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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03

TITS a mind doctor, and don't YOU
worry any about that, He won't
have TO work OH your mind, and
I'll take care OF that left arm OF
yours. for We have you all docketed
for big things here, hub, Nov
we've got 10 TX you up, You're n
few days ahead OF schedule but
that's okay--we've got everything
ready for you-room, Job, place To
cat, and everything. Best there Is
too. You rate pretty high In these
parts. Youll live OFT the fat OF the
land, you bet, Know where you're
going 10 live?"
Pleased ut all this sudden cyl.
dencc OF hospitality, Rosy shook
his head, "Whcrep"
why, son, nj DR., TolliVar'sl Yes,
sir, right with Doc and his daugh-
ter; and boy Ia Judy TolllVar some
grill A or G, she's Still girl after
anybody's heart, you just walt and
seei"
ito BE Continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
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was that there gal that almost run
over me with her foot wagons out
Rt the gate Just nowp"
"Foot wagonsl ALL" Then he
understood and laughed, "Those
are skates, Why, that's DR.. TOLL.
vars daughter Judy"
Doctor what kind OF doctor all
he--hoss, TOOTH dentist, man doctor,
or whAt2"
doc Tollivar Is a doctor Of phil
osophy,"
"Nevcr heard OF that ailmcnt II
amt ketohin, air itp"
HuRD roNred with laughter, and
IL then seeing u red flush rise IN
Rossy's face, he hastily corrected
himself, He knew how sensitive and
ill-tcmpered hill folks were, To
cover his confusion he began talk
Ing fast and at random,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
AMERICAN WAR
WRITERS LAUDED
War Correspondents Of
u. S. Are Playing Import.
ant Role in Conflict

Cambridge, Mas. June 2 49, ~.
P) - James H. Furay, vicc-prcs-
ident OF the United Press AsgOcla-
tions, said today that with Europe
facing potential chaos the role 10 be
played by American foreign corre-
spondentg never has been 80 i'm
portant and no vital 10 clear
understanding OF history IN the
making"
Asserting the time Was past when
American people would accept par
tisan or biaSed reports Of European
events, he said II would be the
duty Of neWsmen 10 report 10 news
paper readers Of the world the facts
az they develop"
Furay spoke during symposium
on "channclS Of world news and
opinion" at Massachusetts Institute
OF TechnologyB Alumnla day.
mot In century has Europe
been faced with 20 many potential
tiles for chaos," he said. what VIII
be the ultimate outcome Of the pres
ent hostilitleS and WhOt viii BE- the
effect upon the map Of Europe and
the people OF Europe nobody can
foretell IL VIII be challenge
10 American new8men such az sell
dom has been offered but We
who have spent our lives IN the
service Of the news have no doubt
the challenge viii BE- met CALAMITY
and completely
Tribute 70 Speed
In tribute 10 the speed and EN-
cheney Of present-day American for
eign correspondents, Furay said he
doubted whether any Of the old
school would attempt 10 deny that
the lusty and rObuts days Of jour
nalism are right now"
Every day news stores are APP
pearing OF such tremendous import
as 70 make nearly all OF the old,
traditional news stories OF an earlier
era seem pallld and Insignificant"
he said And, what Is even more
significant, We are witnessing today
a job Of repOrtorlaI and corres3-
pondence techniqur much better
clearer and lar more accurate. com
prehensiye and prompt than any
thing the good old days could
offer"
There has not been a better or
more consistent job Oh rews cover
age IN modern times than that pre-
rented 10 American Newspaper
readers since the outbreak Of the
var. Fury said
Their Individual explolts," he
aid, have been credit TO the
journalistic profession wherever
newspapers are published and their
PERSONAL hafdShips and personal
lsring have written journalistic
sist0fy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
Chapter ]

posgY McAFEE laid his bag Of
~ baseball bats and ancient telc-
seepe grip on the ground and
gaWped nj the wrought-iron arch
which ran between the stone gate
posts. The iron letters, Lincoln
College" we're two feet high.
Ro6sy starred hungrily NJ the
bronze figure OF the Rail Splitter
In the drive oval lie had had two
aanbitions IN his gaunt soul-One, VI
make the big time a. q ball pitcher
the other. 10 find the man who had
killed his father and exact an eye
feR IN eye.
Nov no was overwhelmed with
n third, 10 become IN educated man
Standing there, Llnc0lnian figure
himself. he seemed 10 be stepping
across the threshold Of new life
The campus seemed deserted. He
had expected 10 see hundreds, may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
NO DOUBT

