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New Britain herald., 1929-09-18

SECRETS-Friends of Judge Francis Mancuso, chairman of the board, of the defunct City Trust Company of New York, got the surprise of their lives when they found out the Judge had been married to Paula Helena Thompson, pretty model. for more than two months. International Newsreel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
FOUR ARRESTED.
IN DRY RAIDS

Activities Of Sergt. A. j. Letter
mans vice squad in the last "a hours
Melted police SO quarts Of liquor,
alleged gambling equipment and -FOUR
prisoners.
In the first raid James M. Taner'
hill, of the 900 block Of Fourteenth
Pl. n. E., was arrested and charged
with sale, possession. and transpor'
tation. Twenty.six quarts were
found in his house after the VIZ
squad claim to have previously
bought a Navigation from the man.
Elizabeth w. Tucker, %. and Louis
wilks, 20, both colored were arrested
in the 1900 block of Union Court
n. W.. by the vice squad charging
sale and possession of liquor.
Number slips and marked money,
was found along with Sc quarts Il
liquor at the home of John Lynch
in the. 1000 block of Thirty-third ST.
N. w. He is charged at headquar'
ters with possession. and with run
ming a gambling joint under section
500 of the District Code.
All cases will be brought to triai
Soon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.--Hogs-Re-
ceipts. $4,000; market Csc lower.
|. Top, $1O.40; bulk. $S.50@1O.25;
heavyweight. ss.5O@1o.OO; medium
weight. $9.65@1o.4O; lightweight,
S9.7561O.35: light lights, $9.250
Moss; packing sows, $S.6O@10.5O:
pigs, SS.75@10.25; holdovers, 5000.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000; market
b5c lower. Calves: Receipts, 1000;
market 25c lower Beef steers:
Good and choice, $15.00@16.25; COM
mon and medium. $9.50@14.OO;
&earlings, $9@16. Butcher cattle:
Heifers, $S.O0@14.5O: cows, $500
l11.O0: bulls, s7.50@11OO: calves,
! s14@16; feeder steers, s1O.000l2.50;
.xstocker steers. $9m12; stocker cows
J and iheifers, $7@11; western range
cattle: Beef steers, $9@12; cows and
heifers, $7@11.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000: market
steady Medium and choice lambs,
s12@13: culls and common, S9@11;
yearlings, $500; common and choice
ekes, $35OQ5.25; feeder lambs,
S11.00012.75.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
Penna. Brewery Saved
By Order From Court

LANCASTER, Oct. IA tenn
porary injunction restraining State
police and members of the Penn
svlvania Alcohol Permit Board from
dismantling the Superior Beverage
Company plant, this city. was
renewed In court.
The plant was raided twice by
Federal agents, and attorneys I'M
mediately obtained a temporary In
junction from the court. Later the
petition was withdrawn when Alex
ander P. MacPhee. assistant pro
hibition administrator, explained he
has no intention Of dismantling the
plant except through regular chan
nels.
Henry b. Lewis, assistant United
States district attorney. Is planning
drastic steps to curb operations at
the plant. He will ask for a pad
lock and then take steps to obtain
a court order which will permit
dismantling
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
PREMIER WANTS
N. !. WELCOME

ABOARD S. S. BERENGARIA
Ia Radio to I. N. S.. Oct. l.
Fhile no official invitation has yet
3been received, Premier Ramsay
Macdonald would be very happy
to accept typical broadway"
welcome by the people of New
York city, it was stated today by
his private secretary, Sir Robert
Vansittart.
Reports of reception being
Planned by New York have been
received aboard ship, but no official
Andication has been made that would
result in a change of the premier's
original plans.
He intended to leave for Wash
ington Immediately upon arrival in
New York, but, according to Sir
Robert, the premier has always
been greatly intrigued by the storm
of ticker-tape and other evidences
of enthusiasm New York showers
upon its visitors from overseas,
and would not be averse to being
on the receiving end of such a re-
cAbtion IL New York wishes to
accord it.
A According to present indications,
the Berengaria will arrive in New
York harbor about noon on Friday,
Premier Macdonald continues to
spend most of his time sitting in
Ahis deck chair reading or walking
, the deck. His daughter, Miss
Ishbel, however, mingles freely
with the other passengers and
dances every evening. She is
principally concerned with keeping
her distinguished father comfort.
able and contented. but has found
considerable time for the gay social
life aboard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
HOOVER To SAIL
DOWN OHIO
0CT.22

