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Evening star., 1937-10-28
CELEBRATION SET
FOR HALLOWEEN
Jewish War Veterans to Hold
Annual Bal MaSque
Tonight.

With the main Halloween celebra-
ton and parade scheduled for Satur-
day night on Constitution avenue, sew
eral organizations today were PLAN
ming their own celebrations Of the
annual visit of witches and goblins.
One of these-the Washington Post
Of Jewish War Veterans-will hold its
fifth annual Halloween bal masque
tonight in the Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @ streets NV.
An elaborate floor show has been
planned by the Committee on Ar
rangementS, headed by Nat S. Silver
berg.
The masque is an annual effort to
raise funds for the purpose of COM
batting anti-American and anti-Se-
mitic propaganda" and to defray costs
of participation in veteran and civic
matters.
Boys Club Party.
The 18th Halloween party Of the
Boys Club of Washington will be held
tomorrow night. Junior members will
be entertained from 6:15 to 8 O'Clock,
while the older boys will be enter
tanned from 8:15 to 10. Senior men,
bers will entertain Saturday night at
their second annual masquerade
dance.
More than 1000 persons are eX-
pected to attend the Halloween frolic
to be held at 8 pm. tomorrow by the
Interior Department Recreation Asso-
citation in the new Interior Building
Two orchestrss will play for the
straight dancing and square dancing.
Those in costume will parade In a
grand march and prizes will be award
ed for the most original, funniest and
most beautiful dresses.
Dance At G. w. University.
The Newman Club of George Wash
ington University is giving a Hallow-
cen dance at pm. Saturday at the
National Womens Country Club in
Bethesda, Md.
Internal Revenue Lodge. No. ~.
American Fedora ton of Government
Employees, will hold an entertainment,
card party and dance at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the Playhouse, 1914 M
street NV. The Internal Revenue
Orchestra will open the program with
q concert.
The final meeting Of the Halloween
Committee, which is making plans for
the mammoth civic celebration on
Constitution avenue Saturday night,
will be held at 1890 pm. tomorrow in
the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
GIRL AIDS FATHER
ON ARSON COUNT
Daughter Denies He Started
Fire to Kill Her and Sister
for $1OO, 900 Insurance.

BY the Associated Press.
MEDIA, Pa, Oct. 2S.-Modishly-
garbed Ruth Knight, rs, came to the
defense of her father, Albert r.
knight, in Delaware County. Court
yesterday and supported his denial
that he had anything to do with a
fire that started in the basement of
the Knight home last May %.
The State has charged the former
Oil company executive with attempted
murder and arson. contending he set
the fire in an attempt to collect $780,
600 insurance on the lives of Ruth
and her two sisters, Susan, 20, and
Mary, II.
Miss Knight testified she knew her
Evening star., 1937-10-28

father was not in the cellar the day
before the fire. !
Knight has repeatedly asserted he
was in Washington engaged on spe-
cial work for the Treasury Depart
ment on that day. Witnesses yester-
day affirmed this.
Father did not go into the cellar
the day he went to Washington, which
was the day before the fire." the
daughter testified. "I know because
when I went down after I had taken
him to the bus terminal I found that
the stove fire had gone out"
She said Knight always took care
Evening star., 1937-10-28
DR.. KOHT TO DISCUSS
: TRADE WITH PRESIDENT
Norwegian Minister of Foreign
Affairs Also Pays Visit to
Secretary Hull.

Secretary Hull.
BY the Associated Press.
DR.. Halvdan Koht, Norwegian Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, said today he
would discuss international cues
tions," chiefly those of trade, with
President Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Hull during his stay in this
country.
Dr. Koht paid Secretary Hull an Of
fetal visit after his arrival in the
Capital yesterday. Later the two
made joint broadcast to Norway. In
his address, DR.. Koht said of his forth
coming talks with the President and
Mr. Hull:
Il shall have to talk with them
about questions regarding our two
countries, not in the strict sense of the
word, political questions, for there are
no such questions pending between us,
but commercial questions regarding
the exchange Of articles between the
two countries.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

of the hot water stove in the base
ment.
The prosecution questioned G. B.
Slagle about two fires in a cottage
occupied by the Knights at Ocean
City, N. j., and another in vacant
store in Lansdowne, where the Knight
furniture was stored.
Slagle.- former Upper Darby High
School football coach, was called by
the defense as a character witness for
Knight.
Slagle said he knew nothing about
the first Ocean City fire being called
''of an incendiary nature"
Evening star., 1937-10-28
FOREIGN SALES UP
Roper Reports Exports Exceed
Imports by S63, 200, 900.

