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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-28
IMMIGRATION OFFICER
 HERE FOR FEW DAYS

George Garber, Assistant Immi- grafton Inspector, is spending few days here from Ketchikan. Anyone wishing to obtain record of regis try or information on any other im- migration matter may call on him at Room 226, Baranof Hotel.
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TORRANCE HERE
 ON WAY NORTH;
 TOOK OVERHAUL

The Torrance, Chilkoot Barracks Army tender, docked in Juneau overnight on it's way from Seattle to the Lynn Canal headquarters.
 The Torrance has been south for several weeks getting annual over haul. Roy Wheeler, formerly with the Alaska Line, is skipper of the craft.
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It has been estimated that bind weed grain field pest, reduces grain yields as much as 50 per cent.
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Washington Marie worked picture replaced modern for the period involved side-which that Marie good stole attention from Alice Faye.
 Buddy Ebsen The Wizard of Oz but Jack Haley janor finished his role Ebsens illness him. incidentally the most out after finishing
 role the that he unnecessary Chats what happened Hyme "Talsp which could have used a little of his comedyD
 The instance of wholesale shipping job still what happened to zasu Pitts in All Quiet on the Western Front In logrange effect it perhaps also the most tragic zasu made touching dramatic film hit in Von So- takes comedy talents overlook her and their "A Quiet to have been her emanpaon the audiences laughed and they re-shot back to comedy and has there since
 Margo Marie Wilson will forget in time, debaces But miracle o cast ing will never again pitch at the Tragic Muse
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In Italian movie houses gallery seats are the most expensive.
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CHAMBER MAN VISITING HERE
 AFTER ORIENT
Says Conquering of China Is Too Big a Job for
 Japanese Nation

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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-29
Firms Defeat SOviots In All
Departments of Fighting;
Cut Red Columns TO Piece

The Russian invasion has
begged down in Finland. Soviet
troops were reported in full re-
treat ell along before the tough
little army of tiny Finland. The
press carried reports of seven
Finnish soldiers wiping out a
column of 100 Russians unaided.
The terrible cold of the north
has aided the Firms very much
by practically rendering war
fare impossible excepting the
warfare of men Of the north.
Latest reports are that Joe
Stain, stung by the smokers of
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-29
MINE SAFETY AS AFFECT.
ED BY EXTERIOR IN
Fill NNCES

Safety in the mines has been
much stressed in late years for
to many men lave died in the
mines from accidents that were
very plainly prayentabIc. Many
men have beer crippled in every
conceiablc manner getting out
coal. SO often have accidents
brought TRAGEDY into the humble
homes Of coal miners that it has
been said 50 many tons of coal
cost so many Ives. The stark
tragedy Of q grOup of women
and children huldled about the.
smoking mouth Of mine while
grotesque ma-srd men labor to
clear away wIo:kaPe of a dis
aster is unuiio'able. The Us.
government. tie state govern.
mcnt and 'a coal companies
have no Us ~, any theory that
so m an Y tor Of coal cost 81
many lives. In cad they prcarF
J Safety first a safety ALL the
! timc-anothor way bf sayinp
"bc careful all The time"
in carly da the miner VIII,
loaded coal all day lorr and E,
heck with safety stuff prosper
ed well until the inevitable Gna
accident occur d. Today to b.
guilty Of he things he pot ava,
lwith-somctim's-is consider,
criminal on iangerment Of the
lives of those with whom n,
works.
Mine safety is a field for tbr
expert, the ira ned man who ha
the happy fac lty of being abb
to impart knowledge in terms o
it practical q plication. For
journalist to at 'empt to expounc
1.-THE arts Of digging coal safety
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Low Down from Hichory Grove

