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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
MOTORISTS STRANDED
AS STORMS KILL ONE
Arizona Suffers Heavy Property
Damage in C1oudburst-30O
Tourists Are Fed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., February is
Storm cloude still lowered over water.
soaked Arizona last night as measures
were taken to feed hundreds of motor
lists stranded by impossible roads.
Three hundred motorists, mostly
tourists, driven from automobile camps
at Wellton by flood which followed q
cloudburst Friday, were fed by Brother
Noah, mayor, city marshal and restau-
rant man at Tacna, east of Wellton.
One life was lost in the Wellton food
and property damage was extensive.
Rains continued generally through
out the State, but in lesser quantity ex-
cept at Yuma, where precipitation was
heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

1t was a close squeak. But in
spite of filibusters, insurgents
and stand -patters, OLD GOLD
nosed out it's rivals lin the final
count.
The score was: OLD GOLD, $50;
Brand X, 2O2; Brand Y, PA;
Brand Z, 1879.
Which goes to show that
not even Congressional blocs can
block the nations verdict that
o. G. is the most appealing ciea-
rette easier on the throat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

By ROBERT RIPLEY, Creator of "Believe 1t or Not''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

RICHARD I. MANNING
GERRISH H. MILLIKEN
FRANK PRESBREY
JOHN J. PULLEYN
FLEMING H. REVELL
GEORGE NJ. REYNOLDS
JESSE ISIDOR STRAUS
RIDLEY WATTS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
D r E C T o r s

GEORGE B. CORTELYOU
WALTER w. HEAD
CHARLES d. HILLES
HALE HOLDEN
CHARLES EVANSHUGHES, Jr.
ALBA B. JOHNSON
PERCY H. JOHNSTON
WILLARD V. KING
DARWIN P. KINGSLEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

Pear growers have spent 1885 900 in
an effort to curb blight, Department Of
Agriculture figures show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT
JOHN E. ANDRUS
NATHANIEL F. AVER
CORNELIUS N. BLESS
MORTIMER N. BUCKNER
THOMAS A. BUCKNER
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

coupe which is x~ig-zgEinr down
the road. Suddenly the IA swerves
70 the left. attempts unSuccessfuliv
10 hurtle n deep ditch, and stops
on It's side amid q clatter or broken
glass;
Five minutes elapses. A "
drives up. stops, and the driver
runs 40 the scene on the accident.
Samaritan: Anyone hurt?~
Woman's voice ((muffled. Read
about " TN the papers tomorrow
Samaritan drritated): What
happened. anyway
Woman Indignantly: II vas
driving along YER carefully when
all or n sudden there was "A "a
parked In front OF me. I think
maybe there was two cars. T had
70 get around u and 7 went too
Tar Why don't you help MS out?"
By this time crowd has gathered.
Man Is helped out. and IS now al
most s0bered. Woman hunts around
for shoes and hat which fell or
in the excitement. puts them on.
and climbs out with aId NY several
men. Car Is righted. Man and
woman climb I'm.
Newcomer. what caused the
wreck2~
Man tvery Subduedl. IA N Nv
the name OF Habanero."
tCurtain)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
Graft in Post Office Leases

chmn. John J. Blaine Of the senate committee in
vestigating post office leases has promised to prove
that beneficiaries Of these leases contributed 81, 1850
600 to the last two republican presidential campaign
funds. Former Asst. Postmaste Gen. Bartlett was
questioned BY Chmn. Blaine about leases made dur
ing his term Of office. Bartlett was asked by Blaine
II he would not be surprised to know that heneficiaries
of the postal leases had contributed about a million
and a quarter dollars to the campaign fund used 70
elect Pres. Coolidge and Hoover
This former assistant postmaster general said he
would rather not answer the question. but testified
ne had heard people say they should be given fair
reatment because they had given to campaign funds
IN the past" Indeed the witness said while he was
called the Yankee jew" for the reason that his cri-
tics said Bartlett was pretty hard on these fellows
He said something else-that his signature to a
substitute lease for the st. Paul post office which he's
been condemned BY some republican members Of
congress as fraudulent, was affixed by a subordinate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
The Sealed Trunk
BY Henry KhchslI Webster
. Copyright By The BObbs Merrill CO. wNU Services


