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The Washington times., 1931-05-26
.U.S.RENOUNCED
BY robson

LONDON, May 26 CUSJ.-Paul
Robson. American negro actor
and singer, plans to make his
home in England, where he says
he finds no prejudice against his
race.
Now playing here in Eugene
ONeill'S Hairy Ape" Robson
hopes to establish his own thea
ter in London. He said:
London Is the place to do
it because here the British are
unprejudiced and fair. In Amer
lea they are afraid to give us
an equal chance.
I'm London every man Is q
potential friend. Policemen and
cab.driverS greet me on the
street to tell me how they have
enjoyed my singing.
"The negro in America has
become merely a middle-clasS
American. 1 do not believe that
the negro should lose touch
with his people, but 1 shall not
find any new negro background
without going right back to
Africa for it. Until then, Eng
land is the place where I am
at home"
Robson was born in Georgia.
He is an honor graduate of Rut.
gers College. where he played on
the football team and was chosen
for All-American honors.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
ORATORY TESTS
SCHEDULED

The annual Elks' oratorical con-
test sponsored by Columbia
Morning Star, Forest Temple and
Bruce Evans lodges, and un1er
the auspices Of the Bethel Liter
ary and Historical Society will be
held tonight at Metropolitan a
M. E. Church.
The contestants will be two
representatives from each Of the
three colored high schools, Dun
bar, Armstrong and Cardozo. The
winner will be given a prize of
$3.50 and will be eligible to com
pete in the national contest in
August when a cash prize of
$1,000 and a college scholarship
will be awarded.
Members of the executive com
mittee include j. Finley W'lion
grand exalted ruler; w. c. Hues
ton, commissioner of education; :;
John H. Ross, DR.. ]. j. Porter
William B. Harris. Elizabeth Cor.
don and Eleanor RhineS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
DISCUSS STREET PLANS

The board Of commissioners of
Montgomery County will meet
Thursday at 2 p. m. with Mayor
Roger Spates and the town coun-
Gil Of Rockville, together with the
courthouse building committee. to
discuss the preliminary plans
drawn by County Engineer Harry
B. Shaw providing for street
widening and paving improve
ments in and around Courthouse
Plaza at the county seat.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
FISHING LICENSES RISE

WATERBURY, Conn, May rs
UPO.-Maybe this indicates a
trend. Town Clerk Dora Egan
announces hunting and fishing
licenses increased 100 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
MOVING CAUSES DIVORCE
Photo by international

RENO, May 26 UP) They
had to move % times because
her husband would not pay the
rent, Mrs. Ida Viola Shoenthal,
of Newark, N. j., declared in a
divorce complaint.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
WoLE AND DEER BATTLE

OCONTO, Wis, May 26 (U.PO.
A battle between a wolf and
deer. in which the latter met
death, was staged in the back
yard of Roland Mcdowell.
The Washington times., 1931-05-26
$2,23o,0oO FOR P. o.

KANSAS CITY, May 26.-Con-
Struction on the new $2,230,000
terminal post office will start
June /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21
FLORIDA RACING
/. BILL IS ADVANCED
Senate Measure to LegaIize
Betting Wins, SIS to SO,
Victory in House.
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 21.-After
% years of trying, proponents of le-
gslized race track gambling today had
bill almost ready for presentation to
Gov. Doyle E. Carlton.
Over vigorous opposition, led chiefly by
a woman Representative, the State
House of Representatives yesterday
passed by SIS to 38 a Senate me2sure
to legalize. racing and pari-mutuel syS-
TENS of wagering. Five amendments,
bill in any major respect, were at
tached and must meet Senate approval
before the measure goes to Gov Carl
ton. His attitude has not been indi-
Gated
Representative Edna G. Fuller said
she would "be untrue to everything
on which my life has been built if 1
failed to register my feeling in the
presence of God against this legisla-
ton" Representative Wicker described
adoption of the bill as "the most
damnable thing that has ever happened
in this House
The bill provides for supervision of
horse and deg tracks by a State Racing
Commission of five, with a season of
80 days. Each county must give ap-
proval in referendum for track
within its borders. The State would
levy a 3 per cent tex on gross receipts
CT psri-mutuel machines and Is per
cent tax on admissions.
The first racing bill was presented
to the Florida Legislature in 1911. 1t
was defeated. The next was in 1919.
1t was defeated. In each session since
no to this year a bill has been pre-
sented and defeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21
AGENTS FIND STILL
ON DISTRICT LINE
Odor of Mash Leads Raiders to
House Near Congress Heights.
Owners Are Absent.

