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The Washington times., 1930-10-30
men
T At WORKAT
2SCHOOLS

Although the football season Is
holding forth nightly at pres
mt among the various teams In
the scholastic group, track prepa-
tations are not being overlooked.
Eastern and Central are right
now engaging in drills either on
the outside or In their gymna-
siuns, and are thinking ahead
daily Of their possible strength
when the sport is finally ushered
in next spring.
Tech viii not begin drills until
after the football season, because
most Of its men are on the grid
team, and because Coach Hap
Hardell cannot coach football
and track at the same time.
The same iS practically true OF
Mike Kelley at Eastern, only he
has found some brief time TO
keep an eye peeled on his candi-
dates in practice while directing
the football team.
It has been Central, how
ever, which has done the most
work to date. Coach Bill
Foley has had his men out
every day since the opening
Of school and has kept IN eye
or those on the football team
who win try for track aS soon
as the grid season ends.
> Casassa, Boucher, Cuvillier and
Porter are actually the lot Of
experienced men Coach Foley has
had working with him the past
six weeks. OF course, he has a
vast collection of first-year candi-
dates, but none experienced
enough to reckon with until
later.
Foley is concentrating on his
experienced material at the mo-
ment. True, he won't get them
all together for another month,
but he is figuring on their Ca
pabilities at this time.
OF the football men, Larry
Pinckney is one. Tracey Cole
man is another, while Paul Hin
kel, Gene Colella, Tom Boyle,
EId44A AOSGASs AkAS GCAA4A4A4A
and Donald Miller are others.
Coleman, KosciS, Boyle and Col
ella are field men, while Pinck-
ney, Hinkle, F'eldman and Miller
are dash men.
Only one football man is q fu-
ture track candidate at Eastern.
That is, that's the situation at
the present time.
COack Kelley has four ex-
perienced men back from last
year, including Bob SEye, y
record holder in the high huR-
dies: Tom Everett, broad
jumper and low hIErdIer;
Lynch, o miller and HutChin-
SON, pole vault, shot put and
discus man.
The lone man from the football
team is Shorb, center. This
youngster will show how it's done
in the half mile when he finally
gets down to business on the Gin
der paths.
Eastern will defend it's title this
year, having won the honors in
busineSs.like fashion last season.
Central and Tech will be It's chief
opponents - provided Dewitt or
some other prep school team does
not bob up and surprise.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
BARRY FIGHT DELAYED

Reds" Barry's fight with Ed
Baker, Cumberland miner, which
was to have taken place last
night in Cumberland, Md, has
been postponed until Monday.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
HAwTHORNH

hAWTHUMN&
FIRST RACE-Lady Bender, Shasta
star, AthOfIa, Drastic Delight, Little
Pan, Modern Maiden. 5.s
SECOND RACE-Whlte H0ODs, Stormy
D., TrycObeI, Drastic Water Golden
OPiOle, Brown Wills.
westys Tim, Golden Brown, Thundel
Gail, MOlIle Dear.
FIFTH RACB-Prineess Edith, Inea,
ParaphRaSe, Finnic, seariHgtOn. saaena,
SIXTH RACE - Cartoon, Sorrento
shore, WlEaRdry, Mac FOgle, Lady Blen'
weather, cloudy; track. fast.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
LATONI o

FIRST RACE-Ragus, Turn Over
Col. Bob. Brinkley. EIstar. Western
Princess, DON T, ValdOsta, Tardy Miss,
TlshybO, Sarcastic. Gideon.
SECOND RACE-Gibby's lillian
Westy's Broom. Kathryn, DelcO Del
Sparrow Hawk. Clipsetta.
TMNRD RACE-TeaspOOn, Prince Ron
aid, GIycine. Maccenas, ROxie WeideI
Prince Charles, Aspin lake, Demon
Barber John.
FOURTH RACE-Mai San, Wee Shane
RebeRt u, ShOestring. Harry Frank
SEVENTH RACE-Mary MeClain
WhOOptedoO. BanO, The Senator, Lady
Basil. CammeB.
Weather, clear: track, gOOd.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

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REGRORX eR t0day's Classified Ads for
q dependable guide 20 home or office
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
GRAY
SOUGHT BY
YANKS I.

