davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

,oontionaIly large
| .l..s has entered both
J +ha University Of Della
| naIaware College the
.,,r,hers 173 while
i' Collaop the fresh
pilien ,.r,+Iv over 100.
/ : .sa +otal enrolment
(iYersity over ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Plan To CREATE
JOBS CHARGED

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 2.
Despite the fact that no action
has yet been taken on the pro-
poSal to merge all aims houses in
this State. proponents and oppo-
nents Of the project are ready to
launch into one of the most spec
tacular battles of legislative his
tory when the bill is introduced.
Declaring that sponsors Of the
measure have disguised it falsely
as an administration measure,
veteran politicians brand the pro-
pOSal as only a means of fulfilling
political promises with the whole
sale handing out of jobs.
At a recent meeting of all vel
fare and social organizations of
the State, the bill met with ready
Endorsement.
Opponents, however, point not
only to the financial side of the
question, but claim that it will
be pure cruelty to take INDECENT
aged away from the sections
where their lives have been spent
and place them in strange inStitu-
tionS, in strange localities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
STRIKE TIES Up
Gas PIPE LINE

RICHMOND, Va, March of
ficials of the Columbia Gas and
Construction Company have an
nounced they expect to resume
work interrupted by workers
going on strike while engaged in
laying a natural gas trunk line
from West Virginia to Washing
ton.
The officials said they had 200
men ready to go to work. TWEEN
ty-five men, composing a drill
ing gang, worked under protec-
ton of county officers.
The strikers appeared to be
quiet, but determined. and were
maintaining picket lines.
A number of workers are re-
ported to have left to return to
their homes in Kentucky, West
Virginia and other States.
Suspected leaders of the strike
were discharged by the company.
No arrests have been made
The strikers are ditch diggers
and had requested an increase in
their hourly pay from IS to IS
cents. This increase was denied,
company officials said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
MARRIAGE RULE
ASKED IN BILL

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 2.
Determined in his effort to have
the issuance of marriage licenses
regulated in this State, Delegate
Thomas L. Popp, of Allegany
county, whose bill to withhold
issuance of marriage licenses
until "a hours after application
was tabled by the house judiciary
committee. will redraft the meas
ure and place it again before the
legislature.
Charging that one county mar
riage record books bought by
officials for approximately 40
cents per 100 copies were sold
to clipping couples at the highest
possible price, MIR. Popp declared
that Maryland must restrict
issuance of marriage licenses at
least to the extent as in neigh
boring States.
Mr.. Popp declared that although
no organization was backing the
measure it had met with approval
of many clergymen and social
workers. Sooner or later, he said,
this issue will become a matter of
Federal legislation. He continued,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia
and West Virginia now enforce
laws similar to his law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
To POSE
AS HUNTER

LANSING, Mich, March 2
G.N.SD The generations of to-
morrow probably will know for
mer Gov. Fred w. Green as the
"huntsman governor"
Green is on record as stating
that the important thing about
the painting of him for posterity
was the fact that the picture
will include two of his favorite
bird dogs.
Friends of Ex-Governor Green
have engaged Robert w. Grafton,
Chicago artist, to execute the
painting. When finished it will
be presented to the State, to be
hung in the rotunda of the CAPT
tai building with the portraits
of all former Michigan governors.
The portrait of Green will differ
from all others. The former chief
executive is posing in hunting
costume. He wears a red coat,
a huntsman'S cap, carries a rifle
and by his side are Coyne, a
setter, and Fly, a pointer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
CIGARETTE FOE
GOES To JAIL
by International

DOVER, N. j., March 2.-The
plans of Stephen Horvath, of
Woodbridge, N. j., president of
the Commonwealth Humane So
ciety to assure himself a COM
Portable income with very little
work, were ruined by William R.
Lucas, justice Of the peace, who
sentenced him to pay SIS fine
and serve six months in jail
on two charges and held him in
$1,000 bail for the grand jury
on a third.
Horvath was convicted Of in
ducing minor to buy cigarettes
and of allowing a minor to work
without working papers. T h e
charge which the grand jury will
consider is obtaining money un-
der false preterfSeS.
Horvath was the self-appointed
agent in the crusade for the law
forbidding the sale of cigarettes
to minors, by the provisions of
which fines imposed on offending
shopkeepers are given to the
society which causes the arrest.
Horvath trapped a number of
victims before he was trapped
himself,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Hartford StGrLings
Stop TOlUn'S Clock

