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FISHING IS OLDEST AMERICAN INDUSTRY . , Efficiently Protected by Got ernmeut -Bureau. Washington, D. C. ? Although Jobs are scarce and wages low In many parts of tho United States, hundreds v ? of Indians and, other local salmon fish ermen living along the coast of Alaska feel sure Of having more work and better Incomes next summer than they have had for years. ?. This bit of seeming economic magic will flow from a government ruling by the United States commissioner of fisheries, who has opened up bays and Inlets along the Alaskan coast for seining. ^ "The plan," says a bulletin from the National Geographic society, "will not mean the taking of more salmon In Alaskan waters, and may even mean the catching of fewer. But it will shift to a considerable extent the method of capturing the first from the off-shore trtfyg that require the atten tion of only a few skilled operators, to the boat-operated selns of the Indi vidual ? and needy ? flshermeu. "The obvious need of the local fish ermen for some sort of assistance dur ing the present economic conditions was an important factor in the lifting of seining restrictions by the bureau of fisheries ; but the move was possible only because of the building up' of the ?runs' of salmon during the past nUje years by the bureau's stringent /-Coh trol. "The activities of the bureau of fish eries are many sided, for It looks after all sorts of chores ? most of them In volving scientific Investigations ? that have to do with the amazingly varied life of Un?le Sam's coastal waters and streams. In Alaska, which is a federal territory, the organization Is a beneficlent dictator. Industry Faced Collapse. "Dictatorships are not novelties In 1938. They were In 1924 when con gress gave the bureau dictatorial pow ers in Alaskan waters as a sort of last effort to save the $40,000,000 salmon industry from collapse. The system was untried, and furthermore It was vastly unpopular with the fishermen and salmon packers. Packers had not taken the trouble, as the bureau's scientific workers had, to study the life * cycle of the salmon. They looked on the explanations of the peculiar scien tific facts behind salmon runs as mere 'moonshine.' "Figuratively, the bureau had to hold the packers and fishermen back with one hand, and to coax the salmon up the fresh-water spawning streams with the other, meanwhile praying for time to prove their scientific deduc tions. ... "The runs of the same cycles had been growing progressively smaller ; but there were enough big runs from other cycles occurring between to obscure the ominous fact that Alaska's rich salmon resources were being exhaust ed. The packers had literally been killing their golden-egg-laying geese by not permitting enough fish to get to the spawning grounds. "By the bureau's regulations since 1024 the situation has been reversed. More fish are getting into the spawn ing streams; and the salmon Industry is again on the up grade. "Th the eastern United .States the fishing Industry is hoary with age. It was America's first industry. In fact. The bureau of fisheries has found much work to do in keeping Its fin ger on the pulse of conditions that might make or break the Industry un der high-powered modern methods; and in solving fundamental problems that affect the food supplies of tens of millions of people. Raves 8eal Industry. "Another piece of pioneer work in the government laboratories was the demonstration that very quick freez ing of fish assured a much better product than ordinary freezing, and one that would ship better. ? "The lowly oyster of the Atlantic <*oast has had Its domestic life thorough ly investigated by the bureau of fish Concrete Flow at Boulder Dam Starts -MS ???**? - ?< f ' ? >-'?? Pouring of ftopcrete Into tbe foundation* of Boulder (Ihiii Intuit wltliuut cmmon;': Although two yeara had been epeht In complain* work on wb?t Win be the world'* Inrgent d?m and 188,000,000 had b<>ori expended ?o that the actual building dt th* huge concrete wall could begin, the entering of work man wee tha only celebration to mark the mortientotift moment. The photo graplr -allow* workef* pouring the font concrete v Hi ' - ' ' ? ' eries, and as a result Its 'housing prob lem s* are In a fair way to be solved. "In bringing about a 'Come back' for the exceedingly valuable Pribilof Island 'seal, the bureau has done . Its most spectacular piece of work, and has written one of the most-dramatic chap ters In the whole story, of conserva tion whether on laud or sea. The seal herds were fast being wiped out of existence by deep sea hunters, when in 1011, treattes with Japan and Great Britain made the United States tcustee for the three nations In caring for the animals which breed annually on the Pribilof islands. The Job was turned over to the bureau and in 22 years it has built the herd up from 130,000 to 1,250,000. By sale of pelts