davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-07-30

miles or so. Sometimes we don't
go beyond sight of our own home
anchorage-just laze about for q
day or two. Or perhaps We'll slip
away to some such place as Green
wich Cove, Connecticut, right across
Long Island Sound from our home.
This little harbor Is one of our
favorites. To our son, Michel. aged
10, it is a place of magic. For in
its midst is a tiny island, scarcely
the length and breadth of a city
block, yet rugged and well wooded,
with stony slopes full Of small
pirate caves leading down to a
beach Of cleaning sand.
Here Michel plays by the hour
with children from such other boats
as may have dropped their anchors
in this tiny harbor, while we busy
ourselves with our own affairs
swimming, making things shipshape,
reading, visiting from boat to boat.
Nothing very exciting, perhaps. but
somehow you're never bored on the
water.
Fishing Good.
The fishing is good in Greenwich
Cove, as in most of these little
harbors, and often in q half hour
I've caught more than we could ieat
just by dropping a line from the
cockpit. While at low tide the
rocky, sandy beach of the island
Treasure Island" Michel calls it
-abounds with clans and mussels.
Mealtime on q boat! There's an
event to look forward to; luckily
enough it happens three times a
day, sometimes four. Funny, per-
haps. but you're always hungry.
Even that homely breakfast COM
bination, bacon and eggs and coffee,
always seems to taste better af1oat,
while a batch Of founders popped
right of the hook into the pan is
something, and big tureen of fresh
clam chowder down East" style, or
. platter of steamed mussels with
dash of garlic, are edibles Of note.
Evening star., 1939-07-30

Some manage it for even less
than this by doing lot of the
spring outfltting themselves, by
eliminating the yacht-club item and
by storing in cheaper yards. Others
pay much more by adding a lot of
costly gadgets, etc.
But these figures are average, or
as near average as you can get in
a sport where the conditions vary
so. Would you be able to rent and
run summer cottage for less?
And what an added asset it is to
be able to up anchor and go gypsy
ing on whenever you happen to
get the wanderlust, which will be
frequently.
No Hurry.
About that estimate of 1000 miles
for gas and oil. It looks rather low?
Well, remember you're not in an
automobile, tearing OF hundreds of
miles q day. People on the water
aren't in hurry. We've all learned
1t isn't necessary. Just being afloat
is the main thing. And there's so
much enjoyment to be had in quiet
coves and inlets near home. No,
1000 miles is liberal estimate, par
ticularly for your first season.
But don't you need some sort of
special knowledge to handle a boat?
Like flying plane, for instance?
The answer is. not at all. Just start
up and 60, skipper-and when you
get where you are going, stop.
Uncle Sam doesn't even make you
Evening star., 1939-07-30

Best of all is the evening meal
out there in the cockpit with the
sunset. Better still that last hour
on deck, with all gear made fast
for the night and Michel tucked
snug in his berth dreaming over
the days aventures.
A big red moon hangs low and
our riding light is twinkling among
the stars, while of across the wa
ter gleam our neighbors' lights
those other little ships. Yes, and
beyond the dark fringe of the shore
line gleam the lights of other neigh
bors, too-houses.
Often we think, as we watch the
faint yellow glow of distant win
dows, how much Of an edge we have
on them. For with the dawn, per-
haps, we shall be of to other har-
bors while they will still be there
might always be there.
Some of course are able to have
both summer homes and boats
yachts even. We're not in that
class and neither are most people
But most people who really want
boat can have one of some sort
or another. The cost is within prac-
tically anyone's reach.
Trivial Cost.
A good sailing dinghy or ski1 with
out-board motor, for instance, can
be had new for q hundred dollars or
so, or q substantial catboat for a
few hundred more, while for two
or three thousand you can buy q
smart little motor cruiser of some
30-odd feet, complete from stem to
stern, with galley and berths and
all you need for extended living
aboard.
And if you can't afford these fig
ures-then you can buy secondhand
boats.
In the smaller classes these can
often be picked up almost for q
song, while even the bigger craft
usually 60 for q fraction Of theil
Evening star., 1939-07-30

My experience of several seasons
with the Prelude checks with this
Is per cent estimate. I consider the
boat worth $1,50O and she costs me
1925 a wear, as follows:
Evening star., 1939-07-30


