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The Washington times., 1931-04-11
SIX Of FAMILY.
DIE IN FIRE
CAPTAIN DEMPSEY

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
April II G.N.SD A mother and
her five children were burned to
death today in a fire which de-
stroyed their home at Shearstown,
Bay Roberts. The victims were
Mrs. Sarah Powell and her chill
dren, ranging in age from 6 to o.
The father, William Powell, was
found by neighbOrs in a daZed
condition outside the house and
could not explain how the tragedy
occurred.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
GUT ST|RS
ALEXANDRIA
GASFEUD
Arlington County Charges City
Is in Hands of Trust With
Sale of Plant to Outsiders

Alexandria and Arlington
county are at loggerheads once
more.
The ancient feud between
them has flared up again, this
time on the subject of gas rates.
ArlingtOn's View
Alexandria is in the grip Of
greedy trust and doesn't know it,
according to the protesting eiti-
Zens of Arlington county.
She will rue the fatefuI day Of
last October when she sold her
rather dOwn-at-the-heel gas plant
to the same outside interests
which now control the Washing
ton Gas Light Company, they
say.
Alexandria treats this charge of
her neighbors with amused con-
tempt, contending that the bar
gain she drove with the Seaboard
Investment Trust was an excel
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By JOE HOLMAN

Dennis Southern, Washington's
own Sandlot baseball graduate
and leading spring hitter of the
Baltimore Orioles, will be in the
outfield today when Fritz Maisels
international League hopefuls
conclude 1881 exhibition hostili-
ties with the Griffmen here.
Southern, the latest compila-
tions reveal, is batting around
.345. Furthermore, most of his
WallopS have been gathered off
big league pitching.
Big" Fred Marberry and left
handed Bobby Burke are to al
ternate on the mound for Walter
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
Citizens to Discuss
Cleanup Campaign

The cleanup campaign in it's
relation to civic organizations will
be discussed at the monthly meet
ing of the Kalorama Citizens
Association to be held Monday at
8 p. m. at the John Quincy Adams
School, Nineteenth and California
Streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
British Drop Ban
On SlLnd1u Movies

LONDON, April II GNS).-
The text of a bill which would
permit motion picture houses to
operate on Sundays has been pub
lished here by the government.
At present such film showings
remain illegal under an old statue
invoked by blue law organizations.
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THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Sunday, slightly colder to-
night Gentle to moderate northwest winds.
Temperature Observation-Disclosures, s2i low
est, 49.
Full Weather Report Page II.
The Washington Times s the only afternoon paper In
this cty publishing the dispatches Of Inter-
national News Service and Universal Service.
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/ started my little tour to raise
some extra money for the needy
and unemployed in Texas. Started
in Austin, the capital. / had been
in the movies for couple of years,
and all the jokes / knew / had used
them in my pictures. So when
started out on this. was mighty
short handed on laughs. My wife
said to me, "You can't go out and
do an evenings show. You haven't
the material"
i told her well Honey, its for
and maby l can get by. She
said, cts good thing it is for
charity, or you would be in danger
of your life."
Then / got to thinking that /
didn't have much material, so l de-
cided as I was starting in Texas
that better drop by Austin where
the State Legislature was in SEES
sion and get some material. Well
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that's why / chose it, and it was a
God send to me. 1t turned out great
not that the Texas Legislature
is especially humorous. It's not, it's
just the average, in fact / think
they got pretty good body there,
as Legislators go. They just had
not done anything which made
them on a par with all others.
Met all the Elk Governors. Dan
Moody, who had just gone out. Al
ways liked Dan. He is a fine young
fellow. Then in come my old friend
Jim Ferguson. Jim and Ma come
pretty near getting in again last
time. Their slogan was 1.-TWO Gov
errors for the price of one"
Out of there after the matinee
and down to the old historic San
Antonio, where we sure had a fine
great big House, some nine thous-
and dollars. @@ 81
Several old time Texas Rangers
were there. There is a bunch that
have made history. The old Trail
Drivers are trying to get enough
money to build a monument to the
old time Trail driver, and from its
model its very beautiful and / hope
the State gives them part of the
money to do it, for the Cowman
certainly made that state.
Next morning out Of there we
had show scheduled over $50
miles from there, and the fog and
rain hit us. Had to drive it. Not so
hot.
Angelo, another real old Cow
town that night, and big packed
house. The next morning still
cloudy and rainy. Bobby Cantwell,
Oklahoma's crack pilot still ma
rooned in San Antonio, and Frank
Hawkes. on his way back from New
York (where he had to go but was
to return that day. We got out at |
seven am. drove 10 miles, put on
a milkman's matinee at ten at Alb
lime, in Simmons University audi
forum, played to over five thous-
and dollars.
Then another ITO mile jump,
these are by auto, no plane, it's
I'LL cloudy and raining) to Brock
ridge, Tex. Great gang again, and
rank Hawkes. had jumped on back
rom New York and there we |
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

