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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
L. M. BERLIN BACK FROM SURVEY TRIP
 TO POINT BARROW

L. M. Berlin, public land surveyor with the Public Survey office here, returned to Juneau aboard the AL aska today following survey trip which took him as far north as Point Barrow.
 MT. Berlin left for the westward in March
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
MISS MALsTRoM SAILS

Miss Harriet Malstrom, who has been visiting in Juneau for the past few days, sailed south on the Alaska.
 While in Juneau, Miss MalstrOm visited her aunt and cousins, Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Constance and zaita Carlson. Well-known in Al aska for her singing and dramatic work, she was presented at the Capitol theatre last week in sev- eral selections.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
UOTILLAS GET
 GOOD CLEANUP

Eugene and Roy Uotilla, sons of Gus Uotilla, wellknown mining man from Flat, were visitors for a day in Juneau, stopping at the Gastineau Hotel, following a flight from Fairbanks yesterday.
 The Uotillas operate placer prop critics on Moore Creek and at Oph- ir Eugene and Roy have been at Moore Creek this summer, where the company has installed new dragline.
 The cleanup this year amounted to around $60,000 at Moore Creek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
NURSES ASSOCIATION
 WILL MEET TONIGHT

Members of the Gastineau Chan nel Nurses Association meet to- night at 8 o'clock for their regular monthly gathering over which Mrs. E. H. Kaser, president, will preside.
 Articles will be read before the group, and stories for the scrap book VIII be collected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
BRIDGE CLOSING AGAIN

The Duck Creek bridge will be closed to traffic from 8:30 o'clock on, tomorrow morning, it is an- nounced by the Bureau of Public Roads today.
 The bridge will be closed for a few more days to make necessary additional repairs. Cars will be routed around the Loop Road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
PARTY GIVEN BY MRS. E. J. WHITE,
 MRS. VIM. BRITT

Covers were laid for 28 guests at the bridge party, Saturday after noon. when Mrs. William Britt and Mrs. E. J. White entertained at Percy's Cafe.
 Following luncheon, six tables were arranged for bridge. Prizes were won by Mrs R. L. Bernard, Mrs. w. E. Cahill, and Mrs. Harold Smith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
UNDERGOEs OPERATION

Venetia hn0erson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. E. O. Anderson, un- derwent a major operation at St. Ann's Hospital today and is reported to be in favorable condition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
HAmA ANCHORS

The reason for the cutter Haida's leaving the Government Wharf this morning and anchoring in mid- stream was for the purpose of nov ing to the Alaska Juneau dock to take on fuel, but was forced to wait for the Alaska to take on coneen- trates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
New Radio Safety
 Devices Placed On UAL Transports Now

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. l. The United Aulines announces installation of new radio safety de- vices on approximately 90 trans continental transports.
 The device is loop radio antenae designed to reduce static and permit pilots to rotate radios towards the ground stations sending the clear est signals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
SAMPLES IN TOWN

U. S. Deputy Marshal c. w. Sam ples arrived in town last night on the motorship Estebeth from Hoon- ah, bringing with him James Bell, indicted for disorderly conduct
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
MAYOR RETURNS

Mayor Thomas Judson is back at his official desk today after several days vacationing at Warm Springs Bay. The Mayor left Juneau on October 21, did no hunting nor fish ing, hiked a bit, and feels fine, now" r
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
PENNY RETURNS

George Penny, superintendent of social welfare for the Bureau of h. dian Affairs, returned on the AL aska following two month trip to the westward and interior on busi- ness connected with his office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
CURACAO TAKING MAIL

Steamer Curacao, from the west ward, due Wednesday, is to carry mail south according to Postmas- ter Albert Vile.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01

Olive oil may be used for many purposes. It is excellent in hot oil shampoos. It may be used to mas sage tired, aching feet. And it is unexcelled as a cuticle softener.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
B.P.W.C. MEETING

The regular business meeting of the Business and Professional Wo- mems Club will be held at pm. to- day in the City Council chambers Miss Caroline Todd, president, will preside.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
BALDWIN THROUGH

Asa Baldwin, Juneau mining man, is a through passenger on the stea- mer Alaska for Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01
ALTHEA BANDS IS
 HOSTESS AT PARTY
 SATURDAY EVENING

Halloween and an october 31 birthdate combined to form incen- tive for the party at which Althea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-01

