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The Washington times., 1930-07-22
TARIFF BOARD
SH|F FTSLAG

Reorganization Of the Tariff
Commission, one of the features
Of the tariff act requested by
President Hoover. will 60 over
until next winter unless the
President decides to give recess
appointments to six new mem
bers authorized.
Chairman BroSSard probably
will not remain on the commits
sion, or If he does, he will be
relieved as chairman. it was said.
Senator SYnoot (R.) of Utah.
Brossard's home State, announced
in the Senate just before it ad-
journed that the President had
secured the country" for a
chairman, and had offered the
post to at least three men, all of
whom had refused to accept the
appointment.
Senator Harrison CD Of Mis-
sissippi, Administration batter" !"
said that the President failed to
send the six names to the Senate
at the special session ito avoid
the searchlight of publicity" on
the men he intended to appoint
to the commission. He charged
that the President, by these
tactics, opened the way to
making recess appointments, thus
delaying until December investi-
CATION Of their records.
Harrison attacked Chairman
Brossard as "the representative
of the sugar interests" and
served notice that if recess ap-
pointments were made the ap-
pointees' records. would be Scruti-
nized from the age of Fl on"
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
S. Yedr-OLd Hunter
Gets NeU License

HAGERSTOWN, Md, July %.
John Repp, 86, of Clearspring,
the. oldest hunter in this Sec
tion, prepared for the hunting
season by coming to Hagerstown
yesterday and obtaining hunt
ing license.
Mr.. Repp said he will begin
his activities with the opening
of the squirrel season on Sep
tember / and later devote some
time hunting turkeys and larger
game. He has been hunting
since he was a youth and says
his aim is still true and his
eyesight good.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Texan Offers Plan
To Snpe Waste Gas

AUSTIN, Tex, July "a Q.N.s) .
Waste gas squirting from the Uni
versity of Texas oil field wells
could be utilized to good advan-
tage at the State Capitol, believes
Robert M. Holiday, of Ell Paso,
member of the university board of
regents.
In support Of his conviction he
will confront the forty-second
Texas legislature with a request to
appropriate $4,000, 900 for the pur-
pose of building a pipe line from
the Reagan county oil field to the
Capitol. He believes the State
would save 100000 annually in
fuel costs.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
MILLION BONUS
GIVEN GRACE

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, July %
IU.s) Eugene C. Grace, presi-
dent Of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration. received q bonus of
$1.623, ,753 in 1929, he testified yes
terday.
This was brought out during
the trial of the suit to enjoin the
merger of Bethlehem with the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany.
Grace, whose fixed salary is only
$4,000 a year, said that since
1925 he had received a bonus of
1919 per cent of net earnings.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Forbes Discusses
Columbia Project

SPOKANE, Wash, July ~
(U.S)-Great national projects
like the Columbia Basin project,
should be planned well IL advance
by the United States, to be ready
for construction In times Of I'm
employment, B. G. Forbes. Hearst
financial writer, told Spokane
hackers Of the reclamation plan.
Forbes arrival was hailed by
Roy r. Gill, Mark NJ. Woodruff
and other Basin enthusiasts as
one Of the biggest in their long
campaign to win national recog-
milton for the $500, ,000, 900 project,
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Tree Sitter Remains
In SDite of Women

DURHAM, N. c., July 22.-Ar-
mold Arsenic" Taylor, 14-year-old
West Durham lad, who is out to
set a new tree-sitting endurance
record, came out victor in
sharp battle with public opinion
when welfare officials refused to
order him out of his tree.
The officials were beseiged by
hundreds of women who said
they were not concerned with Ar
Senic's welfare so much as with
the welfare of their little sons,
so or more Of whom were, forcibly
yanked out Of trees in West Dur
ham.
Arsenic has passed his sixtieth
hour on q limb. He was given a
sponge bath by his 17-year-old
manager. Physicians called dur
ing the day to take his tempera-
ture, feel his pulse and look at
his tongue. He has been pro-
nounced to be In good health. T
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
PRODUCE SHIPMENTS

