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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Wilbur Steele Has Gone
Stqry Writer and His Two Sons Have
Left Chapel Hill

Wilbur Daniel Steele, the cele-
brated story writer, who came
To Chapel Hill about a year ago
has taken his departure. With
his sons, Thurston and Peter
he set out for the North By auto
mobile Monday morning, They
went to Nantucket Island where
the boys are to spend the sum
nler at the home Of their grand
mother, Mrs. Thurston. Mr.
steele will be there during part
of the summer; the rest Of the
time lie will be in and around
New York City.
The Steeles have surrendered
their lease Of the GreeniaW
house, and Mrs. Parsons OF
Greensboro is said to be com
ing to dwell there.
The McClamrochs gave bar
becue in honor of Mr.. Steele Fri
day evening at the Country
Club. His friends gathered at
his home Sunday evening to tell
l. ~, ryOCI hVo
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Judge Sykes Here Tonight

Judge Robert H. Sykes of
Durham will be the principal
speaker at the entertainment of
the University Lodge of Masons
at 8 o'clock this friday eve
ming.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

The filling stations in and
around Chapel Hill which en-
tered the Identification contest
last fall are to be judged next
month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-21
MINING HAMLET
WIPED OUT BY
FOREST BLAZE
Entire Population of Tiny
Town Forced to Flee
for Lives.
United Press

/ By United Press
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 21.-Raging
forest fires which already have re-
duced the mining settlement of
Quartzburg to blackened ruins,
swept today toward the hamlets of
Placerville and Centerville and
threatened to destroy both.
The entire population Of Quartz
burg, driven from their homes by
the fire, camped in the baseball
park at Placerville, ready any
minute to flee for their lives a
second time.
Unverified reports said several
lives had been lost although at
Placerville, forty miles from Quartz
burg, these reports were discounted
The fire swept suddenly upon
Quartzburg when two fires which
had been burning in Boise Basin, in
central Idaho, broke out of control,
ate their way through hundreds of
acres of second growth timber and
met to form one huge conf1agration.
There were many narrow
escapes, the blaze came down upon
us so rapidly" said Mrs. w. Robin
son, one of the refugees from
Quartzburg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-21
STORE LOOTERS
ARE CAPTURED
AFTER CHASE
Three Chicago HoodIumS in
Jail; Two Escape in
Greenwood Theft.

Three youthful Chicago hoodlums,
alleged to have looted a Greenwood
dry goods store, we're arrested early
today near Franklin, after chase
over highways.
Two other members Of the alleged
gang, who also fed on foot, eluded
johnson county officers. The es-
capped members of the quintet head
ed toward indianapolis.
Sheriff S. f. Vandiver Of Frank
lin picked up the trio along the
highway after they had become ex-
hausted from running to elude Jess
Duvall, Greenwood marshal, who
pursued them after discovering the
robbery.
Admit Several Thefts
They gave their names as Tom
Stewart, Ed Thomas and Nick Suta,
all IT, of Aurora, III. They are
held on charges Of burglary and
grand larceny, and are said to have
admitted breaking into the store,
theft of two autos, and two other
store lootings since they left Chicago
Monday.
Duvall ran toward the car in
Which the two escaped men sat this
morning when he heard the crash
OF glass in the rear of the John
Meyers general merchandise store.
Putting the car into reverse, the
robbers fled from Duvall, who pur-
sued on foot. Abandoning the car,
the duo headed toward Indianapolis
on foot.
Find Loot in Car
In the abandoned car was found
hundreds of dollars worth of wear
Ing apparel, stolen from the Harry
Kline dry goods store, Greenwood.
Duvall then pursued the three
youths, who ran from the rear of
the Meyers store, but was unable
to apprehend them.
According to Vandiver, the youths
said they stole a car near Chicago
and drove it into Indiana, where
the gas supply became exhausted.
hey are said to have admitted
Nling the car that was captured
i GREENWOOD and also stealing
CT, IT'S, money, and shotgun in
two store robberies en- route to In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-21
SLAM CANISTER FILMS
Fraternal Order of Police Wants
Racketeer Pictures Banned.
BIZ Unitcd Press

