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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1940-06-21

Word his boon received by tho
lodi nix Public Foolth Advisory
Council, according to Miss Alma
Sroncor, Community nurse, that
G group Of health Officials arc
aboard tho "CordovaH arriving hero
Wodno sday, tho 26th. 1t is urged
that those persons Interested in
this vital problem Of Kodiak, DO
on tho lookout for tho stoc11cr crn
upon its appearance, mako 1-1lodl nc
plans to ottond tho ,:lcc ting ct Tn
School auditorium, while the boat
is in port.
In this party Will DO, DR..
Ccur tncy Smith, asst. corr1i 81 ontr
Of Eoal tn, DR.. w. s. Rcr1soy, dire
ctor Of liz formal and Child Toolth
Service and Dr. Carl E. Bucl-, tho
fold director Of tho Amor. Pub.
TcClth Assoc iotiOn.
Due to thu serious naturo Of
tho local lcolt7l end ocnitctiOn
condlt ion, Which must DO ror2odiod,
Hiss Spencer asks that ovcry pora
in Kodiak .4ol-o this Ilcttcr thcir
pcrconcl Concern and assist tho
cc"rau11ty in bottoring tho present
ccIdi ions, end ctto71d Wodnc sdcyS
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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1940-06-21
CLERKS ORGANISE

Cct11oring togotl1or at tho
Union HILL, last Wock, tho
non end Worlon Of Kod i@]z who
GRO employed in ,2crcllontilo
oatcb il sh2onts, formed Q loci
union Of tho Rotcil Clerks
Union Of tho 4. II Of j..
At this moot ting which VS.
worry VOL ATTENDED, r. ].
"HcppT- " Elnson was olcctod
temporary pro idont, Rcy
Whoolor, temporary aocrc tcr,.
Application for & c4larto1' Wc3
r2cdo to Aft. Of l.. noGdquor..
tors in LcTcyotto, I72dicnG,
end its receipt will be had
hero in about C. month. At
thct ti-1o, C. pcrrlonont orgc1>
izatscn Will be formed and
permanent Officers clcctcd.
Duo to tho absence Of vo2oy
necessary space, tho Mirror
apologies for tho Lick Of
personal itolas this voo!.
Noxt woo1-. ..l6 pcgc'
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1940-06-21

llootinG IN tho schooIhoUso.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1940-06-21
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-hC1[ SEALS 1:7UllERf2-.

Mcry Irio-lds OF l1r. Seals Wcro
in ct5olGcnco ct tho burial which
WIS -4cdc in tho local corlctry md
this tine wish to cypress their
thinks OH Ooh~If OF hi $ brother,
Robert in Socttlo> wilma Gisko end
tncr,oo 7vos, tho many kindno ssos
md expressions Of sy1lpGthy shown
in thoir hour Of bore cvo.lont.
FIRST 2 -taA2TIsI CT! -U2CH
Sunday Services
3iblo Glass 1T 1850 AN. Miss F.
II. hcKood1oiclz in charge Of Glasses
Worship end Sermon ct lO:l5 AIN.
Sub icct "Bo2utiful Gor1aonts'!!
S1nginspircticn" and Sermon at
1850 ii. If you onioy on ola
Fashioned song service, you Will
find it hero cvcry Sunday night.
Plcaso como and always rcrcbcr,
YOU GRO always We lcCI'o..
Row. W. A. Wcrlor,f
Pcstor.
Wash. De- Tho Sonctc approved TIL
rivors and h2rbor5 bill giving to
s1t1za h4rbcr $lC9, 600 and to tho
Kodiak hcrDo7 $40: coo.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
School to Honor Memory
Of Roosevelt Nephew
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June IA school
dedicated to the memory of Daniel
S. Roosevelt, nephew of Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, who died in an air
plane accident April 18, 1889, will
be erected at Canoitas, State of
Puebla, where the plane crashed.
Funds provided by the young
mans family will pay for the con-
Struction.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
2Awards Recognize
Service Of Midwav
Civic Association
Evening Star Trophy
Goes to Its President,
George W. Johnson

