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The Washington times., 1931-02-23
SERIES
TRANSFERS
To EASTERN
BY JOE HOLMAN

BY JOE HOLMAN
That the 1881 inter-high base
ball series will be shifted from the
Emory Wilson Stadium to Eastern
High Schools athletic field was
learned on good authority today.
Such a move was considered a
year ago but a last moment de-
cision prevented the change. Fluke
hits caused by the short rightfleld
barrier at Central Stadium is pri-
marily the cause of the shift.
The Eastern field Is Of regula-
ton size and we'll laid out. An
inter-high series was played on
that space several years ago with
gratifying results. Consequently
the suggested transfer is expected
to meet with general favor.
Heekin Shifts
One of the greatest preparatory
school athletes ever turned out in
this vicinity is to enter Ohio
State another year. He is Dick
Heekin, Georgetown Prep's all
around ace.
Heekin is best known for his
smashing football exploits but
also is a phenomenal basketball
and baseball marvel. His work
as guard during the season now
drawing to a close has attracted
widespread comment.
Zone of the finest schOOlbOy
players I've ever seen," was
Referee Dave Keppel's COM
ment recently after officiating
q game involving the Garrett
ParkerS and Eastern.
Hes got basketball sense,
Is q splendid shot and knows
how to pass. A great all around
man."
Keppel, incidentally, is a prime
favorite among scholastic coaches,
His heads-up officiating and
knowledge of basketball has i'm
pressed the entire field this sea-
son.
Watt ReappOinted
Willie Watt, veteran sandlot
arbiter of many campaigns, is
again to handle the interhigh
baseball series. AS much has
been authoritatively reported.
Willie is generally liked for his
fair play, hustle, and accurate
rulings on close decisions.
big Chief" Guyon, as is gen.
orally the case, is optimistic
over Eastern High Schools
baseball prospects. Highly SO
in fact.
If there's one game the big
chief" knows inside out it's base
ball. His teams have waded
through interhigh opposition for
several years and will be favored
do so again.
Incidentally, the team Guyon
fears most-don't laughs Busi-
ness.
"Give Lynn Woodwork a
pitcher or so and we all may
have to back water" he de-
cIares. "He had a fine club
last year but couldn't get the
box work."
Ty Rauber, CentraIs football
master mind. once more will
handle the baseball team. Rauber
made his debut as a diamond
coach last season with fair sue
cess.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
D. {. NETMEN
LOSE TITLE

The Clifton Park netmen, of
Baltimore, Snatched the Winter
Indoor Tennis League crown from
the Washington all-stars by cap
turing four matches out of eight
at the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore, in the final round last
night. One match ended in a
deadlock.
The WashingtOnianS faced a
terrific task. 1t was necessary
for them to win eight out of
nine matches to retain the title
they won last year. The Cliff
ton ParkerS had been cham.
plons in 1926, 1927, 1928, and
1929.
Aaron Miller, Oriole youngster,
won a surprisingly easy triumph
over Frank Shore. D. C. Junior
ace, and Colin STAINS inability to
cope with Ralph Robinson, los
ing 6-3, 60. in the opening
singles, dashed the District ag-
gregation's hopes Immediately.
FTNAr STANDING
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
GEORGE |SEMANN TO ROLL
WITH HIGH POINT TEAM
Bv GINo SINH

Things will be perng up henceorth in the fourth National
Duckpn Tournament at Convention Hail. for large number
of hooster teams have already their stuff.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
Rosslyn Commercial
Bowling League
RECORDS

High team game-A. L. Kelley G. Son,
64s. High team set-A. l.. Kelley &
Son, 1880. High individual average
]. Freschi, 114-45. High individual game
j. Freschi, 1866. High individual set
A. Clarke, 399. High individual strikes
F. Jones, 80. High individual spares
&C. Haverty, 1853.
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES
The Washington times., 1931-02-23

pling under the spotlight, like a
goldfish chasing his own tail.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
SCORES
Singles