Secretary Of Commerce Roper re-
ported today the Nation sold s63,O00,-
600 more in foreign markets than il
bought during September.
Exports for the month aggregated
s7ss, 72s, 900, an increase Of $76 100000
over the same month year ago. Al
1851 900, imports were up $l8,000,-
900 over September, 1896.
For the first nine months Of this
year. Roper said, purchases abroad
topped sales by $49,O00,000.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Twizzler Answer,

The spiral ridge would be 2le feet
inches long. If one-fifth of the
column could be cut off and flattened
out as though it were paper the spiral
would cut a diagonal forming the
hypotenuse of a right angle triangle.
The two sides of the triangle would
be 16 feet, 8 inches, the circumfer-
ence OF the column, and 40 feet one
fifth OF the height. Simple, isn't it?
Or isn't It?
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Chinese Safety Drive.

he new safety-first campaign Of
Ushgkong, China, includes the slogan,
Safety first-self last"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
CITY POLICE AND STREET EMPLOYEES
 COME IN FOR COUNCIL CRITICISMS

Supervision of the gymnasium was given by the town council Monday night to Supt. George A. Fabricius of the Wrangell Public School. The gymnasium, adjacent to the city hall has been for several years under the supervision of the council.
 With the recent installation of a new heating plant and several inn provements to the building, the gym nasium is now a most desirable place for various public entertain ments at hours not conflicting with school athletic schedules. It's use is secured from Mr. Fabricius, who has agreed to hire a responsible high school student as janitor and turn all revenues above janitor service charges into the city treasurer.
 Upon presentation by MT. Fla bricius of the need for a change in the hot water tank so that show CTS were available to basketball players, the council authorized Gun derson, chairman of the property committee, to arrange to have such work done For some time the hot water tank has been unsatisfactory.
 Value of Nurse to School
 Before MT Fabricius left the meet. ing Mayor Hanford took the oppor- tunity of bringing up the subject of the value of the public health nurse to the school. The salary of Miss Armine J. Stinger, $150 per month, has until now been paid through Territorial and Federal funds under the Territorial Depart ment of Health. From now on un- less Wrangell pays $500 towards her salary, she can not give full time here, but will alternate with other towns.
 Mir Fabricius spoke strongly in favor of retaining the nurse from the schools viewpoint. Miss Stin- ger, he said, spends an hour each morning in health inspection and teaches health education classes six hours a week. She contacts all the homes, both white and native and her work for the school is invalu- able, he stated.
 After discussion, MT. Fabricius was asked by the Council to ascer- tain if the Territorial Board of Ed ucation would be willing to add Miss
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
eco Crews Start Work
 In Southeast Alaska

Several eco crews in southeast Alaska have started activity within the past few days.
 A crew of 60 men under Dan Moller is now at work at Sitka re- habilitatlng the old Russian ceme- tery and building a recreation area at the end of the Sitka-H -Halibut Point road.
 A CCC crew of 40 under Red Gray is working at Hoonah and a 25- man crew nas started at AngOon un- der John Maurstad according to Charles G. Burdiek, eco chief in the Territory.
 Bert Loomis of Juneau left this week for Yakutat to take over the CCC crew of 25 men which has been organized there by George Morlan- der, government teacher.
 approximately 65 civilian conser- Jation corps workers are engaged in construction work on three projects in the Juneau district at present,
 Twenty five Indians making up an Indian CCC camp, are building the Point Lena truck trail; 10 CCC men are working on the Douglas ski trail and a crew of 30 is working on the Montana creek road.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
PETERSON GRANT

Erie c. Peterson returned on the Alaska Monday evening bringing his bride, the former Miss Miriam Grant whom he had married in Seattle where she has been visiting for sev- eral weeks.
 The ceremony was performed by Judge w. c. Claypoole in his office on November 5th.
 The bride is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Alfred Grant. She has lived in Wrangell since a small child and was graduated from high school class of '37, as salutatorian.
 The bridegroom is carpenter and has been a resident of Wrangell for the past seven years.
 They have taken an apartment in the Pioneer building where they are at home to their many friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
STEAMER SAILINGS

