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Evening star., 1931-06-26
DIR. ROBBINS HONORED

DR.. Rainard B. Robbins, retiring vice
president and actuary Of the Union
Labor Life Insurance Co. was guest Of
honor yesterday at a farewell luncheon
given by the personnel of the company.
He was presented with a desk lamp and
a brief case. The presentation was
made by Bernard L. EbertS.
DR.. Robbins recently was appointed
secretary and actuary for annuities Of
the Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association of New York City. He win
assume this post on July /.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

MOSCOW. N6V5IILe15Ss, ~ Was Nle TOUGHEST BLI6Dcn
we have covered so far.
we could helow.us two aviation fields, but our
instructions TO land the civilian feld which
by its markings was the same as the airport used
by the German planes. Our landing was ELL right.
We alighted three points to the satisfaction Of
the Soviet air authorities. They congratulated US
on our landing.
In contrast to America, we found very few per-
sons ON the field, most of them correspondents for
American papers who had been waiting all after
noon for our arrival.
We greeted the representatives Of the Ossovakhim,
the allunion society for aviation ana chemical de-
fense and the Voks the society for cultural relations
with foreign countries. They brought Us TO Moscow
with Packard automobile.
Dawn Due at AM
We are staying at the Savoy Hotel for three hours
rest before starting our flight eastward tomorrow
morning at o'clock. The Russian authorities gave
us comfortable rooms in one Of Moscows best hotels.
We will resume the flight ct o'clock because the
NIGHTS are short here the dawn enrninr AZ . q M
Evening star., 1931-06-26
ERRoR CAUSED DELAY.

BREMEN. Germany, June as R.-
Otto Hillig and Holger Hotriis hoped
or for Copenhagen at 1857 am. today
(5:3T am. z. 8. To.
Cheering Thousands saw them on in
brilliant weather. The green mono
plane encircied the field once, rose to a
height Of $50 feet. climbed to q thou
sand and disappeared to the north in
the direction Of Denmark.
The flyers were up early and, much
to the establishment Of those who saw
them almost on the verge Of collapse
when they came down last night, they
appeared in the best of health The
airport offlce was Swamped with tele-
phone calls from Berlin, Paris, Copen-
hagen, London, Brussels and New
York and II the, flyers had talked to
every one who wanted TO wish them
well they would have remained here
. month.
Fumes Overcome HiIlig.
Elirope's metric system and q gaso-
line "jag' were blamed today for their
failure 70 reach Copenhagen last night.
When they reached Krefeld both
were dead tired, but ready to push on.
Hillig, however, was In poor shape Tor
Evening star., 1931-06-26
SIBERIA OFFERS DIFFICULTY.
Post and Gstty Given Banquet by
Russian Air Society.

MOSCOW, June 26 R.-Flying in
the air tracks Of the Graf Zeppelin,
Wiley Post and Harold oatty hoped
on at s am. (10 pm, Eastern standard
time, Thursday; in the blue and white
monoplane Winnie Mae for Novosibirsk,
l.450 miles to the east.
They had hoped TO make Irkutsk, the
second largest city in Siberia, by to-
night, but the necessity Of charting the
5,000-nile trek across the steppes de-
layed their departure. They faced some
fog and poor visibility on the initial
stages across the Ural Mountains.
When they left they had flown nearly
5000 miles, In three days, practically q
third of an estimated distance Of $4,000
miles. Possibly the most difficult part
Of their task faced them via Kha-
barovsk or Yakutsk. across the sea OF
Okhotsk to Petropavlovsk. Kamchatka,
and thence across the Bering Sea to
Nome, Alaska. where they hope to be
on Sunday.
The territory over which they will
ny in the next few days is among the
most desolate and least populated in the
world. If they followed the course Of
the TransSiberian Railway TO Khabar-
ovsk they will pass over cities famous
In Russian history. IrkutSk, OmSk and
Chita were settled by exiles Of the
Romanoffs and are the cultural centers
Of their respective areas.
Post and Gatty were entertained at
a banquet by officials Of the Asoavikhim
Society. civil aviation organization, at
the Grand Hotel.
Turn Down Liquor.
They feasted on a nine-course dinner
but refused to touch a plentiful supply
Of wines and liquors, explaining that
the stimulation Of the rsSht was more
than sufficient
A. Pojarsky, he r, the society, said
while in Russia IL Is considered almost
Q crime when guests refuse wine. It Is
TO be excused because Of the serious
ness OF your undertaking"
ToaSting them, he extolled their per-
sonaI courage and said Il represented
the utmost in American aviation. OF
which the SovietS were profound admir-
erS. He promised them they would
have every aid in their trip across Rus
Sia and that fuel supplies would be
available along the entire route. The
airmen responded briefly.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
ACQUITTED OF MURDER