Car-Iot shipments reported for the
aatIre, United States for Saturday
July ~:
commemorative ISL; California.
10: North Carolina, g. Others ~.
Total 236.
oniona-aIowa, rs; MASSACHUSETTS,. 80;
New Jersey. IL; Washington. SS.
Others 80, Total 142,
Peaches--c california, So; Georgia, 239;
North Carolina, S.; South Carolina, %.
Total 37f.
Potatoes-Georgia. :: Idaho. 6; East
err shore Maryland, 81; North Carotina.
I. Norfolk Section. "a; Eastern Shore
VirEinia. ass. Others lis, Total Sa7.
Waterrn 5; Arizona.
1 Arkansas, 9; California. So; Florida.
sEi GeoFKfa, Se4; North Carolina. /;
south ,CarollEa. 1875; Texas ~.
fetal sn2
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Akron Group Sails
To Honor Eckener

AKRON, July 20 I.NS3.-
Forty-three members Of the Ma.
sonic Club, Of Akron, are en- route
to Germany, where they will pre-
sent a solid gold plaque to DR..
Hugo. Eckener, commander of the
Graf Zeppelin, in recognition OF
his services to aviation.
The, Masonic group left here
July / with plans to. travel more
than $4,000 miles on the Conti-
nent before returning August 16.
In addition to Germany, the
Masons will journey to England,
Belgium, Holland, France and
Switzerland, before they turn
homeWard.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Too Cool With Only
One Suit, Steals TUO

One colored man was not hot
enough yesterday with the one
suit Of clothes that he wore, but
he sought by taking ways to
replenish his, wardrobe with an
other two suits. His experiment
was q success, for nobody from
the Bonwit Credit Clothing Store
could reach him as he ran with
increasing rapidity In the heat Of
the noon sun down Seventh
Street.
AS he ran down the street, one
Of the Salesladies from the store
at 735 Seventh st. N. w. ran
after him, but to no avail.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
White House Ice Cream
Introduced in 1929

About 5000 100000 pounds of
milk are utilized annually in the
commercial manufacture of ice
cream, according to experts Of
the Department of Agriculture.
Ice cream. declares 0. E. Reed,
chief of the bureau OF dairy
industry In the United States
Department Of Agriculture, is an
American institution. The making
of ice cream, as an industry, con.
tinues the expert, had its begin.
ming just after the American
Revolution. The first newspaper
advertisement offering ice cream
for sale was one which appeared
The Washington times., 1930-07-22

In the New York Gazette Of May
10, 1777. ~ 49,
1t was first introduced into
social events at the White House
by Andrew Jackson in 1929.
DR.. E. v. McCollum, of Johns
Hopkins University, one of the
leading scientists in nutrition.
says that there is no more at
tractive way of serving milk to
the family than in good ice
cream. and inasmuch as the
amount of milk consumed per
person is still far too low, the
more frequent serving Of this
food would be beneficial.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Appalachian Corp.
In NeLD Gas Deal

Appalachian Gas Corp. now
owns more than ,95 per cent of
the outstanding common stock
and has contracted for the pur-
chase of a majority of the pre-
ferred stock of West Virginia Gas
Corp, according to announce
ment today, This is the fifth
major acquisition of Appalachian
Gas Corp. within the last three
months, the others being ac-
Quisition of control Of Texas
Gas Utilities Co., Southwestern
Natural Gas Co. and of substarl-
tial stock interests in Memphis
Natural Gas Co. and Allegheny
Gas Corp.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
u. S. Realty Earns
Less in s Months

u. s. Realty and Improvement
Company and subsidiaries re-
ported today for the six months
ended June 80 q net profit of
33,396,719, compared with So
S34,976 in the like 1920 period.
Current assets as Of June 80
amounted to $17,770,0 ,097, Of which
1881, 900 was cash In banks
and on call, while current liza
bilities totaled $2,093,631. Un-
finished business Of its subSid-
diaries on June 80 totaled $32 ;
100000.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Containers Ist Halt
Net Double 1929

