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Evening star., 1938-12-18
A Cars EYES
Don't SHINE
by
Roy Chapman Andrews
Dreeto,. American Museum Of Natural History

xSOY ~&sA1t 1tS1xsssas
Director, American Museum Of Natural History
IN SOUTH CHINA had been waiting TOR tiger
in a deep. grass-filled ravine. Just at the
d edge of thirty-foot clearing sne-goat
was tethered with her kid few yards away.
The continual bleating of the animals was
supposed to lure the tiger into the open so
that could get shot 1t didn't work - not
that night. | waited until it was too dark to
shoot then started back for camp along
Jungle -bordered path,
| didn't like it bit, even though had a
flashlght. A tiger could land on me - li,rf,
leap. but there was no other way out {. ,i.c
ravine.
Suddenly ,eh a tiger - ! did not hear it,
or see it, or smell it i Just teH tiger
stopped short - then carefully pulled back
a small bush which blocked the trail. Not ten
feet away were two eyes. glowing like yellow
Goals in the shaft of light | didn't shoot
the tiger was too close If had wounded him
wouldn't have had ghost OF chance OF
getting out of that narrow tunnel of Jungle
alive.
Instead yelled One of the few things that
tiger is afraid of is the human voice. AT my
roar the blazing eyes suddenly disappeared.
Then heard the beast bound off into the bush
never shall forget how those eyes glowed
or how scared | was And Just the other day
as | was driving up the forest road to my
farm in Connecticut. deer S eyes caught the
headlight of my car
But the eyes of my tiger and the deer did
not themselves shine or glow. 1t was refrc
tion of the light from my flash and head
lamps on layer OF crystalline substance in
the back wall of the eye called the f0bcinm
iuciduu Animals vary in the amount OF this
crystalline substance that is TO be found in the
eye wall Man has practically none - not
enough to reflect light - and consequently
our eyes 90 not glow.
The eyes On some animals such as alligators.
show distinctly red in the dark. This IS
because as the light is reflected it passes
through the blood vessels of the eye. In some
other animals such as the COW there are
fewer blood vessels and the glow is white
instead of red.
Animals see better than humans in the
dark There is some light even in what is usu
alv called the dark" and the iabe''m InC'
dun enables an animal to see better in low
light by acting as a reflector. causing the rays
of light to traverse the lens second time.
This. together with the fact that some ami
mails particularly cats are able to enlarge the
pupil. affords larger rejecting surface Thus
animals ewes don't themselves shine they
reflect light
Evening star., 1938-12-18

The nomes ond descriptions Of oil eho'oeters fhof
,ho. sorie serials ond semifiefon orfieIe in THIS WEEK
MAGAZINE ore wholly fictitious ANY Of o which
boppen, 70 be the some thot Of person. living o,
decd, is entirely eoineidenfol.
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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
Local Items

Copies of Ordinance No. u, de-
signated as AN ordinance prohibit
ing electrical interference with ra-
do reception and requiring the own
ers to register all installed radios
and providing for punishment for
any violation thereof. were mailed
from the city clerks office this week
to all citizens who are subscribers
of electric light service.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
INTERESTING FAMILY TREE
RECEIVED BY WIZ. LUCAS

William Lucas received a much
priced gift this week from cousin
ia Ohio who sent him a copy Of the
family tree of his mother, which
she had made from compilations OF
old records.
The tree starts with Richard Val
entine, born in 1913 In the parish Of
Eceles in Lancaster, England, who
settled on Long Island in 1914. The
second Richard Valentine was born
In 1860, the third in 1903. Mr.
Lucas's grandfather, born in 1911
was of the fifth generation. The
tree extends to the eleventh gener-
alton which is composed mostly of
infants born to young parents Of
the tenth generation.
The tree lists $50 names OF which
more than 500 are descendants of
Mr.. LucasB greatgrandfather and the
men and women these descendants
married. The grandfather was born
IN New Jersey where some of the
Valentine family had emigrated two
generations previously from Long
Island. and in 1906, when he was
four years old, his family went way
out west" to Ohio. settling in Shell
by county. The families were pro-
life and from that old pioneer stock
Lucas says he has so many relatives
in Shelby county that there were
over 200 present at a family reunion
he attended in 1926 when he made
a trip outside. The reunion is an
annual affair and is held at the
county fair grounds.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
WAVE OF PETTY LARCENY
SPREADS THROUGH WRANGELI

