The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 25, 1939, Page 8

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WATSON URGES | "PERMANENTWAR | ON PARALYSIS Birthday Ball Saturday to| Help Swell Fund for Campaign Creation of permanent local agen- | cies to war on infantile paralysis and aid its victims in the community is this year's aim of the Committee for Celebration of President Roose- velt’'s Birthday, Har G. Watson Territoriéll Chairfhan, announced to- day, Calling for volunteers “in a great arfny being mobilized for the pro- tection ‘of your children and those &f your. neighbors,” Chairman Wat- son appealed:to all citizens of Ju- neau and the community to help raise funds by community celebra- tions on the President’s 57th birth- days January 30, or, as is the case in many Alaska towns, on the pre- ceding Saturday. The funds will be used to found ' and perpetuate a local chapter of the National Foundation for Infan- tile Paralysis—among more than 3,- 000 units to be formed throughout the country in a tremendous field organization to direct local medical care, rehabilitation of victims and prevention of epidemics. Committee at Work The local committee is working on the plan with State and National committees, headed by Keith Mor- gan, Executive Chairman, New York City, and with the approval of President Roosevelt. The immediate need, Mr. Watson sald in an appeal broadcast over station KINY last evening, is volunteer workers to help di tickets for the celebration dances to be held Saturday night, January 28, at the Elks’ Hall and probably one ether hall, “for the most im- portant step -yet taken in the fight against the disease.” President Started Movement Six years ago the movement start- ed with President Roosevelt, himself | a victim, began to surround himself with people interested in stamping out the baffling disease. Last year the National Foundation was form- ed. This year, one-half the funds raised will be retained in each com- munity to organize chapters ready for instant action wherever the ter- rible sickness appears. The other half goes to the National Founda- tion for research, education, ad- ministration and emergency use. “Nobody knows iis cause, where or how hard it will strike,” Chairman Watson said. “It can appear right in your own community, in your own neighborhoood, right in your own home. ‘It causes panic, despair and How smuch fire insurance do you have? SHOULD you have? Do you Too much? Are you unprotected against hazards that may cause you serious financial loss? You should know the answers to those questions. be glad to help you. Come in, write or telephone. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 1939. | Remember Him? MBS SMITH " QN TAKESSTAND IN SURPRISE “Red Bal” Lefter Is Ad- mitted Also in Morn- ing of Melodrama (Continued rrom Page One) Bat" letter which Mrs. Smith ad- mitted writing to Colling, explaining the beginning of the letter, which read: “Dearest Tom: Oh how I've been waiting for you to come back to me, so I can hold you again near to me. It seems years since I've seen you ,and am just waiting till I can be with you.” | Her explanation of the letter’s phrasing was that “Mr. Colling treated me as a decent woman. He was someone I could talk to. He was just a friend.” The signature “Red Bat” was ex- plained by Mrst Smith, smiling slightly, as “just an incident” of a trip on the Tongass when she and Colling saw the “Red Bats” of Pet- ersburg, a creation of Earl Ohmer’s at Petersburg, with ordinary red | bricks in a box for tourist’s amuse- ment. Asked by Grigsby if she were ever | in Colling’s room alone on the Ton- | gass, Mrs. Smith said she “went through there once to get some| orange juice for the baby,” and| “once to hang up the baby’s clothes | to dry.” Asked whether Colling was ever in her statement alone, Mrs. Smith said, “Be brought me coffee once.” [ No Love Making Questioned as to “if Colling had made love to her” on the boat or at the house on the day of the shooting, Mrs. Smith said “No.” As the testimony turned again to the fatal shooting, and the alleged statement of Smith “I've been laying for you and now I'm going to Kkill you,” Grigsby asked Mrs. Smith who her husabnd was looking at when he made the alleged statement. “T don’t know,” Mrs. Smith said, “the only thing I can remember is his eyes.” Jess Willard £t you are a fight