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Evening star., 1934-11-04
BY SALLIE V. ii. PICKETT.

Critical society matrons who looked
askance at the Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration and expected some
wild upheaval in social affairs will
feel quite reassured in the official
social program given out at the White
House today, for there is scarcely a
trace of originality about it, simply
the old cut-and- dried series carried
out by Republicans and Democrats
alike for a quarter of a century or
longer except for the additions made
by Mrs. Hoover and carried out last
season by Mrs. Roosevelt. The dinner
to the cabinet on December 18 is the
only event on the official program
coming this year. the rest of the
calendar starting with the reception
to the diplomats January 3. and as
was the case last season the New Year
day reception is omitted.
The New Year day reception long
ago outgrew all bounds and there is
no criticism because of its omission
this season. A very analytical mind
will find some things-a mere change
of date-showing the thoughtfulness
of Mrs. Rooseveit-for instance, the
congressional reception. Last season
1t was held on January 18 and this
season, undoubtedly on account Of
Congress convening in January in
stead of December, the date is ad-
vanced to January 81, thus giving the
wives of members of the august body
of Congress a chance to unpack and
thair ouopinn hpfnrp Of
tending the state event in their honor.
The little joker of the program is the
Speakers dinner, a dinner without an
identified guest of honor, with long
bets on Burns. this or that one, and
excitement equaling that of the Irish
Sweepstakes as to just whom will sit
next H the Presidents wife.
1t is interesting to watch things
social pale in the face of politics and
election day has sent high officials
scampering back home to look their
constituents in the face as they cast
their votes. Not all of the Presidents
Official family is able to follow his
example of going back home" for
number of the cabinet members and
their families have OF necessity been
compelled to send their votes by mail.
The President and Mrs Roosevelt, the
Presidents mother Mrs. Dali and the
rest of the family, with the exception
of Mr.. James Roosevelt, who has resi-
dence in Massachusetts,, will first take
membership at the Red Cross booth
and pass directly on to the Duchess
County polls.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hull will personally cast their votes
in Tennessee instead of by mail and
the Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Morgenthau will likewise 60 to
the polls in person. The Attorney
General and Mrs. Cummings have al
ready eft the Capital and will 60 to
Connecticut to deposit their votes and
the Postmaster General, who has
joined Mrs. Farley and their family
for his usual over-Sunday visit, will
remain on to accompany Mrs Farley
to the polls. The Secretary of Labor,
Miss Frances Perkins, will likewise per-
sonally deposit her ballot, but not so
the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Dern.
The Secretary is absent on official
business and will mail his vote, and
Mrs. Dern and other members of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
SCHOOL BIDS
 AWARDED TO
 WARRACK co.
Construction of Schools at Afognak, Unalaska and
 Ouzinkie Begins Soon

Contracts covering the construc- tion of Territorial school buildings at Ouzinkie, Afognak and Unalas- ka have been awarded to the War rack Construction Company by Territorial Commissioner of Edu- cation Anthony E. Karnes.
 The total bid of the Warrack Construction Company on these schools was $28,914, $1,186 less than the next lowest bidder. Individual bids on the three schools by the Warrack Construction Company were, Ouzinkie. building contain ing two class rooms and living quarters for teacher, $6,65000; Afognak, $11,668 and Unalaska, $1O596. The latter two schools will contain four class rooms apiece.
 Other contractors presenting bids on the construction of these schools were R. J. Sommers, whose total bid was $32,000 and Dishaw and Son, with a total bid of $31, 100.
 Work will proceed as soon as materials can be shipped into these places, and we will use all Alaska workmen and material where pos sible, as is the custom of our com pany," MT Warrack said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
NORTHERN PACIFIC
 TO HAVE TEN NEW
 LOCOMOTIVES SOON