Martin Forbes. = newspaper a
makes the acquaintance OF Rhoda
White. He overhears . conversation
concerning her which he hooks up
with a blind adj inQuiring the
whereabouts or "Rhoda Mcfarland"
At first she refuses to deny or ad-
NIT hat hat Ia her real name. but
hnally does admit IL she has been
living with her father. Professor
Mcfarland. whose life had been
wrecked by misfortune. Connected
with this misfortune was her uncle.
William Royce The professor dies
suddenly. valn.y trying 70 give
Rhoda a message about some pa
pers" tn a trunk. Rhoda takes an
apartment with Babe" jennings
and gets a Job as a. stenographer.
Martin learns hat the blind nd~
advertiser Is one c. J. Forster. A
mysterious Claire Cleveland asks
Rhoda to get a paper or hers that
was In McFarland's possession. She
also reveals knowledge or the trick
that wrecked McFarland's life. The
trunk ~ stolen. Rhoda suspects
Claire and trails her 10 F0rsfers
hotel Martin sees a nan named
Lewis drive 10 the depot with n
trunk which he recognizes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

One thing he'd better do, without
loss OF time was to pay or his
taxi while he could He'd left the
paper. I'm bis haste this noon. with
out stopping to get some money
that he needed. After he'd paid
the sum the meter had been add
ing up 50 industrfously, and tipped
the driver he had just SIXTY cents
left-and you could have bought
him, as he stood mt the curb
watching the cab drive away. for
Just about that
The obvious duty before him
was 20 telephone Rhoda at the
studio and tell her what he had
seen happen. The only plan In bis
mind ~ that be and Rhoda 20
around together 20 the city hall
and swear out q warrant for Lew
Is arrest along with q writ or re-
plevin for the trunk, and then be
on hand with a pain-clothes man
when Lewis came 70 the station 70
take the train There was time
enough-except for the one fact
that Rhoda herself would veto the
plan
he hadn't the faintest doubt OF
that. He remembered how she'd
looked last night when be had
been telling her about the
-morgue-: they dug into that only,
he had said. when something IN the
current news called for a refer
ence TO IL He didn't know-he'd
deliberately avoided trying TO find
out-what file II was she was
afraid might be looked into nor,
exactly. what sort or secret IL con-
tanned. but he remembered the
deep earnestness ia her voice when
she'd begged him not to try to find
out any more than she had told
him and not to do anything that
might change the life she'd been
% happy in during the past two
years.
He had been drifting aimlessly
along the street in the general a.
rection Of his newspaper Office.
though ne had no conscious reason
for going back there, and present
Iy he found himself standing cut
side q little movie theater, staring
In q sort Of trance at the lurid
poster ON It's billboard. II repre-
scented the so-called eternal tri-
angle. a guilty pair surprised BY
the mans virtuous wife. She was
defending the sanctity or the
hearth with a small revolver and
you could see from the way they
cOwed before her thatnthey recor-
nized the cogency OF her argument
She had the same coIored hair MS
Claire Ceveand-and q little of
her looks. too.
Martins abstraction grew deeper
and deeper. The girl in the cage
cast sharp little gfanres his way
and wondered whether she hadn't
better hzrEe MS move CO. But Be-
fore she caDe 70 This decision he
came to one Of his own. He looked
at his watch and went or ID the
nearest drug store 70 telephone to
Claire
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
Sen. Reed and His Disclosures

Sen. David A. Reed Of Pennsylvania is a former
service man He is chairman Of the military affairs
ommittee. He unearthed that which he called q
widespread scandal and he exploited 1t. It concern
ed government employees who while drawing full
salaries for their work also received veterans disabl-
ity compensation" Sen. Reed placed these facts be-
fore the senate and the senate acted. II approved
legislation to prohibit government employees whose
salaries are $1,000 or more a year from drawing COM
pensation as disabled officers.
It appears that the names Of disabled privates did
net find a place on the Reed list Of ~favorites. Sen.
Reed named more than a score Of officials in the
veterans bureau and all parts Of the country who Ind
been retired as disabled and were drawing salaries in
addition to compensation Of more than $500 a year
and he added there we're many more drawing less"
IT was Texas first" IN this interesting story rel
alive to the World war veterans and their grievances.
Cong. Thomas L.. Blanton Of Texas. to quote from the
vocabulary Of the man in the street, beat Reed 10
IT," That Is. "a hours before the Pennsylvania senator
uncovered his charges. the Texan had made similar
charges In the house. Sen. Reed made the direct
charge that those getting the biggest salaries were
mostly physicians and dentists For instance, he said.
that one important employe Of the government was
receiving $1,000 salary and a disability allowance n
$500 a year WHILE another received $1,000 pay and a
large disability allowance. Before his amendment was
adopted he Pennsylvania statesman asked this oues-
tion. NJ wcr5or how these Ealaries sound to some
poo- enlisted man Who IS drawing compensation Ct
$50 e month and has no iob?"
Tank It over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

