The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1932, Page 4

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1932. Daily Alaska Em p;re JOHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR | ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class | matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26 ‘Subscribers wiil confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. 5 Tl‘k‘uln)ncr{ur Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. 1 MORE AID FOR STATES—N ALASKA. The Department of Agriculture, through Secre- tary Arthur M. Hyde, has just announced the dis- tribution of $120,000,000 to the States and Hawail of Relief Funds for Federal Aid Highway construc- tion. This money, which is in addition to the $125,000,000 appropriation made earlier in the year for the normal Federal Highway Aid program, can be used by the States to match Federal funds| accruing from the latter source. Ordinarily each State would be required to match the money put up by the Federal Government Alaska does not share in either of these funds.| The treatment accorded this Territory this year | presents a startling contrast to that which is | being given the States. It is discrimination of the worst sort. In recent past years, the United States Forest Service and United States Bureau of Public Roads accumulated several hundred thousand dollars of | surplus from the Forest Highway Fund allotments. This money was allotted to Alaska legally by the Department of Agriculture. Last Spring, Congress | passed an item carrying some $12,000,000 Forest Highway money. Out of this, Alsaka normally would have received more than $800,000. But Congress, on the basis of misinformation and through a lack of sympathetic interest by representatives of the De- partment of Agriculture appearing before the Com- mittee on Appropriations, limited expenditures in the Territory by the Bureau of Public Roads dur- ing the current fiscal year to $350,000. Thus, it not only reduced the current allotment by almost $500,- 000, but it made it impossible to expend any of the accumulated surplus. The other Federal fund the Territory received for road construction is for the Alaska Road Com- mission. It has been receiving around $800,000 for several years past. This year it was slashed to $494,000. This reduction, added to the stricken Forest Highway surplus and the limitation of this year’s allotment from the same source, took away about $2,000,000 from Alaska that fairly ought to have been available for road work. A defense of economy was made when Alaska was the victim of Federal retrenchment. But the other side of the picture is turned now, and emer- gency relief is advanced as the explanation of Fed- eral generosity to the States. Apparently, Wash- ington authorities must believe that Alaska is not visited by the depression which has practically paralyzed the entire country. The only other way in which to account for the discrimination that has been practiced is that the Territory is a nonenity so far as national politics are concerned. RED CROSS SPEEDE RELIEF WORK. Red Cross flour milled from Government wheat and cracked wheat as a cereal are being distributed by the American Red Cross to alleviate distress among the veterans of the bonus army encamped at the national capital, according to an announce- ment made by A. L. Schafer, Manager of the San| ¥rancisco Branch Office at San Francisco. Action of the Red Cross in distributing food | In the form of flour to the bonus army was re- ported by Chairman John Barton Payne of the national organization at Washington in a letter to the Central Committee of which Samuel Knight, of San Francisco, is a member. At the same time it was made known that on June 25 the nation-wide distribution of Red Cross flour had mounted to a total of 2435206 barrels. The records of 2964 chapters participating in the flour distribution show that 2,730,298 families, or| close to twelve million people, have been directly benefited by issuance of flour. A better idea of the magnitude of the flour activity is obtained by stating the number of barrels in carloads, or trainloads, Mr. Schafer points out. On the basis of 210 barrels to a carload, the Red Cross chapters have ordered for distribution to needy families, 11,597 carloads of flour. Made up into trains these 11,597 carloads would form 166 trains, such as pull the mountain divisions of the railroads, or 116 trains, such as operate over the valley or plains divisions of the railroads Mr. Schafer also advises that another 45,000,000 bushels of wheat have been made available to the Red Cross as well as 500,000 bales of cotton. The cotton wili be converted into material for clothing. A VOTE IN DECEMBER. To Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a personal and political Dry, the country owes a debt for his success in putting the Prohibition tangle on a plane ' where something definite can be known as to a forthcoming change in national policy without wait- ing for a change in national administrations. The 'Virginia Democrat did a notable job when he in- duced the Senate to accept his resolution for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment on its calendar “unfinished business” for the December term. the Senate reconvenes next December in the Glass repealer. And although the new Senators and Representatives who will be elected in Novem- ber will not be seated until March 4, 1933, the vote cast in November, especially for members of Congress where the Prohibition issue is paramount, |will have a real bearing on the action taken by the [Senate when the resolution reaches a final vote. It provides for ratification by State conventions, prohibits saloons and pledges Federal aid to prevent shipping of liquor into dry States. While the vote by which it was adopted was but slightly more than half of the Senate membership, the majority for consideration lacked but five votes of being two- thirds of the number who voted—37 to 21. When it comes up for final action, a two-thirds majority of each branch of Congress is necessary for passage. This was the first vote to be taken on the repeal the Eighteenth Amendment since the original hibitory amendment was submitted 15 years ago. It cannot be regarded as a test of the wet and dry lineup in the Senate but is a measure of how many of of the Senators are willing to put it up to the people of the country to decide the issue. Perhaps after November, many of those who now think it improper to do that will have good and sufficient reason to have changed their minds. Another Labor—Another Mouse. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) He has erected a multitude of new of- fices, and sent hither swarms of new of- ficers, to harass our people, and eat out their substance. The foregoing excerpt from the Declaration of Independence frequently is on the tongues these days of those who turn to history for parallels. They insist that it reveals the temper of Americans with reference to bureaus and bureaucrats. They fail to reckon the great services being performed for the American people and American industry by the bureaucrats and Myrmidons. The more a disinterested observer sees of the work of those governmental agents of service the more his wonder grows that the country survived as long as it did without them. There is, for example, the Department of Com- merce publication dealing with “Drug-Store Arrange- ment.” It “contains the results of a thorough study of improved store arrangements. Outlines the prin- ciples of operating ease, efficiency and special pro- motional advantages in the drug store.” That, ladies and gentlemen who pay income taxes, is where your money goes—to Government high-priced experts to teach apthoecaries how toj arrange their drug stores, that they may serve you more efficently when you next feel the need of a soft drink, a can of beans, a pair of water wings, a tube of tooth paste, an ounce of castor oil or a drop of perfume. The book is full of much advice, pretty pictures and interesting charts. It very likely occupied the time of scores of men for several months, and thereby helped to relieve unemploymnt at the ex- pense of the taxpayer. So everything is even on that score. The publication is certain to be a great help to druggists who managed to get their chains of stores into the big-business class, strangely enough without the advice and consent of the Department of Commerce. It sounds pretty important—and pretty silly. Scenic Wonders of U. S. (Cordova Times.) Some of the best scenery in the world is in Alaska. Mount McKinley seen from the plains is in a class with Everest and Kunchinjunga. Nowher2 are there more magnificient glaciers, and nowhere except in Norway can one match the famous Inside Passage. Few American tourists have seen these glories, or are even aware of them. When they think of mountain scenery, they think of the Alps. Yet the mountains of Switzerland are pygmies beside the snowy crests of the Alaskan Ranges, and the glaciers around Mount Blanc are tiny scraps of white com- pared with the blazing expanses of Alaskan ice fields. Thousands of Americans are booking passage for Europe this year to go in search of scenic wonders and beauties their own country can excel. They g0 because they dont know America or because going abroad is “quite the thing.” But the traveler isn’t solely to blame. The Alps have been advertised the world over for generations. Alaska has no press agent. The Alps have been commercialized. The Alaskan Ranges have not been brought out of the wilderness. And touring America, while hundreds of thousands are doing it, has not been made the social and intellectual accomplish- ment attributed to foreign travel by those who have been “across” and by those engaged in the profit- able business of bridging the Atlantic for them. In Tender Mood. (New Yorrk World-Telegram.) The Government can be tender with those who love it when it wants to be. This thought is sug- gested by the story of Willlam G. Lang, who, being something of an inventor as well as a postal clerk, invented a device which has saved the United States Government $35,742.88 a year for eleven years—a total of $393,171.68. Yesterday it became the sad duty of the great American Government at Washington to let the axe fall in a spot where Mr. Lang worked, and Mr. Lang, at 67, is now a member of the great American army of the workless. But the Government which has profited so much from his talents did not let him go without re- ward. It gave him a letter, tenderly, lovingly, grate- fully phrased, as follows: This is to certify that during the period of Mr Lang's employment in this depart- ment his record of punctuality and attend- ance was highly satisfactory. That tribute will be something fine for Mr. Lang to show to his grandsons, who may take a tip from it and get a nice political berth if they ever elect to follow him into their country's service. What a tragedy it is that a Government which can bestow such bounty on party vote-getters lacks the humane flexibility to give this old man at |least the opportunity to go on unselfishly serving |it during his few years remaining on earth! Count that day lost when no headlines appear: “Hi Bingham Puts in Bill for Vote on Beer." (New York Sun.) If Herbert Hoover were more shrewd politically he would charge that the Bishop Cannon indorse- ment of him was a Democratic political trick.— (Detroit Free Press.) The position of Congress is that beer will do all right for the platform, but not for serious con- sideration.