"AlaskanS will no doubt be in- terested in the new locomotives which will carry them over the North Coast Limited of the North ern Pacific Railway in the future" !" declared Karl K Katz, well known Alaska representative of that com pany, who arrived in Juneau sev- eral days ago.
 "A locomotive which is complete ly equipped with roller bearings will be an attraction at A Century of Progress Fair this year. Ten of this type of high-speed passenger locomotives are being manufactur- ed for the Northern Pacific Rail- way Company at Philadelphia for use in the Rocky Mountain country on it's North Coast Limited Each of these locomotives will be 110 feet in length and will be the largest locomotives in passenger service in the Northwest. One of these sleek moguls of the rails will be exhibited, according to North ern Pacific operating officials, in the transportation pageans known as the Wings of Century" for two weeks late h August.
 At that time, the first and last locomotives purchased by the North ern Pacific which is the First of the Northern Transcontinentals, will show graphically the evolution in steam locomotive construction over period of 64 years. The Minnetonka was purchased as To- comotive No l by the Northern Pacific in 1870. It will be oper- ated under it's own steam, fired with wood, throughout the 1884 worlds fair as it was during 1883. The Minnetonka is a balloon stack locomotive of early vintage MT. Katz said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15

Scientists have estimated the earth's age to be three billion years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15

Broadway comedian and stage di- rector, who has made many suc- cessful films in Hollywood.
 Mining Location syotlces at Elm pire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
FL M FROLIC
 TO BE GIVEN
 IN HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 15.- More than 500 stars and featured players will participate in the first annual Film Stars F'rolic to be held in a Hollywood stadium, May Is, 19 and 20, combination cir GUS, rodeo and mardi gras.
 Eddie Cantor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, will act as master of ceremonies. James Gag ney will be director of the arena. Ann Harding is in charge of deco rations. Leon Errol will handle the side show. Mary Astor is direc- tor of floats and display. Boris Karloff, the screen terrorist, is to direct special events. Sam Hardy is aligned with a corps of side show bankers. Tyler Brooke will be the impresario of the ballyhoo contingent. Morgan Wallace will direct the girl shows, and Dick Powell will be in charge of the singers.
 Several stars will peddle candy and peanuts, sell tickets or act as performers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
SLIM AND zASU
 HERE TONIGHT, { CAPITOL BILL
Love Honor, and Oh, Baby!" Has Breach of
 Promise Suit

The breach of promise suit of the century-with Slim Summerville as the lawyer and zaSu Pitts as the girl who has been promised will open here tonight at the Capi- tol theatre. Based on the Broad way stage hit, "Oh, Promise Me, by Bertram Robinson and Howard Lindsay, it is by far the most up- roarious of the popular Summer ville-Pitts co-starring comedies produced by Universal.
 The plot reyolves around Slim, cast as a ne'er-do- vel, lawyer, and ZaSu, filing clerk who gets all the facts from life from her banker vegetarian- philandering employer. Verree Teasdale makes a devastat- ing blonde villainess.
 One of the outstanding discov- cries made by the pair is that life and love are just a lot of spin ach." To find this out, they go through several amazing experi- ences, including faked rain storm, threats of perjury and the breach of promise trial. For a while it looks as if Slim will join his unlucky clients in the local jail.
 Sharing these experiences with Slim and ZaSu, in one way or an- other, are George Barbier, Lucille Gleason, Miss Teasdale, Donald Meek, Purnell Pratt and Adriene Dore, the latter said to be one of the most beautiful woman in Hol- lywood. The picture was directed by Eddie Buzzell, the famous
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
TWO FEATURES ARE OFFERED AT COLISEUM
"a ne Grey Picture and Buck Jones Thriller
 Combined Tonight

Zane Greys "The Golden West, , new Fox picture, featuring George O'Brien in the leading role, the story of which pivots about a feud between two aristocratic southern families, comes to the Coliseum theatre tonight in a double bill with Buck Jones in ''The Thrill Hunter"
 The early scenes of the picture are in southern atmosphere. The later sequences are located in the rugged west during the days of Indian domination. O'Brien DOT trays dual role, first as lover, whose romance is interrupted by the feud, and afterwards as the leader of a tribe of Indians.
 Janet Chandler, a recent Fox Films discovery, Marion Burns, Emmett Corrigan, Edmund Breese, Bert Hanlon, Arthur Pierson and Onslow Stevens are prominent in the cast. The picture was directed by David Howard.
 A new version of the greenhorn in Hollywood will be seen in "The Thrill Hunter" a Columbia pie ture that presents Buck Jones in an unusual type of role.
 Buck is cast as a cowboy who has no great desire to enter the portals of Hollywood, but who be- comes so involved in his own pre- varications that he finds himself in the cinema capital as the ace stunt man of the motion pictures, while in reality his abilities hardly extend beyond clever horseman- ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15

