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The Washington times., 1930-10-10
FL|ERS HOPE
TO MAKE
RECORD
Boyd and Connor Expect to
Reach Croydon Airdrome
Within "a Hours Of Start
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showers, favorable weather pre-
vailed along their route.
The single-motored monoplane
was sighted by the steamship
Lancashire 400 miles at sea off
Cape Race six hours and 20 min
utes after it hoped away from
Harbor Grace. Flying easily and
well. it had averaged UP till then
approximately 100 miles an hour
It's flying altitude was some 200
feet.
England To Greet Them
England, It's haf-masted flags
stu mourning the valiant men
who scared off to their death last
saturday in the dirigible R-101,
was nevertheless ready to vel
come the new aerial feat. Much
interest was apparent in London
this morning and speculation ran
rife as to the success Of the ven
ture.
The flight itself equals that Of
Lindbergh's spectacular jun p
from New York to Paris. Made
over practically the same course
and already flown by three 9th
ers, its success depends on the
skill and GOODNESS of Captain
Boyd. The utmost navigation
skill Of Connor will be required
to bring the craft to its object
unaided by radio.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Dog Taken to Virginia
By Air As Whitney
Pines for 1t

ROOSEVELT FIELD. L. l.,
Oct. 1O.-Joh1 Hay Whitney.
jr., sportsman and capitalist,
now spending his honeymoon
on the family estate in Vir-
ginia, grew lonesome for his
pet airedale. Jill, wired his
Manhasset home near here and
as a result Louis Cover and
Carl Schneider, the pilots Of
his $50, 900 Sikorsky amphibion,
took off for the Virginia es-
tate with the dog a lone pas
senger.
AS the ship was being TAXED
to the line the dog showed
signs Of belligerence. Sensing
som e hing wrong, the pilot
turned his head. Crouched In
the back of the cabin was
Amphibion, the pet black cat
Of the hangar, preparing to
defend two newly born kittens
from the attack of the dog.
Grower removed the cat and
her new family,
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
GOLFER To WE'D
VIOLA DANA

HOLLYWOOD. Calf. Oct. 10
U.N.S).-Vio1a Dana, at one
time one Of the best known stars
in motion pictures, will marry
James Thompson, professional
golfer Of Colorado Springs, next
Wednesday, 1t was learned today.
The screen actress is leaving
Monday for Colorado Springs and
her marriage to Thompson viii
take place on Wednesday, the day
Of her arrival.
A former marriage Of Miss
Dana's. to Lefty" Flynn. Yale
football star. ended In a divorce.
She was later married to John
Collins, director. who died later
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Graduating Class
Holds Its Reunion

The 1880 graduating class Of
Wilson Teachers College held its
first reunion last night at the
school at Eleventh and Harvard
StS. N. w. .
Superintendent Of Schools Dr..
Frank W. Ballou, addressing the
meeting, discussed the placing Of
these new recruits into the fell
of education. Miss Anna B.
Hahlberg, principal of the school,
and Mrs. Merle Cane, president
of the Alumnae Association, vel
coined the young women,
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
ssWhite Slavers"

