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The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Washington Boy Gains
More College HOnOrs

Scholastic honors are piling up
on Morton H. Wilmer, $500 block
Connecticut Ave. N. W., a pre,law
student of the Wharton School of
Finance and Commerce of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Wilmer, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Wilmer, has now
been relieved of compulsory at
tendance on classes for the rest
of the year because Of his high
average in all studies.
Besides, he is captain of the
baseball team, varsity quarter
back, was secretary of the junior
class, is a member of the FirarS
Senior Honor Society and the
Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity. At
Central High School. Wilmer was
captain of both football and base
ball and was associate editor of
the school publication.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
F D ] R INJURED
IN D. {. TRAFFIC

Four persons were victims of
traffic accidents last night and
today police reported. One was
said to be in a serious condition.
Thomas Bender, S, of the 900
block Virginia Ave. s. W., was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
severe decorations to the head
after he was struck by a car said
to have been operated by Frank
L. Davis, of the 400 block K
st. S. w.
Rattle Taylor, colored, 8. of the
1900 block r st. N. w., was
bruised about the head when she
was hit by an automobile said
by police to have been driven by
Roosevelt Boothly. of the 5000
block Wisconsin Ave. N. w.
Bruises to the arms and body
were sustained by ISadore Leslie,
So, of the 100 block P st. N.
W., when knocked down by an
automobile. Jerome Richardson,
colored, 80, of the 1900 block
Thirteenth st. N. W., the driver.
was not held.
George Craigin, As, of the 1900
block Meridian Pl. N. W., was
bruised about the body when he
was hit by an automobile oper-
ated by Theodore Haage, of the
14O0 block Chaplin st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Married in Hospital,
No1v 7wice Welded

If Luis p. Mendez is gloomy,
as he lies on his cot in Emerg-
ency Hospital, he can at least
console himself with the fact
that he is a well married man.
Mendez, who is "a and a citizen
of Guatemala, was remarked yes
terday in the hospital to the
former Rozella smoot, OF Cul
peper, Va.
The couple were first married
on September 4, in New York. by
a Catholic priest. It took" of
course. but the brides parents
wanted a Protestant marriage,
too. 80 they got q license here
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
MOTHER SEEKS
+. MISSING SON

Nearly five months search has
failed to reveal a trace of Will
lam Harrison Ware, 16-year-old
son of Mrs. Maud Ware, 1900
block Thirtieth st. N. W., who
disappeared from his home last
October.
Mrs. Ware declares that it was
thought that the boy had wan
dered off with a carnival, but
that tracing of the show brought
no word of him. He had not
wanted to continue in school, she
said, but was told that he must
continue his high school work.
One morning he started to school
and disappeared.
William often had expressed a
desire to join the Navy, his
mother said, but a search re.
vealed no one of that name
among the enlisted personnel.
The boy has light wavy hair,
hazel eyes. weighs about 100
pounds and is S feet inches
tall.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

and the Rev. A. F. Poore tied
another knot. They now feel
that the job is really well done.
Mendez went to the hospital
because his bride lanced a sty
on one of his eyes, she said. But
that didn't take" and another
developed on the other eye.
He'll be out soon and ready to
enter George Washington Foreign
Service School. The youth has
been in this country about five
years and the marriage last Sep
tember came after only a rnenth's
courtShip.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
FACUL TY. QUITS
NPROTEST

WEST HELENA, Ark. Feb. 20
1N.S0 west Helena High
School was without a faculty to-
day as a result Of all 10 members
quitting in protest of the resig-
nation Of George Cromwell. super.
intendent. earlier in the week.
Cromwell, in handing in his
resignation, said he had been
threatened by Lawrence Brown,
father of two girls whom Crom-
well disciplined for quarreling
with another girl. Browns ire
was aroused. Cromwell said. be-
cause the third girl was not
disciplined.
The blanket resignation of the
faculty late yesterday followed
day of tenseness. Deputy sheriffs
stood guard about the school
throughout the day to prevent
possible trouble. ~
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
HOUSE RA|DED
AND RUINED

