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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
DOROTHY RICK IS
 IGNORED, BIRTHDAY

A dinner party, honoring Dorothy Beck on her eleventh birthday, was given last night for a group of her Friends by her mother, Mrs. William Beck and assisted by Miss Dorothy Green.
 Christmas colors prevailed in tho decorations and the table was light ed by white candles. After dinner the girls spent the rest of the evening by playing games and sing ing.
 Those enjoying the party were: Esther George, Lois Stanford, Rev. erly Leivers, Irene Williams, Jeanne Betts, Norma Burford. Rosie Meier, Margaret Summers, Doris Meaton, Pauline Hellan, Irene Hellan, and Doreen Heinke.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
Wolves Stampede Big Herd of Deer
 Near Pt. Barrow
Three Thousand, Taken from Corral Driven
 by Six Herders

POINT BARROW, Alaska, Dec 5.--More than 5000 reindeer with six herders left the corral on a drive to the east coast December l, and are reported to have been har- ried by wolves, fog and storms.
 The wolves stampeded the herd, according to reports received here.
 Game Warden Collins, now here studying the wolf situation, is at tempting to work out control plans. He believes the methods used else where are impractical here and he must devise some new technique.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
FILM COLONY
 IS MOURNING
 DEpARTEDONE
Incidents in Life of Schu- mann-Heink Are Giv-
 en by Coons

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 5.-It any person ever sang "The Star 5pangled Banner" more often or more spiritedly than Mme Ernes- tine Schumann- Heink, the name does not come to mind.
 I heard her sing it first in a crowded political convention hall at Kansas City, the convention that nominated Herbert Hoover for the Presidency. She sang the National Anthem the opening day. She was 67 years old then, and her voice had lost some of it's once glorious power, but she sang with will and she knows all the words, and it was an experience to set the spine ting ling.
 It will do no harm now that she is gone to tell the sequel to that occasion, as she told it to me last year in Hollywood, after she had made her mark in pictures.
 T was glad to sing at the conven- tion,' she said T lof to sing. And The Star-Spangled Banner achl I lof it! But I was embarrassed af- terward, because they all thought I was voting for them. I did not tell them-and I do not tell it now but I voted for Al Smith!"
 All Lover Her
 If ever a woman radiated kind iiness and good will, her name was Schumann- Heink. She went around the movie lots, and her passing was a homely benediction to those she greeted. She was constantly be- ing hailed by studio workers, who would say, for instance:
 I've never forgotten hearing you sing that night just before we sailed for France" and name the camp where Schumann- Heink had sung particularly for him and his com- rades.
 And her face would light up with memory, and she would say, "Ach, yesi Remember, it was raining that night Gott bless you, my son!"
 Schumann-H -Heink "lofed" every body. T think there is no one. nothing, I do not lof In spite of all my experiences, and much un- happiness, am happy"
 She was happy when, after she had been in and around Hollywood for years, they finally put her in a picture. It was Here's to Romance" with Nino Martini Out of 1t came something without precedent in Hollywooda rival producers began
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
M'MURRAY ERRS BUT HIS ERROR
 ISN'T IN ERROR
'Clairvoyant' Foretells Dis aster and Is Persecut-
 ed as MischiefMake

Mitchell Leisen will think twice before he again reproves Fred Mac Murray for changing a word in a movie script.
 Leisen directed MacMurray, alonq with Joan Bennett, ZaSu Pitts, John Toward and a cast of other favoriUes, in Thirteen Hours By Air" which opens Sunday at the Capitol Theatre. The incident that made Leisen blush occurred wher they were making a scene in which MacMurray. as pilot of trans continental passenger plane zoom- ing through a blizzard, was talking by radio to an airport.
 MacMurray, in the scene, was trying to convince the ground sta ton that the weather would clear
 But listenl" he fairly parked into his mouthpiece, this blizzard will lift in a few minutes"
 The dull, nasal whir of the ground man sounded again, more monotonously than before, Return to Salt Lake Airport"
 Director Leisen ordered Cut. ? Then he turned to MacMurray and said, Fred, the word isn't lift, it's clear Let's try it again"
 They repeated the scene and MacMurray made the same error
 Can't we leave the word lift in there? It sounds all right" he asked Leisen But the director stuck to his script. As they pre- pared for another attempt, a visitor came on the sound stage, and stood by while the take was done for the third time. This time MacMuTray got it right
 At this point, the strange visitor approached Leisen and explained he was from United Airlines, which company was used in the film for purposes of authenticity.
 The word clear he told Leisen, may be all right for purposes or simplicity but an aviator convers- ing with the ground would use the word lift"
 Everybody present looked at each other, and a wan smile crawled across their faces-all but Mac Murray, who laughed out loud.
 Claude Rains, co-starred with Fay Wray comes to the Coliseum The atre in "The Clairvoyant, GB's story of fake mind reader of vau- deville whose troubles begin when he becomes suddenly endowed with real powers of clairvoyancy.
 The future becomes visible ao the man who became famous to movie audiences as The Invisible Man" :. things that have not yet hap pened become reality then he pro- phesies them. A train wreck .. a hundred to one shot winning a race. disaster in a tunnel be- ing built under the river. and the terror of explosion, falling walls, rushing water, ravaging fire!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
Katherine Hepburn, if you believed the gossip dealers.

