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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

A leader in Washington Jewish circles,
has been elected president of the Ma
tional Association of Jewish Center EX-
ecutives, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from Lake George, N. Y,
where the organization concluded its
annual conference yesterday
Bisgyer, who lives at 1904 Morrison
street, has been executive director of
Washington's Jewish Center since its
inception seven years ago. He is a
member Of the National Advisory Com
mittee on Education appointed by Sec
rotary of Interior Wilbur and an or
ganiZar and member of the Executive
Committee of the Community Chest.
The National Association of Jewish
Center Executives is composed of repre-
sentatiyes Ct 800 centers and Y. NJ. and
Y w. H. AS throughout the country.
Total membership has been announced
is upward of 100000, with $4,000, 600
worth of buildings. BiSgyer formerly
was executive OF Trenton. N. j.. Wei
fare Federation and the Jewish Educa-
tional Alliance OF Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and West Vir
ginia-Fair tonight ano tomorrow;
warmer tomorrow, gentle variable
winds.
Maryland-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; warmer tomorrow and in West
portion tonight; gentle to moderate
acrtherly winds.
Virginia-Fair and warmer tonight
and tomorrow.
Record for Twenty Four Hours.
Thermometer pm, SO; pm, &c;
II midnight, &c; am, SO; 8 am,
sc; noon, 70.
Barometer-4 pm, 1898; pm
30.0l; II midnight, 5000: 4 am, 30Ol;
am, 30.07; noon, 30.06.
Highest temperature, 70, occurred at
noon today.
Lowest temperature, 81, occurred at
80 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest 10; lowest, 81.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic SurveyD
TOday-Low tide, ll:19 am. and
l1:14 pm; high tide, 4:21 am. and
4:43 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1909 pm;
high tide, SOC am. and 5:33 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 4:42 am; sun sets
7:33 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:42 am; sun
sets 1884 pm.
Moon rises :43 am. sets 3:l9 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall i'll the Capital for the first six
months against the average are shown
IN the following table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

Record rainfall for the first five
months was.
January, 1892 709 inches: February.
1881, G.3i inches, March. 1891, 884
inches, April $780, 9I3 inches, May,
1889 1000 inches.
Mr11her in XnrInns Cii;cc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
FOUND.

FOX TERRIER Black and white short
hair. has no collar Call Adams 1921
HOUND-B!ack and tan hound. female with
four white feet. Found by Sherman Booze,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

ly remote. The speed with which the
negotiations have been going forward
has surprised diplomatic circles which
had regarded the breach as difficult to
mend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

Petroleum produced in Mexico in a
recent month would ill 1858, 900
oarrNlc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11
Rainfall.

Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall i'll the Capital for the first six
months against the average are shown
in the following table
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-11

AGFA ANSCA CAMERA, Congressional Lii
bTary To-Day. Finder return to MarEaret
Harvey at Hotel HARRINGTON before Friday
night. Reverb
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
Editor Finds Portland Friendly.
(Port Angeles News)

(POrt Angeles NeWS)
 The most recent candidate for the All-Amerl- can Ananias club is Mayor George Baker of Port land Oregon. Addressing a New York club one day last week. he said: Portland has not a single speakeasy because we do not permit it and you would have to know someone pretty well to get anything" Well we passed through Portland the other day and everyone seemed friendly enough.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
CENsoRs KEEP FINGERS CROSSED.

Every day New York theatres become more and mere alarming to those who think censors are lax. The names of the plays even vexing those who think the make-believe world is either "whoopee" or sex-mad A single page of a New York paper recently advertised the departure of "Whoopee" from the stage and the opening of Hell Bound |" "Indiscreet" Young Sinners" Born to Love-" and several others not to mention the illicit love story of Svengah and Trilby.
 critic explaining the situation declares that 1t is all to satisfy the demands of the public He sid picture must be hot to meet the expecta- tions of present day theatre -goers who want to get the emotional experiences of life -time-four years at college a course in jungle life and sun bath-every time they pay 35 cents for a theatre ticket He continues
 Gone are the times when fellow
 simply went to picture show to find out
 how Pauline fared this week with Reggie
 the cad No one these days has even
 second cousin aunt by marriage that
 isn't potentially Clara Bow or Charlotte
 Greenwood. Every one has the bud Of at
 least three scenarios in the back of his
 head ready to burst into bloom at the
 ouiver of Ronald Colmans eyelid. Then
 people are plot-conscious, sex-conscious,
 ce-conscious pers ty-conscious, and
 conscious conscious. Wouldn't you like to
 get back to the Tn-have-you-yet- my proud
 beauty pictures?
 So the merry war goes between the public and the producers on the one side and those who fear the temptation of suggestive pictures on the other hand And the censors stand between the two with fingers crossed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