fan, you should | recognize this man at the controls of a pusher type plane at the All- American air maneuvers at Mi- ami, Fla. Yes, he is Jess Willard, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, defeated by Jack Dempsey at Toledo, O., in 1919, Dempsey again has come into Willard's life, having offered him a job in one of his restau- rants. Willard now referees for a living. death; leaves in its wake a pitiful casualty list of little children with bent bodies, withered arms and wasted legs. Common Cause “The President believes it can be brought under control only if every ' man, woman and child unite in the common cause, The entire country is being organized. With the chap- ters in operation, it is expected that a great percentage of the victims of an epidemic will be saved from being permanently crippled.” third surprise of the morning, Smith “This is a call for volunteers in | himself asked permission to ask his a great army,” the chairman added. | wife a few questions and the per- “Every community, no matter how | mission was granted. small, should plan some sort of | gmith asked his wife how she had party for the night of January 28,|found the note he had written with and if you do not care to attend | yeference to the taxi driver's calling the scheduled dances, invite neigh- |, see if Mrs. Smith was at home bors to your hame. | one night and Mrs. Smith said she “If you are in a position to serve | aq found it in his pocket when she in any capacity, communicate With|ywas washing clothes. me or members of the committee. | Only by enlisting services of all|gragged regarding the note, Smith can we control the ‘maiming death’!” | was ordered to discontinue the note a | talk on Folta's objections of ir- relevancy. | Accusations | Smith then accused his wife of having been in a beer parlor one night | with the baby home alone when { he sent a cab driver out to look for {her and also accused her of chang- 'mg her testimony in court from | what she gave at the coroner’s in- quest. 7 | When Smith’s questioning of his wife reached a discussion between husband and wife of the number of cigarettes she smoked and placed in an ash tray alongside the radio of the front room on the day of the ‘shoouns. Judge Alexander stopped the questioning again with the state- ment that “She’s not on. trial for smoking cigarettes.” We'll | For his parting shot, Smith said, | “You weren't sitting on Colling’s |1ap?” ‘and Mrs. Smith answered, How much u have enough? Too little? “Miraéle” Sava Babies New hope for survival of premature-born babies is held by a treatment in use at Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, N. J. Doctors, reluctant to discuss it, admitted six infant lives had been saved by daily injection of hormones taken from their mothers. One of the babies, Sylvia Misler, born July 22 is shown above with her older sister. Sylvia weighed two anl a half pounds at birth and little hope was held for her survival until 1! hormone treatment began. to children of infection *through TUBERCULOSIS i | experts to entirely end the ravages BEFORE NA'”ON | of tuberculosis should fire the imag- contributed to lessening the danger DRAISE IS GIVEN "ELLEN REPP BY NEW YORK PAPERS| Brief Message Is Received; Here by Friends of Well Knewn Vocalist “Capacity crowd, 10ads of flowers, | many wires,” is the brief message | from Ellen Repp, who made her| ° ‘ concert debut at Town Hall, New | York, January 13. | § Miss Repp, whose rich contralto | voice has beeri heard in concert in | Junean many time, won the follow- | ing praise from the New York pap- ers: Times—"“Miss Repp made knuwn‘} | a voice inherently voluminous and Repp exhibited a| ellent natural quality and color.” Tribur—“Miss Repp's voice naturally one of good texture and voluminous.” | Telegram—“Miss Repp disclosed a & ‘Miss Repp has a rich pleas- ing voice.” | Details of the Town Hall debut of the well known vocalist will no| doubt be received here by her many | friends, who await with anticipation news of her future success | D { [TODAY | | in the Chapman and Frances Lucas, a valet to William Leeds, tinplate yacht, Moana.” The Moana Legislators Speak At Lunch Today of ‘I DO’ THREE TIMES clinches Giving the crowded court room its ' As the questioning of his wife | ination of everyone as well as con- vince them of its practical aspects. A plan for the complete eradica- tion