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 2
G.NSD On tn e clock in the
dome of the ancient Bullfinch
State House in the center of
Hartford, thousands of people de-
pend to check their watches, or
to obtain the time of day by
casual glances from office ouild-
ings.
When the clock stopped, investi-
cation Indicated that Starlings
roosting on the mechanism had
caused the trouble.
Clarence H. Wickham, who pre-
sented the clock to the city, is
now purchasing protection against
the StarlingS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
INDIANS REJECT
SELF-RULE
RM ~ MMsa

ISLETA, N. Mex, March 2
0N.SD Democracy received an
other setback recently when one
of the oldest governments on the
continent rejected it as being too
novel and too cumbersome for
practical use.
The Indian Pueblo of Isleta is
governed by IL councilmen. Six
are chosen by the governor of the
pueblo and six by the United
States Indian Bureau. Some mem
Der of the pueblo with decidedly
advanced ideas conceived the
idea of having the councilmen
elected by the people.
A general council of the In
dams was called for the purpose
of deciding the question. For
three hours the $50 voting mem
ers of the pueblo argued the mat
ter. Bautista Zuni, leading medi-
cine man, objected to the pro-
position as being certain of fail
ure,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
RASKOB FARLEY.
HARMONY IN
DANGER
Southern Democrats Ready
to Fight "Wet" Issue As
Virginia Gives Battle Cry
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES


A preliminary peek into the
politics of 1882 may be forth.
coming Thursday, when the Dem
ocrats stage their first national
meeting of any consequence since
the great debacle of 1928.
Probably it will not be a har,
moniouS gathering. Democratic
conclaves seldom are.
Two Big Factors
In this weeks meeting the de.
gree of harmony depends pri-
marily upon two things: D The
measures recommended by Chair.
man John J. RaScOb for re-financ.
ing the 100000 Indebtedness of
the party, and ~ the extent to
which the prohibition controversy
is injected into the meeting.
Southern drys are up in arms
over the purpose attributed to
Chairman Raskob of putting the
national committee on record
concerning prohibition.
RaSkOb has never stated that
he would attempt this, but the
mere report that such was his
intention has been sufficient to
kick up a row.
Virginia and Oklahoma delega-
lions in Congress on Saturday
memorialized their national COM
mittee men not to stand for any
antiprohibition commitment, and
almost every Democratic dry in
Congress has Joined in the chorus.
Still Up In the Air
Whether, under the circum-
stances, Chairman Raskob and
his friends will attempt to put
through a wet resolution remains
to be seen.
In some responsible quarters it
Is seriously doubted if the effort
will be made.
Democratic dryS point out, and
correctly enough, that the ma.
tiOnal committee has no author
ity to commit the party. That
can only be done by the dele
8@SGS W u A0SAOA0A COANCAAOAUA HI
writing the platform. Why, then,
ask the dryS, start a fight now,
16 months before the convention?
Vets State Reply
To this argument, the Demo
cratic vets retort that the party
must grasp this prohibition nettle
sooner or later, and that it might
as well be now as any time. They
contend that the convention in
1892 is going to nominate can
didate for president who will be
opposed to prohibition, and that
it is going to adopt a platform in
conformity with this view. Why
not, the counter question, clear
away the under-brush now?
The argument of the Demo
cratic vets is based upon seem
ingly plausible substance. Even
the drys concede that the Demo
cratic convention next year will
in all probability be dominated
by delegates opposed to prohibi-
ton.
The Democracy of virtually the
entire East, North and Middle
West is wet-New York, Massa-
chusetts, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin,
to entiOn only part of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Fair Labor Member
Apprdises u. S. Home

NEW YORK, March 2 U.SO.
The most interesting of Americas
offerings to European travellers
are bathtubs, salads, warm bed
rooms and the press-the-button
system of housekeeping.
That's what the United States
radio listeners heard today when
Miss Ellen Wilkinson, one of the
first women Labor members of
the house of commons, broadcast
from London over the Columbia
network.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
LEAGUE OFFERS
JOBLESS AID