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nights.
"White Slavers"
The girl told that she was not
disturbed nor questioned until 10
o'clock yesterday morning, wnen
the men who abducted her ar.
rived With q heavy-set man with
"a large nose" The latter or.
dered her returned to Washing
ton. telling the men who had
carried her off that they would
get into trouble If they kept her
Widespread interest and the
search caused by newspaper ac-
counts is credited by Miss Deegan
with effecting her release by her
kidnapers, whom she believes to
be members Of an aggressive
gang Of white slavers."
Mother Tells Events
Mrs. Deegan said:
From descriptions of the
men and Of the car In which
she was taken away, neighbors
recall having seen the machine
parked In this neighbOrhood in
recent weeks.
'The automobile Is an old
touring car, very dirty. The
two kidnapers are between S5
and 40, according to Katherine.
Twisted Her Wrist"
Zone, who twisted her wrist
in the alley scuffle and who
forced her, with . gun pressed
to her side, to enter the car,
is dark and heavyset, and his
left eyelid droOps. He wore o
light cap and q tan suit.
THE other, the driver, was tall
and slender. He wore q cap, red
sweater, and light trousers. She
was placed between them on the
front seat.
"The house where she was kept
is evidently in q lonely place, as
she could not see roads or land
marks.
Threatened to Shoot"
"JuSt after dark last night the
same two men ordered her back
into the automobile and drove
her to the District Line. They
warned her as they left her in
Silver SPRING:
walk straight ahead and
don't look back, or you'll gel
shot. You're being watched"
Miss Deegan Is unable to de
scribe the Baltimore house. &C
cording to her mother.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
KIDNAPPED GIRL
BACK, ILL

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that she cried herself to sleer
both Tuesday and Wednesday
nights.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
WADsWoRTH RETURNS

SAN JUAN, P. r., Oct. 10 II.
Misleading a weeks observa-
tion of economic conditions as
special representative Of Pres
ident Hoover in reconstruction ef-
forts Of the dominican republic,
Eliot Wadsworth returned here
by plane and Immediately sailed
for New York. He said temporary
repairs in Santo Domingo were
progressing rapidly.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Piney Branch Citizens AS.
sociation will meet Monday night
at 8 o'clock at the Hamline M.
e. Church, Sixteenth and Allison
SITS. NJ. W., to start the years
program. Edgar B. Henderson,
president Of the association, will
preside.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
JOSEPH

JOSEPH MARGARET
JOSEPH TENSCHERT, JR, 6, lost his mother some
months ago. The boys father home at 1902 Rhode
Island Ave n E. to find his wife missing. Since then
he has been rearing Joseph and William 4, by himself
Yesterday neghboring children gave Joseph surprise
party Here he is with the cake Margaret McCathran
$50 Rhode Island Ave n. e. is going to help him eat it
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Times Inquiry Reveals II
Are Missed By Census

been living there for years, they
said. One family, that Of q. H.
o'Neal, where there are six per-
sons, has been living at 425O
Ridge st., for over 10 years.
F. H. Miller, Of 4523 Ridge ST..
is said by neighbors to have re-
ported to the Census Bureau the
fact that the street was over
looked and thus caused blanks
to be mailed to some of them.
Mrs. Frederick w. DennisOn,
Of 1926 Ridge ST., mailed her
answers to the census questions
last week.
Mrs. Z. M. Wolford listed her
family when census takers visited
her place Of employment in the
Treasury Department. Mrs
Lowry N. Coe was listed when
she asked for q blank while at
another address. Miller and Mrs.
Dennison mailed their informa-
ton into the bureau after Miller
is said to have reported the dis
crepanCy,
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
FAKER Of $3.50.
ISF|NED $3.50
xewsr.eI

For unlawfully CO nfisc 9 ating
some vegetables, namely q bushel
of potatoes and six pecks Of
onions, for his family. Clar, ice
e. Brown, colored, win either pay
$50 for his groceries or spend
the next 30 days in jail, it was
decided in Police Court yester.
day. 7
Brown was charged with larceny
and plead not guilty. The vege-
tables were the property Of one
Samuel Dickerbaum, who quoted
their value at being $3.50. Officer
J. B. Trittipoe, of the First pre-
cinct, arrested Brown on the
complaint Of Dickerbaum.
Judge Ralph Given meted out
justice In the case, declaring
that no matter how trivial, .
crime had been committed and
a penalty must be given.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Twins To ENJOY
CAMP LIFE

