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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-28
BIRTHDAY P.-RTY
FOR X l.

Mrs. I. ". jolly of Harlingen vas
entertained Monday afternoon with
a birthday party by her daught II.
Mrs. I. V. jolly, Jr, at her home on
North Bonham.
A few intimate friends OF the hon.
Gree we're present for the info-L.al
tea and visit.
Mrs. jolly is the wife Of the Re-
verand MIR. Jolly. formerly pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church scre.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-28
PERSONALS

Mrs. Mona Dawson is reported TO
be resting well following an opera
ton al the Valley Baptist Hospital
Sunday for appendicitis.
A. r. Craddock has gone TO AZ
.anta, Ga. Charlottesville. Va. ard
Washington, ID. c. on business. He
expects TO be gone about ten days.
Mrs. Eddie Burlington is resting
well following an operation which
she underwent at the Mercy Hospi-
tai in Brownsville on Saturday.
A. q. Brown. Arthur Cowden and
daughter. Marion. left Saturday by
automobile for Bolton where they
will attend the graduation Of Miss
Alberta Brown, Mr.. Browns daugh-
ter. from Baylor College. On their
return trip they will visit in Austin
and San Antonio.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Craddock have
as their guest their daughter, Mrs.
A. P. Mcdaniel of Hebbronville. Mrs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-28
LOVELY COMPLIMENT
PAID MOTHER

Complimentary to her mother.
Mrs. Houston Tissier. Mrs. B M
Strong entertained a number OF
friends with a sewing party on Fri
day afternoon, at her home on East
Tenth Street.
About twenty matrons enjoyed the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-28
GUEST FROM X
is

Honoring Mrs. A. NJ. A. Picker,
OF South Dakota. a guest IN the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Roy
Conway, Mrs. z. p. Congdon enter
tanned with an afternoon tea at
her home Monday afternoon. About
Is guests were present.
Happy conversation and anec-
dotes passed the hours all too
quickly. and after the serving of a
delicious salad course each guest
wendell her way homeward, with
anticipations Of meeting with the
guests Of honor again.
Mrs. Pickler was a co-worker with
and a personal friend Of Miss Fran
ces willard. Susan B. Anthony and
other women Of Washington in the
DAYS OF yore. Mrs. Pickler's huS-
band, Major Pickler was n OF
South Dakota's members Of con-
gress when she first donned state
hood.
Mrs. Picker plans on leaving for
her South Dakota home the first
Of the week.
Those present included Mes
danes Picker. r. p. Conway. Her
bert Jeffries. It. r. Burnett, NJ. f.
Armstrong. J.. A. Gillett. B. M
Strong. Houston TSsier. Florence
M. Hayes It. B. Summons. T. M.
Melden. Edward Oppenheimer,
George Agnew. Marvin Goodwin. A.
Z. Wood Nell Dawson. w. A. Wow
erton and Miss Grace Kepford.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-28

with a buffet supper and dance a:
her country home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-18
M RUNYAN SAYS

Most dream girls turn out to be
Nightmares.
Proof that the world is getting bet
ter and wiser is found in the statistics
that prove fewer people are now try
ing to light matches with their fling
ernails than ever before.
Many a perfect SO today is also an
expert with a SO.
A ski meet is usually governed by
slide rules.
One thing this country needs is
flapper ribs that will give more when
the car is going around a curve.
A bank examiner is n who locks
the door after things become un-
stable.-The Pathfinder.
Grace-How is Henry at bridge7
Pearl-Oh, he makes a perfect
dummy.
The strain the treasury can stand
to provide money for doughboys de-
Ponds largely on whether their job is
finished.
She says she thinks she could
learn to love me-"
Yet you do not look happy"
1T is going to be expensive. Had
her to the theater last night, with a
little supper afterward. The first
lesson cost me $25."
Mahoney Il hear Jake is in the
hospital.
Baloney-Yes. he got caught In the
rain and tried to economic by not
taxing a taxi. Now he's got pneu-
monia.
Mahoney-And Joe is in the hos
pital too.
Baloney-Yes. he took a taxi.-The
Pathfinder.
Mr.. Hoover's case just proves that
training as an engineer doesn't help
much in running peanut politicians.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-18
NOW o TELL ONE

