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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20
Picking Pullets Fed Oats

The picking pullet's desire to eat
up her sisters is easily overcome
by adding oats to her diet, says the
Washington Experiment station, in
the Country Home Magazine. Dat
hulls or oat millfeed will do the
trick. But cat hull ash or oat ash
will not cure cannibalsm.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Whether Pre- ident Roosevelt
will be candidate for the third
term continues to be a lively dis
cussion topic, and President
Roosevelt has no definite answer
to give. However, on July Is he
did go so far to say that there
were a dozen charming young
men who might be classed as pos
sible Democratic candidates.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Young Billy Conn, light heavy
weight from Pittsburgh with his
deadly rapier left won decision
over titleholder Betinna Of Bea-
con, N. Y, in Madison Square
Garden last Wednesday in 10
rounds of fierce fighting.
With six New York Yankees on
the American League All-Star
team, aided by young Bobby Eel
Ter of the Cleveland Indians, the
National League All-Stars went
down to a 81 defeat on July II
at Yankee Stadium, New York.
The National leaguers took the
lead in the second when they
scored their lone tally off Red
Ruffing. Paul Derringer, star Gin
cinnati hurler, pitched the first
three innings for the National
League entry and allowed but two
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20
Canals

Canals
The 500 canal is the greatest wa
terway gate in the world carrying
more than four times the tonnage OF
the famed Suez canal.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Nineteen miners are known to
have lost their lives in a mine-gas
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Oldest Spanish University
The oldest Spanish university is
that of Salamanca, founded in 1899.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Efforts to raise the sunken sub
marine, Squalls, with it's &c dead
ended in spectacular fashion on
July IA. 1t was planned to raise
the Inflated submarine about IS
feet above the bottom and tow it
to shallow water, but pontoon
chains broke and the Squalus
again settled with it's dead to the
watery grave. Salvage operations
are expected to continue.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20
Baseball
From page one

by Poole at home plate in the
closest play of the game.
Both teams fielded consistently.
Deel, Stanley, Jack Sutherland
and Tot Sutherland all shared
high fly balls to keep Damascus in
the hole.
Score by innings:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1939-07-20

Following a series of torso muir
ders over a period of years, Cleve-
land, Ohio, policemen and detec-
tives finally took into custody one
Frank Dolezal. The prisoner con-
fessed to the Staying of Mrs. Flor
ence Polillo who was the third OF
his supposed dozen decapitation
murders. Myron ], Plenty, justice
of the peace, who asked Dolezal
if he wanted a preliminary hear
ing was answered with, 81 don't
think a hearing is necessary"
According to veteran legislators
in Washington congress is expect
ed to adjourn in two weeks.
Nineteen miners are known to
have lost their lives in a mine-gas
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
MADAME PERKINS
 DENIES CHARGES
 IN IMPEACHMENT
Record Will Show Support of Orderly Government
 Secretary Says

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. - Secre- tary of Labor Frances Perkins flat ly denied again today charges that she had failed to enforce deporta- tions laws.
 Appearing before the House Ju- dietary Committee, now considering an impeachment resolution against her, the Secretary said; T feel con- fident, whether examined minutely or at large, that my record as Sec retary of Labor will show consis- tent purpose not merely to support the ideals of Democracy, orderly government and freedom, but the purpose to assure all persons sub ject to this Government, whether citizen or alien, those ideals are being carried forward in the actual day to day practice. I've applied this to my administration of the immi- grafton law to the case in point
 The impeachment resolution, au- thored by Representative J. Par nell Thomas, of New Jersey, cen ters around the Labor Department; handling of deportation cases, par ticularly that of Harry Bridges, Pa. cific Coast head of CIO.
 Some of the committee member! said after the session ended tha the Secretary made a swell wit. ness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
KETCHIkAN BOY
 DIES, C0ASTING
Six-Year -0Id Son of Union Oil Manager Killed
 Yesterday

