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The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-11-03
GIRL SCOUTS FROLIC WHILE
WITCHES AND COLLINS HOWL

An enjoyable Halloween party
-ras given at the school last Mon
'ay evening by the Girl Scouts
lmes were played and cocoa and
okies served at the close of the
ening Miss Caldwell of the local
hool staff was in charge of the
affair.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-11-03
ST. PHILIPS GUILD TO
MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY

The St Philips Guild will hold
its regular meeting next Wednesday
November s, at s p. m. at the home
of Mrs. H. R. Coulter with Mrs. J.
H. Wheeler assisting as hostess.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-11-03
HOTEL ARRIVALS

= - =
Registrations at the WrangeIl
Hotel the past week were: B. F.
Kane. Juneau. Gus F. Beckman.
city. Louie Larson; K. Touring. Ju-
neaus Nj and Mrs. J. 5. Jeffrey.
Juneau; Edna Roberts. Klawock.
P A Shimiza. F. Deswood; J. W.
Jones. road camp; D Handy. road
camp Jack Conner. CCC. Fred NJ
ONeill, Port Armstrong. Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Grant; G. c. Foster: H
l. Faulkner, Juneau. v. C. TAT
ford. Seattle; c. W. Johnson. Seat
tie; H. C. Mcguire. R. Mcdonald;
Geo. B. Ball, Telegraph Creek: Bill
Sharp. juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-11-03

Eastern Star members are re-
minded that beginning with No
vember :. meetings will be held
first and third Tuesdays OF the
month, instead of first and third
Mondays.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Worthwhile Debate

AllQOugn the Senate debate OF the
neutrality bill may have seemed need
lessly exhaustive at times, its bene-
fits are now apparent in that the
House Is in a position to take final
action on the measure with min
imum of discussion.
During the four weeks that the bill
was before the Senate able spokes-
men for the isolationist and admins
tration forces, as we'll as those who
occupied various intermediate posi-
tlons, took the floor to analyze the
bill, section by section. Every con-
ceivable argument for and against
the measure was advanced and de-
bated fully, with the result that a
number of perfecting amendments
were adopted.
With war already under way in
Europe, the Senate clearly was mo-
tlvated primarily by desire to write
a law which would erect every feas-
ible safeguard against this countrys
involvement. Coincidental with that
objective, and to some extent in aid
of its attainment-on the theory that
an early victory for France and Brit
ain would lessen the danger that this
country might be drawn into the con-
f1ict-there was manifested also a
purpose to aid the European democ-
racies to an extent not inconsistent
with our own safety by enabling them
to buy needed war supplies in this
country.
The bill in its present form seems
likely to accomplish that two-fold
result. Abandonment of the ninety
day commercial credit clause, harm
less though it appeared to be, re-
moves any possible ground for claim
ing that this country is in danger of
acquiring a financial stake in the
war which might operate to draw us
in. The so-called carry section of the
bill also has been changed in a
fashion which will prevent American
merchant ships from travelling to
belligerent ports in war zones, while
permitting our vessels to trade in
waters where there lis little or no
danger from belligerent warships.
In addition to these considerations,
the Senate bill has the very substan-
tlal virtue of withdrawing the in
direct assistance this country has
been extending to the Well-armed
forces of aggression and making it
possible for the French and British
to buy from us the planes and other
equipment that they need to win the
war-a war which we could i'll afford
to see them lose.
In reducing the bill to the desirable
form in which it was passed Friday
night by vote of sixty-three to
thirty, the Senate is to recommended
for confining its debate on the whole
to high and constructive plane 1t
is to be hoped that the House, when
it begins consideration of the meas
ure on Tuesday, will adhere to the
same praiseworthy standards and
that it will take cognizance of the
study given the bill by the Senate and
bring the matter to final vote with
out delay.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
EmpIoye Truinino

