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The Washington times., 1931-07-17
P JUMPING TEST
RULESL|STED

Entries in the contests during
the Prince Georges County Volun-
teer Fire Department convention,
to be held in Upper Marlboro,
August 8, will be received up to
the last moment, it was an
nounced by Earle Wyvill, in
charge of the contests.
Rules for the pumping contest,
for Prince Georges County com.
panies only, have just been made
public. The following rules will
govern the tests:
Each crew shall consist Of
not more than 10 men.
Jumpers shall be placed in
position at the edge Of pond
with suction hose and strainer
in regular places on apparatus.
"NOt less than 200 feet of
hose must be carried on
apparatus, and crew shall be
stationed Is feet from engine.
"Judges will signal start.
Crews will proceed to place
apparatus in operation, using
two sections Of so hose.
"Time shall be taken from
judges signal until water is
forced through nozzle by pumper.
I'm case Of tie, the tying
crews will compete until .
winner Is declared.
prize for this contest will
be the Crawford Memorial Cup.
1t must be won three times for
permanent possession"
A special pumper contest, similar
to the one for Prince Georges
county, will be held for visiting
companies from nearby counties
and from Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
Farm Course Offered
To Youth of VirginiG

BLACKSBURG, Va, July II.
More than rs boys and girls from
Virginia farms will attend the
All all-star conference, which be-
gins here today.
The group will participate in
the short course, to be held at
the Virginia Polytechnic institute
after the conference closes on
Monday, through July 25.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
Maryland Counties
Denied SIIH1ddu Bill

ANNAPOLIS, July 17.-Wash.
ington county was denied the
right to hold a referendum on
Sunday baseball at Hagerstown,
under a decision Of Attorney Gen
eral w. Preston Lane, jr., made
public by David C. Winebrenner
Sd, Secretary Of State.
The opinion stated that the
provisions Of the referendum
article Of the State constitution
DO not apply to local laws except
those Of Baltimore,
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
Fort FOOte Turned
OUer to District Use

Fort Foote, historic military
reservation on the Potomac in
Prince Georges county, will be
formally abandoned in a few days
and turned over to the Public
Buildings and Public Parks Of the
District. -
The fort viii be used as q link
in the George Washington Me
mortal Parkway. For several years
past it has been used by the Girl
Scouts as a recreational center.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
$54 Figured Profit
On Virginian's
Wheat Farm

STAUNTON, Va, July IT,
r. r. KeyeS, Augusta county
farmer, reports that he raised
4651a bushels Of wheat on his
11-acre farm near here.
KeyeS estimates that it cost
him a minimum of 1925 to pro-
duce this years crop, not includ-
ing full time wage for his own
work. II he sold 1t at the cur
rent market price Of so cents a
bushel. he would receive $270, or
q profit Of $54.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
FIREMEN TO MEET

The Arlington Fairfax Volun-
teer Firemen's Association will
hold its monthly meeting at the
firehouse Of the Arlington de-
partment, on Columbia pike. July
81. The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Arlington department will serve
refreshments after the meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville, Md, to Robert
j. Flannery, %, and Lillian Au.
drey Burkert, 10, both of Balti.
more, and Axel N. Nyquist, 80,
and Jeane Murray. 20, both Of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
SAM FINED SIS

Charged with assault and bat.
terry upon Daisy Duffin, colored,
Sam Brown, also colored, was
fined SIS and costs by Judge
Charles w. Woodward in Rock.
vile Police Court.
The Washington times., 1931-07-17
Staff Photo


SISTER MARY SISTER JEANETTE
THE ART DEPARTMENT at the Catholic University
Summer School is producing wealth of ornamental
work this year with it's enrolment of 56 students The
classes under the supervision of Sister Jeanette
supervisor of art for the Diocese of Cleveland and
teacher of art at Ursuline College, The picture shows
Sister jeanette instructing Sister Mary Williams St.
Ezabeths Convent, Cornwells Heights Pa, during class
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05