A 250-gallon still in frame house on
Livingston road at Southern avenue, on
the District line beyond Congress
Heights. was discovered by the odor of
mash and destroyed by agents yesterday.
The same agents yesterday destroyed
1.500-gallcn sill on the Government
reservation at Aberdeen, Md, and ar
rested two men. No arrests were made
at the Congress Heights house
The agents watched the house at the
District line today before destroying the
still in hopes the men making .i1s liquor
might appear Some 500 gallons Of
mash, small engine and other equip
ment fer manufacturing liquor we're
found The line between the District
end Maryland passes through the prop
ertv.
The still at Aberdeen was captured
and destroyed through the alertness of
Col. z. NJ Shinkle, commanding officer
there, who reported discovery of the
still. In addition to the still, the agents
destroyed some 1900 gallons Of mash,
1000 pounds of sugar, steam boiler
ard other equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21

Bees make their honeycomb to last
for years. If it is not disturbed by
man, it is handed down through many
generations. 1t is not unusual fer a
comb to be in use 20 wears or more If
periodically cleaned and repaired by
the bees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21
JURY FOR PROPERTY
ASSESSMENT NAMED
Condemnation of site for Public
Health Service Building
Under Way.

Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat yester-
day selected Clarence A. Aspinwall. w.
Hiles Pardoe, Charles w. Dismer, Edwin
S. Evans and Harry L. Ryan to serve as
jury to assess the value of the property
at Nineteenth street and Constitution
avenue. The Government is seeking to
condemn the property as a site for the
new Public Health Service Building,
The jurors will view the property
soon, and thu case probably will be
heard before the Summer recess of the
courts. The Government will be repre-
sented by Assistant Attorney General
Henry H Classic and Assistant United
States Attorneys Arthur G. Lambert
and Alexander II. Bell, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06
ABANDON SCHOOL
FEDERATION PLAN
Arlington Group FavorS
County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations.
snecial DISPATCH to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, January 6.--The
plans for the organization of the Ar
lington County School Federation were
abandoned last night at an adjourned
meeting held at the Washington-Lee
High School on the report of special
committee composed of H. G.. Luther,
chairman; Mrs. Gladys Monroe, Mrs
Russell B. Clapper, James E. Rice, Mrs.
Edith Rogers and Arthur Orr.
On motion of Frederic P. Dewey, jr,
plans for the purpose of constituting
the Arlington County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations were adopted,
which will conform with the laws and
regulations of the State and National
Congresses. There are 16 white public
schools in the county and IL of them
are affiliated with the Parent Teachers
group.
H c. Luther of the Clarendon School
was chosen as the temporary chairman
and James E. Rice, temporary secretary.
On motion adopted, a committee
composed of Mrs. Gladys L. Monroe,
chairman Mrs. Carolyn Beatson and
Mrs. Genevieve Clapper is to draft the
constitution and bylaws, and Mrs. Edith
Rogers chairman; Harold Brown, Fred
erick P. Dewey, jr.; Mrs. j. B. Lowell
and Fred Edwards are to select a slate
of permanent officers to be elected at
the next meeting which will be held at
the Clarendon School February 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06
THEFT SUSPECT COMING
Man Arrested in Boston Accused of
Robbing d. C. Woman.

BOSTON, Mass, January (R.-
A. Jedson Young, alias J. H. Holmes,
of Jacksonville, Fla, was arrested as
fugitive from justice by Federal
officers yesterday. He was charged with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

met Young several years ago, but has
not seen him during the past two
years. She said she gave him the
money to be used for her benefit in
stock transaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

assistant curator of birds at the mu-
scum, are making the expedition at this
work done by the Carnegie Institution
before the jungle reclaimS the site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06
Treated Air for Lungs.