Ethiopia is referred to in the Bible as Cush.
Evening star., 1937-12-30

to attack the next most resistant, and
so on. In It's very virulent form 1t
will attack the tomato. without. how
ever. doing much damage. But the
fungi which have been reared on the
tomato will cause the blight OF potato
varieties which hitherto have always
proved resistant.
But 1t can take only a few steps in
virulence at time. II 1t cannot find
= potato which fits into such 4 gar
it is helpless. The Cornell scientists
found among their hybrids at least
one. which they call ETC, which the
blight organism nourished on the most
resistant varieties hitherto known wa
not strong enough to touch.
Clue for Solution.
They do not believe that this variety
Is absolutely immune. 1t would, ac-
cording to their theory, develop the
blight as badly as any other variety
If the intermediate steps were pro.
vided. This, however, gives the clue
for the solution of the whole problem
Many of the best known commercial
varieties are naturally highly blight
resistant. They would never fall VIC
Tins to the fungus If there we're nc
intermediately susceptible varieties to
step up the virulence.
The logical program, they point out
will be to take of the market all the
intermediate varieties. leaving the
blight with . chasm which it cannot
jump. There also may be the pos
sibility of developing ET9 and = few
other hybrids commercially. The
longer the Jump necessary the safer
the potato crop.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
POLICE APPOINTED
IN PRINCE GEORGES
All but One Member of Force Put
on Permanent Basis.
Hepburn Is Chief.
By staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Stan Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Nd, Dec. 80.
Members of the Prince Georges
County police force who received pro-
bationary appointments six months
ago today were reappointed on . per-
manent basis, with the exception Of
Andrew J. Carrigan Of Berwyn.
The County Board of Police Com
missioners also made permanent the
appointment of Arthur w. Hepburn
as superintendent Of police and Ralph
w. Brown and Elon Turner as ser
geants. Brown Is In charge Of the
Hyattsville station and Turner at
Marlboro.
The failure Of the commissioners to
reappoint Carrigan, it was said, was
based on numerous complaints. Supt.
Hepburn recommended that he be not
reappointed.
Edwin r. Compson Of Ardmore was
appointed by the board to succeed
Carrigan.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
ROOSEVELT SETS
MESSAGE PLANS
President to Address Joint
Session Of Congress
Monday at 1::3O.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

- AsSS1AAA xOCNO.
President Roosevelt announced to.
day that he would start reading his
annual message on the state Of the
Union to the Joint session Of Con.
gress. assembled in the House Of Rep
resentatlves, at 1880 pm. Monday.
1t also was announced that there
Will be q radio hook-up which will
make 1t possible for the address to be
heard throughout the world.
The time for the sending Of his
budget message has not yet been de.
cided, but 1t is expected it will be de.
hVered to the Senate and the House
either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Confers With Cabinet Today.
The President met with his cabinet
today. instead Of tomorrow, the resu-
lar weekly cabinet day. It was ex-
planned there Is no sianificance in
this change Of date, the Presidents
purpose being to give those members
who have arranged to leave the city
tomorrow to spend New Year away
from Washington an opportunity to
do 50.
No particular celebration is being
planned at the White House either
New Year Eve or New Year Dav
But members of the family and
Few personal friends, the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will watch the
passing OF the old year tomorrow
night. AS has been the custom dur
inc the Pn0Snvo1t RI Jv,,i, ,e+r
will be no New Year Day reception at
the White House. From all appear
| ances, the President will be required
to continue his labors on that day.
Lone New Year Greeter.
Although the traditional New Year
Day reception will not be held, at.
tendants at the White House feel con-
hdent J. w. Hunefeld, Southeast
painter, who has record Of being
hrst in line at the public receptions
on New Year Day, will, as usual. pre-.
sent himself at the White House
gates. Mr.. Hunefeld goes to the
White House gates each New Year
Day regardless of the fact there is to
be no reception, Just to keep my rec
ord straight"
In addition to meeting with his
cabinet today, the President held sew.
eral other business conferences.
among his callers being r. WAL
ton Moore, counselor of the State De-
partment: Louis johnson. Assistar.
Secretary Of War; John Fahey, chair
! man Of the Home Owners Loan Corp,
and Louis Wahle, New York lawyer
and old friend of the President.
The President made no appoint
ments for the afternoon because he
was giving his undivided attention to
his annual message and to the com.
pletion OF his budget message.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
1.-THE OTHER WISE MAN"
PRODUCTION TO CLOSE

