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The Washington times., 1931-11-03
POLICE HUNTING
5 BANDITS

Alexandria. Arlington county,
Fairfax and Virginia State police
last night searched for small
open car in which five men.
who staged two holdups, are be-
lieved to have made their escape.
Shortly after dark Jack Rice,
910 Franklin ST., Alexandria. re-
ported that he was stopped at
the Corporation limits on Glebe
Road by five men in a car and
one of them stuck pistol
against his stomach and robbed
him of $39.6O in cash.
Less than two hours later
P. E. Shultz, of Seminary, Va,
reported being held up by five
men in an open car and robbed
in a similar manner of a small
amount of change. The robbery
of Schultz occurred on the Rich
mond Highway about five miles
south of Alexandria.
In both cases the description
of the car and the bandit who
welded the gun were nearly
identical.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Seth Parker Prizes Await
II Remember" Ans1uers

Tarantulas, rattlesnakes, cactus
End sand
| want to remember just one
summer sunset
Behind the high cliffs near the
old Rio Grande."
AS you can see, your recollec-
tions need not be happy ones.
One of the lovable qualities Of
the famous Sunday Night at
Seth Parker's" radio programs is
the pathos and tears of the un-
happy and embarrassing incidents
in the lives of Ma Parker, Seth
and CephuS.
Tears Treasured
But just as the famous radio
company points out, in the first
motion picture they have ever
made, tne recollections of tears
often are treasured more than
the memories of joyful times.
A 9-year.old girl, Margaret
Campbell, of 1854 Columbia Rd..
sent in her "Wayback Home"
entry, though her idea doesn't go
so very far back. Mrs. Mary
Wilson, of 1909 Fifteenth st. N.
W., remembers best her country
school days.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
HEARST SCHOOL
RITES NOV. "A

The Cathedral Heights-Cleve-
land Park Citizens Association
last night discussed plans for lay
ing the cornerstone Of the new
Phoebe A. Hearst School on No
vember II.
Senators FesS, of Ohio. and Ash
hurst. of Arizona. are among the
invited guests for the dedication
of the building to be erected in
honor of the mother Of William
Randolph Hearst, who until her
death was prominent in educa-
tional endeavorS.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Super!n-
tendent Of Schools, is arranging
the cornerstone ceremony in Co
operation with the citizens.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03

Do you remember when you
took a basket of eggs to the store
to exchange them for groceries,
or came home with your hands
sticky and your clothes stained
from gathering hazel nuts in the
woods?
The Washington Times is Civ
ing six pairs Of guest tickets each
day to Seth Parker's motion pic
ture, Way Back Home" at R-K-O-
Keith's for the best examples Of
What I Remember Back Home"
The prizes will be given for a
week beginning Thursday.
Takes To Rhyme
Joy Courtney, of 900 Nineteenth
st. N. w., burst into rhyme for
her entry in the contest received
today. She wrote:
:Oh, can I forget how the alkai
water
Encrusted the bathtub and
shrivelled my skin?
Oh, must I remember the cry bees
are swarming'
And joining all the household ~
beating on tin?
Please let me forget all the frolick-
some playmateS,
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Camp Tourist Dies;
Son Is Near Death

Homer Hugill, of Asheville, N.
c.. died late yesterday at Emer-
gency Hospital. He was found
unconscious in a Tourist Camp
cabin last Saturday. Two trans
fuSions had been administered in
an effort to save his life.
Meanwhile, physicians are try
ing to save the life Of his son,
Hugh, who was found unconscious
with his father in the cabin. The
tourists were discovered sleeping
in a closed cabin. In it was a
portable gas heater. Police be-
l1eve carbon monoxide was
created by the burning stove.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Blue LUU' Ballots
To Be on Blue Sins

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-When
Baltimore citizens go to the polls
next May for the primary elec-
ton, and also to vote on the
modification of the blue laws,
their ballots on the latter ques-
ton will be printed on blue paper.
This is the plan suggested by
M. Harry Laib, chief clerk Of the
board of supervisors of elections,
who reminds that the law re.
quires Democratic ballots to be
white and Republican ballots to
be pink, but is silent on special
election ballot colors.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Tulips to BeGutny
HuQttSUiLLe for '32

