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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01
Mercy Flights by Alaska Pilots.
(Kusko Tlmes.)

Outsiders who read of Pilot Barnhis heroic mercy flight distance of over 700 miles, made at night to the aid of critically ill., VIII probably get passing thrill at the courage shown by the pilot but to the residents of Interior Alaska
 far deeper feeling is involved With expert medical attention obtalnable in only the larger towns the closest to us being Anchorage Fairbanks or Seward the question of transporting an ill person must De entirely by plane To knoE that the pilots are not only eager to but will risk their lives to answer the call of mercy gives sense of security and gratitude
 One reads daily in the Alaskan newspapers oi injured i'll or frost bitten people being rushed by plane to the nearest hospital. The amount O. sui fering or of lives saved makes notable record, but it is all in the days work for the pilot, who is concerned with landing his patient quickly ana safely.
 Although planes common sight Tn most Alaskan towns, more so, perhaps, than in many sections of the States, pilots of the North fly under much more hazardous conditions Night flying is net the beacon lighted trail of the outside nor are the landing fields lighted and runways marked It is wholly up to the skill of the plot and his knowledge of the country.
 Flying under such difficult conditions with land ing fields hundreds of miles apart and often lite better than forced landing in rural pasture in the States might be, is it any wonder that the recipients of the services extend appreciation and gratitude to the fliers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01
TWO PROGRESSIVE BILLS.

Two bills in particular introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Henry Roden should meet with favor with every progressive Alaskan. One which would provide for a Territorial Planning Council to further the agricultural and industrial resources of Alaska and providing for a survey to that end, has mmeasurable possibilities for ex- pediting the proper growth and development of the Territory Throughout the nation numerous States and districts have organized such councils and they are doing much constructive work Alaska, still a pioneer country, through a Planning Council can avoid many of the mistakes made by other States as they grew without proper planning and CO., ordination
 Secretary of Commerce Roper shortly after his return to Washington, D. O., from his Alaska trip last summer pointed cut among other things that the Federal Government through it's bureaus should endeavor to help Alaska by profitng from the experience learned and the mistakes made ill Ter ritories before they into Statehood.
 An Alaska Planning Council, made up of capable Alaskans can do much through study and recom- mendations to help the Territory directly through the various agencies in the Territory, and also by submitting plans to the various bureaus in Wash ington, D. c.
 Senator Roden's bill asking for an appropriation for an Alaskan exhibit at the San Diego Worlds Fair if pc ssed will undoubtedly increase the tourist travel to Alaska this year, in addition to the na- iional publicity that will be gained through the exhibit. The San Diego Fair will bring large mum bers Of people to the coast. Many undoubtedly al ready plan to include Alaska in the trip Undoubt- edly through the Alaska Exhibit many will come who had not planned on coming. The fact that last year approximately 1000 tourists visited Alaska from 53 States and foreign countries is definite evidence that Alaska is rapidly becoming more and more of a tourist mecca, and undoubtedly with a large tourist concentration on the West Coast be- cause of the Fair, 1895 will prove to be one of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

Thomas Sweeney returned to Juneau from Seattle where he was spending a vacation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

An Austrian fleet was lombard ing the seaport of Albania, Anti vari.
 The activity of the Austrian and German war vessels in the Adriatic Sea was believed to be in part move to cause the with drawal of all or part of the Brit ish and French vessels that had been engaged against the Turks at the Dardanelles and Suez Can al.
 James A. McKanna, Simon Hirsch and Thomas Radonich were appointed by the Juneau Com mercial Club as a committee ot urge the government to Buy it in Alaska" in connection with SUD- plies for the Alaska Railroad. F. J. Wettrick, z. R. Cheney and John Reck were appointed members of committee to renew the re- quest that work on the Federal building be started in the spring
 At an expense of over 5000, the Sisters of St. Ann had in- stalled in their new hospital a powerful x-ray machine and mem bers of the hospital staff were being instructed in it's use by Paul T. Shaw of the Shaw Supply Company of Tacoma. The install lation of the x-ray machine was another step taken by the Sisters modern and up-to-date hospital of St. Ann to assure Juneau a
 Mrs. J. F. Malone left for a visit in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01
20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire

An Austrian fleet was lombard ing the seaport of Albania, Anti vari.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

Mrs. J. F. Malone left for a visit in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

