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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
PARTY
 HONORS COUPLE

Thirty-fiye guests were present ae a no-host party given Saturday evening in the banquet room ol Percy's Cafe, honoring Miss Mary Louise Kelsey and Merton Benedlct. whose marriage will be an event during the early. part of next month. estt :.
 A gift of glassware was presented the honorees, and the evening was spent in dancing, with Mrs. A. M. Uggen furnishing the music ana en- tertainment numbers. Y
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26

tary Club at its weekly luncheon tomorrow noon in Percy's Caie, IL was announced today. IL .ssss.s sss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
VIVID STORY OF ENGLISH
 C0LLECELIF
Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan Co-star in
 Capitol Show

The first story of English under graduate life to be filmed in Eng land with cast of American stars sent abroad to act in authentic To- cales came to the screen of the Cap itol Theatre yesterday, with the showing of "A Yank at oxford, :" with Robert Taylor playing the title role and with such American and English film favorites as Lionel Barrymore, Mauree O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh, Edmund Gwenn and Griffith Jones filling prominent supporting roles.
 Taylor as the American college boy who wins a scholarship to OK ford and becomes stroke of the Ox- ford crew, is said to eclipse anything he has done before in the new role of the Tank who has to face cus- toms and traditions he has never known at home and who emerges
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
By LYNN HEINZERLING

CLEVELAND, Sept. 26.-A man of unbelievable abnormality, a de- generate in class by himself - that's the sort of person Detective Peter Merylo expects to find if luck or skill leads him to the sinister workshop of Cleyeland's torso killer"
 Merylos only Job is to solve the series of 12 beheadings - all be- lieved the work of the phantom slayer. In two years of tangled trails he has met people l never knew or believed existed"
 The man we want" he adds quickly, 'is stranger than any Of them
 Merylo and his partner, Martin Zalewski, have followed tips and lunches into the loWliest novels in the city, into sewers and grave yards, dumps, downtown stores and even into the offices of professional workers. They have questioned, by Merylo's stimate, more than 5000 persons.
 After two years work, Merylo concludes that his quarry is a sex degenerate in a class never known to science"-this man" who de- posits dissected bodies in the Cuya- hoga River, in Kingsbury Run, in dumps and in isolated districts.
 Eliminates Butchers The detective spent several week,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
THE PERFECT SPECIMEN" IS
 AT COLISEUM
Joan Blondell, Errol Flynn Starred in Comedy
 Drama Here

"Thc Perfect Specimen" a comedy drama starring the im- mensely popular Errol Flynn and the TO less well-liked Joan Blon- dell, opened yesterday at the Coli scum Theatre. This Warner Bros. production has been rated by pre- view critics as among the very best laugh-and thrill photoplays of the year.
 An amusing idea actuates the story of The Perfect Specimen" '" An immensely wealthy gran d. mother, with ideas of her own about eugenics and environment, thinks that Errol, her descendant, should be brought up all his life on her es- tate and trained to be what the title of the movie indicates.
 Chance (and Miss BlondelD) get him off the estate and he has his own way to make in a world of which he has been completely in nocent. He proves that his tutoring has not been in vain, even when It comes down to boxing. He has been taught that as we'll as everything else, and he comes pretty close to fulfilling his grandma's hopes.
 There are two fights in the show, both of which Errol wins; there Is Kidnapping scare; there's a goofy poet, played by Hugh Herbert; a whimsical secretary to the old lady, played by Edward Everett Horton; tough mugg, played by Allen Jen- kins; an energetic youth, played by Dick Foran, of western-movie fame; an attractive young lass played by Beverly Roberts-and no end of other amusing characters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26

cite all the outstanding facts. He said he has hardly been home for dinner on time in two years and if he takes a vacation this year he will spend it working on the inves- tigation.
 Interested and suspicious per- sons. and even drunks" call him at home at night = sometimes as late at am.
 When anybody calls, always call their bluff and go meet them, Merylo says. Some time l may get something ..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
RUSTGARD WRITES
 4TH BOOK IN FLORIDA

John Rustgard, former District Attorney here and Territorial At torney General, has written an other book which is being published by Roger Babson for distribution tc industrialists, according to word re- ceived here from the Rustgards by Lawrence Kerr. The former Alaska official. who lives at Babson Park, Fla, had written three books pre- viously on business and economic subjects.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26

