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The Washington times., 1929-06-13
Federal Workers Name
Convention Delegates

Delegates to the National Conven.
ton of Federal Employees. to be
held at sault ste. Marie, Mich,
September Q to Z, have been elected
by the Federal Employees Local
Union, No. 262.
The delegates are A. C. Cooper,
Miss Sophie Wilbur, w. +. Dent.
sew and John w. Ginder.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
WINS VERDICT or $4,000

STAUNTON, Va, June IA YER
dict for the defendant was returned
Tuesday in Augusta County Circuit
Court here in the suit for $4,000
instituted by the administrators OF
r. w. Maupin against the Norfolk
and Western railroad. Maupin was
killed by a train August 10, 1927.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
. | 1856 FOR SCHOOLS

HAGEREToWN, Nd, June Ia
The enrolment for the Hagerstown
High School for the fan term, com.
piled by school officials. shows that
1883 students will enter the school
In September.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
DALLAS PARK PLANNED

DALLAS, June 13 U.N.S9.-J.
Waddy Tate, famous hot-dog mayor
of Dallas, plans to make of White
Rock Lake an amusement; center
similar to the one at Lake Worth,
If present plans materialize.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
C. w. Kaufman Wins
Wash.-Lee Scholarship

13.-The local Washington and Lee
Alumni Association has designated
Charles Wesley Kaufman. saluta-
torian of the graduating class of
the high school here this year, as
recipient OF its annual scholarship
to the Virginia school. The scholar.
ship from w. and l.. in the hands
of high school authorities for
award, was granted Charles Mock,
also one of the ranking students
Of the class of 1929.
The scholarships are for one year
but constitute substantial assistance
to the recipient.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
TO REMODEL CITY HALL.

STAUNToN, Va, June 1S.-The
city council of Staunton has de-
cided to proceed with plans for
the remodeling of the city lall.
The estimated cost of the project
IL $4,000
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
PAIR FACE CHARGE

CUMBERLAND. Nd, June H.
Mike Sanso and John Campbell
were arrested by Federal agents on
dry charges. At a preliminary
hearing they were held in $1,000
bond each.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13

Looking for ''FOP Rent" signs Ia
easy when you consult the Classified
rental hstings--next 70 last page.
The Washington times., 1929-06-13

Pabt Cheese 4 made ID thsss varieties,
Amssiean, Pimsusos Swiss, and Brick,
packed IN quarter and half pound pack
ages and In Eve pound loavss; and Lin
burgss n quaEtes.pOunds 0nlys
The Washington times., 1929-06-13
PABST CHEESE
Mellow, Smooth
-Aged-1m Flavor

Pab& Cheese, from the heart Of WiscOnsin's
dairyland, has brought new delight to lovers
Of dne cheese. II is carefully selected-ased fOr
months -then- dramatically sealed in silver foil,
% none Of 10 favor OF aroma can escape.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25
Roxar1a

The saw mill of H. F. Wilgus was
burned Friday morning about 2:3O
We were awaken by the whistle
blowing. We wish to thank the Sci
byville fire company and our friends
who came to our assistance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie McCabe and
granddaughter, Eva Virginia Nc
Cabe, of Dagsboro, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. McCabe.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Evans visited
Mrs. William Cropper Sunday, who
is ill in the Beebe Hospital at Lewes'
Miss Myrtle Wilgus is spending
few days in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Wilgus enter
tanned at dinner Sunday Rev. and
Mrs. o. T. Baynard and family, OF
this town; Rev. Leonard White, OF
Salisbury, Md, and Mrs. Carl Pep
per, of Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Sallie Lynch and daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick, spent the
weekend at Chincoteague, Va.
Warren Singles, of Newark, and
William Wilgus, of Delaware Col
lege, were weekend guest OF Mr..
Wilgus' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Wilgus.
Asher Carey lost valuable heifer
Friday of last week.
C. F. Schlosser, of Baltimore, Md,
has organized an orchestra in Rox-
ana school.
The revival meeting in the Pilgrim
Holiness church at Roxana, Dell
closed on Sunday evening with a
crowded house. God met with us in
a marvellous way. Nineteen prayed
through to victory, two reclaimed,
five sanctified and nine united with
the church. Thank God for these
souls and for the cooperation OF
the people in this good work.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25
Harbeson

