The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1939, Page 2

T s S o — Prary ;- PR ‘-. with the famous OBAN COLLAR — WILSON BROS. SHIRTS and in a wide variety of colors and patierns. in all sizes, all sleeve lengths Wilson Wedglocke Ties B. M. BEHRENDS (0., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” r the number in the |ing the ye herds remained about Static. | A great need at the present time is for constant herding of the rein- deer, Rood said, as this is the only satisfactory way to protect them from wolves and thieves, keep them from overgrazing the rangés and |give Government administration a lchance to be fully effective. Wolves have been doirig consid- {erable damage on some ranges, kill- ing for sport as well as for food. Support 15,000 Natives Rood estimates that between 13,- 15,000 Alaska natives de- ROOD, REINDEER CHIEF, HERE ON WAY T0 CAPITAL Problem of Buying Out 46, White Owners Subject for Washington | 1000 and pend for their subsistence upon the | supervision of | Called to Washington to discuss reindeer under the problems relating to the half mil- the Reindeer Service of the Office lion Alaska reindeer herd which of Indian Affairs. Besides the Gov- roam an Arctic region as large as ernment, there are 4,700 owners. the State of California, J. 8. Rood,| The reindeer distributed over Acting Ranger and Supervisor of |59 range: pervised by 45 reindeer the ‘Reindeer Service, was in Ju-lstations, over all but five of which neau today preparing to sail on the rngian Service teachers are in Baranof tonight, me- District supervisors are in Rood came in on the plane ¥es-|charge at the other five stations. terday from Fairbanks, after a th;,ht‘ The barren tundra over which there from his headquarters at|iye reindeer range extends from Nome. 3 5 | Kodiak TIsland to Barter Island, Terming the trip “routine.” Rood 350 yyjjes east of Point Barrow. The admitted: the question of buying out|,, .0 jnclides 144,000 square miles the white owners no doubt would] a reglon the size of the State be discussed. Congress two years ago “1 California, assed a bill calling for purchase of | 3 Pagge. ¢ » put| Marketing the reindeer outside all reindeer owned by whites, none of the 46 owners has sold out |of / to the Government yet, mainly be- [$ays, be a is a great problem, Rood ause the deer are produced cause estimates of the number of | 14,000 miles from Seattle and must reindeer so owned vary widely Corraling Suggested It may be necessary for reindeer |year. owned by whites to be driven intojanyw are ‘bo moved through Alaska waters | which are frozen two-thirds of the The meat is not in demand v because people in the States not accustomed to eating it | its appearance is much dif- this win- |ferent from the meats in' general ter, largely because of good range |use, being darker and much leaner. conditions due to the light snow- ——————— fall. The increase in the herds was| American Indians did not origin- relatively large last spring, so that| ate scalping; it wds practiced by the nlthough 40,435 were butchered dur-|ancient Scythians. corrals so that they can be counted, Rood said. Reindeer are thriving % THAT TURKISH INFLUENCE invaded Bermuda when slim Mrs. Walter Wickes, jr., of Newtown 'Square, Pa., don- med a turban of toweling. She was formerly Aimee DuPont of Wilmington; Del. Broadcast by Bril. Premier ‘Calls on Britons fo Volun-| feer for Civil Defense of Empire LONDON, Jan. 23—Premier Nev- {ille Chamberlain has' appealed for voluntary suppott of 50,000,000 Bn— | tons between thé ages of ‘14 ahd 65 for a Civil Defense Army. | | A message was broadcast late this afternoon over the British Empire | {in connection with the issuance next Wednesday of a “National Service Guide." This guide outlines thé pre- clse means of wartimeé service to all a scheme “which makes us ready for war. the Premier said. —“—0—— Discovery of Hay Fever Is Worfll&i 000 RICHMOND, Vt Jnn. 23 ““Award of a $1,000 medical prize to Charles F. Code, M. D, twenty-eight, of Minneapolis,” for discovery of a “mechanism” in" the blood which may explain asthma, hay fever and the allergles