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New Britain herald., 1930-06-21
Facts tsondFancies
By Robert Cullen

By Robert Quillen
 No, Ethel the national song o1 Sweden IS not Swede .Adeline.'
 The man vno tries to dodge his duties usually finds the detour mucl rougher than the road.
 Office Girls Fired for Drinking says a headline Tonight you're stewed chicken; tomorrow canned peach.
 The recent statistics on dWorco seem 10 ndicats that the God of War is not Mars but Cupid
 The heIght Of hard luck To lose your suitcase covered with foreign labels and De forced to tour Europe all over again.
 The producers call their var movies realistic. but you never see the hero stop to scratch.
 DO they still call it The Literary Digest? Or is # The Literary Wet cr-Dry-Jest?
 The business depression is ended. ws suppose. The June grads arrived ir the nick Of time and have the situation we'll ln hand.
 The prize extremist IS the Dry rho wants to abolish the American flag for having bars.
 Americanism: Man stays whole family: defense pleads it was on,y small family and the judge gives hIm three years.
 Feature news in 1850: Uncle Joe Frown is 90 years old and has ner- e. crossed the Atlantic in q biplane.
 When the office boy says the boss Is in conference i. usually means he's conferring with his cal- die as to the present location of hts ball
 It's bound 10 come sooner or la-- CT 4 reform movement to maNe the goldfish wear bathing suits
 They say drinking was increased by making liq LOT hard to get but that wasn't what increased pettiny.
 This new vogue Of night baseball will be a Godsend to the umpira, Under cover of darkness he'll have better chance to escape.
 Age brings wisdom of sort A young man thinks everybody's crazy except himself; an old man knows eyerybody's crazy including himself.
 A frorn has little CT no cash value, Nobody ever got paid for be- ing dlsagreea5le except traffic cop.
 Add list of unsunG heroes The man who rode around the world T q dirigible and kept his watch prop erly set from start to finish.
 Correct this sentence: The bridge prize that I won last night is a very useful article
 Copyright. 193o. Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

Americanism Man stays whole family; defense pleads it was on,y a small family and the judge gives hIm three years.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

Members ot the department have since dec. ared they had no graceful alternative but 10 vote with their superior officers
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

The business depression is ended. ws suppose The June grads arrived ir the nick Of time and have the situation we'll in hand
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

The prize extremist IS the Dry rho wants 10 abolish the American flag for having bars
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

The producers call their var movies realistic. but you never see the hero stop to scratch.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

Do they still call it The Literary Digest? Or is it The Literary Wet CT -Dry-Jest?
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

Add list Of unsun- heroes The man who rode around the world T dirigible and kept his watch prop erly set from start to finish.
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

These suLsidiaries'-r a para graph in this should be so co-ordinated and operated as to prevent and make unnecessary the
New Britain herald., 1930-06-21

Correct this sentence: The bridge prize that I won last night is a very useful article
 Copyright. 1880. Publishers
 Syndicate
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
BLUECOAT KILLS
ASSA|LANT

Mobbed by nearly dozen
colored men when he attempted
to place one of their number
under arrest for drunkenness
yesterday morning in Navy Place
Southeast, one of the toughest
spots in the city, Policeman F..
w. Sanford, of the Fifth precinct,
was forced to shoot one man to
protect himself.
James Campbell, colored, 20,
of Navy Place Southeast, died
a short time after the shooting
at Casualty Hospital. He was
found by friends in a backyard
after he had succeeded in eScap-
ing from the officer, even though
wounded.
Sanford, in his official report,
said that he was attempting to
put a man under arrest when
the crowd hemmed him in and
attempted to liberate the prisoner.
After the man was freed Sanford
was subjected to a beating at the
hands of the colored mob and
then drew his gun, threatening
to shoot.
His threats doing no good he
fired one shot at Campbell, one
of the most aggressive of the
attackers. Fifth precinct police
expect to rearrest the man who
escaped today, while the officer
is being temporarily detained
pending a coroner's inquest.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
DEATH PROBED
BY CORONER

