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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-31
The HERALD SPORTS SECTION e@Hm
VALLEY FANS INVITED TO AMATEUR FIGHTS HERE TONIGH

lean amateur golf who were back
on the firing line were Francis
Ouimet. who won the title back IN
1914 before the world Of golf ever
heard Of a Jones; Charles Chick"
Evans. a two-time holder with vic
tories In 1916 and 20; Max Marston,
1923, and Harrison Jimmie" John
ston, who beat Jones out for the
title in 1929 with a notable assistant
from Johnny Goodman Of Omaha,
one Of the numerous ~favorites IN the
battle opening day.
The sudden withdrawal Of the
DeForest brothers. John and Ala
ric. reduced the British threat con-
siderably. Both John. who was a
runner-up IN this years British
amateur and a competitor az Me-
rion last year. and Al>ric. decided
at the last minute TO give up the
trip and their decisions were an
nounced by the United States Golf
association last night. Their with
drawals left the British hopes in
the hands Of Cyril FOLEY and T..
Phillip Perkins. two former British
champions.
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NO CHARGES
TO Be MADE
Brownsville Boxers Pitted
Against Harlingen
And M'Allen

The amateurs and fight fans will
have a great jamboree at the
Brownsville Sports Arena tonight.
A full program OF wrestling and
boxing between the valleys best
amateurs will be staged and the
gate. will be thrown wide open to
fans from ali over the Valley.
The arena. which seats approx
imately 5000 is expected to be
damned.
Ernest Stephens, promoter who
is staging the party. has lined up
l6mateurs in Brownsville, Harlin-
and McAllen for the big show.
ME boxing bouts should be light
ming fast. for they will be limited
70 four rounds each. The mat con-
tests will be l5-minute time limit
affairs.
There will be 40 or more rounds
OF boxing.
Stephens has been conducting a
school OF boxing and wrestling al
Harlingen and he will bring a
number of mis- proteres here TO be
matched against Brownsville pro-
ducts. A number OF Brownsville
high school boys have entered the
m't~hes. Bill Cabler was 70 have
hi HIT. but he cut his wrist on a
ed car window while hunting.
Stephens has invited fans from
III parts Of the Valley 70 attend
he free show which will feature
the hard-trying amateurs.
Several McAllen boys are slated
% appear on the boxing program.
The affair will get under way at
s:l5 with no ticket taker at the
gate.
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EENMWDY
BY
JEROME H. (DIZZY) DEAN

My first defeat in the 1881 season
was at TT. Worth when the Houston
club played like a bunch OF school
marms behind me. ! didn't have
my stuff that day, either. They
got to me for four runs In the first
and shouldn't have had a run IN
the second, Manager Schultz came
10 the box and told me 10 get out;
he wanted TO save me for Beau
mont and 1t looked like the game
was lost.
/ went over to Beaumont and
lost a 80 decision. We had II men
left on bases, which proves It
wasn't entirely my fault.
I win the next five games. And
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State Amateurs
Cut Down Field
By Elimination
fRv The Associated Press.l

Four Texas amateur baseball
clubs today had hurled other bar
r.ers in their vigorous campaign
for the state Amateur Athletic
Federation championship.
One Of two West Texas teams,
Texon or Del Rio, Is ret TO join
the semi-iinalists. They r billed
to meet in Texon Sept. 5, s, 2 10
decide the west Texas champion
ship.
The Surebest Bakers Of Dallas,
the Admiration Coffee company
team OF Houston, the Community
Gas company team OF Waco and the
Fraternal Order OF Eagles nine Of
san Antonio triumphed in a series
Of gruelling games during the week
end.
Weekend results:
Surebest Bakers &; 9; 2; Bailey
Moline of wichita Fails o: 2: s.
Admiration Coffee CO., l; 2; 4;
Or. Pepper Of Galveston 2: 1: ?.
Community Gas Co. 5; z; 81;
Sproles Transfer Of Fort Worth 2:
2: 3.
F~raternal order OF Eagles 8: g.;
2; Austin Gas Co, 4: I: 0.
Watts OF the Admiration team
took yesterdays hulring honors
when he toiled 10 innings to take
both games from the DR.. Pepper
team.
Mcdonald Of the Austin Gassers
limited the Eagles team OF San
Antonio to five hits but lost his
game ? 70 O.
Yesterdays wins sent the San
Antonio team against the Admira-
ton team in Houston for the South
Texas championship and the Dallas
nine against the waco Gas Co. for
the North Texas championship.
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U. S. AMATEUR
STARTS TODAY
141 Of Nations Best Tee
Off Over Beverly
Course
BY PAUL NICHOLSON
Associated Press SnnrfS Nriferl

