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Evening star., 1935-07-28
Books Received

Fiction.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CHEKA.
BY John De N. Kennedy. New
York: The Macaulay Co.
MORANA. By John T. Yates. Bos-
ton: The Christopher Publishing
House.
Non Fiction.
THE GREAT SERMON. BY John r.
Browne. Boston: The stratford
Co.
THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT.
BY George H. Dubay. Boston:
The Christopher Publishing House.
VANISHING FARM MARKETS AND
OUR WORLD TRADE. BY Theo-
dore W. Schultz. New York: The
World Peace Foundation.
THE INNER RADIANCE. BY Har-
riette Augusta Curtiss and F.
Homer Curtiss. Washington: The
Curtiss Philosophic Book Co.
THE ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE.
BY A. s. Yahuda. New York: z. P.
Dutton & Co., Inc.
FOOD AND THE LAW. BY Alexan-
der P. Blanck. New York: Peter
Smith, publisher.
INDUSTRIAL PLANNING UNDER
CODES. BY George B. Galloway.
New York: Harper & Bros.
Juveniles.
SALLY SILvERFUR. BY Maria Had
win. Boston: Meador Publishing
Co.
THE LIFE OF HUGO THE HORSE
BY Anna Marie Wright. New York:
GroSset & Dunlap.
LITTLE DUCK. BY Marjorie Bar
rows. New York: Grosset g.
Dunlap.
FRONTIER DAYS. Edited by Oliver
G. Swan. New York: Grosset d.
Dunlap.
ALL ABOARD. BY Roger Duvoisin.
New York: Grosset g. Dunlap.
Verse.
AS ONCE I PASSED THIS WAY.
By A. G. Miller. Boston: Meador
Publishing Co.
A MERRY RY-GO-ROUND OF JOY. By
Edith May Bates. Boston: The
Christopher Publishing House.
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SAGA OF THE SEA OUT NODDED
Only One Woman Lighthouse Keeper in All of y. S. A.,
Tending Station at Turkey Point in Upper Chesapeake
Bay-Growth of Service.

today usually are men who can cite
these qualifications in their applica-
tions for positions.
And rather than send a single
keeper and his family to one of the
important stations, as was the case
years ago, the service now has two
or more men in practically every coast
or off-shore station. For example
may be cited the station at Dry Tor
tugas, Fla, light of $500 900 candle
power. Located some go miles off,
shore from Key West, this station has
four keepers with automatic signal
ling devices, radio beacons and two
way radio telephone. At no time is
there less than two men in the sta
ton at time, this provision being a
protection to the station and to the
men alike.
Two men at a time are allowed to
visit the mainland upon certain oc-
casions and the families of the keep
ers are allowed to visit the station for
short intervals. In the case of Off
shore stations. as in that of lightships,
the men are allowed liberal shore
periods to make up for the long terms
of isolated service The lightships
carry crews Of from to Is men.
Contrary to a somewhat prevalent
belief, the crews of lighthouses and
lightships are not supplied food free,
nor are they all supplied with quarters
free of cost to them. In the case Of
shore stations, the salaries of the
keepers are adjusted to cover the cost
of their quarters, although this ad-
justment always is far below what
they would pay ordinarily in rent to
private landlords. In the case of the
ships, quarters are supplied, but food
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proach to his somewhat comprehensive
subject-the liberal traoition-is the
financial one. The book Is o series
were delivered as the Go6kin lectures
at Harvard University in May Of this
year.
The four subjects are "The Sins Of
the Past" "a Planned Economy and
the Oppressive State" Dictatorship
and Fiscal Policy" and "A Free Peo-
pie and a Free Economy" They are
treated technically and In detail.
Summed up, the authors viewpoint
seems to be that the capitalistic sys-
tenn must continue, but with safe
guards against the abuses to which
he attributes the depression.
The book is interesting, apart from
its conclusions, because Of the infor-
nation which it contains. Many ac-
tual sufferers from the depression TO-
day still do not know more about it
than when that disaster came. Mr.
Douglas goes into causes. Those who
like post-mortems may find his book
genuinely helpful.
THE CRIME AT NORNES. BY Free
man Wills Croft. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co.
A STRICTLY business-like mystery
this is, built around a new system
for cracking safes. Unless you are
safe-cracker yourself, or at least a
mechanic, you may be puzzled 10
know whether it would work or not.
But it makes a good yarn anyhow to
while away the hot weather.
The formula is that In which the
detective works by actual police meth
DDS and has the aid Ct a minimum
Of coincidence and inspiration. This
is not such fun to read as q down.
right thriller, but, of course, it is much
more instructive. You can say, for
example, that you are reading it in
order to learn what the police really
do, and not because you enjoy such
horrid goings-on as robberies and
murders.
But for your information it is
stated here that Safe-cracking is not
the limit of the nefarious deeds done
in this volume. The morning after
the weekend guests have spent so
agreeable an evening playing billiards,
one of them does not come down to
breakfast. The butler, sent to inquire,
comes back with an alarmed express
sion on his face. And there you are.
Another citizen is mysteriously dead
in bed. Why will the English 60 on
these fatal parties?
AN OUTLINE OF MODERN OC-
CULTISM. By Cyril Scott. New
York: z. F. Dutton & Co., Inc.
THE author of this book has written
a number Of others on the same
subject. He is also the well-known
British composer Of music. His pres
ent work is a quietly done treatise
which avoids those perils Of incom-
prehensibility and righteousness which
beset so much writing about the oc-
cult. 1t is, Of course, elementary in
scope and treatment.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

