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The Washington times., 1930-07-28
SIX KY.WAYS

Quite a little excitement was
created at Hoover Field over
the weekend when w. H.
Samoyao, a student at Catholic
University. cracked up the lit
tie Aeronica. Samoyao is In
tereSted in this ship from an
agency standpoint, and was
testing out its possibilities be-
fore making a deal for the
agency in Guatemala. he had
circled the city two or three
times and when trying to land
apparently misjudged his dis
tance when about 10 feet off
the ground and set it down.
a broken prop, messed up front
end and tangled landing gear
was the result. he was just
slightly shaken up. r. N. Neff
came in to Hoover from juno
tionville. Fla, and took off for
Norfolk, Va, in one of the new
model F Wacos. Sergeant Jor-
dan picked UP the Presidents
mail Sunday morning and
headed for Rapidan with it,.
c j. Consceal landed in Fleet
from Philadelphia.
The International News
photograph people got some
good shots of the forest fires
at HagerStown, Md, Saturday,
when T. r. Potts, of Washing
ton Airport. took one of their
photographers up there in q
Challenger. w esley Smith
came down to this airport from
Philadelphia in q Bellanca yes
terday. Charles McClennan ar
rived from FarmingdaIe in a
Fairchild. Sanger Green, man
.ager Of the Central Airport at
Camden, N. j., brought in a
Robin w. H. Harding
landed with a StinSon, Jr.. from
Red Bank, N. j.. this was an
other Lycoming-power job.
seems as If the new Stinsons
are all equipped with this kind
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
'Drinker' Revived,
Fights 8 Firemen

Eight members Of the Fire De.
partment Rescue Squad had a
difficult time with Edward j.
Herald, 26, 900 block of o st.
N. w., last night after reviving
him at Twelfth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue, Northwest.
The feScuerS were summoned
when the man was found uncon-
sciouS. Upon reviving, Herald
put up q terrific battle and 1t
was all the eight squad members
could do to subdue him. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital and
treated for lacerations. Police and
hospital attendants reported that
Herald had passed out" from
drinking after alighting from q
car at the Pennsylvania Avenue
terminal.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28

the best Of the European schemes,
which will include individual
study for those students who find
themselves capable of benefitting
by exemption from ordinary
classes.
A council for graduate study
will also be formed which will be
composed Of the students and
which will direct the researches
Of graduate students. This will
care only for students who are
after their doctor degree.
The professors will also be re-
lieved Of administrative details,
which will be taken care of by the
deans, thus leaving the teachers
free to devote themselves to their
school duties.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
C. w. to Divide Into Junior
And Senior COLLEGES

Following the lead Of several
Western colleges, George Washing
ton University will divide itself
into a senior and Junior college.
This will be only one phase of a
gigantic reorganization plan for
the university.
One OF the new features will be.
the grouping Of studies into four
divisions. in which the courses
win be closely related. Those divi-
sions are. tentatively, languages
and literature, mathematics and
physical sciences, the natural sci
enceS. and the social sciences.
While adopting the newest
ideas Of American education, the
@ Street school will also absorb
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
3 Bridges Approved
BIZ Var Department

Application Of the Nashville
Highway Department for ap-
proyal Of plans for a bridge to be
constructed across the French
Broad River, near Bridgeport,
Tenn, have been passed upon
favofably by Assistant Secretary
OF War Payne.
The State highway boards Of
south Carolina and Georgia re-
ceived sanction for their modified
plans for a bridge to be con-
structed across the Savannah
River at Fifth Street, Augusta, Ga.
Payne also approved the appli-
cation of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway for permiS-
sion to revise it's plan for bridge
to be constructed over the Illinois
River near Chillicothe, Ill.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
Phone Your News Tips to
The Times and Win $50
Weekly Prizes

Save your news for The Washington Times and get in
line for of the $50 in prize money awarded each week
for the best exclusive tips.
Whenever anything happens, call the News Tip Editor
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announcement of the awards made each Saturday in
The Times.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
Black T On,n,y Walls
WOeS to ] Potomac
Golf Bugs

