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The Washington times., 1931-05-15
D,C.COLLEGES
BUSY OVER.
WEEKEND

One of the heaviest week-ends
of the spring sports season faces
local colleges today and tomor'
row.
The v. M. I. baseballers tackle
Maryland at College Park, Nd.
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Lafayette and Georgetown mix
in tennis match on the Colum-
bia Country courts at 3:15 o'clock
and the Columbia courts will also
be the scene of the Maryland
Richmond U. tennis matches.
Georgetown clashes with the
All-Marines in a baseball game at
Quantico, Va, and the Hilltop
golfers oppose Holy Cross at
Princeton, N. j.
Tomorrow is loaded with &C
tivities of all sorts. Maryland
and Hopkins have dual field
and track meet in the Byrd
Stadium at 1880 O'Clock while
the Maryland Freshmen Op-
pose the Navy Plebes at An
napOliS.
Maryland also has a lacrosse
engagement with Rutgers in the
Byrd Stadium, the contest start
ing at $3.50 o'clock, The Old
Line tennis team entertains Vir-
ginia Poly at the Columbia Coun-
try Club. C. U. closes it's track
season against Delaware U. in the
c. U. stadium.
Georgetown plays the Quantico
Marines in a second game at
Quantico, Va. while its golf team
meets Harvard in the morning
and Dartmouth in the afternoon
at Princeton, N. j. The George
town tennis team faces Carnegie
Tech on the Columbia Country
Club courts in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1931-05-15

Besides the struggle for
team supremacy, there is the
added side-dish of a personal
scuffle for the individual high
point scoring honOrs.,
The Washington times., 1931-05-15

AL Reichman, Bob st. John,
George Shorb and 'tOx" AchStet-
ter appear as. di5putantS in the
SSO-yards and the mile.
The Washington times., 1931-05-15

{ the field away to Q
Beelzebub Off in 'front.'
Cawvoge and. racing
drew away from the
! Cawvoge raced as .
Snce. where Sydney
uge. At the twelfth
Within q length Of
ras third. auothag
BelIhouse sent the
O good burst Of
sebub. He stum~
pund he lost cosA
was driving and
desperate effort
head. Sydney
NPMa fa0O+bS f0ss
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- G:02H.
.E0fn the same
-.ou Hive.eIghths in l:07. My
.. Cne first to work. reeled off the
quarter in :2SN and the half in :61. while
Brown Wisdom stepped the quarter in :241s
ana the half In so
Michigan Boy, the 1890 Louisiana Derby
winner. went a handy six furlongs Ia 1:l6.
in :35h, the half in 30 and the five"
eighths in l:o1A.
The Washington times., 1931-05-15
KEEN BATTLE
LOOMSFOR
TITLE:
BY GINO SINH

