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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31

Acting Governor Edward w. Grif- fin, Secretary of Alaska, died here suddenly last night, the victim of a heart attack.
 The Secretary slumped In his chair while attending the annual Rizal Day banquet held by the local Filipino organization of which he was the guest of honor. He fell over into the arms of Mayor Harry I. Lucas, who was seated at the ban- quet table with him. He was immed- lately taken to St. Ann's hospital and the end came shortly after 10:30 o'clock, the stricken official never regaining consciousness.
 Postmaster Max Galao Reyella had just started to introduce the dis tinguished official when he was suddenly stricken. As he fell over toward the Mayor, the latter cried Ned! Ned! what's the matter?" but there was no. reply. Dr. c. c. Smith, who was present gave first aid while an ambulance was being sum- moned, but the Secretary failed to rally and shortly after he reached the hospital his lips were sealed forever.
 Had Gone With Senator
 The Acting Governor had gone to the banquet with his long time and intimate friend. Senator c. H. "Alabam" La Boyteaux of Liven- good, who had but recently arrived in the city for the converting of the Legislature. The Senator, who had been with him most of the day, said the Secretary had been in a happy mood as they went to the banquet. dwelling on the thought of having a group of his old friends in for New Years Eve He was prepared to give cheerful message, apropos of the season, to the gathering at which he was the honored guest when the end came.
 The body lay today at the c. w. Garter Mortuary and tentative plans were for burial at Seward, beside his wife who passed away there in l930.
 Secretary Griffin was So years of age, having been born in Chicago. on April ?, 1869.
 A picture of the house in which he was born hangs today in the Illinois Historical Society Museum in Chi cago, mark of respect to distin- guished son. Prior to coming to AL aska in 1900, he was interested in the copper business in Butte, Mont. and was member of the Elks lodge of that city, membership he had held for more than 40 years. Back in Chicago he became associated with the Cudahy interests, who owned the North American Trading and Transportation Company, huge trading organization in Alaska, and in 1900 he was sent north as Gen
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31
GERMANY TO
 BUILD NEW
 NAVY SHIPS
Mass Production 10 Begin on New Type of Sub-
 marine, a Minnow

BERLIN, Dec. 31.--It is revealed here today that Germany is laying plans to begin mass production of a revolutionary type Of minnow submarine
 It is also said the Government is to start on construction of two 10,000-ton cruisers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31

| 1 AlC ouuutI QCdIAi LII faCbiil6 INV ernor E. w. Griffin, Secretary oi Alaska, brought many expressions of eulogy today for the we'll known official and pioneer Alaskan.
 The Territory suffered a great loss when E. w. Griffin fell,' said J. A. Hellenthal, Democratic Ma tional Committeeman and ng-time friend of the Secretary. Med Grif- fin was far more than an efficient official. He was man possessed ol outstanding executive ability and cool and deliberate judgment, but beyond these cold intellectual qual- ities he possessed qualities that en- deared him to everyone who knew Municipalities of the heart, and the soul, of the inner man"
 Territorial Senator c. H. La Boy teux. an intimate friend of Secre- ltary Griffin for 38 years said:
 He had TO reiiEi6n so far sts | I know. His religion was the Golden Rule, and he practiced that re- ligion."
 Said Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle:
 During my acquaintance with MT. Griffin I became much im- pressed with him as an individual and in an official capacity AS an individual he was great man, one of the greatest it has ever been my pleasure to meet. AS an official of the government he personified the ideal of a public officer He was true officer who realized his duties as such, which made him a servant of the people, and as such they were always free to come to him on any matter touching the public"
 Collector of Customs James J. Connors, a close friend for years, said.
 "E. w. Griffin was leading citi- zen of the Fourth Division and AL aska for many years. The whole ambition of his life was for the best interests of the Territory. He had more friends, perhaps, than any man in Alaska, with always a warm heart for all his fellow citi- zens. It will be hard to fill the gap left by our dear old friend Ed"
 He was one of the finest men in Alaska" said B. D. Stewart, Commissioner of Mines, who had known the Secretary through the years. He was a good man in the position he held. He had sound judgment and a deep interest in Alaska. The Territory has lost one of its greatest human assets in the passing of Ed Griffin"
 One of the warmest compliments came from Territorial Highway En- gineer William A. Hesse, who had known him since the early days.
 'sHe lived in Alaska nearly 40 years and I have yet to hear a single person say an ill word about him." said MT. Hesse.
 Harry G. Watson, Secretary to the Governor, who was given his first job in Alaska many years ago by E. w. Griffin. said:
 He was one of Alaska's best. His place can never be filled"
 "The Territory has lost a very conscientious and efficient official" !" said A. E. Karnes, Commissioner of Education. No one ever had the welfare of Alaska more at heart than he"
 Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson We all regret his loss. It is severe blow to his countless friends and to the Territory of AL aska"
 George w. Grigsby pioneer att torney: I've known him since 1910. There never was a better man, nor a finer friend"
 M. s. Whittier Assistant Collec- tor of Customs: T knew him in the early days at St. Michael. We looked to him for leadership and he inspired us with his strong char acter and enthusiastic spirit. He
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31
Fairbanks Man 10
 Wed Seattle Girl

