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The Washington times., 1931-09-26
STUDENTSNAME.
OFFICERS
Times Staff Photo
MRS. GILL

Student government officers of
the various classes of the Rock
vile High School were announced
today by school officials.
They are, from the first year,
Raymond ZiSka, Edna Fox and
Lewis Bremerman, of section 1Y;
Pearl Messer, Eugene Payne, and
Olive Candy, of section IL; Mary
Bouic, Garner Collins and Ruth
Cissel, of section TX; Ramona
Pauley, Theodore Pasma and
Joseph Steinberg, of section 3A
and 4B; Eleanor Nicholson and
Maurice Floyd, of section 3B;
and Doris Slater, John Melton
and Dorothy Bissett, of section
&c.
Also Buford Martz, Mary M.
Smith, Afford Ward, and Evelyn
Cronise, Albert Cissel and Betty
Griffith of the. two junior high
school classes; Lloyd Brewer,
Mollie Waters, and Franklin Will
son, of section 2Y; Emma
Wooton, Norman Gettings, and
Loretta Bell, of section q: Mar
eel Mullican, John Linthicum,
and George Starkey, of section
2X; Robert Beall and Natalie
Hich, of section "A; and Mar
garet Lohr, Otis Beall, and
Harriet Lewis, of section &C.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
SYSTEM
AIDS POLICE

Montgomery county's police
calling system, which was started
at Bethesda last year, has been
extended to the Rockville head
quarters territory.
The lights and call boxes have
not as yet been installed, but the
equipment has arrived and will
soon be in operation. With the
addition of this paraphernalia the
police service is expected to be
bettered, as the men will be able
to get in touch with the station
much quicker.
Whenever the man on duty
at the station has an emergency
call he will pull a lever which
will light several green lights
along the route. A policeman,
seeing the small light, will then
go to a call box and phone in to
the station instead of riding back
to the headquarters.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
COUNTY TAR|. .ET.
UNVEILED

More than a thousand persons
attended the unveiling yesterday
of a tablet at Woodbridge, Prince
William county, Va, which marks
the site of the first courthouse
for the county, occupied in 1881.
The bronze tablet, mounted on
a block of local stone. was do
mated by Wade Hampton Ellis,
Washington attorney and master
of the historical Rippon Lodge,
nearby.
Speakers included Represents
tive Howard w. Smith, former
Representative Charles C Carlin,
C. C. Callahan, of Alexandria;
DIR. II. ]. ,EckenrOde, and J. Lind.
say Dawson, chairman Of the
county board of supervisors, who
accepted the gift on behalf Of
the citizens of the county.
Miss BeatriX Clark, rural school
supervisor, directed pageants and
tableaux of school children, who
portrayed early Colonial scenes.
H. Thornton Davies, of Manassas,
was master of ceremonies. Group
singing of old Virginia songs was
a feature of the afternoon. The
ceremonies were held on the lawn
of Mrs. Corbin Thompson, owner
of the old Mason tract on which
the first courthouse stood.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Hospital Patients
To Inherit Tid-Bits

Convalescing patients at Mont
gomery County General Hospital,
near Sandy Spring, will have their
palates tickled from now on, and
for quite a while. The Woman's
Club of Jacksonville has put up"
100 quarts of homegrown fruit for
them.
It is an annual affair with these
women. Each summer they meet
at the home of one of its mem
bers; this year at that of Mrs.
Robert Allnutt. Following the GUS
tom of this club, other women's
organizations in Mont tg ON cry
county are setting aside a can
ming day" for the benefit of the
hospital patients.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
HOPEFOR ADDED.
POLICE DIM
MRS. LOWERY

Efforts of citizens and organiza-
tions in the Sandy Spring neigh
borhood to obtain a police sub
station, manned by a proper
complement of officers, have
struck legal snag which limits
to q the number of policemen
employed by Montgomery county.
Not until the next session of
the Maryland general assembly
convenes in 1888 is it possible to
increase the police force. The
present force, it is understood.
is short of the actual require
ments to man the headquarters
at Rockville and the substations
at Bethesda, Silver Spring and
Takoma Park, and at the same
time afford an efficient patrol
over large thinly-populated Sec
tions in the upper end of the
county.
It is believed the next legis-
lature will be asked to provide
for the establishment of more
than one new SubStation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Bethesda Church
Schedules Service

Services at st. Johns Church
at Bethesda tomorrow will be as
follows: Holy Communion, 1880
a. M; Sunday school, 9:45 a. m;
prayer and sermon, II a. m.
The Girls Friendly Society,
groups A and F, will meet on
Mondays at $3.50 p. m, in the
parish hall; group S on Tuesdays
at 7:30 p. m.
Tomorrow night boxes will be
distributed to the Sunday school
pupils to be collected at Christ
mas. The offerings will be
towards the church debt.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
WHEELER ASKS
j. 8. WHEAT
FOR POOR
No Objection to Farm Board
Surplus Going to China, But
Says: Why Not America, Too?