Mrs. La De Dahda - Such an ex-
quisite gown! How much is it?
Clerk-Fifty dollars.
Mrs. La De Dahda - It's exactly
what I have been looking for, I be-
lieve I'll take it, although the price
Clerk-Pardon me. madam, I have
made a mistake-this is marked SIS
instead of $50.
Mrs. La De Dahda - Oh, Il see.
Well, the gown doesn't suit me. Show
me something better.
"You say he's a hold-up ma and
still his business is legitimate?"
"Oh, sure-he's a button manufac-
turer."-The Pathfinder.
Teacher-What Is 1t that comes in
like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
Observation-Disclosures he brings
home his pay envelope.
Movie Patron-I wish to report that
this usher has insulted me.
Theater Manager-Very we'll, sir,
III have him court-martialed under
the 05th Article of War for conduct
unbecoming an officer.-The Path
finder.
BRADDOCK NEWS
The choir will practice at the Peter
son home next Friday evening.
There will be a business meeting
at the church Wednesday evening,
March IS. at 8 o'clock. All members
of the congregation are urged to be
present.
japanese legislators are hurting
inkWellS at one another. which shows
the danger OF having no cuss words
in a language.
Il car leave my maid alone In the
house all day and know exactly what
she will be doing until I get back"
"What?"
"Nothing."-The Pathfinder.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
ACTRESS Silent
FROM FEAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (I.N.Sl.
81 don't know, 1 tell you! l
don't know! There were four
of them. They said they'd put
me on the spot If / talked.
don't want to sign a com
plant. Twenty-Five thousand
dOIIars-what's that? My life
is worth more to me than
that"
Thus, hysterical, Lita Grey
Chaplin, divorced wife of Charlie
Chaplin, picture star, met police
at the door of her hotel suite
here early today after being kid
naped in her own car and robbed
of jewelry valued at $25, 900.
Fighter is Kidnapped
Kidnapped with her was Georges
Carpenter, one.tifne contender
for the worlds heavyweight
championship. >
The kidnapping took place in
sight Of nearly a hundred people
who had gathered to see Mrs.
Chaplin and Mr. Carpenter leave
the theater, where Mrs. Chaplin
has been appearing in vaudeville.
Mrs. Chaplin and Mr.. Carpen-
tier emerged from the stage door
of the theater. Mrs. Chaplin's s
car was waiting at the curb with
the chauffeur at the wheel.
Mr.. Carpenter handed Mrs.
Ncontinusd on Page, ?, Col 50
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
[ANGDON FACES
RUM ACTION

United States Commissioner
Needham C. Turnage today ad-
mitted that police informed him
last Saturday that they were
suspicious that there was a still
in the basement of the home of
PatrOIman Robert F. LangdOn,
but explained that he was power
less to issue a search warrant.
Sergt. John Flaherty, of the
homicide squad, discovered the
locked room in the basement
where the two stills and liquor
were found yesterday. Looking
through the door he saw barrels
and his suspicious were aroused.
He reported the matter to Com
missioner Turnage, who declared
that in the case of a still in a
private house it is necessary that
evidence Of a sale must be fur
nished before a warrant can be
issued.
Seizure Held Legal
Commenting on the seizure of
the stills, mash and whisky yes
terday, the commissioner declared
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
CONF PANIONATE
MARRIAGE HIT
BY POPE Plus
Pontiff's EncycIicaI AssaiIs
Birth Control; Letter Also
Deals With Mixed-W Weddings

ROME, Jan. 8. Q.N.S3.-A
stern warning to the Christian
world to take heed of its mad
pace and turn back into the
paths of divine law was pro-
nounced today by Pope Plus XII
in his eagerly awaited encyclical
on marriage.
The document, explaining with
evident regret that since even
among the faithful perniciOus
mistakes were being made and
''depraved and perverted customs
acquired" said the Vatican
deemed il necessary to raise its
voice to warn its fIOcks away
from these poisoned pastures.
Hits Birth Control
The encychcal in its entirety
harks back to the flIndalncn cntaI
marriage law elabOrately put
forth in the encyclicaI OF -
XIII, which refuteS divorce and
emphasizes that only by CON
thence within the married staAe
can families be limited without
.tranSgressing the divine law.
Continuing into the second
part of the encyclical, the Pope
bitterly attacked modern marital
theories, cauStically observing that
some people have even gone so
far as to invent new forms of
a temporary union called COM
panionate marriage which is
nothing less than free love-"
Pope Plus XI'S encyclical is in
three parts. The indissolubility
of divine marriage Is affirmed
in the first part; the second
deals with crimes against Chris
tian marriages, and the third is
devoted largely to a remedy Of
the defects as viewed by the
Pontiff.
Reiterating in no uncertain
terms that marriage was insti-
tuted by God as indissoluble, the
document issued by his holiness
said:
"Christ having said, whoever
repudiates his wife and takes
another commits adultery just
so those who take woman re-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
TO HAND.
IT ALONG To
CONGRESS
Wickersham Group to Oppose
Modification and Suggest
Methods to Check Abuses

