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The Washington times., 1930-02-12
LOCAL STATIONS
WRC--WashInrton--ssO-s

12:00-Farm flashes.
12;1O-Daniel Breeskin Music. from the
Kilt studios.
Hour--Speakers N. s. Eisen-
hover and o. e. Stine.
l:sO-Palats d'Or Orchestra.
2:OO-N.B.C studio Program.
2:15-N.B.C. studio Program.
2:3O--The Melody Three.
2;45-United states Navy Band,
Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader.
3:30-Evening stars.
4:OO-'Your Income TAX" by Harry
Rutterman.
4:15-N.B.C. studio Program.
4:3O-Dancing Melodies.
6;OO--Natlonal WOman's Party
women in Finance" by
Louise Watson.
S:15-Sky Sketches.
6:30-The Lady Next Door.
6:55--Summary of Program.
SOO-"Famous Paintings in Mahy
Lands" by Alice Hutchins
s:15-Bisck and Gold Room Or.
s:s0-American Home Banquet.
7:00-Amos n Andy
716-Rise OF the GOldDergs
730-COrrect time.
7:Sl-Hindermeyer and TuckernIn.
7:4S-"The Eternal Question" VIII
bur Coon Players.
s:00-"East of Cairo"
S:3O- Mobi:oiI concert.
9:00-Halsey Stuart program.
9:SO-Palmo olive hour.
10:3O-Floyd Gibbons-Headlins Hun
11:OO-weather forecast.
11:01-LeParadis Band.
ashinEtOn--e3O-41S
12:3O-Good News.
12:45-YOeng's Orchestra.
1:3O-Barclay Orchestra.
2:OO-GracA Hyde, soprano, and Lit
tie symphony. I
2:3O-Syncopated Silhouettes.
3:00-Columbia Ensemble.
3:30-For Your Information.
4:O0-Musical Album.
4:SO-"Primer for Town Farmers"
4:4O-Club Plaza Orchestra.
5:15-Twilight Troubadours.
5:45-My Bookhouse Story Time.
6:OO-Correct Time.
6:O1-News Flashes.
6:15-Dinner hour concert
6:3O-TOur of Lincoln Museum In
Washington.
7:O0-Lincoln's Birthday Program,
under auspices of Citizen;
Joint Committee on National
Representation for the Dis
trct of Columbia presents
Representa- tive clyde Kelly. Of
Pennsylvania. in a Lincoln ad-
dress. Musical program by the
quartet Of the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, which
Lincoln attended.
7:SO-"Radio Joe and His Budget
Boys"
s:Oi-General Mills Fast Freight.
S:30-Forty Fathom Trawlers.
S:Oo-United States Navy Band,
Lieut.. Charles Renter, leader.
9:3O-La Palma Smoker.
lO:OO-Philco Hour. presenting Column
University of Pennsylvania
basketball game: DIRECT from
~ Tnlnrnhia EtNt.
versity.
1o:sO-Abraham Lincoln-drama!
11:3O-RaIly Round the Flag.
12:OO-"DX Request Program" by
Stanley Bell and Les Colvin.
WashinKtOn-139O-229
12:OO-Luncheon music.
12:30-William Samyoa. pianist.
1:00-Luncheon music.
3:00-Dance music.
2:3O-JuIius Prince Hopkins.
4:OO-Estelle wentworth studio pro-
gram.
4:sO-"Rastus. and the Comet" by
Grace Nash.
5:Oo-Howard Moore. baritone; Paul
D. Gable, accQmpanist.
5;15-"Abraham Lihcoln." by A. G
Morse, National security
S:S0-Cecil and sally.
S:45-The Town Crier
6:OO-Fred East. baritone; Albert
Thomas. accompanist.
6:15-Edith Reed Entertainers.
6A5-Red Cross-Mrs. M. Florence
Conway. Surgical Dressings
7:00-Dinner music.
7:2O-Late news flashes from the
Washington Herald.
T:30-HaIf hour with famous com.
posers.
NEARBY STATIONS
WRVA-RichmOnd
&:3O-Npws Leader Hour.
soon B.C.-WEAF.
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9:50-Corn Cob Pipe Club.
1O:30--N. .B.C.--wEAF.
II :a0-Richmond Orchestra.
12:O0-Old Timers Jollification.
WFBR-BaltImOre-
7:1S-LeRoy Heine and his Col
legians.
e:0O-The Theme OF Love.
s:3O-Radio Bridge Forum.
9:O0-BreVities-EO Hour fpa-
turing Lloyd KInzers and his
Troubadours
10:1S-Celestial Orchestra with
W3XE,
WCAO-BNltlmOFe-6b 500
7:00-RettberR Melodeers
7:30-GOsman's Royal Entertainers.
S:00-General Mills Fast Freight.
S:3O-Forty Fathom Trawlers.
9:00-U. s. Navy Band.
93O-La Palma Smoker.
10:O0-Philco Hour.
10;30-Abraham Lincoln--Drana
II :00-Rallv Round the Flag
WBAI-BaltimOPe-1
6:1S-Salon Music
The Washington times., 1930-02-12
Has es:StOs.
New Strength