Hard times always put an added sting in the tax
collectors visit. No one ever really enjoys paying taxes,
OF course. But it is only when a depression comes that
the average citizen really puts his heart into his COM
plants.
In Ohio, numbers of taxpayers are organizing formal
associations in the hope that something can be done
about tax relief. AS the organizer of one of these
groups said:
when there are 10000 of you in our organization,
and tongues are wagging about us, then we can talk to
them when they threaten foreclosure on our farms and
homes because we can't pay our taxes"
That, of course, is true enough. But to "talk to
them" isn't quite enough, where taxes are concerned.
That, in fact, has always been our chief trouble. We
have talked and talked, but we have done very little.
How are you going to reduce taxes-by cutting
down expenditures? Fair enough; and how are you
going to do that?
Suppose it is municipal expenses you want to reduce.
Where will you start? With the fire and police depart
ments? With the school budget? With the street main
cation? With the playground budget? With such SER
vices as sewage disposal, garbage collection, building
inspection?
There is hardly a city in the land where cuts could
be made in any of those services without doing genuine
damage. They are essentials; in most cases they need
to be extended, not reduced.
What is the answer, then? Must taxes go on in
creasing, year after year, in good times as well as bad?
Isn't there any hope for a reduction at all?
1t isn't quite that bad. The ordinary city can re-
duce its expenses without in any way cutting down any
of these essential services. But every citizen will have
to help, and the job won't be an easy one.
Government is an affair that is made expensive by
politics. Politics, as We have it today, inevitably means
waste, inefficency and graft. We put up with it be-
cause we are too lazy and too p~rejudiced to create any
thing better; and as long as we do we shall be cursed by
ize-not to "talk to them" but to put his governmental
institutions on a sound and sensible basis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
Daily Health
Talk

One OF the most commin symp-
toms Of which people complain is
ringing in the ears. There are sew
eral causes and the condition is
difficult to control.
In a recent survey of the sub
ject. Nj. r. l.. Wegel ~classifies this
condition into two types: those in
which the tinnitus, or ringing. is due
to mechanical causes resulting in
actual sound. such as that due to
spasmodic contraction Of the
muscles; and the second type which
originates in the internal ear and
which seems to be largely a nerv-
Gus phenomenon.
Wegel feels that people without
this symptom are extremely rare:
that, in fact. everyone has ring
In gin the ears at one time or an
other. but that most people are
usually not aware OF 1t until Il
gets so loud as to interfere con-
siderably with hearing weaker
sounds.
Wegel made a study of his own
hearing with a view to finding out
just how much ringing actually
occurred. The studies were made
with the most delicate types OF
electrical device. and he found that
some ringing occurred frequently.
although not heard because OF
more ~appreciable sounds. Ringing
IN the ears sounds most frequently
like the noise that is heard when
q seashell is placed at the ear. al
though in some cases the noise NAV
be ringing. singing. buzzing. tick
ing. Kissing Dr. whistling. If there
Is any inflammation in the ear
with increased amount Of blood
nassing through the tissues. the
the sounds are increased when the
patient lie: down. On the other
hand. II the patient is anemic, the
sounds are likely to be increased
when the head IS elevated.
Ringing In the ears may also be
induced by a smartblowon the ear.
5v the presence of water, wax or
other substance in the external
ear canal. Obviously the first
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
Beer Bills In Congress

Dispatches from Washington indicate that a flood
of "beer bills will be offered in the House of Represen-
tatives as soon as Congress convenes. In the senate,
likewise, there will be proposals of the same kind. All
in all, a stormy session is in prospect, and the vets are
reported to be nourishing fond hopes that one or another
of their bills will actually get through.
Without in any way going into the merits, or other
wise, of plans to modify the prohibition law, it is a BIT
hard to see much reason to expect that the coming con.
gress will enact any of these measures. Figures, tabulat-
ed after the last election showed a comfortable dry
majority in each house. There would have to be q
tremendous shift to give any modification bill even an
outside chance of passage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
Mew York
Letter