And now a black cat with all
that it presages has been added
to the hazards of golf at East
Potomac Club.
Golfers, braving the heat and
Colonel Bogey, yesterday met
the inky animal at the third
hole on the F course at the club.
He waddled up to the tee as
each foreSome came along and
walled his pIaintive cry for milk,
or attention or something.
AT any rate. the kitten gave
golfer excellent excuse for duff
fling that tee shot. No one
knew where he came from or
where he finally went. but he
remained in the vicinity all the
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
Times staff Photos

of motor. :. C. B. Swenson in
augurated the weekly service
between this city and Atlantic
City yesterday with a tri-
motored Ford which will be
used every Saturday, leaving
this airport at noon.
w. r. CroSswell, test pilot for
the Curtis people, gave a dem.
onStration of the new N.2-C at
the Naval Air Station Saturday,
and yesterday Ensign Earle
took the ship on a hop to
Pittsburgh. more about this
in the near future. Lieutenant
Seligman hoped off for Hamp-
ton Roads with an O-2-U.
Lieutenant Henderson took an
F2-B to Pawtucket. r. L.
Lieutenant Commander Clark
headed for Atlantic City in an
O-2-C.
Boiling Field saw only four
test flights Saturday, which is
rather a slow day for the boys
:. but they like it right now,
as it must be rather warn;sh
on the field this weather. .
Lieutenant Myers took General
Brown to Philadelphia in an
O25. Lieutenant Kimbls took
off for Mitchell with Secretary
Payne in the Ford Lieutenant
Stranathan, carrying Lieutenant
Welsh, was expected back from
Swanton, VT, last night. where
they had been helping dedicate
q new landing field. Lieuten-
ant Goodrich. who was also up
there. got in Saturday. Capt.
Mcdaniel landed from Cape
Cod with his P-l yesterday aft
ernoon. and Lieutenant Gu.lett,
who took an AS up there
when the captain went up. was
expected in later in the day.
Major Mcdonald hoped off
for Mitchell with q pursuit
plane.
FOur days left to file your PeTsO N
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
2 Women Injured
In Milk Truck Crash

Two women were injured to-
day when the automobile in
which they were riding crashed
into parked milk truck at
Nichols Ave. and Sheridan Rd.,
s. e.
Miss Billie Vaughn. %. Of
Round Peak, N. c.. driver Of the
car. was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for decorations Of the legs.
Mrs. Effie Jordan, Of Fort Wash
ington. Md, was treated at the
Boiling Field diSpenSary for
bruised hands. Two other occu-
pants of the car were uninjured.
The truck was in charge of John
A. Jones, 80, 1900 block Orleans
Pl, N, E.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28

-Four days lest ta file your Personal
Tax Return Ne excuse eaB be taken
for the failure "a file q return during
the month Of July.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
MAN SUCCUMBS
IN WATER Off
HAMS POINT
Second Loses Use Of Limbs
As Head Is injured in Diving;
Third Swimmer Is Rescued

One man Is dead, another is
paralyzed and q third was res
cued from drowning as the result
of swimming accidents over the
weekend in and near the Capt.
tai. =.
John w. Hogshead, 80, oper-
ator of a dental laboratory in the
Medical Science Building, was
drowned yesterday while swim
ming in the Potomac River off
Haines Point. The tragedy oc-
Cured whjse Hogshead was swim
ming with q party Of friends
from a small launch m0ored q
short distance from the point.
Revival Efforts Fail
The man took a plunge into
the water alone and is believed TO
have struck q submerged object
under the water. When he failed
to appear on the surface, an
alarm was sounded by his COM
panionS, Thomas HALEY, owner
Of the launch, Of Lanham, Md;
George Hurlebaus, $500 block
Fourteenth st. N. W., and r. A.
Parks, 100 block Tenth st. N.
VIZ
While hundreds of motorists
looked on a crew of Harbor pre-
cinct police grappled for more
than half an hour before recover.
ing the body. Physicians from
Emergency Hospital and members
Of the fire rescue squad labored
for almost an hour in an effort
to revive Hogshead, but their
efforts were futile. The body was
taken to the District Morgue.
Head Strikes Object
While bathing at Chesapeake
Beach, Md, John Bell Griffith, |
80, 300 block Virginia Ave. s. E., |
struck his head on q submerged |
object during the course of q
dive and suffered paralysis of his |
legs and arms.
Rescued from the waters, Grit !
fifth was hurried to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition was
declared serious. Griffith, it was
reported, had been in the water
only a short time before the acct
dent occurred.
Drowning Man Saved
Llewelyn Davis, 20, of Barnes
vile, Nd, was rescued from
drowning in the Potomac River
opposite Seneca, Nd. yesterday |
by Bruce Carr. %, of Rockville, |
Md. Davis, a poor swimmer, was |
swimming with the aid of an in
flated automobile inner tube and,
in an attempt at diving, the tube |
slipped from around him.
Floundering in the water and
screaming for help, Davis came
to the surface. Carr, swimming |
a short distance away, struck out |
to his aid and succeeded in bring
ing him ashore. Davis, son of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Davis, was
removed to his home and given
medical treatment.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28