The annual Central "C' Club
meet, Washington's gala track
and field event, which opens at
the Central stadium tomorrow at
1880 p. m, is attracting wide in
terest.
The prospects of seeing one CT
the bitterest fought track battles
of the year intrigues the fans.
Eastern, winner of the Maryland
and c. U meets. is anxious to
add the coveted Mt. Pleasant
plum to it's collection. Wood
berry Forest, defending cham
pion. is equally as anxious to
retain its laureiS.
Both schools have formidable
squads, with Woodberry some
thing of an unknown quantity,
but certain of a versatile repre-
sentation.
Dark Horses" are not wanting
and any one of three or four
schools may spill beans all over
the premises.
Besides the struggle for
team supremacy, there is the
added side-dish of a personal
scuffle for the individual high
point scoring hOnOrs.,
Dick Heekin, Georgetown Prep
all-around marvel, Bob Slye, GroV:.
er Everett and Dave Sprinkle, OF
Eastern, Carey, of Swavely, and
Vincent Stevens, the Hyattsville
tree Ieaper, figure prominently
in the man to man conflict, while
Bill Myers, Wallace Sanford and
Jimmy Gwinn, of the Forest, are
certain to capture many markers.
Each event will be hotly con
tested if past performances mean
anything. While the Lincoln
Park followers are inclined to re,
gard Slye and Everett as the
cream of the hurdling talent,
these two young flashes trailed
Carey of Episcopal in the 22O
hurdles at Maryland, while Bou,
cher, of Central, scored points
both at Maryland and C. U. in
the run and leap tests, and the
Woodberrians have Bill Myers.
Heekin, who has been bossing
the century" will have to con
tend with Gwinn, of Woodberry
besides Naylor of Central, who
may make a special try, seeing
that the event is in his own
home ground.
AL Reichman, Bob st. John,
George SIaorb and stOx" Achstet-
ter appear as. di5putants in the
SSO-yards and the mile.
Central has Gibbons and Koc
sis in the shot put and there is
Carey, of Swavely. Here the
Woodberrians look to Sanford, He
can pitch the iron pellet for good
ly yardage.
Slye, Everett, Heekin, Sprinkle
and Beers, of Western, will be
facing stiff opposition from
Orange. Va, citizens in the jump
ing department.
Stevens, of Hyattsville, will vie
with Sprinkle for pole vaulting
honors, with Hutchinson, of East
ern sure to pick up a couple of
points. The discus will find San
ford staving off the assaults of
Heekin. Swaveley's Carey, and
Gibbons.
In the meantime John Mar.
shall, of Richmond. will have it's
youngsters scoring important
points, and lending it's weight
as a contender for team honors.
The Washington times., 1931-05-15

oarsmen are not due to arrive at
Baker Field until tomorrow
morning. They will oppose the
Columbia four-oared boat.
The Washington times., 1931-05-15
Home-Run Hitters
Yesterdays HomerS

Yesterdays Homers
Gehrig, New York Americans. 2
Simmons Philadelphia Americans :. !
Burnett, Cleveland .................
The Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Gehrig, N. Y.., 6IWebb, Boston -.
Simmons, Phila.. 6lBluege, Wash 80. 4
Stone, Detroit. 5lCronin, wash.
Ruth, N. Y... 4IAverilI, Cleve.....
Larry, N Y.. 4ICcchrane, Phila.,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Hornsby. Chi -. 6ICritz, n. Y.....
Klein, Phila. -. 5lVergez, N. Y....
Arlett, Phila -. 5lOtt N. Y........
Herman, Bkln =. 4IHartnett, Chi.
Wright, Bkln -. Al
League Totals
National League 81. ............... "a
American League ................ g.
-
Total 1856
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The Gen and beat him o lei .nIrd.
The Others cut no figure in e. cunning.
Nursery Rhymes, the old platter that races
for I. B. Bradfield. was an easy winner Of
the mile and seventy yards contest that
was framed for the cheapest lot on the
course. This was the first division Of the
cheap race which proved so popular with
trainers that it was run in two divisions.
the second being the sixth race. IA
VETERANS BEAT YOUNGER RIVALS
In this running the Rosedale Stables
seven-year-old Juggler raced to the place,
with Val Cranes nine-year-old George de
Mar taking third from r. s. Harris Sun Per-
sian, q six.year-old. The veterans proved
better than some younger ones that were
saddled.
Nursery Rhymes was lucky at the break
When Re1nillard had him showing the way
on the first turn he was able to lead all the
way and win by q margin Of five lengths
Juggler was Just as consistently second, but
in the closing stages the old fellow was
weakening badly ana just lasted to save the
place from the fast.finishing George de Mar.
tCOST1NUED os GAeS gIETEEa1 y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
Burdened Britain

Great Britain's government budget for the nexr fiscal year is S4.3l6. 100000. This $ about S400. 100000 more than the United States budget. It represents a burden whose immensity we Americans with all our com plaints about heavy taxation, can hardly grasp Let it be remembered that the national wealth and income of Great Britain are only about one-third of ours that this burden has to be borne by a population only a little more than one-third the size of ours. that that population is impoverished by business depression far worse and longer in duration than ours that unemployment is far greater problem there than 1t is here.
 One evidence of hardship that Americans can appreciate is the fact that, in seeking new sources of income. the British chancellor has raised the gasoline tax to l2 cents an imperial gallon. which would be about 10 cents for our gallon. And with all this, the chancellor announces, with pardonabe pride, that in the year now ending the national debt has been reduced more than S200,000;0O0. When you consider the actual economic and political situation in Great Britain. you wonder if the country isn't lust about done, and ready to sink to the level of seeond-class power. When yor consider the spirit of her states men and people. you're not so sure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
Give Us A Judge?

