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The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Victim of Cliff Leap
Suicide, SAYS Coroner

SALINA, May 17.-Mrs. Marion
Edwards, Metcalf. whose battered
body was found on the rocks below
a cliff at Pacific Grove. was a sui
eide, according to a verdict of the
coroner's jury. An autopsy re-
vealed traces, of alcohol. police an
nounced.
The Metcalfs were married In
Reno nine months ago. after Mrs.
Metcalf had secured divorce from
e. D. Edwards. formerly Of Pacific
Grove. John MetcaR could give no
reason why his wife should commit
suicide.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
SUCKER VALUE
S150,000

LOS ANGELES. May II u.N.sl.-
A deposition by Texas Guinan took
the famous "whoopee' exponent's
part in Superior Court here
In her suit to collect $4,000 dam.
ages from a Los Angeles theatrical
concern.
It related that the "wise guys
of Gotham paid approximately
$3.50 900, twice the stipend of our
President. for the privilege of hear.
ing Texas CHEEKY hail of Hello,
Sucker"
Miss Gulnan claims that the the
atrical concern involved used her
name $25.Oo0 worth last fall In its
advertising matter. after she dropped
out of q show, because Of illness.
Miss Guinan's suit is In the ma.
ture of a cross suit against the
theater corporation In reprisal for q
81 500 suit brought against her for
breach of contract
The theatrical concern charges
Miss Guinan appeared at q local
night club at the time she was sup
posed to be 80 Ill she could not ap.
pear at the theater.
To counteract this charge, she has
called upon FATTY" Arbuckle, cafe
owner, and Sally O'Neill and Phyllis
Haver. screen actresses. to testify
that she merely sat at a table and
did not make whoopee."
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Williams, Tennis Star,
Freed in Raid Wife Led

CHICAGO, May II n.N.S.)-Lucien
Williams. former intercollegiate
tennis champion, and Miss Alice
Kruger, 81, arrested in q raid led
by Mrs. williams, were discharged
In the Morals Court here yesterday
by Judge Philip Finnegan. Mrs. Will
liams told the Judge she believed she
had "too little evidence to prosecute" Z"
The williams were married last
August and lived until two months
ago at the same hotel where Mrs.
Williams conducted her raid in the
interest of obtaining divorce.
Miss Kruger is a hairdresser.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Contract Awarded for
100000 School Annex

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May
17.-Contract for the erection OF the
100000 auditorium and gym
nasium addition to the Fredericks'
burg High School was last night
awarded to the Taylor Manufacture
ing Company, of Farmville, by the
local city council, and work VIII
begin Immediately.
The city council also instructed
the city manager to call for bids or
the construction of $50 feet ol
flume along the right of way ol
the new Kenmore Avenue. at ar
estimated cost of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE

BRIDGEPORT Conn, Nav II
n.N.S0.-Mahel Taliaferro. the &C.
tress, will make another attempt TO
divorce her husband. Capt. ,. p.
PaN O'Brien. Hollywood director. In
Superior Court here today,
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Bread Salesman's Wife
Stolen hY Butter Man

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May 17.-Mrs.
Mary Block left her bread salesman
husband for butter salesman
lover. Walter Block, the bread man
told a divorce Judge.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

TOday's Classified listing Of getty
Wide Used Cars" offers yOu an OppOF-
tuDity to become full-fledEed ear
owner at a reasonably low cost.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

Having completed with the heirs Of late brother,
Fredlane for to convert into CASH
stock hand, in order that do things First
satisfy all debts outstanding and second finance policy
of operation.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
"0U
nan CY"
LADY ASTOR

Distinguished N. P.-pOsoeJul factor to
the political life Of Great Britain!
Does Nancy Langhorne AstOr hold
her position by virtue of her beauty?
Does she hold it because she lie an
American, who, true to her tradition,
is an Opportunist who has turned an
unusual situation to her advantage?
Archibald Henderson, author, his"
torian, biographer, and intimate Of
the great Agures IN the world today,
says 1t Is Lady Astor's personality that
has brought her world renown. And
when you read his appraisal Of this
brilliant beauty of Virginia, you will
agree with him.
This Is one of twelve remarkable
articles depicting the worlds most
vivid personalities. Next Sunday, do
not miss the amazing story Of the
radiant Lady Astor-an American
girl who has made the most conserva.
tive race in the world violate the poN..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

