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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Missouri and Mississippi VAL
legs Parched Under
Temperature of 100.
TEXAS is IN PATH
OF STORM FROM GULF
Drizzle in Northern Sections Prom.
Uses Relief From Bills
tering Sun.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The central valleys of the Nation
were parched again yesterday as Q
blistering sun kept steadily at work.
Thermometers f1irted with the 100 de-
gree mark, serious damage was re-
ported to crops and the number Of
deaths from the heat for the week ex-
ceeded 90.
The Missouri and Mississippi Valleys
suffered principally. but other isolated
areas felt blasts almost as hot. Some
sections in the Arkansas and lower
Ohio Valleys had temperatures of 100
or more.
Texas Storm Feared.
The Texas coast was keeping its eye
on the Gulf of Mexico, where a tropi-
cal storm with high winds was Swirling
scientifically toward land with north
east winds and gales in prospect for the
area around Port Arkansas. Weather
observers were unable to chart the prob
able course Of the storm, but said it
might turn and spend itself In the gulf.
drizzle which the Weather Bureau
had predicted, might bring relief to the
northernmoSt sections started falling at
Duluth Saturday afternoon and ther-
mometers dropped to 70.
Other cities we're not so fortunate,
however, and the weather man gave
them no encouragement for week end
comfort. In general, high tempera-
lures will continue Sunday in the North
Central States" was the best he
could do.
IL ChicagoanS Die.
The number of persons who died from
heat prostration, or who drowned while
trying to get relief in lakes and rivers
grew rapidly. Chicago counted IL
deaths Saturday despite the fact that
lake breeze kept the temperature
below 90 most of the day. Twelve ad-
ditional deaths we're scattered over
Illinois. Eight new heat deaths and
three additional droTnfngs were re-
ported in Wisconsin, and dozen more
in Iowa. Minnesota and Missouri.
Serious damage was done to the oats
crop in Illinois and Iowa. Oats were
in the milk" stage and we're being pre-
vented from proper development by the
continued high temperatures.
Corn Grows Rapidly.
The hot sun sent corn stalks shoot
ing upward, but serious fears were felt
for that crop II there were no rain
soon. Crop experts said the SubSoil
moisture reserve was short this season.
South Dakota was a hot spot again
with Sioux Falls registering 100 at 2
O'Clock. Huron, 102, and Pierre and
Mitchell, los.
Temperatures of around 100 degrees
we're general through the Southwest and
in Iowa and Southern Illinois.
New Record Set.
The sweltering Southland likewise
was given no promise of relief during
the week end. Two new heat records
were established today and two pros
trationS were recorded.
Knoxville, Tenn, saw the mercury
climb to 101 for new June high, and
Chattanooga recorded 1908 degrees for
a new mark Memphis had a So and
woman Office worker was overcome.
Atlanta was not so hot. with the
official reading at 90. but a woman at
tending inaugural ceremonies of Gov.
Russell tainted and caused a pros
tration on account of heat" to be re-
corded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

President Hoover can have a 5000
conference table, belonging to his Com
mission on Law Enforcement. which
will pass out of existence on July l, II
he wants it, as well as any Of the rest
of the $4,000 worth of furniture the
commission has been using.
Several Government agencies have
requested some of this furniture, OF
which the Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks will take charge to-
morrow or Tuesday when the commits
sion vacates its quarters in the Tower
Building, Fourteenth and K streets:
Lieut.. Col. y. s. Grant, Sd, director OF
public buildings and public parks, be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
MAY GET 5000 TABLE
LEFT BY CRIME COMMISSION
Hoover to Get First Pick of $4,000 Furniture Bought
for Doomed Wickersham Body.

