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The Washington times., 1929-07-26
VA.SCOUTSPLAN
Bis OUTING

ANNANDALE. Va, July 2s.-
The first large outdoor event plan.
ned to boost scouting in this sec
ton Of Northern Virginia, will be
held tomorrow afternoon and eve.
ming on the school campus here,
with troops from Cherrydale, Clar-
endon. VanderWerken and AMMAN
dale participating. Local Scout Mas
ter j. w. Mercer will be assisted
by William A. Van Doren, of Cher.
rydale, leader Of troop activities in
the Fifth Virginia division. and
other prominent officials of Vir.
ginia and Washington. 1t is antici-
pated that several hundred boys will
take part.
The program will start at Q
o'clock with an obstacle race, knot
tying contest. 100-yard dash for
boys Is to 1S years, and 100-yard
dash for boys ~ to is years; tent.
pitching contest: signalling with
both Morse and senaphore codes:
first aid contest, message relay,
string burning contest.
\ Camp fires win be lighted about
$50. and q basket supper served.
At $50 all the troops will partici-
pate IN tug-of-war. At sundown
there win be an impressive flag
ceremony. This win be followed by
q tenderfoot investiture by the local
troop, and interesting features put
on by the visiting officials. The
latter as the closing number will
demonstrate first-class initiation.
All parents, friends and the gen
eral public gre invited to be present.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
Naval Reserves Make
Second Cruise of Year

The second cruise of the naval
reserve training season win begin
tomorrow morning at II o'clock
when the destroyer Upshur sails
down the Potomac River from the
Nevy Yard with q boatload of
reserves from Washington ami Bal
timore.
Sixty-one men in the District
have signed up for the cruise. The
remainder of the contingent which
Is expected to exceed 100 win come
from Baltimore. Lieut.. Comdr.
Richard s. Field of the Navy will
be in command Of the cruise which
will last two weeks.
The cruise will take the men to
Long Island Sound off Vineyard
Haven. The Upshur will maneuver
with the U. s. Fox which will carry
the reserves Of New York City.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
De TOUR PLANS
WORKED OUT

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, July 26.--Assurance was
given today by County Engineer c.
L. Kinnier that the question of
detours during the construction
work along the Lee Highway and
Wilson Boulevard have been given
consideration and that the plans
have been so worked out that there
will be little or no delay by motor.
ist reaching Washington from Falls
Church and points between there
and Clarendon.
Engineer Kinnier said all detour
roads will be properly marked and
a full notice in due time win be
given the public.
Bids for the widening of Wilson
Boulevard will be opened by the
county board OF supervisors at its
meeting Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. The meeting will be held
in the courthouse.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
LABOR DISPUTE.
STILL IN A|R

Although national conference
Of Representatives of the building
trade unions has been in session
In Buffalo, N. T., since Monday.
no word has been recRiyad here OF
any progress the conference may
be making to settle the dispute
which has tied UP work on The
anIlex to the Government Printing
Office.
Representatives OF local trads
unions involved In The dispute,
which has been going on for more
thar q month. as well as repre.
Sentativee OF 4 construction com.
paniaa involved. were scheduled "a
place the Usgfits of the controversy
hefpra the conference.
he patience OF, local officials Of
xsae construction companies, which
stand q possibility Of losing out on
the big Government contract be.
cause OF the labor dispute, became
exhausted today and they dis
patched additional representatives
70 Buffalo to find out what is Ro
ing on and bring the matter to
= head,
The dispute started when EN-.
ployes Of the Rust Engineering
Company walked out. The Rust
Company has the contract for the
construction. The Virginia Engi.
neering Company has the contract
for installation OF equipment, and
the striking employees OF the Rust
Company assert that the Virginia
Company brought non-union EN-.
ployesl onto the job.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
SEEK DROWNED
BAL To. MAN

Searching parties are looking into
the backWaters and among the
rocks along the shores for several
miles below Great Falls today for
the body Of Walter weaver, IS,
Baltimore chauffer. who is believed
to have fallen into the rapids and
drowned.
Weaver was last seen late yes
terday afternoon by his wife, Mrs.
Viola Weaver. and their 12-year-old
son Edward, as they left him fish
ing below the falls. The mother
and son took walk through the
park on the Maryland side and re-
turned but failed to find Weaver.
BY o'clock, Mrs. Weaver was
greatly worried and enlisted the aid
of ]. T.. Snuff and MI. c. Fisher,
both of Great Falls, to aid in the
search. Weaver's fishing rod and
kit were found on rock a short
distance below the falls. The
gearchers said they found what ap-
peared to be heel marks and marks
made by snatching fingers on the
messy surface of the rocks.
When darkness fell, the search
for the body was postponed until
today. The mother and son re-
turned to Baltimore, where they
live at sos Rose Hill Ter,
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
Pioneer Rural Mailman
Dies In HarrisOnburg