SEATTLE, Dec. 3l.--A marriage license has been issued to Joseph Frank Gruber. 25, of Fairbanks, AL asks. and Donna Grace Edgar, "A, of Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31
FIaf-foofed Rejection Sfdt- ed Emphdfitally on
 Proposed Policy NO ABR0GATION OF
 TREATY E ALLOWED
SingIe-handed Denuneia- lion Is Resented, 0p-
 posed Vigorously

TOKYO, Dec. 31.-The United States has formally rejected Jap ans note of November Is declaring tile China Open Door Policy IS re- placed by the new order of events. Ambassador Grew has presented the note to Rengo Sawada, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 The note flatly tells Japan the United States will not recognize any new order.
 Strong Terms
 The note is couched in strong terms and recalls Japan's obligation under the Nine Power Treaty of 1922 guaranteeing the Open Door and equal economic rights to all
 The note further states the Uni ted States reserves all rights to the United States as they exist and does not give assent to any impairment of any of these rights of the people or the Government of the United States.
 "The United States cannot assent to abrogation of any of this country s rights or obligations by arbitrary action of agents of any other coun- try"
 Nc Pronunciation The note further says the United States is ready to enter at any time any negotiations for a treaty re- vision but is firmly opposed to any single-handed denunciation of treat ies by Japan and adds that Japan several times has given definite approval of the principle of equality and economic opportunity.
 FINAL NOTE
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-It is in- dicated the State Departments note to Japan, delivered today in Tokyo, is the final communication to Japan on the China Open Door Policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31

The Lincoln highway, connecting New York and San Francisco. is B. 384 miles long.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31
Acting Governor viefim of Hearf Attatk While
 Guest oi iionor
ONE OF BEST KNOWN MEN IN TERRITORY
We'll Known Pioneer Had Been Active in Alaska
 Since 1900
Public funeral services for

Public funeral services for Acting Governor E. w. Griffin will he held at 2 o'clock Mon sfAy aftefnocn in the siks HAlIl under the auspices of the EIks Lodge of which he was . mem- Der. The body will be sent aboard the Baranof to Seward where he will be laid at rest beside his wife, who died eight years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-31

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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
HERE'S GOOD NEWS
OR is 1T?

Grand news for trans-oceanlc travel
ers, this. The Cunard White Star Liner
Queen Mary crossed the Atlantic this
week in three days, 20 hours and AZ min
utes More than an hour faster than the
previous fastest trip! The Queen Mary
got to Southampton England, so fast
they didn't have time to prepare her
dock for her.
Just think what that means.
Screen Actress Dottie Shinyphiz, for
instance, will be able pretty soon to dash
off the big liners in London with an
extra hour to spend at the hairdressers.
Or Diplomat Dinwoodie Doodleburg Will
have one more hour in which to cause
his European compatriots grave concern
over the state of the world.
But don't miss the most important
phase of this new speed.
Think of poor little rich Miss Barbara
Bodkins waiting longingly in Paris for
a letter from home. Until now she has
had to wait a whole hour longer for the
letter from Papa Odds BodkinS telling
her that Mama Bodkins has got the
gout because she spent her time worry
ing about Papa's income tax instead Of
about her own diet. Or imagine the JOY
of a stamp collector who gets his special
issue from the United States a whole
hour earlier than he would have gotten
it before this era of speed.
Yes, sir, its a great thing, this busi-
ness of speed.
Only sometimes We can't help wonder
ing if digestion wouldn't be better, life
wouldn't be longer and living wouldn't
be more fun if we took a little more
time to see the world as we go through
it, instead of seeing how fast we can
make the telephone posts 60 by.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
ADVICES FROM THE
HIGHER-UPS

