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The Washington times., 1931-09-03
Peoples Drug Store
En1DLOUeS on Picnic

Managers Of Peoples Drug
Stores soda fountains and several
executives Of the company are to-
day enjoying their annual picnic
at Bay Ridge, Md. The 10 young
men are playing baseball and en-
gaging in potato races, sack races
and other entertainment features
with prizes for winners.
The Washington times., 1931-09-03
GIRLS FORCED TO DRINK

ATLANTA, Sept. 3.-The grand
jury is probing charges that H.
C. Dover. 80, and Pledger Atkin-
son, %, forced 12-year-old girls to
drink a pint of whisky, threaten
ing them with violence unless
they did.
The Washington times., 1931-09-03
AbOUe-AUerage Crop
Indicated, Says u. S.

The probable production of
principal crops is now fairly well
known and yields are just about
average, according to the monthly
review of the agricultural situa-
tion by the Department of Agri-
culture.
The general market and prices
of farm products are anything
but reaSsuring," says the report.
The Washington times., 1931-09-03
U. S. EMPLOYEES PLAN TRIP

Members of Local No. 2. Fed
eral Employees Union, announced
yesterday they are sponsoring a
trip to Atlantic City on Sep
tember IL and 13.
The Washington times., 1931-09-03

Home seekers who want to establish
Themselves IN nome Of their own
will find timely home selection N
the Real Estate for Sale Columns o.
the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-03
The Weather.

For the District Of Columbia fair
and. cooler tonight: Friday. fair and
slightly warmer. gentle northwest ana
north winds. becoming variable Friday.
For Maryland fair tonight and Fri
day; cooler tonight: slightly warmer
Friday in the interior: moderate north
west and north winds. becoming gentle
variable Friday.
For Virginia generally fair tonight
md FL iday. preceded by local thunder
showers this afternoon or tonight in
extreme southeast portion: cooler to-
night; slightly warmer Friday in the
interior: fresh southwest winds. shift
ing to northprlV and diminishing to-
night.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday To-day
D. ........ S9I4 A. M.......... 70
s y m......... 73.S A. M.......... u
Midnight ..... 72INOon ........... -
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l. 1881. 4lS de-
RrAes
Excess of temperature since September
l. 1891, Is degrees.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita.-
ton, since January /. 1881. Az inches.
Deficiency OF precipitation since Sep
temher J. 1881. .lS inch.
TIDE TABLES
TOday--High tides 1850 a. M Low
tides. 6:S3 a. IN. and SIP D. IN.
TOmOrrOy--High tides. l2:lS a. m.
and 1886 u. III. Low tides. 1:l9 a. III.
and 6:5l d. IN.
THE Sun AND THE MOON
The sun rises today. 5:37 a. m.
a nd sets 6:37 u. m.
The sun rises Friday. 5;sS a. m. and
sets 6:35 d. m.
The moon rises today, S:14 D. m. and
sets 1l:43 u. IN.
The moon rises Friday. $50 D. m.
and sets l2:4S d. IN.
COMPARATINE TENDER ATHRES
The Washington times., 1931-09-03

Transportation worries can oe over
come economically through the pur
chase of good used car . one of
the many GOOD BUYS listed in to-
days Classified Section.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
ILLITERACY IN ALASKA

tabulation of censas returns for the T"'rl- tory of Alaska relative to illiteracy shows great advancement the past ten years. In 1920 lO0|4 persons over ten years of age were unable to read and write. In 1929, 9,416 persons failed to res rond to the lteracy test. The number who tall- ed were not Indians alone, but whites as we'll.
 In 1920 but 6,455 children, five years of age and over were attending Territorial schools. In 1929 despite the great falling off in population, some 9,133 were enrolled. When remembers that in the past ten years Alaska has lost more than onc-half her 1920 population, the showing is much greater.
 The greatest educational gain has been among natives.
 They have responded so ardently to our school facilities that it has kept the Bureau of Educa- ton busy building and enlarging their schools. Practically all of the younger generations read and white, and in some instance they have made remarkable scholastic records in arts and
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
man of the trap system? When your customers fail, how shall your business be supported?