Mining Location Notices at Em- pire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-15
c. w. WHITE RETURNS HERE FROM SKAGWAY WHERE HE
 MANAGED GRAND THEATRE

c. w. Whyte, who relieved O. Olson as manager of the Grand Theatre in Skagway last week, when the latter came to Juneau for medical attention, returned to Juneau on the Northwestern. MT. Olson returned to Skagway on the steamer on it's northbound trip.
 Zalmain Gross made the round trip to Skagway on the Northwest ern to meet MT. Whyte and return here with him.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Holidays Just Birthdays
to Members of Family

Carmichael, Pa.-Celebrations are
In order for almost everyone in
the nation every time there's a
birthday in the voytek family here.
On Christmas day, some years
ago, the stork. working hand-in-hand
with Santa Claus, presented Mrs.
Voytek with a baby girl, Marjorie.
who was eighteen years old last
Yuletide.
Her mothers birthday, on Janu-
airy 6, is known as Three Kings day.
st. Valentines day-February II
is celebrated by her father, Matt, as
his birthday. One of his brothers
is not punished for his mischievous
pranks on April Fools day, because,
after all, that's his birthday. The
tramp of marching feet on Memo
rial day means another In the life
of a second brother, who was born
on that day.
Armistice day is celebrated by Mr..
and Mrs. Voytek as their wedding
anniversary, although when they
chose November IL as their we'd
ding day, that date had not yet, of
course, been designated as a ma
tional holiday.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
u. S. Whaling Ships
Fade From Oceans

Washington once flourish
ing and picturesque institution
appears doomed to follow the
covered wagon into oblivion.
The American whaling fleet,
which in the hey-day of its ac-
tivity in 1858 comprised 100000
gross tons, has dwindled until
today only IA vessels of 9.367
tons remain. And so is closing
an important and vivid chapter
in the history of the United
States merchant marine.
Records of the Commerce de-
partment's bureau of navigation
and steamboat inspection also
show that since the time the
first American whalers headed
their well provisioned vessels
away from the New England
coast late in the Eighteenth cen.
fury for their search of swim
ming treasures" headquarters
for the fleet have moved com
pletely across the continent.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
RUINS OF S CITIES
FOUND ON ONE SITE
Leveled by Invaders and Re-
stored Each Time.

Philadelphia beneath the
placid wheat fields of Palestine lie
the remains of great city which
was leveled by invaders at least four
or five times and restored to It's for
mer grandeur after each invasion.
1t was the city of Beth Shemesh
In Ain Shems. Situated on impor-
tant trade routes between Egypt,
Palestine and Syria, the city -four
ished between 1900 and 600 B. c.
Five archaeological expeditions from
Haverford college have delved into
the ruins 20 feet below the waving
wheat. A sixth expedition Is being
arranged for next year.
Findings Of the fifth expedition
now are being collected under the
direction of Prof. Elihu Grant, di-
rector of the department of bibli-
cal literature at Haverford.
The mounds, which have yielded
startling historic material, are To-
Gated 20 miles east of Jerusalem,
overlooking the Mediterranean.
The first expedition unearthed
three Bronze age cemeteries. Sue
cessive excavations have disclosed
four successive levels, representing
distinct epochs in the city's history.
When the city was first pillaged
and burned by invaders, walls and
roof beams were leveled to the floors
and the new builders erected an
other city on the ruins of the old.
This process was repeated, the find
ings show. until at least four or five
cities were destroyed and rebuilt on
the same site.
Evidence of the prosperity of the
ancient city is seen In the remains
OF temples. palaces. dwellings. shops.
and industrial properties. Vases.
TASKS, bowls. tools. weapons. and
Iewelry indicate the personal wealth
Of the inhabitants who dwelt there
5000 years ago.
As a result of the findings a Pal
estine museum has been formed at
Haverford college. Ii contains an
abundance Of valuable material and
Doctor Grant has published several
reports of his discoveries.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Star Gazing Passe;
Cameras Now Used

Delaware. Ohio.-Star gazing
is passe among astronomers, DR..
Harlan T. Stetson, director of
Perkins Observatory of Ohio
Wesleyan, told his audience dur
ing a lecture on "Photographing
the Stars"
He explained that modern
astronomical work is done al
most entirely by photography.
Discovery of new planets and
other celestial bodies is not the
result of a casual glimpse of
them through a telescope, Doc
tor Stetson said. Instead, they
are discovered through photo
graphs and usually are accident
al. In order to be certain of
their find, astronomers must re-
photograph the particular por-
tion of the sky In which the dis
covery was made.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Snow Preserves Berries