On Friday evening, November l.
there will be an entertainment, con-
sisting of plays, recitat1ons' music
a cabbage patch and fortune telhng
in the school house under the aus
pices of the Ladies Aid. Admission to
all 10 cents. Ice cream and cake
will also be on sale, Your attendance
will be greatly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Floyd Lingo and
daughter Charlotte, spent last week
end in Camden, N. j., as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Dodd.
Misses Alberta and Margaret
Veasey were Washington, D. u, VS.
itors over a weekend recently.
Miss Margaret Veasey is the oW-
ner of a new Ford coach.
Edgar Hunter is also the owner OF
a new Ford.
Frank Warrington has moved 10
Georgetown where he is flagman for
the P. R. r.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers will occupy
his house here at Harbeson. Mrs.
Rogers is the newly appointed mail
driver of Route No. l.
Miss Edith Warrington has re-
turned from Philadelphia where she
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Stewart.
Miss Elizabeth Hudson has been
spending the past six weeks in Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Jennie Veasey, Mrs. Delema
Stewart, Miss Margaret Veasey, Miss
Delema Wilson and Miss Mary Ma
son are working at the garment fac
tory in Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Horner are
having the roof of their home STAIN
ed.
Miss Katharine Hamilton has ac-
cepted a position in Dover.
Sidney Jarvis has accepted a posi-
ton in Godfrey's barber shop, in
GEORGETOWN, and is boarding with
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davidson.
H. B. Davidson has improved and
is now able to attend our church
services.
Ralph Rust is spending some time
with his parents here. He recently
purchased a new LaSalle sedan with
all the latest equipment, including
built-in radio.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Mason are ex-
pecting to have a pipeless heater in
stalled in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hudson have
a new radio, also electric lights.
Gilbert Stewart has a new Ford
coach.
Marvin Martin has been on the
sick list.
William and Melvin Prettyman
are having their respective homes
neatly painted.
Mrs. George Rust is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs. I.
D. Short in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Mason enter
tanned Mr.. Mason's brothers, Will
liam and Parker from Great Neck, N.
Y, over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Horner spent
the weekend in Georgetown.
Miss Edith Warrington left Sum-
day for Philadelphia where she will
make an indefinite stay.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25
Adams Cross Roads

Sunday school at Bloomery Church
at 2 p. m. Preaching at 8.
Ira Adams was home from Phila-
delphia over Sunday.
Milford is drawing shoppers to the
new and handsome stores recently
opened there. Among those who
shopped in Milford last Saturday
were Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Adams and
family, Misses Louise Nelson and
Myrtle Adams.
Dean Seeley and family were the
guests last Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Fountain.
D. S. Johnson and sisters visited
at Vienna, Nd, last Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Adams is quite i'll in
the Milford Hospital.
Miss Bernice Adams had a jolly
weekend with Miss Myrtle Adams.
This Friday evening an oyster sup
per will be served at the Cannon
Church, and the public is invited to
attend.
Samuel Joseph and family from
Laurel were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Calvin Joseph.
Mrs. Catherine Hill and daughter
have returned from week with
Laurel friends.
The sweet potato crop has been
dug and stored in dry kiln houses,
awaiting the holiday markets. All
growers report very satisfactory
yield per acre, and the grade high;
prices are going up, so the growers
need have no quarrel with the sweet
potato crop.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25
Du Pont Heights
(Near Milford)

w. B. Rock and James Lambert
have just finished their fine pack OF
apples. They were of very fine quail
ity and of course they received a
very fine price.
Milo Farber is making extensive
repairs to his house. Work is halted
at the present time as Mrs. Farber
is very sick.
Don't pass judgment on our road
till it is finished, which will not be
until next spring, when it will be
given another coat of Stag, followed
with a coat of tarvia.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Hall motored
to Delmar last Sunday where Mr..
Hall was invited to preach in the
Delmar Baptist Church. A very good
time was reported.
Dorothy Dawson is visiting in
Philadelphia.
Those Model T Fords seem to be
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25

and Rehoboth among friends.
Mrs. James H. Jones and daugh-
ter, Myrtle, are making a business
trip to this town.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-25

Those Model T Fords seem to be
as slow in dying out as a rich uncle.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
CHURCH STARTS
FETE TONIGHT

