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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
A Book a Day
Financial Pirates Feed on the World
 By BRUCE CATION

By this time, probably, someone has called your attention to Cris- tina Stead's new novel, House of All Nations" (Simon & Schuster: S3). In case you have not had a complete fill-in on the book, permit this reviewer to add his belated two- bits worth.
 House of All Nations" is one of those three-decker novels which contain, as they used to say. every thing but New England boiled dinner. It is story about the mur- ky half-world of international H. nance centering in Paris, 1t has a cast of characters as long as the morning roll-call of the Army of Northern Virginia, and 1t Is less a narrative than a vast, panoramic shot of a densely- packed scene which contains the fragments Of a dozen stories.
 The picture the author presents isn't exactly pretty. Her world Of finance is world without scruples or ideals. It's leaders batten on a falling world as cheerfully as on a rising one. They are as irresponsible and amoral crew of pirates as ever scuttled ship, they gauge the de- cline of capitalism as cold as SC many revolutionists, and then calm ly figure out the precise ways in which they can profit by that de- cline.
 A novel of this sort-vast, loosely integrated, amorphous-wil be pret- ty hard going for some readers. Il is a tribute to Miss Stead's skill that she is able to keep her individual characters from being totally lost ir the shuttle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

the foreclosure action pointed out to a veterans organization, which was planning to make up the pay ments, the folly of aiding the vii dow to retain home that was be- yond her financial station. He urged them to put their contributions into the support of more modest dwell ing-one that she could carry with her means.
 The same situation faces many HOLC delinquents. They cannot possibly fulfill their agreements. They plead for time and the reten- tion of their homes, but with no hope of being able to meet the mortgage payments. It is true that in many cases the mortgage should not have been granted, and the early policy of the HOLC was too liberal.
 No home owner who has kept his agreement is in any danger of los- ing his home. Nor is any delinquent whose prospects for getting out of the hole are reasonable. But agree ments must be kept, and 1t is not fair to those who have kept them to see others who have not allowed to remain delinquent at their ex- pense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 11;1l p. m. (dayght time).
 Sun rises 5:34 a. m.: sets 9:21 p. m (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Cloud colorations disappear when the rays of the sun pass beyond the horizon, but cloud formations don't give way even with the coming of night. The best time to see them is during thunderstorm or better still when full moon IS coming Up from the depths of the ocean or over she shoulder of a hill What they lack in color, they make up in shape.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

Congressman A. N. Phillips, Jr of Stamford turned his fracas with Harold N Skidd last week into a nice bit of publicity. Rep. Phillips two years in Congress have certainly kept him on the qui-vive so far as repartee is concerned Asked about the melee the congressman said you wouldn't have paid quarter to see the few blows exchanged. He also got in a good plug about his ability as boxer Gene Tunney's next, eh, Con- greSSman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

may still deceive the gullible consumer. Yet the new law represents genuine progress. If it is well administered it will be useful in safeguarding the health of the nation. The next one may go farther and accomplish more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Flaccid is pronounced fax sid;
 not fas'-id.

A. The 1880 centus enumerated 4,734,207 widows and 2,025, ,036 wid- overs aged IS and over. There were also 489,478 divorced men and 573,- 148 divorced women.
 o. Who painted the picture "Whistling Boy" which frequently goes with Whittier's poem "The Barefoot Boy?"
 A. It is not painting, but a photograph from life by R. E. Eickemeyer.
 o. All my life have heard that dew Is poisonous to open cuts: can you explain why?
 A. Dew is not injurious or poisonous to open cuts. This is an old superstition not founded on fact
 If you want 8 copy of our booklet SEA FOOD COOK BOOK" write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
T est Y o UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Where did George Washing tons army spend the winter l777- l77s?
 2. In what month does the vernaj equinox occur?
 3. Name the U. s. Secretary of Commerce.
 4. What is a polariscope?
 s. Does the Social Security Act require beneficiaries of the federal old-age retirement system to be American citizens?
 6. In which state is Mount Whit ney?
 T. For what government agency do the initials REA stand?
 8. Name the capital of the Ter. ritory of Hawaii.
 g. Who wrote. twenty Thous. and Leagues Under the Sea?"
 10. How are race horses handi. capped?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

