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The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Magic Touch Sluiings Open
Kevess Locked Door

thyratron. BY means of the
thyratron, whose name ronieS
from the Greek word meaning
door, large amounts Of power may
be controlled directly. For ex-
ample. the total energy required
to 'sturn on q kiloWatt in q tyyoi-
cal thyraton IS but fraction Of a
watt.
At the right Of this particular
door in the department IS D metal
plate. The plate has fixed elec-
trical capacity, When this fixed
capacity is unbalanced by the ap.
plication Of variable capacity.
such as the tapping by q persons
hand. b series Of four thyrat atrons
on the inside Of the room Is set
into operation. each with s par
ticular duty in an intricate elec.
tricaI circuit. The final thyratTori
operates q relay which releases q
lock and starts = motor on the
hydraulic door opener.
The circuit may be set for any
sequence Of contacts OF touches
and wiz respond only 10 the Sc.
qllence for which it is set. FOR
example, Il So is the secret code.
the metal plate is tapped lightly
five times. followed BY q 15sec0nd
pause, and then tapped twice.
The thyratrons then function and
the doog sWings .cpen -Ls.s
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
N|X-UP
B0|Ls AGAIN
fptlsrpatioaal Newsreei j

CHICAGO. Aug. Z Q.N.S).
The watkins Bambereer baby
identity n11x-llp was in a state OF
turmoil again today.
Mrs. Margaret Watkins. return.
ing from q rest at the home Of
her parents, where she went fol-
lowing the excitement Of the
controversy. said She was con-
vinced that re did not have her
own child. Heretofore she has
stated merely that she was still
In doubt
Mrs. Watkins and her husband,
William. have q 100000 damage
suit on file against the Engie
wood Hospital. where her baby
was born Leaving the hospital.
she received baby tagged
"BambeFger," and Mr, and Mrs,
Charles Hamberger received an
infant labeled Watkins"
The BaHmbergers are certain
they have the right baby. When
q Jury Of scientists reported,
after exhaustive Investigation.
that the babies had been switched.
they refused TO abide BY the
verdict.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07

SCHENECTADY, Aug. 4 Those
who depend upon skeleton keys
and jilnnlies to open resisting
doors win find such instruments
unavailing III one Cf the rooms
Of the vacuum tube engineering
department Of the General Elec-
trio Company. where there IS q
door that opens only at the
touch or the finger and only AT
q particular touch. II you don't
know the formula or code, if You
haven't the open sesame. you
can't enter.
Such q door at the outer pors
tai Of q lodge room or SpeakeaSy
would guarantee the exclusion of
all but the initiated, The guard
at the outer gate Is no longer
necessary. Knock and knock cor
rectIy and the door swings open
and You see the welcome on the
mat. For anyone who desires to
limit his guests to those to whom
the secret touch has been I'M
parted. has here an automatic
method Of selection. You don't
have to depend on the Judge
ment or bouncing power Of the
butler.
This demonstration Of the mag
ical properties Of electricity Is en-
application Of the newest tube de-
velopment Of the research lab
nratoEiea q General Electric the
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
DR. BORDEN Ill;
HAS STROKE

WATERT0WlN, N. Y, Aug. 4.
Slight hope Is held out for the re.
CoVery Of Or. William Cline Bor.
der. 70 noted Washington I'd. c.
surgeon and dean Of George
washington University Medical
School, who is at the House Of
the Good Samaritan Hospital
critically I'll following "a stroke.
DR.. Borden suffered the heart
attack and stroke at his summer
home at Point Salubri0uS on
Lake Ontario, near Chaumont,
on July Is. He was brought to
the House of the Good Samari.
tan at once and has been critic
ally III at the hospital since that
time. Up to the end Of July
little hope was held out for his
recovery. Mrs. Borden says:
The crisis has now passed
and we now have some hope
for his recovery. His condition
remains about the same and
his hoped for recovery win be
= long, slow one. =
Or. Borden was spending the
summer at his summer home
when stricken. He had been Ia
good health and the attack came
suddenly. He has suffered from
a heart condition for several
Dr. Daniel I. Borden. promi.
nent washington surgeon. mis-
Ccs..ia.sS .. ssss 2. e.,s -
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
q Policemen Named
Garbage Brigade
III 9Th Precinct

It may be all in q days work
for q policeman. but Patrolmen
F. z. MarIar and E. d. Lambert,
Ninth precinct. are probably
wishing it was another day.
The two have been iesig-
mated the garbage brigade Of
the Ninth precinct, They have
the pleasant" assignment 0f
seeing that all garbage cans and
trash containers are properly
covered, SO that subtle odors do
not li1ingle with the healthful
atmosphere within the confines
Of their precinct.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
H|IsT on SCORES
H|SCR||TICS