A police raid on a crap game
in the room of James c. Taylor,
colored youth, 1900 block Eleventh
st. N. W.. ended in the wrecking
of a second floor of the premises,
according to testimony brought
out in Police Court today.
Taylor and nine of his pals
were fined IS each by Judge
Schuldt, while IL others forfeited
collateral. Taylor said that he
was asleep in bed when the cops
got him." and he knew nothing
about any African golf sessions.
Policeman w. r. Lassan, Eighth
precinct, told a different story.
He said that when they broke
into the house the room was
filled to overflowing, each emplor-
ing the bones to roll seven. He
said that when the officers en-
tered there was mad scramble
to leave.
They went through the window
without bothering to open it," the
policeman said. Even taking
the sash with them. They
wrecked the furniture and most
everything in the room in their
dash to escape"
After their hurried exit they
all ran into the arms Of the
police who were waiting for
them. ..
Quite a wild party, then?"
Judge Schuldt suggested.
Eyes, but it became wilder
after we arrived" Lassan said.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Sliced Golf Ball Is Basis
Of $4,000 Damage Suit

CHICAGO, Feb. 26 Q.NS0.-
Hearing of a $4,000 damage suit
against a downtown department
store. filed by K. L. Francis be-
cause a golf ball driven by
Joseph Kirkwcod sliced during
an exhibition and struck him
between the eyes, continued to-
day in the court of Judge SHUTTLE.
Francis attorney claimed he
was permanently injured.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
CO-eds to Sell POppies
For Masonic Club Fund

A group of George Washington
University goods will sell poppieS
on the university campus this
week under the auspices Of the
George Washington Masonic Club,
for the benefit of q fund the
National League of Masonic Clubs
is raising to endow two chairs Of
foreign service in the univerSity'S
School of Government.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
St. DOminic's Church
Has Homecoming Day

Tomorrow will be me-coming
day at st. Dominic's Church
Sixth and F Streets Southwest
A dinner will be given in the
parish hall from 4::30 until 7::3O
o'clock and a dance viii follow
from 9 o'clock until midnight.
The Very Rev. Raphael M
Burke, O. P, pastor of the
church, is in charge Of arrange
mentS.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26
Woman Dead of Hurts
Suffered in September

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 26.
Mrs. Virginia Faulkner Dushane.
member of a prominent family, is
dead of injuries suffered in an
automobile accident last Septem-
ber 81, between st. Michaels and
Claiborne, Md.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

motor. The engine has is cylin'
ders. but the diagram here shows
only one side, and but eight
cylinders.
Watch for Lesson No. A In
The Washington Times on Fri.
day. If you want to learn to
fly, don't miss a single article
in this interesting series.
The Washington times., 1930-02-26

from the hysterical wave of
selling which ended with the
Federal Farm Board using It's
emergency funds to purchase
large amounts of May and
March wheat.
Wheat was up &c to 13sc, due
largely, it is believed, to Gov.
ernmental influence in the
markets. At the close of the
market here yesterday there
was a stampede to purchase
between 100000 and 100000
bushels. Buying today was
quieter and more orderly.
A gigantic economic battle for
control of the American wheat
market has been inaugurated by
the Federal Farm Board, against
speculative interests, and it has
the approval of Congress.
This was the reaction on Capt.
tol Hill today to the sudden della
ton of wheat prices in future de-
liverieS on the Western board of
trade. The political chieftains,
who dominated House and Senate,
were watching developments care
fully on the Western wheat front
to determine whether additional
legislation is required of Congress
to prevent an utter rout in wheat
values.
Close Trade Board
Some legislators were advoca-
ting immediate enactment of a
bill, outlawing trading in futures
and virtually closing the boards
of trade in Chicago, Minneapolis
and Kansas City. Others were
hesitant against taking so drastic
a step at this time, though indi-
eating that once the Federal
Farm Board can control the
wheat situation, such legislation
might be in order.
There was little or no criticism
of the Federal Farm Board. A
few Senators felt the board
should have made more progress
dcring the past year in develop
ing the wheat cooperative move
1nent. Speculative interests were
universally condemned for the
present deflation of wheat prices.
The attitude of a majority of
Senators was expressed by Sena-
tor Capper (R) of Kansas, head
of the old Senate farm block.
Backs Farm Board
"It appears that speculative in
terestS and the boards of trade
are doing their best to discredit
the Federal Farm Board" said
Capper. Congress will stand by
the Farm Board in a battle to the
finish against spectators for con-
troll OF the prices and markets for
wheat.
Heretofore the spectators
have controlled the markets. and
manipulated the prices and had
things to themselves. Now the
Farm Board is trying to give
the farmers a square deal, fair
treatment and an honest value
for their crops. On that issue,
Congress stands directly behind
the Farm Board If it needs
more money, it can have as
much as it needs"
The one note of criticism came
from Senators who believed the
Farm Board should have estab.
lished a wheat stabilization corp
grafton last summe--, which would
not be able to control the Situa-
ton. The Board has established
such a corporation, known as the
Grain Sterilization Corporation,
as a subsidiary to the Farmers
National Grain Corporation.
Board Furnishes Money
Under the farm relief act, coop
erative marketing associations
hold the capital stock of the
Board furnishes the funds neces-
sary for active operation.
From the Farm Board, Chair
man Alexand: H. Legge issued
a statement, declaring it was up
to the farmers themselves to
halt the decline of wheat prices.
re pointed out that the Board
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PROJECT REVIVED
FOR THIRD NETWORK
Nine Stations Aligned Include
One Of Warner Bros.
of Films.

