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Evening star., 1940-05-14

Z OiSe9Se IL Cur4ble.
The pinto is durable, DR.. Herrejor
reported, with essentially the same
remedies used in the treatment o,
syphilis.
Chronic alcoholics in the Amer.
icas are often victims Of . hiehl,
fatA disease which Il indistinauish.
able from the dreaded beriberi o,
the Orient and 10 due to lack q,
vitamin B in the diet, Dr.. SOM
Weiss Of Harvard University tole
the congress.
The malady attacks the nervos,
system and the heart. In the OH.
ent 1t Is due to Z diet made III
almost exclusively Of fish and poi.
ished rice. The husks Of the rica
grains. which are discarded, con.
tain plenty Of the vitamin. Tn,
alcoholic naturally does not at ths
foods which contain the Nfe-savinl
substance. 3,
The syndromes Of the disease Il
both cases are identical, Dr.. Weis,
said. The life Of the alcoholic car
be saved, even after serious hear
manifestations, by supplying him
with vitamin In concentrated form
Starvation dropsy, or edema, Z
malady marked by the gathering oi
watery fluid In the body cavities
occasionally occurs In the Southern
United States, said Dr. John r.
Youmans OF Johns Hopkins Uni
verdty.
Occurs IN FAmines.
In the past he said, Il has often
appeared IN epidemic form during
wars and 1amiues. it's now known
he explained, that such epidsuniel
take paace enly u populations q
Evening star., 1940-05-14

inadequite diets, especially diets low
IN proteins. Sporadic cases are
found IN persons with some other
disease which tnterferes with the
proper utilization Of the food eaten.
BY tests Of the blood serum, he
said, It now Is possible to detect
the malady before there are any
outward signs.
The original maize, ancestor OF
the second most valuable agricul-
tural crop on earth and the basis
Of one Of the earth,s greatest ancient
civilizations, may still be growing
in the lowlands Of South America,
declared DR.. p. G. Mangelsdorf Of
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station.
: Studies Of the heredity Of corn,
he said. show that 1t must have
come from some Wild South Amert-
can species Of corn, which was
first cultivated by the highly ad-
vanced Indians Of Bolivia and
Peru, probably thousands OF years
before the Spanish conquest. There
1t was crossed with another corn
variety and spread in Ill direc-
tions over the New World.
The United States has 10000. 900
acres Of elbow room left out of the
supposedly limitless land resources
at the time Of the Civil War, John
G. Page, commissioner of reclama-
ton, told the congress,
The available water supply Of the
West, Mr.. Page said, puts an arbt-
trary limit Of about $4,000. 900 acres
out Of the TOO 900 900 arid and semi
arid areas which can be reclaimed
for general farming through irriga-
ton. OF this, 10000 900 acres al
ready are included In irrigation
projects and 1000 900 more are be-
ing developed.
Already. Mr.. Page said, a great
inland empire has been created by
reclamation. with q population Of
100000 on 5000 farms and III
258 new cities and towns. One
NTH OF the cost has been repaid to
the Federal Treasury.
Continental Planning Suxrested.
Continental planning to prevent
development Of centers Of poverty
and discomfort was urged by
Roberto G. Simonson Of the Brazil
ian Institute Of Geography and
Statistics.
Once such an area starts in any
country. he said, there are psy-
Geological barriers against . self
cure by migration to richer regions
the attachment to home, the ex-
treme conservatism Of rural popu-
lations and the sapping of vitality,
which lowers initiative. Also, he
said. the population soon becomes
so poor that 1t cannot move any
way.
The remedy, he said, must be
constant national surveys to detect
centers Of underpopulation and
overpopulation and State-fostered
internal migration movements. In
addition, DR.. Simonson stressed,
there should be international and
intercontinental arrangements for
large migrations.
Evening star., 1940-05-14
Van Iceland Tells Iowans
Small Nations look 10 j. 5.
- eAssociafeA Yress.

