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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
7RIGHTFUL DISASTER OFF COAST
Scene of Horror Attends
 Burning of Morro Castle;
 SurUiuOrs Scream for Help

BRIELLE, New Jersey, Sept. 8. A picture of horror followed the burning of the liner Moro Castle as survivors floundered in the water screaming for help, according to members of the crew of the fishing boat Paramount, which res- cued 67 persons.
 Tt was the most horrible sight ever saw" said John Began, owner of the little craft, which plowed through the water for four hours taking survivors aboard.
 "The water seemed full of dead people" said the skipper of anoth- CT rescue boat, the Diana which brought in twelve bodies.
 Sharks Add to Horror
 Sharks added to the scene Of horror and increased the terror of the disaster. One rescue ship skip per counted three sharks in the area where the survivors were struggling in the water.
 Capt. Began said he saw the blaze from the ship as he started out early in the morning on his daily fishing trip.
 'I turned back to Brielle and mo- tified the Coast Guard and then hurried to the burning liner" said Capt. Bogam "On arrival, I found struggling persons and bodies. I saw three persons clinging to the body of drowned relative. The living had to be literally torn from the dead and they screamed ter rfblv"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
. . . . .
 STOCK QUOTATIONS .

NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 171a, American Can 97ik, American Power and Light 47s, Anaconda IFS, Armour, con- mon, 6A, Bethlehem Steel 2SA Calumet and Hecla, no sale; Cur tiss- Wright 25s, General Motors 285s, International Harvester 25l2, !, Kennecott 1872, United States Steel 32H, Pound S5.00A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
TUo ALaskans in
 Russia tor AiUards, Arctic Rescue Work

LENINGRAD, U. s. S. R., Cept. 8.-CIyde Armisted and William Lavery, Fairbanks, AL asla, avi a ion mechanics, awarded the Order of Lenin for assisting in the rescue of Prof. Otto Schmidt and his party of over 100 from the Arctic ice floes in Boring Sea, earlier in the year, have arrived here. They will proceed to Moscow next week where President Kalinin will confer the decora- ti0ns.
 The two Alaskans are having their expenses paid to and from Russia,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
Declare Eskimos Rnuaged
 by White Nuns Diseases,
 Liquor, Lack Proper Food

CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. B. Ravages of the white mans diseas- es, combined with liquor and the scarcity of natural food supply, is fast depopulating the Eskimo race, say pr. V. E. Levine, and Prof. c. w. Bauer, of Creighton University, Omaha.
 This is the statement made by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
Two Brothers in
 Race, Same Office

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 8.-S. w. Van Scoyoc. treasurer of Oakland township, Clay county. Kansas, ran for reelection on the Republi- can ticket. opposed by M. P. Van Scoyoc. Democrat, his brother. The latter won.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
Petition Handed Roosevelt
 Asking Increase, Gold Price

NEW YORK Sept. 8-A petition, signed by farm leaders business urging the immediate the gold handed President Roosevelt Fisher of Yale University a committee nation, it announced last night
 Holding gold prices other basic producers their commodities while causing of living petition sought gold price rise S4143 maximum authorized by the recent Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
How Street Was Named


 ATLANTA, Ga.-Historians say Peachtree Creek, which flows down through Atlanta, and Peachtree Street, the city's longest thorough fare, derived their names from a gigantic tree used as target by early Cherokee Indians in their game of throwing rocks. The tribesmen called it the Peach tree because they pitched stones at at.
 Kirk Prather, candidate for the Democratic nomination for gover- nor of Kansas, toured the state in an airplane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
NEW YORK SUPPLIED BOTH

There are, however, only two instances where Vice Presidents and Speakers from the same state served at the same time.
 Daniel D. Tompkins of New York was elected Vice President to serve from March 4, 1917, to March B, 1925. John w. Taylor, also of New York, was elected Speaker on November IS, 1920, after Henry Clay has resigned. Taylor served as Speaker until the end of that Congress, the 18th t1s2D.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
THE MoRRO CASTLE

