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ALASKA’S BONE DRY LAW
While the Divisional Democratic Convention on Tues
day evening went on record as favoring the repeal of the
Alaska Bone Dry Law, that it did not commit the party
on the wet and dry issue, was developed in the debate when
that portion of the plank suggested for the Terr'jtrial
platform came up.
The fear was expressed by a few delegates that the
embodiment of the plank might serve to deflect votes
from the party. In reply, proponents of the plank ex
plained that the Bone Dry Law and prohibition or repeal
were often confused as meaning the same thing. Among
those who sought to make this clear was Chairman Jas. S.
Truitt, who explained that repeal of the law would not
effect the main issue of prohibition, but merely place
Alaska on a par with the United States, where privileges!
were granted under the Volstead Act that were not pos
sible under the Alaska Bone Dry Law. Especially is this
true of possession, which is tabu under the Alaskan law,
but permissible under the Volstead Act if not for the pur
pose of sale.
While a resident of New York may make his wine j
from a brick, the Alaskan doing likewise may suffer ar-!
rest.
Delegate George Johnson, who disclaimed any per
sonal bias on the question, sounded a logical note when he
said it was about time the people as a whole were given
an opportunity to express themselves on the wet and dry
issue, and not one of whether they were wet or dry. He
was tired of camouflage, and believed the voters were
ready to express themselves.
Those who favored the ultimate test of public opinion
on the wdt and dry question, indicating wet sentiments,
based their position on the trend of events in the United
States, where avowed wets had swept drys aside in the
recent Congressional elections, especially in such States
as New Jersey, where a wet Democrat overwhelmed the
dry Republican candidate.
The Alaska Bone Dry Law is now before Congress,
having been submitted by the last Legislature after vot
ing for its repeal. The action of Congress will go far
toward supplying an index to what may be expected of it
when the wet and dry issue appears on the floor. Should
Congress, which is Democratic, confirm the repeal of the
Alaska law, it will indicate their action along similar
lines when the question of repeal or modification of the
Volstead Act comes up.
A doctor who charged a sick man $28,000 for 165
visits, is explaining his bill in the probate court. The
sum of $28,000 seems like a good deal of money, but no
doubt, the charge was reasonable, and as easily explained
as the fee of the surgeon, who wrote, in response to a re
quest for an itemized statement: “To: Repairing and re
setting V/> yards of intestine at $200 per yard, $300.”
Reading over the majority of resolutions concocted
by the multiple bureaus and organizations throughout
Alaska ,the most outstanding recollection is the “Whereas,
Whereas, Whereas,” ad infinitum. The last paragraph
on Page 68 generally informs the reader what it is all
about. Moral: Read ’em backward!
The fellow who coined the term “idle rumor” had a
queer idea of idleness.
One of the leading political parties has a Governor
who announces that he is too busy to talk politics. He
should be accepted as good Presidential timber, without
any further investigation as to his qualifications.
Bare legs are disturbing to reformers and stocking
manufacturers.
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SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11. (<P)—
Foreign athletes who will attend
the Olympic Games to be held here
in 1932 were yesterday given spec
ial privileges of entry for them
selves and their baggage by a reso
lution passed by Congress.
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RUBIO HAS PLAN
MJEXICO CITY, Dec. 11. (iP)—
President Ortiz Rubio has sent to
the Chamber of Deputies a plan
| whereby he says Mexico can pay
! off its entire interior debt of 541,
| 667,499 pesos and at the same time
j bring into production much na
i tional land now lying fallow.
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APPROVE BIRTH CONTROL
I PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11. </P)—
! The executive committee of the
! Federal Council of The Church of
Christ presented a majority report
approving birth control by married
couples as “valid and moral.” The
i minority report upheld abstinence
i as ideal.
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NO CANDIDATE
BERLIN, Dec. 11. (A3)—A. Hitler,
leader of the Nationalist-Socialist
party, announced he will not be
come a candidate for President un
der any circumstances but he re
fused to say whether or not his
party will keep President von Hin- j
denburg in office if it succeeds in j
gaining power.
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MANHATTAN LAUNCHED
CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 11. (/P)—The
SS Manhattan, the largest pessen
ger ship ever built in the United
States, was launched here. Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., wife of the
late President Roosevelt, christened
the boat. The vessel has a dis
placement of 30,000 tons and can
carry 1,300 passengers.
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SOVIET WILL REST ONE DAY
MOSCOW, Dec. 11. (JP)—Because
faults have been found in the five
day uninterrupted working week,
the Soviet decided to abandon the
stagger system of employment
whereby industry and government
operated every day with workers
having option as to a day off. Un
der the new system, the entire na
tion will rest on the sixth day, but
Sunday will not be observed.
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