since it was first placed in the hands
of the Secretary of Treasury during
the administration of President WASH
ington. The first change was estab-
lishment Of a lighthouse board, COM
posed of officers of the Army and
Navy and civilians. In 1903, the
service was transferred from the
Treasury Department to the Depart
ment of Commerce. In 1910, the Bu-
reau Of Lighthouses was formed with
a commissioner In Washington and
district superintendents in the field.
Along with all these changes in ad-
ministration and in operation re-
quirements came conditions that
made personnel duties far more ex-
acting. From the beginning, of
course, there had been the need of
100 per cent reliability in operation
of the stations. In the early days,
however, this reliability was de-
pendent principally upon the simple
action of keeping the lights filled with
kerosene and polishing the refectors
regularly.
TODAY this reliability includes the
servicing of gasoline or electric
motors, of understanding the prob
lens Of radio apparatus and many
other mechanical devices. Conse-
quently, those admitted to the service
Evening star., 1935-07-28

THE use Of the st. Lawrence water
= way and the extension Of trade
westward through the Great Lakes
extended the need for lighthouses to
q new quarter, and in 1919 a light
was erected on Presque Isle on Lake
Erie, followed within less than year
by four other lake lights. The light
ing of the California coast was begun
in 1855, and that of Washington and
Oregon soon afterward. BY 1900,
most of our coastline and that Of our
possessions of Alaska and Hawaii had
been covered adequately by naviga-
ton aids and a more intensive de-
velopment and improvement Of light
house equipment then was undertaken.
In the field of engineering. the
service encountered many obstacles
in the natural elements of a coast
varying from the granite headlands
and islands of Maine to the sand
dunes and coral reefs Of Florida. For
the most part, the low-lying Atlantic
Coast required construction of tall
ll6Ilt COWCAo. VII IAiC ASouiohHo VA 'AAS
Pacific, however, low towers often
were sufficient, but their construction
was made more expensive by their re-
moteneSS
The development Of lightships,
starting about 1920, has concerned
itself with improvement In hulls. new
propelling machinery and new signal
ling devices. For many years, light
ships had no propelling machinery.
and were towed to and from their
stations or worked by sails. Propel-
ling machinery and power operated
signals came in together, steam being
the earliest motive power. Masthead
lights of lightships are now nearly
all electric, and most of the fog
Evening star., 1935-07-28

costs are met by a budget system on
the part of the crew.
r EGARDING recreational facilities,
similar condition prevails
Most of the stations and ships have
radio sets which they build and main
tain themselves, but none is furnished
directly by the Government. The
service does maintain a travelling
library, however, with books being
sent around to the off-shore stations
and the ships.
Although the Lighthouse Service is
not maintained as a life-saving
service, its personnel frequently has
been called to this task and found
not wanting. Many instances of
heroism in the service are cited in
the records of the service.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Near Half Way Mark.

