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The Washington times., 1931-08-07
NelO Jumping Arena
Ready at Fort Myer

A horse show jumping arena,
modelled after that at the Inter
national Show grounds in Olym-
pia, London, has been completed
for Army use at Fort Myer, Va.
Col. Harry N. Cootes. command
ing officer. believes the arena is
one Of the most complete in the
service. Arrangements have been
made by the Fort Myer jumping
team to use it as a training
ground in preparation for the
Warrenton and Rochester horse
shows.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Lindbergh and Wife
Hope to Resume
Tokyo Flight Today

AKLAVIK, NORTHWEST TER
RTTORY, Aug. Z QN.S).-Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
were to continue today on their
vacation flight to Tokyo, weather
permitting.
If possible, it appeared today,
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh will
hop to Icy Cape, where the United
States coast guard cutter, North
land, blocked by fog and ice, holds
the gas intended for the Lindbergh
plane.
The cutter was to have pro-
ceeded to Point Barrow, but will
not be able to get through under
present difficulties. Icy Cape is
160 miles south and west Of the
point. If the Lindberghs take on
fuel directly from the ship, they
viii land in an ice lane near the
vessel.
Another route the Lone Eagle
and his wife might follow is that
over central Alaska, direct to
Nome, which is the hopping-off
place for the Orient.
Instead of making this flight
without intermission, the couple,
If they chose, might land at Fair
banks on the Tanana River.
Practically all Of northwestern
Alaska today was blanketed by
fog of varying thickness. In
many places there was a driZzling
rain, driven by wind.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
LOVERS LANE
DEATH HELD
SUICIDE
Son Identifies Body As His
Mother After Father Fails;
Tried to Take Life Before

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 7
1N.S0.-Suicide by drowning was
the official verdict today Of in.
vestigators into the death of Mrs.
Mary Wismewski, mother Of two
children. whose bruised body was
found in Turner's Pond, off Low.
erS' Lane"
Her husband, zygmond Wis.
mewski. said his wife had been in
pc or health for some time end
had tried four other times to take
her life.
Body Is Battered
Identification of the woman was
made after scores had viewed the
body. The husband was unable
to identify the body, so badly
was it battered.
He saw . diamond ring which
had been taken from her finger
and asked for q second look at
the woman, this time calling in
his son, AlphOnse. The boy said
it was his mother and rushed
from the room weeping.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Liquor Charge Holds
Man In Marlboro

Charged with illegal possession
and sale of intoxicating liquor,
James Greene. of Camp Springs,
Md, was lodged in the Jail at
Upper Marlboro yesterday, in de-
fault Of $1,000 bond set by United
States Commissioner j. Frank
Parran.
Greene was arrested on a
warrant served by United States
Deputy Marshall E. w. Shocks,
after Federal prohibition agents
had complained of his alleged
activities.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Robbins and Jones
Reach Edmonton on
AL1Sk1-TerOS Hop

EDMONTON. Alta, Aug. Z
1.N.S0.-The Fort Worth. carry.
ing Reginald L. Robbins and
Harold s. Jones on a nonstop
flight from Fairbanks. Alaska, 70
Fort Worth, Tex, reached Edmon-
ton today.
The Fort Worth's refuelling
plane, piloted by James Mattern
and Nick Greener, Immediately
made plans to make contact
with the Fort Worth. The Fort
Worth took off from Fairbanks
at 10 o'clock last night.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
OIL AS FUEL
IS CALLED .
SUCCESS
BackerS Of Trail Blazer
Point to It as Triumph;
Lindy Waits on Weather
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mail and passenger planes in
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Illinois for several years. has been
selected as the pilot Of the second
craft. which probably will take
off shortly after Cramer lands at
Copenhagen, the last stop on the
proposed air mail route over the
Atlantic.
Monthly test flights over the
route will be made by the three
planes during the coming winter,
officials at the Cleveland office Of
TranSamerican announced. The
ships will be equipped with auto
matte cameras. typographical sur
vey instruments and radios. One
of the ships will be stationed ON
the route as q relief craft.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
45-Passenger Plane
Successful in Test

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. z
0.N.SO-A huge amphibian air
plane was launched yesterday
and given an 8-minute test flight.
Known as the $40, the great
ship is designed to carry As pas
sengers and a crew, along with
a ton of air mail and express
baggage; loaded, its weight will
be 25,5OO pounds. 1t has wing
span of ia feet. It is powered
with four super Hornet motors.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Film "HeaUy" Killed
In Hunting Accident

