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Evening star., 1938-03-07
A Wav Out.

Despite the fact that David E. Lilien-
thais proposal for the purchase of pri-
rate utility property In the region af-
fected by the operations of the Tennes-
see Valley Authority is seemingly influ-
enoed BY the current struggle for con-
troll Of the T. v. A. directorate, 1t offers
substantial hope Of solving the dilemma
now confronting the power companies.
The real gain in Mr.. Lilienthal,s pro-
posal is that for the first time T. v. A..
mas evinced q willingness to buy or pro-
mote the purchase Of the systems of the
power companies in the Valley area as
. unit instead of in piecemeal fashion.
If such q plan can be worked out and
carried to completion 1t will result in
the salvaging of much of the money
that has been invested in the securities
Of the utilities, an investment that will
be Of exceedingly doubtful value unless
. sale is consummated.
The principal dihiculty, of course, in
wolves the determination of the price to
be paid for the property. Mr.. Lilienthal
has proposed that the actual legitimate
cost" Of the properties, less the depre-
ciation accrued since they were installed.
serve as the primary basis for the
price to be paid by the municipal agen-
cies that will use the property. or by
7. V. A. Itself. The use of the term
primary basis" suggests that some con-
cessions will be made. and it is obvious
that one or both parties will have to
make concessions in agreeing on the
actual legitimate cost.
1t should be possible to arrive at the
actual cost. that is. money actually in
vested. with little difficulty. but the de-
termination of legitimate cost is q wholly
different matter. The word may cover
q multitude of sins, and one mans guess
is as good as another's when it comes to
deciding which investment dollar was
legitimately spent and which was not.
The dificulty in reaching agreement
On that point, however. is not an in
superabe one, and il the T. v. A. is dis
posed to be at all fair the point should
be settled promptly, as the private utility
operators are not in q position to insist
on unreasonable demands. Unless a
sale is made they are confronted with
economic strangulaton, and they know it.
It Is unfortunate that Mr.. Lilienthal's
proposal was made under circumstances
which make it appear as q strateRic
maneuver In his battle with r. v. A,
Chairman Arthur e. Morgan for control
Of the power agency. But, while the at
mosphere would be clearer il the in
ternal quarrel did not exist, that fact
should not seriously imperil the ne
gotiations If the proposal was made In
good faith. Certainly. Chairman Nor
gan. although not consulted in advance,
will not fight the proposal. for it is gen.
orally in line with policies he has con-
hstently advocated.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Having contrived to evade censorship,
graphic reports are now reaching WASH
ington about the unspeakable atrocities
alleged to have been committed by the
japanese soldiery after the fall of
Marking on December H. Interested
quarters are inexpressibly shocked by ac-
counts of the ruthless vengeance at
tributed to the conquerors of Chinas
capital. The reports come exclusively
from private American sources. In
nearly all cases, they are eyewitness
narratives. Many of the reputed depre-
dations took place on premises over
which the American flag flew. such as
hospitals schools and missionary regions.
But the Stars and Stripes seem to have
proved to be no protection against out
RACES on helpless Chinese civilians.
especially women and girls. According
to documented chapter and verse
stories, one must almost hark back to
the cruelties and brutalities of Attila the
Hun for comparative horrors. Rape is
said to have occurred on q scale that
staggers the imagination. Some esti-
mates fix the total of such outrages at
Marking In three days at anywhere
from 10000 to 10000, with the ages of
victims ranging all the way from II to
60 years. There are accusations OF in
dividual women having been assaulted
as many as II times within "a hours. Al
most as revolving is the description of
thousands Of Chinese soldiers put to the
sword and bayonet without cause ex-
cept that they were caught before they
could run away. While crimes against
human life were rampant, loot and
tot
Chang Kai-shek's doomed city. No
single piece Of portable property of
value apparently was safe from spoila-
ton by marauding troops Of the "vic-
torious" army.
+ + 4
We continue to do quite tidy busi-
ness in supplying various foreign coun-
tries, at war and at peace, with the ma
chinery Of battle. February exports of
arms, ammunition and other fighting
equipment were valued at just under
$o.000,OOO. China was the biggest buyer,
taking about $2,000.00 worth. Japan
was next, with $1,250,000. Even good
neighbor Canada imported $4,000 in
Yankee war wares. Other large pur-
chasers included Australia, Russia, Bra
I'll, Turkey. Argentina, Mexico and Great
AoAASOAA. <AtO6CI1ACf, Cllc STATE OeOart.
ment issued licenses for 1859 individual
shipments.
At no time during five years of fencing
and wisecracking with the Washington
correspondents was President Roosevelt
In finer form than at his Inauguration
anniversary press conference ON March
4. Seldom has r. D. RS capacity to
charm birds from the trees been so ef-
fectually displayed. No prepared Are
side chat on the virtues of the New Deal
ever carried more conviction or was de-
Ivered with greater verve. Sometimes
press conference questions are "plant-
ed" The apparently impromptu query
whether the President cared to discuss
the day he was celebrating might not
have been as spontaneous Is it sounded,
whether 1t was or not, the helmsman,
who says he's holding "the old ship of
state on the same course" proceeded to
steer his path through one Of the biggest
White House news sessions on record.
with Al, assurance eqasled only by its
perSuA6veoeoA. Af. Noooevelt n fond
Evening star., 1938-03-07