Luther Place Memorial Church will
present The Other Wise Man" for
the last time tonight at 7:30 o'clock
at the church, Fourteenth and N
streets NV.
Doors are opened at 7l5 and are
shut when the auditorium is full. 1t
is estimated that as many persons
have been turned away on the past
three evenings as have been able to
get into the church, which seats
about l,l00 persons.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
De VALERA HOPES
TO UNITE IRELAND
Calls for Union of Ulster and
Fire Under New Con-
Stitution.
BY the Associated Press.
Ny-vyy r1~-rr

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3o-Eamon de
Valera, President Of Ireland, ex-
pressed the hope yesterday, in an
address broadcast from Dublin, that
all Of Ireland-the old Free State
and Ulster-would one day be gov
erned by the new constitution. De
Valera was heard here over the
WABC- Columbia network.
The Fastening of the day when
the new constitution embraces "the
whole Of the national territory" was
called by De Valera lone Of the great
tasks to which I would this evening
summon the Irish race to dedicate
itself anew"
Il would ask all our people, espe-
cially those who in the past differed
from the majority in their political
opinions, to let all former differences
now disappear in the common name
Of 1rishman," De Valera said.
Michael MacWhite, the Irish Min
lister, and Mrs. MacWhite, sat BY 4
radio yesterday afternoon to hear
the address by EAmon de Valera.
Evening star., 1937-12-30

shifts as much as 10 miles In 1000 tt
1000 years. DR.. A. J. EArdley, rive1
erosion specialist, presented this phe.
nomenon of river behavior before tn,
society today in the abstract of . pape,
read by title.
Meander Belt Charted.
Between Tanana Station and Holy
Cross. Alaska, the great stream wind.
In z to 35 mile meander belt-that
portion Of a river valley delimited BY
the outer sides Of a bends Of tn
stream. BY projecting historical record!
Of the amount Of shift taking place
into the past, the above figure ha,
been calculated, the paper stated.
A new scale for the classification
and grading Of coal by its heat value
and the amount OF fixed carbon il
contains, which, If adopted by Goa,
producers and consumers throughout
the country, would end all uncertainty
as to whether consumers get exactly
the kind they want or not, has been
placed before the society by Thomas
A. Hendricks, coal expert Of the United
States Geological Survey, 1t was
learned today.
For IL years a joint committee OF
the American Society Of Testing Ma
terials and the American Standards
Association, headed by DR.. Arno C.
Fieldner Of the United States Burea,,
Of Mines, has studied the problem, Dr..
Hendricks pointed out. The latter
has now adopted the scale.
At present coal standards are not
always the same in all parts of the
country. The Bureau Of Mines has one
set, the National Bituminous Coal
Commission another and private pro-
ducers still others.
If legislation were enacted to give
teeth" to the scale and to fix price
differentials for different parts Of the
country, every person in the United
States who burns coal would know
exactly where he stood, whether he
wanted to heat three-room house or
provide a city with illuminating gas,
DR.. Hendricks predicted.
Pressure Speeds Glaciers.
When an excess of pressure, caused
by billions of tons Of ice, is exerted
on glacier filled valleys with narrow
funnel-shaped outlets, the irresistible
glacial front may advance as much a.
4 miles in few months. This was
given today as the cause Of the phe-
nonenal advances last winter Of Black
Rapids Glacier, about 100 miles south
Of Fairbanks. on the road from that
city to Valdez on the coast of Alaska
by Fred H. MONT Of the United States
Geological Survey, who is attending
the Geological Society meeting.
No other known glacier in the area
has ever acted in the same way, hi
said today before the Geological So
ciety. The Black Rapids Glacier l1a,
done 80 repeatedly, he pointed out, Al
testified to by marks Of similar dis.
proportionate advances in the past.
Grants tomb on Riverside drive
New York. was built with $500, ,00C
As,~
Evening star., 1937-12-30
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
stan Correspondent OF The Star.