ELKS TAKE NOTICE On account of the BALL GAME TONIGHT, the Elks will meet at 8:30 pm.
 M. s. JORGENSEN, (adv) Exalted Ruler.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
After 54 Years.
(Prince Rupert Empire)

(Prince Rupert Empire)
 Truth is indeed stranger than fiction! During the recent New Zealand earthquake, the modern freight steamer Northumberland lay off the har- Dor of Napier The terrific convusion heaved to the surface the wreck of a 2000 ton clipper ship lost in gale in the year 1877. Her name was also the Northumberland. And. she came up not far from where her steel namesake was moored. wrath a ghost from the depths. What fc- ton writer could think of incident like that?
 President von Hndenburg attended beer party in Berlin marking the opening of the book beer season. and never had to worry about losing the delegates from the southern states-(Dayton, Ohio, NeWS)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

Not only does the New York Herald Tribune think that Mayor Walker made a masterly and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
GRADUATES AT
 SITKA INDIAN
 SCHOOL LARGE
Famous Indian School at Sitka Has Very Sue
 cessful Year

SITKA, Alaska, May 23.-0Spec. ial Correspondence ce)-Sheldon Jock son School closes it's school year May 26. The Eighth Grade gradu- ating class of twenty is the largest in the history of the institution Only oile student will receive a diploma from the high school de- partment. An average of one hun dred and thirty boys and girls have been enrolled throughout the wear in grades beginning with the Fifth and continuing through a four-year high school. In recent years the high school has been growing rapidly and enrolment in this department increased thirty per cent the past year. The forty one now enrolled are tonight pre- senting Pickles" Or Tn Old Vii enna," a musical comedy in three acts.
 Monday evening, May 25, the Eighth Grade class will present the play Rip Van Wrinkle" The High School Commencement program will be presented Tuesday morning, May 26.
 Recent improvements on the school campus include the installa- tion of a one-ton refrigeration plant to facilitate provisioning the insti- tuticn and two new entrances Of concrete pillars, the faces of the pillars at the main entrance bear ing bronze tablets giving the name of the school and some information regarding it to tourists ard pass ers-by.
 Dr. James H. Condit, forlner su-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
NEWSPAPERS ARE INDEPENDENT
 AND FAIR.

Newspapers grow more and more independent of political parties and every day see evidence of it. Great papers are longer political organs. They do not take positions with party advantage as the controlling motive. They fair and say what they believe and let the political consequences be what they nay.
 Illustrating this point we have the Republican New York Herald Tribune praising Gov Roosevelt for dismssing the charges against Mayor Walker notwithstanding that both Democrats and Gov. Roosevelt is the leading candidate for the Demo- cratic Presidential nomination.
 On the occasion of Gov Roosevelt's action the editorial leading the Herald Trbune's editorial page said, under the head, The Right Decision:
 Governor Roosevelt has very properly
 dismissed the charges preferred against May
 or Walker They were obviously too general
 to constitute grounds for removal or even
 justify investigation. The Governor might well have rejected them out of hand, he at first contemplated doing. Having sub mitted the charges to the Mayor, and the Mayor having inserted personal counter charges in his reply. it possible to argue
 that the proponents of the charges should
 be heard again in rebuttal But endless chain of recrmination would have been the
 only result The charges which never
 should have been begun upon the basis of
 any evidence at present available were best
 soon ended. The city is indebted to the
 Governor both for his prompt decision and
 for his clear statement of the principles of law and government in issue
 Not only does the New York Herald Tribna
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

perintendent and Mrs Cond.t, arc returning to Alaska for the sum- mer. They will be on the Ad- miral Rogers sailing from Seattle June 4, and reaching Sitka June II. While here Dr. Condit VII have charge of the Sheldon Jack son Museum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