official on the order OF Former Postmaster Gen
Harry New.
Sen. Blaine Is a progressive republican and The
leaders In the play who have alleged graft In the
post office leasing contracts are republican progress
sive congressman OF the West and the Northwest
Harry New is out, Walter r. Brown Of Ohio is in
Blaine OF Wisconsin Is on the firing line and copy.
making for the newspapers in q very important in
dustry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
p. O. Receipts Still
Increase at Harlingen

- 0NMAI ~ IN1IIIIATIILsI
HARLINGEN. Feb. l0.-Harlin-
gen poStoffice receipts showed q
substantial increase in January over
the same month last year and III
1929. according TO j. =. Rodgers,
postmaster.
Receipts totalled S592327 or
S505.03 more than the total Of S.
31B "a III January. 1880. This is an
increase Of lis per cent.
The increase over January. 1929
was S1.232l64. The total for jan
uary. 1929 was s4.79063.
Receipts AS n whole have been tn
~creasing rapidly and has resulted
In "a substantial appropriation be-
ing recommended for a new post
office here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
THE CRASH; A TRUE ONE-ACT
= = = y = v 4 y
ABOUT AN AUTOMOBILE
y = y = " ~ W y
ACCIDENT, NOT WALL STREET

Time: Between IL o'clock and
midnight Sunday.
Place. Highway north Of the
country club.
Characters. A man. q woman.
a Chrysler coupe and a bottle or
Habanero.
The highway for miles Is bare
or traffic. except for one Chrysler
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
Brownsville Has:

]. A population in 1881 Of over $4,000.
2 A mean average temperature or Is.
J Bank deposits. 100000
4 Four railroads. seven paved highways.
5. international airport. five air lines.
9. A $6.0e0.0O deep water port financed.
Z. The best climate. soil In the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

Captain Campbell has driven an auto Gas miles
an hour at Daytona Beach. This is a new worlds
record. exclusive OF marks set by college students
motoring home from a dance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

CBy Staff Correspondent
HARLTNGEN. Feb. l0.-A resi-
dence is being erected at 906 East
Pierce 81 tAIr0yo Vista Adnnl for
w. Fl. Watson. j. Sam Wilson is
contractor OH the house which will
have six rooms and will cost $1,000.
The dimensions are 30X42.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10
The Once Over

Mr.. Stain Calls For n Little Energy
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life Is but an empty span;
Minimize your need for slumbers.
Toll for Stains Five Year Plant
Life is reals Life Is earnestl
Life is Russial Life is met
Life Is Moscow at its earnestl
Life Is labor by decreel
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is cur destined end or way.
But to slave that each tomorrow
May be just another day.
Lives Of great men all remind Us
We can make our lives sublime
II the Soviet leaders find us
Always working overtime.
Let US then be up and doing
With a very fervent yen
For a hundred years Of hewing
To be done by US In tenl
ss
Joseph Stain. head man of the Russian Soviet, is
out with a warning to Russia millions Of dazed
peasants that If they want to get nywhere they
have got to accomplish IN ten years what It has
taken one hundred for other countries to accomplish.
Always remember he practically says, that no
matter how hard you work for the next ten years. I
am strong enough to stard it without hardships'
Hard as the Russians have beer driven under the
Five-Year plan, Stating now cries. Faster. I've had
enough Of this loafingl
Stain calls for a IS per cent increase in produc-
ton by the workers between now and the end OF The
year.
II the people viii only regard hard labor as a
pleasure the Fiye-Year Plan can be accomplished il
four, he tells them. but this will mean that they will
have to do about fifteen or twenty years work per
year.
This makes the outlook 50 tough that a Russian
peasant now speaks OF Siberia as a resort people
20 to for a rest.
Nevertheless. the leaders call for hard work and
more OF It was greeted with cheers from the workers.
Why shouldn't they cheer him That's the only
occasion when they can stop work for a few min
utes.
As a matter Of fact. at the present moment Ameri-
cans would cheer any American leader who could call
call for work and tell them where to get IT.
$500
WHAT the AuluLt HuluS lot RUSSIA N0DOCy KNOWS
About the best thing in its favor Just now IS that
its people have not been hit BY the golf craze, nor
NAL or Tom Thumb size.
Take golf out OF the lives Of a people and you've got
to admit they have a big chance to accomplish some
thing important.
And without Pillows
Stock Exchange seats are now selling at S235.000
This strikes us as a lot Of money to pay for a
place to sleep.
Captain Campbell has driven an auto 745 miles
an hour at Daytona Beach. This Is q new worlds
record. exclusive Of marks set by college students
motoring home from a dance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

