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The Washington times., 1931-08-04
Births, Marriages, Deaths
r. ARTHUR SMITH

r. Arthur Smith, of West
minister, Md, impresario and
prominent here and in Baltimore
in music circles, died suddenly
yesterday in Baltimore while Wis
iting friends. His death was
attributed to heart disease ag-
gravated by the heat. He was
SO years old.
During the administrations Of
Roosevelt and Coolidge, Mr.. Smith
was In charge Of several White
House nusicales for which he re-
:eived letters Of commendation
from Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Coolidge.
He was associated for 20 years
in the capacity of local manager
with the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra and the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra. He was
also given credit for bringing the
German Opera Company to Balti-
more for the past two years.
During the last six months, he
had been interested in the de-
velopment Of a semi-precious stone
mining project in Amelia county,
Va.
He is survived by his widow
and two sons. Arthur Leslie Smith
and Renoux Smith, both Of Wash
ington.
Funeral services will be held
at II a. m. Friday from his home
on Bethel Lane. near West
minister.
The body was brought here at
noon today to Gawlers Funeral
parlors, 1757 Pennsylvania Ave.
N. w., where it will remain until
z p. m. tomorrow.
MRS. THOMAS ARMSTRONG
Funeral services for Mrs.
Thomas Armstrong, prominent
church worker, who dropped dead
in her home in Richmond, were
conducted today in the Church
Of the Epiphany, Barton Heights.
Besides her husband, who is
identified with the Virginia-Caro
lima Chemical Corporation, Mrs.
Armstrong. is survived by three
daughters and four sons. She
also leaves two sisters, Mrs. w.
j. Hubbard, of Washington, and
Mrs. Melvina Callahan, of Po-
tomac City, Va, and one brother,
Darlington l.. Branna, of Brook
1yn, N. Y. She was a sister of
the late w. L. Brannan, of
Fredericksburg.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
SNUFF 8
AUTO FIRES

Park policemen are versatile.
Not only can they serve as Of.
ficers Of the law. but also as
firemen. as they demonstrated
yesterday when they extinguishcd
three automobile fires, two Of
them In the same vehicle.
Policeman Joseph z. Shawham
used an extinguisher on the auto
mobile Of Robert Livingstone,
2T37 Devonshire Pl. N. w. Mr..
Lvingstone's automobile Is be.
lieved to have been fired ny
faulty ignition.
A truck loaded with bricks was
.ignited by q backfire. near the
bridge at the foot Of Military
Road, Policemen Shawham and
p. r. Poland put the blaze out.
AS the truck was returning after
leaving its load it caught fire
again and the blaze was put out
BY the same policemen,
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
IA FOLLE TIES
ESCORT BODY

Funeral services for Mrs. ReIle
Case La Toilette, widow Of the
noted Senator from Wisconsin.
and mother Of Senator Robert
and Governor Phil La Toilette Of
wisconsin, will be held at the
state Historical Library on the
university Of wisconsin campus
in Madison.
The body Of Mrs. La Toilette,
who died Tuesday night, was on
its way to Madison today. accom-
panied by Senator La FoIlette,
Governor La Toilette and Mr.: and
Mrs. Philip Sucher, Of Wasnlns-
ton. son-in-law and daughter.
Miss Fola La Toilette. another
daughter, is en- route East from
California, and WIN join the party
at Chicago. F..
Hundreds Of messages Of con-
dolence were received by members
of the family here yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
BASIN, VICTIM
IDENTIFIED

Miss Margaret Nealon, Of the
La Sale Apartments, identified
O body recovered from the Tidal
Basin late yesterday as that Of
her sister, Miss K Katherin e
Nealon, 50.
Miss Nealon said her sister
lived with her and had left for
work at the usual hour yesterday.
She was employed in a Govern
ment department.
Police believe the woman leaped
into the water, as they found no
evidence Of violence. The sister
said Miss NealOn had been de-
spOndent over failing eyesight.
The body was discovered by
Lloyd Miller, IL, Of SIT Sixth
st. N. E., who was playing base
ball nearby. He saw it while
he was attempting to retrieve q
ball which had fallen into the
water.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
MISS SANGER SUES AGENT
Noted Sociolog st
Wants Accounting
Of Memoirs

