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The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Man DrOuUned While
Wife, Child Look On

SELBYSPORT, Md, June Is
Funeral services we're held today
for Victor Thomas, %, who was
drowned while bathing in the
Youghiogheny River, a few miles
above here. The tragedy occurred
at "Watson's Hole" within a
mile of the Maryland-Peonsyl-
vania line.
Thomas sank while his wife
with her 4-months-old child and
a sister, looked on. 1t is be-
lieved the drowning was caused
by a heart attack. Ten minutes
after he was seen to disappear
his body was recovered floating
on the surface Artificial rcSus-
citation was attempted for two
hours.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
CONTROL
] Of CAR WHILE
RACING
Lawrence Creamer, 22, Runs
Off Great FaIIs-Potomac
Road; Heat HaItS ResCuerS

When the automobile he was
driving crashed into culvert
on the Great Potomac Road,
Lawrence Creamer, %, of Poto-
mac, Md. was instantly killed
by the flames which soon en-
yeloped the car.
According to Mont Omery
county police, Creamer had been
driving his car at a high rate
Of speed along The road for
several hours, racing OCher cars
over a straight stretch of the
highway about a half-mile from
Potomac. they said, and it was
during one of these sprints that
the fatal crash occurred.
LOSes Control
Apparently he lost control OF
his machine and went off the
highway about so feet from the
culvert. His efforts to bring the
car back on the road were futile
and he struck the culvert head
on. The force of the impact
drove the engine half way into
the machine, pinning him against
the front seat.
Men who tried to eXtricate him
from the wreckage were daunted
by the intense heat.
Rescue Attempts Fail
Frank DOering, a Washington
mail carrier who lives nearby,
rushed to the scene and tried to
drag Creamer out with q garden
hoe, abandoning the attempt
when it became apparent the
gasoline tank would explode.
Police are searching for the
driver of the automobile which
was racing with Creamer's car.
Young Creamer was to have
been married next week to Miss
Dorothy Windsor, also Of Poto-
mac. Besides his parents, Creamer
is survived by two brothers and
two sisters.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Would Visit HOOVER:
Doctors Watch Him

A man describing himself as
Stuart Van Wycke Waite, 20, of
Staten Island, N. Y, was under
mental observation today at Gal
linger Hospital, following his un-
successful attempt yesterday to
see President Hoover at the
White House. He was arrested
at the front portico OF the
executive mansion by Detective
Sergeant John Dalglish when he
said he had matters of much i'm
portance to discuss with the Pres
ident.
Officials at the hospital de-
scribed the mans condition as
greatly disturbed" and added
that he was creating much noise
at the institution.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Gen. George S. Gibbs
Will Retire June 30
Times Staff Photo
GEN. CULLEN

Maj. Gen. George S. Gibbs, chief
signal officer of the Army, will re-
tire from active service June 80
TO become vice president of the
International Telephone and Tele-
graph Corporation, it was an
nouncedv yesterday.
He will be succeeded by Col.
Irving j. Carr, at present assist,
ant director of the Army Indus
trial College. He will assume du-
ties with the rank of major gen.
eral. General Gibbs retires at his
own request. having served more
than 33 years.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
GOU. Pollard, Byrd
At KeezeU Funeral

RICHMOND, Va, June Is
Gov. John Garland Pollard.
former Gov. Harry Flood Byrd
and many members of the Vir-
ginia legislature were in Rocking
ham county today attending the
funeral of George Bernard
Keezell, II, one of Virginia's out
standing political figures during
the last so years.
Mr.. Keezell died of complica-
tions resulting from a fractured
hip. caused by fall. He sue
ceeded Jacob A. CARRIER, Repub-
lican, as treasurer of Rocking
ham county,
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Alexandria Limits
Use of Fireworks

Sale of fireworks in Alexandria,
Va, will be permitted on July 3
and 4 but the use of fireworks
will be limited to the Fourth
only, under an ordinance recently
adopted. Police Captain Camp
bell today ordered the ordinance
strictly enforced.
A list of dangerous fireworks,
which are prohibited in the new
law, includes dynamite torpedoes
and caps. sll firecrackers over
two inches, and sky rockets. The
law also prohibits the use OF
fireworks on King Street, Wash
dngton Street and in the vicinity
of the Alexandria Hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Students Romance
Has Inevitable End

