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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
BUSINESS CONFERENCE
:.
TO APPRAlSE PROGRESS
Executive Committee Meeting Is
Called by Julius H. Barnes
for January %.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An appraisal of the progress toward
overcoming the effects of the recent COL
lapse of security values and keeping UP
q normal now of business activity will
be made by the executive committee OF
the national business survey conference
at q meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States on Janu-
airy %.
The meeting was called yesterday by
Julius H. Barnes, chairman of the con-
ference, to survey "the progress that
has been made in marshaling the mer-
camille and industrial forces of the
country for the sterilization of business
and to determine what further steps
may be feasible in the prosecution OF
its purpose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
LINDBERGH TO MAKE
HIGH ALTITUDE TESTS
TO LEARN OF WINDS
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low-wing monoplane whether aviation
advances and knowledge of high altitude
currents may be utilized for more rapid
transit.
The service ceiling Of his Lockheed
Sirius racer is $4,000 feet and it may
be possible to find ir the increased
altitude general air currents that will
speed the plane to the Atlantic coast.
Surveys made by meteorologists with
pilot balloons have established the
existence of preponderal1t number Of
westerly winds east of the Rockies,
generally averaging so miles an hour
between 10000 and $4,000 feet altitude.
In the Rocky Mountain region there
have been few high altitude soundings.
but in the East and Central parts Of
the country there is definite knowledge
of prevailing westerlies, mostly sweep
ing in from the Northwest.
While high altitude soundings have
generally been meager, advances in
plane and motor designs have made of
the upper air new field for exploita-
ton, and Col. Lindbergh's experiments
may point to general high altitude ny
ing for mail and passenger ships.
Must Select Stretches.
Meteorologists indicate that the pre-
vailing weSterlieS may be utilized to
speed transportation about one day in
four and 1t is not to be assumed that
there is a daily wind with which TO
speed a plane. Moreover, since they are
one-way currents, there would be no
such aid in East-to-West flights.
The difficulty of high altitude flying
will be the selection OF stretches high
enough where the strongest favorable
currents may be utilized, but not so
high that oxygen apparatus would have
to be employed.
In passenger service It would not be
practical to employ oxygen apparatus, it
is pointed out, or would it be possible
to use 1t on flights Of long duration with
out telling effects. Oxygen must gener-
ally be employed beyond the 25,000-foot
mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
HOOVER HAS GUESTS.

A dozen or more House leaders were
invited to dinner at the White House
last night.
With Speaker Longworth and Repre-
sentative Tilson, the Republican floor
leader, heading the list of guests, the
President had around his dinner table
the chairmen of virtually all the other
important House committees.
The House leaders brought their
wives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
MASSACRE SUSPECT SURRENDERS
AFTER EFFORT TO ESCAPE 'RIDE'
Rocco Balcastro Glad to See Police, Whom He Thought
First Were Gangsters

Police found him hiding in the attic.
YOU'RE not going to take me for a
ride" he shouted. making a run for It..
Then he recognized one of the men as
q policeman.
I'm glad TO see YOU" he said. II
thought some guys were going TO take
me for q ride, sure"
Balcastro was booked for robbery and
turned over to detectives for question:
ing concerning NJ r..---rcrc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
PENNSYLV WANNA ALUMNl
TO BANQUET TOMORROW
Occasion to Mark 224th Anniver-
sary of Birth of benjamin.
Franklin.

