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The Washington times., 1931-05-21
$4,000 Old Mill Is
Glen Echo Attraction

Among the many innovations
at Glen Echo Park, built at a cost
OF $50, 900, is the new Grand Can
ron scenic Old Mill.
The best features of the dis
mantled old mill, that enter
tanned thousands in years past
have been retained, and new
scenic delights for the eye have
been added. The route traversed
would do credit to a Joseph Ur-
ban stage setting.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21

OF RADIO
WORLD
By BROADCASTER

The current trend Of the show
business seems to be the drifting
of radio stars to the stage while
stage stars are being lured to
the radio studios. While the
broadcasters are batting celebri-
ties of the theater and screen,
Ziegfeld is taking Lopez, George
White is taking Vallee, and now
the Paramount up and announces
that beginning Friday, its show
will consist of this group If micro
phoners. Morton Downey. Sisters
of the Skillet, the Three Little
Sachs. Irene BeaSley, the eminent
Mr.. Rubinoff, who provides the
radio background for M. Chava-
lier: Pierre Brugnon, Jesse Craw-
ford and Charlie Davis. Wllew!
Now that the PreakneSs and the
Kentucky Derby are in the bag,
NB.C. officials are promising
radio listeners still another turf
classic. If conditions permit, It
is planned to broadcast a descttp-
ton Of the running Of the Eng
lish Derby at EPSON Downs on
June 3.
The description of the race as
broadcast by the British Broad
casting Company will be picked
up in this country and then re.
broadcast over the network OF
NB.C.
Because Of the difference in
time, the race will be run during
the early morning, according to
Washington time-8:45 to 9:15
o'clock, to be exact.
Bien! Bien! 'Tis now the rule
at N.B.C. that song plugging is
out. There is a censor actually
functioning who rules that no
popular air cones on the waves
more than twice a night, or II a
very big hit, thrice. If it's a song
that is being done to death, it's
out altogether. Orchestra leaders
and crooners discovered listing
NOR than a reasonable number Of
ditties put out by a single publish
ing house. will be invited to cease
broadcasting. Also, all remote or
chestra programs must be sub
mitted in advance to 'let the
censor get a crack at them, and
remote announcers are empow-
cred to make changes if they spot
song repeats. What a difference
from the old Ramona days!
Once again radio, it appears. is
playing it's part in saving a life.
Not on the high seas this time,
but up in the quiet reaches Of
Fifth Avenue, where Barbara Ben
nett, screen actress, lies seriously
i'll. Her physicians at Fifth
Avenue Hospital, frankly, are per
turbed by her condition. What
improvement has been noted since
she was taken there invariably has
occurred on occasions when she
has been permitted to listen
to her husbands nightly radio
programs from WABC.
Never once has she missed hear
ing Morton Downey, who happens
to be her husband.
But all that changed the other
day when Downey signed for the
commercial series and at once dis
continued his nightly broadcasts.
He then spent much time at his
wife's bedside and sang to her
until last Friday, when he was
called to Raleigh, N. c., for con-
ference with his new sponsors.
Since his departure, Barbara Ben
nett undoubtedly has suffered a
The Washington times., 1931-05-21

by the fact that, based on these
figures, nearly half the people in
the country can dance today to
the tunes that made Broadway
Broadway
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
JACKIE COOPER
IS SIGNED
BY M-G-M
NM 49,
BY HARRISON CARROLL

Copyright, 1881, Premier Syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD. Calf. May 81.
Jackie Cooper. a young actor
whose name is on everybody's
tongue in Hollywood these days,
will work in the future for Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer.
His contract has been bought
from Hal Roach, and he now
will be a fellow-star with Marion
Davies, Joan Crawford, Norma
Shearer, Greta Carlo, Jack Gil
bert, William Haines and many
of filmdom's magic names.
1t is a great honor for a boy
not yet 7 years old, but few will
deny Jackie the right after his
heart-warming performance in
"Skippy." He reached the heights
in this film. ~
| Orders already have gone out
for the writing staff at M-G-M to
prepare an original story for
Jackie's first starring picture. In
the meanwhile he still has to do
"Sooky" for Paramount.
The most gifted child actor of
them all was born September Is,
1924. He entered pictures three
years ago in a Lloyd Hamilton
comedy. Later he played in the
Fox Movietone Follies" and in
"Sunnyside Up" Then he joined
"Our Gang" at Roach's studio.
Jackie's father is dead. His
mother used to do a vaudeville
act with the wife Of Norman
Taurog, who directed "Skippy."
The Pace That Kills
A group were discussing the
many studio shake-ups of the
last few months. Up spoke Bert
Ruby to remark: you don't say
hello to anybody on this lot any
more. You say 'goodby.' and
nine times out of ten you're cor
rect"
Dark Cloud Gathers
Hollywood is to see more Of
"The Two Black Crows" They
have signed to appear in a tea
ture-length comedy for Mack Sen
nett. The producer is writing it
himself and also will direct. The
famous blackface team disap-
peared from the film horizon
after making two pictures for
Paramount. Their first, "The
Two Black Crows" was a big sue
cess, but the second didn't do
anything sensational. About this
time, the two partners split up,
and Mack hired a new Moran.
According to Sennett officials,
George Searcy, the original
Moran, will appear in the new
comedy
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
FIRE INSPECTION ENDS

