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The Washington times., 1930-06-26
By Elsie Robinson

of food herself. as rich in the
nourishment she gave as her
creamy pasteS-her bracing,
rough wine-her golden oils.
For 66 years she lived in the
one place until she was the
place. Nothing passed there
that had not known the service
of her hands-that was not, in
part, the product Of her deep,
sustaining strength. One day.
shortly after her Sixty-Sixth
birthday, she was grubbing in
her soil, planting chilli peppers.
Three days later, she was part
of that same soil.
1t seemed a very natural
mingling. Always they had
been so close to each other,
those two.
The Washington times., 1930-06-26
Waterfront Identification

Interesting regatta for Washington people will be held
Saturday afternoon beginning 1S0 o'clock in the Tidal
Basin under the auspices Of the Chesapeake and Potomac Power
Boat Association composed of local sportsmen and business
The purposes Of the organization promote competitive
water sports and the Identification of the waef fronts of Wash
ington Stimulation Of boating in itself community
enterprise because regaas here should bring large numbers OF
visitors and provide keen recreatona pleasures.
The association and will do much good for this city Its
aims bring about greater Identification of water fronts
most timely.
The Washington times., 1930-06-26
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

According to DR.. Harold Hib-
bert, of Montreal, Canada, in
furthering the experiments OF
DR.. E. C.. C.. Bailey, of Liver
pool University. who produced
sugar from carbon dioxide and
water, by adding a common
bacteria to sugar. celluloSe can
be formed! It is from cellulose
that artificial silk is made.
Twenty-eight devices to safe.
guard the lives Of men who
travel under the seas In sub
marines are being studied by
engineers of the United States
Navy.
An average Of four people are
killed and 176 injured in acci-
dents on streets Of London, En-
Elauda every day
The Washington times., 1930-06-26
Magnetism and the Sun
BY Archibald Henderson

1t is generally recognized that
all variations in magnetic, elec-
trio earth currents and radio
conditions on our globe and in
polar lights are connected in
some way with activities Of the
: sun.
The fact of this connection
has been established, indirectly
in the following way: These
fields are unquestionably modi-
fled when the suns rays are
cut off from a portion Of the
earth and Of its atmosphere
during a total eclipse Of the
sun by the moon.
This fact has been conclusive
~ established by the results of
seven eclipse expeditions sent
out by the Division of Terres-
trial Magnetism, section of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey
of the. United States Govern
ment.
There are many unsolved
mysteries connected with the
subjects of magnetism, cleo
tricity and atomic structure.
For example, a piece Of iron
, may be magnetized; but what
property of atomic or molecu-
lar structure results when the
Transformation has taken place?
Extensive experiments car
ried on in the experimental
laboratories of the Division Of
Terrestrial Magnetism in Wash.
ington show that certain bodies
become magnetic as the result
of rotation.
Conversely, it has been shown
that rotation may be caused by
The Washington times., 1930-06-26
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Fill each blank:
/. Attrition is the act Of
2. The rising light of morn
ing is called
3. A circle around the moon
is called a
4. A cyclone is a violent
5. sirocco is an oppressive
s, Mastodon is an extinct
Z. Lode is a vein.
8. Hail is frozen -.
9. .'Fire-damp is an explosive
of coal mines.
10. Butternut is a species of
Match correctly:
IL. Richard Halburton HittIe
Orphan Annie).
IL. James Whitcomb Riley
(Thunder on the Left).
13. Christopher Morley CThe
Battle Ground.
ID. Ellen Glasgow (Faint Per.
fume).
is. zona Gale tRoyal Road
TO Romance).
GAnSwsrs On Magazine PsSs)
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of bread. slightly sour. The
deep flasks of oil, pressed
from the gnarled gray trees
that grew behind her house.
Food-she moved through a
fat drama of feeding
And. indeed, she was a sort
The Washington times., 1930-06-26

with savory mushroom gravy.
The big black pot of meme
strone that SiInmered on the
back of her stove, sending its
thick, rich fragrance through
the ruddy shadows of the
room. Her round. crusty loaveS
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
GEHLBACH HOPS
OFF IN LEAD