Tubercular patients in Paris are being
treated by special air system instead
of going to the mountains. DR.. Arnold,
French physician, has Just established
an "inhalatorium" near the French cap
ital Patients. sitting in small booths.
inhale specially treated air through
tubes, while nurses regulate the vapor-
izing apparatus to suit each patient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

animal and bird life on the site of
Uaxactum
Uaxactum Is one Of several study
posts where psychologists of the Car
negie Institution of washington have
been seeking to solve the riddle of the
dissolution Of the Maya empire.
The Michigan naturalists, Prof. Har-
ley H. Bartlett of the botany depart
msnt; DR.. Adolph Mureie, assistant
curator of mammals at the university
museum, and DR.. Josselyn Van Tyne,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06
WILL VISIT TROPICS
University Researchers to Study
Wild Life in Guatemala.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, January up.
Three University of Michigan re-
searSl workers will sail January %
from New Orleans for Guatemala,
where they will study tropical plant,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

Lord Sankey who was elected high
steward of oxford University, in Eng
land, IN succession to the late Lord
Birkenhead, viii receive salary Of $25
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

Ciaremont, the historic mansion near
Esther, England. which formerly was
the abode of the Duchess of Albany, has
been sold and will become a women S
college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

the theft of 5000 while acting as the
agent of Lillian c. Northern of WASH
ington, d. G. United States Commits
sioner Edwin Q. Jenny ordered him
removed to Washington.
Federal authorities said Young was
also wanted by the police in Spring
field, Mass, and Hartford, Conn.
Miss Northern, an employee of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, lives
at 1861 Girard street. She said she
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
Passengers Unhu1't
As Bus Hits Ditch

ALEXANDRIA, April 9.-Slip-
ping on the soft shoulder of the
Observation-Disclosures road near
Hume Avenue yesterday after
noon, a Observation-Disclosures
Greyhound Lines bus ran into a
ditch. a.
The driver, Emmett B. Bruce,
BOG Delafield Pl. N. W., Washing
ton, and several passengers
escaped injury.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
WIFE ON STAND
BARES ACTOR 8
LOVE AFFAIR
Asked Her for Divorce to Go
to Girl, Mrs. Luden Says;
Denies Husbands Charges

LOS ANGELES, April 9 G.N.S0
Another chapter in the marital
strife of Jacob Benson Luden,
actor, and his wife in their
divorce suit was to be related in
court here today.
Although it was a difficult pro
cedure, Mrs. Luden gave Superior
Judge J. P. SprOul her version
yesterday of how and why she
and her husband came to the
parting of their ways. She denied
charges of mental cruelty that
Luden said she had inflicted upon
him.
Tells of Love Affair
She told about an alleged love
affair between Luden and a New
York girl known as Mary Poneco
Letters have been filed from this
girl written to Luden, proposing
marriage. Luden declared they
had come unsolicited. Mrs. Luden
testified:
"We had been married only
. few days when the telephone
rang in our home and there
was a girl on the line. My
husband made an engagement
to take her to lunch. He said
she was a girl he had met while
on location; that she was in
fatuated with him, but that he
loved only me. She called a
couple of times after that and
then heard no more, and
thought he had forgotten her.
Told Her of His Love
'"Then a couple of years ago,
when we were living in Holly
wood, he came back to me and
told me that he was in love
with this girl. He said he
wanted to go back and see her.
'He said he wanted to see if
he loved her better than he
loved me. He said he wanted
me to give him divorce, so
he could marry her and that if
he didn't low her better, he
would come back.
"Well, he went and he came
back"
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
RayOn Underthings
Friday Only 3 for 81

Soiled and broken lines including
vests, bloomers, panties, bandeaux,
for misses and small women only!
Pdlais Roval-Main Floor
The Washington times., 1931-04-09