Nv. E. D. E. N. Southworth, who
resided in South Washington and
taught school there, was in her day
q nationally known novelist and a
fine example of woman who began
her literary career by writing for
nothing, just "for the good of her
soul; just to please her friends" she
said, and while the wolf was bowling
on her doorstep.
This noted woman was native
Washingtonian and was born De-
cember 26, 1919, in one of the two
brick houses begun by Gen. Wash
ington, but not completed during
his lifetime. They stood on North
Capitol street between B (now Con-
stitution avenue) and c streets,
west side. These buildings were
later combined and conducted as
the Hillman House, where, some 20
or Is years ago, took place tragedy
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29
XMAS SALES ABOVE
THOSE OF LAST YEAR
General Report of Ha-
gerst0Wn Merchants for
Holiday Trade

With the Christmas rush over,
merchants now have chance TO
do little thinking and make com
PARSONS Of business to other
years.
One of HagerstOwn's prominent
merchants states that his holiday
business was better than it was a
year ago. This is true, not only
during the last week before Xmas,
but for several weeks prior to the
customary rush Business in
general, according to practically
all the merchants interviewed, has
shown great improvement over
recent years. ~
Merchants in HagerstOwn are
now preparing for clearance sales
at which times merchandise will
be offered the public at greatly re-
duced prices.
The total business of the year
1899 will likely show an increase
over that of 1888. And 1910, many
business men believe, will be even
better. Fl
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29
HANGOVERS

Continued from page II
Man in Washington County, w.
Preston Lane, goes into a coma
or something, which make him
the mystery man Of the Sixth
District - anyway he amt jump
ing wagons these days; the
Hatch Law goes into effect which
is welcome news to lot Of
appointees who never helped
their party anyway.
And if you think we've had an
exciting year, well, take another
guess. Believe me, Brother, you
amt seen nothing yet!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

a newspaper correspondent who
looked up the original Mademoi-
selle from Armentieres reports her
Is saying: st was a nice song
when it was written but | am told
thot several unauthorized versions
came afterward" Lady, you'd be
surprise.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29
NO HOPE

1t was the hope of many that
they would be able to tell by the
new clock on top of City Hall
when the New Year was ushered
in. But these hopes, it appears,
will not materialize, for while the
four faces are in position, the per-
manent electric wiring has not
been completed.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

Disaster almost came TO Rolf, q
German shepherd dog, when the
Belgian government decreed that
,arge dogs must be destroyed to
conserve food. However, Rolf was
shipped hurriedly to new home in
New York-at cost of S52. Rolf
arrived with a luggage left be-
hind" label ON his neck.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

The interior Of tne C!ty Market
House has been most attractively
painted.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

A cynic says women like to
make fools out of men. And the
men are usually willing to cooper
ate.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
Co-Ed Would
Swim Channel
BY RAY BLOSSER

WOOSTER, O, May 2s.--Nc Won
der Albine Farges, attractive 49,
year-old French miss, feels Wooster
Colleges pool is about as large as
sardine can A l9-mile swim of the
English Channel is on her program
this summer
II don't know If ] can do it or
not" says the plump Wooster College
senior, but I know I am very, very
strong"
II Miss Farges can celebrate her
goth birthday next August by swim
ming from Cape Girls Nez. France, to
Dover, England there still will be
room to count on her 10 fingers the
women who have completed the
chilling grind
Channel swimmers have become as
scantly recently as channel-swim-
ming attire. Miss Farges thinks the
reason is that the water has become
colder IF it's warm and the seas are
calm, it will be much easier, but
sometimes the best swimmers in the
world couldn't make it"
Miss Farges has trained in Eng
land the last three summers, and
before that in Spain and Italy. A
native of Lyon, France, she came to
Wooster on scholarship as a junior
and is majoring in English. She has
been swimming since she was 5, and
has won several continental long
distance swimming events.
Il don't like a race, though" she
says. Il like to take my time. I love
to swim long time and love to
swim alone swim but little during
the winter-the pool here is small
and there is not much time-but all
summer I'm on beach
Her longest grind has been of 10
miles. She came out of the water
mot tired, but just frozen"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
SEATTLE IS
LOSER, HARD
NIGHT GAME
Los Angeles Wins Another
Thereby Taking Two
Game Lead
tBy ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Diego defeated Seattle last
night and halted Pitcher Dick Bar
rett's victory streak at four games
while Los Angeles knocked over San
Francisco to stretch their lead over
Seattle to two full games.
Barrett gave up only four hits
but his buddies were unable to man
ufacture runs, leaving eleven men
to die on bases.
Keith Frazier's homer in the
eighth inning was the only run the
Seals got last night off Julio Bonetti,
the Angels ace.
Oakland staged a ninth inning
rally last night to score two runs
and beat Hollywood for the third
time in succession.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
CREW HAS
N0SY5TEM
IN ROWING
California S Victorious
Navigators Just Stroke,
That's All
BY SAM JACKSON
AP Feature Service Writer