LOS ANGELES. Calf, July 20
d.N.S).-Lee Gehlbach, Of Little
Rock, Ark, led the fliers In the
National Air Derby on the first
lap Of their homeward journey
to Detroit today, leaving the
field here at S:01 a. m.
Their planes groomed and ready
the IL remaining contestants in
the all-American air derby awaited
the signal to take off.
Leaving Metropolitan Airport
here the planes will head for
Ogden, Utah, next overnight
stop. Lincoln, Neb., and Chicago
will be the remaining control
points before the race terminates
at Detroit, where $4,000 in prize
money will be distributed to the
winners.
Gehlbach has a two-hour lead
over his closest competitor with
q total elapsed time Of 26:17.25,
j. r. Wedell is second with
28:51.41. Lowell Bayless holds
third place with 29:02.59 in
elapsed time.
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.6O.HOUR ATLANTIC CROSSING
IS GOAL Of D|R|G|BLE

commodations for 100 persons in
its 80 cabins on the second AMI
third decks of the three-deck pas
Senger structure. On the lower
deck there is a dining salon with
56 chairs, and two promenade
decks, and there are balcony decks
on the upper passenger deck.
Smoking Allowed
The crew is put up on the mum.
Der one deck Of the ships great
cabin, with only the control car
projecting outside the outer hull
Of the dirigible.
Ordinary highly refined gasoline
! is used by the R-1O0, with hydro
gen and Is internal lifting tanks
available to lift the ship.
The lR100 is designed on lines of
luxury and comfort sadly lacking
in the German airShipS, Smoking
is possible; there Is q comfortable
lounge comparing to that of the
best hotels, and hot meals are the
order Of the day, with drinks and
food on ice II desired.
Stowaways Watched
Warned by the frequent expert
ences other dirigibIes have had
with undesirable StoWaways,
Squadron Leader r. 8. Booth
posted q detachment of alert
guards about his ship before the
start to Illustrate secret boarding
by unlimited persons.
The huge ship sailed well forti.
fled by detailed information of
conditions ahead. Elaborate
weather charts were provided by
the air ministry, and the moment
the R-100 started 1t began reeciv-
ing regular synoptic reports from
the British meteorological center
at Cardington. Ships at sea, sta
tlonS in Greenland and American
weather bureaus have been re-
quested to furnish information on
prevailing conditions.
Civilian uniforms are worn by
officers and crew, and parachutes
have been provided as a last
measure Of safety. Passengers
and r.ail were not accepted be-
cause the flight was wholly expert
mental, but In the near future this
ban will be revoked, provided the
present venture proves successful.
A number Of Americans, it was
learned, offered large sums for
passage on the airship.
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LONDON, July 20 U.N.S0 -
When the British dirigible RICO
lifted away at Cardington for
her long-delayed cruise to Canada,
she definitely put an end to the
wagging tongues Of skeptics who
predicted that the airship would
never venture across the Atlantic.
Perhaps the most criticized Of
lighter.than-air ships ever to ven
ture upon q hazardous voyage,
and assailed even in the House
of Commons as nothing but "A
bit Of patch work." the R-lOO left
England manned by one Of the
best crews available. Every man
has had experience and may be
called a seasoned hand at the
"dirigible-flying game"
Skipper Is Expert
In supreme command is Squad
ron Leader r. s. Booth, deSigt
mated as captain" and who was
senior officer on the airShip Rr33
when she broke from her moor
ing mast over Pulham and wan
dered into a gale over the North
Sea. He managed to ride out
the storm through skilful manipu-
lating at the controls, and brought
her safely back.
He is 35. has a brilliant war
record in the air service and has
been attached to the Royal Air
ship Works at Cardington since
1924.
Pilot Already Famed
Navigator Of the ship is Squad
ran Leader z. l.. Johnston, who
navigated the first Imperial Air
ways flight to India. The first
officer, Capt. @. F. Meager, was
prominent as a commander Of
airships during the war. The
second officer, M. H. Steff, Is an
expert in kite balloons.
Squadron Leader A. H. Wann
Is supernumerary officer. He is
the only member of the crew
who was aboard the Inflated R-38
on its crash over Hull. The
meteorologist is M. A. Giblett,
superintendent of the airShip
division, meteorological bureau.
Travelling as observers and
technieians, the passenger list in.
cludes Wing Commander r. B.
Colmore, as director Of airship
development: Major G. II. Scott,
who commanded the R-34 on its
Atlantic flight; r. M. McWade,
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mooney HOPES
CLOUD AGAIN

