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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
wheat IS USED
AS FOODSTUFF

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. CFl-An
increasing portion Of the wheat sur
plus this year viii reach the mar
ket in the form Of livestock and
poultry.
Some OF the grain was fed lot
wear but many farmers were slow
to put II in the feed bins because
Ii was a new thing In their exper-
fence.
Reports to the agriculture depart
ment this year. however. indicate
that the continued price decline has
broken down inhibitions.
Farm Board Approves
The department and the farm
boa-d approve. Experts a. there ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Port rsa-
bel Friday. under normal Me-
neurological conditions.
High None
Low 2.4i p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03

BaTometric gradients were IN
usually shallow over most Of the
u. 8. at the morning observation.
but the pressure was relatively low
over the far northeastern states. AS
n result the weather continued fair
to clear practically throughout the
western two-thirds of the COUNTRY.
while light to moderate scattered
rains occurred in the states east Of
the Mississippi river. Except for cool
weather in the Ohio valley this
morning temperatures continued
near the seasonal average through
out the balance OF the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03

Many protests nave been Tor
warded TO r. s. Hollingshead, food
stuffs specialist of the commerce
department against the farm
boards exchange Of wheat for cof-
fee with Brazil.
OBJECTIONS have been raised"
Hollingshead explained, against
resort to barter. particularly for
large transactions on the ground
that 1t may interfere with the nor
nal trade relations between the
distributors and manufacturers. and
consumers"
1t was the depression rather than
the governments example. however.
that Hollingshea believed revived
person-to-person swapping. To his
knowledge the practice has not re-
appeared IT. large trade channels.
Here, however. are some recent
examples Of individual exchange
without benefit Of coin.
Barboursville. w. Va: Farm pro-
duce became acceptable to the Nor
ris Harvey college, on Aug. ri. as
tuition for the coming school year.
officials explaining that prospective
students had plenty Of crops but
little money-and the school dining
hall must have edible supplies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
PROSPERITY
MOVE BEGINS
over EUROPE

NEW YORK. Sept. 3. Rl-Secy.
OF state Henry T.. Stimson return
ed from abroad today with an OPP
timistic prediction that a lasting
structure OF peace and economic
prosperity will be built on the
foundation laid by Pres. Hoover's
debt moratorium and the recent
seven power conference In London.
During his two-month stay in
Europe. the secretary OF state at
tended the London conference and
held informal conversations with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
old custom
Of EXCHANGE
ISPREVALENT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.5R-
The question, "what're you going
to $ for money!" may become
more than a wisecracs.
Amused by the news that a Judge
IN Kentucky is performing marri-
ages for so-many-peaches per cere-
mony. experts in two governments
departments today in all serious
ness recognized a widespread reap
pearance OF the ancient practice OF
bartering goods and services from
person to person.
Whether trades by governments
of 50 much Of this for so much Of
that commodity has made this ma
ton barter-conscious seemed debat-
able. DR.. Theo. B. Nanny, senior
economist in rural sociology work
in the agriculture department, said,
however, the only situation that
Appropriated" the present was a
wave Of direct exchange that fol-
lowed the Civil war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
Grain For Tuition

FERGUS FALLS. MINI. Sept. 2.
R1-Luther College students who
farmed during the summer are in
luck.
The college has decided 10 accept
the grain they raised as tuition. at
more than prevailing market prices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
BTI.IFTIN

tFirst figures. lowest tempera-
ture last night: second. highes.
yesterday; third. wind velocity at
8 a. m: fourth. precipitation In
last - hrs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03
Wheat in Payment

The International Harvester COM
pany was recently reported accept
ing wheat cat the rate OF IS cents
per bushel) in payment for farm
implements in Oklahoma, Nebraska
and Kansas.
At Indianapolis newspaper an
nounced admission by wheat would
be in vogue at the state fair on
farmers day. so that producers
might exchange a bushel for en-
trance, another bushel for permis-
sion TO drive a car into the grounds.
DR.. Nanny was informed recent
~ that several rural doctors in the
middle west have advertised on
their shingles to the effect:
Treatment in exchange for poul-
try and eggs"
This is one OF those things that
happen when prices 60 down. af-
fecting the farmer first" NANNY
added. After the Civil war, ID is
said, taxes we're received in amounts
Of wheat in some cases: but we
seem TO be hearing Of barter in
more widespread areas now.
This would seem natural be-
cause, despite our effort to get
farmers to live at home they have
o specialized farms than
they had in reconstruction DAYS.
and there are more things they
must obtain by exchange"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03

