The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1934, Page 7

® tion, are the chief American news # made by that date to ayoid pen- * IVAN CRITIGISES BUT HE ALSO ADMIRES EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a daily ceries of eight articles telling how John Smith acrocs-the-sea views American life and institutions. | | By STANLEY P. RICHARDSON MOSCOW, Feb. 10.—Ivan Ivan- ovitch, the average soviet citizen, | looks upon the United States with! mixed feelings of friendly admira- tion and latent animosity, both| of which are inculcated in him by | the rigidly censored Bolshevik press. Through the columns of his daily newspapers he has been taught over a period of years a high re- gard and respect for American in- dustrial efficiency and technique. What Ivan Reads “Struggle for American tempos” | and “Strive for American efficten- | ¢y” are common expressions in| their constant exhortations to the| masses through the public prints to increase production and improve THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY FEB. 10, 1934. JIMMINY CRICKITS 'Y THE SWEET WOMAN AND SHE'S GOT THEM DUDES WITH HER... % 7,600 ... IT'S ALL THERE - EVERY NICKEL OF IT..... AND T'M TELLIN' YA, BOY, THE SWEET WOMAN'S GOTTA DIVVY uP.. Puc. Bop. EOMMOBA. quality of output. But the same columms almost| daily have pictured to him the| darkest side of the depression in| America as a shocking example of | what happens to the working man | in the leading c: list_country. | The United States is held up to| him as a nation ruled by a hand-| ful of wealthy men who grind the | Jaboring masses -under their heels. | Uncle Sam as Capitalist | The first note is the practical| . voice of the leadership of an indus- trially backward country bending all its energies to the acquisition of sufficient experience and tech- nical knowledge to overcome this ‘handicap. The second is the political voicc‘ of a party implacably opposed to| the capitalistic system, of which it regards the United States as the most powerful representative. About America and its institu- ™ tions, as well as about all the rest of the world, Ivan Ivanovitch is al- 1owed to read only what the Com- y which also is the shes him fo read. r strikes, produce, ' crime. | a “So- » program for Lhe‘ ent sourgeoise and the dol-| Jar’s flieht from fhe gold standard heralded s a further sign cf capi- talistic decay. Since the establishment of nor- mal relations, however, the news- papers here with one agcord have refraincd, temporarily at least, from publishing any unfavorable news or comment about America. In The Headlines President Roosevelt, as the insti- gator of the recognition negotia- ticns; William C. Bullitt, America’s first ambassador to the Soviet Un- jon and Senator Borah, the last two identified in the Soviet mind as leading proponents of recogni- personalities in the Soviet press. At the same time, William Green and Matthew Woll of the “‘yellow American Pederation of Labor,” as that organization always is refer- red to here; Representative Hamil- ton Fish and Grover ‘Whalen are perhaps as well known to Ivan Ivangvitch as the others because the Soviet newspapers never miss an opportunity to refer to them slightingly as opponents of the Bolshevik regime. Monday—Japan ——eto— SOTICE TO TAXPAYERS THe final imstallment on 1933 real estate and personal property taxes will be, delinquent after March 5, 1934. Payment should be alty. Statement of the delinquent tax roll will be published on or hefore March 19, 1934 as required ‘by law. q A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. the workers |3 This Russian cartoon, by paper Izvestia, satirizes the products in the United State Boris Yefemov in the Moscow destruction of surplus agricultural Called “Mass Sacrifices in America,” the cartgon shows the Americ: business man on his knees before an altar piled with “five million pigs” “wheat” “coffee” and “suger,” praying: “Oh, Lord, send us higher prices” NEW AIRFIELD LOCATED ERWIN NOW OFFICE OF news- IN NRA M A survey was recently made b}‘ Lou Townsend and Bill Egan for| an airplane landing field at thei Mrs. Mary Erwin, for some time Ramsey-Rutherford mine back of [in the office of Hellenthal and the Valdez Glacier. A field 1,600 Hellenthal, is now in the office of WADE feet long was staked off in a creek | Hugh J. Wade, Deputy Administra- | bed near the mine. tor for NRA in Alaska. Dail y Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS . Plural ending . Dance step . Swiss river 9. Down: prefix . Made whole again Monkey . Louisiana court. decree . Friend: French . 