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Evening star., 1936-12-30
Insect Preservation Urged
To Safeguard Crop Helpers

the greatest economic disasters of all
time. She said:
MAN may give thanks TO- the in
sects for all his fruits, almost all his
vegetables and for part of his meat,
since much Of this comes from land
animals not feeding exclusively on
wind-pollinated plants, such as the
cereals. Most Of his clothing Is be-
slowed by insects. Flax and cotton
owe their seeds to insect pollen
bearers, and sheep feed on clover, all
falfa and other legumes pollinated by
insects.
HE is in debt to the insects for such
happiness as he derives from the
beauty Of flowers and from all those
birds that depend on insect food for
their nestlings.
"If we proceed to destroy too many
insects we shall have almost no crops
at all, except such as are pollinated by
wind. Perhaps no other agricultural
situation has ever presented a more
serious dilemma"
The blessings Of tobacco, she said,
might easily be lost almost completely
through the elimination of a single
little-known insect, the hawk moth,
which already has become almost ex-
tinct In Great Britain. If the hawk
moth is eliminated, there are likely to
go with it not only tobacco but the
sweet-scented honeysuckle, the Ma
donna and Bermuda lilies, garden gen.
tians. several kinds of gardenia and
several species of orchid She pictured
time when there may be only a few
zealously guarded specimens of all
these plants in botanical gardens,
laboriously pollinated by hand by
scientists while the Government tries
to establish hawk moth and humble
bee preSerYeS
Evening star., 1936-12-30
B, q stafr Correspondent OF The Star.

By Stan correspondent OF Tne star.
ATLANTIC CITY, December 3d.
Federal insect preserves, established
every few miles through rural areas
Of the United States by presidential
proclamation. and Federal troops Of
caterpillar police to protect bugs now
regarded as nuisances were forecast as
possibilities of go years hence, in an
address before the chronological So
ciety Of America here last night by
DR.. Edith M. Patch Of the University
of Maine.
Such measures may be necessary,
DR.. Patch warned, as the alternative
to land deprived of many Of its
Towering plants, fruit trees and song
birds.
For years, she said, insects have been
regarded as mans chief enemies, since
they cause enormous crop losses. AS a
result, their determination is being
conducted on large scale, with spray
ing of vast areas with virulent poisons
from airplanes and the experimental
use Of electromagnetic waves to kill
them by billions.
Good and Bad Are Slain.
However efficient in destroying pests,
she said, these measures do not dis
criminate between good and bad in
sects, with the result that the balance
of nature is already seriously upset.
Bees perish from the airplane sprays
until there ora fpm left tO fartilizo
fruit orchards in some sections. Song
birds already are being starved out of
some areas because there are no cater
pillars left on which they can feed.
If man persists in destroying insects
Unfortunately, instead of striking up
some sort of partnership with them,
she warned, the result will be one of
Evening star., 1936-12-30
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

ATLANTIC CITY, December 30
The human race may be on the verge
of a subconsciously motivated mass
self-destruction-probably in world
wide war of unparalleled ruthlessness.
Solemn warning to this effect was
given before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science here
yesterday afternoon by DR.. Raymond
Pearl, professor of biology at Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore.
A similar phenomenon seems to be
under way in mankind, he said, as
one that has been observed in test
tube populations of lower animals
whose life spans are so short that the
behavior of many generations can be
watched. The operation of what seems
to be a universal law also can be
detected among short-lived birds and
mammals
1t is difficult for man to note the
operation of this law in his own spe-
cies because he himself is inside the
test-tube-in this case, the surface of
the planet-and no observer can watch
more than one generation.
Theory Of DIR. Pearl.
The law postulated by DR.. Pearl
on the basis of these studies Is that
under certain conditions there occurs
reproductive explosion" of species
whereby a population is increased
many-fold in a few generations, thus
upsetting the balance of nature and
creating sensation of mass discom-
fort which can be relieved only by
restoration of the natural balance
again.
A social compulsion is set up which
drives the individual unwittingly and
blindly to death. Microbe, mosquito
or mammal alike seems helpless to
save itself In the grip of the mass
death-drive. The frequency of such
an explosion depends on the normal
life-span of the particular species.
Man is no exception to a universal
law, DR.. Pearl believes, but the indi-
vidual life span is relatively 50 long
and the existence Of the species on
earth so brief that there has been
only one manifestation Of the phe-
nomenon.
Intensive study Of statistics Of hu-
man population since the beginnings
Of history, DR.. Pearl said, shows that
just such an explosion, almost world
wide in its scope, took place 800 years
ago and still is in progress, but with
every indication that the reverse ac-
tion Is about to set in. Different forms
Of life choose different ways Of mass
suicide and the most obvious way that
has occurred to the human race is to
walk en- masse into q hail of bullets
and poison gas.
Sensations Of Discomfort.
"That there are associated With this
present density" said DR.. Pearl,
stimuli producing sensations of dis
comfort seems scarcely open to argu-
ment. Can 1t be honestly denied that,
on q worldwide view, unrest d the
dominant characteristic Of human b.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
MEMORIAL DESIGN
LEFT TO CONGRESS
President Says $3,00O,0OO Jeffer.
son Project Not Discussed
as to Type.

