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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
Marion Brinn, of Radio Fame, Discusses Child
 Prodigies

New York City.-Children with talent for entertaining should have the same chance for development of their talent as the child in- arrested in the more common place business of everyday life. So says Marion Brinn, famous radio artist, aged seventeen, who for the past ten years has been a child prodigy.
 "Why should not the singer get the same school training that the bookkeeper or stenographer does ?" she asks. T think every child has a, latent desire to do something. and this should be developed right along with what is known as sreadin,' 'fitin,' 'rithmetic.' was very lucky, for in my case, my mother did just that, and my musical vocation got as much att tention as my school work.
 Tt seems to me such an unut-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
DINNEEN AND
 SON LOCATED
Missing Cordova Persons Found at Fox Farm,
 Montague Island

CORONA, Alaska. May 26.-- James Dinneen and his young son, who started out in their mail boat for Hinchinbrook two weeks ago end for whom various parties have been searching for since then, was found yesterday on a fox farm on Montague Island.
 The boat was found, wreck, last Friday and the body of Will fam Johnson, one of the crew. who was drowned, was also located on the island.
 Dinneen and his son walked three days to reach shelter. They were brought here last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
ANNUAL DRIVE
 OPENED TODAY
Salvation Army Conduct ing Canvass for Funds
 for Years Work

With $l,000 set as it's goal to be attained the Salvation Army today opened it's annual Self-Denial Week canvass for funds with which to finance its local work here for the next year. Staff Captain Joseph Acton, Wrangell, head of the Army S Alaska stations. is here to actively lead the canvass in which he will be assisted by Capt. E. K. Tobin of the local force.
 The drive will extend over the period Of one week. No difficulty vas anticipated in reaching the quota.
 We have alreasf Tcce-ved gen. erous response, s.id local business and professional leaders are CO., operating with IS in wholehearted manner" declared Capt. Acton to- day Juneau mas always been very liberal with It's aid in past years, subscribing freely on every occasion and never has it fallen short of the sum fixed for the goal. We are confident that this will be true of this years canvass"
 Capt. Acton arrived here this morning on the steamer Yukon after visiting Cordoya and Latouche in connection with administrative affairs. He was unable to reach Kennecott as bridge on the Cop per River & Northwestern Railroad was out At Cordova he was the guest of the Chamber of Com meree. addressed pupils of the Cor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
FEDERAL JUDGE
 KILLED IN FALL
Body Is Found in Willows at Foot of l5O-Foot
 Cliff at Oakland

OAKLAND, Cal, May 26.-The crushed body of Superior Judge Edward w. Engs was found yes terday in stone quarry few blocks from his home, he having fell from a -150-foot crest of the quarry.
 Judge Engs disappeared May 16 after the close of a sensational graft trial over Oakland paving in which three deputy sheriffs and others were convicted of conspir- acy.
 Judge Engs suffered from the nervous strain caused by the trial and spent delirious nights. Posses had searched the hillsides in the vicinity of the lake and quarry
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
THREE STUDENTS OF JUNEAU HIGH PLACE
 IN POETRY CONTEST

Juneau High School students took three of the four places in the All- Alaska Poetry Contest sponsored this year by the Parent Teacher Association of Fairbanks, it was announced today by w. K. Keller, superintendent of schools.
 First prize went to an Anchorage boy, John Borges. Second was won by Claire Weller, third by John Hellenthal. and fourth by Betty Gillard, all of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
PAPER PLANT
 TO BE BUILT
Ketchikan Party in Seattle After Conferring with
 Zellerbachs

SEATTLE, May 26--Mayor Nor man R. Walker. accompanied by w. A. Bates, Lester O. Gore and M, J. Bucey, all of Ketchikan, AL aska, returned here Sunday from San Francisco. where conferences with industrial magnates were held.
 Mayor Walker said plans have been completed for the construc- tion of the zellerbach paper plant near Ketchikan, work to begin within two years.
 The Ketchikan party will leave for their homes tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
SESSION LEAVES TODAY FOR
 WRANGELL FOR ROAD WORK

Walter J. Sisson, resident engi- neer on Wrangell Highway for the United States Bureau of Public Roads. left this morning for Wran- gell on the tender Highway, Capt Nels Rogne. He will have charge of the engineering on the Wran- gell-Shoemaker Bay section to be added this year to the highway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
ROCK FILL PROGRESSING

