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The Washington times., 1930-05-22
BLIND WOMAN
DIES IN FALL

Mrs. Bertha Wise, 81 years old
and blind, stumbled through an
open window of her apartment
on the second floor of the Ar
gonne Terrace, 1900 block of Co
lumbia Rd. N. W., and fell to her
death on the ground some time
last night.
c. B. Arts. colored elevator
operator at the apartment house,
found Mrs. Wise's body outside
the southwest corner of the apart
ment house at $50 a. m.
The body was clad in pajamas
and a bathrobe. It is believed
that Mrs. Wise stumbled as she
was walking down a hallway and
losing her balance. fell over a
window sill. Her body is at the
District Morgue.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
NUNS SAVE 19O
BOYS AS HOME
IS BURNED
Smoke and Flames Arouse
Sisters; Lads Marched Out
Without Mishap or Panic

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. May %
1.N.S0 Displaying coolness. 26
nuns reused 100 sleeping boys at
st. Aemilia's Orphan Asylum and
removed them to safety early TO-
day as flames completely de
stroyed the structure, valued a.
$3.50, 900.
The nuns and their wards were
asleep on the first and second
floors when the smoke and
flames awakened them between
l and 2 a. m. The boys were
lined up and marched from the
blazing building without a single
known casualty.
AS the last ones were hustled
into the outdoors the roof began
to collapse, and within a few
minutes the structure was a mass
of flaming wreckage.
All the boys were under IS
years old. - ~
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
T0DAY's SCRATCHES
WOODRINR

WOODBINg
Weather. clear: track fast
SECOND RACE-Huor Joy.
FOURTH RACE-Footr1ark
FIFTH RACE-Laftar. Signela.
SIXTH RACE-Span
Weather, cleart track, fast
AURORA
FIRST RACE-My Girl, Pink Bios
som. Theo Fay. Royal Bells, Bunnie
East, Meriwick.
SECOND RACE-Carolyn Barker.
THIRD RACE--Tiny Ace.
FOURTH RACE-American Thunder,
Blameless. Lady Lanta. Christie Elan
agan First Mission, Old Kickapoo.
FIFTH RACE-Yam Toy.
SIXTH RACE-Bird Behave, Long
Joe, Theo Red. Gracious Me. Troub-
anova. Dontados Forefather
SEVENTH RACE - Evening Sky.
Mozart, Aviator, Gallardo, Baked
Apple
PARAMOUNT PARK
FIRST RACE-Cash Play, Chris
Paschen. Saar, 1tso.
SECOND RACE-LefloTe
THIRD Race o o n n z, Little
Coventry. Harvest Son, Wild Party.
SIXTH RACE-Charming Lady,
SEVENTH RACE-La Paloma, Still
we'll, Ethel Galliger, Thistle Spray.
Tricky Colonel. Ocean Current.
Eltrieda G" Ai.r woodlitte, Billy
Weathsr. slsar. track. fast. \
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
FLAYS
DIPLOMATS
ARREST
U. S. State Department to Get
Protest Against Handling
Accorded Envoy by Police

The District Commissioners will
be requested, through the State
Department, to investigate the
alleged maltreatrnent yesterday
of Lieut.. Comdr. Luang Brudhi-
krai. naval attache of the Siamese
Legation, by Detective v. B. Can
non, of the Fourteenth precinct.
This statement was made to-
day by A. L. Thompson, of the
1900 block of Cathedral" Ave.
N. w, at whose home Com
mander Brudlikra1 lives.
Detective Cannon says he re-
ceived a call yesterday from q
woman living in Cathedral Man.
sions. who said a suspicious look
ing man had been seen lettering
In the vicinity. A number Of
robberies are said to have oc-
CURED there lately.
Wrestle In Street
Cannon drove to the street in
front of the apartment house,
and aecosted the naval officer.
What was described as a
wrestling match then ensued, and
ended with the detective sitting
on top of the naval officer.
According to Thompson, Com
mander Brudhikrai was taking
his customary afternoon stroll
and when Cannon halted his car
beside him and abruptly con-
fronted him. he thought he was
the victim of a holdup, and said:
"Take everything i have.
but don't hurt me-"
When he was asked to get in
the car, Thompson said the com
mander resisted. It was not until
a crowd had collected, and some
one asked the policeman what he
was trying to do with the other
man, Thompson alleges. that
Cannon showed his badge, and
said he had arrested the naval
officer as a robbery suspect.
Polieeman's Coat Torn
According to Thompson, the
woman who made the phone call
was brought to the precinct, and
said she had never seen Com
mander Brudhikrai before.
Other policemen, Thompson
says, advised Cannon to release
his prisoner, but Cannon placed
the charge of disorderly conduct.
saying:
"He tore my coat"
The Siamese commander will
not appear in Police Court today.
It was said to have been deter
mined at the conference in the
legation to handle the affair ex-
clusively through the State De-
partment.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Television Gets It's First
Theater Demonstration

