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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
PORTLAND
 BEATEN IN
 HOME GAME
Over 12,O00 Fans Witness Defeaf-Freitas Chased
 fo Showers
(By Associated Press)

A total of l2,618 paying guests jamed the Portland ball park last night. and gave the Beavers a roaring home send-off but in the middle of it, the San Fran cisco Seals cracked out some tell ing hits to win the game.
 Oakland batted Tony Freitas one of the best southpaws of the Pacific Coast League, out of the box in the seventh canto and crushed Sacramento by score of 10 to 1. It was the second time this season that Freitas has started against Oakland and been chased to the showers
 Hollywood, although out-hit, de- feated San Diego.
 The Seattle Rainiers postponed their home opening yesterday un- til today so the Los Angeles An gels could arrive. A record crowd is forecast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
FREAK ACCIDENT;;
 PATIENT KILLED

NEW YORK, April 17.-The medical examiners office reports that the explosion of anaesthetic gas which killed Mrs. Duncan Sut- phen Jr, while she was being pre- pared for an operation, was an accident that would not occur more than once in million times.
 Mrs. Sutphen, socially prominent and mother of two children, was about to undergo a minor opera tion.. The pressure container from which the cyclopropane gas was being run into the patients mouth exploded int to fragments anc shocked Mrs. Sutphen into momen- tary consciousness, finally passing away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
Reservations for NOrWOmen Dinner
 End This EveninQ

Reservations for the Norwomen dinner tomorrow evening will end tonight and may be made by call ing 373. The affair is scheduled for o'clock in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Parlors.
 Guest speaker for the evening will be Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, who will give an informal discussion on Places of Interest in Florida"
 Mrs. John A. GlaSse will preside at the dinner table and commun- ity singing will be led by Mrs. c. Robert White.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
FLINGING FEATURES
 OPEN DAY
All Games Played in Major Leagues-FeIIer, Grove
 Share Spotlight
(By Associated Press)

A no-hit spectacle of young Bob Fellers and tWo-hit efforts off Lefty Grove, also uniformly fine flinging, featured yesterdays eight game opening day of the Major League ball games.
 For the first time in four years, every one of the programmed games were run off and l83,00O fans turned out.
 The World Champion New York Yankees were beaten and the Ma tional League Champion Cincinna- tis wen their first opening game since 1882.
 Bob Fellcrs' exploit overshadowed all other events. He put the Cleve-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
RIDERS AND OWNERS OF
 BICYCLES. ATTENTION:

Bicycle traffic is regulated under Traffic Ordinance No. POP. This means that in riding after dark all bicycles must be equipped with head lights and have a red reflec- tor on the rear. The rider must keep to the right hand side of the street; must observe all stop signs Extra riders or passengers on the handle bars or in front of the op- orator absolutely prohibited. Viola tion of these regulations is punish able by severe penalties.
 DAN RALSTON,
 adv. Chief of Police.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
PLANNED PLOT,
 OVERTHROW U. S.

NEW YORK, April 17.-William Gerald Bishop, alleged co-leader of plot to overthrow the Govern ment, had plans for the destruc- tion of all railroad bridges in the United States, in the event of a revolution, the prosecutions star witness testified.
 The witness testified that Bishop showed him map last December 6 and told him that "300,000 mem bers of the Action Committee were prepared"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
KETCHIKAN OFFICIALS

The Ketchikan City Council has approved Mayor Harry McCain's ap- pointments as follows: J. F, Van Glider as City Clerk and Magistrate; s. s. Daniels, Chief of Police; J. E. Diamond, Fire Marshal; Lester o. Gore, City Attorney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
CURB PROPOSED
 ON BUSINESS OF
 AUT0GRApHFANS

ST. LOUIS. April l7-Sam Brea- don owner of the St. LCuis Card- inals, suggests g new way to curb the autograph business: Get all the baseball players, movie stars and actors to band together and pledge to charge 10 cents for eacn signature, all the money to go to the Red Cross That would raise lot of money for worthy cause for a year or two and then the autograph hunters would cease to be such nuisance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
SteaksGive
 Runner Speed