A divided report, with the ma
jority in agreement only upon
the less controversial aspects OF
prohibition-this is the package
the Wickersharn law enforcement
commission will deposit on Presi-
dent Hoover's doorstep in the
near future, according to all in
6icationS today.
The prohibition phase of the
commissions work is about COM
pleted after 19 months of labori-
ous effort and much battling be-
hind closed doors,
Can Go No Farther
But completion in this case
does not mean agreement. 1t
means the EonniniS SSioneTs do, not
believe they can go any farther
toward onciliation Of diver.
gent views.
Neither the vets nor the drys
win be able to extract much real
satisfaction from the cOmKnis-
siOn,s conclusions, according. to
seemingly reliable reports.
The drys,. however, probably
will like it better than the vets,
Tor it is understood the commits
sion viii not propose any drastic
modification of either the 18th
Amendment or the Volstead act,
but will recommend further trial
Of both.
What comfort the vets can
extract from it viii have tc be
found i'm the Recommendations
for the correction of abuses.
Congress to Get 1t Promptly
Heretofore, it has been under.
stood President Hoover would not
Immediately transmit the report
to Congress. There has been a
change in White House policy in
this respect, however, for it is
now authoritatively stated that
Mr.. Hoover plans to keep the
report on his desk only long
enough to read it and prepare a
covering message for it's sub
mission to Congress.
Three avenues are open to Mr..
Hoover in his communication of
the report to Congress:
A message Of approval Of the
findings Of the majority.
"A message Of GlisapprOval.
Merely q formal letter of trans.
initial, taking no position.
The expectation is that the
President will approve the find.
ings of the majority.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
2 Men and Boy Killed
In Wreck of Plane

MARSHALL, Texas, Jan. 8
QN.S0 0.-Wreckage of the plane
which carried two aviators and
a boy passenger to their deaths
west Of here was subjected to
examination by authorities today
in an effort to locate the cause
of the plunge.
The dead were: Pilots Erret
williams and Arthur G. Brown,
both of New orleans, and Robert
wilson, II years old, OF Fort
Worth, Texas.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08

UP 88"H0IJRS

Ell CENTRIC, Calf, Jan. 8
QN.S0.- .-Aloft 88 hours 80 min
utes at z a. M, the endurance
plane Lady Rolph, with Bobby
Trout and Edna May Cooper pre-
pared to return today to Los An
geles after passing the night over
the municipal airport here to
avoid the rainstorm at Los An
geles.
A refuling contact vas made
over El Centre at 6:45 o'clock this
morning. ''.'~''
The refuling crew said the two
aviatrixes were in good condition
and not showing any strain.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Magistrate Quizzed
In Vice Ring In0uiru

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 dN.S0.
The procession of women claim
ing to have been framed" by
the vice ring operating in the
magistrates courts was resumed
before Referee Samuel Seabury
today, with Magistrate Jesse Sill
herman the announced target of
investigation.
Judge Silberman himself, it was
stated, would be called to the
stand, along with John C. Wes-
ton. the former prosecutor in
Jetsserson Market Women's Court.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
.Gltscher's Sells
Noted Restaurant

Rauscher's will continue its 30
year-old catering business at 1901
Connecticut Ave. N. W., Joseph
Fisher, manager, has announced,
but the noted restaurant on the
second floor has been sold to
Mrs. John r. Williams and is
now operated as Pierre's, with
Henri Senior as manager.
Francis May, former manager
of the restaurant, will continue
with Rauscher's as assistant to
Mr.. Fisher
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
HOOVER STANDS
BEHIND POWER
BOARD CHIEF
President to Reject Senate
Request That Nomination
Of Smith Be Referred Back

President Hoover win reject the
impending request Of the Senate
for return Of the nomination of
George Otis Smith. recently con-
firmed chairman Of the new Fed
eral Power Commission, 1t was
learned today on highest author
lity.
The President has been in
formed that the Senate has no
power to compel the return Of
Smiths nomination, since the new
chairman Is commissioned, and III
office.
The first round in the contro
.versy over Smith, involving ! con
stitutional issue never raised Sc.
fore, viii terminate With the
chairman rensasning III ael
But this first round verdict wiiI
not end The controversy.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
House Bans Report
On Shoals Operation

Representative Tilson of Con-
neticut. Republican leader in the
House, told President Hoover to-
day that the House would reject
the conference report reached be-
tween the Senate and the House
on legislation regulating the oper-
ations of the Muscle Shoals power
site.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
ReUOLt Victim Will
Get Honor Guard

