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The Washington times., 1931-01-02
Lindberghs Acquire
PenObScOt Island

THOMASTON, Me-, Jan. 2
Q.N.S0.-An island in PenobScot
Bay, four miles from the summer
home of United States Senator
Dwight w. Morrow at North
Haven, has become the property
of Mrs. Ann Morrow Lindbergh.
wife of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
it was learned today.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
WOOLIOOrth Co. Gets
S2,568,1O1 Refund

The F. w. Woolworth Company
Of New York, today was given $2,-
568, ,101 in two adjustments in the
taxes it paid from 1917 to 1926.
The Bureau Of Internal Revenue
announced the total adjustment
included a credit Of $1,597, ,609 in
favor Of the company, a cash re-
fund Of $492, 1897 and the remain
der Of the total allowance was
made up in tax attachments.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
Trading in Potato
Futures tn Start

CHICAGO, Jan. 2 GN.S0.-
Trading in potato futures will be
started for the first time on the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
January IL, it was announced
today. '.....
Exchange members for several
weeks have been conferring with
potato dealers. drawing UP rules
for trading and organizing the
new market.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
DOUG" GOES HUNTING

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2
1N.S0 Douglas Fairbanks and
his party today were in San
Francisco. whence they will sail
on the steamer Belgenland for
French 1ndo-C China on a big game
hunt.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
British Capture Burmese
'tMnster Minds" Palace

on a roughly hewn pole, floated
an unknown flag. ..,
The entire palace and vicinity
was carefully combed for hidden
fighters, but it was believed that
all retreated with their leaders
to the mountain StrongholdS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
Dallas Pastor Said
To HOUe Been Suicide

NEW YORK, Jan. (IN.S0.
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow for the Rev. Thadeos
Lekas, pastor of Greek Ortho-
dox Church in Dallas, Texas.
Police said he killed himself by
SlaShing his throat.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
CONDITION Or TREASURY

treasury balance December aos
$312,75S S,386.1O; expenditures
1854, 1852; customs rece
951, ,534.82.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
Charg. Absurd
IN Legge said:

''isn't it rather absurd to
accuse us of trying to depress
the price Of wheat at q tim"
when the domestic marF IS
are 2Sc to 35C a bushe', de-
pending on where the wheat
might be located, above what
would bring If exported TO-
day, the Liverpool price averag-
ing at present approximately
20 cents a buShel under the
Chicago figure for the same
grade Of wheat: Dent you
realize that in taking this pO-
sitiOn you are aligning your
self with the interests which
are so bitterly opposing all ef-
forts to aid agriculture in an
effective way?"
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
DR.. CurtiuIs to Quit
LeaglIe Presidency

BERLIN, Jan. 2 UN.S0-Of'
f;ciaI announcement was made
todav that Foreign Minister DR.,
Tulius Curtius will surrender the
presidency Of the League of Ma
tions assembly at its next meeting
tn Foreign Secretary Arthur
henderson, Of Great Britain in
order to lead personally the battle
for protection Of the German
minority in Poland.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02

take place. Do you know, for instance, that an
importanh meeting is scheduled fir certain date,
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
FARM M:BOARD
( ATTACK HIT
1. YLEGGE
Letter to Simpson AsSaiIs
as False Charges Price Of
Wheat Was Left to Drop

More fuel to the fires Of contro-
verSy over the policy Of the Fed
eral Farm Board in "pegging" the
price Of wheat today came in a
sharp letter written by Alexander
4egge, chairman Of the beard, to
Joh.. A. Sim~ecn, ii the Farmers
ESsJcatA ar' Cooperative
Jn'9N,
The Washington times., 1931-01-02

~ for news tips telephOned in to The News
District $3.50. And what l. j news
information that something of inter-
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
THREE KILLED
IN SUDDEN
REVOLT
US. Army O. is Canal Zone
Boundar as Provisional
GN hment Is ProcIaimed

COLON, P. C. e., Jan. 2 - -,.S0.
Young revolutionaries sded by
Gen. Manuel Quintero ,oday over
threw the govern mt Of Presl-
dent Florencio Ar Semena, clapped
the chief execu+ into prison and
set up a provisional revolutionary
junta.
At 0:25 y. m.,, several hO'' -
ter the r. OlutiOnary OutE nad
taken lace, the inSU SiOnists
were T. .uIl control e i've Pan
anna. .
Three KnV sad
Three personS known 20
lls been killed .eet fighting
which precedeU .eOf the pres
jFential pals' e Sw9s reliably
reported y NJ Shiari. 40
had dict' .. HeAtcies OF Ele
Panar dc EOH 7'1arS, was
aYpr iuIlo
~
large
marcIln
palace,
tachmen. al -
force, VIII. ,,2oi.S"
ibility If pl 1yern>
ment in the - ''esHiar
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MURDER CLUE.
IS SOUGHT IN
DATE.B0OK'
OFV|CT|N[
Brother, Two Other Men Held;
Killing Is Discovered Only
When Undertaken Gets Body