The rock fill, started at the City Dock last week, is nearing comple- ton today The entire front end of the driveway, for a distance of about 50 feet in from the Front Street right-of-way, is being torn up and rock is being used to fill from the beach to street level.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
ANDERSON ON VACATION

Ivan Enderson, who has been working at the Juneau Lumber Mills for the past two years, is on a vacation this week Enderson has ben working steadily in Alaska and other parts for forty years and this is his first real vacation, he said today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
JIM CONNORS BACK

James J, Connors, Jr., who has been attending school at Santa Clara, California, returned here on the Northland Saturday. He will spend the summer here with his parents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
VISITING DAUGHTER HERE

Mrs. G. L. Butler, of Oklahoma City, mother of Ms. J. A. Davis of Juneau, was an arrival on the Admiral Watson Sunday She ex- poets to visit her with her daugh- ter and son-in-law during the sum- mer months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26

stations except Ju time
 The Bering middle attitudes Oregon and off the California coast Showers westward and clear weather the western Alaska Temperatures generally
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
LARGE HALIBUT CAUGHT

One of the largest halibut brought to Juneau this year was unloaded here this afternoon from the Emma, Capt. Tom Ness. It weighed 239 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26

dova High School and participated in the graduation exercises of that institution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26

and had also dragged the bottom of the lake.
 The body was found hidden in been searching for since then, were fallen from the crest of the cliff.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-26
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S
 Weather Bureau

Forecast for vicinity { Cloudy and tonight Tuesday possibly showers easterly winds
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Movement to Preserve
Forests Traced to 1873

Following the Civil war settle
ments sprang up throughout the
West. Wood in greater and great
er quantities was needed and loud
er than before the note of alarm
was sounded. We were using up and
burning up our timber with fright
full rapidity. From Europe schol-
ars were returning, says Forest and
Mankind. They told how France,
Germany and other countries were
able to have the penny and the cake
both; how they were able to cut
timber from their forests year after
year and still have increasing guam
titles.
In 1873 a committee of forestry
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science pre-
sented a report to congress stress
ing the Importance of preserving
our forests and In answer to this
the first significant step forward
was made by the federal govern
ment. 1t appointed a forest agent
to investigate conditions. Later
this position expanded and grew
into the division of forestry.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Sauerkraut Traced to
Asiatic Wild Tribes

Sauerkraut, once an alien in this
country, has. been completely natu-
rallzed and adopted by the nation,
as evidenced by the fact that the
figures show that during the last
year this nation made and con-
sumed 100000 gallons of sauer-
kraut This represents a valua-
ton of S3,500,0OO. 1t is no longer
looked upon as a dietary OF a
Foreign land. While the Germans
are given the credit of originating
sauerkraut, the charge is not well
founded. There is evidence that
II has been made in Holland and
10 Alsace from early times. One
writer traces 1t to Asia, showing
how the Tartars first passed on q
sauerkraut recipe to the Slavic peO-
Pies of eastern Europe, who
10 their turn gave it to the an
c1ent Germans. From Germany, it
Is conceded, the delicacy was
brought here by immigrants, who
as they increased in numbers
spread Its popularity as a food.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Virginia Slow to Lose
Belief in Witchcraft

Virginia offers an interesting
chapter in the history of witch
craft in America, writes Frederick
G. Fossett in the Boston Tran
script. Ordeal by water is so gen.
erauy regarded as belonging to
medieval times that it is surpris-
ing to read of resort to it in an
American colony as late as 1905
But there was such a resort in the
case of Grace Sherwood, a middle
aged woman, the wife OF, a planter.
She was tried on suspicion of be-
ing a witch.
The court adjourned while she
was taken to a nearby stream and
plunged into its waters. AS she did
not sink. the result was against her.
So were certain other evidences Of
a kind much mentioned in witch
craft literature. She was con-
signed to Jail, but the proceedings
against her evidently were dropped.
Her name subsequently appears In
the record of a civil suit, and her
will was probated in 1740, presum-
ably shortly after death.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23

Members of the Community Fire
Company at Church Hill, Md, are
busily engaged in laying plans for
mammoth carnival to be held
from August s to 16. Committees
have been named to supervise the
various activities.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Bomb-Proof Auto

