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Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14
Historical Dates Next Week

Historical Dates Next Week March 15 1st Quarter h.
 come tax due. 16 Pres. James
 Madison born 1751 IT St Patrick's Day Is Grover Cleve-
 land born 1887 19 Stamp Act
 Repealed 1766 Marshall Foch
 Dies 1929 21 Vernal Equinox
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

Berlin, Germany, now has 130 policemen who speak Eng fish and are stationed at the city's main traffic centers.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

If he keeps on licking them often enough those wild jack4 asses in the Senate may eat out of MT. Hoover's hand yet.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14
INTERESTING NOTES

Chicago is said to be the worlds greatest railway cen ter.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

There are two sides to every question, we are told. And each member of the Wicker sham commission appears to have taken both.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

The Bible has been tranlat- ed into 8S7 languages, the latest being that of the Abori- zines of Guatemala.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

Mussolini's diet is said to con- sist principally of milk, still he could hardly be called a milk sop.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

A big male deer got in front of a Pennsylvanian's car and wrecked it, in spite of the drivers effort to pass the buck.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

An optimist is onewho de- bends on the town clock when he has a train to catch.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

Chicago is said to be the worlds greatest railway cen- CT.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

One thing We learn from ex- perience is that we seldom learn anything from experi- fence.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

For the first time in 300 years, England has abolished the tax on tea.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

With it's record of only II days the last 19 years, Gunnison, Colo, claims the title of the Sunshine city of the World"
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14
Just for Fun

Few newspaper readers are ignorant enough to qualify for jury duty.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

It costs more than $96,000,. 900 a year to operate the Chi cago public schools.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-03-14

Air mail and air passengers planes operating on regular schedule within this country are flying approximately 109,- 900 miles daily.
Evening star., 1931-12-11

231 acres, Jointly owned, which Is being
handled on q planned basis which viii
provide a perpetual supply Of timber for
their operations
The United States Forest Service be-
Iieves that the workers are getting a
greater utilization of their timber than
any timber users in the country, since
under their planned system there Is vir-
tually no waste.
Some of the Nations leading artists,
designers and craftsmen have contrib
uted models and instruction to the
Community. John Martin, r. Bruce
Horsefall and the National Association
of Audubon Societies have contributed
designs and toy models for the workers
to duplicate and make into jig-saw puz-
zles, bird-feeding stands, garden stakes
and other handicraft.
Metal Instructions Given.
Samuel Yellin, distinguished metal
craftsman, has given instructions to the
workers in the secrets of metal design
and craftsmanship.
The produces of Happy Valley are
penetrating to the ends Of the earth.
and officials of the mountain peoples
organization say that orders are coming
in from throughout the United States
and its possessions.
A third-class post Office has recently
been established here, and with the aid
Of the influential sponsors of the
planned community the Shenandoah
Community Workers are showing a
marked progress in a unique experiment
in cooperative community effort and
applied forestry into a successful means
Of livelihood for more than 40 people.
Evening star., 1931-12-11
kIDNAPERS GIVE
OFFICER BUSY DAY
Chicago Detective Seeks Abductors,
Becomes Prisoner and Then Finds
Suspect in Another Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 11.-Kidnaping
figured prominently yesterday in the
work Of Detective Harry Miller.
He sailed forth early in search of a
group of men suspected of having alb
Quoted Sam Asinow.
Miller intended to call first at a
Grenshaw street address. where it had
been reported a number of suspicious
characters held forth
En- route, however. the detective and
his partner tarried to question two
men found lettering on a street corner
but the projected quiz failed for lack
OF cooperation. Whipping out pistols,
the pair forced the officers into Millers
machine. After being driven several
blocks, the prisoners were tossed out and
the detectives car appropriated.
The affair was reported to headquar-
ters and Miller continued on to his orig
inal destination. At the Grenshaw street
place he found Chick Hadesman and
Evening star., 1931-12-11
TEX, TIGER PITCHER, DIES

