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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30
LATHANAN HERE FROM INFERIOR;
 lS GOING SOUTH
Prominent Attorney Of Fairbanks Completes
 Business in Juneau

Jchn A. Lathanan, Jr., prominent attorney of Fairbanks, who has beel in Juneau cn professional bushes; since last week, arriving here from the interior via PAA plane, will leave enreute to San Francisco tonight the Northland He has an appear anoe to make in a case before the Circuit Court of Appeals in the Bay City.
 MT. Lathanan is an oldtimer of Douglas having lived there up to 1909 He again visited the Island city in 1925 and again during his present visit and took a look at the frame building in which his family formerly resided. For many years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30
EARTH QUAkEs

SEATTLE, Nov. 30-A check fails to reveal any damage from slight earthquake which sh ook central Washington.
 Great Northern Railroad officials reported that the shock was felt at all of its stations between Wen atchee and Scenic. A heavier quake shook the Puget Sound region two weeks ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30
STANFORD HOOP
 TEAM TO TRAVEL

PALO ALTO. Cal, Nov 30-Stan- ford's basketball team is scheduled to meet Nebraska December 20 at Linccln; December B, Rutgers at New Brunswick: December 28, Dart mouth at Philadelphia; December 30, Columbus at Philadelphia, and January 3, Wisconsin at Madison
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

he was on Seward Peninsula and went to Fairbanks in 1886 where he has been one of the leading att Eorneys since then, specializing for the most part in aviation cases.
 MT. Lathanan has been at the Barsncf during his Juneau visit and will return north from San Fran cisco within the next two or three weeks
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

REPAIRMAN-C -CARPENTER-Sin- gle, age 51. General handy man. Repair sewing machines, typewriters, lawn mowers, sharpe scissors, knives, etc. Considerable experience in carpentry, good at repair work on houses or other buildings. Call for ES 2845.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30
NAH FREIGHTERS
 ARE SEIZED AT SEA

PARIS. Nov 30.- Blockade of ficials announce that two German freighters have been seized in the Atlantic and provided the Allies with 5000 tons of coffee and large amount of flour. The ships are re- ported to have been taken to French ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30
M0NAGLE RETURNS
 WITH S. }. ALASKA

Attorney M. E. Monagle was an arrival home on the steamer Alaska. Monagle has been in Seattle for the past two weeks in connection with business matters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged. Now On Sale; Slee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

Today's News 1ouay-Empire-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

Empire ciassifieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-30

Try an Empire ad.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-04-20
AND AN OPEN ANSWER
Dear Cliff:

Dear Cliff:
As Bob Burns would say NJ think you've got some
thing there. Seriously. of the points you
raise sound enough when taken at their surface
values which Is what you have done.
But looking little deeper than the surface,
think, would bring up facts viii you ought to
know and evidently DON'T. Let's take your points
in the order that you raj them,
/. That picture Of asleep, Sorry the cash
customers didn't Ike ft. Jim Sa1ter, our demon
oameraman, caught it among group Of candid shots
at the office the other night. lily gang Of
cronies thought it natural. So, amid furry
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-04-20

Dear Chiefs
It's gonna hurt No to tell you this but far be it
di1ly daily with my convictions. So. here
goes.
Since the cooPRATR has been In existence we
have put out some pretty lousy issues but last
week's paper really takes the cake. It skunk. TO
begin With that picture Of you ight smack
on the front page. Will you please tell me what
you think the cash customers would be Interest,"
cd in q photograph Of the editor Of their paper
taken Will asleep Of all things? Then there
Tom Howard Now Tom mi ght be pretty good guy. TO
the persons connected with the paper he known
O valuable cog in their machine but did you
O picture Of Joe Nrtyfingers Of the New York Times
run on that paper's front page? Just what has Tom
write O few critical letters, to rate having his
snoot embe11ised the front page. DON'T you see
forgetting the rest Of the town. They want
news. They don't give q damn whether Tom Howard,
Bill Smith John Jones puts the type together.
It's what the type spells that counts Now We come
to the biggest event Of the week and perhaps the
outstanding event to date in the history Of Green.
belt. The Greenbelt Athletic Club Banquet. In the
picture Of Of the notab1es who present at
this affair you not only got your signals mixed and
forgot TO the Fl fth shown who only hap
pened to be Dr.. C. Byrd, President Of the Univer-
stty Of Maryland. Of course he's only college
president While the other guys big shot college
guess. to the prize faux paux Of the
week, the telephone advertis emert. Wasn't
it nj to learn of the reduced Easter telephone
rates O week after Eastern
Let's quit looking silly. IF were going to have
q newspaper. let's have q newspaper that at least
thinks Of the people Of Greeube1t whole and not
just the people whose interests are similar to ours
Respectfully,
P.s. If you wanted good picture last week you
should have caught Of Pop Wdger he oareened
off his chair while the eccentric dancer was per-
forming.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-04-20