FIRE ALARM CALLS t-3 Third and Franklin. IA FrCnt and Franklin. Is Front, near Ferry Way. Is Front, near Gross. Apts. 1-7 Front. opp. City Wharf. 1-8 Front, near Saw NH. 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-l Willoughby at Totea4 Gro-
 cery.
 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Coles
 Barn.
 2-4 Front and Seward 2-5 Front and Main.
 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall.
 3-2 GastineaU and Rawn Way. 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Harris. 3-6 Fifth and Gold.
 3-7 Fifth and East.
 3-8 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth. back of power house Az Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts 4-3 Distin Ave, and Indian Sts. As Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. AT Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. 4-9 Home Grocery.
 5-1 Scatter Tract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

Mortimer L. Schiff, of New York {above), has been elected Presi- dent of the Boy Scouts of America at the twenty-frst annual meeting of the National Council of the or. ganization in Memphis, Tenn. The new president has been active in the councils of the movement since its origination in the United States
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27
Heart Action OKAY-" Says DOC

When the battery in your car fails . you go no place :. IS many have no doubt learn ed. Good battery service elimi- hates many disappointments and often irksome and expensive de- lays. Prompt and regular bat tery service is the policy which 1as made our shop headquar- sers for motorists. If you have ] good battery in your car give 1t the attention which it de- serves. Tell us to check on it regularly. We rebuild batter ies when parts justify such &C., tion. Let us add your name to our list of customers who en- trust the care of their batteries exclusively to us.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-27

complete answer to those who made charges against him but he called names expertly and effectively. The New York paper said if the decision had gone to the "smartest face sapper and shin kicker it would easily have gone to the Mayor. But Gov. Roosevelt made his decision in favor of MT. Walker on the issues rather than on the repartee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
BOGUS MONEY
REACHES CITY
Counterfeit Coins Are
Passed, Banks Warn \
Business Men

Residents OF Brownsville were
warned today by local banks to
beware OF accepting silver dollars
and half dollars. m~anifestly coun-
t~erfeit. with which the city Is be-
ing flooded.
Even a casual examination will
reveal the counterfeit. bankers
state.
The coins are dated from 1879
TO 1929. and all which have been
discovered are well worn and have
a soft look which gives the fraud
away az once.
None OF the coins have been re-
ported from Valley points other
than Brownsville and Matamoros,
but the ~counterfeits are believed
10 have come from the same source
which has recently flooded Laredo,
FL PaSo. Nogales and other border
points with spurious coinage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
TOURISTS BEGIN
WINTER INFLUX
c. &. Estimates 700 Visitors
Already In City With
More Coming

The first Is days Of September
this year witnessed a rapid influx
OF winter tourists in Brownsville.
a total OF % having registered at
the chamber Of commerce tourist
department.
Tourists are from many different
states, the majority from the mid
die west.
Tourists who have come to spend
tn. entire winter include II. Z.
Friend and family. and Mrs. +. M.
Warner and daughter. Jackson
Vile: Mr.. and Mrs. j.. r.. Erkman.
Chicago; T. D.. McPhelim and
family, Wilmette. Ill: Miss Doris
Winters, St. Charles, Ill, and Mr..
and Mrs. McCandless and daughter,
Olean, N. Y.
Communications have been re-
ceived at the department from
persons who will soon arrive 10
spend the winter, including Mr. and
Mrs. "A. d. Huey, Westchester. Pa:
II. j. Northcott, Chicago; Nj. and
MIS-. ~ Il sOIftAA-1s 4CAAt ~ -
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Houseknecht,
Batavia, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard E. Bell. Batavia, ". Y, and
Mrs. Eliza Hess. Anna, III.
Most OF these tourists have been
In Brownsville previously.
Apartment houses in the city are
rapidly filling up. a survey made
BY the chamber shows
This report shows that of go
apartments in "a buildings there
are only 50 vacancies.
The ratio Of tourists In the city
to the number registered Is not
known. but is usually taken at 8
to 1, indicating that there are
probably more than 700 tourists In
Brownsville now, with more ar
irving as the first touch Of winter
Is felt in the north.
In spite Of general depression
elsewhere. this is expected to be
the biggest tourist season for
Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Winans Death Is
Held Accidental

