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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Fcc icr Roa DIS Problem.

How these feeder roads would
enter the Super-speed highways is
another problem for the road
builders to wrestle with.
What materials the super-road
OF the future should be built of is
another vital consideration. A
vast amount of research must be
completed before the best mate
rial for the super-speed highway
Is, II ever, decided upon. Today
there are hundreds of theories on
what constitutes the best road
material. Commercial considera-
tionS, availability of raw materi-
ais, cost of construction, cost of
upkeep and repair, all enter into
the building of the highway and
furnish the engineers with more
than their quota of worrying
problems.
The United States is so far out
ahead of any other country in the
world in the use of the automo-
bile, truck and bus that it is
squarely up to this country to
provide the rest of the nations of
the world with most of the an
swers to the motoring problems of
today and tomorrow.
But for the solution of these
problems, any experience which
any road expert in any country on
the face of the globe may have
had which would prove of value
to those who have the destinies
of the highway systems of the
United States in their hands
should prove more ti.an welcome.
With their dense population
problems. European Dad experts
are expected to have many valu-
able suggestions for he Ameri-
cans attending the sixth Interna-
tional Road Congress here in Oc-
tober.
In the regulation of speed and
safety in the more populated
areas the traffic authorities of
the country, of course, face their
greatest problems.
The conditions which cause a
great many Capital motorists to
leave their cars across the river
in Jersey when they motor to New
York, there to use taxis and other
means of transportation while in
the metropolis, or which cause the
motorists right here in town to
shun the busy downtown, dense
traf1c area. are not in keeping
with the proper development of
motor travel. and since no one
will deny that motor travel is
here to stay, it is up to the powers
that be in the regulation of traffic
to remove these hindrances to the
full use of the motor car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
District Has Largest Gain.

The largest gain in automobile regis
trstions for 1929 was 1877 per cent in
the District Of Columbia. according to
the District of Columbia division Of
the American Automobile Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
MOTORISTS ARE LINED UP
IN CITY MERRY-GO-ROUND

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (P.-1ncreased
fines assessed against motorists have
produced sort of "merry-go-round"
at San Antonio.
The 'merry-go round was started
by Judge David Watson of Corporation
Court who boosted the amounts care
less motorists must pay.
It works like this: Increased fines
enable the city to hire more motor
cycle policemen to catch more motor
lists to pay more fines to hire more
policemen, and so on. In 1928 trafdc
fines totaled $4s,7T0. Last year they
reached 3110,Ae6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
NAVY DEPARTMENT O.K.'S
N0N-SCATTERABLE GLASS
Report Says Use Has Saved De-
stroyer Personnel From Injury Due
to Impact of Heavy Seas.

NEW YORK, June 28.-The approval
OF the Navy Department of the use of
non-scatterable glass on combatant
ships is embodied in a report just re-
leased carrying the severe specifications
adopted by the Bureau of Construction
and Repair and the several tests of
which this glass is submitted before ac-
ceptance. The results seem to confirm
the recent adoption of the material by
many automobile companies, as a safety
measure
The report states that "non-scatter-
able glass is used on combatant ships
OF the Navy in the windows of pilot
houses and fire control stations" and
summarizes actual experience as fol-
lows: On the bridges of Navy de-
stroyers. the use of non-scatterable
glass has saved personnel from injury
due to the impact of heavy seas. On
the larger lighting vessels, the use OF
this glass has prevented tntdry from
flying glass broken by the shock Of
heavy gun ire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29

more tendency there is toward winding
up, which ought to explain why the
older engines with short shafts did not
need hampers although they would have
run smoother with them.
Crankshaft vibration is greatest at
certain speeds and it is for this reason
that 1t pays to drive above or below
any car speed at which the engine does
not seem to be performing its best. II
you ever are troubled with ailments of
the vibration damper you will find at
what speed it is most needed and you
will profit in the future by avoiding
continuous driving at that speed.
tCopyriRht, l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
MOTOR CYCLE POPULAR

Narrow Roads and Long Distances
Increase Norway Imports.
OSLO R).-Narrow roads and long
distances have brought the motor cycle
to such favor in Norway that 1929 i'm
ports doubled over the preceding year.
The vehicles are used the year around,
being equipped with skis for Winter
travel
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Highway in Mexico,
Gulf to the Pacific,
to Cost $780, 900

MEXICO CITY (R.-A high
way spanning Mexico from the
Gulf to the Pacific Ocean will be
constructed at a cost of almost
$1.500.000.
Starting near the mouth of thu
Rio Grande at the lowest tip of
Texas. it will be stretched across
the continent to connect with
Mazatlan, Pacific seaport.
It will be $40 miles long, and
three years viii be required to
complete It.
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Misunderstood.

