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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
RIFLE CLUB PROTESTS
 FIREARMS BILL
Loc al Sportsm en Send Wires to Dimond, Bone
 Urging War on Measure

The Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club last night dispatched radiograms to Delegate Anthony J. Dimond and U. s. Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington State urging them to fight passage of the Cummings firearms bill. They declared the measure would work a hardship on sportsmen in Alaska.
 The firearms bill now before Con- gress is sponsored by Attorney Gen eral Homer T. Cummings and the Department of Justice as a weapon against criminals. It proposes the registration of every firearm in the country by the owner and prohobits the transfer of 6 weapon from one person to another without official notice and pawn mt of a fee. Sportsmen declare the proposed legislation will work hardship or all law abiding persons who enjoy the use of firearms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
OUT TO BANKS

The Explorer and the 3lA27, Mag nus Hanson and John Pademeister, respectively, sailed from port this morning for the halibut banks with full loads of bait and ice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
BARBARA PETERSON IGNORED TODAY AT
 BIRTHDAY PARTY

Celebrating her eighth birthday
 which was an event of yesterday, Barbara Peterson, was honored at party given this afternoon by her mother, Mrs R. A. Peterson,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02

STREET WASHING NOTICE No parking of automobiles that will interfer with street cleaning op- erations will be allowed on paved streets after 2 am. Sunday.
 DAN RALSTON, adv Chief of Police
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
NURSES TO MEET

Members of the Gastineau Chan nel Nurses Association will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. E. H. Kaser, assembling at 8 o'clock Following the meeting, the evening will be spent in sewing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
To the Voters of Juneau

We have received inquiries during the past few days from customers about the the vote to be d next Tuesday the matter of public ownership of utilities and of the results which be obtained from the vote that deem it appropriate to make statement on the subject
 First may say thd not seeking to influence the vote any and mmdterid to the undersigned not However there to be considerable confusion the minds of voters to the meaning o the ballot on the question of public ownership and explanation be de Srdble
 The vote to be token Tuesday is wha is known straw vote and nothing If the people of Juneau desire to nstd publicly owned utilities they cannot of do by merely tang srow vote the subject It much like voting the question of whether believes in the and two still make four Regardless of the outcome of the City Election would be for the City Council they de- installation of pldnt and distribution system buildings and Of fees and the cost of producing electric current and and distributing it. Then after obtaining all tdt would be the Council special ing the city to incur the indebtedness which would be volved for without special act of Congress the city could not incur any debt o 06 of the assessed value of all property cost of municipal light plant would increase hd indebtedness thd would be- at the least calculation 25ao of the sessed vdludton ot all property
 special act of Congress could be obtained authorizing allowed by ldw then the Council would need pass ord providing for the necessary bond This ordinance would have to be approved by 65% of the whose appear upon the assessment rolls Then it would be necessary provide for the sale of the bonds If sufficient could be obtned then the city might be ready to embark the electric light business in competition with the undersigned if could legally enter into competition with the al ready in the field with franchise from the city
 We ding this explanation simply for the purpose of unsWerinq many which have been asked customers. and refer them to competent lawyer in above made
 ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER COMPANY.
 By w. s. Pulen. Manager
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02
EFFICIENCY TICKET

Combining City Clerk practical the sidewalks and handle labor the either the best personally charge able neligeny estimate knowledge the available; all bi the who made the purchase
 Clerks duties keeping the records
  
 the Mayor the double protection the City's finances.
 Commissioner who is membe O a which materials purchased by him. that would him unlawful. unfair defeats a competitor though hi inspection without trouble york; perhaps standard might without question: appointed position Street Commis all o COuncimen enforce it's Ordi and it's affairs to the best of abilities If by their their ownership ewlgiv ouimm ceaseessly wishes.
 --FRANK L. GARNICK
 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JORGENSON
 COUNCI.MAN-HENRY MEIER Paid Advertisement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02

Try the Empire classifieds for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-02

Paid Advertisement.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
Well III
TeIlYou..
says
Bob Burns

A preacher friend of mine tells
me that the people today have so
many things on their minds that
YOU have'ta make your sermons
entertaining if you wanta bring
'em in.
happened to think Of Rev.
Tweedle down home who couldn
get many people into his church
on Sunday. One day he ran into
an old man on the street who had
never been to church and when
Rev. Tweedle asked him why the
old man says, Il amt got no
pants" Rev. Tweedle gave the
the man a pair of pants and the
man came for three straight Sun
days and then didn't come any
more.
When Rev. Tweedle saw him
again he asked him why he hadn't
come to church and the old man
says, Nov listen, Rev., let's have
an understanding. How many
times will 1 have'ta listen to your
sermon before you figger them
pants are mine?"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
WITCHCRAFT AND
HUMAN IGNORANCE