have been rea ling where the
Commerce Depar .mcnt predicts
the biggest holiday sales since
1929 | was nonplusscd SO | adj
iusted my specs and tok 2nd
look thinking it sure must be a
mistake on account no known
New Era person has ever before
been guilty of saying something
good for 1929. But ii checked
up-and was no miSprinj.
Mr.. Hopkins, he is flirting
w h the dog house. He is be-
coming non compos mcntis-
as we say in Hickory Grove. No
body up there RIGHT next door
to the Head Paymastcr-is he
not bit touched-is gonna make
such a faux pas. CLatin or
French, it is everyday vernac at
Hickory.) :. $50.
But to get back to 1929,
brother, that is what | hav G
been waiting fortnight and day.
| had 2 pair of shoes then. and
we had turkey-evcE without a
double jointed Thanksgiving -
and | kept my life insurance paid
up. And as I look back I cannot
remember anybody in town who
was down-in-the-mouth or dis
couraged. =. -.
But there is one thing we did
not have in 1929 - we had no
Docktors of Economics. But we
had good business. Yours with
the loW-dOwn, 30 Sierra.
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other nations, has masScd great
numbers of troops preparatory
fir a big drive on the Firms. The
Russians have never been able
to fight long or well for the men
of the Red republic have to eat
and have munitions. while their
leaders wage war or the theory
large numbers Of men are all
that is needed and a service of
supply superfluouS In the Word
War the Russian armies collapsed
simly because they had no food
and very few weapons. Stains
trouble seems to bc the same.
Finland's popula,ion is about
100000; Russia population
has never been counted but cx-
perts place it at racrly rs. 0O0,-
600, and the Red army around
four times the total population
of Finland.
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survived to so brand, others
cannot be proved, so forth.
The charge that coal camps
. are as Il rule dirty and msani-
tary collections Of novels I'm.
fit for people to live in is untrue
While the houses of the average
coal camp may be more or less
standardized and of course not
as faEcy rugged as the city homes
the companies can seldom be
held responsible for everything.
They can only furnish the houses
The mirer and his wife make,
or do not make, homes of them.
If they tear of the back porch
to make kindling with how can
the company be blamed for the
resultant ridiculous looking back
of the house? If the mirrr has a
5000 car and the house he lives
in has only the fcwest and most
woebcgonc looking articles OF
furniture one ever saw how can
his employer be blamed? The
employer knows plenty about
how home life and surroundings
miner, and company stores carry
Il m q re varied Il line of goods
than any city house. Some of
them have lists of merchandise
that is positively awc-inspirin%
TO the umimitiatrd.
The coal camp can be- made a
pretty place to live i'm and hcall n
ful. but the company can't do if.
The fifty cents worth of flower
seed most miners wives annual
ly plant brings ample rewards.
tor some of the finest specimens
of various flowers and vegetables
the writer ever saw grew i'm
coal camp yards and gardens.
Even those plants that usually
require special care flourish ap-
paren.ly with none at all. have
stood by and admired the faith
and optimism Of n miner setting
out tomato plants when the
earth still felt hard undcrfoot
III the spring and later saw bic
luscious looking tomatoes ON
those same plants in mid sum
mer. -Inghram.
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on safe ground he had bettc&
stay out of the mines. The fac
that neutrality-suspicious. conduct
land surroundings do have some
thing with coal mining in a SAT,
manner will hardly be denied by
the reasonable minded.
In any hazardous occupation
4 steady hand and Il clear mind
are essentials. If miner who
was on bender" all weekend
and who comes to work with q
man-SlZcd hangover is Il safe
miner we are off the track. OF
course few men are that foolish
but it illustrates point the
safety men cannot meet since
! its a condition man-madc and
of course not amcndablc to treat
ment TO prevent accidents which
presuppoScs a clear mind.
Other hazards that are Off
the operations range all the way
from bad breakfast, IN un-
appctiZing dinner. sickness in
the fanny y the way to suspicion
of this or that going on while
in the mines. Litt'e things? Yes.
bat big enough to make one fail
TO notice danger signs while they
are little, Just the things { h Il t
cause one to be preoccupicd and
therefore careless, maybe for
that time when it counts big and
costs more,
A safe miner cannot come
from a home where quarrcling.
drinking and disturbing factors
like bad meals and squa'id sur
roundlngs prevail i Just is not
in the books.
Such things ~ these are not
within the SCOPE uf safety work
as taught by the cxpcrts-thcy
of course lean on ii heavily but
they cannot figure out in advance
on what days this miner or that
one ordinarily a safe and sane
miner will enc to work with his
mental state so upset from some
domestic matter ne will NEGLECT
little or big precautions which
might bring tragedy to half Il
dozW homes ard his own as well.
lN the dark bowels of the
earth whore men mine the veal h
of an empire in West VIRGINIA,
there is 10 room for careless
ness or for anything outside that
miTht be an influence tending
towards it. Coal can be mined
safely only with q clear mind
That is alert for danger signals.
The maniac who sava%cly vents
his temper accumulated at out
side points ON the job at hard
sometimes discovers it Il very
dangerous. way TO work of
temper, or a hangover.
There are accidents that will
happen regardless If every pre-
caution imaginable. But these
are by no means as plentiful as
one would at first suppose. How
many accidents that are listed
rs unprcvcntablc were really
results of pure unadultcratcd
Some such no one
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limit your editorial opinions u
what an official censor approves
If you are a laborer, you car
leave your job W h e n you fee
like it for any other job you
prefer; you and your fellow
workers can bargain collectively
concerning the conditions OF
your work. If you think taxes
are too high, you can vote a.
gainst those officials you think
responsible. And there is nc
limitation upon your inherent
American right to criticize any
body, anywhere, at any time.
These are practical applica-
tions of this thing called free
dom. In this country we take
for granted-perhaps too much
for granted. But in more than
half the world freedom does not
exist. The present conflict in
Europe is perilous to this free
dom because in a modern war
people destroy the very thing
they say they are fighting for.
1t is because we wish to preserve
our free democratic system that
we must remain at peace. But we
cannot remain carelessly at
peace. If the price of democracy
in ordinary times is eternal
vigilance, in a war period that
vigilance must be doubled.
We must be careful that,