sPresident Hoover is going to have
smother taste OF steamboat life
October % and % on the Ohio,
more than two years since he vir-
tually lived on steamboat in the
! crucial days OF the 1897 flood.
His quarters will be on the
steamer Mississippi, familiar sight
in the st. Louis Harbor. 1t is the
official boat Of the Mississippi
River Commission which has head
quarters here.
AThis experience will be tame
affair for the President. in COM
Aparison with that of 1927, when he
was Secretary of Commerce. Under
his direction thousands of persons
were rescued from hillocks and
housetops. Like a good general he
. frequently was on the spot when
the river started new attack. For
example, Mr.. Hoover was watching
the levees one morning at Melville,
La, when a crevasse occurred and
swept down upon the town.
the waters of the Atchafalaya
q Pleasure This Time
On the Ohio however President
Hoover will be confronted by no
Emergencies to interrupt the leis-
urely pleasures of steamboat travel.
The occasion is the formal open
Ing of the nine-foot channel from
b. pittsburgh to Cairo, on which $780,.
100000 in modern equipment is
ready for immediate barge service
ttoep IA Hrn
from St. Louis to New Orleans
and the ports of the world.
The steamer, 213 feet long and
largest of the Army Engineers,
Passenger steamers on the Missis-
sippi, Is admirably adapted for the
presidents comfort, provided his
party is unusually small. 1t has
excellent quarters for IS persons
besides the crew and galley force.
It Is, probable that the usual retinue
i of Washington correspondents viii
have to follow or another steamer.
Will Make Address
The President will speak October
% at Cincinnati and roe down the
Ohio on the Mississippi - make
an address on the following cay at
louisville. The steamer departed
/ from ST. Louis last MONDAY TOT an
inspection cruise to New ORLEANS
with Thomas H. jackson and dis
trict engineers abroad.
Capable of an average speed Of
10 miles an hour downstream and
8 to 9 miles an hour against the
" current, the steamer is expected to
reach New Orleans by October 3,
with time to spare for returning to
Cincinnati. It will return to Mem
phis and lie there until called for.
Negro cooking and negro service
will await the President on the
Mississippi. The china and silver
service are of excellent If not espe-
cially expensive quality.
Radio Aboard Now
= Radio equipment is carried for
official communication. The dining
i room and the foredeck which is sur
rounded by glass. are adaptable for
1 dancing, and a photograph and a
piano are aboard. Officers have the
privilege of adding such equipment
at their own expense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
Science Baffled by New
Disease of Children

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Acute Sc
rious encephalitis, an affection of
the brain, is the latest recognized
fatal disease Of children to BATTLE
medical science.
DR.. Douglas Summers, Of Bellevue,
and Dr. Charles Brown, of Boston,
writing In the American Medical
Journal. declare that up to the
present the cause of this disease Is
a mystery and efforts to effect a
cure unsuccessful.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
SHAM BAT I LE
To CD ON AIR