lieves the Chief Executive should have
the pick of the crime commissions fur
niture, however. as it was purchased on
White House order.
The Department of Justice, the Cen
eral Supply Committee and the Library
of Congress have put in requests for
this furniture, but Col Grants Office
feels that the White House executive
Offices, which are described as existing
largely on borrowed furniture now,
should have the first choice. Chairman
George w. Wickersham of the crime
commission expressed a preference for
mahogany for his ONCE, and this fur
niture, too, may find It's sway to the
White Houss odlceS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
.BALBO DROPS IN SEA;
SAVED BY MOTORSHIP
Hero of Italy-to, Brazil Flight and
Companion Forced Down in
Defective Plane.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PALERMO, italy, June 27.-Gen.
Italo Balbo, italian air minister and
leader Of the recent formation flight
from Italy to Brazil, was forced down
in the open sea so miles north of here
tonight by a leaking radiator in his
airplane.
His companion, Maj. Cagna, radioed
a distress signal which was picked up
by the motorship City of Tunis. A
tug was sent to the rescue, but the
motorship got there first and took the
general and major aboard.
Gen. Balbo was flying the same type
of ship which was used for the flight
to South America. He was on the
last leg of an air tour along the
Tripolitan Coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
FREED
IN RUB|O Staying
Oklahoma Jury Out % Hours.
MexiCanS Indignant
Over News.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
COURT HOUSE, ARDMORE, Okla.
June 27.-William E. (BilD Guess, giant
erstwhile Oklahoma deputy sheriff, was
acquitted late today by jury of slay-
ing Emilio Cortes Rubio, 2O-year-old
kinsman of President Ortiz Rubio of
Mexico.
Out almost % hours, IL tagged mid
dle-aged Carter County men who had
been deadlocked, IL to l, returned the
verdict 20 days after Emilio and his
student chum, Manuel Garcia Gomez,
%, fell dead before the deputy's gun
fire on a residential street here late the
night of June T.
Pale and trembling with emotion
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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NAVY WILL ASK BIDS
ON YACHT MAYFLOWER
Vessel Has Been Offered for Sale
Four Times Since President
Hoover Gave It Up.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy will try again to sell the
former presidential yacht Mayflower.
Bids will be opened here July %.
When President Hoover gave up the
yacht as an economy move two years
ago, the Navy four times offered it for
sale, but each time rejected all bids
1t was then decided to recommiSsion
the old vessel as flagship of the special
service squadron, but last January she
caught fire and sank at the Philadel-
phia navy yard.
The Yacht was raised. but a survey
showed 1t would cost $4,000 to fit her
for service and Secretary Adams de-
cided this would not be worth while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

SAN DIEGO. Calf, June 81 (P).-
Miss Eugenia Bankhead. daughter of
Representative William B. Bankhead of
Alabama. and Ed Ennis Smith of New
York City, were married tonight at
RoSarita Beach. Mexico, according to a
telephone message received here.
The bride also said she is the sister of
Tallulah Bankhead, actress. In obtain
ing a marriage license Hiss Bankhead
gave her age as 80. Smith said ne
was SO.
Judge Rodrigo Logo read the marriage
ceremony.
The former Miss Bankhead twice tried
marriage with Morton M. Hoyt, mem
Der of a prominent Washington family,
and as many times divorced him. They
remarked in 1928 after a Reno divorce.
but we're unable to make a go of the
marriage and again secured a divorce in
Reno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty are approaching that
seemingly magical point in their world
flight where they will stop flying
through tomorrow and begin flying
through yesterday.
Today's dispatches about the world
flyers told of what they had done ito
ward they had been gaining on the sun
until they we're so many hours ahead
of eastern standard time that they had
climbed ahead one day on the calendar.
But between Khabarovsk and Nome
they will traverse the international date
line and suddenly day that they have
spending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Bill to End Lashing
In Prisons Passed
AT Nashville House
Tennessee Torture Use
Charged by Author
of Measure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June IA bill
to abolish the lash" in penal institu-
tons of the State was passed by the
Tennessee House Of Representatives
today.
Representative w. Y. Boswell OF
Morgan, author of the measure, told
the House that conditions at the State
Penitentiary at Nashville were in need
of correction.
lone method of punishment" he
said, sis to handcuff women and hang
them to pegs on the wall"
Representative r. M. Murray told Of
visiting the prison once and hearing
women moaning and crying" He said
he found two girls swinging from pegs
to the wall, with their feet barely
touching the floor" He said they were
being punished for fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
FLYER KILLED IN LEAP

Parachute Fails to Open as Nan
Jumps-Companion Safe.
SAN LEANDRo, Calf, June ~ (P1.
-Thurston Casey, 10 years old, was
killed when his parachute failed to open
as he leaped from an airplane between
here and mount Eden today. His COM
panion, Al Howe of Suffer Greek, land
ed safely in his parachute.
Howe said they were doing stunts
and that irs lost control Of ths, plans
after an outside loop.
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HOOVER BACK AT CAMP
Debt Conferees at White House
Delay Week End Trip.

