The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1938, Page 8

CANTON LEVELS CITY TOWASTE FORJAPANESE Chinese Destroying All of Value in Path of Near- ing Invader HIGH EXPLOSIVES TO BLOW UP FACTORIES Swift Advance of Nippon- ese Still Puzzling to Military Observers CANTON, Oct. 20.—This terrified city of a normal three quarters of a million people is no longer led with the cit of daily business as the Risi un flag of the invading Japanese columns draws swiftly closer from Bias Bay and to the north. Exodus Continues For three weeks there has been frantic exodus of civilians in wagons and rickshas, and every conceivable means of transport in an attempt to reach safety in the depths of re- mote interior towns Everywhere there is for the “scorched th and & tile” policy of retreat, and wor are working day and night plan high explosives in Canton’s major factories yreparation I i Canton to Burn When the Japanese reach this ready bomb pitted metropolis, they will find only shattered and burning wreckage, for the magnitude present destruction preparaticns in- dicate that in Canton, the Japane will find the greatest degree of * struction in the path of retreat, they have found anywhere in their many Chinese advances. “Leave Nothin The order has gone “everything the invader al- out that might find value in must be reduced to use- lessn : Where the Japanese have ad- vanced before, they have hoped for booty to pay an increasingly exorbi- tant cost of warfare, but foreign observers say “Canton will cost much and produce nothing.” The easy advance of the Japa- nese was explained to puzzled ob- servers by a Chinese military spokesman as “We can do nothine but make the advance slow enough to permit of destruction ahead. Ve are busy in the North. Japs May Be Trapped However, military men not in- veived in the acuon, also suggest that there is possibility the Jap- anesc may be again walking intc another such trap as they did under one of Japan's most “able” general in North China and again more r cently in Central China where whole Japanese divisions met nearly complete annihilation. Hongkong Watches British warships and land forces at Hongkong are keeping vigilant eyes on the Japanese attack move- ments progressing uncomfortably near to Britain’s mandated area - > Try an Empire aa. Publications H-0-P FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 High School GYM 9 o’clock to 12 Wesley Barrett's Orchestra GENTLEMEN $1.00 . BALCONY 25¢ ‘ing FU‘(’ of (}'l' Htt ey o A dozen storage tanks, N. J Alex Holden Has Varied Work Day On Polaris Run and endangered severa Alex Holden carried meat, ma and passengers to the Polaris-Taku mine He carried in 1800 pounds of meat, took up three pa sengers and brought back one ap- pendicitis ¢ €. Dan Naphan was brought in for appendicitics treatment and Joe Hollebetz, Arne Cober and Ronald Evans were taken up Two trips with meat alone were flown, totalling 1800 pounds of sau- age, pork and beef quarters. Lon Cope was due in from Fair- banks this rnoon at four o'c with the new ) Airways F Airways. o> PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING IS CALLED HERE NOVEMBER Alaska Plan 3 called by Chair- man Ike P aylor yvember 2 in Juneau, he announced tod All members of the Council and the Ad- visory board are expected to get here for the. session. Members of the Council with Chairman Taylor are E. W. Grif A meeting of the Council he Vice Chairman; A. Polet of Nome W. C. Arnold of Ketchikan, A. A Shonebeck of Anchorage, Luther C. Hess of I ks, Regional For- ester B. F. Heintzleman, Exscutive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Ai- aska Game Commission and B. D Stewart, Commissicner of Mines Members of the Advisory Board are Dr. Charles Bonnell, President of the University of Alaska, A. L Karnes, Commissioner Educa- tion, Frank Boyle, * tor, James 8. Truitt and William A Engineer. - Yesterday Warmest October Day Here In Thirty-Six Years Yesterday vn.:x}w warmest Octo- day in Juneau in 36 years and the third warmest October day in DARCING EVERY NIGHT ALL NIGHT to the music of RUTH WOOD At the Piano . . . while you eat way ber and drink vour fill! DANCING AND ENTERTAINMENT THELMA BIRD Singing and Dancing at JOHN MARIN'S DOUGLAS INN adjacent cil villages, | containing furnace and crude oil, exploded and caught fire at the C ities Service Intense heat kept fire fighters at a distance and handicapped eff This is an airview of th ews Again Well known as the leading lady in the original “Our ¢ " come- dies on the screen Mary Kornman into the news spotlight as she recei a divorce from her hushar Leo Tover, tiollywood aman, in Lof the history of weather records here, according to report of the United States Weather Bureau today. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the mercury touched 644 degrees above zero, the warmest since Octo- ber 2 02, when similar tempera ture was recorded. The all-time Oclober maximum was recorded on October 18, 1896 when the mercury went to 66 degrees. Rain tonight and tomorrow with moderate to fresh southeast winds is for PUBLIC Hallowe’en DANCE Saturday—Oct. 22 Sponsered by Viking Club. I. O. O. F. HALL Dancing starts at 9:30 p.m. to the strains of Albert Peterson’s Orchestra. DOOR PRIZE A Good Time Promised For AllL REFRESHMENTS: Includ- ing Pumpkin Pie and Whipped Cream. ADMISSION 40¢ ¢ spectacular fire.