Joe Mccarthy sale In MS new
post as boss Of the Yankees is
beginning to look over his pitch
ing staff. There is nothing rad.
IcalIy wrong with the Yankees.
He knows that any team that
finished o good third does not
have to add q lot Of strength
to finish first. Some believe
that the Yankees are slipping.
that Babe Ruth has two years
more and that is all, that Earl
Combs is not the great gardener
he once was, that the infield Is
unsteady and so on.
It viii be hard to tell what
shifts, il any, Mccarthy viii
make. He can count on Ruth
being at his best next seasvl.
The big fellow is a little piQ1Cd
at not leading the country in
homers this year, but then his
production ig ample enough to
make him the outstanding hitter
Of the league at any rate.
Combs did not do 30 well
i'm left field, but Mccarthy
knows his man, having ship
ped Earl up to the fast set.
HOag, the y0ungster from the
Coast, will be used i'm center
field to start unless he is q
bust.
Gehrig is at his peak. The
Yankees could find none better
than Qehrig in either league.
Second BaSeman Ch pm q n
wound up the season with a bat
ting mark well over 800. Larry
at times was brilliant at short.
Lazzeri is rated as the coming
third baSeman OF the country.
Players Of other teams seem
to think the Yankees will need
strengthening behind the plate.
Mccarthy viii see to that. In the
box is where the Yankees will
get most attention.
Mccarthy does not know Amer
lean League pitchers, but he has
a nodding acquaintance with
Grove, Earnshaw and Walberg Of
the AS. He was among the first
to know that Ehmke no longer is
in the league. That was q con.
ISOLATION Joe had when he took
the job, but he knows he will see
& lot of Grove and Earnshaw
and possibly Walberg.
Mccarthy will hear lot
about other pitchers, chiefly
perhaps Sam Gray Of the
Browns and Ed Morris Of
the Red SOx.
What Mac does not know
about American League players
Ed Barrow, one of the Shrewdest
judges of playing talent in the
land, will tell him. If Mccarthy
wants to know about Morris
Barrow will prove that he Is one
of the best fire-ballers in the
country, and ii he would like ia
have him, Morris, well, tn 9
Boston club is always ready to
hear a proposition, and Morris
has not been going SO well fol-
the Red Sox.
There is a suspicion that Sam
Gray might be lured away from
the Browns. Sam has a lot OF
stuff, and the Yankees have a lot
of talent the Browns could use
A trade with either club is a
possibility to add to the pitching
strength Of the Yankees.
Ruffing will start the season
for the Yankees, and RuffinE
ought to be q big winner
frOm the Jump. He turned
i'm fifteen victories for the
Yankees this year.
Ed Morris would beat that
mark by five, as he is at least
that many games better than his
old pitching partner. There are
some veterans on the Yankee
staff who are good for some well
pitched games.
In fact, the little man from
Germantown, Pa, has more to
work on than he had when he
landed In Chicago and hauled
the Cubs from the cellar to the
roof in four years.
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

quarter, half and three-quarter
strokes, the power of the stroke
must be tempered according to
the distance and direction de-
sired.
Having grounded yourself
. reasonably well in pitching,
you can yield to that universal
desire to hit the ball as hard
as possible with the drive, the
stroke that the dub and the
outsider seem to like most.
had John Duncan Dunn,
who has taught golf for more
than 80 years, pose for photo
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
Laurel Work Outs

Weather, clear. Track, slow.
THREE-EIGHTHS
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

COMMENT
No mistakes today
Last very good
Fit ana ready
In good form
Might take il all
In tough spot
Last very ba6
Look out. IF muddy
An in-and-ontsr
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

Ruffing will start the season
for the Yankees, and RuffinE
ought to be D big winner
from the Jump. He turned
i'm fifteen victories for the
Yankees this year,
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
Paddock Picks EN-
AT Laurel.
Times staff Photo

scRATcHED-KOrax Scotch 1assie Live on. Royal Rock.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

Combs did mot do 30 well
i'm left field, but Mccarthy
knows his man, having ship
ped Earl up to the fast set.
HOag, the youngster from the
Coast, will be used i'm center
field to start unless he is q
bust.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30
CELTICS WILL PRACTICE

nan Cortes,. Stern Chaser. Amsterda I'm.
The Washington times., 1930-10-30

Mccarthy will hear . lot
about other pitchers, chiefly
perhaps Sam Gray Of the
Browns and Ed Morris Of
the Red SOx.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
TIP ON RUSSIANS
 GRAVE IS FALSE
Anonymous Letter Indicating
 Spot Fails to Check