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-Mar-
garet Sanger, famed advocate Of
birth control, today was more in
terested in a suit she had filed
in Supreme Court against the
Bankers Trust Co. and Blakely
Hall, agent.
The suit has to do with Miss
Sanger's autobiography. She con-
tends that in July, 1880, she
signed a contract with Hall where
by he was to act as agent in sell
ing her memoirs, and that she de-
posted $1,000 in the Bankers
Trust. Co. from which Hall was
to draw $500 monthly.
Miss Sanger complains she isn't
allowed to examine the records Of
that account, and she wants the
bank and Hall enjoined from us
ing IL,
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Injured Pigeons
Gunner Is Sought

Headquarters Of the Twentieth
Marines at 458 Indiana Ave. N.
w. has an injured carrier pigeon,
the owner Of which is being
sought today. The pigeon, with
its tail feathers gone and unable
to fly, was picked up in the
street and turned over to Sergt.
Elmer r. Wright at the Marine
headquarters, who says it is not
an official Marine pigeon.
It has a leg band bearing the
notation: MEGA 7792-31." The
owner, or anyone able to identify
the bird, is asked to get in touch
with Sergeant Wright.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
AGENT ON VACATION

Miss Blanche A. Corwin, Home
Demonstration Agent Of Mont
gomery county. left yesterday to
spend her vacation with her par
entS at Pulaski, N. Y. Enroute
she will attend the National
Country Life Conference now in
session at Cornell University.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Beer for Prosperity
Roasted bu TlEttLe

GLEN FALLS, N. z, Aug. ~
HNsJ-A flat-footed stand 1or
Ie0alized sale Of beer was written
tnSav into the record Of Charles
II T,ttle, former U. s. District
attorney and candidate for gov
ernor last year. In an address
here. futile advocated the sale
of beer to bring back prosperity
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
4.YEAR SCHOLARSHIP

LEONARDTOWN, Md. Aug. 40.
A four-year scholarship to st.
Mary's Seminary was yesterday
awarded by the st. Mary's county
board Of education to Miss Ruth
Marie Cooper, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Cloyd Cooper, Of near
Leonardtown.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
SUGGESTS JOBLESS ARMY

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 UN.S0. +.
The Federal Government should
recruit 100000 single men, be-
tween the age Of 10 and 80, into
the Army for year at a $40 o
month salary and maintenance, to
relieve unemployment, Borough
President George U. Harvey has
announced.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Detroit Plans Fete
For KUue Don, Racer

DETROIT, Aug. 20 UN.SO.
Kaye Don, famed British speed
boat racer, who hopes to take the
Harmsworth trophy, symbolic Of
water dominion, back to England
with him, will be given a recep-
tion royal when he arrives here
Saturday, according to arrange
mentS completed today.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
All Club Fair To Be
Free To The Public

Word was received on Tuesday from
the county agents office in Seattle
that very interesting part; of the
program on Saturday at the 4-H club
fair was to be demonstrations by the
two prize winners in home economics
at the Western Washington fair, Nor
ma Kruse and Helen Jordon of Cedar
Falls. Miss Barber, demonstration of
home economies from w. S. G. will
also be present. There will be demon
STATIONS at 800 in the afternoon and
at TOO in the evening. There will
also be programs of All songs and
regular 4-fI work in both the after
noon and evening. The high school
orchestra will be feature of the
evenings entertainment.
Despite many adverse conditions the
arrangements for the fair are shaping
up nicely. Every member will have
something to display, showing just
what they must accomplish in order
to get their credits in the work. A
number of Island people have signi-
fled their intention of bringing farm
produce to display. Prizes will be
awarded only to the members of the
All. A nice list of attractive items
are being donated by the business men
of the Island. Those having anything
to exhibit should call Carl Wick or A
H. johnson not later than Friday eve
ming so that sufficient space can be
arranged for.
There is no charge connected in
any way with the fair as the Com
mercial Club has agreed to pay ali
expenses incurred. This is only the
first fair of this sort, and it is hoped
that through this club work the old
Island fair is to be revived. Needless
to say that next year, with the good
beginning made this, the fair will be
more extensive.
The leaders of the All boys and
girls urge that all who are interested
in the activities of our local young
sters take time on Saturday to visit
the fair, either in the afternoon and
evening, feeling sure that when there
is public realization Of what the
work covers there will be a greater
interest among the parents, and an
increased membership among the boys
and girls.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01

