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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-25
20 Kears Ago
 From The Empire
SEPTEMBER 25, 1917

SEPTEMBER 25, 1917
 Mrs. Eugene Weschenfelder and three year old son returned home after a ten-weeks' visit with rela- tives in Seattle.
 For the first time since August 25 the Douglas City Council held a session. Previously there were not enough members present to transact business.
 The Southeast Alaska Fish and Game Club scheduled a meeting three days hence. A. Van Mavern was homebound aboard the Princess Alice.
 Weather Report-High 43, low 39 Cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-25
Horoscope ''The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeP'

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1887
 III omens appear to dominate in the horoscope for today. Accord ing to astrology there may be much to cause apprehension in world af- fairs
 Naval maneuvers may assume a grave significance under this plan etary government which seems to presage important movements in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well as in the Mediter- ranean
 Mars continues in a threatening aspect which may affect individ- uals, arousing belligerent impulses and spreading hostile ideas. Minds may be easily inflamed while this configuration continues.
 In the churches where peace should be preached many rebel lious thoughts will be reflected, for forces inimical to religion will gain power
 Women today should concentrate upon whatever contributes to the serenity of the household. Domes- tic discussions should be avoided. The family budget should not be mentioned under this rule of the stars.
 Girls are warned against the in- clination to seek attention and ad- miration from young men. War portents awaken love interest that is fleeting.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of tests to patience and courage. Enmities and jealousies may cause trouble.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be exceedingly conscien- tions and self-willed Subjects of this sign usually possess a talent for leadership
 ] Irving Bacheller, author, was born on this day 1859. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Daniel w. Voorhees,, statesman, 1927; George w. Elkins, financier, 1858; Washington Irving Babcock, naval architect, 1858. { MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1887 ] Adverse planetary aspects appear to dominate in the horoscope for today. According to astrology plans may be thwarted and perplexing obstacles encountered in the busi- ness world under this rule of the stars.
 Labor continues under influences making for hostile demonstrations that may have serious results. Un- rest, discontent and bellion against established rules are en- couraged by the configuration
 Criticism of government officials as well as heads of big business
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-25
Fl A P P -
 -B I R T H D A Y

The Empire eTtendS cotgrGtul ons and best iOiSheS today, tht irthday anniverSary, to tue tollot @:
 SEPTEMBER 25 Mrs. J. F. Mullen Patricia Jean Stanyar SEPTEMBER 26
 Mrs. L. R. Smith
 John Newmarket
 Ruth Torkelson William Litchfield
 John Nickinovich Mrs. E. O. Clifford Kenneth Shudshift Mrs. Albert E. Goetz
 w. M. Dorman
 Charles Talmadge Mrs. James Ramsay, Jr. John s. Dapcevich
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-25
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

l. What two popular songs hold the record for sales?
 2. What is the Milky Way? g. Who is Homer s. Cummings? 4. What is fratricide?
 5. What are the two most dense- ly populated cities of Canada?
 ANSWERS
 l. Keep the Home Fires Burn ing" and There's A Long, Long Trail'; approximately 3,000,000 cop ies of each.
 2. A luminous circle extending completely around the heavens, pro- duced by myriads of stars. 3. Attorney General of the Unit ed States.
 4. Act of murdering a brother. 5. Montreal first, Toronto sec- ond.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-25

Try The Empire classlfieds for results.
Evening star., 1937-08-14
LOT PURCHASES HINT
CONTINUED BUILDING
"Flou of Spending" Estimated at
*2l2. 900. 900 in Immediate

