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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26
Air-Rail.
(Boston News Bureau)

The winter season threatens to mp the first bloom of overland air travel Cheaper slower rail transportation offered its actual and psyche logical comforts to lure back the cold weather traver The air transport companies must keep the national voyaging mind in the air. Rain or shine, their overhead continues To keep the cabins full, they try reduction of rates.
 ~ They do not veil their challenge They frankly advertise rates comparable to railroad and Pullman fares" The lines of most drastic reduction include three of the most prominent transcontinental or ganizations Seven other operating units share in the cut One of the New York-Los Angeles air lines offers trip for $15605 in contrast to its former price of $22351. competitor charges s15953.
 From canal and stage coach days, railroads have tempted the passenger with cut-rate morsels Pri- marily these were to curtail the patient waiting for traffic to grow up to the service, to populate the wilderness Later gestures developed in ex- cursion rates and subsidiary motor bus lines to retain the railroad share of passenger travel.
 The railroads in their formative stage competed chiefly with themselves Air transport companies must face an established and vigorously progressive rail passenger campaign, well as elimination of the unfit in their industry Early railroad competition had the restriction of geographical linn it's Aviation routes have not these natural bounds. In the long run, the railroads prospered on the growing commerce of the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26
WEST HAS AMBITIOUS SWIMMER.

Port Angeles ant Victoria conspiring to make the Strait of Juan de Fuca sort of English Chan mel for swimmers. Ted Slingsby, 19-year-old Vic- toria boy is arranging to swim from Port Angeles to Victoria the Strait next July. He feels confident, the papers say, that he can negotiate the eighteen miles between the two leading Juan De Fuca towns without great difficulty. Slngsby is the son of a retired British army officer and has an established record of swimming ten hours in Oak Bay Victoria without the aid of grease. He believes that with heavy coating of grease he beat the cold waters and strong currents of the channel between the United States and Vancouver Island Slingsby is amateur and proposes to make his big effort strictly on an amateur basis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26
HAVE SENATOR'S LOST THEIR
 REASON?

The Senate has agreed to reconsider the
 selection of Charles Augustus Stone to be
 members of the Board of Regents of the
 Smithsonian Institution after Senator La
 Toilette asserted that Stone was connected
 with one of the greatest power organiza-
 tions in the United States News dis
 patch)
 Have the United States Senators lost their son? In what way could association with one of the greatest power organizations impair in the slight est degree the qualifications of man for mem bershlp on the Board of Regents of the Smith, sonian Institution? What if he owned the power organization outright but had the time necessary to perform the duties of Regent! The association with the big organization is simply evidence of ab- lty. If there other charge against him
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

The defeat of the Republican nominee for Con gress in that special election in his district will not likely make that Senatorial nomination they have been dangling before him look any more attractive to former President Coolidge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

Hefln wants a thorough investigation of the Fascist League, but then, Tom, wants thorough investigation of everythng-excuding the Klan.- Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

than that mentioned there not fgment of cause for refusing to confirm the selection of Charles Augustus Stone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

Brookhart wants Mellon fired Probably poets him of having taken drink three four years ago. Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

We still remember the fine old drinking songs but the stuff nowadays isn't "sngin'" likker- Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

President Hoover has moved to his temporary office, and in the eyes of the Democrats the more temporary teh better Cincinnati Enqurer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26
CHAIN GROUP
 BANKING HAS SECOND CLASS
Branch Banking Consider ed More Sound De-
 clares Sec. Mellon

WASHINGTON, Fep. 26-Secre- tary of Treasury Mellon today told the Banking Committee that in his opinion branch banking was sound- CT than chain group banking but even branch banking should be re- stricted to definite economic areas"
 The Secretary was not prepared, he told the committee, without further thought and study, to state positively what those economic areas would be.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-26

If those delegates do not get satisfactory deal at that London conference suggest that the dozen stenographers the Americans have with them be turned loose on the foreigners If they look like their pictures the other countries will agree to scrap their navies if that is what the girls ask, and per init the United States to build as many ships she might desire.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
NANSEN, ARCTIC
EXPERT, DEAD