II took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for run
down condition before my
baby was born. Now | eat bet.
ter, have gained in weight and
have more strength to take
care of my four children. | can
do my housework and not get
a bit tired. My mother and my
sister, also several of my
women friends, are taking your
medicine now, because | be-
lieve that this medicine will
help any woman that will take
it regularly" Mrs. Lydia Oh.
loski, 425 So. Washington Ave-
nue., Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Claim Definite Proof
of Mother Earth's Age

HALEY, of comet fame, tried to find
out the earth's age by calculating the
time it took the rains and rivers TO
wash the salts from the lands into the
oceans. Biologists likewise calculated
the time it took for rivers to deposit
their deltas, for the Niagara to gouge
out its gorge and for the geological
strata to be laid down. But all such
methods were defective. Like hour
glasses, neither the rivers nor the
sands ran uniformly.
In uranium physicists claim to have
at last found a reliable self-recording
clock, says the Los Angeles Times.
Disintegrating, 1t gives off gases and
the final residue is lead, the rate of
disintegration being definitely known.
After three billion years an ounce of
uranium would not weigh an ounce:
nearly one-third of an ounce would
be represented by lead. As uranium
Is always found associated with 306
per cent Of its own weight in lead, it
is easy to calculate that some three
billion years have elapsed since the
first lead was formed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Scientists Unable to
Cope With the Locust

Scientists have studied the locust
for centuries. They still do not under
stand the inspiration OF its migrations
or the irregular abundance Of the
insects. Where do such armies come
from: They have down in solid pha-
lanxes from Africa to England !;
swarms have been seen at sea twelve
hundred miles from the nearest l2SS
Apparently most Of them remain ror
years in remote desert regions; then
something within them impels the adj
vance upon mans gardens.
The gulls once saved Salt Lake City
from a locust invasion, and the CRATE
full citizens raised monument to
their winged saviors. In the old days
our plains farmers kept focks of tur-
keys, regarded as the locusts' might
lest enemies. But apparently the plow
was more potent still, for when the
plains went into cultivation the great
breedings of the locusts ended, and
the Rocky mountain locust that raw
aged the prairie states in the 7Os and
sos is rare insect today. The Rus
slams have had some success with pol
son gas distributed by airplane; but
airplanes are not always readily avail
able when the swarms begin to fly. In
most of the Arab countries today a
flight Of locusts is still as appalling as
In the day Of Joel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
"Haa-Of" After Rainfall
Affects Water Power

IL the study " the matter Of rain
fan. il has been gradually realized
thar ihe "run-ofTr calls for just as
murh Investigation rs rhe rre,'ipita-
ton In fact. il has becn found that
the "rIu-nff' is even more variable
than THE rainfall. Tile "run-of-' is
tl.,i lari OF rainfall which finds its
way to the streams and is available
for generating hydroelertrical power.
This 'run-off-' is not a fixed percent
age when the grouad is very dry ii
shsuliS all the rainfall and there is
no -rgn-ofT" When the earth is satu-
rated practically every drop II rain
fall runs off. Thus. when severe
drought strikes an area usually well
WatpTC,l. the drop in ~run-off-' IS much
more pronounced than the shrinkage
in precipitation. All of this has been
known in a genera. way, hut it has
taken prolonged dry spell to make
II really appreciated, and water power
plants that were planned from rain
fall records without proper allowance
for the still greater fluctuations In
"run-on-' have suffered
The recognition Of this relationship
will undoubtedly save the industry
many millions Of dollars in unprofit-
able investments and will safeguard
the consumer because of greater re-
serves that will be provided hereafter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Use of Ducking Stool
Common in Old Times