Hyattsville will be beautified fol
the Bicentennial with 10000 tulir
bulbs just arrived in this country
from Holland.
The bulbs. admitted duty free
because they are to be used for
public purposes, will be delivered
to municipal authorities this week
They will be planted under direc-
ton of Daniel Cox Fahey, jr., and
DR.. p. F.. BrookenS.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
USE Of. WRONG
RAID WARRANT
FREES MAN
Police Enter John Austin's
Home by Mistake, Find Al
legged Liquor; Case Quashed

Because Sergt. Arthur Hep
burn. of the Prince Georges
county police force, read the
wrong warrant to John N. Austin,
Of Brooks Corner, near Silver
Hill, Md. States Attorney Alan
Bowie nolle pressed q charge Of
illegal possession Of liquor against
Austin in circuit court at Upper
Marlboro. yesterday.
The case was quashed after
Attorney John Mudd. of La Plata,
moved that Hepburn's testimony
be stricken from the records after
it was learned that no warrant
had been issued for Austin.
According to testimony. Hep
burn, with other officers, went to
Brooks Corner armed with a
search warrant for a resident Of
the community. BY mistake they
entered Austin's home, saw a half
gallon Of alleged whisky on the
table, read the warrant issued Cor
another, and then searched the
premises.
In the celler. Hepburn said,
they found q quantity of liquor
in q vault.
1t was pointed out that under
Maryland law, that had the of.
ficers merely arrested Austin,
without reading the warrant, they
would have been able to nave
prosecuted the case.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
ONE CANDIDATE
WITHOUT AN
OPPONENT
Fights Expected in Races For
y Treasurer and Sheriff; Four
~ Seek State Senate Honor

: Fairfax county polls opened at
= sunrise today for a scattering of
voters who cast ballots in
quiet election which Democratic
candidates are expected to win
by a slight majority.
> All county officials with the
exception of the county clerk
will be picked for four-year terms.
THE clerk was elected four years
~:Ago for a term of eight years.
- Although Democrats are ex-
.opected to have opposition, the
county is normally Democratic,
and that party is expected to be
victorious for the greater number
= Of offices.
r. Lack of Interest
=; Lack of interest in the election
,u,was indicated by the scarcity of
!, early votes.
:. More than $50 votes were cast
in the primarily in the Fairfax
district. Election officials at Fair
fax did not believe that more
than $50 would be cast today.
Although the polls were open at
Isunrise this morning, no votes
were cast until after o'clock. BY
noon, few more than 100 votes
had been deposited in the ballot
boxes.
Election officials said that up
until noon only a small number
of persons other than those who
Voted in the Democratic primary
had cast their ballots.
Carper Not Opposed
The only Democratic candidate
having no opposition is G. Wal
lace Carper, of Mclean, for super
visor of Providence district. The
only fights expected will be for
!. the office of county treasurer and
sheriff.
L. L. Freeman, Republican, Is
,seeking to take the treaSurer'S
s position from F. W. Huddleson,
Democrat. who has held the Of
flee for 16 years, and for the job
@sOf sheriff, L. B. Morris. Republi-
ran, has made serious fight
against E. P. Kirby, Democratic
Incumbent.
Four For Senate
The position of commemorative
attorney. now held by Wilson M.
ssFarr, Democrat, is sought by
Robert w. Stump, for whom a
large group have led an active
campaign.
4z Four persons are running for
State senate. They are: John
Warwick Rust, Democrat: Mrs.
Julian Morgan Jones, Repub-
lican: Landon Cabell Painter,
Republican, and William L. Nor
ford, an independent candidate.
IA, One State Senator will be
selected from that group.
- Edmund H. Allen, Democrat,
and w. r. Gray. Republican, are
opposing for the house of dele
gates.
Democrats Near Victory
-. B. w. Middleton, Republican, is
seeking the office of commits
sioner of revenue in opposition to
James U. Kincheloe.
Four men, all Democrats-H.
Carlin Cockrell, H. G. Cunning
ham. A. c. Ritchie and Arthur
b. Barringer-are seeking posts
as justices of the peace.
Bystanders at the Fairfax
seounty courthouse this morning
/. said that wagers had been Of
fered in many instances on the
candidates, but that Democrats
were conceded a better chance at
victory.
!: The unusual weather was ex-
pected to permit a large crowd
: to vote, but early indications
were that general interest was
lacking.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Woman, So, Rescued
From Gns-FiILedROOIra