CUMBERLAND. Nd, June 25.
A romance begun while Miss
Loretta Porter and Harold L.
Alderton were students at the
FroStburg State Teachers College
eliminated here Monday when
the pair were married by the
Rev. DR.. H. T. BowerSox at st.
PaurS Lutheran Church. The
bride was teacher at Hagers-
town and the groom is on the
faculty of Kitzmiller High School.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
.I,O14 Summer Pupils
In ArLinqtOn Schools

Summer school enrolment in
Arlington county totals LOLA,
according to Fletcher Kemp,
superintendent of schools. Tnt
pupils are distributed as follows: :
Wasington-Lee High. 278; Mel
lie Custis. go; Arlington, 80;
Henry Clay. 105; Stonewall Jack
son, Sc; Ballston, IFS; Cherry
dale, 10. and Woodrow Wilson,
so. The two colored summer
schools, Kemper and John Langs-
ton, each have an enrollemnt of
rs. The classes will last eight
weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
SizOO Talk Scores
Literature of Era

The Volstead law does not
make lawbreakers, but merely re-
veals them, the Rev. DR.. Joseph
r. Sizoo, of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, de-
clared in an address delivered
yesterday before the annual
religious conference at Union
Theological Seminary in New
York City.
He declared the increase in
crime over the entire country is
due to the lack of religious train
ing and the attitude that people
are taking in regard to their &C.
ceptance of literature which
scoffs at morality.
The Washington times., 1931-06-25
Burglars? No, 'TWGs
Just Short Circuit

A burglar alarm sounded in
the Bureau of Printing and En-
craving early today sent head
quarters detectives and police re-
serves to the place.
A half dozen patrol cars re-
sponded to the alarm, which had
been caused by a short circuit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
Flowers For the Living

S. r. Patton, an 80-year-old farmer of Benton. Ill. at
tended his own funeral the other day. But he didn't re-
pose in a pearl-gray coffin. He sat very straight and
listened to what the preacher had to say. He enjoyed
himself that he doesn't want to stage a bona fide funeral
for a long time.
Several weeks ago Patton learned that his relatives
and friends were planning a birthday party for him. He
asked if they would mind making Il a funeral instead. He
explained that he wanted to enjoy it.
The idea isn't such a bad one at that. OF course
ministers would wear out their texts and funeral quartets
would feel like throwing their hymn books in the River
Jordan if every man, woman and child suddenly decided
that he wanted an eulogist service while he can enjoy it.
But when people are old, when they know for a GER
tainty that the long road is going to end around the next
bend, or the next, when their caravans are composed pref
ty much of memories, it is rather fine to let them know
that they have been appreciated as they came down the
pathway of the years.
Old men dream dreams. Their period of visions is
over. When the wanderlust creeps into their hearts it
carries them through the tangled fields of long ago. The
supreme loneliness comes in knowing that there are few
people left who belonged to their questing yesterdays. 1t
IS pihfully hard to realize that a world that has sent its
ships up toward the singing stars, and fathoms deep un-
der the sea, can't be much interested in what they have
done-or what they wished they had done.
Patton knows now that his friends and his COM
munity appreciate him, and that they are going to be 3
little lonely when he waves a last goodby. He knows that
they appreciate the fact that he has grown old cheerfully
and bravely, with a song in his heart and a lantern in his
hand. The rest of his life will be based on the happiness
that came at his funeral.
1t shouldn't be necessary to hold funeral services for
aid people in order to pay tribute. Some other name
should be applied to the method of showing appreciation.
But when a man or a woman is old, and a little lone
ly, it isn't any more foolish to let hpl know that he was a
blessing to his generation than it is to wait until he is dead
and tell the public about it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
Quotations