taken under scientific management from surplus males, it has paid $2,117,* 000 into the United States treasury and in addition has paid more than $750,000 each to Japan and Canada. Close to 90 per cent of the world's fur seals now live under government pro tection on the Pribilof Islands. "In streams scattered over the United States the bureau's work is helping the states to build up a game fish supply for the 10,000,000 anglers who annually bait hooks and cast flies." "Frontier" Town Near City Carmel, N. Y. ? Only -00- miles from the steel and concrete canyons of Man hattan New Yorkers have established a typical frontier settlement called the Gipsy Trail club, where they live in log cabins designed after the early American blockhouses and lead as nearly as possible thp kind of - life ex perienced by our hardy pioneer fore fathers. Large Family Dines in Shifts <J Mother of 16 Runs Her Home on Schedule. New York. ? A family of eighteen, recently adjudged the largest In the city, must eat each meal In three shifts ? because there's table room for only si* at a time. The mother, Mrs. Robert OwenB, has solved the problem of keeping the names and ages of her sixteen children straight by the use of a small notebook which she carries with her at all times. The book contains the vital statistics of the family and often saves embar rassment when neighbors or others ask questions. It's a big Job, taking care of a fam ily of eighteen, Mrs. Owens says, es pecially when not one of them has full time employment. Mr. Owens, who receives $45 for ten days' work a month In the Queens Park department, Is the principal provider. There are twelve boys, but only three are old enough to work ? and at present they haven't ahy regular Jobs. But the Owens manage to get along. Mrs. Owens, assisted by Anna, twenty flve and married, runs the household on a regular schedule. Most of the lime Is taken up by meals and cook ing. Breakfast lasts from 6 to 10 a. "Golfing Grandma" Become* a Champion New Orleans^ ? Mrs. aohn M. Taylor, New Orleans' X^olflng grandmother," Is not through, by any means, but declares she sbjl will be making accurate putts and drives when many younger women have traded their golf slicks for knitting, needles. Now past sixty-five, site wields a golf club with the same ac curacy which has brought her nu merous titles In golfing circles, and recently enabled her to take the women's championship of the city with a dramatic putt of more than 30 feet. INTERNATIONALIST If there ever were a real Interna tionalist, Ilya Zora is it. She speaks seven' languages ; she- never lived more than six months consecutively in any one country ; she's a licenced avlatrlx In the United States, a dramatic stage star in South America, a hunter of wild animals in Africa, a cultured social favorite in London and a suc cessful fiction writer In Portugal. She is shown as she arrived on the liner ! Santa Rosa at Los Angeles, Cullf. m., lunch from 11 a. m., to 2 p. m., and dinner from 0 to 8 p. m. As for food, Mrs. Owens does all her own baking and Is proud that her children are not "picky." There Is no particular dish they crave, and there are never any complaints. Mrs. Owens sums It up like this: "Them who don't want leaves and them who do eats." Mr. and Mrs. Owens, each forty-four, were rqarrled when they were nine teen. Mr. Owens was getting $12 n week as a chauffeur when they were married. He was one of six children, and Mrs. Owens was one of Ave. The Ow;ens children and the dates of their births are: Anna, 1908; Robert, 1010; William, 1011; Charles, 1015: Catherine, 1017; I,oula, 1018; Elmer, 1020; George, 1?22; Ruth, 1028; John. 1024; Dorothy, 1020; Wilbur, 1027; Thomas, 1028; Walter, 1020; Arthur, j 1030, and Christopher, 1032. Survey Reveals Fewer Teacher*, More Pupils Washington. ? The number of schoo'. teachers in the country has decreased 2.4 per cent, while enrollment in the nation's schools has Increased 1.8 per cent, according to a study made by the r.Uce of education of the Interior de partment. j The study Included reports of more than 8,000 Bchool superintendents In cities having a population , of 2..r>00 v more. More than 50 per cent of the cities reported a decrease In the number of j teachers per pupil in all grades of schools. The majority of reprtrts also showed a decrease in the budgets for teacher salaries. Ninety-one cities showed plans for a shorter term because of lark of money to run the usual length of time. Textbook purchases decreased an average of 10.8 per cent. Another Item was that the capital outlay for schools hal been lowered 57.0 per cent during the past two years. More Than Half Canada's People Under 25 Years Ottawa, Ont.. ? Canada In essentially a land of young people, the last centum reveals. More than half of the dotnln Ion's 10,370,780 populntlon were found to he under 25 years of age. There were more persona of the age of ten yeara than any other age. The ten-year-olds numbered 232. 