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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
TWO HURT IN TRAFFIC
Woman Passenger Injured-Color-
ed Pedestrian Knocked Down.

Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, 35ll Patter-
son street, suffered a wrenched back
yesterday afternoon when the automo-
bile of Mrs. Florence Lippard 1915
East Capitol street, in which she was
a passenger, coll1ded at Massachusetts,
avenue and Thirteenth street with a
motor delivery vehicle driven by T. B.
Colburn. 5209 Rock Creek Church road
northeast Mrs. Jones received treat
ment at home.
zone on First street southeast last
night about 1880 O'Clock, Robert
Barnes, colored, 1923 Corcoran street,
was knocked down by the automobile Of
James F. Koran, 1116 street southeast,
and his head injured. The injured man
was treated at Casualty Hospital, where
his condition was reported undeter-
mined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
GREENHOUSES REBUILT

Reconstruction of the White House
greenhouses, located near the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, has been
accomplished.
The greenhouses are to be placed in
commission Immediately after the heat
ing plant has been placed in the new
structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
Car Plunges Into Creek.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, September
S Especially Lewis Ballard, %, and Joe
Terrell, 20, two unemployed Negroes
who. having failed to find work in Bal
timore, were returning by automobile
to their homes in Sumter, S. c., were
unscratched when their car plunged
over the terraced lawn of Hazel Hill
the s. L. Shannon, estate, near the city
limits, and came to rest head first In
Hazel Run, 125 feet below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
MERIDIAN HILL WORK
LOWEST BID $89,789
Three Local Firms Seek Contract on
=.
Next Program for Develop
ment of Park.

Three local firms today sought the
contract for the construction of the
next part Of the program in the de-
velopment of Meridian Hill Park, at
Sixteenth street and Florida avenue,
when bids we're opened shortly before
noon. The Fred Drew Co. offers to do
the work for $89,789, the C. H. Tomp-
kins Co. put in bid for $107,850, while
the Arthur L. Smith Co. set down $751;
900 as its price.
The program contemplates construc-
ton of concrete walls, steps, paving,
the balustrade and other improvements
on the central and hillside sections of
Meridian Hill Park. This work. is de-
signed to complete the ascents OF the
great terrace and the west ascent of
the park The program calls for several
ornamental features, a fountain basin,
and other jobs for the further beauti-
fication of the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT
Verdict in Case of Man Who Died
From Fall.

A certificate of accidental death was
issued late yesterday by Coroner J..
Ramsay hewitt in the case of Austin
r. Cooper, IS years old, of 816 Twenty
first street, who died at the Emergency
Hospital from injuries received when he
fell from the running board of Wash
ington Post delivery truck Saturday
morning.
Cooper, Jumper" on the truck. was
taken to Sibley Hospital with frac-
tured skull and severe decorations of the
face and head after the accident. which
occurred in the 800 block Seventh
street northeast. He was later removed
to Emergency for further attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
Former Executive Committee
Chairman Declares His
Group Never Met.
ASSERTS HIS POSITION
WAS PURELY "N0MINAL"
Former Currency Controller Files
Own Answer Separately, Denying
Responsibility in $4,000 Case.

Although admitting that he was
"nominally" chairman of the executive
committee of the F. H. Smith Co., Dam
iel r. Crissinger, former controller of
the currency, in asking the court to
release him as a defendant in a suit
recently filed against the company, said
that the executive committee, during
the time he was chairman, performed
no acts whatsoever and did not hold q
single meeting
Files Separate Answer.
Mr.. Crissinger's explanation of his
duties during the time he was afiliat-
ed with the Smith company was con-
tanned In separate answer recently
filed by him In the District Supreme
Court to the complaint of Joseph e,
Sexton, 12l Twelfth street southeast.
who brought an action against the
company and its officials to recover
$4,000, of which, he says, he was de-
frauded.
The former Government officials sep
arate answer was filed through Attor-
ney Harold j. Pack.
Mr.. Crissinger admits" his answer
states, that at the times mentioned in
the bill of complaint (1928-29) he was
nomlnally head of the executive COM
mittee OF the Smith company, but that
said executive committee, during the
time he was chairman, performed no
acts whatsoever, and did not hold q
single meeting.
He denies that William A. Horn. the
salesman named in the suit, was at
any time an employe of his. He saws
that he only knew him as a bond sales
man employed by the Smith company.
Denies knowledge SOf Purchase.
"Mr. Crissinger never knew or heard
OF the plaintiff and had no knowledge
OF the transaction set forth in the suit.
He never even knew of the purchase.
He further says that he has no
personal knowledge of the security back
of the Fairfax Apartments, Pittsburgh,
bonds allegedly purchased by the
plaintiff"
~ &c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
PANZRAM GOES TO GALLONS
CURSING RACE, INCLUDING SELF
LeaVenWorth Prisoner From
D. c. Boosted Murder
of 20.
Sentenced Here for Burglary.
Called Meanest Prisoner
by Peak.

