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Evening star., 1933-09-17

investigation included radius OF some Is
miles around Guayaquil
No less than 9432 900 packages of poison
were distributed. This poison consisted of
flour with Is per cent Of arsenic and at times
from to 10 percent Of grated cheese, or some
ground dried fish or dried seal meat. Once
prepared, the poison was wrapped in paper,
forming cone shaped packages which contained
about one teaspoonful of poison in each pack
age
One of the most important members of the
"ghost squad" is DR.. Carol Fox, now with the
quarantine section Of the Public Health Service,
with headquarters in New York City. Through
his Investigations the systematic examination
of f1eas taken on plague-infected rats, will tell
health officials whether or not plague will be-
come epidemic in any community where 1t IS
introduced.
Dr. Fox has already discovered that type
of flea scientifically known as x. 'oheopis is
the major cause of plague This is the rat
flea. or true plague flea, originally native OF
India. In parts of India where this rat flea
predominates, plague epidemics are common.
whereas in other parts of the country, where
other types of rat feas predominate, such out
breaks are rare.
A situation that sounds somewhat alarming
on the face of it has lately been unearthed by
DR.. Fox. This is to the effect that x. cheopis
is present on all sea coasts of the United
States. Indeed, DR.. Fox points out, this DEATH
dealing insect has been carried from port to
port throughout the entire world by ship rats,
most of which particular types of black or
brown rats of medium size.
Now, the black rat probably is the most
notorious plague carrier of all the rodent tribe
Oftentimes when the ship is at port it goes
ashore and passes on its plague feas to the
Norway rat gray rodent heavier built and
extremely ferocious. Because it's poor
climber, along sea coast cities you're liable to
find large numbers of Norway rats on the
ground floors and in Easements.
CURG. GEN. B. j. LLOYD of the ghost
y squad" is strongly in favor of rat-proofng
all sea coast buildings as an important means
of Kidding the Nation of the Norway rat He
explains:
Il am tempted to say that permanent rat
proofing is almost the only effective measure
against plague in cities of any considerable
size. I am speaking now of the task of eradi-
eating plague entirely and permanently. The
most efficient and at the same time the most
economic rat-proofing campaign that could be
conducted against plague is one that begins
from Is to so years prior to the advent Of the
disease. BY this statement mean that it is
relatively inexpensive to construct buildings
of all kinds so as to favor minimum develop:
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Starts Third Century
Continued From Second Pace

