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The Washington times., 1931-05-05

park. Big crowds watch the
games in New York and Pitts
burgh. the attendance being
made up in about equal proper
tions of the white and colored
race.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
ON THE DECLINE

Eight minor baseball leagues
in the South and Midwest have
passed out of existence since last
year, including the famous Sally
circuit which had operated con-
tinuously for 26 years.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
BRAVES WIN ANOTHER

Totals 80 S2412 Totals. 30 S27 IL
1Batted for Watt in eighth.
PhiIadeIphia w 90 D o O O--3
Boston. ......... O2 1000 VI
Runs-Friberg 2), Whitney. Berger
C2), WOrthingtOn, Sheely. ErrOrs--Ar-
base hits-FriberS, Berger. Three-basc
hits--WorthingtOn. Bartell. Home run
whitney. Sacrifice hit-Brandt DOu-
BILE plays-Frierbg to Bartell to MaliOn
(2) Winning pitcher-Brandt. Losing
pitcher-J. Elliott. Left on bases
Philadelphia, 4: Boston. :. Bases on
baiIs-Off j. Elliott. 4: off Brandt, 4.
struck Out-By }. Elliott. ,: by Brandt,
2. Umpires-Rigler. Pfirman. Clarke.
Attendance-3,O 900. Time of game 80.
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Totals .......3S 3 IL -

1Batted for Weinert in eighth.
Washington ... 10000 500 e.
New York ....... .OOa 10000 O-S
Runs batted in-CrOnin (2). Kuhel
(2). GPhrig C2) DiCkey, Myer (2). Chap
man. TwO-base hits-DOckey, West, Nyer,
Chapman. Three-base hit-Gehrig.
Sacrifice f-JOnes. Double play
Jones to rOnin. Left on bases
Washington, 8; New York. II. Hits
Off Gomez. 3 in I-S innings; off Wei
merit, in 22-3 innings. Bases on
hallS-Off Gomez. 3; off Jones, 3;
off WPinert, ,. struck Out-By Gomez
9; by Weinert. 2; by Jones, 2. UmpirPs
Guthrie, Campbell and Dineen. Time
-2:07.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
Weird Sixth Inning Gives
Washington Victory

NEW YORK, May 5.-Joe Mccarthy tried the double wing
formation the Senators at the stadium yesterday and
the Yanks went out the window Just the
The Washington times., 1931-05-05

There is a first base situa-
ton coming about in st. Louis
that beSpeakS the likelihood Of
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
INK Fair Golfers VIII Find Manor Course in Shape Tourney
Baseball

Yesterdays RESULTS
WASHINGTON, =: New York, 3.
Boston. !; Philadelphia, 5.
st. Louis. 3; Cleveland, 1.
Detroit, 0; Chicago, 3.
TODAY'S GAMES
WASHINGTON at New York.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Chicago at Detroit.
Boston at Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
jim X
TO YANK
HOPES
BY JOE HOLMAN


NEW YORK, May 5.-Inability
to beat Washington, the same jinX
that cost them second place in
the American League race last
season, is likely to eliminate the
New York Yankees as pennant
contender this season.
The YankS could have tied
Washington for second place in
1880 by capturing nine of their
22 games with the Senators, but
won only five and finished eight
full games behind Walter John
sons crew.
This year the Nationals again
have the Indian sign on the New
Yorkers, having won all four of
their starts against Joe Nc
Carthy's men. not counting one
game that resulted in tie.
Only the surprising strength
the Boston Red SOx against
Washington and Philadelphia
has enabled the YankS to stay
as high as third place, their
present position in the standing.
The Boston club, by some hook
or crook, has managed to win
four out of seven games with the
Senators and Athletics. The
Yanks have failed to take full
advantage of this unexpected
help by Boston, the weak sister
of the Eastern division of the
league.
On April "a the Yankees led
the league with a margin of half
a game over Cleveland, the near
est contender. They started to
slip the next day and since
that time have won only two
games out of nine. with one
contest resulting in deadlock.
In justice to Joe Mccarthy,
however, it must be said that
injuries to Ruth, Cooke and
Hoag, and the illness of Charley
Ruffing, the clubs pitching ace,
have been a big handicap.
A succession of misfOrtunes
and the resultant shortage of
material has made the teams
Lineup look like a Chinese
laundry ticket, with Chapman,
an infielder; Ruffing, pitcher,
and Gehrig. a first baseman,
being pressed into service in
the Outfield, and Ruth, an out
fielder, transferred yesterday to
first base so that he might
favor his injured leg.
Gehrig'S Leg Bad
Gehrig himself has had trouole
with his right leg, an injury par
TALLY responsible for his recent
batting slump. the worst he has
experienced in several years:
Until yesterday, when Buster
broke loose with a rash of three
hits, he was batting only .232.
Weak batting on the part OF
Lazzeri, who is hitting .224, and
Dickey. with an average OF only
1877, also is hurting the club.
Ruth is setting the pace for his
mates with a reSplendant mark
of .432. e
Ruffing, suffering from his
third attack of the flu in the last
six months, is not in shape, and
will be out for some time yet.
George Pipgras. who started his
first game last week since recover
ing from an appendicitis opera
ton, has not yet regained his full
effectiveness. Considering these
handicaps, it is small wonder that
the team is not floundering in the
depths of the second division.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
TODAY'S SPORTORIAL
By Kirk Miller