NEW YORK-Center Island. q
New York suburb which has gained
the reputation Of being Americas
wealthiest hamlet. now has COM
petition.
Just the other day the village OF
Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, voted
itself a plac con the map. And
never was there quite such q de
luxe ballot. Sixteen persons voted.
They we're all millionaires or
ulti-millionaires.
The complete population Of this
new Croesus town is about $50,
and most Of these are servants.
1t 50 happens that there is a
third village in the running:
Brookville, l.. J., which was voted
into existence q few months ago.
But 10 votes we're cast at that time.
The voters included Howard Bro
kaw. Reginald Townsend, Col. Girls
comb and Charles Thierot-and II
you don't happen TO know who they
are, Just consult your Dunn ana
Bradstreet. No voting booth was
employed-perish the thought A
ballot box vas placed in the pala-
tial front hall OF David Dows, the
millionaire banker.
The wealth Of these three tiny
towns. If aggregated, would end
London's financial worries or buy
most Of Manhattan.
Center Island, first Of the ultra
rich townships. haa q population
of about 80 persons, outside of
maids, buffers and such. And
they're all millionaires. The city
officers-mayor. commissioners and
clerk-1nrve without salaries. There
are jobs for most Of the popula-
ton.
The newest, Roslyn Harbor. cov-
ers an area of $50 acres. II is here,
Bryant's historic homestead Is 10
Gated. This is now the property OF
Mrs. Harold Goodwin. II "a here too,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Childs Prick
dwell.
The new community was organ
lied for much the same purpose as
the others: to create coming laws
that would keep out all commercial
enterprises. Clarence z. Schwerin,
who is the town engineer In
charge Of such coming matters, IS
merely the president of a half
dozen water power companies and
coal companies. besides being a
celebrated mining engineer.
The city dads are good old
fashioned bank presidents and cor
poration chieftains.
David Saranoff. the big radio
mogul, fell to swapping yarns
about 'the old days while talk
ing at the Radio Worlds Fair the
other evening.
And although one Of the biggest
factors in the electrical world to-
day, Saranoff likes to recall the
time when he was a mere ham
in wireless.
Twenty-one years ago, so went
his tale, he was in the wireless
room of the sealing ship Beotic.
Suddenly came a call from a lonely
island-Belle Isle-off Labrador.
1t "a a call for help. An OPP
orator stationed in this far away
spot had been taken seriously III.
He had no way Of getting relief
and he sent his call for assistance
into the ether. Saranoff rushed to
the ships doctor. Back and forth
through the air went a ~diagnostic
interview. The doctor gave instruc-
tons to the sick man what he must
do until help came. Several days
later. the ship put in at Belle
Isle and the doctor was able to
rive treatment
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05

method OF treatment OF this symp-
tom Is careful examination TO make
sure that the external ear canal Is
clean, that there is no disturbance
Of the eardrum. and that there
Is no beginning Of disease Of the
internal ear.
1t becomes possible in many cases
to control the symptoms by proper
psychological suggestion. taking the
mind away from fixation on the
ringing, and also by the use Of va
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
TO-DAY l. THE
Anniversary
TAKE 4446

On Oct. S. 1917. Field Marshal
Haig, Of the British forces, an
nounced that his drive at Ypres
had Melted to date 4446 prisoners
and vas developing into one W
the great battles OF the war.
On this date also the French
repulsed an attack on the AlSnp
In Champagne. and in Upper AL
SAGE. and the Russians, In the
KikatSh : Amadia sector " TIE
Caucasian front. took the village
OF Nereman, 50 miles north OF
Mosul.
The British advanc- up the
Tigris.
Theodore Roosevelt and Mayor
Mitchell. OF New York. addressed
a loyalty rally In Madison Square
Garden. speaking 10 thousands ".
persons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
JAIL PREFERRED

BALTTMORE.-Jame II. Nc
Mullen, ~, arrested on a c--arge
Of drunken driving. was allowed to
pick his own sentence. McMullen
thought he ought to be jailed for
SIX months. He explained that he
was tired Of eating In breadlines
and sleeping in the parks. and that
he thought he'd get a good rest and
n few good meals in Jail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
Quotations

In this country we own 50 pei
cent Of the wealth Of the world.
and we can go out and tell these
other people TO stand off or else
well pound hell out Of them.
Major General Smedley Butler.
I have decorations from Italy,
Germany, Rumania, Spain and
Hungary. What do they say about
that? Mayor Jimmy Walker.
Nobody with character Is vulgar.
A. A. Milne.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
GUILTY. a a Lips
9Io5I By NEA\[SERVlCE nc.