One of the blacklist chapters of his
tory on this continent deals with colon
ial persecution of persons suspected by
gullible immigrants of witchcraft. Only
abysmal ignorance could lead anyone to
a belief in witchcraft, we of today thirk.
Yet there was a picture in this news
paper yesterday of a woman chased out
of Rochester, Ind, because her neigh
bors said she was witch. The neighbors
even asked the law TO prosecute her for
witchcraft. There was no law she could
be held under that dealt with witchcraft
so she was arrested for vagrancy, and
ordered out of town.
We cannot help wondering if an air
plane ever flies over Rochester, if an
automobile ever drives through there, or
if anyone there ever listens to a radio.
All three, a century ago, would have
been considered manifestations of witch
craft.
In this day of vaunted civilization,
when schools and books are open to
everyone, it seems indeed queer that
such ignorance could prevail anywhere.
The fact that it dees demonstrates that
education of the human race has only
begun.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
TAKE THE PROFIT
OUT OF LOVE THEFT

Have you ever noticed that the only
persons ever sued for breach of promise
are the ones who've got lot of money?
A recent deluge of heart balm suits,
largely against Hollywood luminaries
by girls vaguely connected with the mo-
tion pictures, brings to mind that quite
a few states have outlawed alienation of
affection and breach of promise suits
because they are legal aids to a racket
little better than blackmail. There re-
mains in each case the possibility of GRIM
inal prosecution against anyone defy
ing the laws of man and the Diety-but
criminal prosecution of the supposed
offender is moi attractive to many who,
when they can, file breach of promise
suits. There is no money for the suppos-
edly Tilted one in criminal prosecu-
ton.
A prominent attorney recently esti-
mated that less than one out of 20 breach
of promise suits is anything but black
mailing racket. Something should be
done about a racket of that kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
Ell CENTRO STADIUM
A COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR

1t was a wise move on the part of the
FL Centre city council to change the name
of the erstwhile Sportsman baseball
park" to the "El Centre stadium" Base
ball is and should be an important but
minor part of the big new park.
Not even a designation as an athletic
park would be proper TO the place this
institution should play in the life of
the community. Many events other than
those of a purely athletic nature will
be held there. 1t will be the scene for
many community celebrations, for many
group activities, and for many valley
wide. events.
The park is owned by the community
as a whole, not by any comparatively
minor part of the community interest
ed in one sport, or solely in sporting
events. For this reason it takes its proper
place when designated as stadium"
where the community can meet, and
where branches of the community can
find room for their activities.
1t is with considerable pleasure that
we congratulate the city council on its
decision to change the name, and to make
the park truly a thing for the whole
community.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20

That dueer-looklng dame oVel
there with the jade necklace ano
the glass of milk is Helen West
ley. an actress
"Oh, amt she scream" gig
led the blonde.
These two young folk had moth
ing against Helen Westley. They
were merely acquiring a feeling oi
Importance by ridiculing her.
True. Helen Westley has never
had much personal vanity; her in
difference TO clothes is well-known
On the other hand. clothes meant
a great deal to the dizzy little
blonde. who after the lapse of
years has had her salary increased
from ten to eighteen dollars a
week. Helen Westley. in the
meantime, has been lured from
her highly successful work with
the Theatre Guild on Broadway TO
one of those fabulous salaries in
Hollywood. And those OF us who
have watched her career, know
that she richly deserves every cent
she has ever been paid.
A comparatively obscure educa-
tors began attacking and de
nouncing, a few years ago, one Of
Americas most profound philoso-
pliers and educators; one of the
few really outstanding men in
these United States today-one of
our greatest thinkers. Professor
John Dewey of Columbia Univer-
sity. Because of Professor Dewey
our entire system of education is
undergoing radical changes. Your
children will have more sensible
training because this great man
lived and fought for common
sense in education.
Then just what could have been
the reason for this little known
man having attacked him?
Whether he recognized it or not,
his attitude undoubtedly was
prompted by the feeling of i'm
portance it gave him-for the
place in the limelight which he
occupied temporarily,
IlON llldyII pCOplt NO yOu hIlOW
who get a feeling if Importance
by criticizing and ridiculing people
they don't understand How many
get it through sincere appreciation
Of the efforts if others?
When Gone With the Wind
swept across the nation like a
Kansas tornado, the author, Mar
garet Mitchell, was at first flat
tered and then almost terrified.
She was followed wherever she
went. She was sWamped with re-
quests for autographs.
Advertisers showered her with
radio contracts, clubs and organ
izations pleaded with her for lee
lures; thousands sent her pitiful,
begging letters; and cranks threat
ened to shoot her. A crazy woman
called at her apartment and de-
manded that Margaret Mitchell
select her to play the part of
Scarlett O'Hara.
She was so harassed. SO worn,
SO exhausted that she lost thirty
pounds, then stole away on va
cation. She had to put in colored
glasses so no one would recognize
her. She VOWS she will never write
another line for publication.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
Famous Sayings