Louis Cherry, colored, was acquitted
late yesterday afternoon of q charge Of
murder in the first degree in connection
with the death Of David Glover, also
colored, who was shot May in house
on Delaware avenue southwest. Cherry
claimed self-defense.
He was defended by Attorney John
H. Wilson while the Government was
represented by Assistant United States
Attorney Julian I. Richards.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
BLASTS IN HARDPAN
SHAKE BUSINESS AREA
Contractors Digging Well to Cool
New Post ONCE Department
Find Gravel Delaying Jobs

Blasts Of dynamite in the downtown
section today shook the ground for
several blocks as Contractors sought to
break through some of the hardest
gravel hardpan even encountered in the
Government building program.
The gravel is at a 40-foot depth In a
well being dug near No. police pre-
cinct TO furnish water for cooling the
projected new Post ONCE Department.
Progress has been painfully slow the
last few days through the gravel, and
dynamite finally was reSorted to.
The well is to be 20 feet deep.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
NOME ENLARGEs FIELD.

Airport Heightened n Ala Post In
Taking OF.
NOME, Alaska, June IS R.-The
landing field here Is being repaired and
enlarged for the arrival Of Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty from Siberia on their
speed flight around the world. The
field will be extended to a mile in
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Girl Gets sac. 600 Damages.

CHICAGO, June 26 (P1.-An 1I-year-
old girl, Lorraine Hawkins, was awarded
$50, 900 damages by a jury in Walter
Stanton's Court late yesterday fort he
loss of her left eye In an automobils
accident
Evening star., 1931-06-26

-
landing fields and to the advice Of Soviet aviation oi familiar
with
unusual struck Is
Evening star., 1931-06-26
Flyers Own Story of Hop
Stretch to Moscow Proves ToHghest Covered on
Globe Flight.
BIZ Wiley Posr AND HAROLD GATTY.

MOSCOW june
Berlin had diuy finding
Evening star., 1931-06-26

traversed the ,450 air miles to NoVo
sibirsk In 10 hours and 90 minutes, ar
riving at 0:32 am. (E. s. To, Friday.
The hop to Irkutsk Is 1850 miles.
When Post and Gatty brought their
plane down at Novo Sibirsk they had
completed approximately 1000 miles
Of their race around the world. The
entire route measures between $4,000
and $4,000, according TO the direction
they take from Irkutsk. So II the
speed of the first four days should be
continued the American flyers would
girdle the globe In eight days.
The present record is az days estab-
lished by the German dirigihle Graf
Zeppelin, and Post and Gatty's am
bition is to reduce this to 10 days.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

Sports promise to be more popular In
Canada this year than ever before.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

we Thought would be more backward
than any other country we had seen.
We are confident Of the ability of our
plane to traverse the vast spaces Of
Siberia, especially with the aid Of the
Soviet authorities.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
POST AND GATTY
LAND IN SIBERIA
HHIig and Hoiriis Greeted by
Throng Upon Landing
in Copenhagen.

tcontinusd from First page.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

believed it herself by the time she reached Parak Avenue. Nora ad- mitted Venice with a happy, eager face, the droop gone from the immature mouth.
 It was that Thursday that Mrs. Muir chose to give tea, so Venice went to the Spalding's, the biege velvet in a box, at about three.
 You can't get into your glad rags, now, Molly" she said. But I had to come early Mothers having tea and I promised to get back in time to pass things and smile sweetly at all the ladies. Mrs. Muir's delightful daughter you know sort of thing"
 What a nuisance. But I'll dress now. I can sit carefully til it's time to go but I must have you to help me-"
 Molly looked thoroughly charm ing. The velvet frock fell to her ankles and hid the Informed leg. It was square-cut at the neck and her small, dark face rose above the soft coffee color in flushed excite ment.
 And here's a surprise said Venice, searching in her bag.
 It was long string of corals.
 Molly reached out for it, then drew back her hand.
 "Oh, no, Venice, I couldn't pos sibly take it."
 You must. It's a coming out present.
 "Well-oh, they do look lovely" Molly braced herself against a table and stood on tiptoe to see in the mirror over the mantel Thank you million times"
 She sat herself carefully in a chair, spreading the skirt artisti- cally about her, one hand foelinr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