sTAUNToN. Va. July 2s.-- Eu.
gene Billhimer. 56. pioneer rural
mail carrier. died 1T his home in
Harrisonburg. Va.
Billhimer served as rural mail
carrier for ~ years.
He is survived by his widow
and eight children-Mrs. Charles
j. Miller, Harrisonburg; Mrs. George
e. Robbins. Washington, D. c.
Robert s.. Hoboken. N. j.: Misses
Edith, Elizabeth. Helen ana Eu.
gerlia, all Of Washington, d. c..
and Jack W., Harrisonburg.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

-. " .
Sacred Flame Nils Asther.
Owen Davis, jr., and Anderson
Lawier among those taking 2
stag sunbath on the Athletic
Club roof Evelyn Brent.
and husband Harry ID. Edwards
Drawing a midnight swim at Mali
bou = Roland West. director
Of "Alibi" has Herbert Brenon's
yacht and is sannpiing the briny
deep. Roland is building his own
yacht to be ready soon : e.Doug
Fairbanks confesses he's q terrible
sailor. Mr.. West says the best
cure for seasickness ID to drink
a little sea water. Doug wants
to be q terrible sailor and
that's all.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
SereenaIIties


Charles Winninger. W. K. stage
comedian, il in town on q visit
that they do be Whisperin' smacks
Of romance with Beatrice Lille.
Reed Howe il sporting the dog
gonest beard these days. If there
were two Of him he'd pass for the
cough drop kings. Mickey Nailan
espied buzzin' down the boolvard
in his new Ford car. Lowell
Sherman and Helene Costello
dancing together at the Roosevelt.
Julia Hoyt, whose husband,
Louis Calhern, is playing opposite
Ethel Barrymore In her histronic
jaunt, has managed to corral a
real sunburn since her arrival.
Helen Menken, W. *. Broadway
star, returns East either tonight
or tomorrow eve. Understand that
Gloria Swanson goes into pro-
duction on Queen Kelly" again
in October, direction ebbe--of
Eddie Goulding. Alice Williamson,
the novelist, is here from England
for q sojourn. Colleen Moore
won't have a house warming
until the grass grows to an ap-
preciable density. Colleen has q
grand new home in Del Aire,
nethinks, Near there, anyway.
Gary Cooper and Lups Valez
are more that away" than ever
Lila Lee has adopted q
slight English accent for the
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
POWER
True TEST Of
MERGERS
By MERRYLE s. RUKEYsER
fCepyrlrht, 1898, b. Universal
service, Incl

I 2 D u f !.
The slogan OF the recent bull
swing of stock prices has been
the ancient adage "In union there
- strength"
Mergers under way and in pros
pect have stirred the speculative
imagination anew, The mere
word mergershas become one
to conjure with. Unquestionably,
some Of the welI-sponsored consoli-
dations will result in operating
economics, which will justify an
optimistic appraisal Of the shares
OF the component companies. But
the history OF American business
has demonstrated that all mergers
are not necessarily successful.
Many have disappointed the pro
4noters.
The real test Of the value OF
mergers, from the standpoint OF
stockholders, Is their effect on
earning power. The prudent IN.
vestor should never lose sight Of
this fact. The soundness Of
market operations becomes cues
tionable when security buyers put
more emphasis on merger pros.
poets than on earning power.
past, present and prospective.
The new holding companies
which have been set up in the
public utility and railroad fields
and Independent investment trusts.
together with other institutional
buyers, including the fire ana
casualty insurance companies, have
been principal buyers Of public
utility and railroad shares.
That type OF massed buying
has decreased the floating supply
Of such stocks, and has been re-
sponsible for the price rise. Ac-
cordingly, It must be recognized
that & primary reason behind
the upswing has been technical
changes in capital gtructures Of
various corporations, rather than
any radical change in earning
power.
Wall Street also continues to
worship Einstein's doctrine Of
relativity. After one set of stocks
rises, others In the same class
are pushed up because they are
cheap in relation to the former.
Stock prices are little more than
= series of relatives.
The present is a golden age in
American business. with marked
Improvement In the technique of
managers and in the genius OF
Inventors. The rapid applica-
tion OF science to business puts
trade on q more solid basis.
In view Of the multiplicity of
new products, one wonders
whether the present generation is
wiser than its predecessors. Each
generation likes to think that it
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
GLEANINGs & SCREENINGS
By JIM RING