A hangman's moose at Leavenworth,
Kars., this morning snuffed out the
life Of Carl Panzram, q man who swore
he hated all humanity with a consum-
ing passion, including himself, and
who was described by District Jail off,
cials as the ''meanest man ever held
in the District Jail"
Panzram was hanged for the murder
of laundry foreman in Leayenworth
the murder Panzram was serving a Is
year sentence for burglary committed
in the District Of Columbia.
According to Associated Press dis
patches from Leavenworth Panzram
carried all his hate of humanity to the
gallows with him, jeering at the crowd
about the gallows and ordering the re-
moval OF two chaplains from the scene
of the execution.
Cursed Own Parents.
A sullen, brute Of man. who cursed
his parents for bringing him into the
world, and who boosted that he had
killed % persons during his lifetime,
Panzram was described by Col. William
L. Peak, warden at the District Jail, as
the toughest customer he ever came in
contact with.
Panzram made several confessions of
murders to Col. Peak while being held
here awaiting trial, and, Col. Peak said
today, they were made with the utmost
emphasis on the gruesome details OF the
deaths he caused.
Always sullen and baleful, Panzram
was watched closely while he was in the
District jail, for he made many threats
he would kill guards, prisoners, even
threatening death to Col. Peak. He
never tried to kill himself, but begged
the jailer to find some pretext upon
which he could be killed by law.
Demands Death Sentence.
Before his trial out at Topeka, Kans
in the murder of the prison laundry
foreman, PanZram, according to the
Associated Press dispatches. wrote the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
Active Volcano Found.

MEXICO CITY, September (F9.-
Dispatches from Ciudad Victoria, In the
State of Tamaulipas, today said an ac-
tive volcano had been discovered near
ALBANIA, about 200 miles southwest OF
Brownsville, Tex. The discoveries said
the crater was In an unsettled mountain
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05

Australia Is considering the plan OF
curtailment of government expendi-
lures rather than additional taxation to
balance its BUDGET.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Two Writers Rewarded
 For Best Short Stories

New York. Nov tPl-W. r. Bur Hctt and William NJ. John were an- uognccd today as joint winners of the c, Henry Memorial award for the best short story published in 1929 by an American author in an American magazine.
 It is the first time in the twelve years that two authors have tied for inc first prize Of $500. The award to Burnett vas made for his dress ing up.' which appeared in lIarper's for November 1929, and John for his "Neither Jew nor Greek" pub liehcd in the Century for August.
 Second prize Of s25o was won by Elizabeth Maddox Roberts for The Sacrifice Of the Maidens,' which was printed in Letters, the quarterly magazine Of the University of Ken tGcky X special prize of s100 was awarded Mare Connolly for his "Coroncr's Inquest published in Collisr's in February, 1880.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

least 50 per cent of eligible voters on election days,
 It is also pointed out that the Constitution now gives Congress the power to change it's date of meet ing, without a Constitutional amend ment. In theory this is true, but the same Republican politicians in the House who have been opposing the Norris amendment equally oppose any thought oi changing the date of meeting.
 In any case it sinners down to a Bourbon fear of change.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
The parking nuisance

