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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-07
TANKS AT AIRING.
TON SAVED FROM FIRE

Disaster was averted with Difficult
ty when fire threatened the gasoline
tanks of the Arlington Oil company
in that village. Flames enveloped
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-07

the pump house near the tanks when
the firemen arrived and at great risk
to their lives they succeeded in check
ing the blaze before the tanks were
reached.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-07

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01
ow strains of the music.

low strains of the music.
1t twas then we noted Ellis
Sigmas logged in the modernistic
design of black and white, and the
elongated" Smitty's Kappa Alpha
Phis bedecked in the bright red.
The contest was marked by ex-
cellent guarding of both teams.
From the initial tip-off, follow
ing the Referee Jenkins opening
whistle, the Sigmas led for the first
few minutes of the contest, piling
up a score of points before
Kappa got started. Then "Smit-
ty" and his Kappa boys COM
menced. Successive shots by Smith,
Webb and Thomas put the official
scorer to work a bit and lined up
the count to all.
Then things drifted along so far
as scoring was concerned, but not
for the foor-work 1t was strug-
gle, with the ball being circulated
successfully from one end Of the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01

When Jack Morgan was keeping
up his racket around here, they
thought that he was real fighter
and on the road to 'kingdom," but
"The Tiger" stopped him, and it
was the last of him. The Tiger
was better fighter and more ex-
perienced, and therefore he was
forced to yield to the best man;
but neither Of them were real
fighters.
The fight fans all over the coun-
try know what kind of fighter
this fellow McVey is, and there
fore when the Tiger met McVey
a few weeks ago in Baltimore he
met a real fighter, and ne was de-
feated. This proves my statement
that there is a difference between
would-be fighters and real fighters.
Follow me each week and hear
about colored athletes.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01

marked area to the other. How
ever, the Sigmas were able to exc
ought eight more points, bringing
their total to sixteen by the end
of first period, while the Kappas
chalked up 8 more. Score: First
half, Sigma, IS; Keppa, IL.
The second half followed with
both teams still prancipg in bril-
liant form, the Sigma having the
advantage.
Harry Williams, former Union
star, was the high point man of
the affair. "Sleek" Ellis and
make" Robinson also played a
stellar game for Sigma. tom
Lightner" Thomas, Webb and the
mighty Smitty himself held up well
for Kappa.
In the preliminaries Kellar, Light
foot and Yancey did some work
for the Scrollers, while Taylor and
Pasteur hook off in bang-Up form
for the Crescents.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01

time, but the public was not dis
appointed. Edwards was met by
Sedreck, and although the referee
pronounced it a draw, have my
doubt.
l was once asked to name a real
fighter, and l said Jaxck McVey
was a real fighter, and it was con-
tended that Tiger Thomas was a
real fighter. / only laughed, be-
cause l knew that evidently very
few people here knew anything
about this racket.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01
medicine lately.

medicine lately.
Obi but just wait a minute, "the
Edward Thomas fight" certain
ly will never forgive myself for
missing this bout. From what |
was told about this bout it seemed
that the Tiger met his match.
know this boy Edwards and l know
he is no SLOUGH; therefore, | know
he put up a good fight. The fight
was so good that the public de-
manded a return bout. Thomas
failed to show up at the appointed
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01
Sigma Downs Kappa I'm
Brilliant Cage Struggle.
By Jnhn r. PicOtt

by Jnhn II. Flcott
In a bang-up game of the old
circular leather the Phi Beta Sig
ma Fraternity quintet passed, drib-
bled and shot to a 1920 final score
over the Kappa Alpha-Psi Frater-
nifty five here last night at John
sons auditorium.
But not yet-for here's the big
story: This game was a blood
struggle, fought by both Kappa and
Sigma for every tick of the clock
in the two twenty-minute periods.
1t was a topnotcher which pro-
duced for the excited spectators a
thrill a minute.
Rousing cheers were the order of
the day as both big squads thump-
ed out upon the polished surface,
on which later nimble and dainty
'eet were to keep time to the mel
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01
The Lion VS.. The Tiger

The Lion VS.. The Tiger
This is cartoon of "Tiger"
Thomas, whom l need not intro
duce. All Of you remember the
story about how he put Jack Nor
gan, the ex-newsboy fighter, away
in three rounds, and also how ne
has been giving all corners the K-O
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-01
oVERSHADOWING THE PASS

