The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1934, Page 12

TR N s sty v, SETTOTRI REIT NOTED DOCTOR VISITS JUNEAU ON WAY SOUTH Creighton University Scien- tists Return from Eski- mo Health Survey Dr. Victor E. Levine, noted scien- tist, stopped off in Juneau Satur- day on his return from the Arctic, leading a scientific expedition to study medical problems among the Eskimos. Dr. Levine was a south- bound passenger on the Victoria. He is a physiclan of national reputation, and is a professor at the School of Medicine in Creigh- ton University, Omaha, Neb. Dr. YLevine is also a major in the med- jcal department, United States oy 2 v His trip to the Arctic is the first of a series of scientific investiga- tions on health probiems relative to the Eskimo. Next year an inves- tigation will be made at Kotzebue, Wainwright, and Point Barrow. Started in June Dr. Levine and his party started out from Seattle early in June, and salled to Seward. From Seward he took the Alaska Railroad to Nenana, where they boarded the river steamer and sailed down the | yukon. They made observations of the Eskimos at Hamilton, Akul- urak, St. Michael, Unalakleet, King Island, Diomede Tsland and Nome. The research undertaken con- sisted of taking physical measure- ments of Eskimo children, determ- ining their mutritional status, and their basal metabolic rate. Blood samples were also taken in order to make quantitative determina- tions of important constituents. In addition, tests were run to deter- mine the susceptibility of the Es- kimo child to tuberculosis, diph- therla and scarlet fever. Dying Race The Eskimos are fast dying off, according to Dr. Levine. In 1837 a terrible epidemic of smallpox started and raged for four years. It| ! spread all along the coast. Thou-| | sands upon thousands of Eskimos were numbered among its victims. Many villages were almost com- pletely depopulated. Hardly had the Inuit, as the Eskimos call themselves, begun to recuperate from the ravages of smallpox, than fresh misfortunes fell upon them. In 1848, an Amer- jcan whaling vessel commanded by Captain Roy, first passed the Ber- ying Straits and penetrated the icy idastrss of the Arctic Ocean. The result of this bold venture proved so very rich that in a few years the remote region became the reg- ular cruising ground of the whal- ing fleet. Villages Shrink The inroads made by the whal- ers upon the food supply of the Inuit in the slaughter of the whale and the walrus and the dreadful effect produced on the natives by the Introduction of disease, have helped considerably to cut down the population. Prior to the advent of the white man, villages having from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants were thickly dotted along the entire coast. Now the villages are very small indeed. The influenza of 1918 took an extremely heavy toll in Eskimo lives. At the present time it is tu- berculosis that is ravaging the Es- kimo. Every village visited by the expedition disclosed two or three in the last stages of tuberculosis and in a dying condition. It was not unusual for members to go into a village to find that someone had just died of the disease. Highly Susceptible In the susceptibility tests, it was determined that 97 per cent of Eskimo children are susceptible to the disease. As for scarlet fe- wer, the susceptibility runs as high @s 87 percent. A very high per- centage of the children tested also showed susceptibility to diphtheria. Examination of the records of more than 2,000 Eskimo deaths dis- closed that 50 percent of the deaths were due from tuberculosis alone. Short Life Span Calculation of the average life $pan of the Eskimo showed that at birth, the average Eskimo can ex- pect to live but 20 years. The birth rate is not high enough to offset the losses due to death, and Dr. Levine declares that unless im- mediate and stringent measures are taken for the preservation of the Eskimo, he is doomed to speedy extinction. Professor C. W. Bauer of Creigh- ton University accompanied Dr Levine, and assisted in the survey. In commenting upon present health programs in effect. Dr. Le- wvine praised the work of the gov- ernment physicians who are work- ing among the Eskimos, in the v}u(hest terms, saying that they are ~ mccomplishing marvels, considering 4 handicaps they are forced to in Woman’s Company | WINNIPEG, Sept. 10.