SCHENECTADY. N. Y. May %
1.N.SD The first public demon
stration of television by radio AS
adapted to the theater was ac-
complished here today.
An audience at Proctor's
Theater saw and heard perform
ers miles away as their images
were projected upon a screen six
feet square. The size of the
screen represented a distinct ad-
vance over previous experiments.
Until today picture IA inches
square had been the largest pro
jected. The images were clearly
visible and audible to persons in
the rear of the theater.
Director John Gamble, although
miles away, led his orchestra
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
CUP PLAY
STARTS TODAY
BY GINO SINH

Facing overwhelming ODDS and
with only faint hope of taking
even one match out of five,
Mexico's foremost racket wielders
open their Davis Cup series
matches with the United States
on the Chevy Chase Club courts
promptly at 2::3O today.
Ignacio de la Borbolla, husky
Mexican No. 2 player, will tackle
George Lott. of Chicago, in the
opening singles encounters this
afternoon, while Ricardo Tapia,
jr., diminutive No. l ranking pei
former, meets Wilmer Allison. OF
Austin, Tex, in the other singles
fray.
Allison and John Van Ryn. OF
New Jersey. have been named to
play in the doubles tomorrow.
Manuel Llano, captain of tho
Mexican team, will announce his
doubles selection this afternoon.
Hangs ON Victory
If the Americans triumph in all
the matches on the first two days,
Lott and Allison may give way TO
other United States players for
Saturdays singles.
Exhibition matches will follow
the cup play each day, with
Gregory Mangin and Berkley Bell
facing Lott and Johnny Doeg, ma
tional doubles title-holders, fol
lowing today's angles.
Both of the Mexican singles
players are able. courageous per
formers. Borbolla has earned
himself reputation as an all
around athlete. having had a
turn at bull-fighting and being
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The Washington times., 1930-05-22

which was in its customary place
in the pit. Gamble. present in
the thester only in image, heard
his musicians by means of tele-
phone connection between the
orchestra pit and the broadcast
ing studio.
The exhibition, designed to
show the possibilities of television
by radio as a medium of enter
tainment, was presented by the
General Electric Company and
the system used was that of DR..
E. r. w. Alexanderson. its con.
sulting engineer.
Images shown registered every
shade between black and white,
giving detail clearly and the illu
sion of depth.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
BY international News Service
Copyright. 1930)

ABOARD THE GRAF ZEPPE
LIN AT SEA, May 22.-The giant
dirigibIe Graf Zeppelin, travel
hardened monarch of the air,
made aeronautical history today
when it pushed its great bulk
across the equator, mythical belt
of the world" at 8:38 a. m.
(ship's time, 6:38 a. M. Eastern
standard time).
During the early morning hours,
when most of the passengers were
asleep, the Graf ran into rain,
SQUALLS. Gusts of wind-driven rain
flooded the bridge and the IN
fante Alfonso of Bourbon. couslia
of the King of Spain, who is
among the passengers. was rudely
awakened by water dripping into.
his cabin.
Most Of the passengers slept
through the squalls, and the Graf
soon cruised into more clement
weather.
The Zeppelin is expected to al.
rived at Pernambuco about ,
o'clock this afternoon g p. M
E. S. IT,. The position at 10
o'clock was approximately oOO
miles due north of Pernannbuco.
It was the first time in history
that a lighter.than-air craft had
ever crossed the equator AS the
huge dirigible swept into the
southern seas, a cheer of triumph
went up from the throats OF the
thrilled passengers.
Even the most travel-wise among
the 10 passengers aboard the
silver craft felt an undeniable
thrill when the word came through
from DR.. Hugo Eckener's control
room that the ship was over the
invisible line, traced through
continents and seas, that divides
the north of the world from the
south.
Nearing Goal
It was a. complex thrill, for
not only had the Graf done some
hing new again that no dirigible
1ad ever done before, but the
crossing of the line placed the
Zeppelin on the home stretch"
IF ! the crafts sixth successful
spanning of the Atlantic Ocean.
When the ship crossed the
equator, it came within less than
100 miles of it's initial destination.
oernambuco, on the coast Of
Brazil, where a brief stop is
planned.
Travel h ard en- d passengers
aboard the dirigible missed the
traditional equatorial ceremony
carried out on vessels on the high
seas, when novitiates are ducked,
clothing and all, into a pool of
water, while veterans of past
crossings officiate in costumes de
signed to represent Neptune and
his cohort of briny assistants.
Sufficient Thrill
The mere thrill of being in a
dirigible on its first crossing of
the line" however, was sufficient
to make up for the absence Of
this ancient ceremony.
AS on the entire trip. the Graf
was making good time when it
swept across the equator. The
last stages of the trip were equally
as pleasant as the first, with no
contrary winds and only a light
fog to temper the shimmering
tronical sunshine.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Electric Franchise
Hit In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, May 22-Op-
position to granting a 30-year
franchise to the Virginia Public
Service Company to furnish cleo
trio current to the city will be
presented to the council this
afternoon.
Several petitions are being
circulated demanding that the
franchise be for a shorter period.
High electric rates here have
been attacked by various citizen
ORGANIZATIONS.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
700 at Contention
Of Oriental Shrine