HARLINGEN. Feb. l0.-Mr. and
Mrs. b. +. Meadows have named
their baby daughter, who arrived
Friday night No the Valley Bap-
tist hospital. Suzanne.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-10

But Not As A Steady Thing. Obviously
From a bank inquiry in New York.
Mr.. Steur: But even a lawyer should know what
he Is talking about, shouldn't he?
Mr.. Kresel: A { times, yes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25
Famous Actor I'm
FavOrite Play

Otis Skinner, grand old man OF
the American stage, makes his de-
but in the talkies with his celebrated
play "Kismet as the attraction at
Fox Imperial theatre conight
To say "Kismet" is to think OF
Skinner, and to mention the name
of Otis Skinner is to think of "Kis-
met For years he starred in the
stage production and the broader
latitude of the talking films enables
him to enlarge on his performance.
A notable cast assists him, with
Loretta Young in the leading femi-
nine role and other important parts
being taken by Mary Duncan. David
Manners, Ford S,-r1ing, Edmund
Breese. Montague Love, John St
Polls and a score of others.
Kismet' is the tale of Hail, a
rascally beggar of Bagdad who rises
10 power through his nerve and ras-
cality. interviewer with the like
able story Of his deeds is a double
romance in which he falls in love
with the chief wife of the Caliph
and the Caliph in turn loves the
beggar IS daughter.
All the lavishness of the Orient is
reproduced on superb scale and
- Kismet' is spectacular in the ex-
treme.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25

CONTINUED from page y
trict is then to have full right to
550,000 acre feet, the remainder OF
California IS share. In addition to
that right, the Metropolitan dis
trict has the right to the first 550,-
900 acre feet of surplus waters that
may be available for use in Cali
fornia, and that agriculture is to
have right to the rest of the surplus.
The agreement, which has been
confirmed by subsequent meetings
of directors and officials of the
Metropolitan district, declares that
its purpose is to provide a fair di-
vision of water from the Colorado
river in recognition of existing per-
fected and established rights and
that to that end each party TO the
agreement is TO incorporate its pro-
visions in any contracts for water
from the river made 'either with
the United States government or
with the Division of Water Re
sources of California.
On April "a, 1880, the Metropoli-
tan district completed and signed a
water contract for its share OF the
Colorado river, but failed to include
in that contract with the federal
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25
Amos an Andy
Get Good Offer

Some of the troubles of the Fresh
Air Taxicab Company, Incorpulat-
ed" may be solved If Amos an
Andy" couple of nationally known
colored boys, bite at the bait that
Red" Mitchell of the local Chev-
rolet agency holds out to them.
Being the smart" member of the
firm. Andy may not bite. but Amos,
who is dumb" like a fox. may see
the point.
Red" heard the boys getting
bawled out last night by the Judge
for being late in court because their
cab broke down enroute to Andy's
trial, and this prompted him to send
the following telegram to the coun-
try'S famous funny men:
Poor transportation no excuse in
court. We can arrange immediate
delivery of new Chevrolet six Yes,
We use PepSodent Wire"
Red" has the six all polished up
ready 10 send by air mail if the
proper word is forthcoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25
BILL INTRODUCED
TO HALT MAKING
WINE. IN HOMES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. U.P) -
Senator Sheppard. Democrat, Tex
as author Of the 18th amendment.
introduced a bill in the senate to-
day to prevent the manufacture OF
Intoxicating cider and fruit juices
in private homes.
Sheppard said his bill. which
would amend re Volstead act, was
designed to cope with the new cam
peign Of grape juice concentrate
manufacturers to sell non-intoXl-
eating beverages for fermentation IN
private cellars.
Senator Tydings. Democrat, Mary
land. and a wet. repeatedly on the
senate floor has challenged any pro-
hibitionist to introduce such an
amendment which would curb not
only the fermentation Of beverages
in city homes, but also the produc-
ton for home use Of hard cider on
the farms.
The bill introduced by Sheppard
would eliminate from the Volstead
act the last sentence of section %,
which reads:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25
PLANE ENGINE
INVENTED HERE
PASSES TESTS