Five new films win lisp from
local screens during the theatri-
cal week which begins tonlor-
row.
And inasmuch as Lee Somers
and Nelson Bell are squabbling
amicabIy over who brought the
need of Magnafilm to the at
tentiOn Of film producers, this
department win sneak In and
claim credit for the astounding
variety Of talking pictures
represented BY the aforennen-
toned five offerings.
Hollywood and Astoria, we
thank youi No picture fan can
complain Of q plethora of back
stage drama or courtroom To-
Gales in the new weeks films.
However (yea, brethren, there
must ever be a howeyer), cer-
tain Of our more liberal-rninded
readers may be nisled by the
titles Of the pictures. So, in the
role Of public servant, this
office will volunteer to set them
straight, viz:
Masquerade" at the Fox, is
NOT q story Of q carnival in
Venice, Nice, New Orleans or
Paris. II Is taken from a cork
ing mystery melodranna which
Louis Joseph Vance gave the
world as The Brass Bowl"
"River Of Romance" at the
Columbia, is NOT = travelogue.
The picture is laid along the
Mississippi in ante-bellum days
and promises to be thrilling.
"Broadway Babies on the
Earle screen, does NOT feature
Jackie Coogan, Baby Peggy,
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
AIexandrian Nabbed
On Bootleg Charge

GROVETON, Va, July 26.--W.
r. Draper. Of Alexandria. was ar
rested on the Richmond Road by
Fairfax County Traffic officer A.
r. Mills, of Ingleside. and charged
with transporting liquor.
He was given preliminary hear
ing before Justice of the Peace
Harry Shepherd, Of Accotink, and
released on bond for appearance
at the September terra Of the Cir
cult Court.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
Arlington Firemen Fight
Dump Blaze 3 Hours

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE. July 26.-For more than
three hours engines from the Claren-
don, Ballston, Arlington and Jeffer-
son district fire departments pumped
water on q dump In the rear of the
American Oil Company's plant at
South Washington last night.
With sparks flying, the firemen
played the. hose In and around the
storage tanks holding more than
50O. 900 gallons Of gasoline.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

August 8, We fondly hope, not
4 stone win be left upon :
stone.
The coming seven days win
Be known Is ssPfobe the Movies
Week" and Il Is suggested that
the public 90 to the picture
houses IN shoals, or their own
cars, To watch the Investigating
committee pick flaws. Sam
Rubin, Hardie MealSin end Bill
Ewing, public relations directors
(snooty for press agentsl for
the houses, have threatened re-
prisals. We have practically
laughed IN their faces.
Even though yOu BE publicity
men" we cOunseiled them,
"don't Be afraid Of the truth"
Onward, comrades, onwardl
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
Poison Ivy Routs 50
Cadets Who Went
mSwimnning

EAST SANDWICH, Mass. July
2e .I.N.s.l.--As a sesaIt Of chang.
ing clothes in the bushes pre-.
paratory TO going swimming. so
members Of the First Corps Cadets.
Two Hundred and Eleventh Coast
Guard Artillery, the blue ribbon"
organization from Boston, were
poisoned from contact with poison
Ivy, 1t became known today.
4 Several of those afflicted re.
quired medical treatment and were
sent to the Cape Cod Hospital at
Hyannis.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
Mrs. Blanche Nixon, 7S,
Hurt In Fall on Stairs

Mrs. Blanche Nixon, Is, Of the
- block Decatur st. N. W.. is in a
serious condition at Emergency Hos
pital today. the result Of a fall down
. flight Of cellar stairs at her home
last night.
Mrs. Nixon Is suffering from a
compound fracture Of the collarbone
and contusions and decorations Of
- left side.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
From Manhattan
Tlley,re Off

Speaking Of romance, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Converse Anita
Stewart, II you please) have de-.
parted the asbestos weather OF
Hollywood on their honeymoon.
They didn't say where they We're
going. They just went. dashIng
from their apartment house into
a waiting car to a bedlam OF
voices and the clink of a rice hail
Anita's wedding was q novelty
to the colony. Out here, we 80 IN
for hitching in super-production
style. But not Anita. She and
George were married very quietly
in the shade Of the Chateau
Elysee Patio. There was no music.
George merely walked across the
lawn, accompanied by his brother
Paul.
Anita, with her sister Lucille
Stewart Murphy, as q bridesmaid
walked through the doorway.
Some twenty-five guests formed
vibratory circle. The altar was q
simple affair. The ceremony was
short.
A shadow Of sadness edged the
event, Anita's brother. George,
George, was unable to attend the
wedding because of Illness.
Lucille only recently lost her
husband. He was the chap who
piloted the Maddux ship wrecked
by q stunting army flyer In San
Diego a short time ago.
Among those present were
Anita's mother, of course; Cert
rude Olmstead, Ruth Roland and
Ben Bard, Walter Lang. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ford, Rose Tapley, A.
e. Smith, ]. Stuart Blackton (the
last three old time Vitagraph
friends), Mrs. Dorothy Reid, Mrs.
AbeIehr, and others. Luncheon
was served later, and, about three
o'clock. the bride and groom made
their getaway"
The Washington times., 1929-07-26
MarionNixonto to We'd:
Other Film Gossip
By DOROTHY HERzOC
lcnnvright. 1898. Pramiar gvndina ~,