BLOOMINGTON, Ina, April IT.. Mrs Glenn Cunningham, wife or the distance running star, re- marked while stopping here:
 Its a little bit of a headache at times to be runners wife, but outside Of that it's just about the same as being anyone else's wife. v
 One difference, she said, is that her husband eats seven steaks a week-to keep up his energy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
CRACK TRACK
 TEAM LOOMS

BOULDER, Col, April 17.-Col- orado University expects its best balanced track team in years, says Coach Frank Potts. Colorado won the Big Seven conference cham pionship last year and Potts says he has some fine sophomores 70 replace the veterans lost by grad uation. Paul Cope, a hurdler who won two first places a year ago, stacks up as the star.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
REV. CAUBLE OFF TO
 SITkA FOR 10 DAYS

The Rev. John L. Cauble, pastor of the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Juneau, sailed on the Northland last evening for Sitka. He will be gone for about ten days on a business trip. Services at the Lutheran Church will be read Sun- day, April 2l, by Adjutant Stan
 ley Jackson of the Salvation Army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
Girl Guards Will
 Present Program

The Salvation Army Girl Guards will give a program and demon stration tomorrow night at 7.30 o'clock in the Salvation Army Hall and the public is invited to at tend.
 Mrs. R. B. Lesher will be in charge and the group will present drills, dialogue and test work
 During the evening an offering will be taken to aid in the estab- lishment of summer camp for the girls.
 Empire classifieos bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
WOOD AT FAIRBANKS

Pastor II. L. Wood, high clergy man of the Seventh-Day Adventists with headquarters in Juneau, and the Rev. D. E. Collins of Walla Walla, Wash, are now holding meetings nightly at Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
GAMES TUESDAY

San Francisco G. Portland 2. Sacramento 1; Oakland 10. Hollywood 6; San Diego 5. Los Angeles-Sea opens today at Seattle
 National League Brooklyn 5; Boston o. Philadelphia 3; New York l. Pittsburgh 6; St. Louis 4. Chicago 1; Cincinnati ?.
 American League New York l; Philadelphia 2, ten innings.
 St. Louis 5; Detroit 1. Cleveland 1; Chicago 0. Boston l; Washington 0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
American League

CARLYLE GOES TO SITKA
 J. B. Carlyle, chief liquor en- forcement officer of the Territory, sailed on the motorship Northland for Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17
REHEARSAL TONIGHT
 AT LUTHERAN CHURCH

There will be rehearsal tonight at 8 o'clock at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in practice for the forthcoming concert. All par ticipating are asked to be present
 For Want and For Sale Empire classifieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-17

Empire classifieos bring results.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31
PLENTY OF SKILLED
WORKMEN, REPORT

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Back-
ing up the contention of the American
Federation of Labor that there is no
shortage of skilled labor, Secretary
of Labor Perkins said here that skilled
workers are available for most pro-
duction under the national defense
program.
The secretary said there may be
shortage in some spots, such as tool
and die making, pattern making and
design drafting. "But these are small
groups" she added.
Miss Perkins reported that the Fed
eral Employment Service has 6,000,-
600 names on it's "active tile' and
these include many skilled mechanics.
When these skilled workers are re-
quired for the armament program, the
secretary said, arrangements can be
made to transport those who wish to
take jobs to places where they are
needed.
81 cannot think of any process in
the whole defense program for which
there are no men available" she said.
Miss Perkins expressed the belief
there is no need of changing the
Walsh Healey Act or the Fair Labor
Standards Act at this time. She said
the laws were flexible, requiring that
time and half be paid for overtime
and could only affect the cost of the
defense program, not the speed of
completion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31
SLUMS BIG HEALTH MENACE