A wave of petty larceny has
swept over Wrangell in the past
week placing the town with the
metropolitan eenters of the Terri
tory.
Thieying from boats is nothing
new here but so rarely is anything
taken from homes that many people
have lived here for years without
ever having locked their doors.
Petty thefts reported in the past,
week include the raiding of a cool
er on the back screened porch of the
B. Y. Grant home Monday night.
The same theft was reported at he
Leo 0sterman home. At the NJ. L..
Miles home the thief left a valuable
camera and other articles of value
but took Mrs. Miles handbag with
purse and three loaYes of bread. in
Wednesday night the Jorgen Rom
ming home was entered and a purse
and three boxes of cookies taken
Mrs. Angerman discovered this
morning that a BIB piece of bacon
and a pound of butter had been
taken during the night from the
cooler on the back porch. A flash
light and gloves taken from the
laundry delivery this week, were in
Guided in the many thefts reported
to the U. S. Marshal's office.
The thieving is uniustifiable be-
cause no calls to the Red Cross have
been made in recent weeks and no
calls for food or clothing are ever
disregarded by that organization.
The Red Cross is furnishing milk to
baby in a family unable to buy it
themselves and other organizations
and individuals have been quietly
lending a hand where it is known
that help is needed.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
.ELKs NOTES
Lev line Publieity chalrman)

(By the Publicity Chairman)
Last night at the Elks card party
there were thirteen tables of cards
in pIay-eleven of whist, one of
bridge and one of pinochle. Thir-
teen may be an unlucky number to
some people but not to those who
attended that party. Even those who
were so unfortunate as to have low
scores in whist, Miss GeneYieYe
Mayberry and Leo Mccormack, re-
ceiYsd consultations. Nothing IN
lucky about that! High prizes for
high scores were won by Mrs. En-
ma Case and Mickey Shain, who, by
the way, were partners for the
whole evenings card playing. Once
they stayed at the head table by
beating their opponents ten to nine!
(And that explains why ALL FOUR
players could be laughing so up
roariously during one game.l
A pie social followed the card
playing and the many pies, which
the ladies had baked were brought
from the kitchen. Instead of the
usual procedure of bidding for the
pies, the gentlemen each purchased
a card on which number had been
placed to correspond with a number
on some pie. In order that there
should be no further confusion, each
lady had a card numbered like her
own pie The order OF the evening
seeming to be to sample as many
different kinds of pie as possible,
your writer sampled lemon mer-
ingue, a pie like pudding" and a
banana cream-and then regretted
that his capacity was no greater.
Late in the evening game OF
darts proved of much interest, es-
pecially to the gentlemen.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

John J. Coulter. partner with A.
R. Brueger in the ARB Packing
Company, took passage on the Prin-
cess Norah Wednesday night on a
brief business trip to Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

Mrs. T. J. Mcbride returned en-
the Alaska from a business trip to
Seattle during which she made care
ful selection of stock for her ladies
wear store, The Mode.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
CHRISTMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN
FINDS READY RESPONSE

Response in the first days OF the
Christmas Seal campaign to raise
funds for anti-tuberculosis work has
been most encouraging. according to
Harry Watson. President of the Al
aska tuberculosis Association.
No more letters to send out with
seals were available for the local
committee so the Wrangell mailing
list was finished without them. Ad-
ditional seals are on hand and may
be secured by telephoning Mr..
Krone, secretary of the Wrangell
Health Council.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Christmas caroling at Wrangen
Public School viii be carried out
in a bigger way this year than mas
been usual in past years. IN addition
to singing in the school house halls.
the students, who are being directed
by Miss Sue Harding. will sing at
various places about town and on
downtown streets on Tuesday before
Christmas.
Community singing will be held
at the school house on Tuesday night
December 20. and all in town VINO
would like to attend will be cordial
j. welcomed.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09
LEONARD T. CAMPBELL BUYS
BRYANT ESTATE PROPERTY