Synopsis: Failure fellows all Of Venice Muir's attempts to learn the secret of popularity. She has loveliness, money and a Mother who holds a high place in New York society, but she lacks the ability to lex press" her charm. Mrs. Muir urges her to try to be attrac- tive. Venice has gained an exaggerated idea of the inn portance of social success. She finds her own satisfaction in telling fairy tales of her sup pc1ed conquests to Molly Spald- ing. Molly enjoys the vicarious excitement that she cannot have herself; she lives a quiet life, made more retiring by a lame leg, which she has named "PCngo." At the ManningS dinner, Venice forces herself to try to interest Ronald Vain wright, whom she thinks looks like a faun. He mocks her at tompts. The one man who has seemed interested in her, Drake Farrelly, has promised to call her. Venice amuscs herself by trying to write.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30
@A lADY4o1tha e PAST
 l2 BY HARRIET HENRY
HEN KY

tions She ran across him at one party or another but he failed to notice her and she took special pains to give him no chance to notice her. The occasional visits to Molly were secondary high lights too. That gay spinning of the stories that she did not share al- ways sent her home afterwards with that happy relief in reliving what she would have liked actually to live.
 And even Molly had something real come into her narrow exist ence.
 T went to the movies last night" she told Venice one afternoon, her puckish face bright with excite ment. Imagine, with young mani"
 No, Molly. How lovely. Who was it?"
 "A new doctor. Mother took me to him about a month ago. don't believe he's doing me any good really but he seems to think I'm nice. He has car. And last night he took me to the Strand. I felt silly ploughing across the pavement and pulling Pongo down the aisle with me, but Doctor Price didn't seem to mind and Pongo and l had a gorgeous time"
 Of course he didn't mind. You are really a darling, Molly. He's probably discovered it"
 T don't know. But he has won- derful ideas all carefully pigeon holed. And of course I have so much time to sit and do nothing but think that my ideas are neatly filed away too. We looked into each others pigeon-holes and quite approved. He's inviting mother and father and me to dinner next Thursday. I can hardly bear it. I'm so excited. Father said, "Whoopee, we're dining with Nolly's suitor."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

Soon you'll be able to regale me with stories of your goings on" Venice tried to keep her voice quite level and teasing. Glad as she was for Molly she could not help won- dering if even her own oaSes of respite were to disappear now.
 But no.
 Tell me about the Manning's dinner, Venice"
 There were about sixteen there. One stunning man. Like a faun. Flat pointed ears and very blue eyes that sparkled and laughed"
 Did he pay attention to you?'
 Yves" That slight could not be so lightly tossed aside even for Nollys benefit.
 Now, don't go modest on me, Venice. Did he take you home?"
 "Yes. But We went to Comics Inn up in Harlem, first
 And what did you wear?"
 Jade lace and silver slippers
 There was a silence. Venice saw herself with the faun. She had never been to Connie's Inn but she visualized sleek, bronzed bodies syncopating madly to the blare Of saxophone and drum. The faun looked at her with his sapphire eyes and told her that her dress was a poem.
 "What1l I wear Thursday, Ven ice? I have only this and a dark blue chiffon that's not long enough for nowadays"
 Venice started. Comics Inn faded and the faun became an indifferent man who preferred ce- rise nails and voice that dripped sweet as honey. She looked now at Nolly's dark red wool crepe. She remembered the red blue chiffon. It was not only too short but it was too long waisted.
 "Oh, she said quickly, T have a biege velvet that's too tight for me. Wouldn't you take it, Molly? You'd look lovely in it. And it's absolutely no use to me any more"
 The elfin face stared hard at her to make sure that this was not charity.
 Really, Venice? I'd love it. Oh,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30
anxiouslv of the corals.

anxiously of the corals.
 And here I sit" she said until it's time to go. How do look?"
 Like a cover for Judge. Lady in Waiting" laughed Venice with real admiration.
 But rushing homeward in taxi she saw that little figure sitting there with pathos in it's patient attendance for dinner that was more than two hours away. Nolly's biggest evening, and it was only a dinner at young mans apartment with her mother and father &C., companying her
 Christmas, Lincolns Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Easter marched slowly by. Venice's invi- tations became fewer, duller, far ther apart. Not a word from Drake Farrelly and she had put the thought of his eventually telephon- ing resolutely from her mind. Sit ting with her mother one evening she was surprised to see Mrs. Muir unexpectedly put down her news paper, eye her with discourage ment in her glance and say as though deep and long-sought-out desicion had been reached, T think I'll take you abroad next month, Venice"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30
Chapter II JADE LACE VERSUS BEIGE VELVET