(The Wall Street JournaD
Eager chaperonage of the debutante
industrial recovery by official Washing
ton is certainly not surprising and per-
haps not quite disturbing. Yet it cannot
be enthusiastically applauded by the
general run of business men.
A dozen or more of the government
departments and agencies gather lnvalu-
able statistical data for publication.
More and more business men are learn
ing to make more and more effective use
of the information so put before them.
This service of factual material is
legitimate governmental function which
fortunately is still developing.
But when it goes beyond objective
information into broad Interpretation
and particularly when it offers advice
or prophecy, government ventures upon
debatable ground. From practical point
of view, there is no possibility of gov
ernment official discussing the economic
state of the nation in the capacity of a
private citizen. When he speaks to the
press his utterances are unavoidably
imprinted with the seal of his office.
Nor is it humanity possible for him or
for anyone else to know whether or not
when he discusses circumstances and
DOTleIIS Oh lHe DuSlHeSS SCelC, lIlo JUG
ment is free of the influence of self
interest The old copybook maxim,
MEMS opinions vary as their interests"
has its application to the best of men.
Precedents there are in plenty for the
ostensibly unofficial Interpretation of
economic phenomena by public office
holders But the after history of the pre-
cedents by no means encourages the prac-
tice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
WELL / |!
Tell
says
Bob Burns

Manyis the time I've done some
Imrulsive thing and thought / was
perfectly right in doin' it, but when
I'd get home and take my shoes
of SOS 1 could really thing about
it, I've seen that what I'd done
wasn't the right thing at all. 1
suppose everybody's had a similar
experience.
1 remember one time when
Grandpa Snazzy was goin' by I'm
Gle Slug's house and saw him run
min out of the house with a bunch
of dishes flynn at his head. Grand
pa dashed inside just as Aunt Boo
was pickin' up the last stack of
dishes. Grandpa says, Good gra-
ciOus, Aunt Boo, you won't have
a dish in the house" Aunt Boo said,
Don't you interfere. I'll teach
Slug to crack the handle off my
best teapot"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
LIEUTENANT GOTERNOR
lOrOVille MercurY-Register)

AS was pointed out in the news col
umns, the election of a lieutenant gov
ernor this year is extremely important,
because the chances are extremely high
that he will become governor of the state.
Two elderly gentlemen are the lead
ing candidates for governor. We have two
elderly senators, one of whom may be
reelected this fall Either of them may
fail to live out his term. If the governor
should die or if senator should die and
the governor should choose to succeed
him in the senate and resign the govern
orship, then the lieutenant governor
would become governor.
So the election of lieutenant COVER
nor is almost as important as the cleo
tion of a governor.
Yet we know very little about the le-
gion who are running for that office
There does not seem to be an outstand-
ing man among them. Some might be
even dangerous to the welfare of the
state.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
Bruce Cation Says
- Japans Armies Race a River OF Gold

One way to get an idea whether
Japan will finally whip China is
to follow the troop movements as
reported in the daily papers. An
other way is to keep an eye on the
gold movements which are ever so
much less spectacular.
Armies move to the accompani-
ment of crashing guns, and go to
the field of action with a certain
amount of fanfare and drum-beat-
ing, even in this day of mechanized
fighting. Gold moves more quietly,
like a thief in the night and only
a few people bother to trace its
course as recorded on the financial
pages. But in the end it can be
the more important of the two.
Not long ago John T. Flynn noted
the heavy drain of gold Japan has
been suffering recently, and pointed
out that in Is months the country
had been obligated to send $780,
600, 900 of gold to the United States.
A little later a New York Times
writer remarked that the figure
had risen to 1882, 100000.
These figures can mean but one
thing: that Japan is going broke
at rapid pace. The best estimates
have it that her gold reserve now is
no higher than $261 100000. Her
foreign markets are steadily dwin
ding; meanwhile the tremendously
expensive war in China forces her
to keep on buying goods abroad
on. She can no longer pay for
these goods with her own exports.
Gold with which she can pay is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
THE GOLDEN EGGS
(Orange Daily News)