SCORES
Singles
Dooly Mitchell (W.l defeated Ed La
Fleur, 6--2, 6--3 Aaron Miller CO. de-
feated Frank Shore. 90. 6-1; Bill
Buchanan (WD defeated Bob Elliott.
1O-s. So; Bob Considine (W) de-
feated Bob Taylor. GO. 6-4; Ed Yeo-
mans tWD defeated Walter Taylor,
81, S-6, 81: Ralph Robinson Co
Doubles
Miller and Bob Taylor defeated Con-
sidine and Ed Yeomans, Cd, 2-6,
7-5; Robinson and Walter Taylor de-
feated Shore and Clyde Yeorans, 81,
6-S; Mitchell and Buchanan VS.. Ell
liott and LaFleur, IS, ST. 1b--IO.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
King Pin No. z
Pin League
RECORDS

High individual averages-Logan. 112
High individual game-Alsop. III. High
individual set-Yeager $50. High indi-
vidual strikes-Staley, 80. High indi-
vidual spares-J. Poulos, 1879 High
team set-Olympians, 1.7O6. High team
games-Natl Litho.. SIS.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23

Keppel, incidentally. is prime
favorite among scholastic coaches,
His heads-up officiating g and
knowledge of basketball has i'm
pressed the entire field this sea-
son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-11
GIANT CACTUS PLANTS

Some cactus plants are so small that their tops rise only a few inch es above the ground, but others are so tall that they remind us of trees.
 Arizona and northern Mexico are favored by giant cactus plants. One kind, the barrel cactus, grows to a height of five feet or more, and is famed for the water which it stores up. In the desert regions where it is found, water is precious during long dry spells. The barrel cactus takes up, through it's roots, a large amount of water after good rain fall.
 When a traveller grows thirsty, he finds one of the plants and cuts off the top. Then he is able to obtain a drink. Pulp taken from the barrel cactus is used for making excellent candy.
 Another cactus is the Organ pipe" Each plant usually has about a dozen tall, straight stems rising from the root. The stems grow to heights of from 10 to 20 feet. In northern Mexico, a single organ pipe" cactus was found to have 20 taA stems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-11
UNCLE RATS CORNER

Many castus plants have branch es. and the branches take on all sports of strange shapes Each branch is commonly covered with hundreds of sharp spines or needles. These needles serve the same pur- pose for the cactus as quills serve for the porcupine-they keep en- emies away. Cattle are likely to leave the cactus plant alone after finding out about the needles.
 One form of giant cactus rises with a single stem, then branches in a way which suggests that it might be holder for huge candles.
 In southern and western Arizona cactus plants have been known to reach heights of more than 30 feet. The giant cactus has been called "one of the plant wonders of the world.'
 The large type of cactus plant lives to ripe old age. Many plants are known to have been growing for more than 30 years.
 To-morrow-Ldghtnin and Thunder
 UNCLE RAY.
 Would you like to keep an Uncle Ray ScrapbOok during 1881? Send a stamped self-addresscd envelope for an illustrated Direction Lcafet and 1881 Membership Certificate in Uncle Rays Scrapbook Club.
 Copyright 1891, Publishers
 Syndicate.)
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26
RECONNAISSANCE 0F
 TWO ROAD ROUTES COMPLETED, ENGINEER

The first field work done by the United States government in con- nection with the proposed Pacific Yukon highway was completed re- gently when Donald Macdonald, locating engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, returned to Fairbanks after making a recon naissance of two routes, says the News Miner.
 It is his intention to start out again at once to look over route from Panama Crossing.
 The reconnaissance started June 12 and MT. Macdonald reached Dawson July 26. His work took him only to the boundary but he took advantage of an opportunity to make a trip to the Yukon Ter ritory capital.
 l On the trip over, the route led up the Goodpaster River, down Joseph Creek and down the Mid- dle and North Forks of the Forty mile to the Fortymile proper and then on the ridges to the boun- dary, a total ristance of 325 miles from Fairbanks. It is another TO miles from the boundary to Daw- son. The Sixtymile ridge road serving Glacier and Miller Creeks leads to Dawson.
 Coming back" said MT. Mac Donald, T deviated from that route at the head of Walkers Fork and came down the Fork to Chick en and from there to Ketchum- stock. From Ketchumstock I fol- lowed Mosquito Fork to summit between it and Sand Creek and crossed to the Healy drainage, 28 miles below the head. I crossed Volkman Creek and then came down the Goodpaster.
 This latter route is 40 miles shorter than the one we travelled over first.
 With the exception of about 10 miles near the boundary we tray- ersed good country coming back. The route is, of course, indeter- mlnate, but in any event there will De 10 or 12 miles of very heavy work. The remainder would be construction similar to that on the Steese highway with the ex- ceptlon that the road would prob aoly stay pretty much on the ridges"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26
OFFERS OPENED ON TWO
 ALASKA ROAD PROJECTS

