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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
AIR CRASH KILLS
one; IS HURT
Three Rescuers Injured in Extri-
eating Passengers From
Flaming Craft.

st. Paul, Minn.-aA large tri-motored
monoplane, crashing here, killed the
pilot and injured Is other persons. Six
Of those injured were not passengers.
but were hurt or badly burned while
extricating others from the flaming
wreckage.. One of the victims Is ex-
pected to die; two are in critical con-
dition, and two more suffered serious
wounds. The dead pilot Is Edwin H.
Middagh, 3S years old, Minneapolis.
The plane, one of the fleet of the
Northwest Anyways, Inc, crashed Just
after the take-off on its way from the
st. Paul municipal airport to Wold-
Chamberlain field in Minneapolis. It
had just flown to the Twin Cities from
Chicago. The cause of the crash re-
mains unknown. All three motors Of
the plane were said to have gone dead,
and the ship swung toward the ground,
grazing residences. After 1t smashed,
It burst into flames.
Middagh was dead when taken from
the wrecked cockpit. He had been
badly burned. The injured were taken
to hospitals. Firemen extinguished
the flames which consumed part of
the big ship.
Middagh had been an aviator since
1922 and was one Of the veterans of
the Northwest Anyways service. He
had flowns approximately 1000 hours
since his first fight.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
WHY HE COULDN'T PAY HIS BILLS

A letter which a certain buyer
wrote upon receipt of a request to
send check to cover his bill is re-
printed below:
The letter follows:
For the following reasons | am I'M
able to send you the check asked for:
Il have been held up, held down.
sand-bagged, walked on, sat on, flat
tened out and squeezed. First by the
United States Government for Federal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Seven Injured at Excelsior Dock.

o. .~SSso'St SS~Ns
Minneapolis, Minn.-Seven persons
were Injured, two of them critically,
when a Lake Minnetonka speedboat,
circling swiftly for landing in Elk
celsior bay, want out of control, sliced
of the end Of a dock and carooned
onto the shore. The accident occur
red In the view of hundreds of merri-
makers on amusement row, along the
Excelsior waterfront at the foot Of
the main street.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Rum Boats Driven Back to Canada.

Rum Boats Driven Back to Canada.
Windsor, Ont.-Four rum boats
were driven back into Amhertsburg by
coastguard cutters operating in Lake
Erie, was reported from Trenton,
Michigan coast guard headquarters.
Discovery of men from Chicago among
those rum runners who were searched
at the export docks here by provincial
police followed earlier reports that
Chicago gangsters wree attempting to
wrest control of the Detroit river
liquor business from the Detroit
racketeers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
ia Degrees scorches California.

San Francisco-During the torrid
wave this city registered peak Of
IS. Los Angeles recorded Sc and San
Diego "a. The hottest place in Cali
fornia was Needles, where the mer-
curry went to the ia degrees mark.
With high Of "a, Eureka was among
the states cool spots. At Sacramento
the mercury lowered around 100 and
reached a peak at 104. Other valley
cities reported q "scorcher." Stock
ton reaching 105.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Indy Will Make Transit. 8. Flight

Indy Will Make Transit. 8. Flight.
New York-The Transcontinental
Air Transport has announced that Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh, its tech
nical adviser, would start on final air
inspection of the company's plane-train
route, scheduled to open July 8. 1t
was said the flying colonel's first stop
would be at Columbus, Ca, but after
that he has no definite plans except
that he will fly all the way to the west
coast. He will use his own Falcon
nlane
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
100 Offer Blood to Save Boy.

New York-Unless George Mosher,
age IA, has TRANSMISSION every week
at a cost of $50, at hospital run by
charity, he will die, said physicians.
He is suffering from kalazar, or black
fever, an East Indian disease rare in
this country. When his plight became
known more than 100 men and women
offered their blood and money to save
his life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Shook confe.ses Staying Coed.

SHOOK ConreSSeS Staying Cooo.
Columbus-Dr. James H. Shook, -
years old, dismissed Ohio State Uni
versity professor, has confessed that
he killed 25-year-old Theora Xix, his
pupil and sweetheart. He killed her,
he said, because she threatened the
life Of his wife and child.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Machine Gun Bandits Rob Mail Train.