BY j. E. B.
Paramount Feature Sport Writer
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
To Close Michigan Avenue, in
BrOOkland, Is a Bad Mistake

NY proposal in Congress anywhere else, to close
a Michigan avenue, in Brookland, is a bad mistake.
That there be elimination of the Michigan
grade crossing the Baltimore Ohio tracks, is widely
recognized this be done in ways without u
tering up impeding traffic. favored in item in the
District Appropriation BILL being framed by the House
Committee Appropriations.
This $4,000 item would provide for bridge
Monroe street. the Baltimore Ohio tracks, the closing
Of Michigan avenue Monroe street. diversion of
all traffic formerly flowing through Michigan avenue,
bridge to Tenth street. and from there north into
Michigan avenue again, or the reverse.
This clearly opposed to public interest in that it reduces
traffic outlets and thorougare instead of increasing them
and will york hardship upon rapidly developing portion
of the District.
The plan would up the highway system that section
produce traffic snars and pes and unnecessary
an otherwise straight highway It conflicts with
District policies Of Strengthening Michigan
In these days vastly increasing traffic and of swift
growth in all parts of the District there is little vision in any
proposal close thorOughares especially those useful to
citizens
There many controversial features concerning different
projects offered for the situation in Brookand there
be little controversy about the wisdom Of and better
roadways.
The Park and Planning Commission the body charged with
the responsibility for advising such matters proposes to
straghen Michigan Avenue by crossing the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks aduct somewhat north Of the present cross
ing thereby eliminating the old grade crossing but preserving
full traffic flow Others propose to preserve Michigan Avenue
by prompt construction of vaduct the present crossing
One or the other is vitality necessary.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
MR.. AND MRS ALDOUS HUXLEY. HOW DO THEIR
FACES IMPRESS YOU?

The most important thing about this young man. with the
wide forehead his face perhaps well balanced
the fact that he is the grandson Of the real very great
Huxley, scientist naturalist, educator of men.
The original Huxley would be interested see this picture
and glance at the writing his grandson whom you here
He would not read much of the writing because would
little interested in chatter imperfect human beings and
the unmportant things that they do. .
Compared with his grandathers work the work of young
Mr. Huxley clever he is is no important than the
chatter Of monkeys in the cage compared with the of
Button, the great naturalist, Cuvier.
It has been said children the only Immortality
Of which be sure We MAY live hereafter we may
NOT Religion teaches about hereafter agnostics say
1t is improbable atheists say its absolutely impossible.
We shall all know later in Do live hereafter If
not, the discussion won't make any difference.
children and grandchildren represent only i'm
mortality it will be disappointing to many of But
shall not know. ..:...
This young with all his cleverness brilliant admired
by millions that heard of the real Huxley would not
represent his grandfather's idea Of immortality.
huxley lived for science to teach to incrsase human
knowledge
This younger lives be brilliant clever as the French
put it pour ep0ter le monde"
What will your grandchildren and great
Thousand generations hence be like?
We cannot the question But fortunately study of
ancient times teaches that there always improvement
This young may an Improvement on his learned
grandfather. It would be hard surpass such man.
But ne is great Improvement his mother father of
thousand years ago.
That ancient Huxley grandfather,
prorudng chin powerful shoulders and heavy club climbing
to the top of rock cautiously looking prey would not
recognize his descendant this with eye glasses
AS for the beautiful Mrs Huxley who was Madsmcisele
Maria Nys the ancient Huxley probably would not
believe her to be real woman. :. : ~. H..
BETTER
There is comfort in that .
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
PharaOh's Curse
Thousands Believe In It.

TWENTY-FIVE deaths among the Psychologists their
associates who opened King Tu tomb few years ago
have occurred since the opening and the usual number Of
creduious persons have nodded wisely and said
something in Pharaohs curse after ALL
Popular legend has it. you recall that the Pharaohss put
some deadly but insdious poison in their death chambers
which would kill impous ntruders though they broke
In three thousand years later. -
is romantic idea and there may be something in it.
But hardly explains all the deaths in the King party
old age anyway. One killed himself by Jumping outEof
window Another died under the wheels London cab
And such prosac matters mosquito bites
passing Of others ~. n ~-s
so we must conclude that of the deaths merely
or rnat they were due to supernatural agencies
and IT. Is surprising how many intelligent hardheaded
theory.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
LISTEN WORLD!
Why Blame 1t on Marriage?
By Elsie Robinson

