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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
DW, JONES AVERAGES
FAIRBANKS POST
 ASKS NATL. GUARD

A communication from the Fair banks American Legionnaires added fuel today to the Legion fight for National Guard unit in Alaska.
 The Golden Heart city group also urged such unit, adding their plea to number of other Legion post requests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
HEAT WAVE
 KILLS 100

SYDNEY, Jan. I6.-A heat wave has caused an estimated 100 deaths in New South Wales, mostly aged people and children.
 The wave has been checked today by cooler weather.
 Hundreds collapsed on the streets and many were taken to hospitals when the temperature touched 113 degrees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
DIM0ND URGES HOPKINS APPOINT N. K. WALKER
 AS FISH COMMISSIONER

T have recommended to Secretary Hopkins the appointment of Nor man R. Walker, President of the Alaskan Senate, to the office of Commissioner of Fisheries, follow ing recommendations from nearly all Legislature members and Gov. John w. Troy, as well as from J. A. Hellenthal, Democratic National Committeeman"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
ROADS RuREAu To SPEND

Officials in Juneau explained this is regular annual allotment of funds, most of which will be spent by the Bureau of Public Roads, as construction agency. The money becomes available July 1 and For est Service officials will hold a series of conferences with other officials between now and then to decide upon which road projects the allotment will be spent.
 Only a small portion of the $4OO,- GOO will be used directly by the Forest Service for building low grade development roads and trails.
 Under regular procedure as laid down by the law granting. money for national forest highways in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16

BARCELONA, Jan. 16-F'leets of Insurgent planes have smashed a l5-mile circle around this besieged Government capital and dropped half ton of bombs.
 The Insurgent air fleet is also re- ported to have strafed the refugee packed road from Tarragona with machine gun bullets.
 The number of dead in six towns bombed and machine gunned is not known but the action is said to have opened path for the Insurgent advance on Barcelona, to 12 miles south.
 In Barcelona, one bomb hit civil hospital and destroyed the operating room and five attendants were fat ally injured
 With Franco's troops just a little more than 30 miles away, the In- surgent bombers roared over Barce- Iona early this afternoon as the refugees stood on long queques and at food distribution centers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
JAMES LARSON SOUTH

James Larson, well known car- penter-contractor, left for the south today on the Mount Mckinley for a six weeks vacation trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
PRESIDENT PAINTS NEW
 DEAL NOW I'M (0L0R5 OF
 GREAT NATIONAL DEFENSE
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-Before Congress can become as independent as once seemed possible, it must prove that national defense does not envelop such field as the President mapped out.
 On previous occasions the Presi- dent has used the tactics of putting Congress on the spot. His message to the 1939 session was right in harmony with the earlier pro- cedures. He included under the program of national defense not only the usual business of building ships and guns but also virtually the whole New Deal program. In the Presidents view, labor legis- lation, stock exchange regulation, power development, social security --all these now become a part of the program of unifying the coun- try internally against outside dan gers.
 Observers here agreed 1t was a smart move for the President, har- assed as he is by threat of recall citrant Congress. Let Congress kick up it's heels, said the President, but whatever it does, 1t will be respon- sible to the people for any damage to the national defense.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
ALASkA'S '39 FOREST ROAD SUM S400,
Increased Allotment An nounCed : Bureau 10
 Construct Roads

WASHINGTON-The Forest Ser vice today announced allotment of $400, ,000 for construction of forest highways, truck trails and foot trails in the forest lands of AL aSka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Jan. 16. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 9%, American Can SITS, American Light and Power 33s, Anaconda 32hs, Bethlehem Steel 733s, Commonwealth and Southern 1A, Curtiss Wright A 25h, General Motors 47, International Harvester 547s, Kennecott 39h. New York Central 1924, Northern Pacific 12M Safeway Stores 335s, Southern Pac- fife l8%, United States Steel 64ss, Bremner bid 1A asked 2. Pound $467as.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's. Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 148.26, rails 3168, utilities 235O.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
Refugee-P Road Is Machine -Gunned with
 Disastrous Results
FRANCOIS FORCES ARE
 MAKING FAST ADVANCE
Civil Hospital Hit in Bomb Atfaek-Crowded Queques
 Are in Line of Fire