An autopsy will be performed
under orders of Coroner ]. Ram
sey Nevitt to determine the cause
Of death of William j. McKeand,
%, found lying unconscious on
the kitchen floor of his home in
the 470O block Georgia Ave. N. w. :,
with two Jets Of the stove open.
The young mans mother, Mrs.
Flora p. McKeand. found him
after she had detected the odor
Of gas.
Members Of No. 2 fire rescue
squad labered for more than an
hour to revive McKeand. He was
pronounced dead by DIR. James
Rolls, 1900 block Georgia Ave.
N. w. No certificate will be is
sued until the autopsy has been
performed.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
House Group to Inspect
D. C.. Alleys This Week

the southeast section, following
the recent murder of Prohibition
Agent York in an alley, will spur
the House subcommittee to make
a complete inquiry into these
hidden communities"
1t is estimated that there are
$4,000 persons, mostly colored,
living in the hidden streets and
alleys Of the city. The alley elm
ination bill provides that within
10 years all these communities
shall be replaced with sanitary
buildings and the streets anc
alleys replatted.
The President would be given a
revolving fund Of $3,000,0OO to
bring this about and would use
the agencies Of the United States
Housing Corporation in providing
new homes at reasonable rentals
ing.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05

Under the guidance of a rep
resentative of the Capital Park
and Planning Commission, Rep
resentative Frank L. Bowman
(RD West Virginia this week will
head subcommittee of the House
District Committee on an inSpec-
ton tour of the alleys of the Ma
tional Capital.
Representative Bowman, chair
man of the subcommittee in
charge of the alley elimination
bill, said today that the inspec-
ton trip is to acquaint commit
tee members with what has been
described as squalid and revolving
living conditions in many parts
Of the city.
The fact that yesterday saw
another fatal battle between
policeman and alley dwellcrs in
The Washington times., 1930-05-05

The issue of enforcing the an
cient Sunday blue laws in Airing
ton county, Virginia, is not to be
decided for another 10 days at
least,
When C. B. Rosenberg, 500
block of Wilson Blvd, was found
painting his house yesterday, he
was placed under arrest by the
county authorities and summoned
to appear before Judge Harry r.
Thomas today. ....
He made his appearance, with
Hugh McCafferty as his attorney,
and by agreement a trial of the
case was postponed until May IA.
When Rosenberg's plight be-
came known, the National Asso-
citation Opposed to Blue Laws
swung into action and offered
aid in his defense. His home is
opposite to st. Georges Episcopal
Church in Clarendon, and COM
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
CALLS PUT
HEAVY LOAD ON
DIAL PHONES
Messages Today Are Expected
to Go Above Million Mark;
Work Right If Used Right

Criticism was heaped on the
dali telephone system by many
subscribers today who insisted
that instead of speeding up
traffic the dials have resulted
in delay.
AS a matter of fact. the new
service worked Smoothely as q
well-oiled engine despite the fact
that curiosity calls ran the traf-
fic in the National, Metropoli-
tan and District areas from q
normal rate of $4,000 calls to
rate Of about 100000.
On normal days the entire
number Of calls in all exchanges
does not exceed CSC, 900. At the
rate the dial phones were going
today it looked as If the num-
ber of calls in all exchanges
would go well over 100000
Improper use of the dial phones
also slowed service up. as many
persons dailed GA for Georgia
when they should have dialeo
GE, and AC for Atlantic when
AT were the proper letters to
use. In all $4,000 dial phones are
in operation in the three down
town exchanges and all have func-
toned perfectly when dialed
properly.
Phone company officials believe
that the curiosity calls will fall
off within the next two or three
days and traffic will get back to
normal.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
ZOO HEADACHE
TABLETS KILL

Mary Faldon, SO, Of Hume
Springs, near Alexandria, Va,
died last night at Georgetown
University Hospital from the eff.
fectS of 200 headache tablets
she swallowed late Thursday.
In a not to her brother George
Faldon, she wrote:
81 am tired of this miser.
able, unhappy life, SO / have
decided to end t all. Divide
my property between your
two brothers, George and
Thomas FaldOn and yourself,
Isabella FaldOn. / have swal-
lowed zoo tablets. May God
forgive me-"
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Young EpiscOpGItGns
Meet Here Friday

