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The Washington times., 1931-08-18

The following letter, addressed
to his mother, was found on the
body of George FuSco who killed
last night after shooting
his wife:
Dear Mother:
Really, mother, 1 am sorry
/ ever left home, especially to
come to Washington, ID. c., ON
this sort Of a government job.
1 got an awful lot Of regretful
experiences. 1 should have
listened to your advice more
often instead Of throwing It
over my shoulder.
/ should have kept ON keep
ing company with y nice girl
like Ongie instead of giving her
up.
Ongie is a smart girl and I
wish her all the luck In the
world teaching school. Tell her
to forgive me.
1 wasn't worthy Of her, but
1 was away from home and
lonely; I met another woman
and married her. She was the
daughter Of a Baptist minister.
thought her wonderful. I ad-
mired her principles, all except
her heavy drinking. / drank
heavily with her myself.
She told me sad stories about
her home and herself, and I
loved her then, mother. I gave
her $4OO to get back . ring she
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Pennsylvania
JA|L|NG HIT

The American Automobile
Association today announced it
will fight to the finish, in the
courts, the attempt of Pennsyl-
vania State authorities to press
a $4,000 suit in trespaSs against
q District Of Columbia motoriSt
who was jailed in Pennsylvania
following a highway collision, al
though he was not responsible
for the accident.
M. j. COakIey, Of 1917 G st.
N. E., with his wife, was driving
home when his car was in col
IisiOn with one driven by Mrs.
Helen BIOSe Paxton, Of Washing
ton, Pa. He was arranging for
repairs ON his car when the next
afternoon he was arrested and
jailed by the sheriff Of Washing
ton county and held overnight
until the A. A. A. provided $1,000
bond.
His arrest and failing in a
civil action arising out of a non
criminal highway collision was
based on q statute dating back
to 1896, and the A. A. A. in writ
ing q protest to Gov. Clifford
Pinchot asks that this law be
stricken from the Pennsylvania
statutes.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Sorry | Left Home,
FuscO Wrote Mother

had pledged At q bank. Her
name before I married her was
Ethel Tennille. She took my
money and went to Durham,
N. c., but 1 never saw the ring
or the money after that.
Her folks live there. 1 didn't
know she was q divorced wO-
man until she told me. We were
married in Rockville, Md, May
6, 1881. She treated me mean
after we were married. She
bIuffed me about her wonderful
principles. We argued and she
left me. I couldn't stand the
wrangling and told her to get
out, and she did.
Then she said she would start
an alimOny suit. / told her that
was pretty dirty. Then we de-
cided to forgive one another and
start all over. But it was no
use. / got angry and hit her.
Forgive me, mother. I never
should have hit q woman. /
did everything for her. I can
celIed Franks insurance, sold
my car and sold my bank bond
for her. And yet she wanted
SlimOny from me.
Mother, my life has been
ruined by this woman. I told
her I did not believe in divorce
and alimOny. She had no heart.
Forgive me. ! love You.
CHARLES M. FUSCO.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

Hospital. Then the physician
went up the stairs to the young
husband.
He was dead when she arrived.
In FuSco's pockets were two
notes and a trinket of jewelry
which he had brought apparently
as q gift to the wife with whom
he sought reconciliation.
The notes detailed their un-
happy married life.
One note, addressed to the
youths mother, regretted his fail.
ure to follow the parents advice,
told how he had come to marry a
divorce and wished his former
sweetheart well. =.
Troubles At Once
Fusco lived at 1101 Euclid st.
N. W., and recently came to Wash
ington, obtaining a position in the
Government Printing Office.
Mrs. Fusco formerly lived in
Durham, N. c., and her two chill
dren by a former marriage live
there now with Mrs. Fusco's
mother.
The couple met and were mar
ried last May in Rockville.
Their troubles soon commenced.
They separated and the wife in.
Stituted seuaratiOn proceedings in
the District Supreme Court.
About q month ago, the hus-
band attempted to obtain a recon
ciliatiOn, but his efforts at that
time merely widened the breach
between them.
Says He Struck Her
Mrs. Fusco was represented in
her court action by Raymond
Neudecker, local attorney. The
bill which she filed against her
husband alleged that after being
married in May they separated
on July 18, but went back to-
gether the following day.
On July 20, however, according
to the bill, Fusco packed his
wife's trunk and ordered her from
the house.
A few days later, it is said, Mr..
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
NAILS LOOTED
On LEv|ATHAN