A part of the surplus wheat
now held by the Federal Farm
Board should be ground into
flour and fed to the hungry un-
employed of this country, Sena-
tor Burton K. Wheeler CD Of
Montana, believes. He said he
would propose such a course when
Congress reconvenes.
Referring to the sale Of 49,
100000 bushels of Government
owned wheat to China on long
time credit, the Montana Senator
said he did not object to as
sisting the starving Chinese, even
if the wheat is never paid for,
but that needy Americans should
not be overlooked.
Sees Distress Ahead
With Chinese conditions as
they are, he observed, it probably
will be a great while before the
obligation can be met, If ever. He
added:
eff American wheat can be
given to aid starving Chinese
it can be given to help starv.
ing Americans. The hunger
and distress this winter, 1 fear,
are going to be terrible
Senator Wheeler, who returned
here with Senator Thomas j..
Walsh CD of Montana, to take
up farm relief measures with the
Federal Farm Board, described
conditions in his own State as
exceedingly serious.
10000 Families Hit
Because of the recurrence Of
the drought, he said, there are
at least 10000 Montana families
heretofore independent and self
supporting, now IN need of as
siStance. He commented:
"What is true of Montana is
true of some other sections in
the farming Northwest.
"In Montana some OF our
people are even asking for
shoes and clothing for their
children so that they may go
to school this fall"
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
smoke SCREEN
WINS CHASE

After turning a smoke screen
on Montgomery County Police
man James E. Shoemaker three
times this morning, an automo-
bile, pursued as a rum runner,
escaped in Takoma Park by cross
ing into the District of Columbia.
Shoemaker started after the
car at the Sligo Bridge, near
Flower Avenue in Takoma Park.
He was smoked" but continued
the chase. The car drove down
Carroll Avenue, past the police
station and into the business dis
trict where the smoke was again
released.
The policemen gained on the
fugitive as he neared the District
Line, but another smoke barrage
baked capture.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
BUS|NESSFRAUD
SQUAD STARTS
INQUIRY
Boxes Carry Legend "BIind
Veterans Candy; Orders
Are Taken at $1.50 a Pound

Three young statesmen were held
by police today in connection with
what police say is candy racket.
The men are Joseph j. LoVerde,
20, who said he was a painter:
Lloyd Homer Cropp, 26, and Jo-
seph Capello, 26, all of 106 C St.
N. E.
The young men are said to have
been acting as statesmen for candy
on the box of which was printed
Blind Veterans Candy" They
are said to have been soliciting or
ders by telephone and, it is claim
ed, made numerous sales here Of
the candy at $1.50 a pound.
Officials of the United States
Veterans Bureau recently made
several complaints regarding the
practice.
Also printed on the box in small
type is:
"ThiS candy is not sold for
the benefit of any military or
civic organization"
Members of the business fraud
squad Of the police, under the d.
rection of Detective Sergeant Clar-
ence Talley, intend to make a
thorough study of the entire Situ-
alton before taking action against
the men.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
LEGION SPEECH
W|NSPRA|SE

ELKTON, Md, Sept. 26.-Wal-
lace Williams, of Elkton, a former
commander of the Department of
Maryland American Legion, is
given credit by his fellow dele
gates from Maryland for making
the key speech at the Detroit con-
vention against the immediate
cash bonus plan.
Williams, member Of the ma
tional legislative committee, de-
clared:
"WOrId War veterans must
take their positions in this coun-
try on an equality with Others"
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
HagerstOlUn to Lift
Taboo on RalU Milk

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. 26.
The ban on the distribution and
sale of raw milk in Hagerstown
will be lifted October 2, pro-
vided no new cases of typhoid
fever develop, the board of health
announced today. The ban has
been in effect since July q
following a serious outbreak Of
the disease in Maugansville dis
trict. DR.. w. Ross Cameron,
city health officer, said no new
cases have been found since the
ban went into effect and the
sale of pasteurized milk was
made compulsory.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
W. H. BOzdrth
Wins FLOZner ALUQrd

