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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11
GUESTS FROM
SAN ANTONIO

Mr.. and Mrs. K. I. Emmons de-
lightfully entertained honoring Mr.
and Mrs. Helmuth Frank Of San
Antonio. who are guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl West.
Dancing was enjoyed until a late
hour. About thirty guests were
present
REGULAR M IT
Is HELD
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met
Monday afternoon at the church
with Mrs. Raymond Witt, presi-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-11

dent, in charge of the meeting. Sew
eral items Of business were taken
up and discussed. The regular re-
ports were given. There were ten
members PIT.
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
LUPE CRAZY ABOUT JOHN
Going to Follow Him
to Europe Screen
Star Admits :.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 CU.S0'
eyes, I love John Gilbert,
and I'm going to follow him to
Europe just as soon as I can
get my passport papers,"
Lupe velez is talking, officially
confirming Universal Services ex.
elusive story by Louella o. Par,
sons. More than that, the breaker
Of Hollywood hearts doesn't care
what the world has to say about
her love for the great screen lover.
The dark-eyed Mexican actress,
found at her hotel here, said she
knew that John was still legally
the husband of Ina Claire, but
then she gave one to understand
that the divorce will be final be.
fore so very long.
Asked a second time about the
possible date Of her marriage,
Lupe inquired:
II wonder when John Is
going to send me q radiOgram?"
Then she added, with a flash
of passion:
'LOve was never like this be-
fore"
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
20 Scouts Slated
For EnQLe ALCGrdS

Boy Scouts will receive Eagle
badges in the Awarding Court of
Honor, District of Columbia Coun-
Gil, to be held in Wilson Teach
ers' College, Saturday, october "a.
Among the scouts to appear be-
fore the court Saturday are Sam
Watkins, James and Laing Sib-
bett, Jack Davis, Walter Lilly, AS
sistant Scoutmaster E. T. Dunlap,
Warren Hughes. Francis Scott,
Assistant Scoutmaster Roland
Linger, Robert Greenwood, Whit
temore Whittier, Harold Moor
man, John Curry, Haylett Shaw,
Karl Clarke, Frank Brisbois, Rob-
ert Ferguson, William Riedel. Del
mar Ports and Frederick H.
Doe, jr.
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
'FAGSO.K.
SAYS DEAN

Smoking among co-eds Of George
washington University is one of
those things that's recognized as
quite proper.
OF course, there are exceptions.
AS Mrs. Winnie G. Barrows, dean
Of women at the university.
pointed out today, some sororities
make smoking taboo.
And then again, says the dean,
although most girls cOnfine their
smoking to indoors, when some Of
them do creep on to streets with
their fags burning, zone always
looks at them twice."
Mrs. Barrows hasn't spoken to
the university women for more
than a year about smoking. she
said. It has come to be such q
common thing that there isn't
anything she can say any more,
she pointed out,
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
JOHNSON FLAYS
DICTATORSHIP
Of HOOVER
Senator Sees Administration
Dominated by Financiers;
Fears For Nations Future
BY HIRAM w. JOHNSON
U. s. Senator From California

BY HIRAM w. JOHNSON
U. 8. Senator From California
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16
U.S0 the American peo-
pie said in most emphatic terms
should not be done, the Admins
tration now does. Into the
League of Nations America is
showed, despite our people.
We've a new kind of Govern
mert. The old, cumbersome mode
Of the Constitution has been SUI
perseded by a dictatorship and an
oligarchy.
Leaders Kowt0w
When Congressional action is
needed now. Congress is not called
in session, but leaders" of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties
and the Progressive right wing
are summoned in secret to the
White House to approve a long
prearranged policy, and thus the
policy is adopted.
The international bankers have
learned the short cut to congress
sional action, and they may we'll
chortle with glee as they witness
their accomplishments of the past
few months in moratoriums and
towards foreign debt cancellation.
Europe and they may we'll cele-
brate their victory in easing the
United States into the League Of
Nations now.
The Congress, what is it? The
leaders have decreed its policy in
secret without assembling its
troublesome members.
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
FOUR GIRLS WIN.
ADDITION

-Four young women were Sc
lected as winners last night in
the District preliminary contest
OF the fifth national radio audi
ton Of the Atwater Kent FoUnda-
ton. There were 20 contestants.
The winners are Helen ZunkeI
DOnefariO, 800 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W.; Ina Marie H0ltz-
shelter, 33S Kentucky Ave. N. E.;
Marietta Fleetwood, 1911 Thirty
fifth st. N. w., and Beverly r.
OBrien, 1902 Hobart st. N. w.
Miss HOltzSheiter Is the only ma
tive WashingtOnian in the group.
Four boys will compete tonight
over Station WRC.
Last nights winners and those
Of tonight will contest here dur
ing the week of November ! to
determine who in each class will
go to New York for the national
district test November %. The
finals will be held in New York
in December.
The Washington times., 1931-10-16
TWO PARADES MERGE