Claudius n. Huston sang his
swan song TO the Republican
party today, and as q final ges-
ture struck back vigorously at his
critics within the party who
forced him out of the chairman
ship Of the Republican national
committee. He declared:
ssEm the past IL has been the
policy Of the party leaders to-
maintain . solid front when
under the enemy fire, but rs
this has not been the policy
In the present case, ! have
reached the conclusion. putting
the interest Of the Republican
party ahead of personal con-
sideratiOaa, that I should tender
my resignation, FOR 7 am wholly
unwilling to be accused Of inn
posing any burdens personal to
me upOll the party during the
coming senatorial and cOngres-
si6nal campaigns.
Doubts Risk Exists
81 am sure that no such
risks exist, but rather than IN.
cur the charge Of creating IT,
1 prefer to withdraw
Huston declared he had been
the main target Of constant
whispering campaign with Its
usual accompaniment OF abuse
and faIsehoods. |"
He said that every accusation
made against him by the Senate
Lobby investigating Committee.
which investigated his lobbying
activities IN connection with pri-
vate operation Of Muscle Shoals
and his subsequent stock market
rnanipulations, had been com
pietely refuted'' by the final re-
port Of the committee itself,
adding
q am conscious Of my own
integrity. have never been
ff-are;s,,,e1 ~ pne. Cal HI
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
'|V|EA|VEsT NAN
Hell D I D R
SLAIING
A. D. Payne, Texas Attorney,
Charged With Killing Wife;
NltrOOlyCerine Explode !

STINrgETT, Tex, Aug. Z
lINE.l.-sT admit I'm the
meanesf man that ever lived.
and I know I'm headed for
the chair,
Al. %. Payne, Amarillo attor-
ney. accused Of killing his wife
with heavy charge of nitro.
gIycerine and TINT was quoted
as saying this today. He added.
II am ready 70 make . state.
ment. and will ID 50 Just IS
soon Is Sid comes.
Sid is his brother, Sidney
Payne, Of Ttllia. Tex. He is en-
route 10 Stinnett and was ex
pected to arrive some time today.
Payne. in jail here. 8 charged
with murder He Is suspected of
having eIacOd the explosives Id
the family atit0lno oliIe, resulting
III the Instant death 0f his wife
and tae crippling of their so;a.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Rome to COIInternct
Protestant ActiUitu

/, VATICAN CITY, Aug. Z (I.N.S.)
To cOunteract the spread of
Protestant propaganda IN Rome.
which, he deploreS IN. q recent
allocntion. Pope Plus today issued
q decree revivilag the institute to
preserve faith III. Rome.
This organization, virtually
dormant. henceforth will be.
headed by q member Of the Col
lege Of Cardinals. His Holiness
stated.
It thus viii become Papal
institute.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Youth Trio Charged
With Clubs Theft l

Accused Of an attempt to maze
off with golf clubs and balls at
the East Potomac golf course.
three youths were scheduled for
arraignment today in Police
Court.
The three were arrested BY
Park Policeman Oren Spears on
charges Of attempted larceny.
They described themselves as
John r. Cherry, 10, Union Beach,
N Y.. James Wormley, colored,
is. 800 block Division Court s.
W., and william. Robinson, ~.
colored. 200 block First st. s w.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
I en-, Tennis 81 tC
DokUlle 81 steL1ls

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Z Aug. q
fI.N. 81 william e. Tiiden. per
enniaI American tennis cham
pion, fresh from his triumph At
Wimbledon. suffered his first de-
feat ii two years at the hands
Of an American today when he
was beaten by Frank Shields,
youthful Flew Yorker. in the
quarter finals Of the Meadow
Clubs invitation event. The
scores were 6--l, 26, 81, Til
den being palpably off form ex-
cept for & brief flash Of speed III
the second set.
The American champion, Just
q. few days. off the boat, obvi-
ously still Was finding his land
legs and. Tor the most part, Of
fered only futile resistance to
the dynamic play OF Shields.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Nicaragua Sailor
Shot IN Accident

MAllAGUA, Nicaragua. Az. Z
Q.N.S.l The accidental dis
charge of q service revolver to-
day was held responsible for the
death Of C. w. Stewart, l9-year.
old radio operator Of the q. s. S.
Langley. He was from Memphis,
Tenn.
The accident occurred while
enlisted men attached to the
Nicaraguan electoral mission
were conversing IN q tent. Paul
Pratt picked up what he be-
lieved was an unloaded revolver.
In its subsequent discharge.
Stewart was killed.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
RULING.
CANPBELL's
FATE
Hearing at Norfolk Decides
Whether He WIN Be Sent
to the District for Trial