A Fellowship meeting under the
auspices of various clubs Of the
church viii feature the sixty.fifth
anniversary celebration tonight At
Zion Baptist Church, Third ana +
Streets Southwest.
Activities viii end Friday night
with ordination Of Deacon B. Walker
and 4 sermon by the Rev. George
Bullock, pastor Of Third Baptist
Church, Fifth and Q Streets North.
west.
Services tomorrow night VIII be
under direction Of young people of
the church, while Thursday eve.
ning's program will be given by
trustees and deacons.
Zion Baptist Church was organ
lied in 1851 by members who came
here from Fredericksburg, Va. A
Sunday school was organized in
Jackson's schoolhouse in 1868. The
Rev. William Walker, the first
pastor, baptized nine persons In
Rock Creek on September IL, 1864,
whereupon a regular church was
organized.
The Rev. Walker remained at the
church until 1868 being succeeded
by the Rev. William Gibbons. In
1885 the late Rev. William j. How
ard became pastor Of the church.
He died in 1925 after 40 years SER
vice. The fourth and. present pastor
Is the Rev. w. l.. Washington. He
Is a graduate OF Oberlin College
and Union University.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
1 IN RAIDS ASK
jury TRIALS

Two women and two men, arrested
during the weekend by the First
precincts squad Of restaurant raid
ers," yesterday demanded Jury trials
in Police Court.
They are Mrs. Alma Cooper, 80.
and her husband. Tex v. Cooper,
S5. Of the 1900 block OF Ohio Ave.
N. W.; Mrs. Blenda Hicks, 3S-year.
old widow, 1900 block OF X st. N. W,
and Enea Grace, SO, Of the 1900 block
Of H st. N. w.
Nearly a dozen liquor arrests within
three weeks have been made in the
First precinct by Policemen r. B.
Carroll. H. G. Wanamaker, A. d.
Mansfield and J. r. LeF'oe.
Lunchrooms where police suspect
liquor Is being sold have been thu
squads special field of operation
No warrant is required for entering
lunchroom, as 1t is q public place.
Cooper and, his wife were charged
with manufacturing and second
offense possession. Observations II
their restaurant were made through
rear window by Policeman Wan.
amaker, who posted himself In an
alley.
The squad later swooped down
on the restaurant Of Mrs. Blenda
Hicks and seized a quart Of alleged
whiskey.
The third raid resulted in the
arrest of Grace and seizure of two
quarts of alleged liquor.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Father and Daughter
Sued in Auto Accident

LURAY, Va, Sept. 10.--Two suits
have been entered against Miss
Sylvia Millikln. Of waynesboro. Pa !.
and her father, H. E. Millikin,
prominent oil operator of Pennsyl-
vania.
One suit is for $1,000 damages
by Mrs. Byrd r. Jenkins. of Luray,
and the second by Mrs. Jenkins'
husband for $1,000. both of whom
were injured in en- auto collision
of their auto with that driven by
Miss Millikin on the Lee Highway
last Sunday.
Mrs. Jenkins contends that Miss
3Iillikin was on the wrong side Ut
the road and driving recklessiy.
Millikin was named in the suit aud
served papers when he came to
Luray for his daughter. A large
limousine he was driving was at
tached but later released.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
TRIPLE SLAYER.
CHEATS MOOSE

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, Sept. 10 q.
N,s).-Plans which had been made
for the execution Of Newell "Dobb"
Adams, triple slayer, in the county
Jail here September ~, we're fruss
trated today by the death Of Adams
from poison he swallowed In q
suicide attempt yesterday.
An investigation was begun today
to determine how Adams received
the poison.
Adams was sentenced to hang
for numbering francis N. Dear.
mond, Springfield policeman, June
Is, 1928, when he attempted to
arrest Adams for killing two
women he alleged had persuaded his
wife to leave him The women
were his mother-in-law and leila
Sinclair, q friend OF Adams wife.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
'Roamin'" the Alligator,
Still ROamin' From Home