MARTnNSBURG, W. Va, Oct.
16.-The annual mummer's pa
rade. sponsored by a fire COM
pany here for the past two years,
will be merged this year with
the American Legion parade to
be held Arrnistice Day.
The Washington times., 1931-10-16

CHURCH CARD PARTY
A card party will be given in
st. Anthony's Church, Twelfth
and Monroe Streets N. E., Brook
land, tonight at 8 o'clock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-25
Whot significant ehanee has recently been mode
in The wrapping Of the Camel package containing 20 eige
end Whot are its advantages 70 the smoker?
First Prize. $4,000

First HSFlZe. $25.OOO
Second Prize. $4,000 Third Prize, $4,000
For the five next best answers . $1,000 each
For the five next best answers . $500 each
For the p next best answers . 500 each
Conditions GOUerRing Contest:
II Answers limited to 200 words.
2 Write on one side of the paper only.
3 No entries accepted that bear a postmark later than
midnight, March A. 1881.
4 Contest open to everybody except employees and execu.
tives of r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and their
families.
: In case of ties, the full amount of award will be paid to
each of the tying parties.
@ 1t is not necessary to buy a package of Camel cigarettes
in order to compete. Any store that sells cigarettes will
permit you to examine the Camel package containing 20
cigarettes.
AHcommnRsenHonsm ast e gddressedt0 Contest EdItor-
r.. ]. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY. HTnnon-Saem, NC
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-11
FORMER JUNEAUITES
 NOW AT FORT DUPONT

Three former disbursing officers of the Alaska Road Commission with headquarters in Juneau, are now stationed at Fort DuPont, Delaware
 Lieut.. J. G. Christiansen and family arrived there about Febru- ary l and are settled in their quarters. Lieut.. Christiansen has been given command of Company D, 1st Engineers.
 Lieut. Philip R. Garges has just returned to the fort from the Wal ter Reed Hospital in Washington where he had a minor operation. His family is well-little daughter Jerene, born in Ju e u, is IA months old now. Lieut.. Garges is in charge of all the regimental transportation and is assigned to headquarters and Service Company, 1st Engineers.
 Lieut.. John R. Moves is temper arily in command of Company c. Mrs. Moves, formerly Miss Eunice Zimmerman of the Juneau schools, has been in poor health for the past three or four months but is now much better. Their son Jack, 16 months old, is a regular bouncer.
 The three families, in letter received here, send regards to all of their Juneau friends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-11
LIGHT SYSTEM
 COMPLETED IN
 ELKS BUILDING
Last of Improvement Work Finished, Bring Total
 Cost to $4,000

Modern electrical lighting fix lures have just been installed in the Elks auditorium, marking the completion of the improvement pro- gram for the dance hall in the ElkS Building. These lighting fixtures are of the colored parchment type, with the Elks' purple color pre- dominating and with the Elks' in- signia worked into the decorative scheme. The fixtures were spec ially designed for the hall by the B. F. Shearer Company of Seattle, Wash, which renovated the audi torium and put up the window drapes
 Dinner Plate Installed
 A 3,50O-watt dinner plate for regulating all lights at once has been installed by the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company.
 With the completion of the light ing fixtures the whole cost of the recent improvements is a little more than $4,000.
 The committee which arranged for the improvements and super vlsed their installation for the Elks Lodge consists of H. R. Shep- ard Henry Messerschmidt and B. H. Beistline.
 Members of the lodge will have an opportunity to look the audi torium over this evening as the meeting of the lodge will be held on the second floor of the build ing. The second meeting in March of each year is designated as "Old Timers" night and it is one event never missed by the members who have belonged more than ten years.
 A special committee consisting of George Simpkins, John McLough- lin, George Kohlhepp and Guy Me- Naughton is in charge of this meet ing A buffet lunch is promised in addition to other attractive fea- lures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-11
Third Woman Seeks Post
 As Secretary of State