BERKELEY. Cal. May 26 "A crew
that has inst rowed the fastest three
miles in Pacific Coast history will
soon be heading for the PGughkeep-
see regatta, hopeful of a new Amer
lean championship and an Oylmpic
crown in lS40.
The oarsmen in question are the
University of California Golden
Bears, who recently beat their old
rival, Washington, in the record
time of IA minutes 48.4 seconds.
On the campus they figure that
Calls chief rivals at Poughkeepsie
will be Navy, Columbia, Washington
and Wisconsin in the order named.
Last year Navy won over the Bears
by few feet Columbia, which fin
ished fourth but had lots of power,
has its 1888 crew almost intact and
is known as a crew that reaches its
peak at the end of the season.
If coaching records enter into the
prediction, California has a definite
edge.
Bears Win Often
KY Ebright, who was coXswain for
Washington in 1917, has the best
record of any mentor now in the
game. He coached the Bears to vic
tory at Poughkeepsie four times and
to the Olympic championship in
1928 and 1882.
Ebright took up his duties in 1924,
when California was about to follow
Stanford's lead and give up rowing.
He found a rickety boathouse, a few
inferior shells, and course where
his flotilla was in constant danger of
laundering in the wake of the San
Francisco ferries.
Big Navy Man
But, like many another statesman,
Ebright believed in a big navy and
went to work ON it, He has boosted
Calls enlisted strength to an average
of $50 men and has enough floating
tonnage to distribute old shells to
high schools and junior colleges from
which he'll draw his future oarsmen.
This year he has an oarsman, %
year-old Kirk Smith, whom he ranks
with the small handful of really
great rowers he has known.
Ebright always laughs when asked
what system he uses I'VE just row.
he says.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
VACATION TRIP
TAKING DOCTOR
OUT OF ARCTIC
Kotzebue. Physician Is on
First Leave from Hos
pifaI in Two Years

Ten years north of the dotted
Arctic Circle has left no mark on
round and genial DR.. R. E. Smith,
Bureau of Indian Affairs hospital
head from distant Kotzebue, who
arrived in Juneau by plane yester-
day on his way south for what he
hopes will be a vacation.
1t is two years since Dr. Smith
has been to the States, and each
time he takes a so-called vacation,
he finds there's more work than
vacation"
And DR.. Smith needs his vaca
ton, according to reports from the
northern tundra lands on Kotzebue
Sound-reports that DR.. Smith dep
recatingly dislikes to verify.
He doesn't like to say he often
has several operations a day and
that he has to work from very early
until very late, But he will admit
that his Kotzebue hospital, in all
accuracy is a "siXteen-bed hospi-
tal" but frequently filled with 20
patients or more.
DR.. Smith is the only doctor at
the station, serving perhaps 1000
Eskimos, but still again, the nurses
are "just as good as most doctors,
DR.. Smith will tell you, turning his
bi-focal glasses quickly to you to
impress you with the small part he
plays in the scheme.
And if you're interested, DR.. Smith
will continue to steer you from the
subject of himself He'll tell you
the Bureau has four nurses in the
field, white, two white nurses at
the hospital, also three native nurs-
es in the hospital, who are extreme
ly efficient"
living conditions predicated on pow
erty answers all questions, Dr. Smith
says, and he means when he says
troubles" many things from tuber-
culosis on, and the tuberculosis an
'swer, the doctor says, springs of
restitution anywhere in the world"
I'VE thought we had the answer
in the reindeer" Dr. Smith said,
"but now the wolves are raiding the
herds, and some villages are en-
tirely without deer. With only bit
of fish, their food standards are
necessarily endangered"
Life north of the Kobuk holds no
regrets for DR.. Smith. He doesn't
miss anything but the opportun-
ity to rest.
We're SO busy we don't have
much time to think how far away
we are" he said. This is supposed
to be a three months vacation
and 1 hope there won't be too much
work"
A guest at the Gastineau Hotel,
DR.. Smith expects to sail south on
the next steamer, take it easy as
much as possible" perhaps see the
New York World Fair, and as for
coming back in the fall-"c certainly"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
Work
Must Be Done on
=.
All Claims in 1899