following week.
The problem Of caring for Mark
had been easily arranged. For Sc
each week Mrs. Carey, who lived
across the hall, agreed to keep the
baby during the hours Norma would
be away. Mrs. Carey had no chill
dren. She was fond OF them and
before her marriage had worked as
a practical nurse. A pleasant. con-
scientious woman. she could be
trusted to carry out Norma's IN
s~tructions exactly and she well
coined the chance to earn even so
small an amount.
When Norma told Frederick Stu.
art she could come back TO work as
his secretary, she added, I'm 60
ing to have to ask for more money,
Mr. Stuart. I want $35 a week. I
think I'm worth II and il any man
uscripts come in to be typed / can
do them I'm addition to the other
work. / had lots of time before
that ! might just as well have been
tipping. You see I haven't just my.
self to think about now. ! have to
make more money"
For a moment Stuart frowned.
This Is a poor time to be increas-
ing salaries" he said, "but-well,
I'll pay you $685. Yes. and l think
you'll earn II! Be here at nine on
Monday"
Norma told him she would be
there. During the ride home on the
street car she tried to compute men.
tally how long. at S35 n week, II
would take to pay the money she
owed Chris. For one thing that
debt would not be growing larger
now. She could pay her way and
little Marks. Whatever II was pos.
sible to save would be paid to Chris,
IT was hard Monday morning "a
leave the baby. Sharp doubts
plagued Norma all through the day
Suppose Mrs. Carey didn't get his
formula just right! Suppose she
should leave Mark alone. Even in
five minutes he might wriggle from
the bed and hurt himself. Norma
remembered how Junior Baker had
been scalded. She suffered harrow.
ing moments OF despair.
When the lunch hour arrived she
telephoned TO ask the landlady's
daughter TO go upstairs and ash
Mrs. Carey how Mark was getting
along.
Norma was informed that the
baby was sleeping. Nothing at al
eventful had happened. Mrs. Carey
reported Mark was getting along
fine"
At 5:45 Norma reached the tor
OF the stairs and burst breathlessly
into the apartment.
The baby-is everything al
right"
Bless HIS little hearth" said Mrs
Carey. HE hasn't been a bit %.
trouble. Good as a regular little
angel all dayi ! did everything
the way you said, Mrs. TraTers.
gave him his bottle at three o'clocl
and he went to sleep when he't
finished II. Look at HIM"
Marks wide blue eyes considered
his mother with interest. III
wiggled a foot and gurgled con
tentedly.
Norma. down on her knees be
side the bed, felt a wave Of over
whelming relief. There was TIM
Mark exactly as she had left him
No frightful accident. No unfor
zen tragedy. The baby was a
happy and safe as II she had beer
with him all day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05

Thank you. Mrs. Carey" Norma
said, rising TO her feet. IL
couldn't help but feel worried. It's
the first day I've ever left him. you
knowl You've taken beautiful care
OF him and I'm not going TO let
myself worry any more. Ill see II
/ can't be home a little earlier to-
morrow night"
well. Ill just run along since
you're here. Ill have TO DO get
ting the supper" Mrs. Carey dis
appeared without finishing the sen
tence.
Chris arrived a few moments
later and the two girls were soon
busy preparing their own evening
meal.
Schooling herself not TO worry
over the baby's welfare was the
hardest part OF Norma's new
schedule. She liked working with
Stuart. It was true Jennie Clark
had been slack about keeping the
files in order. Other tasks that
should have been attended had been
neglected. The accumulated work
made Norma's first days In the
Office unusually busy ones. Still
there were agonizing moments
when she pictured Mark tossing
and feverish from some sudden.
mysterious illness or his little body
shaking with sobs, unable to tell
what allied him.
ON Saturday afternoon az the end
- Of her first weeks work Norma
took the baby TO the hospital clinic.
She learned with q mingling or
shock and thankfulness that Mark
still kept his rating Of perfect
health. During the first six months
OF his life he had not been Ill once.
IL astounded Norma TO realize
that another person could care for
her son exactly as well as she could.
Almost she felt dismayed. The
shock Of this discovery passed I'm
mediately. She told Chris that
baby Mark. by keeping up such a
splendid health record. was doing
his part TO improve the family for
tunes.
Chris liked the baby. played with
him and worried over him almost
as much as Norma. Hes going TO
DO spoiled-and spoiled badly"
Chris predicted, but honestly. who
could help Il? He's getting cutter
every day"
Bob Farrell continued TO pay an
occasional visit and gifts for Mark
often served as the excuse for these
calls.
Here's something I thought
might amuse young Skeezix." he
would say. handing over a package
which might contain anything from
a toy pop gun 10 rubber blocks
Practically every plaything he
brought was for a much older child
When Mark regarded them with
wice-eyed unconcern they were
placed away for future use.
The girls accused Bob or buying
the contraptions because he him
self found them entertaining. Far
rell always grinned and pleaded
guilty 10 these accusations.
Twice he was invited TO dinner
at the apartment-both times or
Sunday when Chris and Norma had
I the entire day at home. Whenever
there vas any task around the
apartment requiring a mans skill
when the electric iron refused q
operate or q piece Of furniture be
came unsteady Bob put II in order
Shortly after the second dinner
! invitation he asked both girls q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
Rurbs