The Midway Civic Association last
night received the two annual
awards of the Federation of Civic
Associations.
The first award, certificate
acknowledging outstanding public
service, was presented to the group
by George w. Beasley. president of
the Central Northwest Civic Asso-
citation and chairman of the Com
mittee on Awards of the Civic Fed
Grafton. Mr.. Beasley congratulated
the members on their fine record OF
achievement of the body's first year
The Evening Star Trophy was
presented to George w. Johnson,
president of the Midway Civic Asso-
citation, for outstanding individual
service of 1899. The inscription on
the cup reads:
presented to the Federation of
Civic Associations. District of Colum-
bia, November 25. 1888, to be awarded
each year by the federation to the
committee or delegate rendering out
standing public service for the Dis
trict of Columbia
Charles M. Thomas, president of
the Civic Federation, presented the
cup to Mr.. Johnson. Mr.. Thomas
pointed out that the Midway Civic
Association, by performing their
duty to their community, had best
served the interests of local govern
ment and was helping to keep alive
the American tradition of democratic
self government.
On the motion of j. Howard
Quander, the body went on record
approving the present campaign
against fifth column activities and
un-American organizations.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
New Plea Filed for Jordon
In 1881 Murder Case

A brief contending that Thomas
Jordon, who is serving a life SEN
tence for the Garden T Shoppe
murder, was not given a fair trial,
that evidence was suppressed and
that the jury had been guilty Of
misconduct was filed in the United
States Court of Appeals here yester-
day by Attorney James L. Laughlin,
who represents the convict in the
action.
The lawyer referred to the recent
trial in New York of a libel suit
which grew out of the Jordon case.
He pointed out that the New York
jury, after hearing evidence related
to the case, had petitioned President
Roosevelt to release Jordon or
grant him new trial
The New York suit was libel ac-
ton against a magazine which
printed story about the case. The
Jury acquitted the magazine.
The brief, which will be argued
today, contended that the fail
ure of the Government to call as
witnesses the persons who would
have the most intimate knowledge
of the facts of the crime" could not
be justified
Jordon recently sought freedom
here on habeas corpus proceeding.
but Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
of District Court disallowed this.
The current appeal followed.
Jordon was convicted of the mur-
der of Mrs. Lizzie Jaynes in the
Garden T Shoppe. 1885 Columbia
road NV, on April 3, 1881. He was
sentenced to die in the electric chair
but the President commuted this to
life imprisonment.
Evening star., 1940-03-08

ls42. No indication a. to how this
program is to be financed is given
by the committee but presumably
the recommendations for each fiscal
year will be considered as possible
items in the school estimates Of
that year.
It would not be amiss to point out
that the District school system is
not entirely local system. The sew
eral thousand nonresident children
educated here annually-most of
them at the expense of District tax
payers-under the present law, and
the proposed Tydings bill to extend
the present law even further, give
the system a national flavor. This
flavor, coupled with the fact that
the Nations Capital could well serve
as a model, lends support to recent
remarks by Senator Overton that an
increased Federal payment to the
District might improve conditions,
not only at certain institutions cur
rently the subject of congressional
investigation, but also in the schools
and some of the other institutions.
Evening star., 1940-03-08

Such powers he met with Q valiant
confidence, q courageous altruism.
Possibly 1t was hisAntimate acquaint-
ance with the history of human
evolution that gave him the strength
Of soul which he needed in q period
Of confusion, violence and destruc-
ton. Twelve governments bestowed
decorations upon him, thirty univer-
stiles and colleges granted him
honorary degrees, but the applause
which pleased him most was the
stammered gratitude Of boys and
girls whom he had delighted to aid.
It is hard to say farewell to so
good and valuable a citizen. But
there is comfort in the realization
that he will continue to be an in
spiration ito his contemporaries who
survive and to his children and theirs
who providentially may be wise
enough to follow where he led.
Evening star., 1940-03-08

law, and in view Of the fact that under
existing international law 1t is the
League Of Nations which is the sovereign
In matters affecting the inundated terri
torie-by what right has the British
government usurped that right in direct
controvention of the covenant of tha
League of Nations?
And, lastly, on the issue of morality,
where is the propriety of inflicting this
coup de grace on bleeding, hard-tried
and defenseless Jewish people while
Stain is engaged in extinguishing its
soul and Hitler in debauching its men,
women and children? Is it conceivable
that Jews are to be Disseminated against
in the matter of their right to purchase
and own the soil Of the promised land?
Is Mr.. Chamberlain really crusading for
fair play, justice and international law?
March l. I. WILMER.
Evening star., 1940-03-08
SILVER SPRING, Md.