College Boy (walking) Gimme a GAL
Ion Of gas.
Garage Man tsnappishly) Well,
where's your can.
College Boy SADLY About a mile
down the road.-From the Wheel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
SHE WON'T SUFFER ANY MORE"
SOBS WOMAN WHO SLEW SISTER
IBegs for Last Look, Then Tells of Sorrow
That Pursued Victim, Whom She
Believes to Be Better OF.

morgue, where she remained for more
than is minutes until the inquest began.
At the inquest, Mrs. Weimer refused
TO testify on the advice of her attorney,
Benjamin Sheldon, an old friend of the
family. but outside the official records
she told reporters and policemen how
she came to kill her sister, Mrs. Steele.
Never Had Amy Peace of Mind.
"She never had any peace of mind
since her husband took away two OF her
three young children more than year
ago." said the accused woman. "At first
she hunted everywhere, but she couldn't
find any trace of them She brooded
until her mind was affected We had to
send her to a sanatorium, and when I
went to see her she wanted me to kill
her. She was sent to the State Hospital
for the Insane and seemed to get better.
She was paroled to me a month ago,
but Immediately began to brood about
the children again. She wept almost all
the time. 1t used to drive me almost
crazy to see her suffer so much"
Gould you give your reasoning at the
time you made up your mind TO kill
your sister," Mrs. Weimer was asked
Thought She Would Be Better of.
did you ever see any one you thought
would be better of dead?" came the an
Swer without hesitation. Il thought
she would be better off dead, and that
1 would be better off dead, too. There
are lots of things worse than death
Do you think I am sorry? I am sorry
for the people have dragged into it.
Il am not sorry for my sister, and
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Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, September Is
(N.ANA) No one can ever hurt her
again, can they? She will never suffer
any more, will She?"
These were the sob-broken words that
came from the lips OF Mrs. Ruth B.
Weimer here Tuesday in the county
morgue, as she looked for perhaps the
last time on the body of the sister she
murdered three days ago.
The scene in the morgue was perhaps
the most unusual, dramatic and tragic
ever witnessed in this place, where
death and sorrow are common.
Begs for Last Look.
Appearing at the morgue before the
inquest that was to be held over the
body of the deceased-Mrs. Mabel
Agnes Steele mother Of three chill
dren-MrS. Weimer begged the author
tiles for Just one last chance to see her
dead sister.
IT know I killed her, but loved her
Just the same. only did 1t to end
her suffering because her husband had
taken her children away. I want to see
her once again." she begged.
Supposedly hard-hearted policemen,
Detective Lieuts. Condaffer and Ryan
have big hearts in their more than s
feet 3 inches of height, because pres
emily each took an arm OF the pleading
woman and led her to the little room
where the stricken sister lay cold in
death on q marble slab.
SObs COnvulse Body.
AS the policemen held her slight form,
Mrs. Weimer bent over the still form OF
the woman she had murdered. Her body
convulSed with sobs. She murmured
unintelligible words. A minute passed
and then Condaffer and Ryan pulled
her gently into another room. But Mrs.
Weimer was not satisfied
Just let me see her once more" she
begged again, turning her tragic and
tear-wet face up toward the detectives.
Once more the policemen steadied
her and she walked again to the side
of her sister, and bent over to kiss the
silent lips.
mo one can ever hurt her again. can
they?" she repeated over and over again
as she was drawn away from the body.
She collapsed in the arms of the officers
and was placed on a lounge in the
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DORNIER WILL TEST
DO-X THOROUGHLY
Whether Flight to U. S. Can
Be Attempted This Year
Remains Question.
Nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
ALTENRHEIN, Switzerlnd. September
ie.-whether the Dorners giant air
plane, DO-X, can make its proposed
flight over the Atlantic Ocean in the re-
manning months OF 1880 was a question
which nobody at the plant which built
the plane could answer today. Maurice
Dornier told the Associated Press that
recent tests with the newly installed
American motors have been most salts
factory"
He stated also that the radio and
other instruments had functioned prop
erly under rigid tests. But we simply
won't be hurried into our flight across
the Atlantic" declared the airplane ex-
pert. "and will not start until We feel
100 per cent certain of success"
All that seemed really certain today
was that between the 1st and 18th OF
october the DO-X would start on her
greatest endurance test flight. The
route planned is Amsterdam, Berlin and
Travemuende. From Travemuende, the
DO-x will take its first real trials Of
seaworthiness. Landing on Lake Con-
stance affords no test of how the f1ying
boat could be Unanswered amid huge
ocean waves. To convince the world OF
the practicability of this type OF water
plane for commercial transatlantic fly
ing. as distinguished from stunt flying,
Dornier realizes that he must demon
strate its seaworthiness, even in bad
weather, should its engines fail.
II the Baltic Sea tests are weathered
successfully, then the Atlantic in her
various moods will be tried out on
flights to Oslo, Southampton, Havre,
Santander and finally Lisbon.
Only after all Of these tests have been
eonyincingly successful, Dornier said,
will the great transocean jump be
risked by way Of the Azores and Ber-
nuda.
I'VE hope that will be in $780," he
added, but you never can tel"
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said she wished she was dead I said.
DO you really wish it?' She said, Yes.
Goes and Gets Gun.
''Then I went upstairs and got the
gun. said: You wish you were dead?
Then you are going to be dead She
threw up her hands and I shot her
three times before she crumpled.
pointed straight at her and shot, then
pointed 1t at my head, but neither Of
the bullets hit me. I aimed to kill her.
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they were getting along You know, II
one has ones flesh and blood taken
away, you don't know whether they are
sleeping well or what they eat and you
worry.
"She finally said she wished she was
dead; had never been born. She would
go into perfect TRADE when thinking
Of them. Well, she said she wished she
were dead, and I said. You do?' She
said, Yes I rather wished I was my
self I put her on the couch and said,
Stop this noise and stop crying She
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am not sorry for myself. don't want
a lawyer. and want them to hurry up
and do what they want to me.
ct shot her. She said she wanted to
get the children said she wished she
knew where they were, and I said I
wished I knew where they were, and as
soon as possible we would go and get
them. That was the day 1 shot her.
She kept crying She kept saying she
had suffered so. She has suffered part
" through not knowing how the chill
dren are, whether they were well or how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19