A FEW years back the Department
of Agriculture started out on
what appeared to be hopeless cam
paign, the eradication of bovine
tuberculosis. The inspectors were
beset by many difficulties, by the
anger Of farmers who saw their ap-
parently healthy high-grade dairy
cows slaughtered with compensation
far below their investment.
Yet the work has gone on. gained
momentum until now the half way
mark has almost been attained.
This month three States, Florida,
Missouri and Arkansas have been
added to the modified accredited list,
that is the list Of States in which
less than half of / per cent Of the
infected animals have been destroyed.
This brings to ~, the number OF
States winning this rating.
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Fight Screw Worm
DISTURBED by the worst infesta-

Il disturbed by the worst ln1eSta-
tion of screw worms in number
of years, Department of Agriculture
officials are waging an energetic cam
Eaign under the direction of DR.. F..
C. Bishop of the Bureau Of Entomo-
logy. The drive, of course, is being
carried on in the South where this
pest of live stock is most likely to
appear.
The insect Is unable to survive seri-
ously cold weather. yet despite two
cold waves last Winter, the worms
lived over.
Stock raisers, well aware OF the
danger Of the insect, having been Co
operating with the Federal experts,
treating all wounds which appear on
animals with pine tar oil and burning
the carcasses of those which have died
as a result of the worms attacks.
The flies which lay the eggs OF the
worm made their appearance early
this Spring.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Live Stock Saves Day.

FARMERS who have felt the effects
of a shortage of crops have more
than made up the difference in the
higher returns from live stock, incfud-
ing, of course, poultry products. The
net result was that during May, the
last month for which complete statis-
tics are available, the farmers received
s6s, ,000, 900 more in cash than they
received during May Of last year.
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Foreign Cotton BOoms.

WTITH the American Government
w fostering a cotton-reduction pro-
gram, with the result that last years
production was OF $4,000 bales, for.
eign production has increased BY leaps
and bounds.
American harvests yielded S,oS6,00
bales, while foreign sources produced
l3,986, 900 bales.
Russia and Brazil plan great p
ereases In production for the futuree
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Peat Lands a Problem.
THE fertile peat lands of Florid'

THE fertile peat lands of Florida
which have been reclaimed for
agricultural production present a
never-ceasing problem Of drainage.
But drainage brings other problems,
the danger of development of poison
Gus substances in case of sudden
rising of water tables after period
of drought and the menace of fire
which is ever present in peat areas
which become too dry.
B. S. Clayton, engineer Of the De-
partment of Agriculture, who has
been carrying considerable research
into the peat situation in Florida, de-
clared that, because the land is fiat,
gravity drainage has not been sue
cessful there. Nearly all the peat land
in permanent use is in low-lift pump
ing units. Small areas of few hun
dred to q thousand acres usually are
drained with turbine-type pumps
driven either with electric motors or
high-speed engines burning either
gasoline or fuel oil. All the larger
units of 5000 to 10000 acres are
drained with wood screw pumps driven
by heavy duty Diesel engines. The
tendency is to develop small drainage
units because in them the water tables
can be more readily controlled.
Water tables are held at the high
est elevation consistent with plant
growth and maintained at as near a
uniform elevation as possible. High
water tables prevent excessive settling
of soils. 1t is generally believed the
water table for sugar cane should be
somewhat higher than for truck crops.
IF the water table has stood at a
low elevation for long period dur
ing dry season, and is suddenly
raised into the zone of the plant roots,
the crop often is injured seriously.
It seems the stagnant water absorbs
certain toxic materials from the soil
which are injurious to the plants.
Following drainage, all peat areas
undergo considerable settling or pack
ing. The loss in elevation is caused
mainly by settling of the soil above
the normal water table, but is also
caused to a minor extent by slow
oxidation brought about by aerobic
bacteria. 1t is important to determine
the depth Of soil and upon what it
rests before planning expensive drain
age works"
I'm a continued dry SPELL" said
Clayton, "the water table often de-
clines to such an extent that the
soil cracks open, greatly increasing
evaporation losses. Under such con-
ditions fires are most destructive.
Losses of a foot of soil at single
burning over small areas have oc-
Cured. Where the water table is
controlled by pumps such cracks sell
dom occur and fire damage Is con-
fined largely to levees. With loss
of land elevation because Of fires it
is more difficult to maintain a uni
form water table in drainage unit.
Burning also causes an increase of
alkalies in the top layer of the soil,
requiring special treatment before
good crops can again be obtained"
The peat lands Of Florida cover an
area of about 1000, 900 acres, of which
area nearly 100000 are In the Ever
glades. The Everglades peat soils in
their original state are composed
almost entirely of the brown fibrous
remains of saw grass. After drainage
and cultivation the root remains dis
integrate into small particles, the top
soil becomes dark and heavier.
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Outside the toy animal factory the
storm ragged furiously. Inside, the
machines were silent. The enraged
owner dashed up to the foreman.
"why aren't you turning out the
usual quota Of toy animals"
The foreman drew himself up to
his full height as he replied, "Sir, I
would not turn out dog on q night
like thiJr
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signals are operated either electrically
or by compressed air.