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Literary frag- ments 5. Moving body of water 6. Things to be done 7. Depiction of {ho beauti- plants . Food fishes . Syllable used in musical refrains . Feminine name . Smaliest whole numbes . Size of shot ///I%/é, HIII % Wnun.%%% . A | | him, SYNOPSIS: With horror Frank Grahame just kas seen Janice Kent, movie star. being led up the steps of a Mayan puramid. surrounded by riflemen. He, with Juan, a Mexi- can boy. has been searching the Mezican jungle for Bill Laugton, ‘missing flier. In a flash he realizes that from now on all his effort will be expended toward rescuing Jan- ice from a highly dangerous pre- dicament, Chapter 26 AMBUSH THINK,” said Juan finally, "tlllt they will stay there today. At his season, it rains in the late after- 100n, and sometimes at night. It is nore pleasant to be about between he showers, 1 think these people \re all sleeping now." Still Grahame hesitated to leave 1is look-out. “It you will climb down to our »acks, I will watch for you. There s nothing we could Jo now, except earn it they take those prisoners slsewhere. Even then we could do 10thing, and we might be seen here jooner or later. Also, ! am hungry.” Juan smiled as he mentioned his wppetite. Frank gave him an uncertain smile. “Maybe you're right, som. Let's botb slide down. 1 have a hunch we ough: to find some safe place not far from here, and hold a council of war. “Not that any place near here would be particularly safe. But it ought to be nossible to find a spot where we could keep cut of sight, and yet be able to get into the city| ward. during the night, or into the jungle for food.” They made a cautious descent, and slipped toward the trail they had left so precipitously that morn- irg, beside which they had cached their pa Juan w in the lead, a trail-posi- tion that Grahame usually accorded since he had found that the boy had a cauny instinct in sensing trail-danger, before he, Grahame,jtbe coast, and safety. could ever possibly be aware of it. They reached the tangle of fallen scrub palmetto where they had left their packs. Grahame heard Juan's low murmur of astusishment, and hurried forward. Unconscious of the action, the American’s fingers closed ‘over the butt of his auto matic. Juan stood staring thoughtfully at the place where they had left the packs, There was no doubt that this had been the gpot; the grass and palm leaves still shcwed inden- tations where the weighty sacks had been; but the packs, with their hammocks, their extra clothing and ammunition, with their first-ald kits and emergency rations, were gone! At the instant of discovery Juan did a thing which proved that jungle-wisdom fs instinctive. He leaped backward toward Grahame. The American, muscles reacting to the suddenness of the boy’s move- ment, crouched, From a screen of bush behind the spot where their packs had been, the naked torso of a man appeared, golden in the sunlight. He beld in his hands a rifi.. Ina camera-shut- ter glimpse, Grahame saw that the butt of the gun was almost to his shoulder. The American fired from under his arm, the muzzle of his pistol barely free of the holster. With the report of the shot, the man slipped through the bush onto his face. The rifle, falling from his limp hands, clattered against a stone. MBUSH! Grahame saw Juan's arm crook backward, and then snap forward like a spring released from compression. A silver streak sped from his hand and into the bush to the left. There was a thud, —the unmistakable sound of a knife slapping into flesh and a short, throaty “.