PauIette Goddard, co-starrcd with
Bob Hope IN Paramounts THE
Ghost Breakers" Possesses the most
perfect form IN the world accord
Ing 10 six OF Americas leading ar
lists. She wears . bathing suit IN
the picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03
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Chile has an oyerproduction OF
l0otweaE.
Evening star., 1940-12-05

West opened the ace of clubs and
continued the suit, dummy winning
with the jack while South discarded
the low diamond. Before continuing
with the play, South did a little
realistic thinking.
Whenever it seemed safe, he
would be able to take another dis
card on dumrnys queen of clubs. If
the hearts were going to break 3-3,
he did not need heart discard so
should discard the queen of dia-
monds. But if the hearts were not
going to break, the slam might de-
pend on successful diamond flneSSe.
But Vests overcall practically
marked the location of the diamond
king: West could hardly have made
his overcan with just shabby club
suit and not the slightest side
strength.
Finally South evolved a good cam
paign for the contract. He casned
the queen and ten of trumps, then
led the queen of clubs, discarding
the diamond queen from his own
hand. Next he led to the diamond
ace and returned TO the dummy
via the heart queen. The next step
was to ruff a low diamond, and when
Vests diamond king dropped, the
rest was easy. If the king of dia-
mon had not dropped, South in
tended to cash the top hearts before
Evening star., 1940-12-05
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

So far we have spoken about
sundials, fire clocks, candle clocks
and water clocks. All were used
during ancient times or in the
Middle Ages in Europe.
Such clocks played a part in
time-telling for many hundreds of
years, but none was good enough
to make people content with it.
Even the water clock which marked
"a hours of the day was not by
any means perfect" The water
sometimes would flow too fast,
sometimes too slow. Changes in
the weather would change the rate
of the dripping water. An outdoor
water clock would stop when the
temperature came down to the
freezing point.
To meet those problems, men
made tests with weights. Six CEN
turies ago, before Columbus was
born, a "weight-clock" was made.
The idea was to let a weight un-
wind a rope which had been
wrapped around a rod.
If you had been in Paris during
the year 1860, you might have seen
q man at work on a large and i'm
portant clock His name was Henry
de Wick, and he was making a clock
for the King of France.
The King had grown tired of the
old-style water clock and De Wick
had promised to build better kind.
The power was to be supplied by
a 500-pound weight.
De Wick worked on the clock for
years, and at last finished it. A
Evening star., 1940-12-05

drawing the last trump. Then he
would make the slam if the hearts
broke three-three, or if the last
trump happened to be held by the
defender who had four hearts
X X X x
Yesterday you were David Bruce
Burnstone's partner and, with
neither side vulnerable, you held:
A J 10 81 5 3
ok
. Kl4
IA102
The bidding:
Burnstone Jacoby You Schenken
10 Pass IA Pass
"a Pass CD
Answer: Bid four spades. Even
though your partner has a minimum
opening bid, his hand fits spades,
and you have a fit for his dia-
monds There should be an excel
lent play for game, so you should
not risk missing 1t by bidding less
than four spades.
Score 100 per cent for four spades,
10 per cent for three spades, 40 per
cent for two no-trump, 20 per cent
for three no-trump-
Question No. 622.
Today you are Howard Schenken's
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
BUFFET SUPPER

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D, Maer,
Oswald Jacoby Howard Schenken.
worlds leading tedm-of-four. inventors
Of the system that has beaten every
other system in existence)
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Big Clock for Kings Palace