Bids on two public works con- struction projects totaling $76,- 177.60 were recommended for award in Juneau to the Department of Agriculture by the United States Bureau of Public Roads here, it
 was announced by B. D. Williams, district engineer, in the Empire. One covered a bridge across Skag- way River at Skagway and the other short addition to Tongass Highway out of Ketchikan.
 R. H. Stock. Aberdeen, Wash,
 was low bidder out of seven ten- ders for the former with $31 ,444. SO. Sawyer Reynolds Company, Ket-
 chikan and Juneau, was the low
 bidder of four for the Ketchikan
 job, it's tender being $44,733.2O.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26
BARGE LAWRENCE LAUNCHED

To the music of flying corks from beverage bottles-soft drinks, of course, the big barge Lawrence Chas. Goodall, owner, gracefully Slid into the calm waters of Res,,r- rectlon Bay on last evenings high tlde. Not a hitch marred the iob Today, the barge was lowed down to the City Dock where 13 car loads of Evan Jones coal are being loaded and Thursday the ss Starr will tow the Lawrence to Cor dova.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26

Comic Artist: ''This joke ought to be good. I've had it in my head for 10 years"
 HeartleSS Editor: Sort of aged in wood, as it were"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26

The Gateway has more cores pondents than any paper in the Territory. Subscribe today and get a load off your chest.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26
DISCUSSING CONSOLIDATIoN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. (P,- At Lake Tahoe, representatives of the Standard Oil of New Jersey and the Standard Oil of California were working out a consolidation that has been under discussion for more than two years.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-26

Large assortment of fine sta. tlonery at ALASKA SHOP.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
LEAGUE To BACK
5 CANDIDATES

The executive committee Of the
Better Government League, an
organization designed to study
and name the candidates it con-
siders best qualified to govern
Arlington county, last night pro-
posed that the league give its sup
por t to four candidates for the
new board of supervisors.
The board, which will replace
the present government after the
November elections, will have five
members. Some members of the
league, who refused to accept the
committees report to support
only, four candidates, declared
such q, move would engender
criticism on the grounds that the
board was seeking control Of the
governing body.
Following a proposal to support
eight candidates, it was agreed to
compromise "in the interest Of
harmony" to support five. The
league will hold another meeting
october / to select the five can
didates whom it will support, &C.
cording to chairman Robert N.
Anderson,
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Negro Broadcast

Beginning Thursday evening
and every Thursday thereafter at
9 o'clock, a period devoted to
negro achievement will be broad
cast over WJSv, under the
auspices of the Crispus Attucks
News Service and the Washington
Tribune. The life of some out
standing negro will be reviewed
each Thursday by C. Lucien Skin
ner, White House correspondent
of the news service.
On october /, Duke Ellington's
Orchestra will broadcast a pro
gram from the stage of the
Howard TheaterI
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
DR.. DAVIS HEADS
NEW. CLINIC