Get ready, you admirers of Art "Whatta Man shres
to hail him back in the American League.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05
CohriC'C Leo Rad

Gehrig'S Leg Bad
Gehrig himself has had trouble
with his right leg, an injury par
TALLY responsible for his recent
batting slump. the worst he has
experienced in several years:
Until yesterday, when Buster
broke loose with a rash of three
hits, he was batting only .232.
The Washington times., 1931-05-05

Weak batting on the part OF
Lazzeri, who is hitting .224, and
Dickey, with an average of only
1877, also is hurting the club.
Ruth is setting the pace for his
mates with a resplendant mark
of .432.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

The Steel Age Will Pass says an editorial fl, contemporary. But it would do the world more good, we reckon if the "steal age" would instead Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
BEER ADVOCATE TO SEEK OHIO
 COvERNORSH|P

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 1 O. Galen Starr Ross, an advocate of manufacture and sale of beer. will be candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio next year.
 Ross, a Columbus advertising man and public lecturer, said that besides urging modification of the prohibition laws to make beer legal his platform would call flor a more just tax burden on the utilities in favor of the common people,
 He will run against David s. h. gals, assistant secretary of the Navy in charge of Aviation, who said he would campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
MANAGING THE COUNTRIES
 FINANCES.

President Hoover and Secretary Mellon have set forth their ideas about how the Governments finances ought to be managed. The Democratic leaders do not like them and declare they will soon present their program. Until the two plans are on the table where they might be inspected the weight of argument is likely to be with the Democrats. They had nothing to do with getting the country in the hole to the extent of something than four billion dollars and it is reasonable ot guess that people will think they might know more about how to rescue the ship of state than those who were at the helm when she struck the rocks where she has been walowing for long. However, when both plans spread out they might be examined it is not at all unlikely that there may be some things in each that would help the situation
 In the meantime there is time in which to pent for the abuse that heapad upon Presi dent Cleveland by the press and politicians of the Republicans, Populists and Bryan Democrats of nearly forty years ago because he sold quarter of billion in bonds "in time of peace"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
Arctic Islands.
Seattle Times )

The reported discovery of an unmapped island Tn the Arctic Ocean, 150 miles off the coast of Alaska, gives strength to the theory long held by EJar Mikkesen, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and others that land exists in the Beaufort Sea The failure of Amundsen on his transpolar voyage in the dirlgole Norge and of Wilkins in his arpane flight to Spitzbergen to any new land tends to contradict the theory. but Arctic experts believe easily possible that small lying islands might exist There are still vast areas in the Arctic be- tween Alaska and the Pole, which have never been seen by
 The purported discovery of a small island north Of the mouth of the Colville River is credited to an Eskimo, Takluk, who with a small crew was hunting whales in little schooner His vessel was blown oil short by a storm and at a point approxmatey 150 miles from mainland he came upon rocky island which is not marked on any map
 It was in quest of a land mass of considerable proportions that Ejar Mikkelsen the Danish ex- piorer, organized an expedition in 19O6 with the help of Ernest Leffingwen. Although the explorers failed to find new land, they did determine the continental shelf and gathered much scientific data Stefansson also attempted to prove the existence ot land in that region and in 1915 actually came upon a rock outpost northwest of Banks Island
 The belief that Arctic islands exist was bas.d upon the behavior of the ice pack in the Beaufort Sea- on the flight of birds and the tales brought pacK by Whalers. Three quarters of a century ago whaling ship under command of Captain Keenan, reported sighting land near where Takluk saw his island Perhaps the latest find is merely a re- discovery of Captain Keenans land
 The existence of islands in the Arctic Ocean IS not an important matter unless the time should come when airplanes will fly regularly across thai forbidding sea. If we should eventually establish snort air routes to Europa and Asia such isands might be useful as landing places
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