COLON, Panama, Jan. 8
UN.S0.-The body of Hartnell
F. Ayers, former American news
paper correspondent, who died
from stray bullet wounds received
during the recent Panama revolu-
tion, will be sent to Atlanta by
way of New Orleans aboard the
S. s. Atlantida Saturday, accord
ing to plans completed today.
DIR. Harmodio Arias, provisional
president, announced he would
supply a guard of honor to escort
the body to the ship.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
LIST IS
CALLED To
TESTIFY
At QUIZ
Subpoenaed to Appear at
1890 Tomorrow to Tell
What They Know Of Murder

uvttob bIIOy NIIV" W "N' wv
The following Witnesses
have been subpoenaed to ap-
pear at an inquest into the
death Of Beulah Limerick at
the District Morgue tomorrow
morning at 11:30 o'clock:
DIR. A. M. Macdonald, deputy
coroner.
DR.. Lyman Greene, an inferno
at Casualty Hospital.
Detective Sergeant Fred Sand
berg, of the Police Identification
Bureau.
Ira M. GuIIicksOn, Of the Fifth
precinct; Pvts. r. s.. Eubanks, J.
ID. Bennett and B. r.. White all Of
the Fifth precinct.
Lieut.. J. C. Kefauver and Sher-
wood b. Perry, Of the Fire Rescue
Squad.
Detective Sergeants John Fla
herty, Joseph WaldrOn, Thomas
Sweeney and Carlton Talley.
Julia Bywaters and Earl Reed.
Of 116 North Carolina Ave. s. e.
Walter Beck, private Of the Fifth
precinct.
MRS. Dora Limerick, Of lie
North Carolina Ave. s. T.; Mar.
ION Ashford, 327 Allison st. m.
WI. Mrs. Ethel Annadale, 2412
F0urth 81. N. H.; Mrs. Pearl
RaNfnn 048 "A St. 8. r.; Martlaa
449 LuraS PI N. wv.
jan Dudley A01laE 500
Tenth s. E.
Alfred Paddy, 2S5 Fourteenth
st. N. E.; Carl Anderson, Of the
Maryland Courts Apartment, an
employc Of Deals undertaking es.
tabIishment.
Robert wilhelm. 339 Webster st.
N. w., also an employe of DeaIs
undertaking firm.
Fred Buryne, and Private VIII.
liam b. Saterwaite of the Fifth
Precinct; David Limerick, brother
Of the slain girl, of 116 North
Carolina Ave. s. E.
william Limerick, another
brother, of 11O8 Owen Pl. N. E.;
Robert Lee Merchant, 5O4 Cam
erOn st., Alexandria, Va.
Lieut.. r.. HI. Mansfield, Of Fifth
Precinct; Sergt. Robert Pierce,
Francis G. PilkertOn.
Joseph M. Bel, David M.
Thompson and Roy v. Wolfe, all
of the Fifth Precinct.
Louis Calvert, an empIOye at
Bland's lunchrOOm at 1414 Four.
teenth st. N. E.; Sigfriede
MichiIes, 1916 Hobart st. N. w.
Sam FriedIander, 1873 Nine
teenth st. s. E.
Lieut.. John HI. Fowler, of the
Tenth Precinct; Sergt. Thomas
Mcnamara, of the Traffic Bu-
reau; Edwin r.. Donaldson, Of
S21 Sheridan ri. N. w.
Mary Griffith, 2S5 Fourteenth
st. N. e.
Mrs. Robert F. LangdOn, 1852
Oates st. N. E.
Capt. Edward J. Kelly, chief
Of the homicide squad.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Strand ed Freighter
Breaks Up on Shoals

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 QN.S0
Salvage operations were to con-
tinue today on the Freighter Will
liam N. Page, caught between
two sandbars off the Long Island
Coast. Efforts to float the ship
have proved fruitleSS.
An effort to float the vessel
after it is lightened will be made,
possibly during the. day. The
crew of 81 men remained on
board and the ships officers said
the boat was in no immediate
danger of breaking up.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Sugar Cane Losses
Laid to Cuban Plot

HAVANA, Jan. B Q.N.S0.-De-
Struction of millions of pounds
OF sugar cane by flames has
caused military authorities to
take action against this alleged
arson, charged against those
anxious to limit sugar output and
to discredit the administration of
President Machado.
. Sugar cane grinding season
opens next week. ~.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Cartoon Quotation False,
Say Smith and Rdskob

letter received today by John D.
Long, secretary to Senator Blease
Of South Carolina declared:
''The quotation attributed to
me in the cartoon used against
Senator Norris has been manu-
factured. / never made any
(csntinusd on Pass 2. Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
ShOddy Contractors
Sentenced In France