royal palace. Often 1t was wrong
by an hour or two, but it was the
best guide to the time which most
persons had.
About the year 1910 a German
locksmith named Peter Henlein
made a better form of clock. 1t
was run by the power tf a metal
spring. When the spring was wound
up, it would make the clock run for
SO or 40 hours
1t is not certain that Henlein
was first to make a spring driven
clock. We know, however, that he
was one of the pioneers, and clocks
of the same type came into wide
use in Europe.
Another step ahead was the strik-
ing clock. This would make
sound with the passing of each
hour. At first man was hired to
strike bell when each hour passed.
Later one or more figures in the
shape of men were placed near
bell. With small hammers they
struck the outside, one stroke for
l o'clock, two for 2, and so on.
These figures were called clock
jacks"
IFor general interest section of your
scrapbook)
If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leafiet STAMPS and
Stamp Collecting" send me a g.
cent stamped, self-addressed en-
velope in care of The Evening Star.
I~eA 'ead
Tomorrow: Famous Clocks.
Evening star., 1940-12-05

crank was employed to raise the
weight to the proper height. Then
the force of gravity made it fall.
Cogwheels, which worked against
other wheels, kept the weight from
falling too fast. The last wheel
turned was the one which moved
the clock hand There was only
one hand; that was day of hour
hands but not of minute hands.
De Vick's clock was for a long
time part of the life of Paris.
People looked at it where it had
been set up, near the top of the
Evening star., 1940-12-05

partner and, with neither side vul-
nerable, you hold:
4 K J973
= 8 50
q 10 &
= 10 =
The bidding:
Schenken Burnstone You Jacoby
10 Pass 90
What DO you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31

hotel at Curry all year for the con-
venience of passenger and all pas
senger trains make an overnight
step at Curry. During the summer
season a hotel is operated at the
entrance to Mt. Mckinley National
Park for the convenience of tour
lists. 1t is not surprising that tour
list travel is a constantly increasing
factor in the traffic of the Alaska
Railroad when consideration is CIV
en- to the many attractions along
the route, including the views of
Mt. Mckinley and the beautiful
scenery of Mount Mckinley National
Park.
At several points opposite Mt.
Mckinley passenger trains of the
railroad make stops of few min
utes or longer to enable visitors to
enjoy exceptional views of the ma
jestic mountain, the highest noun
tain in North America, as it rises
from its base not many miles from
the railroad to a height of 10000
feet above sea level. Lying close by
in full view to the southwest of Mt.
Mckinley, are other notable noun
tains; Mt. Foraker, 1900 feet; Mt.
Russell, 11,600 feet, and Mt. Dali,
5000 feet
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31
by o. +. OHLSON
General Manager

In accordance with the provisions
of an Act OF Congress approved
August "a. 1912, the President of the
United States appointed Commits
sion. known as the Alaska Engin-
eering Commission, to conduct an
examination into the transportation
question in the Territory of Alas
ka.
Under the requirements of the Act
this Commission consisted OF an
officer CT the Engineer Corps Of the
u. S. Army, Geologist in charge of
Alaskan surveys, an officer in the
Engineering Corps Of the United
States Navy. and a Civil Engineer
who had practical experience in
railroad construction and who was
not connected with any railroad
enterprise in the Territory
The Commission proceeded to Al
aSka to make their survey and under
date of February 6, 1918, the Presi
dent Of the United States submit
ted to the Senate and House Of
Representatives a report of the find
ings of the Commission which, in
addition TO the transportation re-
quirements, covered the resources Of
the Territory
Act Of Congress
BY Act of Congress approved
March -. 1914 entitled An Act to
authorize the President of the Unit
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31
NATION HAS EXPENDED
Is MILLION DOLLARS
ON ALASKA RAILROAD

ed States to locate construct and
operate a railroad in the Territory
of Alaska and for other purposes
the President was empowered ito
designate and cause to be located
route or routes for line or lines
of railroad in the Territory of AL
aska not to exceed in the aggregate
one thousand miles, to be so locat-
ed as to connect one or more OF the
open Pacific Ocean harbors on the
southern coast Of Alaska with the
navigable waters in the interior OF
Alaska. and with a coal field or
fields so as best to aid in the de-
velopment of the agricultural and
mineral or other resources of Al
aska. and the settlement of the pub
tic lands therein, and so as to pro-
vide transportation of coal for the
Army and Navy, transportation of
troops. arms munitions of war, the
mails, and for other governmental
and public uses, and for the trans
p0rtation Of passengers and prep
ertV."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31