With much amazement we read in The Alaska Weekly published in Seattle, a statement by J. J. Connors, Democratic leader in Juneau. that "The bureaucratic government maintained by the United States in Alaska has the effect of soaring capital which will never come in while unnecessary regulations lock up our resources, The business of our Territory could be conducted far better by private individuals under govern ment supervision and regulations. Furthermore, Alaska should have entire control of her fish and game"
 During the elections of the past few years, the party which MT. Connors so ably furthers has written diatribes against William L. Paul and "his Indian voters" for driving capital out of the territory. The fact of the matter is that this vote so often damned has been more fair in it's efforts to secure legislation that will be ben- eficial to the entire territory than those who have been so noisy in their condemnation
 It is getting so now that every time Dem ocrat opens his mouth he puts his foot In It, Sort of hoof and mouth disease But the truth will eventually cut and the right thinking A- askans will realize that they have been the Vlc- tims of bunkum platforms too many times
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
A WORD TO ALASKA BUSINESSMEN
OUR PLATFORM

Throughout the whole United States tremorS of economic evolution and revolution are being heard and felt. The effect, which is nation wide, begins with the smallest units in every state and territory. The problem of production and consumption is a problem Of the ability of the public to pay in cash through credit for the goods produced The purchasing power of the United States and Alaska is, in the main in the hands of the wage carners. In Alaska, il the fishermen, the small miners 4oggers and laborers and the Indian all stopped buying, ba> mess would immediately become bankrupt.
 During the past several years The Alaska Fish erman has opposed the fish trap system which has reduced the earning power of resident fish ermen Every trap which produces 100000 sal1n- puts out of employment 25 resident Alaskans and there is no other field Of industry to take care of this labor.
 Displacement of Alaska labor by the trap sys- tenn, and the importation of labor which is paid off in Seattle, simply reduces the buying power of Alaska labor. The greater the reduction of Alaska's buying power the greater the loss o1 business to Alaska's business men.
 While the resident fisherman is hurt, his hurt is limited to his earning power The Ala~'za business has accumulated savings invested in his business. The fishermen have lost about all they can lose. The resident business man already has lost thousands of dcllars in extend- ing credit to the fishe-men-ard further credits asked.
 And to what purpose, ask. do you business men bow down your knees tc Henry O'Malley Car of Alaska's fisheries, tho official spokes-
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
PRINCESS FLAYS
RED THEORIES
Communism Called Slavery
by Town Hall Speaker.

Declaring that communism In
Russia is only repeating autocracy,
and that the system makes a whole
nation slave to its government,
Princess Alexandra Kropotkin at
tackled the present form of govern
ment in her country in a Town Hall
series lecture at English's today at
noon.
She asserted that H. G. Wells told
her that Russia today merely is a
reproduction of Germany in the
days that Karl Marx formulated his
theories"
The princess explained that the
Marx theories of many years ago,
which are outdated and outmoded,
are ruling Russia today, as COM
munism is founded upon his dream
of complete state or government
ownership.
She declared that communism
will fail because "the theories of
Marx never took into consideration
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
YULETIDE TREE
SALES IN U. S.
Up IN MILLIONS
Every Third Family Has
One, Is Estimate of
Forest Service.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-From
five to ten million Christmas trees
are bought in the United States
eacn year, says the forest service
OF the United States department. of
agriculture. Computed on the basis
Of the number sold, every third or
fourth family in America has a
Christmas tree.
Christmas trees don't lust hap
pen at Christmas time. Their
sources are determined definitely.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.
the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts.
and the Adirondacks and the Cat
sk1lls in New York are the sources
OF supply for New York, Phila-
delphia and Boston, and even for
Baltimore and Washington.
The forests of Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota furnish the mar
kets Of Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis and the cities of the plains
states. The mountains of the west
are the source for that region.
The center Of the Christmas tree
industry lies in the big cities of the
east. New York City and the New
England states use some 100000
trees, a large proportion of the
total output. Christmas trees are
exceptionally popular in the north
as the evergreens bring back a hint
Of departed summer.
Christmas trees vary In height
from five to thirty-f1ve feet. More
apartments in cities have increased
the demand for table" trees. These
are from one to three feet high.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