Three pairs of twins, from
family which boasts four sets of
twins, will go to Camp Good Will,
in Rock Creek Park, for two
weeks. The associated charities
of the city maintain the camp.
All of the children in. the
family are under II years Of age,
the youngest pair being too young
to go to the camp:
The mother of the twins died
a year ago and the children are
being cared for by an elder sister!
The camp party, consisting Of
800 children, assembled at Hine
Junior High School today for
the trip. Some of the children
are to go to Camp Pleasant. at
Blue Plains, on the Potomac
River.
The camp is under the direc.
ton Of Miss Helen Story, super
visor of associated charities in
the northeast section of the city,
and Miss Beatrice Merritt.
Transportation to and from
the camps is furnished by the
Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06

In response to numerous COM
plants that sections Of Chevy
Chase, Md, had been neglected
by census enumerators, The
Washington Times conducted an
investigation and found that an
entire street had been overlooked
and IL persons were unlisted.
Residents of the $500 block
of Ridge ST., Chevy Chase. Md,
report that no enumerator called
on the street. There were three
families to get in the census
but one of them was counted
at another location, one has q
member of the family who is in
the government employ and she
listed her family. and the other
were counted after complaints re-
Gently brought the necessary
blanks by mail.
Those to whom blanks were
mailed said they received them
a week ago.
There are 13 families on the
block and some Of them have
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
FIDACS GATHER.
HERE SEPT 18

Fidac, the international organi-
1Ation of former service men
banded together in the cause of
world peace, win open its eleventh
fannual congress in washington
! on September is, it was an.
nounced today by Major julius
/ J.. Peyser, chairman Of the Wash
ington Fidac Committee.
The convention will bring to
the Capital leading figures in
the political and social life OF
nations allied with the United
/; states in the World War. It will
| last four days, during which the
delegates will be entertained ex-
tensively. They also will visit
principal cities Of the East and
Midwest as guests Of the Amer
lean Legion. which is this cou'1-
try's constituent member OF
Fidac.
Among the delegates Will De
" Cornte Charles de Hemricourt de
Grunne, Of the Belgian royal
family, and four members OF the
French Parliament.
Ffdac Tan abbreviation Of the
Federation Interralliee deS Anciens
CombattantSl was organized
directly after the war and dedi-
Gated to the cause of peace.
Since then it has performed
notable work in bringing about
better relations between the
former allies.
Great Britain, France, Italy,
Belgium, r mania, Polan d.
CzechoSlovakia, YugoSlavia, Portu-
gal have recognized the work
that the federation is doing
Congress at the last session appro,
priated $685. 900 to defray the
expenses of the convention here
the second one to be held IN
: this country.
Major Peyser, head Of the
Washinton Fidac Committee, is
, also vice president Of the Fidac OF
. the United States.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
BULLET IN HEAD
. ENDS H|SL|FE

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 6.
A man who registered at the
Brunswick Hotel as Charles How
ard Morgan, Belingh, w. Va,
committed suicide in his room by
shooting himself in the head with
a revolver. A report was heard.
and when officers forced their
way into his room he was found
dead on the bed, a revolver
clutched in his right hand.
Papers and cards found on
Morgan indicated he was q resi-
dent of ClarkSburg, w. Va, and
was an express agent. A bunch
Of protested checks were found
on him and correspondence be-
tween Morgan and a brother, an
insurance agent in New York
State, would indicate that they
had been "kiting' checks.
A letter addressed to Mrs. Nor
gan, at Clarksburg, which started
off: Dear Pet" had not been
mailed. A card among his papers
showed Morgan as a member OF
Ali Chan Temple. Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, this city.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
NAME JAN|TORS
FOR SCHOOLS

