Red ardor
for a large-scale military adventure
cooled. That seasoned x-rayer of Soviet
lncalculables, Walter Duranty of the
New York Times, is persuaded that the
inner meaning Of Pravda's pronounce
ment is that Russia is not ready for war
in the Far East.
Other observers explain that, despite
sympathy with China, Moscow is reso-
lutely welded to peace, unless Russia is
attacked. The Soviet is happy to utilize
the Sino-Japanese campaign as labora-
tory for testing aircraft and other equip
ment, to give number of Russian Of
ficers and soldiers opportunity to study
japanese war methods to sell China
planes and munitions, and to place no
restrictions on Russian volunteers as long
as they do not flock into China on scale
threatening directly to embroil the U. S.
S. R. But of going to war with Japan,
merely to save China, the Red czars at
Moscow apparently have no thought.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

Attention is frankly called to the
competence of men over 65 or 70 to serve
the public. The ability to think seriously
some time ago ceased to be regarded
chiefly as a juvenile attribute.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

The Wright brothers are still respect
fully studied as great inventors who cre-
ated a wonderful mechanism without
indicating to realtors just where and
how it was going to light.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

No nation can as yet claim credit for
the non-collapsible airship. It is un-
fortunate that Asiatic experiments should
proceed SO actively without this desirable
object in mind
Evening star., 1938-02-13

The New York Stock Exchange is to
have president at a salary of from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually who will indi-
cate the profit that wise conservatism
may bring.