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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-07
long URGES PASSAGE
OF 1892 BAN

- a1RN aa
In a telegram to The Herald this
morning. Gov. Huey Long said:
II make this appeal TO the legiSla-
ture and to the people of Texas IN
regard to the cotton legislation:
Unless the legislature passes a
law entirely forbiddinR planting Of
cotton in 1882. Then they will do
the cotton situation nc good at all.
A law that simply prohibits so per
cent or 65 per cent will be the same
as no law. because ii will not only
be unconstitutional on its face. but
II is impossible OF enforcement. No.
body can swear just what land was
planted in cotton In the preceding
year. 1t is so easy to fudge a few
acres. and by intensive cultivation
raise as much on half the land as
was raised OIL the whole acreage In
the preceding year.
Too Much Cotton.
1T would be a Gods blessing TO
the south II we learned that we
didn't have TO plant cotton.
The world has too much cotton
on hand TO stand any cotton at all
next year. We carried cver nine mil
lion bales from last year. We raised
l5.5 900 bales this year. giving us
a total of 24,580. 900 bales OF cotton.
or which we can only use II 900 900
bales this year and IL. 200. 5000 bales
next year. This means that II we
plant any cotton for next year. We
will have more on hand at the end
Of next year than the world -ill
need"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-07

RESULTS


AMERICAN
First game:
New York.. al2 210 coils f6 u
Philadelphia. 600 OO1 0Ol- . ID
Andrews and Dickey: Mcdonald,
Peterson, Rommel and Primisano.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-07
TO-DAY Is Labor Day.

TO-DAY Is LdUuI Day
And tomorrow school starts.
Probably several thousand chill
dren and several hundred teachers
believe there Is more than a pass
ing coincidence in the proximity OF
the two.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-07
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy Monday night
and Tuesday: continued warm.
For East Texas: Generally fair
and continued warm tonight and
Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24

moved from Potomac Park. In
Montrose Park. where the giant
oaks have always been famous.
six or seven have died and those
remaining are in bad condition.
According to the Public Build
ings and Grounds Office there is
not a tree in Washington in good
condition. Even those looking
the best need treatment.
HOusehOlders Get Praise
Clifford Lanham, of the Dis
trict tree department, says the
street trees are in better shape
than one would suspect, due to
the fact that househol olderS
watered them last summer. Many
Of the tree roots, also, extend
back under the lawns. said Mr..
Lanham:
you can always tell q street
where the hOusehOIderS keep
their lawns in. good condition
by the trees on the sidewalk"
There are 112,500 street trees
in Washington, many Of them, old
and in bad. condition, being re.
placed each year by the District
Department.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
HOOVER To SEE
AIR QUINTET
MMMkE MHRN" HI y

President Hoover, it is stated,
will receive at the White House
On Wednesday, five famous air
men, Just arrived in this country
20 represent their respective coun.
tries in the National Air Races at
Cleveland, August 20 to Septem-
ber7.
:. They will arrive from New York
In. a Commerce Department
plane, and win be met. by Col.
Clarence M. Young, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce for Aeronau-
tics, and officials Of the embas-
sizes and legations.
The five flierS are Major Alois
Kubita, Czechoslovakia; Capt.
Ernest Ludet. Germany: Flight
Lieut.. r. Z. r. sAtcherly, Great
Britain; Commander Mario de
Bernard, Italy and Capt. Bole-
elaw. Orlinski, Poland.
The reception at the White
House Is scheduled for 2:3O
o, c1ock Wednesday afternoon.
Later, they will be guests at o
luncheon at the willard Hotel
given by the Aero Club Of Wash
tngton. .
Lieut.. Afford Williams will &C
company the airmen on their
flight to washington.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
GUESTS Err
WARDMAN CASE