The property at the head of The
bay belonging to the late Charles
Bryant, was sold last week by the
administrator, I. S. Commissioner
Richard suratt for $500 to Leonard
T. Campbell. high school graduate.
class IS.
Both the boat house on the wa
terfront and the cabin on the 70
foot frontage lot facing the road. are
in poor condition but the location is
an excellent one on the inner harb 1r
and it seemed surprising that young
Campbell's was the best cash offer
submitted.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

Mrs. Leo Osterman, Mrs. Nels
Stensland and Mrs. Margaret Mag
nussen were hostesses Monday night
at the social hour following the
close of the Eastern Star meeting.
Refreshments were served at a
gaily decorated table extending the
length of the hall. A very engaging
Christmas scene grouped about a
miniature snow banked lake CEN
tered the table.
Favors were reindeer hobby
horses cleverly fashioned from paper
heads colored in crayons attached
to a lollipop stick with paper
chariot wheel covering the lollipop
which rested in a slotted wood base.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

Mrs. F. T. Richfield returned on
the Alaska Monday night from a
weeks visit in Ketehikan as the
guest of Mrs. S. B. Morris. Mrs. J.
R. Brown, who spent the week eni
in Ketchikan returned on the Alaska
with Mrs. Richfield.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

c. f. Flodquist of the local Signal
Corps station, expects to leave
Wrangell on the Alaska Monday on
a transfer to the Seattle office. He
will be Joined at Seattle by Mrs
Flodquist and children who have
been living at their former home in
Burien, Wash, for several months
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

Brigadier w. J. Carruthers of Inc
Salvation Army returned from
Prince Rupert Monday morning. He
was accompanied home by his
daughter, Miss Grace Carruthers,
who lived in Wrangell as a little
girl. She was graduated last June
from the nurses training school Of
Grace Hospital, maintained by the
Salvation Army in Winnipeg
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

James Harvie entered the hospital
this afternoon as a medical patient
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

You Saw It In The Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

The Alaskan. Captain Fred Gun
derson, left for Seattle Wednesday
afternoon. Making the trip were
George Case, John Everson, Laurie
Brood, Lloyd BENJAMIN, Warren
Gartley. Frank Christensen.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1938-12-09

Mrs Donald Sinclair and daugh-
ter Miss Edna Sinclair left San
Francisco last Monday enroute home
according to word received by Mr..
Sinclair. They have passage engaged
on the Baranof. due in port here
December 18th. Miss Sinclair has
done much buying of Christmas
stocks which are being unpacked
at the City Store this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
The Midnight Riding Of Paul Revere
By DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
RACKERJACKS AND
 CENTURYS IN LOOP

Town Plot Crackerjacks and the Twentieth Century clubs will be two strong entries from Waterbury in the proposed Naugatuck Valley semi-pro league scheduled for next season activity. Managers of Oak vile, Litchfleld, Watertown, Tor rington, Meriden, Naugatuck and Middletown squads in addition to the local arrays met week ago and listened to talks by Coach Bill Schofeld of Crosby and Fay Vim cent, ex-Yale football and baseball captain, both of whom were named to the leagues board of directors. In Q week or so the managers will meet again at dinner to which will be invited sports writers from various towns and cities in the cir cult. Election of officers will also be held. Anthony Purcaro and Joe O'Connor are temporary officers of the league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
X. Of [. Wind Up Busy Season Tonight
ALBANY JEWISH STARS HERE FOR FINAL CONTEST
Sloman, Pro Standout With VisitOrs-Liths
 Have Good Record

