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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
RENT DAY IN
HARLEM NOW
GREAT EVENT
Nifty Little Scheme TO Ap-
pease Landlord-Every-
body Is Happy
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, June 7. = Harlem,
black opal of the Metropolitan area,
is famous for its rent parties. This
is a manifestation of the family. or
community spirit enabling hardbit-
ten brethren to stand off the land
lord and obtain few extra veg
etables besides.
According to Jennie, who is %
and in love and who dabbles in the
numbers game and supports her
mother and three squalling young
sisters, they are great fun and a
sure way out of the wilderness.
They work like this:
You're broke and the rent is
due next Monday. You haven't even
got enough money to buy a steak.
But everybody knows you.
$50 you go to the butcher and
say, Joe, big rent party at my
house Sunday night. l need four
chickens and 10 pound pork roast.
You trus' me?'
And Joe says: Sure, anything
you want. What time ah'm suppose
to be there?' And I tell him, Any
time after eight
Then 1 go to the grocer and
say, Joe, big rent party my house
Sunday night. I need four loaves
sandwich bread, some pickles, rel
ish, olives, some butter, some sweet
potatoes, and four cans of green
peas. You trus' me?'
And Joe says, Sure, anything you
want. What time I'm supposed to
be there, Anytime after eight,
brother, anytime after eight
After that I go to the liquor
store and say, Joe, big rent party
nah house Sunday night. I need
six quarts gin. You trus' me?'
"And Joe says, Sure, anything
you want. What time I'm supposed
to be there?' And tell him, Any
time after eight, brother, anytime
after eight
"Then I go to a man who runs
beer parlor and say, Joe, big
rent party nah house Sunday night.
l wants to borrow that nickel-slot
photograph You trus' me?'
"And Joe says, Sure, anything you
wont. What time I'm supposed to
be there?' And ah tell him, Any
time after eight, brother, anytime
after eight
Then I go home and gets ready.
By that time everybody in Harlem
knows we are having a rent party.
The four chickens and 10 pound
pork roast arrive. The nickel-slot
photograph arrives. The gin gets
there and SO does the sandwich
bread and the potatoes and every
thing else. We cook all day and
borrow plenty of glasses for the
gin from the neighbors.
"By that time it's eight o'clock
and everybody comes. Everybody
and somebody with him. They start
eating and drinking, but first they
pay So a piece The party lasts
all night, with everybody dropping
nickels in the slot machine and
dancing to the music, and shooting
craps, and talking and eating and
drinking. az, ,~..
Finally, it's. nearly day, and the
four chickens are skeletons, the
pork and the potatoes, the bread
and the gin are all gone. Then
everybody goes home. But those
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
SEATTLE BOUND
GOODWILL TOUR
HERE TOMORROW
AIeufian Stopping Briefly
in Morning Following
Trip 10 Westward

HomeWard bound after two weeks
Of visiting in Alaska, the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce goodwill
tour will stop at Juneau briefly to-
morrow morning, from 7 to 10 o.
clock.
Since leaving Juneau last week,
the Chamber party of lat has been
to Seward, Anchorage, Mt. McKin-
ley, Fairbanks, Cordova and VAL
deZ.
Northbound the Seattleites saw
Juneau on a sunny day; tomorrow
they will see Juneau in the rain, if
Weather Observer Howard Thomp-
sons forecast holds good.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
DRIVERS URGED TO
GET new PERMITS

Although the demand for new
drivers licenses has been fairly
brisk, there are still hundreds of
Juneau motorists who have not OBJ
tanned their 1904 permits, City
Clerk Harley j. Turner said today.
The old licenses expired May 81.
City police are launching drive to
arrest drivers who do not have the
new cards.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
$50 GIDEON BIBLES
TO Be PLACED HERE

