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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
WAR GAME ON
 PACIFIC WILL
 BE EXTENSIVE
l50 Ships and 500 Planes Will Be Engaged in
 Defense Maneuvers

SAN PEDRO, Cal, March 1-- Navy sources said the United States Fleet will hurl more than 150 ships and 800 planes this month into the largest war games ever played in the North Pacific for defense purposes off the Hawaiian Islands.
 Later the fleet will work out a test attack north from San Pedro to Alaska and later sweep down from the Dutch Harbor naval base in time to participate in the Ha- waiian action early in April
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
175 FISHERMEN
 ADRIFT ON ICE

MOSCOW. March l. Three planes, an ice breaker and two ships are working to rescue ITS fishermen on drifting ice on the Caspian Sea since a storm blew them away from the shore 10 days ago.
 Of 470 originally set adrift, all but 175 have reached land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
RELIEF FUND
 BILL IS ON
 WAY TO FOR
Quarter of a Billion Dollar Emergency Sum Pass
 es Congress

WASHINGTON, March 1.-Final House approval has sent to the White House the quarter of bil- lion dollar emergency relief appro- priation for the next four months.
 At the same time the WPA an nounced an increase of half mil lion jobs bringing the total to two and one half million to be filled at the discretion of the State Administrators of WPA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
GERMAN AIR
 FORCE READY
 TO DO BATTLE
Field Marshal Goering Says Fleet Will Be "Aw-
 full Tn Action

BERLIN, March l. = Germany $ Air and Field Marshal, Hermann Goering, today intimated that the Nazi Nations gigantic air force may find it's first use for protection of German minorities outside the Reich borders.
 Speaking at the celebration of the third anniversary of the aerial force founding, Goering asserted it was created as a safeguard for peace but if forced to fight it will be awful in action"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
IShbeI Macdonald
 Welded in London
Hostess of Former British Prime Minister Mar
 ries House Painter

LONDON, March. 1-Ishbel Mac Donald and Norman Ridgley, house decorator, were married here today. The bride was once intimate with royalty as the hostess of her late father, Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald, of Great Britain She still occasionally dimes with the King and Queen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
CLOSED CIRCUIT

It sounds pretty slick when you read it but the clerk said the Patent Office took one glance at 1t and refused to issue a patent
 We just don't give these closed circuit machines a second thought, '' he said. There is good natural law which prevents inventors from getting more from their machines than they put in, and it applied as well to this enterprise"
 He seemed to remember news stories indicating Lindbergh had taken some interest in the motor but so far as he knew the colonel never had called at the Patent Of flee.
 Have any manufacturers or promoters sought to get in touch with the inventor?" we asked.
 I'm sorry" the clerk smiled, but. we can't give you that infor- nation without consent of the in ventor"
 What is his name?" we per- sisted.
 I'm sorry" the clerk said, smil- ing even more sweetly. but we can't give you that information
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
GEN. PERSHINC IS IMPROVING,
 SAYS DOCTOR
Patient Slept for Six and Onehalf Hours During
 Last Night

TUCSON, Arizona. March l.- Gen. John J. Pershings slept six and one-half hours last night and Dr. Ronald Davison said recovery seems quite probably if his pa tient continues the present pace and there is no relapse
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
NEW OFFICIALS
 ARE APPOINTED
 ON WHITE PASS

VANCOUVER. March 1.-Presi- dent Wheeler. of the White Pass and Yukon Route. announces the appointment of c, J. Rogers, of Seattle, as Vice President. and Paul E. Mason. of Seattle, as Assistant Purchasing Agent.
 k. B. Barteau becomes Purcha5- ing Agent in addition to General Agent here.
 CLEBURNE. Tex.-A w. Smith cotton planter. ran frcm his house to nearby cotton field with his heart in his mouth after a bolt cf lightning knocked three Negro cot ton pickers to the ground. All re- covered. but one Negro woman said she had one tooth knocked out by the bol..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01
TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR
 J. SEADLUND
Asks Court to Get Thing Over Tn Hurry with
 Death Sentence