FAIRFAX, Va, Aug. 6.-The
Fairfax county school board has
appointed C. II. Ball janitor at
Chesterbrook; Joseph L. Robey at
Clifton: H. B. Gray, Annandale;
Vernon Kidwell, Fairfax; j. l..
Simpkins, Floris; q. r. McCutch-
con, Forestville: Sidney Fuller,
Lee jackson; j. L. Beymer, Oak
ton; Joseph Clair, Potters Hill,
and @. w. Constable at Vienna.
C. A. Rylton will be the bus
driver on the Legato to Centre
vile route; c. D. Robertson, Cen
treville to Clifton route: James
Blevins, Chantilly to Herndon and
Floris, and Joseph Clair, Potters
Mill to Lee Jackson. In addition
to the foregoing county owned
busSes. private buses will be run
by H. M. Presgarves from Bailey's
Store to Forestville; by w. F..
Hawley, Silver Brook and Ok
Road to Lorton; by w. I. DeBusk
from Popes Head and Oak Grove
to Fairview.
Chain Bridge Highway and Ty.
sons Corners to Mclean by the
Virginia and Maryland Coach
Co.; Lincolnia and Annandale to
Lee Jackson, by v. C. Donaldson; !;
Bailey's Cross Roads to Lee Jack
son by v. =. Donaldson; E1gin to
Clifton by L. F. Detwiler: Colvin
Run to ForeStville and Herndon
by Marion Money. The school
board announced that it had Sc
lected only drivers who had
known records for careful work.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
PinchOt May Speak
At Farmers Picnic

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Aug. 6.
Clifford Pinchot, former governor
of Pennsylvania and a candidate
this year, has been invited to
speak at the annual picnic to be
held by the Washington County
Farm Bureau at the Hagerstown
Fair Grounds on August 20.
A. K. Coffman, chairman Of the
entertainment committee, is ar
ranging for polo game as a fea-
ture of the picnic. Thousands of
farmers and their wives annually
attend the picnici, which is the
largest held in this section.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Steer Rescued After
Wandering z Weeks
In Old Mine

AUSTINVILLE, Va, Aug. g.
A steer believed to have been in
the subterranear1 passages for
about two weeks was rescued
from q worked-out section Of
the Bertha Mineral Company
mines.
Workers saw a pair Of eyes
ahead of them in the mine and
investigation disclosed the
steer.
The animal was thought to
have fallen through an air
well and worked its way to
the 15O-foot level.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
JOSEPH SPEAKS

JOSEPH SPEAKS
JOE, n, of 3702 Baker ST.,
Brentwood, Nd, climbed into
an apple tree at his home, but
he came down faster than he
went up. A fractured shoulder
and internal injuries win Keep
him on the ground for awhile.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
BACK PAY NEARS
FOR RETIRED

Some $4,000 retired Govern
ment employees soon will receive a
real Christmas gift in the form
of back pay checks.
And to many it will be real
boon, for they have not received
a cent of payment since their
retirement last June. But the
checks are almost ready and will
be mailed out shortly after De-
cember /, it was announced to-
day.
The delay in mailing the checks
came through the new retirement
law passed at the last session OF
Congress. changing the retirement
system from a basis of the aver
age pay received during the last
10 years of employment to a
scale based on the maximum
earnings during the five years Of
highest salaries.
This made it necessary for the
Pension Bureau to go over the
records of the more than $4,000
persons.
The new system will increase
each. check about SIS a month,
and with the back payments there
will be several million dollars
mailed out next month.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
GROUPS READY
FOR HOLIDAY