we're willing to change If Europe
would disarm. This group, led by
the chairman Of the foreign rela-
tons committee, Senator William
E. Borah, would link debts with
to get real disarmament
out Of the debt-burdened, tax-suf-
fering nations across the Atlantic.
The lineup:
NOES (4s)--Republieans (2D: Bingham,
blaine, Borah, Brookhart, Capper, Cou-
zens, Davis. Dickinson, GOIdsborough,
Howell, Johnson, Jones. La Toilette. Nc
Nary. Moses. Norbeck, Norris. Nye, Reed
Robinson, SmoOt, Townsend, vGndenberg
and Watson. Democrats QS): AShurst
Bailey. Barkley, Black, Bratton, Byrnes
COnnally. Dill, Harris, Harrison. Kendrick
King. Lewis. McGill, Swanson, Walsh
Mass), Walsh MONTY and Wheeler
Farmer-Labor: Shipstead.
FAVORABLE u)-CopeIand.
DOUBTFUL (3)-Mrs. Caraway, WaIcott
and Smith.
NoN-CoMMITTAL Q)-Kean.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

balsam fir is most popular while in
the south the Fraser fir is used
most.
In the Rocky Mountain states,
Douglas fir and the Colorado Blue
and Englemann spruces are used.
The Pacific coast demand is chiefly
supplied with Douglas fir, hemlock,
ard white fir. Black and red spruces
are common in the New England
and Middle Atlantic states.
Nursery-grown Norway spruce
trees are sold locally in Illinois, In
diana and Ohio. Throughout Mary
land, Virginia, and in the District
Of Columbia, the scrub pine is much
used as a Christmas tree. Red cedar
also is used often Californians
sometimes use the incense cedar and
the redwood.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press stan Correspondent

(Copyright. 1881. BY United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Sen-
ators of all hues, Republicans and
Democrats, progressives and con-
servatives, are Of nearly one mind
on debt cancellation. They are
against it.
Half of the ninety-six senators
were polled Unfortunately by the
United Press today for a cross
section view on the question:
do you favor debt cancellations"
The replies showed:
43 noes.
favorable.
doubtful.
l noncOmmittal.
The decisive result virtually was
a senatorial shout of no" but the
explanatory answers revealed there
is strong belief among senators
that reduction and possibly cancel
lation is possibility whether they
want it or not.
Half dozen senators who were
against cancellation emphatically
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

Trees four to seven feet high are
leaders in sales.
Short-jointed, Stocky trees are
most sought. Prices run from 25
cents to SIS each, with some selling
as high as $35. These are city mar
ket prices. Trees sold in the city for
Is cents often bring only S cents on
the farm and $1.50 trees in the mar
ket may have sold originally for as
little as IS cents, the forest service
says.
The fir is most popular for Christ
mas trees, especially in the north
eastern and Lake states, because Of
its long, springy branches, which are
deep green, fragrant, and long-last-
ing.
Next to the fir come spruces,
hemlock, pines, and cedars. In the
northeastern and Lake states the
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

the intelligence Of agricultural peo-
pie"
THE stamp of inhumanity is
upon everything that communism
does" she declared, maintaining
that communism took Russia as ex-
perimental ground and that the
party intends to try to embrace
the world with its theories.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
PEN FOR SMALL THEFT
Colorado Man Gets 1-2 Years for
Stealing Tobacco, Pliers.
Bv United Press

By United Press
PUEBLO, Colo, Nov. 20.-Earl
Jackson must serve from one to two
years Of his life in the state peni-
tentiary-and all for the theft of
can of tobacco and pair Of pliers.
jackson was convicted of having
stolen the tobacco and pliers from
the home Of j. E. Moore.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
CANCEL DEBTS?
NO. THUNDERS
u. S. SENATE
Halt of Members Firmly
Agai nSt Further Aid to
Foreign Nations.

Foreign debt reduction, possibly
cancellation, has been brought
sharply to the fore as an issue in
the seventy-second congress in the
wake of President Hoover's one
year moratorium and his foreign
affairs message. The United Press
has made an exclusive poll of half
the membership of the senate on
the subject of cancellation. The
result Of that poll is presented
herewith.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11
Copperhead in Man Box

BIZ United Press
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Nov. 90
Frank Schofer, rural mail carrier,
opened a mail box along his route,
to find a copperhead snake, about
nine inches long, in possession.
Schofer killed the snake with a
stick.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

POUNDING GAP, Va, Nov. 90
The Baylor Company here has
shipped to New Jersey a steer
weighing exactly one ton.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-11

Holland, only some $4,000 square
miles in itself, possesses a colonial
empire seventy times as large.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-14