Marie Tilghman, 1900 block G st.
N. E., is still searching for
"Roamin," a pet alligator.
Six years ago, when Marie was
10. "Roamin" lived up to his name
BY wandering away from his home.
she hasn't seen him since and has
mourned his loss deeply.
The other day she read that an
alligator had been found in the
vicinity of North Capitol and U
Streets and had been taken to the
Zoo.
Out to the Zoo went Miss Marie
for look.see at the alligators. She
studied. 'em all. big and little, but
without result. She couldn't iden-
tify her "Roamin."
He was awfully little when
had him." she explained, ''but in
six years he must have grown.
Probably / couldn't identify him,
anyway"
The Washington times., 1929-09-10

Last spring EIoLs Rogers created
national sensation by advising
Tech seniors to be ''snobs."
The Technology English professor
made his statements at the closing
session Of q business conference
here. Included among his listeners
were q number OF women teachers,
and a large representation OF
clergymen.
For halfcentury now the
largest part Of our young peonie
have been trained exclusively by
women teachers" Rogers said.
THE faults have been speaking
Of are the faults of women teacheys.
preoccupation with method, Interest
In details. disinclination for mathe.
NAUTICAL and political and philoso.
phical thinking, an inclination Ia
insist on abstract beliefs to be &C.
cepted docilely, rather than the free
give-and.take of criticism.
Fifty years of this has produced
a people incompetent to think politi.
cally and philosophically. For what.
ever may be the case with girls,
boys need men teachers long before
the age Of II or IS. They need
them at the beginning Of Adde'S.
cence. Our American thinking is
feminine thinking. inculcated by
women teachers. highly competent
In detail"
Speaking of manners. he said:
I'VE are a bad-mannered people.
We have carried the doctrine of
equality so far that we are unneces.
sarily loud-mouthed, disrespectful,
back shaping. and wise-cracking,
razzing with interiors, equals and
superiors alike"
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
$3.50, 900 Jewel Fraud
Is Laid to Woman. so

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 u.N.s).-
Mrs. Marie J. Leslie. aristocratic
looking gray.haired woman of so.
was being held today on charges
Of fradulently obtaining $3.50 900
In Jewels from New York depart.
me11t store. She said she IL the
daughter of the late Edward p.
Eastman, PHILADELPHIA sugar
manufacturer.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
New York Police Seeking
To Stop Reckless FLYING

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 Q.N.S).--
Aroused by the recent series of air
plane accidents here, Police Com
missioner Grover WhaIen and Mayor
James J. Walker are cooperating
on formation Of an air police
squadron to prevent reckless pilot
ing
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Mindless Youth Laid
To Women Teachers

WELLESLEY HILLS Mass Sept 10 GNs).-That the
youth OF today was unable think because they been
trained exclusively by women" the newest bombshe
tossed into educational circles today by Prof Robert T.
Rogers, Of Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
DELAY SCHOOL OPENING

CHARLES TOWN, w Va. Sept.
10i-The opening of the Charles
Town High School has been post
poned until September IS,
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
VANDERBILT DENIES RIFT

MONTCLAIR, N. j., sept. 10
n.N.S1.-Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.,
today put the quietus on rumors of
a rift In his marital affairs by an.
nouncing that he and his wife were
on the best possible terms. They
are stopping at a local hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10

Its Toasted'-th phrase that describes the
extra 'itoasting' process applied in the manu-
facture of Lucky Strike Cigarettes. The finest
tobaccos-the Cream of the crop-are scien-
tfically subjected to penetrating heat at mini
mum, 26o'-maximum. 800, Fahrenheit. The
exact. expert regulation of such high temper
>atures removes impurities. More than aslogan,
Its Toasted" is recognized by millions as the
most modern step in cigarette manufacture.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-08

Saturda,

Saturday, November 8
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1.5O-Ballads.
6:OO-Standard selection vocal and
instrumental.
6.5O-NewscaSting.
7:OO-Old Time dance program.
7:5O-Bismarck Tribune news.
9:OO-Wandcring Minstrels.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
g. LAYERSO OF
5DIE IN Chair
Triple Execution Car
ried Out. in Penn
~sylvania Prison