Sept. 10. 1936-Torso of man in Kingsbury Run; head, arms miss ing.
 Feb. g, 1937-Torso of young wo- man on lakefront; arms, legs, head missing.
 June T, 1887 - Young negress, quicklimed skeleton under Cuyaho- ga River bridge.
 April 8, l938-Woman's leg In Cuyahoga; torso found later; arms, head missing.
 Aug. 16, l938-Bodies of middle aged man and woman on laketront dump; dead several months,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
TORSO sLAYER's RECORD

CLEVELAND, oepU. 26, - Here's the crime calendar of Cleveland's torso killer:
 Sept. 23, 1935-Heads and bodies of Edward Andrassy, 28, and un- identified man in Kingsbury Run, a creek.
 Jan. 26, 1936-Body of Mrs. Flor ence Polillo, fl, in vacant lot; head missing.
 June 5, 1936-Headless, tatooed body of man in Kingsbury Run.
 July g, 1936-Severed head and body of man in ravine near rail- road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
ATTENTION MASONS

There will be a Stated Communi- cation of Mt Juneau Lodge Monday evening at 730 o'clock Work in the M. M. Degree By order of the w. M.
 J. w. LEVERS, adv Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-26
TEACHERS WILL BE
 GUESTS OF ROTARY

Teachers in the Juneau High School will be guests of the Ro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02

Too fast ."
 "Too f1imsy, I grant you. But not too fast. Nothing could be too fast for us, now. Do you real ize, Jerry, we've got no right to fight the British till we get our commissions? If we tried it we'd be pirates instead of privateers. We've got to get home, and quick. We'll be a hare pursued by a hun dred hounds, this crossing"
 You've convinced me-" Jerry said. It had occurred to him that no ship could be too fast to get Polly home in. After they'd made America they could trade the thing for stout New England craft that wouldn't topple in a gale or crush like an eggshell when fired on.
 Ten days later in the small harbor of Carteret Polly Whitfield went went aboard the clipper Gray Gull owned and explained by MT. Cabell Banks, junior of Boston, and whose first mate was Jeremiah Whitfield of Newburyport, Massachusetts,.
 We've kept her old name" " Cabell explained to Polly as he es- corted her aboard. We heard the name Revenge, that we had such a banker for, is already in use"
 Gray Gull seems suitable" Pol ly said. She looked up dubiously at the remarkably tall masts, so diff ferent from Cousin Tim's stout, heavy ones. These masts seemed to dwarf the slender hull from which they sprang. There was so little free board visible that the Gray Gull seemed shallow as well as slender; when Polly mentioned this to Jerry, who had come from below to take her in charge, he assured her that the Gull belied her looks. She had a stout keel, he said, as sturdily laid as if New England carpenters had built her. Already he was produly pos seSsive, like a loving relative show i ing off beloved child. And so was Cahell.
 Polly thought: Even before they've put to sea they're crazy about their Gray Gull! How much more Jerry's going to love her after he's sailed her while" She knew the way of men with ships, for her father had been a typical seafaring man. After he lost his Proud Lyme of Nantucket five years ago he grieved for her as he grieved for his wife, who died the same year.
 Not the least of Jerry's pride in the Gray Gull was the beautiful quarters for Polly. He took her there now and watched her anx- iously as she looked around her. When she exclaimed with delight over the white painted walls and the warm carpet on the floor he was touched and pleased. Its none too good for you" he said. He told her that there had been one long cabin, but Cabell had had a partition built, generously giving them the larger quarters and reServing the smaller for him. self.
 Jerry left her, and a sailor brought her little trunk into the cabin and slowed it beneath the bunk. That's shipshape" she told the shy lad. He seemed very young, not over IT, and Polly opened a box of French pastry she was carrying and gave him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
Stamp News

ITO mark the athletic events A which recently took place in Panama, the country has issued five stamps labeled "Commemora- ton of the Fourth Olympic Games of Central America and the Carib- bean" They depict basketball, baseball, soccer, swimming and boxing. Three are for ordinary postage and two for air mail use.
 Regulations issued by the Treas ury Department governing the re- production of U. s. stamps in black and white. for the first time in newspapers and periodicals. re- quire that each stamp shown be either less than three-quarters or one and a half times the original size. Regular use of U. S. stamps under this law is contemplated for this column shortly
 First-day cover collectors may now obtain the 1888 catalog of Specialized First Day Covers" from Leo August, Newark, N. J. With the demand for these cov- CTS greater than at any time in philatelic history, the book fills real need in the field. It lists statistical data and prices.
 