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Aug.
z (U.SD Haupt, A. mo
ton picture heavy" stage direc-
tor and playwright. was killed
yesterday by the accidental dis
charge of a rifle while deer hunt
ing in the Santa Barbara Noun
tainS.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
D0.x Continues
Flight in Brazil

CAMOCTM. Brazil, Aug. 2
UNS0 Continuing its flight
from Rio de Janeiro to New York
on timetable schedule, the sea.
plane DO-X left Camocim cor Sac
Luiz, State Of Maranhao, at Gao
q. m, Washington time, today.
The DO-X arrived at Camocim
State Of Ceara. at 1888 a. l11., four
hours 81 minutes after leaving
Natal. The Natal-Camocim Jump
was about $50 miles.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Watchman With 2
Degrees Dead
In MICHIGAN

MT. CLEMENS, Mich, Aug.
Z UN.SO.-Charles Finch, 63-
year-old eccentric night watch
man, is dead today.
In strange contrast to his
job as night watchman, Finch
held a degree of doctor of laws
from the University of Penn
sylvania and q degree Of doctor
of medicine from the University
of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
REVENUE COMMISSIONER

c. w. Clever, Republican nomi-
nee for the office of commits
SiOner of revenue of Arlington
county, filed his official notice
of candidacy with the county
clerk yesterday. Mr.. Clever will
oppose Harry K. Green. incum,
bent. in the November election.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
SUinnertOn, Artist,
Goes Under Knife

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Z
uN.S0 .-Recuperating from an
emergency appendicitis operation,
James Swinnerton. artist and
cartoonist. was today reported
resting comfortably.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07

Photo by International

REPRESENTATIVE BACON AND WIFE
AT A MEETING of eminent anthrOpologsts, Repre-
sentative Robert Low Bacon, New York, has been
named as the typical American of the next genera
ton The Congressman is said to have objected to
the designation. The anthropoogsts predict that the
next generation will be tall, ruddy-faced and we'll
built and athetically inclined
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Mail Order Love

a little common sense would prevent so many trag-
edles. The five murders which Harry F. Powers, Of
harrisburg, w. Va, committed wouldn't have taken place
IL two women had refused to let his ~flattering phrases
play upon their vanity. They might have known that adj
vertisements inserted in matrimonial papers aren't tqsed
on a certain mans reaction to a certain woman. They
are founded on a wholesale interest in any daughter of
Eve who is curious enough to send her name and address
and volunteer for a correspondence course in ~courtship.
But somehow or other there is a woman now and
then who has an idea that she is really the woman of his
imagination for which the man who advertises is search
Ing. Maybe he doesn't know it, she argues. And he GER
tainly won't unless she tells him about ii. When an
answer comes she can't base the sudden flair of his inter-
est on the light in her eyes or the smoothness of the COM
plexion that he has never seen.
When she finally meets the man and the romance
takes a personal turn, the fact that its foundation has been
built on shifting sand doesn't give it much room on which
to stand.
Powers, who preyed upon a foolish sentimentalism
which some women have, in order to obtain their property
1T is hard to realize just what charming words the erst-
while Don Juan must have written in order to make women
believe that he was a pearl of great price.
There have been pitiful stories told Of women who
have been afraid that their communities would think that
they were unsought because they hadn't married, and
who plucked a Beau Brummel from any tree.
But the two women whom Powers confessed that he
murdered weren't the only two who were gullible. Scores
of letters from others are pouring into the Clarksburg
postoffice in which others admit that they, too, received
long distance thrills from the matrimonial advertisements
of the slayer.
Now and then someone criticizes the younger gener-
alton. Heads are shaken because the girls of today are
supposed to have considerable more knowledge of life
than their grandmothers had at the same age. But it is
fairly safe to wager that a far smaller percentage Of the
worldly-wlse teen-age group will ever chase a thrill
through an advertising agency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
New York
Letter