NEW YORK, Aug. IS U.N.S0.
A second mysterious ocean mail
robbery today was linked with a
similar robbery a few weeks ago
in which $25, 900 worth Of cur
rency bound from Nassau to the
New York branch of the Royal
Bank Of Canada disappeared 1T
sea.
The latest robbery was staged
on the eastbound trip of the liner
Leviathan, d pouch Of English
registered parcels mail from Mas
sau being looted. Investigators
said the second robbery involved
a comparatively small loss.
The $4,000 robbery was be-
lieved to have occurred on a small
boat carrying the currency to the
liner Mauretania.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
D0-X RESUMES
BELEM FLIGHT

BELEM, Para, Brazil, Aug.
18.-The seaplane DO-X, whose
journey from Rio de Janeiro to
New York was interrupted at this
tropical fort by motor trouble.
was scheduled to continue its
flight north today.
Commander Hamer said that
the great plane, barring further
trouble, would reach New York in
about week.
The IL passengers Of the DO-X
have idled away their time here
more pleasantly than they ex-
pected.
They visited the beautiful Naza-
reth Cathedral, built during the
rubber boom, yesterday, and ad-
mired its gold and onyx altar and
stained glass.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
$500 Pounds of Grass
Seed Being Planted
Today in District

Seeding of the Capital parks,
circles and squares was started
today by the Bureau of Public
Parks and Buildings.
Four hundred laborers will
Strew $500 pounds Of red
rescue seed and $500 pounds
of Kentucky blue grass on
parks within the metropolitan
area. In addition. 500 pounds
of special orchard grass Is to
be used in the polo grounds.
A staff of Is tree surgeons
are now at work on trees
throughout the city, doctor
ing" rotted parts and severing
bad limbs.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
NeW Traffic Lights
On Rhode Island AUe.

The new flexible progressive"
traffic signal lights were put in
operation on Rhode Island Ave
nue. today.
This type of lights allows more
time for traffic on unusually
busy streets, and also gives more
time for long blocks than short
ones. With the old-Style lights,
automobiles were given the same
time on long as short blocks.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
DAYTON FIRES SCOPES FOES
Ex-SchooI Superinten-
dent Was Witness in
Evolution Trial

DAYTON, Tenn, Aug. 1S.-Un.
der fire for refusing to cooperate
with the school board, exceeding
his school budget. and employing
more teachers than necessary.
Walter White. former superin-
tendent of Rhea county public
schools, yesterday heard a verdict
ousting him from his place in the
same courtroom where, six years
ago, he had been a principal
State witness in the trial that
sent John Thomas Scopes, a
young school teacher, to prison
for teaching the theory Of eVolu-
ton in the schools.
White was facing no possibility
Of going to Jail. He was trying
to save his job, after he had been
dismissed by authorities. Nine OF
IL county Squires. however, agreed
with Whites opponents, and their
decision was upheld.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Mother Claims Ruth
Gaze Up Everything
For Senator's LOUe

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 QN.SO.
Freedom, self-respect, innocent
friendships, the companionship of
her family, and opportunities for
ALI Of these pretty, ill-fated
Ruth Jayne sacrificed in ex-
change for the garish luxuries of
q love that was bought and paid
for.
Far more eloquent than any
sermon ever preached from a pull
pit Is the story of Ruth's life with
the wealthy, married senator,
Roy Yates, Of New Jersey, told
falteringly, with unconscious
pathos. today, by her broken, sad
faced mother, Mrs. Hannah Gran
mer, Of Media, Pa. She said:
Ruth didn't dare even to
step around the corner to q durg
store without letting Roy know.
Had to Phone Him
~She couldn't even visit me,
her own mother, without tele-
paOning him IS soon as she ar
where she was. She had to en-
terrain his friends, but she gave
an her own IL they didn't meet
with his approval.
"Yes, he was rich. and a Law.
ash spender. One night, re-
member, he paid $1OO for a
dinner Just for the two Of them.
But what did that mean, com
pared with ali that she lost
through him? If Ruth had
been Just . gold digger, she
cOuld have taken his money
and cleared out. But she stayed,
even after he lost heavily in
bank and stock market failures.
Y0u zee. she loved him.
Wanted to Dance
"Once she studied to be a
dancer. She has the body, the
sense Of rhythm. But after she
met Roy she devoted all Of her
time to him. She worked for
him. helped him and advised
him, She's q smart girl, but all
her intelligence was wasted.
And when Yates taunted her
daughter because she continued
to astick," though she knew OF
the existence Of his wife and
children, the girl had no choice
but to endure it, her stricken
mother revealed.
'sShe thought first that he
was divorced. and later that he
was separated from his wife.
Then, when she learned the
trmth, Il was too late.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Three Texans GiUen
Stars For War Acts