For the purpose of formulating
plans in connection with the dedi-
cation of Gideon Bibles in the local
hotels, the Ministerial Association
met yesterday afternoon at the
Methodist Church.
Two hundred and fifty Bibles will
be placed, and the dedication SER
vice will be held next Wednesday
evening at o'clock in the Metho-
dist Church. The ceremony is in
charge of the Rev. David Wag-
goner and Capt. Stanley Jackson.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07

the night stand there will be
vacuum jug of water and a bowl of
fruit.
A Midnight Snack
Downstairs a maid and a valet
will be waiting near the house tele-
phone Just in case there's some
thing else the visitors want-a
glass of warm milk, perhaps, or
something more substantial than
fruit. The White House icebox Gre
member those big Roosevelt sons)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
EUGENE 0UI5T5
SAILING SOUTH

Mr. and Mrs. Eugent Quist and
children are sailing south on the
steamer Aleutian tomorrow for an
indefinite stay in Seattle.
Quist, bookkeeper for his father,
A. w. Quist, contractor, says he
might as well go south and come
back when there's some work to
do"
While South, the Quists will be
present at the wedding of Doris
Quist, younger sister of Eugene,
to Adrian Curtis of the Poison I'm
plement Company on June %.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
GEDDES GUILTY
IN TRAFFIC CASE

Pleading guilty to driving reck-
leSsly on the Glacier Highway late
Saturday night and smashing into
another automobile, Clarence Ged-
DIES today was sentenced by U. S.
Commissioner Felix Gray to 5000
fine and two months in Jail, sus-
pended.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
FUTURE PROGRAM
OF TERRITORIAL
CHAMBER DRAWN
Report TO Be Presented at
Juneau Chamber Meet
ina tomorrow Noon

A committee recommendation on
what should be done in the matter
of continuing the activities of the
Territorial Chamber of Commerce
will be presented at tomorrow's noon
luncheon meeting of the Juneau
Chamber at Percy's.
AS funds for the Territorial
Chamber were not appropriated by
the Legislature this year, some new
arrangement must be made to con-
tinue its work, probably on less
extensive scale.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
Mrs. Metzgar S Sister
Will Visit in Juneau

After making the Westward tour
on the steamer Aleutian with her
husband, Eustace ziegler, prominent
artist, Mrs. zeigler will stop off in
this city for visit with her sister,
Mrs. L. H. Metzgar.
Mr.. ziegler has continued to Nc
Kinley National Park where he will
do paintings of the famous noun
tain
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
Frank Metzgar On
Bardnof for Juneau

Frank Metzgar, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. H. Metzgar.. IS returning
home on the steamer Baranof
which sailed for Juneau this morn
ing from Seattle. He has been at
tending Notre Dame for the past
winter and will spend the summer
months visiting with his parents in
this city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
WILLARD RITES THURSDAY

Funeral services for Roy Willard,
son of Mr.. and Mrs David Willard,
who passed away several days ago
in the States. will be held at the
Memorial Presbyterian Church to-
morrow afternoon at 1:30 O'Clock.
The Rev. David Waggoner will de-
liver the eulogy and interment will
follow in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
p. R. BRADLEY IS
ENR0UTE, JUNEAU

P. r. Bradley, President of the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany, accompanied by Mrs. Bradley,
left Seattle this morning on the
steamer Baranof for Juneau.
The. Bradleys will spend several
weeks in this city before returning
to their home in California.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
ALASKA EXPORT
LIST REFLECTS
I055FR0M 1898
May Shipments Are Only
Third Of Years Ago
Better than April

Shipments from Alaska in May
amounted to $1,233,1 which is a
substantial increase over the $755,-
361 of April but far less than the
So, 800, asa of May year ago.
In the monthly report of Collector
of Customs James j. Connors, ex-
ports of Alaska's. three standby
products, gold, canned salmon and
fnrs, show severe drop since last
year.
Gold shipped from the Territory
last. month amounted to $697,306 as
compared to $510,464 the, previous
month and 81 1874 $50 in May, 1888.
The last figure is greater than the
value of all Alaska's exports last
month. .,.-...
Salmon Less
Canned salmon. exports of which
amounted to $727,417 year ago, is
listed on last months report at $28.
Fresh and cured salmon exports also
suffered as compared to last year,
though clam production showed a
gain from $37, 270 to $72,934.
Good shipments of beaver were all
that saved the fur industry from a
heavy loss last month as compared
to year ago. The May exports
were 1881 as compared to $16,862
year ago and 1928 last month.
The complete list of shipments
from Alaska in May is as follows:
Exports
Fish =. Fresh and frozen
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07