The most costly and luxurious
automobile ever brought to China
was built in the United States for
the president of the Nanking gov
ernment The whole of the metal
work on the body of the limousine,
and even the hood, is of half-inch
thick navy steel plate, which is
designed to shed the bullets or
bombs of would-be assassins. Two
extra seats project from the back
of the car, built high enough to per-
NIT the occupants to see forward
over the hood. These will be
occupied by special guards armed
with machine guns. The running
boards are unusually long, for
guards to stand, each with a re-
volver in hand.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Making His Last Stand

The ivory-billed woodpecker, king
of its tribe, inhabiting the great
cypress swamps, probably in max
ing its last stand in Florida, says
Nature Magazine. The last breed
ing record Of this giant woodpecker
was made by DR.. A. A. Allen, who
found a pair nesting in central
Florida in 1924. It is now against
the law to kill this fine bird. The
last stand of the Carolina paroquet
was made in Florida. This beauti-
full little parrot was once abundant
but was shot and trapped in such
quantities and so persistently that
not one has been seen for many
years. The bird is now undoubted-
ly extinct.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Probably Oldest Game

We make no attempt to tell the
age of Sambo's familiar appeal to
the bones, "Come seven--oh, 'leben,
the baby needs new pair shoes" I"
But in reply to a number Of ques-
tions as to the worlds oldest
game the answer is-dice. Most au-
thorities agree that dice throwing
is the oldest amusement in the
world. The game Of dice, in some
form or other, has existed in every
period of history. While the inven-
ton of the game is attributed to
Palamedes, one of the heroes who
sailed against Troy, about 1914 B.
O., the use of spotted cubes for
gambling purposes was resorted to
even before that.-Pathfnder Mag
azine.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
Anaconda Largest and
Most Vicious of Boas

The largest snake in modern
umes is the anaconda, an aquatic
Doa, living In the swamps and
rivers of the dense forests of
south America. 1t is Of a general
oiive-brown color, with two alter
mating rows Of large oval black
spots down its back. 1t is white
with black spots underneath. The
anaconda lives In the water, but
often climbs into the trees. 1t feeds
on birds and mammals and does
most of its hunting at night. It's
method Is to lie submerged under
tne water with just Its head ex-
posed, watching for prey, or to es-
taDilsh itself in the branches of
some tree over water, or the track
OF game. As it belongs to the boa
family, 1t coils around its victim,
crushing it to pulp before devour-
ing It. 1t is the most ill-tempered
OF large boas.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns

Camp Horseshoe along the Octo-
raro creek, near Cecil Paper Mills,
at Rowlandville, Md, has opened
for the Summer with 300 Boy
Scouts from Pennsylvania present.
The camp will remain open until
September 1.
Members of the Community Fire
Company at Church Hill, Md, are
busily engaged in laying plans for
mammoth carnival to be held
from August s to 16. Committees
have been named to supervise the
various activities.
Sandy Cove, a vacation resort
along the North East river, owned
and managed by Misses Virginia
L. Montgomery and Helen NJ. Hell
berger, which opened the fist of
the month, have plans under way
for the development of private
aviation field.
Ralph d. Poynter was elected
mayor of Rehoboth at the recent
town election by a majority of As
votes over ]. Arthur Downing. The
election was the most exciting in
the history of the town and the
count of the votes was not con-
cluded until 5 o'clock Sunday morn
ing of last week.
Crop reports received through
out Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia the first of this month es-
innate the sweet potato production
under favorable conditions, to be
little more than last year at this
time. Estimates for Delaware are
around 1, 100000 bushels, while the
total production in 1929 reached
100000 bushels.
DR.. G. w. Rhodes, owner of
Rhodes Drug Store in Newark,
was re-appointed as member of
the State Board of Pharmacy last
week by Governor c. Douglass
Buck. DR.. Rhodes has served on
this board for some time, and his
re-appointment is a complement to
the good work he has done while
a member of this board.
Word has ben received that the
dredge Norfolk, of the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Company, will
leave Wilmington, N. C., on July
20 for Chesapeake City, Md, and
thence through the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal to Summit
Bridge where it will redredge the
waterway. The Norfolk will fin
ish its dredging work at Whining
ton today, July %, and will then
be gotten ready for the water trip
to Summit Bridge.
The Coastal Construction Com
pany, of Red Bank, N. J., is pro-
crossing rapidly with the work of
constructing jetty in the Della
ware River from the northern
point of Peapatch Island in a
northeast direction toward New
Castle. This company has the con-
tract for constructing the jetty for
5000 feet. Recently the contract
for the continuing of the jetty for
1000 more feet was awarded to a
Boston construction company by
the Philadelphia District Engineer
Office. The jetty when completed
will extend from Peapatch Island
to near New Castle, a distance of
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23