DR.. Sherman l.. Davis Is the
director Of new foundation
formed here of physicians and
dentists united to advance pre-
ventive medicine and dentistry.
The new group, called the
Washington Nutritional Research
Foundation, will have headquar-
ters at TOO Massachusetts, Ave.
N. E., in a building donated for
that purpose by Casualty Hos
pital.
Clinical assistants to DR.. Davis
are j. Rogers Young, MD, and
Leo w. Solbach, DDS, Of Cas-
ualty Hospital.
The medical advisory commit
tee includes Drs: Royal S. Cope
land, q. S. Senator; E. c. Rose.
now, Mayo Clinic: c. c. Robinson,
Chicago; Stanley Griffin, Toledo,
Ohio; C. o. Molander, Chicago
University; Edwin. Kline, Indian
apolis; Joseph D. Rogers. Cas-
ualty Hospital here, and w. w.
Eldridge, st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
The dental advisory committee
includes Drs. Martin Dewey,
president-elect of the American
Dental Association; Boyd Gard
ner, Mayo Clinic; George Wood
Clapp, New York; K. r. Gibson,
Detroit; Nye w. Goodman, Los
Angeles Justin D. Towner, Mem
phis; Comdr. H. E. Harvey, U. s.
Naval Hospital at Norfolk; Lieut..
Comdr. Francis Ulen, U. S. Naval
Hospital here; j. K. Jennings,
president Capitol Clinic Club.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

broadcast rights to a contemplated
transatlantic voyage on a surf
board attached to an ocean liner.
That's something to get sprayed
over, no foolin'.
-
See the Colonel to Budd, Colum-
bias gloom chaserS:
$50 long. See you overture
house."
81 cinema my duty and done
it,"
1T was either her or ulcer
sister,"
And, cash customers, have YOU
danced the new Stoopnagle dance
the Special Delivery Stomp"
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
COlOred Lights Seen
As Home Decoration

Using colored lights in the
home to provide or to Argument
decorative schemes was advocated
by Samuel G. Hibben, lighting
expert, last night before the first
of series of nine lighting con.
ferences of the Washington Elec-
trio League in the auditorium of
the Potomac Electric Power Com.
pany building. Mr.. Hibben said:
'Tt required 5000 years to
reach the present point where
the American family possesses
means OF producing artificial
light barely sufficient to per-
init comfortable reading"
The Washington times., 1931-09-15


The lot of SO out of every 100
Americans Is a pretty stodsy
affair, taking 1t by, large and
around the waistline.
Through force of circumstances
most of us are doomed to a life
of prosaic sameness.
So it is with a great deal of
anticipation we are looking for
ward to an NB.C-WJz network
program scheduled for 9:15 next
Sunday night.
r. A. Mitchell. Hedges, noted
British explorer and author, at
that time will inaugurate q new
series and for Is minutes will
endeavOr to watt his listeners
from dizzy age America to the
vast unexplOred hinterland Of
Honduras.
Somep'n to look forward to!
Spirits and Science
Sir Oliver Lodges voice will be
waited from London this after
noon at 4 o'clock over the Co
lumbia network. according to
present plans. Sir Oliver. who
will be making his third appear.
ance before a mike" linked to
q transatlantic circuit, will talk
ton "One Hundred Years Of
Science"
Perhaps he will tell us a bit
more Of his plan to communicate
with the living when his spirit
crosses over the Great Divide.
N.B.C. tells us Catherine Field,
youthful lyric soprano, was such
o rotten fiddle player she Eecame
q great radio singer. During a
violin lesson under Andre de Ri
baupierre~ at Cleveland. Miss
Field played wofully out of
tune. The master held UP his
hands in horror and tore at his
hair. So Miss Field gave Up fid-
ding and became a singer
A washington athlete wants to
know If N.B.C. will purchase the
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Air Defense Tests
Sounding Devices