Ever since the moving picture
graduated from its old nickelodeon
status and became a big league
entertainer, serious folk have been
waiting impatiently for it to grow
up.
Once in a while, to be sure,
something like Snow White
comes along to. indicate that the
movies have indeed grown up-in
spots, anyhow. But for the most
part the industry's long adolesc-
ence continues, and signs of ma
turity are regrettably few.
1t was a big. league movie pro-
ducer-none other than Samuel
Goldwyn-who put his finger on
the reason for this.
Mr.. Goldwyn announced the
other day that he was going to
make a film dramatizing the eX-
ling of the Jews from Germany.
This promptly raised a storm of
protests from the other movie
barons, who objected that the
American movie business in Ger
many would be ruined. So Mr..
Goldwyn replied:
why should Sam Goldwyn wait
200 years to make a picture of the
most dramatic thing that has hap
pened in this generations"
If the movies are to make any
claim to maturity at all. the only
possible answer to such a question
is: HE shouldn't" Yet the pc
culiar conditions under which
movies are produced make it al
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
Bruce Carton Says
- Too Many Toes to Watch

most impossible for such an
answer to be returned.
For Hollywood makes movies for
all the world. 1t has to guard its
foreign markets with the most
jealous care. And if it makes a
picture that offends a totalitarian
goVernment-as, for instance, in
Germany-it runs the risk of fac
ing quota restrictions or other re-
pisals which will cut off a sizable
part of its profits.
Consequently the industry has
had to surrender its independence.
II may not offend anyone; as
result, it must fight shy of all the
great, living issues which are alb
sorbing the world today. And as
long as it does that, it cannot pre-
tend to have reached maturity.
Now Mr.. GoldWyn apparently is
going to try breaking this rule. He
proposes. as he says, to make a
film like the newspaper prints the
news. telling a dramatic story as
he sees it without worrying about
the toes that get stepped on in the
process; and every movie-goer
should hope that he remains firm
in his resolution.
The movies will some day be one
of the most tremendously impor-
tant cultural and educational
agencies on earth. They will offer
an entertainment that is living,
breathing, truly adult.
But they won't be and do those
things until they find some way of
shaking off the restrictions impos
ed by their slavery to the foreign
market.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
Barbs ~

An alphabet of $50 letters has
been proposed as more completely
representative of all the English
sounds. This will make the college
degree of Bachelor of Letters mean
something.
CaptOrs of an animal later
identified as guinea pig de-
scribed it as rabbit-faced, sheep
dog coated, mouse cared, and frog
voiced. 1t sounds as if it made a
belated escape from a laboratory.
A Colorado man suggests throw
ing bombs at tornadoes, but the
most fun will still be simply to
grab them by the tails and un-
twist them
The EsthOnian consul in New
Orleans has no EsthOnians to pro-
tect. He must feel like a Japanese.
official i'm northern China. ...........
Princeton strikes while the iron
is hot. While fathers still fume
over HarVard's Communist faculty
member, Nassau announces the
purchase of books of the former
Cars.
Constantinople officials have
found a new way to determine
whether a man will fall short as
an automobile driver. They meas
ure him for height.
Japan operates two of the, worlds
largest shipping corporations, the
N.YK. and the OSK. The for
mer controls more than 100000
tons of ships.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you have read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M M o N S
No 1rQ2Q

y ~ lVh IVA " ~ -
In the Superior Court Of The State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
MYRNA M. GREEN, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r,
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Call
fOrnia Send Greetings to:
MYRNA M. GREEN, F.. l.. EADY,
CLARA EADY, His Wife, GEORGE
T. MELLOR and CLARA MELLOR,
His Wife, HELEN G. GREEN,
JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JANE
DOE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, RICHARD ROE CON-
PANY, a partnership, AND
JOHN DOE, Administrator of the
Estate of Richard ROE, Deceased,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this oath day of November,
1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY G. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
A. % ON. G 13 20 27-J. 8 10 II "a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
BLUE CUP CAKES
REVEAL POISON

LOS ANGELES, May 20. CUP)-
Cup cakes of peculiar blush col
or aroused suspicious of John
Greene, a cook. He took them to
police, who said the cakes were
poisoned, and arrested his wife,
Mae, 40. She was held without bail
today on attempted murder and
food poisoning.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S U NJ M o N S
No. 1921