ALEXANDRIA, April 2.-State
Fire Marshal Samuel Stiner has
completed his inspection of the
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Historic Old Locomotive
Gets Place in Museum

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 2.
The locomotive Pioneer" a
relic of thN early days Of rail
roading in us section, will soon
be placed in a museum to be
established by the Pennsylvania
Railroad in Philadelphia.
Made so Miles an Hour
The locomotive was built in
1851 by Seth Wilmarth, Boston,
for the Cumberland Valley Rail
road, now a part Of the Pennsyl-
vania system, and was used in
regular service until 1880. 1t was
subsequently used in construction
service and retired in 1890. Wood
was burned as fuel.
During 1851 and 1880 the mile
age made by the locomotive was
255,673 and at times it attained
a speed of go miles an hour, com
pairing favorably with the speed
OF heavier type locomotives in
use today.
The Pioneer" was damaged
when Confederate troops burned
the railroad shops in Chambers
burg in october. 1862, out was
later repaired. It was never Seri-
ously damaged in service. At the
time of its purchase, the locomo-
tive cost $4,000 in gold. It's weight
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
US. DRAF FTSNAN
FINED $500.

FAIRFAX, Va, April 2.-Wal-
ter E. Smith, %, Treasury De.
partment craftsman and music
teacher, was found guilty Of
assaulting Fairfax county police
man Carl Mcintosh yesterday by
a jury in the Fairfax circuit
court and was fined $500.
According to evidence presented
at the trial yesterday, Smith,
who was parked in his auto
mobile on Chain Bridge Hill with
Miss Dorothy Dixon, %, of Wash
ington, fired three shots at Nc
Intosh as the officer approached
the car.
Smith said that he believed
that he was being held up at the
time of the shooting and testified
that the officer was in civilian
clothes and wore his badge on his
belt. He stopped shooting when
the officer made his identity
known,
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
HEARING HOLDS
PARTY DEATH
A M|SHAP
Son TeStifieS for His Father
At Richmond Proceedings;
Guests Also Give Details

RICHMOND, Va, April 2.-Wil.
liam F. Whiteside was cleared Of
q charge of murder in connection
with the death of his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Lowry Whiteside, at a hear
ing yesterday. The shooting of
Mrs. Whiteside was declared to
have been an accident.
Sergt. C. E. Fox, w. d. Davis
and DIR. William Pugh were the
only commonwealth witnesses.
Hugh WhiteSide, a son, was a
defense witness. as were a num-
Der Of persons present at the
Whiteside home until a short
time before Mrs. Whiteside met
her death.
Sergeant Fox testified that
Davis, who was an eyewitness to
the fatal shooting, had told him
that Whiteside had been demon
strating a World War episode
when .45-caliber automatic
pistol, held in his left hand,
went off.
Hugh WhiteSide said his
parents were on good terms, and
that his mother was seated in a
chair when she was killed.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
MAJ. LEE HELPS
To CALM REDS
At ANNAPOLIS
County Leader PeaCemaker as
Radicals Make Demand for
Relief From Legislature