gence who realize full well that the
greatest disaster which could overtake
the city would be its conversion into a
drab and dismal replica of some of the
manufacturing centers in the Middle
Western cow country or the >Northeastl
ern beef belt.
1t already has been pointed out that
much of Richmonds individuality has
departed in the wake of the wrecking
crew whose axes and sledges laid low
goodly percentage of the mansions
remaining as a heritage of the Old
South. While some of this destruction
could have been prevented, it must be
borne in mind that when city expands
steadily into virgin territory, little can
be done to preserve the residential
property in the older sections, which are
no longer fashionable and are occupied
in the main by the less fortunate whites
and Negroes.
But if Richmond has suffered an "at4
mospheric" retrogression in recent decs
adeS it has experienced a cultural reIrs
aissance. Prior to 1924 it was the only
city of more than 100000 in the United
States without municipal library. Id
that year library was opened, and IL
has grown with remarkable rapidity id
usefulness and influence. At about tho
same time the city had its first week
of grand opera, and this became an an-
nual institution until the depression,
which played such havoc with all OPERA
made its continuance impracticable,
Even so, at the height of the slump last
year symphony orchestra was launched.
Richmond, in short, is aware of ita
illustrious past without forgetting that
it has present and future. If tho
city has been bereft of ancient lands
marks which never should have been
sacrificed and if it's atmosphere is less
distinctive than one might expect I'd
find in place so extraordinarily ricIf
in history, it has achieved a suave CONS
promise, in entering upon it's third cen.
tury, between those of it's inhabitanta
who are afflicted with the get-rich~
quick booster complex and those imbued
with ante-bellum and Confederate fixas
tions. The air downtown is heavy at
times with the reek of tobacco factories
and smoking chimneys, but there is also
the emerald sheen of the grass at the
Poe Shrine and the arching beauty o1
the elms as they form a cathedral nave
above Franklin street. Something of the
old, something OF the new-that is about
all one can ask of any city in this era)(
of high-geared salesmanship and rau~
cous ballyhoo., ,;.,, ..,, -,
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dread ailment. Indeed, not a single research
worker of the Public Health Service during
the services 33-year investigation of the NAL
ady has ever had plague
Nor has this been due altogether to good
luck, but primarily to the fact that all these
Investigators knew exactly how to go about
their dangerous business. However, they have
had some very narrow escapes.
In Guayaquil DR. Long has had his share,
and more, Of thrills. Again and again he has
had his body covered from head to foot with
the plague-carrying feas. That he escaped
being bitten sounds like miracle. However.
he usually took the precaution of carrying
with him a box of powder capable of killing
the insects, and on those occasions when he
found himself without the powder he was wise
enough to change his clothes frequently and
scrub his body with painstaking care at reg
ular intervals. Oftentimes his clothing was
literally swarming with the deadly germs. On
several occasions he has inoculated guinea pigs
with germs removed from his coat lapel with
the result that the experimental animals died
in short order, whereas it was commonplace
experience for him to enter a plague infested
house, personally sweep up floor covered with
dead and dying rats, clean up the entire dwell
ing place and burn the refuse thus gathered
DR. LONG discovered that the Indians of the
- Sierras have custom which is undoubt-
edly responsible for causing many cases of
plague among them and which prevents the
disease from dying out in this region as quick
ly as it does in other regions in Ecuador. This
is the "velorio." or death wake, held in the
house of the deceased The relatives and
friends come from long distances to attend
the death ceremony, which lasts from two to
five days. They feast and drink and lie about
in the room of the deceased most of the time.
They handle the body and clothing of the
dead person and later take it to the nearest
town for burial Many cases of plague have
been traced to these velorioes. In one instance
seven of the participants developed the dis
ease. When the Indians return to their homes
they may carry not only the disease but in
fected feas as well. There is movement
under way to induce the Indians to hold their
death ceremonies in special building for this
purpose. and if this plan should be adopted
it would tend to reduce other contagious dis
eases as well as plague.
Rat trapping and poisoning operations were
conducted in a scientific way during the three
year determination campaign In Guayaquil.
There was regular trapping division consist
ing Of a chief inspector. two field inspectors
and IA trappers The average yearly rodent
catch by the trapping method was about
100000. The total number of rats destroyed
by poison and traps was 1,140.000 in popula-
tion Of less than 100000. The region under
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A S mentioned earlier, this fumigation work
is deadly dangerous. However, these men
are the foremost experts on hydrocyanic gas in
the world, and during their life-risking maneu-
vers have not suffered single casualty First
of all, the ships crew is taken off the vessel
which is painstakingly sealed up. Whereupon
members of the fumigation squad, wearing their
protective masks, gather together numerous lit
tie bags containing cyanide "eggs" three or
four times larger than ordinary moth balls,
and drop them into barrels or other contain
ers in the lower ships compartments. Imme-
diately the poison gas starts to bubble and
the fumigation squad leaves the ship.
Ordinarily a single fumigation takes be-
tween an hour and two hours. the exact time
depending, of course upon the size of the
vessel. 1t is not safe to enter most ships
until about two hours after they have been
fumigated. However, to make safety doubly
certain, members of the fumigation squad en-
ter the ship and let down tiny white rats Gin
cages) into the holds and compartments to
see if the vessel is free of poison gas If the
animals survive, the atmosphere is entirely
safe for humans and crew and passengers are
allowed to return.
Hardly less dangerous than the fumigatioa
work of the ghost squad" are their regula-
laboratory examinations, field investigations
and rat-trapping and poisoning maneuvers.
This is because plague is one of the few
germs that will go through the unbroken ilu-
man skin directly into the blood stream. And
when a scientist, like DR.. Long, must handle,
say, 200 to 300 rats a day for long periods
of time, it is easy to realize that his skin will
rub against plague germ time and time again.
Yet DR.. Long during his hazardous three-year
study of the black death did not contract the
Evening star., 1933-09-17
BY JOHN NETIN MILLER.

