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The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Maryland JObLess
Insurance Bill Dead

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 27.-A meas
ure compelling Maryland en-
ployers to provide unemployment
insurance for their employees was
tabled by the House of Delegates
today after a short hearing.
The measure, introduced by
Representative Hirt CD of Balti-
more, provided that all manu-
facturers and employers should
pay at least so per cent of the
average weekly wage to those
laid off from work during a
slack season.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
DUNBAR PUPILS
WIN HONORS

The names of a. students have
been entered on the general honor
roll for the first semester Just
ending at Dunbar High School.
The number includes II juniors,
IA seniors. eight sophomores and
five freshmen. The number of
girls entered on the roll are 35.
There are but nine boys of the
total.
Students making the honor roll
were:
FreShmen-DoriS Bundy, Inez
Hyson, Grace Hunter, Sarah
Clark and Hattie Graves.
Sophomores- s-Vivian va IS,
George Burke, Laura Berry, Ruth
Smith. Catherine Campbell. Pearl
Holland, Violet Hyson and George
TriverS.
Juniors Dorothy Weir. Thelma
Dale, Lucille Davis, Laura Lee,
Katherine McNeill, Helen Mont
gomery, Elizabeth Carter. Thelma
Casey, Julia English, Roy Anduize,
Owen Curtis. Mary Morten, Doro-
thea Shumate, Stewart Randall.
Alvin Robinson, Marcella Jack
son and Josephine Farrar.
Seniors William Collins, Law
renee Harris, Bernice Abrams,
Rosalind Butcher. Thelma John
son, Juanita Smackum, Mildred
Terrell, Olga Vrooman. Algetha,
Warfield, ennie Thompson.
Etiennetta Duurloo, Annette
Shorter. Antonio Brown and
Ulysses Lee.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

HYATTSVILLE, Md, Feb. 81.
Maintaining that he will stop
speeding on the Washington and
Baltimore Boulevard through the
city and that he will enforce a
rigid rule against the blowing of
train whistles on the B & O..
tracks. former Mayor w. A..
Brooks. yesterday announced his
candidacy.
According to his supporters,
the ex-mayor is confident of re-
gaining his seat at head of the
council table.
The maintenance of a gar
bage collection and of a paid
fireman were branded by Brooks
as unnecessary expense to the
town" When questioned as to
a substitute for the garbage man,
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
I DriUer Is Fined,
/ Freed in Crash

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. ~
Charles K. MoSer of Washington
was fined SIS and costs by Police
Court Judge Charles w. Wood
ward and Philip Gerber of Be
thesda was acquitted of reckless
driving.
Their two cars collided on the
East and West Highway. Gerber
was going towards Connecticut
Avenue and MoSer was headed for
Wisconsin Avenue.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Washington AUtOist
Fined for Speeding

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. 27.
John F. Boylan, of Washington,
was fined SIS and costs by Judge
Charles w. Woodward, in Police
Court here, for speeding in Chevy
Chase.
Policeman Roy Davis said Boy
Ian was driving "a miles an hour
when arrested. Boylan said ne
wasn't exceeding 20 miles an hour.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Romping Around
Radio Dial

Lily Pons, latest sensation in
the world of music, who in two
months has made operatic history
at the Metropolitan and will go
down in the annals of that ia
nous institution as the most sig
nificant operate find" .f a
decade, will make her radio ccbat
Easter Sunday.
The dazzling new Colora tura
will bring her voice to an N.BC.
network Sunday. April 5. during
a program sponsored by the
RCA-Victor Company. The broad
cast will be heard from 7:30 to
8 p. m.
Speaking of song plugging, it Is
q fact that Maurice Chevalier
gives the pluggerS a weekly Ludi-
ence in his hotel and selects from
their stuff the songs he will sing.
o. B. Hanson, manager of plant
operation and engineering for the
National Broadcasting Company,
and William Burke Miller, di
rector of special broadcast events,
will confer with officials of the
War Department in Washington
on March 4, concerning plans for
q radio description of Army air
maneuvers over New York City
during the third week of May.
The two N. B. C. officials have
been asked to go to Washington
to assist the War Department
planning board in working out q
line of sham battle action which
will be feasible for radio cover
age.
Vaughn de Leath is coming
back to the networks.
The Original Radio Girl" who
was one of the first women ever
to broadcast, and was likewise
the pioneer in the art of intimate
nicrophone address known as
Grooming" has concluded her
26-Week contract at WTAM, Cleve-
land, and will be back in the
N, B. C. New York studios, sing
ing to a nation wide audience, on
Sunday afternoon, March IS.
Miss de Leath will celebrate
her return during N. B. c. Artists
Service program, which is heard
over network linked with "EAF
In New York, at 2:30 o'clock,
Eastern Standard time.
The Soviet five-year plan, which
has been suggested as Il possible
cure for England's economic ills,
will be the subject of DR.. Charles
.F1eischer's talk at 1880 y. M,
Eastern Standard time. Sunday,
March l. over WABC-Coldmbia.
The commentator has entitled his
talk Chasing the Millennium"
Brad Brown. of the Nit Wits,
has written two new songs, and
one of them is silly called my
Old New Hampshire Home in
Tennessee"
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