Talks. songs Of their alma mater and
other entertainment will feature the
annual banquet Of the University OF
Pennsylvania Alumni Club of Washing
ton, in the National Press Club Build
ing at $50 o'clock tomorrow evening.
The club members are to assemble at
the banquet hall at $50. The occasion
marks the 224th anniversary Of the
birth OF Benjamin Franklin, founder
Of the university.
Among speakers will be DR.. Karl Mil
Ter. director of admissions at the uni
versity; Russell (Rusty) Callow, crew
coach, and Horace Lippincott of the
General Alumni Society.
Howard Gottlieb is chairman OF the
general committee in charge of arrange
ments for the affair. Other members
of the committee are w. A. Rounds
r. G. Munson, r. M. Clark, E. b. Nor
ris and James Stockley. w. Cochran
Fisher, president of the club. will pre-
side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
SCHACHT INDICATES
He MAY RESIGN
Defeat at Hague Conference
Cause of German Leaders
Hinted Attitude.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, January 16.-The first di-
rect intimation from DR.. Hjalmar
Schacht, president of the Reichbank,
that he may resign as a consequence
of his defeat ct The Hague on matters
of Germany policy was given today to
the correspondent of Rheinischwest-
faelische zeitung.
After emphasizing that his attitude
toward "adulteration" of the Young
plan was absolutely unaltered. DR..
Schacht said the Reichsbank naturally
will and must accommodate itself to
the projected new statute making par
ticipation in the Young plan one of
its functions.
He added, however: ION the other
hand, the Reichsbank president will
have to decide for himself whether he
can conform to every statute or not
whether he should stay or 60"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
DR.. DOUGLASS HON0RED.

DR.. A. 4. Douglass, director Of the
Steward Observatory at the University
of Arizona, was guest Of honor at a
luncheon given by the alumni Of the
university in the Carlton Hotel Tuesday
Or. Douglass recently delivered lecture
before the National Geographic Society
on the determination Of accurate dates
Of many Indian ruins throughout the
Southwest by means OF his tree-ring
calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
HOOVER LETTER READ.

NEW YORK. January 16 CP.-In a
letter read yesterday at the eighteenth
annual meeting of the Pan-American
Society, President Hoover expressed ap-
prevail of a plan for the organization
Of the larger cities OF the United States
John L. Merrill was elected president
Of the societ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
sos is ADDED TO FUND.
Veterans Bureau Employees Send SEQ
TO Hall Family.

Employees of room $40 of the United
States Veterans Bureau today for
warded q contribution of $50 toward
the fund sponsored by The Evening
Star Newspaper Co. for the relief OF
John Hall and members Of his family
who survived the bomb explosion in
his Seat Pleasant home on New Year
day. With this and other smaller con-
tributions sos was added to the sum.
bringing 1t to total Of 81 ,694.70.
Mrs. Norah Hall, the wife. and two
young children, who narrowly escaped
death in the blast that killed three
other members OF the family, still are
in hospitals. Being in straitened cir
cunstances, the money raised through
contributions to The Star will be used
In putting the survivors on their feet
again and in defraying the expenses Of
their partially wrecked residence.
Contributions received by the cashier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January l6.-With q feel
ing of genuine relief Rocco Balcastro,
sought nearly year for questioning
in connection with the Valentines day
gang massacre, surrendered to police
last night.
Balcastro had been trailed to his
home following a restaurant robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
League Sits Rum.Running.

GENEVA, January IS P.-The
League Of Nations is inquiring as to the
extent of rum smuggling Throughout the
world and the measures various nations
are taking against 1t. 1t seeks data Tor
possible international co-opAratior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
HEARD BOMB PLAN,
NEW WITNESS SAYS;
BRADY FACES COURT
Continued From First Page. }

person who delivered the bomb to con-
ceal other tags.
Leroy continued to maintain his air
Of confidence when brought into the
court room from the Marlboro jail
where he has been held without bond
for nearly two weeks He took q seat
ut the defense counsel table beside his
wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
Contributions received by the cashier
of The Star are az fnllnMs.