INDIANAP OIL S, May %
0N.SJ Mrs. A. d. Blanchard,
of Altoona, Pa, was to be elevated
to grand high priestess of the
Ladies Oriental Shrine at the
annual election here today. She
has completed a term as grand
high princess.
Mrs. Blanchard will succeed
Mrs. j. B. Bennett. of Buffalo,
N. Y, as grand high priestess.
Mrs. E. E. Smith. of German
town, Pa, will become grand
high princess.
More than TOO delegates are
attending the convention,
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
GreenWay's Statue
Ready for Capitol

Unwilling ceremonies OF the
statue of John Campbell Green
way, distinguished Arizona citizen
chosen as subject to represent the
State in Statutory Hall at the
Capitc,.. will be unveiled in Statu,
ary Hall Saturday Afternoon at 3
O'Clock. t. .
Senators and representatives
of the Arizona delegation ana
members of the Arizona State
Society will attend.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Ohio Bank Bandits
Are Held in Toledo

TOLEDO, Ohio, May % (IN.S.)
Two suspected gunmen brought
here Tuesday from Akron, Ohio,
were identified today as members
of the bandit gang which held up
the Farmers and Merchants Bank
at Sylvania, Ohio. February S, and
escaped with $4,000.
The suspects are Nathan King,
a.. Springfield. Mo-, and Frank
ditchell. 81, Of Kansas City,
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Big British Airship
Reported Damaged

LONDON, May % GN.S0-
London was shocked today by un-
substaniated reports. that the
British dirigible R-100 had been
damaged by a rainstorm while on
a test flight.
The air ministry announced it
could obtain no confirmation of
the reports. The airship is con-
tinuing its trial flight, prepara-
tory to its ocean hop to Canada,
the an ministry said.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Cafe Waiter Killed
As Bandits Rob Till

CHICAGO, May % G.N.SD-
One of three bandits shot and
killed George GeredakiaS. 38, to-
day while robbing the South Side
Restaurant where he was en-
ployed as a waiter.
The trio forced Geredakias to
raise has hands and face the wall.
and while two of them kept him
covered the third rifled the cash
till,
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Dry Raiders Destroy
-Four Per Cent Beer

ALLAN C CITY, N. j.. May
% 1NS).-Federal agents de-
stroyed 2,250 barrels of alleged
beer in a raid on the Egg Harbor
Brewery.
The raid took workers and
truck drivers in the brewery COM
pletely by surprise. No arrests
we're made.
Agents said the beer tested 4
per cent alcohol.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
Harold Lloyd VIII
Escape Operation

BEVERLY HILLS. Calf, May
% 1N.SD Harold Lloyd will
not have to Undergo an operation
for appendicitis, physicians who
have been treating the motion
picture comedian concluded today.
Treatment has almost elimi-
mated the ailment, according to
DR.. William Branch. who ordered
Lloyd to cancel motion picture
trip to Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
LOLA LANE LOSES

LOS ANGELES, May % 1.N.
SD.-Arthur Lyons, theatrical
agent. today had won his suit to
collect $1,751 in commissions
from Lola Lane, stage and film
actress.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
PernambuCo Is Set
To Fete VOyagerS

PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May
% U.N.SD Time stood still here
today with the daWning of day
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The Washington times., 1930-05-22
KIN Of KING
DRENCHED
AISLE { P
i. ON SHIP
Pernambuco in Gala Attire
for Big Airship; Stay of Few
Hours Planned; Water Low

