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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
NEW SYSTEM
 ADOPTED BY THIRDSA(kER

PHILADELPHIA, June An all the hullabaloo over Connie Mack s signing of Benny Mccoy, the free agent second baseman, another high priced infielder slipped into the Athletics fold almost unnoticed.
 Mack outbid flock of other clubs contracted Mccoy for $45 900 and got reams of publicity for his As But no one dug out black head i lines when Al Rubeling joined the As. Al came from Atlanta in the Southern Association and cost S35,- GOO, pretty penny for Connie
 Only two or three of the rockies brought up last spring cost more than the As young third baseman. Connie thinks he is great pros pcct.
 Al is happy to be with Philadel- phia because as a youngster he idol ized Joe Boley, As shortstop during the championship years of 1920-30- 31.
 Rubeling had a comparatively weak throwing arm while in the minors and adopted unique meth- cd Of strengthening 1t. He took up archery.
 I'm no William Tell he says and grins. My best score was 58g out of perfect BIO"
 He thinks he can candle bow and arrow well enough now to hunt with them.
 I've been told that arrows are more effective than shotguns in get ting deer" he says.
 Al shoots around 80 in golf, bowls and plays billiards. His hobby is collecting pipes. He has nearly two dozen.
 Al is a bachelor but he is think ing of getting married in the fall"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Senator Agonizes
 Over U. S. Deienses

Sen: It's a step, young man. but there's lot of spade work to be done. I just don't want any of my constituents sitting back. and saying: Its all right now. We're going to have a great army, great air force, a great navy Maybe we are, but I was in the Senate in 1917, and any enemy of ours today is going to have to be awful patient, if he wants to catch us prepared.
 Rep: What do you mean?
 Sen: (snorting disgustedly) Do you think industry is better pre- pared today to take up the burden of vast armament than 1t was g years ago? I was there I know. The first question is, what arc we preparing for? War? All right. Do you know that nine months after we had gone into the World War with an industry already keyed to Allied orders, we had produced only 430.000 rifles; 58,500 automatic pistols and were capable of turning out only 300,0O0.000 rounds of small arms ammunition month when we needed 10 times that many?
 Rep: We'll, I guess =.
 Sen: Do you know 1t was 10 months after we entered the war that we got our first fully equipped division in the field? That out of 10 factories producing cannons. there were three at the end of the war that didn't even have their machine-tool equipment? Do you know that army ordnance has a war time catalogue of 10000 items?
 Rep. paying check hurriedlyy. So long, Senator, I've got to get back on the job.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
CHAIRMEN OF
 COMMITTEES, ! BPW, APPOINTED

Members of the Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club met yester- day for noon luncheon in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel for the last session until September g.
 Miss Anita Garnick, President, ap pointed the following C o m m i t e chairmen for the year: Education, Mrs George Jorgenson; Internation- al Relations, Mrs. William Paul; Finance, Mrs. Lorraine Johnson: Health, Miss Magnhild Oygard; Pub lie Affairs, Mrs A. M Uggen; Pub lications and Publicity, Miss Caro- line Todd Territorial Health Coun- cil representative, Mrs. Sigr d Walther.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

ner, rookie catcher for Tacoma.
 The bases were loaded when Brenner let a pitch get away from him. Instead of rushing back to the backstop to retrieve the pellet, Brenner stuck out a hand behind him and asked for new ball.
 While Umpire gchnny Nenezich was telling Brenner to play with the one you have" Johnny Stamper and Ernie Springer slid across the plate a second apart.
 Finally realizing what was going on, the Mustered Brenner ran back nd picked up the ball, but hurled
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Moose Women 10
 EIe(t New Officers

Election of officers will be the main issue for tomorrow nights meeting of the Women of the Moose to be held at 8 o'clock at the I. O. o. r. Hall.
 Gcrtie Olson will preside and a social is to follow the lodge work.
 Appointed d on the refreshment committee are Mesdames Marr Jen- son Amelia Pederson, Alma Pearson and Gertie Olson. Entertainment will be provided by Mesdames Olive Westby. Wilma Crane and Gladys Bareksten.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
COED FEMINIST
 MAKES VARSITY