Successfully meeting the rigors
day, the Dual Aircraft motor in
vented by Van Bezel of this city
lived up to the expectations of in
terested parties.
The test stand Is situated on
Fourth street and a group of visit
ing engineers witnessed the motor
run under a speed of 5000 reVolu-
tions per minute. II ran to the
satisfaction Of all concerned and
eyinced great celebration.
This motor is capable OF 81 $40
horsepower at 1000 revolutions q
minute at a weight OF $50 pounds
complete with electric starter. It
is covered by 10 patents.
1T will double the horsepower at
half the weight Of any aviation
motor built" Bezel said today. 1T
is stream lined, being l3 inches
wide, 26 inches long and % inches
high"
Drawings now are under way for
the construction of another model
OF the Dual motor which will be
used for test flights. 1t will be a
$50 horsepower motor which will
weigh 432 pounds.
Charles McReynolds. Pacific
coast editor Of the Aviation Maga-
zine, recently requested news
story concerning the motor and the
plans of the company. This article
has been prepared for the magazine
and will be forwarded at once, Bezel
said
James GlaSsford is legal advisor
of the corporation and is handling
all its business affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25

government any mention Of the IN
tersectional agreement Of February,
1890.
The Metropolitan district has also
three separate applications on file
with the Division of Water Re-
sources of California to appropriate
water from the Colorado river
amounting to 2,171900 acre feet per
annum. None of these applications
refer in any way to the agreement
of February, 1880.
In addition to the applications OF
the Metropolitan district the City OF
Los Angeles has two applications
on file with the Division OF Water
Resources to appropriate water from
the Colorado IN the amount Of 1900
cubic feet per second continuous
flow for use in the City Of Los An
geles Neither of these applications
refers to the applications of the
Metropolitan district. nor to the
agreement of February, 1880.
Resolution Explained
The purpose of the resolution, if
adopted by the state legislature will
be to instruct the Division of Water
Resources to observe the terms OF
the intersectional agreement in con-
sidering applications for Colorado
river water, and to request the fed
eral government likewise to follow
the terms Of the agreement in max
ing contracts for delivery OF water
under the Boulder dam, and to IN
struct the Metropolitan and other
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25

signatories of the agreement to OBJ
serve its terms.
The resolution as now drawn
would prohibit the granting OF per-
mits for Colorado river water di-
version to the coastal plain in any
event to 100000 acre feet per an
mum.
Those who left today include Di-
rectors Mark Rose. C. w. Brock
man, Ira Aten, Earl C. Pound, At
torney c. L. Childers, Secretary F.
H. McIver, Chief Engineer NJ. j.
Dowd, and Director ELECT w. F.
Beal The latter was at one time
a member of the assembly from this
district, and will take office as a
director of the district from Braw-
ley on March 10. Beal attended the
board meeting yesterday and took
an active part in the discussions
regarding the proposed resolution.
Either the Metropolitan district
is guilty of making an agreement
which it does not intend to keep. or
else il is guilty of grossest negligence
III making contracts for water and
in filing applications that fail to
regard he agreement, declared
Mark Rose today. "This question
of carefully observing every prov-
sion in any agreement affecting our
water rights is vital. We are not
going TO allow any further curtail-
ment Of our water supply. We are
confident that the state of Califor-
MIA will take the proper steps to see
that agriculture is fully protected. ="
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-25
Fits Sued For
Printing Bill

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25. UP)
--Buron Fits. district attorney OF
Los Angeles county. today was
named defendant in a suit for n
S425 printing bill. allegedly incurred
IN his unsuccessful campaign for
the Republican nomination for
governor.
The action was brought in mum
icipal court by l.. T Lovey, attor-
ney for ID Jones. assignee for n
printing company.
FELTON, Taylor, San Francisco
manager of the Fitts-Fo Governor
campaign, and Donald Mcclure, a
Fits campaign worker, were made
co-defendants with the Los Angeles
district attorney.
Lovey complained that payment
OF the bill had been refused He
said the bill was for pamphlets in
which Fits attacked the taxation
policies of c. c. Young. former
governor of California.
Riverside County tested PAS cows
in January, with an average but
terfat production OF 389 pounds,
culling "a COWS.