A three-day convention, at
which approximately 500 dele
gates from Maryland, Virginia,
Delaware, Pennsylvania and the
District of Columbia are expected
to be present, will open here Fri.
day at the Episcopal Church OF
the Epiphany.
Work of the Young Peoples Eel
lowship Forum of the Episcopal
church will be the topic Of dis
cussion. The Rt. Rev. James E.
Freeman, bishop of Washington,
will address the delegates at a
banquet Saturday night at the
Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
COURT WA|TSO ON
HONEYMOON

Scanning q list of defendants
on liquor charges arrested during
the past two months by Detectives
William McEwen and w. r. Laf-
lin, Eighth precinct, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Julian Richards in
Police Court today remarked to
Laflin:
Were apt to put some of
these before the jury today"
Laflin replied:
"SOrry, but it's impossible"
Detective McSwen is at Ocean
View, Va, honeymooning with his
bride, formerly Miss Dorothy
Bowers. of Richmond. Va, his
home town. He was married
Saturday.
McEwen was to have been a
star witness against eight defend
ants, all Of whom came to court
today in response to SummonSeS
written before any one knew Of
his matrimonial intentions.
Two weeks ago McEwen's s
brother John was married by
Judge r. E. Mattingly. of the
municipal court. william, his
partner Laflin, and Miss Bowers
were witnesses then. Laflin, who
has been married five years, said
he thought his brothers example
provided Detective McEwen with
the impetus to do the same thing.
Prosecutor Richards wrote:
postponed" on all the pending
liquor charges.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
TELLS COURT
ACCOUNTING
IS WRONG
Peoples Counsel Asks Order
for Retaliation Before Ac-
tiOn on Confiscation Pleas

The valuation of the street car
companies has been erroneously
set up, according to brief filed
by Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keecn today, asking the District
Supreme Court to grant a motion
Tor the revaluation Of the prop
erty.
Keech will seek to introduce
additional evidence when the case
comes up for trial on May IL.
Cites Many Flaws
In denying that the present
rate is unfair or confiScatory.
Keech stated that a 1O-cent fare
would be more than the service
Is worth.
His brief is in answer to one
filed sometime ago by the COM
paHy demanding an increased
fare. Keech attacked their bill
on many grounds.
The companies have failed to
show the Public Utilities Commits
sion whether or not they are earn
ing a fair return at present: have
failed to show what fair valua-
ton of their present property is
because they have used misleading
accounting methods. and many
items charged to capital accounts
are questionable, Keech alleges.
Evidence Conflicting
Evidence as to the increased in
come under the 1O-cent fare. or
four tokens for 80 cents, is con-
flicting and conjectured, Keech
also said.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Runaway Boy Visits
City Locked In
Baggage Car

Undismayed after a trip of
110 miles locked tight in a
baggage car, Arthur Fuller
Souther, 11-year-old boy from
Charlottesville, Va, was dis
covered in his private" car
when the train drew into
Union Station yesterday.
His diScoverer, a yard fore
man, turned the adventurous
boy over to Miss Edna
Schneider of the Travellers Aid
Society and telegraph wires
were kept hot in informing the
boys parents that he was in
good hands. He will be re-
turned to his home today,
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Sister Finds Man
"LOSt" for 80 Years

Time and Chance staged a
drama last night in a lunch
room next door to The Washing
ton Herald.
John Eagan, printer, was seat
ed at q table. A middle-aged
woman entered and said she was
Harriet Eagan, his sister. They
had not seen each other for Ss
wears, Each believed the other
dead. For five years he lived in
washington unaware she resided
here. They had mutual friends.
Names were mentioned. Questions
were asked. Last night they
were answered.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Typographical Union
PUUs Tribute to Dead

The twenty-eighth annual me-
mortal service of the Columbia
Typographical Union No. 101 was
held yesterday afternoon at AIS
G st. N. w. The Rev. John C.
Palmer was the principal speaker
Members who had died since
the last meeting were recalled by
william M. Leath. president. Tho
Masonic Glee Club sang. Ths
Temple was decorated by a com.
mittee of the Women's Auxiliary
No. 13 and Of which Mrs. William
H. Rowe was chairman.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
First Glass Mail
Rate Raise SOuqht