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 81.
"A resolution urging motion pic
ture companies to forego production
of gangster films as a means of
crime prevention and control has
been adopted by the. fifteenth an
nual convention of the Fraternal
Order of Police.
Another resolution condemned as
most unfair" the Wickersham re-
port charging police use of third
degree methods.
Edward j. Allen of Erie, Pa, was
reelected president Scranton, Pa,
was chosen for the 1882 convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25

ally escaping and making their way back to
France. Indeed, group leaves almost every
week Another is that Great Britain and some
of the Pan-American states don't like these
criminals overrunning their territory, for many
of them reach British Guiana and Trinidad.
A high British court has just decided on APP
peal that escaped French prisoners were not to
be handed back to French authorities. And
still more important reason is that the colonial
ton scheme has failed. According to the GRIM
inaI code lawbreaker sentenced to from four
to seven years of hard labor is not only sent TO
Guiana to work the roads, but must make
his "doublage'-that is, after being freed, he
must remain in the country for the same length
of time he served. Or if he has been sentenced
to eight years more he must remain there
for life. This provision was not only to keep
these dangerous characters away from France,
but also to COLOMBO the country. 1t has utterly
failed. The freed prisoners were to be given
concessions, but never have been. Besides the
country within reach is swampy jungle.
At the moment the only prisoner there Of
outstanding Importance is Benjamin Ullmo, an
ex-enSign of the French navy, serving a life
term for treason. He and a woman called La
Belle Lison' were the central figures in an
amazing blackmail and espionage affair. On
September 10, 1907 Mgr. Thomson, French
naval minister, received the following anony-
nous letter which was typewriter and post
marked Toulon:
II possess Photographic negative of the fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25

looked around and counted flve OF us
all fugitives from Devils Island-cling-
ing to the roots of some mangrove trees
along the shore of the Brazilian jungle, but
Neveu, the sixth man, was missing.
Gazing toward the sea, I saw he had been
caught in the mudhats. 500 yards out. HIS
doom was sealed
LA Belle'-nberty-of which he had
dreamed for 20 years, dangling before the poor
devils eyes, and yet to be chained by the sands
as though in wise. How the fateS are cruel at
times! To lead safely through torment OF
wind water and sharks for three days and three
nights in leaky old tub, to guide US across 3
miles of grim. gurgling mudfiats on moonless,
starlesS night, and then as we reached safety to
see our pal held there! We had had nothing
to eat or drink. We were wet and shivering
like with the ague Our teeth chartered.
Behind us in the jungle wild beasts were snarl-
ing but these trifieS didn't matter now
It remembered how we had whispered good
by 20 the hell hole behind with curse; now
wished, oh, a thousand times, that We had
never brbed the Chinese to help us slip away.
Poor Neveu didn't have the slightest chance
to escape. The sun rose gorgeously, but inch
by inch he sank crying and begging for us 10
come and rescue him. We had to watch this
awful scene in agonized helplessneSs all day
long as no living man could have crossed those
uuicksands on foot He sank lower and lower
never ceasing to call to us. At noon he was
down to his waist. AS the began to set he
was down to his neck. We could not endure it
any longer. We had to turn our faces away.
final cry and then his head was swallowed up.
A moment later his arms disappeared. too. Is
1t any wonder that three in our party refused to
go any further, preferring to wait for the
gendarmes to arrive? lie Breton and fought
our way through the jungle for six weeks, eat
ing raw snakes and raw monkey meat. We
walked into Beler. Fr27il. looking like wild
men"
EUGENE DIEUDONNE, who remained Is years
l. on Devils Island because OF miscarriage
vi iustice-he was wrongly convicted of being
a member of the Bonnet gang of motor car
banditS-brought back this tale two years ago.
having been pardoned after he escaped and
thereby attracted some attention to his case
1t is only one of the hundreds, perhaps
thousands of terrific human dramas that have
been played at this French penal settlement in
the Caribbean desperate blood-curdin3
dramas enacted before reptiles and man-eating
pantherS in some dark jungle glade or among
q school of sharks at sea. Since 1860 more
than SO 900 Frenchmen, real rogueS and muir
dererS for the most part have been dumped
into this blazing, mp-ridden, fever-infeSted.
mosquito-laden hole and, according to recent
French investigators, largely sunk without a
trace" That is the fevers or insects or swamps
CONQUERED them. 1t was one way for society
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25