Blue and brown will be the
smart color combinations the
coming season.
The suit fashioned from black
alpaca worn with white silk
blouse is very new for spring. 2,
+ 4
Sometimes a jacket SUIT looks
like a two-pieCe dress. Which is
another indication Of the i'm
portance of the two-piece cos
tune. There are smart two.
piece dresses, generally with very
wearable flat peplums, in new
silk prints, pIaidS and in old
colors that are anything but
plain-generally black, brown or
navy combined with those ador-
able new bright light blues,
green's. Colds or rose tones. com
bined in ways that are delight,
fully refreshing to any weary
wardrobe. p,
Beginning with next week the,
Muzette page will appear every
Thursday. ,'
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
When uOinter snOws

Radio Pictures Dramatic Hit M Adapted Fiery Pages of
Donald Henderson Cakes Best Seller HeartDeep
That Takes Its Place Among the Really Outstanding Films
Year. The Spirit of the Original Novel Has Been Retained
Traces the Vivid Life Story of the Redeaded Me Country
Village to Her Acendanc the Toast of Broadway Helen
Flaming Beauty Plays the Title Role With Supporting Cast Including
yan Tashman Robert Ame Joan Bone John Halliday and James
Hail. "Mle" Great Entertament-Dont Miss ItAt RKO Kes
Misunderstanding Today.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Reckless Driving
Costs Youth $50

ROCKVILLE, Md. Feb. 27.
Charged with reckless driving,
Benjamin Price. of HyattStown,
Md. was fined $40 and, costs by
Judge Charles w. Woodward, in
Police Court here.
Mr.. Price was arrested on the
complaint of Capt. John D. Lord,
U. S. A, who said that the youth
challenged him to a road race.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Maryland Advances
Water Funds Bills

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. n. Bills
which would appropriate S4O5 900
Tor improvements in towns of
western Maryland appeared much
closer TO passage today, follow
ing favorable reports yesterday by
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
The two largest appropriations
echo the water shortage last sum
mer. One calls for a bond issue
of 100000 for the Frostburg
water system and another calls
for 100000 for a similar use in
Frederick county and Brunswick
The Washington times., 1931-02-27


And as in dresses and coats,
there is no one silhouette to
which we can point and say.
That is the hat for spring."
For we have halo hats, and
berets, and brimmed sailors, and
turbans, and the romantic new
tilted ones inspired by the ele-
CANT ladies in the paintings of
Vatican.
X
The Vatican" hat is charm
ing reflection of the Eighteenth
Century.
A yellow hostess pajalua suit
with love bird green blouse is the
dernier cri. Color combinations
are SMART plain one color frock
or gown is rare.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
BILL BARS BUCK NETS

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-A bill
prohibiting the use of purse and
buck nets for fishing in Maryland
waters will come up for final
action in the House of Delegates
today where its passage is ex-
pected. A bitter fight is looked
for in the Senate however.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

SELDOM has role the talking
emotional possibilities than that of Mie in which Helen
TWelVetreeS featured the title Nie'S"
young girl whose heart takes her from village shooroom
be wife plandering
shaken the affairs
still intact until she has given young reporter
who also tires of
With the close of these two unfortunate ries
becomes advocate of independence
men and her romantic affairs carried superficial
attempts
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

In these days of -emininity it
takes more than a lovely 6ress
or smart coat to make costume.
Among the accessory ensembles
are noted a scarf and bag Of
red and ribbed silk to match,
also a black suede bag with
fastenings that match the buckles
on a pair of black suede shoes.
\
Elbow sleeved jacket suits and
short sIeeved dresses are on the
horizon of fashion for Spr!rg.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Legs Diamond Says
He Is 'FeeEinQ Fine