Revival Of the project for a third
national radio network to supply pro-
grams from the fertile Pacific Coast
talent centers is under way.
Backed by several individuals who
figured in the ambitious but unsuccess-
full American BroadcaSting Co. enter
prise of last year. this new network al
ready has aligned nine Stations-all
comparatively small--and is planning to
push its way eastward. Warner Bros,
the motion picture producers, have
thrown their only station into the net
work and propose to feature stars OF
that company.
Whether this means that Warner
Bros. is financing the project is not
divulged. 1t is known, however, that
this company long has desired to enter
network broadcasting and has for some
months past been negotiating with Sta
ton WOR at Newark, N. j., with the
object of using that station as the nu-
cleus and key" of q third national
chain.
Both of the existing networks are
affiliated with powerful motion picture
interests. The National Broadcasting
Co. Is sister organization of Radio
Keith Orpheum, and Paramount
Famous-Lasky Corporation owns a one
half interest in Columbia. Warner
Bros, however, has only Station KFWB,
at Hollywood, which, it now is reported,
will serve as the Pacific Coast key"
of this new network.
The United Broadcasting Co., as this
embryo network Is known, is headed by
F. S. Dahlquist of Seattle, who was vice
president and general manager of the
inSolvent American company. He has
written Federal Radio Commissioner
Harold A. Lafount about the project
and informed him that it will have its
inaugural on November /, at which time
a gala program will be broadcast from
the Warner Bros. studios at Hollywood.
Distribution over the country of pro-
grams originating at Hollywood, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and other movie
colonies of the coast is the objective
of the network. The American COM
pany, which was headed by A. F. Lin
den Of Seattle and crashed last Sum-
mer because 1t was unable to stand the
gaff of competition, had the same aim.
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Field Artillery Reserve officers of the
District of Columbia will be interested
to learn that orders have been issued
transferring certain of their group from
the 578th Field Artillery (240-mm. gun
regiment) to the 315th Field Artillery
Q55-mm. gun regimenO, which Is
strictly a Washington unit, commanded
by Col. E. Francis Riggs. The l55-mm.
gun howitzer has been added to the
new tables of organization of an In
fantry division, which consists Of one
brigade of two light 75-mm. gun regi-
ments supported by one 155-mm. gun
howitzer regiment The washington
Field Artillery officers affected by this
transfer order are:
: Capt. Norris o. Taylor, Bureau OF
Standards, and First LieutS. James z.
Dawn, 2216 Douglas street; Clarence E.
Geiger, 4007 Connecticut avenue; Sam
uel M. Dodek, Medical Reserve, 1919
Emerson street; Samuel F. Turner, 5O18
Conduit road, and James r. Wannan,
5049 Fifth street. The second lieuten-
eighth street; Edwin G. Kintner, jr..
2301 Connecticut avenue, and Carter
Page, 1903 Nineteenth street.
The other officers residing in the vi
entity Of Washington who have been
transferred to the 315th Field Artillery
are: Capt. John E. Taylor and First
Lieuts. Alonzo H Adkins, William w.
Archer, jr.; Philip B. Stovin, Stuart
N. Mcdowell, Alfred B. Schad, Barnour
N. Thornton, Robert N. Winfree and
Paul E. Prillaman, Medical Reserve.
The second lieutenants residing outside
of Washington included in the transfer
are as follows: John T. Adams, Walter
D. Bohlken, Benjamin F. Deford, jr.:
Charles E. johnson, jr.; Charles w.
Lewis, Ellis Loney, Kenneth E. Moehrl,
Denard A. Travis and william P. Ven
able, jr.
Col. Melville s. Jarvis, Infantry, SEN
Tor instructor of the Organized Reserves
in Washington, announced last week
two more inactive duty conference
schedules of Washington Reserve units,
viz, the 343d Engineers, commanded by
Col. John Stewart, and that for local
Reserve officers of the Ordnance De-
partment. AS has obtained or the past
several years, all of the 343d Engineer
conferences will be held in the board
room at the District Building. Eight
conferences will compose the Engineer
schedule, Maj. j. D. Arthur, jr., having
charge of the first five conferences, a
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Marine Corps Notes