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
PROPOSE COURT
TO HEAR ALIEN
APPEAL CASES
Congress to Be Asked to
Invest New Body With
Deportation Powers.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1o.-Rec-
ommendation Of the Wickersham
deportation report that all judicial
functions be removed by law from
the department Of labor and vested
in new court of alien appeals"
will be presented to the next con-
gresS.
Senator Robert Wagner dem,
N. " is said to be preparing legis-
lation to this end. The new court
would be named by the President
and composed of men of judicial
character"
The court would be charged with
the duties Of issuing warrants of
arrest. of conducting hearings on
the warrants. and of deciding when
warrants of deportations should be
issued. 1t would have power of
leniency in cases where deportation
would result in unnecessary hard
ships. 1t could readmit aliens once
deported.
The department Of labor would be
charged only with the duties of in
vestigation and Of executing war
rants when issued.
Labor Secretary Doak today de-
clared himself absolutely opposed"
to the stripping of his department
OF its judicial functions in deporta-
ton cases.
There's no need for such a new
court" he said. ut would mean a
lot of fees for lawyers and more
trouble for the poor aliens. If con-
gress can give us power to extend
leniency that would be useful. Why
build up big machinery when we
can handle the cases here perfectly
we'll"
Doak says he will not release his
flfty-seven-page attack upon Op-
penheimer "at the present" The
Wickersham commission declined to
print this attack in Saturdays re-
port.
The report, Doak said, contains
some constructive IDEAS" The
limited number of cases" referred
to, Doak says, occurred before his in
cumbency, and since then every eff
fort has been made to correct.
administrative abuses"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
L0ST--UNDER
NOSES or COPS
Missing Man Is Found in
Wrong Courtroom.

Where there should have been
three, there only were two today.
AS a result. police officers. bailiffs,
detectives and finally Municipal
Judge William H. Sheaffer. staged
a hunt through police headquarters
and the jail.
TWO of three youths, held on
vagrancy charges, presented them
selves before the court. Sheaffer
held afldavitS against three and de-
clined to dismiss the two until the
third was found.
Cellrooms on the second floor Of
city prison were searched. Railways
were roved by police, who said they
had seen the youth few minutes
earlier, and then Sheaffer led the
search. AS a last resort they looked
in Judge Clifton r. Cameron's court.
There sat Robert Rayer, %, of 924
East Sixtieth street, who had been
sent to the wrong court after the
morning lineup, waiting for some
thing 70 happen.
1t did. Sheaffer resumed the
bench and dismissed charges against
Rayer and his suspect companions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

Mr.. FiEt-PleaSe see what you
can do about the weeds at Nine
teenth street and Sharon avenue.
w. w.
This request has been referred to
Street Commissioner Wilbur H. Winship.
Mr.. Fixit-PleaSe do something
about a manhole at Leonard and
Palmer streets, which makes an an
noying noise as autos pass over it.
c. K.
Orders to fix the manhole cover at
once were issued by Street Commission
er w. n. Winship. AS to your complaint
about noisy ice trucks at night. this mat
ter might be taken up BY the writer di-
rectIy with the Ice company owning the
trucks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

full of theatrically cheap tricks. I
don't blame people for laughing
when they see the foolish automo-
bile accident and then the silly end
ing. Never have seen a movie so
padded with needless conversation.
And Miss Chatterton's impression
of Camille" is bad.
No, don't get me wrong, Miss
Chatterton is not Camille" all the
time, but tries to impersonate a
great French actress who plays the
part.
She does this first just to fool
a blind former soldier of the World
war as joke and then falls madly
in love with him.
Be your own judge as usual. You
know my idea.
Now at the Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

Walker has done much better with
his first picture than many movie
director. The most noticeable thing
that he has done is to make Peggy
Shannon, just elevated to important
roles, a good actress at the begin
ner stage. She talks beautifully
and always in the right mood for
the right situation. That, of course,
is due to the direction. Richard Ar
len and the surrounding cast is
competent.
Walker has been further aided
by getting his first movie from
stage play. The original name, of
course, was changed when it reached
the screen. But it still is the story
Of 1.-THE Woman" and it has sus-
pense and action.
You may know the story, and if
you don't will not tell you. See it.
1t will hold your interest and give
you the idea that Walker will grow
as a movie director.
Now at the Circle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
HERE is A POOR
CHATTERTON MOVIE

The fact is that "The Magnificent
Lie" is cheap theatrical and non
convincing piece of nothing. 1t
would be terrible vehicle for any
body, but when it has the services
of such a gifted woman as Ruth
Chatterton it becomes a tragedy for
her.
The direction is as poor as I have
ever seen, and the story about as
weak as has ever graced the screen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