FOHr days left to file youE PeSsO Ial
Tax Return. No excuse ran be Taken
for the failure to file q return during
the month Of July.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
JACK HOFFMAN

JACK, SON OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Vincent Hoffman, $50 M st.
8. E., sustained a badly lacer-
ated back when his parents
automobile figured in a crash
with another car at Third and
II Streets Northwest. The car
was badly damaged and Jack
had to have several stitches
taken in his back.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
MERCURY At
80 FOR new
RECORD
Humidity Increases From 18
to so Per Cent; Avenue
Kiosk Shows 109 Degrees

Kiosk Shows 100 Degrees
Relief from the sweltering heat
which has kept Washington resi-
dents gasping for the past several
days will probably be forthcoming
before wednesday night, accord
ing to tentative predictions by
Charles L. Mitchell. forecaster at
the Weather Bureau.
Mitchell declared that cooling
breezes from The Arctic regions
have already crossed the Canadian
border, and arc sweeping south
ward, with nothing to prevent
them from reaching the Capital.
A thunderS1ower H11ay break the
heat tomorrow afternoon, Mitchell
said, but until then little relief
is in sight.
Yesterday Sets Record
Yesterday was one of the hot
test ever experien ced locally.
While the temperature did not
reach the high levels which it has
reached at times during the re-
cent heat wave, it maintained a
higher average than has yet been
felt this year.
The lowest temperature for the
day was 81.
To-Day. however, saw slight
drop, for at an early f.our the mer.
curry stood at 80.
Adding to the discomfort of
the extreme heat yesterday was
the high humidity. While the
humidity remained around 18 per
cent on Saturday, it climbed to
so yesterday morning, and even
during the hottest part of the
day went no lower than "a. =
The highest temperature re-
corded yesterday by the Weather
Bureau was 80 degrees, a drop Of
one degree from the 100-degree
marks of recent days.
At the kiosk on Pennsylvania
Avenue, however, the crowds
watched the indicator lowering
around 100 degrees.
Kiosk Reaches 1O9
The difference in readings, it
was pointed out. is due to the
fact that cooling breezes blow
around the Weather Bureau,
while not breath of air was
stirring around the kiosk
Several persons collapsed from
the heat yesterday. Al a cell in
the First precinct police station,
John C. Callahan, 30, Of Penn
Sylvania Avenue, near John Mar
shall Place, was overcome. Gala
han, who had been held all day
at the precinct for investigation,
was given first aid at Emel gency
Hospital and then taken to Gal
linger.
John Bagget White, IS. 1000
block Twenty-second st. N. W.,
was found by Third Precinct Po-
liceman John H. Gwinn at Penn
Sylvania Avenue and Twenty-Sec-
ond Street Northwest, uncon-
scious from the heat and was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
Resorts Are Thronged
Marie Howard, colored, 49, of ]
Berwyn, Nd, collapsed on the
street yesterday in the 21O0. block
Eleventh st. N. W., and was
taken to Freedman's Hospital.
where she is in an undetermined
condition.
Nearby summer resorts yester-
day reported capacity crowds of
persons fleeing the heat.
Last night more than 5000
persons were reported to be 4
sleeping on the grass and in their
automobiles in Rock Greek and
East Potomac Parks, driven from 4
their homes by the heat.
The present heat wave Is said
by old residents of the District
to be one of the worst and most
prolonged "hot spells" in their
recollection.
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
WoMAN's COUNCIL MEETS