of tuberculosis is new being brought to the attention of the na- | tion. This is of vital importance to | Alaskans because tuberculosis is the | chief cause of death in the Terri- tory. The program for the control of tuberculosis was outlined at the last annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association by the com- mittee appointed to prepare it. It | received endorsement of not only | the national group but of Dr. Thom- {as Parran Jr., Surgeon General of | the United States Public Health Ser- vice. This suggested program to start in 1939 will, if it receives effective sup- port of Congress and state legislat- ures, mean that tuberculosis will be practically unknown to the next gen- eration. To the average person such a proposition may seem Utopian but there is competent authority that it is well within the range of practical achievement. Significance is given this proposal i ] i from tuberculosis has been reduced three fourths since the organ: tion of the National Tuberculosis Association in 1904. This success is due to a number of factors, the prin- {of the American Public on this stub- ject. Tuberculosis infection no longer considered a death warrant if the treatment is begun early. There has been a great extension of tuberculosis clinics, nursing services and medical surveys among children. Tuberculin testing of cattle has also by a realization that the death rate | for there is now hope of recovery | SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 Office———New York Life Constantly Comfortable THAT'S THE MODERN HOME . . . .. THE HOME THAT'S EQUIPPED ; {2 WITH THE FULLY - g m@vfl» Y= Y - AUTO RA\S AEC.s. pat. oFR MATIC RAY OIL BURNER . . . RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets PHONE 34 Winter Clearance USED CARS 1937 DELUXE SIX FORDOOR TOURING SEDAN, hot water heater, mileage 8.740 1937 MASTER CHEVROLET COUPE, radio, hot water heater, mileage 7,208 1935 PLYMOUTH FOURDOOR TOURING SEDAN, heater, mileage 34,007 1936 (l:tmROLET SEDAN DELIVERY mileage 1931 CHEVROLET COACH 1932 V8 FORD COUPE Connors Motor Co., Ine. | drink, Mrs. Smith said she had “a | beer, but I wasn’t drunk.” “No.” Smith’s attorney Grigsby then took over again and asked Mrs. Smith as to her letter to Colling | in which she said she was thankful ,she had Colling and the baby to look forward to. “He listened to my troubles,” Mrs. Smith said, “and I was pretty near suicide.” Go to Dance Mrs. Smith admitted under Grigs- by's questioning, that she had gone to a dance in Ketchikan with Colling and that they had returned to the boat “about three o'clock in the morning.” Asked if she had anything to glass of beer—maybe two glasses of She said the baby was asleep aboard the boat that night. Assistant District Attorney Folta then uestioned Mrs. Smith on her reasons for divorce.” | Mrs. Smith said, “I found out a lot of lies about him when I was Outside. I found he owed a lot of bills he said he had paid, that T was | his third wife, that the baby was his fourth child, and that Smith is not even his right name.” Grigsby protested the character inferences and Folta replied that in| substance his questioning was “dirt | for dirt.” As a result, Judge Alexander ord- ered all testimony regarding divorce grounds stricken from the record and instructed the jury to disre- gard it. At 11:40, after having been on the | stand for one hour and forty min- utes, Mrs. Smith stepped down Iroml the witness stand comparatively un- | shaken and walked out of the court | room with eyes to the floor. Smith appeared in the court room | this morning well groomed in a dark | suit and for the greater part of the| proceedings, sat with a cigarette m; a long cigarette holder, smoking calily and unruffled. DANCE TO: $1.00 For example, it is known that there approximately 330,000 ac- tive cases and that 800,000 have been exposed by contact with tuberculosi Tt s proposed that all of these con- acts be examined for the purpose of finindg early case of tuberculosis. It is believed that 40,000 hospital beds will be needed for the new cases thus discovered. The cost of such a thorough going plan will be large and beyond the means of the indivdiual states and much of it will have to be borne y the Federal Government, It is ex- ted that each state legislature will make appropriations as well as Congress and that these funds will |be used in each area to meet the particular need. | The time is ripe for ending tuber- | culosis but success will not come if only half way measures are adopt- ied. It will require the united effort | of public and private interest. The | tuberculosis associations have dem- need and have pre- {cnstrated the |sented the facts. Their educational program has meant a great saving of life. .