The bondholders agree to extend
the repayment time twenty years
longer, cut down on the interest
rate and agree to lift the ''blan-
ket LEM on the property, set a
definite, reasonable and workable
price on each individual acre. No
more advantageous proposition
could possibly be expected. The
Importance of its complete accept
ance to the district cannot be es-
timated.
A perusal Of the contract will
show that only by united action
can this very advantageous ar
rangement be operative. Every
farmer or land owner under the
Columbia ditch should investigate
thoroly, make his decision prompt
" and, if favorable, lose no time
in getting his contract signed and
delivered.
Months of effort have been spent
n this work and great credit should
be given Manager Muldrow and
Attorney Moulton for the success
they have had. Every cooperation
should be extended in closing the
deal promptly. Get your contract
signed and delivered.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19
LABOR, ENTERPRISE
CAPITAL
By Edward r. Bascom, Monroe

There is sufficient labor in
Washington to carry out what
work is necessary for the develop
ment of the state. There are plen-
ty of enterprises not being prose-
cuted, that should be going for
ward, in order to promote the best
interests of the state and it's citi-
zens. There are plenty of avail
able natural resources within the
bounds of this state with which
to prosecute these projects. Yet do
not go ahead; they are waiting
for something.
That something is money. Not
just plain money, but capital. Cap
ital that can be used in the opera
ton of the various businesses of
this state. Most of this capital has
to be obtained as loans. These
loans must come from those who
have the necessary money. Wheth-
er it be wholesaler, retailer, man.
ufacturer, contractor, carrier or
producer, most of Washington's
industries have not sufficient cap
ital to carry on without borrowing.
To borrow, there must be some
one from whom to borrow. That
someone naturally charges inter-
est under our system, good one.
This lender makes money his prop
erty and frequently owns little
else. Therefore, money-lending is
q business and reaches to the heart
of every other business. The man
who has credit to borrow unlimit-
edly is handicapped only to the ex-
tent of the difference between the
rate of interest that he pays, as
compared to the man who has his
own money, and uses it himself.
There is plenty of capital in the
nation, but not enough Of it in
this state. What is needed, then,
is a system that viii place the
necessary capital more effectively
in the places it is needed. Then a
concrete plan to carry out this
system is needed. Human nature,
remaining virtually the same thru
the ages, demands that we have a
greedy system-a human system,
fitted for q human world.
That is the greatest need of
Washington.
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Colonel Murfin of the Sunnysi

Colonel Murfin of the Sunnyside
Times last week advocated per-
sonal tax on all males between the
ages of 81 and so. This suits Col
onel Tullius Brown of the Grand
view Herald, for he says that will
let him off scot-free on the matter
of paying taxes for he would be
over the age limit and suggests
that the same line of reasoning is
what prompted Murfin to set the
age limit where he did. The idea
is all right, but the age limit isn't.
We can see no reason for cancel
ling their taxes as long as we have
to dig up.
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ECONOMIC LOSS
T is the hazard of uncertain