Telephone lines are being introduced
into r,eny parts Of rural Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-16
CHINESE CAPTURED
IN OPIUM DEN RAID
LINKED TO KILLING

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The Alaskan., 1930-06-06

was virtually nil, having drop ped from an annual catching of 100000.
 In 1922 Secretary Hoover cre- ated his fish reserve system in the identical language recom- mended by the Alaska Packers Association as shown by their published minutes. During the intervening period, (1906-1922)
 the Bureau of Fisheries never recommended a fishery bill for Alaska although it gave it's ac- tive support to bills which were
 written by the attorneys for the |big packers; of these the infa-
 nous Alexander Fish Bill is typ ical. These bills had in common the recognition of title to fish trap sites and the prohibition of fishing by any gear whatsoever
 within a certain distance, usual ly one mile, laterally from the Ifishtrap. Any fair minded citi- zen can see where the Bureau of Fisheries stood.
 Since the principal credit for
 the conservation of our fisheries
 goes to MT. Hoover because of his reservation orders, let me say that we opposed these orders for
 two reasons, first, all the permits to- fish (With one or two excep-
 tionS) were given to the author lzed canneries of each reserved district, and individuals were ob- liged to petition each cannery superintendent for their right to fish, which right could be re-
 tained only on sufferance from that cannery superintendent. I
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
WOULD CLOSE ROGUE RIVER

The Directors of the Lane County Game Protective Associ- ation met recently to consider the proposal to close Rogue Riv- CT, Oregon, to commercial fish ing. If this proposition meets with favor and becomes a law in Oregon, it will mean the clos ure of Rogue River from the source to three miles out in the Pacific Ocean.
 The people of Oregon have a voice in this closure-it is only upon their vote that it can be done. Any bay in Alaska may be changed under the Federal sys- tenn in Alaska-Without one con- sideration given to the residents of the Territory.
 The only consideration given is to the packers who voice their approval or disapproval at the conferences held by MT. O'Mal- ley with the packers in Seattle and San Francisco. Never in the history of the fisheries of Alaska has a fishermen represented his class at these conferences" And the request of fishermen to be given a hearing by the Commits sioner of Fisheries last year was curtly refused.
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06

backWOodS. On the contrary it is commonest in States that we are well educated. Tn Massachusetts, for instance, there are 146,607 illiterates. 135,- 720 of these are foreign-born white persons. There are more illiterates in Massachusetts than there are in North and South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Mon tana, Oregon and Nevada to- gether. Contrary to expecta- tion, the overwhelming number jof illiterates are in our great cities. Tn the cities of Massa- chusetts, for example, there are Al, ,584 illiterates, only 5,O23 be- ing found in rural communities Tn the city of Cambridge, under the very shadow of Harvard University, there are 2,736 per- sons who can neither read nor write.
 We need not comfort ourselves with the thought that illiteracy ic dooroo ciyo~ IT. ic 1oo+ IT. ics in creasing. There were 5,066 more illiterates in 1920 than there were in 1910.
 This presents a tremendous problem, which can only be solv- ed by united action all over the United States. We not only need better education, but obviously we need more education.
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
MAKING PROSPERITY

The QuinaultS are said to b' averaging $50 per day from theil fishing operations on their riv' CT, the Quinault. Who benefit: by their prosperity? The butch CT, the baker, the candlestick' maker, all share in the earnings of the fisherman. He buys his suplies at home and buys more of them; he spends more of his earnings for the nice little thing! dear to his women folk; he gets a new and bigger boat and en- zine through the local dealer. Ev- cry dealer has a crack at his earnings DIRECTELY or INDI- RECTLY. The community boasts of it's prosperity and the bank ac- counts and balances of dealers, lawyers, doctors and fishermen are all in healthier condition.
 This is all that this publication works for. Opportunity for every man to earn a decent wage in or der that he may clothe himself decently; that he may feed his children and their feeding will not show malnutrition; that ev- cry child may have an education al opportunity co-equal with the laborers in the States.
 If there is anything wrong with this effort, we have an open forum column and every reader is at liberty to use that column to express his or her views. We care not whether they are in ac- cordance with our views Or not. We believe that many who are in opposition to our effort, when they honestly express themselves by written word, will refuse to have it published (1st) because it is not their sincere conviction. :. CD they have not the nerve of their conviction-one way or the other. K
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
lLLITERACY IN THE UNITED
 :. STATES

In the year 1920 there were 4,913,905 illiterates in the Unit ed States. An illiterate is any one "ten years of age or over who cannot write any language, '"
 A movement has been started by Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, to study the problem and to secure nation wide action to reduce the vast number of Americans who can neither read nor write. Tn some States campaigns are in active operation.
 One must not imagine that il- literacy is cOnamOnest in the
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
WILL WHIPSAW WASHINGTON
 COP.