KETCHIKAN, Alaska. Feb. 8. - Bobby, Frink, six, was killed late yesterday afternoon when he coast ed into the side of a taxicab, ap- parently going between the front and rear wheels on one side and being run over by rear wheels on other side. He was believed to have been killed instantly.
 Coasting down the steep side street into an arterial near the city limits, when struck, the son of the mana ger of the Union Oil Company, W. E. Frink and Mrs. Frink, stopped at the foot and fell over into the snow.
 The weekend was followed by fourteen above yesterday and ten above today, the latter being the ccldest temperature recorded this winter. As the result of the accident police have roped off a three-block section on Main Street for the past two nights for safer coasting, which has been the first of the sport this winter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08

house of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, with Mrs. Thomas Haigh officiating.
 Departmental reports were given by Mrs. H. L. Wood, for the Welfare Department; Mrs. Harold Smith, for the Legislative Department; Mrs. Jay Williams, for the Applied Edu- cation Department; Mrs. David Wood, for the American Home De- partment; and Mrs. John Clark, for the Hospitality Department.
 On recommendation of the Legis- lative Committee the Womans Club went on record as opposed to the Walker Bill
 The Applied Education Depart ment reported on the progress of the public school essay contest, the subject of which is What Qualities Make Good Citizen" They also recommended the cooperation of the Womans Club with, the Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08

Tuberculosis Association in sponsor ing a public program featuring lecture with illustrative slides
 The Fine Arts Department dis closed their plans for the weekly radio programs for the month of February. This department is also in charge of the monthly luncheon on Tuesday, February 21, at the Methodist Church dining room. The program for this luncheon will center around a historical pageant of Juneau.
 Mrs. H. L. Wood, Secretary of the Board of Directors, gave an ex- planatory financial report of the newly acquired club property. Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann pres ented the names of 35 women for associate membership. She also re- ported progress on the Juneau Wom- ans Club Special Edition
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
F Q D 4 Y
 in the H Q U s E
Introduced

Introduced
 House bill No. 53, by Davis, ap- propriabng s720 to purchase 12 Nina Crunine oil paintings for the mu- scum.
 House bill No. 54 by Coffey, rais- ing the bounty on hair seals from s2 to s.
 House bill No. 55, by Coffey, ap- propriating s25,OOO for construction of a seaplane landing channel be- tween Lake Spenard and Lake Hood. House joint memorial No. 28, by Walker, asking establishment of an Alaska Fisheries Commission made up of fishermen.
 Passed
 House b1I No. 2e. by Davis, set ting up a special Alaska Pioneers Home Trust Fund.
 House joint memorial No q, by Dowd. asking the Department of Az riculture to provide funds for two airplanes for use of Alaska wildlife agents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
CHARLIE sWITzEp
 INJURED IN GAR
 ACCIDENT TODAY

Charlie Switzer 83, well known Juneau dairyman. received a broken leg today when a rock truck acci- dentally hit his delivery car at a crossroads near the Juneau Diaries Incorporated.
 s The accident occurred shortly after 1 o'clock, just after Switzer had finished his milk route in Doug las and was returning to his dairy on the Highway. Fred Orme was driving the Switzer truck at the time the accident occurred, and Maurice Fields is said to be the man driving the heavy rock truck
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
Girl Is
 Fatally
 Burned
Dress of Six Year Old Child Catches Afire as
 She Irons Clothes

KETCHIKAN. Alaska. Feb, 8. IT Irene Jackson, 5. daughter of John T. Jackson, of Saxman was fatally burned yesterday when her dress caught fire while ironing clothes for her dolls.
 The girl was alone in the house at the time, her father cutting wood on the beach
 Hhe heard her cries, rushed to the house and found the girl en- veloped in flames
 The only water available was a small amount in a wash basin be- cause the water pipes were frozen. The father dipped his hands in the water and applied it to the burning girl who died later in a hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
SIMMONS BRINGS
 C0LD VICTIM IN

Bringing an emergency passenger from Hirst, Shell Simmons today returned to Juneau with Mrs. J. F. Kelly suffering serious illness oc- easioned by frozen feet.
 Simmons left Juneau at 10 o'clock this morning and landed at Aux Bay at o'clock this afternoon with his passenger. Heavy winds made it im- possible to bring the ship down on the Jhneau harbor.
 Mrs. Kelly is being treated at St Ann's Hospital, brought in from Aux Bay by auto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
THIEVES ACTIVE
 IN FIRE SE(TI0N