every grief that comes our way.
Do we wake with q peeve or go
to sleep with q crouch? Then
it's because we're married. Are
we bored, blue, restless, confused,
disconnected we're m r.
ried, that's why. Listen to us and
you'd think life would have been
one long. sweet song if we hadn't
taken that fatal step. You'd
think that we had always been
perfectly happy, hopeful, popu-
lar, contented and successful
until that tragic day. And we
say this so often that We believe
it ourselves. But it's the bunk!
We are, after marriage. just
what we were before. And life
would have been just about the
same for us whether we had
married or not. For it isn't the
miSSiS, or the mister, who cramps
our style-it's ourselves.
It the MisSis a nagging nit
wit? Well, the same sap streak
that made you marry her, Bill,
would have gotten you into some
other jam If you hadn't fallen
for her. Is the Mister a big bully,
Bessie? Well, the same SpineleSS-
ness that makes you stand for
his stuff would get you kicked
around, even If you had stayed
single. a.
Nit-wit wives and bullying
husbands aren't the cause of our
trouble-they're just the conSe-
quence. And until we eliminate
the source of the trouble within
ourselves-our own Stiffness, lazi-
ness, greedineSs, cuSSedneSs, cow
ardice and conceit-we will 60
right on having consequences.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY Dr.. Louis z. Risch.

LIVERY now and then we
become upset about the
spread Of crime. Usually this is
after some specially atrocious
crime has been committed.
1t is well known that insan-
~ity may lead to crime. It IS
also generally known that
feeble-mindedneSs may lead to
crime.
But there is a peculiar mental
state that is neither insanity
nor feeble-mindednesS, yet is
probably the greatest causative
agent in the production Of
crime.
This condition is called
constitutional Psyc h opathia
State"
Persons suffering from conSti-
tutional psychopathy mays be
Of average intellectual powers.
Sometimes, indeed, they posses
intelligence far above the aver
age.
The salient defect in all these
cases is in the emotional sphere.
To summarize their peculiar
ity in q definition one might
say that they are individuals
upon whom an ordinary stimu-
luS has an extraordinary ef.
feet.
In other words, whereas, a
person with a normal emo
tional makeup will respond
with gladneSS or sadness to a
happening or piece of news
that should make him glad or
sad, a pSychopath may re-
spond in an opposite way or
display no feeling whatsoever.
The same holds true for
other emotions such as pity,
kindness, love or such alb
stract emotional concepts, as
justice, mercy, charity, patri-
otism.
That Is why q psychopath
can commit the most atrociouS
murder in the most calculat-
ing and cold-blooded manner
imaginable!
Given intelligence, plus an
emotional inadequacy and you
have a combination that dareS
conceive anything, is afraid Of
nothing and has absolutely no
sense Of justice, pity or con.
sequences.
Yet, strange to relate, such
constitutional p Sycho p athic
states 90 unrecognized by courts
today!
Why? Because the law rec
ognizes as irresponsible states
only insanity and feeble-mind'
edness.
But psychopathy is neither
one nor the other and the
courts reason that II q person
knows the difference between
right and wrong he must be
Horman
phychopaths, therefore, are
treated as ordinary criminals.
They are arrested, tried, con-
victed, jailed. They serve their
sentences and are let out again
as free agents to commit fur.
ther depredations upon the
community.
Have we cured them by jail
ing them?
Have we helped society one
single iota by such methods?
Do we get anywhere by this
shortsighted and expensive pro-
EAdNsAa .--.-.--...-.-----.I..l---
The Washington times., 1930-03-12

Necessarily there is a demand
Tor specific expenditures If they
do their part in social activi-
ties. 'r.r,
You desire them. to take their
places in this way and then
grumble when you receive re-
quests for money.
In the first place was it not
your own fault that your chill
dren have selected the sort Of
companions they. have?-Did
you not place them in a posi-
ton to meet and make friends
among those who entertain
l&iahlH2 - ,.....
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