ANNAPOLIS, April 2.-Major E.
Brooke Lee, Democratic leader Of
Montgomery county, appeared in
the State house in a new role yes
terday, when he acted as the
great calming influence" during
the Communist outbreak.
Members Of the legislature, re-
membering the majors stormy
sessions as an assemblyman, were
surprised at the manner in which
he, as a visitor to the house,
quieted combating parties and
afterward aided the compromise
which liberated the IL Jailed Com
muniStS and sent the entire Red
delegation back to Baltimore in
peace.
Session Is Disrupted
Work in both legislature cham
bers was entirely disrupted while
the battle ragged. False alarms
kept State and city police forces
as we'll as members of the Annap-
oils fire department busy all after
noon and during the early even
ing.
Several cOlOred members of the
Red mob sought funds Of assem-
blymen Of their districts for food,
and, after $10O had been collected
to feed the delegation, leaders re-
fused to accept it.
The Reds arrived here in two
banner-bedecked trucks after a
wet night spent on the road. Ac-
cording to members of the crowd
they had not eaten since early
Tuesday morning.
Radicals Issue Threat
Leonard Patterson, colored Com
munist candidate for governor at
the last election, in a burst Of
oratory before the house ways and
means committee, where the Reds
were given a hearing, told the
group that the Communist party
would not plead much longer, but
would mobilize the workers to
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
BUCK
PASSED ALONG
BY CONGRESS
Jones ReSentS Hoover's Slap;
Asks Budget Board to Keep
Its Estimates at Minimum

Governmental expenditures next
year will be held below the S..
900, 100000 mark if the Budget
Bureau co-operates with Congress
in enforcing Federal economies,
Senator Wesley L. Jones, chair
man of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, predicted today.
This represented the attitude of
Administration leaders on Capitol
Hill to the appeal of President
Hoover for strict economy in fu-
ture Federal appropriations as a
means of avoiding an increase in
Federal taxes.
ResentS Slur On Congress
Jones rather resented the i'm.
putatiOn that Congress had been
prOfligate in appropriations, point
ing out that it has consistently
slashed recommendations of the
Budget Bureau.
After a visit to Budget Director
Roop, Jones announced he ex-
pected both the Governments es-
Inmates and the appropriations
of Congress would be held below
the five-billion-mark at the next
session. He said:
"The appropriations for Ordi-
nary purposes last year were
slightly less than those of the
preceding year. The enormous
total, exceeding $5,2OO,OOO,OOO,
was necessary because of the
emergency appropriations for
drought and unemployment re-
lief. Most of these emergency
appropriations will be avoided
next year."
Jones said he opposed tax
increases at this time, favoring
higher taxes only when times are
good. He indorSed the inheritance
tax but. admitted there isn't much
sentiment for it now.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
BONUS SNELLS
COURT FINES

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April g.
A banner month for violations of
the prohibition laws and collec,
tions Of fines is attributed here to
world war veterans bonus money
According to Captain Campbell
and Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk OF
the court, new records for total
dry law arrests and collections
were made in March.
Of a total of $50 arrests made
by the local police, over half were
for violations of the dry laws.
Arrests for drunkenness led with
81 followed by II for possession
Of liquor and II for driving
drunk.
Fines for dry law. violations
totaled $3,669.50.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Good Friday Service
To Be Heard on Air

Seven i1terpretative addresses
on the Meaning of Calvary" by
the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will feature
the special Good Friday service
at the Washington Cathedral to-
morrow from noon until 3 p. m.
Selections from the cantata by
Sir John Stainer, '"The Cruel
fixion," will be sung by the men
and boys choir and the service
will include prayers, hymns and
scriptural readings. The service
will be broadcast over the Co.
lumbia network.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
TakOn1a Park BOy
Back in RefOrn1atOry

TAKOMA PARK, Md, April 2
BY direction of the parole com
missioner of Maryland, Jules
Pruitt, II, was apprehended at
his home here today by Sergt
Earl H. Burdine, Montgomery
county police, and returned to
the custody of the parole com.
missioner.
The youth was committed to
the house of correction for q
year several months ago, and
according to Sergeant Burdine
has so persistently violated the
terms of his parole that his fur.
ther incarceration is necessary.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Finger-priH1t Expert
Praised for Work

ROCKVILLE, Md, April "A.
A. Moxley, chief of police for
Montgomery county, yesterday re-
ceived a letter of thanks from
James Clark, States attorney for
Howard county, Md, in which the
work of Theodore Vollten, identi-
fication expert of the Montgom-
cry county police, in connection
with the capture of a robber
came in for much praise.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Photo by International

in working order was $4,000
pounds.
Shown at World Fair
The locomotive was exhibited
at the st. Louis Exposition in
1904, at Wheeling and Charles
Town, w. Va. at the apple bios
som festivals at Winchester, Va,
and at the centenary exhibition
of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road in 1927. Since then it has
been in storage at the Meadows
shops,
The Washington times., 1931-04-02