CHICAGO, March 1.--John Hen ry Seadlund, confessed kidnap- -slay- CT of Charles Ross, has been ordered to trial in Federal Court March IA, after pleading guilty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01

Seadlund plead guilty to kidnap- ing and staying Ross only, evident ly the sole charge brought against the man. although he also was said to have killed an accomplice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Garner Boom On

We aren't much for political boomS that get underway one to two years in advance of the official date Maybe that's why we can't warm up to the campaign that friends of Vice-President John N Garner have started. They want him to be the Democratic candidate for Presi- dent in 1940 That's almost two years away. Here in Connecticut we've just gone through hectic campaign that brought about results almost unpredic- table It seems almost like an impoSi- tion to wish a budding Garner driver-for- president on us right now.
 Still no one will begrudge "Texas Jack" his desire or his ambition to be PreSi- dent Most informed persons have known he has had intentions in that direction for some few years now And many people think that he would be fine can didate for the Democrats to bring for ward. But we don't think the ardent New Dealers are included in this cate gory. They certainly are not Garner fans and probably won't be unless Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt himself desig- mates Garner as his successor in the quest for the occupancy of the White House.
 It's been quite few years now since Vice President succeeded his chief by choice and inclination. We exclude the late Calvin Coolidge for he followed War ren c. Harding upon his death during office. And when you start checking back you get all the way to Martin Van Buren before you find a Vice President vIlo actually followed in the footsteps of 1is predecessor without death interven- nc fe eeaSa hsra insG the office. Andrew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
J0ckewmg For Jurors Procedure in Waterbury Regarded as Effort on Both Sides to Securing Jury Committed
 One Way or Other.
HARTFORD TIMES

fill the bill" for both sides are very hard to find.
 May it not be that the fear of a hostile jury is exaggerated by both prosecution and defense? Even if a person has read of the charges and issues in litigation-and who in Con- necticut has not?-and even may have a one-sided impression, since the defense has not had its side pre- sented to the public in advance of trial, is it not fair to assume that reasonable men will be far more inn pressed by the impact of the evil dence, fully presented at the trial, stressed by respective counsel and elucidated by the presiding judge?
 A peculiarly obstinate man would he be who could escape the force of the impact of the mass of testimony, giving it his undivided attention, day after day, as against earlier inn pressions he might have from read ing only fragmentary bits of one side of the story.
 The man in the street may be forgiven if he doubts the advantage to be gained by either side in pro- longed search for and rejection of most prospective jurors.
 A week was spent in finding four of the F men. Yet one believes the woods are full of persons who would give the accused fair hearing their peers as reasonable and just men. Then why so great consump- tion of time, effort and funds in getting down to cases? The average citizen is not impressed with what gives the impression of maneuver- ing for advantage by opposing coun- sel. More convincing is a direct route t0 the facts nf the casa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

Now that winters, snows and rains have drenched our woodlands State Forester Austin F. Hawes is urging property own CTS to be prepared for what could be a disastrous spring. He warns that the dangers of forest fires will be doubled when the ground is drying out and smil- ing skies and Hitting breezeS are making finder of green underbrush and stubble. Timber struck down by september's storm will still be lying around the woods in widest disorder in the spring and should be worse fire menace than it was this fall For some few weeks after Sep tember 1 there were grave fears of a holocaust in our woodlands. We were spared that, but the danger will still be there so long as the wood lies around. Be careful of fires.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Police Ban On

