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The Washington times., 1931-04-24
SCOUTS EXHIBIT.
THEIR GARDEN

Mrs. Parick J. Hurley, Mrs
William D. Mitchell, Mrs. Arthur
M. Hyde and Mrs. Ray Lyman
Wilbur were to be guests OF
honor today at the National Girl
Scouts Little House, Eighteenth
Street and New York Avenue
Northwest, in connection with
celebration of Better Homes in
America Week.
outdoor activities will be fea-
tured today. The rockery and
garden in the rear Of the house
and a flower market in the syca.
more court will be exhibited
The Washington Child Research
Center has lent the playground
equipment and toys in the play
room.
A special feature Of tomorrow's
program will be a showing of
clothing and food for children
by the Bureau of Home Eco
nomicS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
HUSBAND, MATE
BADLY BURNED

Isaac Newton Hull, IS. is in a
critical condition at Casualty
Hospital from burns suffered to-
day when a can Of kerosene ex-
ploded in his home at Seat Pleas
ant, Md.
His wife, Mrs. Muriel Hull,
also was treated at the hospital
for severe burns to her hands
and arms received when she tried
to beat out the flames when her
husband fled from the kitchen.
A human torch, Hull ran from
the kitchen to the street, his
entire body covered with flaming
oil. He was oVertaken by his
wife who managed to pull part
of the clothing from him. The
couple was later taken to the
hospital in a passing automobile.
The explosion occurred when
Hull used the kerosene in start
ing a fire in his home.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
Funeral Arranged
For Slain Marine

Killed April II at Logtown,
Nicaragua. while leading the
cuardia Patrol against a band
of so bandits, Capt. Harlem Pc
fley, of the Marine Corps, will be
buried Monday at II q. m. in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Capt. S. K. Evans, chaplain, q.
S. N, will officiate.
Honorary pallbearerS will be
Capts. Williams F. Beattie, Glen
C. Cole, Charles c. Gill, Prentice
F. Geer, Carl S. Schmidt, ana
Miller v. Parsons, all Of the Ma
rine Corps.
Captain Pefley is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Pefley,
of Coxsackie, N. Y. His home ad-
dress is Eugene, Ore.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
P PAN-AMER|CAN
WAR ON DOPE
|SLAUNCHED
Health Directors of Nations
Plan Concentrated Drive to
Stamp Out Narcotic Evils

Delegates to the Pan-Americar
conference of health directors
yesterday laid plans for a united
drive to eradicate the illicit drug
traffic from the Western hemis
phere.
This far-reaching step was taken
when resolutions were introduced
aimed at concerted action to
eliminate dope" smuggling and
asking the help of producing coun-
tries in Europe and the Orient in
shutting off the courses of supply.
These resolutions will be compin-
ed into one and adopted prcb.
ably today.
May Sway Farley
The attitude of the conference
iS expected to have q powerful
influence upon the meeting Of
the League of Nations opium ad-
visory committee at Geneva next
month.
The appeal for international CO
operation in stamping out the
drug menace on this hemisphere
was made by DR.. Hugh S. Cum.
ming, surgeon general of the
United States Public Health Ser
vice, who said:
"The conviction has been
reached by the Government Of
the United States that no great
Improvement in the smuggling
situation is possible until there
l. control, in countries other
than the United States, over
the manufacture of narcotic
drugs which win prevent their
sale to any but licensed inn
pOrters IN countries which main.
tain an import license system
or, in the case of countries
which do not have such q SyS-
TEN, to any but reputable firms
and individuals and in guam
titles commensurate with the
estimated legitimate needs of
the country"
DR.. Cumming revealed that the
United States has already made
arrangements with 20 foreign
countries for the exchange Of
information regarding the opera
tions Of dope smugglers.
Model Code Urged
Resolutions for concerted action
were introduced by DR.. Wal.
demar CouttS, of Chile; Fernando
RenSoli, of Cuba; Carlos Enrique
Paz Sedan, Of Peru, and Walter
F. Treadway, assistant surgeon
general of the United States.
DR.. Carlos Padilla, of Guate-
mala suggested that the dope
problem should be approached
from q Pan-American viewpoint
and if advisable a central office
be established for the gathering
and dissemination Of statistics.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
EX-N|FE WON'T
BURY MAN