VIII teaches the lesson that a
man is just as young as he feels.
You first meet VIII as you generally
expect to see him. All run down
and wearing cheap clothes and 60
ing to bed at chicken time chen
yard variety0 The old boy feels
his age, but the second he puts his
eyes on a cute little trick, played
by Fiji Dorsay, he throws away
his medicine, swills champagne,
dolls up in the SWEETEST evening
clothes and even swings a nifty
dancing hoof.
And then the story changes to
melodrama, because the French talk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
BY EUGENE LYONS
United Press Stan Correspondent

MOSCOW, Aug. 10.-A somewhat
more buoyant and cheerful state
Of mind is manifest in the Soviet
capital. This is the writer's first
impression upon returning here
after an absence of four months.
The actual rations remain as lin
tied and as uncertain as in the
past. But the possibilities for sup
plementing them with purchases in
the free market" both private and
official, are greatly enlarged
The mere sight of scores Of new
government shops, fairly well
stocked with canned goods, sau-
sages, smoked fish and other items
whose rarity has turned them into
coveted luxuries, adds a touch Of
prosperity"
Luxury Prices PrOhibitive
Prices are so steep as to make
these goods prohibitive for the
major portion Of the population,
which accordingly nicknames the
new stores museums"
The same situation holds true
for the essentials of wearing ap-
parel, from time to time to any one
who has the price and the courage
to buck the swarming, pushing
crowds Of buyers and spectators.
To a newcomer the people seem
shockingly ill-clad. But to one who
has watched the scene for years a
substantial improvement is discerni-
BILE.
Wages have remained at their
low levels, despite sharp rises in
prices even on some of the doled
goods. On the other hand, the
labor shortage has drawn all the
adult members Of families, men and
women alike, into regular employ
ment Aggregate incomes of families
are therefore generally higher, in
thousands of instances doubled or
tripled.
Gloom Is Dissipated
The effect upon social life will
be rejuvenating. The cost of alco-
holic drinks has mounted to dizzy
heights-seven rubles for a bottle of
vodka, which sold for $3.50 last year,
for example-but the supply is
ample.
Besides, the advent Of warm
weather in itself has disSipated
some of the gloom which blanketed
the capital when the writer de-
parted last February.
The fuel shortage, which kept
the population half-frozen and
miserable, has been solved automat-
ically. Summer parks are over
crowded, their soft-drink pavilions,
vaudeville shows and circuses doing
a noisy business. Beer cellars rarely
have vacant seat.
Education Making Inroads
Moving picture shows are TANNED.
especially those which advertise
ancient productions of Harold Lloyd
and Charlie Chaplin; the popuIace
has a way Of patronizing most en-
Enthusiastically those films which the
politicians of art denounce as
"idealogically harmful"
notwithstanding physical hard
ships and ceaseless political die
tation from above, the horizons of
existence have broadened out for
the majority of Russians.
Perhaps 100000 of them have
at least learned to read and write
and are losing their superstitious
awe of the printed word.
About 60OOO0,OOO men, women and
children have begun, unwillingly
most Of them, to pool their toll on
collective farms and are familiariz-
ing themselves with modern ma
chinery, regular hours of labor,
schools, clubs, dispensaries, libraries
all of which previously they dared
not even dream.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
WILL BRINGS BACK
THE LAUGHS OF AIDE
Stuart Walker, New Movie Director Launches New Film
Player on Road to Fame.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN.

VoU probably
Il for George AIDES Father the Boys"
Will the
to the talking
viii although the adapter
has touches that
Rogers But the broth
net ruined this Rogers develops into sophisticated
who looks at hosiery when filed
in cabaret when he should be home sitting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
CONSIDERING WALKER
AS MOVIE DIRECTOR

We probably are more concerned
here with the director of THE
Secret Call" more than a new movie
face that is in it.
All because Stuart Walker, who
for years had his stock company
here and who is rated as one of
the best stage directors in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10
AUG. 10. iasl

to Beulah, Mich. with his niece,
Miss Madge Drake, where he was
to take a long rest.
Miss Drake said he arose Sunday.
complained he had not slept veil,
got a revolver from their car and
shot himself while standing before
a mirror in his room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-10

: The last shot shows Will, Fiji and
her boy friend all sailing for Europe
on the same boat. I nearly forgot
to tell you that Lucien Littleheld
gets a lot Of comedy out Of small
part
Rogers does a lot of wise cracking
as usual.
Now at the Apollo.