Young men and women. whom
business keeps in this city far
from their homes, will be enter
tanned on Thanksgiving Day
nevertheless, it is announced to-
day by various organizations in
Washington.
The Y. M. C. A. will be enter
tanned at a dinner at the Eliza
beth Somer residence on Thurs
day; the Census Bureau employees
will be the honor guests at the
E Street Center of the Y. w. C. A.;
the Greek Club Of the K Street
Center will give a THANKSGIVING
dance tomorrow and at the Prince
Wilhoite factory, the industrial
department of the Y. w. C. A.
will serve Thanksgiving luncheon
on Wednesday.
The Girl Reserve Club will en-
tertain 20 children from the Cos
pei Mission on Wednesday after
noon at the Wheatley School.
Other Girl Reserve units will dis
tribute Thanksgiving baskets to
needy children. The Business and
Professional Women of the
Y. w. c. A. and the Blue Triangle
Club are also planning to fete
the Gospel Mission children with
various delicacies.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
SMITH COMP ANY
TRIAL OPENS
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A bit of humor was injected
by Justice Hitz while chief de-
fense counsel Wilton j. Lambert
was examining a 62-year-old tales
man.
Mr.. Lambert had questioned
him to his qualifications under
the law which prohibits persons
65 years old and over from serv-
ing on juries. The juror stated
he was 81.
AS Mr.. Lambert began to ask
question after question, Justice
Hitz observed tbs" If the attor-
ney was not more eedy in his
examination the juror would
be. disqu; fled. because OF the
age rule.
Lambert Drops Quiz
Thereafter Frank G. Raichle,
a young New York attorney,
member of the defense counsel
undertook the defense examina-
tion of t;.lismen.
The defendants are G. Bryan
Pitts. former chairman OF the
board of directors, and c. Elbert
Anadale and John H. Edwards,
jr., former vice presidents OF the
company. .s
The defendants were arraigned
by j. Wesley Gardiner, clerk OF
the court, and pleaded not guilty
to the indictment.
Nugent Dodds, special assistant
to the Attorney General, then
briefly identified the indictment
the. defendants, and the attor.
neys involved in the case, for the
benefit of the jurors.
Fourth Under Quiz
Whe~ this was concluded IL
talesmam were called to the box
and Assistant United States At.
torney Neil Burkinshaw began
the examination,
Three told Mr.. Burkinshaw
they had read of the case and
formed opinions, and one said he
was slightly acquainted with
George D. Horning. jr.. of de-
fense counsel. .......
Mr.. Burkinshaw and Wilton j.
Lambert. chief defense counsel,
then agreed to excuse these.
In continuing his examination,
Mr.. Burkinshaw was told by an.
other Juror that his son had been
in the employ of the F. H. Smith
Company. He was still in the
box after an hour of examina-
ton.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
WOMEN PRISON
CENSUS GAINS

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The
number of women criminals in
New York City's penal institutions
has more than doubled in the last
decade.
This is revealed in the annual
report of Colonel Richard c. Pat
terson, Commissioner Of Correc-
ton.
In 1920 the number was 1.150.
During the past year the total
reached 1891.
Commissioner Patterson. seek
ing a reason for the increase
stated:
"The comparative emancipa-
ton of woman, her greater par
ticipatiOn in commercial and
political affairs and the tendcn-
Cy toward greater sexual free
dom may be playing their part
in bringing about this situation.
I'VE appear to be having
equally little success in keeping
women out of prison in the first
place or in reclaiming them af-
ter they have once gotten in"
Discussing drug addiction, he
declares:
Drug addictS do not belJng
in a penitentiary. What they
need first and foremost is hos
pitalizatiOn in an institution
specifically designed for their
treatment and located outside of
the city in some sparsely settled
locality where smuggling will be
difficult If not impossible"
He recommends confinement for
life of drug. addicts of the criminal
class.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
3OD|E, STORM
SINKS ELBE
VESSEL. /
Rhine, Seine and SCheldt Over
Banks; Wide Area Flooded;
England Also a Sufferer