NEW YORK, Sept. 8.---The Nor TO Castle was a long, low liner with rakish lines, with two fun nels. She made her maiden voyage to Havana four years ago. She maintained an average speed of 21 knots The liner was sos feet long and was built in Newport News.
 Last September she went through AS hours of storm when she ran into Hurricane of Cape asttefaS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
MASSACHUSETTS SETS MARK

As recent as the 67th Congress 1921) both Houses of Congress had as their presiding officers men from the same state. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts was vice president and Frederick Gillett of Massachus- etts was Speaker of the House.
 Coolidge was elected Vice Presi- dent to serve from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1925 (67th and 68th Congresses).
 When Harding died Coolidge be- came President on August 8, 1923. Gillett, who had been speaker since 1919, continued to serve in that position during the whole Of the 68th Congress, ending in March, 1925, while Coolidge was President.
 Massachusetts, therefore, has set a mark for even Texas to shoot at.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
SHIP CATCHES AFIRE
 DURING STORM Passengers Are Caught in Berths - Many Are
 Burned to Death
FLAMES ENVELOPE
 SHIP IN FAST TIME
Unable to Lower Lifeboats Except on One Side
 Boats to Rescue

SPRING LAKE, New Jer- sey, Sept. S.-Fire, the terror of the sea, swept the pas senger liner M0rrO Castle in the storm shrOuded darkness of today's dawn, eight miles off the shore of Asbury Park.
 Five hours after more than 300 of the 55S passengers and crew were unaccounted for.
 The first frantic sos ''Mor- TO Castle afire off Scotland Light" was picked up at 3:z3 o'clock this morning.
 So swiftly did tse foariIlg flames envelope the vess el that many of the SIS pas sengers, enroute home to New York after a seven-day ex- cursion to Havana, were un- doubtedly burned in their berths.
 The ship was soon aflame from stem to stern.
 Bodies were soon visible off the beach as Sandy Hook surf boats and Coast Guard crews s pushed through the heavy seas to search for sur vivOrs.
 The blaze started apparently in the library, some of the surviving members of the crew said on reach- ing shore, then spread and soon the great tanks of fuel oil began burning and the 11,000-ton liner was pillar of fire, the flames visible along the Jersey coast.
 Flames Sweep Ship
 Dr. Charles Cochrane, of Brook lyn, came shore in a boat with a few survivors and gave a graphic desription of the scene that greet his eyes. The front part of the ship was suddenly all iii flames" said Dr. Cochrane. T do not believe any passengers who got caught in the hold or cabin at any point on the ship beyond the library had chance of es- caping."
 Stunned by Disaster
 Shipping along the Atlantic Coast was stunned by the import of the Moro Castles broken SSS. AL though the liner was in the heart of the greatest shipping region in the world, not a ship was near by as the Coast Guards and police attempted to battle in heart-break- ing failure to force their launches through the surf
 Lower LifeDvsts
 Those members of the crew es- caping were from below decks and they managed to lower only few lifeboats from only one side of the flaming liner and this is pitiful evidence of the failure of many of those aboard to reach safety in lifeboats.
 One lifeboat landed on the beach through the terrific surf with barely enough of a crew to man it, and with far below the 70 persons capacity.
 Captain Is Dead
 The Moro Castle left Havana last Wednesday night. The Com mander, Capt Wilmot, died as the result of heart attack, leaving the vessel in command of the Chief Officer, William Warns, when she caught fire.
 Rescue Ships Arrive
 The first rescue ship to reach the scene was the Monarch. bound for Bermuda, crack Furness liner, and she picked up 65 persons. The ttorrlnuar oy, paoa T,woa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
Planes Manufactured in
 U. S., 748 at Midyear

WASHINGTON. Sept. B. Air planes manufactured in the United States during the first half of 1884 numbered 748, of which 374 were for domestic use, 264 for mili- tary delivery, and ll0 for export.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08

he two who have spent the sum- mer near Nome, making suscepti- bility tests.
 They found the natives suscepti- bility to tuberculosis and other diseases higher than any other place in the world and calculated the Eskimo's life span at 20 years. The birthrate is very low,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08