The Hoover adminiStratiOn is
considering asking Congress to
approve an increase in the first
class postal rate from 2 to az
cents to relieve the mounting pos
tai deficit, it was learned last
night.
Postmaster General Walter F.
Brown indicated legislation to
this effect would be proposed as
soon as practicable. ...
The increased rate, Brown said,
would supply an estimated addi-
tional 100000 annually, more
than half the annual postal def
icit.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Strawberries Hurt
In Virginia bH Frost

RICHMOND, Va, May s.
Early strawberry short cakes will
be scarce in the Herald, Va,
section this season. The frost
last week killed practically all
the early blooms.
However, growers believe many
Of the later blooms will come
on for at least partial crop of
berries. Many strawberries are
grown on Sandy Ridge, in the
Herald section.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
BlueLawinArl Va,
To Be Argued May II

plants Of church-going neighbors
are believed to have led to his ar
rest yesterday.
The old pre-Revolution blue
laws remain on the statute. books
of Virginia, but, it is understood.
are not consistently enforced. In
cases where citizens make pro
test against violation of the Sab
bath, however, they can oe
brought into action to stop any
sort of labor or recreation on the
daY.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Police Asked to Find
Missing d. C. Girl, %

Police last night were asked to
aid in locating Miss Naomi Cross,
"a. who has been missing from her
home, 3545 Tenth st. N. W., since
last Friday.
According to the report made to
police by Mrs. Cecilia Cross,
mother of the missing girl, Miss
Cross Is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs
shout 120 pounds and has dark
hair and eyes.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Sd DR.. WATKINS
ADVOCATES
At. SESSION
First International Congress
on Mental Hygiene Opens
Meet at Washington Hotel

Selective sterilization Of men,
tally defective men and women
in institutions throughout the
country was advocated by DR..
Harvey M. Watkins, in an ad-
dress at the opening meeting Of
the first International Congress
on Mental Hygiene this morning
in the Rose room Of the Wash
ington Hotel.
Commenting upon the subject,
DR.. Watkins declared that 81 per
cent of the American Association
for the Study of the Feeble
Minded replied to QUESTIONABLE
on the subject and of this num-
ber "a per cent were in favor Of
the plan. DIR. Watkins said:
"The mentally defective child
is entitled to an education, so
far as his abilities will permit,
just the same as his normal
brother and sister. He IS
equally entitled, after receiv-
ing this training, to be parOled
under the most favorable cir
cumstances both to himself
and to the institution which
has trained him.
"The time has arrived when
the association should give con-
sideration to this further step
in dealing with the mentally
defective. Justice to the in
dividuaI defective requests and
80 years of experimentation
warrants it's adoption as .
part of q broad and COnserva-
tive program"
Many Delegates Here
Delegates from every State in
the United States and So foreign
countries have registered for the
various group meetings to be held
here the remainder of the week.
Discussion of the methods en-
ployed in other countries in the
treatment of the mentally detec-
tive and the criminal element
will be the principal feature OF
the various meetings.
Problems of pSychiatry, psy'
chology and social welfare work,
as we'll as emotional and mental
behavior in general, will all come
under the scrutiny Of the experts
gathered here from every corner
of the world.
To Greet Visitors
Secretary Of the Interior Ray
LYMAN Wilbur will greet the dele
gates at an international dinner,
to be held tonight in the Willard
Hotel. DR.. William A. White, OF
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, will pre-
side at the dinner.
Other group meetings held in
the Willard and Washington
hotels this afternoon included Q
World View on Mental Hygiene"
and THE American Psychiatric
Association on ConvulSive Dis
orders"
The preliminary meeting Of the
organizing committee of the inter
national committee for mental
hygiene was held late in the
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Stabbed in Quarrel,
He Dies in HOSDit1L

Perry Wilson, colored, 43, stab
bed last night in an alteration
in the 1900 block Pomeroy Ct.
N. w. was taken to Freedman'S
Hospital and treated by DR.. A.
B. Charles, but died without re-
gaining consciousness.
Eighth precinct police were
given the name of a suspect.
A coroner's inquest win be
held.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Leech Net Trophy
Match Due JHLu IS