The K. of L. hoopmen will take their final bow of the season against the Albany, N. Y, Jewish community center quintet ill the feature contest of a twin bill at g o'clock tonight at St. Joseph's hall. St. Joseph's Holy Name, marking the end of it's season with it's 50th game of the year, will oppose the Brooklyn "" Eagles in the opener at 7:30.
 The Liths, with Il victories in their last 12 starts, seven straight and 10 in row at home, want victory to complete the rousing windup to their seasons campaign.
 They will face no easy task, as the Jewish cagers have won 16 out of 18 games and hold the Albany dis trict championship. They turned in a decisive victory over the local Y. M. H. A. early in the season.
 Al Sloman, who performed with the New Britain pro outfit a decade ago, is playing coach and still re- tains much of his old mastery. Har- ry Softer, former East Strouds- berg college ace, is the teams lead ing scorer with an average of 15 points a game.
 c. c. N. Y, R. P. I. and Albany high have combined to furnish the balance of the squad, one which is capable of ending the Knight sea- son on sour note.
 Frank Saldukas, Fred Ferrie, Joe Joyce, Joe Boley and Stan Grey are expected to hold down the starting posts for the K. of L. when Referee John A. Cluney blows the opening whistle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
TODANS
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BY HENRY McLEMORE Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Jacksonville, Fla, April 9-CUP) As man who has always prided himself on his ability as linquist, it has become a matter of deep concern to me of late to find that I apparently am unable to tell what an athlete means by what he Says.
 Athletes must be speaking an unknown tongue ::lese days. I speak read and write most of the recog- nized languages. But theirs is strange to me. l don't ask you to take my word for my linguistic skill; will prove it to you.
 Latin-E Pluribus Unum.
 Greek-Beta Theta Pi Sigma Nu
 French-A la carte, la mode, a Ia board.
 German-Deutschla Uber Alles Heil.
 Italian-Ravioli gondola. Scotch-Hoot mon white horse.
 Tibetan-Shangri-la, llama.
 So you see there isn't much chance of my misunderstanding an athlete if he speaks @ standard language. I wonder what tongue it was Frankie Frisch, manager of the St.. Louis Cardinals, employed the other day when he said to me:
 Sammy Baugh will be at third base for us when the season opens. He is one of the greatest young ball players I ever saw AS fielder I never saw his like. You can't shoot a rifle past him. He's & fine baseball player"
 I ran, not walked, to the nearest typewriter and wrote story in which I said that Frankie Frisch had settled on Baugh as his third baseman.
 But apparently I can't under stand Frisch's language, for now see in the papers where Frisch has sent Baugh to Columbus, Ohio, be- cause he is not seasoned enough for the Cardinals.
 At first, I thought my hearing might be at fault; that through some defect, Columbus" sounded like "St. Louis," and needs more seasoning" like great ball players" :" to me.
 So I went to one of the most distinguished croup, measles, elbow and ear men in the county and al- though he found I had croup, measles and rough elbow, he said that my hearing was so good that I should have be an eavesdropper. took him at his word and start ed eavesdropping, and was doing all right until I dropped an cave on an old man who sued me, so I re- turned to sportsWriting and went to Augusta, Ga, to cover golf tournament. For while everything was all right. I could understand the athletes and they could un- derstand me.
 Then - fateful day - ran up against an athlete who spoke that unknown tongue again. I quoted him as saying he would like to play in the National Open Champion ship.
 But I was wrong again. That wasn't what he meant at all, and he issued statement saying that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
BLACKHAWKS
 SCENE HOPELESS

Chicago, April 9.-UP)-The Chi cago Blackhawks, a hockey team without a goalie, appeared hopeless underdogs today as they rested their injured before Sunday nights third game in the Stanley Cup playof1s with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
 Nine players were on the injured list and a 10th, a goalie who filled in during the second game of the series, may be declared ineligible for further competition.
 Rookie Paul Goodman, who was il, the nets as the Hawks lost the sec ond of the series, 5 to 1, may be in eligible and if regular goalie Mike Karakas is unable to play Sunday the Hawks will be in a bad way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
GREAT 2 HORSE
 RACE BOOKED FOR BELMONT
Owners of War Admiral and Seabiscuit Agree to
 $1OO,OOO Test in Sept.
BY LESLIE AVERY limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)