Army Air Corp fliers from
Langley Field, Va, last night en-
tered upon the second phase Of
maneuvers at Fort Humphrey,
Va, designed to perfect anti-air-
craft tactics.
Batteries of searchlights were
trained upon the four planes
which took part in the technical
tests and sounding apparatus, de-
signed to notify the defenders
on the ground of the approach
of the planes, are said to have
proved effective. Tests will con-
tinue until September 25.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

strated that the velvety tone OF
the string choir was capable OF
being projected equally as eftec-
lively as the sounding GRASS and
crashing cymbal of the incre bols-
ferrous members Of the symphonic
family.
At any rate. DIR. StOkOwSki is
thoroughly sold on radio. On the
night OF Monday, October IL. the
Philadelphia Orchestra win broad
cast its first program Of the sea-
son. While white shirt fronts
and diamond tiaras file into the
Philadelphia Academy of Music,
Lynn Martin, noted music critic,
will tell us more fortunate ones
at home all about 1t.
Keep the date in mind-Octo-
her II,
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

ticatss that ra-
dio was q mere
toy that 1t
could not be
d e oped to
the high state
of peri ection
n e c e s sary to
give a proper
rendition Of a
full symphony
orchestra
But the Ma
tional 3 20 a d.
casting people
fooled the mu-
Sician. T h e y
clearly demon
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Don't Miss These

$3.50 p. m. (WMAL)-Re-
gatta Mite, Radio Joe and
his Budget Boys.
6:4S p. m. (WRC)-TheO-
dOre c. Afford, speaker.
8 p. m. (WRC)-CartoOn.
lists Convention starring
Times artists.
$3.50 p. m. (WJZ)-Danger
Lines Of History.
$50 p. m. (WNTAL)-Nit
Wit Hour.
1880 p. m. (WySV)-
WaShingtOnianS' Orchestra.
IL p. m. (WRC)-OttO F.
Beck, OrganiSt.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
From Cram Novel

"This Modern Age" the M-G-M
Partisan comedy starring Joan
Crawford this week at Loew's
Columhia Theater. is an adapta-
ton Of the Mildred Cram novel,
Girls Together" with the dia-
logue anH continuity written by
sylvi Thalberg and Frank But
ler
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Romantic Menjou

In THE Great Lover" the
Ditrichstein stage play, which Is
now playing the Rialto Theater
as a talking picture, Adolphe
Menjou returns to his romantic
type of role.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
DIR. FISHER RETIRES

DR.. Albert Kenrick Fisher
senior biologist Of the Bureau Of
Biological Survey, Department of
Agriculture, has been retired after
As years and two months Of ser
vice.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Give EN- a Chance!

Some program directors are
occasionally a bunch OF lack
sights.
A prospective sponsor breezes
into the mahogany office Of the
program arbiter. Wanna put
on Is minutes twice a week" :"
wheezes the prospective sponsor.
Program Director (bOred)-
''What kind Of an act do you
want?"
p. S. (dubiously) Tin not a
Snowman. What have you got
that's NEW?"
p. d. docking over list Of
featureS) about a snappy
jazz orchestra, or a torch singer,
or q Hawaiian ensemble Or"
p. Swat a minute, buddy.
said something new"
Then the battle starts and it
always winds up with the sponsor
accepting a jazz orchestra, a
torch singer or a Hawaiian en-
semble, and the bored listener
romps around the dials looking
vfor something else.
You would think program direc-
tors would be continuously On
the lookout for new features. /
know of one studio in Washing
ton whose control room has a
bunch of operators that could, If
properly trained, put on as good
q comedy skit as some Of the
high. priced effuSiOnS Of the
alleged "biK timers"
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

ficulties wit d
h e herculan-
e an husband,
Jack Dempsey,
h Ave m a d e
front pag e
reading recent
ly, will be heard
over Columbia
n xt Tuesday
night in The
Stage and Star
S erie We
think it will
be worth hear
ing.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
Plans Radio
Symphony
Series
Ry sTANLEY BIGELOW

Time was when DR.. Leopold
etokowski, leonine.headed ccnduc-
tor of the Philadelphia Orches-
ira, thought as did many sophis-
The Washington times., 1931-09-15

Transportation worries can he over
come economically through the
PURCHASE OF q good used car. one Of
the many GOOD BUYS listed In tOday's
Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
ASHTON FOLK TO ELECT

The Ashton Heights Citizens
Association will hold its annual
election of officers at its meeting
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Ash
ton Heights Woman's Clubhouse.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
TODAY's RADIO PROGRAMS