Fossil coral reefs can be found in the Himalayas which were form ed in the ancient "Tethys sea" of 240, 0,000.00O years ago,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
MAN AND WIFE FOUND,THR0ATS
 CUT,EAR TO EAR

ELDORADO, Kansas, Sept. B. The bodies of Frank Kelly, aged 25, oil worker, and his wife, aged 24, were found last night under a concrete culvert, eight miles west of Augusta, throats cut from ear to ear.
 The police immediately began questioning Clifford Kelly, who ir said to have been involved in a fight with his brother last Satur- day and considerable feeling is said to have existed between them since then.
 Clifford Kelly is already in jail on charge of drunken driving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08

SANTIAGO, Chile.-A law has been promulgated reducing from T and per cent to per cent the interest on loans due to the Bank of Mortgage Credit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-08
Rescue Ships Arrive

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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-02-07
VINEGAR FLY
YIELDS SECRET
LOwly Insect Gives Man a
Better Understanding
AS To Race
SECRETS OF HEREDITY

Los Angeles.-The lowly vinegar
fly is continuing to yield up more
of the secrets of heredity of all
forms of life which won the Nobel
Prize in medicine for DR.. Thomas
Hunt Morgan of the California In
stitute of Technology.
Further reports of his studies are
to be made available soon by DR..
Morgan, who has substantiateG
many facts about the requirement of
physical characteristics by man
from his studies of the vinegar fly.
How he is able to do so he ex-
planned recently:
THE physical characteristics of
man are inherited In exactly the
same way as are those of all other
animals.
There are probably as many
kinds Of defective types in man as
there are defective races of the vim
egar fly, drosophila.
'The vinegar fly furnishes the
genetist, or student Of heredity. ex-
cellent materi"I for the study of the
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fundamental y. lncip1es of heredity,
because the offspring can be OBJ
tanned every ten days. and because
from a single pair 500 to LOCO
young can be obtained.
I'm man, on the contrary, so few
offsprings are born to a pair that
they do not give a good sample of
all the possibilities contained in the
reproductive cells of the parents.
"In the William G. Kerckhoff
laboratories, studies of heredity,
both of animals and of plants, are
being actively pursued. There are
some 500 races of pedigreed flies that
furnish the material, on the animal
side, for genetic work.
For the genetic study of man the
work of medical men is Of the great
est Importance. because to the doc
tor come not only the lame, the halt
and the blind. but also those who
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PLAN OF HOG
PROCESS TAX
Continued From Page One)

on the above date. 1t is also de-
sired that those farmers who paid
their dressed pork processing tax
last month come to Dover and re-
imburse the government for all
pork which has ben sold since jan
uary IL. The securing of the as
sistance and cooperation of a rep
resentative of this branch of the
government service for the con-
venience of those farmers in Kent
county who have this hog process
ing tax to pay, was the result of
the many inquiries which the coun-
ty agent has been receiving in re-
gard to this particular subject.
The Office of the Internal Revenue
Service for Delaware is located in
Wilmington, and until arrange
ments were made for some one
from this department to be in Do
yer for one day each month, those
farmers who are selling dressed
pork were required to make their
monthly returns to that Office,
which was not the most convenient
method of paying this tax. 1t is
impossible at this time to state
how long this service will be in OPP
Grafton, but in all probability if
there is sufficient demand plans
will be made to continue to set
aside at least one day each month
for the benefit of the farmers in
this part of Delaware.
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Local Preacher-Walter Ford.
COMMITTEES