 Still resting with the 'Ameri- ca's No. Stamp Collector" President Roosevelt. is the deci- sion on the 1898 U. S. stamp pro- gram. Recommendations have been made to the President, including, it is reported. the long-deferred "Presidential" set and several commemoratives. The "Presiden- tial" set would gradually replace the irregular" stamps which have now been in use for several years. Copyright. 1898. NEA Service. 1nc)
 NEXT: Where are the former German colonies which Hitler has declared must be returned? 12
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
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some. When she was alone she took off her bonnet and sea coat, feeling that she was one with all the women on earth who had fol- lowed their men to sea. Though she was the least of them, she would not shame them.
 For those on board the Gray Gull the hard part must come now. The waiting. The watchful waiting. The run to sea when the time came. Though no English vessels patroled the insignificant harbor, one knew that they lurked to the north, watching Cherbourg, and to the southwest, blockad1ng Brest. The Gray Gull must take her chance. Her 50-odd sailors were impatient to be off - Ameri- cans, most weary of an enforced soiourn on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
 Polly sensed the tenseness that first night aboard. The second night was worse, for sharp breeze was blowing like a clarion call. Jerry and Cabell stood at the wheel, staring toward the west and talking earnestly. No one seemed to remember her ex- istence. That, too, was part ot being a seaman's wife
 Then came Cabells low called commands, relayed by Jerry. Sail ors began running, ropes were haul ed Polly looking up into the starlight saw the masts bloom with canvas, saw sails fill and spread. The Gray Gull, like an eager bird, was running out to sea.
 (To Be COntil;ued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
YACHT TO SEE IT

A dingy old tramp steamer, aboard which Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., car- ries profitable cargoes in his spare time, is his unique yacht" in "The Joy of Living" RKO Radios new filmusical. Irene Dunne co-starS with Fairbanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
Cn AlaSaM Cn ACTEgS

In LnlS SeTleS OI SIdHluAh Sa"Sn CTS with a court room query, unu- sual statutes may ai:er siighty the legal decisions given).
 MT. Kassly pulled a hair out ot his nose. Profuse bleeding resulted and soon his nose became swollen and discolored. Five days later he was found i'll a semi-comatoSe condition and was taken to a hospital where. within two days, he died from blood poisoning, due to disease causing bacteria entering his blood stream from an infected area.
 MT. Kassly, at the t:ne of his death, had a policy of life insur- ance for $5OOO which included a provision for double indemnity in case of accident. MT. Kasslys wife sued the insurance company to re- cover the double indemnity. The policy expressly provided that, for the double indemnity provision to be effective, the death of the in sured must have resulted solely from external, violent and acciden- tai means. The insurance company contended that death resulted from deliberate and intentional act of MT. Kassly in pulling a hair out Of his nose and such act was not acci- dental
 cnI,,tfnx, Nn Rack Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
DAYS END

Vicki Lester, who essays a promi- nent supporting role in RKO Radios "Certifed", with Joan Fontaine and Allan Lane, was born Dorothy Day and took her unusual screen name from Janet Gaynor's character name in "A Star Is Born"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02
CAST OF CHARACTERS

POLLY CHELSEY, heroine; stranded in London when war breaks out.
 JERRY WHITFIELD, hero; the Yankee who sees her through.
 CABELL BANKS, privateer captain.
 Yesterday: Arriving too late at Cherbourg to sail back to Amer lea, Jerry and Polly are married while they await Banks plans to procure a ship of his own.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02

Solution on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-02

NEXT: Where are the former German colonies which Hitler has declared must be returned? 12
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
What Is Proper Use
Of Furniture Polish?