Police of Danbury are notified that the minute it starts to snow in the western Connecticut town again they are to place tags on automobiles that are enjoying all-night parking privileges on the streets. Whether or not this will hold water in legal test remains to be seen, but the idea is a good one We can recall the efforts that were made in this city some years back to eliminate night parking on streets where trolley cars operated. Since the death of the trolley we haven't heard so much about it, because the bus is more mobile than the trolley and fewer traffic jams result.
 In Danbury patrolman will be sent with city blows and as the crew works it's way along street, very successfully blockading every car parked by the curb, a ticket will be affixed. If this gentle reminder to get the car out of the street when storms are in the offing fails to ing the method of having the offending vehicle lowed away and the resultant charges added to the cost of the parking fine. This, too, has been found to work we'll in large centers like New York City, where motorists hate to foot any such bill
 There is no question but what parked automobiles constitute a minor problem along the streets. Too often they are found to block private driveways; inter fere with emergency medical calls; pre- vent firemen from access to ire-plugs; cut off clear view of police and fire alarm boxes Nevertheless, there are many who argue that all-night parking can't be prevented It can't when nothing is done about it and when it is not noticeable. But when a big storm comes along and it's hard to blow streets because of the cars along the curb, then everyone wants law passed to eliminate such nuisance. It's one of those cases of - now you see it; now you don't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Navaho Economics

IL seems that the Navaho Indians are going broke because Of ther rlches. Anu somehow this topsy-turvy world ot ours o11ght to be able to draw useful lltCle moral or two out of this odd situation. Among the Navahos, ownership ot horse is the one infallible sign of wealth and social position. The horse needn't amount to much, as beast of burden; he can be mangy, spawned, SWay-oacKeo and generally run down, but if he IS Just an indisputable, unmiStakable horse he fills the bill.
 So the Navaho who has made his mark on the reservation range land must acquire and maintain herd of horses. He may not care to ride on them, or hitch them to wagons; so long as he owns them he is happy. And the young buck who goes a-courting finds his path much smoother if he can present his sweetheart's parents with string of 10 or dozen ponies. Because of all of this, the Navaho ranges are supporting at least 10000 more horses than the tribe actu- ally needs. Furthermore, these horses are eating grass and other forage which might well be supporting vast flocks of sheep - possession of which would actu- ally enrich the Indians in the sense that lG WOULD IlGdIl 1OOU, SdSo11 money and better living quarters.
 Indian Commissioner John Collier hopes to persuade the Navahos to reduce the number of their horses and increase the size of their sheep flocks. But until he can persuade them that "a worthless horse is not an asset, but rather liabil- ity' he is likely to make scant headway. It is easy enough for the white world to look down with amused contemot on the red man who is so ignorant that he doesn't know real wealth when he sees 1t. Yet perhaps the same sort of confusion, under some other gulse, IS commoner than we generally realize.
 The innocent Navaho, for instance, might wonder why we look on 1t as a national calamity every time our farmers manage to produce more than usually ample crop Foodstuffs have been the most tangible and universally accepted form of wealth since the first hunter lugged home the first arrow-pierced deer; if we consider ourselves unfortu- nate because we have an abundance, the Navaho could hardly be blamed for being a bit puzzled. Nor is it likely that he could quite understand our difficulties with cover production" in other lines. For here, again, the things we produce are wealth - wealth pure and simple. If large numbers of us must do without them because we are producing too many of them, the situation is hardly one which would commend white mans economics to the red man.
 Somewhat similar is the complaint that we have put too much money into pro- ductive machinery during the last de- cade or so. This machinery produces wealth; why should our ability to pro- duce more wealth get us into trouble? When MT Collier undertakes to explain the ins and outs of wealth to the Navahos, perhaps he had best confine himself strictly to horses and sheep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

It begins to look as if the fight of property owners in the Saugatuck Valley might peter out. We read recently that the towns of Bedding and Weston had accepted settlements by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company which plans to build a reservoir in the valley. These settle ments are for condemnation of road which will be inundated. The roads so affected will be reconstructed. Bedding is willing, but Weston wants few more rights, such as hunting and fishing privi- of water flow, etc. With the towns ac- cepting, others will fall in line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
|PreSSCOnnent
SNOW REMOVAL SENSE (Bridgeport Post)

