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Entered as seeona-oiaas matter Au
sipjt 29th, 1928, at the poatofflce at
Iditotna, Alaska, under the Act of
MUrch 8, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, January 18, 1932.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
The celebration of the 200th anni
versary of the birth of George Wash
ington in 1932 will be unprecedented
in,, extent and entirely original in
character.
The entire United States is to be
came alive with local celebrations,
which will begin on Washington’s
Birthday, February 22, .1932, and con
tinue through Thanks'giving Day, No
vember 24, 1932. States, pities and
towns will compete with each other in
doing honor to the memory of Wash
ington.
The Unit>*<l States Commission is
helping all alike. It is not centering
its efforts in the city, of Washington,
nor in any other place. In every
town the people are to do thei.r own
cerebrating.
In keeping with the desire of Con
gress, expressed .in .a .joint..resolution
approved December 2,. 1924,. that the
States and their political, subdivisions
cooperate with the Federal Govern
ment in the celebration of the 20th
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington, the United States Com
mission has actively urged the ap
pointment of. bicentennialcommisr
si^ns in each State and Territory and
committees in every city and town.
The majority of the States have ap
pointed such commissions and the
smaller communities are rapidly
choosing committees.
These points should be emphasized
with respect to the celebration of the
-0J)th anniversary of the birth of
George Washington
1. It is sponsored by; the United
States Government; Congress created
the. George Washington Bicentennial
Commission, and the President of tho
United States is its chairman.
2.. It will not be a world’s fair or
exposition, and it will not be held in
any one.place
3. It. will be a nationwide even a
world-wide series of celebrations in
which every State, city and town—
every organization and institution,
every burse- and individual—in this
country, r4nt>4Her with Americans and
others in meaj^foreign countries, will
participate. Every community is ex
pected to plan and carry out its own
program of events, in cooperation
with the United States Commission
and the State commissions.
4. It will last from Washington’s
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j You should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance,,
.j(ior the sake of your credit and your peace of mind
| Needless to say this insurance should be of. tha&ery
I highest quality.
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j FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
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Birthday, February 22, to Thanksgiv
ing Day, November 24, 1932, with
special local and national celebrations
everywhere on all holidays, anniver
saries, or other days which can be
connected with the life of George
Washington.
5. While, the ceremonies on Feh
| ruary 22 should be especially elabor
ate and impressive, as marking the
actual 200th anniversary of George
Washington’s birth. arrangements
also should be made for public gath
; erings, pageants, plays,, processions,
musical festivals, tableaux and other
events at various times during the
entire period of more than nine
months. Every program should re*
late to the great life and work of the
; First President and Founder of the
I Republic. On Memorial Day, Inde
pendence Day, Thanksgiving Day and
other national or local holidays or an
niversaries there should be special
programs, but the ceebration should
not be confined to those days.
6. It will take time.*to prepare the
: local programs and arrange for the
i loefll celebrations. The United States
j Commission urges mayors and other
officials of every city and town, in the
country to appoint George Washing
ton bicentennial commissions of com
mittees, in order to prepare for the
events of the bicentennial year.
7. All oigapizatjons and institu
tions of whatever character—civic,
business, labor, .educational, religious,
fraternal, literary,, social and others ,
—are urged to plan for George Wash
ington .Year., this year. .
8. The United States Gcorg,e
Washington .Bicentennial Commission,
■Washin. on Building, Washington, D.
C., will send literature and., sugges
tions f- local programs to any com
mittee, ..iFgar.iaatior) or group r that
will write for them*
THIRD DEGREE METHODS IN' \
VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY
- An extv.»at from the, American Bar
Journal of January, 19J2, in relation
to third decree methods practiced by
police and court officials in many
parts of the.- States is reprinted to
show the spread of this intolerable
practice. Investigation shoows that
few officials if any in Alaska allow
this practice, and that prisoners are
treated more human than in any sec
tion of the country. The excerpt fol-;
lows:
Police brutality is sometimes said
to be the inevitable reaction to the
brutality of criminals, and this is sup
posed to justify beating up anyone
suspected of crime, as iu the instance
of the innocent school teacher in the
famous case in Chicago.
Abandonment of the third- degree
will improve, not impair the morale
of the police. And at any rate, the.
proposal to bestow upon subordinate
officials a license to dispense with law
is without foundation in our institu
tions. Nor does the experience io.