Decision as to the form Of the So
100000 Jefferson National Memorial
must be made by Congress, accord
ing to President Roosevelt.
Queried at his press conference yes
terday about plans for the memorial,
the President said he has not dis
cusssed with memorial officials the
character of the structure. Congress
must determine that, he declared.
Suggested designs presented to the
Jefferson Memorial Commission have
included a monumental edifice on a
site near the Tidal Basin. Recently.
there has been some agitation for
a huge auditorium instead of a
memorial devoid Of utilitarian fea-
lures.
The President indicated he will as
sumo a hands-off attitude in con-
nection with determination of the
type of memorial.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
Population Increases Presage
Mass Suicide, Scientist Warns
Human Race May Be on Verge OF
Mass Self.Destruction, He Says-Cites
Parallel in Lower Forms of Life.

| havior today? And, behavioristically
viewed unrest is surely the cardinal
| symptom of discomfort.
Different species react in different
ways to similar stimuli, especially in
the emotional field. Does any one find
it difficult to conceive of men march,
ing off in the not too distant future
to a war, or to doubt that once well
started that war will entangle in its
meshes the major portion of mankind
before it is finished? Or, finally, to
doubt that the next world war will
achieve a destructiveness hitherto un-
dreamed of in the widest flight of i'm
agination? The experience of 1914 to
1918 taught the military men of all
nations one thing they had not
grasped before-how to make war
really destructive. Every war Office in
every land has been developing that
theme contrapuntally ever since.
"The thought is a gloomy and hor-
rid one. Perhaps it is essentially false.
Perhaps mankind will evolve in the
next few months techniques of living
happily and contentedly at high popu-
lation densities in physically limited
universe. But plainly he hasn't yet
and the failure has not been from lack
of trying"
Compared to Jennings.
DR.. Pearl compared the human race
to Jennings. These are small, rat-like
animals of the Far North. For some
mysterious reason-sometimes aSsoci-
ated with cycles of solar radiation
they increase enormously in numbers
every few years after remaining sta
tionary for time.
There is not enough for them to eat
in their native tundra and mountains.
They assemble in hordes of millions
and migrate toward the sea. The
marching hordes constitute one of the
most colorful phenomena of natural
history. Nothing can stop them.
Vegetation is stripped bare in their
path. Enormous numbers are eaten
by carnivorous birds which gather
along the line Of march, but the main
body keeps on.
The Jennings come to the sea. The
mysterious marching urge sends them
straight into the waves. The millions
never hesitate an instant in thus
plunging to their own self lf-destruc-
ton. It is natures mysterious way
Of correcting an overlooking with one
kind of animal.
Action Of Human Race.
!. To man the behavior of the lem
mings seems the limit Of "dumbness." !"
Yet, DR.. Pearl stressed, the human
race seems to be doing essentially the
same thing-just as blindly and un-
consciously and driven by the same
sort of mysterious impulse. No in
dividual lemming realizes that it is
going to Its own destruction and
neither does any individual man. To
some super-being, observing the be-
havior Of the human race, there
would be little difference. funda-
entally. between its behavior at pres
snt-and that o6 thu uttls updeutA
Evening star., 1936-12-30
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Evening star., 1936-12-30

Japan has extended rayon curtail-
ment until April, 1887.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
AIRLINE, U.S.PR0BE.
CALIFORNIA CRASH
Inspection Service Chief Is
Sent From Here to Di-
rect Inquiry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BURBANK, Calf, December 3d.
The crash of an airliner Sunday night,
with loss of II lives, resolved into
tragic enigma today in the face of
twin Investigations by the Federal
Bureau of Air Commerce and United
Airlines.
Maj. r. w. Schroeder, chief of the
Airline Inspection Service, was ordered
here from Washington to direct the
Federal inquiry into the major plane
disaSter-fourth in the West within
month. He is authorized to conduct
Q public hearing, if necessary.
Body Examined for Belt.
County autopsy surgeons made
special examination of A. L. Mark
wells body to determine whether the
Los Angeles diamond broker, a crash
victim, had money belt strapped
about him.
Coroner Frank Nanee said Maxwell
commonly had carried from $4,000
to $4,000 in gems and cash in the
belt. but it was not known for certain
II he was wearing 1t on his trip from
San Francisco No trace of such
belt was found in the wreckage strewn
for 1000 yards on Oak Mountain.
An inquest will be held early next
week.
Officials May Be Called.
United Air Lines officials may be
subpoenaed to produce the log of radio
conversations between Pilot Edwin w.
Blom and the operations tower at
Union Air Terminal here a few min
utes before the crash.
Investigators believed the secret of
the wreck lay in the events occurring
between the time Blom signed off at
7:36 pm, minute before his sched-
uled landing, and the 8:04 shown on
the watches of two passengers.
The wrecked plane carried enough
fuel, as shown by one undamaged tank
holding 100 gallons.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
EARLY ACTION URGED
ON ARMY RESERVE BILL
Representative Faddis Asks Con.
sideration of Plan to Create
100000 Force.