such as food sensitivity is announced. The prize is the Theobald Smith Award, givén to young men, by the’ medical section of the American Assoctation for the Advancement of cience. Dr. Code was borni in Mani- toba, Canada, and i working for the Mayo Foundation of the University of Minnesota. . Localizes Cell He reported today discovery that one type of white blood cell, called an eosinophile,” is the carrier of histamine. The latter is a very pow- erful chemical, always present in humans and ‘animals, 'whose means of transport through the body ha§ been someéwhat of ‘4 mystery." When histamine is injected it causes smooth muscles, ' including those of the lugs, to contract. It also reduces blood pressureé and in- creases secretion in the’stomach. Discovery of tHe “carrier” links | histamine not only with the sensi- tivity troubles but also with one of the forms of leukemia, the wild in- crease in white blood cells which frequently c¢auses death. This new link is entirely chemical | and useful only for possible under- standing of the leukemia and the reasons why some people are sensi- tive to pollens, asthma, the touch of fabrics or tasting of some foods. These troubles are so numerous and varied that they have' come to be called the Pandoras of disease. Animals’ Reaction The chemical link is the fact that when' animals - are injected with histamine ‘they develop symptoms which are liké the human allergies. The white blood cells dare the human body's - army “of defense consume ‘germs ‘and their polsons. There ‘are three kinds 'of white blood 'cells. The 'eosinophile white cell’s job has been a puzzle.” Finding its work in carrying histamine is a first ‘stép in solving “the puz;le, Prison'Will Justice Deparwaent, reported today that McNeil Island, Wash., Federal penitentiary inmates: soon would be raising and canning fruits and tion” of the qovernment mm | tions. walhoas T | “The plan for the esisbllshmem of a fruit productioh and ‘présérv- ing industry at McNeil has pro- gressed,” the department ‘sdid' in its annual report to the President. “The existing orchard is I.ng re~| habilitated, and’ fruit’ tmes have been set out. “It 18 expecf,ed that within a plant—plans for prepared and start of oonst.ruc- tion arranged for early mx—wm furnish a substantial portion ' bf' the canned fruits and ' vegetables used by our institutions.” T The department said there were 1,060 prisoners at McNeil on Juné 30, 1938, compared with 984 ‘oné year previously. 1 e ee———— LOTS OF MR. X's DALLAS, Tex —Eight of the ten children of the late John H. Caf- son of Mt. Vernon, Tex, hdd |names that started with the' lettér |X. They were Xena, Xuthus, Xylander, Ximinies, Xystus, Xerxes, Xanthus and xenephom R Japanese commercial airlines do not use radio-beams or directional finders. They do not fly at night, or jeven in bad daytime weather. This does’ not mean how- ever that I think war s coming,” against diSease, their work being to WAsH:meN .hn. ‘23" — The vegetables for “a substantial por-i few years the prodpcuon of fl)l! !-l . BACKGROUND While Congress Considers spending millions of dollars more for preparedness, miltary experts say the bulwark of the U.S. defense is still the navy. But planes must play a part in any defense program. This story tells why—and how much we have to fear right now. By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP, Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON~—Will the people of New York or San Francisco—in a being awakened any night by the roar of exploding bombs? How soon will they be fitting g masks to their children, their fears turning ever toward the skies? The answer, in large part, remains | hidden in the aircraft research lab- oratories of the world where plans | for bombers that will fly 6,000 to 10.- 000 miles without refueling are cl ly guarded secrets. These exper attack” the problems which may determine the outcome of any future derial ‘warfare. ‘The military experts will tell you: 1. No bombers in operation in Eu- rope of Asia today can hop either of the big oceans, dump a cargo of ex- plosives: on an American city and réturn to their home bases without landing en route. 