Earnings in the first half Of
1880 more than double the
amount earned in the first six
months of 1929 were reported to-
day by Container Corporation Of
America. In the six months end
ing June 80 this year the cor
poration earned $S16,1S3 after all
changes and provision for Fed
eral taxes; compared with $l37,,
361 In the corresponding period
of last year. Earnings after
preferred dividend requirements
leave a balance of 252.4ie ap-
plicable to the Glass "A" and
Glass "B" common stock.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Hospital Plans Fete,
Committees Named

SANDY SPRING, Md, July %.
The MONTGOMERY County Gen
eral Hospital will hold its annual
supper and dance at the Sher.
wood high School on Tuesday,
July 20.
The committees have been ap-
pointed and are as follows: Ar
rangements, Mrs. Mahlon Kirk,
Ath; Mrs. G. L. Gilpin, Mrs. j.
w. Barnsley, Miss Anna M. Far,
nulaar, Mrs. Robert II. Miller,
and Mrs. r. M. Hallowell.
The. dance. committee will be
headed by Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon
Kirk: baseball, r. B. Beall: trap
shooting, M. r. CisSel, and pony
ride, Corinne Kirk and Tommy
Ljadson.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
WHEAT STABILIZED

CHICAGO, July % UNS0.
Wheat started moderately lower
today, but Immediately went
higher on scattered buying on
firmness in Winnipeg and Decem-
Der, corn. After. the first hour
prices were ls@9sc higher. Of
ferings were limited. Liverpool
was a01Hd lower and Winnipeg
3sc higher.
Corn also firrned after Q dull
start, with scattered commission
house and local buying. Light
rains were reported over the
southwest sections Of the belt.
Shortly before mid-seSsion corn
prices were 1s@1c up. Oats were
b0 Ac higher, and rye 2s0AO
I'D.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Henderson Will Run
For office in Legion

CUMBERLAND. Nd, July "a.
Lieut.. Col. George Henderson,
member of the Allegany County
Bar, win be a candidate for COM
rnander Of the Department Of
Maryland, American Legion, at
the annual convention Of the
State Department, to be held in
Baltimore, August 2s, 90 and 80.
He is q lieutenant colonel In the
Maryland National Guard. He
served overseas as captain, having
been connected with the judge ad.
Vocate department.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Think MOOnShiners
Burned Mans Home

WINCHESTER, Va, July %.
Following an Investigation off
cials believe that the home of
Henry Shirley. at Dehaven. which
was destroyed by fire Sunday. was
set afire by moonshiners. Shirley
and his family found their home
burned when they returned from
Q week end visit IN MartinSburg.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Kansas City POWer
June Income Gains

Kansas City Power & Light Co.
renorted today for net income
fnr June of $445,733 agains t
a426. .235 in June, 1929. Net for
fhe. IL months ended June 80 to-
tailed $5,945. .266. compared with
IS. .634, ,262 in the preceding IL
months,
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
Briggs Gets Large
Packard Body Order

The LIE Baron Co., a division
of the Briggs Manufacturing Com
pany. has received a substantial
order for convertible type custom
built bodies from the Packard
Motor Company, it was an
i1ounced today.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
WIDOW DIES

BERRYVILLE, Va, July a.
Mrs. Laura Griffith, widow Of
Emanuel Griffith. died at the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Snyders
Myers, near Shepherdstown.
Seven children survive.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
r. C. A. GiUes Rights
To TeLeUisiOn. T1Lkies

Radio Corporation Of Amer
lea is offering receiving set
licenses at important enlarge
mentS, including the right for
radio broadcast teIevision receiv.
ers and apparatus for reproduc-
ing talking pictures in homes.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22