CHICAGO. Aug. 81. -PE The
golf stampede Of the year, perhaps
OF years, opened over the treacher-
GUS fairways OF the Beverly country
club today as IA wielders OF wood
and iron began their rush for the
national amateur championship.
With Bobby Jones out Of the
picture. the last Of his four major
titles surrendered without a shot.
the fight had the complexion Of a
wide open free-fOr-all with at least
salt the field possessing a fine
chance 20 slip into the throne room
Of American amateur golf. Many
veterans were back. but they we're
confronted with a large number Of
rising stars, many Of whom never
had TO face the genius Of a Jones.
a quartet Of former champions
has returned. while a fifth. Jesse
Guilford OF Boston. withdrew un-
eXpectedly yesterday along with II
others. The former kings Of Amer
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p ,rt Isabel Wins
Amateur Ball Title
(Rv Staff Memberl

SAN BENITO, Aug. 81 The
Port isabel Pelicans won he VAL
lev Amateur baseball cha apionship
for 1881 here Sunday by taking the
measure OF the Rio Hondo White
Sox Al in a lively contest. This
W. the third and deciding fray
or the series.
The Pels took the first. dropped
the second and came back yester-
day TO win the last encounter.
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QUARTER WON
BY HANDY BOY
Tortuga Beaten Out Sunday
By Vineyard Horse
At Harrington
(By Staff Correspondent.l

HARLINGEN. Aug. 3l.-Handy
Boy. pride Of the Jack Vineyard
stables, outsprinted Ignaeio's Tor
tuga here Sunday afternoon TO win
the $500 quarter event at the Fair
Park track. The Edinburg speed
ster came in with a closing burst Of
speed to cover the distance in
"a l-2. The American record for the
quarter was established in 1890 by
Bob Wade at Butte, Mont, doing
the distance in 81 Ia.
Only a small crowd was on hand
TO see the Legion races which we're
promoted by Ernest Stephens.
Other results:
Two-Twenty-War Eagle. Mamie
and FL Cristo.
Three Eights-Billy, Charley and
Niger.
Quarter-"Doc", Coca Cola and
La Paloma.
Half-Bar Phoenix.
Another ace program Is to be
staged Sept. 20.
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Schaaf and Compolo
To Fight Tonight

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-P-Ernie
Schaff and Victoria Campolo, q
pair Of hopeful heavyweightS from
Boston and Argentina respectively,
will make another attempt To hold
their IL round bnIle nc Ebbets
field tonight.
The bout, originally scheduled
for last Wednesday, was postponed
Threatening weather vas given as
the cause OF the postponement,
but there were reports that the alb
sence OF paying customers influ-
enced the decision.
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r LFAGIrF

Batting: Simmons. Athletics, 1856;
Ruth, Yankees, .379.
Runs: GehTig, Yankees, 1876; Ruth,
Yankees. III.
Runs batted in: Gehrig, Yankees
las: Ruth, Yankees. 1873.
Hits: Gehrig. Yankees, 1871;
mons. Athletics. TIA.
Doubles: webb Red Sox, 81;
Ter. Athletics. a
Triples: johnson. Tigers, is; Rey-
uolds, White Sox. II.
Home runs: Ruth, Yankees. 81;
Gehrie. Yankees. 81.
Stolen bases: Chapman. Yankees.
81: johnson, Tigers, 81.
Pitching. Grove. Athletics. won
26. lost 3; Mahaffey, Athletics. won
IS, lost q
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Penick Pupil Is
Tri-State Champ