An arrest will be made TO-
day in the mysterious staying
of 19-year-old Beulah Limerick,
shot to death ] her home at
1S Nineteenth t. 8. T., esa~.''7
Wednesday ming.
Police that assertion
az thew ID out in search
of a for sweetheart Of the
dead Six members -
the b. le squad started +
in Sc Of this former s. or
VIII identity is ely
gT .rAt
same time t. other
|. of the squad E Jed for
Nd, to questic William
scheson, rorrn' husband
dead IL. was not
t howe, er, + they viii
MIN mCO CW y.
Diary Being Uhied
sVhiIe the hOmici.
Jvering these two g. 1sof -
mysterious case, Utl1sk 0ete
were searching for tgo men
a girl with whom sEle RI Tel
KsuSaS last summer.
Meanwhile the closss Aded
diary of the slain Ril ~ beins
carefully read By vtifics>, j wsl9
believe that in its pages viii be
found the key to the myster~
Three men, one of them 6 brother
of the dead girl, are still held BY
police for further investigation.
Those held are Vernon Linz
erick, her brother, with whom she
lived at 18 Nineteenth st. s. ~
Richard Sheridan Reed, who
lived with the brother and sister,
and william Edward Paddy, 235
Fourteenth St, N. E., with. 1ahmnS
she attended a dance at CarlE0l
Heights shortly bef0aS her muir.
CONTINUED on Pegs 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-01-02

that an accident has happened, that crime has
been committed? That's a.news tip.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
REDISC0UNT RATE CUT

PARIS, Jan. 2 Q.NS0.-The
Bank of France today announced
reduction of its rediscount rate
from 2Ia to 2 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-01-02
THE WEATHER

FaiE and werner tSaSS and Saturday. Tenn
pss.ss-s ysss rdAy-HiGhsst, 35; lowest 2e.
F1E WeS;1sr Report on Page
Wnahlngtaa rnaes Q the only afternoon paper IN
fh puAiahna the dispatches Of International
Neas aPgStre and UaveEuaI Service
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Good News From Maryland
For Motorists

Washington and Maryland motorists by thousands will be
peased with the news that the State Roads Commission Of
Maryland to eliminate dangerous flood conditions at and
near the intersection Of the Baltimore and Annapolis highways
Dc Bladensbmg.
The Baltimore Boulevard through Bladensburg and from
the Badensburg bridge the District ne is to be wdened
after flood conditions in the Northwest branch relieved
through drainage or other methods
This intersecng point of much travelled thoroughare
IL menace during heavy rains and is subject to dangerous
traffic congesons in Of the year when there is ex
osgve travel This is particularly true at veekends and
whom the Laurel and Bowie other attractions fill
these roads with automobiles.
The Times began pushing this matter some years taking
direct with the Maryland State Roads Commission There
much work to be done to relieve congestion and flood
DANGERS but the Maryland commission has habit of doing
satisfactory jobs when it starts.
The improvements will benefit property in that
vicinity and add to the rapid construction Of homes
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
ONCE-OVERS
Misunderstood?

MlSunuerSCOO0?
You wish you were better un-
derstood.
Even members Of your own
family do not SEEM to compre-
hend your viewpoints on sub
jects discussed in your home.
In mingling with others you
find many who do not sympa-
thize with you in other ideas
your actions and general con-
duct.
You go about with a chip on
your shoulder or you are de-
pressed because you are so gen.
orally misunderstood.
You feel that the majority
are out of step because they do
not swing along with you.
You wonder how they can be
so dumb that they misunder-
stand you.
Think this over: if you are
so different from the majority,
you are the one who is odd and
peculiar.
Why do you consider your
ideas superior, your thoughts
more sound, than those who
differ with or censure you?
The one who thinks he is mis-
understood is a tiresome bore.
He is depressed because few
really appreciate him at his own
valuation.
II you are this sort, shake
out Of it and get command OF
what good sense you may have
left.
(copyright. 1881. International
Features SSSvdees 1Ac.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