FERNANDO DE NORONHA,
Brazil, May % dNS).-Majes-
tically sweeping into the home
stretch of its latest flight across
the Atlantic Ocean, the giant
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin
was sighted from this island at
1880 p. m. today G2:3O p. m.
Eastern daylight time).
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
THE WEATHER

FAR tonight and tomorrow; warmer toniRhtj
general winds, mostly west and southwest.
Temperature yssterday-Highest, rs; lowest SO.
Full Wedther report page 8.
rhe Washington fines ls the only afternoon paper
this city publishing the dapatcheA Of international
News Service and Universal Service.
The Washington times., 1930-05-22
This Is
The HOming
Season

and today is
the time to select
the home your
family needs re-
quire. Announce
nents of many
good home 50 buys
are featured in
the
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where visitors were allowed. He
hummed softly N moment, then be-
gan 10 strum and sing:
Mandy Lee. I love you, deed ali do,
nah Mandy Lee,
Your eyes dey shine Ike diamonds
love to me-"
He was looking ut her. Straight
at her. And she almost thought he
was singing
"Elanda Lee. 7 love YOU"
There was mischief in his blue
eyes. Soon lie was looking directly
at her, and singing TO her. No n
In the studio could doubt 1t. She
decided, for the benefit OF Carmel
and Greg, to play up to him.
So she sighed and rolled her
eyes and put her hand on her heart.
dramatically. 10 wasn't SC easy TO
act. But she was grateful for the
chance to show the visitors that
she was wrapped up in someone
else. and that she had other adj
mirers.
She was next-and she blew him
a little kiss when she got up. And
she was very much surprised when
she heard the announcer saying
In his pleasing, deep voice:
Now We have Miss Elanda Lee,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
National Advertising Representatives
West Texas and Its Resources

Vest Texas Is where the unrest begins, not where
the West begins. West Texas is an empire in itself.
Z. A. Bandeen is secretary-manager Of a West Texas
Chamber Of ommerc He is a booster Of and q
boomer for West Texas. His map and his figures are
interesting.
There are $50 counties in what is known as West
Texas. West Texas is large enough to hold four
states the size Of Pennsylvania.
II would hold all Of the states in New England.
even with these states doubled in size, and still there
would be enough room left TO put In Ohio.
And then think of Brewster county in West Texas.
It's area is staggering to the mind. II would hold
two states the size OF Rhode Island and one the size
OF Maryland.
Foreign crude is on the free list. This is a re-
hinder that two-fifths Of the oil in the United
States is produced in West Texas. If the Bandeen fig
vres are accurate: two-sevenths OF the cotton In the
United States: three-fifths Of the wool and mohair;
the potential gas production Is large enough to sup
DIV the entire United States with fuel and power.
This is not all. Bandeen throws down this chal-
lenge:
aIf the raw materials Of West Texas were to be
suddenly cut off from the rest Of the world, the nation
would stagnate industrially."
Col. Arthur Brisbane should place the Bandeen
West Texas map and figures in his scrap book. 1t
is Illuminating, invigorating. exhilirating and inform
alive. Spread the light.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20

a newcomer to WwBC. Miss Lee
comes to us from Atlanta. She will
be heard every week on the Home
Folks Hour"
IL was news 10 her. She was 10
be on every week. Then she could
not resist stealing q glance az
Carmel and she was staring at her
with her lips curved in contempt.
Elanda caught Greg's eye then and
feigned surprise at seeing them.
She smiled and bowed, sure or
herself now-and all her fear was
gone.
She sang "Suwanee River" softly
and with feeling - close to the
mike" She was accompanied only
by the piano, and her voice could
easily be heard in the studio. Greg
turned to Carmel In amazement:
why. she has a gorgeous voicel
I didn't dream she had SO much
talent"
Lovely" Carmel forced natural
ness and praise into her voice. You
must bring her to my bach party
this weekend. I'll ask her when
the program Is over"
Greg was astonished-but delight
ed.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20