under the guise of "emergency,",
the powers of government are
not so extended as to impair the
vitality of free enterprise and
choke off free expression of
thought. Already we hear of
the need for the government to
control prices, to license Ameri-
can business, to regiment Ameri
can employees and employers, to
censor the radio. In a critical
time there is always a tempta-
ton to surrender the response
bilities of a free citizen, to say
to the government: During this
emergency, you t k charge.
You tell us what to do, what to
think"
If we should yield to this
temptation, the end of our free
democratic system might come
as readily in peace as in war.
Once these responsibilities of
citizenship are given up, they
are not readily returned. Gov
eminent, in it's practical work
ing, consists only of aggrega-
tiOns of men; and men, having
tasted power, do not easily sur
render power. We must not be
misled because suggested restric
tions are for humanitarian pur-
poses, for, as ex-Justice Louis
D. Brandeis recently said:
Experience should teach us
to be more on our guard to pro-
tect our liberties when the gov
ernment's purpose are benefcent
1.-The greatest dangers to Ii
berty Turk in insidous encroach-
ment by men of zeal, well-mean-
ing but without understanding"
The war has not changed the
grave domestic questions con-
fronting America; it has j u t
temporarily diverted orr minds
from them. For ten years we
have been haunted by our un-
employment problem. Yet it's
solution has been in our hands
for some time. During the de-
preston decade, American in
,dustry accumulated an enormous
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Commonwealth and Southern
Corporation as condensed by the
Readers Digest from a copy
righted article in the NORTH
American Review. Used here by
permission)
For centuries my ancestors
lived in Central Europe. Some
of h e m were peasants, some
artisans, others were landed pro-
prietors; but all of them thru
those centuries had been restrict
ed in their opportunities to the
group in which they were born,
and no one of h m had ever
known the true meaning of
liberty. Tose who did not OBJ
serve the restrictions under
which they were forced to live
got into trouble; one had to flee
his native land because he adopt
ed the religion of his choice; an
other was ostracized because he
believed in the principles of the
French Revolution; and still an
other was jailed for expressing
his own opinions. In 184S, my
father and my grandparents
came to America to escape this
repression of Individual liberties.
They were led to these shores,
as were millions before and after
them, by a special reputation
that the United States has had
among nations. This reputation
is founded upon one simple fact:
in the United States the plain
man has always had a chance.
NY father and mother were
the first generation in their
families to grow up in America.
My mother became a lawyer.
My father was also a lawyer. Of
course, in Europe my mother
would have found it imnossi-
BILE to practice a profession; and
my father would have found it
difficult to get out of the groove
worn by his ancestors. Further
mre, it wuld have been utterly
impossible for them to have given
their six children 1.-The education
which we received in America.
We went to high school and COL
lege.
And with schooling finished,
there w ere no doors closed to
their children just because they
came from a plain family in
small town. No class distinc-
ton, no law interrfered with
with their effort to earn a living
IN the occupations OF their own
choice, or to express their opin-
ions as they pleased.
In all the long history of their
family, these six children were
the first to know, from the time
they were born, the blessings of
freedom. / do not want them to
be the last
This family record is the rec
ord of any number of American
families. For us the value of free
dom has had a practical demon
stration. Freedom means, for
example, that if you run a store,
you can sell your products to
anybody without a government
official telling you what the prices
must be; if you are a professor
in a university, you do not have
to alter science or delete history
as a bureaucrat prescribes. If
you own a newspaper you don't
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deficiency in plants and modern
machinery. To remedy this, in
dustry will need even more thar
the present number Of unem
ployed. Industry will also neeo
a great deal of additional CAPT
tai, and there should be no diff
ficulty in getting this, as soon
as the millions of American in
vestors are treasured as to the
future Of free private enterprise,
The lack of confidence within
industry is partly result of in
dustry's own defects in the
period of over-eXpansion which
ended in 1929. But since then
we have had several years of re-
form; and some of these reforms
have gone so far as to impair the
efficiency and morale of bust
ness. In promoting recovery, tie
chief emphasis has been placed
upon w h at the government
should do: we have had colossal
expenditures for pump prim-
ing" and a colossal tax program
to pay for these expenditures.
Here is just the point where our
free democracy is threatened.
We are not in immediate danger
I of losing our freedom of speech,
or of press, or of worship. The
greatest threat to the American
system today comes from the
effort to restrict free competi-
tive enterprise. And such enter
prise alone can make economic
recovery possible.
We have been tod that the
frontiers are gone, that our es-
tablished industries are slow
ing down, and that there is but
little to be expected in the way
of new inventions. We have even
been informed t h a the very
basis of the America dream is no
longer true: that the plain man
no longer has much of a chance.
But such philosophy is as false
as It is cowardly. Our people,
comprising only seen per cent of
the worlds population, still con-
troll more than as per cent of the
worlds wealth. And we enjoy
the highest real wages,
shortest working hours, and the
greatest per centage of home
ownership on earth. The great
days of America are by no means
done. We have only touched the
border of our achievement. If
[ did not believe this, / would
not believe in America. Because
that faith is America.
So my creed, if I were to de-
fine it, would run something like
this:
/ believe in America because
in it we are free-free to choose
our government, to speak our
minds, to observe our different
religions;
Because we are generous with
our freedom - we share our
rights with those who disagree
with us;
Because we hate 10 people and
covet no peoples land;
Because we are blessed with a
natural and varied abundance;
Because we set no limit to
mars achievement; in mine,
factory, field or service in bust
ness or the arts, an able man,
regardless of class or creed, can
realize his ambitions;
Because we have great dreams
: and because we have the OPP
portunity to make those dreams
come true.
n
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The Faith that Is America