NAME O'HOWLS
The Pathfinder: o. Graves is the
coroner of Gibson county, Ind.
An author named Grub has writ
ten a book on the potato.
The National Association Of Broad
casters is headed by Walter J. Dam
of Milwaukee.
Sam Roundtree is a member Of the
Idaho forestry service.
The superintendent Of the Bagdad
Land g. Lumber company at Bagdad,
Fla. is Mr.. Work, while the assistant
Is MI. Sweat.
A plumbing company specializing In
faucets is located on Drops ST., Kan
saS City.
Prohibition officers recently raided
a huge moonshine still on the Brandy
branch in West Florida.
I. B. Human, NJ. D., Is sign at
Jonesboro. Ark.
/ According to the Baltimore Amer
lean. the Treator-Ruf wedding took
place there recently.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch reports
Mrs. Stella Ice suing DR.. Ralph Ice
for too much cold shoulder.
If the lawyer insults the witness
and the Judge who ~tolerates 1t Is as
mean as the lawyer. what Of those
who respect the judge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-14
NOW YOU TELL ONE
WAIT FOR THE CRASH

Detroit News: Two German pro-
fessors are established on top Of a
mountain in Switzerland for the pur-
pose Of splitting an atom.
Many have tried to split an atom
before now and made a fizzle Of it.
But the preparations this time are
elaborate, and the atom has no
chance. The professors have planted
powerful and intricate machines all
over the mountain top. With these
they expect to trap a lightning bolt.
extract from it 5000, 900 volts of cleo
tricity $4,000, 900 being the most OBJ
tainable from any man-made gener-
ating plant) and direct them into a
tube. At the bottom of the tube. II
everything works out right, will lie an
atom, defenseless and unsuspecting.
The volts will strike it and it will
split. You can bet your life it will.
You would yourself.
The only step involving any un-
certainty is the process Of getting the
atom into the tube in the first place
RLCIUS are pIclby SllS, especially eAlooe
Of the Swiss mountain species. But
the professors are confident they car
lure one in with a piece of cheese and
then suddenly close the door be-
hind 1t.
Correct this sentence: I'm glad
my husbands stenographer is young
good-looking and pleasant said she;
for a man always works better in
congenial surroundings"
An old times is one who can re.
member when the hard luck stuff wa:
used as a substitute for school tablets
instead of fuel.
Other people are worse off thar
you is poor consolation. Knowing
another man has pneumonia doesn't
make your own head cold one whit
less painful.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-14

An old times is one who a re.
member when the hard luck stuff wa:
used as a substitute for school tablets
instead of fuel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-14
THE SIGNS

Papa, it says in this book: The
woman sobbed, tore her hair, beat her
breast and tainted What does that
mean?"
THAT she wanted a new fur coat,
my son."-Kasper, Stockholm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
B. & 0. lawyer DIES.
/, OF HEART ATTACK.
Hunter Boyd, Jr., Son OF For
mer Chief Justice of Mary
lands Appeals Court.

~ She Associated Press,
BALTIMORE Md. February IL
Haater Boyd, jr.. general attorney for
che Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, died
today at Johns Hopkins Hospital where
he had been taken after a heart attack.
Mr.. Boyd. 81 years old, bachelor,
WaS the son az the late Chief Justice
Eoy5 Of the Maryland Court Of Appeals.
Born in Cumberland, he was graduated
from Princeton University in 1900.
where he made brilliant record as
student and athlete,
After his graduation in 1902 from the
University OF Maryland Law School, he
practice6 law for several years before
loininS the leSal staff Of the Baltimore
a. Ohio in 1907,
Mr.. Boyd is survived by his mother,
NrS. Bessie NJ. ThulSton Boyd Of Gum
psxiAfN.. ard a brother J. Thruston
EoVd. Cumberland. The body will be
taken TO Cumberland tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

nounced yesterday by Chairman Norris
Of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
appointed TO select the Senate's legal stan
in this case, which involves an entirely
new principle-the right Of the Senate
to reconsider the nomination of an on
cial who already has been sworn into
once.
Davis and Groesbeck are expected
here early next month to institute the
proceedings.
Mr.. Groesbeck for years has main
Detroit and has appeared here before
the Supreme Court.
Members of the Judiciary Subcom-
mittee said that with the selection of
Davis and Groesbeck It was felt that
the Senate would have the best legal
talent available for this case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
PEN GIFT TO WRIGHT
Originator of Pupils Fare Plan
Gets Keepsake of Bills Signing.