1R0 and *he babies of loan than one year 202, 0M. The twenty-yearolda were IROttRO and the twenty-fives 105,022. The ten-year-olds were 2.2 of the j total population and the twenty-fives ? 1.0 per cent. There were 4,510,19ft who had not reached the voting age of twenty-one, ? bo that there were 5,800,501 who had readied the arithmetical age of ma turlty. i $260,000 Salvaged From Sunken Italian Steamer London,?' The Italian salvage steam er Artlgllo II has landed ahout $250.. 000 worth of gold from the wrecked liner Kgypt at Plymouth. It Is he lleved that bullion worth another $2,. 000,000 remains In the hold of the sunken vessel. The liner went down In a collision In 1022 off Ushant, France, with more than $5,000,000 in gold and silver bullion In Its hold. Uim Natural WhlatU ! Boston. ? fleorge l^flandlln Is ona I Hoston traffic officer who doesn't use his tin whistle. Instead, he defend* on bin natural ability as a whistler. HI* whlatla la famous among Rostonl ana. ' , ? ? This Week h Arthur Brisbane . Better pabies, Maybe Homemade Lightning Prohibition Doomed ' A Better Eye Than* Ours In German; the new brooin Is sweep* lng clean, wltb much new hiwimik- | ing, and sweeping away some things that will be missed later. . The most recent announcement tells of a "Spartan eugenics code" which is to produce better^ German babies. Fathers and mothers selected from the eugenic standpoint. Mothers are told to cease filling their brains with useless education, and concentrate on producing fine German children. Mod ern Germany is to be Inspired by the example of ancient Sparta. When a cowboy was offered ox tall soup he said, "That's going n long way back for soup." Going back to Sparta and Draco is going a long way back for Inspira tion. I A new electrical machine called "Van Der Graaff's 10,000,000 electric volt generator" Is a very good imita tion of lightning. From the day when men shivered and prayed to some red nosed Idol when thunder crashed and lightning flashed, to this day, when men make lightning for their own purposes, is quite a change. This new electrical generator will ?make possible the sending of power over thousands of miles of wires, ^spe- i daily Insulated. Doctor Compton, describing the great generator, says In future en gineers will rule society, deciding what it shall and shall not do. In that the learned gentleman Is mistaken. Engineers will rule en gines. Human desires and Inborn in stincts will rule society now as they did 1,000,000 years ago. Neither sci ence nor Hitler can change that. Prohibition is doomed apparently, j and "the saloon is back already" as | far as beer is concerned. Long bars | with brass rails are numerous. The ^country will have two prob- | lems: First, how to control the army i of criminals that prohibition and boot legging have created. Second, how to deal with the whisky problem, which will come hack in the open. Educa- j tlon must do the lnttpr. Compulsion I has/Tailed. j ( I \Dr. Vladmlr K. Zworyklns has In- i vented "an artificial eye" expected to | make television In the home practical j and Inexpensive. With Its help radio j listeners will actually see those whom j they bear ? singers, talkers, prize I fighters or actors. The artificial eye, far superior to i the human eye, has 8.000.000 photo electric cells In place of the millions ! of rods and cones back of the human ? retina, the photo-electric cells so small they can be seen only under n micro- ! scope. i The rest of the world Is very much Interested In the Important question : Whnt will happen if all the nations abandon gold Tind the world suddenly finds Itself without the old familiar golden "yardstick of value"? One thing Is certain, ? thin country j will suffer. If at all, less than any other country. Money la "worth" what It will huy. and the American dollar will buy anything In the United StnteR. which has more things worth huylnp than any other country. Also, more plentiful dollars will con tlnue to promote business and raise prices, which this country needs. The greatest Individual hoarder of > gold In the world Is said to be an In- \ dlan potentate, the Nizam of Hydera bad, whose ancestors accumulated n fabulous gold treasure, which he has Increased. The British hope that he can he per suafted to deliver that gold to Bnglnnd , In return for the extension of his ? rulershlp over Rehar. whl *h was for merly under his dominion ai d Is craved by him. If he had his hoard In the United j States It would be much simpler. He would he told to bring In the cold and ' take nice green paper Instend, and he would brine It. Herbert It. VVIlkln, who Is a Detroit banker of consequence, not a red litis slan Ilolshevlst. makes the Interesting t statement that the closing of bankf i In Detroit was done by Wall Street I powers "to Ret" Henry Ford. The accusation will Interest Mr. i CtirnfoInK". the attorney general of the United