Paris. Feb. 6 LPy-An anonymous letter received today by police aa11 that body of General Alexander Paul Kouticpon, Russian monarch'st
 leader would be found in Mcudon
 woods west Of Paris. The woods
 have been carefully searched pu'
 nothing, it vas understood, WGs
 found to bear out Inc letter. General Kouticpon has now been missing for just less than fortnight. Sunday. January 2G, he went tor walk to the Russian Officers club near his home. and did not return. His monarchst friends claimed he had been kidnapped and murdered by communist agents, while the com- munists charged he had abscondcd ! with a sum of money.
 l Popular excitement over his d1s- 1 appearance continues unabated. l ne 1 ncwspapcrs arc filled with columns ! on the matter, and police authorltlHS 1 have assigned 1J0 men 10 investigate 1 the disapDearanCC. Of 100 clues 1 which have been submitted them 6p
 of the more plausible have been run
 down without. so far as known
 tangil,2 results.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
COTTON GROWERS
 ID CUT ACREAGE
Williams Urges Better Quality
 Crop Also in Address

Jackson, Miss, Feb. C.--tP)- Alter hearing the general problem defined by Carl Williams, federal farm board member, the acrcaG Ge committee Of the American Cotton Cooperative Association today turn cd to the task of working out dc tails of the cotton acreage rcduc- 1on program.
 sion of the committees three day meeting here sounded the keynote of inc reduction campaign when he as- serted that the danger line in cot Ion planting in the United States should be set at 10000. 900 acres. Pro scnjing statistics, he said that the 1929 acreage was 4G.Oo0,GOo.
 The farm board member not only advocated less extensive planting, hut strongly recommended increased quality of cotton, urging the de- Nclopmcnt of better staple to meet foreign competition.
 Talks also were made on the acreage problem by Dr. Tait Butler chairman of the committee, State Senator William 5. Roberts Of Mississippi and others. Dr. Butler who recently resigned as the com mittce's chairman was re-electc, as soon as the group convened.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
|SAYS THAT EARLE
 PROMISED ID WE'D
Dancer TeStihes Artist Even Ar-
 ranged False Ceremony

Los Angeles, Feb. 6.-P-- Dolores Salazar, Spanish dancer and actress, whose testimony thus far in her $50, 900 breach of contract suit against Ferdinand Pinncy Affinity" Earle. artist, has been recital of events during the hCyday oc her exotic romance with the artist in 1927. was to take the witness stand today in superior court for cross examination.
 Miss Salazar. whose suit alleges that Earle promised her work in motion picture he was producing. yesterday told intimate details Of l her affair with the artist, which be- gan late in 1926. On December II | of that year. Miss Salazar said. she went with Earle "up next to God' ! on the summit of MullhOlland drive. l Los Angeles, where the artist told | her that after January 3 l will be ] free to make you my wife"
 He was always waiting for Jan i uary 2. 1927. 10 marry me" she | said. "On the night of December S1, the last night of 1926. he took me to tn" garden of his Hollywood home and said, T love Nou. Oh. Dolores, I love you so much.' He then produced q Bible, placed my hand on 1t and his over mine, and asked me to repeat after him. Cn- der the eyes of God I promise 10 take you. pirncy larlo, for my hus- band then he said, This is the first performance of our marriage.
 Tells of Fake Marriage
 She testified that in February, 1927. the artist took her to 3 church in the outskirts Of Mexico City where a flake marriage ceremony was performed" She afterwards learned. snc said, that the 'prieSt
 who married them was just q crazy Indian" and that they were mol
 legally married at all. After th'
 ceremony in Mexico City, Miss Snl'' gar said, she went 10 France witt Earle.
 The actress said that at one time } she waited at a bank while Ear'' s was inside supposedly deposung t'
 her name a sl5,00o prcnuptial fund r She said later she found he hat l made no deposit
 Earle. who was married two year
 ago. now lives with his wife in Paris
 France. He will testify by deposition
 Pending the result of the suit, Nils
 Salazar's attorneys have attachc' ' the artists Hollywood property
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
One Killed, Three Hurt
 In Crash at LittlctOn

Littlcton, Mass, Feb. 6 (uP) - One person was killed almost in stantly and three others were slightly hurt when motor truck collidcd with an automobile near Littleton common here carly today.
 Ernest Fortin, 1G, of 142 Oxford street, Lewiston, Me, lost his life.
 Charles II. Martell Of 26 Cook street Auburn. Me, and brother whose first name was not obtained by police, required first aid treat mcnt as did Charles Stevens of Worcester, driver of the automo- bile.
 rortin was killed when the tNo- and d-a-half-ton truck in which he and the Martcll brothers were cn route from Lewiston to New NorN city overturned following the col l lision.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
FRESH TROUBLES
 IN CHICAGO MESS
Auditors Check Present Indebt-
 ednesS- Teachers Unpaid