TT is the hazard Of uncertain
production on the marginal and
submarginal lands that makes
farming quite generally gamble
today" declared DR.. Henry G..
knight of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. He said that it is the
100, 100000 acres of these infer
Tor lands in the 500,000,000 acres
comprising the nations farms that
upset and unsettled agriculture.
These poor lands damage the en-
tire agricultural structure Of the
nation by creating crop SURPRISES
in good seasons and cause such
hardships and distress in times of
drouth as at present require our
widespread measures of relief"
The point DR.. knight makes is
lucidly clear. 1t is a fine argument
favoring the stable, unfailing pro-
duction of irrigated farming areas.
It is quite in line with Business
Chronicles suggestion made at
various times that great good
would accrue were it possible to
move some of the thousands of
families from comparatively bar
rem lands of eastern and southern
states to these districts assured Of
fine crops in Pacific Northwest.
The finest relief that could pos
sibly be given the famine-smitten
farmer of Arkansas would be ex-
tended to him by locating him on a
little tract in one of the fertile
valleys of western Oregon and
Washington, or placing him in one
of the richly productive irrigated
districts of Idaho, Oregon or
Washington. If the land he now
occupies reverted to cookie burs,
ragweed and fennel no economic
loss remotely approximating the
economic gain would follow
Business Chronicle.
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W. R. sPRoULL

-
Dresser citizens turned out en-
mass Monday Of this week to
pay their last respects to w. R.
Sproull, former editor of the
Prosser newspaper. Mr.. Sproull at
the time of his death, was publish
er of The Yakima Valley Farmer,
a weekly newspaper printed at
Yakima.
He came to Prosser when the
town was young, in 1909, purchas-
ed one of the newspaper plants,
developed and enlarged and consol-
idated until, two or three years
ago he left it to enter a larger
field.
Mr.. Sproull was a good citizen,
leader in his community and act
i've in all its affairs. He built a
home and raised a family of two
boys who are left to carry on his
work. He was active in orgariz-
ing the Washington State Press
association, which las grown until
it now stands among the leading
organizations Of its kind in the
whole country.
The county and state have lost
a good citizen, and a host of cit
liens have lost an unfaiiing friend.
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the tenor was released for th.
trip by Salada Tea people. That an
was mighty fine Of these big firm,
Tor they had to engage someone
else, and they allowed these bow,
salaries to go so was able TO get
this wonderful aggregation simplv
for their expenses. OF course tbese
could not be asked to get I'm n
the dead of night and fly TO
town like was to give a show.
but they made all the night shows
Two of them didn't fly. Two Of
them tenors, SO they couldn't have
made these jumps for the day
shows.
/ got to write you next week
about the old home state Of Okla.
homa, and then the wife's state Of
Arkansaw. am writing this in the
Navy "Hell Diver" at five thous.
and feet, and just landing at Still.
water, Okla, for a ten O'Clock
morning show. The best A and n
College in America. Oh Boy, he is
banking and diving for the crowd.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

Even tho the legislature does
not succeed in dickering with the
bridge company for the purchase
of the structure this year, there
should be some way to compel the
company to reduce its toll charge.
It is the general opinion that, so
far as this one bridge is concerned
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

In the story printed last week
about the increase in taxes a
statement was made that the in
crease was made necessary by the
fact that the railroads; had not
paid their taxes in full. This state
ment is correct as far as it goes.
However, in fairness to the O-W.
it should be noted that that COM
pany has paid its assessments in
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full each year and has not protest
ed any part of its payments. The
N. P. and S. p. G. s. are the roads
that have not paid and are fight
ing their assessments. Their de-
iinquency is causing the county
in its various functions no end of
trouble.
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lat least-the tolls could be re-
duced at least a half to perhaps a
third what they now are and still
show margin of profit. Inasmuch
as about a third of the revenue
from the bridge is taken from
these two towns, this saving would
be a tremendous help. With a two
bit toll the barrier would not deter
quite so many thru cars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

See by the papers that the dem
ocrats are grooming o. Fl. Olson,
editor of the Pasco paper, for
candidate for governor. At the
same time there is talk Of running
Fred Wolf, editor of the Newport
Miner, as candidate for lieutenant
governor on the republican ticket.
Both of these men are outstanding
characters and would make good
officers. Both parties could go
further and do lot worse.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

That service clubs are perform
ing their functions is evidenced
continually through the increased
cooperation in civic enterprises. A
prominent Kennewick citizen re-
Gently stated that in all his career
he had never seen a town improve
so rapidly as had Kennewick since
the formation of its service clubs.
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DO 1T NOW!