AMARILLO. Aug. 3l-tF-Col-
mL Barnhill. young pupil OK Prof.
ID. "a. Penlck OF the University or
Texas, today possessed the tri-state
tennis tournament title.
Barnhill slammed out a So. SO.
Ga victory over Joe Bill Bradley OF
Austin. defending champion 10 win
the singles championship, yester-
Gay.
Ed Lund and Water Elder.
Amarillo doubles team. copied the
doubles championship by defeating
White and Barnhill. Amarillo's
number two doubles team, 3-6, IS,
6-3. 6-3.
Albert Upsher or Oklahoma City.
wo the singles title bv virtue on
his Ga. 6-3. 60 win over Joe Key
OF Amarillo.
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TEXAS LEAGUE LENDERS

tBy the Associated Press
Runs-Selph. Houston. 1i2.
Hits-Stanton, Wichita Falls, 202.
D~oubles-Stanton, Wichita Falls,
81.
Triples-White. Beaumont, 10.
Home runs-Soiters, Shreveport,
Is. Medwick. Houston. Is.
Runs batted in-Medwirk, Hous-
ton. 10.
Stolen bases-White. Beaumont,
81.
Games won-Dean, Houston. Is.
Games pitched in-Payne, Hous-
ton. As.
Complete games-McCabe Fort
Worth. 26.
Strikeouts-Dean. Houston. 273.
Most Shutouts-Dean, Houston II.
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Dempsey Ready
For EN- All

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 81.
tPi-Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight boxing champion.
said in q radio interview last
night that he was ready TO take
on all corners.
His manager put in the res
ervation IF terms are right,
and said Dempsey probably
would continue exhibition
matches until the first OF the
year. when he ought 70 be able
to take the best Of then=Max
Schmeling."
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h MAJOR LEAGUE
+ LEADERS
CBy the Associated Press
tIncluding games OF Aug. 800
NATIONAL LFAGTF

Batting: Davis. Phillies. .s45:
Terry, Giants. .343.
Runs: Klein. Phillies, 100; Terry.
Giants, 100.
Runs batted in. Klein, Philliss,
JOG: OFT. Giants. "a.
Hits: L. Waner, Pirates. 1T;
Klein. PhillieS. Cuyer. Cubs. TIA.
Doubles: Adams. Cardinals, 40:
Ba-tell. Phillies. 38.
Triples: Terry. Giants, II: Tray
nor. Pirates. Herman. Robins. IA.
Home runs: Klein, Phillies, 81;
0+t. Giants. %.
Stolen bases: Frisch. Cardinals,
Martin. Cardinals. "A.
Pitching: Haines. Cardinals, won
IL. lost s: Derringer, Cardinals, won
IS. lost s.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Sundays Results.
ST. Louis 5-4. Pittsburgh OIL.
New York. 30. Philadelphia 2-3.
Cincinnati 4. Chicago 3.
Boston 80. Brooklyn. "a.
Mondays Games.
New York at Boston.
No others scheduled.
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Monty-W Wards Take
is Inning Contest
rBv SIX Memberl

HARIINGEN. Aug. SIT took
them rs innings 70 do IL. but the
Montgomery-Ward nine proved its
contention that 10 could beat the
old Harrington team here Sunday.
The final count was rs.
The teams viii likely meet again
next Sunday IN the Fair Park.
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- THE -
TEXAS LEAGUE
Sundays Results

\ NuIFIAN y NFsuItN
fouston 10, Fort Worth "a.
AAveston Al. Shreveport So.
Beaumont as. Wichita Falls GA.
San Antonio Z. Dallas 3.
Mondays Games.
San Antonio at Dallas.
Houston al Fort Worth.
Galveston at Shreveport.
Beaumont ct Wichita Falls.
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Yaryan Spells Dizzy's Plans