The Parsees place their dead in- side the walls of the Tower of Silence. near Bombay, India. After the bones are picked clean by vul. lures, they are thrown into well. where, they disintegrate and pass out to sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
Barbara Hutton Must Go Through # Immigrants Routine; No Legal Dodge;
 Roi Labor Double Crossed" by Wage
 Cut Vancouver; Stopped REC Loans in
 Conqress When Chiefs Acted Unodvised
anA MOm8RT & AHx0GI
" BREW RIARWOge

Washington July 18-It will be 1943 at best before Barbara Hutton can become American citizen again Immigration officials declare the law has loopholes and if the ve-and-dne heiress wants to regain citizen ship she will be treated exactly if she native of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18

The beliefs held most passionately are those that ain't so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-18
A Thought for Today

And they smote him on the head with reed, and did spit upon him, and lowing their knees vorshipped him--Mark 15:19.
 Humility is the root mother, nurse iounda- tion and bond of all virtue.-Chrysostom.
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
WARNER BROTHERS

WARNER BROTHERS
film schedule for today:
E lar L Erred MacMurray
and Ray Milland in Men
With Wings" plus ROOs
Wyse, jr., and June Mann on
the stage. METROPOLITAN
Mary Carlisle and John
Howard in "T o u C h d o W n
Arm y" AMBASSADOR
Charles Boyer and Sigrid
Gurie in "Algiers." UP
TOWN-The Marx Brothers
in Room Service" PENN
The Ritz BrOt h erS in
Straight, Place and Show"
YER T-AlSO showing
Straight, Place and Show"
TIVOLI-Jean Arthur, James
Stewart, Edward Arnold and
Lionel Barrymore in You
Can't Take 1t With You"
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
SPEAKING OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS
|. Earle MOSer~~~~~~o~

unions are squawking because they
feel that this is not only a hard
ship to the working" employe
and impairment of the quality of
the work, but also keeps others
from getting jobs. All of which
causes us to wonder why the Gov
ernment feels that it must over
work, overtime and drive Govern
ment workers to the point of ex.
hauStion while it has the financial
responsibility of making" work
for 5000, 900 unemployed workers,
thousands of whom could very
we'll step into these jobs without
additional cost (per houD to the
Government and thus make over
time, ETC., unnecessary!
The Washington times., 1938-11-10

That telIow ,0ho works for the NLRB.
Who, in his spare tiue tUriteS poetry
Says that 81 ,44O is not enough,
That he needs more dough- that times are tough,
Should put himself in my position,
! don't haze the price of admission,
To q curniUdl dance picture ShoW;
You See tOhen you're married, funds run lou!
You haze no time for "triDolouS Sortte,"
When your YEARLY salary is $40!
NotD Uhy should you SQudOE, Bet Mir BtSt Du Schetn,
When your total salary is t,Dice times mine?
Your detailed accounting dripping Dtth Utt;
But set the precedent, you must admit,
When / 10rote that poem, tn0o months ago,
When my spirits Uere high but finances loW
Explaining in detail that $61.20
Was meaSly salary in this land of plenty!
So buck up, kid, / think you'll SurUtve,
And Dhen your monthly bills Grrtue,
Just think of me and say, Gosh, I'm really lucky
"My situation is certainly ducEy.
"He has to support FOUR on $40,
"THANK GOSH I'm SINGLE-LORDY. LORDY!"
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
TN EDITORIAL VEIN

Il The suggestion that FederdL
1OorEers be deprived of their right
to uote during the time they nre
on the Government payroll has
stirred up so much interest that
10e are presenting the UietDS of t1Oo
interested persons, Mr.. Pro and
Mr.. Con, on this subject. With
which UieW do you agree?
Mr.. Pro: I do not believe that
Federal workers have any more
right to cast vote at election
time than the plaintiff or defend
ant of a case in court has to sit
on the jury trying his case. l
will go even further than this and
say that, in my opinion, all WPA
workers, and State, city and
county employees should also be
The Washington times., 1938-11-10

tainly, the majority of the per-
sons receiving money from some
branch of the Government are go
ing to vote for the persons whose
election will assure them job Sc
curity and possible promotion. Al
lowing this class to vote is the
surest way yet devised to keep a
party in power long after it has
outlived it's usefulness to the peo-
pie as a whole. AS a clincher, and
I believe that this proves my case,
the Presidents plurality in the
last election was something over
II million. A change of $500, 1000
votes would have changed the re-
suit. And there are now about
6,250,000 on Federal, State, city
and county payrolls, including
WPA workers!
The Stretchout
The stretchout still prevails in
Baltimore's Ssh office, and the
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
The Stretchout