Membership and Lay Evangel-
ism-Mrs. Harvey Wright, Miss
Laura Bell, Mrs. Norman Coleman,
Mrs. w. w. Hynson.
Music Mrs. Emma Hoffecker,
Mrs. Thomas Coverdale, Mrs. Frank
Hynson, L. M. Price, w. w. Hyn-
son.
Religious Education-Harvey c,
Jones, Miss Rena Williams. Mrs.
v. Lay Phillips, w. w. Hynson,
Henry T. Price, Alverna Jones.
President of Epworth League.
Finance - w. w. Hynson, An
drew Cole, Edward T. Porter, l..
M. Price, Hervey P. Hall, G. Har-
vey Wright, Harry Johnson.
Benevolence - James S. Truax,
Mrs. Elmer Pratt, Mrs. Franklin
Ennis, Mrs. Bertha Clifton, J.
Wells FAIRIES, Edgar Heinold.
Foreign Missions = Mrs. L. M
Price, Mrs. Charles Handy, Mrs.
Harry Collins.
Social Service and Local Hos
pitfalls Mrs. Margaret Wright,
Mrs. Harvey Jones, Mrs. Ralph
jefferson.
Auditing Accounts Edward t.
Porter, Clifford Jones, Harvey
Wright.
Church Records P. Hall,
Harry Slaughter, j. Frank Webb.
arsonage-Board of Trustees
Mite Society.
Pastoral Relation and Pulpit
SUPPLY. M. Price, Andrew Cole,
E. T. Porter, Harvey c. Jones, E.
M. Rust, w. E. Matthews, Jr.
Nominating Committee DR.. R.
F. Corley, George N. Short, Har-
vey c. Jones, w. H. Lurty, James
H. Wilson, E. M. Rust, w. E. Mat
thews, Jr.
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nearby their home. 1t is the aim
of the church to take advantage
of every opportunity to further
the cause of the gospel of saliva
ton, fully accepting the words
that Jesus spoke when He said:
eye Must Be Born Again" A
cordial invitation is extended to
the friends and public to attend
the meetings. The plain bible
truths will be expounded which, if
adhered to will bring the more
abundant life" Special selections
in song will be rendered each ser
vice by the evangelists. Services
every night, 7.30. Special meet
ings will be announced from time
to time.
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YEARLY REPORT OF ASBURY
Continued From Page One)

speakers singers, musicians and
Evangelists to give their great
service in the church Sunday even
ing, February 18th, at 7.30 o'clock.
A program of service for each ev-
ening of Passion Week has been
set up, including some of the most
prominent ministers and singers
in the Conference.
The following persons were con-
firmed by the Conference to serve
the Church as Trustees, Stewards
and Members of the several stand
ing committees during the ensuing
year:
Trustees Andrew Cole, Benja-
min Riggs, Frank Hynson, Warner
w. Price, w. w. Hynson, William
H. Lurty, ]. Wells FAIRIES, George
Turner, Joseph Ennis.
Stewards. S. Truax, E. G.
Walls, v. Lay Phillips, ]. E. Will
son, G. Harvey Wright, EN-. Rust,
J. H. Wilson, R. Y. Wallen, Harvey
C. Jones, w. ]. Holland, Harry
Slaughter, J. Frank Webb, l.. M.
Price, w. G.. Roe, Horace Thigh
man, E. T. Porter, M. v. Ford, w.
E. Matthews, Jr., Harry Clark,
Harry Sherwood, G. p. Thornley,,
Harry Johnson, Samuel Hoekstra,
Norman Coleman, John G. Still,
Hervey P. Hall, Harry Collins, DR..
r.. F. Corley, Edgar T. Heinold,
George N. Short, Harvey c. Short,
Ernest Mattiford, Howard Dea-
kyne, Frank Robinson, Henry T.
Price, Clifford Jones, Howard
Kemp, Francis Yeates, Grover
King, H. B. Clifton, Harry P.
Jones, Charles Handy, Lands Will
son, w. Smithers Snow.
Recording Steward Harvey c.
Jones.
Disbursing Steward : w. w
Hynson.
Correctional Steward = w. W.
Hynson.
Communion Steward = w. w
Hynson.
District Steward - w. E. Mat.
thews, Jr.
Reserved District Steward M
v. Ford.
Director of Religious Education
Henry T. Price.
Director of Social and Recrea-
tional Life-Francis Yeates.
Secretary of Good Literature
Mics Laura Bell.
Trier of Appeals Holland
Sunday School superintendent
Harvey c. Jones, General Superin.
tendent.
Mrs. Frank Hynson, Mrs. Nor
man Coleman, Mrs. v. Lay Phil.
lips.
Superintendent Emeritus. M
Price.
President of Ladies Aid Society
Mrs. J. Frank Webb.
President of w. F. M. S.-Mrs
l.. M. Price.
President of w. H. M. S.-Mrs.
w. Lay Phillips.
Retired Ministers - Rev. r. X.
Stephenson, Rev. M. e. Matthews,
Rev. G. p. Jones.
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AT WESLEYAN METHODIST
Rev. w. w. Henry, Pastor, An

