davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
GUILD
ELECTSF0UR

Four new members have been
elected to its board of governors by
the Community Drama Guild of
Washington for the coming season
of 1929-19S0. They are Mrs. Fulton
Lewis and DIR. Dewitt .Croissant,
representing the guarantors OF the
guild:a and Mrs. Maude Howell
Smith and Robert NJ. Miller, jr., rep.
resenting the membership.
The new board, which holds its
first meeting about September / for
organization and the appointment of
important committees, VIII serve for
one year. and includes Cuno H. Ru.
dolph, Judge Mary O'Toole, w. s.
Corby, Mss SibyI Baker, of the Com
munity Center department, and
Capt. Ray G. Montgomery, of the
Office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks.
Denis E. Connell, with outstand.
ing support from both guarantors
and members, asked that his name
be withdrawn as q candidate for
the board of governors as he pre-
ferred active direction of stage
plays. He is expected to have a
prominent place on the directors
committee for the cornnig season.
Immediately following the first
meeting of the new board of gov
ernors. detailed plans for 192S-193O
will be announced. Tentative plans
are much more elaborate and com
prehensive than last year, which
was the guilds first season.
Among the present seasons activi-
ties one of the most important will
be the fourth annual District one
act play tournament. This will
probably take place during Feb
ruary under the direction of the
Community Drama Guild.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Annual GrottO Outing
Arranged for Tomorrow

Kallipolis Grotto will hold its an!
nual outing tomorrow at Chesapeake,
Beach. Athletic events. special fea-
lures, dancing. music. boating. bath.
in.s. fishing, grabbing. and games are
on the program.
The arrangements committees IL
composed of Henry ]. Gompers,
chairman: Arthur M. Poynton, glad
hand: Henry C. stein ana c. +. How.
ell, music and parade; e. w. LIB.
bey, publicity; s. F. Shreve, athletics:
william j. Erskine, transportation:
Gail T. Judd. tickets; L. Whiting
Estes, E. s. Schmid, s. III. Takes. C.
d. Shackelford and Charles A. Ste
vens, judges.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

Mrs. Johnson said the husband,
James H. Johnson, came home
drunk, ehoked her and picked up
their small daughter by the hair.
She told the judge that he threw
their son against a wall.
The children, one Of them badly
bruised, accompanied their mother
to the court room today.
Mrs. johnson, a slight woman,
nearly collapsed at one point in her
testimony and finished up bv telling
the judge she had stood "all that
human flesh can stand"
The court questioned the defend
ant. who denied details of the
charge. but admitted he had struck
his wife. Judge Mattingly charac-
terized his conduct as brutal and
beastly' and told him you belong
in jail"
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Child Struck by Train
Is Instantly Killed

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Aug.
20.--Jean Atkinson, 1S months old,
only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Atkinson, of Stafford county. was
instantly killed yesterday when
struck by a passenger train in front
of her home. The child had wan.
dered from her fathers side and
was playing with gravel between
the railroad tracks.
The child's father Is q section
foreman of the railroad and his
home is close to the tracks, A
neighbor of the Atkinsons saw the
dangerous position Of the child but
was too far away to avert the
tragedy,
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
FL|ER DIES
IN AIR DERBY
Continued from First Page,

Continued from First Page)
Crosson, but filled with foreboding
for her. They bad not seen her
afternoon. Miss Crosson had
hut watched by Wellton residents,
who spent the night in the search
for her plane.
The women fliers flew here from
San Bernardino, Calf. via Yuma.
Ariz., yesterday, across the desert
and mountains. In a blazing sun.
Although she followed Louise
Thaden. of PittsbuI gh. Pa, into the
Sky Harbor Airport In Phoenix. Mrs.
Florence l.. Barnes. of San Marino,
Calf, won the second successive day
of prize money for the best elapsed
time since leaving Santa Monica.
Mrs. Claire Fahy was not able TO
rejoin the race. Her landing gear
was shattered when she descended at
Calexico. A forced landing jolted
the plane of Thea Rasche, famous
German aviatrix out of commission
at Holtville, Calf. Mechanics were
striving to repair the ship so she
might continue in the contest.
BObbie Trout DOwned
Bobbie Trout's plane was dan
aged when a balky motor forced u
down near Algodones after she had
pc ssed Calexico.
The plane of Amelia EarhaIt
first woman Atlantic flier. rose on
its nose in landing at Yuma. Ariz.
A new propeller was hurriedly al.
tached.
Louise Thaden. OF Pittsburgh.
was the first to complete the second
lap. Other arrivals here In their
order were Florence Barnes, of
California; Gladys O'Donnell CIeve-
land; Ruth Nichols. Rye. N. Y.
and Mrs Keith Miller. New Zea
land. followed by nine other con-
testants
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
4. {. I've rs Sc I
F0RElFCTI0N