For East Texas. Partly cloudy
and somewhat unsettled Thursday
night and Friday. Moderate to
fresh southerly winds on the coast.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
MusSOLini Accepts
Plan in Principle;
To Send SUGGESTIONS

ROME, June "a Q.N.S0 The
Italian government has cabled to
Washington its acceptance in
principle of President Hoover's
debt suspension proposal, it was
officially announced here today.
The acceptance was embodied in
a cable dispatched by Premier
Benito Mussolini to Signor Gia-
como de MARITIME, Italian ambas-
Sador to the United States, for
presentation to Secretary of State
Henry l.. StimSon.
To Send Observations
While ii Duce made no reServa-
tiOns to the proposal at the pres
ent time, he signified his inten-
ton of submitting, at sOme later
date, certain observations" de-
signed for practical application"
to the Hoover scheme. The cable
read:
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
US. TRADE DATA
MIRROR NEW
CONFIDENCE
Domestic and World Reports
Show Business Uptrend;
Hoover Plan Encourages

Despite the protracted depres-
sion there are unmistakable signs
of business Improvements in Off
cial reports to the Commerce and
Treasury Departments and the
Federal Reserve Boar from do
mestic sources and many parts
of the world.
Federal officials, while not
minimizing distress resulting from
two years of hard-times, said to-
day there are indications of
definite character being regis
tered weekly in the international
trade reports and there is particu-
larly a more optimistic feeling on
the part of business men.
The general approval of PreSi-
dent HOOver's One-year mora
tOrium plan on reparatiOns and
international debts was heralded
as possibly the big push forward
that business needed to get back
on the track that leads to pros
perity. Already there are indiCa-
tiOnS a healthier feeling has been
developed by the proposal.
Officials said that improve
ment in America is more pro
nounced than abroad, a develop
ment that had been anticipated.
Mellon Optimistic
Secretary Mellon remarked
some time ago that while he could
not predict when improvement
would come, the United States
would lead the world to recovery.
Later, Melons feeling was that
the turn in business possibly was
already taking place, and that the
noticeable change in the tide
might come with the 1881 crop
moving season.
But, officials took care to reit-
crate, the prosperous conditions
Of 1923 and 1929 are not coming
over night. The world, as we'll
as the United States, has a long,
hard pull back to normal produc-
ton and employment.
Nevertheless, leaders in business
and finance have expressed the
belief to governmental agencies
that conditions have been ap-
preaching a more sound fOunda-
ton in the last four months.
German Reaction Good
Germany, probably the key
country in the European situa-
ton, has recently reported favor
able developments in wholesale
and retail trade, while for April
bankruptcies showed a decrease.
Germany reacted quickly to the
Hoover reparations proposal, and
there is indicated a substantially
improved feeling of confidence
during the last week, where a few
days ago only gloomy pessimism
was evident
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
EXPERTS CLASH.
On NPADDL|NGS

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and DR.. Stout. Says DR.. sher-
man:
I'm the case of my own child
L would hesitate before resort
ing to physical punishment
with the fear that the child
might develop a hidden resent
ment toward his parent. In
any case, the use of the slipper,
although it might bring imme-
diate> results, only delays the
question and frequently is only
an expression of the adults
attitude rather than a means
of determining the child's pun
iShment."
DR.. Sherman believes that the
secret bitterness felt by many
adults toward their parents had
its inception in corporeal punish
ment as a child.
At the Washington Child Guild
ance Clinic, Seventh and P
Streets Northwest. DR.. Paul j.
Ewerhardt was not so emphatic
in denouncing the theory. DR..
Ewerhardt felt that the individ-
uals should be considered, each
case based on the child's emo
tional reaction and background.
He disagreed, however, with the
Willebrandt theory against cud-
ding child in case of an acci-
dental tumble. To be sure lie ad-
mitS, the child "can not be taught
too early to face reality but he
can be helped by a sympathetic
response from his environment.
I'VE all have moments when
reality is just a bit, too harsh.
To try to escape is human, and
a baby is as much a human
being as the adult"
In other words. it might be well
to judiciously kiss the bump to
make it well'' upon occasions.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Paris Action Cuts
Plans Effectiveness
Is Per Cent, Is VieU
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