—(Dallas News.) You think you have difficult things to decide, but you might be on the league committee to get Japan out of Manchuria—(Washington Post.) It's nice to be a Presidential candidate. But wouldn't you hate to be interpreted as just a wet Fustace L Adams. SYNOPSIS: Ashwood, unus- ual gang leader, Emory, and the men Ashwood holds pris- ¢ner have been defending his tion, saw two men stumble and The battle became general, but Emory it was a matter of him- house from the gang, now alone, against half a dozen. tu{”nrd against him. Emory’s He was conscious that the fighting friend, Jerry Calhoun, has sweeping toward and around chased by plane gangsters who k e. That and has |was house like a prairie CHAPTER 36. pe Y, THREE SHOTS LEFT “Listen, you little fighting cock,” Emory said, itching himself closed to the other. “There’s only one of the thing that'll keep me from kick- |sprayed | y, zigzagging as he galloped |chead of his companions. Emory d to stand up and shoot it palms the machine-gun the window with bullets Gamblers Throw!| | t with him but from the shelter|who would have reached the bar-( an ugly round hole as it pointed strajght at Emory's head. The flyer {braced himself for the impatch of lLhc bullet. His own gun was swing- ing upward with the speed of light, but he know that he was too late. He could see the forefinger tighten on the trigger. Then, suddenly, the man pitched over on top of captured his wife incidental. The only matter| him. Emory squirmed from under rescued her. Jerry’s return mportance was his own indi-|glancing wonderingly at the crip- could save the beseiged men iual effort to keep that little|ple. Ashwood winked at him. from the gang’s attacks. roup of men from reaching the “Now, we're even,” he called. n. The leader charged des- “Much obliged, old top,” roared Emory, but the cther seemed not tn hear. He was using his last remaining shot to stop a ma:a ricade in another two steps. Above the all-pervading roar of the airplane engine. Jerry could ing off with a smile on my face. was almost suicidal "even to “And that is?” invited Ashwood raise his head for a quick pot| quietly. he A dozen more steps and that| chap with the contorted face and | taring eyas would be able to dodge | behind the overhanging ledge of| from a 't porch. Now! Emory's gun| “I'm so curious about you that I'm itching all over. Since we'! probably both be bumped off in the next twenty minutes, won't you tell me what turned you good drinking partner, as you were cked against the palm of his| back in London, to a hard-boiled | hand. The fellow crashed, full| €gg such as you are now?” |against the porch. | The cripple glanced over the ta- ble top, then turned his vivid a blue eyes toward Emory. i interrupted only by the “I owe you something,” he ac-| heavy bark of his automatic. Ash- | knowledged slowly, “so I supposefwm was silent, his mouth set I may as well tell you. Forgive|in a twisted grin, firing slowly, me if 1 spare you the details. !'mf(,u:wfully. wasting not a single shot an American. Enlisted in the Royal| Running men wére falling in Flying Corps in Canada. Some- the sand, some to get up and re- time before I ran across you in|sume the charge, others to drag| London I met a girl who drove an themselves away. The two ma- ambulance for the Overseas Club.!chine-guns hammered relentlessly. ory heard Mallory cursing in | monotone, on and on, endlessly. Saw quite a bit of her. Asked her |Their whining bullets irritated Em- to marry me, Two nights after ory like persi 1t mosquitoes on that evening of ours which ended a hot, sleepless night. It would be, in the fight with the military po-|he thought, those two machine lice, she stole some important pa-|guns pers from the pocket of my v.un-! ic. that would eventually turn the tide of battle against the de- fenders. Their slugs spattered Ashwood fired slowly, carefully, wasting not a single shot. “Some days after she took the)through the thin sides of the house papers a British push was smashed |and only the heavy barricade to bits by the Germans. My fauli. |stopped them. you see. On that same day, a He glanced again at Ashwood, German Fokker crocked me over |The cripple grinned, pointed at| the lines. Our men hoisted the {his automatic, then to a scatter- engine off my leg and took me|ing of empty shells and held up} to the hospital. But that didn't|three fingers. Three shots left. prevent them from cashiering me. |Emory had lost count of his own. At the trial they blamed me fur‘He only remembered that he had | other things—things I hadn't donec. used most of the last clip. Sud- | I felt so low that I guess I didn't|denly his ears became attuned to| put up a decent defense. Spent:a new note in the battle. He had a year in the Tower of London|heen hearing it for some time, but expecting to be shot any day. Six|i;. had not penetrated into his| months after the armistice I was|consciousness. That throbbing, vi- pardoned. My friends had for-|ppant beat—an airplane engine of | gotten me but had remembered |course—he listened again, the to drop my name from any clubs. |monoplane. No mistaking that un- | “I driffed about like a pariah. aven, pulsing drone. | Needed excitement. Had no re- “Whoopee!” he shouted above| spect for justice, hence nome for|tye din of fight. “The plane’s| the law that administered it. Wa< lcoming! Jerry and Steve!” | taught me the real value of hu-| man life, which is less than noth- | ing. Turned to crime for excite- | ment and to keep me off the ben- ches on the Thames Embankment. | Played the ‘Lone Wolf' racket for a while. Came back to America. Saw in some of the Chicago gangs| = that were just beginning to lift[DONALDINE BEAUTY PARLORS their heads a possibility for or-|Telephone 496 RUTH HAYES ganized crime thaf Would be high- | ly diverting and exceedingly prof-|@—mo—o-e — o itable. I recruited my own mob' | CARL JACOBSON I —who, by the way, are beginnum v JEWELER | their attack.” I ! | WATCH Rl He turned abruptly and fu‘f’d;} BEWARDESP':RIS::NTG three shots as fast as he could pull | | ite Chas y the trigger. Emory, getting inm;‘. Sgos ot ECONOMY — A Watchword of the Times will promote happiness and independence. It does not mean miserliness; it does mean prudent spending and prudent saving. 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