....(By Wendell L. Willkie, Pres
Commonwealth and Southern
Corporation as condensed by the
Readers Digest from a copy
righted article in the North
American Review. Used here by
permission)
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ing her friends in Superior last
tuesday. -
~ rri ,!t;icu4
Marshall Cabbcll, student Of
BSfC. is spending his Christ
mas vacation with his parents.
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Miss Arnetta Akcrs wa visit
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Cards Beaten, 41-33,
By ST. Francis for
4th Loss in Row
Score Is Close Several
Times, but Redbirds
Wilt in Stretch
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Catholic Universitys desperate
search for basket ball victory again
was frustrated last night at G. U.
gym before 400 spectators as the
Cardinals, opposing a rosy y-cheeked,
speedy st. Francis OUTFIT Of Loretto,
Pa, dropped their fourth straight
game, 41-33.
Operating without the services Of
Coach Fod Cotton, at the bedside Of
his mother, gravely Ill of pneumonia
in Kansas City, the Cardinals pos-
Sessed next to no finesse.
1t was Milan CHURCH, q sharp
faced lad who last year was included
among five players somebody located
to name a national all-Serbian
quint, who squelched the Cards.
pouring Is points through the net.
10 OF which were registered in the
first half.
Gjurich Outstanding.
Gjurich, one of the most polished
players to appear here this season,
actually was too clever for his own
club and certainly too smart for the
hapless Cards. Snatching rebounds
from the blackboard and playing a
smooth floor game, Gjurich paced
st. Francis to its fifth victory in
eight games.
Catholic launched the contest with
squirt. grasping a 60 lead before
Gjurich started to click. Cashine in
on lengthy set shots, the ebony
haired guard rapidly gave st. Francis
9-8 lead and the Pennsylyanians
never were headed.
While Catholic could collect only
two points, on brace of foul shots
by beetle e-browed Johnny White, St.
Francis came from behind at 7-s
and piled up a 2l-l0 margin before
Whitley Ambrose connected on one
OF his numerous pot shots.
Cards Launch Counter Attack.
Trailing, 1922, at half time, the
Cards launched a counter attack
Immediately following intermission
with White and Ambrose contribute
ing two field goals each to narrow
the gap at one stage to 24-22.
Whites side shot after Harold
Altemus' snowbird for st. Francis
still left Catholic within splitting
distance at 1924. but the youthful,
aggressive visitors slowly increased
their margin, gathering 10 points
while the Cards struggled along on
Carmen Pirro's field goal and two
fouls.
Catholic was paced by Ambrose
and White, each of whom netted
IL points. Henry Morris. rangy for
ward, accounted for 10 st. Francis
points.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Translates Grid Spirit in Terms of Coin
Pros, Better Paid Harder Than coeeion Declares Marshall