Three alleged looters were behind bars today in the City Jail after apprehended pilfering household ar ticles and other items from assort- ments of goods removed from threatened buildings for reasons of safety during the Goldstein Build ing fire.
 Augmenting the police force, a detachment of sailors from the cut ter Haida patrolled the fire area to prevent recurrence of the thiey- cry during the later part of the morning and early afternoon.
 Silverware and other small articles of value were reported as among the stolen goods.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
CEMENT WALL
 p2EEVEHT FIRE

For the second tune the cement rear wall of George Sinpkins' building on Front Street prevented fire from spreading to adjacent buildings, firemen said today
 Except for Simpkins' cement wall nothing could have kept the flames from the blazing Goldstein block from spreading to Front Street, and probably destroying a whole block of buildings, it was said.
 The first fire in which the Sinp- kins' cement wall figured as 9 building saver occurred about ter years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
ALICE MaekINNON DIES IN PORTLAND
 OF LONG ILLNESS
Former Juneau, Girl Was Dduohfer of Pioneer
 Alaska Family

Alice Case MacKinnon, wife of Donald MacKinnon, died today at the Portland Open Air Sanitarium, according to telegram received by her sister, Mrs. Hugh J. Wade.
 Mrs. MacKinnon had been tu- berculosis patient at the Portland hospital since last May when she went south from her home in Craig, Alaska. for treatment for her ill., ness.
 Transferred to Portland because of his wife's illness, MT. MacKinnon, Standard Oil Company agent at Craig, was with her at the time of : her death. Also in Portland was her mother, Mrs. w. H Case, and MT. and Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon, par ents of her husband, and her two young children, Donald. aged 6, and Lorna Dee who was born in Juneau year ago in January
 Her brother, Howard Case, is min- ing at Goodnews Bay. Alice Case MacKinnon was born i in Skagway in 1906, the daughter of pioneer Alaskans. Not long after ward her family moved to Juneau She was graduated from Juneau High School and attended the Uni yersity of Washington.
 Her marriage to Donald MacKin- non in 1881 united two pioneer fami- lies. Fer the last six years the Mac Kinnons have made their home at Craig.
 Funeral plans have not been an- nounced, but it is supposed that burial will be at Portland, where the Case family has many relatives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
WEATHER SYNOPSIS


 continued this morning from the Rocky Mountain where Of 31O inches was reported 3076 inches at Edmon ton pressure fall tonight from Barrow and Fair banks eastward Valley Low baromeuc pressure States the lowest reported pressure Northead Another storm area the Alaska Peninsula and the reported pressure being 2osS inches at distribution has been attended Coast States the Berg sea region eastward to Cordova and p generally the Panama and upper kon valleys
 Yukon lowest reported temperature heinz 60 degrees Ketcikan reported tempa 730 PST The lowest tempea- ure at las degrees above zero
 Juneau 9-Sunrise, 749 sunset Al pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
' Q D 4 Y
 in the SE W TE

Introduced Senate bill No. 37, by Rivers, reg ulating traffic on roads of Terri tory.
 Senate bill No 38, by Cochran, dealing with duration of chattel mortgage liens.
 Passed Senate joint memorial No 3. by Rivers, asking reopening of Alaska Resources Committee study, on de- velopment basis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
PLAN TO BEAT
 N.L.R.B. L0SES
House Votes Down Repub- Iiean Attempt to Cut
 Off Appropriation
 rr, oh
PLAN TO BEAT .-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. - The House has voted down, 186 to 5, the Republicans attempt to cripple the National Labor Relations Board by eliminating it's $3,OO0OOO appropria- ton for the next fiscal year.
 Representative Taber, r a nkl minority member of the House Ap- propriations Committee, offered the amendment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
"WiId Bill"
 Cummings passes Away

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 8. William Wild Bill" Cummings, racing driver, died today as the re- suit of injuries suffered last Monday when his car skidded on a road near bridge and landed in the water.
 Cummings skull was fractured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
FEW AIR FLIGHTS

Fiving activities today were lim- tied to one trip made by Alaska Air Transport. Marine Airways did not leave the ground and Pacific Alaska Airways will leave tomorrow from Fairbanks for Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
LEGISLATORS WILL
 SEE MINE WORKINGS

Legislators will go through the AL aska Juneau mine tomorrow, taking the biennial tour of the mine works.
 Because of the mine tour. the House today adjourned until 3 O. clock. tomorrow afternoon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
MRS. BARR WILL RESUME