The recent convention Of the Washington Republicans was almost evenly divided on the prohibition question as a part of their platform. They voted for modification.
 This naturally creates a dis ruption within the ranks of the party which the Democrats are not slow in grasping.
 Senator Dill, Democrat, coun- sels his party to leave the pro- hibition question alone and go to the electorate with questions relative to economic issues. By avoiding the prohibition issue it will be possible to hold a united front within the Democratic ranks and thereby insure cleo tion of their candidates-if the Republicans remain split on the prohibition queston.
 Outside of Alaska, the Repub- leans disagree during the pri- maries and yet seem to be able to get together with a united front in the November elections. The reason for which being the fact that they are not dominat- ed by men who continually play politics both ends to the middle.
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06

told Mir. Hoover that we objected to that as being unAmerican and that it put us at the mercy of these canneries, virtually a sys- tenn of peonage.
 These reserves were clearly il- legal for there is no power in the Secretary of Commerce or any body else to parcel out the wa ters of Alaska; the so-called au- thorization was founded on the law of 1910 ratifying the timber and coal reserve order of PreSi- dent Roosevelt, and related to lands, not water.
 Our second objection was this while MT. O'Malley created the reserves with the sanction of MT. Hoover ostensibly in the interests of conservation, the permits issued to the preferred canner- ies were far in excess pack of these same canneries even in their best years. Delegate Suth- erland in his speech of February 2, 1924, where he showed that the tota lpack for the Cook Inlet dis for the Cook Inlet district au- trict authorized by MT. O'Malley was 208,00O cases, and the actual
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
ANOTHER OF THE EMPIRES
 UNCONSCIOUS" ERRORS

Upon many occasions, it has been a source of much regret that the Juenau Daily Empire has deliberately misrepresented facts and sought to create a false impression that has tended to the injury of innocent indi- vidualS. Whether this is done through careleSsness or with malicious intent, the unhappy Or disastrous effects are in many instances beyond recall.
 Altho most reprehensible, it is
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
REPLY TO STEWART EDWARD WHITES ARTICLES IN POST
 By William L. Paul
Ketchikan, Alaska

M1Sy GT, AOOO Stewart Edward White,
 Burlingame, Calf.
 Dear MT. White:
 Let me refer to the subject of the brown bear first, because my interest in them can be disposed of in 8 few words. You made the statement that Alaska was cre- |ating an open season on brown bear My exception is no quibble as you suggest, because from your several articles your praise goes to the Bureaus in Washing ton and your strictures go to Alaska Every word that writ CT with the public which you have utters in praise of the Bu- |reauS fastenS their chains upon us more tightly. I felt that you should have been consistent and should have placed the blame where it belongs If the credit belongs in Washington, why not the strictures? That was the entire point of my letter. I am not in touch with the brown bear controversy and choose not to be drawn into it.
 It is quite different with the fisheries.
 I have supposed that your ar ticleS would not be printed unless you praised MT. Hoover and MT. O'Malley, the United States Commissioner of Fisheries; and 50 was willing to overlook your very evident ignorance of the history of the fishery controver- Sy. But if I am mistaken in that supposition, and if you are planning other articles on Alas ka, you should either study that phase of the question or else somebody should educate you. l will grant that on the basis of my letter to the Post, our differ ence seems to be a mere matter of opinion in which of course we are privileged to differ. But my opinion, at least is founded on years of experience in Alaska, an intimate knowledge of the sub ject matter, and an extended and continuous contact with the Blu reau of Fisheries antedating MT. O'Malley's reign.
 My conclusion that the Bureau is fundamentally wrong in their administration of our fisheries is not mere opinion, but a con- clusion that is borne of facts and supported by time.
 I will not go into previous his tory except to say that I predict ed the causes and resultant de- pletion of our fisheries as early as 1904. This was my conclusion after watching the efficiency of the f1shtrap at Anan Creek. While we watched that famous creek dying, We protested to the Bureau of Fisheries, but nothing was done until the annual catch
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06