A radio program Of insual
interest will be presented by the
National Broadcasting Company.
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, In
connection with the military ex-
position and carnival at the War
College grounds.
The sham battle, entitled Smash
ing Through the Argonne With
Sergeant York" will not only be
demonstrated for a public review,
but will likewise be described over
the radio by the famous war
correspondent Floyd Gibbons.
As a brilliant highlight Of the
event, sergt. Alvin c. York. re-
nowned hero Of the World War;
Sergt. Harry NJ. Parsons. York's
immediate superior at the famous
Argonne battle, and Gen. Charles
P. Summerall, chief Of staff Of the
United States Army, will give brief
talks over the microphone, when
the reproduction of the battle, in
which York became a hero Of
American history, in concluded.
Gibbons, well known to radio
listeners for his weekly talks on
Hunting the Headlines will be
assisted by George F. Hicks. N. B.
G. announcer.
BOSTON. Oct. 1 Q.NS.).-A move.
ment was on foot today to attempt
to dethrone from his niche in the
World War hall of fame Sergt. AL
win c. York, Tennessee's "one-man-
army"
According to word from New
Haven, Conn, Sergt. Bernard J.
Early. Of that city,, and Percy
Beardsley, Of Roxbury, Conn, sur
vivors of the, Argonne offensive in
which 1872 Germans were captured,
leave today, by airplane, from New
Haven for the annual military. ex-
position at the Army War College
at Washington. determined to show
that York got all the credit for an
act Of bravery due others as well.
Otis B. Merrithew, of Brookline, an
other veteran, confirmed Early's
statement made at New Haven.
Briefly. Early claims, according
to New Haven reports, that York's
part in the Argonne offensive Incl
dent came only after the prisoners
had been captured by seven Of his
buddies and that his fame derived
solely from having marched the
prisoners to the American lines,
where a magazine writer mistook
him for the only hero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

Prices represent sales In large lots to
Jobbers and other large buyers on stock
Of good merchandise quality ana con-
dition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
BANK STATEMENT

Washington Clearing House,
$6,937. 412.S4.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, 1928 100000.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, $2,741, 900 900.
Treasury balance, $407. 1858, 1859.
Customs receipts. $50,055, 95s.23.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-01
Candidate for Mayor
Heard by Deaf Mutes

NEW YORK, Oct. U.S0-
Something new in politics occurred
here tonight when Norman Thomas,
Socialist candidate for mayor. ad-
dressed a meeting of deaf mutes at
Union League Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
See the Windo,c Display of
Handkerchiefs From
All Over the World

AN unusually interesting and beautiful collec-
ton of handkerehiefs, suitable for gift purposes
and for personal use. Plain handkerchiefs, nov
city handkerchiefs, white handkerchiefs and col.
ored handkerchiefs, for little as Sc to as much
as So. so each.
Kanns-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Long-sleeve sweaters of a lacy
rayon weave, in tan, red. blue and
yellow designs; sizes SO to AZ;
round or v neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

:. Mr.. Andrew principal objection Is 70
q clause imposed by the commission
providing that all fossils excepting those
OF o kind never stineArtied before must
remain in China.
Discussions with the Chinese authors
ties in an effort to reach an agreement
for the expedition began when the ex-
plorer returned from the United States
recently.
& The commission also desires to send
q Chinese scientist with the expedition.
Regarding the clause prohibiting the
export of fossils. the American ex-
plorer said:
s."eThe conditions are such that they
would not be accepted by any scientific
party and cannot comply with them.
The Chinese want us to pay all the ex-
penses, do all the work and give them
the best OF our finds. What view Nam
king viii take.e.I haven't the slightest
idea, and preparations 10 start the expe-
dition have ceased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Many are in the seasons smartest
feathers and styles! There are patent
feathers, kidskins, blonde kids, and pat
ents trimmed with blonde or brown
kid. Never have we seen such smart
shoes for such small sunni High and
medium heels-lons and short yamps.
Sizes 8 to 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18
Cotton Dealer Goes
To Jail Unescorted
By Paying Own Way
Nv the Associated Press. =

BY the AbSgEiateo GkSes. o.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April ies-
John +. Robinson. president or
John Z. Robinson q Co., cotton
dealers, who chose to pay his
own expenses to the Federal
Penitentiary at Atlanta rather
than 90 in the custody Of q mar
shall, was on his way to the (
prison unescorted. vs.
II He was sentenced by District
Judge Harry h. Anderson on o !.
mandate from the Si&th Circuit
Court of Appeals, Cincinnati,
charging him with aiding in thets
fniSapplication of the funds OF q
local bank.
He was sentenced to four years
imprisonment, but fines totaling
$1,000 were RENTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

These dresses are not
sale dresses, but are taken
from our regular stock Of
better dresses and reduced
for tomorrow. They in
clude the newer and
smarter styles in prints,
silks, crepes, georgettes
and combinations, in en-
semble, two-piece and
straightline effects. A
wonderful opportunity for
saving. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18
BA|NB|NO PROUD Y
SHOWS new. HOME
Expects His Daughter and
Wife's to Fight Over Bed
by Window, ). :.
BY the .AssociatSd Press.