Candidates for office In the
Eight:eth (Blue Ridge) Division,
American Epxeditionary Forces,
were named today in formal nomi
nation at business session OF the
Tenth Annual Reunion of the vete.
rams at the Raleigh Hotel.
Oscar c. Mulhollen. of Johnstown,
Pa, was nominated for commander,
while candidates for the three vice
presidential offices are MKaj. Gen.
F.. G.. Peyton, of Geirg.a, Rodney
r. Bonsall. OF Philadelphia and Boyd
B. Stutler. Charleston. w. Va,
The Rev. Theodore F. Beck was
named for chaplain. and. Rusel l..
Stultz, who has held the office sew.
eral years for historian. Lieut.. Col.
Ashhy Williams, of this city was
nominated, for judge advocate. Crist
C. ramer. for recording secretary,
and Oliver Fry for color sergeant.
The following men were named
for the executive council: Jack Lon
don, Allen G. Murray, Robert d.
Newman, Robert E. Daumer, Sam
uel G. Evans, Homer c. Cunning
ham, John Vachetta, A. M. Brown
ley, A. j. Ray. F. r. Saternow
Paul T, Winter and Earl d. Church.
Election will be held tomorrow.
With the selection of next years
meeting place still pending. a plane
arrived today from Johnstown, Pa,
bringing an invitation for the con-
vention to reunite there next year.
Representative j. Russell Leech
OF Pennsylvania was passenger on
the ship.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

Continued from First Page)
attempted flight Of the Monoplana
Young Switzerland from Lisbon to
America.
Portuguese Aid
Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher,
the young airmen who are attempt
ing the flight. have the sympathetic
support of the Portuguese aviation
authorities who co-operated In get.
ting them started out across the
Atlantic, and reports Of their prog,
ress over the ocean were anxiousIv
awaited
Kaesar and Luescher are the
youngest aviators ever to attempt a
transatlantic flight. Kaesar is only
q years old and his companion one
year his senior. Neither is expert
enced in navigation. but both are
expert pilots, and before they started
from the beach on the hanks of the
Tagus River they expressed utmost
confidence in their ability to make
the flight successfully.
Head for Halifax
Kaesar said before the start that
they would fly directly over the
Azores as a signal OF their progress.
but that no landing would be made
unless heavy fuel consumption made
1t necessary. He said they would
head directly for Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and that the amount OF fuel
left when they arrived at that spot
would determine whether or not
they would continue to New York,
II their fuel tank is dry or nearly
So. they will refGel at Halifax and
continue to New York as speedily as
possible.
In spite of his extreme youth.
Kaesar is one OF Switzerland's most
famous pilots. Luescher is less well
known, but friend OF long stand.
ing, and it is he who Is financing
the attempt.
Kaesar was frank In admitting
that he had been inspired to the
transatlantic attempt by the feat
of Col. Charles Lindbergh In blazing
trail from New York to Paris.
Have Small Boat
Although the plane carries no
wireless. there is q collapsible rub
Der boat which the airmen are con.
fident can support them in case
they are forced down In mid-ocean.
They are. carrying a plentiful supply
OF food and provisions, while an
innovation in transatlantic flying Is
small apparatus 70 distiN sea
water to render it fit for drinking
purposes.
Before the start Kaesar estimated
he should reach Halifax In about
az hours. which would bring them
over the American continent late
this evening.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
CHAMBER TO MEET

CLARENDON. Va, Aug. 20.-The
membership committee Of the Airing
ton County Chamber of Commerce
OF which Clarence r. Ahalt is the
chairman will meet AT his home on
Arlington Ridge tomorrow night zAal
s o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
ANESE PREMIER LAUDS DR. ECKENER FOR ZEPPELIN FLIGHT
OLDEST VET HAS
NEVER SEEN
A MOVIE
continues from First Pagel