DENISON, Tex, December II bP).-
w. w. Covington. a., base ball player
who pitched for Detroit before the
World War and later served teams in
the American Association and Texas
League, is dead
He succumbed to heart disease at his
home here yesterday Survivors in
clude a brother Clarence Covington
Who also was base ball player, Both
were given the nickname Tex" Clar-
ence was a first baseman
Evening star., 1931-12-11

and John Gallagher. All were released
under bail ranging from 81 900 to
$4,000. Thirteen other employees of the
plant, arrested during the raid, were
freed.
Robert D. Ford, deputy district pro-
hibition administrator, testified 332
cases Of beer, all with more than the
legal alcoholic content, had been seized
1t ali was labeled and ready for de-
livery, he said.
VIII Ask TO Seize Brewery.
The Baltimore Brewing Co. operated
under Federal permit to make near
beer and other cereal beverages. Its
attorneys contended the illegal alcoholic
content in the beer seized was an acci-
dent of manufacture.
District Attorney Simon E. Sobelof
said a Federal libel for Governmental
seizure of the 100000 brewery would
be sought
Evening star., 1931-12-11
MOUNTAINEERS MAKE TOYS
Community Association, Backed by Some of Countrvs
Noted People, Works Under Directed Plan for
Hill Children.

ing the schools and adding to their
equipment.
The organization has aroused a wide
interest, and its trustees include num-
Der OF the country's noted figures.
Among them are w Curtis Box, Phila-
delphia attorney; Esty Foster, assistant
dean of the Harvard School of Business
Administrations Thomas H. Gill, for
ester, Of Washington; Paul F. Hannah,
assistant manager Of Nature Magazine,
and Arthur Newton Pack, president of
the American Nature Association, of
Princeton.
Capital Secured by PhiIadelphian.
William Bernard Clark Of Philadel-
phia Is credited with the financing of
the workers, securing the capital for
the enterprise personally and through
friends
The capital is considered in the ma
ture of an endowment, and those who
contributed did so without expectation
OF obtaining any financial returns
therefrom.
The source of timber of the Com
munity Workers is a tract of land Of
Evening star., 1931-12-11
FALLS CHURCH RELIEF
FORCES PLAN DRIVE
Unemployment Committee Joins
With Charity Board for
Town Canvass.
Special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
FALLS CHURCH, Va, December Ii
The Unemployment Relief COMMITTEES
appointed by Mayor L. P. Daniel from
among the ministers Of the town has
Joined forces with the Charity Board.
The ministers have delegated one mem
Der Of their congregation to represent
them.
The full board as now constituted,
consists of Rev. r. A CaStleman. chair
man; Horace Brown, secretary; Eugene
Shreve, treasurer; Mrs. Sheldon S. Cline,
Mrs. H. A. Fellows, William S. Brown,
H. H. Rogers, Mrs. George Hawxhurst,
Mrs. M E. Church, Mrs. Carroll v.
Shreve and w. A Fravel
At the organization meeting the three
officers, with Mrs. Cline and Mrs Fell
lows, were empowered to act as an Ex-
ecutive Committee. The members de-
cided to apportion the town among the
members of the committee for a can
vass, to be completed before January /.
Evening star., 1931-12-11
V the Associated Yresr

by the Associated Press.
BIRD HAVEN, Happy Valley, Va,
December THE Christmas spirit is
already in the air in this quiet section
OF the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
The Shenandoah Community Workers
are utilizing every daylight hour in the
barns and sheds which they use for
workshops in carving and saving out
toys for the children of America.
MountatGeers, who a few years ago
knew little of Christmas and felt even
less Of its blessings will be happy and
prosperous this year as all the world
honors Christmas day.
NonProfit Body.
Shenandoah Community Workers is a
-proft-making association of noun
talneerS engaged in making TOYS. dupli-
eating furniture and other handiwork.
recently chartered under a plan which
might be called in a sense communistic.
The inhabitants of the valley work to-
gether at small salaries paid out of a
common fund, and any profits accruing
to the organization are used in improy2
ing condition in Bird Haven, improve
Evening star., 1931-12-11
WOULD RER0UTE ROAD

Bill introduced Authorizing
Change at Airport if Needed.
The Secretary of War would be au-
thorized to reroute the military road
adjacent to Washington Airport, if, in
his opinion, the public interest requires
it, under a bill introduced yesterday by
Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con-
necticut.
The measure would give the Secre-
tary authority to acquire any lands
that might be needed to change the
route of the highway, If the change
should be decided on.
Evening star., 1931-12-11

man who gave the name Of William
Gerber.
Although innocent Of any connection
with the Asinow abduction, Hadesman
was wanted for different kidnapping
that of Theodore Kopelman, merchant,
year ago.
Evening star., 1931-12-11
Colombia to Receive Credit.