Unless nations stop thinking Of
another war and shaping their poll
cies accordingly and concentrate
their policies on peace and inter-
national cooperation. there will De
increasing distress in wen larger
measures until you have difficulty,
misfortune and revolution from one
end OF the world to the other.
Sir George Paish.
Ours Is a government OF laws and
a society of ordered liberty safe
guarded only by law.
Pres. Hoover.
One Of the greatest obstacles TO
business prosperity Is excessive taxa
ton.
Prank b. Kellogg. former ecre-
tary Of state.
Nobody ever thinks OF hedging
the fireman about with a lot Of laws
that favor the fire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
Daily Health
Talk

One Of the most amusing per-
formances ever witnessed b. the
people OF these United States, di-
rectly or in the movies. was the
cross-country marathon promoted
by c. c. Pyle. Just what that was
planned to prove. or just what
relationship 1t might have TO the
general subject of health. has not
yet become apparent.
One Of the difficulties with the
whole physical culture and ath-
letic movement has been the Gre
alton of outdoor fanatics, mara
thon runners, hundred-mile pedes-
TRANS and similar enthusiasts who
believe that the road to health lies
In the exceptional performance
rather than in well-conducted and
suitably regrnted physical ac-
tivities.
No doubt. the 100-mile alker :
q healthful person or he could not
walk 100 miles, but the average
man has little occasion TO walk
100 miles and does mot need the
i00-mile equipment
Man. like other dOmesticated
animals, did not always live in
doors. Modern investigations indi-
cate that a certain amount OF time
outdoors is beneficial to health.
But outdoor exercise TO the point
Of overfatigue. of irritating sun
burn. or Of undue exposure to the
elements Is likely to do as much
harm as good.
Various authorities have suggest
ed the amounts Of muscular ac-
tivity desirable for persons of var
ious ages. Hetherington OF the
University OF California suggested
four hours of muscular activity at
the age Of five years. five hours
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
ID rs THE
AnniDerSuy


On Sept. 10. 1917. the French cap
tured Le Mort Homme dead Mans
HID and Hill 304. the two emin-
ences that overlook verdun and
around which for three years the
bloodIest battles OF the war had
been fought.
An observer wrote Of the victcu;
with every minute M the pass
ing night the thunder Of all those
thousands OF guns was getting more
and more appalling. When the men
went over the parapet and the
French barrage began everything
in the way cf noise that had gone
before was dwarfed and 10 was
barely possible 10 hear even the
whining Of the shells travelling d.
rectly overhead
Every gun In every battery was
working mt red-hot speed And with
that hurricane or sound and fury
the light began 70 dawn and a gray
bank OF mist grew out on the dark
ness ahead 81 that we seemed 70 be-
looking down not upon land but
on the sea rising up from our feet
10 meet The sky. as though France
were actually defending her shores
and hurting flame and iron nc nm
invisible fleet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
Escaping Devils Island

Evidence that hope springs eternal is seen in the
escape of the six convicts from Devils Island, the French
penal colony off the South American coast, recently.
Twelve attempted the escape. But six were drown
ed. Making the attempt to escape has been considered
almost tantamount to suicide.
Yet these men, convicted as felons, staked every
thing they had for another chance at freedom. Whether
they hoped to return to society as respectable citizens is
a question, but it is totally evident that they had deter
mined that death was just as good as remaining on that
isle. Liberty, after all, is mighty precious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
New York