—AP Photo. HOBBY CRALE IS STARTING T0 MAKE HIT Fundament dl Rules Are Laid Down by Master of Latest Think - It - Up TUCKER By GE NEW YOF n my typewriter RGE em) are I'm'g just f e first me rich tn(!\ with not ju whic nd wa But som year arounc rtment in there know snc and 1 the are anning pres fr hing I can do all ing in a dep the only o all there wh is about ome 181 | know is to it Maybe I'll collect perf writer ribbons—guess how | of that? rated type I thought Or mats—there’s a welcome ea 3 Or rded church steeples. Now I'm xvm(uw, warm. I'll bet I could be the only church steeple collec- tor in the worl Don't think for a minute that this is just the ramblings of a col- umnist’s idle hour. T've been m! to Dave Elman. Dave's B rent that originated that H(‘Jbb\ Lobby program on radio a couple i years back and more recently started what he calls a hobby linic. He didn't know what he was himself in for on that, tting The master hobbyist learned a couple of things about hobbies, top. And before you chuck the garage business to start a collection with the Swiss-cheesy inner tubes clut- tering your place, cast your eye over these fundamental rules that El- man evolved. First, there is no hobby so far- fetched, so unusual, that it cannot be made to pay. All right, collect- ing shredded inner tubes is okay. | Second, your hobby must absorb | and interest you for its own sake, and not for the money in it. Well, that's fine, too. Of course you love the ripped tubes for themsely and you can't tear yourself away from them. Third, vou must become the su- preme authority on the subject. | Since you'll be the only one in the field, your word, ipso facto (or something) will be law. Pass. All right, go ahead. Now you've got your hobby, collecting shred- | ded inner tubes. The rest is up to ou and the stretch of your imag- | ination. I throw out this idea gra- | tis, bearing in mind that Elman has| | unearthed far fancier hobbies which | | are money-makers. | For example, the raising and | training of angleworms. Elman is something of a fisherman himself, 50 he was tickled pink to hear of this one, | It seems that an Izaak Walton | devotee got pretty disgusted one day wheh he was out fishing be- cause the worms were so weak they fell off the hook. Then and there he decided to raise his own. He got together a couple of hardy wrigglers and started a worm farm. Other fishermen heard of his worms and begged for them. Now he packs them in cans and| ships them all over the councry—-[ the finest, fattest worms any fish ever grabbed at. EMnan now has 500,000 hobbies on file. Here are some of the more un- usual ones: the school teacher in Huntsville, Ala, who paints pic- tures on cobwebs; the policeman in Cleveland who raises fish that, Finds Evidence 0f “Depression” Back 20,000 Yrs. DENVER, Ge.. zd.—Evidence of a “depression” that the people of | felt “about 20000 years | ago” is g major discov of this season’s fossil hunt out,west. | The find was made by Smithson- | ian Institution's Dr. Frank H. H.| Roberts at the Folsom campsite | he Colorado-Wyoming bound- discovered that the Folsom ped on this northern Colorado site experienced some lean years” said Dr. Roberts. [ “Bones of ancient bison and other | | | “We tribe thaf ¢ ;ame the Folsom hunters Killed | show that the tribesmen not only gnawed e y trace of sinew away but also that they dug out the marrow and ate that. “This indicates the serienced depression years in e hunting—either the animals | hunted were scarce or he had a hard time killing them. In any | event, after he killed one he up-‘ parently permitted no part, even | the bhone marrow, to go to waste.” This is the fifth year Dr. Roberts has spent at the Folsom camp, one of only two ever located in the| world, he said. The Folsom man is believed to have been America's fist inhabitant. Geologists estimate the close of the ice age, but differ on the time. Estimates range from Folsom man he lived at Refining plant at Trembly P int, She’s on High Road to Glamor Kalli Fortz Inspecting her new nose after a special operation, Kalll Foutz ot Salt Lake City seems to be well satisfied with preliminary steps toward being “made over”. Winner of a contest aimed at “making the most of oneself”, this young lady was awarded a trip to New York and complete “overhauling” by beauty specialists. She is 24 and the great-granddaughter of Mormon Brigham Young. to combat the blaze. 10,000 to 30,000 years ago. Although the Folsom “kitchen refuse,” such as the bison man’s the woman who ccllects egg the fellow in Iowa who col- bones has been found with the hairp! the New York stone weapons and utensils he used, no skeleton of a man himself ever has been located. Dr. Roberts still card: las sie from ck w bones hopes to discover one at the Colo- The more I think of it, the bet- rado camp site. ter I like that idea of collecti 5 ot 71 TR church steeples. I can start with up New England way. Hey, Dave is anybody collecting ste pl(u vet? - COMMUNITY SERVICE STRESSED BY DISTRICT DEPUTY IN VISIT HERE In Same Buillding EMPORIA, Kan. Oct. 20.