Half-Wives
Never was the world so full Of
half-wiVes as it Is today.
You know what I mean.
Women who are married-but
not WORKING at it. |
Women who have husbands,
somewhere in the "offing," with
whom they dine every other
Saturday or on alternate Tues
days; and whom they manage
to forget the rest of the time.
You meet a snappy. efficient
young business woman, who
calls herself Miss Smith,"
wears no weddling-ring, and is
guiltleSS Of that married look"
and, behold, you are shocked to
discover that she already has
her quota Of husbands. One,
current-and possibly one or
two, EX-huSbandS.
The haH-huSband is q vague,
nebulouS creature, who appears
at big parties and supper dances
beside his glittering wife-and
then fades out Of the picture,
and becomes just memory.
Some lines the half.wife
started out that way: and some.
times she just GOT that way,
becoming more devoted to her
business or profession than to
matrimony. And sometimes her
Semi-widowhood had been forced
on her by her husbands family,
inefficiency or his weakness for
blondes.
Usually she lives in a smart
little apartment, and keeps her
husband parked, at q safe dis.
tance, in a bachelor flat. When
T not too busy, she runs over to
his place, now and then, to
freShen up the curtains or over.
see the decorating-or just to
show a friendly spirit.
It all sounds very romantic
and adventurous-this playing
at marriage. All the honorS Of
matrimony-and none of the
responsibilities or annoyances.
Nobody to get breakfast for,
mornings; nobody to be amused
and picked UP after and waited
on, on holidays. Nobody to
keep you waiting for the shower
or the morning newspaper or the
bathroom mirror! Nobody to
mar the serenity Of your placid,
carefree life! Nobody to tell, you
where to get OFF!
Oh, yes, the half-wife does get
q better chance-to work. And,
the half-husband does get a bet.
ter chance to play.
Still, ! sometimes wonder. just
what they get out Of it all.
What is 1t all about? And
where are they heading for?
After all, work and play are
not all there is to life. They
are very empty and flimsy
things, unless you have an OBJ
JECTIVE. Unless you know
where you are GOING-and
Yny A..l = =.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
DoTHERED? Worried? =

~ ~ - Az - ~ " " AS&s
- Pestered? Misunderstood?
Ninety-nine chances out Of .
hundred you are
But why blame 1t on mar
riage?
Suppose you hadn't married.
Suppose you'd stayed single and
gone along in the usual bach
elor or SpinSter rut.. Wouldn't
you have tangled with people
and conditions just the same?
And wouldn't those conditions
have bothered and worried
you - wouldn't those people
have pestered and miSunder.'
stood you? Sure they would.
Then why blame it on mar.
riage, when its just life?
Suppose. even, that you could
have plotted your own life ex-
actly as you desired. Are you
kidding yourself into thinking
that you then would have had
perfect bliss? Get over it!
Lie would SClII nave Deen one
darned thing after another for
you'd have been nagged and
heckled by your own fears and
fidgets. by the racket
you generate inside yourself.
For there's where your trouble
starts, right in yourself. in the
weakness and cuSSedneSS Of
your own Self. And married or
single, you must lug that Self
along.
So why blame it on mar
riage?
Yet we do blame it on mar.
riage. From the second the wed
ding ring is popped on our fin.
ger, we make it the goat for
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
ONCE-OVERS

! A RE you encouraging your
"A son or daughter to choose
friends among those whose par
ents are able to afford them
many luxuries, and then do
you complain about their ex-
pensive habits?
Do you send your children to
an expensive school and then
object to the amount they must
have to keep up?
You want them to make their
friends and acquaintance
among those Of a certain stand
ard Of living and class q
eocist2a -,
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fiji each blank:
l. A geisha is Japanese
z Patrimony is inheritance from -
g. Neptune god Of -.
T. Neufohatel is q kind Of soft
S. A replica is
6. Tapioca is preparation Of -.
T. Vellum is a fine
Ferdinand de Lesseps the engineer Of the Canal
g. Stanley Falls cataracts Of the - river.
TO- The expression, amore, means -.
Do you know:
H. What is q prune?
H. What the malicious burning Of dwelling house caed7
l3 How does form?
a. What city in Vermont is called the Marbe Cityf
15 What is a dumbbell?
(Answers FiCtlOR Fsge)
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

He knows that the man IS
overcome ingloriouSly, who Is
overcome without danger.
Seneca.
A single word often betrays
great design. Racine.
When anger rises, think Of
the consequences.
- pS4A AkA4S
The Washington times., 1930-03-12