Empire will miSrepresent a mat ter of partizan politics. This is made clear in every political campaign. A most glaring ex- ample was the publication of malicious lie" sent out by Tom Marquam from Washington, who stated that the bill introduced to give the Indians of the First Division of Alaska the right to bring suit against the govern ment, had been killed" by the House Committee on Claims in Congress.
 But it is not we'll enough-Or bad enough-that the Empire should pollute it's own columns with untruthS, but that news paper is the Juneau correspond : ent of the Associated Press, and as such, it sends items to the other dailies of the Terri tory and also sends to the great Outside it's own interpretation ] of NEWS A most u>:fcrtund 2 and damagi'g srticle was I'D lished in the form of a local write-up, as a bereaved widow passed through Juneau. The Anchorage Daily Times was one of the innocent victims of the Empire correspondent, with the result that they pub lished the following article in that newspaper:
 Mrs. Thyra s. Merrill, who left Anchorage several weeks Iago for a visit with her parents in Oregon, declares the story of a purported interview with her sent out from Juneau, when she passed through there, was false and full of transformation and in a cablegram received from her today The Times is asked to correct the erroneous impres- sion created by the story.
 "The message from Mrs. Mer- Til dated at Vancouver, March |3, is as follows:
 Referring to Associated Press dispatch reprinted from Juneau dated January 31, would appre- ciate your publishing the follow ling
 T did not say nor do believe my husband fell asleep at the stick of the plane on the day he was lost. I did not say he had been flying almost continuously for forty-eight hours without sleep. I made no statement re- garding my flying experience or 'plans. The article is absolute ly false and obviously full of miSinf formation. I realize The Times is not responsible since the purported interview was merely reprinted but it creates an erroneous impression of Rus sells flying ability and the re- f1ection on his memory grieves me deeply.
 Tt was after publication of this purported interview that the Empire printed a lengthy ed itorial on the honor of the pro- feSSiOn and it's ethics But it lacks the honor that impells cor rection of false interviews and interviews obviously full of mis- information"
The Alaskan., 1930-06-06
PRESIDENT VETOES SPANISH WAR VETERANS PENSION BII

President Hoover vetoed the Senate bill to fix new basis for pensions to Spanish-American War veterans pension increase. Congress immediately came back and over-rode the vetoe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-28

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windows and skylights, an electrical
washer now is available.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-28
community health or welfare center
or other agency for continued super

community health or welfare center
or other agency for continued super
vision Of, II necessary. control.
Where the child does not have these
services, due to inadequate income Of
the family. then such services must be
provided to him by the community.
The rural child should have as sat
isfactory schooling, health protection
and welfare facilities aS the city child.
In order thai these minimum pro-
tections of the health and welfare of
children may BE- everywhere available,
there should be q district, county or
community organization for health
education and welfare. with full time
officials, coordinating with . state
wide program which will be respon-
sive to a nation wide service Of gen.
eral information. statistics and Scien-
tific research.
What Program Includes
Trained full time public health off,
cials with public health nurses, SAINT
tary inspection and laboratory work
erg.
Available hospital beds.
Full time public welfare services for
the relief and aid OF children In spe-
c!al need from poverty or misfortune,
for the protection Of children from
abuse, Neglect. exploitation or moral
hazard.
The development Of voluntary Or
ganization Of children for purposes of
instruction, health and recreation
through private effort and benefac-
ton. When possible. existing agencies
should be coordinated.