Mrs. Anna Fsrlv Psrr proprietor ess of the Poyal Beauty Salon To- cated next door to fo0 0-t4cteiO Building on Secon1 Street having removed all her eruio7'e.'C safely from the threatened loeation Of her shop, will restore the pharaoher- nalia in Q few days and ha re9 ~ for business before the weeks end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
REGENTS FOR ICE
 CARNIVAL CHOSEN

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. g. = Lcuis D. Colbert has been elected King Regent and Mrs. Alice Hand ley elected Queen Regent to rule over the Ice Carnival and Dog Derby festivities next month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 8,-Clceing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is ga. American Can 941a. American Light and Power 6l2, Anaconda 291s, Bethlehem Steel 69, Commonwealth and Southern Is, Curtiss Wright common 67s, Curtiss Wright A 26%, General Motors 48h International Harvester 58, Kennecott 37, New York Central 1873, Northern Pacific l1A, South ern Pacific 17A, United States Steel COL, Pound $4.685s.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are todays Dow Jones averages: industdials 145.43 rails 30.36, utilities 25.29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(By the U. s. Weather Bureaul

Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at s;so pm, feD
 
 afternoon probably night warmer lnusoay becoming east and Thursday.
 forecast for Southeast not quite so coo to- Thursday cloudness Tn the ae- Soutnast Thursday north winds to- southeast Thursday fresh to strong north tonight and Thursday Dixon Strait Chat ham Sound Sepnens fresh strong tonight and Thursday Canal
 of the of Alaska From Spencer north winds to- night becoming southeast Thursday strong east Thursday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08

Fourteen countries have thus far announced their intention of com peting in the l940 olympics in Fin- land
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
WHAT WOULD YOU DO!

What would you save in case of fire.
 Miss Mildred Apland, who with her brother -in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. W. w. Council, lived in an apartment on the second floor of the Goldstein Building, reached for her eyeglasses, carefully took the money out of her purse, left the money on her dressing table grabed her empty purse and coat and ran.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
GIRL, f6. 10 WED
 WlDoWER, AGED AZ

CHICAGO. Feb. Wmifred Sammler. sixteen. fled to New YorK on October q, leaving a note stat- ing she could not go through With her wedding to a forty-two-year-oio Widower. Now she is back willing 10 marry Walter Sammler, brother of her father, Alfred, after ah' she said.
 ~There was so much comment around the neighborhood l decided to leave for while and think 1t over" she said.
 MOSCOW, Feb. IT. Newspapers report that at Oyrotsia, in the Ko- lichak goldfields of Western Sl- beri miners turned up a nugget ot cold weighing 16i2 pounds.
 The United States Forest SerVlce sold s3.066 ,695 worth of timber in 1938.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08
JUNEAU W0MAk'S CLUB VOTES AGAINST BILL
 OF SENATOR WALKER

A large attendance marked the business meeting of the Juneau Womans Club held at the penis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-08

Agricultural economists predicted early in the year that farm families would have more cash to spend in l939 than they did in 1938.
Evening star., 1939-01-11

Is the county doctor. She figures
she has earned $4,000 during her
40 years In Tryon, which, with
equipment and transportation sub
tracted, has averaged 500 q month.
She has opened an ONCE In l>rger
North Platte, but that doesn't keep
her from continuing her trips across,
up and down the county. Though
she has never had other doctors
available for consultation, she has
lost few patients. God has been
good to me-" she said simply.
Now the child who was named
Hrefna, or BLACK Sheep" because
she was the youngest in the family
has been honored not only by the
White House call but by q book of
'Unsung Heroes" in which she Is
one Of four American women whose
biographies are given.
When her Washington visit is
completed she will 60 back to Tryon
to be what she terms "just an ordi-
nary country doctor"
Evening star., 1939-01-11