CATSKILL, N. Y, FEB. 27.
Jack Gegs) Diamond. who has
been resting up at AGRA, near here,
after his narrow escape TIcm
death by rival gang bullets,
dropped into town yesterday and
denied reports that he would go to
a New York hospital soon for an
operation to remove two slugs still
remaining in his body.
"I'm feeling fine" he said.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
I'm mxo Spring Flowers and
m .4R1VsGH. Potted Plants To
g0"O 7'"F''f Carry Your Message

HE world there's nothing loveIness with
flowers to birthday greetings anniversary good
wishes the Sickthey mpart that nbe exqueness
that achieved only through happiness of the heart Geo
flower satisfies flowers
for shop whose service always assurance
of deliveries Flowers teegTaphed Open
and Sundays 900 14h Street NV. Phones National
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
ADVERTIsEMENT

For b e a C h
wear. there are
p a ] a m a S, in
very, very vivid
colorS - W i t h
trousers so wide
at the bottom
that they look
lik Skir tS.
Sometimes they
have contrast
ing ack e t S,
sometimes Just
m a t c'h j n g
blouseS-but al
ways they are
very striking
and extremely
gay. Borrowing
another fashion
from the gay
nineties, there
are dresses Of
gingham t his
y e ar active
S port S frocks
with pleated
S kirts a n d
jaunty b eltS
placed at or
near the nor
NAL Waistline.
Basket weaves
a n d cot to n
tWeedS are i'm
portant. for golf
a nd daytime
dresses. S u n
backs appear on
only a few.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Speed and Whistle LdlU
Promised HydttSUiLLe

the politician declared that every
man should have chickens in his
backyard. If elected, he said, he
would cut down on the towns
expenses.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
BILLS CALL CONVENTION

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-Bills
calling for a constitutional con-
Vention to revamp the Maryland
Constitution will be introduced in
the Senate and House today. The
bills are administration measures
and are sponsored by Governor
Ritchie.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

A gown for the first spring days
is of red duvetyne, with round.
red shiny buttons. The important
scarf collar of red crepe de chine
ties at the side front with soft
long loops and an end.
Pigskin will be widely used for
cloves and bags this season.
Two piece suits-whether they
are real or simulated are new for
the spring season.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
95Ok- WRC-.3I6nl

;0O,-"Americsn Women Face Employ.
ment Problem" by Amelia Ear
hart
A;10--Radio Guild presenting The
Romantic Age
6:00-TiadY Next Door.
E:S0--Benja min Moore Tria nGle'
b:45-Tea Timers
b:5S-InConle Tax Brevitles.
6:0O-Keeping lip With The Times
S:10-Orchestra.
6:45-Uncle A be and David.
7:O0--Amos N ANDY.
T:15-Orchestra.
7:30--MusicaI Program.
S:00-Orchestra.
800 EsIlimos.
9:30--Songbird
s:45-rwo TrOupers
80: 90 Orchestra
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
,no Refuse to Become Grey-Consult the Hair
fn119 Tinting Specialists in Emie's-They Restore
~ Hair to Its Natural Color Without Detection

Of
who realizes will
a
dparme of et t roller
Avenue Decatur 10
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
omm- Presents for Your Approval-A Show
s:%"s - I1o s: ing of Saks Spring Coats and Suits
O. AQES + Individual Modelings - Finest Fabrics
Trimmed With Saks Quality Fur.

Of
tt from oft as
o
shoulder ree
elf fahiond
o Spung suit
in drl trimmings
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
MRS. WEHRHIEM DEAD

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Feb. 27.
Mrs. Gertrude Virginia Wehrhiem,
76, wife of the well-known boat
builder, Capt. H. Wehrhiem, of
Compton, Md, is dead at her
home here.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
ADVERTISEMENT

= - - ~ ~
q n d informal
daytime wear,
there are new
cotton dre S s.
with-jacket cos
TUNES. Usual
ly the dresses
are quite simply
cut, sleeveless,
made Of. poplin
or spique or
shantung o +
novelty weaveS.
And they are
worn with jack
tes which do
not nnceScoTilU
match. Some
of the newest
jackets are OF
cotton suede
a lovely soft
finished fabric,
or of velveteen,
which is stiii a
Jacket faVorite.
Wear a white
dress with the
jacket in one
of those brill
liant new "trop-
ical" colors ~
bright yellow,
green. red or
blue or a jacket
of black. In
every instance
the hat should
match.
X
gloves in
n.y. %iN
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