—The £ A political wars in Lyon county i e should be easier to “kibitz” this Amer; i Republicans and Democrats have o Ketchikan, Distr i ~ 1 rented adjoining rooms in the came Grand Exalted Ruler of £ = lodes: paid his oftfdial’ wisit {1 building for headquarters. Neither Junean 420 last night. A Lnl\\ who his neighbor was going to be. on hand ccme the off Three new members W the business session—R. W. Mc- ry, Joe Lynch and Fred Axford, which Miss Harriet Mal- initiated Fishing Too Good; Factory Is Closed foll strom, hotel goodwill ambassador m Seattle and San Franc: en- tertained with several readings and BILLERICA, Miass. Oct. 20.—A sony factory was closed for two days Past Exalted Rulers M. E. Mon- here after live fish weer swept into the plant canal from the flood- agle and Henry Messerschmidt we in charge of the evening's affa ed Concord River, clogging valves, with Bob Kaufmann in charge of pumps and machinery. More than refreshments which followed twenty barrels of fish were re- moved from the mill and returned to the stream. business and entertainment gram BE SOCIABLE BUT BE SENS/IBLE pro-| /TS LIGHT- BOD/IED ano SATISFYING = 7% grein neviral spirits 90 PROOF Gooderham & worts L1d. Detroit, Michigon. ATTENTION ALL MOOSE 700 LADIES OF MOOSE and LEGION OF MOOSE Entertainment, dance and luncheon will begin at 9:15 FRIDAY EVENING at the I. O. O. F. HALL. In honor of James J. Davis. Moose- heart Day. All members and their families are invited. ; G. BATTELLO, Chairman. Lo RN S T L DA A I IS | Partips Gt Space THERE'S MORE THAN JUST CURLS 5 SECOND STREET TELEPHONE 723 OPEN EVENINGS in the waves you receive at the ROYAL BEAUTY SALON ANN EARLY BARR—Owner-Operator, is skilled at styling your hair into a coiffure that will pro- right vide the setting for your best features. Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Oct. 20.—Mr. James S. Moran is leaving Hollywood but he will return, have no fear, he will return, The two—Hollywood and Moran—were made for each other. They are both in the amusement business, and they are equally adept at the manufacture of tall tales. Moran is a slender young man with an overwhelming knack for dead-pan narration of astounding things. But he is also a man of action—preferably in the glare of headlines or spotlights. Born earlier, he might have rivaled Phineas T. Barnum, for whom he has “the greatest admiration.” Still earlier, he could have dimmed the luster of fabulous Baron Munchausen. Moran is the boy who recently decided it woui! be a fine thing to scll an icebox to an Eskimo. He did it at Jur »au, Alaska, proving either that anything is possible or that even Eskimos can be lured into commercial tie-ups. He came to Hollywood after that, naturally. With him he brought two important character actors, discov- ered on the hide of an Alaskan timber wolf slain—in hand-to- hand combat of course—by our hero. Not only that, he sold the actors—trained fleas—to Paramount to replace the famed Sam and Sadie. Sam and Sadie were those effete New Yorkers imported to bite Claudette Colbert for “Zaza.” They bit but couldn't take it. Jim Moran heard of their passing, rushed down to the rescue. His own pets, he claimed, were ideal for the roles—docile troup- ers with artistic souls undaunted by life-long snow-blindness. WHY NOT ENJOY A REALLY DELICIOUS SUNDAY DINNER AT THE NEWER—FINER PERCY’ That he sold his charges to the studio is only more remarkable because “Zaza" was already finished and they didn't NEED any fleas. But that's Moran. He first attracted coast atention by his one-man expedition from home (Washington, D. C.) to hunt that famed “sea- monster” in San Francisco Bay. He didn't catch it, but he did catch headlines. “T've alwas}s been crazy,” he says, without pausing as you ex- pect him to, “about nutty ideas. Doing something different. Started when I was 11 years old and haven't stopped. It isn’t true that I'm independently wealthy and can afford these things—I just do them anyway.” He works—or used to—for a Washington recording company. But he exhibits now a wire (collect) from his organization. Its gist: “So you want money, eh? Think we're Santa Claus? You're fired.” 4 That telegram, it seems, puts a sort of do-or-die aspect on Jim’s newest enterprise. From the heart of a primeval Alaskan glacier, he declares, he has extracted 250 pounds of genuine glacial ice, centuries old. Preserved in dry ice, it will be trans- ported across® country to New York, there to be sold to the highest bidder among the night clubs which appreciate “the best and the rarest.” He is thinking, he says, of driving it across country himself. “And wouldn't it be awful,” he says, “if I got caught in Death Valley and had to wire the nearest city to rush me more dry ice to keep my authentic glacial ice from melting? Hm-m-.”