Machine Gun Bandits Rob Mail Train.
Martinez, Calif.-Modern train rob-
bers, armed with automatics and a
machine gun, held up southern Pa
cifie train, and after shooting the en-
gineer and lining up the passengers
along the right of way, escaped with
loot worth $4,000. Near-Concord po-
lice found the robbers car, burning
in a ditch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Farm Bureau Joins Higher Tariff Plea

Farm Bureau Joins Higher Tariff Plea
Washington-The American Farm
Bureau Federation through Chester
Gray, Washington representative of
the federation, contending the house
measure left disparity wider than
existing law in the average rate be
tween agricultural and non-agricultu
raj products added it's plea to that pre-
viously made to the senate finance
subcommittee by the National Grange
for higher duties than proposed in the
house tariff bill on approximately Is
farm products
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
Yale WIIIed Million.

New Haven-A gift to Yale Of ST.
100000 from the estate of John W.
Sterling SO benefactor to the extent
Of many millions, was announced by
President Angel.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
HAROLD ROGERS
HEADS 10TH DIST,
LEGION FOR 1929

At a recent meeting of the Tenth
district American Legion and Auxili-
airy held at Cokato recently, officers
for the coming year were elected as
follows:) Harold Rogers of Minneapo-
lis, commander; H. Miller of Month
cello; Ed Elstrand, Center City; N.
Peterson, Stanchfield; H. Hardy, Rob-
binsdale were elected vice command
ers. The delegates from Hinckley ex-
tended an invitation to the meeting
to have the 1880 gathering held at
Hinckley, and the same was accepted
Father: Who gave you that black
eye, JIMMY"
Jimmy: Nobody gave it to me,
father. l snapped a bloody nose for
it,"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
HE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. c.,

torical facts relating to the Negro may
be developed among adult citizenry Of
various communities In which there are
established community centers, the Gen.
tiers of Divisions 1913, under direction
of ,.Irs. Gabrielle Pelham, general secre-
tary, have planned and arranged pro-
grams covering each night during the
nationally observed Negro History week,
which begins today.
The music on all programs will be
original Negro themes or compositions
by Negro composers.
i The subjects will be presented by
good speakers, and time will be given
at the end of these programs for the
presentation of new facts by persons In
the audience.
The public is invited. Programs will
begin at 8 pm.
Birney Center, Nichols avenue and
Howard street southeast:
Monday-Subjects: THE Negro as
Factor in American History" Prof. L.
American Negro Woman" Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell. Music by the Birney
Choral Society, Mrs. Edna Gordon
Bookings, director. Committee: Miss
e. v. Smith, H. r. Queenan, G. j.
Banks, Miss Julia Costin. J. E. Syphax,
principal; Mrs. Martha Ellis, commun-
ity secretary.
Cleveland Center, Eighth and T
streets:
Tuesday-Phi Delta Kappa Sorority
will present an interesting program with
Mr.. Neval Thomas as speaker. His
subject will be 1.-The Negro-America'S
Test of Democracy"
Thursday-Subject: Negro Music"
lecturer and pianist, Mrs. Gregoria
Fraser-Goins; song interpreter, Miss
Virginia Williams; interpretative dancer,
Miss Rosa Murphy. A quartet OF
schoolboys will sing Committee: j..
Henry Lewis. Mrs. Naomi Washington,
Miss Julia Young, Mrs. Mary p. Lattl-
more, principal Miss Eta johnson,
community secretary. The Peace Circle,
Mrs. Amanda Craig Hilyer, president,
will give talk on Pred Douglas
His Home, It's Needs"
Lovejoy Center, Twelfth and D streets
northeast:
Friday Subject: Noted Negro
Characters, Their Work" Qecture
Illustrated with stereopticon slides), by
Mrs. Rebecca j. Gray. Music by the
Northeast Junior Male Chorus, readings
from American Negro poets. Commit
tee: Mrs. Lydia Chew, Edward Whit
taker H. H. Naylor, Mrs. Irene
Fletcher Mrs. Georgia Beckley, w. H.
Queenan, DR.. r. I. Renfro, principal;
Mrs. r. j. Gray, community secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
Y. w. C.. A.