Mrs. Gertrude Mcpherson, So,
was treated by the fire rescue
squad today after gas had been
found escaping from "a broken
service pipe at 3017 Cambridge
Pl. N. w.
The accident occurred directly
opposite a house in which an
elderly couple succeeded in q sui.
eide pact several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
COLnlGr Manor Due
To Celebrate Parma

Completion of $50, 900 worth of
concrete streets and sidewalks will
be celebrated November II by the
town of Colmar Manor, Md.
Colmar Manor, incorporated in
1927, claims to be the youngest
town in Maryland with paved
streets. The celebration is being
arranged by the Colmar Manor
Improvement Association, Mrs.
Anne w. Wood, chairman.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
AerOnUutics School
To ShOU Air Movie

In an effort to further avia-
ton, the National School of
Aeronautical Engineering will
present a motion picture show.
ing the advancement of aviation
Friday night at o'clock at
Wardman Park Hotel. Admission
will be by invitation.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
Officer of Marines
Is GiUeu COLOneLcu

Lieut.. Col. James j. Meade, U.
S. M. c., who lives at 1900
Cathedral Ave. N. w., was pro-
NOTED to the rank of colonel
yesterday. Colonel Meade is
chief of the general staff at
Quantico, Va.
During the World War, Colonel
Meade was the first official
observer of the Marine Corps in
France.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
BUILDING IN SLUMP

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. Nov. o.
Building activity in Hagerstown
dropped to the lowest monthly
mark on record in October, accord
ing to figures given out by City
Engineer Harold Seibert. Permits
for less than $4,000 worth of new
buildings were issued during the
month.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
DUPONT CITIZENS TO MEET

The Dupont Circle Citizens
Association will hold its regular
meeting Monday afternoon at
4:45 o'clock at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-11-03
FEDERATION TO MEET

The Federation of Citizens
Associations viii meet Saturday
night at 8 o'clock in the board
room of the District Building.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

Human nature is contrary element. Evervbodv was asked to keep away from the scene of yesterdays og shot at the rock quarry. Did they obey? Not by Jugfu, everybody out there including the writer
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
MEN ARE LAX

NEW YORK, Mar. 10. (F1 LII Dr. Charles Gray Shaw, author of the hest seller on culture and for 30 years a professor at the New York University, warns Am elican men that their women folk have outdistanced them cul- turally. Men have gone in for physical culture and business, he says, while what used to be the weaker sex has developed artis- tically and mentally, as we'll as physically.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
RUSSIA AT BAY: IS ALONE AGAINST
 THE ENTIRE WORLD

MOSCOW, Mar. 10. (P) -Sev- enteen years of civil strife and strenuous revolution, with grue- some famine and long spells of short rations, are enough to curdle the milk of human kindness in any people. Here the progress is intensified by conviction of imminent danger, of plots hatch ing and new interventions breed- ing.
 The incessant outcry in the Soviet press about enemies at home and abroad is not political trickery, it is the genuine out cry of a country that does feel itself isolated and at bay, alone against the world.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
A PERFECT SHOT

The proficiency with which the Big Shot" at the local breakwater quarry let off yesterday again reflects highly of the efficiency found among those en- ployed by the Alaska Road Commission and it's staff of engineers The exploding of charge of six tons of dynamite, did the work they expected bringing down the face of rock wall from which the Seward breakwater will be made.
 Every precaution was taken to forestall accident There were none; neither to life nor property They planned to bring down many yards of rock and did, perfect shot All in the days work to them but to the layman, mighty fine piece of work
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

Dr. Murray Butler declares that there is m orc man hvlng today. And now our State Department m have to make another apology because Butler was ind erect. ~
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
UNIQUE ALPHABET
SALT LAKE CITY. Mar. .l(

SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 10. (P) "A phonetic alphabet unlike that of any existing language is among the relics of the commonwealth set up in the Western desert by the Mormon pioneers.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
NO GAME TONIGHT
Hold everything men!