ORANGE, Va. June 81 (P).-Presi-
dent Hoover left behind the heat OF
Washington late today and arrived al
his mountain retreat in the mountains
near here shortly after dark.
He was accompanied on the motor
trip only by Lawrence Richey, one OF
his secretaries, and Capt. Joel T. Boone
the White House physician. Mrs
Hoover and the week end guests had
preceded the Chief Executive, who was
delayed in Washington by conferences
upon the proposed debt holiday among
nations. II.
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SEEKS PLANE RECORD
French Woman Flyer Hopes to Cut
Time to Russia.

ORLY France, June 81 (P,.-Mme.
MarySe Bastile. one of the best known
airwomen in France. intends to start
from LIE Bourget flying field tomorrow
in an attempt to reach Russia without
making a stop and to break the straight
line light airplane record.
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WEATHER REMAINS GOOD.

Flight.
KHABAROVSK, Siberia, June %
Sunday CP).-The weather here today
appeared to be trying to aid Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty on their fight
around the world
The sky was clear, with no wind. Con-
Continued on Page 8, Column H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
PLANE GAS TAX UPHELD
Federal Judge Approves Levies by
State in Interstate Hops.

State in Interstate Hops.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 81 (P).-
The right of State to collect a tax
on gasoline used in interstate airplane
travel was ruled constitutional today by
Judge T. Blake Kennedy in Federal
District Court.
The decision was contained in a
memorandum issued in dismissing an
Injunction action brought by the Boz
ing Air Transport Co.. to have Wyo-
mings Accent gasoline tax law, as ap-
piled to gasoline used In interstate air
plane travel declared unconstitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

PART FOUR-10 PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Aviation-Page S.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page 5.
American Legion-Page 6.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 8.
Marine Corps News-Page s.
fredericksburg 8.
Marine Corps Reserves-Page 8.
Serial Story, 1.-THE Lucky LawrenceS"-
Page 8.
Public Library-Page 8.
Radio-Page 8.
Disabled American Veterans-Page Q.
Y. w. C. A. News-Page 9.
Organized Reserves-Page 10.
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX-12 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver-
tising.
Parent Teacher Activities-Page IL.
D. A. r. Activties-Page IL.
w. G. T. u. Notes-Page IL.
The Home Gardener-Page IL.
PART SEvEN-2O PAGES.
/, The Bridge Forum-Page a..
News of the Music World-Page Is.
Reviews of the New Books-Page II.
Crossword PuZzle-Page 10.
The Boys and Girls Page-Page 19.
Those Were the Happy Days-Page 20
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLORED SECTIONS PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Tarzan; Mr.. and Mrs;
The Timid Soul; Regular Fellers
Little Orphan Annie; Highlights Of
History and Mutt tS4d Jeff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-24 PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
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PART TWO-1O PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
District National Guard-Page S.
Army and Navy News-Page S.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page S.
News of the ClubS-Page 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
PART FOUR-lO PAGES.

PART THREE-12 PAGES.
society Section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

Moon Mullins; Tarzan; MIR. and Mrs;
The Tinid Soul; Regular Fellers:
Little Orphan Annis; HighliHhts Of
History and Mutt IN Jef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
PART sEvEN-2O PAGES.
COLORED SECTIONS PAG

GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
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WEATHER.

WEATHER.
%. s. weather Bureau Forecast.
Generally fair today and tomorrow;
continued warm.
Temperatures-Highe SO, at 4 pm.
yesterday; lowest, SO, at 2 am. yes
terday.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes by
The Stars exclusive carrier service. Phone
National 5000 to start immediate delivery.
The Washington times., 1931-01-12