The Eastern regional conference OF
the Y. w. C. A. will open in New York
Wednesday morning, and will continue
until Friday at pm. Mrs. Kendall
Emerson will act as chairman and Mrs.
Grace Loucks Elliott will direct the
discussion groups. Washington dele
gates to the conference are: Mrs.
| Thomas Edwin Brown, Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, Miss Alice Edwards, Miss Hettie
p. Anderson and Mrs. Irving w. Ket-
chum. The following are the alter
mates selected: Miss M. Florence Dun
lap. Miss Saida L. Hartman and Miss
Constance Porter. Miss Imogene B.
Ireland, music director of the Wash.
ington association, will lead the music
at the conference.
The regular twilight music hour OF the
Y. w. c. A. will be held at seventeenth
and X streets in the fourth floor as
sembly room this afternoon at 5. The
program will be given by Agnes Hansel
Harter, contralto; Hansel Harter, bari
tone, and Grace Stanley Stevens, &C
companist. The hostesses will be Miss
Ellen Metcalf and Miss Edith Dawson
of the staff.
The speaker at the Elizabeth Somers
! residence vesper service this afternoon
at $50 will be Mrs. William Adams
Slade, formerly general secretary OF
the Y. w. c. A.
Miss Hettie P. Anderson, general Sec
rotary, Is spending her Winter vacation
in New York following the sessions of the
Eastern regional conference. Miss Con-
stance Porter, food service director, also
will spend her vacation In New York.
The Beauty Shop at Seventeenth and
K streets, reopened Friday with Mrs
Joan McGeary as operator. The hours
are from ii am. to / pm. and from
2 to pm.
Committee meetings scheduled for
the week include: Health education at
2:l5 pm. and the membership COM
mittee at 445 pm. tomorrow. Tues
day at IL am. there will be meeting
of the K street house committee.
Eleven women from Argentina, who
are members of a group of educators
| from that country now touring the
United States, will be guests CT the
world fellowship committee for luncheon
on Wednesday. Two of the party are
actively interested in the Y. w. c. A
in Buenos Aires. Miss Mary Weaver
Fox, membership secretary, will speak
on the activities of the Washington as
Sociation, and after luncheon there will
be a sightseeing trip through the
building. Miss Helen Hudson is chair
man of the world fellowship COM
mittee.
A Y. MY. W. dance will be held
February 8 at the recreation center
Twentieth and B streets, at pm.
Business and Professional Women's
Department.
Tomorrow at 8 pm. members of the
International Club will meet In theil
clubroom on the fourth floor.
THE Poetry of Fannie Davis Gift
ford" is the subject for the booklovers
hour tomorrow at pm. in the ''E
and P" assembly room. by Miss Alice
Hutchins Drake All interested In these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
BANQUET TO BE GIVEN
BY AHEPA WEDNESDAY
Congressman, U. S. officials and
Newspaper Men to Be Guests
of Order,

Members of Congress, Government
officials and newspaper correspondents
will be the guests of the Order of Ahepa
at its annual banquet Wednesday eve
ming in the Willard Hotel.
The Order of the Ahepa composed of
American citizens, who were either born
in Greece or are of Greek descent Is
a non-political, patriotic society which
devotes considerable activity to the pro-
motion of Americanism among its men,
bers and the Greeks who come to the
United States with view to becoming
citizens.
The 2O9 chapters are widely scattered
in 40 States and membership includes
citizens In all walks of life.
Senator King of Utah will be toast
master at the dinner and also will make
one of the addresses. The Greek Minis
ter, Charalambos Simopoulos, also will
speak.
Many of the chapters of the order
will send representatives to the dinner
and the entire Supreme Lodge will be
present. The guest list comprises about
ene-third of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives and the corps of Washing
ton correspondents will be well repre-
scented.
Tomorrow at noon the members of
the Supreme Lodge will pay their re-
spects to President Coolidge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

