The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1934, Page 15

8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934. - DOG RACING IS ‘BIG BUSINESS’ LONDON, July 27.—Greyhounds racing ranks as “big business’ in England. At last count more than 40,000 animals were registered with the National Greyhound Racing club, representing an estimated capital value of $10,000,000. Eight licensed tracks in London and 50 more in the provinces em- ploy 70,000 men and women, and the capital invested in them is more than $25,000,000. — Shave Days Adopted FORT WORTH, —Civil Works men are going dapper. M. Hesterly, foreman of one of the crews em- ployed in the city, says that regu- lar shave days have been inaugu- rated by the men. Mondays and Thursdays are the days designated to appear on the job well shaven. There Is Calm A g;rin in Washington; Summer Is *Almost Normal’ Is Claim Tex., July 27. in Fort Smith | | ! Crop reduction contracts are still | pouring in, and three shifts of | workers are on the job the clock around, but they didn’t faint this' year as they did last from a com-' [} ke " Hey, Sailor! You’ll Enjoy Y our Visit More If You Make Beautiful dland Gardens Your Headquarters NO PLACE LIKEITIN ALASKA oodland Trio Music! S TEEUEN < 00 ~ ack and Goldie Hodgen In Song and Dance Hear Jack Hodgen Sing the Hit of the Hour ‘HEY, SAILOR” | bination of heat and pressure of ; work. | Federal Relief Administrator Y | Hopkins is in Europe, and his de-; | partment is having a ‘‘very mild letdown.” Subsistence homesteads| | amti drought relief are keeping | stenographers, engineers and at- torneys busy. s | Secretary Dern, of the War De- partment, is Panama-bound. Sec- retary Roper, of the Commerce H | Department, is seeking the cool of { Alaska. Secretary Morgenthau, of} | the Treasury, is riding horse-back 4 i in Montana. § { | Johnson Eats Regularly i The curtain of comparative quiet has fallen in Washington, | P57 the threcing civous at ; with the hub-bub of the “new deal” dying to a whisper in the hot |\ = qo "0 "0 e and last summer cun, Gone are the code makers, the Congressional inves- | cimmers confused delégauo,,s of tigators and the orators. Everything seems—comparatively—serene. | husinessmen have vanished from —_— T { the Commerce Building's halls. By SIGRID ARNE {ter and went right on working.| Even the rumor-center, General WASHINGTON, July 27.—Now SO his lieutenants have little hope fu{msun, touring the country, is s the Datise in the years oc. DOW. that fyisling of fishing ‘win further SUMINREA O e, eating thice cupation when the true Washing-| €¢t between him and his bouncing Meals & day again and almost on tonian can shake himself and ex- | Year-old baby PWA. ll“;{“,,'\.“‘sv.cs SRR i t fled claim, “My own, my native city.” | But last summer's delegations of |, AU P U8 SR THL N Gone are the code writers, lob- | mayors, engineers and - governors it % N B, SO (HOER byists and patronage seekers from are reduced to a mere trickle in inv‘diplomats They have gone to their haunts. PWA offices. Waiters for appoint- | 48 TR OB 1Y almo; 5 Gone is the flood of tourists| ments now sit—once they stoo(llxmm ! 5 with their light-hearted jostlings three decp. But Secretary Hull, of the State of elbows in cafeteria liries. | Wallace Looks At Racquets Department, remains quietly to . Gone are most of the 435 mem-| They even sit in that office out-| mu) over complications following ; bers of Congress and their secre-| Side the sanctum of Secretary Wal-| Gormany's upset and to continue tarial staffs lace, of the Agricultural Depart-|qept settlement talks. The State| ‘ “ assures the native, “is ment. He is another who refu Department, however, never did : almost a normal Washington sum- 10 flee the heat-beleaguered city.|jet down its hair with the exuber- mer . .. almost normal.” | He made one vacation concession. / ance shown by the emergency divi- Fishing Hopes Dim He is looking over tennis racquets| gjons, Secretary Ickes, of the Interior and plans to get in @ 6 am. game| At the Capitol the blue-garbed Department, refuses to be fright- before going to the office. guards drowse in their shirt sleeves : ened by old Uncle Sam. He However, lights still burn 24|and desultory tourists stir up half- laughed off a broken rib last win- hours a day in his department.|hearted echoes in the empty halls. Ivs Smart to W ash It;Desi Have E Tub somart to asn t, es;gners ave LLyeon 1u ) o 4 < - i s Washable frocks play a big role in hot weather chic. This one is made of brown and beige linen i - finished with a beige raffia belt and wood buttons wrapped with raffia. Design by Maison du Sport. Open from 8:00 a. m. CLOSE WHEN YOU SAY WHEN? Follow The Crowds To ~ Woodland Ga @ Visit the Log Cabin! dens @ Beer and Lunches! @ Wait for the Navy Band! ® Waich for Frankie Mack and Her Melody Boys! No Cover Charge ol " X -