Chicago, Feb. LP}-While local governments waited today for money with nothing more definite than an abiding hope, statisticians com puted how baGly the governments were 'in the rcd.'
 The statisticians found that if the city and county governments realize their expectations of selling $123.- 4d0,000 worth of tax anticipation warrants, they will increase the public floating debt to s403.9i0. oo0. or soG3. .S49.O00 more than the c2ti- mated 1928 tax collections can pay.
 Teachers Without Pay
 Chicago schoo! teachers had an- other payless payday today Yes terday saw the third payday for county employees pass without any thing being done about it..
 Harry Newby, chairman Of the county boards finance committee, said:
 "Wc've got 10 have action soon or we will he compelled to issue war rants to the cmploycs instead Of
 
 shape"
 The Lincoln Park board an rounced that S2J0,0 ,000 had been cui from the 19%0 payroll by the climi' nation of 100 jobs without affecting tho efficiency of park operation. Th' action was taken not because of any shortage of funds, the board c% plaincd. but as a measure o economy.
 Seeks Cash in New York
 II. Wallace Caldwell, president 0 the school board, has gone to NCV York where he hopes 10 obtall money for payment Of past du salaries and bills. Mayor William Hale Thompson has remained silcn as to whether he will accept tn offer of the Stravn citizens relic committee to aid the city which behind in it's pay to all employees. D
 Asked last night if he would co operate with the StraNn committed Mayor Thompson said:
 I've arc still working on a wa to pay the employees
 "Nou are willing, aren't you. [ do anything to get the employc their pay" he was asked. "I did not say that" the mayo replied. That is too general statement.'
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
Officers Are Chosen
 By B. C. Porter Sons

The newly organized E. C. Porter Sons, Inc. succeeding E. C. Porter Sons, furniture dealers and funeral directors, 222-22i Main street and 19 Court street. recently incorporat- cd for quarter Of million dollars, will have the following officers, ac- cording to q certificate approved by the secretary of state; Frank J. Porter, president and treasurer; Eugene J. Porter, vice president and assistant treasurer; Maxwell $. Por- ter. secretary and assistant treas urcr. The three officers have trans ferrcd to the corporation under which they will do business, thrcc parcels of property, one on Nam street. the company's furniture store; one on Court street and the prop crty adjoining.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
COLLEGE CLUB PROGRAM

The College club of New Britain, Miss Elizabeth llunGcrtord, prcS1- dent, will postpone it's next meet ing from February 10 to February 4 because of the opening of the new high school on that date. 1hc program will consist of recital by Mrs. Ruth Goodrich Horton and the hostess will be Miss Ethel Little halcs or GG Lcnox Place.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-06
ACT0RS' ROMANTIC
 DIFFICULTIES END
Loretta YounS'S Parents to
 Withdraw AnnulIneDt Suit

Los Angeles, Feb. 6.--tP)-Thc ship Of matrimony, launched by two young film luminarics 12 days ago with an airplanc clopcmcnt. sailed into smooth seas today with the an nounccment by Mrs. George W. Belzer that she would withdraw a suit to annul tho marriage of her daughter, Loretta Young, r., to Grant Withcrs 24.
 The matrimonial bark encounter cd its first difficulty on January 2o. when the bride and bridegroom re- turned from Yuma, Ari2., where the ceremony was performed. to face a storm of parental protests. But Miss Young settled the question of its stability yesterday with state mcnt that Grant and l are mar ricd, and Wc arc going to stay mar ricd."
 Bride Rcjoins Nithcrs
 II was thought generally that Miss Young and Withers had abandoned their matrimonial ship, at least toI a year. Mrs Bclzcr had said she would not oppose their re-marriage when her daughter became IS years old. The first intimation tha they had not separated came yes terday morning when George | Belzcr. the girls stcpfathcr, disclos ed that the actress had left th' parental home. He said she had re turned to Withcrs and that appar cntly the ncwlywcds had tried ''tt fool" his wife with cain acouicsccncc 10 her annulment pro gram.
 Attorneys for Mrs. Bclzcr disclos ed that three days after the suit wa filed. Withcrs stated that he ha hanged his mind and that he am Miss Young had decided to renal man and wife,
 Tn view of this, the attorney sai Mrs. Rclzer had decided not to pres he annulment suit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-04
Border Cities Request for Free Zones Reminds Matamonos Resident of Other DAYS