ctdA SOIIeSpOHQSnt Oh i ne StoT.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 3o.-A child
may change from high-grade moron
to a genius In few years.
Current conceptions Of the stability
Of the I. O.. to which great signifi-
canoe Is attached In most school sys-
TENS, were torn to shreds before the
psychological section of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science here today by DR.. Beth I.
Wellman, professor Of psychology at
the University of Iowa
For the past Is years the intell-
igence quotient or ratio of the grade q
person makes on a standardized test
with the grade made by the average
person Of the same age, has been
widely accepted as a measure Of the
inborn intelligence. It might 60 up OF
down q few points with changes In
environment, psychologists have held
but not materially.
Children Grouped on I. O.
The normal I. q. has been approxi-
mately 100 An I. @. Of 40 or so denoted
feeble-mindedness Above 100 was
interpreted as meaning superior men,
tai ability. A child making 140 OF
above was considered genius" II
has been held that intellectual capac-
dty was almost As fixed 4 quality with
an individual as color Of the eyes OF
the hair and perhaps 4 matter Of In
heritance. Children have been grouped
IN schools on this assumption-the
bright and the dull, the slow and the
fast.
DR.. Wellman told Of experiments
which make mincemeat out Of this idea
of q mystical intelligence" She gave
the cases Of five children. One had an
I. q. Of SO at 3, Of 149 at 10, and OF
1872 at 13. Another started at 98
moved up to 1877 and fell back to l4a
at IL years Of ago. Another moved
from s8 to 153 in 10 years. These were
all ordinary children. whose intelli-
eence increased to that of geniuses. A
nth child was very superior. with m
I. q. of l24 at 3. She had moved up
to the supergenius class Of l65 at 10
At IL she had leveled back to l54.
These children are not exceptional
examples, DR.. Wellman said. The only
thing done to raise their intelligence
was to start their education early and
put them in An especially stimulating
school. Conversely, she told Of 4 three.
year study At the University Of lows
of children sinking from normal tx
feeble-minded after being placed ir
an institution where they got no In.
dividual attention and were reei.
mented.
Change in I. Q's.
The Iowa experimenters found tha
the amount Of change in the I. Q
varied directly with the radicalness o,
the change to which the child VA.
subjected, and also were progressiv,
with them. While the effects wer,
general, some children showed much
more resistance to the effects o.
change than others.
The facts uncovered, she said, leat
to the necessity Of adopting q func.
tional view Of intelligence. "The only
alternative" Dr.. Wellman continued
''is to believe in what prefer to cal
4 mystical intelligence. It u mystica
Evening star., 1937-12-30
MRS. AGNES c. BRANDES
DIES AFTER OPERATION
Resident of Washington Since
1889 Was Well Known in
Church Circles of Citv.

Mrs. Agnes c. Brandes. II, q resi-.
dent Of Washington since 1889. died
IN Georgetown Hospital today after
an appendicitis operation.
Mrs. Brandes was we'll known In
church circles, having been a member
OF Grace Lutheran Church more than
40 years, She was born in Cuxhaven,
Germany.
She is survived by four sons. Waiter.
Herbert. Arthur and Clarence Brandes.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
at pm. at Grace Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Indian Widows Hopeful.

Announcement that the Rajah Of
Faridkot has induced the government
to offer 4 cash reward to any man
who will marry 4 widow, has greatly
raised the hopes Of women in India.
Reports received in Delhi indicate
that the breaking down Of the ancient
practice of placing widows on the
husbands funeral pyre u pleasing
to the widows. While the bonus
offered IA equivalent to only about Sl9
it Is believed that it will cause many
men to accept.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Blight-Free Potato.

An apparently blight-free potato
was announced before q section meet
ing Of the association.
For 95 years the potato blight, due
to = fungus organism known as ply
tophthora infestans, has been 4 fac
tor in the history Of nations. Its
ravages in ireland, causing the great
famine Of 1s45, were responsible for
the Irish immigration to the United
States. Time after time it has wiped
out great sections Of the American
and Canadian potato crops.
In another five years It Will be "un.
der permanent subtection," Donald
Reddick and Wilford Mills Of Cornell
University said today.
wild Potatoes Brought In.
Cornell scientists started 10 years
ago studying the problem from two
angles. First, they brought in wild
potatoes from Central Mexico and
crossed them with commercial varie-
ties. The wild varieties were immune
to blight. Scores Of crosses were pro-
ducsd, some Of which seemed to have
4 high resistance.
Then they studied the habits Of
phytophthora infestAns itself, They
found that 1t increased In Nrulence as
It passed from more resistant varieties
Of potatoes. In its weakest form II
would attack certain forms. eel
enough stl osth from feeding ID them
Evening star., 1937-12-30