The British have developed light artillery that pierces the armor plate of tanks That invention of course, calls for anti-tank- -gun-proof tank (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
GOVERNMENT INVITES SUGGESTIONS
 ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

In an endeavor to bring about uniformity in the matter of air traffic control the Department of Commerce has organized committee standard signal systems for airports which is inviting suggestions from airport managers and engineers aircraft operators and all others interested in the subject, according to Col. Harry E. Blee, Director of the Departments Aeronautic Development Serv- ice. This committee includes representa- ives of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department, the U S. Army Air Corps the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the National Bureau of Standards and the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce.
 The committee is requesting that it be furnished with descriptions of the systems of air traffic control in projected at individual air ports and is inviting suggestions and plans. In general systems of traffic control grouped under three headings. Oral visual and radio The system ultimately adopted by major air terminals will doubtless embrace all three types of equipment.
 "Airports the bottle-necks of air transport says Col. Blee. "As time goes on and the aerial
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
ADDING TO THE FAME OF GEN.
 HANCOCK.

When the Senate recently, through the co-opera- ton of Insurgent Republican Senators from the sheep and agricultural States and the Democrats, principally from the agricultural South, raised the tariff on raw wool from 30 cents to 34 cents a pound and reduced the rates manufactured wool goods it again demonstrated the truth of the famous declaration of Gen. Hancock that the tariff is local question. The Westerners who have at tackled the high tariff schedules designed to benefit the Eastern manufacturers anxious to write into the tariff measure all the protective features that it is possible to get for the interests within their States. They believe that the tariff ought to be lowered on the class of goods the East makes which the farmers must purchase but raised on the foods and materials like those produced in the West that manufacturers must buy.
 This illustrates exactly what Gen. Hancock meant, yet his declaration undoubtedly lost him the Presidency. change of less than 1l,Ooo votes in New York would have given the election to Hancock instead of Garfield. It is believed that his tariff declaration cost him many more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
SANTA'S FIRE-ESCAPE
By Mary Graham Bonner


 Santa" began Peggy, most O. the children I know, or good many of them, anyway, live in apartments, and you come to see them just the same. How do you get down without chimneys?'
 My dear" Santa Claus replied, TT saw those apartments being built some time ago. When they started to build them I said to myself:
 What! No chimneys for me to go down to visit the children on Christmas Eve? Well, I'll have to see about thatp
 And did. I saw that they were building fire-escapes on the houses every apartment had it's frees cape. So when go to such places I simply go down that way!"
 "Oh, am so glad to have that question answered." Peggy said.
 And then they said goodbye to Santa Claus and the Little Black Clock told him that perhaps he would bring them again.
 "Oh, may we conner" Peggy asked.
 wed love to, Santa" John added
 Please come again" Santa said, "and if I'm so busy that I can hardly talk to you, I'm sure you'll find my place interesting. Don't forget to hang up your stockings"
 John and Peggy laughed hard. As though they would forget anything like that! But Santa Claus was too. And his eyes were twinkling very brightly. It even seemed as though his dog, Great Boy, was grinning. He opened his mouth in such a funny way!
 As long as they lived, too, they knew they would never forget how Santas eyes smiled and twinkledl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
A Daily News Reel.
(st. Louis Post-Dispatch.)

New York building laborer falls nine stories to street then walks away unhurt and Winsted Conn, man breaks both legs turning in bed; family of eighteen in Michigan town lives in three-room house. and St. Louis apartment hotel advertises suites of ten rooms and six baths; Switzerland plans sx-month prison term for blasphemers who insult God" and Jugo-Slav doctor gets ten years for insulting King; students in magazine survey fail to identify picture of John D. Rockefeller and youth wins Sacramento contest by correctly spelling "Liliuokaani' family size tandem bicycles enjoy vogue in England, and Austin, Tex, passes ordinanve forbiddng two passengers a motor cycle Ivar Kreuger Swedish match king adds Ger man monopoly to his long list by $14400OOO0 loan to Government and then is caught using cigarette lighter; turkeys quoted at 45 cents pound by grocers and at g cents a pound in fifty years ago column; reformer terms automobile greatest peril to morals of modern youth, and masher at Milwaukee is fined $25 for trying to pick up girls with horse and buggy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

FERN BEAUTY PARLORS
 The Fern Beauty Parlor will be losed until December 21st. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
WILL ROGERS DEFENDS SENATE.