new things In Beret I wanted to repre-
 sent the type of the sensitive, sef-sacrificing
 woman who needs the security of a father
 land, and type of soul in whom there has
 been implanted through the generations
 mystical sense of relationship to old places
 and familiar landmarks
 MT. Rolvaag wrote in Norwegian, explaining that in creation one could not employ an acquired language, but must tongue wholly natural Conrad, he said, the exception to this rule
 To Lincoln Colcord, who translated his books into English MT. Rolvaag gave much credit for their success He himself never was familiar with English, although he could converse and write a newspaper article"
 It IS unfortunate, indeed, that this great writer and great soul should pass away at the all too early age Of fifty-fiva He is survived by his widow and son and daughter The children are students at St. Olaf He left them heritage that entities them to membership among the aristocracy of high think ing, fine character and great achievement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
HUSBAND-COOKS
 ARE FIRE HAZARD

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.- Oppressed husbands who have to get their own breakfast-if they want anything to eat-have a new excuse to offer.
 Said husbands meddling in the kitchen are fire hazard No less an authority than Frank Kennedy, secretary to the fire commissioner of San Francisco said so
 We have found," he said, that many early morning fires are caus- ed by husbands who don't know how to find their way handily around kitchens. They upset grease on the stove, let water heaters ex- plode, and throw cigarettes in the garbage can"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
Cost S5 Cents To Put R h e u m t C Cripple
 Back to Work Again
Now JcyOusly Happy

While all his family looked on in astonishment and all his friends were amazed, one man took all the pain, swelling and agony from his tortured Joints in 48 hours and did it with that famous rheumatic pre- scription known to pharmacists as Allenru-you can do the same.
 This powerful yet safe remedy is positively guaranteed to do this-its action is almost magical
 Just get one 85 cent bottle of AL lenru from Butler Mauro Drug Go. or any live ggist-take it as directed and if in 48 hours your pains haven't all left you get your money back.
 It works just as swiftly with Neu- ritis, Sciatica, Lumbago and Neu- ralgia. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

The trouble seems to be that too many ind; Viduals can exist half wet and half dry-Gos Angeles Times.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10
Admit the Mistake.
(New York World Telegram. )

tNeW York Telegraph
 sure sign of bgness is willingness to admit mistake. Yet such willingness is one of the rarest of human traits.
 It is inconcevabe that President Hoover now regards the Hawley- -Smoot tariff as anything else than mistake
 Evidence of that fact has mounted constantly since the bill was signed.
 Raprisals from abroad flight" of American industry and American capital to foreign lands decreased exports increased depression-those have been the result
 AS one critic sums it up "the Hawley-Smoot tariff has substituted the hostility of foreign coun- tries for previous friendship; has resulted in re- talatory action and markets closed to our con- merce in all parts of the land has driven huge sums of domestic capital into foreign fields where within foreign tariff walls, American capitalists escape the retaatory and other tariff barriers and American labor"
 No one in this Nation is in better position to see and to realize the bghting results than is President Hoover. His experience alone as Secre- tary of Commerce equipped him to sense in de- tall the fundamental weaknesses of the thing which he In time of great political pressure signed which constitutes the great mistake of the Hoover Ad- ministraton.
 That mistake be remedied and remedied quickly A repeal of the Hawley- -Smoot bill would be inevitable if recommended by the President to congress. That would throw the tariff back to where it was before the bill was enacted And the weight that America has been carrying since the bill was signed would be removed from the ourdened shoulders of the American people
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