they weren't meant to be
happy" you say.
Why do they want to be
happy? For exactly the same
reason that they want to quit
their jobs, sleep until noon and
stuff themselves with chocolate
Because they're lazy and
greedy and coWardly.
OF course we want happiness
We want anything that's easy
and pleasant. But our wants"
are not the measure Of what
our lives should be. Your young
ster wants lollipops instead Of
regular food. You don't let him
have them. You want happiness
instead Of regular life. Don't
let yourself have it.
The dream Of happiness, isn't
q man-Size dream-It'S a lazy,
stupid, animals dream. It's a
greedy, timid child's dream.
Just q Dream
And it's only a dream. Hap
piness never really happens
save In brief spurts. Thank God
it doesn't! Paralysis would be a
picnic, compared to it.
And, indeed, that which we
call happiness is usually a pa
ralysis Of thought and spirit.
'But what can we fall back
on il happiness fails?"
Don't fall back on anything.
Keep on going! Keep on going
with life. Take life as 1t comes.
Take life as an adventurer
takes the jungle. He doesn't de-
mand happiness in the jungle.
He asks only adventure and he
accepts fever, blisters, bites,
hunger and drought, as part Of
the price he must pay for ad-
venture.
Accept sorrow and disappoint.
ment and monotony as part OF
the price you must pay for the
adventure Of living. Living is
worth any price you pay.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Alleged Conditions in
Alexandria Aired

Editor, Times:
The birthplace and stamping
ground Of many noble and true
souls. What are we coming
to? Echo answers, what?
A short while ago Alexan-
dria was up in arms about q
slight disagreement in the man.
agement Of our public schools,
and, like school children, moth
ing was too mean to say. A
mass meeting was held and
committees appointed. The
school board, a body Of repre-.
sentative citizens, were sub
jected to the severest criti-
cism.
The council was called in
session, and the trouble was
aired to the hearts cPntent or
the ones who had an imaginary
grievance. I say imaginary
for many engaged in the abuse
of those in authority were only
following the crowd Ignorant
of what it was all about), as
many always do. At the same
time our beloved city was be-
ing held up for ridicule to the
world as an unfit place TO eau
cate the youth. Well, it has
siunnered down and those in
authority have examined ana
reported that outside Of lack
Of room, things are well organ
lied and the buildings Kept IN
the best order possible;
It only goes to show that we
are all prone to criticize with
out going to the root OF the
trouble. Then, again, we adVer-
tise ourselves to the outside by
not selecting competent and re,
sponsible officials to guard
against lawlessness. Every Gay
or two the report is sent to the
country, and papers are anx'
ious for such news, that one po-
liceman arrests another for
drunkenness, or another COM
mits a nuisance in a public
house; another, with pugilistic
tendencies, proceeds to, as he
saws, "beat hell" out OF a citl-
zen, and still another OF the
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
WISE MEN

The worst men often give the
best advice: Our deeds are
sometimes better than our
thoughts.-Bailey.
Necessity Is the ! plea for
every infringement of human
freedom. It is the argument Of
tyrants. It is the creed Of
slaves.-Pitt.
Every mans life lies within
the present, for the past is
spent and done with and the
future Is uncertain.-AntoniuS
Every artist was first an
amateur.-Emerson.
Who knows most, doubts not.
Browning.
To doubt is to decide.
-Addington.
Laugh while you can. Every.
thing has its time.
-voltaire.
Great honors are great bur
denS. Johnson.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

notony by remarking that the
grandeSt salad she ever ate was
the one they served on that cute
trip through the Royal Gorge.
A broiled squab or a new baby
may be simply grand: but q
Mexican bandit would be cute.
I thought that all the "cute"
girls were dead, but, appar-
entity, they have come back
with long skirts. There are
so many other pet adjectives
now, you'd think cute" would
be obsolete, along with "love"
and "beau."
There is Swell" for instance.
And precious" And 'in-
triguing, and quaint" and
amusing" And "1tish," and
"swank," and angelic" and
"thr-rrilling.' And refreshing"
and naive" and "raucous."
Once q girl becomes
"swell"- addict, everything is
swell" from a kiss to the
theory of relativity and the
buns in her favorite tea-room.
And girl with the Intriguing"
complex, can make you blither
in half an hour. Even your
goloshes and your new vacuum
cleaner are Intriguing"
But the fashion writer's hang
onto amusing" with a
Strangle-hold; and whether it's
q row of buttons on your
sweater or q row Of tucks at
the back Of your blouse, or q
new perfume, they WILL have
it amusing" So there!
Cute meanS-juSt CUTE!
Copyright 1891. King Features
SgodIeatA 1nO.l
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Science-The EUer-
GrOwing Puzzle
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D, Del, LID
Famous Scientific Authority