Much of the food supply of the
bird Inhabitants Of the forest areas
In the heart of the Ural mountains
In northeastern Europe consists OF
berries Of the previous seasons
crop. The snow comes so quickly
after the berries have ripened In the
short summer season that much Of
the fruit is covered with snow.
either on the bushes or where II
has fallen on the ground, before II
can be harvested or has time to de
cay. The snow serves as a preserv
alive and when 1t begins to melt
away In the early spring the Der
ries are Just as fit for consumption
by the birds as when they were first
covered.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Horned Rooster Is Boss
of Oregon Chicken Yard

Waterville. Ore.-The Clarence
Potter barnyard Is presided over by
a horned rooster. A two horned
growth appeared on the fowls comb
when 1t was month old, and has
grown in size with the rooster. The
points jutting out from the comb
are of the same color as the comb,
about a quarter of an inch In diam
eter and extend about one inch In
length.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
So, 900, 900 to Be Spent
in Is California Forests

San Francisco.-More than S.
100000 will he spent during the
next two years for maintenance of
Is national forests In California
and southwestern Nevada, accord
ing to S. B. Snow, chief of the fed
eral regional forest bureau here.
Used to purchase equipment and to
pay wages. these funds will provide
1,500.00 IMAM days. of labor at a
substantial wage for $50 days each,
Snow said.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Shotgun Starts Ancient
Clock After Nine Years

Houston, Texas.-A grandfather
clock rested for nine years In
Charles Dalio's store, until its ven.
cradle peace was disturbed by a
load of buckshot square in its face
from an ''unloaded" gun exhibited
by visitor.
Then it started running again.
its face badly disfigured.
YOU'D run too If you were shot
at" was Datio's only explanation
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
FALLS INTO HOT WATER VAT
James Holland, Berlin, Md, Suf-
fers Burns in Veneering Plant

Plunging into vat of boiling
water used for soaking lumber,
James Holland, 48-year-old en-
ployee at the Berlin Veneer Works
plant, suffered severe second de-
gree burns about the body before
he was rescued by fellow work.
men. Holland, engaged in placing
logs in the hot water vat, lost his
balance when his foot slipped off
the edge of a wet plank, throwing
him into the steaming tank. De
spite the accident Holland succeed
ed in keeping his shoulders and
head above the boiling water. Fell
low workmen, hearing his screams,
pulled him out and rushed him to
the Office of DR.. Walter F. Sewers,
Berlin physician. The injured man
was later removed to his home
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Wounded Deer More
Than Match for Man

Magdalena. n. MI P. Erick-
son. Gallup, N. NJ. found a wound
ed 1OO-pound antelope more than a
match for him and was ready to
quit when Game Warden Zahnley
same to his rescue. The two men
finally downed the animal. After
wounding the antelope. Erickson
attempted TO bulldog 1t to earth.
When the scuffle ended. the hunter
was half mile from his gun and
his body was covered with bruises.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Watch, Under Water
for % Years. Ticks

Constantine. Mich.-It takes
more than % years under water
to end a good watch's tick.
WOrkmen clearing out mill
race found watch lost by John
Putnam. now living in Sydney.
N. Y, in 1905. One hand had
rusted off, but the crystal was
unbroken.
The watch was wound and
started ticking. 1t will be sent
to Putnam.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By i. Z. Stevenson i'm
His Own ImmicaI Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