With no one to sing his praises
and no one to mourn his death,
william o. Thompson, one-time
poSseSsor Of a large fortune, viii
be laid to rest in q lonely grave
at Cedar Hill Cemetery tomorrow
at II a. m.
Thompson was found dead in
his room at 1880 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W., Sunday. His divorced
wife and son, who live in New
York, were informed of his death
by police and q. query was sent
asking what should be done with
the body. The reply came back
from New York undertaken that
police should do with it as they
saw fit"
w. w. Chambers Company, Of
1400 Chaplin st. N. W., undertak-
ing establishment, agreed to bury
Thompson at its own expense.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
yeUish Drama Club
Offers 'The GOLen1'

1.-The Golem" will be presented
by the dramatic society Of the
Jewish Community Center next
Wednesday at night.
The play is being directed by
Mrs. David Finck, Of. Baltimore,
and Mrs. Yvonne Kushner, of this
city.
The cast includes DR.. Charles
Gordon, Nathan Freehof, Harry
Wender, Philip Notes, Harry
Widome, Maurice Weingarten,
Morris Fox, Louis Fraebin, Leon
Stock, Milton Sachs, Max Bassin,
Marvin and Milton Marx, Morris
Shukin, Louis PerlStein, M. B.
Jacobs, Dorothy Abrams and
Judith Freehof.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24

LURAY, Va, April 24.-Some
unidentified artist with pocket
knife has carved the following on
a large chestnut tree in the Blue
Ridge Of this county, where Ed
ward Buracker was murdered in
March:
Here Is where Ed Buracker
was murdered by Dave SOurs on
March 5, I'm the year 1881"
SourS was acquitted of Bu-
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
KENEIPP TO TALK

George E. Keneipp. director of
the Chamber of Commerce and
Thomas s. Settle will address the
Mid-City Citizens Association at
its meeting at o'clock Monday
in the Thomson community cen
Ter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
Snake Pays Bank
unlimited Visit

Ever since the time of Adam and
Eve snakes and the human race have
been more or less on the "outs" with
each other. They just can't mix, it
seems. People just can't stand their
ways and do not go out of their way
in meeting them, although it's avowed
that these crawling inhabitants of the
earth are useful in many ways, in
cluded among which is the disposing
Of rodents and other pests. But they
can go too far in their anxiety to be
useful. For instance when they at
tempt to be of stenographic help in
banks. Nobody ever heard of snake
pounding out a business letter on a
typewriter nor did one ever make
success posting daily ledger sheets.
But anyway, when A. Gravesen,
Askov banker, moved over to his type
writer desk last Thursday and at
tempted to extract an envelope from
the box, he encountered something
with his hand that did not feel just
exactly like an envelope. 1t was a
snake about Is inches in length
which had evidently taken up its
abode there. Of course it did not take
Mr.. Gravesen long to decide that he
could not write a letter with such
an affectionate visitor looking on nor
could he decide to disturb it from it's
bed until Cashier L. Byron Olsen, with
natural tendency, came to the rescue
and removed Mr.. Snake from the
financial institution. Mr.. Gravesen
did not go on vacation as might be
expected but continued at his post,
and now to walk into the bank no one
could guess that such a visitor had
ever been present.
Neither Mr.. Gravesen, Mr.. Olsen
nor Ray Jensen can account for the
presence of the snake in the bank
unless possibly that it came through
the back door when by accident it
was Left open during business hours.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
BOtdnist and Farm School
Leader Talks on Denmark

speaker. Mr.. LANCE is head of a
farm school in Denmark, of which
there are four in the countrywide
only ones of this type in the world.
No government, state or community
funds are given to the school, but it
is built and maintained by people OF
smaller means. Realizing the neces-
sity and benefits of individual eff
ficiency, the lifting of the common
folks, universal education, and better
understanding of the history and
ideals of the people for a fuller and
truer life, folks give freely to this i'll
stitution.
Song Lighters the Work.
In her talk Mrs. LANCE spoke on
the effect of good songs and music
on a people, stating that folk songs
started a thousand years ago in Den
mark had been carried through the
centuries from generation to genera
ton, though in all that time few of
the people could read or write. The
songs thus carried on from generation
W SChCI otlOl WClC SOlSS vi tllS ucdl
expressing an innermost feeling, and
singing out from the heart it lightens
the days work.
Mrs. LANCE dwelt briefly upon the
influence of good authors on the Dan
ish people, mentioning the names of
Ingemann, Grundtvig, H. C. Andersen,
Blicher, Aakjar, and Skjoldborg, and
enlarging upon the book, the "Musi-
clans Homecoming" "Spillemandens
Hiemkomst') by Skjoldborg. The
mother of Jens, the musician, did not
want him to leave home, as so many
others had advised him to do, they
thinking that he could become an
artist if properly tutored. In this
book Skjoldborg brings out the i'm
portance of all folks having some un-
derstanding and appreciation of mu-
sic so they can take it along in their
daily life, especially on the farm,
rather then to develop a few artists
whom so few will hear and all can
not understand. Skjoldborg aims at
the happy medium which will tighten
the burden of work and take much of
the drudgery out of it-giving all the
people the advantage of and the OPP
portunity to appreciate the beautiful
tones.
During the course of her remarks
Mrs. LANCE also said that it means
something to be a farmer, to take up
the burdens as an individual-much
more so than many other jobs, A
good understanding and appreciation
of history is valuable, said the speak
er, but we must not live in the past
Use it, profit by it, and let it coop
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17