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Speak-
ing before the thirty-eighth annual
conference of state and territorial
health officers in Washington, Sur
geon General Thomas Parran re-
minded the members of the "tremen-
dous stake" they have in slum clear
ance projects throughout the country.
DIR. Parran told the assembly that
substandard housing, where disease
breeds rapidly, is as much the prob
lem of the public, health officer as it
is Of the social worker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31
March Relief Payments
In Gain Over February

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Total
payments for public assistance and
earnings of persons employed under
federal work programs in the conti-
mental United States for March, 1910,
amounted to $279, 100000, according
to figures made public by the Social
Security Board. The total for March
represented an increase Of about 2
per cent from the S274,06O,000 total
for February and decrease Of more
than IL per cent from the total for
March, 1889, it was reported
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31

We really want to use your fleets
Yours, and the French, Belgian,
Holland
You'd rather give US the fleets,
would you not?-
Rather than see Merry Old England
ripped up
AS we tore up old Rotterdam the
other day
You don't have to be Americas first
line of defense, you know
X
We understand, Mr.. Churchill
There are some shiploads of mill
tary airplanes-
Now on their way across from
Yankee factories
Intended for use in Flanders fields,
no doubt
You surely did not think of going
to Berlin with them
You English gentlemen have SO
many inhibitions-
Along with your er ah UNI
brellas--
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31

You see, Mr.. Churchill
We are now fairly ready for the
trip
While America is not ready
Tank repairs, and airplane produc-
ton
America has at least one anti-air-
craft gun
With that for pattern, they need 18
months to make enough
They have millions of Springfield
rifles, a bit slow, those
Some millions of very good men,
unframed
We will take care of that, all in
good time
After our modern army of 100000
men, equipped and trained
Has proved to them that they can't
stop US
Short of their Golden Gate
Il Il
But, Mr.. Churchill!
Don't fool around, about those
ships
Of course, your king, he is in Can
ada now
Small matter, all in good time
Your Yankees will have their hands
quite full
Without protecting your royalties.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31
OHIO LABOR CONVENTION

Columbus, o. (ILNS). The Ohio
State Federation of Labor has set
August IL as the date for the opening
of it's fifty-sixth annual convention,
to be held for five days in Columbus.
More than 500 delegates from all over
the state are expected to attend.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31

There1l be some necessary repairs
to your ships
Perhaps we inadvertently battered
them a bit
Then, while your British navy men
are souls of honor
Some readjustments of personnel
would be better
Inherited inhibitions might pop up
at the wrong time
Some discipline for the underlings-
To be sure they are not confused
as to what goes on.
Six months should do it,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31

So, those nice tombers will go right
back to America
You see: we shall have quite some
fleets
What with British, French, Italian,
Japanese
Plus all the nice liners and mer-
chant marine
SO, with oil from Syria, and coal
from Wales
There will be quite mobilization
There's really no such a hurry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31
Truths P0ndered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother nam
BY Mr.. MOdestus-

The name is Won Ribbentrop--
If you please, Mr.. Churchill
Our Heinkel bombers require some
gasoline
Then, if you don't mind too much
Not wishing to be too impolite, nor
sudden
Regretting the shock to your friends
the Yankees
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-05-31

When you read that dainty re-
freshments were served" you know
the men went hungry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

tory at Muscle Shoals, the worry may be ended John Henry Walthal believes he has found a process for extracting alunina from a common clay found in inexhaustible quantities in the United States.
 Most of the bauxite used in the United States is now imported from the Guianas, not because we have none, but at least in part to conserve what we have. Now a further safeguard is introduced. Wal thall regards it as second line of protection"
 Until Walthall's experimental produc- ton is tried on a larger scale, one can not be sure just how independent of irn- port for aluminium it may make the United States. But it is certainly hope full, and must be set down as byproduct of the IVA, for Walthall's researches are part of the campaign of that authority to devise productive combinations of the natural resources of the IVA region and the power produced there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
35 or 36?