Katherine Hepburn, if you believed the gossip dealers
 Barrymore won, of course, un- disputed title to championship at gossip -thwarting when he suddenly married Elaine Barrie after, to all outward manifestations, all bets be- tween them were off.
 Not since Jean Harlow flew to Yuma with her cameraman, Hal Rosson three years ago had Holly woods romantic handicappers been so wrong. Jean's was one of those unexpected romances that set Hol- lyWood on its snooping nose, and deserves mention even if it didn't last
 On the local prophets credit side, however, can be marked the Mary Pickford- Buddy Rogers ad- mission, finally, that they were con- templating matrimony. Nobody in Hollywood was surprised, a denial being little more than a formality where romantic rumors are con- cerned
 Mere Convention
 Sometimes, it is true, movie peo- pie issue denials and are truthful in doing so. But stars You can say for me it isn't so" is as likely to mean-through conventional ac- ceptance-that it is so as otherwise. Remember how long Constance Bennett denied she had any other than a friendly interest in her Marquis? And how long Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard have insisted there was nothing to the stories that they were secretly mar ried year ago? Their denials, when the story popped up again recently, were weaker than before. Hollywood, at least, takes it for granted they are married.
 And then there was the domes- tic breakup at Errol Hymns house. Rumor has hammered at that fire side almost from the beginning of their marriage last June, when all was serene between the handsome Irishman and his Parisienne bride. Lily Damita When the break came the other day, temperament tai differences were blamed But their close friends lay some of the blame at the door of rumor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
rows STARR
 TO CORDOvA

CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 5.--Mail steanier Starr has been towed here by the Coast Guard cutter Talla- poosa with only the captain and purser aboard. The Starr will be moored to the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad dock for the duration of the maritime strike
 The Boxer, now loading at Seat- tie, will replace the Starr on the far west Alaska run, it is said here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
bidding for the screen services of a 74-year-old grandmother!

bidding for the screen services of a 74-year-old grandmother!
 No Prima Donna
 And when she signed a contract she was eager to get to work. Prima Donna. She said she would "scrup loors' if they told her to, she would do anything They had a picture ready for her, finally. It was to have been. Gram" with May Rob- son. But she became ill, and be- sides they wanted to doctor the story before going into production. She was still waiting-for that chance to make people little happy once more before I go''-when she went
 Almost to the end she retained the enthusiasm and vitality that had carried her through trials to daunt a lesser will. And humor too, and big, hearty appetite.
 "Ach! Am I then so homelyl" she said when she first viewed ler- self on the screen. But what could they do to beautify Mamma Schu- mann-H -Heink?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
BIG TEN 10 GET PROPOSAL
 ON ATHLETICS
Badgers Want Open Sub- sidies'' Scholar
 ship Advanced