When snow blows are operated on city streets the blows must be set high enough above the street level to clear numerous obstructionS in- cluding trolley rails, irregular bits of pavement and particularly man. hole covers which are sometimes pulled up by the blows action and cause accidents. That is one req son why blowing job in a city such as Bridgeport can never be as clean as is done upon the state highways where the blows are set closer to the ground and where the state trucks are able to main tain uniform, high rate of speed in throwing the snow to one side. It doesn't follow that cities can- not do a better snow cleaning job than is being done in most of them. The criticisms in Bridgeport have been loud and hearty although the city administration can rest its case on the defense that Bridgeport is no worse than the other large cities of Connecticut and is better than at least two of them, New Ha- ven and Waterbury.
 Even if this is so, we do not think our efforts toward solving the prob- lem of snow removal should rest on that assumption. There must be way by which the main traf- fic arteries at least can be better cleared than they have been in the past. When the thermometer is lowering between thawing and freezing, any considerable quantity of snow which is left in the streets becomes solid ice and then follows a protracted session of difficult driving with numerous mishaps.
 What is apparently needed is the invention of another machine sim liar to the rotary brooms which used to be attached to trolley cars. Such machine mounted on a big truck might follow the blows and complete their work.
 It is true that city snow blows block private driveways and pile some of the snow on the sidewalks. So far as the private driveway is concerned 1t is a minor considera- ton. The owner can dig himself out Just as every owner in the country has to do when the state highway trucks pile snow in front of the drives. People who live in the country are so grateful for hay ing their highways cleared that they don't grumble at this minor hardship. People in the cities-the softies ought to take the same at titude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

Jackson designated Van Buren as his sue cessor and as Andrews word was law in those days, Van Buren went in and later out when he fell from the good graces of the ruling politicians.
 We don't expect to see John Nance Garner designated to succeed President Roosevelt by the latter, but we do expect
 to see and hear much of the willy Texan in the next twenty months. A fine man, a staunch Democrat we won't mind hearing lot about him, provided we can have a brief recess before the drive for his nomination actually begins in New England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

We haven't been saying much about doing your Christmas shopping early, because we figured everybody would this year. But it's two weeks to the great event now, so why not resolve to clear up all the little odds and ends that collect. Get the last-minute notions bought; pick up all your wrapping paper and twine, stickers, cards, etc. Give the clerks a break themselves Maybe they have some shopping of their own to do and certainly if they break their backs the last two weeks before the holiday they haven't quite got the strength.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. How many breeds of dogs are recognized as purebred?
 A. The American Kennel club recognizes 108 breeds, in six groups @. When was the present tomt of the Unknown Soldier in Ar. hngton cemetery erected?
 A. It was erected in 1881, over ar older but uncompleted cenotaph which had stood for 10 years. @. On what date will Easter Sum- day fall in 1889?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Dec. 10-Manhattan. ties: Noel Coward, the playboy play wright, appears to us to be one oi the saddest in mien of anyone on the Rialto. A melancholy he tries to hide by ready smiles.
 A waiter is our tutor in such knowledge as the kitchen name for an ordinary glass of water. "Munici- pal champagne" they call it back there.
 The giggliest lady we've seen at any party is Beatrice Lillie, whose sense of humor apparently embraces any jest, be it sure-fire or feeble.
 What happened to that Hawaiian trend around here? We remember when the hula and palm groves were the craze only last summer.
 The rhumba still gains in popu- larity, and one of its strongest ad- vocates still is Producer George Abbott, who is at this hip-shaking nightly in one Latin oasis or an- other.
 No Tower Overtime
 We discover, upon casual inquiry, that one-half of the Empire State Building lights up automatically at night, so there's no need for us to commiserate any further with the office workers who, we thought, were toiling up there over midnight oil.
 They are putting special Stop and Go" lights on Times Square for pedestrians, but it's our notion that it's a futile gesture. Times Square pedestrians don't care.
 The most promising" playwright in America, undoubtedly, is Clifford Odets, whose latest effort, Rocket to the Moon," is on Broadway. Critics always insist that his plays start as works of genius and fizzle in the second and final acts.
 So They Get Change, Eh?
 Leave it to Billy Rose and he will convert Manhattan into a wild and woolly West. At his next caba- ret, the Diamond Horseshoe, cus- toners will receive change only in cartwheel silver dollars.
 Everyone, we guess, has a favor ite barber, and we have ours. He is Sam Gross, the tonsorial artist in the Astor who shears and slaves such stage luminaries as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor and Al Smith and who goes to most of the First Nights in order to see which of his celebrated patrons up on the stage needs 8 hair cut.
 ResettIement News
 We wonder how many authors can write toward certain budget and succeed as Edna Ferber did when she collaborated on Stage Door," Miss F. wrote that play in order to pay the cost of new Con- necticut home-and it did.
 Chinatown and the Bowery used to be the lures that sightseeing guides held out to inquisitive visitors and then Radio City was the bait; but not most Manhattan tourists are eager to take 8 bus trip to see the Worlds Fair Grounds in its pres ent incomplete state.
 New York's wrathful restaurateurs are up in arms because the powers that-be insist that this New Years Eve Celebration officially cease at 3 a. m. They wish special dispensa- ton for that Night of Nights.
 Autograph hounds have become high-hat: they don't accept mere signatures now without some per- sonal note of regards to whenever the signature is indited. For the autograph market has become glut- ted during the past yearl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