Dear Sir:
"Have you seen any snowfakes. or
snow buntings, some one called them.
this season?
Are they rare in these parts2 A
flock Of $50 or more paused briefly in q
large holly tree in our yard early in
February.
Last year wrote asking you to recon-
mend book to be used in identifying
birds, as had just come up from Texas,
and knew few Of the birds here.
II got the little book by Reed, and
what good time have had. / keep a
supply Of seed, crumbs and suet ON q
balcony outside our rooms, and have
interesting visitors there at all hours.
My husband was sick last week. and
he, too, became quite interested.
Il have one mockingbird, one bluebird,
one starting, one cardinal, and many
juncos, titnice, sparrows, chickadees,
nuthatches (they are the ones I enjoy
most, several varieties of woodpeckers,
for suet; and my. the amount OF suet the
mockingbird and the startling can eati
Il have had an occasional visit from a
Texan cardinal Swell OF him, isn't it,
to call on Texans?
II find one mistake in Mr.. Reeds book.
OF the ruby-throated hummingbird he
says, This little gem is the only one Of
the family found within the territory in
cluded In this book think it is IS
varieties that have been seen in the Rio
Grande Valley Of Texas, only one variety
less than in Arizona, the record State.
"An Audubon Society man on Green
Island, sanctuary for birds of plumage
of the Texas coast. told me of seeing a
flock Of larger birds coming In from the
South with hummingbirds riding on
their backs.
Mr.. Reed says the red-bellied wood
pecker is said to be fond of orange Juice.
Don't we know! have often seen
them drilling holes in oranges in our
grove.
"oh, yes, have q brown creeper en- a
tree nearby.
your articles are constant source
Of pleasure and enlightenment.
Sincerely, E. P. c."
Il
The snow bunting Is q species Of
sparrow about 8 inches long, white,
striped with brown on the back, and
with black on the tail.
It is an accidental winter visiter here,
although 1t has been reported many
times.
Recently this column stated that q
resident at Forty-fourth and Ingraham
streets had seen one In the snow, ap-
propriately enough
This is one bird which deserves the
name of snow bird. It Is the real snow
bird. Compared with this snowflake, I"
as 1t is often called. our junco, or COM
mon snowbird, it not real snowbird at
all, in a sense, in the peculiar sense
that it seems to belong to the snow
itself.
From all We can hear and read about
Evening star., 1940-03-08
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trace1oeu.

the snow bunting, 1t seems to form Q
veritable part Of the snowy landscape. Of
the very winds and bowling snowstorns.
It loves the snow, rejoices in the winds.
1t prefers to eat seeds and withered
grasses, its main food. right out in the
open, where the winds blow and the
real snowflakes fall.
This bird Is not all white, despite its
very white name.
Appropriately enough, the brown
stripes on It's back resemble dead weeds
and branches Of annual flowers, from
which 1t feeds.
One hundred and fifty Of them In one
tree must have been sight, indeed
They seldom stay around Washington
very long. Most OF us will never be for
tunate enough TO have even one In
the yard.
The Forty fourth street observer who
called up about the snow bunting said
1t was unmistakable.
Certainly 1t would be, for not even
Whitley, the semi-white English sparrow,
to resemble anything but an English
sparrow.
The bunting would find itself quite at
home with the sparrows we have in this
vicinity, the English, the song sparrow
and the -throated sparrow, with
an occasional tree sparrow. To say
nothing Of the cardinal, also a sparrow,
although . most marvellous one, to
be sure.
Our correspondents Texas cardinal"
is, Of course, our Maryland cardinal, also
the Virginia cardinal, the Kentucky
cardinal and any other State it frequents
1t is the same bird everywhere, so
much loveu that the peoples Of all States
claim 1t by aflxing the name of their
own State.
Chester A. Reeds small pocket book
is subtitled Song and Insectivorous
Birds East Of the Rockies" We doubt
that he included Texas, any part Of it.
in his indicated territory, else he would
not have said that it is "the only one
Of the family found within the territory
included in this book"
Certainly that is true for this vicinity,
as far as the swriter here knows. We
have had the ruby -throats in the garden
for many years, but never any other
species of hummingbird. There Is q
moth which frequents phlox, which very
much resembles a ruby-throat hum
mingbird.
This column reserves judgment on that
story about hummingbirds riding across
the Gulf Of Mexico on the backs Of
larger birds Well, maybe
There is one thing certain in bird
observation, it is impossible to brand
any observation as fake just because you
have not seen the same thing yourself
AS for woodpeckers drilling into
oranges, that shows good taste.
They are intelligent birds, divinely
appointed to drill into fruits. With such
equipment, including splendid neck
muscles, they would be missing q good
thing If they didn't.
Evening star., 1940-03-08
School Needs