was twelve days before it reached
Mexico City on the pony express,
riders being stationed every six
leagues (l8 niles. The railroad was
built up to San Miguel de Camargo.
a distance Of los miles from Mata-
moros. from thence it went to Mon
terrey and Mexico City. We made
the journey by stage coaches lam
bulancial in order to board the
train at the San Miguel de Camar-
60 station.
Diaz Tnaugurates Line
Owing to the increase in traffic,
a new railroad was built from Ma
tamoros TO Salsipuedes, being a
branch Of the San Miguel de Ca
MARCO road that linked Monterrey
with San Miguel de Camargo. "Se
llamaba ell Tren tortuga" ut was
called the turtle train") by the
old residents Of these regions, but 1t
provided the necessary means Of
transportation. fulfilling the re-
quirements OF that time. General
Don Porfirio Diaz, "El Caudillo",
was present at the Inauguration of
the line from Matamoros to Salsi-
Lpuedes. this was in the year 1875. A
great fiesta was arranged In honor
OF FL Hombre de Ia mano de Her
70" CThe Man with the Iron Hand.
as Diaz was known in thosc days.
President DiaZ came TO Bagdad in
the warship "Independencia". which
anchored about a half mile from
that city. Boarding a schooner the
dictator vas brought to Matamcros
where he inaugurated the line.
Hurricane and Yellow Fever
"A short time after the Inaugural
ton Of the railway, a terrific hur-
ricane which wiped out the city of
Bagdad, struck Matamoros. inflict-
ing serious damage to the city and
its inhabitants. General Diaz again
visited the city and distributed
100000 pesos among the needy in
Matamoros. OF Bagdad nothing
was left. except old ruins. An cpl
demic Of yellow fever struck the
city and spread death IN its wake.
At that time a Spanish doctor ar
rived in Matamoros from Cuba.
Or. VIlena. People. especially among
the poorer classes. were dying BY
the hundreds. twenty-five or thirty
deaths a day were not uncommC..
Dr.. Villena used every effective
method OF choking the alarming
death rate. He prescribed the juice
Of sour oranges mixed with guam
titles Of quinine. Not a single per-
son that partook Of the treatment
died, the old resident said.
No Passports, No Restrictions
"Oye botero. necesito Ell bote"
(Say boatman I need your was a
familiar cry along the river front
IN Brownsville and Matamoros.
Ferry service a la carte was a fea-
ture in those days. At any time of
the day or night whenever the
'botero' tboatman) was called he
was always ready to ferry persons
across the river. No passports. no
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-04

"Matamoros was the biggest city
on the border at that time and
when at the height OF its prosper
ity had as many as sixty thousand
inhabitants. Food was cheap, a
months board costing as little as
SIS. pesos, with the best class OF
wine included in every meal. Gold
coins. 'aguilas,' and 'centenraios'
were measured. yes, measured, not
counted. There was an extensive
commercial activity in the city.
Such names as Milmo, Bremen,
Hall, ArmendaiZ and Eversman will
no doubt bring back memories to
old border residents. The merchants
named above all owned business
interests in the city valued at more
than a million pesos apiece. The
era in question was in the year
iS45. Merchants from the interior
OF the Republic often made trims
to MatamoroS TO buy their stocks.
The Mexican peso was worth IT
that time Sl.05 American currency.
Meanwhile the American dollar bill
was worth ninety cents Mexican
money, but times have changed. And
the old resident sighed at the
thought Of the days gone by.
Ships Aplenty
Small ships, Of the twenty to
forty ton variety made numerous
trips from the mouth OF the river
TO Brownsville and Matamoros.
Oh, yes ! can recall a number of
them, yes there were the San
Juan the San Roman, the Gar
rafoni" and the Morgan. These
ships brought goods from the mar
kets OF the world and from the
United States TO Matamoros. The
Morgan used to make frequent
trips TO MatamoroS from New Or
leans loaded with cabbage, onions.
apples and many fancy vegetables.
Every week would see the Morgan
anchored In the Rio Grande un-
loading its cargo and taking on
hides, a and other products OF
the region. When any Of the bigger
ships. those Of the hundred and two
hundred ton varieties visited the
city OF Baguad, they were anchored
offshore and unloaded by schooners
which ould easily navigate the pass
az Bagdad. which was seven to ten
feet deep. Many Of the Matamoros
merchants made their orders direct
to England and France. and many
were the English and French ships
that touched the warm waters OF
the Gulf Of Mexico in those DAYS.
leaving. as some Of them did, their
hulks 70 rot in the depths OF Davy
Jones locker near what is now
Boca Chica beach. La Reina de
los Mares CThe Queen or the Seas
n Spanish ship. sank off the city OF
Bagdad. loaded with fine wines
that came from Spain and France.
Many a Going a Spanish "perra
chica", 'perra gorda" and "Peseta"
has been found on the beach on the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grande.
Boxes Of golden Spanish coins have