week's edition. and nailed q bunch Of copies home.
All right. let's oonoeds that point to you.
there. 7F I fen Howard DO
for the Town Of Greenbelt7" you ask. Let me tell
you.
For tho last seven months Of the paper's exist
Tom Howard has down to the office. two
and three nights q week and worked. 1s0O AM.
not unusual time for him to 1eaves although he
had to get up at six the next morning to earn his
living. He got out ads and headlines. There
tines whom without him Greenbe1t would have
had paper. Nobody knew this. and Tom didn't care
whether they did not. His work didn't consist Of
bouncing up and down the end Of his spine and
talking people to sleep at public meetings. He had
a job to do and did 1t qui city and efficiently.
For all this Tom received not one, single. so1i-
tary, cent. Dirtyfingers Of the New York
Times earns his living setting type. and so nobody
feels very grateful to him when they read that sheet.
Tom Howard earned his living first, then home
and won't to work again for nothing.
We Of the cooPERATR hope the State of has
few more Of her native sons like Tom to ship out
to Greenbelt. We'l1 pictures Of them, too.
5. The Gao. banauets Here. my dear Clifton.
you really stuck your Vhoozis OUT and this is going
to hurt much you, albeit not in the same
place.
The cooPERAroR. you know has small staff.
great banquet was also production night the pa
per, and shorthanded to boot. There abb
solute1y one whom we could spare to cover that
banquet. The guy could have covered it, Sports
Editor ceold11. notified in advance that he
wouldn't feel like. to the fact that good food
and after-dinner speakers give HIN aggravated
Of Virginia heartburn. So. while GET
ting the issue out (unt11 1s1o Am. Tuesday, you
burping pointblank at Greenbelt's distingus h
visitors right there at the big story which you
could have covarad.
4. The telephone ed. We caught on to that one
too and notified Che telephone company that their
ad little out of They said to print
it anyway. After all. pal. they pay the bill,
If they want to run out-of-season I'D. guess
they
S. About stopping to look silly, Ne agree.
Brother CooH1T. You say, Goo. "TeFTs have a news
paper that thinks Of the people of Greenbelt
who1e". Amen.
Do you know how get such paper. Cliff
and you. too. people Of Greenbe1t? By coming down
here and working to build The wages 5000.
paid in quarterly installnents ,plus lot gripes.
If you're willing to do the job for this pay.
down and take the burden off the shoulders Of the
select few.
Respectfully.
A. C..
Evening star., 1939-10-22

Here oce eurtons hot ore as distinctive as tolored
to-orde' honeinss they worry from types thot belong
with eozy inormoI Eoy Americon rooms to formal ones
for French and stseomned ones for swedshMod
ern settings Heo mesh nets novelty weoves finest flet
or proctco "Adusto" nets that have 3eyeet tops 50
sewing II you've deos you need help with, see US
II you ore seeking ideos for window decoration :.
you'll be inspired when you see this loee euton collection
The Polan eoyo. csrtoas Second Floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12