Here, IL II Interests YOU, Is How
The Magazine Cover Girl Got
Her Start-The Petit DeJeuner
Reaches Gotham.
NEW YORK, March 20-From
every corner rack and newsstand
the heads OF the pretty magazine
cover girl assault the vagrant eye.
The other night I heard for the
first time the story how the
cover girl came ali IL. Harrison
Fisher, whose name has been asso-
ciated with the pretty maidens OF
the Illustrations for so many years
that his hair has grown white and
his manner mellow, created the first
OF the cover girls"
He was sketching and painting in
a little French town when he hap
pened to pass a French y%oungster
who had bobbed her hair long be-
fore it was being done. He stared
at her so ~noticably that the girl
stared back. He decided she would
make a good model and asked her
to pose for him.
When he returned 70 America
with a sheaf of drawings. he drop
ped in on George Horace Lorimer,
the editor. who at the time was
showing some country scenes and
such upon his covers. They discus
sed at length the potentialities OF
an innovation so drastic as the ap-
pearance of attractive modern maid
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ems on the magazine jacket. After
the deal had been closed. Lorlmer
threatened to weaken. He actually
worried over what his readers might
think.
But the sales OF the particular
issue answered all questions. The
pretty girls had come to the covers.
and there they have stayed.
The continental breakfast" other
wise known as petit dejeuner," as
well as by other titles, has arrived
in Manhattan.
In the event that you haven't
been to Paris and way points, this
means that coffee and French rolls
are served in ones bedroom OF
mornings-yes. served in bed, II
you care. And 1t all goes in on the
price Of the room.
The innovation is announced by
the new Babizon-PlaZa, which
caters to artists. musicians and
such. Many of them being Euro
pean, II was decided to make them
feel right at home. Instead, how
ever. OF the usual French lackey
banging at ones door. a sliding
panel at the bottom of each door
eliminates the disturbing factors.
And one Of my spies reports that
Booth Harrington. the very popular
novelist, will hereafter use a two
masted schooner as his writing stu
dio. Having a sea urge, but no sea
handy, Harrington has acquired q
ship and anchored 1t in the river
near his summer home at kenne-
hunkport. He finds this vicarious
contact with sailing life stimulat-
ing to creative effort.
The other day, in an Intellectual
effort to write a sort Of epitaph for
Mabel Normand, ! mentioned her
amazing generosity. A friend Of
those days when recalls for me
the time when, having been given
a gorgeous Spanish shawl Mabel
appeared at the studio wearing II.
Those were the days when Gloria
Swanson was beginning her career.
Gloria. in accepted female fashion,
tried the shawl on herself and be-
came rapturous in her admiration
You can have it-go ahead and
take it If you like IT," suggested
Mabel. Gloria protested. She would
do no such thing. But Mabel had
walked away.
1T looks better on her than it
does on me, anyhow" was her part
ing remark
Well, anyway. Mabel vas like that:
ready to give away her shawl or her
last dime.
COLBERT SWAN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20

Elanda Lee, 20. auburn haired
and pretty, after four years singing
over an Atlanta station, goes to
New FORK with WWBC. a radio
hook-up. She meets Suwanee Col
lier. ukulele player. and. scorning
Jazz, Is not SO keen about the hand
some star. Gregory Du Pont III,
son Of the owner of WWBC, takes
her out. Carmel Provost. a society
girl, is jealous Of Elanda. because
she wants both her job and Greg.
Elanda lives with her friend. Dixie
Durkin. former chorus girl. and her
husband and baby.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER Is
When Elanda arrived at the stu
do early there were already sey-
eral persons there. Musicians tun-
ing their instruments. A few friends
and visitors were sitting on chairs
along the sides Of the great room.
In Atlanta she never had known
self-consciousneSs. Finding her
niche In New York meant SO much
TO her that she was really fright
cned.
After the casual manner In which
they had taken her voice, Elanda
was more than a little pleased
hat the first program she was TO go
in was one in which she was to do
a solo. The next night she vas to
be In the light opera chorus.
She thought Of Carmel Provost
and her catty remarks. and smiled
inwardly at the way the news OF
her solo would burn her up. She
hoped Carmel would be listening
in. She would Just have to swal-
low her self-consciouSness and sine
as she never had sung before. After
all her experience on the air It was
silly to be afraid.
Several OF the musicians spoke q
her. There was a slight buzz from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
Giving the Gambling Boys A
Chance

Wall Street is hopeful. Bulls and bears are recep-
tive. They have been alternating since the crash
II all came about when the New York federal re-
serve bank administered what Wall Street regarded
as a tonic to business. with a reduction in its redis-
count rate from four to three and one-hah per cent
This IS the lowest rate since the latter part OF 1877
and early 1923. when the federal reserve acted SINH
larIv ito speed up business activities at a time when
Il was tagging as It is at present"
Calvin Coolidge was president in those fitfm years
He issued many statements assuring the people not
to 20 short on the United States-that It could not
be done. All that happened since IS ancient history
II resulted in a Roman holiday for the Wall Street
.F,nrinv ~ the bulls. the ham -stringing Of the
hearx The sheardnF of the lambs and the chasing OF
the wolves to their holes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20

Suggestion for a play written around the Ford
plant: Breath Takes q Holiday"