to rid itself permanently Of Scoundrels, and
there has been other large-scale social ex-
pertinent with such a tragic destiny in modern
times. About 10 per cent of the 10000 prison.
ers there die or disappear annually.
THE efforts of these men, rascals though they
! are, to fight their way through insurmount-
able obstacles to reach La Belle'-liberty-ar
epics of huran courage without any counterpart
in fiction. The majority of the "evadeS' perish.
but one finds them all over South America and
q few are walking the streets of New Orleans
and other American cities today.
At last, after 70 years. the French govern
ment has finally decided that the penal settle
ment in Guiana is a failure, and it is actively
studying the possibility of locating it elsewhere.
One idea is to re-eStablish it on New Caledonia
Island, where it formely located, and an
other at New Amsterdam Island. French pos
session between the Cape of Good Hope and
Australia The problem is to find place with
capable of producing foodstuffs, as well as being
a long distance from any mainland. The gov
eminent may rot reach decision about a new
site quickly for French red tape in such mat
tiers is endless, but it seems determined this
time to put an end to the present scandal.
The present settlement is very unsatisfactory
for several reasons, though no enc Troubles
much about the high mortality rate. One rea-
son is that dangerous characters are continu-
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NeUeu ,oGs caught ia the nludtIGts off
shore. Inch by inch he sank until, sUith
a scream. his head disappeared, his
arms still extended. Then they tUent
under.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
BY X. S. FENDRICK.

IIu SUDDENLY heard a scream that sent
a chill down my spine.
TT was just the crack of dawn.
looked around and counted five of us
all fugitives from Devils Island-cling-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
ChanGe RII lONr eCTet codes. VhIch VIl COl

you more time and money than the price
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
CAPITOL STAR '. DANCES ON TOP ;. OF GRAND [' PIANO
Norma Talmadge Has Col orful Role in New
 York Nights

Bits of business" are the little gems of action that stand out like jewels in a motion picture and lift it from the rut of mediocrity.
 One of these "bits" is enacted by Norma Talmadge in United Artists New York Nights" her first talking and musical picture, now showing at the Capitol The ater.
 Does Frenzied Dance
 In the wild party scene Miss Talmadge, who is supposed to be depressed because of the fickleness of her poor husband, suddenly throws off her mood and does a frenzied bacchanalian dance atop grand piano.
 In New York Nights" Miss Tal- madge portrayS one of the most colorful roles of her career.
 Runs Gamut of Emotions
 AS Jill, the fashioned, up-to- date chorus girl of Broadway she is obliged to portray the whole gamut of human emotion. The role of Fred Deverne, one of the best semi mi-character roles of recent years, is played by Gilbert Roland who makes his fourth consecutive appearance on the screen opposite Miss Talmadge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
Engine Now 100 Times
 Larger than First Ones

PHILADELPHIA, Penn, April l5 -Philadelphia's locomotive-build- ing industry, celebrating it's cen- tennial anniversary this year, finds that railroad engines have grown in size more than 100-fold in 100 years.
 "Old Ironsides,' the first loco- motive constructed by Matthias w. Baldwin, jeweler who quit re- pairing watches to try building steam engines, was built in 1881, It weighed a scant five tons, and attained speed of 28 miles an hour on it's six mile run on the Philadelphia, Germ Ia n own and Norristown railroad.
 Modern locomotives built at the locomotive works which grew out of Baldwin's efforts weigh as much as 562 tons. More than 61 ,000 have been built at this plant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector for Juneau, Alaska, in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, ex- cept soldiers, sailors in U. s. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volun- teer firemen, paupers and insane persons, are subject to tax in sum of Five ($5.00) Dollars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1881. said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st, 1881. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned, tax will be delinquent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE

1EINEIrtAL lfaINO OT T 1SG
 U. s. Land Office,
 Anchorage, Alaska.
 March "A, 1881. Notice is hereby given that Leo. J. Jewett, of Juneau, Alaska, has made application for a soldiers additional homestead. serial 07223 for tract of land embraced in U. s. Survey No 1902, from which corner No. U. s. L. M. No. 224 bears N. 380 05' w. 17.85 chains, containing 500 acres. Latitude 58' 20' IF N. Longitude 135' 29f IA" w. and it is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the local land office at Anchor age, Alaska, within the period of publication or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 -as Registrar. First publication, April l5, 1881. Last publication, June 10, l931
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
HUMOR SPICED WITH THRILLS
 IN SHOW GIRL
Gay Life of Hollywood Is Depicted in Photo
 play at Coliseum

Hollywood with all it's foibles, heart breaks, tinsel and comedy is pictured by those who live there in the Show Girl in Hollywood, an amusing and thrilling comedy drama of Filmdom's capital. This First National picture, embellished with humcr and with some scenes in Technicolor, opened last night at the Coliseum Theatre. It will be shown again tonight.
 In this picture Hollywood pokes fun at itself, raises hearty laughs at it's own expense, and opens the studio gates for a long peep at how movies are made. One of the most interesting parts show the actual filming of picture in Technicolor.
 Alice, White is cast as Dixie Dugan.
 Loses Her Job
 Brought to California by Di- rector Buelow, who promises her a contract, Dixie suddenly finds herself out of a job and broke when Buelow is fired. Then begins her struggle to win success on her own, which eliminates in the production of "The Rainbow Girl"
 Jack Mulhall is excellent as a Broadway playwright who crashes Hollywood with Dixie.
 Highly Dramatic Part
 Blanche Sweet has highly dra- matic part. She appears as Donny Harris an ex-star who tries to re-live her past triumphs and hasn't even the money to buy tires for her fashionable car.
 Ford Sterling, John Milan, Vir- ginia Sale, Lee Shumway, and Herman Bing complete the list of principals, although the cast is a lengthy one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

Fines and Imprisonment are pro- vided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees. Dated Juneau, Alaska, April 1st, 1881.
 H. R. SHEPARD,
 School Tax Collector for
 Juneau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

Old papers at the Empire office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

ANNUAL D. F. D. BALL, DOUG LAS NAT, SATURDAY, APRIL IS.
 --adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

FOR NINETEEN years, Research Department has kept intimate touch with every development Science that could be applied the manufacture of cigarettes During this period there has been development ofesed value importance to the smoker which we have not incorporated into the making of Chesterfield cigarettes
 Liggnt Myer Tobaao Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
CAPT. GAMBLE PASSES AWAY
Commander of Gulf Divi- sion, Goa st Guard,
 Dies Tn Alabama

MOBILE, Alabama, April l5.- Capt. Aaron Litchenberg Gamble, aged 59 years, Commander of the Gulf Division of the United States Coast Guard and who figured prominently in the sinking of the Canadian rum runner Imalone, is dead here. He will be buried in Arlington Cemetery at Washing ton, D. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

thirty (30) days after your arrival or within ten dO days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms or corpora tions, employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of em- ployees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
U. s. EMBASSY
 BLDG. DAMAGED

BERLIN, April 15.-The famous Bleucher Palace, purchased by the American Government for an Elm bassy Building was badly damaged by fire The origin of the blaze is not known The title to the S7,500,000 building is still in the hands of the former owner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
NOTICE

Having assumed control of the business of the Juneau Transfer Co., I will be responsible for all debts contracted by the Juneau Transfer Go. on and after April 1st. All collections due the Juneau Transfer Go. should be paid me-
 adv. AUGUST P. ANDERSON.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
DAVE WEINTROP SHOP
 WILL OPEN TOMORROW

Dave Weintrop's Shop on Front Street will be opened tomorrow. It will specialize in ladies wear. It's stock will contain the very latest creations, purchases being made direct from manufacturing estab- lishments in New York and Los Angeles.
 MT. Weintrop recently arrived in Juneau from Los Angeles, where he had conducted an exclusive wcmen's wear store.
 Louisianas cotton production is estimated at 710,000 bales.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

BERLIN.-A League of Nations report shows Germany's suicide rate is two and half times higher than elsewhere in Europe The continent has 50,000 suicides 2 year with 16,000, an average of A day, in this country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15