Higest honors at the Wom-
ems Civic League flower show in
Mount Rainier. were awarded
Mrs. w. H. Bozarth, who will re-
ceive a special prize for exhibit
ing many Of the choicest plants.
Mrs. ]. r. Venning received the
second highest number of points
for the flowers she exhibited.
Flowers were judged by Prof.
w. r. Ballard, of the University
of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
County Citizens Seek
AU-MUryLGnd Labor

All Maryland labor on State
construction projects was sought
in a resolution adopted by the
Prince Georges county Federation
Of Citizens Association Thursday
night, and a copy of the docu-
ment was ordered mailed to Gov
ernor Ritchie.
The resolution has also been
sent to the Prince Georges county
board of commissioners, the State
Roads Commission, and the Sub
urban Sanitary Commission for
approval.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
HerndOn Rednlen
To Hold Initiation

The Seneca Tribe of Redmen
of Herndon, Va, will be hosts to-
night at an open air ini-
tiation which the Order of Red
Men of District No. l will hold
at Herndon.
The first or adoption degree
will be conferred by the Logan
Tribe of Washington, with the
Seminole Tribe of Alexandria
conferring the second, or war
rior's degree and the Mineola
Tribe of Washington, the third,
or chiefs, degree.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Chevy Chase W.C.T.U.
To Elect Officers

Election of officers by the
Chevy Chase branch of the w. c.
r. U. will be held next Wednes-
day at 1890 p. m. at the church
house of the Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church.
Members of the nominating com
mittee are Mrs. H. V. Schreiber.
Mrs. AL Baldwin and Mrs. j. B.
Bronson.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
MISS WALSH
Prisoner Breaks Ribs
Answering Alarm,
For Dinner!

In a mad rush to dinner at
the Marlboro Jail last night,
Ernest C. Mitchell, serving a six
month term for contempt of
court, fell in the bull pen of the
lookup and suffered two broken
ribs. He was treated by DR.. j.
Frank Mcguire, of Upper Marl-
boro.
Mitchell was sentenced Sep
tember /, after he failed to pay
approximately $3.50 back ali
mony to his wife, Lemma.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
WOOdside Church
To Hold Rally Day

An elaborate program will be
offered tomorrow at the Wood
side Methodist Episcopal Church
when Rally Day will be observed.
The services for the day will
be as follows: Church school,
9:45 a. M; formation for process
sional at 1O:45 a. M; promotion
services for the church school at
II a. m; senior league at Z p. m.
and evening worship at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Mt. Rainier Woman
Sues for DesertiOn

Charging Albert Scheer, of 1901
West Virginia Ave. N. E., with de
sertion, Mrs. Rose Scheer, Of Mt
Rainier, Md, yesterday filed suit
for absolute divorce in Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro. She is
represented by Bird H. Dolby.
The pair we're married in Octo'
ber, 1922, and separated in All
gust, 1928. They have one child,
Leonard.
Scheer is now at liberty on $500
bond, pending trial for stealing
furniture out of his wife's home.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
ReU. Carroll Burrus
To Attend COncLdUe

Rev. Carroll Burrus, pastor,
will conduct the usual services at
Central M. E. Church, Bethesda,
tomorrow.
Sermon at II a. M, vespers on
church lawn at 8 p. m. The
pastor will leave on Monday for
Roanoke, Va, where he will at
tend the annual conference.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
.yGttSUiLLe Main
Will Be Extended

An extension of the existing
water main in Walnut Street,
Daniels Park, was authorized by
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission at its Hyatts-
vile meeting.
The extension will be made to
Richmond Avenue, Oak Street,
and lot 18, block 20, in Poplar
Avenue, at an estimated cost of
$4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Drunken Girl, rs,
Gets AnnuLment

BALTIMORE, Sept. $3.50
drunk she was unable to remem-
ber the ceremony in which she
was married to Robert F. Green,
Mrs. Mildred E. Green, 16, was
granted an annulment yesterday
by Circuit Court Judge Albert ].
j. Owens.
Mrs. Green said she knew moth
ing of the wedding until her hus-
band told her about it next day.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
TEA FOR NEW MEMBERS

New members of the Mothers
and Children's Club of Chevy
Chase will be entertained at tea
on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the home of Mrs. Kinsey Metz
ger, on Rosemary Street. A bust.
ness meeting will precede the tea.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
VOLUNTEER HEAD TO'TALK

Charles Brandon Booth, ma.
tional extension secretary of the
Volunteers of America, will speak
at the Hyattsville Presbyterian
Church Wednesday at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
LOCAL TEMPERATURES


DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January /. 1881, 500.
Excess of temperature since Septem-
Der l, 1881, 1872.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
tion since January /, 1881. $50
Deficiency of precipitation since Sep
tember /, 1881. O.61.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, 1889 a. m. and
500 p. M; low tides, 2:OS m. and
2:G0 p. IN.
Tomorrow-High tides S:17 a. IN.
and 8:&S p. m; low tides, 2:49 a. m.
and 2:57 p. IN.
THE sun AND THE MOON
The sun rises today 5:5S a. m. and
sets 500 p. m
The sun rises Sunday, 5:5s a. m.
and sets 5:5S p. M
The moon rises today. 5:4s p. m.
and sets 5:2S a. m
The moon rises Sunday, sos p. M
and sets 6:2S a. M
COMPARATTVE TENDED HrrDs
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Weather Details

For the District of Columbia-Fair
and cooler tonight and Sunday; moder-
ate west and northwest winds
For Maryland and Virginia-Generally
fair and cooler tonight; Sunday fair and
slightly cooler; fresh west and northwest
winds, diminishing Sunday.
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disapproval. No such thing. Inc
vitality of the original has been re-
tanned. More than that the MIN
goes the play one better.
King vidor, who can do more with
his camera than most directing WIZ
ards. has taken the wishes OF the
author-that the play be spoken
practically as 1t was behind the
footIiphts-with evident respect. A
few added dashes, a few lines sliced,
A few speeches made less OF, or per-
hans more of. the whole, however,
snnacking strongly of the original.
And where the film climbs magnff1-
- Gently above the level OF the play Is
In the actual climax, which, former
ly q skillful building up OF theatre
caIism breaking rather excitingly IN
its final climax, is now a really ter
rifying sequence in which added
bursts of atmospheric" music carry
the finale into one of the most stir
ring dramatic episodes ever divulged
by the screen.
No apologies no "good-but" are
needed here. When first Manhat-
tan's skyline appears, when first the
man swats the flies of his, horse,
when first the various inhabitants
of those cubbyhole homes lean hotly
out of their tenement windows, and
begin the unraveling Of the plot by
the loose gygratIons Of their tongues,
there is enough prophecy of APP
preaching drama upon which one
may rivet the eye as well as the
ear for a vastly invigorating hour
or so.
The cast, culled for the most part
from the original stage company,
has, however. added charm and vi
tally in the persons Of Sylvia Sidney
and Estelle Taylor. Miss Taylor, at
first giving evidence of overmuch
sophistication, soon lapSes into the
proper vernacular, and finishes by
presenting highly stimulating
character role Miss Sidney, whose
soft. dulcet manner and the moist
expression of her eyes las well as
smile which could doubtless break
any ones heart if 1t wanted to-
proves that the great words of praise
which have been spoken of her have
not been exc ggerated Her perform
ance is not only particularly lucid,
but it has that something which
makes tears an absolute necessity.
No more appealing personality has
so far come to the screen and no
actress who suggested so definitely
an almost endless horizon of possible
achievements.
1t would be hard to pick others in
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JAPANESE CEASE
MOVING OF TROOPS
Aggressive Action Stopped
After ManChurian Capital
Is Captured.
CONTINUED FROM First Page

way in Manchuria connecting with its
| great ports and the right IL has tn
maintain troops throughout this rail-
| way zone have made the japanese pre-
dominant In South Manchuria and
have rendered it diflcult for Chinese
factions to make war. Japan has
generally co-operated with the Chinese
military governors Mukden and has
kept them placated.
There has not been extensive Jana
nese colonization in Manchuria of re-
| cent decades as it became clear the
Japanese were not well adapted to the
rugged climate and were not a success
in the type of agriculture practiced
| there. Consequently Japan intensified
its work OF railroad building and ex-
tended its commerce, contenting itself
with making Manchuria a great reser-
voir of raw materials for its industries
in Japan.
Manchuria has an area of 3Cs.610
square miles, seven times that of New
York State, and population variously
estimated from Is, 200, 900 to 30 900 600
The emigration from Shantung and
other war-ridden states of China had
been tremendous until two years ago.
when the soya bean industry suffered
! slump. Some years it was estimated
that as many as 100000 Chinese en-
tered. Manchuria from the south, travel
ing by steam, railway and highway.
1t is estimated that about 81 900 900
acres are under cultivation in Man
churia. Besides soya beans, kaolin,
sort OF broom corn used as forage crop;
wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat,
millet and other grains are produced.
BLAME PUT ON JAPANESE.
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KANE CASE PROBE
TURNS TO LETTERS
Interest Shifts to Efforts to
Identity Betty Dodd.
Quiz Wednesday.
BY the Associated Press.