OF exhibiting his familiarity with news
paper lingo and technique. Thus it was
that he ventured to suggest to the cor
respondents that If were writing to-
days story, Id make the Fifteenth
Psalm the lead and. if 1 were on the
desk I'd print the Psalm" Then, hav-
ing remarked that Steve Early would
hand out copies of the Old Testament
hymn, newshawk piped up to ask If
any release date was attached to the
Psalm"-a thrust at the White House
habit of fixing the time at which execu-
tive sermons on the mount may be pub
lisned.
Decidedly 1t remains to be seen
whether T. v. A. Chairman Morgans
attack on his two co-directors will be-
come closed incident, with their hot
rebuttal of his charges and President
Roosevelt's apparent approval of it.
T.'V. A. has plenty of opponents at the
Capitol. ready to press for the congress
sional investigation demanded by Nor
gan. Although the situation is full of
dynamite, political and otherwise, poll
tic1ans doubt whether, as is being ire
sponsibly whispered, Washington is on
the threshold Of another Teapot Dome.
Nine. Frances Perkins. Secretary of
Labor, appears not to be the only be-
skirted Federal official charged with the
conduct OF affairs that come under the
Labor Department. The current con-
ference. convened on the occasion of
the silver jubilee of that bailiwick, re-
veals that there are three women COM
mlsSloners OF immigration and naturali-
zation In as many widely separated cor
ners OF Uncle Sans domain They are
MRS. Henry Dooley. stationed In Puerto
Rico; Miss May Ward of Boston and
Mrs. Marie Proctor of Seattle.
Friends Of the late Calvin Coolidge
resent published reports that he set a
presidential example Of writing for the
magazines for pay while still in the
White House. The reference is to state
ments that the thrifty Vermonter was
induced by the late Ray Long, editor Of
Cosmopolitan, to produce q series Of
memoirs on remunerative basis. This
observer Is informed that Mr. Coolidge
laid down the imperative condition that
the articles were to be published only
after he left office, and no payment for
them made until that time. The allega-
ton that Herbert Hoover wrote his
famous book on metallurgy, "Agricola de
Re Metallica," for money, requires the
explanation that not only was this work
merely a translation by Mrs. Hoover
and himself, vt also was published
aeons before he dreamed Of becoming
President.
Senator Alva B. Adams, Democrat, Of
Colorado Is getting a big hand in the
movies nowadays. He's shown on the
newsreels among a group of members Of
Congress who are discussing the Navy
bill and the international situation.
This is the terse sentiment which brings
down the house every time Adams is
heard: Recent events in Europe have
led me to wish that the Atlantic Ocean
were wider and to conclude that America
should mind its own business, and make
adequate preparations to protect its ef-
forts to mind its own business"
In Col. Nijah. w. Halford, q. o. A..
retired. swA6 has Just passed away In
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Has Faith in Patriotism
OF American Man Power
To the Editor of The star,

To the Editor Of The Star.
Having read in your valued paper
wherein Mr.. Frank S. Flynn criticized
New Deal extravaganza, and what it is
leading to, wish to say that hold with
him to- the full measure of his state
ment, but can hardly agree with him
on the question Of the war scare or the
possibilities that our man power would
not support the Draft Act as it did in
1917. On this score I think Mr.. Flynn
underestimates the duty that every red
blooded American owes to his country.
OF course, pray that war Is far from
any ones thought for the present. How
ever, let me quote these few lines to Mr..
Flynn:
Our country, may she always be
right. But, right or wrong. our country
with our life blood"
JOHN ]. QUINN.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
SOcialized Medicine.