The parking nuisance in the ao0ntonn section has been grow ias. Motorists who hold tive-min- ltr parking signs in contempt have only themselves 10 blame for the new campaign by inc police 10 en- force q law thai Is for the bene- 1t O. business. 4 congested street is no place 10 leave a. car parked ror an unlimited tim. and It i, surprising that the police have been lgn!ent in the past. Automobile shoppers arc naturally discouraged from doing business along a street where hour-long pur}ors arc allow cd to violate the law The depart
 ncnt IS entitled to cement m the new campaign,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Nov. 7.-F Forecast for Southern New England: Fair to- night and Saturday; warmer Satur- day; diminishing northwest and west winds backing southwest Satur- day.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer Saturday; diminishing northwest and west winds, backing 10 south west Saturday.
 Forecast for New Haven and vii cinity: Fair and continued cold to- night. Saturday fair and warmer.
 Conditions: The western area ot high pressure is moving slowly east ward and is now central over western Virginia. Very little rain has fallen in any district during the past 24 hours. Freezing tempcra- lures were reported as far south as Tennessee. but no zero temperatures were reported in any of the northern sections.
 Conditions falo" for this vicinity lair weather and not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

New York, Nov. 7.-Thoughts while strolling: Who remembers when a family was considered rich if their children had a pony? Perry Belmont looks like his brother August. Nifty dressers in all-black suits and bright ties. Another Ship Grill on East 47th. The sundoWn glint from the Chrysler spire.
 Daniel Frohman has a beard like q duke. Cafe window card: All the coffee you can drink for 10 cents.' Page Damon Runyon! Shadowy tea rooms where you cant see which wife is with what husband. Paul Whiteman wears double breasted coats exclusively. And always a lapel flower.
 Gilbert Gabriel q Brooklyn, \. Y. boy, who made good in the city. Citron is now a fashionable color. All night movies where derclicts pay D cents, sleep and look at pictures until daylight. Chiid's were foolish to do away with so many fap-jack window jugglers. It was a swell ad.
 Those rowdy one-armcd lunch rooms where no one removes his hat. Patrick Cain, the theatrical warehouse man. As well known as any producer. Ambulance doctors who swing off the wagons puffinG cigarettes Sidewalk artists nearthe library wall The longest block in town-42d between 5th and 9th.
 The stocking shop with only fiery rcd-hcaded clerks. Busy Bee lunch cs where newsies cat. Dappcr lads with wisps of waXcd mustachcs and huge signet rings At least hun drcd guys in this town look like Grover Whalen. Wheniver l see a window blind lowered I want to peep.
 That grifter who sells pencils and says he is the son of an illustrious actor. And resemblance is striking. Turbans like Natacha Rambova's. ROmeos in clubs at dusk wearing TuXcdos and looking hopeful. Move over. gents, Valerie Edwards, a former London Gaety girl. Now a miniature painter.
 How do people live who depended on brewery dividends" A XyIo phone studio. Colored gravel for pcnt house gardens. There's a career-dycing gravel Roxy. who is said 10 look like Napoleon. Every body looks like someone else today. And off comes the overalls there $ the whistle,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Peach Moth Damage
 Much Less This Year

New Haven, Nov, ' P>-Reduc- ton in damage caused by the orien- tai peach moth in Connecticut amounted to s10o,0OO this year. it was announced today by the agricul- tural experiment station. as result of state wide experiments of con- troi by parasites, and of aid given ay the drought.
 This summer, it was reported, the average of wormy peaches was one in ten, as compared to an average injury of 50 per cent in 1929. SIX million parasites Of species which attack the moth eggs. were dls- t";Hrtod to 140 growers this year. = ,-. ear tho experiment station ,~pe".7 to distribute twice that number.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

O. Connecticut the most tobacco? tobacco plantations between Middle the Massachusetts line Some tobacco is grown in Pennington Housatonic public there Connecticut? A
 the duties Of the State Department of Health? will infectious and pubic births deaths
 
 How associations there in Connecticut: What called "The Thread City," these will be published in Mondays paper)
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

a share in the universal depression which has inundated all nations ex- cept France. France, realizing she is in a position to eXpend money while Italy isn't, may solve the matter according to her liking; and the sooner the Fascist chiefs realize the economic difference between the two countries the quicker they will be inclined to come to an agree ment which will be to the adNan- age of their national purse
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
THIRTEEN MONTHS LATER NEW CONGRESS MEETS

Thirteen months after the election Of this week the new Congress will % into session for the first time unless it should be called in special session after the present lame-duck congress ends it's career on March I. 1881
 That is 10 say, the new Congress win not go into session until De- cember :, 1881.
 once upon a time iamc-duch Con 2rSsscs were not considered illogical There were TO railroads and no telegraph, and it required q long tune after an election to determine inc membership oi g. new Congress. T. required a long time for members 10 reach Washington In order to make 1t likely thae everyone elcct- .d would be able 10 put ill an ap- poarance on time, the founders al- lowed more than . year 10 elapse before the first meeting of a new Congress vas to be held,
 It may he possible for the Demo orats. with their strength in tho new Congress. 10 eliminate tho lame luck sessions. The Norris amend ment to abolish the lamc duck scs- siaions has passed the Senate five times since 1925, but failed of ap- proval in the House because Of Re publican opposition there, an oppo- altion which was deliberately en- gineered against the proposal by the Republican majority under Speaker Longworth and abotted by Con yrcssman John c. Tilson Of Con uccticut, floor leader. These Repub- lican politicians may have their own reasons for opposing such q well needed reform as eliminating inc irresponsible lame duck sessions, but it is not in the interest Of the public. Now. with the Democrats having au even break in tIJo lower house. let the Senate again pass the Norris amendment and see what the House does about it,
 Cooperative action by the Housc, we take ft, would be one way for inc Democrats to be Of lasting benc- fit of the country. That such an amendment 10 the Constitution would speedily meet with the ap- proyal Of thrce-fourths or the legls- latures IS beyond cayjI
 All Republicans in the House have not been opposed to the pro- posed amendment. however. In the 10th Congress it lacked only g. votes of the necessary two-third: majority. With the Democrats mucf more in evidence in the new Con gress the three-fourths majority should be easily acquired,
 ,s The Norris amendmen provide; that Congress should regularly con vene on January of each year with the terms of the President ant +ba Vire President beginning on tht January 15 after their election. Al these projected reforms are in con formity with majority public opin ion.
 But the politicians in the Hous' who have opposed the reform clain that the country needs a long cool ing-off period after elections, so d ito prevent ill-considered legisla tion.' By that they mean Congrts may pass laws in conformity witt the issues on which the members o f,onvress were elected. In practice the Hong cooling-off process means providing a sufficient lengtl of fine for popular disgust at inac tion to s.ir,uiafe forgetfulncss an' result in Gs k of further interest This disgust and lack ot interest ,.sual;y translated into apathy by d
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Facts andFancies

Jail: A late substitute for spank ing.
 Philosophy: The defense mcchan- ism of losers.
 A scientist says comet gas could make mankind go crazy, so maybe that one didn't miss us, after all.
 Rebels get no help from Uncle Sam. He sells only to those who are alarmed sure they can pay.
 History: The strange sequence of events that results from mans ef- forts to make more money.
 The seal isn't the only creature that's worth d lot more after it's killed. There's the farmers dos you run over.
 The government does its best ill this crisis. It hopes the bears will lose money
 Another explanation of divorce is the fact that so few people arc content with what they deserve,
 How times change! Before ih2 "ra of modernistic art, the genius tool; pains instead Of giving you one.
 Amcricauism: Saying mo" seven times; wondering how 10 get rid Of tho man: meckly signing on tho dol ted line.
 Mans haste 10 reach the ofir. doesn't mean he likes 10 work. J. means he likes toLenjoy his paper m peace.
 Tho Chinese aren't so yellow. Th3
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
25 Fears Ago To-day

Election results will be received 1t he New Britain club this evening" Many people from this city are n New York 10 witness the celcbra- ton of the winning party this eve ming.
 The trolley company has promised Inc city officials that q 15 minuU schedule will be established on all the city lines.
 Professor J. C. Moody has rcsum- ed his duties q tthe high school fol- lowing a siege of illness.
 Fred D. Flagg, general secretary of the Y. N. (. A.. reports that the membership Of the local organiza - ton has gone over the 1000 mark.
 Although nearly two years have passed, no trace of the murderer Of Eugene Bosworth has been discover cd by the local or state police.
 Complaints are being made daily concerning the impossible condition of the streets of the town.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

hour. l hope it's the mice.
 In Central Park this afternoon a low numbered-the sign of swank- limousine drew up near an open space. A liveried footman hoped out to open the door, a French governness and two Eton collared shavers stepped onto the ground. And in two minutes were rolling dice. New York,
 An invitation to Newark mas quqerade ball warns; Don't be ob- vious and come as a Pierrot or Charlie Chaplin. Try 10 make some inconscqucntal thing important" My wife suggests ] might go as a decimal point And l suggested I might carry a slice of cheese and go as two pieces of cheese. It goes something like that ali day ' long around this house.
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight
 Syndicate, InC)
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Correct this sentence: When Wjl- lie tunes in" said his mother, the program he selects invariably pleasos everybody in the family"
 Copyright 193o Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

The Associated Press ls exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of al news credited 70 it or not otherwise credited in thts paper and also local new~ published therein.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Brisbane keeps reminding us thlt a gorilla could lick a dumb priz4 fighter. But think what eleven of them could do to college men.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Nagrant thought: Nothing is so pleasant as a well-staffed New York apartment running along smoothly. but there is something ominous about the way the doors are being slammed in the kitchen the past
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
CHURCHMEN TO DISCUSS JAII.S

New Haven. Nov. 1-ConnectiCut jail Investigations will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Cor necticut Federation of the Church 10 be held here November IT. The Church and the Jair' will be discuss ed by number Of religious workers.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Tenth avenue is dotted with the eaudy vests of the carnival crowd returned for winter Information. Two summers ago carnival man wrote me; Every game can be saffed," The "gaffed" was a little deep. but inquiry developed he meant every game could be fixed so it was impossible 10 beat it. He added: Wall Street is gaffed.' And if the moaning is symbolic he may be right,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation

gHe A. B U. IS a national organi2atoa which furnishes newspapers and advei. rs-rs pith strictly honest analysis tl circulation our circulation statistics a'e based upon tn's audit. This 'HsoEes pro te.t:on asaust fraud ln ueWsuapeI d's- 'Eioution 6-uras in ho.a rational and local A8ttrt.e.ts
 Tie H..aa .4 uo eal. la-t n New York at He.al4la Newsstand Tm.a Square. Sealit.'- Nvn ,-tauH E7traH .s U".ud L,uua. #-r0 Street.
 The new Congress will be no place for a nervous President
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

There's still hope for d country where movie star is done for whcn fans discover she is really as nauSh- ty as she appears in pictures they like.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

The finest Panama hat costs sl,- 900, not counting the amount you spend to buy it back from the check girl,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Mohammedan women wish they could know their husbands before marriage. So, for that matter do American women.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Quotations from a Bowery hashcry reads: "Potage noodlc-8 cents A few steps away an upstairs lods- ing house proclaims: "Pre fiNe-35 cents night" That blooey is the good old Bowery going continental.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
Memne, of the Associated Press

The only profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation books and press room always open 10 advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

The world isn't SC bad. There are at least eleven spectators who don't pretend to have known all the time where the ball was.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

A henpecked husband is one who goes to see Gloria Swanson insteaI of Ronald Coleman.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

A New York reporter knocks out two-thirds Of a column about q man adopting the puppy of dog destroy cd for attacking him. And there never was such journalistic restraint. Not once did he knit in a line about the hear Of the dog, etc.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

government over there is trying to suppress bandits.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

From San Francisco zips another Wilson Mizner story. A waiter in q cafe upturned a bowl of soup down Mizncr's neck. Jumping up 10 shake himself Mizncr cried: "Liston. you thusandthus. even 8 seal can jugslc-'
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
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New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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New Britain herald., 1930-11-07

Tho Chinese aren't so yellow, Ths
New Britain herald., 1930-11-07
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hour. l hope its the mice.