Chicago lead to the belief that the
third degree practice wipes out gang
crime.
To defend the third degree is to ad
vocate lawlessness by those charged
with enforcement of law, and the dis
trict atorney who winks at tha,{Jord.
degree joins the police in floupijjjg; the
Constitution and statutes he jsi.sworn
to maintain.
A report made by a cc mmiitlre; of
the Bar Association of Los Angeles,
i known as the constitutional rights
committee, which for the past three
years has investigated such com
plaints, brought t hefacts into the
sunlight and lessened the use of the
third degree in that city. According
to Captain Willemse* the police of
New York City beat upt thousands of
men no* to obtain confessions but by
way of punishment, Qfte^iyith«jut.jar
restingg them.. That .cifc5r„.has no, mo
nopoly of the.way of enfQrcing.aw by
lawlessness. .
The report declares that the third
degree is widely and hrutally em
ployed in New^York City. Every po
lice station in the city .is, equipped
with the instruments incident to that
crime.
In Buffalo there is a third degree
administered by,-.beating and clubbing.
In Boston,the third, degree is rare
ly used. Department tradition, is
against the practice.
In Newark, N-J.. the uniformed po
lice do not attempt to get confessions.
But the detectives at headquarters
use violence."
In Philadelphia there was a good
deal of third degree- practice up to
two years -ago- when orders were
given to cease.- brutality.. But pro
longed illega/’idatentioa, called cold
storage is in practice.
- In Cincinnati men, are held;. for
days without'ipvestdg.«luonii
In Cl eve], ends due, third degree pre
vails with deprivation of . sleep,, food
and drink. .. If the . ptisoner falls
asleep his face.-is slapped until he
.awakes. • Conditions- in. that city are
bad.
In Detroit suspects are slapped and
hit and arms art .twisted
, The] third degree, is more thorough
ly at home in Chicago. . Violence
against suspect* is employed i' nnu
niero .. ways. Illegal' detention and
.holding. withow taa. privilege of se
curing a lawyer is practiced. Chicago
uses the most brutal form of the third
degree. _
At Dallas,. Texas, there is doubt as
to the use of. the third degree, but
suspects areiheld illegally and coun
sel denied«T.
At El. Paso,th«r* is a. little third
degree, sotao> brutal questioning and
brutality ..toward: narcotic offenders.
In De^vgc -inem. are often held for
days incommunicado, the judges co
operating* b*?giving time to make re
turns to ..writs of habeas corpus..
The tbittfcvdegree exists in Los An
geles. In San Francisco men are
beaten in the. streets,, int he patrol'
wagons, in outlying stations, but most
of them in the Hall of,Justice (?)
where the police jail is located;
It is the usual practice to beat men
in Seattle at the time of arrest and ut
the patrol wagon and in the police
station while handcuffed. Prolonged
detention without-right of counsel.
The report concludes that police
brutality is widespread, the methods
ranging from beating to harsher tor
ture. A man beaten at the time of
his arrest i* thought to be more
'amenable to police questioning.
The practice is not confined alone
to cities- There is much, of it. prac
ticed ky Federal officials.
“When all allowances. are made it
remains beyond doubt that the prac
tice is shocking in its character and
extent, violative of American princi
ples and not to be tolerated,” con
cludes the report.
And it is not true that the third de
gree is used only on the guilty, as
the innocent are suhjected to it with
out redress.
Son: “Sax, pawr the teacHer asjced
me to find the greatest common ,di
visor.”
Paw: “Great heavens, is that thing
still lost ? The teacher had me hunt
ing for it when I was a kid.’.’
“Did you like the cigar F gave
you? For 500 coupons of.that brand
you get a banjo.”
“If. I smoked 500 of. those cigars
Id want a harp.’’
Storekeeper: “This 10-cent piece
doesn’t ring good.”
Tommy: “What do you want for a
.dime—a set of. chimes?”
Babeesch Mooaehide Mitis and tBoots.
Furs Bought and Sold Clotaing.;
All Kinds of Nitis Fresh Groceries and Fruit&i
Canned Goods of AH Kinds ’Beds and Bedding;
A. R. Btfritfge
a
McGrai&
Takotna Pool Hall
Fresh Fruits.
Tobaccos
Apples
Candies Soft Drihife
Cigars Cigarets;
Oranges
J. Wi Downey
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