BOGOTA, Columbia. December II Up.
President Olaya Herrera said yeSter-
day the national treasury would receive
a credit of 100000 pesos (approxi-
mately $l4,500000) from the Bank of
the Republic soon to ease the country's
financial situation and cover a 1881
budget deficit of 5000 ,OCO pesos.
Evening star., 1931-12-11
BEER RAID HEARING
HOLDS SEVEN MEN
Baltimore Brewery Official
and Six Others to Face
COurt-13 Released.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 11-Seven
employees Of the Baltimore Brewing Co.
were held for Federal Court yesterday
BY United States Commissioner J.
Frank Supplee after hearing testimony
concerning a prohibition raid on the
cOmDanys plant November 20.
Those held were headed by Frank E
Taylor, secretary and treasurer of the
flrm. James Mills, its president, who
Wa m Boston hospital at the time
the raid was made was freed as having
10 part in the alleged violation.
l3 Taken in Raid Released.
Besides Taylor. those held were VIII
liam SChunter, George NJ. Roesch, Will
lam BaEoE. Pctcr Parker. Louis Iaile
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
PRINTERS DROP
JOBLESSFUND

Columbia Typographical Union,
No. 101, by a vote Of 1,067 to SIC,
yesterday decided to discontinue
it's "out-of-work" benefit for mem.
bers.
Officers elected at yesterdays
election we're: Clyde M. Mills,
president; Frank D. Seiffert, vice
president; Fred s. Walker, Secre-
tary-treasurer; Joseph c. Whyte,
trustee, and Harry A. Carter,
Henry C. Mclean and Arthur
Armstrong, auditors. ALI were
elected without opposition, and
the executive committee was re-
elected.
Richard r. Moguin and William
H. Rowe, Of the Government
Printing Office; John Spiers, q
newspaper printer, and vitus C.
Dahl. a downtown job man, we're
elected delegates to the Interna-
tional Typographical Union con-
vention. James r. Beaubiah, w.
Linwood Ewell and Shelby Smith
were elected alternateS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
TWO GET FINES
IN RUM CASES

Patrick Connolly, said by police
to be an Army officer stationed
at Fort Myer, Va, was fined $50
by Judge ]. Chew Sheriff in Police
Court in Hyattsville, Md, yester-
day on a charge of illegal posses
sion. An additional SIS fine was
imposed against Connolly on a
minor speed charge.
Connolly was arrested by Con-
stables Jack Wilson and L. Dayton
near Berwyn, Md, Saturday night.
Two half gallon kegs of liquor were
said by police to have been found
in the mans car.
Arrested after his truck Of
vegetables had been searched by
Prince Georges county police,
Tuesday, revealing 68 cases of
liquor, Jack Madeoy, of SOL Thir-
teenth st. N. E., Washington, was
fined 5000 by Judge Sheriff when
he was arraigned in Hyattsville,
Md, Police Court yesterday. Con-
stable Howard Slater arrested
Madeoy.
Neville Rector, of Hyattsville,
Md. was fined 500 by the court
for driving on a revoked license.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
RYON'S SLAYER
PAROLE IS
ASKED
Kreitzer Among 20 Maryland
Prisoners Recommended; 81
Violated Paroles Last Year

BALTIMORE, May % Among
20 prisoners recommended for
parole yesterday at a hearing be-
fore Ambrose J. Kennedy, State
parole commissioner, was Henry
Kreitzer, sentenced to serve three
years in the penitentiary for the
Staying Of N. Melvin Ryon. brother
OF q fornel states attorney for
Prince Georges county.
Kreitzer, according to testimony
offered at the time of his trial in
April Of 1929. fired the fatal shot
at his home in Bowie after Ryon
is said to have jokinely char
lenged him with the statement:
"COme On. Come TN. Let's
see what Kind of nerve you
have"
OF the GAS persons on parole
during 1880. 81, or 9.54 per cent,
violated their parole, according to
the annual report Of the parole
commissioner. The commissioner
began the year with 257 persons
on parole and 388 new ones were
received, 1t was reported.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Southeast Center
P-T-A Gets HOnOr

The Parent Teacher AsSocia-
tion of the Southeast Community
Center was awarded the prize for
the best entertainment program
Of the season, at the final enter
tainment Of the center last night
in the Buchanan Auditorium on
Thirteenth between D and E
Streets Southeast.
An award for the best musical
entertainment was made the
Southeast Washington Citizens
Association and Friendship House
was given the prize for the best
welfare entertainment. David
Lynn was given an award for
civic betterment, and Daniel A.
Edwards and John c. L. Ritter
were ava 'ded prizes for civic bet
termeHlt,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
TRINITY BEGINS
GALA WEEK