40 people have left $50, which pays
the rent, pays the butcher, the
grocer, and the liquor man, and
there's enough for groceries the rest
of the week
That's a rent party in Har-
lem"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
Robert, Anabel
Simpson Coming
Home on Bdranof

Anabel and Robert Simpson,
daughter and son of Dr. and Mrs,
Robert Simpson, are returning TO
Juneau on the Baranof, leaving Sc
attic June 81. vi 49,. II, ~
Anabel is to graduate on the
18th from Stanford University with
a degree in political science, while
Robert is completing his second
year of medical studies in the ad-
vanced school.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07

How will the King and Queen be
treated at the White House,
where they are going to be
guests June and 2? Sigrid
Arne answers that question in
this story on preparations for
royalty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
MARRIAGE LICENSE

"A marriage license was issued
yesterday by U. S. Commissioner
Felix Gray to Thomas w. Graham
of Tulsequah, B. c., and Rose Vic
toria Smith of Prince Rupert, B.
c.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07


the dstri-
button throughout observation the "a hours
the pressure Alaska the North Pacific
the Pacific states
This general precipitation
Alaska
coastal regions from Aeutans southwark to Oregon.
Juneau June 8-Sunrise, am; sunset, 9:01
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
u S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau)

Vicinity beginning
Thursday; gentle southery
day. moderate southey
souher Thursday
Hinchinbrook.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07

/, Chill cheese ana II will CRATE
more easily.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-07
RUPERT FISH PRICES

At Prince Rupert today. $4,000
pounds of halibut were sold at 7.50
to 7.sO and $50 cents a pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
Sherwood L. Rowland

As a shock and surprise the announce ment of the death of Controller Sherwood L. Rowland came last evening. Although his sickness had been of prolonged dura- ton, nevertheless the announcement Of his grave condition yesterday and subse- uuent death brought hundreds of calls and inquiries from his many friends and acquaintances. The city deeply mourns his passing.
 Sherwood Rowland while actively con- nected with the city government Of Waterbury for the past year and half and politics some few years longer was perhaps best known throughout the city for his business and social connections in which capacity he came to be known as a most amiable and affable character. In political life to which he was practically a newcomer he too would in time have no doubt developed the same characteristics he had evinced in private life. Sherwood Rowland stepped into office at time and under conditions, the latter particularly not of his own making which were made burdensome enough to try the patience and physical endurance of any man. II left to go his own way Sherwood Rowland would have been the same affable char acter in politics he was in private life.
 Aside from this the passing of Sherwood Rowland is nevertheless deeply mourned. His death is loss to the community and especially his family to whom he was eX- ceedingly devoted. Sherwood Rowland notwithstanding his business and public duties was at all times strictly family man, a devoted husband and father. To his family in their bereavement The Waterbury Democrat extends it's sym pathy and condolence. We will always remember Sherwood Rowland as we knew him in years gone by; amiable, lovable. lighS-hearted and kinda good friend and worthy citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
Age of Usefulness