l
 New York, April 9.-(UP).-Unless someone throws monkey wrench into the works, War Admiral and Seabiscuit, champion race horses of 1887, will meet in $100,00O match race-winner take all-at Belmont park in September.
 The trace of the century" was virtually clinched for the New York track when Samuel D. Riddle, own- CT of War Admiral agreed to it yesterday. c. s. Howard, Seabiscuits owner, had agreed tentatively by long distance telephone from Cali fornia yesterday.
 Riddles preference for Belmont Killed the hopes of Chicago's Airing ton for midsummer match. Ar lington,s offer of $100,ooO was matched by the Westchester Racing association and the New Workers did not reserve the right to include the Kentucky Derby winner as the Ar lington Jockey club bid.
 Needing only signatures to a con- tract to make it a certainty, this race vii outshine any other two horse gallop in American thorough bred history, and that includes the historical Zev-Papyrus, Man O War Sir Barton; Hourless-Omar Kha- yam and Salvator-Tenny classics. Two horses never raced for $100,O00 before.
 War Admiral. winner of the triple crown" and three-year-old cham pion of 1887, probably will be a Slight favorite. The little brown son of Man O War is undefeated in his last 10 starts. Towards Seabiscuit, last years handicap titleholder, won his last start at Agua Caliente March 27, but was nosed out in the $1OO,O Santa Anita handicap by Stagehand.
 In his conference with Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the New York racing commission who put over the long-awaited match race for Belmont, Riddle had only a few suggestions. These included that the race should be run on a fast track, which should be to Seabiscuit's liking; that a barrier instead of a starting gate should be used; and that Seabiscuit should have the choice of positions. Both owners agreed to the classic dis tance of 8 mile and a quarter, and both horses will carry 126 pounds unless the owners agree privately to lesser burden.
 The weight handicap was on or the big reasons why Riddle and Howard favored Belmont over Ar lington. The Chicago group wanted to reserve the right to make 1t a three-horse race in case Maxwell Towards Stagehand won the Ken lucky Derby. AS a three-year-old, Stagehand would h ave to carry only IA pounds against the four year-old Admiral and the five-year- old Seabiscuit. The latter was bur dened with 30 more pounds than Stagehand in the Santa Anita which Stagehand won by a nose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-09
HUB MARATHON FAILS TO DRAW
 FORMER WINNERS
Only Two Champs Entered in Famous Boston An=
 nual Event to Date
BY ROBERT WEBB
Limited Press Staff CcrrespOndentl

United Press Staff CCrreSpOndent)
 Boston, April 9-(UP)-The an- nual Boston A. A. Marathon, which two weeks ago promised to develop into the greatest carnival of former champions in the 52-year history of Americas greatest pavement-pound- ing classic, has so far attracted only two of eight eligible former win nerS.
 John Adelbert Kelley of Arling- ton, Mass, 1885 winner and runner up in 1884 and 1887, has entered along with Leslie Pawson, the Paw tucket, R. T., whippet who set a course record in 1883, by distancing his field by mile.
 On The Sidelines
 The rest of the plodders who led the pack home in past years, how ever, might be accused of doing a little holding out. Yet since the winner of the 26-mile, 385-yard grind receives only medal, a sprig of Athenian laurel, and a chance to pose with a congressman, perhaps it's true that some of the older gen. eration runners have simply decided to hang up their shoes.
 Take Clarence Demar, seven- times winner and a fixture in the race since 1910. A printer-teacher in Keene, N. H., the veteran will reach the half century mark in June, ripe old age for marathon runner.
 Some think that only an armed force would keep the grand old man of road-racing from the start at Hopkinton an April 19. But since his last victory in 1880, he's been slowly slipping. Not since 1883 has he finished among the first ten Last year, he was 14th, 20 minutes behind the winner although the piping hot weather was just what he ordered.
 Bill Kennedy, another of the col orful old timers, is still among the missing. Five years older than De- mar and winner in 1917, he has finished in the first ten ten times a record few have equalled. Last year he would up 27th. Other former winners who as yet