NEW YORK-Opening OF q Broad
way theate7 season presents scenes
strangely akin to those found on the
fair ground during "old home week"
To be sure, the ladies and gentle
men who get together on the curb
stones and sidewalks. In the foyers
and the theater aisles are dressed n
toppers and evening clothes, In sum-
mer furs and Eugene hats.
But after the passing OF q sum
me- during which everyone has lost
track Of everyone else. the converse
ton goes something like this:
"Lo there Gus" -. "H1o your
self where va been all sum-
mer?- "Oh, took the wife and
kids and went down to the Hamp-
tons." Look swell" -. The wife
loogs grand" aAu s~un-tanned, er."
80. How many fish ia catch?" ~.
whats been going on while ! was
away?" =. How should ] know. !
Just got back myself" Looks
ike a good show. yea"
And SO forth and so on.
Now this Is not an unfamiliar line
of chatter. And perhaps It's not
exactly what you'd expect TO hear
from gents standing about in silk
hats.
But listen to George Jean Nathan
and John Anderson and Gilbert
Gabriel and the various "highhat"
critical gents on their first get-to-
gether.
"When did you get back?" =.
acav Ala q, catch that new Paris
show while you were e there? :. /.
They saw it's SWELL" ... Whats the
low-down on that London job yoi
had. George?" Say. I want to
tall YOU a frnny one on Glutz-" /.
you're looking grand" You
don't know how / needed a few
weeks off" "Garland's down n
bermuda. isn't hep" what do
YOU hear about his marrying Queenie
Smith? Did he or didn't neY
And. again, so 1t goes. Small tax,
patter and "old home week gossip.
The boys are back in town.
Then. IL you scanned the audience,
o might see several actresses who
had been out in Hollywood; others
who had been out Of work for
mouths: others who expected shows
later in the year.
How did the Warner contract pan
out? -. Did you see Ethel out
there?" . Us that SO Well,
Helen always did get the lousy
breaks" mo. those new hats
don't agree with me 49, hope they
kill the style quick" =. so do J."
Little bv little. II one turns caves
dropper, it's possible to learn about
Atlantic City ard Paris. the lie de
France and the vaudeville situation
the fishing in Maine and the surf
riding on Long Island: the sum-
mer stock season and the art colon
les.
For. as has been said before, the
New York cliQues, whether In the
world OF the theater. in the world OF
Of books. of art or of music are even
as the congregated ruTaliteS around
the country store at Skagg Centers.
The first few events Of a theater
season offer an opportunity for re-
unions. They meet and kiss. like long
lost relatives. They gush and they
chatter. Between curtains they
ramble out cams OF gossip.
Well. after all. Brock Pemberton,
who opened the Broadway season,
was an Emporia. Kan. lad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Texas Stone For Texas Structures
(From the Fort Worth Star-Telegraml

IFrom the Fort Worth Star-Ie1egram)
The ~postoffice department, upon representation of
Cong. Buchanan, has ordered the use of Texas limestone
in the construction of the new ~postoffice building in Fort
Worth, dispatches from Washington advise.
1t Is manifestly an error, from both the economic
and community standpoints, to haul such materials as
building stone across half the continent when materials
equally as good can be obtained within a short distance Of
the building project. Limestone quarried in Williamson
and Travis counties is as suitable for construction purposes,
from the cold technical standpoint, as any similar stone
quarried anywhere in the United States. 1t is more suit
able for Texas projects, since it is near at hand and its
use serves the purpose of local development which is in
voved in building projects of the kind, even though they
are carried forward by the Federal government.
Cong. Buchanan is to be congratulated upon the
success of his activity in behalf of the quarry interests of
his own district. Fort Worth people will be better salts
fled with their magnificent new ~postoffice building be-
cause of the Texas materials used in its construction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
.Burbs

by their deeds ye shall know
them. Even II they're real estate
men,
Dempsey Knocked out his oppo-
nent In hts first exhibition bout"
The victim probably wouldn't quib-
bic about the title.
II aboltshing prohibition would
bring back good times, Germany's
not much OF u glowing example
A Chicago woman wants m d.
vorce because her husband passes
out only n kiss N week. Passing
out always has been u d~isagreeable
experience.
Now that harem gates have been
unlocked and Turkish women are
free. movie directors viii have 20
hunt UP some new hunch to get
their heroes into trouble.
Nov Rudy vallee ~ mlmicking
other radio stars. Proving that
things are never 10 bad but what
they can get worse.
-BARBS-
An increase I'm crime Is reported
IN London. It's hard TO fix the blame.
Great Britain being without prohibit
ton.
A Kansas paraRrapher saws Some
women simply were not born 70
wear Empress Eugenie hats" That
ought 70 help the sale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Quotations