Foreclosure judgments entered in the Waterbury superior court during the recently completed term repre- sented debts of $392, ,35947, a survey of the superior court books from September, 1888 to June, 1889 re- veals. Sixty-seven judgments were recorded, and in comparison to last years figures, both the number and value of the judgments are lower. Last years figures were also lower than the previous.
 Two organizations the Waterbury Savings Bank and Home Owners Loan Corporation lead the field in the number of judgments granted in their favor. Of the 67 judgments, a total of 40 went to the two institu- tions, with g in favor of the Wa terbury Savings Bank and 17 for the H. O. l.. c.
 The 23 bank judgments repre- sented debts of $l66, ,575.68, while the r H. o. L. 0. awards totalled $97,- 205.57 The largest judgment ob- tained by the H. O. L. c. was against T. E. Conway, administrator of the estate of Mae K. Lunny, involving the Lift the Latch Inn.
 The largest judgment obtained by the Waterbury Savings Bank was $29, ,458.0l, against Amanda Carroll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
FULTON PARK

The Fulton Park mems volleyban team will be host to the team from the Fairmount playground at the Fulton court at 7:15 o'clock tonight. The game promises to be a good one, for the Fulton team is expected to stand high in the league this year and is very anxious to win tonight. The team is managed by Supervisors Walter Hayes and Ray Earth.
 The girls volleyball team will hold practice sessions every second eve- ming in the future, under the direct ton of Miss Bette O'Rourke. A game is scheduled with the Divisioa Street girls this week.
 Miss Kay Howard and Miss Gloria Russell are dance directors for the pageant rehearsals, which began this week.
 All boys interested in representing the playground in the track meet at the close of the season are asked to give their names to Supervisor Wal ter Hayes now. SO that practice ses- sions may be arranged. There will be senior. junior. and midget teams,
 Miss Bette o'Rourke and Mis- Gloria Russell will be in charge of the doll show to be presented at the playground on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded as usual. Thursday night s to De novelty night. and . program 0f races and games has been sched- uIed. Those who wish to partici-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
Market Irregular As Traders Started Work
Easiness in London Proves Drag on Stock Market Here-Steels, Motors Slightly Off, or Unchanged
BY ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial Editor

New York, July l2 (UP) - Stocks were irregular in quiet open- ing dealings today. Bonds also were mixed and cotton futures slipped f to points in initial dealings
 Easiness in London acted as drag on the stock market here.
 Commonwealth Edison opened B., 100 shares at 30 1-8, unchanged Consolidated Edison and North American moved up fractionally.
 Chrysler opened at 71 l-8, off l-4; General Motors 43 3-8, unchanged; U. s. Steel 45 1-2, off 1-4; Bethle- hem 53 1-4, off 1-8; and Kennecott. B 1-4, off 1-4. Rails were softer with Sante Fe, Southern Pacific and Pennsylvania down l-4 point.
 American Can, American Tele- phone, Western Union, American Smelting, Union Carbide, Sperry, Goodyear and Bayuk Cigar opened with fractional gains. U. s. Rubber had a small loss and Sears Roebuck was traded unchanged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
I3O CHILDREN AT
 OPENING COURSE
Learning to Listen" Class at Bronson Library
 We'll Attended

About thirty children attended the Learning to Listen" program at the Silas Bronson Library last evening, under the direction of Wal den Trimble and Miss Paulette Wol- ozin. In addition to talk on the reproduction of sound, the program included Rubenstein's "Kamennoi- Ostrow," played by Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops Orchestra; Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. g." played by the Philadelphia Sym phoney, led by Leopold Stokowski; and tone poem by Richard Straus, Fin Heldenleben", played by Will liam Mengelbere and the Philharm Symphony of New York, with violin solos by Scipione Guidi.
 The next evening concert will be at o'clock tomorrow evening, and will include tone poem by Sibel- jus, called "Tapiola," and one of Beethoven's symphonies.
 This morning at ten o'clock another class for children was held, and attended by 35. They learned about the arrangement of the dif- ferent instruments in a symphony orchestra, and were told about the different families of instruments strings, brasses woodwinds, and per- cussions. Most of the lesson was devoted to the. Identification of the flute, the piccolo, the oboe, the Eng fish horn, the clarinet, and .he bassoon as they played solo selec- tions. After little practice, the children became surprisingly profi- cient at this.
 After the lesson, the children heard Tschaikotosky's Sleeping Beauty ballot.
 Any children are invited to at- tend the concert course, which is sponsored by the WPA and the Bronson Library, and is given free. Children under eight years old should come to the 10 o'clock class on Mondays; from eight to twelve, on Wednesdays at the same hour; and over twelve, on Fridays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
A Tough One :!