The North Sea northbound Mon day morning took the following passengers from Wrangell To Peters, burg, J. Steear, B. Bellamy, F. w.. Dolphin; To Juneau, Mrs. Howard, William, David and Peter Howard. Chas Richardson, Sitka. Southbound tonight the following are booked; To Seattle, Lester Hill, Frank Sny- der, E. Lervold, K. Peterson, G. Val lestad; To Ketchikan, Paul Dem- inert, James Demmert, Art Larson
 The Alaska northbound took E. Edmunds and G. K Williams to Ju- neau.
 Passengers on the Yukon south bound last Monday were; Mrs. How ard Messinger and baby daughter, H. Hroed, all to Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12

Stinger to the school faculty either as a school nurse of part time phys ical education teacher, in order to get the 75 per cent refund on salary accorded school employees.
 Health Center Praised
 The mayor told the council that all public health officials who had seen the health center provided in the city hall for the nurse, declared it to be the finest in Alaska, and it was because of the interest Wran- gell had shown in the matter, that a full time nurse had been kept here so long.
 Praise of the public health nurse shifted to disparagement of the work by street commissioner Lloyd and night marshal DOlan. Hansen, chair man of the harbor committee, saying that in his opinion, the work has not been carried on as efficiently as it should be. He cited several in- stances where he felt Lloyd was re- miss in his duty, and not getting results from the heavy expenditures of money each month on streets "A man who works for the city" Han sen declared, "should produce as much work as if he were working for private interests. If he can't produce, he'd better not work for the city"
 Lloyd later explained the reason for most of the matters in which complaint had been voiced.
 The condition of the city jail was brought to the attention of the council by the mayor and at the close of the meeting all council members went down into the base ment to look over the jail section, in which it was said, dogs had been quartered and empty whiskey flasks were in evidence. No prisoners have been in the jail for several months. matter of his patroling the tow
 Jail Unsanitary
 The jail condition was held against the night marshal, also the matter of his patroling the town and Lloyd, as chief of police, again came in for censure, it being under his department.
 GA further report of the council proceedings will be contained in next weeks Sentinel.)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
SHARBROICHS HAVE TAKEN
 APARTMENT IN PORT ANGELES

Word from MT. and Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich gives their present ad- dress as the Washington Apart ments, 519 South Oak Street, Port Angeles, Apt 3. The Sharnbroichs found it very difficult to find va cant house in Port Angeles and fi- nally decided to purchase a place which was being constructed in a new addition. Later this plan was given up until they are definitely settled and an apartment was secur- ed for the winter They like Port Angeles very much and hope to To- cate there permanently.
 Since leaving Alaska, they have spent some time in Seattle at the home of Mrs. F. B. Mitchell, called cn Mrs Mabel Borland in Tacoma and been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Howard Sharnbroich in Port Angel es. In the latter city, they encoun- tered ether ex-Wrangellites, the ior- mer Tozier girls and their mother Mrs. Mary Fozier.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
:: FISH DOCK NEWS :.
CBy AL CRAMER)

Lennie Engstrom is the only fish buyer on the Wrangell dock at pres ent. A. R. Brueger and c. c. Nun dy have discontinued buying for a time on the grounds that prices are too high for the quality of salmon.
 Engstrom in the past week made the following purchases: Nov. G-8, Pete IVerson, 1075 lbs. salmon, John Kayer, 1147 lbs salmon, miscellan- eous trollersS 1867 lbs. salmon; Nov. g, Manuel Loftus, 1759 lbs; Nov. II Lester Bjorge, 1882 lbs. Albert Ron ming, 982 H5s. Miscellaneous troll lers, 700 lbs.
 Prices paid were 29-12-9, which Is two cents better than Ketchikan prices of 18-1O-7. Reports are that there is but one buyer operating in Ketchikan.
 The Wrangell Cold Storage the first of the week purchased loo bar reIs of bait herring caught by Rich ard Hofstad just off the Wrangell Packing Company cannery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
BOND . GRAY

Miss Helen Gray, former Juneau teacher and MT. Peter Bond, cleo trician at the Alaska Juneau Mines, were married in Wrangell Wednes- day morning and left by plane that evening for Juneau.
 The ceremony was performed at the Catholic church rectory by the Rev. Father Monroe. MT. and Mrs. Lea Osterman were witnesses.
 The bride has been visiting at her home in Bozeman, Montana, since her resignation this summer from the Juneau schools. She arrived here on the Yukon Monday night and was met by MT. Bond who came down from Juneau on the Alaska, which had called in port here a lit- tie earlier.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
STUDS REACH
 WASHINGTON BY TRUCK

