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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
FUNERAL SERVICES
 ARE HELD FOR MISS
 ERICKSON'S FATHER

Funeral services were held today for the father of Miss Avis Brick son, o. J. Erickson, who died on March 29 at the age of 6l in Min neapolis.
 He is survived by his widow, one son, William, and his daughter who is instructor of English at Juneau High School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
FOG STALLS
 BIG LINERS

NEW YORK, April l. Nearly 2000 passengers aboard the At lantic liners Normandie and Bre- men were stalled last night at the gateway to New York by fog
 More than 900 Europe bound pas sengers, including Mary Pickford, are aboard the Normandie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
SIMMONS GOES
 OUT AGAIN TO
 ISLAND POINTS

Shell Simmons came in from Sit- ka yesterday with two passengers and went out this morning with three. Yesterday Shell brought in Mrs. Lee Atkinson and her daugh- ter Sarah, from Chichagof. Nick Jukich was taken to Hawk Inlet today, Jack Milquist to Sitka, and J. B. Wheat to Chichagof today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND
North Sea due Tuesday.
 SCHEDULED SAILINGS

. North Sea due Tuesday.
 . SCHEDULED SAILINGS
 . Princess Norah scheduled to
 sail from Vancouver, BC., at
 . 9 o'clock tonight,
 . Alaska scheduled to sail from
 Seattle am. tomorrow. . Baranof scheduled to sail from
 . Seattle am. April 6.
 . Northland scheduled to sail { . from Seattle at 10 am. April . 8. . Tongass scheduled to sail from . Seattle April at pm. , SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS . Yukon scheduled southbound ( . next Monday. , LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail every { . Wednesday at pm. for Sit- { . ka and wayports. Dart leaves every Wednesday , at 2 am. for Petersburg, Port { Alexander, Rake and way , ports , . {
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
FUR WORKERS STRIKE; GET
 LOCKED OUT

A nationwide garment and fur workers strike, and shutout today affected half million men through out the United States, according to advices received by Charles Gold stein.
 Apparently, members of the Cloth ing, Garment and Fur Workers Un- ion, had asked for shorter hours and higher pay, but the employers had retaliated by closing their doors.
 It is estimated that 500,00O per- sons are directly affected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
GAS STRUCK;
 NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, April IA gas well was today struck on New Or leans Wall Street.
 Drillers were drilling On Caron- delet Street, across from the Cotton Exchange, and were seeking water and not gas.
 It is believed the gas struck is but a small pocket.
 
 Empire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
TIDES TOMORROW

High tide-1:30 am, 18.5 feet. Low tide-7:52 am, 30 feet. High tide-2:04 pm, 16.7 feet. Low tide-8:00 p.m., GO feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01
CONDUCTORS TAKE THREE
 LAST NIGHT

The Conductors last night at the Elks took the Bremen to camp three games in row. Engineers edged out Supers, and Switchmen beat Brake men.
 Tonights games are Southern Pacific vs. Northern Pacific, Can adian Pacific vS. Santa Fe, and Lackawanna vs. Reading.
 Last nights scores follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01

Try The Empire classifieds for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-01

Empire classifieds pay.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
OUR EYES PLAY TRICKS

vision itself is mysterious IN many
ways.
Certainly the eye is capable of see
ing straight line and a right angle.
But when issues are confused as
above, the mind persists IN taking a
contrary attitude Perhaps it insists
that because the angles point down
to the lower left hand corner the
square must do the same And so the
square points down.
All this. of course, is illusion and
not TACT. Seeing is decelvlng. A person
gets used TO certain familiar expert
ences in life, square forms, angles and
lines that radiate or cross other lines
with a certain neat regularity and
order When these SIMPLE conventions
are violated, the result IS fairly sure to
be frCakiSh.
-fABsR BIRREk
Evening star., 1938-10-02
VICTORY FOR EAGLES
Continued from pose nine

dangling from his leg. a bullet
SKINNED his beak. The men were
running IL earnest now. II even
humans fled from this horror
He arched his wings, and scared
up, up, up - great bronze bird into
a smoke -grlmed sky. He spraled
higher and higher But still the bullets
came. He heard shrek, Here comes
the Yankee Buzzard" and the bullets
popped fast.
Then d voice he knew: "Old Abe's
attacking, you fools! He's no yellow
dog"
Abe hovered and looked down. Ser
geant AlCLane was running across the
open space between the armies, wav-
ing the blue pole in wild and shaking
hands. The color bearer slogged be-
hind him, his ragged flag struggling.
"Follow Old Abe" McLane
shIlcked. Follow Old Abe
And the men who had been running
for their lives turned and faced death
to follow Old Abe
The relentless FIRE blasted into their
faces. But aUW they ran INTO It,
shooting as they ran. The Confederate
sharpshooters abandoned their flying
target and turned to face the enemy.
But men were coming from every
where, shouting for Old Abe, fighting
rs thcv had never fought before.
OId Abe wheeled slowly. listening
70 the battle, watching t with his
sharp eyes Il was quiet IN the sky,
now thai his men were running tow ard
the gray ines He heard his name
shouted again and again.
\ trail OF dead men sprawled across
the space that had been bare little
while ago. But still the men N blue
came on
Abe hovered motlonlcss as only an
eagle Can hang in the sky. and watched
the battle-Crazed men He looked far
to the north where an ancient tree
lowered on hill top. He seemed TO
remember d tree like that He stared
doWr at he earth again. and saw a
blue perch waving IN the thick Of the
battle. The perch was nome, wherever
IT might be. He flung his wings above
his head and dropped straight and
true onto his perch beside the battle
flag
With a shrek of 10Y and triumph,
the Wisconsin Eagles flung them
selves 1t the sohd wall OF gray. The
gray lIe heaved - and broke.
Old Abe tapped his wings and
screeched as his regiment crashed
through the Confederate lines to
victory.
Three years later when the
Wisconsin Eagles trudgcd home,
battle-sCarred and tired at the end Of
the long war, a full-Rrown American
eagle stood proud and straight on his
pole at the head of tn. regiment.
The End
Evening star., 1938-10-02

He became a symbol Of victory.
Confederate soldiers told tall tales
of bullets that turned aside before
they reached him, of guns that missed
fire when they were AIMED at him. His
regiment never lost battle. And
then, in scorn Of the thing they hated,
the soldiers of the Confederacy called
him the Yankee Buzzard.
During the summer Sergeant
McGInnis fell sick, and Thomas ].
Hill replaced him as eagle guard, but
he was soon after replaced by David
MCLane
Old Abe heard the big guns roar at
Memphis; snipers made him more
afraid than ever of rife fire. But still
ne perched beside the battle flag as
the regiment moved up to Corinth.
The Union Army had held the town
since April - it had been General
Rosecrans headquarters all summer.
But now the Confederates under
General Sterling Price were laying
serge to Corinth; the defenders of the
town needed reinforcements.
The roar of battle could be heard
from a long way off Old Abe began to
fidget on his perch as the regiment
drew near to Corlnth on the fourth
day Of October, and the third day of
the battle The boom Of cannon, the
sight of the dead, and the gcoans Of
the wounded had become familiar to
hun after four months Ct var But he
hadn't learned to like them.
As the regiment swung INTO position
outside Corinth. a young captain came
riding by
Look out for Old Abe" he shouted
TO the eagle guard General Price
says he d rather capture the Yankee
Buzzard than a dozen battle flags"
Old Abe can look out iOr himself. -
Sergeant A1cLane called back. The
Rebs haven't got bullet that can
touch him.
But the Rebels swooped down unex-
pectedly from the north Old Abe
qulvered as the long, low. raklng fire
swept the lines. Bulet5 UhIst.ed past
his head Off in the town he could
hear the boom Of cannon His perch
wavered as the line fell back And the
Confederates came on, yelling. shout
ing, and steadily break ny down the
Union strength.
Old Abe felt the fear and The creep
ing madness He Clung desperately to
MS perch, for it seemed the only solid
thing IN reellng word.
The Union lines were breaking Men
were running, staggering, dragging
themselves toward the town, the river.
anywhere away from that devastation.
Suddenly Old Abe felt his leg
wrenched. He was jerked haif off his
totterlng perch, He gasped. Wasn't
his perch safe any longer lie looked
down and saw a twisted shred Of rope
Evening star., 1938-10-02
WE'RE ALL BURNING UP!
by J. y. RatcIif

It's JUICE - thyroXne - the victim S
face swel!s with dropsy-llke puff
flness. Skin becomes dry and Wrlnkly,
hair comes out by the combful. The
face assumes a blank look of ndlf
ference - the 'metabolc face" -
and the mind goes hopelessly sluggish.
IdlOCy may even result.
In certain towns in the HimaldyaS,
this thyroid disease strikes nearly all
the natives. since iodine. Chief con-
stltuent of the hornone seCreted by
the thyroid, is lacking In diet. In an
effort to supply the deficiency the
natives thvrolds swell to enormous
size. The people are rather pleased
with the cosmetic effect and refer
contemptuously to lowanders as lit
tie necks
And when the damper is wide open?
When the thyroid seCretes too much
iuice? The sufferer, receiving TOO
much Stlmu us. actually burns HIM
self up - stews IN his own juices. His
eyes bulge out. and breath and pulse
are rapid Most of these sufferers
can't sleep at night and are nervous
at all times They wolf enormous
meals. vet their bodies burn food 80
rapidly they remain thin. Their hands
and feet are always hot: their bodies
are trying 10 get nd of excess heat.
The Decentralization test reveals
the possibility that these things viii
happen lorg before any dramatic
external symptoms show. Referring
to charts doctor can today de-
termrne exactly how much oxygen a
normal person of a given height and
weight should consume. If patient
IS 10 per cent below the chart, or
10 per cent above, he gets mlnus-l0
or a plus-lO ratlng in his metabollsm
test. This IS considered the normal
range
But suppose the doctor finds a
pdtlen with p.us 40? Obviously the
THYROID is far too active; too much
burning IS gong on. The chances are
the doctor VII! play a stream OF
X rays on the patient S neck, IN an
effort to Kill some OF the gland cells
and thus diminish activity. If nothing
comes of this surgery is the next step.
The doctor deity slices away part OF
the gland.
If, on the other hand, the patient
has minus-3O reading. his gland IS
only half funct,onlng, In all prob
ability the doctor Will prescribe daily
doses of thyroxlne Cures are apt to be
highly dramatic.
Each day profoundly important
things are beng discovered about
basal metabolism One physician IS
investigating the lnkage between a
low metabolic rate and certain cases OF
sterihty. Another has found that one
type of deafness is always associated
with a low metabollC rate, and that
thyroid injections help.
The basal -metabolism test stands
as one of modern medicines greatest
achievements. BY providing a simple
diagnostlc method the test is prevent
ing tragic cases OF congenltal feeble
mlndedness. 1t IS explaining ailments
that formerly went improperly dag
nosed, and consequently uncured. And
It is preventing that ugly dlstigure'
ment of the neck.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

-ACH morning hundreds of raven
ously hungry people present
themselves in doctors offices.
Faev have skipped dinner the night
oefore and breakfast that morning.
they have been careful to AVOID
cigarettes for more than twelve hours
end have drunk water as Sparmgy
as fine brandy. After few soothing
words the doctor screws an ugly rub
Der clamp over the noses of these
patients Then he slips small rubber
mask snugly against the patents
gums For few minutes the patient
5reathes through the mask.
Chemical analysis of the exhaled
llr often gives more information about
Il oarson than his nearest and dearest
relative could supply. 1t may tell
Why a man is short tempered with
he children, or why he ruShcs out OF
he house in a morning rage, leaving
a half-flnished breakfast. 1t may
explain why his weight is increasing
1t button-snapping rate. or why his
heart pounds so alarming!y; why his
eyes bulge in such a startling manner,
or Why he has difficulty concentrating.
The test is the basal-metabollsm test,
one OF the newest, most magnificent
additions to medical science.
Basal metabolism means, simply,
the base rate at which The body burns
Evening star., 1938-10-02

food into energy. l. does not encom-
pass the unusual .rergy needed for
getting mad or worrying, Ior choppng
wood or playing tennis. 1t deals ex-
clusively with such essentials as heart
and lung action, glandular activity,
production of bod neat - activities
that must continue even during sleep.
This base energy may be measured
IN several ways. When the BODY burns
food into energy. oxygen is required.
Carbon dioxlde is 'hroWn off as a
waste product Ano neat is generated.
Thus by measuring any one of these
things - oxygen CJnSumcd, carbon
dioxide exhalad OF / At generated - a
doctor may measure the basal
metaboilsm rate.
TIE master giarG that determines
this metabolic rate is the thyroid,
located IN the neck Normally this
habby, reddish body IS about the size
of pair OF linked lima beans. When
something goes awrv, the little thyroid
enlarges Then It IS called i goltcr
Consider the body as a furnace, and
the thyroid Will be the damper. \
Observation-Disclosures test determines how
the damper is work ng.
To appreciate the importance OF
healthy thyroid function. lets see
what happens when he gland gets out
of whack # 1t 51Cretes too little OF
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-20
Straws and Some FeIts

TAILORED & LARGE BRIM
straws. Also some feIts in white,
black, navy and other shades. 3.95
to 1925 hats GO on sale now at
Just half price.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

to give high degree Of protection
against dibenzanthacene cancers In
rats by combining the substance with
naturally occurring protein and then
injecting it into the animals. Dr.
Franks and DR.. G. G. Hall Of the same
university reported that they had
been able to produce cancers In rat.
by injections Of acetyl-c chlorine, the
same substance which speeds up the
brain waves.
Nerve endings In the human body
are secreting this all the time. It NAV
be, it was explained, that when it rises
above a certain concentration 1t has
q cancer-producing tendency and that
some people may not be able to elimi-
nate 1t as rapidly as others. Such
persons would have tendency to de-
velop cancers.
Isolation Of two fractions from the
beef pancreas, one of which neutral
ICES and the other of which augments
the action Of insulin. was reported by
DR.. A. Bruce McCallum of the Uni
versity Of Toronto. A new compound
Of iron and vitimin c, which is q
potent remedy in cases Of secondary
anemias, was reported by DR.. Dale G.
Friend of Peter Bent Brigham Hos
pital, Boston. Several sulphur COM
pounds which increase milk secretion
in animals and humans were reported
by DR.. Raw H. Daggs Of the Universitv
Of Vermont.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

sions as he dropped Of. The writing
became more and more illegible and at
about the point where everything be-
came . blank the same sort OF delta
waves observed by DR.. Hoagland at
the start Of anger made their ap-
pearance.
Restored with Fresh Air.
Consciousness was restored almost
instantly by . breath Of fresh air. The
subjects were unaware that there has
been an unconscious lapse Of q
moment or so. The same delta waves
previously were reported by Dr. Davis
from the scalps of persons falling
asleep.
Brain waves are slowed down by
concentrations Of calcium and mag
nesium in the blood and speeded up
by concentrations of magnesium, it
was reported by Drs. B. Libet and
r. w. Gerard Of the University Of
Chicago. This may have some bearing
on the tetany observed in persons
when blood calcium Is too high.
DR.. F. R. Miller Of the University
OF Western Ontario reported that brain
waves can be increased by acetyl
choline, drug which normally is
secreted from nerve endings and which
Is used in medicine to stimulate the
nerve fibers of the parasympathetic
system. Its function is believed to be
that of conducting fluid for nerve
impulses across the gaps between nerve
endings
Cancer Experiments.
Several experiments were reported
shedding new light on some Of the
problems Of cancer.
Rats given heavy irradiation with
ultraviolet light have a tendency to
develop skin cancers, it was reported
by Drs. Arthur Knudson and w. r.
Bryan Of Albany Medical College. They
found that this might be due to an
accumulation in the skin of a SUBJ
stance known as cholersterol. a nor
mai constituent of most body cells.
Chemically. however, it is very close
to a tar-llke substance, dibenZantha-
Gene. by injections Of which cancers
can be produced in animals.
There is no evidence that either
dibenZanthacene or cholesterol pro-
duce cancers in humans, although
many authorities believe that the lat
ter may play some role. w. R. Franks
and H. j. Creech of the University Of
Toronto reported that they were able
Evening star., 1938-04-01

for the Senate seat Of Claude Pepper
Allen Z. Walker Of Winter Haven filed
last week.
Five are seeking the Democratic
nomination.
Florida voted the Republican ticket
nationally In the general election of
1928, when Herbert Hoover was elected
President.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

eye was transplanted to that Of the
other.
If complications do not develop,
Stephen Dwyer, U. 8. 8. Saratoga,
soon may be able to resume his duties
Oran scholfield Of the U. 8. 8. San
Francisco, may be retired.
The operation, performed by two
naval doctors. was described as an
"opportune coincidence" in which
Scholfleld was destined to lose an
ailing eye and Dwyer happened to
need q cornea.
Scholfield's home Is at Phillipsburg,
Kans., and Dryers at Humbolt, Iowa.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
TRUCK DRIVER HELD

A young truck driver was under ar
rest for investigation today in connec-
ton with charges that he sought to
shake down" small numbers oper-
atcrs by threatening to report them
to police
The suspect was picked up by men,
bers Of the vice squad. He was to be
questioned further today. The man is
an employe of local shoe firm.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
FLORIDA G. o. P. PRIMARY
Second Republican Qualities for
Senate Race.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April 1 R.-
A second Republican candidate quail
ned for the United States Senate race
yesterday. forcing the party into q
Statewide primary for the first time
In Florida's history.
The candidate, Thomas e. Swanson
Of Fort Lauderdale, filed with the
Secretary Of State as = Republican,
Evening star., 1938-04-01

st. Finnbarr's Cathedral, seat of
the Protestant bishop, is one Of the
most imposing buildings in Cork, Ire
land,
Evening star., 1938-04-01
Electrified Fences.

Electrified fences, consisting Ola
single strand Of wire carrying sufdcient
current to shock but not injure cattle,
are declared to be a success in Itafy.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
SAILORS RECOVERING
FROM EYE OPERATION
Transplanting Of Cornea Made
Possible by Coincidence
Doctors Explain.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, April 1.-Two
sailors lay on Naval Hospital cots
today recovering from an operation
in which the cornea from one mans
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-10
later, he returned to his home by

later. he returned to his home by
train.
Fishing "To0
Good" At DAM
GRANITE FALLS Fishing was
too good for John Kruse, local
commercial fisherman, when the
pond above the municipal dam was
drained recently to permit repair
work. AS the water was lowered
in the pond, Kruse stationed him
self at strategic point on the mud
pond bed just above the open gates.
The water slowly receded until fin
ally there was only a small stream
felt flowing in the original river
course. Kruse strung his big net
directly in the channel few yards
upstream from the dam. From the
bridge thousands of carp, buffalo,
sheephead and pickerel could be
seen coming downstream in the
small channel where they had gone
to escape being marooned on the
mud flats. The fish hit the net, as
Kruse planned, but there were far
too many of them. There were so
many, in fact, that they went right
through, and a carload catch was
suddenly reduced to about 400
pounds. 1.-THE ones that got away
were estimated at 10000 pounds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-10
The Common-tater
-By Chuck Rattle
What Goes On Here
BY Chuck Rattle


This is in way blast. It's offered simply in
the spirit of friendly cooperation. recognize along
with most others that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Halloween party last week of the finest
steps this community has taken You scarcely
fail to recognize that the party from
the kids standpoint This year of the freest
from Halloween pranks and property damage this
city has Now that speaks highly for the
simple it isn't these youngsters who doing
the property damage-ts the older gangs. Evident
ly the spirit of such move permeated so deeply
that they laid off the traditional Halloween
moves. Unquestionably there should be another
party; unquestonably glazing errors-unabe to
be foreseen in this first attempt-wi be remedied.
Out on the Fairgrounds that night were pupils
from both schools and estimates of attendance have
high thousand Not only that but there
rural children in the group-and they're well
come again. But those in charge have recognized
that outdoor party does have disadvantages. I've
learned that many of the youngest failed to be
fed chiefly because the milling about the table was
too great pressure. That they were disappointed
beyond words is hardly necessary to point out They
had built up such hopes for this party. In that wild
maddened throng it almost impossible to carry
a program. Unless you've seen 800 youths as
sembled for such occasion Halloween, you've
just crowd. There was real danger
that some youngser might be crushed in the press
ing mobs that rushed when the Soups on" call was
given.
Now the solution would be division of the party
along age lines. Set up the youngsters in party of
their own with all the good old fashioned games of
ducking for apples with good ghost tale, or some
thing reminiscent of the day celebrated Then feed
them and indoors. Then have another party for the
older That would nearly eliminate the mis-
takes made in this first party
I'll tell you right now that this thing is
than just party to you guys few soaped win
dows. It's an important step in new education of
the youth of the community And 1t calls for every
ones cooperation. You businessmen. You're money
means literally nothing in this project but your
presence at these parties is downright necessity
Last week every could have been used. This
thing shouldn't be looked upon as protective meas
ure; rather it should be viewed in the spirit of giving
something to the kids they've earned. And they
earned with their abstinence in this year alone
And orchids to Harley Forsyth and his crew
that handled job too big to handle. The party
reached proportions could foretell; it reached