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The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Robbins and Jones
Off for Fort Worth

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 8
UNS0-Reginald q. Robbins
and Harold Jones hoped off in
their plane, the Fort Worth, from
the Edmonton Airport at $3.50
q. m, Washington time, today
for Fort Worth, Tex. 49,
Robbins and Jones failed here
yesterday in an attempt to make
Q nonstop refuelling flight from
Fairbanks, Alaska, to Fort Worth.
Robbins said:
"T'm going right to Fort
Worth nonstop and without re-
fuelIing,"
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
CATHOLIC j. AID
IS SOUGHT

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug, s.-The
executive conference of the
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
in America, at which plans will
be laid for the expansion Of the
Catholic University, was opened
here yesterday by the Rt. Rev.
MSgr. James Hugh Ryan, rector
Of the university.
The Most Rev. John J. Glen.
non, archbishop Of St. Louis and
the chairman of the Holy Fathers
committee for the advancement
of Catholic education in America,
IL chairman Of the conference.
In his charge to the committee
Yesterday, Archbishop GlennOn
stressed the Importance Of the
Catholic University project to
Catholic education at large.
A summary of plans for re.
lieving the university this year
Of its $1,700,000 Indebtedness was
given to the committee by Harvey
j. Hill, counsel to the executive
committee and board Of trustees.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
OVER 6 HOURS
NEEDEDFOR
536 MILES
Noted Pair Descend Again on
American Soil After Being
Masked In Soupy Weather
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signs Of clearing yesterday, Col.
onel Lindbergh made his final
preparations for the next leg OF
the Journey and roared away
from Aklavik at 1880 last night,
Washington time.
Two hours later the famous
airrnan and his wife were speed
ING over Herschel Island. Fifteen
minutes later their plane had
crossed the international border
line betwn Canada and Alaska.
Fuel Ship En- Route
As the famous couple were
battling through the fOgs over
the Arctic country, the Coast
Guard cutter NOrthland. which
had been tied up some $50 miles
70 the south, was reported making
It's way to Point Barrow. The
NorthIand has fuel for the Lind
bergh mOnOplane.
Meanwhile trading ships have
arrived here and may be able to
supply fuel and other require
ments. Coast Guard officials be
lieved that Lindbergh might wait
here for the Northland.
Excluding the native huts, there
are but three buildings In Point
Barrow. the mission, the manse,
and the hospital.
With the completion Of the
Aklavik-Po Barrow flight, the
Lindberghs have covered more
than half Of their 7,000-inile vaca-
ton vagabondage to the Orient.
From here they will proceed to
Nome, the "hopping-off place" for
Siberia and Japan.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
CANADA PLANTS
MANY FISH

MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 8
Q.N.SO.-More than 479,000, 900
fish eggs, fry, fingerlings and
yearling fish, and a few older fish,
were placed in Canadian waters
last year by the hatcheries Of the
Canadian department of fisheries,
according to figures just made
public.
They were Atlantic salmon.
speckled trout, rainbow trout,
brown trout, hybrid brown trout,
Loeb Leven trout, salmon trout,
cut throat, Kamloops trout, GUIANA
niche Oand-locked salmon), pick
ereL whitefish, sockeye salmon,
spring salmon, coho salmon.
chum salmon, Steelhead salmon or
trout, and Kennerly's salmon.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Charges Malicious
Arrest. Asks $500

Charging his reputation was
seriously injured and his job lost
as q result Of his arrest on a
charge Of grand larceny. filed by
Mary w. Day in May, 1880,
Matthew Hopkins yesterday filed
suit for $500 damages in Cir
cult Court at Upper Marlboro.
In his petition Hopkins brands
Mrs. Days action as malicious.
He claims he was locked in the
jail at Marlboro until July when
he finally made bond. When the
case was called before the Grand
Jury, the petition continued. no
evidence sufficient to hold Hop
kins for trial was presented.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Railroad AW0rds
TlUO Scholarships

Elizabeth Liskey, Of Washing.
ton county, Md, and Merle
Earletts, of Garret county, were
awarded 500 each yesterday at
the University of Maryland by
L. s. Hartley, agriculture agent
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, as winners in a scholarship
contest.
They are attending the 18th
annual Maryland All Club Week
at the university.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
.RA|DS|N COUNTY
NET s ARRESTS