CARLISLE, Pa, June 4. = Alice Abbott, Philadelphia coed, was so good the boys couldn't keep her off the Dickinson College male tennis team. She plays No position and has lost only one match this year. Miss Abbott prefers to play tennis with men while some of her male opponents object because they are torn between feelings of chiyalry and the embarrassment of defeat at the hands of pretty coed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
POPULATION OF
 WASHINGTON !S
 SLOW, GROWTH
Unofficial State Census Re. turns Are Being Re-
 leased Now

SEATTLE, June 4-Incomplete and unofficial returns from the cen- sus indicates only a slight popula- ton increase in Washington State
 Tentative figures from the cen- sus returns of TT cities, towns and villages, excluding Seattle, but in- cluding Tacoma, give total of 3o6,911 compared to 394,325 ten years ago
 Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Belllngham and Everett have lost ill population during the past ten years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
RAE STEVENS HOME

Miss Rae Stevens of the Jones' Stevens Shop, was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital today where she has been receiving medical treat ment for an ankle injury. She is at her home in the MacKinnon Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Champ Bout For June Y

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 4. Promoter Benny Ford announces that Little Dado. will defend his flyweight title against his Filipino countryman, Little Pancho, in San Francisco June IT.
 The fight will be the first title battle in San Francisco since 1883 when Young Corbett won the vel terweight crown from Jackie Fields.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

Scalzo, 126i5 pound National Box ing Association featherwe h t champion, last night decisioned for mer champion Mike Belloise, 128ts pounds, in an eight-round match.
 This reversed the decision Bela loise gained over Scalzo one year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Dean Going
 Back, Texas

CHICAGO, June 4.-Dizzy Dean, walyered by the Chicago Cubs, will return to the Texas League where he began his rise ten years ago.
 Dean is optioned to Tulsa where the manager is familiar with the hurlers abilities and temperament.
 Dean believes a season of hot weather pitching will cure his arm ailments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Three Runs,
 Passed Ball

YAKIMA, Wash, June 4-Yaki- ma baseball fans saw new "Lom- day when the Yakima Western h. ternational League team scored three runs on a passed ball.
 The goat was young Billy Bren-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
LAST RITES HELD
 FOR MRS. BOHM

Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary for Mrs. Charles Bohm.
 The eulogy was delivered by Dean c. E. Rice. Interment was in Ever green Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
GAMES MONDAY National League

 Brooklyn 3; Chicago 2. New York 4; Pittsburgh 3. Boston 2: Cincinnati 3.
 American League Detroit B, Washington 9. Cleveland 4; Philadelphia 0. Chicago T; Boston 4. St. Louis 1 New York T.
 Pacific Coast League No games were played in the Pa cific Coast League yesterday as the teams were travelling to open today on the following schedule for this week:
 Seattle at Oakland. Los Angeles at Sacramento. Portland at Hollywood. San Francisco at San Diego.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
I. I. W. Phonephoto

it clear through the infield trying to nab Walt Younker who hadn't stopped running since he left first base, scored easily for the third run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

Read The Empire = circulation guaranteed to be larger than any other Alaska daily publication.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

of a solution, get the debts settled and start life together with clean credit slate'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

Today's news today in The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
.SCAlz0 GIVEN DE(I5I0N OVER
 MIKE BELL0I5E

NEW YORK, June 4. Pete
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Searching for Democracy