—Contend- it was not fair that money she could use to good ad- ge should be squandered on , Mrs. Mary Sicker told Judge that she B THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 10, 1934. |Fall Mode, S Black, an cutstanding cclor ¢f the winter mode, makes this wool coat with a close fitting neck- line finishcd with a gieat “flower” of black breits-hwanz. It is worn with a simple black wocl frock whose high neckline is rimmed with red and purple fringe flowers, following ths n's trend to The black foque is fea‘hercd in aigrette:. D gy Rouff. accent black withe cclors, Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers = (above), Standard Oil multi-mil- | lionaire and father of the former Millicent Rogers, was the intended vietim of a blackmail extortion plot by a former chauffeur for the oil king. New 'York police sald the chauffeur, John Cvaniga, confessed when a d. (Associated Press Photo) - ! LEMONS, Large, Fz;ncy, dozen . ‘RESH PRUNES, Italians, 3 Ibs. Co-Eds Takingfl Course | in Designing of Homes AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 10.—No long- er will the male of the species have the final say—if he ever did | —on architectural details of a home, when co-eds of the Uni- versity of Texas complete their education. A course in home de offered to home economic: at the univel The taught to prepare plans for an ideal home, down to the minutest | detail of floor planning color combinations, mat cost. Making financial ments and provision for upkeep in the family budget are included in the course. BUTTER, A-1 Grade, prints, Ib. HOUSEHOLD POLISH, bottle .. .. . R ‘Ancient Dog Left Mark CHICAGO.—The lroubles of con- crete layers with people who leave PRICE nothing new. ‘The bothered King Sargon of the Hit- tite empire in what is now Turkey same thing in 720 B. C. A clay tablet on which Sargon's seal hafl been im- printed and left to dry also bears the footprints of a dog which ran derom the tablet before it mu‘g PHONE 342 Prompt SHOP IN JUNEAU! I ;i‘(’(’[; of C;fli)r; Black Right in Front Balks Blackmail Plot ;Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office GARDEN PATCH DIRECT FROM PRODUCER PRICES TOMATOES, Fancy Ripe, pound .........10 POTATOES, Dry Land Washingtons, 9 Ibs..25¢ CRABAPPLES, Very Good, 4 lbs.-.........25 SPANISH ONIONS, Dry Kiln, 3 Ibs. .......10c EGGS, Large, Fresh, Standards, dozen .....32¢c A regular 50-cent size at AN INTRODUCTORY Garden Patch 00000 A BUTTE DOCTOR IS IMPRESSED - WITH VAGATION Declares Chambers of Commerce Should Ad- vertise Alaska More Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Moore have been in town for the past few ‘days, registered at the Gastineau Hotel. Mrs. Moore is the only daughter of the late Ben Bullard of Taku, who was buried in May cf last year. Dr. Moore was greatly impressed with his trip and with Juneau, which he likens to the Butte, Mont., of many years ago, when the populatich was “just like one big family.” | Dr. and Mrs. Moore left on the steamer Alaska this morning for Butte, where he has offices in the Metals Bank Building, and where he has been a practicing | physician for 20 years. On leaving, he said that it is his intention to make more of an effort that he had ever previously thought worth while, to get back to Alaska more often in the future. i He believes that more of an ef- fort should be made by Alaska Chambers of Commerce to inform i the. world, and particularly the residents of the drought stricken areas of the Middle West of the wonderful farming and stock rais ing possibilities of Southeast Al- | aska near the centers of popula- | tion. | - - Bar German Refugees HAVANA.—The Cuban govern- ment has refused to grant permis- | sion for 2,000 German Jews to set- tle in the island, not only because | present laws would have to be amended but also because a new , whe e the hci® lected t ROGWE'L Ga., Scnt. 10.