The ducking stool was never in the
New England colonies very common.
II was used more extensively in the
Southern colonies, especially Virginia
But wherever 1t was used it was
reserved for one purpose; TO reprove
scoldins women. In New England
there were not many places where the
ducking stool was especially favored,
though il may be that the magistrate
who ordered a woman ducked. when
the weather became more seasonable,"
may have given a hint as to the
reason
There is a record Of woman who
was unfortunately drowned while be-
ing ducked. The ordinary practice in
ducking was TO submerge the duckee
for about half minute She was
then brought TO the surface for air
and asked II she repented; If she be-
gan again where she was when she
was interrupted, she was dropped into
the pond again, and this process was
kept up until she promised TO be good.
Frequently IL was surprising how
much water was necessary to qusnch
the fire Of feminine tempers. The
woman who was drowned had been
ducked several times and finally her
unaccountable silence inspired the
duckers to investigate, whereupon she
was found to be dead. This was con-
sidered to be unfortunate but her own
fault-Boston Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29

been connected by telephone over
long period of years The people of
these two nations. generally speaking
the same language, daily exchange
business and social communications
by telephone.
Telephone connections between
Mexico and the United States are
maintained over lines OF the Mexico
Telephone and Telegraph Company of
the international Telephone and Tele.
graph Corporation This line crosses
the Rio Grande into the United States
at Laredo, Texas. 1t was first placed
In service In 1927. having been con.
structed for the purpose used Pre-.
viously there was no telephone line
connecting Mexico City with the
United States This line ana its
branches extend from sea level at
Tampico on the Gulf OF Mexico to a
point 1890 feet above the sea at Mex.
leo City
The construction OF the long dis
lance telephone lines in Mexico. was
according to engineers, a most for
midable task. built as they were
across sage brush, cactus deserts
among snow capped mountains
through PERCEPTIONS canyons tropical
forests and fruitful plains The lines
were built for the greater part of thu
way through an ara In which there
were no roads. whirh in itself was n
great handicap to the telephone linz
forces
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Carthage Made Great
hv Liza Able Leaders

Ancient Carthage was the woFld's
first experiment in straight plntocracy.
Its frame of government was much
similar to that of Rome. rs ruling
families governed through u senate,
checked in one way or another by
popular assembly. Some Of the ruling
families kept power by alliance with
the public, but what really made the
city great was the ability Of few
men, many of them Of the Barcidae
family-Hanno, Hamilcar, Hasdrubal
and, above all, Hannibal.
Yet the spirit of the city differed
from that of Rome. Its people were
at once more oriental and more COM
mercial. Its religion was a weird af-
fair, with the sacrificing Of children in
the burning mouth of god. And its
trading spirit went so far as to weak
en- its strength. Its mercenaries were
good fighters, while they were paid,
but in the end the Roman legion,
manned by citizens Of the republic,
brought them to the ground.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Frascati and Tuseulum

One of the most delightful excur-
sions from Rome is south to Frascati
and Tusculum. This section is higher
than Rome, and cooler, so 1t has be-
come a favorite summer resort for
Romans and foreigners alike. There
are many beautiful villas owned by
famous Roman families, and often the
public is admitted to the gardens Of
ancient trees and splashing fountains,
and to the interior courtyards and
galleries. 1t is a hard climb to see
them all, SO many people prefer to
hire little donkeys before leaving
Frascati. The road to Tusculum was
built by the ancient Romans-Cicero's
chariot used often to pass over 1t on
the wsy to his summer place, and all
the patricians came this way to the
theater which is In a fine state of
preservation to this day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Emma Peden a, The "

North Americans are being brought
closer together by efficient communi.
cation. People of the United States
Canada. Mexico. and those on the Is
land OF Cuba as we'll now talk to each
other daily. More than 81 10000 tele.
phones serving these several countries
may now be interconnected
Recently service was extended to
the Erickson Telephone System which
made approximately $4,000 more tele.
phones In Mexico city and several
thousand additional throughout the
southern republic available for inter
communication
On the Inauguration OF the service
citizens of the United States. Canada
and Mexico conversed with each
other Theodore G Miller. vlce.pre
dent OF the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company in New York
talked with wahQuist. general
manager of the Erickson Company in
Mexico City. while Mexican govern
ment officials talked with their diplo
matte representatives at Washington
and officers OF Canadian bank $
branch In Mexico city converscd with
he Montreal headuuarters
'anada and the United States have
ERUIT TREES.
u Do you want the best
ruit trees. flowers, shrubs. and garden
eedsY Drop me a card. represent
'tarks'. Louisiana. Missouri.
TH0S. B. WORKMAN.
r.. NJ.
Jan 5lm' Rockville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Philosouhic Fable