(Contlnueu from FIRST PaSel
Miss Sarah White Of Virginia at the
age Of 10 years.
To this union was born u child.
rem, four sons of which still live on
the Georges Creek, Allegany county,
near his present home. The sons
are Peter. Jefferson, Benjamin and
Hudly Trannm. After 4S years of
marital bliss the couple then In
their sixties separated and 10 years
later he married Miss Mac Mannis.
native of Westernport. OF this
union ~ children were born, 10 OF
which are living and the youngest
just recently celebrated her TWEEN.
tieth birthday. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira.
mum were married In Westernport
by the Rev. w. M. KIght. pastor
of the United Brethren Church, Aug.
%. 1887.
The patriSrch lives on the state
road between Barton and Western.
port in q little frame structure,
which has been his home for the
past 40 years. Prior TO that time
he had lived in Keyser ana various
other points In Western Virginia.
Gets SEQ 3 Month
His sustenance Is $50 monthly re.
ceived from the Pension Bureau at
Washington. d. c., having been a
member of the Union forces during
the civil war. He was turned down
twice when he enlisted in 1851 on
account Of his age, once at Keyser,
w. Va, and later at Romney, w.
Va. He was finally admitted at
Cumberland, Md. and was placed in
Company X, Maryland Brigade
He saw much active fighting and
participating in the Battle of Get
tysburg.
He was not wounded throughout
the war but had his hair singed oy
bullet in the Gettysburg battle.
He was mustered out at Maryland
Heights and discharged from the
Union Army in Baltimore in 1865.
He has been on the pension list the
past 30 years.
Hospitality reigns in the home end
last Sunday 35 members, of the
large family had dinner there.
Sour IN Liquor
His views on prohibition are that
all liquor should be sold under Gov
ernment regulation and that the Vol
stead Law Ii causing the moral
downfall of the American youth. The
automobile. he says. Is the devils
trap. that Is sending thousands of
people to hell every day.
The years of a century have made
him gray, but his eye il keen and
hearing good.
Potatoes are not included in his
diet. very little meat much corn
bread and fish and an abundance
Of water. He smokes a pipe fire.
quently, but abstains from the use of
liquor. He sleeps about four hours
out Of the "a.
He has never been on the inside of
a motion picture house nor wit.
messed one of the modern film dra-
mas, but his life is filled with ad-
venture and romance that would
make a 'talkie" of the present day
one of the screen sensations Of the
year. especially when his 1856 great
great. great-grand. and grand chill
dren gather round him on New
Years Day. one of the yearly events
In the Tranum family.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

who may give financial assistance
is William B. Leeds. rich young
New Yorker, who is a passenger
on the Graf,
Reports that the Goodyear Rub.
ber Company, of the United States
would participate in the: proposed
we're SAAiea here. F.7s.-
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
HUME WINS SCHOLARSHIP

LEESBUBG, Va, Aug. 29.-Gray
w. Hume. son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Hume. of Rush Park, near here
has received a scholarship to Wash
ington and Lee University. LexinE-
ton. Va. He was graduated from
ILeesburg High School in the class
Of 1929.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
TWO WIVES ASK DEGREES

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT.
HOUSE. Aug. 20.--Suits for. divorce
were filed in the county clerks office
today by Ruth A. Smallwood against
Arthur 'Smallwood, and BY Ida
Agnes Wall against John Raymond
Wall.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
GIES $1,000 TO HOSPITAL

LEESBURG,4 Va, Aug. 20.-W.
B. Hibbs. member OF w. B. Hibbs
and Co.. Washington. D. c., and
owner OF "Graydon," palatial coun-
try residence near here. has made a
donation of $1,000 to the Loudoun
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
CONVENTION DATE SET

LYNCHBURG, Va. Aug. 20.-The
annual convention of the Sunday
School Association of Campbell
seStinty VIII BIZ hsIa2 next .sattraay
at Mount Zion Church.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
Husband Jailed Year
For Beating Wife
Times STAFF Photo

Testimony of Mrs. Mamie Johnson Of Seaon Street
North Capitol that her husband beat her and their small
children led Judge Robert Mattngly in Police Court today
$500 fine
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

The Times Herald illuminated map
at L,Oew's Palace Theater shows the
daily position sGf the Graf Zeppelin
on her flight round the world.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