The New York Times brings up an ln- teresting point that should provide ready debate for many days to come. It wants to know just what age group is included in the draft The Times says that the general opinion is that men between the ages of 21 and 35 are those who will regis ter and then be called for military service by lot. Actually, though, points out the Times, the draft law calls for registration of all men between the ages of 21 and 36 Could this be an error of calculation, one that is commonly made?
 A person who is in his thirty-fifth year is not yet thirty-five years old and won't be until his thirty-fift birthday occurs. But person who has passed his thirty fifth birthday is similarly in his thirty sixth year, so that if the draft age is to include those between q and 36 years of age with the obvious purpose of ir1- cluding those who have completed thirty-five years of life it goes just one year too far. It may be, of course, that the laws framers wanted men between q and 36, with no other thought in mind than these ages. But debate there will be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Inconvenience Is Also Sacrifice

''In order to have some assurance i. that it's personnel will not be con- stantly being taken away from us, we are requesting that they furnish us with some written report showing that they have no military connections whatever" More bluntly, it's employees must quit the National Guard or get fired. With this patriotic zeal, one Ohio firm is now trying to see that it's sacrifices to preparedness do not include inconvenience. Thus it encourages young men to join the Ma: tional Guard; thus it encourages the vol unteering that some seem to feel ade- quate for defense; thus it backs the men who may be called on to offer their car eers and their blood for their country.
 The young men may leave their homes, put on the khaki, fight, and perhaps die, but thanks to foresight, the personnel problems of this patriotic firm will not be increased. Whatever sacrifices they may make, they do not propose to include in- convenience. If we were not so perfectly sure that this attitude is that of minute minority, we would feel pretty blue about the job of lifting defense measures over such hurdles of stupidity and selfishness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Will Test F. T. Maloney

Nomination of Paul L. Cornell of Washington, Conn.,, as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate is a good one. His presence on the state ticket should add prestige and vigor to it with the value of his vote-getting ability to be determined. It's an un- known quantity here in Connecticut, for since he came to this state few years ago to take up residence he has not been a candidate for public office. MT. Cor nell has been uniformly successful in all his endeavorS. His latest politics has not proved puzzler for him, but previously it might be said he merely dabbled in it.
 Now he's to get his baptism by fire. As a campaigner he should speak well, but when he runs up against Democratic candidate like U. s. Senator Francis T. Maloney he not only meets man who has been through the political wars, but a real national legislator whose opinions on affairs at home and abroad are in demand at Washington. Concluding his first term in the Senate Mir Maloney brings to the voting public of this state a record of rare Accomplishment in the short six-year period. To surmount this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

More than usual interest attaches itself to promise made by Senator Edward P. Egan in the course of his pre-primary campaigning. He said that, if nominated and elected, he intended to do all in his power to secure trade school for Water bury. In view of present conditions and the heavy demand for skilled workers of all types this is important for Waterbury. And there is probably no good reason why Senator Egan, the primary winner and hence an almost conceded victor in the election to come, should not meet with a lot of encouragement locally in whatever plans he might have for establishment of such an institution here. A practical factory executive himself he is in a posi- tion to know just what the situation is here in Waterbury and can certainly bring home to the Senate the need of some such training on an expanded scale for Waterbury with it's many di- verse manufacturing establishments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
MORE STOP SIGNS
(New Britain Herald)


 The police traffic department has set up additional stop signs. The city already had more stop signs to the, acre than any other place in Connecticut. Waterbury may be e close competitor. but 1t can't top us in the stop sign race. We even have them along main arteries, which we haven't noticed in Water bury.
 What we haven't In New Britain. however. is good visibility at every such stop. Often when drivers ore forced to stop, they can't see whether the intersecting street Is clear of oncoming jugeeFnauts. 60 they are compelled to drive beyond the line for stopping.
 Down in Roanoke, Va. on ofdin. ance bobhed ID which would require owners of lots ct intersections to keep them free from ebsiFueiions to vision. Such ng ordinance here would raise hob with many Q ehro- fully cherished hedge. But remove aI Of such obnifne|lons io one of the first lhiuso eaioty enelbttFs iilnlnt npon.
 They den'l ln1lel upon A|op rlene ~ fsN||'asx NH<1I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Hurray for Our Side!