1O:3O--MusicaI Program.
II l1:OO-Weather.
~ :O1-Slumber Music
12:0O--Johnnie Hamps Orchestra.
63Ok-WMAL-476nl
s:45-The Pipes of Pan, Old and
90 Musical Program
AS Rhythm HANDLERS.
5:0O-TGpics OF the Times on Stage
and Screen
S:t6--Light Opera Germs.
5:3G--With Uncle Sans Naturalists.
5:40--Light Opera Gems,
6:45-News Flashes.
6:O2--Civic Talk.
6:l5--ShOrt Recital bv Daniel Bree-
skin ViolinisC Franceska Kas-
par Lawson, soprano, and Pearl
Hauer. pianist.
6:30--Tale Lights
645-Lloyd Weidner. baritone. with
Frank Young, pianist
7:O0-Morton Downey with Freddie
Rich's Orchestra.
7:15--Jimmy and Jane.
7:45-World's BUSINESS.
500 McAleer Melodists.
8 S:15-Musical Program.
S:30--NGvel Musical Program with
Peter Zorn, soloist
:O0-We Thought We Were So Modern.
10 :OO-Gypsy Trait
10 :30--Nit Wit Hour.
! :0O---H erbert Gordcn's Orchestra.
II 1:3O--Romanellfs Orchestra.
12:OO--WeatheT
A. M.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

until she tnds that striking
aeeh 1Wsvetrees as the fieryhard heroine will be hailed
qres the handling of varied emotions
quality with which She endows the character
heights atans the cimactc
character will support accorded by
Llyan TaShman smooth blonde
atona new find Robert Ames of the young
eads Jonn Halliday Of the foremost
legitimate stage James Hall Don't miss it,
At R'kO kelthS Theater. Starting today.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27


White costume jewelrv is smart
with the new spring costume. 4,
Coats this spring will nave q
dress-like look.
Scarfs. back in the mode as 4
deft accent to costume. are
outstandingly smart whet4 clev-
erly designed. A scarf touch
which is very new is Of wide
stripes in vivid colorings to blend
in with the sports costume.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
Madame FIOrenz-1145 Connecticut
Avenue Showing Models in
Dresses That Demonstrate the
Charm of the Spring Season

MADAME Florenz has the new
season Truly interesting the models coorngs
in the cooul printle Jacket affairs fascnate by
Black dark blue
pastel touches here and there in intriguing
assembage to ascnate Sizes to foyfour Priced at
to
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
/ l2:Ol--BeTt Lown's OrCheSIra
l2:30-Ann Leaf. CrHanist.
I3IOk-WOL-229nl
-WJSV-2O5n1

4:OO-Robert Downing.
4:3O--Old Melodies.
4:45-Scien .e and History.
O0--Glmpses into BOyland.
5:SO--AlGng Ro"te 90.
:00--News Flashes.
7:O9-Studio program
7:15-Mollie Davis Nicholson.
7:31-Judge Paul Iinebarger.
8:02r-JewelI Jennifer.
s S:3O--Gen George Van Horn MOsleN.
9:OO-North Carolina State Society,
1O:OO--UnCle Tom and, his hired help
10 :3O--John Slaughters Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

A with It is smart to wear Jacket
often the for color of another
semble and blouse of third. II is
well
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

X g.,
Eight and ten button gloves in
white or cream chamols or kid
or black suede with colore6 cos
TUNES.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
ADVEPTIsEM EMIT
ADVERTIsEME ENT

BraUcly beats on through winter
We do not ask, o Gods, that we be spared,
But let the pulse Of spring thrOb on fOreUer.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

Brad Brown. of the Nit Wits,
has written two new songs, and
one of them is a silly called my
Old New Hampshire Home in
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

1t is we'll to re-
member that acces-
sories, whether they
match or contrast,
must be a part of
the costume.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28
COMMUNICATION
Editor Gateway:

Editor Gateway:
 You hit on a whale of a good thing by running a column once a week on the great fur industry; you can cover a field that no so- called fur paper dare cover, as advertisers keep them from giving the truth about many things; one instance: The fur farmers have been gypped out of millions by So-called worm e m e d ieS the houses put out and scare the farmer in belief he must use their remedy whether his animals need it or not. I have never found Ia worm remedy of merit among those advertised
 When I get time I would like to write a story on fake worm remedies.
 Another big help you can be to the industry is to publish the lproper dosage and manner of giv- ling many useful remedies and tonicS the ranchers hear of yet never has chance to learn; dose for fur animals and manner of administering. Then the rancher finds many words in his reading that he doesn't know the meaning and no way to find it, and if the word refers to a medicine the Gateway can publish the mean ing, what action it will have on the animal, and proper dose.
 Last year a woman who had just started ranching, heard she should give iodine to animals; she sent for a bottle of tincture iodine, poison for external use only, a label printed in red ink; and suffered a loss by poisoning What she should have, was potas- sium iodide, a powder, and a use full medicine, if properly given but not near whelping time. An other gave metallic copper, when told to give copper sulphate, etc.
 A FUR FARMER.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28