2. Super-bomibers able to make the round-trip ocean flight probably are on the drafting boards of many mili- tary aircraft designers. (When will they advance from the blue-print to the performance stage? Any ahs- wer would be just a guess). 3. “Suicide bombers” could take otf from Europe today with a small load of bombs, fly over the Atlantic under favorable weather conditions, drop their “eggs” on an eastern Am- erican town and then come down somewhere in this country, Canada or the ocean. light Military Effectiveness The suicide bombers might cause considerable property damage and kill scores of people but their mili- tary effectiveness would he very as costly to the invader as the in- viaded. Big bombers are expensive weapons. Big bombers are expensive wefipons, costing $250,000 to $500,- 000, and the risk of losing them must be justified by a severe blow to an enemy. A most liberal estimate places the effective tactical radius of today's Dbest bombing planes at 2,000 miles. A more’ typical military estimate is that of Rear Admiral A. B. Cook, chief of the Navy's bureau of aerd- nautics. He told a congressional committee recently that a bombing plane could take off from an air- plane carrier 1,200 miles out in the Afithflc, fly to our eastern seaboard ant ‘back to the ‘carrier, The Germans have developed Diesel-motored planes which reput- edly ‘cand éovér'a givén distance with 25 to 35 per cent less fuel than gaso- ‘e en ‘planes. Their ' flying range hm'; been divulged hut most of‘ the ''Nazl Hombers are designed o European operation, not trans- oceanic - excursions. What our Army and Navy is do- ng with Diesel-motored planes is ury secret with a capital /S, A well-informed officer, who has a wvery Ngh opinion of German’s air- craft englneers and their products, to‘d the writer that American mili- ¢ men are not worried about 1 m Diesel developments. He said | t.pe world's foremost research work | in"the field is being done in this country. ' Nazi Lead Causes Worry t doés worry American de- !ense phnners is Germany’s tre- mendous lead in three vital aspects of air strength. These are: 1, The R.Ewha 10,000 modern plan- es ready lor war service today. “It- aly has 6,000, Britain, 5,000, the Uni- ted States 4,000, Japan 2,500 and France 2,200, These figures include modern -planes of all types). 2. The large 4nd rapidly increas- number of German military pi- fi. Hitler's trained pilots are esti- mated at 20,000 compared with about 5,000 for this country. .3, Germany's rapid production of aireraft, The ayerage monthly out- p was 500 durlng 1938, stepped up to 1,000 in Nomeber, which is mple the American monthly average, Ger: Ginnl wind tunnels like this one at Langley Field, Va., Propellers generate an 118-mile-per-hour wind, Lare unsurpassed in design and |n-.-‘ year not far away—live in dread o("""'m"‘ slight. The raid probably would be are many has 400,000 aircraft mechan- ics; the U. S, 36.000 While recent European technical developments are described by U. S air officials as a challenge to Ameri- can supremacy, most military auth- orities here believe our plane i formance. The next great aerial war, how- ever, is being fought in the labor- atories. Louis Johnson, assistant sec- retary of said that while Great Britain is spending $15,000,- 000 a year for aeronautical research. | about $10,000,000 and Germ- lany and Italy probably much mor the United States is devoting only | about ShUUfl U(JO lnr this purpose. COLORADO MAY | "FLIGHT STRIPS™ DENVER, Cole., Jan. 23. — The Colorado t vay department is| considering a proposal for “flight strips” along highways for regular and emergency use by airplanes. James B. Kenney, secretary of the Colorado Association of High- way Engineers, said the strips were proposed for sparsely settled and mountainous territories where the cost of maintaining and construct- ing emergency landing fields s | prohibitive. The strips would be 200 feet wide and from 2,500 to 3,000 feet long, paralieling highway They would be so clese to a main high- way where equipment is readily available, that