ONE OF THE founders Of
the Washington Bricklayers
Union and holder of the first
card in that organization, P. H.
Sugrue of Chevy Chase, Md,
will be an honor guest at the
reunion of the organization
celebrating the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the body tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02

Do not deny yourself the pleasure Of
owning your own hOme-turn 10 the
Classified Real Estate Ads in tOday's
paper.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
DRIVER FINED $1O0

ALEXANDRIA, April I'm po-
lice court today John Tavenner,
q taxi driver of tbs Fourteenth
st. N. E., charged with operating
a car under the influence of
liquor, was fined $1O0 and costs
and sentenced to 80 days in jail.
His license to drive in Virginia
was revoked.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Montgomery History
PAGEANT Planned

ROCKVILLE, Md, April "A
historical pageant of the progress
of Montgomery county will be
held in early summer, the Mont.
gomery County Federation of
Womens' Clubs decided at meet.
ing held here at the Presbyterian
Church.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
Times Staff Photo

city and of 299 buildings, he has
recommended corrections in 65.
The corrections ordered in the
public schools have already been
made.
The Washington times., 1931-04-02
AUTO ROBBED OF $500

ALEXANDRIA, April 2.-Break-
ing a window in the locked auto
mobile of J. D. Lasher, Of Am
sterdam, N. Y, thieves yesterday
afternoon removed a small trunk
and handbag containing clothing
valued at 5000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16

utilized for such an institution at saving
of approximately $50, 900 to the State.
Believing that the needs and care of
the dependent aged and infrm residents
of the Eastern Shore require greater
facilities and means for their comfort
and support than they are at present re-
ceiving by the system adopted by the
counties, the commission recommends
that the centralized institution serve the
nine counties of the Eastern Shore. to
be located in one of the counties. as
may be determined upon; that the build
ing and equipping be done by the State;
that the institution be operated and
maintained by the State. the counties
paying on a per capita basis for each
inmate; that the Institution be bull
along the lines and specifications sub
mitted by H. P. Hopkins. and that any
institution built should be so planned as
tho ave accommodations for notices. thar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW Is
HISTORY in THE
MAKING

One of the big newspapers, in
an effort to account for and JUS
tify the predominance of crime
news in it's columns, defined
news as action" and explain
ed that there was more "ac-
|tion" day by day in the GRIM
inal world than elsewhere.
That big newspaper may be
right but we do not believe our
readers are interested in the
faction" of the underworld of
the big cities. We do believe
they are interested in events
that are making the history of
our nation and the world in
general. 1t is history in the
making that we are giving our
readers week after week in the
department headed Weekly
News Review" written by Ed
ward w. Packard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16
ELEVEN CASES OF HOG
CHOLERA

Hog cholera was reported to
exist on eleven premises in
Maryland during the month Of
December, against twenty-five
a year ago, and an eleven year
average of thirty-four for the
month. Five were clasSed as
backyard outbreaks, while six
occurred on farms where hogs
are bred and raised. However,
garbage feeding plants were
maintained on two of these
farms. All eleven were ciassed
as primary, or new outbreaks.
Charles, Hartford, Queen
Anne and Prince Georges
counties had two outbreaks
each; Anne Arundel, Calvert
and Montgomery one case
each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16
Famous Santa Fe Trail
Linked With Coronado

It was in 1541 that Coronado fol-
lowed the future line Of the Santa
Fe trail. probably as far as the site
Of Wichita, and that date. though the
suggestion as to earlier years fails to
response, deserves some sort of COM
memoration. The Santa Fe trail or por-
lions Of 1t, must have known the sweep
Of more than one ancient migration
before Coronado's day-perhaps de-
scending from the North, perhaps
coming up out of the crowded old
civilizations of the South-but its
known history began with Coronado.
And what a history it was through
more than 800 years! 1t was the first
Of the great beaten tracks which
Joined the American East and West.
It never approached in populousness
those later northern routes that went
from the Mississippi to Oregon and
California. nor was its traffic notable
for the riches carried. But where the
other trails went into an almost vir-
gin territory, the Santa Fe trail linked
two opposing civilizations.
West and south along Its course.
following the pioneers, the traders
and the buffalo hunters, went that tide
from the Middle West which battled
and finally supplanted and transplant
ed traditions and life Of far-of Spain.
Boston Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16