Everything eventually outlives its use- fulness, so Elliott Roosevelt may be exactly right in his recent characterize ton of Congress. However, one is apt to get the impression from what the young Mr. Roosevelt had to say that he was bit irked over the situation in Washing tons legislative chambers and perhaps his resentment got the better part of his good judgment. At least for some time he has shown signs of perturbation over various remarks that have been directed against the administration of his father, the President.
 All of which is natural. Any son would jump to the defense of his father proba- ply if he felt that he was being criticized unjustly And that seems to be the pres ent case The only difference lies in the fact that when man, whether he be the father of sons or mere bachelor, enters into political life and is successful at it his every action and word is under close surveillance. He expects a certain amount of criticism and good many complaints. When they fail to come the practical politician concludes that the public is no longer interested in him.
 Many times we have ranted and raved about the actions of Congress. It is a much-maligned, abused, highly-pralSed, and lauded body. We alternately tear it to pieces for it's failure to pass this law and it's stupidity in passing another. Its members are great statesmen and dun members are great statesman and dun derheads In short it is typical American legislative body no better or no worse than the rank and file of it's members. Fortunately it's membership has generally proved to be so typcally American that 1t has come out all right.
 It will continue to do so in the future. It checks the office of the President at times; at others it provides leeway. If it has seemed to be extra-vigilant of late in going counter to the New Deal or the Administration wishes, then there must be pretty good reason for this opposi- ton. It is not due to lack of usefulness, but rather to its very useful purpose in our system of government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney writes of life over the ocean in something the fashion that others write of life on the ocean. She has described for a smart monthly periodical her general impress sions, the makeup of the Clipper Ship, her companions, the crew, the ships decor, the menus, etc., and it all sounds quite fascinating if you like your plea sures up in the air. Travelling by air still appears astounding and not to be thought of to many; to others it's just regular occurrence. Mrs. Whitney, sum- ming up her recent trip, states that the most exciting part of all was the take-off, more exciting than the ships interior or the impressions of the earth or ocean below or what they ate for lunch and dinner. She writes in part: we were twenty-two passengers, with twelve in the crew-sxteen men and six women We sat on chairs upholstered in fire-proof material stuffed with kind of rubberzed hair Our bed-curtains were dark blue, the walls pale green, with a green carpet Some compartments were beige with brick-colored carpets everything fire- proof /. except for the distant drone of the motors one might be at home"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
Prospects Are Bad

In view of the fact that latest long, range weather predictions indicate that therell be no heavy rainfall in this region before the middle of August, it would seem the wiSest policy for city and town officials to urge everyone to be cautious and prudent in their use of water hence forth. Conditions are rapidly becoming grave in many parts of New England. We don't seem to be suffering very much in the 'Naugatuck Valley, but most of us take it for granted that our local supply is ineXhaustible.
 Waterbury's supply of potable water IS sufficient unto our needs and more, too. In that respect we are extremely fortunate at such time as this. But 1t must be remembered that all pitchers can go to the well once too often. Proper conservation of water now, despite the fact that We face no shortage may be a very wise course of action. Surrounding communities might come to depend upon Waterburys supply If their own was com pletely wiped out In such an event we would be facing grave emergency.
 There are many ways in which water could be conserved without working the slightest hardship upon anybody. No one wants to see lawn ruined or some fine shrubs or trees killed for lack of water. Still we can do our nightly chores around the yard without being over-generous in the refreshing libations we pour on all vegetation within reach. Two weeks from now we may find the lawn burned up despite all the water it received Regard New England's present drought as an emergency to be met with proper regard for the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
Immigration De Luxe

Our traditional picture of immigrants, formed back at the turn of the century, is group of wide-eyed and shawl-coverel Ruthenians waiting helplessly at Ellis Island for the word that would admit them to the New World. Like so many of our old picture-thoughts, this wants revision today. For two quota immigrants il1st arrived in the United States-on the fan-American Clipper. They were a Dr. and Mrs. Jules Boruchowitz from Ant werp, Belgium.
 gfranQe contrast, indeed, to the purga- tory-ships floating from port to port, sisease-rldden and desperate, with the hundreds Of refugees from central Europe wll0 want 90 much to be immigrants and whom nobody will receive It is strange
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25

It is of interest to read that Patrick Joseph Dollan, Scottish gentleman visit ing this country and the Worlds Fair, is the first Roman Catholic to hold the position of Lord Provost of Glasgow in $50 years since the Reformation. MT. Dollan has recently come over from Glasgow, and while he was attending St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Sunday, his mother, Mrs. Jane Dollan, back home in Balliestown, Scotland, at- tended, as is her usual custom St. Brid- gets (2o0 capacity), and spent the by most of her twelve children, forty-six grandchildren, and twenty-six great grandchildren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25

these nations to barter and that Germany and Italy are the chief benefactors from the present White-dictated policy of the State Department.
 INSIDE LOAN MAN
 Inside fact is that the man who puts across Whites ideas in the State Department is Economic Ad- wiser Herbert Feis, another Hoover appointee. Feis is charming, able gentleman who married the granddaughter of President Gar field, and himself god-fathered the Protective Council Committee. It was his baby. He conceived the idea during the closing months of the Hoover Administration just before the bank crash, and he has been nursing 1t ever since.
 Feis's idea was to help the bank CTS who had advanced money to Latin American countries, also the bondholders. Now opposing him, several cabinet members argue that the way both to keep Latin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
. HIGHLlGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
When Canal Was Route to West