The Most Rev. Michael j. Cur
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore, will
present degrees to the graduates
of Trinity College at the com.
mencement exercises Tuesday
night. DR.. Joseph ]. Reilly, head
of the English Department of
Hunter College, New York, will
deliver the address.
The graduates will be enter
tained at the annual Senior Prom
tomorrow night at the Congress
sional Country Club and on
Saturday, the senior class will
present "Oliver Goldsmith" a
three-act play under the direction
of Miss Elsie Herman.
The Most Rev. Pietro Pumasoni-
Biondi, the Apostolic delegate to
the United States, will be the
celebrant of the solemn pontifical
mass Sunday at 10:30 a. m. The
baccalaureate sermon will be de-
livered by Dom Francis Augustine
Walsh.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
EGG SIZED HAIL
POUNDS CROPS
staff Photo

wAYNESBORO, Va, May %
GN.SO. - Hundreds Of dollars
damage to orchards, truck and
garden patches, small fruits of all
kinds and even buildings, was re-
ported in the Crozet section Of
Albernarle county today as the
result of devastating hail storm
which struck that section Tues
day night.
Peach and apple crops suffered
heavy loss, while strawberries,
grapes and other fruits were hard
hit.
window panes were broken by
hailStones, some of which were as
big as eggs.
The hail storm was said to have
been the worst in the Crozet sec
ton in a quarter of a century.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Civic Leaders Urge
Sian Rule Revision

Radical revision of the proposed
regulations governing the erection
and repair Of posters and bill
boards was urged yesterday by
local civic leaders at public hear
ing held before the District Com
n1iSSionerS.
Frederic A. Delano, president Of
the American Civic Association
which instituted the campaign to
restrict the use of outdoor adver-
tising mediums, declared the fail
ure Of the regulations to prohibit
the repair Of posters, thereby per-
mitting a PRONUNCIATION Of their
existence, will defeat the purpose
of the regulations
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
DR.. Mary D. Davis
Speaks at CheUerLy

DR.. Mary Dandy Davis, child
specialist, was the principal
speaker at the summer session Of
the Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton Of Women'S Clubs when
they met at the Cheverly, Md.
school, yesterday. Mrs. Davis
topic was Featuring Child Wei
fare"
Opening with the registration
Of delegates from towns through
out the county In the morning,
the conference was turned over
to the reports of various commit
tees for the remainder of the day.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
R|TCH|E GROUP
HOLDS FIRST
MEETING
Auditor to Have All Data on
Activities Of Commission IN
Hands of investigators Soon

BALTIMORE, Nd. May 20.
The committee recently named to
investigate the activities Of the
State roads commission follow
ing its reorganization and to re-
port back to Governor Richie
met for the first time yesterday
in the offices Of the. commission.
Only two members of the com
mission were present at the meet
ing. the chairman, John j. Nelli-
gan having left the city on a
business TRIP.
william A. COdd, commission
auditor, told william Schmidt
and C. C. CrOggan, members Of
the committee, that he would
have all data concerning the aC.
tivities Of the roads commission in
their hands within q few days.
The committee was narred and
the investigation ordered by Gov
ernor Albert C. Ritchie following
q secret meeting last Monday.
The action followed the recent
retirement of Howard Bruce and
John K. Shaw, who had been
members of the comm ssion since
1928.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
KilUGniGns to Lay
Wreath at ArIingtOn

Members of the Kiwanis Club
of Washington will be addressed
today at their weekly luncheon
in the Washington Hotel by the
Rev. F. Barry Plummer, of Hag.
erstown, Nd, who will deliver a
Memorial Day address.
At 1880 p. m, the Rev. Plum
mer, accompanied by officers Of
the local organization. will pro-
ceed to Arlington Cemetery
where he will lay a wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier on behalf of the 1877 clubs
comprising the national Kiwanis
organization.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Heroes to Be HOnOred
At UDDer Marlboro

Impressive military exercises in
commemoration of American War
dead will be held un Upper Mari
boro, Saturday.
Under the command of Capt.
Thomas j. Luckett and Lieut.. JUS
tin A. Shook, two rifle companies
of the Twentieth Marines will lead
the procession. The American
Legion will be represented by a
company under the command of
Earl Blackwell.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
NelU York Firm Buys
IO,7OO-Acre Estate

STAUNTON, Va, May 28.-The
Estaline Furnace estate located
both in Augusta and Rockbridge
counties, south of Fordwick, and
consisting Of some 1O,70O acres,
has been purchased by the Stone
and Webster interests Of New
York. The property was owned
by Mrs. Clarence r. Buckingham,
of Baltimore. 1t is reported that
a large factory will be erected
on this valuable land.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
D. C. GIRL WEDS