The above photograph shows the main railroad station
Toxic The gentleman foreground wearing uniform is
the station Standing beside him. the table or altar
the High Buddhist Priests of Kyoto soemny engaged in
driving devil out of a stone.
The which had been part was built into the
platform of the railroad station According the belief the
station and of others assembled including the High
Buddhist Priests demon lived in that and did much
mischief after part of railroad building
demon did like being moved away from his tomb. En-
ragged that vengeul demon using his strange powers had done
wicked things.
To begin with quite recently Hamaguch Prime Minister of
Japan shot by assassin and seriously wounded in that
station And this happened the spot where previous
prime minister had been assassnated.
Suicides happened the station railroad accidents happened
The station master his simple mind that something
must be done about the demon.
He removed the stone that been part tomb had
no difficulty detecting the fact that demon lived it,
particularly vicious demon Oriental peoples great respec
tors tombs would be surprised Americans rip
gaveyards in order to make room Tor SUBURBAN real
estate improvements.
When he had removed tombstone station
for the High Buddhist of Kyoto here you them
going through prayers and exorcms make the demon leave
the stone and go about his business somewhere ese
Perhar there WASN'T any the stone perhaps he
wasn't responsible for the accidents.
And perhaps High Buddhist Priests of Kyoto going
through mummery and fummery without real result
as regards influencing the demon
But thew make living which they must do and they restore
the of the chubby little station master at the end
of his wits.
Their exorcisms will comfort the population that will come
hack to the station confidence hearing that the demon
has been driven out. .s. s.u
Even an exorcsm ISM quite according to scientific facts
t GOOD thing some times believe it gives peace OF
mind We might import Buddhsts to exercise our stump
This picture illustrates the fact that supestton e @ 1
everywhere not only in Buddhist nations but mere IN our
Christian country If you doubt 1t, ask your rlehu w ~ m
under ladder pick up pin with the POM & bmbbv
come and dine with 13 at table And don UredC Ulls 81
station master too supercousy Your American 1e
low citizens spend $125 100000 year on fortune teerS
The Washington times., 1931-01-12
Equal Rights for Women in
Employment Matters

High officials the National Womans Party tell President
Hoover there discrimination against women in employ
rent matters at this time that this is not in keeping with
the doctrine of equal rights and is resented by
So employment of in the Federal civil service
goes the President in position put stop to attempted
determinations there and he will doubtless do With bust
ness and industry President has nothing to do beyond the
moral force he in urging fair play and equal rights
for in all ways.
With respect to women Federal employment the Presi
dent lately been bombarded with suggestions that where
husbands both Federal pay rolls at salaries
above the average the wives should be dropped that
ployed may have the vacancies.
The President is hardly likely to undertake to solve this
noy problem adopt any of these suggestions though
time in the future Congress President
may tackle the question which, after ALL of equality Of
opportunity.
If laws and views honest equal rights
then the wives of have much right keep their posi-
tons their husbands do Congress could pass limit
ing the total money the Government will pay husbands and
wives forcing the other resign but this
probable,
The Washington times., 1931-01-12
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

around and sniffle a little,
sorry for themselves. Little
things disturb most women at
81 because life has become a
very narrow affair. The loss
of a husband or child is
body-blow from which they
rarely recover.
Mother Jones, at 81, lost
everything she had. Her per
sonal life was wiped out. But
life wasn't wiped out. If she
couldn't have life of her own,
she could make other lives
hers. Her husband was dead,
her babies were gone, her home
days were over. But she could
work for other wives husbands,
other mothers children. She
could have battling days in
stead of home days. And she
had them, gloriously, for 40
more years.
Courage and Sense
IL GOOh SIcdG COuA age anu
sense to do that. 1t is hard
to bear sorrow, but it is even
harder to put it aside and be
willing to hustle and be happy.
For sorrow gives one a certain
Importance and it is a never
failing alibi for coWardice and
laziness. ONLY A STRONG
AND BRAVE PERSON CAN
TURN A BROKEN HEART
INTO A BUSY ONE. Mother
Jones did that, and her life,
which might have been so
tragically narrow and dull, be-
came as broad and thrilling as
all humanity.
You complain you're bored,
discouraged. sick of life. HOW
MUCH ARE YOU USING OF
LIFE? HOW FAR HAVE YOU
REACHED INTO 1T?
(Copyright, 1881, King Features
syndicate, lnC.)
The Washington times., 1931-01-12
Merger of Gas Companies

lone Senator held up legislation year ago for merger Of
the street railway companies of the District and Sena
tor stops bill for merger of the local gas companies
Of them owned and operated by the other.
Under existing laws they must do business separate
panes preventing better equipment economical distribution
and reduction in manufacturing costs.
No public utilities here should be authorized by law
unless there is full protection of the public but complete
to give this protection does not exist in the Public Ut
ties Commission Congress should confer it. rather than under
take to till merger bills with the individual views objecng
Senators Representatives
The merger principle appear Objectionable to
body Congress Merger benefits recognized Then why
not sanction mergers with full safeguards for the public that
the supposed benefits may be available?
The Washington times., 1931-01-12