In the Superior Court of the State
CT California i'm and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
J. NEWTON SMITH, et al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People Of the State of Cali
fOrnia Send Greetings to:
j. NEWTON SMITH, JANE DOE
SMITH, his wife, MORTIMER F
SMITH, MARY COE SMITH, his
wife, ELLA C. HEATH, JOHN DOE
JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, Corporation
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a Co
Partnership, AND JOHN DOE as
Administrator of the Estate of Rich
ard Roe, Deceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court OF
Jilt OUullIy VI llilpCiidi' iobdIC VI
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum
mons-if served within this county;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court Of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of May, 1898.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
M. 20 27--J. 3 10 II 24-J. / Is %.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u nj nj o N S

S u NJ nj o S
No. I775O
In the Superior Court Of The State
Of California, in and for the
County of Imperial.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
j. M. STEMMLER, ct al.
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. II.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fOrnia Send Greetings to:
j. M. STEMMLER, ROSARIO
RUSSEK, A. H. PARKER, TITLE
GUARANTEE AND TRUST CON-
PANY, a Corporation, Trustee, CE-
GIL j. GARDNER, P. H. MARLAY,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN ROE COMPANY, a
Corporation, AND RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co-partnership, De-
PENDANTS.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above brought
against you IN the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Summons
if served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 9th day of July. 1897.
w. j, McCLELLAND
'SEkJ County Clerk
By G. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerkt
A. % 29-M. 13 20 27-J. 3 10 n %
YOU haven't read ALL the news
Until YOu'Ve Read All IN. al
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
News Behind
the News

WASHINGTON. - DruIlheIiiieo'
in the United States and all terri
tories thereof is hereby prohibited.
That will be the next amenoment
to the Constitution of the United
States if Congressman Conner Smlth'
of Oklahoma. can put it over with
the aid of two-thirds of each House
of Congress and the legislature OF
three fourth of the states, whose
ratification would be necessary.
This Conner Smith is the same
Conner Smith who used to be a
mower in the Townsend old age
pensions movement and he is serv-
ing his first term in Congress.
Corners proposed amendment, al
ready introduced in the House, am
bitiously proceeds to provide that
Congress and the states shall have
power to enforce this prohlbltior
and to fix penalties for violation
The idea of making it a federal
offense to get spiffed is admittedly
not the brain child of Congressman
smith himself, who says a COM
mittee of prominent Baptist min
isters got him to introduce the
amendment. promising him that
they would promote it as a rallying
point for temperance program.
But Smith thinks it's a good idea
lust the same,
Although he planes the admin
istration for all the drunkenness
that has been going on, Conner
admits that most persons can drink
normally and endanger neither
themselves nor others. He decries
the notion that men and women
drink only because they want to.
Realizing that he has a long
range proposition on his hands
Conner Smith has not gotten around
to figuring the appropriate federal
penalties for drunkenness or to the
question of who is to decide whether
citizen is drunk or just merely
jingled.
Members Of Repeal Associates, the
organization which was carried over
from the old association Against
the Prohibition Amendment to
watch the drys on behalf of the
vets. say they're not worrying about
the Conner Smith amendment. They
find the drys are chiefly busy trying
to get towns and counties to adopt
local option dry laws, and the aSso-
ciates have trouble combating this
because they would run into local
resentment against outside inter-
ference if they were to try to
run counter-campaigns in the
counties.
The next major dry offensive, the
vets figure, will be aimed at making
individual states go dry. Since the
old A. A. P. A. fought the 18th
amendment on the ground that
states should control liquor traffic
within their borders without federal
interference, its heirs find the pros
pect of lobbying against state pro-
hibition laws bit embarrassing. -
Capt. William H. Stayton, whose
friends call him father Of repeal"
is head of Repeal Associates. Miss
Elizabeth Livingston, veteran of the
repeal battle, is executive secretary.
Most of the funds are contributed
by wealthy members of the advisory
committee, chairmaned by Pierre S.
Dupont.
Federal employees who don't like
their bosses and feel they haven't
i
have been having a field day. SEN
ator Allen j. Ellender of louisiana
is investigating alleged favoritism
and discrimination in the civil serv-
ice and promises to call bureau
chiefs and minor officials before
his committee and question them
on the basis of secret complaints
from employees whose names he has
promised not to reveal.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20

nouncing Others.
Several wears
ago a dizzy little
blonde with an
e m p y garret
perclled herself
on a high stool
at a soda foun-
tain down in
Greenwich Will
age, New York
City.
AS the soda
jerker set the
glass before the
girl. he said:
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-20
HERE'S CASE OF
MOUSE GETS CAT

NEW YORK, May 20 UP)-Gro-
Ger William Rodquit's cat was cleo
trocuted today-by a mouse. Chas-
ing the mouse, the cat ran behind
a refrigerator and was trapped in
electric wiring. A short circuit
caused a fire which sent two police
cars and four pieces of fire appara-
tus to the store. The mouse escaped.