Smiles are like songs In
love:
They much describe; they
nothing prove. Prior,
Yet eat in dreams the Gus
tard of the day. Pope
A crowd Of felIow,sufferers
Is . miserable kind Of comfort.
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The Washington times., 1930-03-12

HaIf-Wives
Never was the world so full Of
half-wiyes as 1t Is today.
You know what I mean.
Women who are married but
not WORKING at it.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Potatoes in their skins, fruit
and vegetables and plenty of
water drunk between meals will
prevent ricketts, and many other
Rilmsata IA children.
The Washington times., 1930-03-12

With a dial 80 feet in diam
eter, the clock in the Royal
Liver Building, Liverpool, is be-
neved to be the largest face"
"a EpElsnas .-,,-..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08

But the backbone of the five or
six thousand persons who started
assembling after supper last night
was a mob of different mood. Only
a few more than fifty were active.
The rest was curious citizens.
.
THE crowd gave the rioters
L It's moral support, partly by
cheers, mostly by passive inaction,
forming a background against
which Sheriff Campbell and depu.
ties feared to shoot.
Until p. m, the hour at which
the waterworks whistle still blows
a curfew, it was an ordinary
crowd standing in family groups
at a safe distance from the jail.
which is half a block OF the
courthouse square.
The sheriff aided by Police
Chief Lewis Lindenmutb, made
several attempts to scatter the
growing thTQugss hut succeeded
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
HEAT TO HOLD
Grip ON STATE
Little Relief From Drought
Is Promised.

Not much change in temperature
was the prediction of the United
States weather bureau for Indian
apolis tonight and Saturday, and
the state was promised little relief
from the drought and heat.
Local thundershowers were pre-
dicted for the northern portion of
the state tonight or Saturday.
Rainfall reports from the state
for the twenty-four- hour period
ending at z this morning included !:
South Bend, OF inch; Angola, 90
inch; Lafayette, .08 inch; Farmland,
% inch; Cambridge City, .01 inch;
Columbus, .35 inch; Paoli, .06 inch.
Two deaths were attributed to
heat in Indiana Thursday. James
Auchue, ~, Logansport cobbler, died
suddenly. David H. Larson, 43,
farmer near Lafayette, shot himself
because the drought had ruined his
crops.
James A. Orr, 70, dropped dead in
Muncie, presumably the victim of a
weak heart, over-taxed by the heat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08

sheet iron doors and two steel
barred doors. Through the ga
rage and into the basement went
another group. Still others
swarmed down the sides of the
three-story structure of the roof,
peering inside for Negroes.
The sheriff and deputies fought
rioters at the main entrance,
cracking heads with clubs, hurl-
ing half a dozen tear gas bombs
but rifles and riot guns remained
on racks and revoIvers weree I'M
touched. They were swept aside.
The mob brought out the two
Negroes. The first was hanged at
the end of a rope fastened to bars
Of window on the second floor Of
the Jail His body was cut down
and taken to the courthouse yard,
where the second Negro was
hanged.
Care was taken to select the
Negroes identified by the Ball
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08

ing him the crowd was bent on
a lynching, and begged him to
turn loose the three Negroes.
Campbell refused. Ball walked
out, ran into some ones elbow,
and fell. That was the signal to
leadership, which the crowd had
lacked.
Not one of the rioters attempted
to hide his identity. All we're II
their late teens or early twersles
except Ball, his brother, and Dee
ter's father. I was in and oft of
the thick Of the crowd, none of
whom had been drinking except
ing a young model of a village
blacksmith.
The mob attacked the jail at
three points-the main door,
through the garage and from the
roof.
=
WITHIN a few minutes the
w main body had swept
through . heavy iron door. tWs,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08

girl. The same procedure was
followed when a third Negro was
removed.
E
A BRIEF halt occurred when Of
N ficials addressed the throng.
The Ball girls uncle said he be-
lieved enough had been done, and
was satisfied. Threats continued,
but INDIGESTION had seized the mob,
and it filtered away. BY midnight
all was quiet again, except for the
thousands packing the streets,
blocking all traffic.
The man who knotted the ropes
around the Negroes necks walked
into a restaurant with his wife,
and spent half an hour eating.
During the early morning never
fewer than thousand persons
were in the streets, half Of them
around the Maple trees from
which the bodies swung. Two
light showers failed to disperse
the groups.