A little, white-haired woman whose
lineage traces back to 4 Norwegian
king and an Irish princess was to
meet Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
today.
She is DR.. Harriet McGraw, born
Hrefna Goodman in an Icelandic
village almost So year ago.
The only doctor in q Nebraska
county 800 miles square, she was
chosen, with q number Of other
women who have distinguished
themselves In club work, women S
activities, social work and Govern
ment service, to make up the Wom-
ems Council Of the Committee for
the Celebration Of the President's S
Birthday. The council was to meet
at the White House today to dis
cuss plans for the Fight 1nfantile
Paralysis" drive.
A little confused by the honor
that has been paid her, DR.. Nc
Graw appeared bewildered by the
reporters and photographers who
surrounded her in her hotel suite
yesterday.
Battles Obstacles.
To her there was nothing un-
usual in the obstacles she has faced,
obstacles which would have defeated
many man. And DR.. McGraw is
a frail woman. She couldn't weigh
more than 100 pounds.
Here are few Of the things she
has encountered in trying to live
up to her grandmother's admoni-
tion that 4 descendant of the roy
atty that started colonizing Iceland
must face life proudly and make
life a continual service to others:
Her family left Iceland when she
was years old. Her fathers death
was followed shortly by her mothers,
and the little girl was left an orphan
IN Winnipeg. A wealthy family
wished to adopt her, but she ran
away because they wanted her to
call their son. master She was a
maid-at the age Of Tin the home
Of an Englishwoman, and finally a
Danish minister took her in.
Under his guidance she received
an education and learned the folk
lore Of her Viking forebears.
Decides to Become Doctor.
Her grandfather had been q doc
tor, and after his death her grand
mother carried on his practice. The
little girl. who had carried water
and helped at the bedside Of many
Of her grandparents patients when
Evening star., 1939-01-11
Birds Get Luxury Nests

Sparrows In Hyde Park in Sgd
ney, Australia, are making de luxe
nests lined with cotton. The supply
Of luxury nest material comes from
elderly w. H. Marlborough, who
stands daily in the park with 1
paper bag full of wadding. Flocks
OF sparrows fiy around hip as he
throws pieces on the grass.
Evening star., 1939-01-11

she was barely able to toddle, de-
cided to become a dactor.
She earned her way through
nursing school and while serving
as a nurse earned funds to 60 to
medical school.
Twenty years ago she settled in
Tryon, Nebr. Her patients were
scattered over Mcpherson County.
The townsfolk said she wouldn't last.
No doctor before her had been able
to endure the hardships of long
rides across the prairie, fees barely
covering the cost of transportation.
no other doctors near for consulta-
ton.
Added to that was the fact that
she was a woman, and the towns
people considered her an "adven-
turess."
Prejudice and gloomy predictions
disappeared as the years went by.
The little doctor took care Of her
people through a cyclone, she held
ofice hours from her own hospital
bed when she was Ill, she travelled
to lonely ranch houses in the dead
Of night through mud and snow.
Married to the county lawyer, she
Evening star., 1939-01-11
Illness Of Princess
DeIoys Sisters Weddino
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 1.-THE serious ILL.,
mess Of Princess Mafalda, second
child Of King Vittorio Emanuele,
caused the royal family today to
postpone the wedding of her young
er sister, Maria, to Prince Louis Of
Bourbon-Parma, scheduled for jan
uary IS.
The announcement led to belief
that the Princess Mafalda vas
worse. She is Ill Of pleurisy.
Evening star., 1939-01-11
Co-operotives Not Exempt

Elmer r. Andrews, vage-hour ad-
ministrator, said today the Fair
Labor Standards Act provided no
specific exemption from its mini
mum wage and maximum hour
regulations for oo-operatives and
their employees.
Evening star., 1939-01-11
Broin TwizzIers
BY PROF. I. ID. FLINT.

The geometry Instructor in . big
high school was also a lover Of art
In the sense that anything of q
eeometric and exact nature pleased
him greatly. He loved pictures that
were sharp and clear, but the blend
ing, blurring kind aggravated him.
These likes and dislikes continually
cropped out in his home life. One
night the instructor and his wife
had a number Of friends at their
home for dinner. A wonderful
square chocolate cake had been
baked partly for the occasion, but
the instructor was warned by his
wife that some Of it must be saved
for the next night. After thinking
1t over. the instructor proposed .
plan. He cut a square out of the
middle Of the cake and his wife put
new frosting over the bare part,
Then when the guests had reached
the dessert course In the dinner the
instructors brain came to his aid
and he cut eight pieces Of the same
sise and shape. Can you do it7
Answer on Page B-l5.)
tCopyrisht. 1939)
Evening star., 1939-01-11

Dr. Harriet McGraw of Tryon Nebr, who visit
White House today in connection with the Flight nfante
Paralysis" campaign with Morgan national
chairman Of the drive. "A. P. Photo.