!: : S: $: s: ::
After almost daily riSknQ his life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
WING IS DAMAGED

NATAL, Dec. 7.-Col Lindbergh inspected his plane this morning and found the left wing damaged. He immediately set about making repans while Mrs. Hndberghs went sightseeing. E M
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
NOTICE

WOMEN OF THE MOOSE There will be regular meeting of the Women of the Moose at the Moose Hall tonight at 8 o'clock.
 GERTIE OLSON, -adv. Recorder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
SINGLE NIGHT OPENS TONIGHT
 FOR TWO DAYS
Louis Bromfield Story Basis for Comedy at Coliseum
 with Unusual Cast

A suave, fast-moving comedy, of wit and charm, opens tonight at the Coliseum Theatre, under the title of Might After Night
 Taken from a story by Louis Bromfield called Single Night the film relates, in none too ser ious a manner, the efforts of the young proprietor of a high-class speak-easy, played by George Raft, to ingratiate himself with a mys- terious young lady from Park Avenue, the role taken by Con- stance Cummings = efforts which are successful only when he re- verts to type.
 George Raft has made Joe An ton a human, likeable, romantic young pirate, and Constance Cum mings has done wonders with the aloof, sophisticated girl from Park Avenue, who is not as pois- ed as she thinks when she gets down to fundamentals. As for the other leading characters, there are Wynne Gibson as Iris, with whom Joe had been happy until the girl from Park Avenue came along; Mae West, excellent in her first screen role as Maudie, who had been Joe's pal. in the old days, and Alison Skipworth as Miss Jellyman, a middle-aged school teacher whom Joe has employed to teach him to be a gentleman.
 It's a cast that is nearly per feet, and it helps to make the film the superior piece of enter tainment that it is.
 A late news feature and select ed shorts complete the program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
FATALITIES IN
 GRID GAME ON
 DECREASE NOW
Attendance Shows Increase of f3 Per Cent Over
 Previous Years

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Despite the increased participation of high school and sandlot players, deaths of the football season just closed show a decline in the high marks of 1881 and 1892 in survey made by the Associated Press.
 Reports from all sources show 26 deaths directly attributable to the game and 10 more in which injuries in play may have been a contributing factor.
 There were 50 deaths in 1881 and 36 last year.
 Not one college or varsity play CT is one the list. this year, and only five college freshmen, of which only two can be listed as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
HOT PEPPER" CLOSES LOCAL
 RUN TONIGHT
Lowe, MacLaglen, Lupe Velez,. Fl Brendel Rolic
 Through Comedy

Action, comedy, beauty TO- nance, music and surprises are deftly blended in the Fox com edy, <Hot Pepper" at the Capi- tol Theatre tonight, depicting the most recent adventures of Quirt and Flagg, those registering Ro- noes originated by Laurence Stall lings and Maxwell Anderson.
 Edmund Lowe and Victor Me Laglen, who have made Quirt and F1agg world-fannous, appear as the lovable scallawags. They discard their Marine uniforms and, in ev- ening clothes, preside merrily over gay night clubs.
 The exotic and dynamic Lupe velez, portrays the leading femi- nine role, and a feature of the production is her singing and her alluring dancing in one of the night clubs. She is assisted by chorus of beauties that must certainly have been hand picked. Fl Brendel's delightful comedy adds much h to the entertainment of the production. Lillian Bond, recently elected Wampas Baby Star, Gloria Roy and Boothe How ard appear in important roles.
 Opening Friday
 Slim Summerville and zaSu Pitts. who have developed into a riotous comedy team, will open at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow night in Her First Mate !" which presents the two as married couple living in nick town on the shore of Long Island Sound, with the husband dreaming of career as captain of an ocean going frsighter, and working on an Albany night boat.
 The latest laugh providing ve- hicle of this delightful pair, Is Universal comedy and the Judi crous incidents and sparkling dia- logue combine to make it one Of the most successful productions in which they have ever appeared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
CALAo IS HIGH
 IN CITY ] LEAGUE
 BOWLING MATCH
Gam e s on Tour nament Schedule for Tomorrow
 at Brunswick Alleys

Winners of the bowling matches played at the Brunswick alleys last night by teams of the City League were the Legion of the Moose, who defeated the Moose team, 1929 Co 1475 and the Brunswick three who were victorious over the Miners with total of 1465 to 1917.
 E. Galao of the Brunswicks made high total score, 57l, while M. Srs- ten of the Legion of the Moose was a close second with 569. Galao and Seston tied for the high single game score, both making PIP in their second game.
 The City League schedule Of games at the Brunswicks tomorrow night is: s.
 7::30 o'clock-Alaska Juneau svs, Moose. slss5 sl.sS.
 8:30 o'clock-Federal Building .vs, Signal Corps. v
 Scores made last night follow. AZ sgsrss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
Lindberghs Keep Natal
 4-Guessilg: 2:
Famous Pliers Respond to Cheers of Throngs but
 Movements Shrouded

