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The Washington times., 1931-06-29
HOSPITAL
CHILD EDEN
Staff Photo

Something new in hospitaliza-
ton for Washington is seen in the
Children's Convalescent Home at
Eighteenth Street and Bunker
Hill Road. A definite appeal to
child psychology is made here.
The low rambling stone structure
that looks like country club is a
veritable child's paradise. Charac-
terS from child fiction adorn the
walls; character dolls fill the play
rooms, bright buckets and shovels
cover the sand piles, and q real
tower with winding stairs COM
pletes the appeal to the childish
imagination.
Even groWn-ups forget that be-
hind closed doors there is the most
modern medical and mechanical
equipment for a convalescent hos
pital. DR.. Hugh Davis, we'll known
child welfare worker, who in
Spected the plant yesterday, said:
ut is a great step forward for
the city Of Washington"
Miss Florence G. Abbott, for
merly assistant superintendent of
nurses at Children's Hospital, as
sumed direction this week. Mrs.
Alexander B. LeGare is chairman
OF the governing board, and Mrs.
John VILLA S, Mrs. Arthur
O'Brien, Mrs. A. H. Davis, and
Mrs. Harry Hyland Kerr are ac-
tive members.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
BLAMES ACTORS
FOR JAZZ

"Jc-z has been put over
us by the stage. Theatrical ar
lists are largely responsible for
the erroneous impression in
other countries that jazz is an
OutgrOwth of early American
song and dance"
This charge emanated from
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, dele
gate of the U. S. Government
to the. League of Nations Confer
ence on Folk Arts, and president
of the American Folk Dance So.
ciety, who is here conferring
with governmental agencies, and
foreign representatives.
An effort to determine what is
distinctly American Folk Art for
presentation at the League of
Nations international Exposition,
at Berne, Switzerland, is being
made by the United States COM
mittee which Miss Burchenal
heads. She has spent % years re-
search in other countries.
That anything so superficial as
jazz should be considered an ex-
preston Of the heart and soul Of
is deplorable, Miss Bur
chenal contends. Governments Of
other countries promote their
folk arts, but it has been left for
individuals to do the pioneering
in establishing American folk
lore, she pointed out.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
z DAYS To BEER.
OR NOT To BEER

Two days remain for the Wick
ersham Law Enforcement Com
mission to complete its work,
fold up its tent and steal into
the night.
Reports are heard that the com.
mission will take a final shot at
the prohibition issue-this time
possibly with a supplemental re
port recommending that per
cent beer be brought within the
law.
George w. Wickersham, chair
man, was in conference with
President Hoover at the Rapidan
camp yesterday.
Another report is that a final
letter to the President will recon.
mend that light wines also be
legalized.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
TEMPERANCE
! FIRST TIME
IN 8 YEARS
University Expert Outlines
Remedy for Australian
! Pest Which Scars Leaves

A mildew, or blue mold. an
Australian disease which affects
tobacco crops, and which found
its way to the United States in
1922, has just made its first ap-
pearnce in Southern Maryland,
according to W. B. PoSey, tobacco
specialist Of the University of
Maryland Extension Service.
q In 1922 the plague visited
Florida and Georgia and then
disappeared. The epidemic in
Southern Maryland. Posey de-
clared, is its first temperance
in this country.
The disease may be controlled
by spraying the plants with BOr.
deaux mixture, Mr.. POSey ax-
planned. This remedy consists ~
four pounds Of blue stone and
five pounds Of lime to 50 gallons
Of water.
The disease, when it first at
tacks the plants, is similar to
water Scald on the under side
of the leaf. AS it gains strength,
he declared, it works it's way
through the leaf. and follows its
course along the veins.
One popularity of the disease,
he said, is that it seldom kills
q plant. While the leaves may
wither, and a mere stub remains,
the plants usually recuperate
with vigOr.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
SWIMMER DIES
Of HEART
ATTACK
John |. Caldwell, Plumber,
Drowned at North Beach;
Man Fined Going for Help