HOLLYWOOD Calf. July 26.--By August j Marion
Nixon reckons she II be steam Chicago and her future
husband This being Marons last week in the colony she
wrng through round Of showers that Sunday after
noon when Alice Day chucks the last un Alices will be
in the nature Of lawn party at the Chateau Eysee
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

After her wedding, Marion ana
her husband entrain for New
YORK and sail aboard the Isle DC
France for a six months jaunt In
Europe. At the present penning
Marion is completing Young No
where with Richard Barthelmess.
And have you heard tnas y
Leatrice JOY sings In the bath!
I'm, Leatrice yearns to have
mike nearby so she can prove to
her singing teacher how seriously
she takes the art Of warble,
From Manhattan
Shirley O'Hara Is q LII guri
who wearied OF Hollywood prom.
ises and betook herself TO New
York to brave the stage. Shirley
has made good. At least she has
corraled herself a hey.hey part In
the stage production Of Joseph
Hergesheimer's story, "Tampico,
which is no mean feat.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

Our Gang or other juveniles.
In fact and this may come as
bit Of Z shockthe picture Is
not about babies at all, but Of
young women who earn their
living by dancing.
Drag, Dick BartheImess'
new feature at the Metropoli-
tan, il NOT, az one might sup
pose, . story based upon the
power Of political influence, or
anything else, except . yarn
about q newspaper man who
writes an operetta and escapes
from an oppressive set Of in
laws.
Dangerous Curves" in which
Clara Bow is featured at the
Columbia, is not Lon Chaney's
railroad picture under another
title. To be entirely truthful,
we haven't the slightest idea
why Clara should be playing in
picture entitled Dangerous
Curves" Two pins for the best
guess.
The Metropolitan, by the way,
has Strengthened the kinks out
Of its temperamental cooling
system, phones the office Of
Prof Bin Ewing. Leave the
palnt@leaf fan at home and bring
your Overcoats instead. No
foolin', the Nets really COM
Portable now.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

Following the big cleanup Of
the resorts, this department I'M
tends to conduct an energetic
and intensive campaign on the
movie houses next week. By.
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

TOday's Classified ads after : SoIu-
tiOn to many rental troubles
The Washington times., 1929-07-26

sHsan NJ FsatiTn a9 ~ HanGa " ~ na sAn h0e'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16

Railroads in Germany report that 13 per cent of all towels placed in washrooms are stolen annually.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
NEW BROOMS SWEEPING
 .JUCO-SL4VIA CABINET
By HUBERT D. HARRISON Associated Press Correspondent

BELGRADE, July !6-The new broom app::ed to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by King Alexander when he set up a dictatorship is m king a clean
 sweep ill many quarters. Having cleared away partisan political or ganizations, sent racial societies to the discard and set up new fur nishings for governing the prov inces, it has now been applied to the Cabinet.
 Four whole Ministries were found to be so much surplus and have been relegated to the rubbish heap, along with under secretaries, pri- vate secretaries, clerks and other civil servants of varying grade and dignity The departments whose essential duties were distributed to other ministries were those of Re- ligion, Public Health, Posts and Telegraphs and Agrarian Reform.
 Until this change was put into effect there were eighteen Minis ters in the Cabinet This was rec ogniZed as too many for country with limited resources and the new regime claims that some of the posts were created solely for the purpose of strengthening certain political parties or of forming blocs to keep certain leaders in power under the old parliamentary sys- tenn.
 The number of er-secretariats was held to be especially irksome to the tax payers. It was even said that some of the occupants of these sinecures never entered their of fices except on pay days.
 Another change is that Cabinet Ministers are now directly respon- sible for their work. Formerly they were protected by their friends in Parliament and could not De brought to book for corrupt prac- tices and abuse of authority. But under a new and strict law they can be tried and sentenced like mortals. Some ex-min- | isters are said to be shaking in their shoes for fear the law should be applied retrospectively.
 The Presidency of the Govern ment, which has never held a legal | status, has been made a separate 1 institution, with a constitution It l IS to. have charge of the collected | statistics of all ministries and State !
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16