A casual survey of the ma
terial world, of the physical
universe, may perhaps prompt
the query: Was life an accl-
dent?
Surely nature herself has
been no alma mater for the
human race. The distances
from fixed star to fixed star,
from planet to island universe,
are so immense as to be almost
incomprehensible. The extremes
of heat and snow, from sun to
moon, are beyond the grasp OF
our imagination; we can only
set down huge arrays Of nu'
merals to express them. The I'M
mense passage of time since tne
beginning of things has IN II
something of the terrifying ana
alien. Vast sidereal systems
nebulae, island universes, giant
stars-whirl, rotate, advance
about the tiny point OF the
human ego, the Subatomic con-
SClOuSneSS OF man.
If nature is not actually hos
tile to man, surely it is entirely
indifferent to our fate. Ihe
hopes and fears. struggles and
ambitions, achievements and
triumphS of man all occur IN
universe unresponsive and re,
calcitrant. Nature is unmoVed
by the arts and religion, the
science and philosophy Of the
human race.
Is life, then, an accident, the
fortuitous concentration OF
blindly operating forces? Have
we stumbled into life by chance
and not through the precon-
ceived design or growing pur-
pose of some prophetic Mind?
Huxley, it seems, once SaId
that six monkeys, ceaSeleSS!y
hammering away mechanically
on typewriters for billions OF
years, eventually would be
Obliged, by the operation of the
laws of chance, to write all the
books in the British Museum
Is the human race, life ITSELF
one of those unforeseen accl-
dents made possible through
chance operating in an uneno-
ing succession of trials?
The Washington times., 1931-01-12
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

Modern lovers promise faith.
fully NOT to cling to each
other one moment after the
thrills are over. They step to
the altar with their fingers
crossed and one eye on the
divorced lawyer. They have no
sporting spirit!
I wonder WHY. Why take
chances on things that don't
matter-risk your life for a
thrill or an adventure or a
medal or record re-
fuse to take a chance on the
one thing in life worth gam
bling for?
Of COURSE, marriage is a
gamble! 1t is the longest shot
on earth. You never know
how a husband is going to turn
out; you never know how long
love will last; you never know
how you, yourself, will react to
matrimony. And, granted that
you could know these things,
you never know what exigencies
and burdens and problems the
years will bring. It's All a
gamble!
But so is life-and so is every
thing else in the world worth
having. You take a chance
when you go into business or
into a profession or on the
stage. You may be a flop
or a glittering success. You
may fail ignominiously or con.
quer gloriouSly. But you are
willing to take the risk. It's
worth it!
Why not be sporting about
love and marriage? Why de-
mand or expect SURE
THING" in the greatest and
most glorious gamble on earth?
People who go into marriage
with a lot of reservations are
love-pikers. And pikers never
win anything-much
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-01-12
ONCE-OVERS
Those Family Arguments

Those Family Arguments
Trivial things cause most
family quarrels.
Unimportant conditions should
not be permitted to engenoer
i'll feeling.
Too often, one or the other
in a family partnership is only
too ready to take offense and
resent remarks that seem to re-
fleet unfavorably.
Two human beings cannot
expect to live a period of years
in such close association as
the home without differences
Of opinion.
There are bound to be times
when unkind words will be
spoken.
But such occasions should
not be of frequent occurrence.
Discussions should not be car
ried to the point Of unpleasant
ness.
Emotions should not be
aroused to the point where
there is a desire TO hurt Or
wound the feelings of the other.
Think of most of the quarrels
in your own home.
Usually they were the out
come of very small matter.
If quarrels in your married
life were limited t0 matters Of
Importance, there would be
very few to remember.
In most of the instances you
know that you were unjust or
unfair when you quarreled with
your life-partner.