In Today's
ADS

~&5E AAS944 4&@~ &AD0@n~1Aann~
OAKI,AND-Four-do Sedan, 1897,
for sale, good condition; $685.
terms.
FOR SALE-Bathing beach and
store business: located at Castle
Shenandoah River at the foot OF
the Blue Ridge Mountains: good
fishing, swimming, boating: q beau
tfful place to Iivo in; . paying
business at the right price.
BEAUTIFUL unfurnlshed corner
apartment; first floor front: three
rooms, sun pariOF and bath; all
mOdeFn improvements; $50 per
month.
SELLING Is our business: real
estate or personal property, pri-
VateIy or by public auctt0ni give
Nv q ring for Interview.
FURNISHED ROOMs-17th et. N.
w. near Massachusetts Ave.s newly
furnished, single and double rooms;
all modern lmprOvementsi excellent
meals.
WISCONSIN AVE.-Unfurmlnhed or
furnished apartment; consists Of
three rO0nass electricity and re-
frigeRation tneluded; southern ex-
posursI eGs.B0 monthlY rental.
Thess are ''siasliokts" on some OF naHj
ntersstiR0 adUeyttseBi eRtS yoV Ir,H find II
od0YS times Sad Herald Classified Ads
The Washington times., 1930-07-22
JOINS UNGERLElDER & CO.

Harry Scheer, formerly Of Ar
thur II. Jacobs g. Co., has become
associated with Samuel Unger'
leider SE Co., in their main office
at so Broadway, New York.
The Washington times., 1930-07-22

SEx dividend Ex rghta. Plus ~ in stock. BPay.
able scrip Plus S% in stock Paid last regular
rate Payable In stock. Payable whsA earned oPay.
able in stock Plus 1s& In stock PIus S% In
stock Plus ~ In stock. Plus ~ in stock PluS
- In stock m 6 2.3% in stock Plus 81 m stock
Subject to approval Of stOckhodsra PluS sunO
less than 100 nharsa
The Washington times., 1930-07-22

Start the week right! Inves* In .
ear Of gour OW1 today through the
Classified AAA
The Washington times., 1930-07-22

Thess are "si6sli0hts" on some OF mary
inteysstiR0 GdUeSttseBi eRts yoV IriR find -
todayS times md Rerald Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
HARVARD GIVEN
NEW SCHOOL

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. "a
Q.N.S9 ment Of a
School Of Geography at Harvard
University the gift, of DR.. A..
Hamilton Rice, q graduate and
famous geographer and explorer,
Of Newport, r. Twas announced
by Harvard authorities.
The new school, at which DR..
Rice will become professor Of geo.
graphical exploration as well as
direction of the new department,
is expected to be completed In Sep
tember of 1881. The building now
under construction is located on
Divinity Avenue in the center of
Harvard's scientific departments.
The main object Of the new
school will be the teaching of the
fundamentals of geographical
science, emphasizing the central
position geography occupies among
the sciences concerned with the
study of the earth and those
sciences having to do with life and
man.
The new school will devote itself
to the collaborating of those
sciences and the collaborating of
them, for Institutional purposes,
with topography and regional geo.
graphy and the principles of geo
graphical description.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Wife's Superior Air
Breaks Up Romance

WEST CHESTER, Sept. a.
The romance OF a wealthy society
woman and one of her fathers
employees has crashed because, &C
cording to the husbands she
"acted as If she were superior
to me-"
The principals are Mrs. Ellen
Poultney Wiley, daughter Of j.
Randall williams, a leader in
Haverford and Main Line social
circles, and Howard e. Wiley,
West Vinent township farmer.
They met In 1918, when Wiley
was working as manager of one
of her fathers farms. She was
then 81 and he II. They were
married at Paoli on January 80,
1914, and separated in February,
1929. Wiley was awarded di-
vorce on grounds Of "cruel and
barbarous treatment"
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
LONE NECKLACE
PROPER THING