SAN FRANCISCO, July 90
UN.S9.-New attack upon the
story of John Macdonald, recant-
ing witness on whom Warren K.
Billings and Thomas Mooney pin
their hopes for freedom, was in
timated today as the State SUI
preme court prepared to hear
Macdonald.
For several hours yesterday q
conference was held between Fred
Berry, assistant district attorney
at the time Of the Mooney-Bil-
lings trial, Police Captain Charles
Goff, former Captain of Detec-
tives Duncan MatheSon and JUS
tice John w. Preston, OF the
state supreme court.
Berry, who will aid the court
today in questioning witnesses,
emerged from the conference
with the intimation that some
thing unusual might be expected
when Macdonald takes the stand
to tell that he falsely identified
Mooney and Billings and gave
periured testimony at the trials.
Berry said:
"Any advance comment ON
what has developed might seri-
OusIy injure its effectiveness.
The matter depends entirely on
how things work out at the
hoaring.n liA.,l- II
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Ne v WITNESS
IN BAKER CASE
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Standards said it is the gun that
was used to kill Miss Baker.
Inspector Shelby said:
"The Bureau Of Standards
said CampbelI's pistol was used
to kill Mary Baker. The Bureau
of Standards Is the highest
authority in the country on
pistols and the ballistic theory.
81 have the greatest faith
i'm the report Of the Bureau Of
Standards, and that being so
1t would be presumptiOus on
my part to send the pistol to
someone else to check up ON
the report Of the Governments
Bureau"
Charles Henry Smith. Alexan
dria attorney employed in the de.
tense Of the accused. announced
yesterday that he will move to oh.
tain the release of his client on
Thursday through q writ oi
habeas corpus.
Smith said yesterday that the
investigators have nothing on
which to base a case against his
client and that after two days
they should be able to check
thoroughly on the stories of ad
ditional alibi witnesses that he
has located.
He said that venue has moi
been established and declared
that even If Campbell is forced
to trial in Arlington county II
will be impossible to prove the
point the crime was committed
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Truck Crashes Tree,
DriUer at GULLin0eT

After the heavy truck he was
driving ran over the pavement
and crashed into q tree near the
lawn of the Tilden Hall apart
ment. terrorizing a group of small
children and their parents, Henry
TyleS, 81, colored. 900 block Sixth
st. N. W., was arrested last night
on a charge Of driving while
drunk.
Tyler, according to police, was
tempting to make turn at
Connecticut Avenue and Tilden
Street Northwest, when the truck
swerved over the pavement into
the tree. Police took the man to
Gallinger Hospital, where he was
placed under guard and treated
for internal injuries.
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Crew of RICO Selected
To ODercon1e HoodoO

pair minister inspector; Sir Dennis
toun Burney and n. s. Norway,
Of the Airship Construction Firm,
and Lieut.. Comdr. r. st. j. Prem.
tice, Of the aircraft carrier Cour-
age.
World attention has been
focused on the R-1O0 because she
is said to have been built phi
marily as challenge to German
supremacy in airship construc-
tion, and the present cruise is ex-
pected to determine largely
whether the near future will wit
ness q race for domination in
lighter-than-air ships between
Great Britain and Germany.
Defects at First
Too hasty construction by Brit
ish enthusiasts intent on furnish
ing competition to Germany. was
held responsible and bitterly criti-
'cized for the glaring defects which
brought the R4lO0 and Re1Ol into
difficulties in their various trial
flights, causing repeated postpone
ments in the transatlantic flight
Of the R-10O.
While miShaps have occurred
and many repairs have been neces-
Sary, the R-100 successfully com.
pleted a 3,000-mile cruise last Jan.
uary around Southwestern Eng
land and remained in the air con-
tinuously for So hours and IS
minutes.
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Z|HLMAN FACES
TOUCH FIGHT
international Newsreel

Presaging q hot political con-
test in the Sixth Congressional
district of Maryland, former Rep
resentative David j. Lewis, DEM
ocrat, is expected within q week
, formally to announce his candi-
dacy for Congress against Repre-
sentative Frederick N. Zihlman,
Republican, the. present chairman
| Of the House District Of Columbia
Committee.
Whether there will be primary
in Maryland this year is as yet
undetermined. but neither Zihl-
man or Lewis is likely to en-
counter serious opposition within
their parties and they doubtless
will be the opposing candidates
next November.
Reports from Cumberland and
other towns in the district indi-
cate that prohibition, for the first
time, probably will be one OF the
issues Of the campaign.
While both Zihlman and Lewis
are drys. Mr.. Lewis is reported to
be dissatisfied with the admins
tration Of the national prohibition
law.
Studies Morrow Plan
He is said to be studying the
stand taken by Ambassador
Dwight w. Morrow in his success
full race for the Senatorial nomi-
nation in New Jersey.
Mr.. Zihlman, while not rabld
dry, has voted for prohibition
measures because the western
Maryland counties were favorable
to prohibition, and he represented
their sentiment.
Representative Zihlman has
been in the Fouse since the Sixty
fifth Congress. However. when
Mr.. Lewis ran against Zihlman
in 1914 Zihlman was defeated by
742 plurality. Two years ago Mr..
Lewis, who had resigned from the
United States Tariff Commission,
ran against zihlman and zihlman
won by a comfortable margin.
Indictment Waiting
This year, because of prohibi-
ton, farm relief, unemployment
and other issues the Congression.
al race in the Sixth district will
be unusually hard fought and the
vote may be close.
The fact that Representative
ZihlmGn is under indictment in
connection with the F. II. Smith
Company, real estate operators
of this city, Of which zihlman
was q director, is not expected
to play any part in the contest.
Pending Zihlman'S day in court,
the House took no cognizance Of
the indictment and Zihlman re-
tanned his seat and committee
assignments on the theory that
an indictment did not necessarily
mean guilt.
During his term in the House
former Representative Lewis spe-
cialized in parcel post legislation
and became more familiar with
parcel post operations and rates
than any other member of the
lower body. He was sometimes
called "the father Of parcels post"
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
CROSBY FAVORS
HOOVER TURN

Although full reports of the
traffic advisory committee and
council are not expected until next
October by Capt. H. c. White,
hurst, general chairman, 1t is ex-
pected that the present rotary left
hand turn will be abolished in the
District.
Following the report Of q sub
committee yesterday, which IA
vored the orthodox left-hand turn
by q vote Of three-to-one, Gen. Her.
bert B. Crosby, Commissioner in
charge Of traffic, stated that he
was behind any move which would
abolish the present awkward and
cumbersome turn.
Washington and Cleveland are
the only two large cities in the
country which now employ the ro-
tary turn. The favored turn,
known as the Hoover turn" /"
which was suggested by the Presi-
dent when he was Secretary of
Commerce, viii allow cars wishing
to make left turn to draw to the
center Of the intersection and
then cut across traffic.
The Washington times., 1930-07-29

eaCn OLleTS Katherine MaylOn
claims, let out q few pouts her
self while packing for Holly
wood where she is to play in
q Metro Goldwyn Mayer pic
ture with William Haines. She
said:
Hes lucky to get his gifts.
Most FOlIieE girls don't give
them back. But i am an hon.
est F0llies girl. I think he's
an Indian Siver. But my
mother advised me to return
them and ! did. He can look
up nay c0lored maid II he wants
the clothes he said he gave
me-"
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
"DefectiUe Brakes"
Brings Fine of SIS

Pleading guilty to operating
an automobile equipped with de-
fective brakes and q defective
muffler, James G. Powers was
fined o total Of SIS by Judge
Gus A. SchIldt in Police Court
today.
Powers was arrested early to-
day near Seventeenth and U Sts.
N. W. He admitted that his
brakes and muffler were defective
saying that he did not realize
that the machine was In ais bad
condition as it was since it had
never given him any trouble.
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
LengLen Denies She
Will Go Back to Net

PARIS, July 20 UN.S0 "A re.
port by the London Daily Tele-
graph that she was seeking rein
statement as an amateur was en-
phatically denied by Mile. Suzanne
Lenglen, French tennis star, here
today, who said:
$50 far rs ] can see, the dress
making business will take mp all
my time"
Mile. Lenglen runs q dressmak-
ing establishment.
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Continued From Page y


at Montreal, the British dirigible
R1OO today sailed the skies Sc
renely on the first leg Of its
2,S0O-mile TRANSATLANTIC cruise.
The worlds biggest and fastest
airliner SCARED away from its
9nooring mast here ct 3:46 q. m.
this morning, just as the first
pals touch Of dawn was graying
th0 horizon. Looming I11omen-
tarily like q storm cloud above
it's home base, the 5000, ,0O9-cubic
foot hulk roared in q wide circle
around the field. gathered mo-
mentum rapidly and, like q fly.
ing cloud. nosed away IN the di-
rection Of Liverpool.
To Head for Greenland
Commanded by Squadron Leader
r. o. Booth, the take-off was ac-
compliShed as gracefully as any
ever engineered. Forty-four per.
sons went aloft with the airship.
SO members Of the crew and the
rest technical observers or the
like. Among them is Commander
Sir Dennistoun Burney, who law
ished years Of effort upon the
construction Of the airship.
While the exact course Of the
R100 depends on weather con-
ditions ahead. it was announced
immediately before the start that
after crossing the English coast
at Liverpool and heading north.
ward toward the Hebrides Islands
off the west coast Of Scotland. to
skirt a depression, the hugh air
ship would be pointed directly to-
ward Cape Farewell, southernmost
tip OF Greenland continuing from
there it viii cruise over Labrador
to the mouth of the st. Lawrence
lSive-, following this to Mon
treal.
Has Extra Supplies
The voyage is expected to be
completed inside Of three days,
although wide margin on food
and fuel was taken. The 1000
pounds Of food and 500 gallons
Of water In the storage tanks of
the dirigibIe viii be sufficient
TOR ct least five days, it was es-
timated, and there are 30 tons Of
gasoline aboard.
Never has an airliner Jared
forth more comfortably and
luxuriouSly equipped than the
R"100. Product of 10 years Of
experimenting and built at an
approximate cost of $4,000, 600,
it carries the empires fond hopes
that Canada and the mother land
win be more closely linked
through regular rapid mail and
passenger service by dirigibIes.
Faster Than Graf Yep
The average speed Of the Brit.
ish air queen is 81.5O miles an
hour, or nearly five miles faster
than the best speed Of the Graf
Zeppelin. Great Britain will also
seek in the next two days to cap
tl1re the speed record Of the air
for long distance voyages by
dirigibles.
The flight. regarded largely in
the light Of an experiment by
British air circles, is being made
without paying passengers, mail
or freight. It is the second elab-
crate British venture into trans.
atlantic dirigible flying, the first
having been accomplished from
Scotland to Mineola in 1919 by
the Rr34. wrecked during a wind
storm In 1921.
Built as Liner
The R-1O0 is zoe feet long, 65
feet shorter than the Graf Yep
pelin. but is 1873 feet in diameter,
or S5 feet greater in thickness
than the German air queen. The
British ship has six Rolls-Royce
condors, two in each Of three
power gondolas, generating $500
horsepower. The motors are set
UP In pairs. tandem fashion, with
. the three pushes" capable Of
being reversed.
Intended for highspeed passen-
ser traffic, the dirigibls has e
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m is that
she had lost
her hearing
as q result Of
swimming the
English Chan
mel in 1925.
She said she
h a d trouble
with her hear.
ing. but that
it was improv-
ing un d er
tre at m ent.
Miss Ederle,
who is an in
Structor at a
Ne York
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Alice Du Pont
of Whining
ton, D e l.,
daughter Of
A. Felix Du
P on t, vice
president of
the Du Pont
in tie re S is,
crashed into
a p ark e d
plane at the
East Boston
airport today.
q u r ing her
tests for q
private pilots
Incense. She
was uninjureo
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
LEGION HONoRS TEAM

ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 20.
The American Legion Post will
honor their State champion base
ball team tomorrow night with
banquet in Gadsby'S Tavern.
Legion officials and Representa-.
tivees Of the washington baseball
club will be the speakers.
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JEANNE EAGELs it was said
she was wearing jeWelry valued
at $50, 900, but police who took
charge Of the jewelry said it
was worth only about $1,000.
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
FRIED CHICKEN SUPPER

SANDY SPRING, Md, July 90.
The annual fried chicken supper
for the benefit Of the Montgom-
cry County General Hospital
will be held tonight ct the Sher-
wood High School MiAI /.
The Washington times., 1930-07-29

GdBElop ulObL
er Of Jeanne
Eagels, today
said that the
late actress
es t a t e had
been appraiS-
ed at $4,000.
Miss Eagels
died without
leaving a will
and her es-
tate will go to
her mother.
At the time
of the death
Of the actress
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BANK STATEMENT

New York Clearing House ex-
change, $1,195 ,000, 900.
New York Clearing House bal
ance. s1S3,000, 900.
Customs receipts, $22,037. .4T6.87.
Treasury balance $lo9.27S,-
khb,TA.
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
Gertrude Ederle
Didn't Lose Hearing

NEW YORK, July 29.-MisS
Gertrude Ederle, swimming ace,
today denied published state
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
DUP Ont's Daughter
Crashes Her Plane

BOSTON, July 29.-Taxiing
out for a fourth take-off, Miss
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
Jeanne Eagles Left
Estate of $50, 900

NEW YORK, July 29.-The
attorney for Mrs. Julia Sullivan
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Read the BUSINESS SERVICE Dr.
RECTORY Of today's Classified Ads
fe. . dsDendabls guide 70 homo sF
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PEOPLE-You Read About
"Honest Follies" Maid
Returns "LOUe Presents"

NEW YORK, July 29.-Dr.
Morton Berson today quit pout-
ing at Katherine Moylan. for.