MADISON, Wis, Dec 5.-Formed approval of an athletic scholarship plan, described by it's author, Prof. Robert L. Reynolds, as open sub sidization of college and university athletes is to be discussed by the Western conference faculty com- mittee meeting in Chicago, Decem- Der 4-5.
 Decision to solicit the Big Ten recognition came after the Uni versity of Wisconsin faculty ap- proved the plan "in principle" and authorized Dr. Glenn Frank, presi- dent of the university, to prepare for it's inauguration.
 Professor Reynolds and a fac- ulty committee of nine sponsor the plan as one giving athletes equal ity of educational opportunity" The plan consists of these two main propositions:
 1. Establishment of an in stitute" providing free G.
 week course in the studies and sports of the university, ad-
 mitting high school graduates whose scholastic and athletic
 records are outstanding.
 g. Selection of candidates for 4-year scholarships at the
 close of the institute session
 late each summer. Institute di-
 rectors would grade the stu
 dents on their showing in stud
 ies and sports.
 The tentative plan is to grant each winner of a scholarship S400 year with the requirement that he re-establish his standing at the end of two years through main tenance of a scholastic average better than 1.5 grade points per credit during these freshmen and sophomore years. Candidates would not be obliged to enter into any athletic activity during these two years.
 Professor Reynolds estimates that about 100 Wisconsin high or pre- paratory school graduates would be admitted to the first institute He says scholarship and admins trative funds would be subscribed by school and other friends of the university would collect and super wise disbursement of the money.
 We hope that the Big Ten
 committee will join us in frank
 discussion of this problem and
 that our proposal for open sub
 sidization of college and uni
 versity athletes will be recog-
 nized as justifiable and sound"
 Professor Reyonlds says.
 Wisconsin University athletic of ficials, headed by Director Harry A. Stuhldreher, disclaim any cred- it for originating the proposal, but Stuhldreher, Dr. w. F. Lorenz, chairman of the athletic council, and others have agreed with the faculty in approving it's purposes.
 The gist of the plan has been known for some time, but there has been little comment regarding it from Big Ten concerefence schools Wisconsin university officials hope to get an expression at the Decem- Der meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
MEMORIAL SERVICES

The Elks' Lodge will hold their Memorial Services tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock in their hall to which the public is invited. A special program has been arranged and all members are urged to at- tend. --adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
WINS DIVORCE

c. w. Wright was granted di- vorce from Nellie Wright in Fed eral Court today on grounds of de- sertion. Wright lives in Juneau while Mrs. Wright is reported in the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
R0MhNCES IN
 FL M COLONY
 COME QUICKLY
Margaret Sullavan Gives Surprise Following
 that of Barrymore
Rv RoRRIN COONS

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 5. m Margaret sullayan takes the crown now as definite queen of romantic unpredictability
 And in the mems division, John eCaliban) Barrymore can have the honors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
GIVEN JUDGMENT

Charles Waynor of the Alaska Credit Bureau was given a judg- ment of $62192 against Fred Schrey of Sitka in Federal Court today. Action was brought for merchant disc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
BECOMES CITIZEN

Sofus Wilhelm Hansen of Juneau was admitted to United States citi- zenship at a naturalization hearing in Federal District Court today. He is a native of Denmark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05
FROZEN PIPES

For electric pipe thawing Phone 34-Rice and Ahlers. Night call- either ell or Cecil Thurman at Gastineau Hotel. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05

Empire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-05

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The Washington times., 1936-10-01
5000 TO HOLD
C0NFABSHERE

Washington will hum with &C
tivity during October, the Greater
National Capital Committee prom
iSes, with more than 5000 dele
gates scheduled to attend eight
conventions, erouS board
meetings and Government confer
ences. The following conventions
will be held:
American Railway Association,
October 6-8, Mayflower Hotel; Ma
tional Council for Prevention Of
War, october 7-8, Lee House; Ma
tional Society of Professional En-
gineerS, October 1918, Mayflower
Hotel; D. c., Maryland and Vir-
ginia Trade Show of Beauty and
Barber Supply, October 12-14,
Raleigh Hotel; American Clan
Gregor Society, october 1917, Will
lard; Middle Atlantic States Con-
ference of the National Council
of Jewish Juniors, october 1918,
Washington Hotel; National Tent
and Awning Manufacturers AS
sociation, october 26-29, Willard;
Association of Practitioners Be
fore the Interstate Commerce
Commission, October 1890, May
flower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
More Lands BouQht
For National Forests

Federal acquisition Of additional
lands for the George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson national
forests and purchase of the Peaks
of the Otter in Virginia was au-
thorized yesterday by the National
Forest Reserve Commission, at a
total cost of $4,000.
The 672 acres of land included
in the Peaks Of the Otter tract was
estimated at 100000. Purchase of
II tracts of land in Allegheny,
Bath, Rockingham, and Augusta
counties in Virginia, and Pendle-
ton county in West Virginia, for
the George Washington National
Park, represents a cost of Sc, $40 80.
Land tracts in Craig, Wise, Scott,
Lee, Botetourt, Wythe and Smyth
counties, comprising 27,358 acres
for addition to Thomas jefferson
National Park, was estimated for
purchase at $86,019.60.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Plus DISCUSSES
j. ). AFFAIRS