NEW YORK, sept. 20. THE
burning question Of how many
diamond necklaces q girl can
wear and still look ladylike was
settled once and for alI--for all
year, anyhow-at the Commodore
yesterday. She can wear just
one. and don't you forget it. The
others will Just have to stay in
the bureau drawer.
Still, the American National
Retail jewelers. Association,
which handed down this momen-
tous decision, isn't one to let a
poor gorl blush unseen for want
Of diamonds.
So, beside the necklace Of
sparklerS, she can also wear q
diamond bracelet q couple Of
inches wide, q narrower bracelet,
q 2O-karat diamond ring on one
hand-if she can get it-a couple
of other diamond rings, the usual
number Of earrings and three dia-
rnond clips on the shoulder straps
Of her evening gown. But no
more. Not q thing more.
The jewelers. did think up one
thing for the men. They must
wear two watches, it was decided
In a resolution passed by the
convention. "A wrist watch for
great convenience and pocket
watch for great accuracy; two
watches for complete satisfac.
ton"
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift a. Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, b. C.,
for week ending Saturday, September
20r 1880, on shipments sold cut ranged
from 1000 cents TO 20. so centa per pound
and averaged 1857 cents per pound.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Radiun1 Death of Mother
ODershadolDs Baby

NEW YORK, sept. 2i.Far
more tragic than the fate OF the
i6 men and women so far
doomed to lingering illness or
death by radturn poisoning is the
shadow that hung over Q pretty,
curly.haired baby today.
While 27-year-old Anna Stasi,
victim No. i6, lay in her coffin,
her small daughter, Sabina, played
light-neartedly In front OF the
Stasi's West Orange home, tgnor-
ant Of the shadow.
But inside the house the child's
father, Dominick, sat beside the
bier and moaned his fears.
He told how his wife had been
employed at the United States
Radium Corporation plant paint
ing radium dials on watches;
how. after four years at that
post, she married him, and then
how the fatal illness crept on.
That was before Sabina was
born. Now Dominick Is i'll with
worry over whether the pretty
little child viii inherit the dread
disease. He said:
'T'm frantic. I'm going to
have my girl examined 40 soon
rs her mother Is buried. She
may have that awful poisoning
right now. Maybe she'll die
after . few years, as Anna did.
read of q case like that.
"If she has 1t, something must
be done right away. I can't
have her suffer the way poor
Anna did"
The mother never knew what
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Parade Ground Mau
BecOlne Air Station

LONDON, Sept. % 0.N.sO.
London's famous Horse Guards
Parade, scene of brilliant nl,Ii-
tary spectacles, may become an
anplane station If investigations
now proceeding resulting in the
construction of machine capable
q landing within a smaller space
Chan present machines.
The air ministry has issued to
British aircraft constructors a
specification describing the type
q airplane which 1t wishes to
see developed. Upon the result
OF this will depend whether the
parade is transferred to an aero
drome.
The parade, according to the
ministry, would make an ideal
landing and taking off ground
Tor q feeder service to the Croy.
don airport.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Catfish Fall From
Skies Dlgripqu Rain

ROSWELL, N. M, Sept. ~
QN4So - Catfish fell from the
skies In a recent rainstorm on the
desert near here. Joe j. Lane.
prominent rancher in Lea county
has photographs and fish to
prove it.
Lane said the fish fell on an
arid section near his ranch, SIS
miles east of here. He and his
wife gathered about 100 pounds
OF fish from an acre of ground
The nearest water tank is six
miles from the spot.
The only water in the entire
area comes from windmills.
\ About loo Of the fish were still
alive when Lane and his wife
gathered them. He was in Ros.
well recently with fish and phc.
tographs to prove his story.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
NeLU Process Frees
Tobacco of Insects

ROCKY FORD. Colo, Sept. %
IN.S.l - Freedom from insects
which are seriously interfering
with the cultivation of tobacco
in the South may lead to the
development of this industry in
Colorado.
M. r. Backus and Fred Spiller,
Kentucky tobacco growers, were
In Rocky Ford recently to get a
local farmer to experiment with
q half acre of the weed next year.
Tobacco has been raised in this
vicinity in the past, but proper
curing was impossible in this cli-
mate and the venture was given
up. A steam process has recently
been perfected, however, which
win make curing possible.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
sGIE ENCE FAILS
WITH CROOK