The recent report OF the three
man committee which surveyed the
school building replacement needs
bears out the findings of Senate
group headed by Senator Overton Of
Louisiana which last year visited
number of the school buildings and
recommended a somewhat similar
but more comprehensive replace
ment plan.
Senator Overton made an effort
to have program started in the
present budget, but, in the wrangle
with the House over the size of the
Federal payment last July, was un-
willing to hold up the long overdue
budget to fight over this item.
He did not. however, give up his
conviction of replacement needs and
his belief In the ultimate economy
of one modern twenty-four room
structure over two or three ancient,
ineffcient and educationally out
moded eight-room buildings hanging
over from the last century. The
request for the survey was his con-
dition for withdrawing the item from
the present budget.
The committee, composed of Audi
tor Daniel J. Donovan, Superin-
tendent OF Schools Frank w. Ballou
and Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner John L. Person, recon-
mended fourteen new buildings at q
cost Of $7.8s9,000. The expense
would be spread over . seven-year
period beginning In the fiscal year
Evening star., 1940-03-08
Praises President
As Nations Leader.
To the Editor OF The Star:

While of opposite political faith to
President Roosevelt. I admire him and
some Of the things accomplished during
his administrations.
When child, one of the hymns sung
in Sunday school, Count Your Many
Blessings" made distinct impression
upon me, which now brings the thought,
in this, our wonderful country, filled
with blessings and liberty beyond COM
pare, have We not become so SNUG and
well satisfied that there Is danger in
that very attitude?
Comparisons are odious, but risk the
following Think Of the leaders of the
several countries now at war. the fear
and condition Of their people, in contrast
with ours, led by God-fearing President.
March 6 WILLIAM r. WALTON.
Evening star., 1940-03-08
Tells Of Testimony
On Race Track Bill.
To the Editor OF The Star:

As one Of the witnesses appearing on
March before the subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee to protest
passage of Senate bill 1851 to reopen Ben
ming race track, would appreciate space
in your columns to recount some Of the
things said.
From reading the papers on Friday and
Saturday, March l and 2, one easily
could imagine that the only thing of i'm
portance at Fridays hearing was the
'horse-swap" between Commissioner AL
len and Senator Reynolds. Lost to the
reading public was the real nature OF
Commissioner Aliens remarks about
gambling in general and the Benning
project in particular.
For instance, Mr.. Allen expressed won-
derment that businessmen could be
found in favor Of racing in the District
because of the money sure to be taken
away from legitimate business during
the racing season. When asked by Sena-
tor Reynolds If he ever attended races,
Mr.. Allen said he enjoyed racing, had
frequently placed bets and had learned
from experience that you could not beat
the races" He also volunteered the opin-
ion that the revenue from the races
would not be enough to run the Zoo;
that, if revenue were the object of the
bill, dog races should also be run at night
and lottery or two on the side, or words
to that effect.
In my testimony before the subcou-
mittee as District taxpayer, en-
phasized the fact that enactment Of this
bill would legalize exploitation Of the
weakness of many people for gambling
in the name Of revenue, which in the last
analysis would not be reflected in savings
for the taxpayer. Several years ago, Con-
gress, at the request Of the Police De-
partment, enacted legislation giving the
police greater power for the suppression
Of the numbers racket in the District OF
Columbia. If conditions due to this form
Of gambling at that time called for legis-
lation abolishing the same, the enact
ment Of s. 1851 to lesalise another type
Of gambling would appear to be lam
entable step backward"
J. RAYMOND SCHMIDT,
General Superintendent. National
March I. Civic League.
Evening star., 1940-03-08
Dr.. John H. Finley