The new training course an
nounced by the Civil Service Com
mission which will give members of
the staff an opportunity to become
acquainted with the work of the or
ganlzatlon from top to bottom serves
once more to draw attention to a
neld OF activity in which the Gov
ernment has been notably remiss,
namely, that of adequately preparing
employees for advancement or for
assuming duties outside of their par
ticular orbit.
Training is not new. 1t has been
carried on to greater or lesser
extent in many agencies, reaching a
high degree, for example, in the Post
Cft1ce Department, but over the
broad reaches of the Government
as a whole it has failed to get even
fraction Of the attention which it
deserves. All too often-and this is
confirmed by officials with long ex-
perlence in personnel work-the at
tltude has been that employees could
learn the ms and outs of other posi-
tlons If and when they got them.
This course is as costly as it is
illogical for the largest employer in
the world 1t not only has created
dead end" jobs and encouraged in
efficiency, but it has been responsible
for system under which it has been
necessary too often to go to the ex-
pense of holding examinations for
positions when it should have been
possible to fill vacancies from the
material at hand.
This condition has not gone un-
noticed, and from time to time steps
have been taken to correct it, but for
various reasons they always fell short
of the goal. The expanded civil
service reform program proposed by
President Roosevelt, which was
blocked when the last Congress re-
fused funds for new personnel ma
chlnery, is a case in point. although
there is chance that something may
be done in that respect in the next
session.
But, in the absence of any over
all approach, the problem is one in
which the individual establishments
should interest themselves A train
ing program such as the Civil Service
Commission is instituting probably is
not so we'll adapted to less compact
organization, but there is no par
ticuIar reason why the principle
should not have general application,
even though conditions in specific
instances confine it to limited areas.
There is no doubt but that thou
sands of ambitious men and women
in the Government service would
welcome an opportunity to equip
themselves for better Jobs, and they
deserve that chance.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

been neutral" in the Flint affair, it
was a form Of neutrality" which
worked strongly in favor of Germany.
1t is understood that the Soviet
Ambassador to the United States,
Constantin Oumansky, after repeat
ed reports that he had been purged
out OF his job, is en- route to Wash
ington, to resume his official duties,
He may be certain that one of his
flrst tasks will be to explain various
aspects of the City of Flint affair
which, until satisfactorily explained
will continue to bear some of the
earmarks of an international scan
dial.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
LEANNESS OF SOUL
BY the Right ReU. James E. Freeman d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop of WASHINGTON

1t is possible to gain all that the body
and mind crave and yet experience lean
ness of soul. had striking example
OF this some years ago where was called
to minister to man dying with tuber-
culosis. He had enjoyed to the full all
that the world could give Of material ad-
vantage He had never been denied the
thing that men most crave. He was not
coward, nor was he afraid to make the
great adventure. Quietly and with deep
conviction he said to me, while I have
enjoyed the satisfaction of all my de-
sires, am conscious that am coming
to the end of life with a starved soul.
I have found at this late period of my
lie that the satisfaction that comes
from the mere acquisition of physical
and material things is inadequate and
unsatisfactory. A man cannot neglect,
except to his hurt, the demands of his
deeper, finer nature, call 1t his soul or
what you will"
His was not an isolated case. There is
something in human nature that St.
Augustine said "is not satisfied until 1t
rests in God" There is a record in the
life Of nation, as recorded in the Bible,
that tells of the satisfaction of its phys
ical desires at a time Of grave perils in
It's national life. The people were ex-
periencing great transition. They were
in pilgrimage through a wilderness in
search OF new land of occupation At
one stage Of their pilgrimage they found
themselves without food, and in the hour
OF their dire need they besought their
leader to pray to God that their threat
ened famine might be averted Presently
the answer came; the answer to their
prayers was given them in the form of
an abundance Of food The wants of the
body were satisfied, and we read that
God gave them their request, but sent
leanness into their soul"
However We may interpret the Incl
dent, it is illustrative OF what happens
in the lives of individuals and peoples
where their search is solely for the salts
faction OF their physical needs. It is
eternally true that man shall not live
by bread alone
In his remarkable book, THE Return
Evening star., 1939-10-29

to Religion" Linke gives a graphic de-
scription Of his own experience as he
sought to satisfy the cravings of his
body and mind while he neglected to
recognize the demands of his deeper,
finer spiritual nature The pursuit of the
things of culture, profitable as they were,
proved inadequate, and he came ulti-
mately to the great decision that led him
back to devotional ways and practices,
practices that he had long neglected.
We are praying earnestly today for the
restoration of world order and peace.
We are seeking by every legitimate
means to effect in some consistent way
a reconciliation of the differences that
exist between peoples and nations. One
wrote of old, In the time of my trouble
I sought the Lord" This is character
istic Of men generally. They feel self
assured when life pursues its even
course, unlet and unhindered Once let
it be checked in its orderly ways, when
men are made reflective, and they turn
again to the consideration of the con-
Germs Of the soul. No temporary easing
OF the burdens, no temporary satisfac-
tion of the desires of life prove perma-
nently satisfying. Those who have
thought and felt most deeply about life,
who have studied most consistently its
meaning and purpose, have recognized
that the acquisition of material things
and the satisfaction of bodily needs do
not and cannot guarantee mans peace
and happiness.
In one of His notable parallels. the
Master tells the story of a certain rich
man whose ground brought forth plen-
tifully' In his opulence he said: II will
pull down my barns and build greater,
and there will bestow all my fruits and
my goods. And I will say to nv soul,
Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink
and be merry But God said unto him.
Thou fool this night thy soul shall be
required of thee; then whose shall those
things be which thau hast provlded?"
Leanness OF soul is malady that af-
f1icts our modern world. Christ is speak
ing to our age and saying, What shall it
profit man if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?'
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Landlords and Tenants