EASTON, Pa, Sept. 22.--The
efforts Of science and the SUR
geon's knife 20 years ago to cure
youthful criminal proyed>a q fail.
ure when Judge r. c. Stewart
sentenced Charles 8. Welty, 35, TO
serve five to 10 years in the East
ern Penitentiary when he pleaded
guilty to holding up the girl cash
ier OF a Nazareth theater at the
point Of gun and robbing her
of 500.
Welty, Judge Stewart recalled,
was the subject of scientific ct.
tempt 20 years ago to cure him of
criminal tendencies which, 1t was
declared. started after he had
fallen on his head at the age Of o.
OF the ~ years that have
elapsed since he first faced the
court as a boy Of IS, Welty has
spent about Is years in prisons
and reform schools. During the
four years he has been out Of
Jail he married and is now the
father Of two children.
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Loses All in Stocks.
Ends Lite With Shot

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Rob-
ert Monaghan, So, ended it all
some time Thursday night with
.32-caliber revolver. The maid
found him dead in bed with a
bullet hole In his right temple
Detective Reilly found Monag-
han had lost his all in Wall
Street and had been ordered to
vacate his room. He left three
notes, one to his mother, Mrs.
Monaghan, of Rochester.
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
Study Of Evolution
GiUen as Reason
For Suicide

CHICAGO, Sept. AZ Believ-
ing study Of the theory Of evo-
luton as taught in the North
western University to Miss
Rosilyn Robinson, of Brookfield,
Ill.,. had caused her to die from
religious worry, brought her
father, Al. j. Robinson, to the
campus seeking Ernest Lauer, Q
professor Of history. He was ar
rested on charges Of threatening
to kill Lauer, whom he blamed
for planting the evolution the
ory in the girls head. He said:
"This study upset her re
ligiOus faith. She began to
read widely ON evolution and
then she began to worry over
her possible fate after death.
We did what we could to ease
her mind and take it off evOlu-
ton, but II was no use. She
continued to read and lose faith
until she worried herself into Q
nervous breakdown, then she
Just faded away and died. I
blame this Prof. Lauer for her
DEATH
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
TEXAS WOMAN
ASKS AID HERE

A penciied letter written on
both sides Of e. piece Of brown
wrapping paper was received by
Daniel =. Garges. secretary to
the District Commissioners today
from Mrs. Thelma shockley. of
Quail, Tex. mother Of two chill
dren and expecting visit from
the old stork any day" appeal.
ing to the women of Washington
70 send her discarded clothing.
The letter, sent to the city
Mayor. Washington, d. c. and
addressed to "All the women Of
washington" said that the Shock.
leys home burned down recently
ana the woman's husband was
seriously burned In rescuing his
aged mother. q cripple, from the
building. Since the fire destroyed
their home. the husband has
been unable to walk without
crutches and Mrs. Shockley and
ner 3-year-old daughter are sup.
porting the family by picking
cotton. MRS. Shockley wrote:
We are expecting ! visit
from the old stOrk any day and
haven't got any clothes and no
money TO buy any--sO now
I'm asking each and every
woman in Washington, d. c.,
70 Just send as clothes that Won
nave thrOWed away and can't
wear any more. Old dresses.
mats shoes, coats, pants.
shirts, underware and old
clothes Of all descriptions and
The Washington times., 1930-09-22
13 Cents in Pocket,
Man LEAPS TO Death

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Two
pawn tickets and IS cents. This
estate, evidently his sole posses.
sions, was found in the pocket
of a healthy, husky man of 80,
who had leaped to death beneath
an "a" train in view of several
hundred persons.
A southbound local Sixth Ave.
nue. train passed over his body
at West Broadway and Franklin
st. One pawn ticket was made
out to m. Schroeder"
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allied her all the time she was
fighting vainly for life. Her hus-
band admitted today he hau de-
ceived her for four years because
she bad such horror Of the
poisoning that had taken the lives
Of 50 many OF her friends.