One woman and five men were
arrested by Prince Georges County
police last night In LIQUOR raids.
Mrs. Emma Rhine, Of Riggs
Road, near Hyattsville, Is at
liberty on $500 bail, charged with
illegal possession. Police say
three quarts Of whiskey were
found in her home.
Policemen w. Clifton, c. Reese
and r. Brown raided the Mary
land Club. a dance hall on the
Ager Road, near Mt. Rainier, and
arrested the alleged proprietor Of
the place, John Vincent, for illegal
possession.
A charge Of illegal possession
and disorderly house was placed
against Edward Walker uf Seat
Pleasant. after police rAided his
place. Three other men, Leroy
Richardson, Frank Moran and NJ.
A. Gady, were arrested and
charged with disorderly conduct.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
AdUentiSts NOuU OlUn
First French TentpLe

PARIS, Aug. 8 G.N.S.).-Seven
Day Adventists here can now
worship in their own temple, the
first to be built in France.
Alphabetically modern, with
red brick walls and domed glass
ceiling, the interior of the tenn.
pie is simple.
A large white st. Georges
cross, in which an open bible is
worked in gold mosaic, is on the
wall facing the entrance. Mosaic
tongues of. flame emanate from
the bible and run horizontally
round the walls and diagonally
toward the ceiling. The pews
accommodate 300 people.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
HUNGARY CALLS
MORATORIUM
On DEBTS
Expectation Of Money Banned
Under Penalty of Stiff jail
Term in Finance Crisis

BUDAPEST, Aug. 8.-The long
threatening economic financial
crisis in, Hungary came suddenly
to a head today when the Hun.
garian government issued a de.
cree announcing a moratorium on
all foreign debts.
The decree prohibits the expor.
tatiOn of Hungarian or foreign
money, gold or jewelry, and fer.
bids the purchase Of foreign ex.
change or the inCurring Of for.
eign obligations.
Persons attempting to send or
take money or valuables from the
country are threatened with a Jail
sentence and monetary fine. The
minimum sentence Is placed at
two months.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Modern Ticks Put
In Old TOlUn Clock

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 8 GIN
SO.-The famous "Old Town
Clock" that licked away the time
for Kansas City residents for al
most half a century will be
modernized and installed in the
north tower Of the new bank
building, approximately 40 stories
above the street.
The huge timepiece, which once
occupied a prominent place in
the old Federal Building, will be
cleaned and equipped with an
electric winding mechanism.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Birthday BlOlUOut
Due 1912 FIiUUer

SMITH CENTER, Kan, Aug. 8
U.N.S0 Al KerSey is making
preparations to journey to De-
troit to celebrate the twentieth
anniversary Of his ownership Of
a Ford car. which he will drive
to the Michigan city.
The KanSan purchased the car
in 1912. after an exchange Of let
terS with the manufacturer, who
invited him to come to Detroit for
a celebration when the car
reached an age Of 20 years.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
TvO Fined $3.50
On Liquor Charges

Charged with illegal possession
of a quantity Of liquor, Charles
Perazzi, of the Oxon Hill dis
trict, was gined $3.50 in police
court at Upper Marlboro yester-
day. Perazzi was arrested after
a raid on house on the old
BivenS property.
Joseph Colbert. Of Upper Marl.
boro, was also fined $3.50 on q
possession charge.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
F|REMEN OPE \
CONVENTION

More than $50 firemen con.
vened in Upper Marlboro today
for the Ninth Annual Convention
of Prince Georges County Volun.
teer Firemen. Contests, business
and a dance at Trinity Hall will
make up the days program.
Although DR.. James Truitt, sur.
geon of the rescue squad. is likely
to be elected president, friends of
Karl Young, the incumbent
president, threatens to press for
his reelection.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
0. OF C.'s NEW TRACK

BERKELEY, Calf. Aug. 8 GIN
Sl-The University Of Califor.
MAS new track and running field
win cost $239,775, according to
contractors selected to do the
work. The company agreed to
construct the track In 200 days.
insuring its use for the 1882
track season. r
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
West Virginia Names
HOILidaH Forester

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. 8
1N.S0.-J. w. X. Holiday, Of
Parkersburg, has been appointed
State forester by the State Game
Fish and Forestry Commission,
succeeding H. s. Newins, re-
signed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
I8 Passengers Unhurt
As AirLiner Crashes

LONDON, Aug. 8 U.N.sO-
Eighteen American and British
passengers, flying from Croydon
to Paris aboard the Hannibal.
the largest British airliner, had a
narrow escape today when the
ship struck a telegraph pole while
making an emergency landing at
Tudeley. None Of the passengers
was hurt.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Snake Bite Is Fatal:
Rare Case in Indiana

WASHINGTON, Ind, Aug. 8
UN.S0 For the first time In
many years a snake bite has
killed q man in Indiana.
Jess Correll, 20, well known
farmer Of Odon, Ind, near here,
was the victim. A copperhead
snake was the villain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
LARGE MAIL BOXES
USED FOR LETTERS
Increasing Deposits Force
Consolidation With
Packages.