There is . mighty sweep of history
 in the sixth volume of the Rivers
 of America series, "The Hudson,"
 by Carl Garner (Farrar and Rine-
 hart: $2.50). To read 1t Is to have
 new understanding of the be-
 glnnings of America itself. But the
 book is lusty, informal, like its
 predecessors. A jot of the chapter
 about the opening of the Erie
 Canal Is given here:
 The Seneca Chief, elegant packet, moved from Lake Erie into the new canal, "Hellespont of the West" at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, Oct. 26, 1925. At once a battery five hundred miles long began to fire. The gunners of Rochester heard 8 booming in the west and pulled their lanyards. The Syracuse can- noneers sent the sound echoing over the hills to Utica. The valley of the Mohawk gave 1t channel toward Albany. Spurts of white smoke crowned the high promontories of the Hudson and the Catskills re- sounded with sharp explosions. Man. made thunder shattered against the columned walls of the palisades The first message ever carried on sound waves from Buffalo to New York had arrived in 81 minutes. The an- swer was back in Buffalo 80 minutes later. The whole state knew that by a new channel Erie water was running to the sea.
 Who comes there?" shouted the captain of Young Lion of the West, waiting beside the stone aqueduct at Rochester.
 Your brothers from the west on the waters of the Great Lakes"
 By what means have they been diverted so far from their natural course?"
 Through the channel of the great Erie Canal"
 By whose authority and by whom was a work of such magnitude ac- complished?"
 By the authority and by the en- terprise of the people of the state of New York"
 With that the whole valley of the Genesee shook with the cheer ing of crowds and the salute of guns and the explosion of fireworks.
 After eight years of waiting. Clin- tons Ditch was finished and through its confluence with the Hudson. the west and east were one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-25
In Today's Mail

tets came into power. Strangely enough true cooperative societies have been exterminated by both Fascist and Communist Dictator ships. The latest example is the abol- ishment of the entire consumer movement in Czechoslovakia as soon as Herr Hitler established his be nevolent sovereignty" over that un- fortunate country.
 Coopera tives are more truly Democratic than most forms of private enterprise. One member has one vote and no amount of money can buy him control of the business which all members (stockholders) own in common. Tmpartiality towards all politics, races religious. or nation- alities is a cardinal principle. The close and amiable working to- gether in absolute equality can be seen in any cooperative society.
 Religious leaders have been in- strumental in establishing coopera- tive society in this country. In @ re- cent speech. Rev. Dr. Edgar Schmie- deler of the National Catholic Well fare Conference said- cooperation is the Christian Mode of Industry" The Cooperative Movement is strik- ingly in harmony with Christian ethics" Father Patrick T. Quinlan of Sacred Heart Parish. Wethers- field, Conn.,, asserted T claim that all Connecticut citizens should be educated for the Cooperative Movement. There is no fear of Com munism or Fascism in Sweden be- cause of the complete acceptance there of cooperative principle. In the June 24th, issue of the magazine Liberty" Rev. Ignatius w. Cox O! Fordham University maintained that" if every parish and labor union were to start a cooperative store and credit union, we would soon be on our way out of the de. precision"
 The great English writer Pope once asserted-"a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing. MT. Mur- phys talk clearly proves Pope's thesis. In order to extend his know ledge of the cooperative movement. I would advise Mir. Murphy to read Consumer Cooperative" by Rev. Edgar Schmiedeler. "A Primer of Social Justice" by Joseph F. Thorn ing of Mt. St. Mary's College. md the Oct. 20. 1887 issue of the Com monweal".
 An old French proverb says Learning makes a good man better and an i'll man worse". I do hope that MT. Murphy improves with time.
 Sincerely
 J. Linden Jaffe
 New Preston, Conn.