Hold everything mem
 Contradicting announcement in other columns of this great is- sue, Agent E. L. Sweek, of the Alaska Railroad, stated today the Anchorage Antlers must have got their horns tangled because there is no train arriving today from that famous city on the beautiful icv shores of Cook h. let. So the deal is off for 9 basketball game tonight be- twix the men with horns and the local Army cagers. But to- morrow night for 3 certainty.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
We hadn't thought of that before

r We hadnt thought of that before. Capt. Heinie Berger s2ys he expects to see much froight han1 ed out of the Port of Seward to Cook Inlet points pro- !o1no the freight rates over the Alaska Railroad % into effect. Naturally we cen see where there will be saving affected by eliminating the increased rate on .he me- The Senate committee may have had brains but 30 apparently have the common folk of Alaska,
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

Don't It get your goat after waking up in the morning feeling like million bucks, then let 20 a couple of sneezes which start the old bean aching and it the bunk? ' 10'
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

we Wonde. if many readers of OUT "Port of Miss ing Men" ponder over the untold stories hoon tbo longing for word of brother, sister or parent the hcarf-aches It's lonesome old world after all and when ones dear ones vanish; nothing but friends are left and those real friends very few To estranged ones lnne IS wonderful healer If you ever can give any information regarding missing ones answer at once
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11
OUTDOORS BEGINNING TO RECKON

The first warm days of spring are veitable challenge to leave ones town and work behind and make tracks for the open spaces-the wilderness.
 There one may recline by the side of a sparkling flowing stream and spend many an hour in the open 1r dreamless nights under the shining stars and re- capture a wonderful joy in living.
 Have you got spring fever too?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

spring garden notes:-Gangster sprays caretaker ing. f-"-''
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

Aslde from the ice, snow and glaciers, the States should also recognize Alaska by OUT socaod diph- thora :l epidemic Fo5themnore, the Nome Nugget Ed lor Y. J. LcEe ana the writer, partly to blame It seems to have started with our Bao Nenana to Nome oiphthalia epidemic stories We are now ashamed of those writings
Seward daily gateway., 1931-03-11

Old papers for sale at the Gateway office
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
HARTFORD COUNTY FAIR

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Hartford
County Fair Association was
held in Bel Air, on Jan. 18th.
The Secretary stated that
the net income for 1880 exceed
ed that of 1929 by $I155.25.
More than $4,000 was spent on
improvements to t h e Fair
Grounds, while $1,000 was paid
on a note of the Association of
long standing.
The election of directors re-
suited in the naming OF Hamil-
ton Amoss, GLADDEN. Davis, A.
G.. Ensor, D. G. Harry, Fred G.
Jones, A. H. Wilson, Malcolm
M. WOrthington, Thomas Roy
Brookes and Benjamin w.
Amoss, c. Clyde Spencer and
William M. Longley. The di-
rectors organized by electing
Hamilton Amoss, President, A.
G. Ensor, Treasurer and Thorn
as Roy Brookcs, Secretary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
w. p. MARRIOTT SHOOTS
SELF

On Sunday William P. Harriott,
of Chesapeake City went into little
office next to the hotel, which in
its day, had given him a livelihood,
add sent bullet through his brain.
He was missed from his usual
haunts about the Harriott Hotel and
an investigation led to the finding OF
his body on the floor of the little
office building to which he had
access, with the pistol by his side.
Coroner Howard w. Green called it
case of suicide and deemed an in
quest unnecessary.
Mr.. Harriott was at one time the
prosperous owner of the hotel that
bore his name.
Within recent years, the hotel bust
ness decreased, and Harriott ran
into other business reverses. About
year ago the Kent County Savings
Bank of Chestertown took over the
property.
The deceased is survived by one
son, Frank Harriott, of Chesapeake
City. His wife died severalyears
ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
FOREIGN STUDY PLAN

The proposal to extend into Ger
many the Undergraduate Foreign
Study Plan as inaugurated by the
University Of Delaware, and which
has been in successful operation in
France for eight years, has received
the endorsement of the leading col
leages and universities in this coun-
try, according to Professor George
E. Bainton, of the University of Della
ware, who for three years has been
in charge of the Foreign Study
Bureau of the University in Paris.
Professor Brinton, who returned
last week to Paris on the S. S. As
cania, has been in the United States
for four months, to confer with the
leaders of foreign language depart
ments of these universities and to
perfect arrangements for the wider
application of the Foreign Study
Plan.
Since the University of Delaware
began its plan to send undergraduate
students to France during their jun
ior year, more than three hundred
students from eighty colleges have
availed themselves of the plan. This
year there are nearly seventy stu
dents in Paris taking this course in
cultural subjects, which it is pre-
sumed will prepare for leadership in
international understanding. These
students represent thirty-five differ
ent colleges and universities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Albert w. Sharpless