GENEVA, March 2 U.SO. "A
program to alleviate unemploy
ment is proposed by the unem
ployment committee of the
League of Nations labor office
It's main recommendation follow
Organization of public en-
plOyment exchanges.
Development of existing sys-
TENS of relief and insurance
against total unemployment,
and the creation of insurance
systems in countries where they
do not now exist.
Organization of extensive
public works IT, cOunteract a
temporary falling off of pri-
vate activity.
International cooperation to
make possible the free move
ment and placing of men in
regions capable of utilizing
their activity, with a view to
increasing markets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Detroit Motorists
Need Lots of Time

DETROIT, March 2 G.N.SD.
With the extension period of two
months up at midnight Satur-
day, 684 motorists today had
been arrested for driving their
automobiles with 1880 license
tags.
Michigan is believed to be the
only State in the country which
allowed motorists a two months
period in which to use old
licenses,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Sweet Bridr College
Gymnasium Started

SWEET BRIAR, Va, March 2.
Ground was broken today for the
new gymnasium for Sweet Briar
College. The gym is to be built
on Sunset Road, at the western
end of campus, facing the dell.
It will be completed by Septem-
Der l.
The building, which is to be
erected at a cost of $4,000, has
been made possible by student
subscription.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Priscilla Pritchett
Asks Martial Decree

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 2.
Charging non-support and deser-
ton, Priscilla Scharf Pritchett, of
Chevy Chase, Md, through At
torneys Peter. Simpson and Oxley,
has filed suit in circuit court
here for a limited divorce from
Waiter B. Pritchett, whom she
married October 2, 1928, at
Manassas, Va.
Mrs. Pritchett, a Washington
school teacher, claims that her
husband promised to find posi-
ton at the time of their mar
riage, but made no effort to
fulfill his agreement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Maryland, Virginia
Rain Dispels All
Drought Fears

A general rain over the
drought stricken areas in Vir-
GINA and Maryland as well as
in the District yesterday was a
great boon to the farmers who
are preparing for their spring
sowing.
A little more than half an
inch of rain fell in the past
"a hours and dispelled the dan
ger of drought for the spring
planting.
The, storm is over however,
the Weather Bureau predicting
clear and cold weather for to-
day and tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Sen. Norris Stays
Veto or No Veto

Senator George w. Norris, the
father of the Government opera
ton plan for Muscle Shoals, has
no intention of resigning from
the Senate, irrespective of wheth-
er President Hoover approves or
vetoes his bill, he said today.
Norris statement was made in
connection with a rumor that he
had offered to resign if President
Hoover would approve his bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Brakeman Is Killed
Blu Wheels of Train

HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 2.
U. w. Oates. KeySer, w. Va,
brakeman on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, was killed in
stantly here early today when he
fell under a freight train in the
Western Maryland Railroad yards.
His body was severed at the waist.
Oates leaves a widow and three
children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
SWEET BRIAR QUEEN

SWEET BRIAR, Va, March 2,
Jane Muhlberg, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. William Muhlberg, of
Cincinnati, has been elected May
Queen for 1881 by a vote of the
student body of Sweet Briar Col
lege. Elizabeth Conover, Lake
Charles, La, was second in the
contest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
BYRNS ASSA|LS
.EXTRAVAGANCE
Of CONGRESS
Most Spendthrift of Modern
Times; Expenses Must Be
Cut or Taxes Will Be Higher

Branding the Seventy-first Con-
green the most extravagant
Congress in modern times" Rep
resentative Joseph w. Byrns CD
OF Tennessee, ranking minority
member of the Appropriations
Committee, today declared Con-
gress must either raise taxes or
cut expenses next winter.
Sees Huge Defiscit
With appropriations for the
two regulation sessions Of the
Congress passing $4,000, COO, 900,
Byrns predicted a Treasury de-
tlcit of nearly half billion dol
lars on July /.
The statements of Byrns &C.
CURED unusual significance for if
the Democrats win control of the
House next winter he will be
chairman Of the Appropriations
Committee.
The Most Extravagant
He said:
This Congress has proved to
be the most extravagant in
modern times. We have passed
bills authorizing great expen-
diturcS without much thought
that we must raise money to
meet them. And the Admins
tratiOn has approved the COM
mitmentS in the budget almost
invariably"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Auto Cause of Drop
In Shoe CONSUMPTION

NEW YORK, March 2.-Shoe
consumption in the United States
has failed to keep pace with the
growth of population, largely be-
cause of the increasing use of
the automobile, bus, train and
>4;er modern transportaticn-facil-
tiles, according to DR.. Ernest S.
Bradford of the College of the
City of New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Mother Saves Sons
Life in WOzAndinU

HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 2.
Mrs. Clifford Lizer saved her son,
Lawrence, 13, from death by
staunching the flow of blood
from wound inflicted by pair
of scissors until medical aid could
be obtained. The boy served an
artery in his abdomen. Washing.
ton County Hospital officials re.
port the boys condition as dan
gerouS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
WOODS TO GET GAME

HAGERCTOWN, Md, March 2,
About TOO rabbits and 400 quail
are being shipped to this county
by the State to be liberated to
help reStock the woods and fields.
The rabbits will come from the
West and the quail from Mexico.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Robert BenchLey
AQ1iH1 in HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, March 2 U.S0.
Robert Benchley, author, play
wright, actor, critic and humorist
is back in Hollywood after an
absence of two years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
Pharmacy Robbed
Of $40 and Smokes

Robbers who entered the Dun
can Pharmacy, 81 K st. N. w.,
early today made away with about
$40 in change and a few boxes of
cigars and cigarettes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
WRGINIANS TO RALLY

The West Virginia Society will
hold it's regular monthly meeting
at the Washington Club Wednes-
day night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02
CUT UP WIFE'S CLOTHING

ROCKVILLE. Md, Mar. 2.
Joseph Crockett, colored, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of
cutting up his wife'S clothing, re-
ceived suspended sentence from
Judge Charles w. Woodward in
police court, on the condition
that he replace the mutilated
clothes. Crockett admitted he
was drunk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-03-02

Save yourself the worry Of hunting
for an apartment-just turn to the
GENITAL columns in tOday's Classified
] Ada.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
JAPAN CLAIMS
BROKEN

TOKYO, Oct. %. R1-Japan de-
cided today to lay before the Lea
que OF Nations council as part OF
her case in the unsettled Man
churian controversy a list of treaties
which she contends China has fail
ed TO respect.
This was understood 10 be her re-
ply 70 the statement by DR.. Alfred
SEE. Chinese spokesman. in a let
ter to Aristide BRAND. chairman OF
the council. that China recognizes
she is bound under the league cove
nant to respect treaty obligations.
The list Is TO be handed to the
council when IL reconvenes next
month at Geneva 10 resume con-
sideration of the Manchurian dis
pute and with 1t. the foreign Of
flee intimated. would 60 the Jap
anese views on the treaty question.
That attitude. as intimated, is
that Japan cannot consider the
suggestion that the question Of
treaties be referred to The Hague
peace court since there Is no diff
Guilty in their Interpretation. Fur
thermore. the Japanese are pre-
what aSkto pared eta eta etavbggk
pared TO ask what Is TO become Of
Japan's interest In Manchuria while
awaiting The Hague courts verdict
which possibly would be delayed
for years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Secretaries To
Honor Bankers
(By Staff Correspondentl

SAN BENITO, Oct. 28.-Secre-
taries Of Valley chambers OF COM
merce in session here Tuesday elect
ed Rex Baxter OF Raymondville.
president; decided on a large at
tendance at the I~ntracoastal Canal
Assn, convention in Corpus Christi
and made plans to entertain side
trippers from the Mortgage Bank
ers' Assn, convention in Dallas.
Baxter succeeds John T. Floore OF
Harlingen.
1t was decided that each town
work up a big delegation TO the con-
vention OF the canal association
Nov. 6 and z. 1t was pointed out
that as Louisiana and parts OF Tex
As get the canal II will be necessary
for the Valley TO have an active
delegation at the convention to keep
the association machinery going
until II is extended TO this section.
The mortgage bankers will arrive
at McAllen Sunday morning, take
lunch at Progreso and dinner In
Matamoros. The secretaries made
plans TO provide automobiles. r. G.
Plat OF San Juan will be In charge
of the itinerary in Hidalgo county
and Guy G. Richardson OF Browns
Vile for Cameron county.
The side-trip Is an all expense
tour. including the meals at Nc
Allen and Matamoros. although the
Progreso Development company Is
giving the barbecue luncheon at
Progreso.
The secretaries meet next in Ray
mondville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
JAPAN CLAIMS
SOVIET TROOPS.
CAUSE ALARM