In a recent investigation, it was
proven that many, many home
makers use furniture polish incor-
rectly-pouring it on dry cloth,
for application to the furniture!
This is gross waste of the house
wife's time, energy and her pol
ish! And the latter is usually
blamed. We refer, of course, to oil
polish-for this type is best to
clean, beautify and preserve the
furniture. The best oil polish is not
greasy, because it's made with a
fine, light-oil base. The polish
should be applied on damp cloth
thoroughly moistened wi t h
water, then wrung out, Saturate
this cloth with the polish-spread
on-and rub lightly. The "wet" of
the cloth smoothly distributes the
polish-and the finish absorbs, re-
ceives it evenly! This correct
procedure takes the "labor" out of
polishing = and requires far less
tiresome rubbing! A dry cloth is
then used to easily work up the
glow, which is even and uniform
the desired effect! This-and only
this-is the proper way to use
good oil polish!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
FARM
Tories
SUNSHINE, SULPHUR
FOR CHICKEN LICE
Combination Effective in
Parasite Control.


Sunshine and sulphur are being
united as team to fight external
poultry parasites, including lice and
"sticktight'' feas, in a series of ex-
periments by DR.. M. w. Emnnel of
the Florida Agricultural Expert
ment station at Gainesville, Fla.
Usually parasites of this type are
controlled by external treatment,
but DR.. Emmels work is unique
in that he controlled these para
sites by the simple expedient of
adding five per cent commercial
flour sulphur to the laying mash.
A preliminary report Of this work
was published recently in the Jour-
nal of the American Veterinary
Medical Association. The report
stated that chickens were complete
ly rid Of lice by feeding them sui
phur for three-weeks period.
Oddly enough, the experiments in
Dictated that feeding Of sulphur alone
was less effective when the birds
were confined indoors than when
they had access to sunlight. The
first infestation was reduced only IS
per cent when the birds were con-
fined. However, when the same
birds were exposed to the sunlight,
the parasites disappeared complete
ly within one week.
In order to check on the sulphur
and sunshine" treatment, four con
troll BIRDS were exposed to exactly
the same conditions, except that
they were given no sulphur. This
group showed no visible reduction
in infestation either indoors or
out.
In other tests, sulphur feeding
was combined with the spreading
of sulphur about the yards and in
the houses in a "two-way" treat
ment for combating "sticktight''
heas. The sulphur diet was aug
mented by adding 100 pounds Of sui
phur to each 400 square feet of yard
area, and by placing light coating
of sulphur on the floor of the houses
under the litter.
Sulphur was found to be effective,
also, in controlling the chicken mite
in infested poultry houses. After
the houses were cleaned as thor
oughly as possible, sulphur was
placed on the floors, dropping
boards and nests to depth Of one
sixteenth Of an inch. The mites be-
gan to disappear shortly, and at the
end of week, control was appar-
emily complete.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
Of Interest to Farmers

Feed is one of the most important
factors in egg production.
Quarter pound eggs are laid by a
Manchurian. breed of chickens.
Watch closely for throat Infection,
1t spreads rapidly and will result in
death by choking.
Estimated annual loss to poultry
industry in the United States from
eggs that fail to hatch is $40, 1000, 900.
SunhoWer seeds are very high in
protein and fat and are unlike most
of the other poultry grains that we
use.
Eggs laid by Kentucky hens in
one year would reach around the
earth at the equator If placed end
to end.
The color of egg shells depends on
the breed of hens. 1t in no way in
dicates difference in food value or
quality.
Prospects for insect damage to
field crops in 1888 are less than dur
ing the past two years, according
to the outlook report issued by the
college of agriculture, University Of
Illinois. : -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
= 1Il1.lIIlIn