Waterbury finds itself in quite a predica- ment in regard to the court of common pleas for this district. Judge HarryJa Beardsley's term expired Sunday. May }. and until suc- cessor is named or Judge Beardsley reappoint- a upon Deputy Judge Miles F. SMcNiff falls the task of carrying on the business of the court. When it lis known that in the Water bury district more cases are heard than in Fairfield county where three judges preside. it is easy to see what a state of affairs exists here It must be laid at the door of the Gen. efal Assembly.
 It is two months since Governor Cross ssbmitted the names of the five common pleas court judges to the Legislature. Three repub- lieans and two democrats were named by the governor In this city Judge Beardsley was replaced by Attorney Edward J. Finn. To date there has been no report on these judge ships by the judiciary committee. although the law specifically states that the commit tee must report back within six days of the date of reference. There is the possibility now that even should the committee report on the appointments they might be found un- Constitutional if approved.
 We fail to see where the republican party has gained much by purposely postponing action upon these judgeships. It is not for the legislative body of the state to decide the eonstitutionality of a law, That remains for sthe judicial branch. And it has in no way bsen established yet that the constitution s1ity of judicial appointments by the gov ernor is questionable. In fact the contrary has been stated, The only ones who ques- ton the constitutionality seem to be certain republican legislators. There never was any question of constitutionality in 1917 when prominent New Haven republicans succeeded ia changing the law so that their city court j6dses could be nominated by the governor. It seems senseless to argue. this point over and over. Why hasn't something been done eo prove the law valid or invalid! The only sspluticn that most of us can find is that democratic governor just simply shouldn't be allowed too much appointive power. It will be taken away now and returned if ever tl.ere is republican governor again. How d4er, just see the situation such an attitude ctsates in Waterbury. If the April session of the common pleas court lasts much longer it may be necessary to secure assistance for .1udae McNif. gwhat with crowded calendars Icing the rule and not the exception. The date certzinlyswill have cause atcsremember srhe .l931 Legislature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What ~
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETT

would prevent economic depression oi restore prosperity and now no democratic publicity sheet Is conn plete unless it asks whether Watson was loney then or Tilson is iooney now. ~ 35s
 Anyway, Chairman Fess recently came upon a story in a San Fran cisco newspaper which said Chair man Shouse had said the republi- cans had bought 10 million copies of magazine which contained ar article attacking John J. Raskob, the other democratic chairman, in an attempt to use Chairman Ras- kob's religion against the democrats Chairman Tess said that was a .'de- liberate lie" Chairman Shouse said he had been nisquoted in the news paper. g4 A'ef,
 quotes Fess From Record
 Then Shouse quoted from the Congressional Record that, famous admission of Chairman Fess, who. In explaining why he had misled the newspaperyboys after a conversation With President. Coolidge about the latter's candidacy for renominatio
 Then I added what was not true. but Iywanted to get it across. T 6nd the president seems to be. greatly displeased with what IT have said.' 2 ! The Fess-S -Sheuse Issue in. ,sthis case seems confused and to be over- shadowed. in its importance only by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
Saving The Public Tooth

The kings taster'' of the Middle Ages who sampled his monareh's food in advance to make sure that it was fit for the royal palate has machine descendant in Washington. D. C. It is device used by the Federal Food and Drug Administration to test the tender ness of canned vegetables and fruit This mechanical tooth" measures the force neces- sary to crush pea or puncture fruit, and enables officials to compare the resistance with that of standard sample. The automatic judgment of the instrument is said to coincide with that of expert graders.
 The inventors Victor B. Bonney, Paul A. Clifford and Henry A. Lepper. designed the machine so that it would apply the pressure in identically the same way to all samples of given product. The operator pours mercury into flask at the top of vertical plunger' thus increasing the weight until the plunge1 crushes or punctures the sample beneath. A gage records the movement of the plunger and sounds buzzer when the sample has been properly tested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
High Rock State Forest