generally been attributed to the beginning of the mating season. When met away from water, the animals sometimes show cOnSid- erable ferocity and have been known to attack persons savagely without apparent provocation.
 The local movements of musk rats, both overland and along streams, make it difficult to pro- tect canals and artificial ponds from the animals. They promptly find their way to new ponds built several miles from their former known haunts. Irrigation canals and ditches likewise are invaded throughout their entire length so nearly simultaneously that it is hard to believe that all the anil maLs could have reached them through the head gates.
 FOOD
 Like nearly all rodents, the muskrat is chiefly herbivorous, but lit sometimes indulges in animal food, a habit which it shares with many other gnawing animals. It's chief food in winter consists of the roots of aquatic plants pond lilies, arums, sedges, and the like-but in some localities it feeds on mussels and also on carp and other sluggish fish that bury them selves in mud. When ponds are frozen over, muskrats are restrict ed almost wholly to food accessi- ble under the ice, but in rare cases they leave the water and burrow under the snow in search of the crowns of grasses and sedges.
 The summer menu is far more extensive, being made up of many
 ,quatic plants-roots, stems, leaves, and fruits-and in addition, of supplies from nearby fields or woods. Muskrats are fond of near ly all garden vegetables abbage, onions. carrots, parsnips, beets, peas, beans. celery, and the like and they frequently do consid- erable damage in gardens close to
 their haunts.
 CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28

Having sold his Golden Eagle monoplane, Game Warden Sam O. Whate of Fairbanks has ordered another ship with which he will continue flight training, reports the NewS-Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28

Science of Trapping, $1.50; Fox Trapping, $1.50; Fur Buyers Guide, $2.5O; Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins, $1.75; ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28
MIGRATIONS

Muskrats often wander over fields and along highways far from water. This occurs late in fall, early in spring, or during severe droughts late in summer. The causes are not understood, al- hough the spring movement has
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-28
IMPORTANCE OF THE MUSKRAT

The fur resources O1 the UnIIeu States have diminished steadily during the last half century, and present conditions indicate still further Shrinkage of the supply. The decrease has been in quantity of the better pelts and not in total value of the annual catch. The large increase in value is account ed for by the advancing prices and by the large output of furs that formerly were neglected. The lnuskrat has been one of the chief factors in maintaining high total value for our annual fur produc- tion and in commercial importance now heads the list of fur bearers of the United States.
 Beavers, ct tterS, martens and fishers have disappeared from much of their former range, and even minks, raccoonS, and SkunkS have become scarce in some local ities. Muskrats have also dimin- ished in places where marshes have been drained and where over trapping has taken place. These animals multiply much more rap idly than the other fur bearers named, and because of their aquatic retreats and general habits are better fitted to maintain their numbers under reasonable prOtec- tion. The present bulletin is de- signed to show their economic inn portance and to encourage further legislation tending to conserve an important resource. The harmful activities of muskrats are by no means forgotten, and methods for destroying the animals when they become noxious are presented.
 DESCRIPTION
 The muskrat is rodent which, when full grown, is about four times as large as the ordinary brown rat It has a blunt muzzle. short and hardly noticeable neck, and stout body. The tail is characteristic, about tWo-thirds as long as the head and body, com pressed laterally, and tapering to a rather acute point; the thinly scattered hairs on the tail do not conceal the small but dis Iinctly marked scales. The eyes are small, black, and beady. The ears are short, covered with hairs, and in winter almost wholly con- cealed in the fur. The incisors are large and without grooves The legs are short, especially the front ones, and the feet are stout and provided with rather long claws. The hind feet are webbed slightly and so formed that they can be Lurned edgewise when carried for ward while the animal is swim xning.
 Except the beaver, no inland fur-bearing mammal of the Unit ed States leads a more aquatic fife than the muskrat. Its char acters especially adapt it to the water Besides having feet spe- cialized for swimming, it has a tail which serves as an efficient rudder, and fur which is prac- tically waterproof. The long over hairs are close and glossy, and the underfur is exceedingly dense The more common color of the nuskrat is dark umber brown, the exact shade depending upon the season and the locality.
 Fur dealers recognize only one variety of the muskrat differing from the common color. This va fiety consists of the dark. some times almost black, skins collected in the Chesapeake and Delaware regions, and in more limited num- bers elsewhere. They are sold as ''black muskrat," and command g higher price than the ordinary