FRANKFORT, Ky, March H. The office of secretary of state of Kentucky, held for the past eight years by two women, is sought for the next four years by a third.
 Mrs. Gro Adams has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination
 Miss Emma Guy Cromwell, pres ent state treasurer, was the first woman ever to hold the office She was elected in 1923, and was suc- ceeded in 1927 by Miss Ella Lewis
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
GOTWALS BACKS
D. c. BUILDING
Of SCHOOLS
Skimping Hinted In Schedules
Now Followed by Men Who
Are Awarded the Contracts

establishment of a municipal
construction department so that
the District of Columbia can
build it's own schools will be
asked of the next Congress.
This was the chief development
today in the row which has ragged
over school-building construction
since the collapse, a week ago, of
rs tons of steel at Roosevelt High
School, now under construction.
Probe Asked by Union
The Central Labor Union is the
latest to enter the discussion. The
union has written to Senator
Arthur Capper, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, urging
a congressional investigation into
the school-construction situation.
Charges by Heron Todd, steel
contractor on the Roosevelt High
School, that the roof on the new
Mckinley High School Sagged
from two to four inches, proved
without foundation when Major
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The Washington times., 1931-05-07
POLICE CAPTNN1MERCER Of BIC
HAS S227, 900 ROADS ASKED
Times Staff Photo

BOSTON, May7 G.N.S0.-Con-
solidation of the two largest rail
roads in New England-the New
York, New Haven and Hartfort,
and the Boston and Maine-into
a powerful and efficient New
England-controlled unit was re-
commended today to the chief
executives of the six States by
the governors railroad committee.
To bring about this merger,
the management of the Penn.
Sylvania railroad would be asked
to surrender voluntarily its hold
ings in the two New England
lines to a combined ownership
under 10 per cent of the total
voting stock in either system.
Failing to attain this, the New
England governors, under the
plan, would institute legal pro
ceedingS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
SINKS' TUG
INF0G; s DIE

NEW YORK, May 7 G.NSO.
The liner New York arrived here
today from Boston with five sur.
vivorS of the tug Trimount, which
was run down and sunk by the
liner in a fog off Block Island
in the night.
Three of the crew of eight
abOrd the TrimOunt were missing
and believed drowned. Three of
the surviving members Of the
crew were injured.
The dead:
Peter Webb, of Brooklyn; David
Christianson, deckhand, of Brook
lyn: and an electrician. only
known as Eddie" who was being
given a lift to Providence.
The Trimount.' towing the barge
Alice. was cut in half by the
liner. The victims were believed
crushed to death in their berths
before the tug sank.
The steamship, en- route from
Boston to New York, carried ap
proximately 800 passengers, who
were awakened by the crash in
Long Island Sound, a mile off
the Race Rock Light, Conn, neal
New London.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07

CHICAGO, May T. Q.N.S) .
Capt. John Ptacek, commander
Of a West Side police station and
former deputy commissioner of
police, deposited $227,OOO in a
West Side bank during the last
five years. $4,000 of it since the
first of the year, according to
the States attorneys office after
an investigation of the financial
standing of the captain by a
special grand jury.
Captain Ptacek explained that
he did not know the exact
amount of his deposits, but said
it came from investments in the
Stock Market. sale of apartment
buildings, and rent from other
buildings.
He denied, however, that he
had deposited $4,000 since the
first of the year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
Bandits Seize Auto,
$l7, and Clothes of
Man And Girl

EASTON, Mass, May 7.
U.N.S0.-Two armed highway
men today robbed William Rob-
ertSon and a girl companion
most thoroughly.
They took Robertson's auto
mobile, his SIT, and then 'or-
dered both victims to disrobe
and took their clothes.
When the robbers left, the
girl companion of Robertson hid
in the woods. Robertson sig
nailed passing automobiles for
assistance in his predicament.
Each motoriSt thought he was
q mad man and stepped on the
gas.
Finally, Robertson made his
way to a gas filling station and
secured clothing for himself
and his feminine companion.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
WIDOW IS FREED
IN FATAL DUEL

DETROIT, May 7 QN.SO.-A
story that she was cruelty tor
tured by two gunmen of her slain
bootlegger husband today had re-
suited in the release of Mrs.
Marie Reser, 3O-year-old Dayton
(Ohio) woman, whose jealousy
maddened husband met death in
a revolver duel with Arthur
Payne, the "other man" in the
love triangle, earlier in the day
The woman had been held as a
material witness.
Payne to Be Released
Payne, held as a police prisoner
in receiving hospital where he is
suffering from a bullet wound in
the hip. is expected to be re
leased after a thorough investiga
ton. witnesses declared that
Payne was wounded before ne
fired the three shots which killed
the husband, Maynard Reser, 20,
also of Dayton.
Mrs. ReSer, the eStranged Wlte
told Assistant Prosecutor Guy M
Jensen that her husband and his
gangSters tortured her in an ef'
fort to force her to reveal the
whereabouts. of Payne. She said:
wen kill you if you don't
tell" the hOOdIumS told me.
''They beat me on the head
with their gun butts, took me
upstairs in my Dayton home
and beat me some more. They
then took me to the basement
and heated a hot poker, which
they held to the bottom of my
feet. But 1 wouldn't tell.
didn't tell"
Threat FOun" in Note
Meanwhile, police had revealed
0 note which was found on the
slain man. It said:
"Pm going out to get Payne.
One of us is not coming back"
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
TROOPS CALLED
IN KENTUCKY