The District Supreme Court to-
day was asked by 2S tenants OF
the Wardman Park Hotel for per-
mission to intervene in the fore
closure suit pending against the
hotel company, and for the addi-
ton to the personnel Of the
present receivership Of one Of
their number. .s .. ,...
Through Attorney Rudolph
Behrend, the tenants say seven Of
them have lived in the hotel from
the time Of its completion. Their
status has become indefinite, they
say, because of the litigation, and
the furnishings and equipment Of
the hotel have been allowed to
depreciate,
Many tenants have failed to re-
new their leases, because of the
uncertainty prevailing at the
hotel. petitioners say. 's$
The foreclosure suit, now under
advisenaent, was brought by ! the
Central Hanvoer Bank and Trust
Company. Of New York, and in
cludes all the Wardman proper
ties in the District.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Drought Damaged Trees
Die Here By Scores

Injured by the drought of last
summer and winter the trees in
Washington are dying in such
numbers that officials of the Pub
pic Buildings and Grounds office
|are seriously alarmed.
Heroic measures have been
taken to save as many as possible.
Along Pennsylvania Avenue
Southeast. where II Of the beau-
Etiful oaks have died, the experts
'hav< been drilling holes in the
ground surrounding the roots. Of
the remaining trees and forcing
sir and water down to them.
Earth is Baked Hard
Said one official of the Public
Building and Grounds today:
The earth Is, baked so hard
that even the heavy rains Of
this summer have been unable
10 penetrate further than o few
inches. It win take q winter
o. heavy snow to restore the
ground to the porous condition
necessary TO the healthy growth
.Ok the trees" - - a..
Thirty willows, dead from lack
ek -air and water, have been re-
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Escaped Prisoner
Feus Policeman
But Is Caught

A convict, who escaped from
the Occoquan workhouse last
Wednesday, was back there to-
day, after having been captured
in the ladies' waiting room at
Union Station following a chase
through northeast Washington
yesterday.
Policeman Carl i. Hayden
and w. A. Stein, a keeper at
the workhouSe, set a trap for
the man, William e. Edmonds,
colored, a, bat failed to nab
him when Edmonds leaped upon
the policeman from a shed in
the rear of the workhouse and
knocked him down.
After a chase in taxicabs and
on foot, the convict was cor
nered in the station here. Ed
mondS is serving a sentence for
violation Of the liquor laws.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
JUDGE
VIEWS TRIALS
Staff Photo

An interested observer in the
days work az Police Court today
was an eminent English justice,
who is in Washington visiting
relatives.
The justice, George Blaiklock,
j. p, of Grantham, England,
showed keen interest in cases
tried in all branches Of the
court,
He shared his time in the Dis
trice branch with Judge Isaac R.
Hit and in the United States
branch with Judge Robert E.
yMattingly.
When asked his opinion of the
differences between American
and British judges. he said:
81 have not observed enough
to form an opinion. In your
s country, however, you appear
4 to carry things on a less for
NAL scale. AS you .~Obably
know, our courts are conducted
i'm q very formal manner-the
justices being garbed i'm wigs
and gowns"
Justice Blaiklock was heard to
comment upon the District court
cases as unique"
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Hollywood Workers
Granted 8-HOur Dan

Concerned with the welfare Of
those women in the Hollywood
moving picture industry who do
not appear on the silver screen,
the California Industrial welfare
Commission. through a new or
der, effective August IL, estab-
lished a basic 8-hour day, 6-day,
48-hour week for all women en-
ployed in the motion picture in
dustry who do not act, sing,
dance, or otherwise perform and
who are not paid more than $40
a week.
Overtime must be paid for at
the rate Of time and q half for
the first four hours over eight,
and double time from then on.
One days rest in seven is re-
quired and double time for work
on legal holidays.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
CRASH VICTIM
RUSHED HERE