~ TIE Associated rress.
DES MONIES. Iowa, May IA
Paul Van Iceland. former Belgian
Premier. last night told q forum au-
adisuc4 here thas Europe's small na-
tions hope 'the might of the United
States sooner or later will be felt
in favor Of right"
The crowd. estimated at 400 by
forum ofncials, applauded the state
ment.
The speaker said the smaller coun-
tries cannot forget that this Nation
In the preceding war took a definite
stand for the high principles on
which rests their very existence"
Evening star., 1940-04-04
KOCH

1000 The Germm phYsi-
uoOZ cim. Robert Koch.
discovers the tuberculosis germ.
For 1000 yedrs doctors hod been
in the dmk ds to the oduse Of this
disease. until Koch proved it is
ouused by germs which CON be
seen with q microscope. If tuber-
culosis germs om be seen in
your sputum. it mems thdt you
ore q spreoder Of the disedse.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
PIRQuET

10@7A Viennese chill
NV dren's specidlist. DR..
Clemens Won Prquet. observes
thdt the presence Of tuberculosis
germs hidden in the body CON
be detected by q skin test known
os the tuberculin test. The French
phYsicm. Dr.. Mmtoux. i'm
proved Pirquet's method. mdking
the test more relioble. Severed
million tuberculin tests ore now
given by physicians each YeU.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
|AUEllbRUCCER
17Z1 An Austrim mmY
u " physicim, DR.. Leo

u|Ou phYsiGm. DR.. Leo
pold Auenbrugger. discovers
thdt by gentle topping with the
fingers on the chest sounds ore
reveoied which indicate changes
in the lung odused by tuberculo-
sis md other diseases. Ndpo-
Icons phYsidm. DR.. Corvissat.
mode topping" (percussion)
populdr in 1908 md ever since
oil physicians use it.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
R0ENTCEN
1895 sos ,nf Of S11%@ phya;cs' Evil W.

uo10 sor of physics. VIII
helm Konrod Won Roentgen. dis
covers the X-rdY. No one fore
saw the possibility Of using this
penetrating roy to discover hid
den tuberculosis. Twenty Yems
had to pass before X-ruY equip
ment wos developed thdt would
enoble physicians to photograph
the fointest shadows cost by dis
eosed spots in sick lungs. Now
the X-rdY is our most important
diognostic 0d
Evening star., 1940-04-04
HIPPOCRATES
400 b.C. gSSsis;%' gss G5sst

Hippouotes. describes correctly
the signs and symptoms Of con-
sumption. Modern doctors no
longer wdit for signs md symp-
toms to .dppedr before suspect
ing tuberculosis because usudl-
ly there ore no signs and sYmp-
toms when tuberculosis begins.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
LAENNEC
1910 TheFrenchphYsicim
U0U7 DR.. Rene Theophile

~ DI. Nelle IIIeOkHHe
HYdcinthe Loennec. invents the
stethosoope. the instrument doc
tors use for listening to the
sounds which oir mokes when
rushing in md out of the lung.
The stethoscope is Still one Of our
important diognostic oids. but
phYsiGms today no longer rely
on the stethoscope alone in dag
nosing eorly tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1940-04-04
PHYSICIANS DEPEND
ON THE X-AY FOR
MAKING DIAGNOSIS

The most important recent discov-
cry is thdt some people mdY have
tuberculosis thdt omnot be diagnosed
by any other method except by the
X-roy. tuberculosis in its edrlY
stages is often without signs and
symptoms. Topping" md listen
ing." even the sputum test. may re-
veal nothing while attempting to dis
cover eorlY tuberculosis. However. q
positive tuberculin test mems infec-
ton and the X-roY may reveal the
sick spot in the lung before slowly
appearing symptoms such os fotigue.
loss of weight. indigestion or q cough
grouse mY suspicion. The X-rdY hos
become ON essential part of q lung
examination. No chest examination
for tuberculosis is complete without
the X-EuY.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
AMERICAN DEFENSE
 CONFERENCE SET FOR
 HAVANA ON JULY 2(