A DDED to lighthouses and ships as
navigation aids are thousands of
buoys of many classifications. Some
have bells mounted on them, the bells
ringing from the motion of the sea.
Others have whistles, also utilize the
swell of the water as motivating
power. Many are lighted. mostly by
gas which is supplied from tanks
stored in the base Of the buoy and
may be estimated exactly as to its
length of service.
The administration of lighthouse
work has been shifted several times
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DEATHBLOW HILL. BY Phoebe At
wood Taylor. New York: w. w.
Norton & Co.


wood Taylor. New York: w. W..
Norton g. Co.
THIS mystery is Of the character
l. variety, as mysteries by woman
writer's usually are. That is to say,
in addition to the corpse on the
kitchen table there is a jolly old
dowager, pessimistic maid servant
with q heart Of gold and a quaint old
David Harum of a local detective,
without whose mellow wisecracks the
book would lose greet deal. And,
Of course, there Is heart interest, too.
In fact, there is rather complicated
lot of 1t.
Still, if you are disenchanted about
books in Summer. you could do worse
than get this one. 1t is amusing and
its mystery is more baffling than most
books. The detective, by the way, has
appeared in previous yarns, so in case
you are fan, his name is Asey Mayo.
1t really is. That is the exact SPELL
ing. And the hero's name Is Lancelot.
THE LIBERAL TRADITION. BY
Lewis w. Douglas. New York: D.
Van Nostrand Co.
THE author Of this book was for
merry director Of the Bureau Of
the Budget. His subtitle is 1.-THE Choice
Before America, q Balanced Budget
or Imitation" As Implied. his aps
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05

has been granted membership in the Northwest Association of Second ary and higher school. This means that our high school is now fully accredited, and credits granted here will be accepted, without question, by all colleges and universities of the Northwest.
 In order to retain our membership in this association we must maintain certain standards; namely, fully qualified teachers, teaching only in their major fields of preparation, provide adequate labratory and li- brary equipment, show a satisfac- tory attendance record, maintain de finite standards of scholarship, and carry out reasonable activity pro gram.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05

The can containing guesses on the time when the ice will move at Ne mana this year will be closed, accord ing to reports, at noon Saturday, to- morrow
 Information obtained stated that there are 3375 guesses made on the time when the ice will go. Guesses sold for S1.O0 each so considerable money is included in this annual guessing contest.
 It is believed, some authorities state, that persons may still have some tickets which they have not deposited in the guessing can. They should get their guesses in that car before noon tomorrow. According to the warm weather which is being experienced all over Alaska, the pio' neer sages contend the ice is going to move out early, but your guess is as good as ours.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05

Further evidences that the Hard Times" dance tomorrow evening at the Nevada Hall is going to be sue cess, were apparent today as numer- ous people commenced working out ideas for tough apparel.
 In many instances. it IS presumed those who plan on attending this dance, will undoubtedly attire them selves in several varieties of freaklsh costumes, and this is exactly what is desired. was the wish of the com mittee in charge of the dance.
 Remember the time. 9:3O pm. to- morrow night at the Nevada Hall; admission gentlemen one dollar and ladies free.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05