The most impoITa nj factor dis
closed nv close study NJ the Summer
nhase of the building industry is thst
Of stahj'izatIon. Increased June con-
strlctlon. the best month in siy years.
brought the haf-year total OF ex-
nendifures to point higher than
either of those for the fun 12-month
period OF 1892 and 1893. What is
more important 10 those close 10
construction activities is The assurance
of flow IN future spending" to be
spread out over the next four months
The Structural Clay Products 1nsti-
tute NJ Washington has compiled from
financial and building permit reports
\ cross section Of impending activity.
of which Harry c. Plummer, chief
engineer, said:
Real estate boards are reporting
that purchase of home sites is out
running the construction Of detached
homes. which is easy 10 understand
because buyers of land plots are
planning carefully, getting their sites
without delay and where they want
them, going at the business OF home
building with speed and precision.
This promises continuous activity
In residential construction up to and
Including October. And the flow of
future spending will bring into the
market about 1912 900 900, Of which
s2Ao, 100000 will cover new homes.
while s62, 500 900 will be paid out for
home repairs and altera tions.'
Evening star., 1937-08-14

fetal AaainSt this line Of thought,
there was published a few years ago
some interesting results secured by
the Agricultural Experiment Station
at Geneva, N. Y. Some grape vines
of the Concord variety were pruned
in July by removal OF some OF The
new canes and their foliage. At the
same time. compa ra Bile vines were
permitted TO grow unrestricted. The
unpruned vines yielded more fruit.
and ANAL bv the station chemist
showed more sugar in the juice of the
grapes from The unpruned vines.
Evidence on the effect OF Summer
pruning on the growth Of young fruit
trees has been obta ned bv English
and American workers There is every
reason to believe that pruning should
be restricted TO the dormant period
when much OF the reserve food has
been moved TO the roofs and Ia ree
stems There is need, of course. 10
neatly prune broken limbs. no matter
what the season. but the belief that
removal of vigorous growth is bene-
fetal seems 10 lack supporting evi-
dence and has, as Indicated, some
refutation.
Fire Blight.
MOST pear and some apple varie-
lies are highly susceptible 10
in illry by a bacterial parasite known
as fire blight, name derived from
the rapiditv OF the destruction and
the brown leaves remaining on the
dead branches. A susceptible pear
tree may be killed in a few days In
fact this disease is the reason whv
so few good pears are grown in loca |
gardens Klefer and some OF its
cousins are relatively immune. but
the hne old kinds. such as Bartlett
Sheldon. Anion and Seckel. possess
little resistance. Some apples. such
as Yellow Transparent, are highly
susceptible
presums Div insects such as honey
bees. convey the bacteria from Tree
10 rree. A. the time the wounds are
active. there Is an exrrusion of a
Evening star., 1937-08-14

where loc,lsts are growing among other
trees, these other trees make better
than usual growth. This power Of
accommodating nitrogen Is why legumes
are preferred ss cover crops. They
are better equipped to enrich the soil.
Unfortunately, few Of the garden now
ers except the sweet pea and lupines
belong to the legume family.
The honey. dew melons are compar-
atively recent IN this country and
most Of the older home gardeners can
we'll remember when there was no
such fruit Vegetable specialists tell
us that the honey dew is not new
melon at all. but Is an old French va
rietv, White Antilles. renamed. It Ia
a truly wonderful melon bacause Of its
fine keeping qualities and sweetness
In favor. it does not equal many Of
the cantaloupe type varieties. Speaking
OF melons, it is dif1lcult. as every pur-
chaser has found, to obtain uniformly
high quality melons. This Is partly
the weather and partly because mel
ons have to be picked when not fully
ripe # too immature, they never do
take on high quality. Lack Of adequate
sunlight seems to lessen quality also.
Eyerbearing stra wberries have not.
proved a great success in this area Of
periods Farther north, in cooler and
more humid sections, these varieties
do produce nice Autumn crops If
one is Impressed with everbearers. he
should better proceed cautiously and
try a small he'd before dispensing with
the Spring fruiting standard kinds
Club Notes.
THE gladiotus show sta eed by the
Woodbridge Garden Club last
Monday night. was very fine and Al
tracted great deal Of favors Die COM
ment. Over 200 entries Of eladlohIs
and other flowers we're made by rs
people snd the large exhibit hall at
Twenty-sixth street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast was a beautiful
sight.
The sweepstakes winner TO whom
was awarded the Schling gold bronze
medal. was H. E. Middleton OF Falls
Church The best gIadlolus in the
show. fine spike Of Picardv. was ex-
hbited BY George Marshall OF Brent
wood, Nd The large number OF Pic
ardv entries was further proof OF the
fact that Picardy apparently now dom
mates the gladiohis world 10 a greater
extent than is true with any other sin
gle variety in any other flower field.
For entries other than gladioms. the
winner WAS Mr. Marshall Fine Nnnias.
lilies. petunias. marigolds and other
flower. were exhibited. Especially ont
Evening star., 1937-08-14