An inventor has come across with bulet-proof tires constructed he says, especially to aid police in catching criminals" We hope we aren't giving anything away but how long is it going to be before some criminal comes along and finds that he can use the tires, too?-(Boston Transcr1pt)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

Mrs. Angus Mackey was recov- ering from a weeks illness which confined her to her home on Sew ard Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

arges tourist years the Territory has experienced
 Senator Roden has shown sincere and practical visicn in the presentation of these two bills
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-03-01

Smile for the Day: As unhurried as the United States Supreme Court--tOhio State Journalo
Evening star., 1935-07-15
new ANACOSTIA BUS
LINE IS INAUGURATED
Replaces Street Car Service Be.
tween Community and Down
town Area.

The new Anacostia bus line. which
replaces street car service between
that community and downtown
Washington. began operation this
morning. with l9 busses running be-
tween Tenth and I streets and the
District line.
Capital Transit Co. officials who
were on hand to observe how the new
line functioned pronounced the bus
service satisfactory. They said there
was little overcrowding and the
schedule worked out smoothly.
During the rush hours this eve
ming there will be 81 busses in oper-
alton, running on a three-and-a-hal
minute headway. There was a SINH
lar innterval between busses in the
rush period. The base headway for
non-rush hours is seven and a half
minutes.
Fare on the busses is the same as on
street cars.
A branch line running along Consti-
tuition avenue to Twentieth street and
serving Government departments in
that area ties in with the regular line
at Sixth street and Constitution ave
nue during the morning rush hours
and also will be operated in the eve
ming.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
JUDGE SELECTIONS
WILL Be APPROVED
King Declares Report Will
Be Given Senate on
q Appointments.

The four local judgeship appoint
ments. on which hearing was held
Saturday, will be reported favorably
to the Senate, it was announced to-
day by Chairman King of the SUBJ
committee in charge of the nomina-
tions. The appointees are:
Judge George c. Aukam. reappoint-
ed to the Municipal Court: Judge
Nathan Cayton, reappointed to the
Municipal Court; Miss Ellen K. Ready
appointed to succeed Judge Mary
O'Toole of Municipal Court, and Wal
ter j. Casey, appointed to succeed
Judge Ralph Given in Police Court.
The hearings developed two COM
plants against Judge Aukam. on the
grounds that he is sometimes not al
ways impartial and sometimes is arbi-
trary. Two other witnesses, however
appeared in support of his reappoint-
ment and praised his record
Senator King had taken a poll ol
the Judiciary Committee several days
ago and obtained authority to report
the nominations favorably. The hear
ing was decided on after several let.
tiers had been received. When the
hearing adjourned Saturday, Senator
King postponed action until today tc
confer with Senator Borah, Repub.
lican, of Idaho, the other member OF
the subcommittee.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
YOUTH MOVEMENT
CONCLAvE OPENS
Score of Representatives
Meet to Consider Mod
ern Problems.

More than a score of representa-
tives of national Catholic organiza-
tions convened at the National Cath
olic School of Social Service, 240O
Nineteenth street, today for a series
of studies of the problems of youth
particularly young girls, that will con-
tinue through July q.
Three sessions are to be held daily
by the Youth Institute, with the excep-
ton of Wednesdays and Saturdays
when the afternoon and evening meet
ings will be Cancelled to permit visits
to Catholic welfare institutions in the
city.
Miss Anne Sarachon Hooley of Kan
sas City, president of the National
Council of Catholic Women. sponsors
of the institute, opened the meeting
by outlining the aims of the council
in inaugurating a youth movement
Rev. Vincent Mooney, S. c. s. OF
Washington, director of the Youth
Bureau of the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference. also discussed the
problems of youth and the spiritual
value of the movement.
This afternoon the institute was tt
hear Miss Katherine r. Williams o.
Milwaukee, first vice president of tht
National Council of Catholic Women
and Rev. Daniel A. Lord. S. j., o.
st. Louis, director of the Sodality o.
Our Lady.
Bishop Emmett Michael Walsh o.
Charleston, S. c., and Father Lore
are to deliver addresses tonight.
The institute will outline courses o.
activities for sodalities. girls clubs
cultural and vocational classes anc
other similar organizations of the
church, and seek to make practica
application of helpful work anc
studies.
Miss Josephine Roche and Aubre!
williams, co-directors of the Govern.
ment's youth program, are to address
the institute tomorrow night. During
the series other Government officials
chiefly from the Office of Education
and the Children's Bureau, also art
to deliver addresses.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
WILD SPEEDBOAT
KILLS |, HURTS |
Young Virginians Hurled From
Outboard Craft in Potomac
River Maneuver.
By the Associated Press.