BULLETIN--LERIDA, Jan. 16 Gen. Franco has appealed to the Government of Spain to lay down arms, warning that on In- sErgent victory is now inevitable.
 FrancC's message was broad cast by Insurgent radio.
 The message declared that In- surgent troops are marching against Barcelona mot to des- troy her but to save her."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16
NOTHING IF NOT STRATEGIC

Already Congress has begun to kick up it's heels, of course, for the Presidents move has been hinted for weeks past. It is not necessarily an irfipregnable position for him to take, but it is a strategic one, most authorities agree.
 The President has been accused of making every problem an emer- gency in order to compel accep- tance of his own plans for meeting it. It has worked often. In the in- stances of the court bill and the reorganization bill it failed.
 Tn the beginning of his adminis- tration the President used the seri- ous emergency of the collapse of business. He said democracy itself was at stake, that the three-part government was on trial, just as he says it now. Tn his inaugural ad- dress on that exciting March day in 1883 fe expressed hope that Congress would respond to the needs of the hour and do the nec- essary.
 But in the event that the Con- gress shall fail .. shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact in- vaded by foreign foe"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-16

HE GOT RESULTS
 Congress acted fast, with an &C., qiescence in presidential recom-
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
GOOD OLD DAYS
AND DAYS OF TODAY
(Porterville Recorder)

Many writers have called attention to
the great change that has come over the
American home, but few of them have
pointed out that great deal of cause for
the change has been the employment
of newspaper advertising.
bcouple of generations ago, home was
a place of drudgery for the women of
the family. Washing was done by hand
the laundry and the washing machine
hadn't become big advertisers yet. Bak
ing was done at home. clothes were made
by mother-even to dads shirts.
Cleaning was back-breaking job of
sweep, beat and shake, for the carpet
sweeper and the vacuum cleaner hadn't
reached the bigtime newspaper adver-
tising position they have today.
Cooking wasn't modern gas range or
miracle turning of an electric switch.
kindling must be chopped, wood cut and
coal brought up from the cellar The
stove manufacturers hadn't created the
mass markets for stoves necessary be-
fore modern improvements would be
profitable; they weren't the big news
paper advertisers then they are now.
The morning shower of today and the
restful evening tub are the outgrOWths
of the Saturday night bath-which came
but once week because the pumping
and hauling of that much water, and
heating it on the old cook stove, was too
big job for more than once a week.
The plumbing manufacturers hadn't en-
tered the newspaper advertising field
then, either
Meals We're different, too We think of
things mother used to make" but we
forget she had to be plenty good to make
the same old things taste good day after
day. Now bewildering variety Of foods
is ours for the buying at modern local
markets-because food packers are news
paper advertisers and have created mar
kets to make it worth while to introduce
new foods.
Nowadays there is time for reading,
using the automobile and belonging to
a club or two for the housewife. She
isn't the drudge and slave she used to
be-because newspaper advertising has
changed home for the better.
How would you like to go back to the
good old days."
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
THE COST OF WARRANTS
IN 30-THURSDAY PLAN