the cost would be negligible. “Those who favor the plan cite many instances where aviators in emergencies have landed on isting highways at great hazard to themselves ‘and automobile Lr,\l- fic,” said Kenney. These Motor-driven Brush Cleaner Handy- type Cleaner . $3]95 $500 $46% NOW ONLY $39% You can always depend on General Electric for vglue. The famous General Electric AV-1 Motor-driven Brush Cleaner and the light, efficient AV-30 handy Cleaner at a remarkable saving! The supply limited. DON'T DELAY}F Deferred payments, if desired. “testing grounds” for Uticle Sam's |a pt BUILD HIGHWAY - CLEANERS Maska Electric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU—ALASKA—— DOUGLAS Defense Call |Next Great Aerial War Already Being FoughtOut —in Laborafories; Experts Say Only ‘Suicide Bombers’ Can Hurt Us New Trick On the Old NEW YORK, Jan. 23 ~Accused’ of preying on old- pensioners, Sam- | uel Cohen, fifty-two, was held in| $20,000 bail today on charges of| practicing medicine without a license | and petty larceny. \ Detectives said Cohen, passing as| an and carrying a stetho- | | scope, told the pensioners he was to give them an examination. | After they removed their clothing, | police said, Cohen would send them | from the ro sxt and rifle | their pockets. The vietims, number- | ing about fifteen, w described | all over si ve, many crippled or blind Hubert Conneally ma d Cohen-—the first prisoner | | of his career—when he saw the al- leged swindler pursued by a seventy- | a rookie patrol- | year-old victim attired in bathrobe! and slippers. James Comiskey said | he had surprised Cohen in the act jof stealing $13 from him in his furnished room. Sy e - Japan’s campaign against West- ernization of its women recently reached the munitions industry. Several companies discharged all women workers who had permanent waves. B Miami, Fla., reported business ar- | ound December 1, 1938, showed a| 103 per cent gain over the same per- | iod in 1937. | i | COLDS 2vouers! | Whenever anyone in your family has a cold, don’t take needless risks . . . ease misery with General Electric U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BVREAU THE WEATHER (By lhe U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Jnneul nnd vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 23: Snow or rain tonight and Tuesday; increasing southerly winds tonight becoming moderate to fresh Tuesday. Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: For the southern por- tion—Rain tonight and Tuésddy, increasing southerly winds to- night becoming moderate to fresh Tuesday, except freésh to 'strong Tuesday over Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, and Dixon Entrance. For the north portion—Snow or rain tonight and Tuesday, except snow over Alaskan-Canadian border; increasing southerly winds to- night begoming moderate to fresh Tuesday, except fresh to stronz Tuesday over Chatham Strait, Lynn Canal, Stephens Passage, and Frederick. Sound. ‘ Forecgst of winds along the Coat of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh to strong southeast winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Ommaney and east and southeast winds from Cape Ommoney to Yakutat and east and northeast winds from Yakutat t6 Cape Hincn- inbrook. LOCAL DATA ‘Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weather 3:30 p.m. yest'y 29.50 34 78 w 14 Snow 3:30 am. today 30.01 32 8 E 1 Cloudy Noon toddy 29.83 35 74 s 10 Snow ‘ RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 24 | 18 24 8 09 Cloudy Anchorage 24 | 14 16 8 a2 Cloudy Barrow 5 -10 | ~24 ~12 16 0 Clear Nome -2 | -10 -4 4 Trace Clear Bethel o -10 | -10 -10 10 06 Cloudy Fairbanks .. -6 | -12 -6 4 0 Clear Dawson’ .. '{ 12 | 6 8 16 0 Pt.Cldy st Paul . 4. [ | 0 2 20 04 Snow Duteh Harbor 22 | 12 16 15 02 Pt. Cldy Kodigk 5 20 | 8 14 8 0 Cloudy Cordova 3 40 | 24 26 4 08 Cloudy Junéau b} 39 | 31 35 11 61 Cloudy Sitka A 37 | 29 - - 02 Ketchikan .