By the Associated Press.
Early consideration Of a. plan to
create an enlisted reserve force of
100000 men for the Army was urged
on Congress today by Representative
Faddis, Democrat. of Pennsylvania, of
the House Military Committee
Need for trained enlisted reserve
to offset the aging of World War vet
Grams was stressed recently in the
annual report of Secretary Woodring
and Gen Malin Craig. chief of staff.
In contrast to Faddis' suggestion,
Woodring recommended reserve
force of 10000 men and expansion
of the National Guard to 100000 from
its present strength of $4,000.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
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Evening star., 1936-12-30
Short Cut Bridge Bids Received.

RALEIGH, N. c., December 80 (P.-
The State Highway Commission re-
ceived today low bids totaling $501 1888
for the construction of the Camden
Currituck Shortcut Bridge and road
way.
Evening star., 1936-12-30
Sigma Tau Gamma Elects.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, December
80 (P.-Sigma Tau Gamma, National
Teachers College fraternity, yesterday
elected D. K. Winebrenner OF Reading,
Pa. grand president. Cleveland, Ohio,
was recommended for the next bien-
rial convention in 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
DOUGLAS, PAPS
 MEET TONIGHT
Both Outfits Will Be Minus Several Mainstays-
 Good Game

Running well out in front and com ing into the backstretch in perfect form, the rejuvenated Moose base ball squad meets up with a very tough hurdle in tonight's clash wi'h Douglas at 6:30 o'clock on the Ju- neau pasture. This evenings con- test will be the last regular league game until next Tuesday, the an- nual Fourth of July series interven- ing this week end.
 Both outfits will be shy their first string catchers tonight-"TeX" flaw kins of the Moose being on after noon shift at the Alaska-Juneau and Red" Frodle having sailed south on the Tallapoosa along wlth Deacon" Paine, Island third base man and chucker. Despite the loss of their handspring behind the plate, the Paps with their array o1 new talent, still look strong enough to clear the Island jump without coming a cropper."
 Jim Morgan. newcomer from Cal ifornia, is likely to start on the hll ] for the Paps with Karl Moval re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02

of Commerce today in the Ter minal.
 The addition of the Baranof and Mt. Mckinley bringing the com pany's fleet in Alaska service to 19 is step toward increasing the ef- ficiency of the service to the north MT. Baker said, and as tests with these ships this summer shows the feasibility of changes which might improve the service, another season will see those changes made
 Stop-overs in Juneau as well as other Alaska ports and longer stays in port, especially on the southbound trips, were mentioned by the traffic manager as problems his company was attempting to work out
 Stressing the need TOT additiona hotel accommodations in the Ter ritory, MT. Baker brought out thai his firm stood ready to grant sev- eral days stop-overs in Juneau if 2 real, first-class tourist hotel was erected here. A plan might be work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
Cow Only Casualty
 As Three Autos Crash on Highway

A three-way accident on the Glac- fer Highway, near the Signal Corps station last night resulted in one very badly damaged COW but no other casualties, according to word to the Marshal's office today.
 Dr. E. H. Kaser was driving to- ward town when the COW, as bovines are won't to do, decided to cross the road The doctors machine hit the COW. Alfred and Dave Dis h W, coming from the opposite direction were able to stop in time to avoid crashing but a Checker Cab driven by Emmitt Thompson following theil machine had no such luck and sl into both machines.
 No one was injured except the COW, at last reports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
BIS TOURISTS ARE
 ON PRINCE ROBERT

With SIS roundtrip passengers aboard on her first voyage of the season to Alaska, the Canadian Ma tlonal steamer Prince Rupert from vancouver berthed at City Dock at o'clock yesterday afternoon and sailed at Il p. m. for Skagway. The steamer is scheduled to arrive here rom Skagway, southbound, at 4:30 o'clock the morning of the Fourth ahd VIII sail half hour later for Vancouver.
 Capt. Edward Mabbs is master of me Prince Robert, H. G. Coles is tlrst Officer, w. E. Baillie is Chief engineer, A. H. Bacon is Purser, D. VI. Jenkins is Assistant Purser, and J. A. Hartley is Chief Steward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
DOUGLAS NEVIS
P.W.A. PROJECTS BE FINISHED
 NEXT MONTH, COUNCIL HEARS