Neutral economstS-that is, those who
are working neither for nor against the
plan IN the coming election-agree that
the so-called Ham-and-Egg, or 30-Thurs-
day. pension scheme will not work. For
the sake of argument. however, let us
forget for the moment the findings of
the economists, and pretend that the
plan will work as intended.
What will the cost be? Not the cost
10 business and to government through
double bookkeeping systems. Not the
cost To those who must take discounts in
order 10 cash their warrants Simply the
cost of warrants.
The cost will be 81 million. 200 thou
sand dollars over and above what is nec-
essary to achieve the same result.
The figure is based on a generally
accepted estimate that 100000 old peo-
pie in the state would take advantage of
the plan, each one drawing out 80 war
rants each week of the year.
The state could save more than S31,-
100000 annually-S600. 900 each week
by paying $50 in cash instead of $50 in
warrants each week TO its elder citizens.
BY enacting a sales tax sufficient to pay
the pension i'm cash-a tax which could
be collected through existing govern
mental machinery without new red tape
this stupendous sum would be left in
the pockets of the citizens of California.
Figures, sometimes dull but often en-
tightening, prove the case. According
to the plan, 80 warrants for 81 each
would be issued every week to each old
person. Estimating 100000 old people,
that would be 100000 warrants issued
each week. For 81 weeks, it would be
7S0,000,000. That would be face value
of a years warrants of $7S0.000,0OO.
A two-cent stamp affixed each week
to each warrant would account for $1.04
per warrant per year. Those handling
the warrants would buy the stamps for
real cash. Thus each warrant issued in
the state would cost the public four
cents a year over and above its face
value. In total, S7S0,000000 warrants
would have cost SS11 100000.
The difference = S31 100000 repre-
sents the sum the people would have
paid for the privilege of circulating war
rants instead of cash. A costly proceed
ure.
If the state can afford TO pay $50
week to its elder citizens, it at least could
go about it i'm a businesslike way by pay
ing cash raised through a sales tax or
some similar levy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
DRESSING THE PART

Here's a suggestion for those who,
eventually, will work out a program to
publicize Imperial Valley as winter re-
sort.
Imperial Valley residents, proud of
their extremely moderate winter climate,
would do much TO impress its moderation
on winter visitors by dressing to suit
the climate-not TO suit convention as
il is practiced in other, less favored
areas.
In Palm Springs, in Florida and in
other winter resorts they dress to suit
the climate. WY not in Imperial Val
ley? 1t most certainly would let visitors
here know that the valley is pleasant all
year round-and its people are proud of
the fact
One of these days Imperial Valley will,
in truth, become known as a winter re-
sort. Coordinated effort will bring
about that time much sooner than would
otherwise happen-and such items as
dress play an important part in such
effort
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
The EMBARGO IS
NO PROTECTION
{ Texas Weekly

We didn't sell any munitions. to speak
of during the first part of the (World)
war for the very good reason that we
didn't manufacture much munitions
then. And we didn't sell any great
amount Of aircraft for the same reason.
But even if we had sold great quantities
of the prohibited articles, the fact re-
mains that most of the things we sold
the warning countries then are not pro-
hibited today, and if war profits came
to control our foreign policy and ulti-
mately destroyed our neutrality in the
last war, there is quite as much danger
of this happening again, even with the
arms embargo in effect. This is an OBJ
vious fact which invalidates entirely the
chief argument of the supporters of the
embargo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
Business Takes a Large Grain Of Salt

own arms program, and from orders
shunted to the United States from
countries cut off from Europe.
Steel production at above "a per
cent of production may not hold
that pace, being apparently far
ahead of consumption. Farm COM
modify prices are up, but still far
below parity. Railway earnings for
August show that marked improve
ment in that field had begun be-
fore the war broke. Chilean, Bra
lillian, and Portuguese railway
equipment orders in prospect are
war business only indirectly. So
are other orders from neutral.
The most hopeful side of this
war boomlet" is the restrained way
in which business leaders are facing
it. Repeated warnings have come
from many of them against over
optimism, overspeculation. overeX-
pansion.
Quick, excessive profits will only
be taken away by taxation, where
as if such profit margins are turned
as far as possible into cheapened
prices leading to an expanded DOM
estic market, the gains made may
be solidified and made a bulwark
for the future when contraction
follows abnormal war conditions.
This policy is no theory urged by
impractical dreamers, but a sound,
statesmanlike course put forward
by such agmatists as the Amer
ican Bankers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