\h-h.” Two rifles cracked. Grabame felt a tug at his collar where his shirt flargd away from his neck; then the sound of a bullet crackling through underbrush. He firec quickly, right and left, at the faint wreaths of smoke curling upward. He heard a cry. From the corner of his eye he saw Juan weaving backward, bhalf crouched. He followed. Two ec centric leaps brought them to cover. Once again a rifle cracked. The bullet whined harmlessly overhead. ‘The action had taken only a few| seconds. Stealthily they slipped| into the jungle. Behind them they heard 2 shot or two, und the sound of many voices raised in shouted question and answer. They ran now more openly, careless of the noise they made. Frapk knew that distance between them and their pursuers counted vitally, A half-mile from the scene of the| By BILLE DE BEC[\ SIT DOWN) GENTLEMEN... I'LL JUST BE A MINUTE... GODDESS l:y Herberl .len-en Juan shruggeo his shculders. “If our legs are better than thelrs—‘ which I doubt—we mlght make lhe H coast ahead of them.” “There’s a chance,” mused Grahame. “They would travel more slowly, fearing ambush. You could never hope to hide your trail. It i. worth the chance. We part here, Juan. You've beem a good boy. Head for the coast the best way you can, and may luck be with you. He held forth his hand. “And you, Senor?" “While you go east, I will head south, for a while. Later I will con- fuse my trail, it I can, and return here. They will follow me, which will give you the better chance. *No,” sald Juan. “Yes,” corrected Grahame. “This is an order. I have a plan, There is a white woman held captive in | the big pyramid. 1 must see that she escapes, or—" “1 know,” interrupted Juan sober- ly. “The seror is not Catholic?” Puzzled, Grahame shook his head; whereupon Juan sald. “Well, that is doubtless a very good thing. It will not matter so much if you die unshriven.” Despite his concern the American | chuckled. “Beat it now, son. We've talked quite long enough. Goodbye, and again, good luck.” “Adios,” answered Juan with a se- cretive smile. He turned, pressed | the American’s hand, and then passed into the jungle to the east- 'O Grahame, slipping southward, a halt hour later, came the thought that as Juan had left him, the boy had seemed to be most care- less about tne trail he left. So Juan was giving him, Grahame, a break, just as he had intended giving one to Juan. The American shook his head. A good lad, Juan. What a-pity if he could notmake He noticed, to the right of him, a barren rocky expanse, dotted only | with spiny sisal and scrub cactus. | He entergd it and carefully picked his way between the vegetation, be- ing sure that his boots touched only stone. He hoped those following him would be careless, and conclude that he was bearing south. Halfway through the rocky field, he worked to the right, finally making almost a complete turn, so that be headed northwest, toward the habitation of his enemies. In the late afternoon the sun clouded over, and Grahame watched the blg iguana lizards slide from the rocks and disappear into their dens. He took a lesson from these reptiles and kept an eye out for shelter. A few minutes later he found ft in a heap of jungle-grown slabs,— another ruin. He entered an open- ing, and composed himself to wait until the afternoon downpour was over. Already he saw large drops splashing over his back-trail. The shower was stroke of Juck. It be were not followed too closely, the rain would obliterate any |1gn he may have left, The day became dark. nghtnmz flickered, and thunder crashed| above; whereupon ratn descended in’ torrents. The sheets of falling wa-; ter obscured his view past the en- i trance. Then, as suddenly as it be- )| gan, the down-pour lessened, and | again his sight of the outside jungle was clear, The rain diminished to ¢ mist and | bfs feet, and drawing his pistol from ‘ its holster ‘under his arm, was about | to dfsmount ft for cleaning, while | there remafned light enough to do e, when he froze into immobility. | A shadow drifted past, coming from the south. Another went by. | Slowly Grahame bent fnto the glaom cast by the wall beside the opéning. His traflers! He counted them as they faded across the opening. Eleven. . Enough, thought the American, to settle his account. He | wondered at the skill that kept | them on his trail. The rain had been | his salvation. He heard a guttural | voice speak in an unknown laa- guage, and the reply flung back | trom ahead. This puzzled the American, as he felt that they would not be so care- | | less of sound it they believed that their quarry was ghead. Or per- haps they bad given up the chase and were returning, That was it. They had lost his trail within the stone patch, and. were returning from the southward to their city. Perhaps it was only a section of | a larger party that had spread in | different directions. = (Goyright, 1944, by Harders lensen) | i { | | | ambush, they pausec.. “Where now?” braatmn; deaply. asked Grahame ! 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