Elsewhere in today's Star there ap
pears the first of a series of articles
discussing conditions as they have
been found to exist in the Landlord
and Tenant Branch of the Municipal
Court.
The volume of business in this
tribunal exceeds by far that of any
other court in the District. Some
$4,000 suits are filed there in the
course of year, the vast majority
affecting persons in the city's lowest
economic level who have not paid
their rent and have been sued by
their landlords. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that the measure of justice
these defendants have been receiv-
ing is shockingly inadequate.
This is best illustrated by glance
at the courts own statistics. The
fees paid by landlord and tenant de-
PENDANTS amount to more than half
of the courts total receipts and yet;
according to the most liberal esti-
mate, their cases receive no more
than one-ffteenth of the courts time.
The result is, of course, that landlord
and tenant cases are run off in a
machine-like fashion which tends to
make a mockery of justice.
1t has been contended that this
inequitable situation can be cor
rected in part by reducing the fees
and by extending the time allotted
for this branch of the court, and The
Star is publishing it's series of arti-
cles in an effort to demonstrate that
this contention is correct.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Zoninq Complications

1t may be too early for Montgomery
County civic leaders who have fought
the efforts of the proprietor of an
inn to obtain what they consider a
spot" zoning permit to feel that they
have won a final victory. But it is
entirely possible that his application
for rezoning, having been withdrawn
the day before it was due to have
been heard, may never be renewed.
The entire case has been compli-
Gated by the proprietor's arrest on a
charge of selling beer at the inn
without a license, his dismissal on
that charge and his rearrest on an
amended warrant His attorney,
logically enough, says he is unwilling
for the zoning case to be heard while
the beer charge is pending. He with
drew the zoning application for that
reason and announces he intends to
renew it after the case is disposed of.
The arrests have served the useful
purpose of focusing greater attention
on the case which the Montgomery
County Civic Federation and other
groups consider one of the most i'm
portant to come before the county
authorities. Its history goes back
more than two years. The proprietor
was accused of violating the zoning
laws by operating a. commercial
establishment in a residential zone
He obtained an injunction to prevent
county officials from interfering with
his business and filed suit to test
the legality of the zoning laws. Both
the suit and the warrant against the
proprietor on the zoning charge have
been dropped. Now, in view of the
beer charges, the proprietor claims
he is being prosecuted and announces
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Soviet Must Explain

Even if the United States-owned
freighter City of Flint, reported by
Berlin yesterday to be still at Muir
mansk, ultimately is successfully
conveyed through the British-block-
AIDED North Sea to German port,
the mysterious incidents surrounding
her capture and internment in the
Russian Arctic port will remain to
be cleared up. A variety of questions,
involving the rights of neutrals at
sea, have been raised by the City of
FlintS odyssey. Some of them are
without precedent.
Chief among them is Germany's
right to have taken the vessel into
a neutral port, granted that it was
the Nazi governments privilege to
seize the American freighter on the
ground that she was believed to be
carrying contraband. On the latter
score, lie, Germanys action. there
appears to be virtually no difference
of opinion. Several Of our merchant
ships since the start of the European
war have been detained for search
by the British under circumstances
found in Washington to be perfectly
legal" But there appears to be no
precedent for interning a vessel,
seized on grounds of contraband, in
neutral harbor under circumstances
which have marked the fate of the
City of Flint.
Nor should the case of the City Of
Flint be permitted to pass into diplo-
matte history without satisfactory
elucidation of the reason why the
United States Ambassador at Moscow
was the victim of irritating and dila-
tory run around" treatment when
he attempted to establish personal
communication by telephone or tele-
graph with the captain of the Flint
at Murmansk The Soviet govern
ment claimed that the ship came into
Murmansk for repairs and that the
refusal to turn her over to her Amer
lean crew, as demanded by the Wash
ington Government, was in con-
formity with international law. Mos
cow held it had no right to restore
the vessel and her cargo to the
charge of the American crew unless
the German prize crew refused to
take her out. To do so would in the
Kremlin's opinion, have been an un-
neutral act.
Despite the United States objec-
ton to the cavalier manner in which
the Soviet authorities dealt with the
Flint from inception of the incident,
it seems probable that the issue will
have to be fought out In a German
prize court, as the Berlin government
insists All this, of course, provided
the vessel is not scuttled or captured
by the British blockading fleet If and
when she tries to reach Hamburg
or some other Nazi harbor. Mean
time, there Is more than reasonable
ground to suspect that If Russia has
Evening star., 1939-10-29

his intention to continue to operate
his commercial establishment, defy
ing arrest on a zoning charge.
1t may be mere coincidence that
the inn proprietor is the second man
in a week to withdraw a petition for
alleged spot" zoning, but these Incl
dents have shown that Montgomery
has many civic groups powerful and
alert to any condition which they
consider a menace to the county's
welfare.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Americas Peace Aims