Frances apparent decision to
accept President Hoover's mora
torium proposal only by imposing
conditions which severely limit
the scope of the plan deeply
disappointed Washington today.
AdviceS from Paris were that
the French reject that part of
the Hoover suggestion which con-
templated complete cessation of
all inter-governmental war debts
for one year, and insist that
Germany still pay into the Bank
for International Settlements the
"non-poStponable" part of her
annual reparations, amounting to
$11O,OO0,00O.
Unsatisfactory to U. S.
The decision of the French
apparently has been reached in
the face of information that such
9 reply is unsatisfactory to the
United States.
Ambassador Edge, in his con-
ferences with Premier Laval, is
understood to have acquainted
him with Washington's objections
to such a counter-proposal, and
Ambassador Claudel here also
has kept his government in
formed of this Governments
aversion to it,.
IS Per Cent Effective
The practical effect of the
French condition, it was pointed
out here, was to make President
HOOver's plan, as applied to Ger
many, only about IS per cent ef-
fective, whereas his proposal was
a 100 per cent suspension of all
wartime obligations.
Both President Hoover and
Secretary of State Stimson have
indicated that the American Gov
ernment did not wish to "bar-
gain" or trade" in the matter.
Secretary Stimson had a secret
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
TRAFFIC FIGHT
K. O'S z MEN

A fight at Oak and Centre
Streets Northwest, said to have
grown out of a traffic discount
esy, resulted in both participants
being taken to Emergency Hos
pital this afternoon.
According to his wife, Frank
Craig, "a, an employe of the
Union Transfer Company, was
turning from Oak into Centre
Street in his roadster when a
taxicab driver swerved in and
blocked the narrow street.
Craig paid no attention, she
said, but pulled in and stopped
his car in front of his home,
3506 Centre st. The taxi driver,
she declared, pulled alongside,
leaned from his cab, and struck
Craig over the head with the
handle of jack.
Both drivers got out and a
fight ensued. Craig knocked his
opponent out for considerably
more than the customary count,
and the taxi driver was removed
unconscious to the hospital. Craig
also was taken to the hospital
for treatment.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Sweeps, Dusts, Tides Up--
In Strangers House

Mrs. Stella Campbell is today at
her home in New York after hav-
ing divided her !one-day visit yes
terday to the Capital between a
strange woman's home, the Fourth
precinct, and the House of Deten-
ton.
At a. m. yesterday, Mrs.
Campbell quietly entered the
home of Mrs. Olive Norris, 484
Maryland Ave. S. W., while all
the household was asleep. She
swept the floors, set the table for
breakfast. and set about to tidy
up the bedrooms.
I'm The Little Girl"
When Mrs. Norris awoke, she
found the woman in her room
cleaning in a chest of drawers.
Mrs. Norris, not a little suspi-
cious, asked the woman what she
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
France Proposes Debt
Plan Be Modified

conference this morning with Sir
Ronald Lindsay, the British am
bassador following which he was
closeted with the President and
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Mills.
The fact that France would
agree not to draw upon the Ger
man annuity in the international
Settlements Bank does not, in the
opinion of officials here, materi-
ally alter the situation.
Germany still would have to
raise the money, and the fact
she might be able to draw on it
herself, through short-term credit,
would not mitigate the burden Of
having to raise it. President
Hoover's original objective was to
relieve Germany OF all burdens in
connection with war debts for
one year.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Berlin Press Sees New
Franco German Amity

BERLIN, June "a 0NS0.-A
fundamental change" in the ira
ditional relations between Ger
many and France was predicted
by certain sections of the Berlin
press today as the outcome Of
President Hoover'S war debt move.
Some newspapers predicted def
mite negotiations between France
and Germany might take place
this summer to eradicate some Of
the differences between them.
It was limited Germany was
ready to make very definite con.
cessions in behalf of. European
peace and economic stability, and
that these might include scrap
ping of the projected Austro-Ger.
man customs union, which caused
a furore in France.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
d. C.. Man Receives
$4,000 Bequest