Duncan S. winans, 7-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs l.. B. Winans.
came 10 his death as the result OF
an unavoidable accident. Justice OF
the Peace Geo Krausse held Tues
day afternoon following a court OF
inquiry.
Young Winans died last Wednes-
day afternoon after he was struck
on the highway by a a driven by
Mrs. Agatha Scott OF Brownsville.
Jack Coffee, youth who was play
ing with the Winans boy at the
time OF the accident. was chief
witness IN court.
He and Duncan had been play
ing on a truck parked at the side
Of the highway. They ran from
behind the truck across the road.
Mrs. Scott. coming from the op~
posite direction. did not see them
until they darted onto the high
way. Duncan. Just a step to the
ear OF Jack. was hit by the car.
He died shortly afterward in &he
Mercy hospital.
The S was investigated by
Deputy Sheriff Henry Gordon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
AMADO CARA
ENTERS NOT
GUILTY PLEA
First Jury Trial Of
Present Term
Comes Up

The first murder Ease OF the pres
ent court term got under way We'd
nesday morning when a Jury was
selected In the case against Amado
Cara, Jr.. of Harrington.
The indictment alleges Cara shot
and killed Librado Chavez on the
streets of Harlingen March Is. Gar
"a pleaded not guilty and made an
application for a suspended SEN
tence.
witnesses Called.
The state called Fernando Saldiva
10 the stand. He was an eyewitness
Of the fatal shooting. Saldiva told OF
seeing Cara shoot Chavez three
or foa- times" The court adjourn
ed shortly before noon TO allow the
defense to obtain further witnesses
from Harlingen. ,
This is the first case that has been
tried with a jury at the present term
OF court. All others have been tried
before the judge on pleas of guilt.
Tuesday afternoon the forgery in
dictment against Lee Truax was
continued by the state for further
investigation. Truax was released On
his own recognizance.
Case Dismissed.
A liquor case against Marcos dc
Leon was dismissed on the motion OF
district attorney.
Cases against John Seaman. form
er district clerk. have not been set.
The district attorney and Scanlan's
attorneys are TO confer to set the
time Of the trial. A special judge will
be named for this case as Judge
Geo. c. Westervelt is disqualified.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Pickers Wanted

HOUSTON, Sept. is. 1.-THE city
employment bureau has jobs for
some 5000 cotton pickers. II an
nounced today.
The bureau added there wero
plenty or jobs I'm this section. but
apparently few persons wanting
them.
Wages offered AZ 20 tons and COM
munities hereabouts ranged from 81
70 40 cents per hundred pounds and
up TO fifty cents in one instance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Sterling Refuses
Foreign Subjects

AUSTIN. Sept. is. tP-Gov. r. S.
Sterling today refused to submit any
subjects to the legislature for con-
sideration other than farm relief
through conservation OF the soil.
The house and senate had passed
resolutions asking him to submit
several subjects. including a state
income tax. revision OF the apprc-
p-iation bills and general revenue
and taxation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Valley Dance Hall
Closed One Year

The dance hall near Santa Rosa
operated by Mia Rodriguez aid
Juana Mire'es has been closed for
one year on an order issued by
Judge A. NJ. Kent Of the civil
district cou...
County Attorney Marvin Hall
sought the injunction agains. the
place. alleging IL 70 be a bawdy-
house and further declaring that
liquor was openly sold a. the dance.
The sheriff'S office was ordered
70 take over the place for a period
OF one year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Band Gives Concert

The 12th Cavalry band. under
direction OF W.. q. Archambault.
will hold its regular Thursday
afternoon band concert at the pest.
beginning at 4:30 o'clock. The pro-
gram follows:
March. Orchard Lake Cadets:
Overture. La Flandre: Fox Trot,
Adios My Senorita: Intermezzo,
Valse des Blondes: Dance, Maria;
Selection. Follow Me; Fox Trot, II
You Can't Sing-Whistle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
BORDER CITY
CHIEFS MEET
T ON HOLIDAY
Brownsville Officials
Guests of Matamoros
At Celebration