Ketchikan salmon and Matanuska potatoes, which left Ketchikan two weeks ago in a good will truck on a trip designed to publicise Ketchi- kan, Alaska and the proposed in- ternational highway, have arrived in Washington, D. c.
 In a telegram received this week by M. L. Stepp, service officer of the American Legion, Delegate Dimond said that the Alaska salmon and Matanuska potatoes arrived at Wash ington on schedule at 3:30 o'clock Monday.
 Describing the trip as successful publicity" for the Territory, Dele gate Dimond said that sack of po- tatoes had been delivered to Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, and that the delegate would deliver po- tatoes to the White House.
 The potatoes left October 25 on a Dodge truck driven by Al Radero.
 The truck went to Prince Rupert on the motorship Northland; was driven over a railroad track to Haz- elton, B. c. and from HazeltOn to Seattle and east over established highways
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
KetChikan Fire Loss
 Estimated At $5OOO

Famed by wind and fed by tar paper and pitch, a fire which par tially gutted the Rex Hotel building and damaged nearby buildings on the night of November threatened an entire Ketchikan business sec tion before being brought under control by the efficient work of 50 firemen, according to the Chronicle. Damage was estimated at $5000. Little insurance was carried.
 Dense, black smoke made fire fighting miserable and overcame at least one fireman.
 The fire is believed to have start CT from spontaneous combustion in the back room of the Graham Fun eral Parlors on the first floor. A lath and pitch composition was used in the construction of the inner walls of the building which burned fast and created terrific heat. Two bodies in the funeral parlors were removed to the fire hall across the street
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
HOME MAKERS CLUB
 HAS GOOD ATTENDANCE

The attendance at the Home Max CTS club rose to IF at the meeting held at the school house last Satur- day afternoon. The club is now a going concern under the leadership of Mrs. P. c. Mccormack, chairman of the American Home department of the Civic Club, which is sponsor ing the project.
 Mrs. Ernest Anderson has agreed to send in the required reports of the meetings to the Alaska Uniyer- sity and to act as treasurer.
 While everyone is welcome to at tend these meetings, and no dues arc imposed, each one attending is making small contribution to a stamp fund for the secretary. The next meeting will be held November 20.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
Game Licenses Used
 Old Age Pension Proof

The Alaska old Age Assistance Division of the Department of Pub lie Welfare is using trapping, hunt ing, and fishing licenses issued by the Alaska Game Confusion prior to April, 1887, in attempting to prove age of the applicants.
 The Alaska law requires that all recipients be sixty-fiYe years of age or over. Proof is required and birth certificates are rare as vital statis- tics were generally recirded only in the larger cities and some few of the eastern states sixty-fiye years ago. Usually church records giving the date of birth are available for those who were baptized or who were registered in a church. Family Bibles are also helpful.
 The Department of Public Well lare has been finding information recorded on trapping, hunting and fishing licenses of great value in proving age, and the Alaska Game Commission has been cooperating with the Department in tracing many of these records over a period of years, thereby helping to estab- fish the age for many applicants in the Territory.
 This work would be greatly facil- itated and grants could be made much sooner if applicants would be r,1s years in which they received licen- ses from the Game Commission, as well as indicate the kind of license that was issued. Other types of doc uments found invaluable are home stead records, marriage records, steamboat licenses and similar re- cords.
 The investigation of other records would be greatly facilitated were exact details given when making the application.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
YOUNG MATRONS H0STEsSEs AT HALLOWEEN BRIDGE-PARTY