Holmes fcona creation of Arthur Conan Dov
Negro has been in his search for DEMOCRACY
Sherlock Holmes lost time in locating
but the modern black Sherlock
of democracy for THREE CENTURIES.
The Declaration of Independence
States and the Federal led the Negro believe
search for democracy would soon be REWARDED.
In pursuit of his QUARRY the
searched Puget from Lake
Superior to the Gulf of Mexico without results
Night and day. in and he has QUEST
regardless of weather, obstacles distance.
much.
BOOKS WIG 0'D''i --'1--
There much TALK of democracy over the RADIO.
Editorials in DAILY NEWSPAPERS extoled democracy and
talked Of it with familiarity that indicated knowledge
whereabouts.
Platform speakers lost
preston that democracy anywhere and EVERYWHERE
Countless books WRITTEN democracy giving its
act OcaOn but when modern Sherlock Holmes painting
on the scene, DEMOCRACY WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
On occasion this colored eu has
democracy INVISIBLE to of his therefore all
Negroes should examined spectaces strangely
white citizens seemed to have difficulty finding democracy
pointed democracy this modern Sherlock
Holmes couldn't see it, with a magnfyng glass
Once he heard that democracy could be POLITICS
Of his people told him wasn't
DOUBTFUL
Despairng direction he turned to INDUS
TRY and ORGANIZED LABOR search would be re-
warded
The American setup revealed FEW any clues
Next he covered carefully transportation system
and although he found discrimination and JIM CRoWISM
little o democracy.
His search through the
democracy but little ese and they
Once there that since the demo-
cra organized and supported he MIGHT find democracy lurking
In Them but his search there dsheaenng
In rapid succession modern Sherlock Holmes
taurants hotels tourist swimming pools
and other rcreatona and public places hoping UP ON
MOCRACY and be able to sigh At cold
Hearing of POSSIBILITY that democracy might hiding
the he went to numerous religious dfces but usually
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Letters to the Editor

to meet this requirement, the term
inal companies devised the 1Oc per
bag system, thereby passing on to
the passengers the responsibility of
paying red-cap wages.
According to this system the
passenger is charged 1Oc for each
bag carried by a red-cap. This fee
is turned in to the company out of
which the red-cap is paid the re-
quired $2.4O per day. Any surplus
remaining after the red-cap's
wages are deducted is profit for the
company. The entire system is not
only an unfair imposition on the
travelling public but is also a posi-
tive nuisance to both passenger
and red-cap.
Needless to say the red-caps
welcomed the establishment of a
minimum wage under the Wages
and Hours law but it is apparent
that this new system will seriously
curtail the earning power of such
employees since it practically out
laws tips-upon which Gin spite OF
the guaranteed minimum wage)
the red-caps must depend in order
to earn livelihood.
The case of Stopher VS.. Cincin-
natl Union Terminal Company
Docket number 28495, will test the
legality Of this 1Oc per bag system.
A protest against this system and
condemnation of it by the travel
ing public will have an immeasur-
able effect on the outcome. There
fore, we strongly urge all labor
minded organizations and individ-
uals to write the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Washington, d.
C., Immediately, protesting the un-
fairness of this system. A victory
in this case is a victory for every
laboring man. We need your sup
port. When writing please specify
the case and the docket number.
I. M. DORSEY, President,
Local zoos, United Transport Serv-
ice Employees of America.
August 81, 1910
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
MT. OLIvET BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. c. B. Wheeler, Pastor

The Union services being held
with the Camphor NJ. E. and the
Mt. Olivet Baptist churches for the
past two months came to a close
last Sunday evening. The Rev. Mer-
rill Nelson, of Delaware, Ohio, de-
livered the closing message. The
pastors of both churches voiced
their regret for having to close
these meetings. We feel that much
good has been done and much
more will be accomplished when
these services are resumed in the
coming year. The pastor, Rev.
Wheeler, urges all members to at
tend church meeting Friday night.
Pastor Wheeler will leave Monday
night for the National Baptist Con-
vention, Inc, which convenes in
Birmingham, Alabama, on Sept.
3rd. Miss Edith Massie, President
of the Red Circle Girls of the Four
States Convention, will give her
report during the B. T. U. hour
next Sunday, Sept. list. The ban
quet plans are all made for attend
ing to spend an enjoyable evening.
The committee believes and has
been working on the assumption
that action speaks louder than
words and this will be the time
for the membership to prove how
much they love the church. The
prices range from two dollars to
fifty cents per plate. The sacrifice
table will cost $500 and every of
ficer of the church has been asked
to meet the pastor there. The Love
table calls for $1.OO and the reg
ular banquet price is so cents
Put on the finest you have, wom-
en-, and try for the prize as the
best dressed woman at the ban
quet And men, you put on your
best and come along with the wife
and children to this banquet. Re-
member it's Monday night at 8,
Sept. End, Mt. Olivet Baptist
Church.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
WHITE SHERIFF