HARLAN, KY. May 7 O.N.S0
Several units of the Kentucky
National Guard were to assem-
BILE here today to prevent recur-
renee of the mine labor disturb
ances which were brought to a
head Tuesday by the fatal shoot
ing of four men.
Unrest Is Growing
Gov. Flem d. Sampson or.
dered mobilization of the guards.
men late yesterday at the insist
ence of Sheriff J. H. Blair, of
Harlan county, who reported a
growing intensity of unrest in
the EvartS mine region. More
than 300 troops were expected
here.
When he ordered out the
militia, Governor Sampson, at
Frankfort, issued a statement
blaming agitators from outside
the State for fomenting the dis.
orders.
Families Are Starving
Due to unemployment, the
families Of hundreds of miners
are said to be on the verge of
starvation, and an appeal has
been made to the Red Cross.
Sheriff Blair said today he be.
lieved an explosion heard in Har.
Ian last night was intended to
be a scare"
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
DEF|ED
BY WITNESS;
SENATORS
WARN HER
Refuses to Answer Questions
Regarding Campaign Funds;
Bishop Present Looking on

A monotonous repetition Of II
decline to testify" today baked
further efforts of the Nye investi.
eating committee to ascertain
what disposition was made of the
$4,000 turned over to Bishop
James Cannon, jr., to fight the
candidacy of Al Smith in the
1928 presidential campaign.
Miss Ada L. Burroughs, of Rich
mond, Va, treasurer Of the Can.
non anti-Smith campaign commit
tee, added her defiance Of the
Senate to that of Bishop Cannon
when the Nye committee today
endeavored to have her explain
where the funds went.
CARRIED in deep black, the
woman met every question with
either 81 decline to answer" or
81 refuse to testify"
Faces Contempt Trial
Miss Burroughs will be cited to
the Senate for contempt.
Following the hearing Senator
Gerald Nye (R0 of North Da-
kota, chairman, said the COM
mittee will meet next week for
further consideration of the Can
non matter.
Senator Nye said, in referring
to Miss Borroughs:
Certainly we will have to
cite her to the Senate for CON.
tempt"
Consistent refusal by Miss Bur-
roughs to answer any interroga-
tories brought a warning from
Chairman Nye Of the possible con-
sequences Of her act. He and
other members of the committee
pointed out to her that there are
laws providing for the prosecution
Of witnesses who decline to teS
tify. .....
Refuses to Answer
But Miss Burroughs remained
adamant and left the stand with.
out making any answer to the
scores of questions hurled at her.
Bishop Cannon, who, himself,
has defied the committees au-
-
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The Washington times., 1931-05-07
BOARD STUDIES
RCA VERDICT

After obtaining an opinion
from it's legal division, the Fed
eral Radio Commission today took
under consideration the question
of whether the violation Of the
Clayton antitrust act by the
Radio Corporation of America, as
shown by a recent decision Of the
Supreme Court, should be inter.
preted as forcing a forfeiture Of
all R.CA. broadcasting, CONNER
cial, ship and experimental H.
cenSeS.
There are several courses open
to the commission. It might re-
fuse to renew one license, permit
the Radio Corporation to go into
the court to obtain a stay order,
and then issue temporary licenses
for the many R.C.A. activities un.
til the Federal courts decide the
case.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
To TOUR
FARM BELT

Senator Borah RO of Idaho
today disclosed that he is plan
ming to leave in two weeks for an
extensive trip through the north.
west, during which he will study
agricultural and political condi-
tionS.
Although he has not made any
speaking dates, Senator BOrah
may take the stump to asSail the
Hoover Administrators farm
and tariff policy, and lay the
foundation for a progressive fight
in the next presidential cam
paign.
The Idaho Senator will make
his tour at about the same time
the newly formed agricultural di-
vision of the Republican National
Committee is getting under way
with it's defense of the Admin
istration in the farm belt States.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
MEUSEL SIGNS
WITH M|LLERS