Will Rogers thinks the Senate has been unduly criticised for not passing the tariff bill during the special session He said they didn't pass the tariff bill for the thing wasn't any good" and added:
 Never blame a legislative body for not
 doing something. When they do nothing,
 that don't hurt anybody. When they do
 something is when they become dangerous. There is wisdom in the observations of the former Mayor of Beverley Hills. The country would be lot better off if Congress and State Legsla- lures had spent time doing nothing instead of passing bills.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

There is so much out of the ordinary going on in Washington we cannot tell whether the Government IS tottering or tttering.-(Atlanta Constitution
 It's cinch no one has ever been hurt getting tax cut-(J Jacksonville Times -Union)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
PARISH CARD PARTY

Bridge and Whist. Good prizes. Parish Hall Tuesday at 8 D. m. Under auspices Ladies of the Par ish. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

carriage of passengers, mail and merchandise in- creases an accurate control of this traffic will be basic necessity. It is felt, therefore, that the studies about be undertaken are of considerable import to the advancement of the industry There is urgent need for the development of standard day-and-night signal systems for controlling air traffic on and in the vicinity of airports and for communicating such special information to the pilot as may be necessary"
 Suggestions for the committees consideration should be addressed to the committee A. Pendleton Tahaferro, Jr. Aeronautics Branch, U. S. Depart ment of Commerce, Washington, D. C.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

The third annual Christmas fund for the Pioneers will be important incident in this years holiday celebration. It should be kept up to last years standard when each of the old timers was given in excess of s2o to be expended by him. self in his own way
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17
Not So Bad.
Seward Gateway.)

toeWafQ GateWayD
 Financial storms panics and political jugglery may knock the props from beneath the national economic edifce and conjure up want and suffering in the United States but the Land of the Mid night Sun will go right along digging gold from the creeks and hills snaring rabbits, killing moose, caribou and sheep when the packing houses no longer send us beef, spearing salmon trawling halibut netting herring and angling for rainbow trout when tariffs bar out Norwegian sardines kip pered herring and dried codfish.
 If the lumber mills shut down in the States, we may take our and crosscut saw and build little cabin. If the clothing manufacturers, under higher tariff wall, put the price of hand-me- downs beyond our reach-wel there are those now living who could fashion good pair of breeks out of buckskin and tell the shoe manufacturer to go to Juneau while turning seaskn into mukuks If flour reaches panic prices we have little spot of some 600O000 acres in the Interior that pro- duces No hard wheat and oats If the Irish get corner on the spud market we have gardens that produce at the rate of Is tons of Murphys to the acre and cabbages that have be quartered for family of ten rutabagas that would scare a States product out of the garden with their size not to mention all varieties of garden sass un- equaled anywhere in the world; and berries!
 Then what is the matter with fat bear for little shortening for the sourdough bread and moose taow with which to grease Jimmy's tummy or ridgepole when he will not keep his waist t-band buttoned and gets chiblains along his spine? We have oil wells for producing juice for the flivver. modern machine shops for keeping it from going haywire coal to keep the house warm and dog teams to fetch in the meat
 And what is not the least in the aggregate flock of flappers for wives for the coming shieks squaws for the sourdough who hates stiff collars and too much la in his provender
 Yes, come to think about it, we are setting pretty II anything happens to the dwelers of the beehives in the canyons of steel and stone known as the modern communities of the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

The Old Atlantic probably wanted to show the Bremen that ships are not made too big to be the sport of the old pond
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-17

May good luck and the fates be kind to those intrepid who going forth to the rescue of Ben Eieson and Earl Borland
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
STUDY SALARIES PAID TO TEACHERS ELSEWHERE
special Council Committee Obtains Schedules in Force in Other
 Communities.