instructive hours on art and literature
will be welcome.
The Tuesday club group composed of
the following clubs, Amicitia, Hitika,
K. c., Premiere, Tip Top and Wohelo,
will have supper together at els pm.
and at viii adjourn to the various
clubrooms for their regular business
meetings. The bowling tournament,
held last Tuesday, was won by the K. G.
Club A large TIN cup FILED With candy
was awarded to the victorious team.
On Wednesday the monthly dinner of
the business and professional women
will take place in Barker Hall at I pm.
Two Civil Service notables. Jessie Dell
of the Civil Service Commission. and
Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau
of Home Economics, will be the speakers
Commissioner Dell will use as her sub
ject Women in Civil Service" and DR..
Stanley will speak on the contribution
of her bureau to American home life.
Miss Mary Apple will sing. An invita-
ton is extended business and profess
sional women. Reservations may be
made for the dinner through the "B
and P" Office until Tuesday.
The Blue Triangle Club will hold its
business meeting Thursday evening
after having supper at $50. A "sing"
meeting. The 3. T. C. basket ball
teams are playing each Thursday at
Sis pm. under direction of Miss Van
Buskirk, assistant in the health edu-
cation department.
Industrial Department.
Members of the German Club will
attend the twilight music hour this
afternoon and then gather in their club
rooms on the third floor for a social
hour and refreshments. Any German
speaking persons interested are invited
to attend.
The Thursday Club will meet Feb
ruary for supper. and after social
hour will attend the movies.
The second lesson of the special
course in swimming which the indus
trial department is sponsoring at the
Y. w. C. A. pool at 6l4 E street will
be given Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
Several new pupils may be taken in at
that time, although arrangements for
an examination by the association ply
sician must be made before the class.
Miss Saida l.. Hartman, industrial
secretary, will attend the session of the
Eastern Regional Industrial Conference
in New York February 8 to IL.
Girl Reserves.
The Adelphae Girl Reserve Club at
Western High School will have BUSH
ness meeting at 2:30 tomorrow after
noon. At 3:45 pm. the Junior High
School Girl Reserve council will meet
in the Girl Reserve clubroomS the
third floor of the Y. w. C. A.
Tuesday afternoon the new Girl Re-
serve Club at Noel House, 1863 Kramer
street northeast will be formally or
ganized and an election of officers will
be held.
On Wednesday at 2 pm, the Girl
Reserve Clubs at Dennison Vocational
School will meet, and at 2:15 the two
Jefferson Junior High School Girl Re-
serve Clubs will meet At pm, in
the Girl Reserve clubrooms the Sem
per Fidelis Girl Reserve Club of Tech
High School will have program pre-
| sented by the new members.
Thursday afternoon the Girl Reserve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

Clubs at Powell, Langley and Macfar-
land Junior High Schools will have bust
ness meetings in their schools. The
Fidelis and Les Camerades Girl Reserve
Gibbs at Eastern High School will have
business meetings at 2:30 pm. The
Tri-Hi Reserve Club of Business High
School will have a business meeting
in the Girl Reserve clubroomS az }
pm.
Friday afternoon at 2:15 the Girl Re-
serve Clubs at Stuart, Hine and Column
bia Junior High Schools will make plans
for the new semester. Last week the
following new, officers we're elected at
Columbia Junior High School: Presi-
dent, Elizabeth Coale: vice president,
Theda Ward; secretary, Lillian Brad
ford; treasurer, Helen Johnson. At 3
pm. Friday the Bon Secour Girl Re-
serve Club of Central High School will
hold a business meeting.
The Senior High School Girl Re-
serves will hold an interclub supper
in Barker Hall of the Y. w. C. A. on
Friday at pm. The committe on
program is planning vocational
night" The speakers will be news
paper woman, an interior decorator. a
religious worker, home woman, law
yer and business woman.
The Saturday morning program for
grade school girls continues to grow.
More than 200 girls are now partici-
pating in the program of stories, hob
bies, sings, swimming and recreations.
Education Department.
| Glasses of the second semester open
| this week. Courses which began in
| October will continue and many new
opportunities are offered. New book
| let's of the education department are
at all the association centerS or will be
gladly mailed upon request.
A larger number than usual Of
classes meeting in the daytime are being
offered in response to requests.
Another feature of much interest will
be the two children's classes meeting on
Saturday mornings. One, a 15-week
course in expression under direction of
Mrs Alice Sigworth Morse and the
second, six week course called
etiquette, Jr," after the fascinating
book by that name, will be taught by
Mrs E. S. Conn, night hostess OF the
Y. w. C. A.
Beginning, intermediate and CONVEX
sational German have been added to
the languages already offered. These
will be taught by Miss Elizabeth B. Blu
menkranZ.
| Other new courses include Mrs. Rob-
ert c. Towards Wednesday morning
current events class, psychology of per-
sonality, Dr. Winifred Richmond; books
worth reading, Miss A. M. Blake; what
women should know about business,
Miss Mary Jane Winfree; home nursing,
| Miss Ethel r. Schoff, r. M: short story
writing for juveniles, Miss Susie White
MCGOWAN; marketing and household
management, Mrs. Earnest j. Loring;
American sculptors and paints, Miss
Alice Hutchins Drake, and poster max
ing, Miss Helen Mcclellan.
Chapters.
The regular meeting of the chapter
council is postponed from Monday to
February 10, when it will be held IL
the board room at HOO am.
There will be no meeting of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
CRANDALL WILL FILED.
Jewelry and Trust Fund Left to
GRANDDAUGHTER.