NEW YORK.-Odds & ends
but chiefly odds: Some call him
the subway sage and some the
depot duke"
His study Is . bench in the cool
and spacious areaways beneath the
Pennsylvania station He Is on the
job, with consistent regularity
about $50 in the morning. One
reason for this Is that the Sc
lection of morning newspapers is
better in the refuse cans. Thou
sands Of commuters, lurrying from
their trains, toss away ,1ei. pa
pers and the duke" has discover
ed, by process Of elimination, the
best receptical. With a bit Of luck
he can retrieve q New York Times
and World-T Telegram, q Brooklyn
paper and an assortment from the
smaller towns upstate. Not infre-
quently he comes upon q first
class magazine.
Thus equipped, he can retire TO
his cool bench-study, not far from
the mouth Of an air-cooling device.
He removes his faded straw hat.
revealing snow-white hair: his
mustache Is similarly whitened.
His linen suit appears In good con-
dition. Did you not observe him
each morning brood over the
refuse containers, you might take
him for any commuter awaiting a
train.
Long about noon, the duke di-
gests what he has read during the
morning and starts addressing any
elderly person within his range.
Having spent the morning doing
nothing, he Is now equipped to dis
Gus; the German moratorium and
the Reich; the eason for 25-cent
wheat and the next Democratic
nominee. When no n else viii
listen, he talks to himself. After
a time he mooches 10 cents and
fares forth in search Of coffee and
sinkers. Then he disappears until
the following morning.
believe every town has at least
one variation on "the duke" II
he happens TO be at all different,
It's because ne selects the contin-
uously hectic Long Island waiting
room for his study.
When I was a lad there we're just
such fellows perched on trucks at
the small town depot in Michigan.
They would read the country week
" and somehow manage to ferret
out bits of the Detroit papers from
the waiting rooms and baggage
cars.
BY the time the 1889 came in,
they would be all stocked up on the
affairs OF the world. BY noon they
we're on the hotel steps spouting
their newly-achieved wisdom and
by mid-afternoon they were gath
cred around the cracker barrel In
my fathers general store.
Orchestra music with drug store
quick-and-hasty lunch counters Is
M~anhattan's latest. For years the
grab-and-eat system has applied at
these lunch stands and, in mid
Manhattan, the chop-suey resorts
and the larger eating spots gave
competition by furnishing music.
The other day one OF the drug
stores blossomed out with a band
Of its own.
In fact. there's actually a drug
store in Times Squares where no
drugs are carried in took.
Which may be a tip TO the cafes
to put in a few patent medicines
and a couple Of prescription clerks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20

them and fight II out on some other
line. I can stand the loss. What
I'm sending you over there for Is
to find out just how much Jules
is in on this business. / want TO
know IL the deal n square. III II n
we 20 on with il and fight. "
Alicia's husband in spite on his
high-sounding titles IS just another
foreign crook I want TO know that
too.
You'll 20 over there ahead OF
Moifett, the engineer. There's been
nothing said or done as yet TO
arouse suspicion. That's why the
trip must be made az this time.
And you're the one 10 make II.
Don't you see I can't send an ordi-
nary employee over there and tell
him what's in my mind about my
own son-in-law? Besides. you can
20 about with Jules as no employee
could"
Its n spying job you're asking
me TO undertake. Il it?"
Now wait a minute, Not 80 hot
headed. It's nothing on earth but
a straight business deal. I want
you TO 20 to France for three
weeks, drop ove az this mine and
have n look M IL. 70 20 zee Jules
and Alicia and make certain inquir-
les about Jules. It's a thing that's
done every day IN business. "A man
has TO know his associates are hon
est. III they're dishonest he has 20
out-smart them. Well. that's a very
brief outline. Wen 10 over the
whole thing in detail later. You're
working for me on this job, Mark.
Directly under my orders and no
one elsei"
Mark met his glance. mo use 70
pretend I know what it's all about"
he said. 'but I'LL try TO do what you
want. How long will I be abroad?"
That depends. Ought to make
the trip. I should say. In a month
or five weeks. Wen see how Il
works out"
The young man was smiling.
We'll. q month In France In GER
tainly no hardship. Be able 10 stop
over a day or 50 in Paris. will I?
Say-Ill ret n kick out OF showing
Norma Parisi"
The father pursed his lips. Ser
tainly you can spend a day or two
In Paris. Matter Of fact, on the sur
face this journey Ia 70 appear a
pleasure trip. You're TO do all the
things you would IL you were on
vacation. Jules and Alicia viii as
sumo that's why you're there. On
this other matter OF taking-er,
Norma-well. I'm afraid that's out
OF the question"
But. Dad"
cit will be better for you" his
father went on evenly. "and also
for your wife II you make this
trip alone In the first place.
though you are 70 seem 10 be on
a pleasure trip. you will really be
working. It's a conviction OF mine
that q man can't keep his mind on
business when he's travelling with
his wife. Arbitrary ruling OF the
company. IL I let you take Norma
along Il would be favoritism and I
told you there was 10 be none. On
the other hand she a be more
comfortable here. Wen see that
everything Is done for her. II
would please your mother IL she'd
come 70 the house and stay with ms
while you're gone When this
years ended and you've proven you
know how to wosk-if you do-you
and she al take a three or four
months trip abroad and do II prop
erly."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20
yLAURA LOU
| BROOKMAN
Author OF
"MAD MARRIAGE"