TORRES NOVAS, Portugal-This community has leased the local movie house in order to show on the screen how to rear children, thus checking infant mortality, which is blamed chiefly on ignor- ance of hygiene.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-07
new SHOE SHOP
PROVESPOPULAR
WITH PATRONS

Karl's Shoe store, which is locat-
ed in one of the new shops near
the Fifth and Main streets inter-
section, has become a mecca foc'
shoe shoppers during its existence
in El Centre and has h.;.it up an
enviable following.
There are 65 stores in the chain
and this gives a tremendous ad-
vantage il buying power. The saw
ings made in the purchase of stocks
for the stores are passed on to the
buying public. The Kari Shoe COM
pany retails $1,000 shoes annually
and all the footwear is manufacture
ed exclusively for that concern.
Attractive shoes at remarkably
low prices is a slogan Of the CON-
pany. Novelty shoes for everyone
as well as the more conservative
types for those who desire them
are available here.
Late fall styles are being shown
at present and there are many
winter models on display.
FL Centrans who have not had
an opportunity to call at the store
are urged to do SO at their earliest
opportunity The fall opening ana
celebration is suggested as an eX-
cellent time to become acquainted
with The store and the stock.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-07
Friday Night, Oct, 9

700 p. m.-Industrial parade.
Hundreds of business and industrial
cars which serve El Centro will start
at Eighth and Main streets prompt
ly at : o'clock and will move east
on Main street to State street and
west on State street to Eighth
street.
700 to 900 Open house. All
stores and business houses in El
Centro will keep open from 7 to 6
o'clock. Many stores will have
gifts for the public, some will have
musical programs and various forms
of entertainment will be provided
No merchandise will be sold during
this period but new fall styles will
be on display and the public Will
have an opportunity to see all
lines Of fall merchandise during the
open house period.
9:15 p. m.-Dance. A public, free
dance, has been provided by the
occupants of the newly improved
Medico-Dental Building, at the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-07
FRIDAY NIGHTS
PARADE TO SHOW
CITY INDUSTRIES

For Ell Centro'S fall opening in
dustrial parade cars will line up
not later than Gas o'clock, Friday
evening, October 9, according to the
El Centro Chamber of Commerce,
and the following details of the
parade have been worken out by
Harry Hovey, who heads the COM
mittee handling the industrial pa
rade:
The parade starts from Eighth
and Main streets and will move
promptly at 7 o'clock. All vehicles
are to be in position not later than
s As, according to Chairman Ho-
vey. The parade will form as fol-
lows:
Motor traffic escort, American
Legion drum and bugle corps, and
new automobiles section will form
on north Eighth street, facing Main
street.
Oil companies form on south
Eighth street, facing Main street.
City band and all wholesale and
retail organizations form on south
Tenth street. facing Main street.
Public utilities companies, in
cluding ice companies, form on
north Eleventh street, facing Main
street.
All other groups form on south
Twelfth street facing Main street.
The chamber of commerce urges
that all business houses, firms and
industries serving Ell Centre enter
their cars in this parade to acquaint
the public with the growth OF Ell
Centro and the number of COM
panies serving its needs. Decora-
tions are not necessary to enter the
parade but banners giving firm
names, or carrying slogans and
similar individual touchts will add
to the appearance of the parade.
All automobile dealers are asked to
put their new model cars in the
parade.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-07
PROGRAM FOR FALL OPENING

northwest corner Of Fifth and
Main streets. Music is being pro-
yided by the following occupants OF
the building: Becker Jewelry Com
pany, Karl's Shoe Store, Office Sup
ply Company and Valley Drug
Company The dance will be held
in the store building of the Medico-
Dental Building, facing on Fifth
street.
The football game between Gen.
trail Union High School and Point
Iona hes been timed so as not to
Interfere with the open house OF
the merchants.
Saturday, Oct. 10
All stores in gala attire during
the day and evening. 900 p. m.
Merchandise orders given away
Cards will be displayed in the win
dows of all the stores listed else
where IN this paper, showing num-
bers entitled to merchandise order
gifts. Tickets are being given out
by these merchants all this week
and up to 9 o'clock Saturday night.