If the Republican battle-cry in Con- necticut this fall is going to be, "We got the bows out of the trenches, we know a lot of people who are sure to be very sick of it all by the time November 9th rolls around. Judging by what Governor Raymond E. Baldwin said in his accept ance speech at New Haven Wednesday, though, that's to be the theme. He went over the same story that he has now re- peated in most of the states of the Union on his speaking tours of the last twenty months. He also added for local color something about the building program on which the state has embarked.
 The Democratic nominee for governor, Robert A. Hurley of Bridgeport, has already promised to "tear him apart" re- ferring to the governor, on this issue, but we don't think it's necessary. Every one knows that there wasn't anything done about institutional expansion in Connecticut until ex-governor Wilbur l.. Cross had hammered the point home to successive COP P-controlled Legislatures. And finally it was public opinion which forced the Republicans to concur with Democrats in a forward-looking program.
 That much of the work on our state in- stitutions has been finished up in the last two years is not due any more to Republican influence, foresight or energy than it is to Democratic. We think that credit should be given where it belongs in this particular instance. If the pro gram assumed more speed of recent years, perhaps it should be credited to the fact that Democrats forced the Legisla- ture to create Public Works Department and then the Democratic governor named to the head of this bureau MT. Hurley, who has accomplished much in three years.
 <. After all the building program is a state accomplishment, but if MT. Hurley in his campaigning wants to take some credit for seeing it through, he certainly has far more claim to do so than Cover nor Baldwin has to say his party did 1t all since he assumed office in January 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Views Of The Press
INVESTIGATING THE wPA
(Bridgeport Telegram)


 Statement that an investigation of Connecticut,s WPA is under way may mean anything or nothing. It may be routine investigation. It may be based upon complaints of a dissatisfied individual. All such complaints should, of course, he sifted.
 But we should regard it unfor- tunate if the administration of the WPA in this state and its personnel got a needless black eye over 8 routine matter. The public ought not to jump to the conclusion that there is something necessarily wrong in the organization because the national office is conducting an investigation.
 All public administrations are subject to occasional probes of this kind. The probes may disclose some thing wrong or may show that everything was all right. T.& public is toe apt to take for granted that where there's smoke there must necessarily be smoke can be produced by chem icals as they know in the army and navy and smokescreen does not necessarily mean anything.
 Let's wait until the report is in before forming any judgment on the WPA or it's men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

For long time we have felt that there should be some sort of law passed by Congress saying that widows of members are not eligible to succeed the deceased. But this being free country we suppose nothing like that can be done. But at least the membership of Congress could have an unwritten rule to the same eff feet. We see now that Mrs. William B. Bankhead is being mentioned as the House successor of her late distinguished husband. It may be that she would be quite capable of stepping into his place, if elected or appointed. But the majority of such replacements have not had any basis in qualification whatsoever. We don't know if this has or not, but the idea should be permanently dropped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

letters to each of the four other sources, with copies to the author. And every letter is signed by the Chief of Air Corps, Major General H. H. Arnold Cor for him); though he can take time to read or dic- tate the replies.
 NOTE - Other ideas proposed to the Air Corps are: to construct a flying submarine, to drop peb- bles on the enemy, and to create an artificial fog oyer London. SECRET AIRPLANE
 CONTRACTS
 The public is not going to get any more information about air. plane contracts let by the War De- partment. The Army is putting the lid on as a military precau- tion.
 Inside fact is that news of re- cent contracts was released only to offset the impression that the work was not getting ahead. Secre- tary of War Stimson had stated on August g that contracts had been let for only B planes of the 4,000 authorized in June.
 Just a month later, September 10, the War Department released figures that told different story. Instead of B, the number of planes contracted for was 2,797.
 These figures were put out to reassure the public. But from now on there will be no talking. The War Department is following the lead of General Marshall, who says. You can't play poker with everybody looking at your hand" "
 Copyright, 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl