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Evening star., 1938-08-23

Berbers and Tauregs Of North Africa.
Prof. Taylor presented an attempted
solution Of the outstanding mystery in
European linguistics, the language of
the Basques in Spain. Alone of Euro
pean tongues it Is completely nom
Aryan, but has some slight affinity
with some American Indian languages,
the Altaic tongue similar to that pre-
sumably spoken by the earliest Ger
mans, and another isolated language
called Abkasian in the Caucasus
Mountains.
Prof. Taylor also gave an explana-
ton of the language of rural New
England, as an example of the pit
falls that confront linguistic students.
The original settlers, he said, came
mainly from Southeast England dur
ing the regime of the Stuart kings.
At that time. historical studies have
shown. words like dark, far, farm
star, clerk and new" were both spelled
and pronounced "derk, fer, fern, ster,
ETC." But about the same time the
pronunciation like clark" and moo"
were gaining favor in England and
became established, while the New
Englanders clung to the old speech
and since have spread 1t over much Of
the United States. Thus, he pointed,
out. the New England drawl is histori-
cal rather than the result OF any ac-
quired speech habits. In the same way,
be said. many words have become
archaic in England while they still are
commonly used in the United States,
such as fall for autumn, guess for
think, cracker for biscuit, sidewalk,
greenhorn, cordwood, gotten, etc.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star

CAMBRIDGE, England. Aug. o.
Somewhere in Central Asia Is the
cradleland of mankind from which
the various races have spread over the
earth like successive lava eruptions
from volcano.
Such was the picture presented
before the British Association for the
Advancement of Science here today
by Prof. Griffith Taylor, former Uni
versity Of Chicago anthropoligist, after
an intensive analysis of the present
distribution Of peoples.
This ancient Asiatic Eden, he
stressed, must have had ideal climatic
conditions for the spurring of human
evolution and the differentiation Of
races. At the same time it was the
original home Of most of the higher
mammals. Millennium after millen-
nuim. he said, this center seems to have
pushed northwestward through Persia,
Greece, Rome, England and North
America.
When the great migrations began,
he said, man was doubtless at q very
primitive stage and obeyed uncon-
sciously the same laws of migration
as did the animals. The first great
eruption was Of the black race into
Africa and to limited extent into
Australia and Indian Ocean archi-
pelagos, which practically parallels the
spread of the rhinoceros. The climate
of the cradleland was becoming colder
and dryer with an increasing pressure
of population. Africa was the easiest
way out, with only the Red Sea,
smaller than 1t is now, in the way.
The next great migration may have
been that of the Alpines over Europe
and North America. which practically
parallels the spread of the modern
horse and may have been due to the
same reasons.
Helps Solve Old Mystery.
Even today, he said, slender threads
may be found stretching from the
farthest outposts of the habitable
earth to this Asiatic cradleland. Such
a thread, he insisted, helps to solve
the old mystery of the ancient civiliza-
ton, remains Of which are found on
Easter Island, in the Pacific, and upon
which have been based theories Of
'lost continent"
This outpost Is almost $4,000 miles
away from the ancient home. Two
outstanding features characterized the
old Easter Island culture, grotesque
stone statues and kind of writing In
Evening star., 1938-08-23
|NVENTS.
GEARLESS AUTO
CIutchIess Also, 1t Shows
Smoother Performance in
5,000.MiIe Test.
BY JOHN T. WHITAKER,


LONDON, Aug. ga gearless,
clutchless automobile has been per-
fected in England by Commentators
Piero Salerni, an italian engineer, and
Is expected in the near future to revo-
lutionize American as we'll as European
cars.
Salernis invention, which can re-
place the clutch and gearshift Of any
standard automobile, Is announced by
the British association, whose mem
bers, meeting at Cambridge, are dis
cussing scientific progress.
Fitted in the standard British car
in tests made over $1,000 miles, the
invention brought q faster getaway,
better hill climbing, smoother per-
formance in traffic and considerably
reduced gas consumption.
Applauded by Great Britain's great
est engineers, Salerni, who has lived
here &c years. said that when his in
vention Is commercially exploited he
will not permit its monopoly but will
make it available to manufacturers
throughout the world.
Pump Does "the Impossible"
The trick OF Salerni's contribution
Is centrifugal oil pump which does
what engineers have always said could
never be done. Instead Of gears be-
tween the engine and the transmission
Salerni substitutes Jet of oil. His
invention provides hydraulic and other
actions which control the flow Of this
Jet OF oil, so that the driven force
in the transmission and the driving
force Of the engine rotate relatively
to one another at greatly varying
speeds. The result is constantly
varying gearing between the driving
and the driven force, Just as II this
function were being performed by
gears.
Just how complicated this is when
explained technically Prof. F. c. Lea
demonstrated yesterday in two hours
of explanation before the British as
sociation. What interests the general
public is the advantages claimed for
Salerni's invention
The floorboard d1 the automobile Is
cleared of everything but the accelera-
tor and the foot brake On the dash
board there is small gear handle for
reverse. The clutch and gearshift are
removed.
Reduces Wear and Tear.
Touch the starter and the motor
huns. Press the foot on the accelera-
tor and the car starts OFF smoothly
gaining speed as the gas is applied.
There is no need to reach for a gear
shift on q hill or in traffic for the
car moves sensitively and smoothly to
the touch of the foot on the accelera-
tor.
The cost of the hydraulic pump cas-
ings which contain ordinary motor
oil, is claimed to be much less than q
gear clutch, and after $1,000 miles
they showed no signs of wear and
tear Salerni says that smoother per-
formance reduces the general wear
and tear on cars
(Copyrisht 1889
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Irish Most Ancient.

ITSH MUSI AHCIeHt.
The most ancient of Aryan tongues
now spoken, Prof. Taylor said, is the
Irish. although, he claimed. the Irish
are of essentially the same race as the
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Scientist Traces Cradleland
OfMankind to Central Eur0De
British association Told of Migrations
From Ancient Eden-MOst German
Je1Us Declared 'Aryans.'

cised on wooden tablets which never
have been deciphered. But there now
is no reasonable doubt, Prof. Taylor
said, that the statues, with their bird
man decorations, belong to the same
cultural complex as is common in the
Solomon Islands, almost 5000 miles
back along the road to Asia. And re-
Gently some relations have been found
between the writing, the only one found
In the Pacific before the coming of
white men, and the very remarkable
culture recently unearthed in the In
dus Valley, in India.
The evidence indicates, Prof. Taylor
said. that Australia received a pulse
OF the great migration next to Africa.
Eastward Migration.
About the time the Eskimos were
finding their way into the northern
fringe of the New World another mi
grafton Of very closely related people
was pushing eastward into Europe.
The similarity between the physical
structure and artistic genius of the
present Greenlanders and the New
Stone Age cave men of France has long
been puzzle to anthropologists. Some
have held that the ancient Europeans
could not stand the change in climate
when the ice began to retreat north
ward and went with it. Under the
new thesis they became a people Of
similar racial stock to the Eskimos.
who went in an opposite direction out
Of the cradleland.
The next great push out OF the
cradleland, as depicted by Prof. Taylor.
was that OF the modern races, the
ancestors Of the present European and
many OF the Asiastic peoples. They
also pushed in all possible directions,
some OF them being the ancestors of
the Indians who followed the ancient
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Italy Starts Jewish Census
With Penalties for EuusiOn

tually lead to loss OF some Of their
property.
In Rome the ques.ionnaires were to
be turned in by tonight.
The census was ordered under the
new Fascist racial program and Is
preparatory to the governments plan
to limit Jewish participation in "the
full life of the nation" in proportion
to their percentage Of the total popu-
lation.
On the basis of the present estimate
that there are $4,000 Jews in Italy,
this ratio would be Jew to 1000 non-
Jewish Italians. Should the census
show there are more than $4,000 Jews,
as many predict, the ratio would be
set higher.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
REBELS BLOCKED
ON EBRO FRONT
Losses Heavy on Both Sides.
'toyalists Pushed Back
in Tagus Area.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Fighting in Spanish cipil war,
apparently near end, ,Das shifted
seperal Ueeks ago across Ebro and
Segre Ripers on Catdlonian front,
Hhere heaviest engagement of 25-
raonth-old conflict is in progress.
T1gus Riuer area in Central Spain
ESQ is scene OF sanguinary warfare.
By the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France, Aug. PA
general insurgent offensive appeared
blocked today on the key sector of the
Ebro front, although government
troops were giving ground in Central
Spain, along the Tagus River.
Observers considered the fighting
on the two fronts perhaps the heaviest
tn the 25-month-old civil war, with
artillery, tanks and airplanes used by
both sides on a scale scarcely ap-
preached before.
The main force of inSurgent Gen.
eralissimo Francisco frances CAM
paign broke against hilltop positions
he'd by the Barcelona militiamen on
a great bend of the Epro River just
east OF Gandesa in Catalonia.
Despite intense bombardment, the
government fighters held the fortified
positions and moved down insurgent
anfantrymen with crosSf1re from
machine-guns.
Losses on both sides were heavy
pot only on the front but far behind
the lines. The government reported
its planes dived within so yards of
the ground and sprayed insurgent
columns with machine-gun bullets.
lThe No Mans Land southeast of
villa Alba de Los ARGOS, the main
insurgent objective seven miles north
ofGandesa, was blasted so completely
that the whole character of the terrain
was changed.
On the Tagus front-actually an
independent sector connecting the
Madrid front to the north with the
Estremadura front to the southwest
the insurgents said they advanced IL
miles, taking all of the Estrella Noun
tatns and three important towns to the
west.
Evening star., 1938-08-23

Eskimos from KamchAtka into Alaska.
These latest migrants out of the
cradle race, Prof. Taylor said. were
Of very similar stock, differentiated,
perhaps not very sharply at the time
into three races, Alpine, Nordic and
Mediterranean. Between them they
have built up all the great civilizations
Of the world from that of ancient
Egypt to that OF the Mayas in Yucca
tan.
Most German Jews "Aryans."
Before the same audience few days
ago Prof. Taylor said that most Ger
man Jews are "Aryans," while vast
numbers of Germans have little claim
to the distinction.
"Aryan," he stressed, "is purely a
linguistic term for the ancient COM
mon stock of the languages spoken
over almost all of Europe today, which
presumably were carried out OF Tur-
kestan about 1000 years before Christ
by an invading host, the Witos. These
were wave of broad-headed race
similar to the Slavs and people of
Southern Germany and Austria today.
They also were close to the American
Indians who left Asia by another route,
he insisted. They all belonged to the
general Alpine" race Of mankind.
Either by conquest or cultural in
fluence. Prof. Taylor stressed, they
imposed their various dialects of
Aryan on earlier migrants who lay
in their path-other Alpines of Cen
trail Europe. the dark Mediterraneans
Of Southern Europe and the British
Isles and the Nordics, who already had
progressed as far as Sweden.
There can be little doubt, he said,
that originally all these groups classed
as "Aryans" despised each other as
bitterly as any pair Of ignorant and
opposed cults do today. 1t seems
logical to assume that each Of the
original races has at first distinct
culture, including language.
Jews Of Two Races.
"The Jews, like the Germans" said
Prof. Taylor. ARE OF two different
races. If they come from Poland
they belong to the Alpine race, II
from Spain they are Of the Medi-
terranean race. like all the original
Jews in Palestine. The German ma
ton is half Nordic and half Alpine.
The dominant Jews of Europe, in
cluding about three-quarters of the
whole body, are broad-headed Alpines
like the rest Of the Central European
peoples. The most logical explanation
Of them is that they are the result
of the widespread conversions carried
on by the Jews in Eastern Europe.
"A year ago the German authori-
ties were specifically excluding the
German Jews as 'non-Aryan' OF
course. racially they are like the South
Germans. Yiddish is mostly a medi-
eval German dialect learned in the
Rhineland."
Nordics themselves, Prof. Taylor
pointed out. probably have not been
"Aryans' nearly as long as the Jews.
He presented evidence that their pos
session of their present language is
rather late in linguistic history and
that it was superimposed upon a
tongue similar to Finn or Ostiak,
which does not belong to the Aryan
family at ALL
Irish Most Ancient.
The most ancient of Aryan tongues
now spoken, Prof. Taylor said, is the
Irish. although, he claimed, the Irish
are of essentially the same race as the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
COMMUNITY TREE TOMORROW OPENS
 XMAS FESTIVITIES
Gathering Starting af 4 O'Clock Is in Charge
 of Woman 5 Club

This afternoon the huge Christ mas tree for the annual community festivities here Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, was being set up and cclored lights were being woven in and out of the branches by work men, all arrangements being under the supervision of the Department of Civic Improvement, of the Juneau Wcman's Club, under whose aus pices of festival is annually held.
 The program tomorrow will be broadcast over Station KINY, with the Juneau City Band opening the event rendering special poppy num- bers, this being followed by musical groups, including choirs from the various Churches in the city.
 Community singing of favorite Christmas Carols will be under the direction frank Good, with copies of the songs being distributed. by members of the committee in charge. Mrs. Trevor Davis will be the accompanist during the song fest.
 The program has been timed to fellow the close of the afternoon shows and the day shift for mine employees. and as usual it is antici- pated that a large crowd will be present for the singing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
METROPOLITAN METHODIST
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH .

Fourth and Seward Streets THE REV. GEORGE EDWARD
 KNIGHT, Pastor
 10:00 am.-Sunday School.
 11:00 am. - Morning Worship Sermon theme, Looking Forward. TOO -EpWorth League, Miss Lola LaPaugh, president.
 BOO pm. - Evening Worship. Sermon theme, The Will of God in Our Lives"
 The Damaris Circle meets We'd nesday at the parsonage. Time, 2:30 o'clock.
 The Sunday School Christmas program will be Friday evening, 7:30 o'clock. This service will be concluded with the reception of gifts for children who otherwise would have no Christmas toys and candy. Bring a gift with you.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
CURTIS 5HATTU(k
 TAXES WORK WITH
 41 'StAB' PROFESSOR

Curtis Shattuck, who returned on the Princess Norah from a several weeks trip to the States, will be watched closely on the Douglas Is- land ski runs this winter for signs of ski art.
 Shattuck spent five days skiing at Mount Rainier while in the Pacific Northwest, and took lessons under the famous Olav Ulland.
 With Norman Banfield, Shattuck went south two months ago, Ban field going to visit parents in Wis consin and Shattuck going to Flint Michigan, to pick up new Buick purchased through Connors Motors in Juneau.
 Meeting again at Chicago, the two drove to Laredo, Texas and from there to Mexico City. Separating on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
CHAPEL BY THE LAKE (On Fritz Cove Corner)

REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister
 9:45 am-Sunday School every Sunday, with Mrs. Harry Arnold in charge and Well-taught classes for children and young people.
 800 pm.-Evening Worship and Bible Study every other Sunday evening will be resumed January g..
 Christmas exercises Friday eve ming, the 23rd, with all the com munity cordially invited For de- tails see this paper later in the week
 Chapeladies, for all interested women of the community, meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings of each month, in keeping with de- tailed notices given in other col umns of this paper.
 Boy Scouts Cubs meet with Roy Banta and Tom Barekston on Fri day evenings at o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
 CHURCH

"1n the heart of the city for the
 hearts of the city"
 Main and Third Sts.
 REV. JOHN L. CAUBLE, Pastor
 9:45 am.-Sunday School.
 HOO am.-Morning Worship and Sermon; Holy Gospel, John l 1928, fourth Sunday in Advent music prelude, Meditation in F. by Stults; vocal solo, If With Al Your Hearts" Mendelssohn, MT Ehler; offertory, "A Dream Pic. ture7 by Stults; postlude, "Offertor ium" by Mozart; sermon, The Purpose of the Kings Advent"
 The senior and intermediate Lu- ther Leagues meet at 6:30 o'clock A public program will be rendered by the senior league.
 Choir rehearsal immediately after the service Sunday.
 Choir rehearsals for the week are as follows: Tuesday evening at o'clock, Thursday evening at O. clock
 Members and friends of our con- gregation who would like to con- tribute canned goods or staples fol some needy family are asked tc leave such gifts at the church with in the next few days. A committed appointed by our Aid Society will see to their proper distribution.
 Remember our coming musica program-Christmas Eve midnight The general public is invited
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
 CHURCH

Corner Second and Main Streets | H. L. WOOD, Pastor l Note: The services of this church are held on Ss turday, the seventh day of the week. ! Sabbath school Saturday, 10 am. with Bible classes for all ages.
 Sabbath worship Il am. Sermon by the pastor, or leader
 Young Peoples Missionary Volun- teer Society meets Friday evening 7;30 o'clock, at parsonage. l Dorcas and Mothers Meeting the l2nd and 4th Wednesday as each month at 2 pm.
 Bible study groups in homes, Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday eve nings open to all. The public are welcome to all the services of this church.
 Thursday, 1:30 pm. = H m ( League meeting, held in officers quarters. All ladies welcome. l Friday. 7:30 p.m.--Public meeting I Officers Iii charge and Mrs Stanley Jackson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
x CATHOLIC CHURCH Church of the Nativity of thN
 Blessed V. M. Juneau

Fifth and Gold Streets REV, VIM. G. LeVASSEUR. S,J,
 Pastor
 Fourth Sunday of Advent Sunday Masses
 5:15 a.m.-Holy Mass. 800 a.m.-Holy Mass and Instruc tion.
 1000 am.-Sunday School. 1030 a.m.-High Mass and Ser mon tA
 7:30 p.m.-Rosary and Benedic.- tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament 800 m-Daily Mass. Days of Special Devotion; We'd nesday, December 21 - Feast of Saint Thomas. Apostle: Saturday, Dec. 24-Vigil of Christmas, day of fast and abstinence, Solemn ser vices at Midnight Christmas Eve.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17

the return trip at Phoenix, Arizona Banfield returned to Juneau ano Shattuck went to California, spend- ing several days on combined busi- ness and vacation.
 While in California he was a house guest of the Frank McCaffertys, vel known in Juneau, visited with Dr and Mrs. Harry Devighne, both families at Santa Barbara, and saw many other Alaskans who asked that hello" be taken north.
 At Portland, Oregon, Shattuck al so visited MT. and Mrs. Ben Grimes recently of Juneau and the Terri torial Health Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
BETHEL MISSION ASSEMBLY OF GOD I21 Main Street
CHARLES c. PERSONEUS

CHARLES c. PERSONEUs
 Pastor Sunday services: HOO am. - Morning Worship Sermon by the pastor 12:00 noon-Bible School. Glasses for all.
 1:30 p.m.--Broadcasting service over KINY. Et e,. M 7:30 pm-Evening Service Tuesday, 7:30 pm. -, mid-week service.
 Thursday, 7:30 pm. IT Christmas program by the Sunday School. Communion Service the first Sum- day of each month. Everyone cordially invited to all these services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
 SCIENTIST

Sunday services will be held at Il am. in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Juneau, on Fifth and Main Streets. The subject wilt be "Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?"
 10:00 a.p1.-Sunday School.
 Wednesday, 8:0U pm. Testi- nonial meeting.
 Christian Science Reading Room Ln church building. This room Is open to the public "Wednesday Afternoons from 2:30 to 4.
 The public is cordially invited to attend these services and visit the 'eading roosa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

pressure this throughout AL the northeastern portion of Pacific with storm ceneed over the reported being 288 inches at charted the northern portion the being 2918 inches at prevailed the Pacific North general pressure distribution been attended by precipitation the Aeutians south portion British Columbia and most Alaska and by fair weather Northwest states
 the interior dwestern portions of continued Southeast Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
REUNION ENJOYED BY
 SCOTTISH RITE MAS0Ns


 With Charles w. HawkesWorth as master of ceremonies, reunion of Scottish Rite Masons was held last night in the Scottish Rite Tenn pie Feature of the program was an account by Niels Hornum of conditions in Istanbul, Turkey from where he has recently re- turned Walter Heisel, Walter P. Scott, Jack Fargher Ed Sutton and Howard Stabler told of their recent visit to the Interior on Masonic activities and keynote of the eve ming was sounded by Judge George F. Alexander, who pictured an All Alaska front, MT. Hawkesworth said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBY-
 1ERIAN CHURCH ".Vhere Welcome and Worship
Franklin at Fourth

Franklin at Fourth REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister CAROL BEERY DAVIS, Organist 9.45 Sunday School. 10;50 a.m.-Organ Moments. 11:00 a.m-Morning Worship. GOO pm.-Vesper Service. 600 pm.-Junior Endeayor. (See our display advertisement on this page for further details)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17

To prepare a new aluminium griddle for use, first wash well in warm water and soap studs and re- move any labels. The griddle is hot enough on gas range when a small piece of paper placed on top will brown. Lower the heat and start baking. For the electric stove, preheat the griddle four minutes, then lower the heat and start baking. Cakes often stick if the griddle is too hot Wash the griddle after it has been used in plenty of hot soapy water and wipe perfectly dry before storing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
6hurch Huuo,tucettleuts

Matt. 5:43-48; Matt. 22:34-40; John 13:34-35; 15:12-14.
 11s00 am. - Morning Sermon Subject, "Christ's work in Heaven our ours on Earth" John 2O:17.
 7:30 p.m.-Evening Service. Topic for discussion, Christmas Chimes on Every Continent" Isaiah 11.1-5; Luke 2:25-32.
 Wednesday, 7:3O p.m.--Midweek Prayer Service
 A cordial invitation is given to all to attend these services and wor- ship with us.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-17
THE A SALVATION
 ARMY Willoughby Ave.
Sunday

buludy- -
 2:30 p.m.--Praise Meeting. s 500 p.m-Sunday School.
 7:30 p.m.-Salvation Meeting. l Thursday, FOO p.m.-Life Saving Guard Parade, under. the leadership of Mrs. R. B. Lesher.
 Tuesday, 6:00 pm.-Young Peo- ple's meeting.
 Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.-PuSlic meet ing.