Series dident try to win. But st.
Louis is glutton for punishment, they
are getting ready for another sock In
the jaw. want to make that II can;
/ haven't seen one of the World Series
games in three or four years. used to
have some great friends playing ball
in the good old days. Speaker, Walter
Johnston, Cobb. Duffy Lewis, Harry
Hooper, and host Of others.
Inever have seen one of these night
games. I Just cant imagine how they
can get 1t light enough to see how to
play ball but they say its great, and
is drawing lot of people out here.
Los Angeles and Hollywood are fight.
Ing it out for the Pennant. They call
the Hollywood team the "Shieks" out
here. and Oscar Witt another old friend
and Elk Detroit Player Is their Man
ager. Football is coming so fast that
Its not leaving much news for depres-
sion. The Four Horssmen Of the great
Notre Dame fame have been out here
donating their time to the making Of q
great picture called tho Spirit of Notre
Dame. including all the famous Stars
of past and present, and one after.
noon they did me the great favor of
coming up to my little ranch and play
ing around. riding horses Just like a
backfleld can.
That must be a great school. I some
times wish had gone there instead of
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01

Its all right as long Us Democratic
Prosperity Is with us why an Oxford
diploma will get you by. but when
Steel hits new low, and Radio quits
splitting up four for on, why you got
to have some real learning.
Going to Claremore this week end.
We going to have big blow out. Did
you know Claremore has Polo now?
You bet your life she has. We got
one Of the best Military Schools In
the west, and they have Government
Horses, and fine bunch of young
boys there that can really ride. We
will DO giving Roswell New Mexico n
tough 90 pretty soon. In a few years
Polo will be as big sport In schools
MS Football and It's a great thing for
the Horse ralsers, Ranchers, Feed
raisers, everything. Well will SEQ you
at the World Series. So long.
90, t0,l, MeNaush, Syndicate. lrAA
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
TEA FOR PATRONS OF
vAsHON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

On next Tuesday afternoon the
patrons of the vashon Grammar
School will be entertained at the
school building. The meeting will
commence at 2::3O There will be a
program and an opportunity for the
parents to get acquainted. Matters
Of Importance to the school will be
discussed, and 1t is hoped that every
mother. with children in the vashon
school will be present to meet the
teachers and each other. In this way
the problems confronting all can be
talked over. The hostesses for the
afternoon are Mrs. Metzenberg, Mrs.
Cronander, Mrs. Tjomsland and Mrs.
Kimmel.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
HIGH GRIDs TO PLAY
GAME AT HOME FRIDAY

For the first time this season the
Vashon Island football fans will have
a chance to see their champions in
action. Vashon high school grid men
will put their brains and bacon
against Port Orchards eleven Friday,
October 2, 1881, at the high school
field. It should be a hard fought
battle, as the Islanders will have a
chance for the Kitsap county title if
they can successfully hurdle the OPP
position from Port Orchard.
The Vashon BLACK Cats" will put
up a better game than they did at
Fife last Friday because they have q
greater variety Of plays at their COM
mand.
The team has been turning out
every night now for two weeks since
the Fife game and are fast rounding
into shape for Fridays game. The
squad has increased from twenty nine
to about thirty-six as result of a
a drive held at the school last week.
Coach Ted Bankhead is pleased with
the additional turnout and with the
assistance of Bud Flenner is teaching
the boys good football
In contrast to last years team there
is a marked difference this wear in
an entire lack of injuries. Coach
Bankhead is an experienced coach and
is taking no risks with his players.
With the excellent type of football he
is teaching it is expected that injuries
will be reduced to a minimum.
The Vashon eleven will have to be
in splendid form this season if it ex-
poets to go far in the league. They
are stacking up against Port Orchard
and Bremerton, two teams that are
certainly no set-ups. The Island
battlers are not being over matched
this year and much better results may
be expected.
Such a team as we have this year
deserves the support Of large num-
Der of fans, in order that they may
do their best. A large turnout is ex-
pected for Fridays game, and it is
certain that no one who attends will
be disappointed.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
Burton P. 7. A. To
Entertain Public