DROBABLY every landowner un-
der the Columbia ditch has
seen the new contract with the
bondholders. Briefly, it is con-
tract wherein the people who, ten
years ago loaned, at six percent
interest, half a million dollars or
more to the district to fix up the
ditch, agree to certain extensions.
All of them are advantageous to
the landowner, and there are no
strings or conditions to hinder it's
acceptance on the part Of the land
owner.
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started in on what was to b. \.
most towns anybody outside ), - =
ambitious Congressman ever no. q
on one trip. We started in on ~
first jump out of there not 50 -.
ty, we got stuck in the mud On n.
take off, and it took half Of Br.ss
inridge till pretty near dark 4 =.
US out. se
By this time Frank Hawks.
developing into a fine monolo.'. 81
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WHEN IT IS JUSTIFIED

While the use of the lash is
properly restricted, not much
fault would be found of a judge
who ordered it for swindlers who
deprive their victims of lifetime
savings. There is a cruelty involv-
ed in such crimes which might
properly be matched by the sting
of the lash.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

haven't read a
paper in two
weeks. We been
going too fast 10
read. Talk about
an aerial circus.
a One-N g h t
Stand troop, a
Karnival! But
we are a conbi-
nation of all of
these and then
some more
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

We don't take much stock in
that invention for killing mosqui-
toes by electricity. We shall still
keep choking them to death with
our bare hands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

A will missing for more than
fifty years was found in the fam
lily bible the other day in Detroit.
Somebody evidently knocked the
bible off the parlor table by acct
dent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

Jimmy Rogers
the yodler, was
singing for Us,
and Chester
Byers the cham.
piOn roper, wa,
roping, and then
in Dallas wa.
Joined by the
famous Raw,
lers quartette
who Genera
Motors, and the
Palmolive ca
loaned mo ana
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-19

A check was found in Kansas the
other day that had blown from an
Oklahoma town 120 miles away.
We have blown money farther than
that.
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"a
VIII H..
ROGERS

SOMEWHERE IN THE u. S.
Well all i know is what | read in
the papers, and Brother listen I
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Animals are CannibaIs
Many of the lower animals are
such cannibals that the mothers
often eat their own young.
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APARTMENTS UNFURNIsHED 90

5TH ST N E. S16-3-room apt. private
bath. heat. gas, elec.. LIST floor. $37 so
mo-; no children: settled couple.
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Educational
Employment

SITUATION WANTED-FEMALE
NO. l COL. COOK. maid. mothers helper.
week or part time. day. MET. 1853.
SECRETARY. yrs. exp: take full charge
Of office. Miss DOwney. National 1870
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HELP WANTED-FENiALE IS

TWO REFINED LADIES to book Christ
mas orders. Special low price thrift line.
Hosiery and Lingerie, Real Silk, standard
earn $a5 to Sac weekly weekly untiI c SgSs
See Mr.. Wing. REAL SILK HOSIERY
MILLS 1919 r St N W.
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The Weather

For the District Of Columbia. cloudy.
probably occasional light rain tonight
and sunday; lowest temperature to-
night about 40 degrees; slowly rising
tenr erature sunday; light to gentle
variable winds.
For Maryland cloudy. probably
occasional light rain tonight and Sun
day; slowly rising temperature Sunday
and in west portion tonight; gentle to
moderate northeast and east winds, be-
coming variable Sunday.
For Virginia, cloudy. probably &C.
casional light rain tonight and Sunday;
slightly warmer Sunday; moderate
winds, mostly northeast and east.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, 1857 a. m. and
1915 p. m. Low tides, 4'43 a. IN.
and AIS y. m.
Tomorrow-High tides 1874 a. m.
and 1l'C1 p. m. Low tides 5:26 a.
m. and SOL p. m.
THE sun AND THE MOON
, The sun rises today, 1903 a. m. and
sets, 4:4S p. m.
The sun rises Sunday. 1905 a. m. and
sets. 4:47 p. m.
The moon rises today, 1899 p. m. and
sets. 1927 a. m.
The moon rises Sunday, S.41 p. M.
and sets, II 10 a. m.
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2O17 10th N. w. Detached