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville, Md, to John H.
Fleetwood. "a. and Ethel Anna
May Bowler. "a, both Of Bruins
wick, Md; Rutledge Irvine, "a, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Helen c..
Parson, IS. of Washington, and
Carroll r. Mccarthy, IS, and Dim
pie Glen Purpis, 1S. both Of
Lynchburg, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Mayor to Marry
COLLeqe Teacher

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May
2S.-Announcement was made to-
day of the engagement Of Jere
M. H. Willis, mayor of the city
Of Fredericksburg, to Miss Phoebe
Enders, daughter Of the Rev. DR..
Martin Luther Enders. of Balti-
more, and a member of the faculty
of the Fredericksburg State
Teachers College. The wedding
is expected to take place in June.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
CANAL CUT MAKES ISLANDS

RICHMOND, May 28.-Rich.
mond will ask the State Of Vir-
ginia to cede the Federal Gov
ernment three large islands to
be created in the James River
by the cutting of new ship canals
at Dutch Gap, Jones Neck and
Turkey Island.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
OF MARYLAND ROADS BOARD ACTIVITIES UNDER WAY
REFF|T BALKED.
IN ATTEMPTS
To END LIFE

CIOSe WaICn NepI OII 7uCKSleT
Who Slew Wife by Accident;
Razor Is Denied Him In Jail
A close watch Is being kept on
John F. Reffit, 50-year-old huck-
ster. now in Montgomery county
jail in Rockville for killing his
wife, Mrs. Beulah Reffit, Tuesday
night.
After the shooting, which police
believe an accident, Reffit tried
to shoot himself, but was pre-.
vented from doing so by his 16.
year-old son, B. Lloyd Reffit, who
took the pistol from his fathers
hand.
Reffit then went upstairs and
procuring a shotgun, again at
tempted suicide only to have his
son again intervene. A third
attempt with a butcher knife was
also frustrated by the youth.
Yesterday Reffit's request for
. razor to shave himself at the
jail was denied.
Acting on instructions from
Stedman Prescott, States attor.
ney, A. A. Moxley, chief of police,
swore out a warrant charging
the man with murder.
The 2effits were quarreling
when Reffit is said to have tried
to shoot himself. The wife
grabbed the pistol which went off.
the bullet entering her heart.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
CHARGES MISCONDUCT

BALTIMORE, May 28.-Mrs.
Eta Schoenwolf Winter, daugh-
ter Of John Schoenwof, chair
man of the board of Union
Trust Company, accuses her hus-
band, Henry Leslie Winter, Of
misconduct in a divorce suit filed
here,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
DRUGGISTS TO MEET

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va, May
28.-The golden anniversary con-
vention Of the Virginia Pharma-
ceutical Association will be held
here June 1924. S. L. Hilton, of
washington, will be among the
speakers,
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
WILLS $5,0OO,0OO

CHICAGO, May 2S.-An es-
tate of $5,O0OO0O was left to his
widow and four children by the
late Bernard Albert Eckharts.
He left nothing to charity.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
INHERITANCE TAX UP
Times Staff Photo

BOSTON, May 28.-The State
house of representatives has voted
1O4 to 64 to increase inheritance
taxes
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Three Persons Killed
As Car Strikes Train

FLINT, Mich, May 2S GN.SJ.
Three young persons were killed
and another was injured, probably
fatally, here today when their au-
tomobile collided with a freight
train at a grade crossing. The
dead are Ivan Buschler, %; Frank
Hazel, 81, and Patricia Kiley, II.
Mary Walton, 20, is expected to
The Washington times., 1931-05-28


Rochester, N. Y.-"Last winter
my health wasn't what it should
have been. felt rundown, ner-
vous and could not sleep and my
meals did not seem to agree with
me. A neighbor recommended
DR.. Pierce'S Golden Medical Dis
covery and after using a few bot
ties I regained my appetite, slept
better and gained in general
health. highly recommend this
medicine which gave me strength
and good health. Mrs. Bert
Webster, q LaForce Street.
Ask your druggist for
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery
send IOc to Dr.Pierce's Inyalids Hotel,
Buffalo, n. T.. II you desire . trial
package.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

AN ANSWER TO "SPRING FE-
YER" NEEDS-CheyrOlet Coach.
1929 model. excellent condition:
can be purchased today for
1878.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

ThSse are 'Isideli1htS on S0m6 Of
GOjH JiSd IN t0d0v's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

ROOM AND BOARD NJ st.
near 14th: attractive rooms with
private bath maid service and
phone.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

SPECIAL CLEANING SER
VICE--AlI dresses and ladies'
coats cleaned, 81; mems suits
and OvercOats, 75c; work called
for and delivered.