Rushed to. washington in an
Army ambulance plane yesterday,
Capt. Thomas Phillips, of the
Chemical Warfare Service, today
is receiving treatment at Walter
Reed Hospital for injuries re-
ceived ten days ago in glider &C
cident at Elmira, N. Y.
The flight from Elmira was
made i'm the face Of bad flying
weather. Captain, Phillips 1O-year-
old SON, Phillip, jr., made the flight
with his father, while Mrs. Phil
lips came to Washington by train.
At Walter Reed today physi-
clans said Captain Phillips will re-
cover. He has eight fractures,
they report, including several ribs,
the skull, q finger, q wrist and
both legs. He is conscious and
today asked for some chewing
gum, physician report.
Captain Phillips, until recently
stationed at the arsenal at Edge
wood, N. j., was injured when his
glider crashed into high tension
wire after he had swooped low
over the field at Elmira.
The flight here was made in
an a mbulance plane from
Mitchell Field. N. Y. Mrs. Phil
lips is expected to remain in
Washington pending her hus-
bands recovery.
Captain Phillips is at present
stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
FALL WEATHER
PASSES ON

seasonable weather returned to
Washington today as the disturb
ance, which during the last few
days has brought heavy rains and
low temperatures, moved out to
sea.
The foretaste. of fall which the
community has experienced will
give way to sunny skies and
warmer temperature, according to
predictions of the Weather
Bureau.
The heavy rain and high wind
of the last few days caused con-
siderable damage to crops in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Eastern Maryland and the Sec
tion around Chesapeake Bay were
particularly hard hit.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
BOY EXP[ [0RER
HURT IN FALL

That well-known love of explor.
ing possessed by all small boys
resulted in injury for John Will
liam Hayes, S, today as he was
playing in the attic at the home
of his grandmother, Mrs. Ida
Hayes, 1920 Twentieth ST., N. w
With his two sisters the boy
was exploring the attic when he
came upon a skylight over a stair
landing. There was a railing
around it, but John William
climbed over this and crashed
through the glass to the second
floor.
He was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition is
undetermined. It is feared he
may have a fractured skull.
John william is q son Of Stuart
Hayes, local newspaper man. He
lives at Cabin John, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
REPORT ON Gas
ADJUSTMENTS
IS FILED
Three-Month Period Ending
August Fl Saw 3o,s37
Changes; Extensions Made

A total of 30,837 extensions and
adjustments in gas appliances
were made by the washington
and Georgetown Gas Companies
from May az to August 81, Bert
H. Peck, chief engineer for the
companies, reported today to the
Public Utilities Commission,
The report had been promised
by the gas companies when the
commission complained that ten.
day reports dealing with pressures,
which had been ordered of the
company were not being made at
the specified time.
Peck, who formerly was EN-.
ployed as an engineer of the
commission, also reported that q
crew Of eight was engaged in spe.
cial appliance adjustment work
other than complaints. This
crew, he said. is now working in
the neighborhood of Wisconsin
Avenue and Woodley Road North
west, having completed adjust
ment work in the Wesley Heights
section. ..,....
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
PERSONAL TAX
TAKES DROP
FOR YEAR
Depression's Effect in D. C,
Seen in Report of Assessor;
10000 Autos in City