PARIS, Jan. 8 U.N.S). - Sus-
pended sentences Of two years in
prison were meted out to two Paris
contractors for defective work in
constructing aircraft defense posts
near Paris.
Military engineers testified the
specified constructed parts we're
worthless.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Accused of Staying
His Wife and RiDaL

Los ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 8
-Q.N.S.0 Charged with, Staying
Mrs, Frank Hugo and Louis
White, Frank Hugo, the woman'S
husband, and John Duca, his
nephew, will have their prelimin-
.ary hearing January Is.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
TrOtsky Permitted
To Sneak in NOrIUGy

OSLO, Jan. 8 (I.N.S0 The
Norwegian government has
granted permission to Leon
Trotsky, deposed Soviet leader, to
enter the country and lecture to
certain student organizations for
eight days.
His passport specifies that he
must re-enter Turkey, where he
now resides, after that period.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
Chicago Grand Jury
Starts Crime Probe

CHICAGO, Jan. 8 QN.S0-
Summoned to investigate the
alliance of police, politicians and
organized underworld the special
grand jury today swung into
action.
One of the first things that
will be shown the jurors, accord
ing to prosecutors, is the asserted
method used by the AlphonSe
Capone combine to transfer
policemen who stood in their
The Washington times., 1931-01-08

Statements attributed TO Alfred
E. Smith, former Democratic
presidential candidate, in tn e
literature distributed by Robert
III. Lucas in an effort to defeat
Senator Norris in Nebraska, we're
branded as utterly false today by
the New York leader.
Former Governor Smith, IN q
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
S Die as Norwegian
MOtOrShiD Is Sunk

MANILA, Jan. 8 (IN.S).-The
Norwegian Motorship Tricolor
sank off Colombo Monday with
the loss Of six lives, including
Capt. Arthur Void, according to
the vessels local agents.
Survivors were transferred to
the Steamer Porthos, en- route
to Singapore. Details of the dis
aSter were lacking.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury statement as Of jan
nary S: Treasury balance, $273,-
612,6S1 .85; Expenditures, $10,311,-
949.76; Customs receipts, 1884,
1858 SO.
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
PhiL0. Golf
Pro, PrOUes to Be
A Publicity Hunter

What appeared to be one Of
the best clues police have had 50
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-01-08
THE WEATHER

Inereasins elOudiness followed by snow or
rain this afternoon night. Temperature yss-
terday--Highes 40s~ lowest, 81.
Full Weather Report on Page
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-27
NO COLOR Line
AT AMERICAN
LEGION MEET

DETROIT, Mich. = There will be
no color line here when the Ameri-
can Legion meets in convention in
this city September 10 to 26, it was
announced this week.
At special meeting of the hous-
ing and entertainment committee, in
Guiding representatives from all posts
in Wayne County, Herbert White. at
tornes, commander of the Tom Phil
lips Post, was informed that colored
delegates would he received at any
downtown hotel and all DICTIONARIES
would have the same privileges to
any event given by the convention
committee.
Officials of the Tom Phillips and
Charles Young posts declare that ac-
commodations have been made for
$500 or more delegates and visitors
in private homes and hotels. Legion
headquarters will be located in the
Fort Wayne Hotel, white. downtown.
Charles Young Post has 235 men,
bers, with the only colored drum and
bugle corp in Michigan. There are
80 white posts in Wayne County with
thousands of members. 1t is. esti-
mated that there are 1900 colored
ex-service men in Detroit. with only
about 400 enrolled in the two posts
hprp
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-08-27
What's the Secret?

The War Departm emit denied this
week that it planned mastering out
the four colored combat regiments
organized as part of the regular
army by an act of Congress lust af-
der the Civil War.
Nevertheless, strangely worded'
order concerning enlistments and re-
placements was sent out on July 2
affecting these four regiments and
also the colored detachments located
al Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Fort Humph-
reys, Virginia: 8th Corps Area Head.
quarters, Fort Benning, Georgia;
Fort Huschuca. Arizona: Camp Set
tie, Arizona: Camp Jones, Arizona,
and West Point, New York.
In addition the order bore these
suggestive words - FOREGOING
NOT FOR PRESS RELEASE"
If the order is not discriminatory
why the request for secrecy? Why
couldn't it have the same publicity
as usual regular army orders?