/ find it best to have a standard
muffin recipe which can be used as q
base for variations. If we master one
good muffin recipe then we can make
an endless variety Of mullins. Such q
basic recipe is as follows:
3 cups self-risins 1 cup milk
flour tbsp. m elite
3 tbsp. sugar shortening
! egg
Sift and measure the -four. Add
eggs, milk, melted and cooled shorten
ing. Beat vigorously. Pour batter into
well-greased muffin tins, half filing
them, and bake in a hot oven 400
degrees F.) IS to 20 minutes. This
recipe makes IA mullins.
Now, you can take this foundation
recipe and make BURBERRY or date muf-
fins, poppy seed, chocolate or cocOnut
mullins. And then there are cereal muf-
fins. nut mullins, and french mullins,
and ] suggest you try some Of the
following delicious mullins:
Date or Raisin Mullins.
Use basic recipe with but three
fourths cupful of milk. Flour two
thirds cup chopped and pitted dates
or raisins and add to batter. If you
like sweeter date muffin add one
fourth cupful more sugar. For vari-
ETY. one-half cupful finely chopped
citron and candied cherries may be
used instead of the dates or raisins.
Coconut Mullins.
Use basic recipe, omit shortening
and add one-half cupful shredded
coconut. These are best baked in tiny
creased muffin tins so that you have
about "a small ones.
Jam Mullins.
Use basic recipe and stir in four
tablespoons raspberry jam, strawberry
jam or any other desired jam.
Poppy Seed Mullins.
Use basic recipe and sprinkle poppy
seeds over the top.
Household Science Institute
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16
SUCCESSFUL
.HOMEMAKING
Pre-Leavened Flour Takes cuesswork Out Of Muffin Baking
BY GRACE WALL CRAY


Quick breads. OF which mullins are
q type, have an important place in
our meals since they act as an emer-
gency bread and are enjoyed by our
families for their freshness and vari-
ETY. in flavor and texture.
Success with mullins as with all
other quick breads depends largely
upon the kind and amount Of leaven-
ing agent used and the method Of bak-
ing. Accurate measurement and good
material are necessary, with close at
tention to oven temperature.
To be wholesome, quick breads must
be thoroughly baked and free from all
heaviness. Inasmuch as mullins de-
pend for their success upon the kind
and amount Of leavening agent used,
that should be Of utmost Importance
to us In their making. And we can
have good mullins every time we make
them If we use self-rising flour in
making them.
Self-rising -four Is pre-leavened
flour. That is, it is flour to which the
baking powder and salt have been
added In the proper proportions. This
combining Of the main ingredients Of
mullins makes baking simple and easy
for us. A chemist, highly trained and
experienced, does all the actual hard
work for us. All that we have to do
Is to add the egg or eggs, the milk
and the fat and then we have our
muffin batter.
Not only has the chemist done this
accurate, difficult task for us by COM
bining the flour and leavening in cor
rect proportions, but under his direc-
tion the self-rising -four has been sift-
ed and mixed together by machinery
for Is minutes, which means that we
have our principal ingredients, flour,
baking powder and salt, sifted for us
as we could never sift them ourselves.
Because Of this we get finer grain
mullins.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16

This is an editorial inter-
probation of the events that
are making history, Of the
events that our intelligent citi-
zens talk about, that they wish
to be informed about so they.
may talk intelligently.
Edward w. Pickard, who
prepares this feature for our
columns, is one of the highly
trained newspaper observers
and writer's of the nation. He
has a background of many
years of experience, of a very
broad education, of personal
contact with men of affairs in
this country, and travel and
study in many foreign lands.
From his school and college
days he has been a constant
student of world history of the
past, of world and national his
tory in the making, of the men
and events of our generation.
Mr.. Pickard's foreign travels
have but intensified his love for
and appreciation of America.
He is intensely American, and
sees world events through the
eyes of an American. He
writes of events from the
standpoint of their effect on
our own land.
Our readers will find in this
weekly News Review" a. Sea-
ture that is very much worthys
of their careful reading each
week. 1t will keep them close
ly in touch with the events of
consequence, and they will find
in it a sure foundation for any
discussion they may have with
their reighbors of the real and
important news of each week.