Because letter mail boxes have proved
to be too small to care for heavily In
creased deposits of first-class mail,
Postmaster William M. Mooney has or
dered that hereafter letters may be
mailed in larger package boxes.
Change Saves Time.
On corners where both type boxes are
located, the letter boxes will be re-
moved, leaving only the package boxes
to receive all classes of mail, Postmaster
Mooney announced today.
Mooney said the change had been de-
cided upon several months ago, but that
the work of removing the small boxes
had only begun recently.
By depositing all classes Of mail in
the on2-type box, postal officials be-
lieve collection of mail will be greatly
facilitated. the collectors having only
one box to open and empty.
Hours Not Changed.
No change in the hours of collection
will be made, Mooney said.
Stencils, bearing the words For Let
ters," have been cut, and this sign will
be painted on all package boxes, close
to the sign Packages" now on the
boxes.
Larger boxes will not be substituted
for letter boxes on corners whsre only
the smaller containers are located,
Mooney said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
CAPT. WALTER WOODSON
ASSUMES NEW POSITION
Takes Up Duties as Assistant to
Judge Advocate General of
Navy.

Capt Walter Browne Woodson today
assumed his duties as the new assistant
to the judge advocate general Of the
Navy, relieving Comdr. Harrison E.
Knauss, who goes to sea as executive
officer aboard the U. S. s. Raleigh.
A native of Lynchburg, Va, Capt
Woodson, who is so years old, was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy in 1901.
He was attached to the office Of the
judge advocate general from 1911 to
1914, when he was ordered to duty as
aide on the staff of the commander.
3rd Division, Atlantic Fleet.
Capt. Woodson was attached to the
office Of naval operations here in 1918
and left Washington to command de-
stroyer In 1921 he again returned to
the office of the judge advocate gen.
eral and the following year was a men,
Der of the class of the Naval War Col
lege, Newport, r. I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
WORTHLESS STOCK
REEVES FORTUNE
Story Is That of Prince and
Pauper-TabIes Are
Reversed.
Nv the Assnciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 13.-Once they
we're prince and pauper-the Armours
of American meat-packing aristocracy
and the Dubbses of rickety shack in
the Pennsylvania oil fields.
They met, through the lifting curtains
of tragedy-and the Dubbses, no longer
poor, have restored part Of the lost Ar
mour fortune.
1t is the kind Of tale the old Ger
man fairy story books might have told.
Back at the beginning of the CEN
fury, when people were still bit afraid
even of kerosene lamps, Jesse A. Dubbs
and his boy-named Carbon Petroleum
Dubbs-were tinkering in a tumble
down Shanty in Pennsylvania, prying
into mysteries of the power of oil.
The Armours then were riding the
swell of fortune in the hundred mil
lions. as the scientific age laid its magic
hand on the business of packing meats.
But the Dubbses toiled on often
YEARLY against continued discourage
ment. They could crack" oil, juggle
complicated chemistry of the grease and
make it produce anything from axle
grease to fine perfumes or powerful ex-
ploSiveS.
But nobody was interested. American
finance turned up its nose at oil, or
methods of cracking it.
The Dubbses carried on--and in 1909
they were fiat broke" They went to
California. where the tempo Of life was
faster, they believed and where some
body might be interested in cracking"
oil
In 1914 ]. Ogden Armour went to
California, too, with his associate, r. j.
Durham, to look over oil fields there.
Jesse Dubbs heard of their visit and
he sold them on the idea of crack
ing" oil Armour put millions into the
process in the years that followed.
In the meantime. the war had come,
brought with it huge contracts to Ar
mour for meats and ended suddenly,
leaving his business with tremendous
quantities of meats on its hands.
The Armour fortune shook and
crumbled-at rate of 81 100000 day.
j. Ogden Armour, broke" died in Lon
don in 1927. Creditors refused to con-
slider the stock in the oil-cracking
scheme 1t went to Mrs. Armour in lieu
of payment OF loan.
Jesse Dubbs died, too, without seeing
the triumph of his life work.
But with Standard Oils purchase Of
the cracking" process Mrs. Armour has
retrieved more than $8000006 of the
Armour fortune, and the boy Carbon
Petroleum Dubbs. has reaped fortune
of more than 100000 The process
sold for more than $22,000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
HOUSE ELECTION SET