The Social Register shows why so
many marble mansions are shattered
and tenanted only by caretakers or
left to their own loneliness while
SO many swanky and costly apart
ments remain closed at a season
when ordinarily, gayety reigns at it's
height and debs and dowagers are
Kept busy trotting about the town
attending affairs of various kinds.
1t seems that this season more
society families than ever before
have decided to make their country
places their winter as well as their
summer homes. In other words,
It's smart to stay in the country.
Even the opening of the Metropoli-
tan opera season, which sets a new
record for lateness in getting under
way, has failed to lure back many
OF the smart set Thus evenings in
these upper East side streets are
far more quiet than they have been
In many year.
One of the homes that has not
been opened is a rather grim brick
house at Fifth avenue and Sixty first
street. 1t is the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Hartley Dodge, Mrs. Dodge
being the niece of John D. Rookie
Teller. The reason the house is
not open is that the Dodges spend
most of their time on their huge
farm near Madison, n. ]. The Duke
mansion, at l East Seventy eighth
streets, is tenantless most of the time
except for servants and guards, the
family spending the greater part of
the time at Duke farms near Som
erville, n. ]. Then a stones throw
away at 972 Fifth avenue, is a 81
lent white mansion. That's the
home of Mrs. Payne Whitney, but
she's seldom there. Usually, she's
at Greentree, her estate at Man
hasset.
The home Of Mrs. Mary Duke Bid
die at 1909 Fifth avenue, is also a
town house practically tenantless.
Mrs. Biddle prefers the mansion at
rvington-on-the-H Hudson, high up on
a hill overlooking a great sweep of
open country. There are more, many
more And those silent town houses
don't do those who profited by the
entertainments of old any good at
all.
Millions of dollars were spent by
the late J. B. Duke on his New Jer-
sey estate. The ample grounds are
traversed by 35 miles of paved
roads. In the past, the grounds
were open to the public. But the
public was unappreciative. Shrub
berry was broken and rubbish left
behind. So now the public is barred.
Speaking Of rubbish, wonder what
would happen If other magistrates
followed an example set recently
by Magistrate Johan 81. Goldstein.
Three culprits who appeared before
him pleaded guilty to throwing rub
bish on the sidewalk. They didn't
have the 81 fine. so the magistrate
set them to work sweeping In front
Of their homes for an hour with a
police inspector to see that there
was no loafing on the job. The
offenders live down on the lower
East side where among many 1t is
the custom to wrap garbage In
paper bag and drop 1t out Of win
dow. In some higher rental sec
lions. tenants drop refuse down into
courtyards.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

man to rise In gas bag. with hope
of safe landing. The mere attain
ment of altitude, however, Is not
a primary object of the ascents. It
is desirable to reach the greatest
attainable height above the earth
In order that conditions there can
be observed.
Captain Stevens has penetrated
the lower levels of the stratosphere
by airplane on numerous occasions
and also has served as observer on
a number of army balloon ascen-
sions. During his high altitude fly
ing he has collected much scien-
tific data. Ia a flight over Day.
ton. Ohio, In October, 1923, he
reached an altitude of 39.150 feet
and obtained the only complete rec
ord of the thermometer readings
ever made in America. showing on
the same day the Temperature
gradient" In the region from the
earth to the stratosphere. Other
such records of temperatures, from
the earth to an altitude of approx
mately $4,000 feet. is one of the OBJ
jectives of the 1884 ascents. Such
data will be extremely valuable In
weather studies.
Trap Stratosphere Air.
Another project of Importance
will be the trapping of samples of
stratosphere air at several levels.
These specimens will be analysed
and studied later in physical and
chemical laboratories.
The preliminary "agenda" for sci
entific data to be collected during
the ascents, contains IA other items
varying from high-level photog-
raphy and the ascertainment of the
electrical condition of the air at va
rious levels. TO cosmic ray studies
and efforts to determine ozone con-
centration. The mysterious ozone
layer of the upper air which some
scientists assert is all that saves
by ultra-short light rays. is thought
to lie far above the highest point
that can be reached by a manned
balloon. II Is hoped. however, that
evidences of an increasing ozone
content Of the air can be detected
Is miles up.
In order to house the many in
struments and automatic recording
devices that will be taken aloft,
the balloon will have attached to 1t
spherical gondola of light metal
9 feet In diameter. This diameter
is two feet greater than that Of the
gondolas used by Professor Picard
and Commander Settle, and will
provide cubic capacity more than
twice as great.
The instruments, many of them
designed and modified by Captain
Stevens as a result of trials during
high altitude flights, will be largely
leaving observer and pi-
lot free to take care of the many
activities In the gondola that will
rSQuire personal attention. A mum
Der Of tiny cameras. using motion
picture film. will automatically and
tirelessly ''read" dials and clock
faces simultaneously at frequent
intervals.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

married and then we can take the
trip for a honeymoon"
Somehow Sally wasn't as shocked
at Mr.. Branigan's statement as most
people might have been. Instead
she laughed. Its sort of sudden. -
she said, but I must say your in
vitation sounds most attractive"