1 by the Associated Press.
HAMPTON, Va, September 49,
Authorities today sought to round up
the evidence to be used against Prof.
Elisha Kent Kane next Wednesday
when he Is to be given a preliminary
hearing on a charge Of numbering his
wife.
Decision to permit Prof. Kanes re-
lease today on bail was reached yes
terday after a hearing at which the
Commonwealth argued that bond of
100000 should be required. 1t was
commended that such requirement was
justified by the coroner's verdict hold
ing that Mrs. Jenny Graham Kane's
drowning was an act Of "premeditated
murder" by her husband Bail, how
ever. was fixed at $4,000.
With evidence to be gathered here
well sifted down during a four day in
quest. interest began to shift to efforts
elsewhere to identify Betty Dodd. be-
lieved to be writer Of one or more
letters which W. c. Graham, father of
Mrs. Kane. said brought her great I'M
happiness" A search for additional
letters was being made.
From Knoxville. Tenn, came word
that search of the apartment of the
young University of Tennessee profess
tiers apparently written to her husband
by Mrs. Kane while she was visiting
her parents here.
One of these letters read, In part:
you are so sweet and good TO me,
appreciate everything you did and
want to be forever with you and, honey,
its raining and can't swim and it
makes me sick. love, love, love YOU
When are you coming to me?f
- -
Prof. Kane, who was here during the
inquest, was quoted as saying in Phila-
delphia that the accused man had told
him about woman mentioned in this
case, saying that he had met her while
travelling and she had written him
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safely piloted his great cinema liner
into the calm waters OF its fourth
year. And in recognition OF its an
niverSary program, Conductor Al
Mitchell has fashioned symphonic
ARRANGEMENT of washington, the
Beautiful" which, as played by the
large orchestra and as sung later
by Harlan Randall and a male quar-
tet, brings down the house.
Other features of this weeks bill
include q novel picture called THE
Spider" which will be liked ire
mendously by those who haven't
seen the play, and not so much by
those who have, stage show which
is considerably below the average,
and q native" picture, "Disarma-
ment," in which may be seen prob
ably most of Washington's younger
generation-but which, unfortunate
ly, is long and tedious and particu-
larly unfunny.
The willy magic Of Chartrand the
Great, the chief motive for 1.-The
Spiders" excitement, Is the back
ground against which this unusual
ly different" story unfolds. Those
who recall the play will remember
that most of the fun came in being
in the audience, and in feeling that
the action was taking place not
only behind the footlights, but ac-
tually next door. II, for instance,
you sat in D / on the aisle, the
lady next to you, halfway through
the performance, suddenly arose and
tried to make a Decline for the
door, whereupon a strong EARNED
policeman barged down the aisle
and told the lady, not uncertainty,
that she jolly well had better be-
have herself-that a murder had
been committed and that no one
could go anywhere until the ccm-
plications had been solved.
The screen not being able to turn
itself over to this kind of double
life, has nevertheless, done well by
the story, and there Is considerable
excitement and a grand amount of
suspense to cheer the audience
through the mystery. Edmund Lowe
plays the magician handsomely, Ell
Brendel injects feeble spots of
humor, and Lois Moran is the cause
of love which makes the world go
round.
Featured in the Variety" stage
show idea are Sully and Thomas,
Theodore Enrico Novello, Baker,
Dove and Allen, and -Four Aces and
q Queen" the last mentioned doing
well on the bars, but the former, the
funny" couple, being only a couple.
e. de S. M.
William Kimber, former foreman
Of the Headington Morris dancers, ha
lust died at Oxford. England aged ~
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BLAME PUT ON JAPl
Rail Sabotage as Pretext for Attack on
Mukden Charged.

PEIPING, China, September 10 LR.-
Chinese military communique today
said the chairman of the provincial
government at Mukden had protested
the occupation of the Manchurian capi-
tai by Japanese troops to the Japanese
consul general and the latter said he
was unable to control the movements
of the military.
After sustaining numerous casualties
the Chinese soldiers withdrew in order
to avoid further clashes, the COM
munique said and the japanese forces
entered the city, taking over the main
thoroughfares and government buildings
without resistance
The communique charged that the
japanese themselves destroyed part of
the South Manchurian Railway as
pretext for the attack on Mukden. They
blew up section of the track near the
capitol. it was charged, and began she'll
ing the town without provocation,
causing undetermined casualties among
Chinese soldiers and civilians !