Seized with a heart attack while
swimming at North Beach, Md,
yesterday morning, John L. Cald-
well, As, a plumber, of 1915 D
st. S. E., was drowned in shallow
water reaching only to his waist.
Speeding to get a physician to
resusitate Caldwell, Harold Nc.
Carthy. 1900 Taylor st. N. W.,
one of the party, was arrested by
Sheriff Bruce Lyons, of Calvert
county, on a reckless driving
charge and fined SITS by Justice
of the Peace Hall, of West River.
The coroner issued certificate
Of accidental death after resuSi.
tation efforts proved unavailing.
Caldwell's party included, be-
side Mccarthy, Jack White, an
employe of the Government Print
ing Office. and Fred O'Neill, 2120
D St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Watcha Mean, Dog Days.?
PoLar-B0rn PUPS Query

pedition, says Tom" is a good
sports, and always has been able
to surmount trouble.
In October Mr.. Lofgren and
Tom" are going on a 20-week
lecture tour of the Middle West
and East. Mr.. Lofgren is to
speak before high school students
and Tom" will pose without do
ing much speaking.
"Tommie" will be tomorrow.
He was born in total darkness in
the Antarctic region. He never saw
the sun until he was over
month old. He was named after
one of the hackers of the Byrd
expedition.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Boy RecOUers Lost
Purse, and 81 More

The wavering faith of George
Graham, IA, of 3116 Horner
Pl. S. E., in his fellow man was
restored yesterday when a pocket
book he had lost at Glen Echo
Park last Thursday was returned
to him.
George not only received his
lost purse but 81 which had been
left at the main office of the
park for him by an unnamed
man who had heard Of the boys
loss.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Church Will Omit
Services in Summer

During the summer months
Sunday night church services and
Thursday night prayer meetings
will be omitted at the new st.
Pauls Lutheran Church, Con-
necticut Avenue and Everett
Street Northwest, according to
announcement made yesterday at
the final dedicatory service.
Celebration of the sacrament
of the Lords Supper marked the
conclusion of the dedicatory ser
vices, which were held the pre-
ceding Sunday, the occasion, &C.
cording to DR.. Henry w. Snyder,
pastor, being marked by the
largest individual communion SER
vice to be held in the church.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
FAIRFAX SUITS
PRESAGE NEW
HIGHWAYS
Court Sets July 6 for Hearing
Condemnation Cases; Plans
Include Lee Blvd. Feeders

commencement of a new road
building and road improvement
program for Fairfax county in
preparation for the Bicentennial
Celebration was indicated Satur.
DAY with the filing in Fairfax Cir
cult court of several condemna-
ton suits for land to be used in
improving the Richmond Wash
ington Highway.
Filed by F. Shields McCandlish,
Fairfax attorney, for the State
highway department, the cases
will be heard by Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy, July 6. The land
mentioned is for improvement OF
that section of the highway lying
between Snake Hill and Gum
Springs, where several dangerous
curves and narrow bridges will
be eliminated.
Members of the State highway
commission visited Fairfax last
week to survey the road system.
They indicated that a number of
roads in the county would be i'm
proved the new roads built.
The new roads, it is understood,
will be built with a view to sup
plementing the traffic and acting
as feeder roads for Lee BOuIe-
ward, now under construction
from the Memorial Bridge to Fort
Buffalo. Among the first will be
one connecting Lee Boulevard
with Lee Highway, near Falls
Church.
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Dog dayS-phOOie!"