Farm organizations Of the Neither
lands are planning to boycott German
goods in retaliation for increased agri-
cultural duties recently established by
Germanv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19

I couldn't stand to see her suffer year
in and year out. She is out Of her mis-
cry, anyway. 1 don't care"
(CopyriEht, 1890, By North American News
paper Alliance.)
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santo Domingo to Hold Mourning.

sANTo DOMINGO. Dominican Re-
public, September 10 (Y.-The govern
ment has decreed october 3 . day Of
national mourning for the hurricane
disaster. Funeral services for the vic
tins viii be held in the Basllica, con-
Guiding with ceremonies in the Plaza
Colombina, where bodies Of the dead
who could not be buried were burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19

Excitement caused by the finding Of
human bones in a London suburb re-
Gently quickly subsidized when they were
pronounced discarded anatomical speci-
mems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-19
Two CITY BOYS
IN FINALS OF
EDISON EVENT
Six Are in Competition for
State Scholarship,
Group Announces.

Two Of the big high school boys,
selected for the final examination
in the state Edison scholarship con-
test. are from indianapolis, it was
announced by the committee today.
The six will assemble Saturday at
the statehouse, where one of them
will be selected to represent Indi-
ana at the national contest at
Thomas L. EdiSon's home at Or
ange, NJ. j.
Six selected from the twenty
seven taking the seni-final exami-
nation are Meyer A. Efroymson,
Shortridge high school; Herbert Egg
bert, Shortridge; william 10y,
Michigan City; Leonard c. Hasin-
ski, Central high school of South
Bend; william G. Edmondson,
Pennville, and Ferdinand Klopsch,
Michigan City.
Those selected to compete for the
Indiana colleges liberal arts scholar
ship are Robert Lille of Indiana
State Normal Training high school,
Terre Haute; Charles Brumfel of
Converse, Noble Holderread of Mil
ford, Sexson e. Humphreys of
Bloomfield and Raphael Wolfe of
Central high school, North Man
chester.
One of these will be chosen for
a scholarship at an Indiana college.
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him back after their separation.
The woman who vamps this artist
and his violin away from home is
played by Kay Francis. Miss Fran
els almost steals the picture. 1 do
not think I would be far from
wrong if I said the picture belonged
to her. She has way Of vamping
all her own, and when it comes to
looking stunning in clothes she is
right there. Truly, the talkies have
something great in store for this
woman. Her rise in them has been
rather fast, and she is steadily
climbing upward. There is no moss
under her feet
This talking picture tells the story
Of triangle that is enjoyable, but
nothing else. Just nice entertain
ment,
Other features are Honeymoon
Zeppelin" a comedy; some short
subjects, Lester Huff at the organ,
and Newsreel.
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WEEKEND LOOT
IN BURGLARIES,
HOLDUPS LIGHT
Two Men Held for Theft of
of Six Rugs; Driver of
Taxi Robbed.

Loot was meager in a series of
minor holdups and burgIaries Sat-
urday and Sunday, according to po-
lice records today.
Police arrested Richard Buckner,
80, Negro, 2427 Yandes street, and
Charles Lewis, %, Negro, 1927 Yam
DIES street, on yagrancy charges
when six rugs, allegedly stolen from
the Mishak Hagopion rug factory
at $50 West Twenty-ninth street,
allegedly were found in their car.
Frank Brown, 20, of 805 East
Eleventh street, and James England,
18, of lib Bellefontaine street, were
charged with vehicle taking after
police say they admitted theft of
car from Emerson Plummer, 1917
North East street, and motorcycle
from Eldon Terry, 1905 Ashland
avenue.
Charles Kittrell, 20, Negro, of 1905
Cornell avenue, was arrested on
vagrancy charges after it is alleged
he attempted to batter lock off the
door of the G.. Segal dry cleaning
shop, 1106 College avenue, early to-
day.
Holdups reported to police were:
Thomas Reilly, 50, of 400 North
Rural street, held up by two bandits
in the $500 West Michigan street
and slugged after being compelled to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-19
JOLSON STILL
HAS THE NANNY IDEA

I am beginning to believe that
somebody is wrong in not letting
Jolson live down this nanny
song idea. Too much of one thing
is lust too much and it is the same
in any language.
.Jolson's latest movie is called
Nanny b e C a u e SOMEBODY
thought that Jolson must have the
nanny idea around him to draw
the folks in.
Jolson is a big enough o. an arglst
tn create a new form of entertain
rnent on the talking screen. 1t is
the personality of the man which
enabled Jolson to dominate a cast
of more than a hundred people on
the legitimate stage.
In NANNY" Jolson never arrives
at that intimate relation with his
audience that he does on the stage.
Nanny is another one OF those
stories of back stage life, this Time
of a troupe of old time minstrel
performers.
This gives Jolson a chance to ap-
pear in blackface, sing even in the
rain. march in the old fashioned
parade and then he suddenly turns
sentimental and pulls the nanny
sob stuff with Louise Dresser as
Nanny"
This sort of stuff on the screen
doesn't ring true to me, not even
with Jolson pulling the sob stun
The story is rather handicapped be-
cause the plot, what there is OF it.
requires the repetition of scenes
showing minstrel first part.
Lowell Sherman looks like the
villain although he is the fall guy
Lois Moran is the love element OF
the story. From a scenic production
standpoint, I can't see that this one
cost very much. Probably Jolson
got all the money.
at consider Nanny poor movie
but it is a little more human and
less sentimental in spots than the
Jolson picture which preceded this
one.
1t is time that Jolson gives lis
some of his former stage hits in
movie form. Then we probably will
get the real Jolson of the stage
on the screen.
Be your own Judge of NANNY
as usual, but I just can't get in
terested or enthusiastic over
NANNY"
Now at the Apollo.
y
"The Racket" opens a weeks
engagement tonight at the Play
house. It is a Civic Theater pro-
duction.
Other theaters today offer: "The
Arizona Kid" at the Lyric; "Ingagi,
in its second week at the Ohio;
Kitty Warren at the Mutual; Hunt
ing Tigers in India" at the Band
box, and, Hello Maxine" at the
Colonial.
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remove his shoes when the bandit
found he had no money.
Frank Miles, 80, Standard filling
station attendant at Kentucky ave-
nue. and Morris street, robbed Of $40
by two bandits.
Harry Bright, IS, Of Isl West
Pratt street, taxi driver, robbed OF
$25 by two Negroes, who. took his
car on the Charlottesville road. Cab
later was found at Indiana avenue
and California street.
Lorn Askins, 35, of 366 Beauty
avenue, robbed of $28 by two ban
dts at Hanson avenue and Michi-
gan street.
Burglaries reported included:
John Ben Grocery, 2715 North
western avenue, $40 groceries and
$32 cash! D. r. Marshall grocery,
1916 Roach street, 81 cash and small
supply of groceries; Kroger grocery
at 1906 East Thirtieth street, $14
cash and $50 worth of groceries;
Sablosky g. Son dry cleaning shop,
ia West Sixteenth street, $3.50 cash
and two dresses.
A purse snatcher grabbed a purse
containing 1915 from Mrs. Julia
Storms, 346 East Morris street, in
the 500 block West Washington
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-19

love interest is supplied by Claudette
Colbert who is getting more sure OF
herself these days. She is cast as
the wealthy daughter Of an Amer
lean gun manufacturer on a tour OF
Europe with her mamma, papa and
her Main street sweetie from the
states. She falls for the romantic
love making of a French count,
played of course by Chevalier. How
could you guess it? The girls papa
decides that the count is no &C
count. but he brings him back to
America and puts him at manual
labor in his chewing gum factory.
The girl fell for the count, because
he DIDN'T talk shop, but was grand
on throwing the bull in the moon
Ifrht. But the count turns out to
Be a great business man, all shop
and very little spooning. But we
have the happy ending when
Chevaher learns to mix love max
ing with business.
HThe Big Pond is smart and
harmless entertained. Good for
many laughs put over by splendid
cast. The direction is smart. Cheva-
lier Is splendid in good comedy
acting role. Better get an eye full
of this one. That recommend.
Who ever is guilty of having Ed
Resener direct the orchestra in the
pit through the William Tell Over
ture" deserves more than applause.
I would ike to show that guys hand
ad tell him to do more of this sort
Of thing.
The tremendous ovation given
Resener and the men following this
overture Just proves again that great
music can be appreciated II SOLD
correctly.
And they are selling" great mu-
sic this week at the Indiana IN the
right way. A beautiful color back
ground with changing lights and
colors to match the mood OF the oV-
erture is used as the new selling
point of this great overture. Splen-
did. Magnificent. Let me know who
is responsible and will bake cake.
Really. I mean it. We need more
fine orchestral music in the movie
theater of today.
The hight lights of the stage show
this week are the work OF Charlie
Hill at the piano and the skating
acrobatic stunts of the Three White
Flashes and the singing OF Lora
Hoffman.
Just why the winners of the re-
Gently dead dance marathon should
be exploited for doing something
wonderful is beyond me. Rather SAD
to see an attempt made to glorlty
any dance marathon. The rest OF
the stage show just so so.
Now at the Indiana.
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role Of the American buyer, who
saves Lupe from the unpleasant
marriage she is about forced into,
plays his small part very well, while
AL st. John furnishes bit OF
comedy, nov and then, between the
more dramatic situations.
The best performance, goes to
Jean Hersholt, as Joseph the man
who wants to buy Lupe from her
father. Without the aid of his fine
acting, am afraid this picture,
would have been rather hard to sit
through. He makes his character
so real, that you have dislike for
him, even before you know how
cruel he is. When you learn this,
you dispiSe him.
Another thing that helps this film
out of the ruts, is the direction Of
Henry King. He has succeeded in
bringing certain sounds in, such as
the squeaking of shoes, the thud of
a peg leg on a board walk, and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-19

aDlllCleS are not
over demanded in
this part, and be-
cause of this I
like her better
than in previous
roles. Basil Rath-
bone as the gen.
Jus does very
well, although I
have seen him cast
in far better parts.
High tempered,
and giddy from SO
much fame, you
rather dislike him,
but still you want
Miss Dava IN GOT