BY the Associated Press. sa IA "a
NEW YORK, April ls.-7-The Babe,
Rutlls were at home today IN their IT.
room apartment at Riverside Drive and
Eighty-eighth street.
Two young girls will live with them.
as will also Mrs. Ruth's mother and
two brothers.
Ruth pointed with pride to pretty
room with twin beds that had been
prepared for Dorothy Helen Ruth. his
S-year-old adopted daughter, and Julia
Marshall Hodgson, Mrs. Ruth's 12-
year-old daughter.
IT suppose those two girls will fight
for the bed next the window just like
base ball players do" said Ruth
He then pointed out other points of
interest in his new home, billiard
room. which he expects also to convert
into a miniature gymnasium; a grand
piano done in the French manner, and
a $1,000 diamond bracelet he had given
his bride, the former Mrs. Claire Hodg-
son, as wedding gift.
Mrs. Ruth, a. former actress, who
came from Athens. Ga, said she first
met Babe in Washington in 1923 and
that base bali is. her favorite sport.
The Ruths, after their early morning
marriage yesterday, entertained friends
at their new home with a wedding
breakfast of ham and eggs. A wedding
toast in champagne was drunk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18
Two Commissions Issued.

Commissions in. the Reserve Corps Of
the Army have been issued by the War
Department to Nogi A. Asp. 1897. r.
street, as q second lieutenant In the
Chemical Warfare Service and to
Thomas M. Latimer, the Home Apart
ment, Seventh and K streets, as a sec
ond lieutenant In the Field Artillery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18
ANDREWS MAY DROP
COBB DESERT PLANS
Explofer Says Conditions Recently
Imposed by Chinese Corsrsission
Were Not Acceptable.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING, April lS.-Roy Chapman
Andrews, American explorer, who Is
planning new expedition TO the Cobb
Desert, said Tuesday that the condi-
tioiis imposed by the Chinese commits
sion for the presentations Of ancient OBJ
jects were not acceptable to him and
that unless they were modified this
years expedition would be- abandoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

The British government will collect
S1,525, 900 taxes from the estate Of the
late c. G. Arbuthnot, director of the
Bank of England. who left $4,683, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Button-on and MILDLY suits,
made Of broadcloth, percale,
khaki, rayon cloth and other wash
fabrics. In plain colorS and COM
binRtion, sizes 5 to 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18
800 Cotton
Costume Slips
/ nc

Tailored washable slips,
with deep hens and wide side
pleats; lace trimmed; sizes
So to a.. Truly unusual
values!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

+ Men-here's your chancei 1000
brand-new ties, of silk and rayon. fully
shaped and nicely tailored like more
expensive neckwear. A variety of pat
terms. unbelievable just the colors
and color combinations men like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Such dnctively detail Dy
without fur Sport satin coats with cape or
Tailored mnnish styles Every coat
actually these appreciate wonderful
saving-al sizes all coor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Taken from our regular
high-priced stocks and re-
duced, Of patent leather and
calfSkin in black and brown.
ALI sizes but not In every
style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-18

Lots cheaper than you
could make them yourself
and every one hand-embroid-
cred. White, flesh and peach,
with round, square or wee
neckS.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-26
Sixty Members Chamber of Commerce Com
ing in Special Pullmans to Assist in Inaug
urating Business Enterprises Backed by
San BernardinO Capital.
Pioneer Title Insurance and Trust Company,
Stockwell & Binney and San BernardinO
Transportation Co. Opening Business Here