microscope or even in the lab
oratory alone. We study the
atom on Mars or Neptune, even
through the spectroscope, in Or
der to discover its presence
there.
Thus the intimate connection
and inter-relation of all forms
Of life, matter and substance
are being prominently brought
to the fore. The man who
studiess what goes on inside the
atom must know the cosmic
laws of universal gravitation to
understand the movement Of
e1ectrons inside the atom.
Our Debt to the Sun
The man who studies solar
radiation, the incredible energy
generated by the heat Of the
sun, must understand the prin-
ciples governing the stripping
and packing of atoms, which are
now believed to give rise to such
vast cosmic forces.
It is becoming increasingly
important then, If we would be
intelligent, to take the cosmic
view of things. We must learn,
as Fitzgerald reminded us, to
think cosmically. We must view
the universe as a whole, and
see the intimate connection and
underlying unity of all its parts.
For instance, let us consider
our debt to the sun. Radiant
energy proceeds from the sun,
throughout all space, with the
speed of light-roughly 10000
miles per second. This velocity
is one of the great constants Of
nature. Can we calculate the
value or the market price" Of
this radiant energy in both
kilowatt-hours and dollars and
cents?
Copyright, 1891, International
Feature Service Ino.l
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

Until very recent years the
greatest stress was laid upon
specialisrn in all branches Of
learning. Only the specialist
we were assured, could accom-
plish anything of lasting value
or fundamental Importance
toward lifting the veil from Ma
lures face. Intensive research
narrowed concentration upon a
specific problem were unlver-
sally prescribed as the 1ndls-
pensible means for the acqu1-
sition of new and important
knowledge.
Let each investigator do his
own valuable work in his own
restricted field, and the results
would be all that might be de-
sired or hoped for.
Science in the twentieth CEN
tury is beginning to rue that
advice and to change its tune.
The scientific discoveries now
acctmulating so rapidly raise
thousand puzzles while solving a
hundred problems. The various
sciences are becoming closer
and closer allied; the connec-
tions between them are becom-
ing more and more intimate.
The New Universe
It is no longer possible to re-
main q mere mathematician; 1t
is necessary to take account Of
the new universe projected by
Einstein. The straight line in
nature, if sufficiently far pro-
duced, may be found to bend.
The celestial wanderer noted
as a possible comet in 1917
turns out in 1890 to be a ninth
planet, far beyond the orbit OF
Neptune, the new planet Pluto.
It is no longer possible to
study the atom beneath the
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

She's had a wretched life. A
naggy home-an unhappy mar
riage that ended in divorce
And now love has come her
way, again, at 80, and she's
afraid to take it.
"How can you INSURE HAP
PINESs?" she writes. what
can you fall back on IL mar
riage turns out wrong? Keep
ing a stiff upper lip and going
on is okey in fairy tales--but
when q girl gives up a good job.
banks everything on a husband
and then he fails her-wen-"
How can you ensure happi-
ness?"
You CAN'T.
And why should you expect
to?
You weren't given life in or
der to find happiness. Happi-
ness isn't the purpose Of life
isn't even necessary to 8
great life. The purpose Of life
is GROWTH. You were meant
to grow-to develop-that is
the natural plan for your life,
for all life. And you certainly
can't grow and yet remain what
you call ''happy."
Meaning Of Happiness
For happiness means content
ment-
And growth implies discon'
tent
Happiness means comfort
Growth implies discomfort -
Happiness means safety
Growth implies risk and dan
ger
Happiness means ecstacy-
Growth implies hardship,
boredom, monotony-
Successful lives aren't happy
lives. Successful lives are
GROWING lives-lives that are
continually reaching out, TAX
ing chances, making sacrifices,
battling with hardships-
"Then why do people desire
happiness so passionately II
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Scent Fare Mistakes


s not to be expected that brandnew thing like Scent
car bus fare for District school children be successfully
augurated without mistakes and confusion but the worst
bunder-that Of turning down cash fares-can be avoided
This law expressly passed to benefit the children Of
people financially well off Any plan that does recog
nSe this bad pan and the Public Utilities Commission must
know that to be true.
Cash fares of cents must be recognized and accepted the
law will fail Of its chief purposes School children have
Identification be able to purchase strips of tickets Iden
cato FORM just easily be provided for those
who offer cash fares
Street railways and buses to have quite burden put
upon them They will lose money, they claim Minimizing
their burdens through inusces school children not the
right just way The c. not the railways is responsible
for this fare plan t..
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Dawn by Hal Coffman.