,0.,o w5AAL.esinsinE strings
WMAL-Food talk.
M0L-Homs Harmony Time.
WJSV-Dance program.
wBAL-Ford and wallace.
1O:4S-wMAL-"The Family Nurse"
WOL-Request Program,
WBAI--Beauty talk.
IL 100 A. M.
WRC-Lanny Ross.
WMAL-Don Bigelow and His
Orchestra
WJSv-sscred Hour.
WBAL-The Arundelg.
1l;1S-WRC-Vocal and Instrum en- tai
go. wBAL-Pat Barnes, in Person.
WMAI-Columbia Revue.
MJSN-Gospel Choir.
WBAL~Dsily Menu.
ll:4S-wBAL-Blue Blazers.
1900 NOON
WRC-Larry Funks Orchestra.
WMAL-Enric MadriSIera's Gu
ban Orchestra
WOL-Luncheon program,
WJSV-Luncheen music.
WBAL-Noon- time tunes
@'SO-WRC-Natonal Farm and Home
wMAL-Arthur Brisbanes Ad-
Board of the Boston Confer
ence on Retail Distribution.
WOl-Organ selections.
WJSV-Dance music.
WBAL-Same as wRC.
l2:4S-WJsV-organ melodies,
100 P. M.
WMAL-GIenn Jones and Or
chestra
wBAL-same as wRC.
WJSV-Dance music.
1:lO-WMAL-Organ recital.
WBAL-N.B.C. program.
L:SO-WMAL-Ann Leaf at the organ.
WJSV-Trio
WBAL-Refrain Revue
l45-WRC-The Melody Three.
WBAL-Pano Moods.
200 P. M.
WRC-Womans Radio Review. \
WMAL-Youth Matinee.
WJSV-Sunshine Hour.
2:15-WJsV-Dance music.
WBAI1-Lum and Abner.
WBAI--Address by membs
Maryland state Welfare Board.
S:So-MRC-Woman's Radio Review.
WMAL-The Three Doctors.
WJSV-Rand Marches.
WBAL-Violin solo.
-WMAL-Syncopated siIhouettes.
WBAI-Cbicago Sereaade.
800 P. M.
WRC-Piano selections
WOL-Sports hour
WJSV-Ball game.
WBAL-Syncopators.
S:1S-WRC-"Pop' concerts.
WBAL-Ballads
S:S0-wRC-Maze of Melody.
WMAL--Columbia Artists Re-
cital.
wBAL-Musical Moments
3:45-WRC-Lady Next Door.
WOL-Tea Time Tunes.
The Washington times., 1931-09-15
EsteIle

Lovely Estelle Taylor, whose /
! S$;;;s3s;sSassss$2s@ ~ matrimonial diff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-24
In the Land Of the Liberty Bell

The MAYOR of the City of Brotherly Love IS said
to have rung the cracked Liberty Bell with hammer
recently We trust the gentleman had sardonic
sense of hunor. Or perhaps he recognized that lib
ertv. like the bell is cracked in Pennsylvania.
At the time two young girls were being convicted OF
sedition in philadelphia and sent to prison for term
of ten to twenty years. They were charged with
handing out leaflets to national guardsmen urging
them to attend an anti-war meeting and help pre-
vent another imperialistic
If we recall our history Alright, very seditious
document was let loose upon the world from Phla-
dephia early in July IT'S Further, the very Friends
who founded the Pennsylvania colony never have
been exactly enthusiastic about war; nperalistc or
otherwise.
Moreover. it was in Philadelphia that Samuel
BRYAN wrote the famous Continental Letters" the
ercest criticism of our federal Constitution When
has William z. Foster said anything worse than the
following about our Constitution
The new Constitution, instead of being the pana-
Cea or cure of every grievance so delusively repre-
sented by its advocates will be found upon examina
tion like Pandoras box repete with every evil. The
most specious clauses of this system Of ambition and
iniuuity contain latent mischief and premedated vii
lany."
Why is there no serious study Of local history in
the great Keystone state, where eight persons have
been convicted Of sedition in the last five years?