Another chapter in the shift
ing scenes Of the Mary BaKer
murder case Is being written ia
Norfolk today where arguments
for and against the removal of
Herbert M. Campbell, charged
with the Staying OF the Navy De
partnent worker, to the District
Of Columbia for trial are being
heard.
The right Of the District to
bring Campbell here is being
argued before Federal Judge -.
Lawrence Groner.
United States Attorney Calli1rn
Jones Of Richmond. is pleading
the case for the District. He
represented the Government III
the hearing for removal bsfore
United States EurnE1l 0lser q.
ast0t lAillis1s iKl ll6rla
yesteEda
Behind Closed Doors
After leng az gliniellk Dc
hind closed doors. the commits
slOner certified the case to Judge
1rOner without comment. for q
decision. III
Campbell IS represented BY AT
tOrney Charles Smith, who Is
pleading his case In Norfolk.
The Government contends only
that Mary Baker was killed md
that Herbert M. Campbell is
named In q warrant for her m1lIr-
der. No effort has been made at
the hearings TO establish the
scene OF the crime.
Smith accepted the two facts
In the case as offered by the
Government, but contends they
(cOntinued On Page z, Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
TWIN BORDER
CITIES ARE
HARD HIT
Death and Damage Estimates
Uncertain AS Rescue Work.
Starts After Night Of Terror

.ss5 NOGALES, Ariz.. Aug. z (I.N.S.)
Forty persons, many Of them chill
siren. were reported missing on
the Mexican side of the Interna-
tionaI border in the flood which
swept the twin cities Of Nogales
during the night.
No Americans we're reported
missing on this side of the line. d
Two bodies believed to have
been swept across the line were
found floating In 3 street on the
American side.
Hotel CoIIapses
At the height Of the Hood the.
VelaSco Hotel on the Mexican
side Of the border coll The
mum eE Of agless tfklia lEla
and the guest register xss swept
The flood waters receded as.
oidly as they came. 81
Streets and highways we're
blocked with fallen telephone and
electftc light poles. trees. over
&l1fned and wrecked automobiles
and furniture which gave mute
testimony to the home-Wrecking
toll taken during the night
While water still swept through
the first floor Of the Chamber Of
Commerce building, relief work
was organized on the second
floor under the light of torches
and lanterns. At 8 D. m, an
organized effort was being made
to reach the Mexican side of the
border where the greatest dam
age was suffered and the death
toll, it IS believed, viii be heavy.
Prisoners Released
Starting at midnight the rain
reached the intensity of q cloud
burst ct 5 q. m. With lights out,
trees falling and buildings crlm-.
bling, under the rush of waters
from the mountains, rescue work
waS impossible.
Three feet Of water swept
through the police station on the
Mexican side Of the border. IN
an effort to prevent drownings
when it was believed the building
would crunnblc many prisoners
we're released.
Five feet of water swirled
through the city hall on the
American side Of the border at
8 d. m. q
Assss = < a5 7
No estimate could be placed on
the property loss but all business
houses on both sides Of the bor.
der were flooded.
Days 70 List Dead
It may be days before the ac-
tual number of dead Is known
and weeks before their bodies ere.
recovered. city officials estimated.
In many sections the streets
are buried under six feet of silt
which was swept down from the
mountain sides In the first rush
OF the flood waters.
II was believed the waters
which swept through the broad
arroyo, usually dry, in which the
twin Nogales are located. carried
many of the bodies into the
Santa Cruz River, more than 12I
miles away.
X 4 4 d f
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Texcugl Offers Prize
For Hon From Spains

II MADRID, Aug. 4 (I.N.l "a
$25. 900 prize for . nonstop flight
from Madrid TO New York and
thence to Dallas. Texas. has been
offered BY Col. Easterwood. OF
Dallas. IL was stated BY the news
paper El Debate here today
Colonel Easterwood has made
this same offer on previous ac-
casions Tor flights from European
cities - Dallas.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Finding Of Body
BrinuS Man s Arrest

MONTICELLO, M. II, Aug. z
I'm. is. Discovery Of the body
Of an infant boy In q shed re-
suited III the arrest here today Of
Oscar stanton, 55. while State
troopers, digging IN the yard Of
his home. found the graves of two
other children.
Stanton, when first questioned.
was reported to have said that
the lead Infant found III the shed
was not his.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
IN Low
LANDS NEAR
BURNING
POINT
No Relief Near; Hoover Ready
10 Give Federal AID, but
Bans 500, 900 Fund
~ WV. s. NEAL