Nature gave to DR.. John H. Finley
q variety Of gifts. His mind ranged
the universe, his heart was synpa-
thetic toward all classes and condi-
tions of men. He was at once a
philosopher and an ardent partici-
pant in the everyday business of
the world. To declare that he was
predominantly teacher is to suggest
that he originated little or nothing.
But the contrary was true. Espe-
cially in the field of applied sociology
he was an active builder. The
number of good causes to which he
lent himself was legion.
If the explanation of the success
OF his career be sought, it probably
may be found in the spirit which
infused DR.. Finley's every effort. He
did nothing casually. So it happened
that he vitalized those with whom
he came into contact, quickened
their endeavors, contributed to their
achievement. The faculties over
which he presided looked to him not
merely for guidance but also for
support. AS commissioner Of educa-
ton for the State of New York he
brought new light into the schools,
and he saw to it that the light was
maintained. Similarly, as associate
editor and later as editor Of the
New York Times he set new stand
ards in journalism and provided for
their preservation under changing
conditions. Yet he asked Of others
only what he was gladly willing to
attempt himself.
His personal charm undoubtedly
was responsible in large measure for
the ease with which he moved from
task to task. He made friends with
q marvellous skill and kept them
without difficulty. People loved him
in response to his own generous and
thoughtful affection. His patriotism,
his optimism, his quiet faith, his
assurance that, no matter how dark
the skies, the sun would return were
among his most notably useful and
helpful characteristics. DR.. Finley
feared nothing unless perhaps the
brutal force of ignorance and greed.
Evening star., 1940-03-08
'BorderIine' Cases

Whatever other questions may be
raised by the report of the doctors
who made medical survey of the
Home for the Aged, one is inescap-
able. That is: For what purpose is
the Blue Plains institution main
tanned? If, as the popular conception
of its function assumes, it is in
tended as a place of refuge for aged
ambulatory persons who are not
eligible for old-age assistance, the
home has been misused for years as
municipal "catch-all" for scores of
borderline cases which cannot be
fitted into the existing civic picture.
For the doctors found many young
persons sheltered there, some in
their twenties, suffering from no
more than lack of simple opportunity
for rehabilitation. Others are re-
leased prisoners who are homeless
and jobless. There are psychotic
cases, feeble-minded, epileptics, Grip
piles and medical cases of various
types. Already action has been taken
to transfer those in urgent need of
medical care to Gallinger or other
hospitals, but what disposition can
be made of the others must await
further study.
The District Training School at
Laurel is crowded with six hundred
feeble minded patients. At least four
hundred and fifty others in the city
are known to the Welfare Board.
Blue Plains has twenty-one. Thus
the city is confronted with the prob
lem of either caring for them in
make-shift fashion, of providing ad-
ditional facilities at Laurel for those
under forty-five who would be legally
eligible for admission, or of turning
them back in their Indulgence upon
the community. More serious is the
problem Of epileptics. No institution
is provided for these, hence the eight
who are poverty-stricken must be
cared for at Blue Plains. Similarly
many young and middle-aged per-
sons who are poor but employable,
and therefore eligible for no other
form of relief, are forced upon the
Home for Aged as an emergency
measure.
It is in this fashion that Blue
Plains, over period of many years,
has become the last resort of these
individuals who have been overlooked
by the community. Those without
family or friends, victims of eco
nomic distress and unable to care for
themselves, have been sent there for
humane reasons and not because
they required such care.
Every effort should be exerted to
make adequate provision elsewhere
for these "borderline" cases. But,
even If that be done, it should not be
forgotten that Blue Plains still would
be inadequate for the ambulatory
aged.