A stubborn dump fire kept fire men on the run from mid-after- noon yesterday until after mid- night refusing to stay put al- though firemen soaked the smould ering mass at length.
 The blaze, which was on the property of Frank Pecka off Vol colt road, broke out at APO o'clock in the afternoon, and Engine 5 of the East Main street bungalow station responded.
 The fire became active again shortly after 7:30 o'clock last eve- ming at which time two compan- les of men were sent to do some- thing about it.
 Nevertheless, shortly after mid night the stubborn blaze popped up once more and was finally ex- tinguished after over an hour of battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
HOLY NAME PLANS
 0AKVILLE OUTING
St. Patrick's Members to Picnic at Lilac Farm
 July 30

A new record attendance is ex- pected to be established for the fifth annual outing of the Holy Name so- ciety of St. Patricks parish at Lilac Farm in Oakville, Sunday, July 30th. Members of the committee in charge report that the present supply of tickets will be exhausted before the end of the week and members of the organizatin who have not as yet secured the number of reservations they need are advised to act quickly
 The program will begin at 9:30 a. m. with a breakfast consisting of liver and bacon. hamburger and steak sandwiches, clans on the half shell, steamers and broth, followed at 2 p. m. with chicEen dinner. The refreshment stand will be kept open during the entire progress of the outing and participants in the various events will have ample op- portunity to keep thmselves cool
 Included among the many activi- ties are softball game in which a team of the young fellows explained by Francis Hardy will oppose Will liam Dwyer's Old Timers, with an effort now being made to have either Lieutenant John F. Dunphy or Sergeant Joseph McEvoy umpire the contest. Peter Fitzhenry, chair man of the sports committee, will have charge of the quoit matches and has been given authority to set- tie all disputes. Mago Sneehan and James Brady, ST., have similar power over the card tournament, while Patsy Garvey will supervise the fungo hitting contest. Other items listed on the sports program are football and basketball throw, running and standing broad jump, pole vault, fat men and potato races, three legged race, and a base running contest.
 Edward Loftus is chairman of the general committee assisted by Fran cis Hardy, Joseph Hench, Peter Fitzhenry, H. P. McGiath, James Barrett, James Brady, Jr.. Joseph Dunn, Thomas Fitzmaurice and Joseph Bowen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
KINGSLEY DONATED TO CAMPAIGN FUND
Pencil Notation on Rec- OrdS Show Contribution
 of S to Hayes Club

Only one point of yesterdays ses- sion was noteworthy, as hundreds of exhibits were identified by Miss Bar bour. Special Prosecutor Alcorn asked and obtained permission to question the witness about pencil marks on one of the exhibits.
 Was that penciling made by you?" he asked The reply was in the af- firmative, and Miss Barbour added that she had made the marks in 1884.
 Tt says 500 for a membership in the Hayes for Lieut.. Gov. Club doesn't it?" asked Alcorn.
 AS the witness again replied in the affirmative, Attorney Slade laughing ly interrupted, You're not a very good bookkeeper or you know this figure is $5 and not 500," he said to Alcorn. The defense attorney con- tinued to explain that the $5 was 6 reference to Borgnaes contribution to the campaign fund of Hayes in 1884. He said 1t was paid by the Kingsley firm and not the city.
 Another humorous incident oc- cured when the slightly-built Slade dropped a sheaf of papers to the floor. As he bent over to pick them up, Alcorn remarked, You bend better than MT. Crawford"
 T don't know whether that's a compliment or not" was the reply. Both referred to the incident when Attorney George w. Crawford, an- other defense counsel dropped some papers and experienced difficulty in bending to regain them. His phy- sique is on the bulky side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
NAVAL VETERANS. INVITING HAYES
Mayor Asked to Attend Newport, R. l. Reunion
 September 1 and 2