WASHINGTON, July 12-State Secretary Cordell Hull said that re- ported German activities in Latin America in connection with the forthcoming Havana conference ap- parently was a species of intimida- tion of nations whose sovereignty was entitled to the fullest respect.
 The conference of American na- tions will meet July 20 to consider methods of joint action on the wes- tern hemisphere for defense and ec- onomic unity
 Hull's comment was prompted by questions at his press conference about dispatches, particularly from Central American countries, report ing that German diplomats had warned the governments of those countries against any action aimed directly or indirectly at Germany.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
NEW OFFICERS OF
 CIVIC CLUB INSTALLED
 AT CANDLE CEREMONY

Mrs. l. c. Biorge, past president. served as installing officer at the Civic Club last Saturday when the following officers for 1940-41 took their respective places: President. Mrs. F. s. Barnes; yiee-president, Mrs. E. c. Anderson; recording sec retary, Mrs Robert Evans; cores bonding secretary, Mrs. NJ. O. John son and treasurer, Mrs. Fl. B. Thorn quist. Mrs. Bjorge was assisted by Mrs. Ben Brodhead and Mrs D. R. Sharnbroich. Preceding the simple eandle-lighting ceremony which was used. a musical program consisting Of community singing, piano selee- tions by Miss Dorisanne Barnes and vocal solos by Mrs Sharnbroich with Mrs. L.. l.. Meadows at the piano, was enjoyed
 To assist in carrying on the work of the club, Mrs. Barnes appointed Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Brodhead and Mrs. Mason to act as membership committee Mrs. Anderson to continue on the park committee, Mrs NJ O. Johnson as publicity committee, and Mrs. Herb Kittilsby on the library board with Mrs. Russell Pederson and Mrs. Val Coulter. Other appoint ments will be announced later. Hos tesses at Saturdays luncheon were Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Sid Bar rington, and for the Chamber of Commerce Iuneheons during July, Mrs. Ben Brodhead will have charge and select her own helpers.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
MRS. PEDERSON IGNORED
 BY FRIENDS BEFORE
 DEPARTURE FOR STATES

More than forty friends gathered at the church parlors of the Pres byterian church last Wednesday noon for luncheon honoring Mrs. Russell F. Pederson, who is leaving soon with the Rev. MT. Pederson and their family tor a years stay in the states.
 The tables were decorated with summer flowers and those serving were Mrs. George Sumption, Mrs. E. Isler, Mrs. Leth Meadows and Mrs. c. C. Mundy. After the luncheon the afternoon was spent informally. Mrs A. W. H. Smith and Mrs. I. C.. Bjorge were head of the committee for the enjoyable affair.
 Having been here for many years the Pedersons' departure is regret ted by their many parishioners and the large turnout for last Wednes- days luncheon was a fitting tribute for the large number of close friends they have made while here. A go- ing away gift was presented to Mrs. Pederson with the hope that the end of a year would see her back in the Wrangell parish.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
WRANGELL LOOMS
 AS POSSIBLE STORAGE
 BASE FOR ARMY SUPPLE

Possibility that Wrangell may be- come a storage base for the Army in it's defense pogram in Alaska ap- pears in a recent query received by the Chamber of Commerce. The Quartermaster Corps has asked for a complete survey of the industrial capacity of the town, including in- formation as to dockage space, oil planes and storage capacity, tele- phone and light plant information, tide levels, possible floor space in buildings which might be available and other general data about the community.
 This week with the presentation of the budget message to Congress, it was revealed that $630,0O0 is to be spend by the Army in Alaska in providing storage space for oil, gasoline, bombs and other Army supplies and equipment
 The data is now being prepared by the Chamber and will be forward ed shortly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
SPOKANE WOMAN HERE TO BECOME BRIDE OF
 CAPTAIN DAN BAYNE