The pen with which President Hoover
yesterday signed the bill providing for
a maximum carfare of cents for school
children in the District has been pre-
scented to j. G. Wright, teacher in the
Cardozo High School. who has been
credited with originating the reduced
fare plan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Oreg., February 20
Samuel Hill. "a, friend of royalty and
internationally known railroad builder.
is dead, He Succumbed here last night
after an lS-day fight against intestinal
Influenza.
His illness developed suddenly Febru-
airy Q, while he was en- route TO Salem,
Greg, to discuss good roads before the
State Legislature. Last week he under
went an operation but he failed to rally.
His son, James Nathan Hill. was called
here from his home in washington,
D. c.
Besides his son, Hill is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Hill, the Oldest daugh-
ter of the late James J. Hill, the En-
pire Builder"
The body will lie in State here this
afternoon. Funeral services ana crema-
ton will be in Seattle. An urn, con-
tanning the ashes, will be taken to
Maryhill, lonely castle Hill had erected
on Washington Cliff, overlooking the
Columbia Piver.
Hill was known to many European
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
ACTION PLAYGROUND
ENDORSED BY CITIZENS
Randle Highlands Association Also
Approves Addition to Orr
School.

Endorsement of the action taken by
the Stanton Park Citizens Association
seeking rehabilitation of the Plaza
Playground was given in resolution
adopted by the Randle Highlands Citi-
zens' Association Wednesday night. It
was pointed out that with the aban-
donment of the Plaza Playground, the
Rosedale Playground, Seventeenth and
Gales streets northeast, was doubly
taxed.
Favorable action also was taken on
addition of four rooms to the Orr
School. The proposed addition would
occupy the school playground.
A committee composed of G. A. Bar
ker, Killiam Gath and Henry Martin
was appointed to plan for the associa-
tons participation in the George Wash
ington Bicentennial celebration. j. w.
Gibson, president of the association,
presided at the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
GIRL SCOUTS WILL PLAN
FOR ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Organization Meeting Set for To-
night-A11 Members of Cast to
Attend-Fete Set in April.

Girl Scouts will organize tonight at
the Carlton Hotel to prepare for their
Spring spectacle, THE Festival of
Nations" to be held at Constitution
Hall for q week at cherry blossom time,
April 81 to May 2.
Among those to attend will be the
300 members of the cast, including
dancers and singers; members of the
production staff. headed by Chalmers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

rulers and statesmen. Queen Marie OF
Rumania, to whom he was host when
she toured the United States several
years ago, called him "a great builder
and dreamer"
IL was he who sent Samuel Lancaster,
engineer, to Europe to study that the
Columbia River highway might be en-
rineered along the lines of the most
beautiful continental roads. At the time
of his death he was looking forward to
an extension of the Pacific highway into
Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
PLAN FOR REVOLT DENIED
BY URUGUAYAN OFFICIALS
Outbreak Reported Scheduled for
Sunday With Inauguration of
DR.. Terra as President.

ny the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, February
27.-ReportS that revolution was i'm
pending in Uruguay, scheduled to
break Sunday with the Inauguration of
DR.. Gabriel Terra as president. were
denied last night in political circles.
The Minister of the Interior tele-
graphed to chiefs of police in the de-
partments of Tacuarembo, Rivera,
Cerro Largo and Treintitres. ordering
an investigation into certain alleged
revolutionary groups.
Government circles asserted that no
troop movements had been ordered nor
had any soldiers been confined to their
barracks in preparation for trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
GROESBECK CHOSEN
ON SENATE CASE
Michigan Ex-Governor to Aid John
w. Davis, Prosecuting Power
Chairman Custer.

Alex J. Groesbeck, former Governor
of Michigan, will aid John w. Davis in
prosecuting the Senate custer action
directed against DR.. George Otis Smith
chairman of the Federal Power Com
mission.
The selection Of Groesbeck was an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27
Train Bandits Executed.

PUERTO. Mexico. February n (P.-
Troops pursuing bandits. who yester-
day killed three railroad empbyes near
here, last night captured two OF the
marauders and executed them. dispers-
ing their companions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

The Queens Own Cameron Highland
ers from Scotland will play at the Brit
ish Empire exhibition at Buenos Aires,
Argentina, and their repertoire will In
clude the national airs of all South
American countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-27

B. Fithian; promotion captains and
junior captains, headed by Mrs. Helen
Ray Hagner, and Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty, representing the executive
committee in charge of the festival.