standing was a red. white and blu. .x-
hibit in the shape OF an American nag
entered by Mrs. A. I. Foster. 1929
Quincy street, who took second prize
In the non-Fladiolus classes.
The Judges were r. l.. Burtner OF
Woodbridge. noted for several fine glad
iolus introductions, and Miss Margaret
Lancaster, past president Of the Ia
koma Horticultural Club. Mr., Frank
Goettzeer Of Mount Rainier was chair
man OF the snow.
The Woodbridge Garden Club is max
ing plans for a night trip down The
Potomac on the night Of August IL All
flower lovers are invited to pa r1ici
pate and tickets may be secured from
Mrs. r.. G, Peterson. 303O South Da =
kots avenue northeast North o35l W,
or Mrs, J. l.. Bishop. 1912 Lawrence
street northwest Deca t,Ir l24s-W).
Evening star., 1937-08-14

syrupv fluid that might easily cling
to insect or 10 rhe feet OF birds Bios
som time is A serious stage because
Of visiting bees.
What 10 do2 Presnma bly,. there Is
little hope that home gardeners can
grow the finer varieties OF pears, at
least not until the problem has ap-
proa ched better solution than is
in sight al present. Fruit growers in
the great pear districts practice in
ceSsant guard against the disease
CankerS on the trunks and larger
limbs are carefully cut out and dis
infected with strong antisepticS. As
blight appears on the rWigs, these are
cut or broken off below the place
Of injury and collected and burned
II The knife or shears is dipped each
time in the strong disinfectant, the
bllehJed twigs may be cut of. Other
wise, breaking with the hand is
pIansibly safer because one is touch
ing only The diseased tissues.
Progress is being made in rhe selec-
ton and breeding OF resistant pea r
stocks with the thought that the
roots. trunk and large limbs should
be entirely disease resistant. Such
Evening star., 1937-08-14

BV ]. w. WELLINGTON.
THIS lovely Summer annual in
its vivid coiors Of red. pink and
purple, as well as clear white,
Evening star., 1937-08-14
BE CAREFUL AT HOME
Simple Precautions Remove Many
Fatal Accidpn Causes.

Care should be ia ken TO avoid causes
Of accidents in homes. A report Of
the National Safety Council shows that
in 1885. 80 per cent OF the 81 500 &C.
cidential deaths occurred At home with
large number Of perma nentlv dis
abling injuries also occurring there
Modern wiring will prevent nres.
and proper outlets will remove the
necessity for long, dangling wires that
Evening star., 1937-08-14