The Business Woman's Council
will meet at the Church Of the
Covenant. Connecticut Ave. and
N st. N. W.. tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. A feature of the program
will be a talk by Miss George
Robertson Of the Anti Cigarette
Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
PLASTIC SCHOOLING
ISURGEDBY WILBUR
Mental Processes of Youth
Should Be Kept PIiabIe,
He Tells Educators.
Nv a.. Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., February ~
Scientific supervision of instruction
gradually is replacing haphazard super
vision In the public schools, of the Unit
ed States, said DR.. Fred G. Aver, pro-
feSsor of educational administration
University of Texas. addressing super
intendents in cities under the 10000
population class, in the city auditorium
yesterday afternoon.
The truly scientific stage has not YET
been reached, he said, but the advance
has been rapid and there are numerous
indications of marked progress toward
efficient standards of supervisory con-
troll
DR.. Wilbur Speaks.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary Of the
Interior, told the session of the an
nual meeting Of the department of su-
perintendence that the world was adj
varlcing so fast scientifically that politi-
cal, social and economic mechaniSms
were breaking. How to adjust science
to democracy is the task of the time.
Much Of education" he said, "has
been to groove into the brain of child
the fixed thinking Of the day. What we
should seek is to keep plastic the mental
processes of youth and adolescence.
Cook Reports on Progress.
Albert S. Cook, State superintendent
of schools of Baltimore, presented a
survey of the progress made, in offer
ing the conclusion of the 1880 year
book. Mr.. Cook Is chairman of the
commission on supervision in the de-
partment of superintendent.
President Cody of the association
presented A. E. Winship of Boston
editor of the Journal of Education and
now more than 80 years old. with
honorary life membership in the de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
SLAIN WOMAN'S LOVE
AFFAIR Is REVEALED
Letter in Her Desk Bares In
timacy With Persian Prince
While Visiting in Paris.
BY the Associated Press.


SALT LAKE CITY, February ga
coroner's jury investigating the Staying
of Mrs Dorothy Moormeister, 80, whose
battered body was found on an isolated
road near here last Saturday, expected
to complete its inquiry today. YeSter-
day it'listened to revelations of a love
affair between the 32-year-old woman
and Persian prince.
Testimony of the woman's husband,
DR.. Frank MoormeiSter, that his dis
covery of letter in his wife'S desk after
the murder revealed his wife's intimacy
with Prince Farid' of Persia while the
Moormeisters were visiting in Paris last
year, created something of sensation
and shifted investigation of the tragedy.
DR.. Moormeister said that while in
Europe he made several side trips, his
wife and his daughter, Miss Peggy
Moormeister, staying in Paris. He said
his wife met the prince and later in
troduced them. He testified that he
trusted the prince and did not suspect
his wife until he found the letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Veteran Who Saw
Lincoln Shooting
Dies In Arkansas
Last Surviving Witness of
Ford Theater Tragedy
Hurt in Fall.
81 the AssocIated Pres.

BERRYVLLE, Ark, February 81
Henry c. Harris, 90-year-old Union
veteran of the Civil War, and believed
to have been the last surviving wit
ness of the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln, died at his home here Tues
day.. An accidental, fall a month ago
hastened his death.
Harris, who served with the 44th
Missouri Infantry at Gettysburg and
Antietam, was paralyzed in one arm
as the result Of a wound in the latter
battle.
The veteran has told friends he was
seated about IS steps from the presiden-
tial box in Ford Theater when John
Wilkes Booth entered and shot the
President He said he saw Lincoln car
ried from the box and watched huge
throng pursue Booth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
II REPORTED LOST
IN SINKING OF SLOOP
Colored Fishermen Are Believed to
Have Drowned When Boat
Is Swamped.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, February 27-Seven-
teen colored seamen were reported lost
when the Sloop Pretoria was swamped
in heavy seas on Abaco Island, Ba-
hamas, on February II, according to
passengers arriving here yesterday
from Nassau.
Three persons of the crew Of 20
sponge fishermen succeeded in reaching
the island after the vessel sank, pas
sengers reported.
The boat was owned by H. P. Treco,
but no other details were available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
BY the Associated Press.