The acceptance by the drys of the challenge of the vets to make Prohibition issue in the present session of Congress was an instance of making a virtue of necessity. The vets had prepared the way for the battle and it was going to occur whether the drys wanted it or not. There was nothing left for them but to accept the challenge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

Rumania's Queen Marie was so disgusted with Prince Nocholass marriage to commoner that she packed up and went to Munich to stay with Princess neana and her Hapsburg husband Which will convince the Hapsburg husband of the error Of Nicholass ways-(Port Angeles News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

King Alfonso is going to spend most of his time reading until he is recalled by his people" The King has chance to become mighty well-nform- ed and highly educated guy.-( Philadelphia In quirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

When the members of the St. Marv,s footbau squad yell "Oh Damm!" they are not cussing but merely calling their coach, Al Damm-(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

There was no encouragement in the Presidents message for Hearsts proposal for five billion dollar bond issue for public improvements and unemployment raef
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-10

Efforts of the League of Nations to throw co,d water on the Manchurian affray seem futile when temperature of 20 degrees below zero doesn't feaze it.-(Washington Post)
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
Earth BeLOW a Terrifying Sight

During stay in the sratosphere busy mainly on
experiments felt
Breathing conditions almost normal
equipment. ~
We measured the osmic and ionzaton
curtent rem IN Lne stratophere that
IN these fields will highly sensational
measured the pressure at height 10000 meters and dis
covered that it is approximately
- T-O FO- "-'' VA
Will h proved SO valuable that further experiments
VIII pe Even the highest
was normal We had difficulty within the spherod and ali
instruments functoned to expectations $500 80
AT altitude of 10000 earth marvellous sight
Yet is terrifying rose the earth seemed at times
that it is ~ - "-e eAo"o
ouSh mist OF the atmosphere
earth seemed to into coppcored cloud and then ali hut
disappeared in a haze ~ ~ " "-A ""'
After completing
the heat of the valleys below immediate landing
We intend to remain here two three days see that
instruments and balloon brought safely from
their resting place the Gurg Glacier
be difficult task which shall have Superintend
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
Has Wonderful Orange Drink

thirst saked however, until landed. Then
rushed out for into the juice Of an
Believe the wonderful drink have had
in life.
the first minutes through the sratosphere
gondoa rocked considerably
This difficult scientific observations at first
amazed to find that there anxiety for safety
but realize that observers seemed in distressing
dcament
And the reason we did pevaing heat
Southern Germany the Alps which
our balloon descending
IA hours to bring balloon down enough
landing place Outside this difficulty the balloon
out of control
Gurgl Glacier on landed the ideally
place could find did where
sailing beautiful countryside
peaks thrilled midst
complete work and descent.
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
BALLOON FLIGHT
RICH IN VALUE

Invaluable scientific benefits
may result from the StratoSphere
voyage made by Prof. Auguste
Picard, local scientists believe.
DR.. w. j. Humphreys, meteoro-
logical physicist at the Weather
Bureau, said the flight suggested
that humans could soar to tre-
mendous attitudes in alright
rocket ships.
Father Frederick Sohon, direc-
tor of the chronological labora-
tory at Georgetown University,
viewed the adventure as possibly
furthering experiments on the
Einstein theory.
John A. Fleming, acting direc-
tor of the department of terreS-
trial magnetism, Carnegie InStitu.
ton, saw conductivity rewards.
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
MRS. MECKLEY.
KEEPS TITLE

WOmen'S par for course Is 7S.
Mrs. Betty Parker Meckley, jr..
Of the Indian Spring Club, re-
tanned her women's District golf
championship by defeating Mrs.
]. Marvin Haynes, of Columbia
Country Club, l up, over the
Chevy Chase Club course today.
The defending champion was
2 down going to the eleventh.
but won this hole to slice her
opponents margin and squared
the match at the twelfth. Mrs.
Meckley forged ahead by winning
the fifteenth hole.
Mrs. Dorothy Hunter, of Indian
Spring, triumphed over Mrs.
Charles Hill (unattached), 4 and
2, to capture the first-flight con-
Solations.
Mrs. Alma Won 'seinner, Of
Beaver Dam, won he second
fligh finals by defeating Mrs:
Lawrence Hedrick, Army ana
Navy Counry Club, 6 and 4.
Mrs. Tom Moore, OF Indian
Spring, was victorious over Mrs.
w. E. Hall, Washington Golf and
Counry Club, 2 and l, IN he Sec
ond fligh consolaions.
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
Remain in GOndOL0 for NiQht