States, and President Roose velt. j "The financial gentlemen did not j "get" Mr. Ford, an undertaking not easy In the case of a man with four or | five hundred millions In cash on hand j Hut whoever engineered the closing ! of those Detroit banks. If anybody did. ? caused hardship, worry and loss to tens of thousands that did not deservo such treatment. The distinguished Mr. Pecora and ! the Impartial fund /powerful attorney general might get more Information from Rankef Wilkin. Wheat that you could have, bought a, little while ago for 42 or 43 cents ft bushel sold last week for one dollar on the grain market of Fort Worth. Texas. Many farmers will welcome the bat tle cty: "flood-by, gold dollar I Hon do yen do, dollar wheat 7? JILL GIVE MAMES OF GOLD HOARDERS Attorney General Then Will Prosecute Them. i ! Washington. ? Attorney General Ho mer S. Cummlngs Is preparing to turn the spotlight of public opinion on re calcitrant holders of gold. Pushing the anti-hoarding campaign which President Roosevelt launched | In Morch to the seml-flnal stoge, the | attorney general sold names of hold ers would he made public soon nnd would be followed by prosecutions If the.v continued to hold out Cummlngs added, however, that he hopes to finish investigating the 15,000 I whom the Treasury department has [reported to him before the publicity (it .We starts. Only 4,013 had been In vestigated, however, and 185 persons refusing to turn in $1,141,819 in gold had been discovered. In the other 3.828 cases, involving S23.021.03l, the suspects either turned over their gold and gold certificates or claimed to have done so before the government agents cnlled, the attor 1 tiey general reported. "I Intend to give everybody the fullest chance to do his duty to the government, and then the pressure will be put on." Cummlngs explained. He sold he would consider, however, n suggestion that a partial list of de flan! -holders be made public Immedi ately to spur on the return of the gold. If publicity fails to break up hoard ing, prosecutions will follow. Even If the government wins a criminal case against a holder, how ever. It may have to proceed civilly against him also to get the gold back unless he voluntary yielded up the precious metal. Cummlngs admitted, lie said, however, that he believed holders convicted In criminal cases would hring In their gold as a step toward obtaining leniency. WASHINGTON BRIEFS The navy temporarily suspended Its* order for a five-day work week in navy yards. The suspension was or dered by Assistant Secretary Elenry L. Roosevelt. The order means navy yards will continue for the present on the flve-and-a-half-day week, working the half-day on Saturdays. A new division has been formed by the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion. It was anounced. to handle loans under the $50,000,000 appropriation of congress for refinancing levee and drainage districts. Congress will be asked at Its next session to give the federal government power to stamp out racketeering, At torney General Homer S. Cummlngs announced. MuJ. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of nrmy engineers, recommended a fed eral expenditure of $7,700,000 for navi gation Improvement works on the Sac ramento river In California. Swanson Approves the Great Lakes Cruise Washington. ? Secretary of the Navy Swanson authorized the annual two weeks' Great Lakes training cruise for 9.411 officers and enlisted men of the six Illinois battalions of the Ninth dlB trlct naval reserve. Including three Chicago and throe downntate bat fa Hons. The first to embark July 6 on the Wllmette will be the Fifth battalion of Chicago, followed by tho Sixth bat talion of Chicago. August H. and the Fourteenth of Chicago. August 20. The Thirtieth battalion of Peoria, the Thirty-first of Rock Island, and the Forty-second of Burlington will embark on the Wllmette September 3. Flood Destroys City; Thousands Perish Ilankow, China. ? A cloudburst In eastern Kwelchow province has re sulted In the destruction of tho Im portant city of Tungjen with a great loss of life, according to monger ad vices reaching here. In nddltlon to destroying Tungjen, drowning thousand" persons, a wall of water swept th.m.gh tho Mayan river valley, drowning an additional thousand and destroying scores of vil lages. Four Army Flyers Killed in Crash Langley Field. Va. ? The bodies of four army dyers, killed when their bombing plane crashed Into the .Tames river near Rush mere. wer? found In the sunken craft. In the plane when It left Baltimore for Langley field were Lieut. II. W. I MacKelcan of Baltimore. Lieut. Hor ace Horvath of Wisconsin and Private Charles S. Sayre, Jr., of Philadelphia, and Albert C. Olive of Rmlthfleld. N. C. Tot Drowns Trying to Save Crippled Bird Milwaukee, Wla. ? Klght-yearold Pas quale Contl was drowned In the Mil waukee river when he lost his balance while reaching out over the water to rescue a crippled bird. T??r for Qncbas IdU Quebec, Qua.? Police tossed tear gas bombs Into a crowd of 600 Idle who had massed around the city hall here and threatened to raid a wholesale pro vision warehouse. dMm . -v ? v ? ? ? ? IMPROVED' UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV. P. B. riTZWATBR, D. D.. Mem ber of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chlcaxo.) ?. 