LONDON, May 13 0N.SJ.-
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, 68, famous
Arctic explorer and authority on
the polar regions, died at Oslo
today, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch.
DR.. = Nansen's sudden death
came as a great shock to his many
distinguished friends IN England
Winner of the Nobel peace prize
for 1921-1922 and a member Of
the American Philosophical So
ciety, the veteran explorer had
a long and brilliant career which
brought him into contact with
many of the foremost figures
throughout the world.
DR.. NanSen is the second famed
Arctic explorer to die within a
comparatively short space Of time.
DR.. Raold Amundsen, his close
friend and colleague in polar ex-
ploration, lost his life in the
ill-fated attempt to rescue Com
mander Umberto Mobile follow
ing the loss Of the latter's
dirigible, Italia, on an expedition
to the North Pole.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
eagle, Army Athlete,
Admits His Marriage

Chris" eagle, football star at
West Point for several seasons.
has admitted to academy authori-
ties that he has been married for
almost two years, the War De-
partment announced today. Un-
der the long-standing rules of
the academy, a cadets admission
of marriage is equivalent to
handing in his resignation.
The date of eagles marriage
was given by the War Depart
ment as August IS, 1928, at
Gretna. La. This was the date
given in eagles confession" the
War Department said.
His bride was Miss Marian
Halle. of New Roads, La, a boy"
hood sweetheart.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
Cannon s CASE
Up At DALLAS

DALLAS. Tex. May 13 G.N.S)
Bishops James Cannon, jr of Vir-
ginia, and Horace M, Du Bose, Of
Nashville. Tenn, today we're ex-
pected to appear before the COM
mittee of Episcopacy of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South,
following exoneration OF other
members of the College of Bishops
of charges of unwarranted politi-
cal activities in the 1928 presi-
Dental election brought by the
Rev. Rembert G. Smith, of Wash
ington, Ga.
The Episcopacy committee yes
terday began consideration of the
conduct of the members of the
college. and passed" on Bishops
w. A. Chandler. Collins Denny,
Edwin Mouzon and John M.
Moore. Bishop Mouzon, of Char
lotte, and Bishop Moore, of Dal-
las, had been charged with mis-
conduct in connection with their
political activities.
The bishops called before the
committee were given a unani-
nous vote of confidence, it was
learned.
Bishop Moore remained with
the committee almost an hour
after an additional charge of al
legged stock market speculation
had been filed against him by a
lay delegate.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
CLEAR SUICIDE
IN MURDER
staff Photo

Renewed activity in the search
for the itinerant painter. sought
for questioning in the murder of
Mary Baker, was ordered today
when finger and palm prints Of
a suicide found in Atlanta sew
eral days ago failed to correspond
with those on the girls auto
mobile.
No photographs could be OBJ
tanned of the suicide from At
lanta police but it is considered
highly improbable that he had
any connection with the murder.
Painter Lead Is Best
With the collapse of this clue,
the strongest lead now in posses
sion of the police points to the
painter who, since the Staying,
has vanished from his usual
haunts.
When the man in question was
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The Washington times., 1930-05-13
4 MAKE LONG
OCEAN TRIP
IN SPECIAL
SEAPLANE
South Atlantic Flight Com
pIeted Without Accident;
New Postal Route BIazed

NATAL, Brazil. May 13 GN.SO
Jean Mermoz, French aviator.
blazing the trail for new air
mail route across the South At
1antic. arrived here today at 6:12
a. M, Eastern standard time,
completing a nonstop flight from
st. Louis, Senegal. Africa.
With Mermoz were three COM
panions-a mechanic, radio
operator and postal official.
The Seaplsne, especially built
for the newly inaugurated service
brought a load of 800 pounds of
mail.
The four Frenchmen left
Senegal yesterday morning
Enough gas was on board to per
NIT the plane to remain aloft for
36 hours. The ocean hop covered
approximately 1900 miles.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
IS
GR|LLED BY
SENATORS
Official Piled With Queries
on How "Superiority" Over
British Navy Is Achieved