experienced magnificent then sometime later
pied the glacier toward which slowly Then
descended gradually without uncomfortable
motions 1t was just about M g m s. T, wednesday,
when the gondola to rest the glacier
quite dark had not the slightest notion
located All around mountainous walls
decided would be best to remain gondola the
Not until early yesterday did get out of the gondoa
and look around We Spied tiny village
cded make it.
Halfway down, met party composed school
teacher Falkner three
to find alive.
Our balloon trip in reality fantastic.
our balloon shot up like rocket surprising We hit
StratoSphere quickly in uninterrupted
We had plenty of time
uon, with most minute experiments measurements.
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
CLARK To PLEAD
SELF-DEFENSE,
IS BELIEF
Groundwork Laid at PreIimi-
nary Hearing for Ex-Prose-
cutor's Battle at Trial

LOS ANGELES, May 29 0.N.So
Prospects of a self lf-defense plea
were seen in the questions asked
by lawyers in the preliminary
hearing Of David H. Clark, for
mer prosecutor, charged with the
murders O.. Charles Crawford and
Herbert Spencer, which was con-
tinued today.
; Clark's lawyers asked George
Crawford, brother and bodyguard
of the slain political boss. about
a ventilator in the room where
the politician and the magazine
editor we're slain. He testified
that the lattice work on the venti-
lator was large enough for a
bullet to pass through it without
touching.
First Theories Scrapped
From this 1t was deducted that
the defense might be that CraW-
ford fired first at Clark, the bull
let missing him and passing
through the grating of the open
ventilatOr never to be found.
Crawford was shot and Spencer
was in the line Of fire, they init
mated.
A reopening of the entire in
vestigation with the scrapping of
existing theories as to motives
for the double murder was hinted
when the preliminary hearing
started over the objections Of
the prosecution.
Police are Reprimanded
Chief of Police Roy E. Steckel
and the department were repri-
manded by the prosecution staff
for Overlooking vital phases Of
the investigation" and for telling
one important State witness to
keep her mouth shut"
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
VATICAN DENIES
CARDINAL QUIT

VATICAN CITY, May % GN.
S.O.-A formal denial was issued
today from the Vatican of reports
published abroad that Cardinal
Pacelli, under-secretary of state
for the Vatican, had resigned.
LONDON, May 29 G.N.SO =.
Cardinal Pacelli resigned as papal
undersecretary of state today, it
was stated in a Central News dis
patch from Rome.
The resignation was said by the
Italian newspaper Popolo di Donna
to be due to the activities of the
Azzione Cattolica, nationwide or
ganization of Catholic youth,
which Cardinal Pacelli con-
demned.
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
j. 8. CUP HOPE.
ELIMINATED

AUTEUIL, France. May %
!U.N.SD America suffered two
more setbacks in the French hard
court tennis championships today
when George M. Lott, Davis Cup
star, and Elizabeth Ryan, veteran
of many international tourna-
ments, went down to defeat.
Lott was eliminated in the quar-
ter finals of the mems singles by
g. P. Hughes. of England. in what
was probably the most unexpected
upset of the tournament. The
Britisher took the game by the
score of 3-6, 4-6, 60, 6-4,
Ga. Miss Ryan lost to Senorita
Lii Alvarez, of Spain, ST, 6-3,
6I4
The Washington times., 1931-05-29
IN RACE
To AMERICA

ABOARD s. S. EMPRESS OF
BRITAIN AT SEA, May %
GNSD Splitting the sea at "a
knots, the new Canadian Pacific
liner Empress of Britain sped
westward today to establish a
five-day passenger and four-day
airmail passenger service from
Englnd to Quebec.
After an auSpiCiOuS send-Off at
Southampton, the liner reached
CherbOurg In 6 hours and 10
minutes ahead of the Olympic,
bound for New York from
Southampton.
The Olympic got away from the
French port first in a thunder
and lightning storm, but ran into
a thick fog several hours out. The
Empress Of Britain also en-
countered the fog and passed the
Olympic ct midnight.