Evidently Drake was still away or wasn't particularly anxious to see her. Just a nice man sorry for a girl who had admitted she rarely had a good time, she came to re- fleet.
 Her flares of writing were the only high lights that broke the n1onotony of her even-running, un- inspired existence The dazzling young man gave her many chapt- CTS She began to exaggerate his appeal on one hand, his insolence on the other. The desire and the hurt made poignant her descrip-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

l am excited" She clapped. her hands like a small child.
 Venice had desire to cry. She looked away.
 "You-you wouldn't come and help me dress Thursday, would you? Mothers sweet but she doesn't go about very much and you might give me some smart ideas"
 Certainly I will"
 Molly gave a happy sigh as though spent with pleasure
 And now go on, venice. yrant to hear more. What else have you been doing?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

same way.
 Go on," Molly said.
 T had on my yellow satin, and Lola looked her best in white tulle. Everyone laughed and talked lot and Tony Griscombe sang some funny songs afterwards" He hadn't but that was the sort of party Venice would have liked to have given.
 As usual Venice left Nolly's aglow with her own weaving of lifes pattern in the design of her own choosing. Her thoughts play ed contentedly about the successful dinner she had given. She actually
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30
I had a dinner myself la.

T had dinner myself last week"
 Venices mind went back to the dinner as it had actually been. Lola, Alice Schuyler, Betty Paine, Jerry Ward, two brothers named Griscombe Charlie Muir who was her own first cousin, and Horace Totten, Southerner whom she had never met before, the son of a friend of her mothers. Every one had had comparatively good time but herself Courtesy de- handed that she, as hostess, re- ceive attention and the attention had been granted in exactly the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

MRS. CONNORS OPERATED ON
 Mrs. Bernice Connors of this city successfully underwent a sur- gical operation in St. Ann's hos pital yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

In the midst of plans for de- parture, Drake Farrelly tele- phones at last, in the next installment. What does he want?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-30

DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
HOOVER SHUNS
ROAD FETE

The proposed use Of convict
labor in the construction Of the
new Lee Memorial Boulevard is
believed responsible for President
Hoover refusing to participate in
the ground-breaking ceremony for
the new road, to be held this
afternoon at Fort Buffalo. Va.
The President several weeks
ago accepted an invitation Of
Governor John Garland Pollard
Of Virginia to turn the first spade
9ul Of earth on the new road.
Yesterday, however, the governor
was advised by the White House
that official duties made it i'm
possible for the President to at
tend the ceremony.
The use of convict labor on
the road, which will connect the
new Arlington Memorial Bridge
with the Lee highway at Falls
Church, Va, has drawn protests
from the Associated Contractors
Of America and citizens of Airing
ton county, who claim that many
unemployed will be denied work.
Several descendants of the
Civil War general will attend the
dedication today. Among them
will be DR.. George Boiling Lee,
Of New York city, grandson of
Gen. Robert e. Lee.
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
HAWKS SPEED
THRILLS ERIN

HESTON, London, May /
QN.S0-Making good his prom
Use to have lunch in London after
breakfasting in Dublin, Capt.
Frank M. Hawks, American speed
ace, landed his bullet plane at
Heston Airdrome at 1852 a. m.
today.
Hawks hoped off from Balloon
nell Airfield near Dublin at $3.50
a. M, circled the Irish city as well
as Belfast, Leeds and Manchester,
and arrived here in exactly three
hours and two minutes.
Yesterday he astonished Ireland
by making a 365-mile tour Of the
southern portion Of the island in
two hours. He made the flight
from HeSton to Baldonnen in 100
minutes flat, pausing only long
enough to refuel before "sightsee-
ing" over Erin's Isle.
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
Arlington Legion
Plans 'PODDH DGy

Poppy Day, under the auspices
of the Ladies Auxiliary to the
Arlington Post No. 139, American
Legion, will be held on May 16
Members of the Ladies Auxili-
ary will sell poppies for the re-
lief of world war veterans
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
WORK CONTEST
DRAWS BOYS
San Benito Legion Manual
Work Competition
Has Entries
(By Staff Correspondents