The will of Mrs. Harriet M. Gram
dali, who died January "a, has been
filed for probate. She leaves $4,000 to
her son, Jean J. Crandall, in repay
ment for expenditures made for her
benefit Her jeweiry is given TO her
Granddaughter, Jeanne Crandall. A
bequest of SIS is made 20 her son, Theo-
dore Crandall. A trust fund of 81 500
is given to Jean j. Crandall for the
education of his daughter Jeanne, the
balance to be paid to her when she be-
comes 81 years old The remaining es-
tate is to go one-third to another son,
Lee Crandall, jr., and two-thirds to the
son, Jean j. Crandall, who also Is to
act as executor The vaue of the es-
tate is not disclosed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

Piney Branch Chapter until February
IS.
Chevy Chase Chapter will hold its
monthly meeting Tuesday, at 1880 pm,
at the home of the new president, Mrs.
James Craig Peacock, IL West Irving
street, Chevy Chase. Miss Mignonette
Buckingham will be the guest and
speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
McC0MB WILL LEAVES
ESTATE TO DAUGHTER
24O Shares in Pennsylvania Rail-
road Stock to Be Given to In
situations on Her Death.

situations on Her Death.
The will of David E. McComb, prom
inent engineer, who died January 81,
was filed yesterday for probate. He gives
240 shares of the stock of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co. to the National Saw
ings e. Trust Co., in trust, to pay the
net income to his daughter. Mary E.
Fries. for life At her death the shares
are to be distributed, one-third to st.
Joseph's Home and School, one-third
to st. AIMS Infant Asylum and one
third to Very Rev. Michael j. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore, for use of st.
Paul's Catholic School. on v street be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
The remaining estate Is given ABSOLUTELY
to the daughter, Mary E. Fries. The
National Savings g. Trust Co. also Is
named as executor.
Justice Siddons in the Probate Court
yesterday appointed the American Sc
curity & Trust Co. as administrator Of
the estate of Paul Andre Ostheimer,
who died in Paris, France, last October.
Application was made to the court by
the five brothers and sisters of the de-
ceased, all residing in France. The
estate is valued at $111.801.15. The five
applicants are the sole heirs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
Eleven Die in Snowslide.

MOSCOW, February CP).-The So
Wet News Agency, Tass. announced to-
day that IL persons persisted in huge
snowslide in Central Asia. near Alma
Alta, the town in which Leon Trotsky
has been residing as m exile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-06

WIFE TALKS IN HER SLEEP
HULL, Eng.-Robert Mawler was
arrested for libel because her spread
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-06

and Theresa. the 19-year-cld widow.
Two physicians had been In attend
ance on the mother at Amarillo. and
in Austin. where young Mrs. Walton
was staying with her mother, con
Germ was felt for the girl.
Although Mr.. Hamilton's counsel
has indicated self defense may be-
the plea. the eminent lawyer him
self explained the Staying thus: II
had rather die than kill a man, but
I had TO protect my home"
Saturday. Walton was told by his
mother. Go and see the judge. He'll
be SENSIBLE and everything viii be all
right She had worried over the
sons failure 10 tell or his marriage
to Miss Hamilton. which occurred
on Feb. 10. at George town. hear
Austin. where the bride and groom
were students In Texas University.
Young Walton walked into the Of
flee. said jocnlarly TO a stenograph-
er. "if you hear any shooting you'll
know I've been shot" went into an
other room with his father-in-law
and in q few minutes fell with four
slugs in his body.
Theresa. who had been In Austin.
where she was operated on several
months ago. with her mother since
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-06
AIRPORT POLE LINE
is C ON MONDAY

Work on construction OF a pole
line between Brownsville and the
airport. to give additional wire fa-
c~ilities. was begun Monday morning
by a under o. North. foreman
This work Is expected to be COM
pleted within a few weeks.
Three carloads of poles are now on
hand and more material is TO be
shipped soon.
The new work will provide noueh
telephones for the airport for some
time 70 come. 1t is said. In the past
only one party line telephone has
been available at the field.