LONDON, Nov. "a UN.SJ.
Thirty.seven known dead, at least
200 injured and millions of dol
lars property damage was the toll
left today in the wake of a terrific
storm which swept across conti-
Mental Europe and the British
Isles, rendering thousands home
less and paralyzing shipping.
Thirty of the lives were lost
when the German steamer Louise
Ieonhardt foundered in the gale
near the mouth of the Elbe River.
off Cuxhaven, Germany. The
ship. was bound for the United
States with a cargo Of potash.
Rivers Overflow
international News Service cor
respondents throughout Europe re-
ported the death and desolation
left by the storm.
Rivers in France, Belgium, Ger
many, Switzerland and Austria
rose to abnormal heights, inundat-
ing the surrounding countrysideS.
destroying property and livestock
and depriving thousands OF their
homes.
In Vienna three deaths were at
tributed to the storm, the casual
ties being caused by falling walls
and chimneys, weakened by an 0O-
mile-an-hour gale.
A girl was drowned in the lower
Rhineland district of Germany,
and three deaths we're reported
from France when fishing smack
sank in the River Loire.
Seine at FlOOd-Tide
In Paris the Seine, swollen by
torrential rains, rose to an ull-
usual height and some fears were
felt Of an inundation of low-lying
districts.
Several towns close to Paris
were partially flooded when the
river rose over its banks.
Belgium was hard hit by the
storm, the River Scheldt over
flowing it's dikes and flooding
other rivers. Thousands Of per
sons were forced to evacuate their
homes.
The Thames was being watched
with some anxiety, while Channel
shipping was paralyzed by the
storms.
Snow in Scotland
Snow deepened hourly in the
Scottish highlands and London
watched with anxiety as the
Thames swelled to dangerous
levels. 49,. .-.-s
Breaking dikes in Belgium
caused evacuation of homes in
many towns, while soldiers were
ordered out to stem the over
flows in the Termonde district.
Rain, snow and wind inter
rupted communications between
Moscow and Germany.
Switzerland also. reported ex.
tended damage from a storm
which swept over the northern
part Of the land.
The Washington times., 1930-11-24
CRIME BOARD s
DRY REPORT
IN JAM
Deadlock Denied Hoover the
Help He Expected in Draft
ing Message to Congress
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

President Hoover's Law Enforce
ment Commission, whose findings
on prohibition are eagerly awaited
by vets and drys alike, recon
vened today after q Today recess
in which the II members sought
to reconsider their conflicting
views on volsteadism.
If any progress was made our
ing the 10 days Of contemplation
and reflection it was not visible
to observers, nor was it indicated
by the guarded comment Of the
members.
No Report Near
The commission was split then,
and 1t was still split today, with
the reassembly Of Congress only n
week away and President Hoover
busily engaged in drafting his an
uual message.
Mr.. Hoover had hoped to have
the guiding influence of a report
from the commission before writ
ing the prohibition section of his
message, but apparently this is
not to be.
Racketeering and lawleSsneSs
in general will come in for drastic
treatment in the Presidential mes
sage, but on the moot question OF
what is to be done about orohlbl-
ton Mr.. Hoover probably will
prefer to await the reporter re-
ports-of the Wickersham COM
mission. 1t, or they, may be ex-
pected around January !, it is
said.
All indications continue to point
to more than one report from the
commission on prohibition.
Several Of the members are
known to favor real modification
of the Volstead act. several are
known to be violently opposed to
any such recommendation.
Several others are said to be un-
certain as to whether it lies within
the province of the commission to
recommend changes in any laws.
These latter advance the theory
that the commission was not ap-
pointed for the extra-legiSlative
duty of determining upon the wis.
dom or unwisdom Of specific laws,
but only to study and recommend
how existing laws can better be
enforced.
Goes Back to Work
In any event, the commission
went back to work today as body
to tackle the job anew.
One proposal, compromising in
nature, has been considerably dis
cuSSed within the commission.
Stripped of non-eSsentialS, it is
simply that the commission avoid
at this time any direct commit
ment as to whether prohibition
can or cannot be enforced, or
whether the Volstead act is a
practicable piece of legislation.
Instead of passing yes or no
Judgment on the matter. the COM
mission could simply set forth that
prohibition is deserving of further
trial-Say five years. for example
under the new enforcement
Set-up of the Department Of JUS.
tice, with the suggestion that If Al
the end of such a trial period
conditions are not improved, then
Congress and the country should
give serious thought to modifica-
ton.