"A small, selfish group 50 contrived
that Americas program for social secur-
ity was brought into being without
health insurance, or any other form of
socialized medicine"
DR.. John A. Kingsbury of New York,
addressing . meeting Of prominent So
cial workers here, thus characterized
the American Medical Association.
While the Social Security Act was be.
fore Congress, he said, that organiza-
ton served its vested interests in
sickness"
The merits of any particular plan Of
health insurance or socialized medicine,
Federal or otherwise. are open to argu-
ment. There is, perhaps, a great deal
to be said on both sides. But the charge
that the organized medical profession
OF the United States, as represented BY
the greatest medical organization on
earth, Is serving Its vested interests in
sickness" is one which should not be
accepted without grave questioning.
That any body Of men, to say nothing
OF such Al. eminent and idealistic group
Is the physicians of America, is opposed
to relief Of human misery because Of
financial interest is An accusation not to
be taken lightly.
The danger Of such charges is that
they are likely to be-taken ON their face
value and the public seduced into the
belief that socialised medicine Is .
Utopia from which the Nation is being
kept by the Vaccinations Of . selfish,
heartless group with only selfish ends to
serve.
Thus the issue becomes clouded.
Folks lose sight Of the fact that organ
lied private medicine, which must deal
with facts in order to survive, has very
potent arguments. indeed. against most
forms Of socialised medicine thus far
proposed and that these arguments have
nothing to do with its own "selnshness"
even granting, probably without justi.
dcation, that 1t Is selfish.
Apparently 4hers are factions lining
up In the ID t5ed STATES for . Asht to
Evening star., 1938-03-07

the finish. The case for socialized med
ieine must stand on its own feet. It
will not. one may sincerely hope, be
advanced by attacking the motives OF
the American Medical Association, by
creating popular impression that any
thing with the name organized medi-
cine" attached to it Is wrong and vicious
Evening star., 1938-03-07

New Jersey, aged 95, there disappeared
the man who almost exactly so years ago
this week first gave importance and
stature to the modern conception Of Q
White House private secretary. He en-
tered President Benjamin Harrison's
service in that capacity In 1889, after
an active newspaper career In Chicago
and Indianapolis. Lille" Halford be.
came a potent figure in the Harrison
administration. A native Of Nottingham,
England, he was made q major in the
Army's paymaster corps just before Har.
risoh left ONCE. 4
Evening star., 1938-03-07

One of the great things General John
J. Pershing has done for his country is
to give his physician, DR.. Davidson, the
right to mention a recovery for him at
the age of II. His personal success again
becomes a national triumph.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

The sum of 1851 $50 is demanded from
Eddie Cantor by screen writer. The
trouble about using publicity as a per-
sonal asset is its tendency occasionally
TO break out in the wrong place.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

"Hebephrenia" is the name employed
by science to indicate tendency on a
mans part to withdraw to his own
private world. 1t may be something like
what Henry Thaw had and some of his
doctors could not collect on.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

1t is announced by japanese Minister
Koki Htrota that Chang Kai-shek will
be decapitated when captured, but the
declaration does not make dates any
more accurate than they were before.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

Indiana has given some great men to
the affairs of this country and has not
insisted on holding them to one phase
of opinion.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

Mr.! Baruch finds situations worthy of
his study and they are not dramatic" in
the conventional sense Of the term.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Going and Coming.
Prom the New York Sun.

A Pennsylvania Democrat has an
rounced his candidacy for Governor on
q middle -the.road" basis. No doubt
he kue1s and accepts the risk Of bet6g
bit bY &adac guing IN both directions.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
A Task for the Coach.

Prom the Savannah News.
That full-blooded Eskimo pitcher,
whom Casey Stengel Of the Boston Bees
has obtained for the opening Of the
baseball season. may be . litN hard to
Evening star., 1938-03-07

There Is treasure under the waters Of
earth. but not enough Of it to give the
marble quarries the right to turn every.
torrent into q drouth.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

On the Pacific Slope there is condi-
ton which calls for correction which
even . liberal movie contract cannot
take care Of.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Shooting Stars.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Paying The Price.
Whenever they investigate
The doings of nation,
I settle down to cogitate
With sage determination.
I try to learn just what was done
And analyze each movement.
OF course, this life can't all be fun,
If we're to have improvement.
An irritation great find
In blameful disquisition.
Investigation helps the mind,
But spoils the disposition.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
The AmtnNrnHsn 1~~A;u>k

The Autocratic Instinct.
When I for peace put in my plea,
feel it isn't right
For folks with me to disagree
On points that start . tight.
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Hospitality.