Award of silver star citations
for gallantry in action to three
Texans was announced by the War
Department yesterday.
Harry WOhlberg, corporal,
Waco, Tex, now residing in Los
Angeles: Eli Berwick, private,
Huntington, Tex, and Albert
Boyd, Clarendon, Tex, were cited
for exceptional courage and brav-
cry" when they voluntarily ad-
vanced under heavy fire and cap
turned an enemy position Ia
France in 1918, the citation stated.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Mother Suspected
In Kidnapping Plot

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 1s u.
N.S0-A mothers desire for her
son, the custody of whom was
granted the husband when they
were divorced, was believed re-
sponSible for the kidnapping to-
day of a 10-year-old boy near the
Greenfield Golf Club.
The boy who was pushed into
a car near the golf course, is
believed to be Walter 6ordy,
West Allis, caddy at the club. He
has been living with his father.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Mother of SeUen Dies
At T. B. After Illness

Mrs. Jamie l. Moore Brooks,
who died at her home near T. B.,
Md. was buried at ASbury M. E.
Church cemetery on the Brandy
wine charge, with the Rev.
Charles H. Toulson conducting
the funeral, assisted by the Rev.
Mr.. Middleton, of Port Wash
ington.
Mrs. Brooks, who had been i'll
nearly two years, is survived by
her husband, William O. Brooks,
seven children, eight brothers,
five sisters, and her parents.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
GIRL IS CALM
| At COURT
SESSION
''DOn't Remember" She Says
When Asked II She Fired
Shot That FelIed Banker

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 UN.S1.
Miss Ruth Jayne Cranmer, ap-
pearins chic and composed, was
arraigned in West Side court to-
day charged with suspicion OF
shooting State Senator Roy T.
Yates, Of New Jersey.
The pretty young blonde,
dressed In . brown suit and hat.
was seIf.posseSsed as she faced
ttA bar Of justice.
4S-HOur POstponement
The State asked that the case
BE- continued for q week but Miss
Cranmer's attorney objected and
q 48-hour postponement was fl
nal1y agreed upon. This delay
was granted the State to allow
time for them to learn the true
condition Of Senator Yates.
The prosecutor declared that
Senator Yates condition was such
that he might die ana that so
Tar It had been impossible to
question him concerning the
shooting.
The Senator was shot and
wounded in the apartment which
b maintained for Miss Cranmer.
Does Not Remember
Chief Inspector John j. Sullivan
questioned the girl. He read the
charge and then asked If she
was guilty. She replied:
81 don't know what the
charge is"
"YOu are accused Of shooting
. man named Yates, did you
do it?"
81 don't remember"
She gave her age as q and
her occupation as a student of
literature. Asked how long she
had known Yates, she again said
che didn't remember.
At the hospital it was said that
Yates had about an even chance
10 survive the abdomen wound.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
McCarl Ruling Holds
Marines at War
4 In Nicaragua

We are at war in Nicaragua,
according to Comptroller Cen
eral McCarl, and if the Marine
officers stationed there aren't
living in tents they ought to be.
So Mr.. McCarl has turned
thumbs down on Secretary Of
the Navy Adams request for
housing allowance for marines
on duty at Managua. Accord
inR TO Mr.. McCarl. technically
speaking the men are on field
duty and consequently should
not require anything more sub
stantial over their heads than
a,tent. That Is, except married
men. l--.-,-s4.A,t., L, So,
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
YATES SERIOUS CONDITION P0STP0NES TRIAL OF HIS BL0ND
ISLAND ST ORM
CONTINUES To
HOLD L|NDY
Japanese Post in State of
Excitement; Elaborate Plans
Made to Greet Air Tourists