=
FAIRvIEw BEACH, Va, July 15.-
Death In a wierd guise stalked two
men here yesterday and claimed one
for victim. He was Ruffner Hill,
%, of Michells. Va, killed by run
away speedboat which circled over
him as he foundered in the Potomac
River.
Hill was riding with Roy Taylor, %,
of Culpeper. when both were thrown
from the light outboard craft as it
skittered along the water at high
speed. A sudden lurch threw both
youths into the water and the un-
steered boat began cutting close cir
cles over them.
They dived each time the speeding
boat charged but Hill, miscalculat-
ing its speed after several escapes,
rose directly in front Of it. The boat
struck his head, driving him under
water. His body was not recovered
Taylor likewise was hit by the boat
but received only a six-stitch cash in
one shoulder.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
Symphony Orchestra Plays
On Potomac as 10000 Listen
Romance of Cleopotro's Nights on Nile
Is Brought Back as Music Watts
Over MOOnIit Water.

The romance of Cleopatra's nights
on the Nile was brought to Washing
ton last night.
In a setting man could not have
created. with a lazy moon sending
sparkling beams across the Potomac,
Dr.. Hans Kinder and his National
Symphony Orchestra were workers of
the magic as they played their open
ing concert of their Summer series to
an audience estimated at more than
10000 persons. Hundreds lined the
Arlington Memorial Bridge and the
high ramparts of the Lincoln Memo
rial Causeway.
The concert, played aboard barge
anchored in the Potomac while the
audience sat along the parkway and
on the terrace of the watergate. and
stood several deep in the memorial
plaza and along the causeway and
bridge railing. proved its popularity
by the prolonged applause which
brought the conductor back to his
stand time after time following each
selection.
A marine atmosphere was lent by
several yachts and canoes anchored
out in the river, their lights blinking
on the water, while overhead the
occasional drone of an airplane
brought one back to the world Of
reality.
Shell Built Upon Barge.
The concert stage" was Navy
barge, loaned to the orchestra man
agement for the Summer. Upon it
was built huge sounding board shell.
The barge was not completed until
Sunday morning, and even then a few
things had to be left undone at the
last minute. The sounding board was
built by F. E. r. A. workers furnished
by Commissioner George E. Allen. 1t
was placed aboard the barge Friday
but dress rehearsal planned for Sat-
urday could not be held until yester-
day. Everything was overcome, how
ever, by the performance of the Or
chestra itself. The conductor and his
musicians were in top form despite
Evening star., 1935-07-15
D. c. HEALTHB|LLS
|. SPEEDED IN HOUSE
Committee to Meet Tomor.
row to Clear Calendar
of All Measures.

The subcommittee on public health
of the House District Committee will
meet in executive session at 1890
am. tomorrow to clear its calendar OF
all bills referred to it for consider
alton.
Heading the list is measure to
regulate Washington's beauty and
hair dressing shops, which the Com
missioners opposed on the grounds
that they now have sufficient author
ity under existing law to control
these establishments.
Four of the other bills were passed
by the Senate several months ago
One provides for the prevention OF
blindness in infants. Another would
amend the act regulating the prac-
tice of the healing arts by creating
a commission on licensure. A third
would empower the health officer to
authorize opening of graves and the
disinterment and reintement OF
bodies where death had been caused
by certain contagious diseases.
The other two provide for the is
suance of licenses to practice the heal
ing arts to Drs. Pat Chue Chan ano
Ronald A. Cox.
The other bills the subcommittee
plans to consider would exempt physi.
clans and surgeons from the provisions
of the act regulating the practice Of
optometry and provide a license tC
practice the healing art for DR.. Arthur
B. Walker.
The subcommittee has held hearings
on only one of these bills. that de-
signed to regulate beauticians anc
hairdressers. but Mrs. Jenckes Is anx'
ious to have action taken on them ir
time to make a report to the full Dis
trict Committee at its regular meeting
Wednesday.
Any of the bills approved by the
subcommittee and the full District
Committee this week will be- placed or
the House calendar in time for con-
sidration next Monday, scheduled
District day. Already there are IA
District bills on the calendar, but the
majority of them are minor in char
acter and are expected to pass without
debate.
The highly controversial bills are
those to revise the wartime Rent Com.
mission and to liberalize the divorce
laws.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
ROBERTS ATTACKS
S16,@3,ODO VALUE
|0F GAS COMPANIES
Urges D. C. Supreme Court
to Hold Commissions
Figure Excessive.
petition FILED 2 DAYS
| AFTER THAT OF FIRMS
Peoples Counsel Particularly OBJ
jects to Placing Depreciation
at $2,s55,OO0.