Yam Yaryan Is at bat in the 9th.
Houston. No one Is on. Two are
out and / have him two and two.
I come IN there with a slow curve
and wham! he hits it e the
fence.
Then comes the ninth. Two are
on base, two are out and this same
Yaryan comes up. I get two strikes
on him. Again I throw him q curve.
not quite SO slow this time. and
again he knocked II 1T Of the lot.
With 1t went Mrs. Deans wedding
present.
The Bluffs 90 into Fl. Worth in
a tight spot toward the end or the
first half. We need two games to
tie Beaumont and We have a double
header on. l have a lot Of revenge
in my system for those Fl. Worth
guys so I says 10 Joe Schultz:
You let me pitch both Of those
games and Ill win
"Okayl" he says.
I wire the wife.
Grab a plane an come up here
an. watch your honey get revenge"
Dizzy Comes Through in Tight Spot
She does. Well, I beat EN- both
games and We 90 into d tie.
Next day we lose and Beaumont
wins. III looks tough. The next day
Beaumont and Wichita Falls play
an afternoon game and we're card
ed for a night game at TT. Worth.
Beaumont loses. Now, IL we win
we get a tie. I beg Joe Schultz 70
let me pitch. Finally at game time
he SAYS "All rightl'
Think I didn't show EN-? We win
in II innings. 7 make our hits.
score the tying run, drive in the
winning run, strike EN- out TIL
they're dizzy and we get a tie for
the first half championship. Not
a bad nights work for a u that's
supposed to be dizzy? Amt revenge
sweet?
I figure III win at least 30 games
for Houston this year. At this time
I win "a. OF which u are shutouts,
and lose seven. I have an idea.
though, that Gabby Streetll need
me I'd there before the season Is
over and since ! didn't get all
peeved and pout and le-ve EN- flat
when they sent me back to the
bushes, I figure he'll come around
some OF these days and ask me 70
help 'em out up Their. Anyway.
this is my life story and I'll stick
TO Il.
THE END
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AMERICAN LEAGTE

Sundays Results.
washington S. Philadelphia /.
New York IA. Boston 4.
Chicago 10. Detroit 8. Cl2 innings
st. Louis 8-6. Cleveland 3-3.
MONDAYS Games.
Boston at Philadelphia
washington at New York
Detroit at ST. Louis.
Cleveland at Chicago.
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then I decided TO get married.
There's a funny s. v about that.
In Texas you have to file inten-
lions 10 wed three days IN advance
Of when you get married. When !
tiled these intentions, the papers
made a big thing OF Il. Mrs. Dean,
who was Miss Patricia Nash. and
I were besieged with i~nterviewers.
we were 10 be married Friday
and that was my night TO pitch.
Someone suggested we get married
at home plate and ] said Ii was
okay with me. The missus Is asked
and said as far as she IS concern
ed she'll marry me anywhere.
They set the date for a week away.
Then Fred Ankenman decides
maybe all the publicity would make
II look too much like a circus
stunt. He asked us about ii. We
decided then 10 wait awhile. First
/ figured we'd wait til l win 90
games. Then we decided TO wait
until the first half Of the season
was over since it's a cinch they
split the season in the Texas
League. Then n day. all OF a
sudden like. we up and got mar
ried right then and there.
Dizzy OverloOks Wedding Present
On the way home from the we'd
ding. I'm sitting in the back seat
OF the car with the MiSsus and
we're bordering on how wonderful
ID is 70 be married when it dawns
on me I've got to get her a wedding
present. I asks her what she wants.
You just win that old ball game
tonight, because those won and
lost averages mean something when
YOU sign that new contract" she
answered.
That's the real ballplayer's wife
for you. Always thinking about
the future.
We'll, I'll tell you what I'll do,
Pat" I said. I'll win this game
# they give me three runs and
Ill strike out 10 men"
Now here Is the sfunny part OF
the story. I lost the game 4 to 8
but I'd have won il II l had got
that 10th strike out. Here's what
happened.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
.W|CkE ERSHAM
IN WET CASE