Information relative to the senior, junior and elementary school salary schedules of several of the larger schools in the state is in the hands of the teachers council committee and schedule is being prepared and will be submitted to the council al q meeting Tuesday night.
 If this schedule is adopted, the conference committee of the council will meet with the teachers com mittee of the school board and the schedule will be used as an argu- ment in favor of increases in the maximum salaries paid al high school and for improvements in sal aries of teachers of lower gra ades.
 One of the chief recon mmcndationS will be to make it possible for de- serving teachers 10 receive an in crease in salary over the maximum amount.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
HOOVER AFTER STONE
 TO HEAD LAW BOARD
(Continued from First Page)

enforcement problem as far and away transcending any now before the country. In his recent New York address. dealing wholly with this subject, he said that such T commission can perform the great est of services in our generation"
 Efforts of the president to have Justice Stone form the arch around which the commission personnel will be built are believed to account in the main for the unexpected de- lay in announcing the members.
 Justice Stone. who Is the youngest member of the supreme court-he is 57 years old-long has been a close friend of MT. Hoover: was his netghbor for years in the s street residential section. and is a member of the medicine ball cabinet"
 Upon his return from his good will tour to South America, MT. Hoover conferred often with the as sociate justice and also had him as . guest on fishing trips in Florida during the pre-inauguration period. Enquestionably Justice Stone has been one of the presidents trusted advisers in the study he has been making of law enforcement prob- lems.
 Taft Often Consulted
 Chief Justice Taft, likewise. has been frequently consulted on this a,,hioot ha ho Der of years that there be under taken the very task which President Hoover now would have a commits zion of nationally known men un- dertake.
 Justice Stone is intensely inter- ested in this subject. While attor- ney general he made several ad- dresses before bar associations and law enforcement committees urging fhe necessity for the. observance Of all laws and their rigid enforce ment. He also proposed jail sen- tences for violators of the prohibit tion laws as the only deterrent to bootleggers.
 It was while serving as dean of the Columbia university law school taat Justice Stone was selected by President Coolidge in April. 1924. as attorney general to succeed Har- v NJ. Daugherty. whose administra- ton Of the department of justice then was under investigation by a special senate committee.
 After serving in that office Tor
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

pointed to the supreme court by Mr. Coolidge on March ,, 1925. suc- ceeding the late Justice Joseph Me- kenna. In his four years on the bench he has delivered opinions for the court in a number of import ant cases.
 Criticized Excessive Laws
 During his services as teacher of law at Columbia. Justice Stone first began condemning the prodigious number of laws on the statute books enacted he contendnd. without re- gard to the principles of draftsman- ship. with their meaning and effect uncertain, taking over into the fiell of positive law the sphere of hu- man action, which he would leave untrammelled by legal restriction.
 Justice Stone as professor and attorney general also strongly ad- vocated in law enforcement that lawful ends should be sought by lawful means, precept to which President Hoover has heartily sub scribed in his public addresses and
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

started and was killed a short time later. ,
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
Rev. Dr. John L. Davis
 TemDle Ceremony Sneaker

Rev. Dr. John l.. Davis. pastor of Grace Methodist church of New York, former pastor of Trinft. Methodist church of this city and founder of Everymans Bible ciAss, will deliver an address at the dedi- May II.
 Dr. Davis will speak at the han- quet. His subject will be: "A Man, a Minister. a Mason"
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
Original Gold Star
 Mother Dead at 63

Dedham Mass. April 26 (CP) )- Mrs. Lucy Burgess Farnsworth, 63 mother Of the first American to iose his life in the World War, is dead at her home here. She was the wife Of William Farnsworth. Boston wool broker.
 Mrs. FarnsWorth's son. Henry enlisted in the Foreign Legion in France shortly after the World War
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
High School Fraternities
 To Hold Dance on May ]