The hostility of Mexico's communistic
government toward business is produc-
ing the results confidently to be expect
ed from such a policy. Printing press
money has arrived.
The exhaustion of public credit indi-
Gated in the crash Of the peso means in
flation with additional hardship on the
common people. The issuing of printing
press money will only add to the confu-
sion. If MeXicans have lost confidence
in the old money guaranteed by the gov
ernment, it is unlikely that they will
have confidence in new money with the
same guarantee.
Stupidly destroying the sources of in
come supporting government credit,
Mexican politicians have finally reach
ed the accounting period toward which
they have been heading. The goose that
laid the golden egg tasted swell while
she lasted.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17

is almost a GER tainty that there
will never be another. AS fighting
man in his prime, Jack Dempsey
was Jack the Invincible. This in
spite of the fact that jim Corbett,
Gene Tunney, and many others
outclaSsed him as a boxer.
His correct name is William Har-
rison Dempsey. He was born June
"a, 1896, in Manassa, Colorado.
Therefore he was % years old when
the United States entered the
World War. He did not enlist. The
country's war ferVor, or fever, turn
ed masses of Jack S admirers against
him at once. He was white-livered,
they said; and their contempt rose
in a howl that was heard from
coast to coast.
This was the handicap that
might have ruined less thickskin-
ned man than Dempsey, for crowds
do not turn out and give up real
money to see a man fight if they
believe him to be a coward. After
that, Jack battled to win back the
respect of the fans as well as to
retain the Worlds Championship
after he won it by knocking out
Jess Willard at Toledo.
Dempsey was a fighter by ma
ture as well as from necessity.
Born in poverty, he started life by
fighting the whole cruel, merci-
less world. He always fought to
win quickly. That was the only
way he could whip many of the
enemies he had to conquer or leave
alone-and he never was a gutter.
Now here's the point of this
story:
A strange thing happened. Jack
Dempsey won back the admiration
Of the fight followers and fans ip
general but only after he had lost
his crown to Tunney, a clean fight
tI. EHtfl JllGil llt hdS SJllI SOIuC-
what despised until Tunney beat
him into a bloody fallen mess in
Jacks desperate effort to regain
the championship.
Beaten, Dempsey did not stay
down. He struggled on and on un-
til at last he became the most pop
ular pug ever stepped into the
ring.
What does all this mean? 1t
means that any good fighter has
to lose at least once in the great
battle of life and take his loss
like man if he wants TO be uni
versally admired. All the same
don't let that motion get you into
the habit Of losing needlessly. Win
as often as you can, but remember
that after you have lost, you can
still be a winner if you have an
indomitable will and refuse to give
up.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
GOD GAVE PEOPLE
MINDS, TOO

To quarrel with another mans concep-
tion of God is utter folly, for if we do
we quarrel about thing too great for
any mans entire comprehension. Of all
Gods creatures, however, He gave to
man the keenest intelligence, the great
est power of thought and accomplish
ment-and certainly it is not too pre-
sumptious to believe that He intended
man to use these Divinely bestowed pow
erS.
Yet in Los Angeles several days ago
little boy died because his mother re-
fused to permit an operation to remove
his appendix. She wanted to leave his
fate 'in Gods hands, she said.
She chose to regard God as tool, rath-
er than to use the tools God has given to
other men, and through other men to
her. She regarded Him as a means, not
as an end.
Civilization has developed because man
has used his mind and his ability to Gre
ate it. Superstition and fear gradually
are disappearing from the earth because
man makes increasingly better use of his
mind. Millions Of lives have been saved
and prolonged because man has delved
into the secrets Of his own body, and
found the answers to his own problems.
God gave man his mind and his ability
but the very fact that He did so leads
us to believe He intended them to be
used by man for the worlds benefit
Shall we, by calling upon God to do the
things we ourselves can do, tell Him He
has created weaklings?
Now San Diego has hotel ledge sit
ter Probably trying to get away from
the fellow who was snoring in the next
room
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17