Once upon time there was a man
who discovered that he could run
faster from a Lion than he could after
Rabbit. One day while marveling
over the fact that the Rabbit always
got away when he chased 1t, and that
in escaping from Lion he always ran
faster than any Rabbit was ever known
to run, it came to him that If he
could only be chasing Dummies at the
same time that he was fleeing Lions
he would always be able to capture
the one at the same time that he was
getting away from the other.
After that he always had Rabbit
Stew for dinner any day he got be-
tween Lion and Rabbit, and he
went looking for Lions every day.
Kansas City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29

DR. Frank 3. Jewett, vice president
OF the American Telephone and Tele,
graph Company and president OF the
Bell Telephone Laboratories. has Just
had conferred on him the Order Of the
Sacred Treasure. by his MaIesiy the
Emperor Of Japan. The diploma and
decoration we're presented Dr.. Jewett
by SetsuZo Sawada. consul-general of
Japan in New York The award was
made in appreciation of the most
valuable service in the development
OF the telephone and telegraph indus.
try In Japan"
Guests at the presentation included
officials Of the consulate, prominent
Japanese business men. several Amer
lean holders OF Japanese decorations,
Charles P. Cooper. vice-president and
E T. Colpitts. assistant vice-president,
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company; and H. p Charlesworth,
vice-president Of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories, New York.
DR. Jewett was awarded the Japa.
nese order OF the Rising sun by the
Emperor Of Japan In 1872? for his as
sistance rendered the japanese Gov.
eminent in furthering improvements
in telephone communication
Telephones in Japan are operated
by the government which nses. to n
large extent, American equipment Of
a modern type On March 81. 1929,
the latest date for which figures are
available. there were S1l319 tele.
phones in operation in Japan. This is
1.3 telephones for each lOr people.
The Japanese average about fifty con.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Insect Resembles Leaf

The walking leaf, an insect species
the female in which has disguised her
self to resemble vegetative life prob
ably more cleverly than any other,
comes originally from the island of
Ceylon but has been raised in Europe
whence eggs have been imported to
America. When the young emerge
from the eggs they are very active
and bright red in color, says Nature
Magazine. They do much walking
about, but do not begin to eat until
they are about one week old. A week
later they have begun to turn brown
and by the time fortnight has passed
the females are green, which color
they maintain until they perish. The
older and larger they get-and they
grow to be four inches long-the more
do they resemble a leaf In their ma
tive country they feed on tea leaves
and leaves of certain species of lemon
trees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
YES, A GOOD &c
CIGAR At LAST
1t Knocks Out All Previous
Ideas You Ever had


Men,. gget the M ny tilncs you've
Iii a ss-center, taken q few puffs
and tn xn II away. Try one more
brand HotGHc Ribbof Yen sure
will hold on TO this oucl
Hapaaa n IS q fiy cent cigar
IL one esnc. y: Pri,e. By every
other standard Of comparison, it be-
longs to considerably higher priced
class. And e rcsscn is-Ifs ripe
tobre~c! .ie-y fre-cent cigars con-
tain the poorer leaves Of the tobacco
plant der-ripo top leaves (usu-
ally bitte); G. ov5r-ripc bottom
leaves (usGaliy f-t-tae.f-y) Hd-
qrna R7b01B contains CAY choice
fully-ripe mid leaves. Imagine
getting, fer fy nts, all the fra
grant, i1cilcw "a, fine favored
goodness r & at It. 5estl
You car prove in two minutes.
just plank cor che jitney at the
next cigI- counter and ask for
Hnunna Ritz Also cold 80 Prac-
teal i'ssi'ei Pcs. Of .!;. cigars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Registering Trade Marks

Trade marks were first registered
under laws Of the United States in
1870, under the act of July s, 1870
During 1870 there were 121 registra-
tions under that law, the first thereof
mo. y under date of October %. 1870,
by Averill Chemical Paint company
of New York. Prior to the enactment
of such law protection was sought to
be secured in few instances through
taking out patents for designs for
trade marks. The act of July s, 1870,
within few years was declared void
by the United States Supreme court
Grade mark cases) as unconstitu-
tional. The subsequent act of March
3, 1881, was superseded by the act of
February 20, 1905. which was supple
mented by the acts of May 4, 1905,
and March 10, 1920, all of these three
now in force.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29