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 1 Q.N.S).
Pope Plus XI and Cardinal Pacelli,
papal secretary of state, today dis
cussed affairs of the church in
the United States for As minutes
before the latter left for New
York.
Cardinal Pacelli sailed aboard
the Conte di Savoia from Naples
this afternoon.
Although the American visit Of
the papal secretary was described
as strictly unofficial, he will spend
about two weeks making first
hand study of Catholic affairs
there.
Reliable Vatican informantS said
they believed that he would con-
suit Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop
of New York, and Archbishop
Hamleto Cicognani, apostolic dele
gate to Washington, regarding the
political activities of the Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin.
A felloW-traveller on the Conte
di Savoia is Fulvio Suvich, the
new Italian Ambassador to Wash
ington.
Cardinal Pacelli no doubt will
see President Roosevelt in Wash
ington, and his itinerary also calls
for a visit to Chicago, but not to
Detroit, Father Coughlin'S head
quarters.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
TAPIR CAUGHT
FOR MUSEUM

CHICAGO-Word has just been
received at Field Museum Of Nat
ural History, Chicago, that a speci-
men of baby tapir, needed for COM
pletion of the museums habitat
group of South American tapirs,
has been obtained in the jungles of
Matto Crosse, Brazil, it was an
nounced by Stephen c. SimmS,
director of the museum.
SaScha Siemal, of New York, we'll
known as the tiger man" because
he hunts jaguars, armed only with
primitive spear, bow and arrow like
the native Indians, is the collector.
Siemal is on a hunting trip in
which he is accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Jennings, OF
Chicago. The party reports that
they have collected also eight
jaguars, two ocelots, and several
deer.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Oct. 1
G.N.S0 S0.-Pending grand jury &C.
ton, Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt
was paroled for 80 days in Gus
tody of her counsel today when
she appeared before Judge An
thony Botti to answer charges
of attempted suicide and of be-
ing a fugitive from justice in
California, where she is charged
with mayhem in connection with
the sterilization of her daughter,
Ann Cooper Hewitt.
When Mrs. Hewitt's counsel
announced readiness to waive
examination on the attempted
suicide charge, Judge Botti said:
81 will parole her in custody
of counsel for 30 days to await
action of the grand jury. If
that body takes no action in
that time, I shall probably
have to dismiss the charge"
Concerning the mayhem charge
and removal proceedings, Judge
Botti said he would continue the
matter to await some action by
California authorities.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Donor Gives S35O,OOO
To Aid MI. HoIYoke

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.-Pres-
ident Mary E. Woolley, Of Mt.
Holyoke College, announces that
an anonymous donor had agreed
to make gifts which eventually
may amount to one million dollars.
The first gift is $250,000 for a
new chapel, plus an additional
100000 as a maintenance endow.
ment. Other items in the plan,
which has been worked out with
the donor by Alva Morrison, OF
Cambridge, and Ebert A. Harvey.
of Boston. chairman and treas
urer, respectively, of the board Of
trustees, are a chemistry wing to
the Science Building and a sub
stantial contribution to scholarship
endowment.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
SEATTLE SEES
STRIKE NEAR
ZERO HOUR
Special to American Newspapers, Inc.

Special to American Newspapers, Inc.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. l,
With Housewives throughout the
city laying in stocks of staple
groceries, Seattle today lay under
the most acute strike threat since
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was
forced out of business by r1otlng
pickets seven weeks ago.
Puget Sound was nearly bare
of shipping as the Waterfront
neared the zero hour.
Wholesale drug firms which sup
ply the bulk of the Seattle retail
drug stores and hospitals were
closed down by strikes.
General Strike Feared
Wholesale grocerS faced labor
threat with demands made upon
them for a closed shop.
Fears grew that a general strike
might come out of the situation.
Meanwhile, the mayor of the
city, an ardent New Deal Dem
ocrat, has declared his open al
lance with the maritime unions
in whatever trouble may be forth
coming in the tense waterfront
situation, and hurled a threat
that in the event of what he
termed "a lockout" there would be
''an uprising of all people and a
demand made on the President
that these ships be taken away"
from the ShipownerS.
Predicts Ship Seizure
At a mass meeting sponsored by
the Maritime Federation, Mayor
John F. Dore predicted that IF
they (the shipownerS) put on this
lockout, the end of it will be that
Franklin D. Roosevelt will take
charge of the shipping OF the
country"
He also declared his intention
of sending police to protect the
union men in case Of a maritime
shutdown.
AS graphic illustrations of the
waterfront strike fear in Seattle,
Merchants Exchange schedules in
dicated that Puget Sound would
have only 10 or IL coastwise and
offshore vessels on its broad eX-
panse against the normal volume
of at least SO ships.
Canned Goods Stored
w. j. Hindley, manager Of the
Seattle Retail GrocerS ASSocia-
ton said that buying of canned
goods and non-perishable food
stuffs is from 80 to 35 per cent
above the ordinary seasonal de-
mands.
One of the large retail chain
stores declared such buying in the
last couple of days had Spurted to
so per cent above normal, indicat-
ing the fear that envelopes the
city.
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The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Switzerland Blocks
Retail Price Boosts

BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. l
G.N.SO.-Government approval
will be essential henceforth for
any increases in hctel rates or re-
tail or wholesale prices, it was de-
cided today after the Swiss Fed
eral Council voted devaluation of
the franc by 30 per cent. 1t was
officially announced Switzerland
will maintain free movement of
gold, with the franc following
foreign currencies at a distance
of approximately 10 per cent.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Breaks Leg in Fall
From Hospital Bed

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 80.
George Graffato, AZ, went to
Charity Hospital with a bump on
his head and stayed herewith
a broken leg. The bump was
from a fight. The leg was broken
when he fell as he left the hos
pital after treatment for his head.
His mother recalled he broke the
other leg a few years ago when he
fell on leaving the same hospital.
VOTE AMERICAH-
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Special Train Rates
For Indiana Voters

Special railroad rates for Demo
cratic absentee voters of Indiana,
who are required by the State to
register in person by next Satur-
day, have been arranged through
the Democratic Absentee Voters
Bureau. it was announced today.
A special train will leave Union
Station tomorrow at 4:40 p. m,
taking voters to Chicago. The
Indiana absentee voters will board
burgh for South Bend, Ind.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
HibernatOr Prepares
For Winters Nap

WATERFOWL, Wis, Oct. 1
GN.S0. .-Arth Turk ey"
Gehrke began putting his affairs
in shape today as he prepared for
his winters nap. Yawning, the
human hibernator reckoned he
might turn in about November l.
Gehrke, who for 26 years has
spent every winter in bed, de-
clared today:
"UnIess there is q sudden drop
in the temperature, 1 won't
crawl under the blankets until
November l."
The Washington times., 1936-10-01

At the first sign Of cold weather
the 56-year-old tavern keeper re
pairs to the bedroom above his
tavern to remain there until the
first thaw in the spring. Said he;
81 don't know why more peO-
pie don't do it.
Maybe people think I'm nuts.
But 1 think people who stay up
and suffer in the cold wintry
blasts are nuts. l prefer my
blankets"
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
WPA Flood Repair
Funds Given 5 States

Allotment Of $971 1885 in WPA
funds for reconstruction of
bridges destroyed by last springs
floods in five States was approved
yesterday by President Roosevelt.
Pennsylvania allotment totaled
$849, 1886; Virginia's $9,159; Names
$26,400: Connecticut's $73,950; and
Vermont'S $4,000,
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
First Ring Meet

Merrick Boys Club boxers will
open their season tomorrow night,
meeting Capitol Heights A. C. in
an 11-bout program at the Mer-
rick Boys Club at 7:30 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
FRENCH CHEERS
GREET BULL|TT

PARIS, Oct. 1 UN.S).-Am-
bassador William Bullitt, accom-.
panied by his small daughter
Anne, arrived in Paris yesterday to
take over his new duties and re-
ceived what was probably the
biggest welcome ever accorded an
incoming envoy.
More than a hundred Ameri-
cans living in France gathered at
the station to greet him and
formed a line down which he
passed, shaking hands. He was
also met by Edwin C. Wilson,
charge d'affaires at the American
Embassy, and his staff.
In an interview, Bullitt declared
that the United States and France
were cooperating economically to
lessen world tension and preserve
peace. He denied any negotiations
were on the schedule for the pay.
ment Of the French war debts to
America.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
Nabrit Howard U. Aide

James M. Nabrit, jr., Of the
Houston Tex) bar, has been ap-
pointed assistant professor in
Howard University law school. A
native of Georgia, he is a gradu-
ate of MorehouSe College, Atlanta,
and Northwestern University law
school.