1133. Western Navmpapor Union. Lesson for July 16 DEBORAH LESSON TEXT ? Judges 4. 5. GOLDEN TEXT ? God Is our refuge and strength, a very present help In trouble. Psalm 46:1. PRIMARY TOPIC? God Helping Deb orah. JUNIOR TOPIC ? A Woman Coura geous. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC ? An Inspiring Leader YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC ? leadership in Emergencies. In order to teach this lesson intel ligently, it Is necessary that the teach er hflve a grasp of the book of Judges from which It Is taken. In chapter 2:6-19 Is given a synopsis of the book. Observe : a. The sin of the people lv?. 0-13). b. God's Judgment for their sin (vv. 14, 15). c. Repentance of the people (3:9), d. God's deliverance at the hand* of the judges (2:10-19). repetition of sin, oppression by the enemy, repentance on the part of the people, and God's deliverance, Is the story of the book of Judges. The hook covers the period from the conquest of Canaan and death of Joshua lo the judgeship of Samuel. While Joshua and the elders of his generation lived the people in miiur measure remained faithful to God, but the very next generntlon went Into apostasy. I. The National Emergency tvv. 1-3). 1. Lapse Into idolatry (v. 1). Khud was not only a righteous hut a strong ruler. As soon as he was dead, the people turned away from God. 2. The bondage of the people (v. 2i. The Lord abandoned them to be op pressed by Jahln, king of Canaan. I'^or twenty long years they were under the hand of this king who had nine hun dred chariots of iron. 3. The people cried unto God (v. 3). Affliction brought them to their senses. II. The Judgeship of Deborah (vv. 4-10). The great national emergency which confronted the nation was met by a woman named Deborah. Her name means "Bee." As suggested by anoth er, she answered her name by her in dustry, sagacity, and public usefulness. This woman was called to the Judge ship of the nation because there seema to have beeu no man capable. 1. The place where she Judged Is rael (v. 5). It was under a palm tree, showing that she held an open air court for the administration of Justice. 2. Her method (vv. 0-10). a. Her summons to Barak (vv. 0, 7). Barak means "lightning." Deborah, being a prophetess, was able to select a mnn whose gifts would enable him to rally the forces needed to gain the vic tory over the formidable foe. Judging from his accomplishments. Bnrak wan true to his name, for with lightning dispatch he wrought deliverance. It was really God calling Barak through Deborah. She gave definite instruc tion as to the number of men and the strategy to be employed, assuring him that God would deliver Slsera, the cap tain of Jabln's army. Into his hand. b. Barak's reply (v. 8). He ex pressed an unwillingness to go unless Deborah would go with him. This un willingness should not be considered as weakness, for the presence of the prophetess would Inspire courage. c. Barnk rebuked (vv. 9, 10). Deb orah yielded to his request, but made It plain "to hhn that. It would detract from his honor ns a conqueror, "for the Lord shall sell Slsera Into the hand of n woman." III. The Defeat of Jabln'i Army (vv. 11-10). Slsera. the captain, gathered a mighty army and went forth, confident of victory over the ill-equipped, undis ciplined army of Barak, but he made one sad mistake. He did not Consider that It was the Lord's batMe (v. 15). At the psychological moment Deborah gave the signal to charge, assuring Barak that the Lord had gone before and would give the victory (v. 14). Tli rough supernatnrol Interposition the enemy became panic-stricken (5:30). IV. 8l?era Killed by a Woman (vv 17-24). In his flight he took refuge In Jael's tent. In the guise of friendship, she committed a most heinous murder aft er Inviting him Into her dwelling. V. The fionq of Deborah and Barak (eh. R). This song was composed and sung In celebrotlon of the marvelous victory which God had wrought. Deborah set forth In the most definite way that the secret of victory was the help of God. Praise Is given to those who respond ed to the cry, and R'-orn Is heaped up on those who remained behind. All R?rri?trt Down All hi* It fa long Chrlat hnd been re reeling hl? heart, through the narrow rift of deeds, like some Blonder, Inneel window*; but In hl<? death all the bar rlern are thrown down, and the bright ness blazes out upon men. ? Alexander Maclnren. Scars of 91a "Ransomed, healed, restored, forgW en thank Ood I can say that, hut the ?cars of sin always keep me humble." ? Illnhop TJnteau