San Bernardino business inter
estS will come to Las Vegas in force
Saturday october 5, to assist in
the dedication of the beautiful
new building CT the Pioneer Title
Insurance and Trust company, and
the inauguration of the business
Of three San Bernardino firms
which are Just opening here.
According to word received by
the Las Vegas Chamber Of Com
merce. the San Bernardino party
will number at least go and they
will come in special Pullman cars
Of the Union Pacific. They will
arrive here at COS am. leaving
at 9:05 that evening.
In addition to the general get
acquainted activities of the party
they will pay their respects to and
assist in the formal opening Of
the Pioneer Title Insurance q
Trust company building ut 1l3
South Fourth street.
The local Chamber Of Commerce
appointed a committee to make
such arrangements as seem proper
for the reception and entertainment
Of the San Bernardino visitors.
The committee is composed OF o.
A. Kimball chairman, *. o. Knud-
son, O. K. Adcock. II. L. Perry
Tom Harland, l.. j. OakeS C. p.
Squires, Dr.. r. w. Martin. Carl
D. Farrar and Sam Shaw.
1t has been suggested that the
party be given the opportunity to
visit Boulder Dam site and also
that an informal dinner be held
Saturday evening before their de-
parture. The arrangements will be
be more fully planned at a meeting
of the committee held tomorrow
evening at M Kimball's office.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-26
Legge Pledges
His Ability To
Help Farmers
Prospective Farm Board
Member Makes Position
Clear. - FaVors Construc-
tive Solution of Problems.

WASHINGTON, Sept, 25 P)-
Alexander Legge, chairman of the
Federal Farm board, today pledged
himself to do all in his power to
make the farmer prosperous by
working out agricultural problems
conStructively. He told the senate
argiculturar committee he would
not want a position on the board
under the misrepresentation that he
favored a hurried, haphazard plan
Of farm relief.
Legge was questioned by the SEN
ate committee as to why he was
not favorable to the StabiliZation
program for wheat and cotton
crops. He said that he favored
stabilization operations only when
they seemed necessary after q mar
keting organization capable of car
rying out the operations had been
perfected.
Administration leaders asserted
that the appointment of Legge would
be approved by the committee
although he was to appear before
the committee again tomorrow.
James C. Stone of Kentucky,
representing the tobacco industry
on the federal board, was also
scheduled to appear tomorrow.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-26
u. P. Good Will
Body Will Meet
Supt. E. C. Cunningham To
Attend Meeting Friday
Evening.-Public is Invited
To Participate.

The Union Pacific Coed Will
Committee will hold public meet
ing in the assembly, hall of the
store house, Friday evening, Sep
tember 81 at 1880.
Supt. E. C. Cunningham has
accepted an invitation to be pre-
sent and will address the meeting
The general public as well as en-
ployees of the Union Pacific are
urged to attend.
This committee is composed OF
all U. P. employees" said Mr..
D. Fitz Randolph. chairman. last
night. 1T has for its object the
promotion Of harmony and better
relations between the railroad ano
its patrons. the public Any Sug-
gestions or criticisms are always
appreciated. We aim to provide
courteous, satisfactory service at al
times"
The officers of the committee are
D. Fitz Randolph. chairman, anc
ice Hannig, secretary
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-26
Says Wife Cruel
Asks for Divorce

Alleging that his wife was waste
full neglectful of his home, refused
10 prepare his meals. remained away
from home for long periods of time
without explanation, and stated
that she did not love him, Charlie
Henry Perryman is suing Helena
Mae for divorce.
The couple were married in Los
Angeles in January, 1927, and, ac-
cording to the complaint. there are
no children and no community
property. Richard BuSteed is at
torney for the plaintiff
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-26

in the path Of the disturbance, have
perfected plans for rendering aid III
the event of a destructive blow.
All naval reserves were ordered to
report at the armory at Miami,
where shops had been boarded up
and residences we're prepared for
all eventualities.
Daytonia Beach was the weakest
point on the face of the late barom-
eter readings, which were low over
the entire lower East Coast.
Shipping was at a standstill and
house boats on the Miami river
were ordered to proceed farther up
the stream and tie securely.
West Palm Beach, which bore
the brunt of the 1923 hurricane,
calmly awaited the blow. Many
residents left the city, seeking relief
farther inland.