Dull care is to be forgotten. Ole
Man Depression will receive a jolt
The years will be turned back. And
what have you, on Friday evening
October 9th. The place this is all tc
happen is the Consolidated Grammar
School at Burton, and if reports are
true everyone who is not present for
the occasion will be missing the time
of their life.
Starting at $50 one of those hot
dinners for which the Burton p T. A.
ladies are famous is to be served. The
menu is a secret, put one bit Of in
formation may be divulged. There
will be lots of pie for the pie-eaters,
regardless of age, size or capacity.
After the dinner there will be a
splendid program, and lots of fun for
everybody. The proceeds will be ex-
pended for much needed playground
equipment.
This will be one of the most enjoy
able affairs of the season, and need
les to say large number will avail
themselves Of this opportunity for a
delicious dinner, lot of good enter
tainment, and an evening spent in
being once more young with the
youngsters, at the same time helping
good cause.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
Island Eggs Score
High At Egg Show

One of the finest exhibits in the
Western Washington fair was the
eight international show of eggs in
the poultry division.
The exhibits were of such uniform
lily high character as to make Judging
difficult. Eight competent and train
ed judges, each working az hours were
required to score and judge the eggs.
There we're 1908 eggs submitted for
exhibition, coming from GOT farms of
the Puget Sound district. OF the 600
dozens of eggs entered in the show
263 dozen scored from 90 to 100, of
which 1877 dozen scored 80 to "a; 81
dozen scored 95 and s6; rs dozen
scored 81 to 100 The ten highest
scored SO to SO 2-3.
In the white shelled egg division
the ten highest scored from SO to
1929. In this division Island pro-
ducers again came in with excellent
scores. Fred Dahl, of Portage, was
third on the list with a score of
98 11-l2 and Rolf Peterson was fifth
with score of SO 1924. The vari-
alton between the high ten was only
small fraction.
In the case OF Rolf Peterson the
fact that the eggs produced by his
flock had ranked high came as a sur.
prise. Several weeks ago he had been
asked by the Washington Coop. for
permission to enter a dozen of his
eggs. He was unaware that this had
been done until he received the noti-
fication that eggs from his latest
shipment had been entered and had
ranked among the best.
Egg production is the one safe bet
for Vashon island farmers, The fact
that eggs produced here demand top
prices is not an accident. And every
record in egg production made by
Island flocks helps not the individual
owner of the flock alone but every
other egg producer shipping eggs from
Vashon Island.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
DIR. GRAND1 TO ATTEND CLINIC

IS
DR.. and Mrs. Grandy will leave some
time this week for the east. They
will go by auto, over the Lincoln high
way, to Milwaukee, Wis, where DR..
Grandy will take several weeks of
post graduate work, specializing in
surgery and x-Ray work, at the In
ternational Clinic. He will receive
many new ideas from the twelve or
fifteen European specialists conduct
ing this clinic The International
Clinic meets in Europe during the
summer and is conducted there by a
number of American specialists, and
in the winter in the United States
when the instructors are European
specialists. DR.. Grandy will also take
some special clinical and hospital
work in Chicago while he is away.
During their absence DR.. and Mrs
Grandy will visit Mrs. Grandys par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. v. D. Mock, OF
Warsaw, Ind, and other relatives
They expect to be away five or six
weeks. On the return trip they will
come home by the southern route
through st. Louis, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona and California, where
they will spend short time visiting
During his absence DR.. Light. OF
Tacoma, will take care of DR.. Grandy's
Island practice.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
vASHON ISLAND WcMANs
CLUB GIVES LUNCHEON


Mrs. H. M. Stanley and Mrs. F. H
Grandy were hostesses on Tuesday OF
last week at beautifully appointed
luncheon to twenty club members.
A program followed including an
interesting Illustrated talk on Cali
fornia and By-ways" by Mrs. Thora
Tjosdal, who returned to Burton re-
Gently after two years absence.
Mrs. Bert Stanley discussed Charms
of the River Rhine" and the club gave
considerable time to suggestions for
improving Vashon highways. Some
excellent ideas were offered and their
adoption is predicted.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
Burton Library
Being Recognized