Sandy Cove, a vacation resort
along the North East river. owned
and managed by Misses Virginia
Z. Montgomery and Helen NJ. Hell
berger, which opened the ficst of
the month, have plans under way
for the development of private
aviation field.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23

Camp Horseshoe along the Octo-
raro creek, near Cecil Paper Mills,
at Rowlandville, Md, has opened
for the Summer with 800 Boy
Scouts from Pennsylvania present.
The camp will remain open until
September 1.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23

Ralph D. Poynter was elected
mayor of Rehoboth at the recent
town election by majority of 45
votes over ]. Arthur Downing. The
election was the most exciting in
the history of the town and the
count of the votes was not con-
cluded until o'clock Sunday morn
ing of last week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28
An Unpleasant Reminder

But fun tires people as much as
work" I treasured him, smiling. so
IL You wish TO go TO bed. YOU may.
You'll have a busy day tomorrow"
.'Gee!' Henry's relief exploded in
the SYLLABLE. and William added,
Thanks a lot. Goodnight" as they
turned and hurried TO the stairs.
Harry Underwood hardly waited for
the door 70 close behind them be-
fore making me a low bow. sweep
tnr the floor with an imaginary
plumed hat.
For ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain" he intoned,
"no .heathen Ch!nee' has nothing on
our Afissis Madge. You sure threw
out that bait proper. They're wal-
lowing the pole now.
Hush" I whispered frantically.
and Lillian fastened a firm fore
finger and equally insistent thumb
upon her husbands ear.
.Suppose you swallow your tongue
and get out OF here" she suggested
erimly. THE crowd at The Larches
viii think we're deserters-"
You're jealous. that's all a
the matter with you." her husband
retorted. Come on, Marion, let's get
the car. and you sit with me ]
can't stand a woma near me that
can't control her emotions"
He caught his stepdaughters arm
and rushed out OF the room TO the
accompaniment OF the laughter which
invariably applauds his foolery.
"In hold the crowd over there al
long as I can" Lillian whispered tc
me under cover OF the laughter
But deah old Pills simply rarins
70 get over here"
CONTINUED Tomorrow
l Copyright. 1880. ey Newspsper Feature serriee. Inc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28
Some Odd Facts

An adult man should weigh about
10 pounds for five feet in height.
with five and one.half pounds
added for each inch above this fig
ure.
The Transvaal region IN South
Africa Is the worlds greatest source
OF gold.
There are 3a.4s2.0 900 people In
England and Wales. according 70 ar
official estimate
Two women are training as ali
pilots TO every three men.
More boy babies than girls were
born in England and Wales during
the first three months OF this year
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28

and then he said. don't you care.
cutie. well take in a show our
selves"
And Kitty dried her eyes,
powdered her nose. put some OF
her best new rouge on her cheeks
and sailed out with the young
man across the hall-as bright as
a button.
Wher she got home her Berry
was waiting for her az the head OF
the stars. and what Berry said TO
the Young Man across the hall. and
what the Young Man across the
hall said 10 Berry could never be
printed In any respectable news
paper.
Berry was very good and came
home On the dot every evening
for a while. but n night he tele-
phoned again. and what did Kitty
DO?
She walked right straight to the
telephone and called the Young
Man who was not across the han
anymore. but who had by some
curious accident. left his new tele-
phone number behind. And on:
stepped Kitty again.
Finally Berry and Kitty were
through
And Kitty. did she marry the
Young Man across the hall?
Well not exactly. You see he had
2 regular sweetheart up in the
country. He was just sorry for
Kitty that Is ali. but he had a
friend and the friend thought Kitty
was a yell" and Kitty and the
friend were married.
They lived together nearly a
year. Then the friend drank more
than he should and said. Kitty. she
didn't see herself married to a
Tank. and she divorced the Friend
Of the Young Man across the hall.
Then she married a very good.
looking chap who Vas floor walker
in a really nice shop. but the floor
walker knew entirely too many
pretty women for kitty's peace OF
mind. so the other day Kitty di.
voreed the floor walker.
They say she's going out a good
deal now with a perfect pip OF a
travelling salesman.
Berry? He didn't marry his Cute
Kid either-he married her sister.
and the sister took Berry 10 the
country and made him 60 to work
in a country store. She stops by for
him every night in her little car
and he doesn't dare say his soul IS
his own-but he owns a good little
business now-in the country.
AMI he wouldn't 60 hack to the
kitchenette flat for all the kitties in
the world.
Life is a strange parade. isn't II?
Copyright. 1880. ny Nspspior Feature S-srice. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28