All of this, of course, is Japan's
worry. not ours-except that it en-
phasizes an important little fact
which we sometimes forget.
Despite all of the thimble-rigging
and phenagling which most gov
ernments have engaged in, in the
field of economics, it does seem to
be true that there are few funda-
mental economic laws that in the
long run have got to be obeyed.
The oldest, simplest and most often
forgotten of them would seem to
be, simply, that if you spend beyond
your income, and keep on spending
long enough, you wind up in a dis
aSter.
There are all kinds of expec >pts
by which the evil day can be f-St-
poned, of course. Some of them
work beautifully-for a time. But
the reckoning has to be paid sooner
or later. And if you can't pay it
when the time comes, you are in for
an exceedingly unpleasant exper-
ience.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17

n u S ky young
man who after
W ard S became
one of the most
admired prize e.
fig h t ers this
count try ever
due ed, not
ven eXcepting g
John L. Sullivan.
OF course you
have guessed his
name. There is
0 n ly one Jack
Dempsey and il
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
Auction Philosophy
BY M. ID. ZINN,
pinch Hitting for ID. L. tDOc) Zinn)

Pnch Hittng Tor d. L. IDocJ ZmhJ
Well, folks Dad has finally taken that vacation He
has talked about it for the last month"; maps folders
pictures of beautiful mountain lakes, mountain trout
streams and all that sort of thing He had the of
everyone he talked to- WE'LL finally received telegram
from him. 1t read follows "Am at Fresno stop wealth.
fine stop going attend auction sale here tomorrow
Fresno is in San Joaquin Valley, which is much
like Imperial Valley you get and he is going to
auction sale. And he calls that vacationl
Well, folks, there is going around, almost
like secret. There is going to be election in few
days the August primaries Or maybe you have already
heard.
I'll be Seein' you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
Famous Sayings
What to Do When the Warm Weather Comes

EATING - a FEW PIECES OF ICE
IN a BOWL OF HOT SOUP WILL HELP
TO COOL ,T. While 700 ARE WAITING
EoR TITO COOL YOU CAN DECIDE
WHETHER YOU WANT TO EAT or JUST
FORGET the WHOLE THING.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
DALE
CARNEGIE

I am writing this to the man who
has failed. And who hasn't at some
time or other?
Draft dodger, coward, yellow dog,
were the epithets hurled at a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-17
News Behind
the News
PeeUed at MeNicO E.
Fear Grab Spread
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

WASHINGTON. - Secretay Hull
is peeved at Mexico and perplexity
adds TO his annoyance.
Briefly, it's this way: The u. S.
says it's fundamental international
law that confiscated foreign owned
property should DE paid for and
has asked arbitration of American
claims for land Mexico has taken
and an indication of the future
Mexican attitude as to payment for
appropriated oil wells. Mexico an
sWers there's no obligation in inter-
national law for payment but ad-
mits obligation under Mexican law
and says she will be glad to talk
it over. Hull fumes because the
U. S. and Mexico have been talking
about these claims since 1927 and
claimants haven't seen a single
peso.
The state department believes that
If Mexico gets away with taking
American property, other Latin
American countries will start grab
bing American copper mines in Pc
ru, copper and nitrate in Chilli,
fruit, utility, railroad and other
properties. There's no disposition to
invite such appropriation waves as
an answer to the good nieghbor'
policy.
But Germany and Italy, hoping
for a big U. S.-Mexico row, already
are trying to capitalize the issue in
Latin America.
President CardenaS continues pop
ular with MeXicans. But conserva-
tive army generals may pull a coup
d 'etat as his economic and political
troubles pile up. The state depart
ment, worrying about the Nazi-
Fascist penetration, doesn't want
that, either.
A recent visitor to Palo Alto was
shown 602 letters and kilograms re-
Questing Herbert Hoover to come
and speak. Mostly from Republican
Hoover will make at
least three major speeches before
elections.
Certain department of labor Of
Iicials have been irked by the calm
nsistance of Wage-Hour Admins
.rator Elmer F. Andrews on sticking
light to his job as New York's
state industrial commissioner pend
ng Mr.. Roosevelt's return.
Andrews, one hears wants to know
whether he is to be a star in the
show, or just an understudy taking
orders from Secretary Frances Per-
lins and advisers.
Widely published has been a re-
BORT that U. S. Housing authority
lined a $3,500,000 slum clearance
lllotment for San Antonio, Texas,
o help renominate Congressman
Maury Maverick, beaten by 500
'otes few days ago.
Don't remind Maverick of it.
J. S. II. "a. wired the glad news to
san Antonio's Mayor Quinn, head
# the city machine which licked
Quinn was thus able to
the allotment and take
ull credit while the machine used
he telegram as evidence that Nave
ick's claims of having wangled fat
appropriations for his district were
hony.