With all members present, the City Council of Douglas convened for the regular monthly session last night. Final reading of the ordi- nance covering the sale and use of fireworks for the Fourth, was held, followed by it's passage making it law No. "A among the city statutes. Two communications from MT Kel- sey, P.W.A. engineer, gave the Coun- cil the information that the water works and sewer projects would be close to 70 per cent completed by the middle of the month and all fin .ished by the middle of August. He directed the attention of the Coun- ,cilmen to the importance of having the sewer mains to properties con- nected to prevent surface water getting into the pipe. The purchase of 400 feet of four inch concrete pipe from Feusi and Jensen Hard ware Go. at 22 cents per. foot for extra extensions of sewer lines to private properties was ordered Also lumber was ordered from a Hume from Fourth to Fifth Streets.
 F. A. J. Gallwas of the Chamber Committee on harbor, present at the meeting, advised the Council of the public hearing on local harbor im- provements to be held here about June 10 by Lieut-Col. H. J. Wild.
 Twenty bills totaling $1204.96 were ordered paid. July 27 was set for the next meeting of the City Coun- cil proceeding adjournament
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
Falls 2,OOO Feet
 in Auto and Lives

FRANKLIN, N. C., July 2.-G. E. Harrison of Greensboro escaped with only cuts and bruises from a 2,000- foot plunge in his automobile down a series of cliffs on Whiteside Moun- tain. The car was tually de- molished
 Harrison missed the road at a curve in heavy fog and went off the cliff. The car tumbled and rolled, occasionally striking projec- tions, but apparently made one sheer drop of 200 feet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
RETURNING FROM VACATION

Jack Langseth is expected to ar rive home Saturday from a three weeks vacation trip south, which in- cluded his attendance as a delegate to Grand Lodge from LOOP. No. l.
 ALSO returning Tuesday on the Baranof is Mae Fraser from a months vacation.
 Mrs. Melvin Kibby and two chil- dren are due to arrive on the Bar anof to reside here with her hus- band. They will occupy the Wahto residence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
LEAVING HERE FOR
 \ ELKS CONVENTION

George Messerschmidt is leaving on tbe Princess Alice to attend the ElSs Convention at Los Angeles Ex- alted Ruler Walter P. Scott is now in the States and Will also be among lnose representing the Juneau lodge.
 Postmaster Albert Vile is also leaving on the eamer tomorrow on Ia three weeks vacation and as he has business in San Francisco, will likely go to Los Angeles for the ant lered tribes doingS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
GASTINEAU CHANNEL LEAGUE
 (Second Half)
SMITH TO LEAVE SANTA CLARA FOR
 VILLANOVA POST

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.-Resig- nation of Maurice J. Clipper" Smith as football coach at Santa Clara University to become head coach at Villanova College is an- nounced by Father w. c. Gianera, president of the Santa Clara Board of Athletic Control.
 Smith returned from a trip east and immediately asked the board to hold a special session. At the meet ing he submitted his resignation and the board accepted it with reluctance"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
FIREMEN WILL ENTER
 HOSE RACES, FOURTH

At special meeting of the Doug las Volunteer Bremen last evening it was decided to participate in the Fourth of July sports by having two teams race for the prize money of fered. The teams to be entered will be chosen from among the members and each team will elect a captain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
BAKER PROMISES IMPROVEMENT IN s HIP SERVICE
Says Better Hotel Accom- modations Would Mean
 Boost in Tourist Trade

Further improvements in the AL aska Steamship Company service for Juneau and Alaska was promised for next season by L. w. Baker. Traffic Manager or the Company. when he appeared before the week ly luncheon of the Juneau Chamoer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02

Portland 2; Seattle 6. San Diego 2; Los Angeles 0. Sacramento 0; Oakland g.
 National League Philadelphia l, 10; Brooklyn 6, 3. St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh g. New York 6; Boston 8. ago-Cincinnati, rain.
 American League Washington 13, 14; Philadelphia 5, 4.
 Boston o; New York 5. Detroit 21; Chicago 6. Cleveland 12, 5; St. Louis l6, 3. Second game called in ninth in ming on account of darkness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02

ed out, he said, whereby tourists could be dropped here for several days, then picking up the next ves- sel to the Westward This rotation might be arranged so that a con- stant stream or tourists would come into Juneau, he explained
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Jenny Johnson entertained a num- Der of her girl friends at her home last evening with dinner party for Ruth Langseth in honor of her l7th birthday. Following the dinner they attended the Coliseum Theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-07-02
STRAINS ANKLE

MISS D. Storm entered St. Ann's tiospital last evening to receive
 reatment for sprained ankle.