versations per person annually In
the United States where there are
more than Is telephones for each 100
people there is an average of 30 con-
| yersatiOns
Japan was one 0i tls tirst foreign
countries to install telephones the
first instruments beiug placed IN Cd
Grafton ~ 1877 rist absnII une year
arer the invention ui the fpipphune
by Dr Alexander tirihnm Rem
Telephone "Sch9'.ss< ~"Ia nneupI
in Tokyo with liz Subscribers and
inkohsma with a. N Iarembrl 1850
The trunk lines crnnrstine the TIVE
cities were established a. the same
time
The Introduction ~ tie dial sys
TEN IN Yokohama has GAue much t.
improve the service his city has
more than 1l.UOO subscribers Ia tele.
phone service exclusive ct about 500
in the Tsuruili district viii the
dial method OF operation, connections.
are made easier for foreign users of
telephones. WHO have previously had
trouble in speaking with friends dine
to their inability to make the Iapa
nese operators understand their Ian.
guage. The Yonkyoku exchange, one
OF the largest in Yokohama, now en-
ploys 300 operators in handling out
of-town messages. About 100 circuits
connect this city with Tokyo. and
about 1850 calls are made daily be.
tween the two cities. Rates on out.
of-town telephone calls. as in the
United States. are reduced after Z
Pm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Planned "-c . Memorial

Nearly so year a SantO Domin-
lean, Don Antu:..n .lmonte Y Tejada,
conceived the idea Of fitting memoir
al to Columbus. His proposal was !:
"Let us erect in the most visible and
notable place in America, in central
point and where 1t may be visited by
travellers as they approach her shores,
the statue that his greatness and re-
membrance demand. Let this statue
be a colossus like that of Rhodes, and
let it be designed by the best sculptor
available and with funds raised by
popular subscription in all the cities
of Europe and America, and let this
statue have its arms extended and
pointing to one and the other of the
American continents"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
PrickinRs of Conscience

The first contribution to the ma
tiOnal conscience fund was made in
1911. Money received for this fund is
not carried on the books of the Treas
ury department as such, but Is listed
as miscellaneous receipts. The amounts
sent in range from two cents for
person who failed to put a stamp on
a letter when mailed, to several thou
sand dollars from persons who SNUG
gled goods into the United States with
out paying import duty. Usually the
sums sent are small. The total amount
sent In now amounts to about $5TS,OOO.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Another Record

There was a tremendous crash.
Farmer Jones, who was working in
one Of his cOwsheds, rushed kont into
the farmyard, and. loC4hg lRto a
nearby tree, he saw a snail arr plane
lodged in the topmost brancfss.
What do you think you're d0ing?"
he asked the airman, who had, fortu-
nately, escaped injury and was in the
act of climbing down the tree.
Il was trying to create a new air
record" returned the other sadly.
"And you've succeeded" exclaimed
the farmer. You're about the first
chap who has climbed down tree
without first climbing up"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Famous English Pottery

The pottery made at Barnstaple,
England, is known as Barum ware.
The first productions were small jugs
which came under the notice of a
London firm and which helped de
velop the business. In 1885, Queen
Victoria purchased some of this ware.
The designs consisted mainly of foil
ated and bird ornament, OF convention
al scrolls, flowers, fishes, etc. Originally
the colors were only white and red.
hut later rich combinations of yellow,
blue, green and others were used. The
pottery is Of ordinary earthenware.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
A Prompt SUGGESTION

"What can l do" roared the fiery
orator during a demonstration. when
I see my country going to ruin. when
] see our oppressors hands at our
threats, strangling us, and the black
clouds Of hopelessness and despair
gathering on the horizon to obtiterate
the golden sun of prosperity? What,
| ask you, What can l dO?"
"Sit down." shouted the audience.
Toronto Globe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Thunderstorr1s and Bud,

There is a common belief that loud
thunderstorm will cause the young buds
on trees to grow so rapidly that the
difference in the rate of growth Is no.
ticeable even TO the casual observer
Scientists do not believe that the noise
of loud thunder has any particular in
fluence on the rate of growth either in
the plants or the buds. Thunder
storms are usually accompanied by
rain, and if the buds come out rapidly
after thunderstorm it is due to the
shower which accompanies the storm
rather than the thunder.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29
Mankind's DUTY

There Is nothing lost in doing good,
nor is there lack Of wisdom in cloud
or light. They are all above us and
beyond us, and for them we are not to
account, but the talent given in our
keeping, we are held to render its re-
turn with something added. Progress
is the law Of life, and progress is the
product of doing. Our work is here
and it is within our grasp and power
to do our best We cannot advance In
this life, by asking that our work be
done for us, nor if we possessed un-
told wealth would we be content
Sparks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29

Carrying out an ancient ritual,
church Of England clergyman blcsses
the River Tweed salmon fishing indus
try in England at the beginning Of the
season. Homes are also "asperged"
with holy water and services held In
government Offices to increase the
piety and efficiency Of the employees.