SAN BENITO. May 20.-Boys
from outlying communities who
have enrolled in the American Lee
gion manual work scholarship con-
test by Henry Alsmeyer, county
farm agent. follow:
Rangerville-Jack Pierce. Ebert
Anderson, Tim Peters, Earl Sparks
Talton Leverett. Bill Morgan, Allan
Morgan Odell Morrow, Lowell
Echols and Marion Stubblefield.
Los FresnoS-JoSeph Frankie, Jr.
Luther Edwards, Fiber DeBusk. John
Headington. Robert Grove, Robert
Laasko, Leonard Newman, Edw-id
Morris, j. T. Casey, Edward Nc
Clurkin, j. v. Mac0mb, Rudolph
Moses, Clay Stanford.
Rio Hondo-Franklin Kicker Mel
burn Kicker, Edmund Davis, Nor
wood Black. Fred Brown, Ewald
Wagner. Andrew Bednor, James
Alsabrook Wayland Waters, Earl
Kenny. Kenneth Ballenger, Joe
Cox. Dwight Haney. Joe Aguilar.
Leslie Bulls. Robert Miles Cowgirl
Observation-Disclosures Hance. Glenn
Miller. Wyman Jones, Lloyd Thorn
as and August Olson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
|. {. c. HEARING
OPENED TODAY
Shippers File Protest On
Proposed Carrot,
Beet Rate
(By SAD Correspondent.l

NY 114AA
HARLINGEN, May 20.-A formal
protest against the elimination Of
clip top rates on carrot and beet
shipments has been filled with the
Southwest Freight Bureau by a con-
mittee OF the Valley Shippers Asso-
citation following a meeting held
here at 8 this morning.
Immediately after the committee
meeting the body adjourned to the
hearing on cross wide loading of
tomato shipments which opened
before II. W. johnson. examiner of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Testimony offered by the railroads
was designed TO show that fewer
losses were sustained in transit un-
Ger this method OF loading, and
II. ID. Cooper. supt., Of freight loss
IS and claims of the Missouri Paci-
fic testified that by placing a cleat
en- top OF the Tugs the shippers
would be enabled to load the same
bulge pack as under the other
method
No testimony had been offered by
z shippers up to noon, but 1t
was evident from cross-examina-
ton that the Valley interests in
tend 10 stress an alleged lack Of
ventilation when crosSwide loading
IS practiced, as well as the elimina-
ton of the bulge pack under that
system.
The hearing will be continued this
afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20

beak. and a small sacklike body. Its
eight arms were more or less united
at the base by a membrane, and
were provided with two rows OF
suckers by which 1t chung to prey
and other objects. The octopus
usually lives at the bottom OF the
sea among rocks. and this is the
reason 1t was found near the rock
jetty.
Cephalopods are usually found in
much colder waters. and an octopus
Is rarely found at Port Isabel
Smaller octopuses have been caught
near the port city. but this Is
thought 10 be the largest ever seen
there.
In some places octopuses are
eaten and considered a rare del
icacy, but after taking one look A.
the rather repulsive fish. Messrs.
Trimble. Trimble and Blanchard
decided against this.
Mr.. Blanchard. a taxidermist. Is
going 10 pickle" II in formaldehyde.
10 was on exhibition at Batsell-
Wells Sporting Goods store early
wednesday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
Take Testimony In
Impeachment Case

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, Nav 20
-Pl- Formal pleadings. opening
statements, and other legal maneu-
yerS disposed Of, the trial Of State
treasurer Larry Brunk before thu
Missouri Senate on impeachment
charges alleging high crimes. mis-
demeanors and misconduct in Of
lice. entered the testimony taking
stage today.
Managers for the house OF repre-
sentatives. where the charges orr
ginated. faced the task OF introdu-
cling the first witness and opening
the testimony. More than thirty
men and women have been sub
penaed by the house managers TO
tell from the witness stand the facts
or which the house is basing the
prosecution.
The principal charges against
the accused treasurer grew out OF
his connections and dealings with
officers Of the closed state Bank OF
Aurora. which financed his camp
aign for state treasurer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-20
ENGINEERS
BODY FOUND
Father of McAllen Woman
Killed Last Night
In Train Wreck

QUINLAN. Okla, May 20-tP-
Wrecking crews of the Santa Fe
Railroad today recovered the body
Of James Taliaferro OF Amarillo,
Tex. engineer Of the passenger
train derailed two miles west Of
here last night.
Attendants at the Santa Fe sta
ton here said the body was found
under the front trucks Of the for
ward baggage-express car. indicat-
ing Taliaferro was thrown or
jumped from the locomotive OF the
transcontinental train Mission
airy when It left the rails. The
body will be taken to Amarillo dur
ing the day.
The locomotive, four baggage
cars, two Acknowledgement cars
and a mail coach were piled in a
deep cut.
Cause OF the wreck had not been
determined this morning.
Progress being made by wreck
ing crews in clearing tracks in
dicated 1t would be mid-afternoon
before trains again could be routed
over the main line. Passenger
trains were being routed via Gin
ton. Okla, along the orient lines Of
the Santa Fe.