See the latest location reports from
the Graf Zeppelin OniThe Times:VTer:
aid map at E0eW's Palace T6estsr.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
FIRM THRIVING.
AS SINCLAIR
DOES TINE
By .AMEs I. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK. Aug. 20 n.N.sA
Although Harry r. Sinclair has been
and still is In jail for defying 4
United States Senate committee. his
company--the Sinclair Consolidated
OIL Corporation has been making
money In big way without his
guiding hand and expert counsel.
Figures Just made public show
that the corporation has improved
its net profits In the first six months
OF 1929 BY "A per cent over the cor.
responding period OF 1928. Balance
Of net profits to June so. this year.
before taxes and reserves, total S1e..
44s,zbO. as compared with $9,462 ,955
the first six months Of last year. Il
Add 600 Stations
Obviously, Sinclair's business has
been doing mighty well during the
chiefs" incarceration. In recent
months. 1t was announced, more
than 500 bulk" and ''retail' oil
stations have been added to the
Sinclair group in various parts Of
the country.
New oil stations were located,
largely. to inaugurate or extend "a.
cilities In the Atlantic seaboard and
southeastern areas where represent.
alton previously had been rather
meager. Considerable sums Of
money were expended in the ac.
QUESTION Of chains Of retail stations
to establish key" positions In the
centers Of population.
RumOrs. are Laid
All OF which disposes, rather ef!
fectively. Of the rumors that were
loping through the canyons OF Wall
Street a few months ago when Gin.
clair was about to begin his JAN
sentence to the effect that the oil
magnate was preparing to dispose
of a gerat deal Of his holdings.
These rumors were promptly and OF.
ficially denied at the time, but
they would not down.
A day of two before Sinclair went
to Jail, the executives at his main
headquarters in Nassau Street gave
their chief a vote OF confidence and
pledged to work harder than ever"
while he was away, and apparently,
they did.
Ran Without Him
Sinclair was an indefatigable
worker when ne was on the lob.
But he was sagacious enough not
to make the Sinclair Oh Corpora.
ton q "onei man Organization, /"
When he left it was smooth rum
ming machine that went along al.
most on its own impetus.
1t is q foregpne conclusion that
when Sinclair Is released he win
return to his office in Wall Street
and endeavor to erase unpleasant
memories by close application to
the job of furthering the interests
of his giant corporation with its
offices and plants all over the world.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
HALIFAX WATTS
FL|ERS

Continued from First Page)
attempted flight of the Monoplana
Young Switzerland from Lisbon to
America.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20

FR1EDRICHSHAFEN, Germany
Aug. 20 Q.N.S.l-Dr. Schmidt,
legal adviser Of the Zeppelin works,
announced he would leave for New
York today to prepare for the ar
rival Of DR.. Hugo Eckener, com.
mander Of the Graf Zeppelin and for
the opening Of negotiations for the
formation of a German.American
airship corporation.
The proposed company would es.
tablish airlines between Europe
and North and South America.
American financiers are reported
TO be inclined to back the project,
n the present world flight is
success. One Of the AmerIcan6-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
BIG ENGLISH DIRIGIBLE
MAKES FIRST FLIGHT
RICO Completes Trip From How,
den, Yorkshire, to Card
ington.

BY the Associated Press.
CARDTNGTON, England, December
1.-THE R-10o, Great Britain's newest
giant dir1gible which took four years to
build, made her maiden flight from
Howden Yorkshire, yesterday and was
hitched TO the nooring mast here this
afternoon.
Launched from her Howden hangar
at dawn, the great air vessel. under
command Of Capt Scott, got well into
the air about o'clock and Unanswered
around the district for some time.
Crowds which had waited patiently
since dawn cheered the ship enthusiast
tically.
Although Capt. Scott had announced
he would make q slow trip In view Of
the fact that 1t was the ships first time
out and that many Of the crew were
making their first flight, the R-100 new
from York to Cardington, about 100
miles, in two hours. Her average of 10
miles an hour was well up to her
specifications. =
Arriving over the Cardington air
drome, Capt. Scott turned and cruised
around Bedford for two hours before
making his way to the mooring mast.
The R-100 Is somewhat shorter than
the R-101 which was launched recently
but has the same maximum diameter,
A new form of duralumin girder was
used in the R-100 which Is claimed TO
be more effective than any previously
used in airship work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
SLOW CAR SERVICE
SCORED BY CITIZENS
Rap Taken by Georgetown
Association at Manner of
Traction in That Section.