Clarence A. FAINT, of 815 Elgh.
teenth st. N. W., son of Hamilton
G. FAINT, a former Washington
banker, is the recipient of a
$4,000 bequest under the terms
of the will of his sister, Mrs.
Frances FAINT Kenny, of Balti-
more, filed in that city.
Mrs. Kenny died June 13. A
brother, Johnson H. FAINT, who
died within a few hours of Mrs.
Kenny. also was willed $4,000.
A $4,000 bequest is made 10 Mrs.
Elsie R. O'Dunne, of Baltimore,
while the residue will go for life
to a sister, Miss Josephine H.
Fant, who lived with Mrs. Kenny.
Mrs. Kenny was the widow of
c. D. Kenny founder of a chain
Of coffee stores.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24

was doing and received the re-
ply:
I'm the little girl from the
country who was sent to help
you in the house"
Mrs. Norris, who declared to-
day she had not sent for any
body, then woke the rest of her
family and set about to. question
the woman.
The stranger said her name
was "SteIIa Sprague" and that
she had just come from New
York. She had spent the night
at Union Station, she said, and
had come to Mrs. Norris home
to be the maid.
She was turned over to the
Fourth precinct and later to the
House of Detention, where her
husband called for her last night
and took her to New York.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
3 DILL MEN HELD
IN KIDNAPPING

CHICAGO, June "a 0.N.SD.
Three oil company officials we're
held today as authorities pressed
their search for Samuel Levin,
wealthy ex.president of the Con,
sumers Gas and Oil Company,
who was kidnapped last Saturday.
This action followed discovery
of a statement made two months
ago by Levin, lin case anything
happens" 1t accused Max John
son, treasurer of the firm, of
making threats.
Demand for ransom of several
thousand dollars was telephoncd
to Levin's attorney yesterday and
it was believed his wife was
ready to comply with the kid
naperS' instructions.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
FL|ERS' LANDING.
A MISTAKE
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There were only two mechanics
on the field, besides myself, when
the fliers landed. I ordered the
mechanics to refuel the machine
with 40 gallons of petrol, and
then took the fliers to the
officers mess hall. where I or
dered food for them. They were
terribly exhausted and too tired
to talk at first.
Both took long drinks OF water
and then started eating raven
ously of the bread on the table
while awaiting the other food
They said:
1--WE imagined this was Ire
land, or possibly Wales. We
decided to continue on to the
Croydon AerOdrOnhe, but we
were not sure Of our way over
England, and as we were rum
ming short of gas, we decided
to land at the first aerOdrOme
we sighted.
1--WE sure are tired, but we
are going on to Berlin or bust"
Rotten Weather
Between mouthfuls of food
they told me:
1--WE ran into rotten weather
after passing the middle Of the
Atlantic, and it got worse as
we were nearing the Irish
coast. Visibility was poor and
there was lots of fog. The
skies were overcast. But we
kept on flying, hoping that we
were on the right route. We
were beginning to wonder
whether we should change cur
course when sud d denly we
sighted land through the cloud
banks"
After they had finished their
lunch, we Immediately went to
our little weather office and OBJ
tanned a line on weather condi-
tions. I gave them directions to
Berlin and they climbed into their
blue and white machine.
They TAXED a short distance
and the machine rose perfectly.
1t disappeared very quickly.
This certainly was q never-fOr-
gettable episode in my life. / won
dered as I stood, and watched
them disappear, whether 1 really
were dreaming.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
DEBTS HOLIDAY
FORESHADOWS
PARTY TRUCE
Democrats, However, Demand
Work Solution, Relief for
Agriculture, No Tax Raise

While proposing a political
truce between the two major
parties in negotiation of the Hoo.
yer debt holiday, Democratic lead.
erS today called on the Adminis-
tration to take new steps toward
relieving American unemployment
and agricultural distress.
Senator Schall (R0 Minnesota,
Insurgent, sought presidential as
surance the debt would ro5 be
saddled on United States tax
payers.
Construction Delayed
Senator Walsh (DO. Montana,
proposed the President summon
all governmental officials to a
conference to speed Federal con-
StructiOn work. He pointed out
that projects appropriated for by
Congress a year ago have not
yet been started.
At the same time. Senator Har-
rison Cd, Mississippi, issued a
statement proposing a political
armistice in the handling of the
Hoover plan for suspending pay
ment of war debts for one year.
He warned there would be Demo
cratic opposition to any increase
in taxes as a result of the holi-
day.
Harrison said he had told
President Hoover there could be
no increase in taxes next year.
Harrison said he proposed meet
ing any increased deficit caused
by acceptance of his debt holiday
plan by the issuance of addi-
tional bonds or short term GER
tificates."
He expressed a hope though
that "if world confidence is re-
stored and economic prosperity
revived, the governmental re-
ceiptS in our own country may
be increased. and additional bond
issues be found not necessary"
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Club EUddeS
RerlVHn LQLV, ChQrqe