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas,
Austin, June 18, 1918. The court in
delivering an opinion stated, eve
can see no reason why a sheriff
should feel Inundated by being
compelled to ride in the Negro
coach with his prisoner, when the
same was necessary in the dis
charge of his duties. There are
many disreputable places in which
man who claims to be respect
able would feel mortified and hu-
inflated, if found therein, except in
the discharge of duty, and yet no
sheriff would hesitate to enter such
places when necessary to discharge
his duties" (158 s. W. 1O45.)a
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Measuring Lights Speed
Is Basic Scientific STUDY

Next to the final week Of your va
cation the fastest moving thing in
the known universe is light, which
has velocity in round numbers Of
l86, ZOO miles a second.
Scientists measured the speed Of
light about $50 years ago, but they
keep on measuring it even today be-
cause Improvements in technique
keep on making it possible to do
more exacting job Of measuring.
Science has good reasons for want
ing to know the speed Of light within
the precision Of a gnat's eyebrow.
1t is the very cornerstone Of no end
OF basic, practical researches in 9TH
er branches Of science.
The more precisely the scientists
refine their experimental determine
tons Of the velocity of light the
more trouble they get themselves
into. For it begins to appear that
possibly light itself has no fixed We
locity.
The whole perplexing question has
been reviewed in Scientific Ameri-
can by Douglas W. F. Mayer, a
physicist. Twelve years ago a Lon.
don scientist named Gheury de Bray
assembled all the results Of all the
determinations of lights velocity
previously made, and pointed out
that these indicated that every year
light seemed to move about three
miles second slower. When deal
ing with such small amounts as
only three miles in 1876, 900 it is ex-
tremely difficult to make sure that
the changes noted were not due
merely to imperceptible variations
in the method of measurement.
Therefore, the question hangs fire
today-with the feeling among sci
entists that if future tests substan-
tate the suspicion that the speed Of
light, long supposed to be the most
fixed thing in the whole universe, is
not absolutely fixed, they will once
more have to start all over again
and revise large part Of science.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30

ating as a fleet, and every two
weeks one Of the three vessels re-
turned to port bringing the COM
bined oyster haul. A different YES
sci alternated each trip but the boy
was always put to work on one of
the other ships when it was the
Thomas w. Moore's turn to return
to port.
During the entire five months
period, the boys mother had no
knowledge of her sons where
abouts, and the frame of her mind
may be imagined. When he did re-
turn, he was so frost bitten and
sick that it required many months
of nursing to restore him to health.
When discharged, the boy was
given $3.75 as the balance of his
earnings. He was supposed to re-
ceive a salary of $500 per month.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Iroquois Indian Tribe
Used Commun st Rule

The American Indian didn't have
the name for II. but he was a Com.
munist just the same, It seems.
Moreover, even under administra.
ton OF the federal government, he
stiu Is to a certain extent.
The Rev. DR.. Philip H. Riegel of
Cazenovia Junior college, Buffalo,
N. Y, authority on Indian history
and customs, reveals that he has
found ample evidence that commu-
nism thrived on this continent long
before the Russians thought Of boil
shevism.
According to DR.. Riegel, the Iro-
quois tribes were operating their
communistic form of government
successfully In what is now New
York state when whites reached
these shores.
The Indians lands were held
In common" he said. when lands
were sold to whites each Indian re-
ceived his share Of the return"
This principle of common owner
ship continues today. with the fed
eral government distributing equal.
ly among tribe members the profits
resulting from lease of reservation
lands and operation of mines locat-
ed on them.
Describing other communistic as
poets of the Iroquois tribal govern
ment DR.. Riegel said:
Individual ownership was limit
ed entirely to clothing, hunting i'm
plements and ornaments. Aristocra-
cy was scrupulously avoided. A
chief had no benefits above other
members of a tribe. Material
awards did not attend his position.
He attained his place merely by
merit.
There was a head to this COM
munistic government He had a
cabinet Of five members and a leg
islature. Although it was the wom-
ans lot to do mental labor she, new
ertheless, had a recognized place in
the councils Of the people. Her opin-
ions were sought and respected"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
HerrOn's Talk
st. Paul, Mimi,