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, May Z
GN.S0.-Long Bob Meusel, for
10 years a major league baseball
star, today became a member Of
the Minneapolis club of the
American Association.
Mike Kelley, manager of the
local ball club, announced the
signing of the former star, who
was a free agent, today.
Meusel will report to the Mill.
ers within a week.
Meusel played with the great
New York outfield that included
Babe Ruth and Earl Combs. He
played with Cincinnati last sea,
son after being purchased from
the Yankees at reported price
of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
Radio Relieves Fatigue,
Works on Mind Like Rum

NEW YORK, May IA ma
chine that generates short radio
waves which overcome fatigue
and stimulate the mind, was de-
scribed today by OreStes H. Cald-
well, former Federal Radio Com
missioner, who is now editor of
: ElectronicS.
Rest the Weary
Mr.. Caldwell said a report from
Vienna had informed him of the
results attained by experimenters
there. who demonstrated that
high frequency currents generated
b. vacuum tubes. when properly
applied. rest the weary brain
and serve as an antidote to ia,
tigue."
Mr., Caldwell suggested that the
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
RUSSIA CALLED
KEY To FARM
PROBLEM
Speakers at Chamber Session
Voice No Criticism of Sow
let or Its Trade Methods

The plight of depressed agri.
culture throughout the world oc-
cupied the sixth congress of the
International Chamber of Com
merce for the first time today as
the industrial, financial, and COM
mercial leaders of Europe and
America sought a remedy for
Agrarian distress.
This problem turned the spot
light on Russia, with both Euro
pean and American leaders
stressing the importance of con-
sidering the SOviet'S economic
future in drafting any plan for
the relief of world agriculture.
No Criticism Offered
This first formal discussion of
the Russian problem was curious
in that it contained no criticism
of the SovietS. Led by H.. L.
Russell, former University of Wis
consin economist, and Alfred
Falter, Polish coal czar, the dis
cussion merely revolyed around
the necessity for recognizing Rus
sia in all economic issues.
International war debts again
shared the spotlight in other
speeches, along with the problems
of merchandising and industrial
distribution.
The afternoon program called
for a series of round table dis
cussions of these questions and
in addition the problems of wages,
sea transport, movements of capi-
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The Washington times., 1931-05-07

So DR.. Brice Dorsey, of the
Baltimore College of Dental Sur
gerry told delegates at the final
session of the Maryland State
Dental Association here yesterday.
DR.. Dorsey related the expert
mental work among patients at
the State Hospital for the Insane,
and declared that a number had
been cured after having had their
teeth pulled.
Also the insane make far better
patients than the sane, DR.. Dor
sey found. as they offered little
or no objection to the work.
Impacted teeth caused the In.
sanity of one woman patient, he
said. When these teeth we're re-
moved she was cured and dis
charged.
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
DEPARTURE
.. OF. HELENE
PAVESWAY
Ex-Wife Quits Bucharest for
Belgrade; King Is Expected
To Take AutocratiC Power

BUCHAREST, May 7 G.N.SD,
Rumors that King Carol II of
Rumania was contemplating a
morganatic marriage with EEme.
Magda Lupescu, his companion
during five years of exile in
France, gained renewed circula-
tion here today with the depar-
ture of Princess Helene, Carols
divorced wife, for Belgrade.
Princess Helene, who stead
RaStIy refused to consent to a
reconciliation With Carol because
he left her and renOunced his
rights to the throne years ago,
viii take up permanent residence
I'm Degrade, according to C''rrent
reports.
Her departure was said to be
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The Washington times., 1931-05-07

busy executive soon might be
able, when important matters
were pending, to retire behind a
screen for a few minutes, place
his head between the electrodes of
an electric wave generator and
return to his desk revived as to
both mental and physical power
Speeds Thinking
Mr.. Caldwell said:
"The result of the electrical
treatment on the brain is said
to be a gentle exhiliratiOn and
speeding up of the mental pro-
ceSseS and nervous reactions.
The effect may be likened to an
alcoholic or drug stimulation.
without their detrimental after
effects"
The Washington times., 1931-05-07
Nitro Blast SnuffS
Blaze at Oil Well

GLADEWATER, Tex, May z
GNS0.-For the first time in
eight days this section today was
free of the shadow of black
smoke from the blazing Cole oil
we'll. A 250-quart charge of nitro
glycerine late yesterday snuffed
out the fire.
The blaze claimed the lives of
nine workmen last Tuesday and
consumed 100000 barrels of oil
and millions of feet of gas.