Hesse suddenly remembered I method
used by her mother in Jersey City for
making fruit jeiliss. Her mother had
tot It In turn from some nsiehbors
who had lived In the East Indies. ...
The method proved ideal. Her hus-
band wrote to Koch about 1t and in 1
few years it had spread around the
world. Use Of agar-asAr IN medical
experiments probably hAs saved thou
sands Of hveA Mrs.. Hsase daed three
years ago
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Racing Results
TropicoI Pork
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-Purse. S500: slaiAingJ
2-ysar-elds and ~: f1r!snH. a. 90.
OpiFAnAo (Mstti0lD 1880 Se9
1AprSlanl (C1uttef) $50
Time, 1913.
Alse Yan-1Dbsrt g., Black CeAsrt. Big
KiAy. Arthur b. TraAwAy. AainAsk And
SECOND NACB-Rufse, 4f00: eiafAins;
3-year-elds and Up, fufien6e:
r Pinehot (Mora) AGO 3.20 2S0
Milk tHartIeb $40 $50
MIN Pend lMeffitH 100
Tine, 1:14X.
c,1sss 1:: 49, ~. ..D DIh Son.sls.s ssr,s,
DDS ossSls 1s1 SS1.1e)
Evening star., 1937-12-30
THE WEATHER REPORT

District OF ColumbiMosty cloudy
change temperature lowest gentle
northwest winds, becoming ~
MaryandMoy cloudy tonight change
VrsnaPartly cloudy tonight
south portion "
cloudy tonight tomorrow not much chang.
Evening star., 1937-12-30

moving northeastward Oh the Southern
Labrador coast. Belle Isle Newfoundland.
~ 80 inches: while disturbance Of slight
intensity Is moving rapidly east-sout heast-
yard oyer the North Atlantic States,
Ithaca N: Y. 30.0S inches. Pressure is
low and falling over the Northern Plains
and the Western Canadian provinces, CAL
hish over the South XtIantic sissfe stst.s ana a
the Southern Appalachians. Asheville, N
Hudson Bay, Churchill. Manitoba. 80 g..
inches: with an. extension southeastward
Halifax. Nova Scotia. soss % inches l'VlPCes Pres.
sure continues hieh over California. Fresno,
1925 inches. and the Southern Rocky
inches During the last - hours there
have been SHOWS in portions Of Provinces
q Ontario and Quebec and in Northern
New England. while rains occurred in
the North Pacific States and portions OF
the West Gulf States. Temperatures have
risen In portions of the Lake region. the
Middle Appalachians and the Lower Mis-
souri, Valley.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
ct Harpers Ferry: clear At Great Falls
today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
6AAAAttA Arr
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Report on Test Variations
Blasts Old Theories on /. O..
Child May Change From High-Grade
Moron to Genius Withi, Fe,U Years,
Psychologists Experiments Sh0w.

because nobdy has ever demonstrated
that it really does exist According to
this mystical view, intelligence Ia some-
thing which the individual possesses,
but which. for some unexplained rea-
sons. does not come forth in behavior
Of actions.
Those who believe in this myterical
or real intelligence appear to believe
also that it does not change in our
data. where each succeeding tests
yields higher I. q. than the preceding
one, We run into difficulties in applying
this concept because we never know
when We have gotten the real I. @.
The highest value is not reached until
the child is grown up. Then all the
tests up to the last must be rejected
because they are no good This in
wolves dbcarding as worthless thou
sands Of tests that have been labori-
ously accumulated for the last is or
20 years"
Sees Some Value in Tests.
DR.. Wellman herself still believes
that the intelligence test has some
value In education. It actually does
measure the intelligence Of 4 child at
4 given time, she said, and, provided
the environment does not change, has
practical pNdictive value. Few chill
dren actually do undergo = radical
change In environment.
Startling Report by Associate.
DR.. Wellman's report today followed
an equally startling report yesterday
in the same field by her associate at
the University Of Iowa, Dr.. Harold M.
Skeek.
He studied 147 waits taken from
their own parents and placed in
foster homes. Both the fathers and
mothers were, for the most part, Of
low grade Intellectually. Nearly 40
per cent of them, it was determined
by intelligence tests, has I. Q.s below
80, close to the level Of feeble minded
ness. Only 13 per cent were slightly
superior to the average.
The children were placed in supe-
rior homes. Not a one was below
normal in intelligence after a period
Of adjustment. Sixty-five were in
tellectually superior. Forty-ore were
on the genius level.
There was no relationship whatso-
ever between the intelligence Of the
children and the intelligence Of their
parents, DR.. skeels reported.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
IRON noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. A., ESQ pm. yesterday. Year
aRQ. A..
ago, ~
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest ~ per cent. At 1:3Oano .odav
terday. ~
Evening star., 1937-12-30

Grants tomb on Riverside drive
New York. was built with 5000, ,00C
raised by popular subscription.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
PreeiVitati0n.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tn,
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1937-12-30
kepsrt for Last "a nours.

Record Iempefatures This Year.
fskhs.s. y. @ Ausust 20,
Evening star., 1937-12-30

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