- RIED TODAY Pearl Violet Dick became bride of Albert Greenwald | MAR + Miss | the |ommissioner’'s Court, Judge Felix |Gray performing the ceremony. i R LICENSE ISSUED | A license was issued today to lMiss Alice G. Sey of Douglas and | Arthur B. McBride, of Juneau. The ;coup}e plan to wed Saturday eve- 'ning. | SENATE Introduced Senate bill No. 17, by LaBoyteaux, | to prohibit sale of liquor to Na- tives. | Senate bill No. 18, by Hofman, pro- | viding $25000 to obtain, operate and maintain a boat for use of the | Tax Department of the Treasurer's Office in Bristol Bay. | Senate bill No. 19, by Walker, for appointment of a Director of the Department of Criminal Identifica- tion Senate bill No. 20, by Walker, to charge 50 cents apiece for S Senate joint memorial No. 2, by Patterson, asking the Mount Mc- Kinley National Park Service to exert predatory animal control in Mount McKinley National Park, Katmai National Monument and Glacier Bay National Monument, and asking cooperation of British Columbia and Yukon officials in; | eradicating predators. | Senate bill No. 21, by Roden, to es- | tablish the date of birth of re.xldenls; of Alaska by filing of petition. Senate bill No. 22, by Roden, reduce taxes on undertakers. Senate bill No. 23, by Sullivan, concerning Territorial aid to agri- to| cipal one being the mass education |Shortly before noon today in the |oyjture and industrial fairs. Passed Senate bill No. 11, by Hofman, ap- propriating $5,000 for expenses pre- liminary to contruction of the Al- aska international highway. ried women for “volunteers” to be the brides of disabled war veterans. | ) Japan is calling upon its unmar-| § Federal Employees Forty-eight members and guests attended the National Federation of Federal . Employees’ luncheon at Pe! during the noon hour today Mr. Donell Gould of the U. S. Weather Bureau was introduced as 2 new member. Senator Norman R. Walker, Presi- dent of the Ser p, gave an interest- ing talk, empha ; the close re- lationship between tiie Federal Bur- eaus and the Territorial Admini: tration, at the same time offering some helpful suggestions regarding the relationship of the Federal em- ployee to the public. Representative Howard Lyng Speaker of the House, having stated that he had been taught that a Rep- For 24 Years Vicks Aduvortising has bee marriage of Ralph French-Tahitian school teacher, who were wed three times in and near Tahiti, Mr. Chapman, heir, explained that “We were married at the bride’s home, at a church, and aboard the Leeds recently visited Honolulu. resentative should be silent in the presence of a Senator, followed with a few remarks of appreciation for | what the Federal Bureaus are doing, and his desire to help them when possible. M. S. Whittier, a memb | having been called on by the Presi- dent, thanked the men for their ex- | pression of friendliness towards the Federal organization. CHAMBER MEETS Guest of honor at the Chamber of Comerce luncheon in Percy's Cafe tomorrow noon will be I. C. Rowland, American underwriter for Lloyds of London, who is in Juneau relative to the establishment of a new terri- torial insurance company in this city. Others have also been invited to ittend the luncheon. —e Schelars have found many simi- larities in the Japanese and Basque languages. n passed upon by e Board of Physicians ITCLEARS UP A STUFFY HEAD FAST! | AFTER THIS, USE IT SOONER AND HELP PREVENT MANY A COLD FROM DEVELOPING Va-tro-nol is specialized medication for the nose and upper throat—where most colds start. Used at the first sniffle or sneeze, helps to prevent many colds from . . Even when your head is stopped- ‘a-tro-nol clears away developing . lected cold, clogging mucus, ; & membranes, lets you breathe again. up each nostril, it VICK% VA-TRO-NOL Jjust a few drops p from a neg- shrinks swollen You can‘feél its tingling medication’gp toswork Have aGOOD TIME . . . . foraWORTHY CAUSE Wes Barrett’s ROYAL ALASKANS ADMISSION Saturday---Jan. 28

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