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 10 (P.-
Gov. Pinchot today proclaimed spe-
cial election in the second congressional
district of Philadelphia to fill the va
cancy created by the death Of Repre-
sentative George S. Graham on July 4.
The election will be held on the same
day as the regular municipal election
In November
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
Athletic Union
Satisfactorily
Advertised at 81
3 for $4.35

Look at the special features
of Rockinchairs-seat and crotch
closed exactly like your trousers,
blouse affords freedom of action,
and they open on the side where
they can be adjusted in fifty!
Regular, long and stout sizes!
Sizes SO to 46.
MEMS WEAR SHOP-STREET FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
PURSE STOLEN IN CHURCH
Woman Visitor Tells Police Man
Sitting Nearby Left Early.

SAbSAhS Dy SCLt Loiiy'
While attending services at st. Pat
rick's Church yesterday, Miss Dell Fur
ley, Tupelo, Miss, told police she was
robbed Of a purse containing Sill and
trinkets.
She gave police a description of
young man who occupied the pew in
which she was seated, adding that the
man left before mass was over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
Battleships Leave Scotland.

GREENOCK, Scotland. July 10 tF,.-
The United States warships Arkansas
and Wyoming completed their visit to
the Clyde yesterday, leaving for Cadiz.
They will visit Gibraltar before return
ing to the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
BACKGAMMON POPULAR
Game Is Threatening to Gust
Bridge in Australia.

MELBOURNE, Australia.-The game
of backgammon in Australia is threat
ening the popularity of bridge All over
the country backgammon tables are be-
ing unearthed from forgotten corners
in old homes and are being sold at
fancy prices. and society hostesses are
buying eagerly
So great are the demands that tea
wagons are being pressed into service.
and are being fitted with backgammon
boards on the flaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
FRENCH CONVICTS FREED
$40 Get Amnesty From Doumer for
Bastille Day.

PARIS, July 10 (P.-President
Doumer, on the minister of wars pro-
posal, committed or reduced $40 court
martial sentences for minor infractions
of discipline on the occasion Of Bastile
day.
The President is examining l44 other
cases for possible clemency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13

In the Blue Grass section of Ken
lucky there are $4,000 acres of land
devoted to the breeding of b'ooded
horses Much of this land has never
been plOWed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
Past Year One
 of The Best In
 Department s History
Estimated Companies Will Answer Fifty Fewer Calls Than Year Ago Indictment Weather Puts Stops to Brush Fires, Aiding Materially in Keeping the Score Low

With eleven more days to com plete its fiscal year 1t is now almost certainty that for the first time in years the Waterbury Fire De- partment will showsa decrease in the number of alarms 1t has an- swered during the past IF months.
 Including the outbreak of a ser ies of recent brush fires, which added considerably to the totab the ..smoke eaters'' to date have an- swered a little over 800. calls. Last wear the departments report showed that the companies an- swered 999 alarms. As matter of official record there were 1OlO calls, but some on being double checked were duplicates. About 50. less calls is expected to feature this years report.
 During 1890. the department re- ceived 230 bell alarms, 715 tele- phone calls and 65 verbal notices. The latter figures refer to persons gave notice of blaze or instances in which word was relayed to fire com panies on the scene of one blaze and being needed in another place in the same neighborhood. The total was 1010, but Chief Henry Heitman was content to make 1t 999 and call 1t a years work.
 The past week has witnessed a marked decline in demands for the services of firemen owing to the indictment weather. The rain has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
RAILWAY CREDIT CORPORATION TO
 AID POOR ROADS
Association of Railway Executives PropO s e d Such a Plan By Filing of Petition To-day