A casual survey of the Halloween season just past reveals the fact that the social side is being emphasized more and more in an attempt to les- sen the damage done by pranksters who show mDre enthusiasm than good judgment
 In some centres, an organized campaign, participated in by high school students, was waged during Halloween in the interests of good citizenship. While much soap was used in Wrangell little destruction was waged. Several school parties made the season a happy one for the pupils.
 Among the private parties given with Halloween as the inspiration, the largest was the bridge dessert at the Fabricius home with Mrs. George Fabricius and Mrs. Vernon Myers as hostesses.
 Goblins and witches held the con- bination place and score cards at the small tables where the guests were seated anl the buffet in the dining room was charming wood land scene where witches disported themselves. From the arch between living and dining room, a grinning skeleton dangled and amused the guests by his antics, said guests wil- lingly assisting him to perform. Ices cakes and even the cube sugar ap- peared in Halloween colors and the prizes distributed at the end of the bridge game were in black and orange wrappings.
 Mrs. H. R. Coulter won first prize, Mrs. Bjorge the consolation and Mrs. Jo Sorenson the cut. About 30 guests attended, and the hostesses were assisted by Miss Dorothy Voss>,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
Unemployment Census
 ID Hands Committee

Mayor F. C. Hanford, who was re- gently asked to take charge of the unemployment census at Wrangell appointed Councilmen Fr e erick Cunningham and George Gunderson to serve with him on the committee
 Provision for the census was made by congress. It is calculated to give an adequate picture of unemploy- ment conditions and will be conduct ed through the facilities of the post office department by the distribu- tion of blanks to all of the 31,00O,- GOO American homes on November 16 and IT.
 The unemployed and partially un- employed are being asked to fill out these blanks and return them to their local postmasters by midnight of November 20, after which the post-office representatives will con duet further checks so as to elimin- ate duplication.
 In order to have this census out of the way before the Christmas rush. an appeal has been made directly to the cities in telegrams and letters direct to the mayors, asking the ap- pointment of citizen committees to cooperate with the local postmasters, particularly in obtaining wide pub licity in connection with the can vass and in the dissemination of in- formation as to plans and purposes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12

idential section MT. Krone asked the aid of Mrs. F. s. Barnes, Mrs. J. c. Johnson and c. Don Miller. The cen tral part of the district was assigned to Mrs. Barnes, the north end to Mrs. Johnson and the south end to MT. Miller.
 The business section will be can vassed by P. L. Stump, the public school by Supt George A. Fabricius and Wrangell Institute by Miss Az es Breen.
 The Red Cross this year set a new high mark in service to the nation and more than million and a quar- ter people were aided, MT. Krone pointed out. Each membership en- abled the individual to share as a partner under the Red Cross em- blem.
 The membership drive of the Red Cross was first conducted in Wran- gell in 1917 by H. D. Campbell, who served in that capacity for twenty annual roll calls. This year illness prevents his serving for the twenty first roll call.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
BILL STOLL GASSED IN
 BOAT FIRE

The body of Bill Stoll, 25-year-old son of Fred Stoll of Petersburg, was found aboard tbe Mary Susan troll ing boat, owned by Art Alexander of Tacoma, after Wrangell firemen had succeeded in eXtinguishing fire aboard the boat which ragged the length of the vessel this morning.
 Called out by an alarm at O. clock the firemen had to get the boat lowed from where it was tied Up at the breakwater float to the hydrant at the upper end of the float It was flooded with water af- ter which the body of Stoll was found in a bunk in the fo'c'sle.
 Examination of the boat, states Fire Chief C. H. Lloyd indicates that the fire started in the galley where homemade oil burner was installed in the stove. Young Stoll undoubtedly was gassed, for his position in the bunk shows that he was not awake while the boat was on fire.
 AiCAduuGlB oLOAl anu Lester bJol65 came in town yesterday morning with a load of fish from Sunny Bay. Alexander and Bjorge slept ashore last night and Stoll on the boat where he was taken some time after midnight. Mr. Lloyd says he was unable to ascertain the exact time.
 A reply this afternoon from the parents of the unfortunate young man to the telegram apprising them of their sons death, stated they would come to Wrangell for his body tomorrow. Stoll was born in St. Mi chael but the family moved to Peters burg when he was a small boy.
 The Mary Susan which was diesel powered, is the sixth fishing boat to burn at Wrangell since late in the summer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-12
CIVIC CLUB WOMEN
 WILL MEET TOMORROW

The Civic Club will hold the Mo- vember meeting at the Legion dug out tomorrow at one o'clock, Mrs Barnes and Mrs. Chisholm will be hostesses, the affair being the reg ular sandwich luncheon.
 Mrs. Osterman and Mrs. H. R. Coulter will have charge of placing before the meeting plans for mak- ing the monthly programs more in- teresting and suggestions for the winter months All women interest ed in club work are cordially in Nited.