Acting on behalf Of consumers,
Peoples Counsel William A Roberts
today appealed to the District Supreme
$4,000 valuation placed by the Public
Utilities Commission on the Washing
ton and Georgetown Gas Light Cos.
Claiming the commission acted in
an arbitrary and illegal manner in
fixing this valuation. he asked the
court to set aside the commissions
order and to enter its own order de-
termining the value of the properties.
Local gas rates are based on the prop
erty valuation.
This action followed by only two
days the filing of suit by the gas
companies also attacking the Public
Utilities Commissions valuation. but
on the grounds that it was inadequate.
Company experts appraised the prop
critics at approximately 100000.
Acts With Reluctance.
In filing his petition today, Rob-
erts said he did so with reluctance
and only because the gas companies
eiISduy Ildu ItSOIJcu W TIE COul
He said he had refrained from at
tacking the valuation. as found BY
the Public Utilities Commission, be-
cause he wanted to avoid unnecessary
delay in rate reduction. The peo-
pies counsel particularly objected, in
his suit, to the commissions finding
that depreciation amounted to only
s2,855 900. He claimed the figure
should be s5OOO,0OO and that his con-
tention is supported by testimony Of
fered at the valuation hearings by the
commissions own witnesses.
Controversy over the gas company's
valuation has been in progress about
two years and it is estimated to have
cost some 100000. Anticipating
about two years additional litiga-
ton, Roberts has expressed himself
willing to enter negotiations for
settlement with the gas companies.
In addition to its figures for deteri-
Grafton, the findings of the commits
| sion having to do with original costs.
| Intangible values and the working
| capital also were attacked by Rob-
cts in his bill Of complaints.
Original Cost Held Unfixed.
He charged that the commission
| failed to fix the original cost of the
gas companies properties. although
specifically required to do so by law.
He added that evidence on record
made it possible to ascertain this
original cost with reasonable accuracy,
contradicting a statement by the COM
mission that it had insufficient facts
upon which to base such finding.
The commission is alleged TO have
erroneously included large sums for
intangible values.
The court was told that the $685.
900 figure set by the commission as
representing the working capital of
the Washington Gas Light Co. was
excessive and that if the commission
had followed methods set out in the
law for arriving at the true working
capital the amount would not have
exceeded S500,000.
The suit states that the commits
sions valuations greatly prejudice the
rights and interests of the people OF
the District of Columbia"
The court was asked to tax the gas
companies with the cost of the litiga-
ton.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
$1.54 Per SlOO
Internal Reuer,ue
Collection Cost
Increase Over Preceding
Year-Tax Is More
THAI, Three Billion.

By the Associated Press.
The Treasury said yesterday the
cost of collecting internal revenue
during the financial year ended June
80 was $1.54 per $iGG.
Commissioner Guy T. Helvering
said this compared with $1.s5 for
the preceding y months and $1.85
for. the fiscal year, 1888 He said that
excluding the s10.62l,421 cost Of the
alcohol tax unit would have reduced
1855 collection costs to $1.l6 for
each 500.
Internal revenue amounted to $3,-
2s7,300,579 In 1889, compared with
$2,672, ,Gaa 1874 LII 1894 and $751;
839, 9,224 ip 1888.
Helvering said 7s8 white-collar re-
lief workers investigating tax cases in
the third New York collection dis
trict had reported s5,021,911 for as
sessment and collected $369. .495 Of
this sum in a period during which
their salaries aggregated $685. .
Evening star., 1935-07-15
Woman Fined in Accident.