 time that the demand for labor will be negligible in case federal funds are not made available in time for summer work
 BREWSTER. Vice Chmn. Nome Relief Committee
 JUNEAU, Alaska, April BREWSTER, Nome The Governor agrees that it would be valuable to make survey of skill ed and unskilled labor available in your section for the information of transportation companies and other persons interested in next summers activities.
 HARRY WATSON, Secty General discussion concerning the labor situation seemed to indicate that Nome contained ample labor to care for building necessities this summer, if, according to estimates, the federal building was not put through this year, or the Nome PWA loan and grant.
 Chairman Swartz appointed a committee consisting of Rev, Nor man McCay, Andrew Sather and " R. Farrell to set up system of reg istration and have all skilled and unskilled labor register so that a count could be obtained and work estimated, allowing for determin- ation of the situation.
 It was decided that the city would employ person to take care of reg istration and that the place of reg istration would be at the Fire Hall.
 The time set for registration has not yet been set but within a few days the blanks and everything are expected to be ready. The ques- ton of the restricted housing condi- tions in Nome at the present time was brought up, and it was gener- ally admitted that this situation would be a serious one when the first boats arrive. Steps are to be taken soon in regard to planning some means of caring for the two or three hundred people who will arrive on the first boats and who have no place to stay.
 The meeting adjourned after thoroughly discussing the situation with the purpose of immediately placing in motion the program of ob- taining a census of all labor in Nome.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05
LOCAL NEWS

A telegram received today by Mrs Richard Lee conveyed the sad news of the death of her mother, Mrs Margaret Blum at Seattle, this morning. Mrs. Blum had been ill from cancer for some time and ev- erything possible was done to re- lieve her. She was well known to many Nomeites all of whom extend their sympathy to the relatives in this their hour of sorrow and be- reaVement.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05
NOME HI SCHOOL ACCREDITED

Superintendent w. H. Bloom has just received word from the office of the Commissioner of Education at Juneau that the Nome High School
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-04-05
Nome To Make
 Survey Skilled X
 Unskilled Labor

Continued From Page One time that the demand for labor will be negligible in case federal funds are not made available in time for summer work.
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
Young Slayer Hopes
To See HauptImann

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., Nov. rs
GN.SO.-In all probability a 16-
year-old farm boy slayer will get
the chance today to meet Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, convicted
murderer of the Lindbergh baby.
Jacob Ciemiengo, who with
George Hildebrand, 81, was con-
victed of Staying old Herman
Eilers, because he wouldn't reveal
the hiding place Of his store of
greenbacks, will be taken to the
New Jersey State Prison death
house at Trenton this afternoon.
The only redeeming feature of
the journey, from the youths
point of view, will be the chance
to see Hauptmann.
I'D like to talk to this fellow
Houptmann," the boy. the young
est person in New Jerseys his
tory to be sentenced to the elec-
trio chair, said. "I don't know
whether he killed the Lindbergh
baby or not. but it should be
kinda fun talking to him."
The 16-year-old lad sang hymns
over the weekend in his cell at
the local jail and almost found
The Washington times., 1935-11-25

q bit of romance for himself.
A 17-year-old girl hitch-hiker
Martha Jordan, from Georgia,
was picked up and is in the Jail
for her own good" until her
parents can be located.
please, warden" asked the
pretty blonde Martha. I'D like to
talk to that boy who's going to
die. I'll bet he's swell kid and
I'll bet he is getting a tough
eak just like I am"
When Jacob was told about the
girl, he said he'd sure like to meet
up with her, but Sheriff John M,
Chant vetoed the idea.
The boy repeated his assertion
that he wasn't afraid to die.
But I don't think two of us
should die" he wrote in answer to
a note. "I'll gladly die, but I don't
think George should. I'll take the
rap"
Now that he'd been in prison for
nearly a month did he still prefer
death to life imprisonment?
II sure would"
The Washington times., 1935-11-25
DANGER ZONE
IN MONGOLIA

Explaining recent Far Eastern
events have created a new inter
national danger zone" the For
eign Policy Association said yes
terday it is unlikely Japan will
challenge the position Of the So
Wet government in that area.
Summarizing developments in
the Orient. the report said Russo
Japanese antagonism over outer
Mongolia has been increased by the
inclusion Of two inner Mongolian
provinces-Chahar and Suiyuan-
in the proposed new state Japan
aspires to set up in North China.
It added:
Mongolia is both a potential
battle-ground and participating
factor in the conflict that is ma
turing in the Far East. Interna-
tional rivalries are complicated by
the divergent class interests OF the
MongolS."