Tom Pratt" Labrador huskie,
born in Little America during the
dark days of the Byrd expedition,
can't savvy the term dog days"
Since leaving the Antarctic re-
gion, where the mercury flirts
around 72 degrees below zero,
Tom" has found a dogs life Just
one thing after another. Now,
with the mercury lowering around
the 100 mark and folks talking
about dog days." he is more in
the air than Byrd ever was.
However, his owner, Charles
Lofgren. 9O4 Kearney St. N. E.,
personnel officer of the Byrd eX-
The Washington times., 1931-06-29
Square Club Plans
For Convention Here

The Washington Railway
Square Club is making plans for
the national convention of the
organization here in 1882, accord,
ing to James Edmonds, president.
A resolution regretting the
death of Justice Frederick L.
Siddons was adopted at the busi-
ness session yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

The United States Golf associa- tion's ban on the so-called sand wedge" a patented, concave sur- faced implement designed to sim plify shots out of the bunkers, may not be needed by the duffers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

who have been equipping them selves with this club.
 Somewhat popularized' by Horton smith and used last year by many O. the stars, including Bobby Jones, thousands of these trick tools were sold to the boys in the blasting bri- gade. Probably most of them Will remain in circulation, even though the club is barred from U. s. c. A. competition.
 The point involved in the sand wedges illegality is that the bal hits two points of the club-head in the operation of being shovelled cut. This comes under the general heading of mechanical contrivance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 23-Johnny Layton, the phlegmatic red head from Sedalia, Mo, is after record never before achieved in billiards. He is meeting the challenges Of seven rivals in the worlds cham pionship three-cushion tournament here.
 No one ever won the title four years in succession. Alfredo deOro, the veteran Cuban, won the crown three times straight. from 1913 to 1915, and has held it since but lost each attempt to establish a record. Layton won the championship in 1928, '29 and 30
 Layton's billiard forte is his steel nerve. A great shotmaker. he stead ies under the strain. Last year, Willie Hoppe had him down in the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
YACHTS ARE TO RACE,
 OLYMPIA TO VICTORIA

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 28.-The Olympia Yacht Club announces a meeting will be held on February 18 to which all Pacific Northwest yacht clubs have been invited, for the purpose of outlining plans for the Olympia to Victoria race to be run this year. This is in place of the Olympia to Juneau race which has been postponed for this year. The announcement of the February meeting was made by Ernest Nal lory, e-Commander of the Olym- pia Yacht Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
TOURNAMENT IS WON BY JUNEAU
 BY HUGE SCORE
Local Elks Make Clean Sweep of l5 Games in
 Inter-Lodge Tourney
----ByPap

Winning three straight games of the final match last night, the Ju- neau Elks bowling team made it Is consecutive games from the Ket- chikan Bills, the first time on rec ord that either of the contestants in the annual series has failed to register a single game won.
 The local maple busters took last nights game by 159 pins, and brought their total lead for the series to 1,505. The final score was: Juneau 13,633, Ketchikan 12,128.
 20 Pins Per Man
 The locals averaged 20 pins per man higher per game for the se- ries. The Ketchikan man average was 162 as compared to 182 pins rolled per game by the Juneau squad.
 Last night the Ketchikan bowlers were guests of the local Elks' lodge at dinner served in the Gasti- neau Cafe.
 Although a consistent loser, the visitors lost cheerfully and without alibis. They will leave on the steamer Queen tonight for Ketchi- kan.
 The Final Spasm
 The scores in the final match were
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

final at New York but Layton took time out and then came back with a remarkable exhibition to win.
 Three seeded players and four winners of sectional championships are opposing Layton. The seeded stars are Otto Reiselt of Philadel- phia, whom Layton defeated for the title in 1928; Allan Hall of St. Louis and Chicago; Tiff Denton, Kansas City.
 The sectional winners are Charles Jordan, of Los Angeles, who turned pro after 20 years to win the Pa cific coast title; Arthur Thurnblad of Chicago, F. s. Scoville, New Ha- ven, Conn, and D. J. Jacobs of St. Louis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
REBEKAHS ATTENTION

Regular meeting of Perseverance Lodge 2 A will be held in I. O.. O. F. Hall Wednesday night at 8 pm. Degree practice will be held immediately after lodge.
 HELEN SKUSE, adv. Noble Grand
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
Sport ,S1a1ntS
 ALMJ.6ouD