The wayfaring man may be for given if it seems to him that the protracted proceeding at Waterbury in the selection of a jury for the conspiracy trial is a search not so much for jurors of an open mind as for men who are favorable for one or the other side. Since even the appearance that either the prosecution or the defense was like ly to succeed in its search would evoke utmost disapproval from the other jurymen who might seem to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10


 1. During the administrations of which President did two Vice Pres idents die?
 2. What causes knots in boards? 3. Name the greatest single tour ist attraction in the United States. 4. What is the correct pronun- citation of the word erudite? 5. With what sport is the name of Bobby Cruickshank associated? 6. How is 1492 written in Roman numerals?
 T. What Federal agency now per- forms the duties of the former U. 8. Shipping Board?
 6. Which of the States was the first to impose tax on gasoline? g. What is a Inoa?
 10. Name the recently deceased President of Turkey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 8:30 p. m.
 Sun rises 7:05 a. m; sets 4:24 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 Precipitation for 1888 should be somewhat above normal when the final figures are in. There have been any number of periods when rainfall was extremely heavy and we've just had another one. Evidently this rainfall makes up for the lack of snow last winter and this winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
A Thought for Today

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying EXC cute true judgment, and shew mercy and com naSsions every man to his brOther-Zecharlah 7:9.
 Mercy more becomes magistrate than the vindictiye wrath which men call justlce-Long- fellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10
Selected Poem
Private Burial Ground

TTIVaIe Duridt OTOunu Czelia Jane French in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) Two fences shut you in. Two rows of pines ward off The wind. The weeds seem to hover, Vines climb around the markers. Outside your sanctuary, Unperturbed, and gay and free Dogs sniff among the leaves. Children run about, leaving Your refined and sitting dust To the seeping water from rain And the unquestioning worms Like your lives your resting place Within the virile, ribald world, Untouchable like a plague. Two fences shut you in. But grey squirrel sliding down The trunk of pine tree Sits on your most venerable Head stone and cracks nut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

WASHINGTON, December TO- = The closed-door meeting of the Advisory Council Social Security this month is likely to be stormy Scheduled for showdown is proposal to recommend inclusion of permanent dis ability insurance in the Social Security Act
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-10

@. When and where was Dr. Ed- ward Benes born?
 A. In the village of Kozlany. Be- hemia, on May 28, 1884. He is de- scended from ancient peasant stock.