Last week committee of the wash
on Island Womans Club worked hard
for several days rechecking and re-
cataloging the books in the library at
Burton. The books have been re-
arranged and this library is about as
complete a one as can be found in
any community Of this size.
In checking over the cards 1t was
found that former resident, now liv-
ing in parts unknown, was not only
widely read, but believed in retaining
all she read. Proof of this is that she
had thirty some odd volumes, none of
them returned, charged against her
credit. Very few patrons of the Ii
brary, however believe in SO literally
taking their literature as this lady did.
The Burton library is conducted
and maintained entirely through the
efforts of the vashon Island Woman's
Club. 1t furnishes reading for hun
dreds and is open to readers in all
parts of the Island. 1t is the one and
only library outside of the schools and
the club deserves lot of credit and
support for this splendid work they
are doing.
Three new books have recently been
added to the library. Those who have
read "Jalna" and "Jalna of White
Oaks" will want to read "Finchs For
tune" by Mazo De la Roche This is
one of the recent additions to the
library. Another is "a White Bird
Flying" by Bess Streeter Aldrich, the
author of "a Lantern In Her Hand"
It is the story Of the granddaughter
of Abbie Deal, the principal character
in her first book, one Of the enjoy
able contributions to American liter
ature in recent years. One Of Kath-
leen Norris latest, Belle Mere" has
also been added. Those who prefer
non-fiction will enjoy WHITTIER Man
kind This is panorama of modern
civilization made up of splendid essays
by such men as Emil Ludwig, julius
Klein, John Dewey, Stuart Chase and
others.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01

the country. 1t looked like she had
married professional marrier.
Well her and old "Whataman" was
Just kinder getting their license
Strengthened out when Anne grabs a
Baritone, one Of those old Choir loves.
Well then evrybody tina. had ever slept
through Church started in saying he
had deceived EN- in some part Of the
country or the other. One was q
Nurse and she claimed that she was
an old flame of his when she wasent
nursing. Why don't they let the Woman
alone? She does lot of good with
her Church. She is what evry Preacher
in America wants to and is trying to
be. and that's good Snowman. She
has got some kind Of musical show
on at her church now, based on the
Bible, and this old Boy she married Is
Pharaoh, and they got the stage or
pulpit all Uttered up with Bull rushes,
and girls. But Its good clean whole.
some entertainment, II you don't get
any religion out OF 1t 1t keeps you out
of some other devilment.
Next to Anne the biggest headliner
lately has been this little fellow Gandi.
He just blew into London with nothing
on but Diaper and he has had the
whole British Empire bringing sticks
out of the water for him. They look
on him over in India as almost a
second God and l guess he does come
nearer living and acting like our
Saviour than any one else ever did.
He is different from Anne, she be-
lleves in the Lord but she believes In
some luxurles along with 1t. She don't
deny herself anything. While this
Gandi he actually lives like our
Saviour. He couldn't figure out Eng.
land being so hard up, and yet spending
30 much money.
World Series will be on pretty soon
and that's when depression will end for
about sixty thousand every day. Phila.
delphia plays st. Louis as usual. st.
Louis dldent win for years then they
accidentally won one year, and saw
what a cinch 1t was, they have prac.
tically kept II up since then. Most
teams when they found out they had
to play the Athletics In the World
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-01
ERROR IN NEWS STORY.

We regret the fact that an error
was made In our story last week of
the shipment Of Beall chickens to
Japan.
The statement in regard to the
cockerels in the shipment should
have read, record of dam and sire's
dam to be 300 eggs or more.' When
cockerels sell for $40 each difference
of 20 eggs is considerable.
Last weeks Business Chronicle car
ried the story from the News-Record
in regard to the Beall birds shipped
to Siam. We are informed that one
Of our last years stories about ship
ment Of Island birds was copied by
poultry journals all over the United
States so we particularly regret our
failure In accuracy in last weeks
story,