LURAY, Va, July is Especially -
Mrs. Thelma Oney of Silver Spring,
Md, whose auto ran into a parked
car here Saturday night, was released
today after being fined for reckless
driving, according to Special Police
man Herman Seal.
With Mrs. Oney were her mother,
Mrs. Leva Lam, and sister, Miss Ruby
Lam Of Elkton, Va. Vance Rickard.
q youth, sustained broken leg.
State Policeman Leon Keyser says
the woman did not have q drivers
permit.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
Glass Spl1rns Bee Birth-Control
Hints Sent BY Woman Admirer

all queen cells in yodr hives every 10
days to two weeks during the season
Is a sure method of bee birth control.
She added postscript asking:
How about being our next Presi-
dent?"
Permit me to thank you for indi-
eating exactly how may manage the
birth control of my queen bees" Glass
replied, but, to be entirely frank,
have no disposition to deprive my
queen bees of the more abundant life
that Prof. Tugwell has contrived for
human beings.
1T Is pleasanter to know that you
would like to have me for President
than it is to contemplate being Presi-
dent"
Evening star., 1935-07-15

only three rehearsals Of the program
which contained the difficult Wagner
ian Die Meistersinger" and Franck s
ID Minor Symphony"
1t was estimated by C. c. Cappel
business manager of the orchestra
that more than 5000 persons paid ad-
mission. Other thousands were
packed into the Memorial Plaza, or
the Arlington Memorial Bridge and
along the high causeway. Cappel re-
marked that it was just as well, fol-
the seating capacity could not have
taken care of more.
The crowd started to gather at the
amphitheater long before the orches-
ira appeared. several yachts had an
chored out in the river and a dozen
canoes tied up to the mooring ropes
of the barge. their occupants reclining
lazily and waiting for the concert tc
start.
Acoustics Perfect.
The acoustics OF the amphitheater
made possible appret iation by the
duuiCllCC 1OI d UIONh bCyOllQ tIIC
farthest paid seat, yet not sound
from the great throng of people could
be heard even a few feet away. II
was like sitting at the mouth Of q
gigantic megaphone. Despite the
proximity of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge on one side, the causeway on
the other and the memorial plaza in
the immediate background, not even
whisper could be heard down near
the barge.
The concert last night was the
first of a series to be played twice a
week, on Wednesday and Sunday
until August 21. With the interest
shown in the first of the series, the
orchestra management is confident
that the Summer concerts, something
new for the Capital. will become a
permanent institution on the Potomac
River.
Much of the credit for the sue
cess of the opening performance was
due to the F. E. r. A. workers, who
worked in double shifts to complete
the shell.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
PROMOTIONS MADE

Promotion of Capt. Paul B. Kelly to
staff captain of the local post of the
Volunteers of America was announced
yesterday at council meeting of the
Washington area officers at the relief
station, All Pennsylvania avenue.
Mrs. Ruth Downs, who has been
serving without rank, was made a
captain, as was Leroy v. Eroh, for
merly a lieutenant. The promotions
were approved at National Field
Board meeting last week in New York
Evening star., 1935-07-15
Ry the Associated Press,

BY the Associated freSS.
Senator Glass, Democrat, Of Virginia
received letter today telling him how
to impose birth control on bees, but
replied that he had mo disposition to
deprive my queensbees of the more
abundant life that Prof. Tugwell has
contrived for human beings"
The letter was written by a Wis
consin woman who read of his re-
mark In the Senate last week that the
A. A. A. amendments proposed to i'm
pose birth control on bees" Glass
told the Senate he did not want to go
to Jail because he did not know how to
control the activities of his queen bee
I'm answer to your appeal" the
woman wrote Glass, "I1l say: Cut out
Evening star., 1935-07-15
PRESIDENT PAYS, TOO

President Roosevelt helped write a
book for the Navy, but he couldn't
even get q free copy.
Just off the press, the book covers
naval operations in 1897 and 1898 and
Is entitled Naval Documents Related
to the Quasi-War Between France and
the United States"
The President wrote a foreword.
praising the Navy. Because it was
decided that, contrary to previous
custom, there would be no free copies,
the President paid $3.50 for his.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
LAWN FETE JULY 81

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LYON PARK, Va, July 15.-A lawn
festival for raising funds for a hos
pital in Arlington County will be held
at the community house here July 81,
it was announced today by the Wom-
ems Auxiliary of the Arlington Hos
pital Association. A series of games
and amusements and a picnic supper
are included in the program.
Evening star., 1935-07-15
Merrifield Group to Meet,

MERRIFIELD, Va, July IS (Spe-
ciaD The Merrifield Improvement
Association will meet tonight at
O'Clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Preece.