Albert w. Sharpless died on
Tuesday, Jan. 81, at the Chester
County Hospital, West Chester,
from pneumonia, in the 54th
year of his age.
The deceased was a son of
Pennock E. and Anna P. Sharp
less, and was born in Delaware
county, Pa. He was associated
with his father and brothers in
the dairy products business at
Ward, Pa, until it was sold to
the Kraft Cheese Co., of Troy,
N. Y, in 1924. For time he
was located at Troy, and during
the war managed the milk con-
densing plant at Rising Sun,
Md. Since 1925 and until a
few months ago he was asso-
ciated with his brother, Austin
E. Sharpless, in the mushroom
business at Concord, Pa.
He was married twice and is
survived by a son by his first
marriage; his second wife and
one daughter. His parents also
survive, and two brothers, Aus
tin E., of West Chester. and
Casper p, of Swarthmore, Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
DROUGHT RELIEF FUND

Herbert Hoover, President of the
United States and President of the
American Red Cross, calls upon the
American people for $40, 600, 600 with
which to battle the misery that is the
aftermath Of the great drought Of
1880. This is no small calamity. 1t
| is fast developing into the most stag
gering disaster with which the
American Red Cross has ever dealt.
Twenty-one states, three times the
number involved in the Mississippi
flood of 1927, are included in the
drought area. Local chapters of the
Red Cross have given a fine account
of themselves in taking care of the
initial demands upon their resources,
Notwithstanding the blow that the
drought has inflicted upon town and
city business in addition to agricul-
ture itself. Through these chapters,
too, have been administered large
funds of the National Red Cross.
But now the bottom of the barrel is
being reached. Diminished stores
of foodstuffs have been consumed.
Local chapters have exhausted their
resources. The demand has piled
higher and higher upon the Ameri-
can Red Cross. so that at last it ha S
become necessary, as in former ma
tional disasters, to call upon the
American people for funds to carry
on the necessary relief.
In this campaign, the quota for
Cecil County is $4,000. Our chapter
has always responded generously.
Let us reach the mark this time.
Contributions may be sent to Mr..
Chas. S. Pyle, Rising Sun, who will
promptly toward them to National
Headquarters.
MRS. A. VICTOR DAVIS,
Chairman Cecil Co. Chapt.
American Red Cross.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
UNEMPLOYED ARMY CAMPS
AT ELKTON

Twenty-Five of 14O World War
veterans who marched out of Phila-
delphia Saturday, stopped over night
at Elkton on Sunday but continued
on their way to Washington to ap-
peal to President Hoover to hasten
legislation for the relief of unemploy-
ed former soldiers.
The men were quartered for the
night at the Jail. They were provid-
ed with supper at testament and
also with breakfast Monday morn
ing, and then the marchers moved
on their weary way.
1t was intended that they spend
the night in the armory, but Capt.
Russell M. George, of the local COM
pany, and Dorie Foster, the Super
intendent of the building, who have
the only keys to the building, were
out of town, so provision had to be
made at the county jail.
The party, under the leadership of
John Alfieri, of Philadelphia, Pa,
was composed of men of apparently
many nationalities and creeds.
Several negroes were in the group
and Italians and men of other for
eign born parents were present
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
Valuable Real
Estate
Estate

In the Sixth Election Dis
trict of Cecil county.
By virtue of the power con-
tanned in a mortgage from Cal
vim J. Harris and Louzana Har-
ris, his wife, to Lidie R. Tyson,
dated January 16, 1929, and re-
corded among the land records
of Cecil County in Liber S. r.
A. No. 4, folio 400, default hav-
ing occurred therein, the UNI
dersigned, assignee of said
mortgage will offer at Public
Auction at the Court House
door in Elkton, Cecil County,
Maryland, on