Observation-Disclosures aM
m Can Mere Affection Na
H Be a Good Substitute Ms
aza for Loue? Maa
nEAR MISS DENE: What do you
- think of affection as a substi-
tute for love, as far as getting mar
ried is concerned? want to mar
ry but can feel nothing but affection
for my future husband. Is there
any hope for happiness?-A. w.
misunderstanding depends on
your age, A. w. No one can make
hard and fast rules about affec-
tionate marriages in general but a
good many points must be consid-
cred before undertaking such a re-
lationship.
Young people should marry for
love, and no nonsense about it. For
while we're young our hope of ro-
nance is high and if it is denied
us, we yearn for it all our lives and
imagine ourselves cheated of life's
dearest gift-even though we may
be admirably suited to the mates
we chose.
No matter how much the modern
writer's attempt to analyze love into
shreds, it must still be for the
young, a vital spark, a feeling for
which there is no accounting. It is
absolutely right that young people
should ask themselves practical
questions about the mates they have
chosen, but before they begin their
self cross-examination they should
first have experienced something
deeper than affection, something be-
yond reason.
Young people cannot afford to do
WITHOUT the vital spark. They cannot
hope to substitute for il, financial Sc.
curity or good solid affection or a sat.
isfactory companionship. They must
kno,O something OF the first careless
rapture before they can decide to get
along without it forever. But men and
,Uomen of ripper years may tOeU marry
for reasons other than sheer heart.
burning loue. 4 man or a toon,an toho
has kno,Un love, and the bitterness OF
remuneration or establishment, may
find peace and happiness Nth a toser.
ant, understanding, sympathetic mate
A man may marry for the second
time and be as happy with the wife
he has chosen to keep him com
Portable as he was with his first
wife who gave him love. A woman
may divorce her husband, whom
she once loved passionately, and
settle down serenely with a man for
whom she has only affection.
Middle-age has learned loves les
son and is willing to compromise
with life and take what's offered
for GOVERNMENTS sake. Loneliness
and middle-age can make marriage
seem haven of refuge even though
it be a marriage of convenience
pure and simple.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04

nEAR MISS DENE: l have quar-
- relied with my mother and now
live in an apartment of my own. ]
seem to be losing my friends. do
not tell them of what has occurred,
and SO have to make up reasons
why they cannot see me in my
home. hate the feeling that every.
body is whispering about me. feel
that this quarrel may have cost me
dear in more ways than one.-V. ID.
ANSWER-Cast veil of secrecy
over your life. shroud yourself in
mystery and at once you set the
whole world whispering. And the
chances are that the world being
what it is, some of the whispers will
have distinctly unpleasant flavor.
If you are going to make mys.
terry of where you live and why, the
more conventional of our friends
will begin to shy away like fright
ened horses. Knowing nothing of
the true state of affairs, their imagi-
nations run riot in the attempt to
discover why you've suddenly be.
come secretive.
1t is better always to tell the
truth-however ugly it may sound
for the truth at its worst can never
compare with the stories your
neighbors have already concocted
about you.
Since you are living a new sort OF
life, tell people about it. The min
ute you give your audience the facts
they will cease to conjecture, and
on the day the conjecturing stops,
your reputation will undergo a
change for the better.
@ Bell Syndicate. Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
Without Laughter

The most completely lost of all
days is that on which one has not
laughed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
But for a Day

Any one can. carry his burden,
however heavy, till nightfall. Any
one can do his work, however
hard, for one day. Any one car
live sweetly, patiently, lovingly,
purely, till the sun goes down.
And that is all that life ever really
means.-R. l.. Stevenson.
Keep your body free of accumulated
waste, take Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. 90 Pellets 80 cents.-Adv.
Habit of Industry
Acquire the habit of untiring in
dustry and of doing everything
well.-Todd.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-03-04
MAGIC CARPET

ineMa bar. pin or baby grand, a new suit
for for junior or set Of ining,room furniture
the best place to start your shopping tour is
in an easy.chair, with an open newspaper.
The turn of a page will carry YOU as s., swiftly
as the magic carpet Of the ARABIAN N .a u.s.
t other. o You can rely on modern advertising
as guide to good values, you can compare
prices and styles, fabrics and finishes, lust as
though you were standing 10 store.
Make habit of reading the advertisements
In this paper every week. They can save you
time, energy and money.
Evening star., 1938-10-09

CINDERELLA

IT DOES doppen, but
roreIy. Once in q
greet while O girl from
out Of nowhere wokes
up to find herself in
the movies. Such is
the cose with Ann
Morriss. Originally
from DolIos, Tex, she
wos given q screen test
on Fridoy. signed to o
controct on Soturdoy
ond wos assigned to
the Ieodine role op-
posite Dennis O'Keefe
in q new picture on
Monday. A eomero
followed her ground
on her first doy Of the
studio with these re-
suits.