Mayor Frank Hayes was recipient of an invitation this morning to attend a reunion of Naval Veterans of the World Association in New port, R. l., September 1 and 2.
 The letter was sent by Chairman John H. Nolan from association headquarters in the Newport City Hall. Any naval veteran who serv- ed at any time in the second dis trict, whether he was an officer or an enlisted man, is welcome to at- tend the reunion.
 A fine program is being drawn up by the committee in charge for the two days affairs while the City of Newport is also making elaborate preparations for the guests in con- nection with the tercentenary they will sponsor at that time in line with old home week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
Mary Caswell Tent

A hand embroidered American flag was presented last night to Mary Caswell tent, Daughters of Union Veterans, by Mrs. Mary Fudge, who recently returned from a trip to California,
 The local group will be rep- resented at Grand Army Alay Sat- urday at the Flainville camp grounds. An invitation from Mary Buckley Palmer tent, Thomaston, to attend an anniversary party tomorrow night was accepted.
 Miss Helen Jackson, who presid- ed, announced that the next meet ing will be held August 9 at the home of Mrs. Mary Smith, PA Pine street. Last nights meet ing was held at the state armory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
NEA Service Special Correspondent


 Lansing, Mich, July 12.-Ransom E. Olds built in 1886 what was per- haps the first automobile construct ed for commercial purposes. and he has lived to be a hearty man of 75 who never expected automobiles to be such a nuisance as they are today"
 Olds, whose name lives in two modern automobiles, the Oldsmobile and the Rec, lives quietly here, al- ternating with home in Daytona Beach, Fla. But he likes to recall the days when everybody thought the horesless carriage was a fad that would never catch on."
 The expedients of the day seem almost incredible now, but Olds re- calls that he once actually put the papier mache head of g horse on the front end of of his cars in the hope that 1t would fool passing horses and avert the series of run- aways which accompanied every trip on the road by the snorting first autos.
 TRAVELLING
 TlsAPEZE
 "At one time,' Olds recalled, T had trapeze built on a car, and man performed on the trapeze atove the driver while the car was ir motion. This was done at county fasrs to attract attention, because tte public thought the motor car would never amount to anything. But the more foresighted people did come to Lansing in droves to see the cars, and President Theodore Roosevelt was among them I gave him his first public ride in motor vehicle.
 We had to compete with horses In our first models I remember an advertisement which read, This graceful and practical automobile will do the work of six horses at an average cost of $35 10,000 miles) BoGrd alone for one horse cost $l8O year, so the economy is very evident"
 Olds remembers taking his early cars out for dashing test runs at 10 miles an hour just before day. break along the dirt roads, the hour chosen to avoid soaring horses. He began experimenting with "horse- less carriages in his fathers boiler and stationary engine shop in Lan- sing while Duryea, Winton, Haynes, and others were working toward the same goal.
 HOW FORD
 BROKE IN
 As late as 1899 there were only about 50 automobiles in the United States; two years later Olds himself produced almost 4000
 "The first Oldsmobile made in Detroit sold for $l,200," Olds recalls, land the venture was more or less of a commercial failure. The public didn't understand the cars, which were too complicated. One of the things that helped the motor in- dustry greatly was the development of forced lubricaCion- until that came along we had lot of trouble with oiling Rubber tires also helped lot-we have to take of our hats to the man who developed the mod ern rubber tire.
 Olds advised Henry Ford, then working for Edison at $l 900 year, to get into the motor vehicle bus mess, because it had an excellent future" Of all the motor pioneers, Ford is today the only one who is still active in the industry, Olds having recently retired as chair man of the board of the Rec Mo- tor Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
Workers Alliance

New WPA regulations will be discussed at A meeting Of the Wa terbury branch, Workers Alliance. at cIo hall, on Spencer avenue. tonight A proposal that local WPA workers join in the strike now underway in several cities will be taken up.
 Secretary Michael RuSso oi the alliance said that msmbers will also consider the sending Of let- ters and petitions to congress urg. ing changes in the new WPA pro. visions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
YOUNG COMES HOME

Roland Young. currently starred with Pat O'Brien and olympe Brad no in Paramount's Happy Ending, today is rep -wing many old friesid- ships. Once on the Paramount star ivster. Young is in his first film "at home" since he played with C.arles Lau ton in Parameunt's "Ruggles nf uaH 0sW"