Hospitality.
Il understand there is q real estate
boom In Crimson Gulch."
"Yep," answered Cactus Joe. "A lot
of foolish money has foated in from the
East, and it's up to US to be hospitable
an show the visitors somethin' to do
with It,"
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Adjustment.

There were several fine sentences in
your speech" remarked the admiring
friend, but couldn't quite parse them"
Its all right" answered Senator
Sorghum. II represent one of those
constituencies where If you want to be
sociable you've got to be . little bit
ungrammatical."
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Conflict.

From the Fond Du Lac Reporter.
Pleas for increased soil fertility and
crop restriction at the same time seem
at variance.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

Jud Tunkins says he wishes they
could get politics all cleaned up so that
a race for office could be described with
impartial frankness on the sporting
page.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

Waste can never be wholly avoided"
said Hi Ho. the sage Of Chinatown. In
order to have . garden you must be
content to maintain . few caterpillars
and thank them for the beauty Of the
eventual butterfly"
Evening star., 1938-03-07
Too ConadinR.

A song bird sat upon a bough
And sent his music to the breeze.
trusted him. And that Is how
My radiator came to freeze.
Evening star., 1938-03-07

"A man dat allus says what he thinks, !"
said Uncle Eben. "makes . mistake II
hes talkin' to trafic cop"
Evening star., 1938-03-07
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
Rubber Research
 Strides ! auded
 By Dr. Trumbu|I

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 6.-America' s rubber industry is progressing rap idly through stage of laboratory developments that are the most important in history, Dr. Harlan L. Trumbull, head of the research department of the B. F. Goodrich Company, told the Akron Junior Chamber of Commerce.
 pr. Trumbull, formerly a profes- sor at the Universities of Wash ington and Chicago and at one time advisor to Mellon Institute at Pittsburgh, said successful comple- tion of these developments should assure the rubber industry of play ing an increasingly important role in every walk of life.
 Airplane de-icers and other avia- tion accessories, including tires, were cited by Dr. Trumbull as among the most important of the developments which the rubber industry has made in recent years. He listed others as: rubber Innings for tanks used to store acids and other cor rosive liquids; synthetics and other rubber-like materials, n c u d i Il g koroseal, a new plastic substance that is impervious to water and possesses a high resistance to heat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
! YliKON BRINGS
 IN THIRTEEN
 ON WAY NORTH

The steamer Yukon brought in l3 Iasscngers last night from southern fs and sailed for Skagway with l, from here
 Arrivals were: from Seattle-R. C. 2 lix, R. Kann, Fred Reynolds, l. m Simpson.
 ' on Ketchikan-Oscar Johnson, C. Bonn, w. A. Hesse, Dell Felt, C, orge Lane.
 r om Petersburg Charles For Iarl, Hilda Runquist, Mrs. L. FL Lina and M E. Metcalf.
 ailing for Skagway-V Virgil Bak- C.. El Moe. Mrs. James Donahue danes Donahue, John Keller, Mrs, i W Dusenbury, Mary Sunder- l5le, H Reed, Charles King, Eliza l. N Hayiland, M. D. Williams, Cleo C.-Lspbell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
TWO HALIBUTERS AND SIX SALMON BOATS COME IN

y-three thousand pounds Of ] ii bat went over the boards of tl.e Juneau fish exchange this T ing along with 10000 pounds C salmon.
 The Explorer, sold 35,00O pounds or halibut and the Louhelen 5000,
 selling to Alaska Coast Fish e..es at 71a and cents a pound. The Helen, with 15,000 pounds of e- mon, sold to New England, and hoetian-S Stuart bought small car goes from five trollers, Tom Harris with 1000 pounds, Tad Jones with 800, A. Bartness with 2,000 pounds,
 robertson with 1900 pounds
 he Kingfisher with 1,700
 Prevailing prices of 17-11-7-7 were paid for salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
BRIDGE-LUNCHEON
 GIVEN YESTERDAY

Mrs. R. J. Sommers and Mrs. Ike P. Taylor were co-hostesses at a bridge-luncheon for eighten guests yesterday afternoon at the country home of Mir and Mrs. SommerS on. the Fritz Cove road.
 A huge bouquet of marigelds served as a centerpiece for the luncheon table, and prizes were won during the afternoon by Mrs. John Newmarker, first, and Mrs. J. G. Shepard, second.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
EPWORTH LEAGUE
 HOLDS MEETING

qocial meeting of the Epworth League was held last evening in
 alethodist Church parlors. The cv n.ng was spent in playing in-
 .nA games with Harold Nichols n charge of the entertainment and Le,ty Wilms and President Lola L.. taugh in charge of refresh llen5s. Two new members were in tUoeadance.
 lhe regular business meeting of ths club will be held tomorrow evening in the church parlors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
MANY IN ATTENDANCE
 AT HEALTH EXAMS