pear trees would cost much more
than ordinary trees. but one would
not lose the entire tree and the limbs
could be budded again II killed back.
On the whole, fruit growing is be-
coming largely commercial PROPOSE
ton, not too well adapted to home
gardening. with certain exceptions.
such As the raspberry, strawberry and
sour cherry.
The Compost Pile.
nFTEN the hllmblest feature in
the garden. the compost pile may.
beeome the most important. Here
may be created through natural pro-
cesses the organic matter which
makes for good crops and easier
tillage. In the larger garden. where
there are cornstalks, bean vines. peas
and the like. these may be placed
in heap. II werted once in while
with the hose and supplemented with
few handfuls Of hydrated lime
and ammonium sulphate, decomposi-
rion will proceed rapidly and there
viii be built up at slight expense a
supply OF valuable material Then in
Autumn will come grand oppor-
tunity to replenish the compost heap
with leaves. The suburban gardener.
who has space 10 keep poultry. has
great advantage. since the birds
will aid greatly in decomposing lea ives
by their continuous scratching and
stirring
Garden Notes
WITH the gls diolus past it's peak as
indicated by the recent gladio-
lus exhibits. the home gardener must
fall back on zinnisS petunias and
marigolds until the dahlia comes into
1t: glory in September The petunia
ia truly grand specie. especially
some Of the gorgeous pink varieties
This is truly a Summer flower. sppar-
entity revelin9 in hot bright days when
some Of the other species are suffering.
The petunia is grown with marked
success over very wide area. 1t
seems TO reach its greatest beauty
along the Seacoast but is by no means
limited TO the coast 1t is A relative
OF the tobacco, which also is Mid
summer plant. The peLunia will re-
seed itself naturally. but most grow
ers prefer TO purchase seed carefully
selected as 10 purity OF color.
The legume family, 10 which belong
the bean, the pea and cloyers. also has
some trees, such as the locust and
Kentucky coffee tree The power of
obtaining free nitrogen from the air
by virtue Of bacterial growths on The
roofs is the singular feature of the
Ie9umes. FOresters have found that.
Evening star., 1937-08-14

By ]. w. WELLINGTON.
THIS lovely Summer annual in
its vivid coiors Of red pink and
purple. as well as clear white,
is an extremely desirable spe-
cies, but despite this popularity. one
1nds very few OF these asters grow
ing in this vicinity The cause of this
anomalous sltua ton is q, disease, or
rather Two diseases, aster yeiloWs and
aster wilt. Between the Two. aSter
growing has become very difficult,
but, fortunately, there is promise for
the future
The yelloWS is a virus disease trans
( ferred to the growing plants by small
insects which have lived on virus
infected weeds. A physical ba rrier.
such as fence Of coarse cheese
The insects and make possible The
growing of virus free asters. This dis
ease, as the name vellows will imply.
is distinguished by a yellowine OF the
leaves and the production Of few and
inferior blooms
caused by a seed and soil inha pita IT
fungus of the dreaded Fusarium group
II one were 10 start in new soil with
seed treated before planting by i'm
merSlon in corrosive sublimate Soiu-
lion, there would be lirJle trouble from
fussrium wilt. Once the disease be-
comes esta blished in the soil, it, re-
mains There many years. Much great
er progress has been made in the
control OF this disease than Of vel
lows because plant breeders found in
badly wilted aster fields a few plants
Ihet Wlthstood the rayages OF fusaria
From these there have been built np
81 OckS OF fuSsrium Wilt-reSiSta Mt
asters. Home gardeners should frv
some Of these new types Of asters and
il the aster bed Is surrounded by q
cloth fence. one should be able to
grow good asters again.
Tt is hard 10 t1nd hetter cat
flower At this season than rhe China
aSrer The stems are long and sturdy
and the flowers make a most attrac-
tive display. Bv maj king Two or three
paintings of seed At intervals. IT. is
possible 10 have asters over a consider
able period
summer Pruning.
1T is strange how some theories
persist through The years despite
the fact that rhey are fundamentally
nnsound, One of these is the belief
that the removal IN Summer of some
OF the lIxuriant growth from t,rIit
trees, vines and orher plants is bene-
Evening star., 1937-08-14

Cause falls. stairs and steps should be
protected WITH = hand-rsilinp, srd
STOVES, water heaters and other surh
equipment mist b. property insulated
to avoid fires.
Evening star., 1937-08-14

C''bH wiz exempt large new indus
tries from taxation for nve year.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

~APT. FREDERICK ALBERT
COOK, the American physi-
clan and explorer whose claim
to the discovery of the North
Pole on April 81, 1903, resulted in a
controversy thaC ragged for number
of years, will be among the guests of
Gabriel Heater tonight when the We,
the People program is presented over
WJSV at 1880. Another doctor is to
be heard telling of his experience in
performing an emergency operation on
motor accident victim who proved
to be his own daughter.
Other guests will be a girl reporter
who exposed group of ''quack" med
ical men in Chicago, and 7-year-old
Frank Weidman, jr, son of police
officer who still is confined to his
home by bullet wounds suffered in ap-
pretending two bandits.
WENDELL L. WILLKIE, president
of Commonwealth & Southern
Corp, utility concern, and Robert H.
Jackson, Department of Justice attor-
Ivy, dLoSuoo VIC lSldIlOIlSlllp VI AIOF-
ernment to business-WMAL at $50.
WALLACE FORD and Broderick
Crawford present a scene from
Mice and Men" current Broadway
success, during Rudy Vallee's program
-WRC at 8 o'clock. Other features
are Rene Carroll, hat-check girl and
author, and Bill Robinson, tap dancer
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
participates in an informal inter-
view with Kate Smith during her show
tonight-WJSV at 8 o'clock The all
American team chosen by 900 football
coaches will be announced.
THE Russian Troika presents half
hour show over WMAL at 1890 in
connection with The Star-Warner
Bros.-N. B. c. Toy Campaign.
"MARCONI, THE MAN AND HIS
AVA WIRELESS" is the title of the
first dIamatiZation to be offered by
the Columbia Workshop in its new
Thursday night series - WJSV at
1920.
CLARK GABLE heads the cast of
Good News of 1885," with Fred
| die Bartholomew as master of Cere-
Evening star., 1937-12-09
UNION MISSION GIFT
BAGS BEING FILLED
More Than 1000 Reported Taken
and More on Hand to Collect
Children's Clothing,

More than 1000 Of the gift bags
made by workers of the Central Un-
ion Mission for distribution to Wash
ingtonians to be filled with clothing
for the cIy's needy children already
have been claimed, it was reported
yesterday by Mrs. John S. Bennett,
mission superintendent.
Several hundred bags still remain,
however, and Mrs. Bennett expressed
the hope these, too, would be called
for. The gift receptacles are 70 be
returned by December 20, it was said,
filled with apparel for children from
2 to IL.
They will be distributed directly to
the children on the morning of De-
cember % at the Capitol Theater.
Mrs. Roosevelt is expected to hand out
the first bag. The mission is located
at 6l3 G street NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

Walter Camp to Lecture.
"The World Becoming Food Con-
scious" will be the subject of a lee
Evening star., 1937-12-09

Air Head|iners
Afternoon Programs
s:15p.m.-wMAL, Eastman
School of Music.
500 p.m.-WMAL, Evening Star
Flashes.
Evening Programs
1880 p.m.-WRC, Variety Show.
500 p.m.-WRC, Rudy Vallee;
WJSV, Kate Smith;
VOL, Josev Cherniav-
sky's Orchestra.
$3.50 p.m.-WMAL, March of
Time.
500 p.m.-WRC. Good News of
1898; WJSV, Maj.
Bowes' Amateurs.
$3.50 p.m.-W Sinfonietta;
WMAL, Americas Town
NACSulilSs
1000 p.m.-WRC. Bing Crosby's
Music Hall; WJSV, In
dustrial Congress.
1890 p.m.-WMAL, You Are
Santa Claus.
Short-Wove Programs
$3.50 p.m.-PRAGUE, Orchestral
Music, OLR4A, 253 m,
11.84 meg.
1000 p.m.-LONDON, Memories
of Queen Victoria, GSD,
25.5 M, ITS meg;
Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg;
GSB, Bis M, 9.51 meg.
12:45 p.m.-TOKIO, Talk on In
dustry, JzK, 1877 m,
1916 meg,
Evening star., 1937-12-09
YULE PLANS TO BE MADE
AT COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
Women's Board Will Meet To-
morrow-Reports for Month
Also to Be Read.