TOKYO, Oct. "a. R1-Concerned
because Of q possible misinte-pre-
tatiop" Of Russian military opera
tons, the japanese foreign minister.
Baron Shidehara, dispatched a
friendly note Of warning" to Mos
COW today requesting the discon-
tinuance Of troop demonstrations
along the Manchurian Siberian Dor
der.
The Russian demonstrations, the
note said, were causing an un-
pleasant effect on Japanese as well
as Chinese troops in Manchuria.
The japanese consul at Tsitslhar,
western Manchuria, reported tnat
between 10000 and $4,000 Russian
soldiers were concentrated west OF
Nanchuli and in the vicinity OF
Pogranitchnaya. These two cities
are on the borders Of Manchuria at
each end Of the Chinese eastern
railway. which runs through Man
churia and provides a short cut for
the Russian trans-Siberian railway
between Chita and Vladivostok.
V~ernacular newspapers here pub
lished reports from Hardin stating
that Russians had sent arms and
ammunition TO the Amur army OF
Chinese and Mongolians, which has
az various times repeatedly aimed
at establishing Amur as an inde-
pendent state with Tsitsihar as the
capital.
The dispatches said Amur troops
endangered japanese interests on
the acknowledgement railway, con-
structed on capital lent by the Jap
anese-owned south Manchurian
railway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
McAnen Citizens
Organize Bank
(By Staff ~Correspondent)

McALLEN, Oct 2S.-With a cap
ital stock OF 5000 subscribed.
formation and operation OF a new
bank In McAllen 70 take over the
business OF the First National bank
and the State Bank and Trust Co.
now awaits further action OF the
stockholders Of the new institution,
according 70 l.. j. Davis, state bank
examiner.
Stockholders who subscribed for
the stock in the new bank are ex-
pected TO meet Wednesday or
Thursday to elect directors and
make formal application for a
charter, Davis stated.
Pans for the organization OF the
new bank follow recommendations
OF both the state and national
banking departments. II has not
been decided whether the new in
stitution viii be q state or national
bank.
Immediate action on the part OF
the stockholders Is being urged In
order that the bank may be opened
for business in the near future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Truck
Markets

Carlot shipments OF citrus OF
entire United States reported Tues
day, Oct. II:
Grapefruit: Cent. Calf. 4. So.
Calf. 2, Imperial Valley /. Fla. LOG,
Texas ii. total U. s. l24 cars Cuba
| car. Total to date this season
1861 cars; TO same day last season
1898 cars.
Oranges: Cent. Calf. 8, SO. Calf.
IS, Fla. 40, Texas j, total u. 8. 232
cars. Cuba l cal.
Mixed Citrus: Fla. %, Texas 4,
total U. S. rs cars.
Valley citrus movement forward
ed Wednesday.
Grapefruit IL, oranges /, mixed
citrus 4, total is cars. Total TO date
this season-Grapefruit 66l, or
anges 10, mixed citrus %, total 7l3
cars; to same day last season
Grapefruit 407, oranges 10. mixed
citrus 70, total 504 cars. ! car beans
forwarded wednesday morning.
Primary destinations of Valley
movement reported Tuesday:
Grapefruit: 5 st. Louis; 2 each
Houston, Toronto; ! each Kansas
City, Salt Lake City.
Mixed citrus: 3 Houston; ! Baton
Rouge.
Snap beans: I st. Louis.
Telegraphic reports from import
ant grapefruit markets:
Baltimore: Arrived 5 Fla, divert
ed / car: or track Is cars.
Pittsburgh. Arrived 5 Fla: on
track S cars. Offered for auction
4 Fla. / Texas.
Philadelphia: Arrived s Fla; on
track 8 cars.
Detroit: Arrived 2 Fla: on track
5 cars. Offered for auction 2 Fla.
Fort Worth: Arrived / Texas; on
track / car.
Dallas: No carlot arrivals; none
on track.
Cleveland: Arrived 5 Fla: on
track none. Offered for auction 8
Fla.
Minneapolis jobbing sales Tues
day: Received too late for yester-
days bulletin).
Supplies liberal. demand slow,
market dull. Texas boxes Duncans
70-8Os s2.75, s6-126s ~S225-2-50:
Marsh Seedless 80s $4-4.25. 96-l00s
s3.75. 1875 s~3.25-350; bushels Dun
cans sl.60-1.65. Carlot sales-Texas
boxes Duncans badly decayed l car
si.i5: Marsh Seedless bushels small
sizes iced cars $i-90-1-95; boxes
ventilated car 96s s2.95, Foster
pinks 80-l26s $3.50.