Mirroring the damage wrought
by the depression in the Capital
during the fiscal year, which
ended June 80, the annual report
of Tax Assessor William P. Rich
ards was filed today with the Dis
trict Commissioners.
The levy on tangible personal
property for the year amounted
to $82,O39,776, representing more
than a $25, 5,OO0, 900 decrease from
the preceding year when the levy
was $107, ,206,52O The tax on
this property during the year was
$1.396,612, compared with $1,S22,-
$40 tax for the preceding year.
Assessment Increased
But, despite the depression and,
as the report notes, "nOtwith-
standing the fact that the valua-
tiOn of securities decreased from
July /, 1929, to July 1, 1880, about
20 per cent in valuation" the as
sessed value of intangible personal
property increased $3,597,2 dur.
ing the year.
The assessment on this prop
erty for the year amounted to
$3.50, ,537 ,274, compared with $685.
100000 during the 1880 fiscal
year. This yielded the District
$2,742,986 the past year, compared
with $2,725,940 for the preceding
year.
The report explained "the in.
crease in the intangible levy, in
spite of the market slump, is &C
counted for by the fact that
during the year the office took
advantage of the provisions of an
act of Congress, effective July /,
1880, whereby taxable persons are
required to file personal tax sched-
uleS and, upon refusal, the Com
miSSionerS of the District of Co
lumbia are empowered tc file
mandamuS proceedings against
such persons and compel the filing
Of a return
Tax Collections Gain
Assessor Richards reported an
increase of $4S7,877 i'm real
estate tax collections. The as
sessed value of land was re-
ported at $552,O77, ,O4O, inn
prOvements $65S, ,OS5.57S, total
ing $1,211,162,61S, compared
with the 1880 land assessment
of $54S,O21,375, improvements
$634,441 $40, tOtaling 81, 1,182, ,463,-
S45. The 1891 tax amounted to
$2O,5S9,764 and the 1880 tax
$2O,1O1,S77.
The report also revealed that
there are 10000 automobiles in
the Capital. The law now re-
quires that personal tax be paid
on automobiles before tags are
issued. The tax collected from
this type Of property amounted
to $44O,l8O, averaging about 50
per automobile.
Nearly 10000 tax certificates
were issued during the year, one
Of the largest amounts since the
war period, Mr.. Richards reported.
In this connection he recon-.
mended to the Commissioners
that some means be devised
whereby the issuance of such GER
tificates be entirely the work Of
his office. The law at present,
he points out, requires that the
certificates be signed by the tax
collector.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
More of Torso Found
In GrLLeSOnre Murder

SACREMENTO, Aug. "a CU.S0.
The mystery Of the TORSO muir.
der" deepened today when two
human thighs, which police say
were part of the same body, were
discovered in sack not 10 feet
from the spot where the original
gruesome find was made last
Wednesday.
The gunnysack was without
clues and the state of preserva-
ton Of the legs indicated they
had been kept in some cool place.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Wreck Spills Rum
As DriUer EScUDes

All but a gallon of six cases
of alleged liquor, being trans
ported in a Buick sedan over the
Rockville Pike early today were
lost when the car skidded off
the road, striking a telephone
pole and smashing the bottles.
The driver escaped before po-
lice arrived, and Montgomery
County Policemen Jerry Hart and
Laurence Dixon, who investigated,
said the car bore dead" District
Of Columbia tags.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
'Sn1oOthest Dip 81,
ShGnaed bu Police

NEW YORK, Aug. "a US).
James Ward bowed his head in
'Tombs Court today. It was a
great humiliation. Once they
called James Ward the smooth
est leather litter in New York" !"
But now he is 81, and his fingers
have lost their cunning, SO he
was ashamed police caught him
in so simple a matter as slipping
a wallet from the pocket of a
sleeping man on a subway train.
Ward pleaded guilty.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Vanderbilt Expedition
Returns From JlGlaQle

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Aug. a. QN.S0 Bringing Is, ,O0U
feet of motion picture film taken
in jungleS and unexplored regions
Of Central America, the George
Vanderbilt expedition is back on
United States soil. bringing stories
of strange tropic beasts and seas
abounding in mammoth sailfiSh,
sharks and giant devilfish.
A savage tribe was deferred
from attacking the expedition by
exhibition of a "Krazy Kat" mo-
ton picture cartoon comedy that
threw the aborigines into gales Of
laughter. -. ...-
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
European Museums
Strong for History

Museums in Europe are not
only unlike those in America, but
the museums Of one European
country differ from those Of an
other country, says the American
Association for. the Advancement
of Science. in quoting L. v Cole
man. director of the American
Association Of Museums. He says:
"Three-quarters of Germany's
1850 museums deal with folk
lore or history. A majority Of
Frances i 900 museums are de.
voted TO are or archaeology.
Three-fifths of England's 500
museums are general in charac.
ter" ....
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Clifford to Direct
Phone Business
From Here