Great as have been Dur difficult
ties, no man can contrast them
with our experiences in previous
depressions or with the condition
OF other great industrial countries
without a glow OF pride In our
American system and a confidence
in its future.
Herbert Hoover.
DO not wee pfor the past nor
boast for the future. The brave man
searches for truth in the dirt OF
reality.
-Shen Yen-ping. Chinese novelist.
Honesty is not always the best
policy. The best policy would be to
acquire a reputation for honesty
and then to cheat at the psycholo-
gical moment.
William Lyon Phelps.
Socialism Is a creed which be-
lieves there Is a positive virtue In
spending public money.
Sir John Simon
Our nation must either 90 ahead
or 90 to pieces.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16

to be toward speeding up to greater
mental strain and almost ceaseless
activity Today the business mans
panacea Is golf, but golf may be
merely a mental relaxation. Too
much attention to the 10Th hole.
and six hours OF dissipation after
q heavy dinner may undo all OF the
good effects Of the Is holes Of
actual play in the afternoon. The
Oldest aphorism In personal hygiene
Is a plea for moderation In all
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16

THE scene had given Norma time
10 study her mother-inlaw's ap-
pearance. Norma felt she might
have seen Mrs. Travers anywhere
and never have dreamed that this
was Marks mother. Not a feature
OF the woman's face resembled her
sons. On the ether hand II would
have been impossible to doubt that
the visitor was OF the ruling order
In Marlboro society. In the clear
light Of the living room Norma
noted the fine quality OF the mink
wrap. the c%ountenance that was
~autocratic even In such n tender
mood. the real lace. family ivory.
showing at the opening OF her coat.
These were details that shrieked
wealth and precedence.
well. Mom." Mark was saying
now. II guess you ran into Norma
out In the hall. No use 10 intro
duce you two. Great girl. isn't she.
Mother? And Norma knows what
a brick you are. Well, say It's good
to see you here Stay for dinner
with US. won't your"
The words fell on Norma's ears
with a perplexing or unreal
ity. Mark was talking IS though
nothing had happened that after
noon. He was talking as though
he and she hadn't come 10 the end
OF their life together. AS though
everything weren't over!
81 can't stay, dear" II was Mrs.
Travers who was speaking. I'D
love TO. There's nothing I'd like
better but you'll understand why I
can't. It's something else I've come
10 talk about. Mark-something l
hope will make us all SO much hap
pierl"
Lucky for Norma they excluded
her from the conversation Her
glance went from Mark to his
mother. She had brought Mrs
Travers into the apartment because
II was the only conceivable thing to
do. Now Norma found herself act
ing n lie. She ought TO have spok-
en- up-told Marks mother she
| could take her son home again
that Norma herself would never
again come between Mark and his
family. Somehow she couldn't do
II no matter how much she knew
she should.
These thoughts raced through the
girls mind as she heard the others
talking. Evidently his mothers
words had startled Mark. He looked
UP quickly
"Just-what was II you came to
talk about?" he asked.
But you must know. dear. It's
about your father"
Ibid he tell you 10 Gomez Does
he know you're here now?"
Mrs. Travers shook her head. He
| doesn't know" she admitted. mot
yet. But these weeks have been
hard on your father. Mark. He
misses you as much nv I do"
Marks chin lifted. Il guess you
know ny i haven't come homel"
he said. 81 guess you know II was
Dad who started"
His mother interrupted. "Please.
darlIng," she began. putting a hand
m Marks arm. "Of course I know
about that. Let's not talk about IL.
I want you TO forget all those IN
pleasant things. It's all over now.
You can come back and everything
will be just as IL was before you
left"
you mean Fathers willing? You
mean he wants me to come homer"
"0f course he does! It's just his
foolish pride and stubbornness that
keeps him from admitting It. He's
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
Daily Health
Talk

There are all sorts of baths for
all sorts of purposes. A warm bath
cleanses the body, draws the blood
TO the surface, increases perspira-
ton and has q soothing effect.
Bathing in very hot water Is dan
gerous. particularly to a weakened
person.
Cold baths taken in the morn
ing stimulate the nerve endings
In the skin and drive the blood
from the surface, to which II re-
turns with a rush when the person
comes out or the bath and rubs
himself briskly with a towel The
worst fanatic for his friends Is the
cold water bath fanatic.
There was a time when the skin
was considered merely a covering
for the human body. Nowadays the
skin Is recognized IS a mirror OF
the human body. A good skin
which indicates a generally health
full condition, is one that Is fairly
firm. does not sag. that Is free from
pimples. and that does not scale
away. In the are OF the skin. or
binary bathing with soap and water
sufficiently frequent will keep 1t
clean and healthful.
Like other domesticated creatures
man did not always live indoors.
A certain amount of time out-of-
doors every day Is necessary for
health. During this period one
may inhale fresh air. secur sun
light and indulge in moderate ex-
ercise. This does not mean that
every one ought to be an out-of-
door fanatic. q marathon runner
or q hundred-mile walker. The road
to health does not lie in the X
ceptional performance. but in a
simple routine OF average perform
ance. outdoor exercise should be
INDUCED in regularly, but not to
the point Of fatigue. or irritating
sunburn, Dr. OF undue exposure.
The indoor nan Gannnmhs sas1ax
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
ID III TIE
AnniUeruy
VICTORIES