the singing comedienne was once
a waitress in a restaurant in Hart
ford. Conn. Later she rose in the
world of entertainment. Instead OF
feeding people she set about to give
them a good time while they ate
the food others served them Even
tually her salary was increased to
$4,000 per week.
There was another woman who
used to run a boarding house. She
failed at it and finally was forced
to give it up. Then she started to
sell, from door to door, hand-paint-
ed China. She failed at that. Not
enough people who wanted to buy
hand-painted China. But every
thing turned out all right. She
wrote song which probably you
have sung many times-"The End
of a Perfect Day" She sold six
million copies. No other song in
American history has ever ap-
preached it. Carrie Jacobs Bond is
living today in Hollywood.
A woman in a small town in Him
ois had husband who became an
invalid and she started her career
on exactly five cents! I know of no
more amazing story than hers. Mrs.
Ora H. Snyder bought some sugar
and eggs and started making can
dy on her cookstove and sold it to
school children. Her candy was
pure; it was wholesome; the mo-
thers approved it; the children
called for more. She went to Chicago
and engaged a peanut vender to
sell it on shares. Then she opened
little store of her own. Now she
has II storesl
You've heard Of the famous par
ty-throWer and social leader Elsa
Maxwell? She has entertained more
titles, more members Of the nobility,
than any other private individual
in the world. The hoity-toity of
New York crave her smiles. She
was born in Keokuk. Iowa, and used
to play piano in a movie theatrel
Binnie Barnes, movie star, used
to drive a milk wagon in London.
Madeleine Carroll was once a gov
erness. Mary Roberts Rhinehart,
the writer, served a period as a
trained nurse. Mary Pickford's mo-
ther Mrs SMITH ran a boarding
house. Mrs. Smith herself did not
achieve outstanding success, but
she paved the way for her daughter.
and shared her daughters triumphs
to the day of her death. Madame
Schmann-H -Heink was once so poor
that the sheriff came and took
away all her furniture except a
bed and a chair. But what of that?
The sheriff couldn't take the one
thing that would ultimately make
her name known around the world
her glorious voice. Helen Morgan.
the singer started as a cash girl
in Marshall Fields store in Chica-
go. Grace Moore, the singer, was
brought up on farm in Tennes-
see.
Yes, indeed, many women have
achieved great success-as great as
that Of men.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

Encouraging indeed is the mark
ed tendency OF the business world
to take with a large grain of salt
the upsurge of business due directly
and indirectly to the European war.
Coming Just when it did, the up
surge was welcome, and the pros
pect of profitable business is pleas
ant to many firms who for the past
two years have been operating in
the red.
But there is very little of the
wild hullabaloo that greeted the
war boom" of 1915 and 1916. Like
everything else. the business situ-
alton is different. And like every
body else. business men learned
something last time.
1t is entirely possible that direct
war business may not be nearly as
great this time as lag, even if
the arms embargo Soould be re-
pealed. In the first place, the
British and French are much bet
ter equipped to supply themselves.
They have one years clear warn
ing. and the horrible shortage OF
shells and war materials which so
hurt the British in 1914 are un-
likely this time. Instead of three
important arms plants in Britain,
as in 1914, there are hundreds to-
day. The Frer%S, whose best in
dustrial territory was Immediately
taken from them in 1914, do not
face this handicap today. Such
buying as these countries do in the
United States will be organized and
centralized this time, not wildly
competitive.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
Famous SAYINGS
Photographs

Quebec lakes are being restocked
by dropping small fish from air
planes. Oxygen is used to keep the
fish alive while in the air, since
the weight of water makes it un-
desirable as cargo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

for t h ere are
more men in bus
mess than wo-
men, and wo-
mems triumphs
are usually in
other fields. But
m a n y W o m e n
have achieved
splendid success
ses, and against
great obstacles.
Sophie Tucker
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
CARNEGIE