Charges that a social club has
been organized at Berwyn, Md,
to evade the town law which
limits dance nights to one
week, have been made by resi-
dents of that town.
That dances have been held
three nights a week by the club,
resulting in disturbance of the
peace, is charged by Joseph E.
Goodkey, in letter to The Wash
ington Times.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Arlington Curbs
Sales of Fireworks

The sale of fireworks in Arling-
ton county will be permitted July
3 and 4 only, according to an ord
nance of the county board of SUI
pervisors.
Only those having merchants
licenses will be permitted to sell
them. Temporary stands ada
cent to stores will not pe per-
mitted.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
BULL WRECKS CARS

KANSAS CITY, June 24.-For
a short time it looked as if staid
old Kansas City had been trans
planted to Tia Juana when
"Leaping Louie" a 1,600-pound
Brahma bull, escaped from his
pen and routed several hundred
people at a picnic after wrecking
two automobiles.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Maryland StOckmen
To Hold Ram ShOLU

The Maryland Stockmen's AS
sociation and the University of
Maryland extension service will
hold the second annual pure bred
ram show and sale tomorrow at
La Plata, Md, according to ad-
vices received here today by K.
A. Clark, manager of the sale.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
Favored
For Chocolate Bars

Buttermilk is coming into
greater use every year for max
ing the familiar nickel chocolate
bars and for chocolate coatings,
says the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, which reports that
skim milk has likewise helped
largely to replace whole milk for
these purposes.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
II Firemen Injured;
yerSeY Hotel Burns

ASBURY PARK, N. j., June "a
GN.SD Fire swept the Hotel
Curlew at Allenhurst, near here,
today, destroying the structure
Officials of the hotel estimated
the loss at 100000. Twelve fire
men we're slightly hurt.
The Washington times., 1931-06-24
BRIEFLY
/: AND HOP ON
To berlin
Maintain Average Speed of
$50 Miles With Tail Wind;
First Thoughts for Food

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Gatty indicated before their
d departure they would be
guided largely by wind and
weather conditions after the
ocean had been successfully
spanned.
The nonstop flight to Ber-
lin had been arranged merely
for the purpose of setting a
strict timetable, but the air.
men knew when they started
out that variable conditions
might enforce certain last
minute changes in their sched-
ule.
Plane in Perfect Shape
The brief stop-over indicated
the airmen found their plane in
perfect condition after the Cruel
ling flight across the Atlantic.
The transatlantic flight repre-
sented a triumph of navigation.
The plane was first sighted at
Bangor, North Wales, lying on
almost the same parallel Of lati-
tude as Harbor Grace. Gatty,
whose knowledge of aerial naviga-
ton is such that Col Charles A.
Lindbergh engaged him to teach
Mrs. Lindbergh the art, appar-
emily struck a bee.line over the
great circle course to reach his
destination.
To-Day Objective
The only news that London
had received of the Winnie Mae
early today before the pair landed
came from the steamship Drott-
ningholm, VIII; ,:i"el- ed that
1t had heard the Winnie Macs
radio signals at 6:45 p. m, Wash
ington time.
The one-eyed Oklahoma pilot,
and Gatty, his Australian-born
4ldN1SdGOI, dIS dCIClllpUAAlS w
circle the globe in 10 days.
Field Is Deserted
Post and Gatty wanted their
flight ito be without pomp and
ceremony, so the descent at Sea-
land must have come up to ex-
pectations. There was no one at
the field save the regular British
air force detachment stationed
there.
The Americans climbed out of
their cramped quarters, smilingly
responded to the hearty greeting
extended by the Britishers, and
speut moment or two stretching
theil legs
Willing arms seized theirs and
they were led to the officers
mess for luncheon. They said:
1--WE had good weather as far
as mid-AtIantic. Then we struck
q path of bad weather that
persisted the rest of the way
across.
1--WE know we crossed the
Irish coast, but couldn't see a
thing all the way Ovel Ireland.
1t wasn't until we struck the
coast Of Wales that we were
able to see land at ALL"