The persistent hope that 3 sud
dsn break iii the drought might
prevent almost complete destrslc-
tion of the nations principal Iats
food crops was virtually blasted
today is the q. 8. Weather
Bureau reported that there i
no relief tn sight.
Federal officials. from President
Hoover down, surveyed the sitliar
tion grirnly, and prepared to mobi.
lize the governments entire re-
sources to soften the catastrophe
visited on the great central val
ley Of the country by nature.
Nothing On the Map
Another week 81 the drought. It
Is declar1d By experts. viii result
in destruction Of corn and other
crops ii low lands, which have
thus far resisted the rayagcS of
The .srainless summer. 81.
Weighttnan, Government fore
caster, says:
There have been scattered
showers Cd the last "a hours and
& there MfII he ether showers of
BE sa1ae character
szO1peVeks there IS not hing On
HE pent tAAtr man tgnIy "a -
eake tt There illll Die 1llg all.
etnl ilGS llk fea
Of the df0ls lEt.s e
sEeleg pi1sc appeals Tor ackf0n
continued to reach r d SIT d 81 d t
Hoover, the Department of As 4.
culture. the Red Cross and other
Governmental agencies
Relief Is Authorised
The Red Cross, it was an
nollnced, has authorized several
lGcal chapters to cooperate with
other agencies in providing relief
in drought ht-Stricken areas. Acting
Disaster Relief Director John Cra.
mer says:
Drought relief is not In line
with our general policy Or dis
aster relief which Is directed t0-
ward such caIamitieS as floods
and earthquakes"
President Hoover, having re-
ceived assurances that the rail-
roads viii aid the Governments
plan, was to confer with Secre-
tary of Agriculture Hyde. who re-
turns today from the West.
The Federal Farm Board mem
bers In the city were considering
the proposal Of Senator Robinson
Cd Of Arkansas, to use funds
LOT the board for emergency re-
| lief.
This may be done through .
liberal Interpretation Of the law
(contins,ed on Page 2. Gel. y
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Three Women Killed
At RniLrOnd CrOssina

POMONA, N. j., Aug. Z fINS9
Three women were killed when
the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by q
train Of the Atlantic City rail-
road subsidiary Of the Philadel
phia and Reading, at the English
Greek crossing here today.
The dead were identified by
police as Helen Agnes and Ur-
sula Ryan, Of Lilly, Pa. u
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
Car Lands IN Gully,
Man Escapes Harm

FREDRICISsBURG, va. AUG,
After breaking down five posts
Of q guard rail on the Rich
mond- Washington highway. Gar
land Wilson was pulled from the
wreckage Of his automobile BY
motorists. The car. after knock
ing down the guard rail posts.
plunged into gully ~ feet be-
low. He. vas only slightly hurt.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
BOY, 8, INJURED IN FALL

Jack McClocky. 8, Of 900 A st.
N. e.. fell while playing IN rear
Of the 200 block Seventh st. N. E.,
sustaining decorations to the wrist
requiring treatment at Casualty
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
ToDAY's SCRATCHES
LATONIA

L<AIWeN4t4
FIRST RACE Harvest SUN, GaiiIar-
din. YelyertOn. slaearatOn, Royal Knight,
8 SECOND RACE-sleepy Boy. Town
Talk nay Var. Hornaby, Rob Don.
Tlm Hat Sir DeRn. VI
TIaIRD RACE seales, SKY Hawk,
FO1RTH RACE Jack Howe. Patricia
Marian, TantiVy.
FIFTH RACEE-IE Hiram Kelly.
SIXTH RACYe--Ladg Viola.
SEVENTH RACle-Top Hattie NY
No. Migs Alarnie. WoFlkless.
WeatheF, elOudys tfsck. muddy.
KINGS PARK
FIiasr RA CT aIusls allonee, Knieht
0f Marcl %. Two Sixty, Geo. DeVer.
Relgh Gelsnes Hipplaa. Mac Day. Free
SECOND RACE seminoIa, Nolrtette.
Z y Hambriek. Cann1ndaie. FatefuI.
THiRD R6CE-sIInt Teddy. FRET
well. Jake. DanllinN Star.
EfFTH HACE--PRnhate.
SIXTH RACE-Pems Chic.
SEVENTH nACE-SaflaF Maid. Lady
EEsinHtg1, BallA, WhiSaaiell star.
UBthaEs eiDRs 1Esels fn14s :. - =
The Washington times., 1930-08-07