Great emotional strain has a dis
tinct relationship to heart action
Without warning, a terrible strain
is put upon the emotions and heart
by news Of sickness or death or
disaster. Even everyday living has
a good deal of = strain associated
with IL.
DR.. William } Mayo. that emf
nent physician known from n end
OF the country 10 the other. recently
spoke 10 the members OF the Amer
lea Medical Association In his ad-
dress he said that man has de-
veloped a brain at the expense OF his
body. Long cons r mar learned
70 control mis- emotions. Or. Mayo
appears 10 think this has thrown a
tremendous strain OF the heart. 80
that Il NAV account for deteriora-
ton OF the heart in civilized times
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28

Pearls Are Teeth" They Said.
sprites. and by and by three Of
them came TO the surface or ths
water.
What DO you want7" they asked.
We want three teeth for a littls
girl"
HIM. what happened 10 the three
she had before? Did she lose then?''
They fell out" At this the thres
sprites mad q talk among themselves.
which was carried on In nlch a .ovv
voice that they could hardly each
more than q word or two Ike very
busy" and so many teeth TO get Tor
babies" and even have 10 get tusks
for an elephant" until finally Rnarf.
who was becoming impatient, called
down: II you're too busy well
come down into the well and re-
them ourselves.
Fine the three sprites called
back. Come down ut once" 20
into the well sprang the shadow
children
Tomorrow: Peariy Teeth1
Copyright. 1880. b. Newspaper Feature ssrric. fsc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-28
Lace Is AhectionaUy Regarded by Smart Women
Says

ACES have woven them
selves into a secure place
in the affections of both
American and Continental wo-
men. Couturiers. practically
without exception, include sew
eral lace gowns in their current
collections and everywhere that
fashionables gather in the late
afternoon, or for dining and dane
ing, the lace gown is well repre-
sented. And gowns of less formal
conception are generously fes-
TONED with lace collars, vests
and intricately designed cuffs.
There is no doubt hat the lace gown
i an admirable choice for the semi-formal
wardrobe. II is equally appropriate fol
afternoon or evening bridge. afternoon
teas, informal dinners, restaurant dining
and Sunday evening suppers. Indispen
sable TO the woman whose calendar in.
cludes this variety Of delightful social
events is such a dress as we have
sketched today. The lace is an exquisite
piece from the looms Of Chantilly and
made along such simple lines as to per
nit full expression to the beautiful
fabric itself. A lace frock invites little
decoration and the designer of this model
reveals consummate artistry in introduc-
ne a row of rich. black velvet flowers
extending from the neckline to the knee
The same velvet runs through the lace a,
the waistline and forms an interesting
girdle and pale, flesh tulle crushed al
the neckline and fluttering from the
wrists completes a gown that would
mark the wearer as a of style.
discrimination and good taste.
AS an excuse to tell you that SHIN
mering effects are significant of this
Winter of formal fashions we are show
ing this formal evening gown. Bugles
spangles. seouins, rhinestones, palette.
are used lavishly on sheer fabrics such
a. net, chiffon and tulle. This gown
with its fashionable flounced silhouette
Is Of dark red chiffon patterned in RED
sequins. The low-cut decolletage seems
even lower by virtue of the flesh tinted
chiffon yoke that finishes the bodice. A
crushed girdle of dark red velvet is held
by an ornament OF ruby stones. And
now you have no doubt guessed that
ruby red is one Of the most popular
colors of the evening mode.