A delegation OF Brownsville and
Fort Brown people will assemble at
the chamber of commerce building
this afternoon at $3.50, and will
proceed to the Gateway Bridge,
where they will meet a delegation
Of military and civil officials from
Matamoros.
Observe Holiday
The occasion will be I } 12ist
observance Of Mexico's national
holiday, Sept. 1e
This Is only part OF a two-day
program being carried out in Mata-
moros, and which will end tonight
at IL o'clock on the main plaza.
Among the Brownsville people
who will attend are Judge II. l..
Yates. president Of the chamber Of
commerce, @. r. Barreda, Joe
Celaya, "A. "A. Haro rove. Sam Perl,
Otis Singer, K. j. Tucker, George
White. A. Wayne Wood. all direc-
tors of the chamber of COM zee,
City Manager z. =. Essential. and
City Commissioners George Desha,
Albert Reed and w. T. Aldridge. w.
s. West also will probably 60
Mayor r. Is. Rentfro sail he
would not be able attend.
Program Arranged
The Brownsville and Matamoros
officials will proceed to the main
plaza in Matamoros. where a Joint
program will be carried out. with
the expression Of mutual good will
being made.
Mexican people from the entire
Valley are going back to Matamor-
os today to join in the program
there, while various societies and
clubs on this side Of the Rio Gran
de are holding programs in OBJ
servance of this Mexican holiday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Revolt Feared

LISBON. Portugal. Sept. is. Up
The Portuguese government reveal
ed fears OF another revolution to-
day by taking unusual military pre-
cautions and combining troops 10
barracks. The cabinet was in
emergency seT throughout last
night.
Cavalry was brought 10 Lisbon
from other points. Troops occupied
strategic points in the city until
early today when they returned to
barracks. Telephone lines between
Lisbon and Oporto were cut.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Mt. Etna In Action

CATAN1A. Sicily. Sept l6. Up
Mt. Etna has sprung into action and
residents of the vicinity are alarmed
at the column of smoke which pours
from the mountain.
The director OF the Etna observa-
tory said an eruptive conduct form
ed IS years ago has come to life
again and IL the level Of the lava
rises only slightly there will be an
eruption.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Former Scion Dies

LUBBOCK. Sept. Is. OPl-Judge
G. +. Buchanan OF Scurry county,
prominent In west Texas and state
politics for more than a quarter OF
a century. died In a Lubbock hosDi-
tai yesterday.
Judge Buchanan served as a men,
Der OF the Texas senate from 1916 to
1920. Prior TO serving in the legis.a-
ture he was county clerk and then
county judge Of Scurry county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Maj. Wood Stresses
Widening Of Streets

Membership OF the City Planning
and Zoning committee met Tues
day night in the office Of DR.. B.
o. Works. Major A. E. Wood, city
planner Of Dallas. said he was
highly pleased with the work OF
the committee during the past year
and thanked them for cooperation.
He urged members to familiarize
themselves with the comprehensive
plans OF coming which ne has COM
piled for the city. He mentioned
the necessity for widening streets
to take care Of the increased traf-
fic. especially that leading toward
the port Maj. Wood also spoke
OF the Identification or highways
leading into Brownsville and the
necessity for parks and play
grounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Baptists Meet

PORT ARTHUR. Sept. l6APH
Approximately 800 Baptist minis
tiers and laymen from six south
east Texas counties were here to-
day for the opening session OF the
18th annual convention OF the
Southeast Texas Baptist ass0cla-
ton Review OF work for the past
year under J. H. Pace. moderator
vas the feature Of today's session
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Bill Asks
Acreage Reductions

OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 16. Up
Gov. Murray today exhorted nearly
1000 wheat and cotton farmers IN
conference here to support him In
establishing one-third acreage re-
lduction as a permanent future policy,
with a so per cent reduction for
the next two years.
He urged adoption OF resolutions
directing him TO draft proposed
legislation TO be initiated in the
immediate future.