A veritable barrage Of ques-
tions bearing on naval parity be-
tween the United States and
Great Britain was directed ct
Secretary of State Stimson today
when he again appeared before
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to explain the London
naval treaty.
Stimson staunchly defended the
act of London, asserting:
"TO give a bird's-eye view.
the treaty takes the United
States out of a condition Of
inferiOrity and places it in q
condition of superiority"
Piled With Questions
Senators on the committee ex-
hibited a lively curiosity as to
how this figured out, and piled
Stimson with questions.
Stimson told the committee in
his opening yesterday he con-
sidered the treaty a "fair" one.
and predicted it would prove q
powerful impetus toward world
peace. None Of the nations at
the conference tried to "over-
trade" he said, although the
gathering "bristled" with inherent
differences.
Prevented Failure
He refused to dwell on tha
failure of Britain, France and
Italy to agree on strict limitations
as did America, Great Britain
and Japan. That, he declared
was part of another problem.
The United States, he added, is
interested in the French and
Italian navies only insofar as
they affect Britain.
It was the United States
delegation which prevented the
conference from breaking down
when it was realized there would
be no five power treaty, he de-
clared.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
ULSTER TROOPS
RECAPTURE
SHOLAPUR
Martial Law Declared After
They QueII NationaIists,
Who Held Indian City Day

LONDON, May 13 U.NSO-
British troops today regained
control of Sholapur, important
textile center $50 miles southeast
Of Bombay, after rioting Indian
nationalists had ruled the city
for several hours, according to
dispatches received by the Lon
don evening newspapers.
Traders fearing the looting Of
their shops renamed indoors and
refused to open up while the
disorderly crowds milled through
the principal streets.
Martial Law Proclaimed
Urgent calls for assistance had
been sent out and at the behest
Of district magistrates a battalion
of the Royal Ulster rifles was
dispatched from Poond.
Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the city, the dis.
patches said.
Mani Lal Gandhi, son of Ma.
hatma Gandhi, arrested leader
Of the civil disobedience cam
paign against the British govern.
ment In India, left Navsari today
for DharaSana, according to dis
patches received here.
More than 300 volunteers were
gathered at the latter city where
it was expected they would raid
government supervised salt de.
pots.
Troops Disperse MObs
British troops found it neceS.
sary to occupy Sholapur when
bands of Nationalist volunteers
circulated through the city,
harassing pedestrians, interfering
with traffic and otherwise at
tempting to paralyze the civic
administration of the city.
According to dispatches here,
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The Washington times., 1930-05-13
DRAGGED
FOR BOYS

The story of two little girls to
the effect that they saw two
children fall from a boat and
drown after vainly struggling to
keep afloat in the waters Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, just
above the Aqueduct Bridge, led
harbor police to resume the
dragging of the canal early to-
day.
Eight-year-old H,lan Mcdaniel,
370O block M st. N. w. told
police she was on the canal road.
side of the stream shortly before
2 o'clock when she saw a row
boat in which were the two chill,
dren, woman wearing white
duck trousers, and white shirt
and fat MAJ "in brownish
suit"
"They Walked Away"
Helen said she and her com
panion. Margaret Champion, IA,
of the 3700 block Canal Rd. N. W.,
were badly frightened. She said:
"The man and woman swan
to shore and climbed out and
walked away. The baby in
the pink dress began floating
away, and wher it came by
the bank where I was it sank.
The other baby fIOated away,
and it was kicking its legs. /
ran and told a policeman"
The Fire Rescue Squad found
a derelict rowboat floating in the
canal about three blocks from
the scene, in yesterdays search.
Police were told, by the two
witnesses, that the man and
woman in the rowboat appar'
emily left the two children to
drown. They succeeded in swim
ming ashore and then diSap.
peared down the towpath.
No Trace Found
Three hours after dragging yes
terday revealed no trace of any
bodies, and harbor police today
were inclined to discount the
story told by the witnesses whom
they believe to have been toe
excited to have observed accur'
ately.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
NJ BRIDE RAkED
BY BLAINE

The claim of DR.. F.. Scott Nc
Bride that the Anti-Saloon League
of which he is general super
intendent. was born of God"
and that God leads it" was sub
jected to a savage attack today
when the dry leader resumed the
stand before the Senate Lobby
Committee to continue his story
of the league activities.
Senator Blaine (RD of Wis
consin, who characterized Nc
Brides claim of divine origin for
the league as "sacrilegious and
preposterous. put the league
head through a sizzling cross
examination. Blaine demanded:
do you still believe in the
divine right of kings?"
Refuses to Answer
Mcbride replied:
81 don't care to answer
that"
DOn you hnO" tldL CIuCA
and wicked tyrant of the past
has always claimed to be the
instrument of GOd?"
81 don't know that"
Don't you know that pre-
ceding burnings at the stake
those that justified the acts
said they were acting as she
instruments of God, even hav-
ing prayers before they acted?"
ST don't know that"
"That is history"
Blaine took a new tack.
do you know a man named
Kresge who supports your
league?"
'T know two KreSgeS."
''WhO are they?"
zone is Sebastian S. KreSge."
'Is that the KreSge of many
matrimonial difficultieS?"
"T don't know. They are
father and son, the sons name
is Stanley"
Robinson Interrupts
Senator Robinson (R.) of In.
diana interrupted to inquire what
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The Washington times., 1930-05-13
R1naniG FOrbids
Debate OUer Carol

BUCHAREST, May 13 Q.N.S)
The Rumanian cabinet today is
sued an official decree prohibit
ing all public debate on any ques-
ton relating to the exiled ex-
Crown Prince Carol. A liberal
anti-Carol pamphlet was confiS-
Gated, as we'll as today'S issues of
the newspapers Cuventul and Uni
versul, containing articles about
him.
A few days ago the cabinet
ruled Carol had lost the right to
use the title of Prince and or
dered returned to him $500 sent
to survivors of the Good Friday
Church fire which he had re-
queSted be known as the Prince
Carol fund"
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
Ten of Jury Named
To Tru W. r. Garner

SEBRING, Fla, May 13 I.N.SD
The quest for a jury to try viii.
liam R. Carver, former Strouds'
burg, Pa, real estate man, for
the murder of his wife, his small
son, and a negro servant, con,
tinued today in Highlands county
circuit court.
An hour after court convened
this morning only ten qualified
veniremen had been tentatively
selected by the State and the de.
fense. Indications were that a
jury may be obtained late this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
MdrOn AUOWed Bail,
Pleads Not Guilty

NEW YORK, May 13 Q.N.SO
James M. Maxon, jr., son of a
Chattanooga, Tenn, bishop, was
admitted to $4,000 bail today
when he pleaded not guilty to an
indictment charging murder in
the second degree.
He is alleged to have beaten to
death David Paynter, a 73-year-
old retired printer, during a
drunken brawl in a West End
Avenue rooming house early in
the morning of April 18.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
NINE RUNAWAYS
CAPTURED BY
OFFICERS
VIk, Boy Who Was Chained
for 90 Days and Then Ran
Away, Is Still at Large

Nine of the IA boys and girls
who escaped from the National
Training School for Boys and the
District Training School at An
napolis Junction have been cap
tured and returned to their re-
spective institutions.
A group of five boys and three
girls left the District Train
ing School at Annapolis Junction
early Sunday morning. Three of
the boys and three of the girls
met about a mile from the insti-
tuition Unexpectedly and decided
to throw in their lot. The girls
planned to go to Philadelphia and
the boys to continue on to New
York.
The six were arrested on the
outskirts of Baltimore early this
morning. They are: Joseph Chllds,
20; Elmer Saunders. 10; Leonard
Findley, IT: Doris Powell, l8;
Louise Beach, 10, and Sarah
Ramsay, Is. ...
Made No Plans
When taken into custody the
girls told police that their had
been no pre-arrangement between
themselves and the boys, but that
they met by chance. They said
that they kept to the woods and
side roads to avoid motorists and
slept near Laurel the night OF
their escape.
Leslie johnson, 10, one Of the
group was arrested at his home
on the Conduit Road northwest,
where he went after taking
French leave from the District
Trainin>, School. Anthony Thorn
as, the last member of the group
is still at large.
Others Led Off
Otto Garrell Vlk, who was
placed in leg shackles at the Ma
tional Training School for Boys
to keep him from running away,
lead a group of five other boys
from the institution. 1t is be-
lieved that they walked off dur
ing a recess period from one of
the Fairgrounds at the school.
Howard Riggs and Charles
Shelby, who accompanied Vlk,
were captured near Ardmoor,
Md, on the right-of-way OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad. T h ey
were returned to the school.
Vlk, Joseph SlabirSk, Shirley
Castbell and Edward Griebensack
are still missing.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
Young Couple Held
In $4,000 Gen, Theft

CLEVELAND, May 13 G.N.SO.
A man and a woman giving their
names as David Kinane, %, and
his wife, Sadie, 20, both of Lynn,
Mass, were held by police here
today in connection with the
theft of $4,000 in jewelry from
Mrs. Irene Peasley, Of Cadillac,
Mich.
The valuableS were stolen,
police said, from the Peasley
automobile as it was parked in
front of the Federal Reserve
Bank here last May 2.
Kinane and his wife were
arrested as they were attempting
to pawn a pearl necklace, identi-
fled as stolen from Mrs. Peasley,
police said.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
British Woman Filler
ArriUes at RGnQOOn

LONDON, May 13 Q.N.S)-
Miss Amy johnson, British avi-
atrix, attempting a solo record
breaking flight from London to
Australia, arrived at Rangoon
from Calcutta today, according to
dispatches to the London evening
newspapers. -
She negotiated without diff
Guilty the hazardous crossing OF
vast stretches of open water and
uninhabited Jungle land.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
Colleen Moore, Star,
Sues Mccormick

LOS ANGELES, May 13 GIN.
S0.-Colleen Moore, motion pic
ture star, today will appear in
court here to testify at the hear
ing of her divorce suit against
John Mccormick.
Miss Moore, known in private
life as Kathleen Mccormick,
charged cruelty in her complaint
filed recently.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
T0DAY'S SCRATCHES

AURORA
FIRST RACE-Shannon Rose. Favorite
Girl, Fluttering, Old Mark.
SECOND RACE-Walter r, Golden
Brown, Tetra Glass. Jack Rankins,
The Abbot, Kit Carson, Sir John K.
THIRD RACE-Adams Money.
FOURTH RACE-Miss Ramsey.
SIXTH RACE-Gold Handle.
SEVENTH RACE-Flag Lieutenant,
Mayberry.
Weather, cloudy: track, fast.
PARAMOUNT PARK
FIRST RACE-Sifting Sand, Good
Sheperd, The Major, Ragabald, Kalani'
Ruth Gold.
SECOND RACE-GaIonia. Grooming,
Lexington Girl.
THIRD RACE-McCulloch
FIFTH RACE-War Instigator, Ex-
treme.
SIXTH RACE-High Spot. Runmaid
King at Arms, woodEain, Nellie Ballot
Uncle Miss.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13

CHICAGO, May 13 Q.N.S0.-
An inquest was ordered today
into the suicide Of 13-year-old
Harold Weinstein who, because he
was reprimanded in school,
hanged himself from a beam in
the basement of his home here
last night.
investigation disclosed that the
boy had been dismissed from
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
MARYLAND PAIR WEDS

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May
13.-John David Snyder, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Snyder, of
Hedgesville, and Miss Margaret
Cooper, of North Mountain,
daughter of Charles Cooper, were
married here by the Rev. John
Ward Brown, of First Baptist
Church. The bride is a native
of Laurel. Md.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
Boy IS, TAINTED at School
HANGS Self in Home

school because he was too eager to
recite in his classroom. After a
reprimand he was re-admitted
yesterday, but classmates taunted
him, it was learned.
He kissed a younger sister good
by, went to the basement and
there fashioned a moose from a
clothesline and jumped off a
Stepladder.
The Washington times., 1930-05-13
THE WEATHER

Generally fair and warmer today; tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness, probably followed by show
ers. Temperature yesterday-HiEhest, 65; low
Full We0ther report page S.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
HIGH PRESSURE PETE-Dirty Work.
THE GUMPs--A-Hem.

lLs5eN ,BoQ>- TO-DAY YoJRE 0oTNc W N "a
BALLOON, ANo Put on a EIGHT WHILE VIZ
/ SHOOT a PICTU0G OF TT les GO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-20
LAMONT ISSUES
FAKE BLDG. DATA
Wants to Hide Big
Construction Slump

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-As part
# the Hoover publicity campaign
o cover the deep nature of the pres
e mt crisis, Secretary Of Commerce
robert P. Lamont, issued series
4 faxed figures On projected build
ng construction. He announced
hat $7,000,000,000 would be spent
n 1880 for public utility extension
programs.
This is contrary to the announce
uefts of many Of the utilities COM
,anies, chief among which is the
New. York Edison Co., which de-
Jared it would cut its 1880 budget
~ many millions of dollars.
Lamont said governors Of 26 states
ave responded to Hoover's request
or detailed data on public works
construction. Foremost in the states
Who promise "big works." SAID La
mont, is New York.
When Governor Roosevelt, of New
York, published his building pro-
ram. for 1880, the Journal of Com
nerce, leading capitalist mouApece
,ointed out that it showed "no ex-
ension of activity" In fact it
bowed cuts in many instances.
Permits for building work during
he past month dropped 43 per cent.
he Analyst pointed out that there
vas a severe slump in public works
md commercial projects.