Lieut. Col Robert o. Underwood
heretofore stationed on duty with the
LIST Brigade of Marines, Haiti, will be
detached therefrom on October 10 and
Is TO proceed to his home, and on De-
cember win be placed upon the re-
tired list.
The Senior Examining Board and the
Junior Examining Board, having recon-
mended as being qualified professionally
the following named commissioned ON.
GERS Of the corps, respectively, they have
been promoted accordingly to the grade
and will rank from date indicated: Col.
Raymond B. Sullivan, October /: Lieut..
Col. Howard w. Stone, September 20;
Lieut.. Col. Maurice Z. Shearer. October
/; MAJ. Karl /. Buse, September 20;
Maj Harold s. Fassett October i: Can't
Amor L. Sims, September 20; Capt.
Moses J. Gould. October /: Capt. Arnold
c. Larsen. July O.: Capt William F
Brown, September /; First Lieut.. James
P. 8. Devereux, August !; First Lieut..
Martin 8. Rahiser. September IS: First.
Lieut.. Robert e. Hogaboom, October /;
Chief Marine Gunner Edward r. Con-
nors, May II.
First Lieut.. Lewis A. Holm has been
detached from corps headquarters, this
city, and assigned to duty ut Marine
Barracks. Portsmouth, Va.
The Marine Corps bowling League
corps headquarters. Navy Building)
has been recognized and installed the
following ofi1cers w. D. Rundberg
president; Ray Lawrence, vice presi-
dent; Edwin ]. McCabe, secretary
treasurer; G. r. Hubert, oficial scorer
and judge. Directors: Harry SturRisI
Harry Lambert, william r. Keller
Michael Sheppard. william G. ELL
wanger, and William B. Hughes.
Lieut. Col Clayton B. Vogel has been
ordered to Haiti as assistant to COL,
r. p. Williams, chief OF the Garde de-
Haiti. Lieut.. Col. Vogel assumes the
Office recently held by the late Lieut..
Col. r. B. Creecy, who died In this city
September 20.
Maj. H. d. Rorex, who Is attached
to the U. S. 8. Arkansas, while In this
city on leave, has been stopping at 5000
Sixteenth street. =
Maj. John @. Adams, while In the
city on leave, has been stopping at the.
Army and Navy Club.
Col. David d. Porter, A. A. & l., while
in the city on oficial duty has also,
been stopping at the Army and Navy
Club.
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Organized Reserves

follows: October %, estimate of the
situation Qncluding Engineer orders);
November 20, duties of Engineers In an
advance; December Is, river crossings;
January %, 1891, duties of engineers
in a withdrawal: and February rs, en-
gineers as rifiemen. The March %
conference will be conducted by Mai.
v. L. Peterson who will discuss COM
munications and military roads. Maj.
Arthur will conduct the last two con-
ferences of the year as follows: April
%, Infantry battalion in attack and
defense, while the subjects to be taken
up at the final meeting on May q will
be decided later.
The subjects that will be discussed at
the Ordnance Conference have all been
decided except those scheduled for jan
uary %, February %, March 26, April
% and May %. These will be an
nounced at later date. The remainder
of the schedule, together with the off,
GERS who will conduct them, ART as fol-
lows: October %, ammunition supply,
Capt. James w. Walters, o. D. Novem-
Der 10, ammunition company and typi-
cal depot organization, Capt. Walters;
December IL, storage and maintenance,
Capt Walters January 8, 1881, surveil-
lance, Lieut.. Clarence OLeary; Febru-
ary IL. destruction and demolition, Capt.
Walters March IL. high explosive am
munition general Observation-Disclosures
sons for use-safety precautions) April
9, propellants and black powder; and
May IA, small arms ammunition, Capt.
Walters.
Five Institutional conferences will be
held this week by as many District of
Columbia Reserve units, viz, Quarter
master Corps, Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice, Air Corps, Field Artillery and the
I'd Squadron of the 306th Cavalry To-
morrow evening at local Reserve head
quarters in the Walker johnson Build
ing Reserve quartermasters will assemble
for their first conference of the 1890
1881 season. Maj. Gen. John L. De
Witt, the quartermaster general of the
Army, and his three assistants, Brig.
Gen. Francis H. Pope, Brig. Gen. Louis
H. Bash and Brig. Gen. Henry c.
Whitehead, are planning to be present at
this meeting, the subject of which will
be lines of communication in the CALI
poll campaign by Maj. Robert NEG. Lit
tlejohn. Mai. Littlejohn's talk will be
illustrated with lantern slides. On this
same evening officers of the Chemical
Warfare Service Reserve will meet at
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McNaf11ee
Speaking