including construction of telegraph
and telephone lines, wharves, hos
pitfalls. toWDsites and dwellings for
employees, and for the operating
expenses in excess of revenues.
The main line extends from Sew
ard to Fairbanks, 470.3 miles and
includes the II miles at the south
end purchased from the Alaska
Northern Brench lines extend from
Matanuska TO Sutton, distance OF
1879 omiles; Sutton to Jonesville 30
miles; Moose Greek to Premier, 3.8
miles; Healy to Suntrana, IA miles,
making a total mileage of 500.3, all
standard gauge.
At Nenana, 412 miles from Seward
the railroad reaches the Tanana
River. During ne open season, May
to September, the railroad operates
river steamers from Nenana, down
the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, via
Holy Cross to Marshall, 1853 miles
These boats serve great territory
with its miners, missionaries, pros
pectors, traders, fishermen, wood
choppers, trappers and natives.
Nenana is also a terminal point for
White Pass and Yukon Route steam
ers, operating from Whitehorse and
Dawson On the Yukon and Tanana
Rivers. A considerable number of
passengers, mainly tourists, are eX-
changed between these steamers and
the Railroad The Railroad crosses
the Tanana River, a tributary of
the Yukon, at Nenana, on a steel
bridge which is one of the longest
single span bridges in existence.
Broad Aims
The Railroad was constructed
through practically virgin country
and the provisions of the Act au-
thorizing construction contemplated
a permanent system aimed to de-
velop the interior of Alaska and to
encourage the settlement of the pub
llC ldllQS. u dtOdili tiiio, IOWAAotoSt'
were located, mineral resources in
vestigated,. agricultural development
promoted, tourist trade developed,
hotels and a hospital maintained
and the Railroad, particularly dur
ing the early days, provided many
of the public utilities in the town
sites Where possible these public
utilities have been discontinued in
later years.
Since the inception of the Rail-
road there has been big increase
in the mining industry in the area
served by the Railroad and River
Boat line. The more important are
the large-scale gold dredging oper-
ations in the Fairbanks district and
on the Yukon River and the gold
quartz properties in the WILLOW
Creek and Colorado districts.
In May, 1885. 200 settlers and their
families were moved from the
drought stricken areas in north Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan to
the Matanuska Valley Some of these
families returned to the States for
various reasons, but those who came
to Alaska with the intentions of
improving their conditions will I'M
ouestionably succeed. In 1916 there
were only a few homesteaders in
the Matanuska Valley, whereas now
there is a progressive settlement of
over 1,400 people.
The Alaska Railroad operates a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31
SWANSON BROS. ARE
MARINE 0UTFITTERS

The Swanson brothers, Severne,
Harold and Olaf, have operated
grocery and marine supply store
in Juneau for the past Is years.
At their 432 South Franklin Street
establishment they outfit salmon
and halibut boats with gear and
supplies.
For the past four years Swanson
Brothers have operated branch
store at Elfin Cove during the sal
mon season, having the Union Oil
agency at that point.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31
GOING
PLACES

were organized, varying in size &C
cording to the country to be ira
verSed and the number of aXmen
and packers required, but in gen.
eral composed of from Is to 20 men.
The last of these parties left Sc
attic June 6, 1914 Parties, l, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, known as To-
eating parties were each under the
charge of a skilled locating engin-
eer: party under the charge of a
skilled topographer; and party II
under the charge of an engineer OF
large experience in reconnaissance
work and were assigned as follows:
Party No. l: To make a survey
and valuation of the Alaska North
ern Railroad, and try some alter
native routes along the Renal Pen
insula.
Party No. q To make a careful
typographical survey in the vicinity
of Passage Canal.
Party No. 3: To survey from
Passage Canal north for about IS
miles.
Parties Nos 4, 5, and 6: To cover
the remainder of the distance to
Broad Pass, with a branch to the
Matanuska coal fields.
Parties Nos. 7. 2, and 9: To cover
the country north of Broad Pass.
Party No 10: Was to make the
survey from Chitina to the Matan-
uska coal fields.
Party No. IL: To make a recon-
Nuisance from the Susitna Valley
to the Kuskokwim and Iditarod
country.
In addition to these surveys other
parties were organized during the
summer to make surveys in the Cop
per River country and between Ne
mana and Fairbanks.
In order to best facilitate the work
in Alaska, two main bases Of supply
were selected, one at Ship Creek
on Cooks Inlet and one at Fairbanks
in the interior Of Alaska and at the
northern end Of the route to be
surveyed
Route Selected
The result Of the 1914 surveys
was submitted to the President and
on April 10, 1915 President Wilson
designated in detail the route to
be followed for the construction of
a railroad line from Seward on the
River, a distance of 412 miles which
was later extended to Fairbanks.
distance Of 470 miles with a branch
line 38 miles long connecting with
the Matanuska coal field On April
10, 1914 the President also directed
that the construction of the rail-
road would be carried on by the
Alaska Engineering Commission I'M
der the supervision of the Secretary
of the Interior.
William c. Edes, chairman of the
Commission, was designated as chief
engineer and placed in general SUI
pervisiCn of all of the Commissions
activities with headquarters at Sew
ard at which point it was decided
to locate the administrative offices
of the railway work At that time
negotiations were underway for he
purchase Of the Alaska Northern
Railway extending north II miles
from Seward and the chairman took
active charge CT this part of the line
when taken over by the Govern
ment.
Riggs Was Engineer
Frederick Mears, a member of the
Commission, was placed in charge
Of the work Of construction of the
new line, with headquarters at An
chorage. The third member of the
Commission, Thomas Riggs, Jr., was
placed in charge of engineering par
ties to make the final location north
from Broad Pass to Fairbanks.
Anticipating formal announcement
of the selected route, member OF
usuzus-z.u,uzulu
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Careful Surveys