The American, Telephone and
Telegraph Company will be di.
rected from Washington while
Walter S. Clifford, head Of the
corporation, is serving as chair
man of President Hoover's new
unemployment relief committee.
A special long-distance tele-
phone was installed today, so
MIR. Clifford can talk directly
to his office.
Upon his return from q con.
ference wits Mr.. Hoover at the
Rapidan Camp, Mr.. Clifford
found an office had been pre-
pared for him in the Commerce
Building next to that of Sec
retary Lamont.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
q Stranded Indians
TOsGiUe Benefit ShOU1

In en- effort to raise funds to
return to their homes, II Indians,
stranded In washington when
the 5l01a Wild West Show blew
up' several days ago, will present
O show tomorrow at $3.50 p. m.
at the washington Auditorium.
A number of roping stunts will
be included in the program, as
well as several wrestling matches.
In addition. the Indians. will
present several tribal dances, in
cluded at the request Of Indian
girls employed in the Indian
Bureau. S. a.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Three District Men
GiUen Reserve Rank

Commissions as officers in the
Army Reserve have been issued
to Edward Jacob Grass 37OO
Massachusetts, Ave-, appointed
captain in the Medical division.
Second lieutenancies were
issued to William Nathaniel Mar
tin, 2737 Devonshire Place N. W.,
and to Harry Gilmore McDougall, /,
1922 L st. N. w., both being as
signed to the Quartermaster
Corps.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Playground Girls
Plan Folk Dances

The final event of the nine
summer festivals, planned and
held at the Sylvan Theater by
the Community Center and the
office of public buildings and
parks, viii be held Friday at z
|p. m. ...... ..s
One hundred and six girls, all
under 18 years of age, win give
folk dances. The girls represent
the five community Fairgrounds
and have been coached by their
respective directors.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
Editors to Dedicate
Room at Monticello

The dedication of a Freedom
Of the Press room in Monticello,
the home of Thomas jefferson,
near Charlottesville, Va. will be
a feature October 20 of meeting
of editors and publishers from all
over. the country. ~-ar..>
The Washington times., 1931-08-24

Two Washingtonians are dead
and a dozen persons are recover.
ing in hospitals today as the re-
suit Of a series of weekend traf.
ZIG accidents, due to slippery
roads In and near the District.
Mrs. SuzelIe Carroll. 50, OP a
V St. N. w.. was killed when the
car in which she was riding
skidded against o telegraph pole
ON the Defense Highway near
ArdmOre Road late yesterday.
Husband and Son Hurt
Frank S, Carroll, 81, husband
OF the woman and a clerk in the
War Department, was cut and
bruised in the wreck, as was his
son, Norman, II. Mrs, M. r.
Smoot, 9O4 Massachusetts, Ave
N. E., a passenger in the Car.
ron machine, suffered broken
legs and received cuts and
bruises. AL three were treated
at Plnehurst Sanitarium at Mt.
Rainier.
Two other cars became in
volved in the accident, skidding
into the wrecked Carroll ma
chine. In one machine were
Catherine Swain. 20, of Balti-
more; George Swain, 80, Balti-
more. and Floyd .Lambie, of Bal.
timore, all Of whom received cuts
and bruises.
Two Others Injured
In the other machine were
Mildred C. Schwartz, as, 1S11
Wyoming Ave. N. W., and Mary
Case. Of Germantown, Pa. Miss
Schwartz received cuts and
bruises, while Miss Case suffered
q fractured ankle and rib and
lacerations. They were treated at
Casualty Hospital.
The other fatality was Corn.
Mack MarOSy, 1914 Eleventh Sc.
N. w. q member Of the Twenty.
ninth Division, Military Police,
and Of the District Of Columbia
National Guard. He was killed i'm
an accident ON the Rockville Pike.
as he was returning from q Ma
tiOnal Guard encamEment at
Camp Richie, Md.
On Wrong Side Of Road
According to police, Marosy's
car collided with a machine
driven by Ewell Bean, of Rock
vile. Bean was taken to George
town Hospital and is said to be
suffering from a possible frac-
tured skull. a broken knee and
concussion of the brain.
Witnesses, including Walter
johnson, jr., son Of the manager
of the Washington Baseball Cluo,
told police that Beans machine
was on the wrong side of the
road.
The Washington times., 1931-08-24
2Dead, IL Injured in Accidents on Slippery Highways
KILLED
AS MACHINE
HITS TREE