Ihe British Ambassador, Lord Lo-
THAN, in his address before the Pill
grims in New York-an address which
was confession of Britain's past
mlsdeeds as we'll as a profession of
the righteousness of the allied cause
placed squarely before the Ameri-
can people two questions which, as
the war goes forward to its conclu-
sion, they will have to answer in their
own minds.
What kind of a peace does this
country desire to see flow out of the
European war, and how much is this
country prepared to contribute to
that peace?
The answer to the first question is
fairly clear in its main outlines: A
peace with justice for the van
quished, free of the vindictiveness
which destined Versailles to failure,
a peace which contains none of the
seeds of future conflict. But these
are general aims which are almost
too obvious to be stated. AS time
goes on some specific American plan
for the achievement of these general
purposes, some guide for considera-
tlon Of the interests of the United
States in the final settlement, will be
necessary.
The answer to the second question
is even more obscure at this stage of
the war. What this country will be
prepared to contribute to the peace
will be determined largely by what
will be required of 1t, and that in turn
will depend largely upon the depth of
the changes which the present war
works on world conditions, and how
deeply it impresses world statesmen
with the necessity for far-sighted
and determined action to correct
Embellishments in which the Euro
pean war was bred.
AS far as world economic readjust-
ment is concerned the United States
is not under the same restraints as it
was with respect to political readjust-
ments at the end of the last war,
even though American domestic
economy may have to undergo some
alteration in consonance with any
new world economic order.
The United States refused to par
ticipate in maintaining the political
settlement of the Versailles treaty,
and whether Europe creates politi-
cal or economic federation at the end
of this war is matter upon which
Europe itself will have to decide.
But aside from Europe's own politi-
cal and economic order the world
wide economic basis for peace must
be laid. In Latin America and the
Far East, regions in which the United
States has vast interests, readjust-
ments will have to be carried out
along with those of Europe. 1t is in
that phase of the problem that the
United States will have to concern
itself.
But just as it is premature for the
allies to state specifically what their
war aims are-outside of the gener-
alization that they intend to rid the
world of Hitlerism and recurring
threats of war-it is too early for the
United States to submit precise re-
ply to Lord Lothian's two questions.
But they are questions which ulti-
mately will have to be answered and
require now the earnest consideration
of American statesmen.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Wildlife experts declare that VOL
verines never at any time inhabited
the State which uses the name of
this animal for its nickname. May
be so but Mr.. Crisler has some good
counterfeits in the stadium out at
Ann Arbor.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

1t is estimated that the popula-
ton of the world increases from
twenty to thirty million year. Mr..
Hitler is bending every energy toward
altering that rate.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

A., Ihe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of s!I news dispe tches
credteo to It or not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-10-29

The American-style fall helmet is
OF sole leather; the European Of thin
steel
Evening star., 1939-10-29
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Evening star., 1939-07-16
The Issues and Facts
Of the Discussion

What are the issues Of fact in this
discussion?
l. The Telegram and the Encyclo-
pedia assert as fact that the fore
fathers intended that the people of
the Ten Mile Square should never
participate in politics, i.e., should
never vote for representation in the
Congress and in the Electoral Col
lege which elected the President, or
in any munipical legislature which
might disturb the exclusive power
Of Congress,
2. that it was expected that the
population Of the District would al
ways be small, confined mainly to
the national officials, in Congress
and White House, and those en-
ployed by them, and that these ma
tionaI Office holders were wisely for
ever barred from participation by
like other Americans
in the national legislature, which
made all laws for them. taxed them
and sent them and their sons to war,
3. that through the Capitals his
tory they had contributed nothing
"in labor, money and thought" in
capital upbuilding and deserved
nothing in return.
!. The following quotations indi-
Evening star., 1939-07-16

States, greater than any State Of the
Union. They have thus placed both
sacrifice of treasure and blood-sacri-
flee upon the Nations altar. In
modern times Of peace the public
spirit Of the Washingtonian Is equal
ly in evidence whenever sacrifices
OF time, Of energy or of money in
the city's interest are required. Our
business and professional men-the
educational, scientific, literary and
artistic elemants of our population
our workingmen in public and pri-
vate employ, our department clerks
and other Government employees and
our winter residents in process Of
conversion into Washingtonians,
combine to constitute one of the
strongest, most intelligent, most
public-spirited and most American
communities in the whole Republic.