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2,-The
Syrup Products Company, Inc,
one of l6 corporations recently
indicted for conspiracy to con-
vert paint solvents and similar
products into beverage alcohol,
will be defended by the law firm
of which George w. W!ckersham,
chairman of President Hoover's
Law Enforcement Commission. is
a member.
Representatives Of Cadwalader,
Wickersham and Taft filed ap-
pearance papers as defense coun-
sci in the case yesterday. The
Syrup Products Company is a
New York corporation with its
principal office at 81 Wall St.
It manufactures syrups and alco-
hol.
In additions to the Is corpora
tions, SO individuals were indicted
on similar charges.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
.Jinrn1y's Spic Duds
LeaUe EN- Writhing
On Champs EIysees
Nv ALICE LANGELIER

PARIS, Sept. 2 G.N.SO.-James
j.. walker, equally famous as the
mayor of New York and the
personification of sartor1a !
elegance, was tried in the balance
OF French fashions today and
found distinctly mot wanting"
Discarding the usual conti-
mental spats and gloves Jimmy"
sailed forth on the fashionable
Champs Elysees in a grey fedora
OF lightest pearl, pulled down on
the right side and pushed up on
the left: black short coat trim.
med with silk braid, gray and
black striped trousers, a blue
polka-dot tie, and mirror-like
patent leather shoes.
In his hand he carried light
stick. and that hand, with the
cane dangling from 1t, remained
nonchalantly lodged in, his right
trouser pocket from the begin
ming Of the walk to the end.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
HUSBAND runs
AGAINST WIFE

The latest development in the
red-hot political campaign being
waged in Arlington County-and
in the home of G. Frank ALL
wine, Virginia Northumberland
this afternoon when Mr.. Allwine
filed notice of his candidacy for
the county board of commission
ers.
A few days ago, Annie L. ALL
wine, his wife, filed for the
county board of supervisors, the
present governing body of the
county, declaring the newly set
up board of commissioners Is un-
constitutional.
Mrs. Allwine, as she witnessed
she husbands notice in the clerks
office today, assured the office
employees that the conflict would
not extend into their domestic re-
lations, but ended on the stump.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
FATHER To GET.
SEIZED CHILD

Irma, who is only three years
old and who has lived all that
time in Venezuela, is coming
back to her American father,
but it is doubtful if she will
recognize him, for they have been
separated by law for two years.
In 1929, when James E. Welch,
an American citizen, was i'm
prisoned in Venezuela, his daugh-
ter was seized by state officials.
Today Mr.. WEIGH is in possession
of communication from the
State Department that his child
is to be turned over to him.
WEIGH, who has been fighting
for custody of his child for %
months. alleges 1rma was seized
by relatives of his Spanish COM
mon law wife.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
IN PLACE
FOR UNKNOWN

The giant block Of Colorado
marble which Is to be the sarco-
phagus Of the Unknown Soldier,
was set in place today by work
men at the Arlington National
Cemetery.
weighing Sc tons. the stone.
which IL of the same material as
that used i'm construction of the
Lincoln Memorial, was lowered
into place and made ready for
the finishing touches, consisting
OF completion of bas-relief carving
and inscriptions.
The monument is the work of
Thomas Fl. Jones, noted sculptor,
and Lorimer Rich, architect for
the tomb.
When completed, the entire
project, including the cost Of
the monument, landscaping and
other details, will cost about
94OO, 900. -
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
BANQUETS. CALL
v0N GRONAU

CHICAGO, Sept. 2 G.N.S). i.
Receptions and banquets occupied
Capt. Wolfgang Won Gronau to-
day after he had completed his
seaplane journey from Germany
to Chicago over the northern
Great Circle route. He and his
crew of three arrived yesterday
from Long Lake. Ontario.
He said he will not return to
Germany by air. He may fly to
the National Air Races at Cleve-
land.
First to finish the flight from
Europe by way of Iceland, Green
land, Hudson Bay and the Great
Lakes, Captain Gronau proved
the possibility of a northern air
lane to Europe.
But the route is not yet feasl-
Bile, he said. because of the great
expense entailed in establishing
radio stations, landing station
and other aids to safety.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Budding Bobby Jones
ADDeGrs on Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 Il.
N.SO.-A 9-year-old named Bobby
Jones won his first major golf
title 20 years ago. 1t was the At
lanta Club championship. The
world didn't turn any handsprings,
because it didn't know that this
same boy would @be the game Of
golf itself in 1881. In San Fran
cisco today lives 15-year-old Dal-
ton Henderson.
He has just won his first major
golf title, the California State Jun
ior championship and If young
Henderson keeps up his good work
the golf world is due to turn hand
springs. The lad is a nephew of
Pete Hay, pro at the Monterey
Country Club near here.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
GERMAN ACE A SENSATION
Udet's Stunting Wins
Generous Applause
at Plane Races