Most any merchants these DAYS
would admit the customer is al
ways right--if he could find A
customer.
Many an unemployed man would
be willing 10 assume some Fat ladv'E
dietary temptations, without count
ing the calorles.
There's az least one advantage in
being q genius. You can 20 without
a hair cut without comment.
II there's any truth in that
sweetheart in every port" stuff.
those English sailors protested
their wage cut in self-defense.
Now they're treating tooth car
tiles by diet. Might not Be a bad
idea TO treat stomach cavities the
same way.
Governor Long of Louisiana re-
fused TO apologize for saying
Texas legislators were bought"
Sounds like Huey.
A Connecticut hospital has in
stalled n golf course for It's men,
tai cases. Making them all DOGGY
men.
Prohibition Notwithstanding. tina
st. Lawrence Is still the most deslIH
able waterway.
The United States will stand
pat on its Russian policy. NO skis
for us this winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
BIGGEST BUDDAH

The worlds biggest image OF
Buddah is to be erected ! lr To-
kio. japan. 1t will be forty feet
high and built OF concrete at a
cost Of more than $4,000. There
will be room for 5000 persons to
stand in its lap.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-05
LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
Author OF
MAD MARRIAGE"

attend a musical comedy-a very
good one Just on from New York
Chris and Norma accepted but on
the evening OF the performance
Norma developed a headache. She
refused TO let the others change
their tickets for another night. As
a result Chris and Bob attended the
play and Norma remained AZ home.
There could be no doubt about
Norma's pleasure I'm Bob's COM
pany. She always welcomed him.
More often than Chris she urged
him 10 drop In again soon and II
was Norma who suggested inviting
him 10 dinner. However. she and
Bob never alone. When Chris
tried tactfully 70 engineer such
t~ete-a-tetes somehow the plans went
amiss. Chris could not be sure
whether Norma managed this in
tentionally or not.
THERE were times when she was
sure Norma's old fondness for
Bob was developing into a deeper
affection. "A safer. surer affection
than the mad-cap plunge into ro-
nance that Norma's marriage 10
Mark Travers had been. That,
Chris felt. was the solution OF Nor
mas problems.
But did Norma really care for
Bob? One day Chris believed she
did. The next she was uncertain.
III she's foolish enough 10 turn
down a fine boy like Bob" Chris
told herself. Ito keep faith with a
good-for-nothing like Mark Travers
she doesn't deserve sympathy!
Bob's worth ten Marksl Probably
she's In love with Bob and doesn't
realize IL yet. Well. they'll have 10
settle affairs for themselves but I
know what I'D do"
March made fits entry lamb-like.
The sun melted and bright winter
sunshine made heavy winter wraps
actually uncomfortable. Norma
scrimped on lunches and made tf<
first payment on.a cheap carriage
for the baby. Before that taking
Mark out for q daily airing had
been out of the question. All ~
the sunlight possible 10 absorb
through a third floor window he
had absorbed. That was not
enough. the doctor said.
After the carriage arrived Mrs.
Carey spent two hours daily wheel
ing him up and down the block.
Saturday and Sunday Norma al
ways took him out. She felt I'm
mensely proud when ~passershy
glanced into the carriage and said.
What a pretty baby" or stopped
70 ask how old he was.
Above his blue blankets the in
fant's hooded head was just visible.
II was not easy 10 keep him GOV.
cred. Mark. that child OF perfect
disposition and department. was
showing an increasing tendency 10
wriggle upright when no was sup
posed 70 be asleep. He wanted Ia
use his arms and legs. Ho wanted
10 be independent.
On a Sunday morning In mid
March Norma was wheeling the
baby down the street. She crossed
the first block and the second.
Rosyln avenue. Just ahead. was q
thoroughfare for cross-t0wn traffic.
Norma approached the curb. wait
ing cautiously for the signal light
% change from green 20 red.
Intent on the problem on getting
across the street. she did not notice
the limousine that approached and
slowed abruptly.
Ito BE Continued)