I have a letter from a woman
who SAYS that I tell more stories
in this column of how men have
succeeded than how women have
succeeded. Naturally this is true.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

Arrowroot is supposed to have obtain
ed its name from the fact that Indians of
South America used it to counteract the
poisonous effect of arrow wounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
You re Telling Me-

We haven't seen the worst OF
this war. Wait until it is over and
all those belligerent statesmen and
generals begin turning out books to
explain away their mistakes
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

Thirty-four per cent of the total num-
ber of employees in Soviet Russia are
women There are now about 8,500,000
women workers in Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
Hints on Etiquette

Hors d'oeuvres are usually eaten
with the fingers, unless they are
of such a nature that this is not
practical. In that case a fork Is
provided.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

The Greeks had only a given
name and no surnameS, SO par
ents were very careful in selecting
names which really would distin-
guiSh their children.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

In fact, such upllft as business
has seen thus far is only to small
extent attributable directly to war
buying. Most of it has come from
the stimulus which war conditions
gave to domestic buying, from our
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
TOday's Horoscope

If your birthday is today, plan
to make no important changes dur
ing the next twelve months. Adhere
to your existing business, and ap-
ply all your energies to it. Your
reward will be greater than now
seems to you to be possible. A
child born on this date will be
clever and intuitive, but somewhat
selfish, applying his talents only
to gain his own ends in order to
obtain good positions. Such schemes
will be apt to fall through the
Vaccinations of secret enemies.
One Minute Test Answers
|. Papeete.
2. 1t is the principal island of
the Society group.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

Now that the baseball season
is over, this would be good time
for the other seven American league
clubs to secede from the Yankees.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

It's nice to stroll in the park
these days with the assurance that
leaves, dropping from tall trees,
will neither explode in your face
nor contain British propaganda.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

More than 80 different languages,
exclusive of dialects, are said to be
spoken within the borders of Abys-
sinia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

In the early days of the United
States senators we're paid at the
rate of Sc a day for attendance
and each received pay only for those
days when he actually was in the
senate chamber
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
One-Minute Test

l. What is the chief town of
Tahiti?
2. To what group of islands does
Tahiti belong? -.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
Barbs

A New England fisherman sails
into port with a record catch. Thus
refugee fish, weary of lodging sub
marines and sinking ships in Eu-
ropes danger zone, fare no better
on this side.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11
Words of Wisdom

To deny the freedom of the will
is to make morality impossible
Froude.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

Hitler Says He Doesn't Want War
headline. Not with big nations.
anyway.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-11

There are SGT muscles In the
human body, according to medi-
cal book we've just read. And
every one of Juniors aches when
someone asks him to help dry the
dishes.
The Nazi peace proposals are
easily understood. First of all,
they want everyone to agree there
wasn't any Poland.
Dentist may run for congress
new item. Well, perhaps he could
put some teeth in few of our
laws.
It begins to look as though the
only thing any of those European
belligerents will gain out of this
war is more of what they already
have too many of-historic battle
fields.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-23
Members Inflicted
BY Local Union l35
Six Women Token Into Local
As Five Apply For
Membership

Roseville, Ohio.-Local Union No
1876 met in regular session March Is
with the best attendance of the year
The officers certainly appreciated the
turnout as it makes them feel as
though their hard work for the mem
bership is appreciated.
Five applications for membership
were received; six of the fairer sex
were initiated. The president had the
honor of obligating these women and
he certainly gave them the best in the
way of instructions. 1t won't be his
fault if they are not all good union
members.
Members Of our social committee
which has been between two guns for
a long time have finally come from un-
der the smoke. They announced that
on April 5, our next meeting night,
they will be on hand with the social
event, big or little. They are very
quiet about it all, won't even tell US
if there will be food.
The local received all invitation from,
the Columbia Cement local at Fulton
ham, Muskingum County, to be pres
ent at their next regular meeting. This
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