Other Fatality Is Guardsmar
Killed in Collision on Way
Home From Training Camp
DEAD
Mrs. SuzelIa Carroll, so, 43 v
st. N. w.
COrpl. Mack MarOsy, 81, 1914
Eleventh st. N. w.
INJURED
Mrs. M. T.. SmOOt, SO4 Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. e., both legs
broken; cuts and bruises.
Frank s. Carroll, 43 v st.
N. w., cuts and bruises.
Norman Carroll, IA, 43 v st.
N. w., cuts and bruises.
Catherine Swain, 20, of Balti-
more, decorations to head and
body.
George Swain, 3S, Of BaIti-
more, decorations to body.
Floyd Lambie, Of Baltimore,
laceratiOns to the head.
Mildred C. Schwartz, Is, 1911
Wyoming Ave. N. w., lacera-
tiOns to hip and leg.
Mary Case, Germantown, Pa,
fractured rib and ankle and
decorations.
George Graw, SO, 2945 Mills
Ave. N. E., possible fractured
skull.
William MickalI, 20, Mclean,
Va, fractured jaw, decorations.
Ewell Bean. Rockville, Md.
cOncussiOn of the brain, nos.
sible fractured skull and broken
knee.
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
CleUeIGnd's Widow
Says Women Fail
In Pol: :.icS

HILA D ELPHIA. May /.
Women have not succeeded in
the political field and should
turn their attention to welfare
work, where their contributions
have been large, in the opinion
Of Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, jr.,
the widow Of President Cleve-
land. and now the wife of a
Princeton University professor.
Here today for the convention
of the Needlework Guild of
America, of which she is presi-
dent, Mrs. Preston said she
never had favored woman Suf-
frage.
Il always vote, but I feel that
women are more effective in
other lines Of work"
Mrs. Preston talked reluctant
ly and said she did not intend
her remarks to be reflection
upon women now. in politics, for
many of whom, she declared,
she had great respect"
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
$500, 100000 Goods
Returned to Stores

NEW YORK, May -Four
teen per cent of all merchandise
purchased at department stores
throughout the country is re-
turned by customers. said 2. F.
Kelly. president of the National
Retail Dry Goods Association, in
addressing a nationwide audience
over the National Broadcasting
Company'S network.
The goods so returned amount
to 81, SOC, ,000, 900 yearly, he added,
and greatly increase the retail
price Of merchandise.
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
$IIS,7OO Library Bid
IS LOUeSt AmOng II

Undertaking II competitors,
the Boyle. Robertson, Inc, Of this
city, today submitted a proposal
to construct the Northeast Branch
Public Library at a price Of $11S,-
TOO, it was announced by R. M.
Brennan, chief clerk of the Dis
trict Engineer Department.
The library is to be erected at
Seventh. Street and Maryland
Avenue Northeast. It is expected
that the District Commissioners
will award the contract within the
next few days.
The Washington times., 1931-05-01
KISS V|RTUOUS,
COURT RULES

NEWARK, N. j., May l
CUSO-Girls. it's o. K. to kiss
married man, providing you're
careful.
The law said so today.
Wilbur E. Upper wanted his di-
vorced wife to lose custody Of
their child because she kissed her
lawyer. But Vice Chancellor
Backus saw no wrong. He said:
"She is a single woman and
had q right to do that. 1t is
no Offense against the law or
good morals for a single wO-
man to care for or kiss mar
ried man so long as she re
mains virtuOus."