FREEPORT, Ohio, February 27..-
Felt boots, SLOUGH hats, overalls, cordu-
roy trousers and other items Of "ordi-
nary dress henceforth will be taboo
during sessions of town council.
Mayor j. H. jenkins handed out the
edict, which in substance, is: "Unless
solons can come to the meetings dressed
up, washed up and cleaned up-they
will be denied seat in the chamber -
The mayor voiced this ultimatum at
the first meeting of the council, with
the result that three of the members
went home-to return a short time later
dressed in their Sunday best.
"Councilmen represent the village Of
Freeport. If they come to sessions look
ing like hicks, people naturally will let
their municipal pride lag" the mayor
said.
Mayor jenkins, head Of the govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

partment of superintendent, because
he has attended the meetings regu-
larly for So years.
A report Of study Of the effects of
prohibition on youth since 1920 was
made by S. M. Brownell, z. M. Conklin
and P. T. Rankin of Michigan. cover
ing junior and senior high schools in
the entire Detroit area Their con-
illusions are that drinking is less of a
problem and fewer pupils are using
alcoholic drinks than in 1917, or before,
but there is more sex delinquency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Two injured in Automobile.

VIENNA, Va, February % (Spe-
ciaD George King and Charles Adams
of this place were treated at Emergency
Hospital, Washington, Tuesday night,
the. former for a fractured rib and the
other for face decorations, according to
the hospital authorities, as result of
an automobile in which they were rid
ing striking telephone pole at Five
Oaks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Cuban Shoe Imports Fall.

HAVANA up. Progress In Cuban
shoe manufacturing was cited in
trade statistics showing importation
the United States. In the preceding
years 1,274,152 pairs were imported, the
decrease being 233, 1895 pairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
,,FuCK" GARB BANNED AT COUNCIL
BY MAYOR TO AID VILLAGE PRIDE
Members May Either Clean Up and Dress Up or Stay
Away From Meetings, He DEGREES

nent of the town of 500, conducts the
meetings with parliamentary rules un-
surpassed for exactness in few places
outside the United States Senate He
declares municipal morale has taken a
decided rise" as the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

to the United Stateaand became eighth
in Americas list OF customers. She
purchased S31 900, 900 and sold SPA
100000 worth of goods across the At
lantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
aIrish.Sueaking" Dog.

BELFAST LP1. - william ODwyer
has a very discriminating Irish
TERROR. The dog win notice only
those who speak Irish and ignores those
who talk In English, or so William told
a Dublin Judge when he brought action
against man for stealing the pup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Advances in Exports.

STOCKHOLM (F1.--In the first six
months OF 1929 Sweden moved into sew
enth place among European exporters
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-05
new AUGUSTA
MAN, 80, BADLY
INJURED BY GAR
&C. Year-0 Pedestrian Is
Found Lying in Street,
Hit-Run Victim.

DR.. J. Reade, 30 r. r. 1 New Au-
gusta, was in critical condition to-
day at Long hospital with arm and
hip fractures and head injuries
when he was struck by an automo-
bile at State Road 50 and Sixty
fifth street Tuesday night.
Louette Heidergott, 48, of 1917
North Dearborn street, was driver Of
the car.
Found lying on the pavement at
Washington and Noble streets, early
today, George Adams, Sc, of 915
East North street, told police he had
been struck by hit-and-run driver
in a Ford coupe.
Adams was taken to city hospital
where face decorations and a hip
injury were treated.
Motor Policeman Charles WaddIe
suffered serious bruises and cuts, a
broken nose and fractured collar
bone Tuesday night when a police
car he was driving collided with an
other automobile at East street and
Virginia avenue.
Paul F. Richmond. "a, of 1921 Lex