NATAL, Dec. 7-Accustoned as it is to feting fliers, Natal admit tedly had a problem in the matter of honoring or trying to honor Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife who arrived here yesterday after a flight over the South Atlantic from Africa.
 The Lindberghs smiled and re- sronded to the cheers from the throngs that hailed them, but continued to mask their plans and movements and the citizens had to be content with occasional glimps- es of them and speculating upon their future movements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07

having died from injuries received in supervised games or practice.
 Based on the figures tabulated by the Associated Press. attend- ance at college games increased B percent compared to the previous season and the aggregated attend ance of 46 colleges and universities games is 7026,40
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
ANNUAL BOAT RACE

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 2. The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge will be held March IT. The race, which is run between Putney and Morlake on the Thames, has been won 10 years in succession by Cam
  bridge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07

-adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
BAN "SHORTS"
MELBOURNE. Austral

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 7-Tennis shorts have been banned from the courts of Victoria. Nor- man Brookes, former Australian Davis cup player and now prssi- dent of the Victorian Lawn Tens his Association, ruled that shoIts are not the correct" costume for tennis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-07
Leniency to Be
 ShoiUn VoIstead Act VioIators

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. = The Department of Justice dis clcsed it will be pursuing the policy of Ieniency towards per- anps convicted of violating the volstead Act. Consideration is also being given requests already received for paroles for those still in prison. ess
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
BY JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 5. - If there
is truth in the major league tradi-
ton that the team which wins the
close ones takes the pennant, then
the New York Giants might as well
start figuring on a world series
now.
Bill Terry s outfit has won five
of its 10 victories by the narrow
margin of one run. and two by two
runs. The only close contest they
didn't win was their opening l to
/ tie with Brooklyn
The Giants shaved off two tight
victories yesterday, beating the
Chicago Cubs 2 to and to 4. Six
Chicago errors assisted the Terry
men in taking a firner hold on
the National League s second place,
just one and one-half games behind
the leading Pirates,
Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons per-
formed nobly in the opener, scat
tering discreetly his yield of eight
hits, handling six chances afield
and driving in the tying run in the
fifth 1t was his fourth straight
win. His victim was Bud Timing.
The batting hero of the opener
was Sam Leslie who pasted a tri-
pie and scored the winning run on
George Davis single.
In the sixth inning of the night
cap Chicago was leading 4-3, when
the sun got in Riggs Stephenson s
eyes and he dropped Blondy Ry-
ans pop fly, permitting two run
ners to score. Roy Parmelee gain
ed his second straight win, although
Carl Hubbell relieved him in the
ninth. George Davis and Woody
English made homers in this game.
81 johnson IS one-hit pitching en-
abled Cincinnati to blank Boston
A to o, boosting the Reds to fifth
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
RACING WORLD
AWAITS DERBY
BY KENNETH FAY
United Press Staff Correspondent

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 5.-Own-
erS of the country fleetest thor
oughbreds met today to name the
three year olds who will race il
tomorrow seth running Of the
derby, as the influx of distinguished
visitors began in earnest.
Not more than II horses are like
ly to be named. and the field of
actual starters may be only IA. The
Coe entry, Ladysman, winter book
favorite, and Pomponius. continued
to receive greatest support among
the betting fraternity. Mrs. Willie
Crump's Head Play was a rapidly
mounting second choice. with Char
ley o and Mr.. Khayyam following
in succession.
Colonel E. R. Bradley's outright
prediction that Ladysman would
win has failed to swing loyal Ken
tuckianS to the Coe entry The
blue grass country additionally
backs home state entries and
Bradley S Broker s Tip is popular.
Lee Rosenberg Terry Patch is
liked by many but the jinX that
has kept futurity winners from
winning the derby looms import
antly.
The rest of the field appears
likely to be: Trace Call. Sarada,
SpicSon, Strideaway. Dark Winter,
Inlander, Isaiah, Fair Rochester,
Good Advice and Silent Shot.
Meanwhile prominent society and
turf figures poured in to Louisville
by train, plane, and even by river
steamer, as their ancestors came to
the first derby in 1875 to see AriS-
tides capture a purse of $3.50.
Other notables included Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, Senator Harry F.
Byrd Of Virginia, Bernard Baruch.
New York, Governor Henry Horner
of Illinois, Will Rogers, and A. A.
Akron, o.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
GIANTS SHOWING CLASS BY
CAPTURING CLOSE GAMES