The stretchout still prevails in
Baltimore's Ssh office, and the
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
For the Title

RAS SSLIN G-Al 1000
MinnesOtans in the service
should rem e m Der that
BrOnkO Nagurski, their ex-
All-America fOotballer, de-
fends his title tonight against
Joe SavOldi, NOtre Dame,
also an ex-AlI-America
And they should remember
the most unusual fact turned
in before then will earn two
reserved seats-almOst i'm
possible to achieve otherwise!
LITTLE T H E A T E R
"Three on a Week End" with
Margaret Lockwood and John
Lodge, showing here now. is
one of those British film
populars Nuf sed.
HIGH ICE C r E A M
Jesse Murphy, PWA, has a
slip awaiting at this desk
good for a quart of ice cream
at any High Store, one of
which operates at 2346 Wis
cOnSin Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-11-10
Sweets for Three

One-pOund boxes of deli
ciOuS ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramelS are
presented to: JENNIE Ed
WARDS, Loans and Cur
rency; LILLIAN MEROLA,
Civil ervic e; JACK
KER, PWA. Candy
will be presented at either
store, Ninth and G SITS.
N. w., or 6O9 Fourteenth St.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-11-10

deprived of their vote during the
time they hold office. believe
it is a point of justice that no per-
son should have the right to as
sist in judging case in which his
own interests are involved. Ger
The Washington times., 1938-11-10

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The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14
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plane operations of the Navy will soon be functioning in the area around Unalaska.
 The strategic importance of Al aska in the national defense war rants the establishment of a sep arate naval district for Alaska, in the opinion of Delegate Dimond, and he has continued working to- ward that end. Greatly increas- ed defense facilities for Alask a have also been recommended by Representative M. J. Mas of the House Committee on Naval Ali fairs. On this subject he recent ly said: National defense needs in Alaska are urgent, and partic- ularly naval air base in Unalas- ka." Major General William C. Rivers, U.S.A. retired, also em- phasized the need for operations based at Unalaska when he tes- tified before the House Naval Af- fairs Committee on February II. In this connection he stated: "A moderate fleet based on the Aleut ians can defend our West Coast and the Panama Canal better and more economically than a fleet based on Honolulu. Honolulu is useful as a secondary defense and to aid in defending tn Panama Canal, but it does not happen to lie within 1000 miles of the sea route to Japan. The aircraft, the submarines, minss and the fleet itself should be in the Aleutians which are squarely on the route to Japan"
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14
The Washington
 Newsletter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND Delegate from Alaska
Further Expansion of Naval Operations in Alaska
 Expected.
Washington, Feb, 2l, 1888


 The transferring of certain DOT tions of Amaknak Island, near Un alaska, to the Navy Department by an Executive order signed by the President on February 18th affords further evidence that the Navy Department program is ad- vancing in a small scale but sch eduled manner.
 Unlike most Executive Orders which state the anticipated use that will be made of such trans ferS or reservations, the only req son given in this was that it was for naval useS.' However, re- calling a statement contained in a letter written by Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Edison to Dele gate Dimond some time ago, that the Navy Department was study ing "the possibility of stationing a small number of seaplanes at Unalaska", the almost certain conclusion is that the island will be used for the seaplane base. It was in this letter that the Assist ant Secretary also referred to re- Mobilization of buildings at the Naval Radio Station at Sitka for use of personnel of patrol planes operating from tenders, and for which the station is now being used. Reference was also then made to rehabilitation of certain facilities of the old Naval Radio Station, Woody Island, Kodiak, for a similar purpose" And shortly thereafter the Executive Order was announced reserving a small area near Kodiak flor the use of the Navy Department for present and prospective naval uses" Everything added up, it all bears out the belief that sea-
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14
Alaska Legislation in the
 Senate