Three fraternities at the New . Britain senior high school will unite in an inter-fraternity dance which will be held at the Elks club hall on May 2. The fraternities involved tare the Gamma chapter. Alpha Del Sigma fraternity: and the Pi chap ter, Alpha Iota Epsilon fraternity. Two representative from each of he fraternities have been selected
 as the committee in charge. Paul Cianci of the Theta Sigma frater- | nity is chairman.
 This is the first inter-fraternity dance given in several years.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
WIFE SAVES LIFE

Denver. April 26.-Dr. William C.. Flnnoff has his wife to thank for the success of serious appendix operation he underwent recently. Hi. wife. Dr. Virginia Van Meter. plead cd with her father. Dr. s, D. Van Meter. to allow her to assist in the operation. Her aid, it is said. was invaluable in performing the opera ton.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE
MEN and Mrs. James ]. Crowley Visited By Members Of Family Oa 35th Wedding Anniversary.

MT. and Mrs. James J. Crowley ot 6sO East Main street. were sur prised by . number of the lnem- bers of their immediate family last night in honor of the 35th anniver- sary of their wedding.
 Mir. and Mrs. Crowley were mar ried on April z5. 1ss4 at St. Pauls church. Remington. by the late Rev. J. Shelley. They have resided for 20 years in New Britain and have three sons and four daughters. Mir Crowley ix employed as a superin- tendent by Landers. Frary X Clark
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

ston. who represents the state as
 we'll as the local Chamber, will leave by train tomorrow evening. Judge and Mrs. w. C. Hungerford and l..
 ]. Porter win go by train Monday evening. Secretary Ralph H. Ben son will leave Monday.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
Delegates to National
 Chamber of Commerce

President Pardon c. Hickey Of the Chamber of Commerce and Mrs
 Hickey will leave tomorrow by mo tor for Washington, D. C.. where they wilt attend the annual meeting Of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Major Frank H. John
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
ABSOLUTE LOSES MAST

Bristol, R. l.. April 26 tUPl-The yacht Resolute famous in interna- tional cup competition. lost her s. GOO mast during a windstorm here last night The Vanderbilt yacht Vara, moored nearby. was damaged when the 150-foot mast fell across her
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
BOY FISHERMEN MISSING

Greenwich, April 26 (UF)-Fear was felt here today for the safety of two boy fishermen. Stanley Ka- linsky and Stanley Oiivik. who went fishing in Long Island sound in q row boat yesterday and have not been reported since. Police SAid it was possible the high wind may have driven the light craft ashore on one of the off-shore islands.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

in some statements as president dealing with enforcement of the prohibition laws
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26
HOUSEHOLD STAFF
 BENEFITS BY WILL
 OF DEAD EMPLOYER
(Continued from First Page)

Nided equally among her six chil- dren. all of whom survived her. and who are George P. Hart, Howard s. Hart, Mrs, Martha H. Moore Max. well $ Hart. and Walter H Hart. all of New Britain and Edward H Hart of Pelham Manor, New York.
 The will was executed June l7. 1922. Mrs. Hart died April 9
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

NEA San Francisco Bureau When Jerry Andrews Oakland, Calf, flyer 1900 feet above San Francisco Bay the motor dropped of his plane The craft into taspn after another and Jerry just pulling the plane out of the third when the water up and hit it. Jerry waded ashore, unhurt.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-26

Americas wealth has increased over seven times during the last 5e years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23

there will be plenty OF time to
think OF love and marriage.
Dear Annie Laurie:
We would ike you to answer
these questions for US:
/. Should a girl let q boy kiss
her goodnight?
2. How long should a girl allow
her boy friend to stay at her home
after they return from a show?
3. Should a girl ask a boy for a
date?
4. Should a girl 90 with a boy
who is going with another girl
steady?
5. When a girl and a boy are
walking together on a street should
the boy take hold Of the girls arm
Or should the girl take hold Of the
bows arm?
6. When walking down an aisle
N a show. who should go first, the
boy or the girl2
u II a boy is going with a Girl
steady and he meets her on the
street with a girl friend and he
asks her for a date. should they
take the girl friend along, or should
they take her home?
8. Who should lead in converse
ticn, the boy or girl?
8. When there are two couples I'm
the same car Is 1t proper or i'm