st. Paul, Mimi,
149 Nina St.,
Aug. 81, 1910.
Editor: At the picnic of the
Communist Party in Minneapolis
last Sunday, l was greatly i'm
pressed by the talk given by a
Negro by the name of Bill Heron.
He is running for State Lieutenant
Governor on the Communist ticket.
He said in part, "My Country
IT'S of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty.
Whose country? If it's my country,
somebody else is using it for me.
President Roosevelt is not doing
anything to help the passing of the
Anti-Lynching Bill nor the Geyer
Poll Tax Bill"
He told about serving this coun-
try in the last World War, then
learning that he had no more right
to democracy after his service than
he had had before.
He ended by saying, my people
and l will not fight for this coun-
try until the Anti-Lynching Bill
and the Geyer Poll Tax Bill have
been passed. We join the others in
saying, The Yanks are not Com
ing"
To think that such a thing as
lynching still exists in a country
supposed to be civilized, and a poll
tax preventing citizens from vot-
ing in a land advocating going to
war to preserve democracy is out
rageous. To preserve what democ-
racy, for whom?
(Mrs.) Henrietta Capesius.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
RED CAPS ASK PUBLIC
SUPPORT

august II, 194O.
Editor: On September 9th the
case Of Stopher VS.. the Cincinnati
Union Terminal Company will be
heard before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. To thousands
Of red-caps throughout the nation
this case is of tremendous impor-
lance. To all labor-minded people
the successful outcome of this case
means that organized labor has
won another victory in its fight to
establish just and adequate wage.
In brief the case is as follows:
In compliance with the provisions
Of the Wages and Hours law, rail-
road terminals, which previously
had paid red-caps little or nothing
for services performed, were COM
PEELED to pay these employees the
minimum wage Of $40 per day.
Rather than increase their payrolls
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
WEDNESDAY PRAYER
MEETING

The beginning of our Wednesday
night prayer meetings-A manu-
script preserved in the library of
the Massachusetts, Historical So
ciety-COttOn Mather, in the year
1898, wrote as follows: Besides the
other pious meetings which 1 have
continued serving in our neighbor-
hood, a little after this period a
company of poor Negroes, of their
own accord, addressed me, for
countenance to a decision which
they had of erecting such a meet
ing for the welfare of their miser-
able nation, that were servants
among u.s."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Listen to This
By Hobart T. Mitchell
NEGRO HISTORY

Atlanta, Georgia, August %,
19S6-The National Association of
Teachers went on record as favor
ing Negro history in white schools,
in its recent annual meeting, as
follows: We are convinced that one
item in this program should be the
inclusion of Negro history in the
curricula of both Negro and white
schools at all levels, for the de-
velOpment of justifiable pride on
the part of the Negroes, and of
understanding and cooperation on
the part of both races.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Editorial Notes

America ey about Englands predicamen the
themselves
Hitler takes England watch the price go up
countryI
It's just ridiculous boast about being black
about whie George
black is darned inconvenient at times!
There people who favor drafting but bak
dollars What's the trouble? You certainly can't dollars
The the thing country
and children had we'd prefer drafting dollars
that would win Since won't Congress
draft both necessarily
AS bad jolt the State Fair
from the rainy weather this you'd think
all the people who attend the fair welcome practcg
elimination against of them
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30

Editor: Permit US to express the
appreciation of the Community
Service Committee of Phyllis
Wheatley House for the splendid
service given by your paper to-
ward publicizing the Youth Lead
ership Clinic held last week end. 1t
demonstrates once more your deep
appreciation of community action.
M. LEO BOHANON,
Chairman.
JOHN F. THOMAS,
Clinic Director.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-30
Poetic Thoughts
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.
Happiness

Everyone has a right to Happiness.
Look for it right where you are,
For everyone is always seeking
Good, which is never far.
Make your Heaven or He'll on
earth,
Time and place don't command
You to suffer on this plane,
When happiness is yours to de-
mand.
Tho the road be long and lonely,
You are not to doubt,
For God stands beside you
To always help you out.
Let your mind not wander
On things of no avail,
For time spent thuswise,
Is hard on those who are frail.
Occupy till 1 come" said He
Means work, to do the same,
If we want the promised reward,
We must revere His name.
Let Happiness be always your
treasure,
Disdain all thoughts otherwise,
Since there is no substitution,
Grasp it and express no surprise.