Made to Greet Air Tourists
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IS
I.N.SD.-COI. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh planned to leave
PetrOpavlOvsk, Siberia, early
today on the last leg of their
vacation to Tokyo, according to
radio messages intercepted here
today by the United States
naval radio station.
TOKYO, Aug. 18 GN.SD The
Lindberghs were still waiting at
Petrapavlovsk, Kamchatka, today
for the storm over the Kurile
Islands to clear so they could
take off for Nemuro, Japan.
Nemuro and the thin line of
islands leading north to KAN
chatka were shrouded in a mist
that gave no sign Of lifting.
Meanwhile Nemuro remained
in state Of feverish excitement
in anticipation Of the colonel
and his wife. The little city on
the Island of Hokkaido was
crowded with photographers,
newspaper men, and visitors from
surrounding villages.
Official Greeters Wait
A group of volunteers was on
Etorofu Island waiting to an
nounce with rockets the approach
of the fliers. Then Nemuros in
habitants, headed by the mayor,
were to assemble on the beach
with representatives of the gov
ernment and the United States
Embassy in Tokyo.
The swift black plane of the
visitors was to land in the bay,
where it was to be met by Japa-
nese police launches and escorted
to the shore.
The welcoming committee plan
ned to wait for them under an
arch. NemurO school children
were to sing the American ma
tiOnal anthem.
Later the American fliers will
witness a dance by ~Nemuros
girls and attend banquet given
by the mayor.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
ZEPPELIN
SCARS OVER
LONDON
Landing at HanwOrth to Be
First Peaceful Descent Upon
English Soil Since the War

English Soil Since the War
LONDON, Aug. IS U.N.S.l.
The great German dirigible
Graf Zeppelin, veteran Of half a
dozen ocean crossings, round
the-wOrId flight and q trip to
the North Pole, scared over Lon
don at 6:15 p. m. today (12:l5
p. m, Washington time) on It's
way to HanwOrth AerOdrOme
from Friedrichshafen.
FRIEDRICHsHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. 18 Q.N.S)-The Graf Yep
pelin today left its hangar on the
shore of Lake Constance for Han
worth airdrome, near London, in
command of her veteran skipper,
DR.. Hugo Eckener, who said that
he expected to arrive there before
sunset.
The landing at Hanworth will
mark the first peaceful descent
Of . Zeppelin on English soil.
During the war, Zeppelins bonn
barded London time after time
and several went down in flames.
The Graf Zeppelin has FL pas
sengers aboard. She will land
these at HanwOrth, take on
others for q cruise Of Great
Britain, and return to HanwOrth
Wednesday. The hOmeward flight
will begin Thursday morning.
Archduke Anton Of Hapsburg
and his bride, the former Prin-
cess Ileana Of Rumania, were to
make the trip to HanwOrth, but
cancelled their passage.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Prince of Wales Off
BV Air for Vacation

WINDSOR, England, Aug. 18
0.N.SO-The Prince OF Wales
hoped off for Paris from his
private air field here today on
the first stage of his vacation
trip to southern France.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Bride, Shot By hcensed Mate During
Apartment Argument, to RecoUer

IFusco sought a reconciliation and
took his wife riding in taxicab.
On this occasion, it is said, he
became angry and hit her.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

Home seekers who want to establish
themselves In q home Of their own VIII
Esfate for Sale COlumnS Of The Classified
SectlQN,
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

International
MARGA vONETZDoRF WITH AIRPORT OFFICIAL
DECLARING THAT HER FIRST STOP would be Mos
cow Marga Vonezdorf, German aviatrix left Tempehof
Airdrome, Berlin early today on solo flight to Tokyo
She said that she would have handkerchief to
to Mrs. Charles A. Indbergh she sights the westward
flying vacationiss Fraulen Vonetzdorf is shown with
an official of the airport.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
The Valley VS.. California, Florida