In special radiogram to The En-
pire from Washington, DC, Alaska
Delegate Anthony j. Dimond says
that on May 10 the Senate unani-
mously agreed to the indefinite post
ponement of the Senate bill for sus-
pension of assessment work on min
ing claims in the United States and
Alaska.
On May 25. yesterday, the House
Mines Committee voted to indefin-
itely postpone several similar House
bills.
In view of the action taken by
the Senate and the House Mines
Committee it appears absolutely GER
tain that no bill for suspending as
sessment work on mining claims will
be passed at this session.
Mine owners must perform assess
ment work to hold their mining
claims. Assessment work must be
done before noon on July l.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
SKEETER WEBB
LiGHTEST NAN,
MAJOR LEAGUES
BY RAY BLossER

CIFVEI AND. MAY &c. jimmy
( (Skeeter) Webb took a look At q
Cleveland Indians roster, saw his
weight listed as $50 pounds, and
drawled:
Il never weighed $50 pounds in my
life. l just put that down.
The Cleveland shortstop, key in
Manager Oscar Wits intentions to
lock a long-existing defensive gap
around second base. says his weight
actually is but las pounds. That
makes him, he believes, the lightest
regular in the majors.
Il don't think it handicaps me
any," says Webb, who grew up and
played high school baseball at Meri-
dian, Miss, with Eric McNair, his
winter golfing companion and in
fielder on the rival Chicago White
Sox.
Il hit the ball hard enough.
think.
"They say I may not stand the
neal Ill tllt SulfiiilCi, put NoiA' 'AA
two years in the Western league I
didn't miss a game because of the
heat, and it didn't keep me out OF
any at Columbus, in the American
Association"
The main worry about showing
Webb in the lineup in place of Lyn
Larry was the suspicion he couldn't
bat much more than his weight
which shouldn't be too difficult. He
has an answer to that one, too.
Il may be no powerhouse but I'll
get my hits" he says. 1.-The last
few years I've batted .285 to 800 as
a regular hit .276 with the In
dams last year but I was in only
20 games
Cleveland picked him up when he
was a fugitive from the st. Louis
Cardinal chain gang, free agent
With a lot more Cardinal farm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
Red Ruffing
sWinherof
9Th Straight
One Clean Single Keeps
Bob Teller from No.
Hit Hall of Fame
(By Associated Press)

Big Red" Ruffing, Dean Of the
Yankees pitching corps. won his
seventh straight game yesterday
when the Yanks defeated the De-
troit Tigers by a score of 5 to 2.
Rookie Venezuelan righthander
Alex Alexander limited st. Louis to
three hits yesterday afternoon as
Washington registered a victory
over the Browns.
The Reds swept to their tenth
consecutive win over the Giants
yesterday by punching four runs
off Carl Hubbell in the seventh in
ming after Ernie Lombardi had
homered in the fourth inning.
A three-run rally of the Chicago
Cubs in the ninth inning yesterday
fell short by one of tying the Phil
lies who won the final game OF the
two-game series.
Brooklyn broke a six-game losing
streak with a victory over the Pr
rates.
Clevelands Bob Feller turned in
a one-hit pitching triumph over
the Boston Red Sox and only Bobby
Doerr's clean single to the right
field in the second inning kept
Feller from a no-hit Hall of Fame.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
FUR EXPERT DUE
IN JUNEAU TODAY

The Forest Service launch Ran
ger VIII, bearing Petersburg District
Ranger j. NJ Wyckoff and DR.. J. l.
Shuttle, fur expert, was expected in
Juneau this afternoon in the course
of a tour OF fur farms of Southeast
Alaska, The vessel will lay here
over the weekend. DR.. Shuttle is
working in cooperation with the
University of Alaska experimental
station at Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
BARAN0F HOTEL
CIGAR COUNTER
CHANGES HANDS

Jim O'Neill, recently returned TO
his Juneau home after short stay
in the States, has taken over the
Baranof Cigar store, he announced
today.
Jack Wilson, selling out to O'Neill,
was to turn over the hotel foyer
stand TO ONeill at noon today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
ONLY COMMERCIAL
TROLLERS MUST
DON new PLATES

Commercial trollers only, and not
sport fishermen, are required to get
the Bureau of Fisheries license
plates for their boats, Warden Don
Haley said today.
The tags, furnished by the Blu
reau without cost are required this
year for the first time Of all com
mercial power and hand trollers.
About 10 have been tagged already
by the Bureau here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
SCOT TO VIE
WITH Welsh
Americans Eliminated as
Famous Amateur Open
Nedrs Final Round