Over sixty natives have attended the clinic examinations held this week in the Government Hospital by Dr. J. c. Halderman. Examina- tions and x-rays have been made and the results tabulated. Recom- mendations are to be sent to the government for care as indicated on the charts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
Four Americans
 Die in Spain War

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-The Friends of Abraham Lincoln Brigade today announced these Americans had been killed in action for the Span ish governments:
 Roe Handy Burkett, thirty-eight, If Oklahoma City; Henry J. Par route, twenty-six, of Cascade, Mont. Abrahamson Sasson, twen- y-two, of Los Angeles, and Edward Mitchell, address unknown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
SIX GO OUT
 WITH ROBERT

Six passengers sailed south on the Prince Robert from Juneau last night.
 They were: Elizabeth Phillips, Constance Phillips, Bob Webster, Art Beaudin, Richard King and H. R. Shepard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
Wed 962 Years, 18
 Couples Celebrate
Applying for loans

CLIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. 6. Eighteen couples, all married more than half century, gathered here for a dinner in celebration of a total of 962 years of married life. The couples all live in this village or viciniyt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06

respective husbands-to-be, then de- cided the town looked O. K, and they hurried to the office of Major Sandys- Wunch. The former married James Dorman Fontaine and the latter hitched up with Robert Bern ard Minet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
KETCHIKAN TEACHER
 ENDS VISIT HERE

Miss Cleo Campbell, teacher from Ketchikan, who for the past few weeks has been visiting in this city sailed for her home last evening on the Yukon.
 During her sojourn in Juneau Miss Campbell was the house guest of Mrs. Anthony Karnes, at her home on Seventh and Main Streets, and MT. and Mrs Norman Cook, at their residence at Point Louisa.
 While in Juneau Miss Campbell was the incentive for many social gatherings.
 TOday'S News TOdaY.-Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

. Princess Alice scheduled to ar
 rive at 10 o'clock tonight Has
 been delayed by fog.
 . Mt. Mckinley sails from Ket-
 chikan at pm. today, may
 arrive in Juneau about noon
 . Sunday.
 . North Sea due Tuesday.
 . Chatham due Wednesday.
 SCHEDULED SAILINGS
 . Columbia scheduled to sail
 . from Seattle 6 tonight.
 . North Coast scheduled to sail . from Seattle 9 tonight. . Princess Charlotte scheduled . to sail from Vancouver at g o'clock tonight. . Prince Rupert scheduled to . sail from Vancouver 9 pm. . August 8. Q Alaska scheduled to sail from . Seattle am. August 9. . Princess Louise scheduled to . sail from Vancouver August { 9 10 at 9 pm. 9 Northland scheduled to sail 9 from Seattle 10 am, August 2 12. 6 Tongass scheduled to sail from 0 Seattle 10 pm, August l2. . Prince Robert scheduled to sail . from Vancouver at 9 pm. . August 12. , SOUTHBOIIND SAILINGS ( ? Baranof scheduled to arrive in ( 3 port at 10 o'clock tonight and ( 2 sails south at midnight , Prince George southbound 3 midnight tonight. , Yukon scheduled southbound ? . am. Monday. } Aleutian scheduled southbound D next Monday. . LOCAL SAIIJNGS ( , Estebeth scheduled to sail every Q Wednesday at 6 pm. for Sit ( D ka and wayports. 9 Dart leaves every Saturday ( 0 at 10 am. for Petersburg, 9 Port Alexander, Rake and ( 0 wayports. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
WUElt to Marry

MONTEVALLO, Ala, Aug. G. Tests given 275 feminine high chool graduates by Alabama Col .ege showed career preferences in he following order: marriage, ;eaching and office work.
 Other career choices ranged from beauty parlor work to foreign mis- 5ionary activity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-06
TIVE FLY IN
 WITH ELECTRA

4 Pacific Alaska Airways plane laG his forenoon from Juneau for clear and unlimited" flight to TairEanks with five passengers.
 hose aboard were R. J. Bessey, J 2. Heintzleman, Frank Dufresne, { ;uey Young and L. Simpson.