FmN geafher report on paRa 3.
The wmsllnwtpm riea tke ouAs mftefnnan Raner ~
BE city pnhhinR the aspatehea of lnternationni
News Service ahd unisersnl serslns.
The Washington times., 1930-08-07
THE WEATHER

FaflIy cloudy Tonight and Friday, sIishkls
warmer tpnisht. Posribie shandershowera Fri
day. cehkis 10 moderate southwesl windn.
Temperatures -Yesterday hirhsst eS, iow
est. 7o
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05
Dry Law College

The university of Prohibition
Enforcement" as it has been called,
opened in Washington Tusday, with
enrolment of tweuty-four students.
These undergrads will comprise a
picked squad of twenty-four prohibi-
ton agents from all parts of the
country who gather for a thirty-day
period of intense training and instruc-
ton to learn how the Volstead act
should be enforced.
It is the purpose of Amos w. w.
Woodcock, Federal Prohibition Di-
rector, that this group shall become
what he has termed the 'best trained
group of detectives in the world, y
and at the end of the thirty-day
period that they shall 60 back to the
various prohibition districts to act as
instructors for other field agents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05
MUST HAVE YOUR AUTO
INSPECTED

Motorists applying for 1881 license
tags must disclose in their applications
whether their automobiles have been
inspected byany.of the 1900 stations
which will be in operation through
out November for that purpose, ac-
cording to a statement issued from
the office of; the Commission of
Motor Vehicles,
A special effort toward accident
prevention will be made in Novem-
Der. Inspectors will check brakes,
lights, steering gear and windshield
wipers.
If a machine has not been inspect
ed and approved the commissioner
is empowered, by an act of the last
Legislature, to refuse to issue the
tags.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05

We are publishing this week both
the Democratic and Republican Pri-
mary ballots, so that the voters may
get a line on the candidates.
The Democratic ticket contains an
unusually long list of candidates,
there being a contest for every local
office to be filled.
The Republican ballot is not SC
lengthy, there being fewer aspirants.
It requires sixteen x marks :to
vote the Democratic ticket, with its
sixty-one candidates.
Eleven x marks only are required
to vote the Republican ballot, which
has but twenty five names of candi.
dates upon it.
At the top of each list of candidates
is printed the number to be votec
for, so that voter may have nc
difficulty in marking his or her tickle
for the proper number.
The Primary Election date is
Monday, September 8, the polling
places opening at ZOO a. m, ane
closing at 7:O0p m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05

The celebration of Labor Day TO-
cusses attention upon the unemploy-
ment situation in America in the
world. 'The spectacle which has
been unfolding before us of deadly
effects of unemployment not mere
ly upon material possessions but
upon all the values of life, raises the
struggle against unemployment to a
sacred duty" states the pamphlet
just published by the Commission on
Social Justice of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis. weigh
ty is the obligation to consider the
various expedients deemed helpful;
for instance the steady age below
which children are kept in school
and out of industry; mothers pension
to reduce the number of women and
minors seeking work; old age pen
sions for those who are no longer ac-
ceptable to a machine age which re-
jects age with its fidelity for youth
with its vigor; a perfected system of
employment exchanges eliminating
waste, delays and errors in the link
age of workers needing situations
with situations that need workers;
unemployment insurance already
tried in foreign lands and in some
American industries with good re-
suits; prosperity reserves ON the part
OF the governments, and the planning
of public construction in such wise
as to offer maximum of public en-
ployment when there is slackness of
private employment; such bureaus of
economic observation as will issue
timely warning against the approach
of economic decline, and counsel
measures of forestalling it. Add to
this ampler educational facilities and
institutional care for those tempo
rarily or permanently incapable of
work. Our economic views may
exhibit diversity. Yet in the con-
viction that love is supreme all of us
can unite"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-09-05
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF
CECIL COUNTY

| am a candidate for County Com.
missioner of Cecil County, first Com.
missioner District, and | feel that
twenty years employment in law
office, in Elkton, has given me prop.
er grounding for the duties of that
office, as hardly day passes that
am not in the office on business pur.
poses. An efficient administration
of County business necessarily re.
quires a knowledge of that business.
l AM OPPOSED TO A BOND
ISSUE FOR ANY PURPOSE.
A low tax rate is one Of the best
assets County can have as it at.
tracs attention from outsiders who
are looking for a desirable place in
which to live or do business.
A BOND ISSUE ALWAYS RAILS
ES TAXES.
| ask your help and for every 81.
invested by you in taxes l shall give
100 cents worth of service if elected.
This is a promise made in good
faith.
DANIEL H. GARRETT,
ElktOn, Md.