Washington, Nov 19-(UP) - Creation of a railroad credit cor poration to help. the weaker roads was proposed today by the Associa- tion of Railway Executives in a petition filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 The petition was the answer of the nations railroads to suggest ions made by the commission last month in denying the request for "a fiat 15 per cent increase in freight rates.
 The commission at that time granted certain increases in freight rates. It estimated they would provide additional revenues of from $1O0, 100000 to $125,000,000. It provided that extra earnings would be segregated for the relief of car riers failing to earn their interest charges. t
 The railroads now ask that the funds derived from the rate in creases be distributed as loans and propose the machinery of a credit corporation for administering them. Y
 The railroads petition argued that to treat advances from the fund as loans would remove ser ioys legal obstacles which rail exc cutives feel are put in their way by the commissions plan.
 "The commissions essential pur- pose Is to prevent, by means of the fund to be created, defaults in fixed charges and consequent H. nancial disturbance and receiver ships" the petition stated. ;.,slt
 The larger railroads opposed the commissions plan on the conten- tion 1t would make the strong roads collection agents" for the weaker lines. Under the loan plan. 1t is contended that all classes of railroads will obtain benefits, either immediately or through the ex- tended period. of readjustment.
 "The obligation of the recip- lent carrier will be to repay the amount borrowed at such time as may be agreed upon between the applicant and the corporation, not exceeding two years, fixed with due regard to purposes of the plan, and shall be renewable for an addition al period of not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the cor poration, and at all events shall be repaid before declaring any divid- end to its own stockholders ex- cept in cases where, by contract or otherwise, payment of specific dividend as a fixed charge is in- volved," the railroads petition stated.
 The proposed plan provides for monthly reports to the commission. It asks modification of the per car" increases authorized such as $3 per car increase in the rate on coal, coke and lumber, to equival- ent "per ton" increase, This de- tail would avoid the confusion and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

Washington.-"In the past IA months about 100 United States firms have established branch fac- tories in Canada to overcome the tariff erected against them by the Dominion whites V. M. Kipp, in special correspondence to the New York Times from Ottawa.
 "In the aggregate they are pro- ducing and selling to Canadians many millions of dollars worth formerly imported from the South.'
 In this connection, MT Kipp also reports:
 Many Canadians feel that the United States tariff deals hardly with Canadian goods, and they of. fer Q fertile field for propaganda in favor of goods made in Canada and in the British empire."
 Another Canadian dispatch deals with names in industries that have Q familiar American ring. It says "In Hamilton, four large plants including the International liar. vester and Westinghouse compan. ies, announced this week that they would resume work, while ir Guelph the hat factories are run. ming two shifts. tis where stee and iron are the basic materia that industry lags, but 1t is under. stood that General Motors, Ford Stakeholder and Chrysler soon wil increase their working personnel Railway orders are being placed + Sydney and Sault Ste. Marie, ant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
5. KENT HUBBARD REVEALS SECRET
 ON MACHINE GUNS
Meriden Mannfac turer Tells Session To-day of How They Were Seized While on Way to Com rrlunistS

Meriden, Conn, Nov 19-(UP)- Machine guns were consigned to "a communist organization" dur ing a recent textile strike in Con- necticut, E. Kent Hubbard of Mid dletown, president of the Connec- ticut Manufacturers association. declared at the association's meet ing here yesterday.
 We need go no farther than 40 miles to arrive at the scene of the confiscation of a truckload of ma chine guns consigned to a com munist organzation," said Hubbard. The open shop conference of Con- liecticut and the Manufacturers association for weeks dealt with this matter in this locality"
 His description of the strike led listeners to believe he referred to the recent Putnam textile strike which was marked with frequent clashes between strikers, commu- mist agitators and police.
 Danielson, Conn, Nov 19-(UP) State police of the Danielsor barracks, who policed the Putnam strike area, said rumors of load of machine guns having beer shipped into Putnam were preval. ept several months ago but nc standardization ever was found.
 Regulate Industry
 Meriden, Conn, Nov 19-(UP)- A, national industrial council, tc regulate industry more steadil, than the law of supply and de. mand was suggested to the Con necticut Manufacturers association by R. H. whitehead, president oi the New Haven Clock company, al the association's annual meeting here yesterday.
 The manufacturer advocated ap. pointment by President Hoover oi a council composed of councillor for each industry from outside that industry.
 "At present the industrial sys tenn as a whole recognizes no law except the law of supply and de- mand," said Whitehead. There 1! no fiy-wheel on the complex in dustrial engine to take care of tht evils of overproduction. There i' no throttle excepting cut-throa competition in times such al these."
 The plan will be taken befor, the industrial committee of tn, New England council at Bostor Thursday, 1t was understood to l day. It has won the support of in fiuential Connecticut manufactur CTS.