Information for visiting Pioneers
 Call or drop note. Hours 2 to ? p. m. No. g, Willoughby Avenue, opposite Femmer Dock. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
TO MASON AND EASTERN M STARS

Masons, their ladies, and mem berswof the Eastern Star are in- vited to be at the Masonic Temple about 7:30 o'clock this evening, to meet with and entertain members of the Akron, Ohio, Masonic Club and their ladies, who will be here
 while the steamer Princess Louise IS in port. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
LEGION SCHEDULED TO
 PLAY DOUGLAS TODAY

The rejuvenated American Legion team in the Gastineau Channel league is scheduled to cross the Channel tonight and take on the strong Douglas outfit on the latter's homo grounds. The Vets have as strong an aggregation as any on the circuit now and should give the Islanders lot of trouble.
 Indications at noon were not all favorable for the game, however. And unless there was a radical change in weather conditions. later in the day, it seemed probable that the game would have to be post poned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16

Commercial job printing at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
FLORY RETURNING TODAY
 FROM VISIT TO INTERIOR

Commissioner Charles H. Flory of the Department of Agriculture, is to return to his home here to- night, arriving on the st e m r Alaska from Seward. He has been on an official business trip to Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
DAN MOODY'S BABY
 GETS SCHOLARSHIP

. AUSTIN, Tex, July 16.- . At the age of four months,
 . Dan Moody, Jr., son of Tex
 8 as Chief Executive, owns a
 . scholarship extraordinary" . to the University of Texas. . To take advantage of the . scholarship, Dan, Jr., must . rank in the first 100 of his
 } high school class, it is speci- , fled, and receive passing 3 grades in university courses } in government in trigrono- 3 metry. Between 1940 and } 1945, he must have been vaccinated or have had smallpox.
 The document is signed by } President H. Y. Benedict and members of the uni versity's Board of Regents. The baby's picture, made at , the age of three weeks, is tta h d alongside the schools seal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
Amerlcan League

HTIItIH'dIf LtdSu St. Louis 10; Boston 3. New York '; Detroit 6. Chicago 4; Washington 2. Cleveland 8, 0; Philadelphia 5, 1.
 Pacific Coast League No games were played iii the Pacific Coast League yesterday as the clubs were travelling to open this afternoon on the following schedule for this week: Mission at Seattle
 Hollywood at Portland. Saramento at San Francisco. Oakland at Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16

J Ice cream, prlcx or puIk Juneau
 Ice Cream ParlorS. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16

institutions, as well as an informa- .tion bureau which will supply min isters and the press with data.
 Finally, great numbers of civil servants are being dismissed. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for example, many officials, from those ranking as Ambassadors to mere typists, have been pensioned or dis charged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
Gastineau Channel League
CHEYNE TRANSFERRED TO
 NEW BUREAU FROM HERE

D. B. Cheyne, deputy fiscal agent of the Biological Survey and Chief Clerk of the Alaska Game Com mission, will leave tonight on the steamer Alaska for Seattle. He has accepted transfer to the Bu- reau of Entomology and has been assigned to duty at Twin Falls, Idaho.
 MT. Cheyne has been a resident of Juneau for the past three years, all of which time he has been in local Game Commission he a d. quarters. Mrs. Cheyne and their daughter are visiting in Michigan and will join him in Twin Falls later this summer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-16
GAMES MONDAY National League

Chicago g, T; Philadelphia 6, 6. Pittsburgh 5; Boston 4. Brooklyn 4; Cincinnati 2. New York '; St. Louis 2.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-16
ROBUST WEED REBUlLDS
 LAND ER0DED BY OCEAN
Saves Acres of Southca>tern En2iant From Rapacious Advances Of
 Hungry Waves.

Southampton, Eng. April , P}- X robust. weed like plant is opposing erosion of the waves and saving hun dreds Of acres 10 England on the southeastern coast
 This plant. the spartina town sendii. settles on the submerged mud flats and grows so thickly that in time it raises inc mud above water level.
 This reclaimed soil has been turn cd into grazing lands which fatten cattle rapidly because Of the salt i'll it.
 The Dutch. masters of retaining lost land. have been so impressed with the effects Of the spartina that they have obtained cuttings for Use on their own coasts.
 This humble salvage worker ap- peared in Son hampton water 52 years ago. Y restored for the uss of man great expanses O. mud flats which had been barren thousands O years.