BELLEFONTE. Pa. Jan. l4.-tF-
Three men whose crimes brought
death 70 five persons paid with their
lives in the electric chair 81 Rock
view penitentiary today. They were
Charles r. Mellor and Benjamin De-
msrowski OF Philadelphia and Tony
Lucitti Of Washington county.
The triple execution began with
Lucitti. who was convicted with
Roy wenrich'of shooting Policeman
Louis O. Knapp and Paul 3. Fox IN
February. 1923, when caught in the
act Of running liquor into the coal
mining camps at Washington county.
Wenrich turned states evidence and
was senteced TO life Imprisonment.
Mellor, the next to 70 to the
death chamber, shot and killed Max
II. Harrison, assistant manager OF
the Cross Keys thester, Philadelphia,
in an attempted holdup on March q
1928. Aother shot went wild and Ia
tally wounded a bystander. Martha
Yetter. II. Orville ]. Barclay, Mel
lor's accomplice, was sentenced to
life imprisonment.
Demarowski. 80. shot and killed his
wife, Catherine, 40, on April Is. 1928.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
BRIDGE GAME
HANDS GIVEN
Western Women To Be
Opponents Tuesday
In Broadcast

The tenth or a series of twenty
radio auction bridge games will bc
broadcast from station XIV VIC
TUESDAY. January Is ~ $3.50 p. NJ
C. S. I'D
Each game Of the series Will fea-
ture Milton &. Work and Wilbur 81
Whitehead, New York experts IN
association with players from cities
throughout America and Canada. The
listeners-in are urged 70 have four
players ready with cards and follow
the game bid BY bid and play BY play
"a broadcast over hWNG-
The contestants in the tenth
bridge game ~ the present series
are Mrs. e. r. Traver, II Salt Lake
City. = prominent teacher who also
a active ~ a player IN the various
competitions On her part of the
country; NrF. Lewis T%odhunter. OF
Denver. Colorado. an earnest stu
dent. and \ success fUl and prom
inent teacher Of the game. and NJ.
work and Mr. Whitehead, widely
known as writers. teachers and eX-
rcrts on the game.
Following are the advance hands
Tor game ten:
Wilbur q. Whitehead. ~ New
York. South Dealer. holds;
Spades. X 3 srot q. Hearts. Q s Q.
Diamonds 2 > 3. Clubs. ! 2 3.
Milton C. Work. or New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
Work Under Way
On Starr County
Irrigation Plant

ROMA, Jan. If.-Approximstely
two miles If the main canal for the
Starr County Water Improvement
District No. 6, hes been completed
from a point near the proposed
pump house site below the bridge.
The system is designed to water
approximately 10000 acres Of the
low lands between the foothills and
the Rio Grande, the canal to extend
from Roma 70 a point rs miles
southeast 81 Rio Grande City.
Negotiations are under way be-
tween the district and a Valley con
tractor and II satisfactory arrange
meuts can be made il is understood
the contractor will take over the
bond issue voted ny the district and
construct the entire system, includ-
ing %concreting an an canals ard main
la~terals. The work now under way
is being financed from the original
rond issue.
IL the plans Of the district mate
r~ialize the major part of the system
will be constructed and in operation
% handle the 1880 crop. and II is
probable that some or the lands Will
receive water late this fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
4 Killed, Fifth
Hurt When Train
Crashes IntoC Car

BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.-(Fl-Four
members of a family or five are
dead and the sole survivor. a child.
was seriously injured when their
automobile was struck by a Penn
sylvania railroad train near Farkton,
Baltimore county. early today.
Mrs. Diamond HanniEan and two
children. Robert. s., and Diamond, 4,
we're killed outright; the husband.
Diamond Ha~nnigan. Baltimore police
man, was fatally injured and died a
few hours later at a hospital where
physicians said that Edith. . years,
was in a critical condition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
CONFISCATE LEADING
NEWSPAPER

BELGRADE, Jan. 14-tP-Novosti,
a leading newspaper or the capital,
was confiscated tonight. Political
articles unfavorable 10 the new
regime were supposed 10 be the
cause. The government, In con
Torrance with its policy, declined
70 give the reason.
King Alexander recently suspend
cd the constitution and placed the
government into the hands or a mill
tary cabinet.
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lands between Roma and Rio Grands
City have been cleared and prepared
for planting, and additional acre
ages will be planted in the vicinity
or La GruIla and throughout eastern
Starr county.
Growers in this section prepared
their lands early, and as a result
practically all the moisture of the
early winter rains has been conserv-
ed. The soil is in better shape than
for many years. growers state,
Planting is expected 10 get under
way in February.