crate with the new. Skjoldborg loves
that which grows up-life, vigor,
courage, and bright, happy vision.
A Celebrated Botanist.
Mr.. and Mrs. LANCE are well versed
in the English language, he having
studied in England. They visited
America four years ago and are now
on sevenweeks tour of the country.
Mr.. Lange being celebrated betanist,
is here principally for the study of
fungus growth and will write book
on it. He spoke before botanists at
Columbia University in New York
City before coming west and will
speak there again on the return to
Denmark. Lectures were also given
in the New England states at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and from here
they went to Winnipeg where he is to
lecture before hotanists at the Uni
versity of Winnipeg.
The Langes are personal friends
of Mrs. Campbell, founder and still
head of the peoples college in North
Carolina, patterned after the folk
high schools of Denmark. Mrs. Camp
bell spent a year in Denmark study
ing schools before entering upon her
venture amongst the mountain folks
Just before coming to Askov the
Langes visited with Governor and
Mrs. Philip F. La Toilette at Madison,
Mrs. La Toilette being a niece of Mrs.
Campbell.
Being here principally on a botany
mission the Langes have not had time
to appear before many Danish so
cieties in America, but were advised
to visit Askov by Ludwig Mosbak's
brother in Denmark. While here they
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Holger R. Buck and from all in
dications enjoyed the Askov visit as
folks here enjoyed their company.
After the lecture in the hall Satur-
day night folks who desired to become
better acquainted with the Langes met
at the Buck home and the conversa-
ton went merrily on till long after
midnight. Mr.. and Mrs. Buck took
the Langes to Minneapolis in auto
Sunday and from there the visitors
journeyed on to- Winnipeg by train.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob LANCE, on
Seven-Weeks Tour of America,
Visited Several Universities.

A good sized crowd turned out Sat.
urday evening at the D. B. S. Hall
Askov, to hear Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Lange from Denmark, talk on general
farm conditions in Denmark, CO.
operation amongst the farmers, the
general uplift work, education of the
masses, schools, folklore and the like
in the native country of many of the
listeners.
Mr.. Lange said that in the middle
of the 18th century when free trade
was established between Denmark and
England, to which country Denmark
ships butter, eggs, and bacon largely,
conditions began to improve in his
native country. However in the 70s
and SOS wages were very low in Den
mark, the small farmers ('Hus-
mand") working on the big farms
getting besides milk supply only &c
per day and as low as 10c in the
winter time, very nearly establishing
a proletariat. These were hard times
and emigration started toward Amer
lea. The emigrants wrote home about
high wages here and it had a good
effect on the Danish people, it set
them to thinking and a cooperative
movement was started amongst the
farmers that made great strides for
betterment and general contentment.
In the SOS cheap corn came across
from America as it does today from
Russia, said the speaker. The Danish
farmer turned from small grains to
dairying and hog raising, buying the
cheap corn which was eventually
turned into butter and bacon.
Big Estates Cut Up.
The farmers not only established
their own creameries and slaughter
houses, but they also distributed their
finished products. Regardless of the
number of shares held in a co-opera-
tive institution and the size of the
farm, all were treated alike and each
had but one vote in the affairs of the
cooperative. This was bitter pill
for the owners of large farms to be-
gin with but it spelled the success of
all in the long run. The small farmer
now has much more to say than for
merly. Big estates were cut up into
smaller farms and the Landscape be-
came dotted with farms of from 10
to 20 acres and comfortable buildings
inhabited by happy contented fam
lilies. Federal farm loans helped this
movement along.
Mr.. LANCE said that the two most
democratic countries in the world are
America and Denmark. America, a
new country, the first settlers coming
over here with high ideals and crav~
ing for democracy, was the first to
establish universal suffrage, equal
rights to all irrespective of property
holdings. Denmark acquired this goal
in 1849, France followed after the war
with Germany in 1871, and England
got it in 1906 or 1907.
The name of Henry George is we'll
known in Denmark and there are a
number of followers of this American
in his theory of taxation, said the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
in folk-dances and in everything serv-
ing to enrich life?