"but, in return we have passed a
rule by which we cannot ap-
proach a high school or college
player until he has finished his
education"
Baseball, he pointed out, doesn't
do that.
Every year." he added, I'VE
have about $500 new players to
draft from. These are the very
best performers in the country.
We don't have to pay the COL
leges for them, and boy, we're
grateful"
OF the $500. which kind Of
college does the pro owner Ike
best?
"0ive u.s." he said, "the coun-
try boy from the small college.
He plays the best professional
football and has the best team
spirit"
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Remode|ed Brewers
Out 10 Quit Cellar
In Spha TussIe
Gofdfodden, Thomas
Bow Today in D. c. Pro
Five's Home Come

The remodeled Heurich Brewers,
patched at two positions through
the acquisition Of Knocky Thomas
and the return of Ben Goldfadden,
will renew their quest to escape the
American Basket Ball League cellar
today in facing the Philadelphia
Sphas at the Heurich gym, Twenty
sixth and D streets NV, at Bpm.
Victorious in three of their last
four home games, the Brewers will
be operating with Goldfadden, re-
leased early in the season, at center
because Ed Kweller deserted the
team to accept job in Pittsburgh.
A former George Washington Uni
versity star. Goldfadden edged Ber-
ME Lieb and Bill Noonan out of con-
tention.
Sphas Fighting for Lead.
Thomas, we'll known to local court
fans for his play at Tech High and
the University of Maryland, joined
the team for a trial when banned
from the Heurich Amateur League
due to professional baseball activi-
ties and is expected to see much
action.
The Sphas, currently waging a
dogfght with the Kingston Colo
mails for first place, are one of the
most highly regarded teams to grace
professional ranks in recent seasons.
Philadelphia players who will be
turned loose against the Brewers
are George Wolfe, Howard Rosan,
Cy Kaselnan. Inky Lautman, Moe
Goldman, Myer Bloom, Guy Fitch,
Davey Rosenberg and Joe Gotthofer.
Brewer Coach on Spot.
Particular attention will be paid
midget Mickey Schonfeld, Heurich
guard, by the Sphas. since the for
mer G. w. U. scoring ace accounted
for 80 points against Philadelphia
in two previous games. registering
13 points in one game and II in
another.
The job of Coach Joe Dreyfus of
the Brewers probably will hinge on
the outcome. Since taking over the
reins Dreyfus has piloted the Brew
ers to two victories in four games
and a respectable showing by his
team today is expected to land him
a contract for the remainder of the
season.