—An rtist’s painting of Bulloch® Hall, 1tebellum home of President Theo- e Roosevelt's mother, Martha ‘ulloch, has gone from here to 1 the nation’s capital. Mrs. Frances Lee Turner of De- atur, Ga., mother of seven chil- iren, did the work and sent it to Vashington for exhibiffon. Presidesit Roosevelt, a niece of Martha Bulloch, recog- immigration law in the making would bar them, The claimed to be technical! m of them with coliege tra - Giant Elk’s Head Found r ' DUBLIN.—The head of a giant elk believed to have roamed Ire-| land some 20,000 years ago during the first part of the glacial pe- riod has been duz out of a bog in County Dublin. It was found by ers of the Danish expedition hea 1 by Prof Knud Jessen, Co- “ penhagen scientist. The head is about three feat long and in a good | of preservation. — e SHGP IN JUNE"U! prA R «| (o] (o] o ....20¢ (o) Free Delivery e Ted the old mansion immediately nd requested that the picture be vansferred to the White House. many traditions of the time Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., the for- ner President’s father, came here ‘rom New York by slow train and White House Géts Painting of T. R.’s Ancestral Home Bulloch Hall, hoime of Theedors R nting by a CWA arl vie wic {o hany i in another great White House | whose wife | All of that has served to freshen | { he cvel’s mother, is the sub- Mis. Francces Lee Turner The Franklin D. Roose- ¢ Whiie Iouse. slower stage coach to woo and wed I®swell's beautiful belle. She met him while visiting friends in Phil- adelphia and the legends say it s a case of mutual love at first' sight. Bullocn Hall was built in 1840, at the peak of the OIld South's agri- cultural prosperily. Time has deal! gently with it, leaving nothing but the style of architecture to indi- cate its age. e, e——— Pipe Lethal Weapon BUDAPEST — Because he beat his mother-in-law with the cherry- wood stem of a huge Hungarian pipe, Istvan Banyai i3 spending three months in jail. WILD HOG HUNTERS FIND BOW, ARROWS DEADLY FOR SPORT SAVANNAH, Ca., Scpi. 10- has become the fad to hunt with | bow and arrow along the Georgia coast—and the deadliness of that | weapon is evinced in the bagzing >f wild hogs. Ralph Conzelman, | Detroit, Mich., first to make a kill while on Ussabaw Island. He dro | arrow 14 inches into the f a 220-pound boar and it dropped dead in its tracks an enjoyed the success of ing the kill with a single Tract in Business Center : Lined with Hitching Posts LATTA, S. C. Sept. 10.—Horses and mules haven't capitulated to the automobile after all. For the convenience of farmers, who come to town in great number: on Saturdays, citizens of Latta apart a tract near the business center and lined it with hitching posts. Just so there will be no mistak- ing, the lot is identified by a big sign that reads “Free Landing 'Field for H s and Mules.” D TWIN PINCH-HITS | FOR ELECTED KIN ILLINGTON, N. C. Sept. 10-- Fred Thomas recently was elected to the State Legislature and party leaders called a meeting to cele- {brate. Business affairs kept him froem lattending but he sent his ’hrcther. Ed, as a pinch hitter. jcrowd called on him for a sseech. And Brother Ed responded with a 1 ringing oratior. When the tumult died down, a party chieftain suggested “Fred | Thomas is the greatest orator Har- |neit County has produced in | generation.” | Fred and Ed kept their secret awhile, but finally it leaked out. VAl AT i B s Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! Cash Talks Real Close Out Bargains GLOVES, Gapeskin paic NOW'. . ... ... Values to $2.50 él.S() GLOVES, Fabiic. NOW. & sid 2r. oo e GIRDLES, Lastex, Special ceeian...5195-83.75 DRESSES, Values to $10.95, NOW. it C g St S es HOUSE DRESSES, Very Special, NOW. .. $1.00 HOUSE FROCKS, Voile Trims, NOW . $225 PU&SES, a choice lot at ........ .$1.00 RAINCOATS, Misses’, your pick .$1.50 RAIN CAPES, rubber, NOW ... 5195 SILK HOSE, Worth More, 2 pairs $1.75 DRESSES, Children’s, sizes 8 to 14 . .65¢ to $1.25 SWEAT SHIRTS, Warm Colors, each ......75¢ ALL SALES FINAL ANDJFOR CASH Juneau Sample Shop “The Little Store With the Big Values” i - * - = TIIIRT1T 08T M I LT T IR N L L - LR . ,, - na T LT LT T RN