sonably calm and got an impressive
appearing escort, which did the trick.
X X
For those who are interested in books
and the people who make them, Alex
ander Woollcott'S return to the air is
one of the best pieces of news of re-
cent weeks.
ETHEREAL book news and chatter has
never been viewed highly as entertain
ment, no matter how one looked upon
it for cultural values. Woollcott, how
ever, can be counted upon to make his
notes valuable to those who take their
literature seriously and attractive to
those who call it day after reading
the headlines in the evening paper.
That somewhat chubby man-about-
town hasn't done a great deal of book
reviewing in the past, but he has read
a lot of books-and reviews, too-and
he picked up the tricks of criticism
writing about plays. AS q dramatic
critic he was often accused of sacrifice
ing strictest accuracy for entertaining
verbal fireworks, but II you urged him
to 1t he'd probably retort that he got
them both in.
Microphonic book reviewing brings
him back to an early interest. AS a
freshman in Hamilton College, at
become the best writer that hilltop had
ever seen. But next year along came
a lad who, Woollcott has said, threat
ened to steal his fame before he had
clinched it. Gracefully enough, Wooll-
colt turned to the college dramatic
club, and won his measure of fame
behind the footlights.
After graduation he got into news
paper work. One day they suddenly
needed spare dramatic critic. They
were sure that even Woollcott couldn't
harm the paper, so he has explained,
and he drew the assignment. For
years that was his berth. and he be-
came New York's most famous critic Of
the stage.
His background was thoroughly clas-
steal, but he discovered very early that
neither he nor his public cared for
display Of erudition in print. For years
he was New York's most accomplished
Snowman, stage or no stage, and it's
that showmanship which is making
him today one Of radios brightest
lights
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given this Sunday evening, when Lavoy
Annis, tenor, will appear as a guest
soloist. Mr.. Annis will sing MY Hope
Is in the Everlasting" from THE
Daughter of Jairus," by Stainer.
Charlotte Klein, F. A. G. O., dean of
the District of Columbia Chapter
American Guild Of Organists, presented
at the first meeting, held last Monday
evening at Epiphany Episcopal Church,
a calendar of plans for the season.
Glasses in harmony and improvisation
were formed and Katherine E. Lucke,
F. A. @. O., of Peabody Conservatory,
Baltimore, was engaged to instruct both
classes. The following announcements
were made: Chandler Goldthwaite Of
New York will play the dedicatory re-
cital on the Skinner organ recently In
stalled in the new National City Chris
tan Church, on Thomas Circle, on Sat-
urday, October 10, at 5 o'clock, and q
guild service will be held early in No
vember at st. Johns Episcopal Church,
on Lafayette Square, T. Guy Lucas,
organist and choirmaster.
The soloists at the German service at
Concordia Lutheran Church this morn
ing will be Robert j. Volland, tenor,
and Harry Meiners, boy soprano. They
John Stainer. At the offertory Mr..
Volland will sing Jehovah. Erhoere,"
from the Occasional Oratorio," by
Handel.
At the English service at 11:15 am.
the chorus choir will sing the chorale,
Grant Me True Courage, Lord" by j.
8. Bach, and the anthem. "I Have Con-
sidered the Days Of Old" by Philip
James. At the offertory Henrietta Flynn,
contralto. will sing THE Earth Is the
Lords" by Schneider.
The afternoon services at the Ma
| tional Lutheran Home on Sunday, Oc-
tober S, were In charge of the Lutheran
/ Church of the Atonement, at which
time the choir rendered the Bach coral
How Shall I Fifty Meet Thee" and
Miss Harriet Gundersen sang Jesus OF
Nazareth" from THE Redemption" by
Gounud.