Mrs. Marie Gray of Spokane, Wash, and her little daughter, Beverly, arrived in Wrangell on the Columbia the first of the week to make their home, Mrs. Gray will become the bride of Captain Dan Bayne of the ARB floating cannery Retriever which is now in Icy Strait Time of the ceremony is dependent on the arrival of Captain Bayne in Wrangell. They will make their home at the former Morke resi- dence.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
PLANENEWs

The Petersburg Air Service made the following trips during the week:
 Friday July 5th-Bin stedman. round trip from Petersburg; Bob Coneannon. Barney Johnson from Petersburgi Albert Roaming. Hilmar Hansen, round trip from Wrangell; Norman Olsen from Petersburg.
 Saturday. July 9th = Charlotte Judd, Edward Riley. From Peters burg, A. J. Trones, round trip. Pe- tersburg, Burnett Inlet, Petersburg, P. J. Shattuck from Burnett Inlet to Petersburg.
 Sunday 8th: Lloyd Benjamin, Gif- ford Close, Jr.. Valentine Gartley- one hour eharter-Anan Creek and lower stikine.
 Charlotte Judd, Mrs. IDgar Nore, Norman Olsen to Petersburg.
 Monday, 9th: o. 0. Brattebo to Ketehikan.
 Tuesday, 10th Dr. and Mrs. shar- penberg from SS Northland, Ketch- kan to Petersburg. Note: Mrs. sharpenberg is Mrs. Schwamm's sis ter. They are going to live in sitka.
 Peter Lund. Miss Lucia Olson from Petersburg. Miss Lucia olson, nurse, took the CPR that night.
 Chas Early. Orlando "Tink" Bak- ke and Orie Harris, round trip, An an Creek.
 Wednesday-A. R. Brueger to Burnett Inlet and Anan and return Frank Barnes from Anan Creek.
 Thursday-A. R. Brueger to and from Pelican City. Frank Barnes to and from Point Lockwood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
WHITEHEAD CHILDREN
 PEP UP THINGS AT
 M 0. JOHNSON HOME

Life is particularly gay and hap py at the home of Mir and Mrs NJ. o. Johnson Virginia Ann, Page and Stuart Whitehead, children of pr. and Mrs ". NJ. Whitehead, for mer Wrangell residents and now of Juneau. are at the Johnson home for about three weeks. Mrs. White head, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Johnson, went through south on the North Sea this week, leaving the children here with grandma and grandpa while she and the Doctor are on a trip to the States. Dr.. Whitehead went south on the Clip per to attend a meeting of Rotary in Chehalis, Wash, Mrs. Whitehead will join him there and with MT and Mrs. Hugh Wade of Juneau, the party will motor down the coast, taking in the fair at San Francisco and other points of interest.
 Also on the North Sea were Mrs. s. B. Whitehead of Lovington, Va, mother of Dr. Whitehead, and Mrs. Irene Smott of Washington, D. G., his Aunt. They were returning home after visiting the Whitehead family in Juneau
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12