Asserting that street cars running
through Georgetown were few and far
between" and particularly stressing the
need for bigger and better car serv-
ice," A. K. Paris, at meeting of the
Georgetown Citizens Association, held
last night in st. Johns parish hall,
3244 o street, presented the association
with letter addressed to the superin-
tendent of the Washington Railway g.
Electric Co. asking for larger street cars
to be run from Georgetown at closer in
tervals between the hours of and
in the evening. The letter. which seeks
to provide more adequate transporta-
ton facilities for the section, was re-
ferred to the committee on utilities for
careful consideration, after which it will
be forwarded to the Public Utilities
Commission for action.
Carrying out its customary Christmas
policy, the association voted $50 to be
sent to the Aged Women's Home, 1885
Wisconsin avenue.
In the absense Of the president, John
A. BowleS, and the secretary, John Paul
Jones, John H. Small and John H.
Doyle occupied the chair and secretary
ship, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
PROGRESS C0NQUERS
ANTIQUE DRAWBRIDGE
Span Built in Lincoln's Time Will
Be Replaced by Concrete
Structure.

PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Wis. P.-
There could be no better place than
the vicinity Of Prairie du Chen for
drawbridges to make their last stand.
Here along the old Wisconsin, with
memories of Marquette. Black Hawk,
Zachary Taylor, young Jefferson DAVIS
and the pioneering John Jacob Aston,
other manners.
These bridges were built In Lincoln's
day and their first span was lifted to
permit the passage Of boats and log
RATS down the river.
1t was IS years ago that the draws
were raised at Bridgeport. But the
old bridge has remained, It's character
settled into the sleepinesS of q town
which used to be hard and tough.
Next Spring a modern concrete
bridge will take its place, at a cost
Of $500, 900, 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
MICHIGAN BOMBINGS
JOLT NEIGHBORHOODS
Detroit Store Owner Arrested When
Three Cans of Gasoline Are
Found in Place.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, December 1.-Two bomb
ings in Detroit and Highland Park, one
Sunday night and the other shortly after
midnight yesterday, shattered windows
and damaged a filling station and a
grocery. No injuries were reported.
Explosion of can of gunpowder be-
side gasoline pump at filling station
in Highland Park early this morning
shattered windows for blocks around.
No motive has been found by police in
vestigating the explosion.
The front of grocery store in Mont
clair avenue in Detroit was blown out
last night and the neighborhood shaken
by an explosion in the establishment.
Frank Marine, 40, owner of the store,
was taken into custody when police re-
ported discovering three five-gallon cans
of gasoline in the store. One Of the
cans was attached to long fuse hang
ing out Of the window, they said.
Asked what his wife did for living,
a man In Clerkenwall, England, court
replied concisely: give children"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17
Thief Steals Shoes
And Hat of Woman
Doing in Station
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Decen-
Der 17.-When Mrs. r. Mosley OF
Atlanta, Ga, visits Birmingham
again she will be careful TO stay
awake.
Arriving at the terminal sta
ton here early in the morning,
Mrs. Mosely retired to the ladies
rest room for a two-hour wait
between trains before continuing
her Journey home.
Removing her hat, she sat down
and Immediately fell asleep.
In complaint filed with police,
Mrs. Mosely said that while she
slept some one, not content with
purloining her hat, removed her
shoes from her feet.
She nearly missed her train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-14
BRAZILIAN DATES SET
BY BISHOP CANNON

BY the Associate ted Press.
RICHMOND, Va, October 14.-The
Times Dispatch today said that Bishop
James Cannon, jr., himself chose the
dates for conducting three Brazilian
conferences of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South during the Virginia po-
litical campaign, in which he was ex-
pected until last Thursday, when he
announced his departure for South
America. to take an active part. The
Times-Dispatch story says oficial lists
of conferences published three weeks
before Bishop Cannon's announcement
of his departure contained no confer
ence dates for him before next Feb
ruary.
Bishop Cannon. who said here Thurs
day that he was leaving Immediately for
Brazil, expressed surprise that the pub
lie did not know of these Episcopal
missions, saying they had been pub
lished in the church press.
The Times-Dispatch says churchnen
here had expected Bishop Cannon to
attend the Virginia conference OF the
church meeting in Richmond Wednes-
day of this week.