It is calamity to be born poor-a calamity most of
undergo
Did it to you, however that it may be far
greater calamity to be born rich?
Wealth that comes to you without effort be more di
cult obstacle to advancement than the drest poverty
Most who succeed from poor households Lincoln,
Grant, Edison the elder Rockefeller Henry Fordo mention
but fewwere born in the humbest circumstances. You
might know their today had they inherited millions
And the other hand who have succeeded in spite
of wealth SO be almost unique Only and
then does triumph the handicap of dollars and make
himself valued for what he IS instead of what he HAS
Parents who money lavish their and daugh
ters will find food for thought in this sketch If their children
dsappoin in later life they find the reason here
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Juvenile Court Duties

The Juvenile Court Of the District created to handle
Of minors and there plenty for the that
work. 49,.
Judge Kathryn Sellers finds much Of her time taken up
With separation and feels that they should be handled
by the District Supreme Court.
Reclamation Of incorrgble" children most important
work in any community In large city like Washington
che handling Of these public wards requires immense patience
and much time; in fact all the time court and one
Judge No other duties should interfere with this definite job
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
COrsetS Come Back
Smelling Salts, Too.

From Paris the information interesting than the
naval pary that tan will be untash
onable this year. Women it is announced tired Of looking
like heer They be 1stless pale feminnethe way
grandmohes Purveyors Of facial beaches are pre-
pairing to do big business this
may be so There accounting for fashonnor one
tempted add for But it ill wind that blows
nobody good the early Victorian type is coming in again
somebody will profit by it. The makers of corsets crinone
and smelling salts may be dividends again. They
have gone through lean years. while the ladies specialized
the strenuous outdoor le Maybe it is their turn
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

"legs Of the law" humiliates q
wellknown preacher Of the gos-
pei by refusing him admission
to his own church to preach to
the President. And this is not
all. One more shoots dog and
is suspended for 80 days, while
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
The Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen Rowland

Just ''Cute!"
s'Will you be so kind as to tell,
insyour own inimitable way, an
1lncomprehending and some
what bewildered male, what o
woman means when she uses
she word 'cute,'" writes Albert
--r.
As far back as the Mauve
Decade men were asking that
question.
Il gives q big, husky six-foot
man rather a start to hear him
self called "cute" by a fluffy
five-foot wisp Of femininity. He
knows that she means 1t for
Slattery, but it sounds more
IKE an insult.
''Cute" has been woman's
favorite adjective ever since
Cleopatra caught her first
glimpse Of the Sphinx. and ex-
claimed, How CUTE!"
"Cute" is what a woman
would Rather Be than Presi-
dent. Or even than fright"
She would rather be called q
sscutey" than a beauty.
TO the kind Of girl who still
SCuteS'' things. everything she
admire5 Is "cute;;" from the dim
pie In O mans chin to the
Grand Canyon.
she viii tell you that she saw
The cutest hat in Paris, or that
elae climbed the cutest Alp in
Switzerland. Or that they had
the cutest hippopotamus out at
the Zoo. Or that the stars were
p0sitively CUTE last night.
og she may vary the mo-
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

another shoots a schoolboy and,
If it was possible, I rather ex-
pect he would be presented
with a medal for bravery. And
many other things too numerous
to mention happen every day.
All Of this is producing q
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

volcano Of disgust, which will
emit its destructive lava very
soon, and punish the innocent
as well as the guilty. For
bearance will cease to be a
virtue if this terrible state of
affairs remains unchecked. In
the days of hundreds Of bar
rooms, the roughnecks Of
Petersburg, on the outskirts of
our city, and Fishtown, with its
cosmopolitan groups, we only
had 18 policemen and we had
no such spectacle presented as
we have at present with IS.
Somebody in authority better
get a move on and check this
state of affairs or the citizens
will, and that quickly. Ven
geance still remains in the
power Of the voter and he will
surely repay.
GEORGE H. HAYDEN.
Alexandria, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

Do you know:
1. What is another name for
the Netherlands?
2. What weapon is used for
catching large fish or
whales?
8. What important document
did Lincoln issue In 1858?
4. Who was the Roman COVER
nor Of Jerusalem when
Christ died?
5. What does mercerlzlng do
to cottop?
Fill each blank:
6. Washington came Of
ancestry.
Z. Edgar Allan Poe married
Virginia --
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Would Investigate
Hotel Valuation

Editor, Times:
I note an article in The
Times Of March 4, ''Wife claims
husband has hotel property
valued at 100000, bringing in
come Of $4,000 a month"
This is just 18 per cent re-
turn.
To those Of us who pay taxes
on a property worth $4,000 at
that valuation, the thought oc-
ours: Is that 100000 valuation
also approved by the District
assessors?
If so, it will stand investiga-
tion, and I for one shall help
launch it.
DISTRICT TAXPAYER.