HOYLAKE, May 26.Alex Kyle,
Scottish cloth designer, eliminated
Bill Holt, Syracuse auto salesman
yesterday in the semi-final round
Of the British Amateur Golf Cham
picnship, two up and one to 80.
Kyle meets Tony Duncan today,
taking on the officer of His Ma
jesty's Welsh Guards for the title.
Duncan put out Charlie Stowe,
English miner, three and two after
eliminating Dick Chapman, of Con-
necticut, five and three.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
ENGLAND AND
FRANCE SPLIT
TENNIS DUElS

LONDON, Eng, May 26.--England
and France, meeting in Davis Cup
competition for the first time since
1888, have divided the first two
singles matches in the quarter final
round for the European zone.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
SPOKANE MAN
WINS TROPHY
IN GOLF OPEN

SPOKANE, Wash, May 26.-Mar-
win Bud Ward, of this city, Spokanes
Walker Cup player, has won the
Northwest Open Golf Championship.
Ward came out in the top bracket
in playoffs with Neil Christian, va
kima professional, and with Emery
Zimmerman, strong driving Port
land pro.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
SCHOOL TAX DUE.

Territorial School Tax of $500 is
due and payable Immediately at
the office of City Clerk. Penalty of
$500 provided by law for delin-
quency. Please pay now!
H. J. TURNER. City Clerk,
adv. School Tax Collector.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26

hands.
His minor league career, which
started with the Springfield, Ill,
team, has taken him TO Elmira, NY,
and Chattanooga. Tenn, for short
periods and to Cedar Rapids, Ia, and
Columbus, o. His play with Column
bus against Newark in the 1887
eIittle world series" attracted at
tention of Witt, then managing New
ark. When he heard Webb was a
free agent, he had the Indians sign
the 27-year-old University of Mis-
sissippi athlete.
Observers say Webb is not to be
numbered in Cleveland's prize col
lection of temperamental players.
Once, in the minors, he held out
for more money until July He eats
catsup on his potatoes. But those,
he says, are not full-fledged lido
syncracies.
Il don't have any, he declares.
Lode and placer location notices
foi. sale at The Empire Office
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
GAMES THURSDAY
Pacific Coast League

Sacramento-Po Portland, rain.
San Francisco l; Los Angeles 3.
Hollywood 5; Oakland 6.
San Diego 2; Seattle l.
National League
Philadelphia 8; Chicago Z.
New York /; Cincinnati 6.
Boston l; ST. Louis T..
Brooklyn 8; Pittsburgh 2.
American League
st. Louis l; Washington 4.
st. Louis l; Washington 4.
Detroit q, New York 5.
Cleveland IL; Boston 0.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
DANCERS TO GIVE
RECITAL TONIGHT

Tonight at 8 o'clock, Dorothy
Stearns Roff's dancers will give
their spring recital in the Elks Hall.
Those taking part in the program
will be Marjorie Williams, Beverly
Ann Erickson, Adrienne Glass, Ro-
berta Messerschmidt, Sharon Hag-
erty, Janet Stevenson, Marilyn Mer-
rift, Sharon Sharp, Gloria Gudbran-
son. Frances Paul, Sue Stewart,
Dale Rolf, Bernice Floberg, Anna
belle Hagerup, jeanne Erwin, and
Marylee Bartness.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
Stock Quotations

NEW YORK. May &c. Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 83s, American Can
89la, American Power and Light
45S. Anaconda 24M, Bethlehem Steel
57R, Commonwealth and Southern
IL, Curtiss Wright 81, General
Motors 4415. International Harves-
ter 59A, Kennecott 1919, New York
Central 15A, Northern Pacific 8a,
United States Steel 48as, Pound
$4681s.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
CARPENTERS LOCAL 2247

Regular meeting of May &c will be
at pm. instead of pm; at A.
F.. of l.. Hall.
ART PETERSON,
adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
REPUBLICANS TO MEET

The Young Republican Club mem
bers will meet tonight at 8 O'Clock
in the American Legion Dugout and
Ronald Lister. President, asks for
a good attendance.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-26
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are todays Dow,
Jones averages: industrials 1869,
rails 27.78, utilities 1854
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Try an Empire ad.
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Lode and placer location notices
for sale at The Empire Office.