On Sept l6. 1917. tho Italians
made notable gains on the Balm
sizza Plateau. achieving great en-
cheering feats-
When news or the italian VIC
tories reached Trieste and Istria.
there was great rejoicing.
Desperate campaigns were being
waged on several fronts ON this
same date.
-Four German planes wa
brought down on the French 'front.'
Turks captured ridge positions on
the turkish Persian frontier along
the heights formed by the noun
tains or Shibarochtut and Bouda-
reeh.
Russians captured . sector near
Kronberg Farm, but were repulscd
In a counter ATTACK
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
7 5SgexkMI42H
Author OF
MAD MARRIAGE"

been worrying a lot lately. Can't
sleep-poor digestion. I know it's
because he feels he acted as he
shouldn't"
But IL he isn't ready to admit
it,"
"Now. Mark, dear. you're not sou
ing 10 disappoint mel Please say
you WON'T All that you have 70 do
Is 10 10 your father and tell him
you're sorry for what happened
Tell him you spoke hastily and that
you've been thinking II over since"
"Oh, X seel- Marks eyes were
suddenly blazing. you want me
TO 10 TO Dad with m apology and
ask to be forgiven! So that's ~"
MRS. TRAvERS cut IN, deeply
W agitated. You're taking II the
wrong way. Mark, When it's such
a little thing that I'm asking-iust
for you 70 tell your father you're
sorry for your part OF the quarrel
IL will make everything all right
He'll forgive you. i know he's
been trying TO find an excuse to
forgive you for weeks, And you can
come home and well all be together
again. Surely. you'll do this simple
thing that I'm askingl Do II for
me. Mark I beg you tot
Mark turned ~squarely toward his
mother. Il can't do It'll" he said
sharply. II can't do II for you or
anyone. He told me 10 get out and
I did H. I won't come back until
he asks me tot You O tell him
that-for mel"
Mrs. Travers put a handkerchief
10 her eyes. You're Just like hint
she sobbed. You're Just as detersn
mined and stubborn M your father
Is. Oh. Mark. why will you dis
appoint me sol"
Sorry. mother. but you've asked
the one thing I can't do. What
about Norma? She and I are mar
ried you know. DO you think I'D
20 TO Father now and admit that
was N mistaken
But. Mark. don't you see
mo use talking. Mother. Better
Just let the matter drop"
Ten minutes later Mark escorted
his mother down the stairs 10
where the handsome Travers llmou-
sine was waiting. He returned 70
find Norma. enveloped I'm N blue
apron, moving about the kitchen
preparing dinner.
Mark came 70 the open door.
Smells good" he said. SHINING.
what ~ it,"
Something you told me you
liked-corned beef hash"
"Whoopee! You bet I like IT,
Mark slipped an arm about the
girl. Honey. I ought to tell you
about those roses. They were fool
ish but I didn't spend any Of the
s35 on them. Like n nit-wit | put 30
cents In a football pool the other
day and was lucky enough 10 win.
That's where the ten bucks came
from 70 buy the roses. Now. am I
f%orgiven?"
Norma assured him effectively
that he was. The corned beef hash
came perilcusly close to turning
into cinders but was rescued IN the
nick OF time Mark volunteered 10
set the table and went about his
task whistling. Impulsively me re
turned and kissed Norma
The girl knew she had never
been 50 happy. Miracles do indeed
occurl A miracle had happened for
her and everything I'm the world
was going to be all right now
IL was 70 be--for n short time.
Ito BE Continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16

to exposure than the one who Is
used to spending considerable time
in the open.
The pleasures OF life may be d.
vided into indoor and outdoor
sports. the indoor life for mental
relaxation. the outdoor life for ex-
ercise and physical health. "A
change OF occupation or OF scene IS
Of value In promoting longevity,
but dissipation is not recreation.
The trend of modern life seems