1t is becoming more and more popular among speak
es who address Valley audiences, to draw a comparison
between this section and California and Florida.
Such a comparison is without exception ~flattering to
the Valley. for without exception our speakers seldom
fail to enumerate the not so favorable points of these cCm-
petlng areas, while they bring to the front the most fav-
orable points regarding the Valley.
We are told that our climate is better than that Of
California and equal to that of Florida. The superiority
of our grapefruit over that of both states is always men
toned. The Florida land boom which collapsed so COM
pletely draws mention and the stability Of the Valley sec
ton is praised.
All of this is good-good because it is true.
However, it will not do us as a growing section any
particular harm, and it might do us some particular good,
were we to take the other side of the painting, and view
with a calm, unprejudiced eye some of the points of SUI
perorty which California and Florida possess over the
Valley.
Before we proceed further. let us remark these points
of superiority are such that they can be bl3tted out by
Valley folk when Valley folk decide to obliterate them.
Take California for instance-California citrus grow
es are organized in one of the most successful marketing
associations the country knows. We can't crow over Cal
ifornia on that score-~we can learn a lesson from Califor-
MIA right there.
Another example from California-southe Cali
fornia maintains one Of the most elaborate tourist attract
ing organizations to be found anywhere. They not only
go after their tourists. they get them.
Another place where we can learn a lesson from
California.
All right, let's go over to Florida.
Decry as you will the real estate boom that perhaps
unduly inflated the state. you cannot decry the spirit Of
faith in the state which brought about that boom.
"0verdone", you say? OF course.
But the lesson Of faith in the future Of Florida can
well be learned by those residents of the Valley who at
times seem to falter in their faith in the future of their
own territory.
And again-we find Florida interests, fruit and veg
etable, organized to the degree of perfection required to
get results when anything threatens either industry. There
is a lesson for us there.
We repeat-these advantages which California and
Florida may rightly claim over the Valley will cease 20
be advantages Just as soon as we of the Valley learn the
lesson which is there in bold type for us to learn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
TODAY IS THE
KAIsER's PROCLAMATION

On Aug. 4, 1917. Emperor wilhelm
OF Germany issued "a proclamation
10 the German people as follows.
Three years of hard fighting are
behind lis. With grief WE remember
the dead, with pride our soldiers now
fighting. with confidence All our
workers. and with heavy heart those
who are lanEuiShing In captivity.
but. above all. u thoughts stand
reSolute I'm the determination TO
prosecute this righteous war OF de-
tense 10 a successful termination.
The enemy Is stretching out his
hands % German territory, but he
shall nev have IN. New nations
continue 70 enter The war against Us.
but that does MOI frighten rs. We
know ouE strength. and we are deter
mined To make use nf it.
Throughout the three years
achievement the mighty German
people has become firm in its resist
ance against nil that the power ~
the enemy can conceive If the
enemy wishes 70 prolong the suffer-
ings OF the war. they will weigh
more heavily upon him than upon
us Let all our actions and all
our thoughts be devoted 10 this
fight. Let this be our solemn PROM
Use TO this day. Aug. i. 1917
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
Quotations

The small family II the product
OF economic pressure. and az Fhe
same time the cause OF diminis5
harmony and stability In marrlaN.
DIR. H. Crichton Miller, BrtEh
physician.
He Rudy Valee) is tust an ordi-
nary man TO me.
Mrs. Rudy vallee.
IL is always = temptation for those
who have power to abuse IL.
Henry r.. Doherty.
We arc a generation which lives
on newspapers Just as caterpillars
feed OF green leaves.
Winston Churchill
The Continental. the Irishman.
the American oyerstate. The Eng
liSh understate.
DIR. R. y. Renter
7 know OF no two nations with
absolute mutual confidence. and
that IN one or the Eravest calami-
ties weighing upon the nations OK
the world.
Foreign Minister Estranda Of Mex
leo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
DaiHHeaAh
Talk
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association. and Of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
BY DIX. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Many physicians look askance at
the modern tendency to overindulge
in strenuous exercise after middle
age. Records are available Of numer-
men who have fallen dead on
golf courses or at home after a
strenuous afternoon at golf. Or.
David Riesman says that men who
want TO take up golf in middle life
should not do so without a thorough
physical examination. which ought
to be erepeated after they have play
ed a little. / have seen men between
so and so years OF age whose hearts
stepped up tremendously in the rate
and intensity OF the beat after they
had played 10 holes OF golf on a
hot day.
The forms OF heart disease that
are concerned are not always those
affecting the arteries that supply
the heart with blood. Sometimes the
condition is angina pectoris. some
times a breakdown Of the heart
tissues. d.. Riesman feels that the
heredity CT the individual and his
constitution may be important fac
tors in determining the form Of
hear disease from which the ms
vidual will suffer.
Many insurance companies EN-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
Indians Appeal to the Great Manitou

Many Oklahoma Indians have not forsaken the Mani
ton god of their fathers. They cling to the traditions of
old and there are medicine men among them. A queer
tale comes from Hughes county, that states. standing
waist deep in water and mud Of the receding rivers, In
dams pethioned the Great Spirit to send rain as tom-toms
beat and camp fires glowed along the river border. Pray
ers unknown to the white men, but voiced generations ago
blythe Indians, were offered as the red men gather several
times each week on the banks of the South Canadian and
other small streams to implore the Great Spirit for rain to
save their crops from drouth.