The annual tennis match be.
tween the Army and Navy for
the. Leech lawn tennis trophy
WiIl be held here July 19. it was
announced today by Rear Ad-
miral Leigh.
There will be four single and
three doubles matches. and Off
GERS and enlisted men Of the
Navy and Marine Corps on active
dirty are eligible.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
WILL HONOR COL. PAYNE

A luncheon is honor of Col.
Frederick H. Yayne will be held by
the Washington posts Of the So
ciety of American Military Engi-
neers and the Army Ordnance AS
sociation, May Is, at the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps Country
Club.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
BANK STATEMENTS

New York Clearing House ex-
change $562 900, 900.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, Sill. .000, 900.
Treasury balance, $147,6 $780,
912.54.
Customs receipts, $4.586, ,057 Is,
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
CITIZENS TO ELECT

The Columbia Heights Citizens
Association will elect officers to-
morrow night at the Columbia
Heights Christian Church.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
CIVITANS TO GATHER

The Civitan Club will meet
at the Lafayette Hotel at 1890
o'clock tomorrow aftnrnoon.
The Washington times., 1930-05-05
Movie Directory

The Movie Directory for,
merly carried on the local
page will be found on the
third page Of this section
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
SPECIAL RELAY
DRAWS PREPS

One of the special events in
the c. U. indoor track meet
tomorrow night that bids fair
to prove one of the most popular
Of the % events is the two-thirdS
mile triangular relay race among
st. Johns Prep, Georgetown Prep
and LaSalle Institute, of Cumber-
la-i. Gonzaga also was expected
to enter a team in this event but
withdrew at the last minute.
That the race will be a speedy
one seems certain. All three en-
trants have been working hard
to get a smooth-running quartet
Of speedsters groomed for the
event. Each runner is to cover
two laps and the team passing
the baton with the greatest
smoothness figures to have the
edge.
Coach Paully Byrne, of st.
Johns. has been working with
six Of his fastest men for this
event, and, unless they are the
victim of some racing bad Il
figure to be the favorite to cop.
Coach Byrne will pick his four
runners from the following: Bruce
Rogerson, Mike Scanlon, Roger
Cooper, Robert Quigley, Eugene
Augusterfer and Buddy Gallagher.
Milton Singman, star athlete
performer at Business, has been
lost to the baseball team this
spring. Singman Clipped a bone
in his ankle recently and will be
confined to his bed for at least
two weeks. After that his doctor
has ordered him to give the in
jured member a complete rest
from all athletis strains.
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
WEATHER DETAILS

cloudy sky this afternoon preceded by
light rain near Norfolk. Fresh westerly
winds surface, fresh to strong west at
1000 feet, and southwest shifting to
west or westnOrt gales at 5000
feet. On Wednesday the weather will
be fair with moderate to fresh westerly
winds.
WASHINGTON, d. C., to Dayton, Ohio
Cloudy to partly cloudy sky this after
noon with risk of light rain or snow
flurries. Moderate to fresh westerly
winds at surface; fresh to strong west
at 1000 feet, and southwest or west
gales at 5000 feet On Wednesday the
weather will be partly cloudy with risk
of snow flurries in the mountains; mod
crate to fresh northwest or west winds.
Uniohtown, Pa, to Detroit, Mich
Cloudy sky; risk of light rain or snow
flurries this afternoon; fresh to strong
southwest and west winds up to 900
feet, and westerly gale at 5000 feet.
On Wednesday the weather will be
partly cloudy with moderate to fresh
'w esterly winds.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
HONORED BY KING

Secretary of the English soccer
association for nearly 35 years,
F. j. Wall has been honored with
knighthood. Seventy-one years
old, he is still actively interested
in the kicking game.
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
Celtics Face Knights
In Alex. Series Game

The st. Mary'S CelticS and
Knights Store five clash tonight
at $50 o'clock in the Alexandria
Armory in an Alexandria Gazette
League match. Victory for the
Celtics will give them the town
basketball championship while
Knights can tie the series by
defeating the Celts.
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
MAKES WINNERS

George Clark, veteran New
York turfman whose hobby is de-
veloping cheap horses into win
ners, won SO races in a hundred
days with his stable in Cuba a
few years ago.
The Washington times., 1930-03-11
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