place tie with Brooklyn. A five
run rally in the fifth inning gave
st. Louis a 5 to ? triumph over
the Phillies, raising the Cards to
a third place tie with the Braves.
Jim Mooney held the Phils to six
hits.
Brooklyn dropped to a fifth place
tie by losing a 10 inning game to
Pittsburgh. ? to /, during the cele-
bration of Hans Wagner day.
Lefty Gomez two hit pitching
performance featured play in the
American League as The Yankees
downed Detroit to 2. After eight
hitless innings Charley Gehringer,
the first Tiger up in the ninth
drove out a home run, blasting the
chances of a no-hit game. Anoth-
er run followed after double,
wild pitch, walk and an infield cut.
Cleveland and the Chicago White
SoX advanced to a second-place
tie. the latter beating Philadelphia
> TO l through "Sad Sam" Jones
five hit pitching and Al Simmons
hitting. The Indians noSed out
Washington 6 to when Earl Az
erill S ninth-inning single drove in
Dick Porter with the winning run.
Boston at st. Louis was frozen out.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
Dado To Defend
Title Tonight

HOLLYWOOD, May S. U.P)-The
California bantamweight title ot
Speedy Dado, clever Filipino boxer,
win be at stake tonight when be
meets Joe Tieken, Sacramento Jap
anese, in the 10-round main event
at the Legion stadium.
Dddo probably will enter the ring
weighing 113 pounds, two mere
pounds than his opponent.
Other bouts, ali over the four
round route. include: Oeergle Hang
ford vs.. Max farley, Den Kennedy
VS. Rod Alcantara, Tony Chavez rs
Emil Tyre, Victor Vienna VS.. Johnny
Verto, and Bobby OliVaS VS.. George
Goodman.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
SPARTAN FOUR
IN L|MEL|GHT.

Eyes of sport lovers in the South
west will be on the State College
field. San Diego, tomorrow where
athletes from the San Diego city,
Southern Prep and Imperial Valley
leagues will compete in the quail
flying events for the big finals meet
to be held later in Los Angeles.
Particular attention will be TO-
cused on four man team to be sent
from Central Union High School,
Ell Centre which is expected to be
the next Southern California cham
pionship team.
Having swept everything before
them in previous meets of this
year the Spartan quartette COM
posed of Myrel Gillett, in the quar-
ter mile and century; Leroy Kirk
patrick, high and low hurdler; Leo
Maiden, broad jumper with Ebert
Berry. crack member of the relay
team, is expected to win six firsts
tomorrow to qualify for the finals
A large number Of local rooterS
is expected TO accompany the team
tomorrow to San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES
BY United Press

i
The Sacramento Senators breath
ed bit easier today, secure at
least day longer on their perch
atop the Coast League pack.
After dropping two in a row to
the threatening Oakland club, the
Senators regained part of the lost
ground yesterday by swapping the
AcornS, IL to 0. Los Angeles slip
ped into second place tie with
Oakland by downing Missions to
4.
A fist fight between rival man
ayers enlivened the Sacramento
Oakland encounter. Ray Brubak-
err, Oakland pilot, said it with fists
after Earl McNeeley, Sacramento
boss, accused Pool of attempting to
spike Third Baseman Barker in
sliding into the bat in the second
inning. The combatantS were sep
arated but not before Brubaker
caught one of McNeeley'S blows on
the face, bringing blood. The
AcornS were held in the palm of
Lefty Flynn IS pitching hand which
yielded only six scattered hits.
Camilli drove in four Sacramento
runs with a double and single
Although outhit, ID to Is, Los
Angeles made its hits count in
routing Missions. The Angels start
ed their drive in the opening inn
ing when they counted four runs.
STATE opened the rally with a tri-
pie and touched off another drive
later with a similar blow. Bud
Hafey, young Missions outfielder,
continued his batting campaign
with three doubles.
San Francisco, losing its ninth
straight, was nudged out by Hol-
lywood, 7 to 6, despite five home
runs. The circuit blows by Ralan,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-05
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

feSterday's Results
New York 5, Detroit 2.
Cleveland 6, Washington 5.
Chicago, 2, Philadelphia 1.
Boston and st. Louis, rain.