A handsome residence with three. baths
and six large bedrooms. The location OF
this home is ideal, convenient to down.
town, yet far enough out to give 1t
exclusiveness. Small enough for a home
yet large enough for roomers.
72-year-old widow who now resides
out of this city will sacrifice for $3.50.
on very liberal terms. Open evenings.
z 80 to $40.
DE SHAZO & BOWLING
ll3O l4th St, N. W. National $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-11-28
Substitute Is Named
For Sick PRINCIPAL

Mrs. Ruth Nicholson. of Upper
Marlboro, Md, has just been ap-
pointed acting principal of the
Bradbury Heights School to sub
Stitute for G. Russell Hull, who
is i'll in Frederick. Md. according
to Nicholas Orem, superinten-
dent of Prince George county
public schools.
Mr.. Hull, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis. was
reported slightly improved late
yesterday.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
DEPARTuRES FROM NORMAL

DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January l. 1881, $50.
Excess of temperature since November
l. 1881. 24O.
Accumulated deficiency of precipta-
ton since January ]. 1881, 7.49.
Deficiency of precipitation since No
vember l. 1881, 1.49.
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Bids and Proposals

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIvER-
Comptroller. 2O3s G ST. Northwest, Novem.
Conditions herein viii ' be Received at :
O'Clock p. NJ. December IS 1881, for fur
nishing all labor and materials to be used
in. the erection and completion of Medi-
cal and Hospital Laboratory to be located
in the rear of 1337-39 ST. Northwest
Specifications and plans may be obtained
at this office after 10 o'clock a. M, No.
yember 80. 1881. A deposit is required
for each set of plans. CHARLES E. MER-
RY. Assistant to the Comptroller.
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Buckley Sees Ohio
Roosevelt StrenQth

Senator Robert J. Buckley CDo,
Ohio, who himself has been re-
garded as a potential nominee
for the presidency in event of a
convention deadlock, said here
today that in the Buckeye state
there is "a lot of latent Governor
Roosevelt strength in Ohio"
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WASHINGTON TIMES

BLlSlNESS oEEiGE 1872 9 ST n "
RATES DELIVERED BY CARRIER IN
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA
The Washington Times da1lv 10 de.
Nvered by carrier at 10 cents Der week
Daily Times and Sunday Herald is ceHis
Der week daily Times and Herald dailv
20 cents per week; .dailv Times and
Herald daily and SUNDAY % cents Oer
The Washington Herald daily and
Sunday. is delivered by carrier at Is
week and SUNDAY only 10 cents uer
week Ea.-. o.n +. ..n, =. u.r 81.
phone District $3.50 Collection is made
RATES BY MAIL
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES "a
WATCH THIS SPACE SUNDAY MORN.
ING. NET. 9l53
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HOUSES AND ESTATES
FOR SALE. SUBURBAN

ATTRACTIVE WELL BUILT FRAME
BUNGALOW
In the heart of KensingtOn. Md, refined
suburb of Washington, d. c. 20 minutes
by motor to Government Departments and
with tram connections: 5 rooms and bath.
latest modern improvements; Gear garage.
In midst of beautiful lawn and shrubbery.
Low taxes. Fine schools nearby. Especially
suitable for children. Bargain. Phone Ma
tiOnal 1905 for appointment.
PRICE $4,75O
SMALL CASH PAYMENT. $35 MONTH
For modern bungalow in Clarendon, Va
near stores schools, cars bus and new
boulevard. Has garage, large lot all fenced.
FRED o LAKE. PARK LANE VA.
Phone Clarendon $500
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LOTS FOR SALE

BUILDING sites. Just off State Highway
water. sewer. gas. elec.. in built-up sec
ton. Price S400. $40 down. $40 month
O. B. ZANTZINGER CO.
HYATTSVILLE. MD. HYATTS. u.
CAS- K ST N W. MA. 1911.
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CALI, sHEHPo. A sSSssslu UP 10 $500 INC. sss7
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HARD WORKING COLORED NAN, accept
anything. Can drive. Reference. ME. 9l53
STEAM FILTER wanted. Apply 1924 Ar
gyle Terrace n. W.