The crowning achievement of West Points remarkable program of development and expansion in athletics in the five-year regime of Maj. Philip B. Fleming as graduate m anager is the new Skating Arena" built at a cost of S120,000 and giving the Cadets one of the largest hockey rinks in the coun- try.
 Modern in every respect with fa- cilities to accommodate 2,500 spec tators in coonskin coats, fine re- frigeration plant and skating area measuring 232 feet by 90 feet, the rink is magnificent addition to the extensive sports layout at the military academy.
 Hockey has had a very limited and brief chance for development among the Cadets up to the pres ent time, but it may soon be in stalled as major sport, as is the case now at Harvard, Yale and Princeton
 The Harvard skaters, led by the versatile Barry Wood, gave an ar tistic performance in helping to dedicate the new structure early in January. The Crimson lads, with Wood handling the puck as deftly as he handles a football, probably have the best college team in the east, if not in the entire country, so that it is no disgrace for the scrappy soldier sextet to take a 1o-goal trimming.
 Harvard has been playing hockey for 31 years and there have been few seasons when the Crimson was well up around the top in perform ance. Nevertheless Cambridge has no facilities to match those they helped dedicate at West Point.
 The Harvard skaters for years have been forced to take their ice where they found it, although for the past three years they have had the advantage of using the Boston Garden for practice as well as home games
 When the Crimson skaters de- pended on natural ice they fre- quently were handicapped by the weather fluctuations. They tell of one year when the team, unable to get on the ice for two weeks, fin ally resorted to rubber tired roller skates and worked out on top of the Harvard Stadium until they wore out the skates. Practice also was held in the gymnasium with tennis ball used for a puck. The opening of the old Boston Arena rink, in 1910, gave Harvard the chance to develop hockey under fine conditions and it was voted a ma jor sport in 1913.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

Johnny Seda Mo- before aaneda fourf Reie furnish oppos ton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28

Daily Empre want Ads Pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
NOTICE

On anG after this date, January 26, 1881, the barber shop formerly known as the LADY BARBER SHOP is owned by Robert Light of Latouche, Alaska, and will be operated by him. Robert Light will be responsible for any debts contracted from this date only.
 adv. ROBERT LIGHT.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
WASHINGTON U LOSES GAME TO
 OREGON STATE
Is First Defeat of Present Season - Had Won
 Seven Straight

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 28.- The University of Washington bas- ketball five was defeated by the Oregon State quintet last night by a score of 37 to 23.
 This is the first defeat of the Washington boys of the season after winning seven straight games.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
NOTICE

The Annual Chicken Dinner giv- en by the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church will be held at the M. E. Church Friday, January 30th. --adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-28
KETCHIKAN WINS
 FROM PETERSBURG.
 TWO GAME SERIES

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 28.-- In one of the most exciting bas- ketball games played here, Ket- chikan last night defeated the Petersburg players by a score of 45 to 31.
 Gordon of Petersburg starred with 16 points and Northup of Ketchikan with 20 points.
 The game ended the two game series and Ketchikan won both.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-06

males should be supplied q with plenty of milk in addition to the regular diet.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-06