MARK said slowly. Il hate 70
w leave her but. as you say. IL
may be best Five weeks is n long
time. though"
why, five weeks IN nothinEi
WelI-do you think you understand
your first assignment"
Enough to say I'll tackle n. I'll
be tied up at the store until Satur-
day. az course. When will you 20
over the whole thing with me?'
"On Monday. Monday morning.
BY the way. your mother and I
would like 10 have you and Norma
come 70 dinner Saturday evening""
Marks eyes frightened. "Fine,"
No said. BY George-do You know
what time it's getting 70 be-? Look
nj that clockl"
The dial Of the handsome bronze
timcpiece ON the book case indi-
Gated IL was after $50.
Normal be- phoning the 20
licei" Mark exclaimed. "I'd better
call her right away He picked up
the telephone from his fathers
desk and gave the number. Pres
emily he was saying into the
mouthpiece. I'm on my way home.
Norma. Everything's q. K. Got a
lot 10 tell you. No. II viii have %
wait until I get there It's good
news. though. Wonderful See you
In half an hour. 'Bye,"
The elder Travers was standing.
hat and overcoat on. "Harvey's
downstairs with the car" he an
nounced. Run you out?" 4
Thanks TIN be n biz favor
On the threshold-just before
they left the room-Mark turaed
and clapped n hand on his fathers
arm. Dad" he said. fumbling for
the words. RI wish I could tell you
how I appreciate all this"
That's all right"
The interview was ended. -
pair sauntered down the corridor
20 the elevator car. Throughout the
drive 20 the east side apartment
their talk was or irrelevant sub
jects.
The big limousine paused long
enough for Mark ~ step NJ the
sidewalk. then darted away. Thirty
minutes later ri. M. Trayers was
relinquishing hts hat and coat 70
n servant.
where's Mrs. Travers?" DO
asked.
II think she's in her room. MIR.
She said dinner would be at 1880"
Yes. on course"
Travcrs mounted the stairs heav-
fly. He was not unusually stout.
rather well built FOR n or his
years. but he had worked hard all
his life and moved customarily as
though he were tired.
Before a door at the head on thu
stairs he paused and knocked. "A
voice inside called Who I'm it?"
IT'S Frank"
"Come In. deari"
Travers opened the door. HIS
wife. In a low-cut gown or gray
lace. turned from the dressing table
and came toward him. "Oh.
Frank" she cried. did you see
him."
Her husband nodded. He placed
q matter-of-fact kiss ON her fore
head. u did" be announced.
"Everything's settled He's leav-
ing Monday night"
Mrs. Travers raised anxious gray
eyes. -And the girl" she asked.
The girl" Travers repeated
with an unpleasant smile. Shell
be gone In a week."
Ito be Continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20

MARK had been following the
- words wide-eyed. But. Dad.
4 don't know anything about COP
per mining."
no. You don't. II isn't going to
be necessary. I've got a man who
knows all about II going over next
month You see. Mark. I can stand
the loss. They come and We take
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20

from seven to nine. six hours from
nine to ii. five hours from ii to
l3, four hours from Is to IS. three
hours from Is to Is. and two hours
daily from IS to 20 as the proper
amAInts. williams states that one
hour should be given daily to &C
tivities involving the use Of the
large muscles Of the body litter 20
years Of age. and that anything
less than that will result in ply
steal deterioration. Man should
not live for the muscles alone.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20

Think Of Sandowl Think even OF
Bernarr MacFadden! But maybe
some people want to be Shadows
or Macfaddens.
Exercise has the value for the
young OF stimulating body growth
Swimming, walking, golf, horse
back riding, fishing and gardening
are forms OF exercise suitable to
all ages. Competitive sports are
available and useful up to the age
Of 80 years. but serious overactivity
after 80 years OF age may do more