run his business on the strength Of their small stock holdings in hisI company, they just talked about flowers and the weather. And theeeI sat Willkie with a useless chip onI his shOulder).
 And Wendell Willkies the man. whose slim. lovely wife had ratherI just stroll down the street with herI husband than do most anything else.
 The biography broadcast from theI Winkie- for President headquarters is, in the words of William Allen White, the slickest literary gooseI grease that has burdened the second class mail in sometime It skips part of the lofty hokun usually used to, doll up a candidate, cheerfully paints Willkie in his youth as Pecks' Bad Boy, whom no mother would take as a model for her son.
 Typical American Boy
 He was always in trouble" t says, fighting. tipping over neigh bors' priYies, using his Sunday School text cards from the Metho- dist church to play a gambling game with his five brothers and sisters"
 But in its more serious passages, the campaign biOgrapher is also ear nestly eager to give you a portrait of a "big shot" utility executive who undeniably is a self made man.
 It tells you how the ailing B. C. of al h called the able lawyer from the Mid Idle West to New York at three times his midwest income, and in 1883 made Willkie the boss of the whole show at $75,00O a year.
 No wonder the biographer adds that Wendell Willkie believes there is still opportunity today in America. From hobo to corporation chief is a long stride If he made it, he thinks other men can do as
 But the biography might have left off the next sentence:
 He has no powerful friends, no personal influence. no pull ,"
 No man who has done the things he has done, or possessed the Will kie fire and dash could help but at ract friends from many walks of life, as well as make a few enemies along the way.
 When the Willkie boom was in it's infancy an old lady wrote Philadelphia newspaper that to her way of thinking, the Lord had sent us (presumably the Republicans Wendell Willkie.
 William L. Harman, vice-presi- dent of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and head of the Pennsyl- Vania Willkie-for-Presi Clubs, added:
 T regard this as a semi-religious movement, and we are trying to get | it on a revival basis. To which the Republican convention said. Amen
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
FOR. SALE

Gasboat Lesnoi, 24x6, 45 horse power Universal Engine. Ideal for 5illnetting See Ben Engdahl. 28tf
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
LABOR STILL
 FOR FDR SAYS
 LEGION HEAD

Continued from page one) schools Of New York State. She Is active in the work of the Federated Clubs Of Rockville Centre, and a leader in local civic and philan= thropic organizations.
 Her eligibility to Auxiliary mem bership comes through the World War service Of her husband, who was a sergeant in the quartermaster Corps, at Camp Dix. New Jersey. and her brother, Raymond Sweet. a sergeant in Company K, 3O3 In tantry, 18th Division.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
CREASE PUT WILLKIE
 OVER WHITE
By MORGAN NJ. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

One day back in 1887 when the New Deal utility scrap was making Washington weather stickier than usual, l had to get some information about Commonwealth & Southern, the big holding company Wendell L. Willkie runs.
 A utility representative in Wash ington said
 Sorry, I cant speak for c. $ S., but I'll pass on your questions
 Then the phone rang.
 This is Wendell Willkie,' said the voice, crisp like iceberg lettuce.
 But l didn't know you were in Washington, Mr. Willkie."
 Pm not, he snapped. but when a reporter wants my side of this scrap, I'm ready to give it to him. Shoot!"
 From his New York office right next to Wall Street, Wendell Willkie rattled off his answers.
 Call me any time" he finished.
 And as 1 wrote my account l won dered, as a lot of people have lately, what manner of man this Willkie was.
 He Surprises Elm All
 Willkies the man who iOked about a presidential boom while others were desperately trying to launch theirs He's the fellow who actually shooed away able young men who insisted on throwing up good jobs to help Willkie bring down the moon, but finally failed to dissuade them.
 He's the tobacco chewing, fist singing young man who once chal- lenged the Bible on the campus of Indiana University, about-faced, lis tened to the Methodists, and ultim- ately chose the Episcopalians.
 He's the hobo with book learning who. once turned down a farmers 8 daughter and her loo acres of Iowa corn land.
 "A few weeks ago, more than a quarter of a century later, an Iowan told the story on Willkie at a polit- ical rally. After the meeting, an el- derly farmer stepped up and asked the candidate what year he had been a hobo farm hand in Iowa. Willkie counted back for his inquirer Nope said the old fellow, you ain't the man; I'm looking for a chap that didn't exactly turn down the far mer's daughter").
 0usted The Bankers
 Willkies the rough and tumble Hoosier who went to New York a dozen years ago with a chip on his shoulder for banks, and fired all but one out of Commonwealth and Southern swivel chairs. Then he turned right around and accepted an invitation to lunch from a group of Morgan partners.
 (They fooled him for fair. h. stead of trying to tell him how to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
HELP WANTED