in folk-dances and in everything serv-
ing to enrich life?
We are arranging with the public
books necessary to get in touch with
each of the aforementioned subjects.
On the faculty will be found,
amongst others, C. P. Hojbjerg, Otto
Hoiberg, Chris christensen, Dagmar
Bobjerg, and the writer. That such
a faculty does not lack the outward
qualifications to teach will be seen
from the fact that it is composed of
members the majority of whom are
holders of high university degrees. l
ment will Immediately be misused by
a few antagonists. The matter was
brought out solely for the purpose of
informing the youth that the things
with which they will be brought into
contact here are not necessarily the
"ham and egg" calibre, and l am
quite willing to face the personal in
suits that few fanatics are bound to
hurl upon the reading of this article.
Let me also point out that unless we
gain your support and gain it i'm
mediately, it will undoubtedly be the
last time we three can open the
school together; we have no endow-
ment fund whatsoever and must de-
pend ON free will gifts plus tuition.
Without students we must of necessity
close the institution.
l have written as boldly as I have,
because l want all to understand that
the battle line is now drawn. Must
Nysted close its doors before they are
hardly opened, or will you come to
our support? Personally, still have
faith that there is Danish-American
youth eager to keep this great adult
educational movement alive.
Finally, let me state rather bluntly
that if you want to loaf, stay away,
but if you have a desire to work and
learn-regardless of whether you are
a holder of a university or a grade
school diploma come, and bring your
friends with you. You will never re-
gret it.
For our catalogue, address C. p.
Hojbjerg, pres, Nysted Peoples Col
lege, Dannebrog, Nebr.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17

crate with the new. Skjoldborg loves
that which grows up-life, vigor,
courage, and a bright, happy vision.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17

Industry" shows only one state, Mary
of truck registration in the same per-
iod.
In passenger car registration Min
nesota increased from 524,S79 in 1925
to 624,902 in 1880, an increase of
10 per cent. The figure for all states
was 17,496,42O in 1925 to 23,O42,840
in 1880, or 80 per cent increase.
Only nine states have more trucks
than Minnesota, but taking cars and
trucks together, Minnesota is in four
teenth place. Minnesota has two mo-
tor vehicles for every seven persons.
Only eight states have a larger per
capita registration.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17

return home and to the place where
he thought the hog might have es-
capped from the wagon his search
throughout the countryside failed to
locate the porker, and last reports
have it that still no trace has been
heard of it. Inasmuch as the hog
weighed nearly 200 pounds it means
no small loss to the Jensen larder
this winter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
MINNESOTA HAS RAPID
MOTOR TRUCK GROWTH

In five years, from 1925 to 1880,
motor truck registration in Minnesota
increased from 44,S15 to 1OS,07O, an
increase of 141 per cent. A table in
Facts and Figures of the Automobile
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17

Heard at the mems club: "You say
she tried to reform her husband and
failed?" eyes," What is she try
ing to do now" "She's trying to re-
form the world"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-17
MORE WANT ADS


mackinaw coat. Own
er may have same by paying for
this ad at American office. 25w1-1t
WANTED of tamarack or birch
cordwood.-T. N. Thomson, Askov.
25w1-1t
for general house
work in all modern home. Call
Klein's Department Store, Sandstone.
25w1-1t
FOR SALE-Two full blood Shrop-
shire yearling rams, also one of my
two full blood Shropshire three
year-old rams.-Fred F'olen, Stur-
geon Lake. 25w1-1ts
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
BY HARRISON CARROLL

atCopyrighL 1881, Premier syrlicateD
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, Dec. 18.
While an expectant Hollywood
waits to see her, Tallulah Bank
head is spending her time hiking
in the hills and in dining quietly
at home or with a few close
trends.
1 have this from the lips of
Tallulah herself. who gave this
department the first interview she
has granted in California.
IF I lived up to advance pub
licity," she says, i would be
turning cart-wheels in public
places. ~
Il find, though, by the time
I've lhiked, or taken a motor ride,
I'm sleepy at o'clock. I've dined
only with a few friends. I've been
i'll, you know, and am on a six
weeks vacation"
Southern California reminds
Tallulah of Southern France.
"Only," she adds, with the
houses perched on the hills the
way they are, I'm always afraid
I'll wake up and find it a SET"
The star thinks her screen We
hicles to date are open to criti,
cisn. but says she intends to
have more to say about her next
story. Her chief difficulty in
camera work, she reveals, is in
retarding the rapid flow OF
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
When The Feature Is
| Shown On Screen