| 30 | 32 32 4 46° Cloudy Prince Rupert, 36 | 30 34 14 40 Cloudy Edmonton o 80 | 20 30 16 Trace Cloudy Seattle b 4“4 42 42 10 0 Cloudy Portland 44 | 34 34 4 09 Fog San’ Franeisco K. 56 | 46 46 4 0 Clear New York 42 | 10 10 20 04 Clear Washington 50 | 20 20 10 01 Clear WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning over the Aleu- tian Islands and eastward to the Gulf of Alaska and northwest to the Arctic Ocean, with a storm area centered over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 52 degrees and longitude 148 degrees where a pressure of 29.10 inches was reported. The pressure was falling rap- idly this morning over the northern portion of the Gulf of Alaska and over Southeast Alaska. High barometric pressure prevailed over the Pacific Coast States. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over much of Alaska. Cold weather prevailed over the Aleutian Islands, the Southern Bering Sea region, and the Alaska Peninsula, and eastward to Kodiak Island, temperatures being 18 degrees at Atka, 12 degrees at Dutch Harbor, zero at St. Paul Island, and 8 above at Kodiak. It will be warmer tonhight over Kodiak Island. Juneau, January ' 24—Sunri; 8:23 am. fiunset 4:03 pm. Hollywood Sights And Sozmd: By Robbin Coom HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, Jan. 23.—This is the story of an actor’s return to Broadway . . . an actor who learned to like Hollywood but liked himself enough to leave Hollywood in time. It is, there- fore, a rare story, The actor is J. Edward Bromberg, hereinafter to be labeled Joe. There can be no doubt that he is an actor. Four years ago New York critics voted him Broadway's outstanding performer—for his role in “Men in White.” He wasn’t making big money then, but when he finally came to Hollywood—because few can resist a four-figure offer—the ante had piled up in competitive bidding, Joe had waited because he liked the Group Theatre and what it was doing. But three years ago he came. This last Christmas day he left. He gave a Christmas party, a farewell party, and a birthday party in one, and he hopped off. It was a pleasant goodbye to Hollywood, an AU REVOIR, not one of those Hollywood-done-me-dirt gestures. “When I first came out,” he said, “I took a ljttle house and it seemed like a palace after our New York apartment. Mrs. Bromberg followed me, and she couldn’t believe it—all this luxury. We didn't like pictures much. But Hollywood does something to you.” What Hollywood does is epitomized in this incident. The Brombergs went to dine one evening at the home of a top-flight star. They saw grandeur on the colossal scale. And then they went home, and what had seemed like a palace looked like a shabby hole. Somehow, before a month had pgssed they figured they'd better move—to something a little better. So far, so good. . . ‘The Bromberg career didn't exactly boom. He kept on giving abigmeal,in all but the price — only 49c— That's fe merchant's plate lunch- eon served every day at— PERCY’S § r———d top-notch performances in whatever came his way. The ones I remember are in “Suez” and “Four Men and a Prayer,” and maybe he has something good in “Wife, Husband and Friend” too but' I don’t know yet. Last summer he went back east, looked around, and decided it was Hollywood for him. On his return the Brombergs went house-hunting. They are going to settle down. It was probably the house-hunting that turned the trick finally, “We were looking at places,” said Joe Bromberg “and being very particular. And then, suddenly, it struck us—what kind of place did we want? We knew the answer. We were looking for a mansion on the Hollywood scale. We were thinking of swimmmg Ppools and tennis courts and the trimmings. We realized what our tastes had become—and we saw the danger s&l}al. ; "'Joe figures they can live inr five years in Nev{ York on his § movie savings, although not in' the Ballywood-necusbomed style. He'd have had another nice raise if he'd signed again for pictures last option-time. But they said no to his request for six months here and half a year there. He maneuvered a release. He's gone back to Broadway, where he’ll work for much less than pictures give him. I sort of admire that. I sort of admlre a tellqw who can go deaf ona pleasant jingle and hepr a far call like Broadway's, P LY