The President under date of May
2. 1914, instructed the Secretary of
the interior to proceed with the
surveying CT routes The Secretary
appointed a Commission of three
members designated as the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and under
their jurisdiction the work was I'M
dertaken. Eleven survey parties
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-03-31

Grand Total $77,658, 1897 $62, 1878, 434
To this should be added exports
to foreign countries of S602,415 in
1888 and $552,289 last year.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
| Sharp Advance
In Hog Prices
Is Forecast
,p TIE Associated Press.


The Agriculture Department fore
cast today fairly sharp" advance
in hog prices later this winter on
the basis of stronger consumer de-
mand for meats and an official es-
innate that the 1910 fail pig crop
was u per cent smaller than last
years crops of 84,3OO,OOO head.
The department said in a special
report that this reduction in pig
production reflected an unfav ora BILE
ratio of hog prices to corn prices
since late 1889. Present indications
point, it said, to further reductions
in the 194l spring pig crop
Should farmers be influenced by
the prospects for a considerable i'm
provement in hog prices within the
next few months, however, it is not
too late for production plans to be
altered" the report continued. THE
number of sows bred for late spring
farrow might be increased"
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Bank C|earings Rise
To Highest Level
In Two Years
Weeks TotoI Shows
2.8 Per Cent Gain
Over Year Ago
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Banks
clearings this week expanded sharp
ly to the highest weekly total in
two years. Excluding New York,
the volume reached a peak for the
past 10 years, exceeding all weeks
since early 1881. except for the re-
cent period ending November 20.
Clearings turnover for % leading
cities for the week ended Decem-
ber 18, as compiled by Dun &
Bradstreet, amounted to $7,146,752,-
900, a rise OF 28 per cent above the
$6,954 ,O63, 900 for the same 1889 week.
Transactions for the December 10
period rose $1,553,584,0 900 above the
total for the week preceding. A
similar comparison between the two
corresponding weeks of 1899 showed
a gain of $1423,729,000.
The volume for New York at $4,-
188,9l20O0 remained under the 1889
comparative of $4,228 ,278, 900, the de-
crease being 0.9 per cent. For the
% cities outside of New York, clear
ings reached the sum of $2957 ,840,-
900, which contrasted with s2,725,-
$4,000 a year ago, or an increase Of
a5 per cent.
Among the outside centers, only
Chicago and Dallas reported smaller
totals than last year, the declines
being go and 0.5 per cent, respec-
lively. The more important ad-
vances included: Detroit, 35.1 per
cent; Houston, 17.6 per cent; Balti-
more, 1863 per cent; Portland, Oreg.,
and Pittsburgh, 159 per cent; At
lanta, 1873 per cent, and Philadel-
phia, $50 per cent.
Bank clearings at leading cities,
with percentage changes from 1899,
and the daily average clearings for
October. November and December to
date follow: