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The Washington times., 1930-08-29
NJ 'ADOO Silent
ON CANDIDACY
JEANNE HORAK

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29
UN.S0.-Although the question
Of prohibition was never brought
to the front by any Of the candi-
dates seeking the Republican
nomination for governor, there
was a movement afoot in South
ern California today to find an
independent "dry candidate to
oppose Mayor James Rolph, jr.,
Of San Francisco, this fall in the
general election.
It is understood that Mrs. Eva
G. Wheeler, of Los Angeles,
State president of the w. C. T. U.
and other dry leaders will meet
there today to confer and tender
support to some candidate.
According to Charles H. Ran
dali, former congressman and
ardent prohibition worker, the
meeting will be attended by lead
ers Of the w. c. T. u, the anti.
saloon league and the prohibi-
ton party.
The name of William Gibbs
McAdoo, Cabinet member in the
Wilson administration, has been
mentioned as prospective can
didate. e
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. %
.N.S.).-Williams Gibbs McAdoo
today declined to discuss the pos.
Sibility that he might be an
independent candidate for gov.
ernor Of California at the general
election this fall. He said:
81 won't discuss politics
am on my vacation"
McAdoo is en- route to Pendle.
ton to attend the annual rodeo
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Father of Dead Man
Runs DOlUn Suspect

CHICAGO, Aug. 20. - Detec-
tives had almost forgotten the
case, but Martin Flatow kept up
the search for the slayer of his
24-year-old son, Harry.
Recently, two years after Harry
had been slain, the father led
police out to a North Side apart
ment, pointed out Mike Walsh,
alias Miles Mullen, and said:
There's our man."
Walsh had been under indict-
nlent for the Staying for nearly
two years. With Walsh in the
apartment were Mrs. Mary Fla
tow, widow of the slain man, and
niece of the alleged slayer.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Woman Asks $4,000
Off Se0rs-ROebUck
CAPTAIN BASFORD

Mrs. Charles Hellyer, HOO block
Abbey ri. N. E., has filed suit
against Sears, Roebuck & Co. to
recover $4,000 damages for per-
sonal injuries alleged to have
been sustained when she fell
while descending the stairs in the
department store on August "a.
I She claims, through Attorney
Milton F. Barrett, that the store
management had allowed one Of
the steps to become loose.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29

BERKELEY, Calf, Aug. % Il.
N.S0.-"TO q { gree unparal-
Ieled in previous ages, expecta-
tion Of long life has come to de-
pend upon better endowment Of
brains"
This is the assertion of Profes'
Sor S. J. Holmes, head Of the Uni
versity of California department
of zoology, and an international
authority on eugenicS.
Forces of evolution are still
at work improving mankind, he
declares, despite the decline of
the birth rate among educated
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Woman Wins Chest
At Church Carnival

Mrs. Mary j. Daley, 1900 block
New Hampshire Ave. N. W., last
night was winner of the $50 "Pi-
rate chest of gold" being given
nightly to some person at the
carnival at st. Gabriel'S Church,
Grant Circle.
Last nights crowd was so large
that an extra detail of Tenth
precinct police was on hand. The
carnival will close September s.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Rare. Books Stolen
From Leitner Home
DONALDSON

Rudolph Leitner, of the 3100
block Thirty-sixth st. N. w, yes
terday reported to police the
theft from his home of approx
mately SO books.
Several rare volumes, he said,
were among those taken.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29

Times Staff Photo.
MILO LEE KENNEDY
AFTER ENTERING the
Majestic Radio Baby Contest
yesterday with enough votes to
go into fourth place, Milo Lee
Kennedy. of Seat Pleasant, Md,
polled enough votes to take
the lead away from BETTY Gene
Wiley, who dropped to third
place.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
MAJESTIC BABY
LEAD SHIFT

After entering the Majestic
Baby Contest yesterday with
enough votes to go Immediately
into fourth place, Milo Lee Ken
nedy, of Seat Pleasant, Md, con-
tinued to poll votes to such an
extent that today's tabulation
showed him ahead with total of
32.250 votes, passing Betty Gene
Wiley. yesterdays leader.
Another surprise came for Joan
and Jean Tolbert. three-month-
old twin daughters Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Tolbert, 3511 Daven.
port st. N. w.. with 29,785 votes
turned in yesterday, going into
second place, followed closely how
ever, by Betty Gene Wiley, 1445
Park Road, N. W., in third posi-
ton and Mary Jane Watson. SIG
Ingraham st. N. W., in fourth
place.
Votes Pouring In
At the offices of the Eisen-
brandt Radio Company. Majestic
distributors in Washington, votes
continue to pour in, and even at
this late date new entrants are
being received at stores of Ma
jestic dealers. A special display
of Majestic Radios has been
arranged in the lobby of the Fox
Theater, one of the sponsors of
the contest.
Two days remain before each
of the three most popular babies
entered will win one of the three
Majestic Radios offered as prizes
in this contest. Votes will con.
tinue to be issued at the Fox
Theater until Saturday night as
well as with the purchase of
Majestic Radio products from the
stores of any of the dealers
sponsoring the contest.
Latest Standings
The latest tabulation of votes
shows the standings of the fol-
lowing leading contestants: Milo
Lee Kennedy, 32,25O; Joan and
Jean Tolbert, 29,785: Betty Gene
Wiley. 27,725; Mary Jane Wat
son, 27,475; Harry Joseph Fiddle
sop, 15,475; Regina O'Brien.
10,5O0; Elinor Ann Gittelman,
10,160; Stanley M. OstroW, 10000.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
SHAWL STOLEN FROM CAR

Theft of. a shawl valued at $50
from her automobile parked near
Thirteenth and and F SITS. N. W.,
yesterday was reported to police
by Mrs. Ivan H. (Gertrude) John
son, 422 Hamilton st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
BOY CYCLIST HURT.

Falling from his bicycle while
riding near Fifteenth and D SITS.
S. E., Edward Reeves. Is. OF 1884
Massachusetts, Ave. S. E., suffered
a fractured collarbone. The youth
went home after treatment at
Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
WARNER BROS. THEATERS

BILLIE DOVE and DOUGLAS FAIR
BANKS, JR., in "ONE NIGHT AT
SUSIE'S." Added Short Subjects
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Kansas City Life Has
j Good 80 Prospects

'aThe wear lust closed was the
best in our company's 25 years OPP
Grafton in the state" according 70
o. Sam Cummings. general agent
for Texas. The vast scope OF our
field OF operations. reaching as IL
does from the Panhandle TO the
Rio Grande Valley, and from the
uncovered hills OF eastern Texas
to FL Paso. makes it impossible TO
nredict with certainty what any
! wear will bring forth. How
ever he said. with our abund-
ance OF natural resources-Wheat'
cotton. feedstuffs. and other agri-
cultural products; oil and miner
ais: cattle. sheep and hogs; not TO
mention our pine forests, and last
but by no means least-cltrus
fruits-it is uncomfortable that any
year would find the whole state OF
Texss on the ragged edge" MI
Cummings further stated that one
had only 10 refer TO the current re-
nos+s OF the Federal Reserve Bank
ana Dun's and Bradstreet'S. with
their unusual scarcity OF faiIures
and ~liuuidations. TO easily oetect
the sound underlying current OF
business. He gave Il as his opinion
that those Of us who have faith y
VINO are willing 70 match such faith
With real honest hard work. VIII. as
usual. close the year by showing
marked business progress.
The Texas agency OF Kansas City
v;fa - caIehrating Ifs twentv-fifth
anniversary this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
BH RICHARD MASSOCK

NEW YORK P)-From an emf
nence OF books. rising above the
mistS Of patriotic fervor and ma
tional jealousies, America saw in
1929 the bloody European battle
fields of IL years ago.
In fiction the year was largely
one OF war stories, based on the
only too real experiences OF their
authors. And out OF these were
elevated the major successes OF the
publishers twelve-month. "All Quiet
on the Western Front and "A
Farewell to Arms"
The phenomenal reception &C
corded the simply effective account
OF a German foot slogger'S fate in
Fitch Maria Remarque's novel may
have been partly responsible for
the big parade Of books that wound
UP with Ernest Hemingway's equal
~ unadorned yet impressive story
Of an American ambulance driver
in Italy and his love for a nurse.
Youth, however, had 70 share its
hLaorS with the masters. OF the
latter, James Branch Cabell, Ellen
Glasgow. Joseph Hergesheimer,
Theodore Dresser and Mrs. Edith
Wharton are but a few who eXer-
ciSed their perennial talents.
Nor was there any apparent
slackening OF the mystery solving
pastime to which a monument was
lifted in the Omnibus Of Crime"
Europe, too. as usual sent over a
large proportion of its output and
also as usual a European. Thomas
Mann, was decorated with the
Nobel prize in literature.
but observers of a nations read
ing tastes look upon the mounting
list Of non-fiction titles as the most
significant marker OF a peoples in
~tellectuai growth. And here phi
losophy and science have risen TO
a place secondary only to biography.
of which there never has been a
more voluminous exploitation.
While a large group was reading
about Henry VIII, Calvin Coolidge,
Queen Elizabeth. Alfred K. Smith,
Benjamin Franklin and Mark
Hanna, others we're initiated into
the mysteries OF mind and matter
by such as Able Dimmet. John
Dewey, Walter Lippman and Sir
James Jeans, the author Of THE
Universe Around Us"
All of this reading has resulted
in the publication OF more than
$500 titles in one year with the
peak not yet in sight. And much
Of this perusal OF the printed page
IS. no doubt. a result Of the book
club stimulus. without mention OF
which no summary OF 1929 would
be quite complete.
For the book selection contro-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Mrs. Pauline Morrow
Buried In San Renito

NOIE&A0A W q
: FAN BENITO. Jan. i7-Mrs. Paul
sne Morrow. who died IN Deming.
New Mexico. was buried here Thurs
day afternoon at 500 p. m. after
funeral services held at the home Of
her mother, Mrs. J. A Mabry, form
erlv Mrs. Elsie Carlton.
Mrs. Morrow was operated on ten
days ago. and although apparently
recovering. suffered g relapse and
died two days ago.
A sister. Daisy Carlton. was with
her in Deming at the time OF her
death.
She was well known In San Benito,
having lived here for n long time
after the Carlton family had moved
TO town from the Brown Tract.
where they first resided when com
ing to the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
p MOVIE \
HSlDEIlGH7S b
CAPITOL

The zen hit songs featured in
The Love Parade" can be said 10
come out Of the night" Victor
Schertzinger. who wrote the ten
songs Or The Love Parade" does
his composing in his home high
above Hollywood-at night
It is his method to work on his
music 10 night, laboring through
the dark hours and sometimes past
dawn. All his musical compositions
have their inception while he is at
his desk, workir- only with pen and
paper. Later he develops his melo-
dies on his violin, fills in the har-
monies at his Piano and works out
his orchestratic-s at the pipe organ.
1t was just such a procedure that
was followed Composing OF such
numbers from "The 10 : Parade"
as Dream Lover" MY Love
Parade" "Nobody's Usilg it Now"
and seven other popular hits.
Maurice Chevalier, jeanette Mac
Donald. Lupina Lane and Lillian
Roth hea| C stellar cast OF prin-
cipals in THE Love Parade" the
feature attraction at the Capitol
theatre. Sunday. opening with a
midnight matinee Saturday.
The Love Parade is the story Of
the affaires d'amour OF a queen or
a mythical kingdom, played BY
jeanette rfacDonald. who falls in
love and marTies a prince. Maurice
Chevalier. Their comical marital
life. the troubles or a prize con-
sort and general life in the palace
form the background fot this rollick-
ing musical romance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17

versy. with the club on one side
and a publisher on the other, was
a lively development OF last
springs tempest over Joan Lowell's
Cradle OF the Deep"
Subsequent incidents. like the
triumph Of Miss Radcliffe Halls
We'll OF Loneliness over the GEN.
sors; the award Of the Pulitzer
prize to Miss Julia Peterkin for her
negro character study. Scarlet
Sister Mary after another book
had been seriously considered. or
the curious gossip and confession"
novels. were unable to -pproach
it as a literary sensation.
But altogethe- they helped make
1929 a year OF entertainment and
amusement for a lIterate America.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
COWBOY BAND
TO VISIT VALLEY
Famed Simmons Musicians
In Harlingen
Feb. 10
Especial 10 The Herald)


HARLrNGEN. Jan. 17.-Accord-
ing to arrangements completed
Thursday, the famous original Cow
boy Band will visit the Valley in
February. appearing at Harlingen
under the auspices Of the Valley
Md Winter Fair Association. The
definite date has not been set, but
In all probability the band will play
at the auditorium Feb. 10.
D The Cowboy Band Is comprised
Of students Of Simmons University,
but Is a separate organization in its
| own right, being incorporated I'M
der the laws Of Texas. The band
Consists OF almost 100 pieces, only
30 or 60 coming TO the Valley, and
these being the musicians who have
been with the organization from
two 10 four years.
? It is regarded as the outstanding
amateur band in the country. and
is reputed TO have appeared in
more concerts and programs through
out the nation than any except the
ldrReI DIOleSolOlldl Dd4lOo- III az
dition TO the music. a number OF
entertaining acts will be presented
II is said that Madison Square
Garden and several vaudeville cir
cults have offered the band inticing
contracts.
A European tour Is contemplate
ed for the coming summer months.
70 be conducted under the auspices
OF the United States Steamship
lines.
For two years the Cowboy Band
has been the official organization
for the West Texas Chamber OF
Commerce. They also comnrised
the official band Of the Texas dele
cation at the Inauguration Of Presi-
dent Hoover. the first Inauguration
of Governor Dan Moody. at the
meeting OF the Confederate Veter-
ans. and is the official band OF n
! Abilene Chamber Of Commerce.
the Southwestern Cattle Raisers as
ISOLATION. and Of Simmons univer-
sity.
Definite announcements pertain
ing to the date Of their Valley ap-
nearance will be disclosed later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
RIvoLI-sAN BENTTo

Hilarious approval follows the
slap-stick sour OF THE Aviator"
the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone all
talking picture. which began It's
3 days engagement nj the Rivoli
Theatre, San Benito. last night.
Edward Everett Horton heads the
all star cast which includes Patsy
Ruth Miller. johnny Arthur. Lee
Moran. Edward Msrtindcl. Arm
and Kaliz. Kewpie Morgan. Phillips
Smalley and William Norton Bal
ley. The picture IN based on tho
successful stage hit OF James Mont
gomery. The screen adaptation IL
by Robert -ord and Arthur Caesar.
Roy Del Ruth dircc' 4.
The Aviator concerns itself
with the fate Of a staid author. who
suddenly finds himself hailed ms
the author OF a book on wartime
flying experience - courted By
ladies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Spears Heads West

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Jan. is
-tP-With the University OF Min
nesota making last minute efforts
TO keep him as head football coach,
DR.. Clarence ". Spears started to-
day for the west wit the offer
OF an S1l 500 annual salary as
coach at the University Of Oregon
awaiting him. He was lected zach
at Oregon at a meeting OF the In
stitution's executive council last
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Neff to Be Speaker
Especial 70 The Herald


SAN BENTTO, Jan. l7.-Pat M.
Neff. former governor OF Texas.
will be the special guest and speaker
at the third annual stag dinner
birthday party of the Valley Boy
Scout Council, at San Benito, jan
uary 81, according TO an announce
ment by w. w. Housewright, San
Benito banker, in charge Of ar
rangements.
A brief report on 1929 activities
will be made by o. f. Van Berg Of
Mercedes, president Of the council,
and the election OF officers for 1880
will complete the business portion
Of the meeting. The balance OF the
time will be given yer to a unique
and interesting entertainment pro-
gram in celebration OF the Coun-
ellis third birthday.
The meeting will be attended BY
$50 Of the leading citizens Of the
Valley and will be addressed by
Pat M. Neff and j. p. Fitch, re-
gional Scout executive.
Cooperative buying societies IN
Germany have a total membership
OF approximately 10000. 000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Condition of Wreck
Victim Unchanged

HARLINGEN. Jan. 16.-Mrs. M.
ri. Hewitt. or Olmito. injured III an
automobile wreck near San Benito a
few days ago. will be confined 70
the Valley Baptist hospital several
DAYS yet. hospital attaches state.
She did not rest 50 well Wednes-
dav night. but her condition Is still
not considered serious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Merchant to Gotham
(Snecial 10 The Heraldl

Especial 70 The Herald.l
SAN BENTTO. Jan. 17.-Ed
Downs, prominent San Benito mer-
chant. left for New York Wednes-
day on business connected with his
store. He will do his buying in
New York and will return around
the first Of February.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
QUE

There can be no further doubt
about the star who has become de-
finitely tie most romantic person
atty upon the screen-for Joseph
Schildkraut in "the Mississippi
Gambler" the Universal produc-
ton which ol-ns at the Queen
theatre today. unequivocal,y cs-
tablishes his right to the title.
In a picture the very essence Of
which Is romance and romantic
drama. Schildkraut carries a glamor
both OF personality and Of portray
al which marks that particular
type OF part as pre-eminently be-
longing TO himself alone. AS the
Mississippi pc-set ga bier Of a few
decades ago, he is at the same time
the villain and the hero, and equal
ly beloved as both.
1t would seem at first difficult
for an actor to achieve the SYM
pathy OF the audience in a part
which makes him trim" the hero
ines father in a poker game; vet
Schildkraut does exactly that. He
carries his audience completely
with him no matter what he does
and. since the story IS replete with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17

War provided the background for
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque Qef0
and "A Farewell to Arms" BY
Ernest Hemingway (center). high
spots in 1929 fiction. The sea cast
up The Cradle OF the Deep" by
Joan Lowell fright.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
EXPERT PROBES.
TAXI ills

Prompted BY the chaotic condi-
items In the Capitals taxicab In
dustry, the drastic rate slashings
and general confusions which has
caused an Ill effect on bus and
trolley systems, the National Taxi
cab Research Bureau. Inc, Of
New York city to-day sent H. A.
1nness Brown to this city to in.
yestigate the situation.
Brown, who il editor of the
Taxi weekly and Street and High
way Traffic News, Is widely
known for his taxicab and traffic
surveys in Cincinnati, Chicago
and Cleveland and his taxicab
reorganization work In New York.
with view to ending the "cut
throat" competition Of virtually
all. local taxi concerns and end
ing the unnecessary Conlpeti ition
for street car and bus companies.
Brown will conduct his study.
After making his investigation
Brown win submit recommends
tions to local authorities. He viii
cooperate with the Public Utili,
ties Commission, the Traffic Blu
reau and Police Department In
his survey.
Used Cars at economical prices
are advertsaed today y the Glas-
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
HEINEN BUILDS
AIR YACHTS

CAFE MAY, N. u. Sept. 4.
Capt Anton Heinen. German
dirigibls expert and pilot Of the
ehenandoah, then known as the
FRI. when It was brought to this
country from Germany. mas
launched q commercial enterprise
for the construction Of baby
dirigibles for private use, it was
learned here. His first ship is
reported nearly completed.
The dirigibles, which win be
called flying yachts" will be ap-
l3rOxin1ately 100 feet long and
IS feet III diameter and win carry
from four to eight people. They
win probably be filled with
hydrogen. No further details
could be learned from Captain
Heinen's assistants today, in the
absence Of their chief In Wash
lngton.
II was said at the hangar,
which Is being used for construc-
eiOn purposes, that orders for I8
Of the small airships had been
received BY Captain Heinen and
that he had assembled material
for 30 Of the ''air yachts
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Court Aids U'iIbur
liz Indian OIL Lease

Denying an injunction sought
BY residents Of Miami. Okla,
against Secretary Of Interior RAY
Lyman Wilbur and other Govern
ment officials yesterday. Justice
Jesse G. Adkins In the District
Supreme Court upheld the right
Of the interior secretary to de-
cline to remove restrictions on
Ql1apaw indian lands where
mines and mineral rights are
concerned.
The Miami residents brought
the suit on the contention that
they were able to manage their
own affairs and did not wish to-
make the lease IN question, and
charged that Wilbur was with
out power to execute the lease.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
NAVY
ORDERS

Capt. Charles freeman TO com.
mand u. 81 8 Arizona
Capt George p. LandenberKer TO coni-
mand 10. s. s. Arkansaa
Comdr Claude 5 GiIlstts TO pbserva-
tton ana treatment at. u, 3 Naval Hoss
pftal. washington, D. Q.
Lieut. sAdoiph o. Gisselmann 70 Y 3.
g. Lexington
s. Hopkins.
q. s. 8. Medusa.
Lieut.. asE.) John p, spain to y, IS.
MEDICAL CORPS
Comdr. Daniel Hunt to y. >. 3.
New Mexico.
Lieut.. Comdr Hutchenu c. Bishop,
to Naval Training Station, Hampton
Lieut. John l. Farmer, 10 Marine
Corps base. san Diego Calf.
Lieut. Henry W. Patton. to- Naval
Hospital saa. Diego, calif.
Ammunition depot Hawthorne, New.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Army
ORDERS

Leave Of absence u granted to:
Capt. Richard H. DARRELL Cavalry,
three months ana ten days Capt. Ar
noid J. FUNK. TnfantrH one month.
First Lieut.. Thomas A. Doxey, H.,
Filled Artillery. two months ana tif-
teen days First Lieut.. sidney R. Hinds.
Infantry twsnty-four days.
Col. George A. Herbst, Infantry. 4o
Twenty-sixth Infantry, Piattsburg Bar
racks, New York.
Lieut.. Col. Francis w. Griffin, Field
Artillery, TO await retirement.
Lieut.. Col Walter G. Short, Infantry
TO WashInEton. D. c., and report Is
the chief Burean Of Insular Affairs, for
duty IN his office.
Major Charles r. williams. Juare
Advocate Generals DEPARTMENT. viii
report to the Judge Advocate General
for duty In HIS office.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
More Navy Planes
Reported Underway

CLEVELAND. Sept. "a re-
port that Great Lakes Aircraft
Cooperation. q subsidiary o. Al
liedf Motor Industries. Inc. had
won another large construction
contract from the United States
Navy was followed by the dis
closure that its working force
had been doubled. The company
recently completed 10 three-pur+
pose bOmbers for the Navy De
partnaef1t.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

YotlF "tfaveP' worries can he elm
anated through the pnrchase Of car
Of yOuF own from one Of the reliable
dealers ativertising In tOday'g Classified
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

Used Cars at economical prices
are advertised today. In the Glas-
nifled automobile for sale columns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-06
Summer
COL [)S

Almost everybody knows how
Bayer Aspirin breaks up a cold
but why not prevent it? Take
tablet or two when you first feel
the cold coming on. Spare yourself
the discomfort of a summer cold.
Read the proven directions in every
package for headaches, pain, etc.