Three bills pertaining to the Territory of Alaska were intro duced in the Senate on February l6 by Senator Thomas of Okla homa.
 One of these is to authorize the construction of bulkhead long the water front of Nome, another is to extend the provisions of the Metlakatla Citizenship Act to Charles A. Ryan, and the other is to authorize the withdrawal and reservation of small tracts of the public domain in Alaska for schools and hospitals for natives of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14

bombers. commonly called fly ino fortresseSi' from the United States, by way of Lima, Peru to Buenos Aires, capital of the AT genuine Republic, and said that fl would be impossible for those particular ships to operate in Al aska because we have no air. fields sufficiently large to accom- modate tn m; and that 1t was a thousand times more important to prepare adequate defenses for Alaska than it could possibly be to aid in the defense of the South American countries, no matter what justification there might be for such assistance to those coun- tries.
 He again told the committee that the line between Yokohama and the main body of the United States by way of the Aleutlans is l,4O0 miles shorter than line between Yokohama and the Un- tied States which would pass thru the Hawaiian Islands.
 The Delegate r,minded the committee of the testimony given by Maj. Gen. William C. Rivers, US.A. retired, a few days ago, and invited particular attention to that part of his statement whi- ch follows:
 President Roosevelt evidently had in mind that we need a naval force primarily for defense. For example, Hawaii lies many hum dred miles away from our con- tinental limits; it is a good deal nearer the California coast, how evsr, than Honolulu is. Hence, a hostile fleet lying in the ice-free harbors of Una,aSka would be in- side a fleet at Honolulu.
 The Unalaska fleet would have, also, strategic advantage: It would coop5rate on shorter and interior lines, forcing the Homo lulu fleet to work on exterior and longer lines-a disadvantage for the Honolulu fleet.
 Zero weather has never been known in Unalaska. There are fogs in the Aleutians; also in Newark and in New York harbor more fogs in the English Chan nel, Scotland and the North Sea"
 While Gsn. Rivers remarks had reference to naval defense alone, it is obvious that military defense of Alaska, for the protec- tion of the United States as well as Alaska, is equally justified by elementary strategic principles.
 In remarking upon the value of Alaska to the United States the Delegate informed the com. mittee that the total value of the shipments to the United States during the calendar year 1887 amounted to $8O,566, ,157. ........ ...
 Representative J. Buell. Snyder chairman of the House sub-com- mittee on Military Appropria- tions, recently stated that there is need for an Army air base in the territory, and when asked if he would follow up on that theme when the bill was being heard, said: That. is my belief and I will make recommendations to that effect'".
 The fact that an item for the proposed base near Fairbanks was not included in the bill by the Bureau of the Budget is ex- pected to cause considerable ob- jection to such inclusion now in the Committee or on the floor of the House.
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The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14

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The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14

Resident of Alaska for several years, William Abe is in Wash ington this week. On a honey moon jaunt in 1880 the Albees made their way afoot, carrying necessary provisions and their limited equipment on their backs, from the Hudson Bay Company's White River Post in British Col umbia, through the wilderness to Liard and finally to Atlin, where they stopped for the winter. Fol lowing the breakup in 1881 they boated to the Yukon and down that river for 1900 miles, intend ing to go on to the Berlng Sea at that time. However, because of the arrival of a son, they stopped for three years at Fairbanks. In 1884 Mr. Albee went to Cape Prince of Wales as a teacher in the service of the Office of h. dian Affairs and a short time lat CT Mrs. Albee and Skooker Albee followed by plane. At Cape Prince of Wales a daughter made her advent into the family. Last year they returned to the States but it is evident that they are all ready more than little home sick for Alaska.
 The Albee family is featured in an article entitled FARTHEST WEST in the February l2 issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14

These are companion bills to measures now pending in the House where they were introduc- ed by Delegate Dimond some time ago. and are now sponsored in the Ssnate by Senator Thomas at the Delegates request.
The Nome nugget., 1938-03-14