Plans for the celebration of Christ
mas at Columbia Hospital will be out
lined at meeting Of the Woman's
Board of the institution at II am
tomorrow. Clinic and financial re-
ports for the last month also will be
read.
Officers of the board are Mrs. Law
renee Groner, president; Mrs. Charles
H. Bradley, Mrs. Frank c. Baldwin
Mrs. Harry Mirick and Mrs. Lewis
Ecker, first, second, third and fourth
vice presidents, respectively; Mrs. Hen
ry C. Rowland, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Roger Robb, recording Sec
retary, and Mrs. Robert v. Fleming
treasurer.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

monies and Fannie Brice, Lewis Stone,
Allan Jones, Mickey Ronney and Bet
ty Janes-WRC at o'clock. On the
same station at 10 Bing Crosby pre-
sents Adolphe Menjou. Veree Teasdale
and Josephine Tumminia, operatic
coloratura.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
CAPT. COOK GUEST
ON RAD|OPROGRA
SeIf-CIaimed Discoverer of
Pole to Be on WJSV at
7::3O O'Clock.

~APT. FREDERICK ALBERT
I COOK, the American physi-
clan and explorer whose claim
to the discovery of the North
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Talks on Deep-Sea Diving.

F. Macdonald Bryan, a partner in
the salvage work directed by Capt.
John P. Craig, famous deep-sea diver,
addressed the American Business
Mems Association at its weekly meet
ing in the Fay-Adams House yester-
day. He spoke on adventures en-
countered in the work.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
DISABLED VETERANS
CHIEF TO VISIT CAPITAL
Maj. Harl Arrives Saturday; Will
Install Officers of Chapter


Install Officers of Chapter
Preceding Radio Talk.
Maj. Maple T. Harl, national COM
mander Of the Disabled American
Veterans, will arrive here Saturday
to remain until December II.
On December II he will give a
national broadcast over WJSV from
10:45 to II pm. His address will
follow a dinner at the Thurman Stu
dio, 2100 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
which will start at 8 pm. and con-
clude with installation of officers of
National Capital Chapter. Depart
ment Comdr. John T. Chichester will
introduce Comdr. Harl, who will be
accompanied by National Legislative
Chairman Thomas Kirby, National
Rehabilitation Chairman Theodore
Lindstrom and National Employment
Chairman Mahlon Ward.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
TWizzler Answer.

The jumpers idea wasn't so bright
after all. They still jumped the
same distance, because the direction
made no difference.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
DEtEh6ER 2. 1897

ture by Walter Camp at 8:15 pm.
Saturday at the League for the
Larger Life, 1414 Sixteenth street
NV. A healing circle" will be held
at pm. every Thursday this month.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
A. U. REQUIREMENTS
FOR DEGREE REVISED
New Standards to Go Into Effect
With Freshman Glass
Next Year.

After experimenting for the last
five years. the faculty at American
University has revised requirements
for graduation to go into effect with
the entering class in 1888.
Required subjects under the new
program are English. IL hours; re-
ligion. hours; speech, 2 hours, and
physical education. hours. A read
ing knowledge of either French. Ger
man or Spanish must be demonstrated
by examination or by at least II hours
of college study in the language
selected. and failure to demonstrate
8 reading knowledge by examination
will require a years study in the
college before a second examination
may be taken.
In addition, IL hours OF work must
be distributed over at least two social
sciences with at least six hours in
one department Courses are avail
able in economics. history, political
science and sociology.
Twelve hours must also be taken
in laboratory science. such as
physics, chemistry, biology or mathe-
natics. and another dozen hours will
have TO be distributed in art. classics
education, music, philosophy, psy-
chology, at least six in one subject
The required times are figured on
the basis of one hour per week pei
semester or its equivalent.