FOX-George OBrien, in
"Riders of the Purple Sage" At
11:48 a. m, 2:11, 4:34, 1885 and
1000 p. m. Stage shows at 1907,
$780, 6:31 and 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Kay Francis, in The
False Madonna" At HAS a. m.
2:10, 4:50, 7:25 and GAS p. m
Stage shows at 1:20, 4:05, 6:35
and 9 p. m.
R-K-O.KEITH'S- Lois Moran. in
Men in Her Life" At 11:10 8.
M, 1:16, 1922, 5:28, 7:34 and 9;4O
p. m.
RIALTO-Walter Huston. in
Journey to He'll" At 1901, 2:O2,
4:O6, 6, 1854 and 9:48 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Ramon Novarro,
in Ben .Hur." At 11:15 a. M
lao, 4:10, 6:35 and 9:05 p. m.
METROPO 1ITAN-Billie Dove
in THE Age for Love" At II
a. m, 1916, 2:32, Alb, 6:04, 7:50
and 9:38 p. m.
EARLE -Marilyn Miller in Her
Majesty Love" At 11:15 a. m,
1:55, 4:38, 1929 and 10:11 p. m.
Stage shows at 1882, 3:37, 6:27
and 9:09 p m.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
What Is Proposed

I refuse to believe that the
Actors Equity Association pro
pounds that remedial argument
seriously. 1t is just that the edi-
tor of Equity having turned the
spotlight on an annoying minor
problem in the theater felt con
strained to present a solution
For the producers profit far more
than they suffer by the existing
method of critical appraisal.
Equity's proposal would upset
the existing order to place on pro,
baton the full battalion of aisle
impreSsioniStS, because a few New
York scribblers scott and sting.
The most successful producing
organization in the theater today,
the New York Theater Guild, is
one that has been most savagely
attacked for its failures. BY the
same token it has been most Law.
ishly praised for its successes.
The guild has been the target for
many a critical Wisecrack, has
lust as often been overloaded with
first night honey. But the guild
treasury has waxed prosperous
largely because it picked and pro
Guced plays it's subscribers and the
public liked. Not primarily be
cause of favorable or adverse
printed criticism.
AS the foremost producing or
ganization the Theater Guild
should be the one to second the
Equity motion and initiate this
selective critical circle. But l
will wager a nice rosy apple that
Theresa Hepburn and her aSso-
ciates feel ike telling Equity to
devote it's time and thought to
more important things.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Not Infallible

Again producers have discovered
that a set of good Broadway
notices docs not automatically as
sure success on the road. If YOU
think so, look up the history of
Ring Lardner's June Moon" after
it left Broadway, or George
Whites musical, Flying High;
or the Sam Harris production Of
Once in Lifetime" or Philip
Barry's Tomorrow and Tonlor-
row." or The Front Page" or
Arthur Hammerstein's Sweet
Adeline," or The Royal Family. 3"
For each of these productions.
New York critics exhausted the
book of glowing adjectives and
they ventured forth to the road,
dripping with this Broadway
praise, only to be coldly ,Snubbed
at the out-of-town boxoffices.
Charming Pollock's House
Beautiful was ripped by a ma
jority of the metropolitan critics
but has been one of the fore
IIOoG ouCCcoSCo oIl lOuI IIllo ScdSOll
Having administered this mild
spanking Equity would do we'll
to let the whole matter drop
unless it is prepared to offer
some more practical solution than
a producer o. k. for critics who
please. For. come to think of it,
was not the late Mr.. Metcaf, of
Life. ruled persona non grata in
certain theaters. And later MI.
Winchell cut off the first night
free list of certain producers.
Of course they were. Equity
might next tell us how this Sc
lective first~night policy worked
out. Or why it was quietly abaa-
dOned.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Play No Favorites

What Equity actually suggests
is to set up a writing standard
for dramatic critics but it fails to
say who will be the judge of jour
naliStic violations Will it be the
producer of the play, the editor
of the newspaper or Equity?
Equity has not impugn the mo-
tives of the offending critics,
who, in their zeal to be glib
phrase makers. epigramatic wise