box and the space about the tube plugged with cotton.
 --.Caution.-Both carbon disulphide and Illuminating gas are inflam- mable and should not be allowed to come in contact with fire.
 PELTING
 After the animal heat goes out of the body the flesh shrinks from the skin, permitting the pelt to be removed more easily and keep ing the skin side free from blood. This will be in about half an hur, but care should be taken in cold weather to prevent the carcass from freezing during this time. The only tool needed in skinning a mink is a pocket knife, and this should be kept sharp.
 A slit is made up the back of each hind leg, starting at the in side of the paw and running to the hook, then from the hook to 3 point just below the root of the tail. The back of each front leg is slit in the same manner from the paw to the first joint. The skin is then worked free from the flesh from the first joint to the claws. The bones of the foot are cut free from the pelt, but the claws are left on the skin. A slit is made from the root of the tail about half it's length so that the bone can be pulled out The carcass is then hung on a hook or nail by the ten- don of the hook joint and the pelt is pulled down, the knife being used whenever necessary to free it, until it is removed as far as the neck. Careful work is then neces- sary to cut around the base of the ears, including them in the pelt around the eyes, and around the mouth and lips
 The pelt is placed on a wooden frame for drying as soon as it is taken from the carcass, and all car ,asses should be disposed of imme- ! diately by burning. Any fat CT flesh adhering to skin should be | immediately, as fat causes skins to become brittle and worth ess and flesh starts decay when are unfavorable for rapid ! frying
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-06
SOME FOX HISTORY AND
 FEEDING
ID. F. Stubbs, fox farmer, Mckinley
 Park, Alaska

ID. F. Stubbs, fox farmer, Mckinley
 Park, Alaska
 Lack of meat in the diet predis- poses the fox to distemper Cooked cereals and biscuits made of whole wheat flour, rolled oats, soy bean meal, corn meal, pinch of salt, carriyng the amounts at different seasons of the year, together with milk (preferably goat and raw eggs occasionally will supply with both raw and cooked meats, a we'll ball anced ration
 Some ranches feed their fox only once a day However, a light feed in the morning, and a substantial evening meal emitting all meals on Suday, is probably better plan.
 A little raw meat occasionally is relished by the fox and acts as a
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-06

tonic. Liver occasionally is bene- ficial, it acts on the bowels. Bones. other than chicken bones (which splinter, so are dangerous) are good for them to chew on, and play with; they get lime from bones.
 Milk is good in conjunction with cereals, vegetables, etc, but milk alone or milk with meat only is likely to upset their digestion. Boughten discuits and other pre- pared foods for foxes and mink, may be all right for time but they rapidly tire of them. They like variety in their food.
 Pen-raised fur bearers rarely get enough exercise The use of long exercise pens on fox ranches, where the foxes can run and play, is one of the best forms of exercise Here number of large bones will fur nish an interest and lot of eXer- else
 Continued Next Week)
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-06
MINK RAISING
By Ahbroo Charge Division of
 Bureau Biological Survey

males should be supplied q with plenty of milk in addition to the regular diet.
 MANAGEMENT
 A litter of young minks will live peaceably together and may remain in one pen until fall or early winter. They should not be allowed to run together at all seasons of the year, but instead each animal should be confined in separate pen. Pens can be placed so that the one con- taining the male will have one for Ia female on each side of it. The females placed in these pens should be the ones with which the adja- cent male is to mate
 The dens and nest boxes of minkS should be kept clean at all times and should be given a thorough overhauling about the middle of April, before the young are born, and disinfected with a coal-tar spray. Plenty of clean, dry leaves or straw should be placed in the nest boxes for bedding. The young minkS announce their arrival by a crying noise similar to that of young kittens, and this is continued until they are fairly we'll grown. It is not advisable to disturb the nest box until the young are two or three weeks old. If, however, there is need of examining the litter be- f0er this time, the mother should be penned out before the nest box is opened. She will carry food to the young when they are about three weeks old, but this fouls the nest and tends to bring about in- sanitary conditions. A clean nest box with plenty of bedding should therefore replace the dirty one
 KILLING
 The best method of killing minks for removing the pelt is by asphyx- iation The animals may be driven into a tight box with a slide door singly or several at a time. After the door is closed, a small quantity of carbon disulphide or chloroform should be poured on a bunch of cotton and this introduced through hole in the top, which should then be immediately corked or otherwise tightly closed. Two tar blespoons of either liquid is suf- ficient for one mink in a small box, and not much more is required for several animals unless the box is large The animals die quickly and without struggle If illuminat- ing gas is available it may be used instead of a volatile liquid. A rub Der hose carrying the gas may be inserted through the hole in the -~~~~~~-~>~~>-~>-----~~~