Joseph A. Walsh of Nome, and Arthur Flatt of Fairbanks, call ed on the Delegate February IF MT Walsh is a graduate in civil engineering of the University of Alaska, and brother of Miss Eileen Walsh who has been em- plcy:d in the WPA in Washing ton, D. C.. for several years past
 Dr. Froelich G. Rainey, profes- sor of anthropology at the Uni versity of Alaska, accompanied by Mrs. Rainey, arrived in Wash ington, Feb. r, to complete the working out of arrangements fol visit to Moscow through which he hopes to arrange for an ex- change of anthropologioal work in Alaska and eastern Siberia.
 On February 18th Delegate Di- mond appeared before subcom- mittee of the House Committee on Appropriations which was then considering the War Depart ment appropriation bill and re- quested an appropriation of two million dollars to commence work on the Army air base authorized for Alaska under the Act of Aug. 12, 1885, commonly known as the Wilcox Air Defense Act.
 The Delegate pointed out that Alaska lies on the direct route between the main body of the United States and the Orient and that, owing to circumstances Whi ch have occurred during the past year, it is more than ever import ant that Alaska be adequately defended, and that any hostile power in possession of Alaska would be within easy striking distance of the United States the distance between Ketchikan and Alaska being only TAT miles. He further invited the attention of the Committee to the flight re- gently made by the six Army
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
MINE BLAST TRAPS Al MEN
We Give You
.El CentrO!

history IL, m then 20 nJw IN a
2S-page issue. &C ntaining a. speci-
al pictures. engraved In the Post
Press Cwn plant. aud scores of
stories that held up a mirror. ~
that III Centre may see itself"
Packed within thF 3 pages II
y world Cf Information. never be
fore gathered together, about ~
Centre. Musty tones It'd manu-
scripts. but bcst Cf all a host of
FL Centre pioneers, gave their
help urstintingly in gathering the
vast amount CT colOrful data
Without the aid of the more than
u scGre of early settlers who vent
hack into their memories for In
f rmatir I Il ht p members Of the
Po=t-Press staff. the issue would
never have been possible. Their
sid. also, proved invaluable In
gathering the rare photographs Of
FL Centre when IL was little more
than box car on a railway line.
And sc here IL is. the light. the
q lor of El Centre captured and
placed upon newsprint. II is the
first time such a thing has been
done. IL may never be tried again.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
Auction Philosopher Drinks
To Yesterday Today Tomorrow
BV d. l.. ZINN

Folks so this is Ell Centro's 80 year old birthday
party. | wasn't here when the baby born. Only
been here "a years. They just building the Bar
bara Worth hotel then. Gee how things have changed.
Them days around Ell Centre most all the farm lands
planted to alfalfa, corn, cotton and barley the
month of May combines harvesting grain all the
valley pulled by 20 to 80 horses and mules. Most of the
people to town in buggies horse back 1t only
took three hours to to Jacumba in the old Ford. One
thing will always remember-the law of the road.
The fellow going hill had the right of those
ing down had to pull out and give him room to pass.
Many nice fist fight occurred ON Mountain Springs
grade for not obeyng this law.
Old Timer, do you remember the time the bull whipped
the lion in Mexicali at the old track the East
Side where they 'em?
| thought sometimes to suit bettors Sam Danen-
bergS big goose dinner for his friends, when he
the election bet? When started the midWinter fair
on a shoe string and lots of other things? have
E Centro triple in size in the past "a and believe
El Centre will do the in the next "a years and if
you don't plant out east of town. expect to that
development for came to stay where | think we have
the best year around climate in the world. little hot
in the time, but think of the rest of the year
And modern coolers taking of this and here
s where | drink toast to Eel Centre, my home town,
yesterday today and tomorrow
I'll be Seein you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-24
GIRL pOISONS
TWO BROTHERS
Ar NEW YORK

NEW YORK, April %.
CUP Police said today
that Elizabeth Wagner, %,
had confessed that she poi
soned her brothers, Henry,
81, and Charles, ID.
The boys died five days ago.
City Chemist Thomas Gonzalez
found arsenic in their visceras yes
terday
The girl, her mother, Mrs. Marie
Wagner, and a brother, August, "a,
were questioned all night
Police said the girl admitted Civ
ing her brothers rat poison in
orange juice and milk. She kept
the poison hidden in an oven tray
in the family's gas stove.
She gave them small doses re-
peatedly, she said.
Police did not announce her
motive Immediately.
The four children were joint
heirs to a $500 home, left by their
paternal grandmother whose body
was found in the East River on
Christmas eve, 1882. The will pro-
vided that if any of the children
died, the property went to the sur
viVOrS.