Norwegian Aid, Inc. of Seattle sol icits your help for needy Norwegians in Norway or neighboring countries to which they have fled. Lists for contributions have been placed with |. A. Olsen, Helen's Place. Johnson's Store, Wrangell Steam Laundry.
 August Buschmann, Chairman,
 Seattle and Alaska. Andy Johnson, Wrangell Chairman Mrs M O. Johnsn, Secretary.
 Adv.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
REPORT FARLEY MAY
 HEAD TANK BALL CLUB

WASHINGTON, July 12 Report is current this week following the conference of Postmaster General James A. Farley with President Roosevelt at Hyde Park that the Postmaster would resign from the Cabinet and re-enter private busin- ess as head of the New York Yankee baseball club. Farley was non-oom- initial.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12
* * % * F * # E HAPPY BIRTHDAY *

v H W # H W g 1 The Sentinel extends birthday greetings this week to:
 Harry Coulter, July 15.
 Tess Sorset, July Is.
 Arthur Pederson, July 15. Mrs. T. J. Mcbride, July 16. Neil Grant, July IS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12

Postmaster Albert Vile of Juneau is returning home on the Alaska to- day after a vacation trip Outside during which time he visited Mon tana and other points in the Pa- cific Northwest.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12

FOR SALE: Row boat and outboard
 motor Life preserver cushions, household scales, copper boiler,
 wash tubs, ironing board, piano. stool, tables, ditto paper. adv.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-07-12

The Rev. Russell Peterson left on the Alaska on a roundtrip to Skag- way accompanying the Christian EndeaYor Cruise. He will take them to places of interest and show his motion pictures of Alaska on board.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-02
Average For
Leaf Drops
To $l9.S6
Two Weeks of Poor
Quality Tobacco Low
err Season Averages;
Fridays Sales Are
A76,378 Pounds at
$14.82 Average.

Sales of tobacco on the Henderson
market this week brought the sea-
sons average price below the 2G-cent
level for the first time this year, &C
cording to official figures complied
by Smith H. Young, sales supervisor.
Poor quality Of offerings during the
past two weeks was given as the rea-
son for the break in prices. bringing
the season average to Sl9.66 per hun
dred pounds.
Yesterdays sales tOtalCd 4I6.3io
pounds of leaf which brought total
Of S70,6O3.64. an average Of Sl4.o2.
Sales for the week amounted 10
l,972,724 pounds, sold at an average
Of S16.22 for Il total amount Of S3l9,-
9i4.G2
The seasons sales now total ID
36i,342 pounds of tobacco. sold Tor
%2,65i,545.ll, an average Of Sl9.o6.
Sales Supervisor Young said thai
prices grade for grade. arc holding
up on the local market, but that lit
lie quality leaf is being offered a.
this time. He called attention TO
similar declines in averages through
out the belt, and said that prices PAID
at Henderson are among the highest
in the state at this time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-02
Organ To Be
Dedicated

An elaborate program has been ar
ranged by the United Presbyterian
church (colored). on North Chestnut
street for the dedication Of its new
Hammond electric organ tomorrow
Dr. J. A. Cotton. the pastor OF the
church. is to preach the sermon, COM
inc from Knoxville, Tenn. where
ne is serving Us president Of Knox
vile College temporarily, to speak
Dr.. Cotton was for some 80 years
head OF Henderson Institute here,
and is now its principal emeritus.
Participating in the program will
be Rev. H. S. Davis and Rev. F. A.
Edwards. both Of Oxford. and Rev.
c. \. Williamson. in addition to DR..
Cotton. They will appear at the II
a. m. service, which has been set
aside for the dedicatory program.
In the evening. at 7:30 o'clock. the
service will be devoted entirely to
music. mostly with the organ featur-
ed. Mrs. NJ. S. Williams as organist
and director of music. will be in
charge.
Both services are expected to be
largely attended.