Rev. w. w. Henry, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for the Week
The Wesleyan Methodist Church
will begin a revival meeting on
Sunday next, for two weeks. The
Krenshaft Sisters Of Lester, Pa.
will be the evangelists for the
meetings. These girls are good
singers and preachers and are very
much in demand by the churches
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-09

''why did you put on baker clothes ?"wee Scouty asked. Gee, goodness knows you all look very cute. wish that you could bake a bit.
 .I certainly would like some lunch. The rest would, too, I have Q hunch. Most any good food served to us would make a great big hit"
 ssWell, you are going to get your wish. We'll shortly bring you all a dish of very tasty fiapjacks," {" one man answered, with a grin.
 "Just follow us and you will see just how good fine flapjacks can be- A little bake shop is nearby, and we will walk right in."
 The Tinies trailed along behind and Duncy asked, "When will we find the bake shop that you speak off" Right away" came the re- ply.
 And, sure enough, the shop ap- peared, and all the Tinymites were cheered, when one wee baker said, "We'll soon have cakes for you to try"
 And then the cakes were quick ly made. Soon Dotty said, T am afraid that I have eaten all I can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-09

Don't make me any 1nore."
 When ali the rest had had their fill, they plopped right down and sat real still. Were going to take a snooze," said Goldy, right here on the floor" While all the Tinies slept real sound, the little bakers hustled round and mixed a batch of cup cake dough. They planned big surprise.
 Into an oven went the cakes. I'm mighty glad this oven bakes real fast" a baker said. "The cakes will be of monstrous size."
 The Tinymites were awakened when wee man cried, Get up. tots" Then, as Coppy rubbed his eyes he said, What's hap pened to this placer"
 "The oven door just opened wide and then a cupcake came outside. Just look at it, you Tinies, it has hands and feet and face"
 Copyright 1884 NEA Service Incl
 (Dotty frosts the funny cup- cakes in the next story.) 'u"tr-wdce, ,slt22.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. William Henke of
Wood Lake were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Dorum Saturday evening
of last week.
Memorial day was observed in
Milroy. Julian Morten of Redwood
Falls gave the Memorial day address.
The service was opened by singing
America" by all; prayer was led by
Mrs. Ed. Hickey; a quartet composed
of Mesdames w. N. Svenning, E. F.
Welter, Charles Penke and Osborne
ROLAND sang an appropriate hymn;
reading by Donna Mae Welter; adj
dress by Mr.. Morten; placing of the
wreaths by Donna Mae Welter, Bet
ty Ann Dorum, Lila ROLAND and Bon
ME Peterson and taps by Levi Fras-
er made up the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ludtke came
from Foreston to visit Mrs. Ludtke's
mother, Mrs. Julia Brake and to get
their daughter, Marjorie. Marjorie has
been staying the past year with her
grandmother and attending high
school here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Athey and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lewis motored to
Perry, Iowa last Saturday to visit re-
latives. They returned the next day.
M. L. Klien, Thomas F. Reed and
Jens Have attended the meeting at
Redwood Falls concerning the CEN
tralizing of township government.