CLEVELAND, Sept. 2 dN.s0'
Germany's ace of aces, Major
Ernst Udet, Is far and away the
feature of Americas national air
races.
An intrepid, stock chap, Udet
goes up daily in his seven,year-
old, special.built Flamingo biplane
and does tricks you wouldn't be-
lieve were possible.
For instance. he doesn't take
off as does the ordinary tlier.
He slides along the ground on
one wheel and one wing. and
finally crawfishes into the air.
His ship" is a low-powered ma
chine and he climbs it slowly,
straight into the air, and goes
into a loop.
While the spectators hold their
breath, he floats down, turns
right side up, clips the grass as
he Straightens her out, and goes
into a series of amazing gyrations
he modestly calls "stunting."
Udet Is the only fIier of the air
races thus far who has persist
emily drawn thunderOHs applause
from a decidedly airminded. blase
audience.
The German major, who sent
81 allied fliers flaming to earth
during the World War, said he
gained his stunting ability play
ing with gliders." All his life,
he said, he wanted to fly, and
when gliders were invented he
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
WOMAN
GOES TO JAIL

Horace j. Petite, a riding mas
ter who claims he was a former
deputy sheriff at Warrenton,
Va. was found guilty today in
Police Court of assault and bat
terry on Mrs. Mary Christine
Keefer, riding instructress.
Judge Robert Mattingly set his
sentence at six months.
Mrs. Keefer told the court she
and the defendant were throw
ing hay down from loft at
their academy in the rear of 739
Norton st. N. W., when Petite
slapped her, beat her and
blacked her eye. Petite offered
as his defense lack of memory OF
the incident. He said he had
been drinking.
Relatives of the defendant
said that the man had been
gassed in France and that when
drinking he was subject to fits
Oh a0SSES
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
LOndOner Has Read
The Bible 81 Times

LONDON, Sept. 2 QN.SO.
Thousands of people have read de-
tective thrillers, novels and poems
over and over again, but here's
Londoner who has read the Bible
81 times.
During the past 81 years, Frank
Jannaway has read the whole Of
the Old Testament 81 times and
the New Testament ia times.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Dry Advocates Open
Seventh Convention

The seventh annual conven-
ton of the Prince Georges County
Women's Christian Temperance
Union opened today at the M. E.
Church South, Brentwood, Md.
Mrs. Harry r. Haskup, Maryland
State Union president, was the
principal speaker.
Election of officers for the en-
suing year was on the program.
other speakers were Mrs. E. G,
Helm. president of the Brentwood
Mt. Rainier Union; Mrs. j. r.
Allen, County Union president;
E. B. Dunford of the Anti-Saloon
League and Mrs. LOTUS A. Weech,
of Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
SPEAKER.
LABOR SUNDAY

Senator James j. Davis, former
Secretary of Labor, will be the
principal speaker at outdoor SER
vices Sunday at the Peace Cross.
on the grounds of the Washing
ton Cathedral. in observance Of
National Labor Sunday.
Representatives of more than
20 local unions are expected to
attend the services, which begin
at 3:45 p. m. The National Asso-
citation of MachinistS will be rep
resented by Arthur Wharton, ma
tiOnal president.
Lodge No. 1876 of the Moose will
be present in a body. Many of
the craftsmen now engaged in
the building of the cathedral will
be in the congregation.
The services, which will be
broadcast by Station WMAL, will
be conducted by the Rt. Rev.
James E. Freeman, bishop Of
Washington.