s Announcement of the creation of new state forest in the Naugatuek valley is well come. It is all the more so when we learn dat High Rock is at last to be included in the dhte park and forest system of Connecticut. We have long contended that there was no spot more suitable for development as park or forest as this spot below Naugatuek. To hundreds of Waterburians of generation now cpntent to watch the hurrying throngs rush madly by the news will be specially welcome. for it brings them the memories of glorious days of the, last century when High Rock Sfove and glen were focal points for all Waterbury.
 Some 1000 acres is included in the tract dseded to the state by the Whittemore family of Naugatuck. The task of acquiring the hnd at High Rock was begun by the late Harris Whittemore shortly after the World War. As member of the state park and forest commission for years Mir Whittemore s Save of the best of his ability He was freuuent donor of forest and park land. His family have. continued the work with fine display of spirit and loyalty to the memory of Harris Whittemore. Sr. Of course. to Water tury and the Naugatuck valley High Rock Will never be known by any other name, but , t is safe to say that the name of Whttemcre will also be closely allied heneeforth
 State Forester Austin F. Hawes has an- ncunced that certain sections. of the tract will be developed immediately for recreational pur- poses. Of course the park will probably never include bathing beach. as it did SO many years ago when the New Haven road ! owned and operated High Rock Grove. At that time the.sspot also boasted one of the ' finest roller-skating rinks in New England. Savin Rock really spelled the doom of High Rock. Nowadays it is the resort of hikers, nature lovers and the like. However, for sheer natural beauty 1t is hard to surpass the ravine through which Spruce Brook has hewn z path. On clear days it is said that Long Island Sound may be seen from High Rock. although the writer tried on several occasions to geln nglimpse of .he Sound with field glasses and fsf,Ad. However. that shouldn't dis courage somebody with better eyes.
 Y It would be fine if the state park and for est commission could open route to the new forest from Naugatuck on the west side of the Naugstuck river. The only means of access now is from Beacon Falls on the south. You must cross the Naugatuck river at this town via the covered bridge and then wind back along the railroad tracks and river some two or three miles before you reach the hermit 7 cabin at the foot of the glen. It is a round about route from Naugatuck. bur the only one availablessfor motorists. However lets not make too much work for the commission. It is enough to know that High Rock is en- s|tled to a place in this busy world once more.
 .ss as hops if VIII cnee again attain the fame
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

kill their game and sell; the skins
 The; brother came out. But thcr. were tales of u diamond country, and his brother grew restless and
 went out in search of riches. Up in
 the diamond, country something hap pened between the brother and q German who had come in. also on the hunt for treasure. The brother
 was shot through the back-and killed. The Tiger Man's' greatest
 hunt is for the man who did the shooting. He's still in there some
 where. Tiger Man has tracked him
 here and there. Now he,s getting close. When they meet Tiger Man will shoot-agd revenge hts Sbrother Its, something ike the old west
 someone gets a temporary dep- | lntizatio1 as police officer. He meets the man he is looking for. The
 man is killed and the report reads, "The prisoner resisted arrest, and tried to escape. That's aH.'' The story ended abruptly. The sounds sof children, playing in the lpark mingled with the sounds of passing traffic. .1.s. EfS
 "Yes. wouldn't De surprised if I tsot there just siii time for the last GILBERT SWAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
NEA Service Writer.


 Washington.--The two factions of the politicians union have been de- bating as to which party has the biggest liars and the game is to con- vict the. other fellow cut of his own mouth.
 Politicians rely so importantly on their mouths ana use them so fre- quently that it is not very difficult to pin something on any of them when one employees such obviously unfair tactics as trying to hang them for things they have said. In fact, on that basis everybody has something on everybody else, which presumably is the reason that the recent at tempts to make national issue out of alleged political falsehoods seem so bizarre. s Keeping, score on this game is no cinch, but it appears that the demor crats first developed the technique of using a politicians words against him.
 During the 1928 .campagin they discovered that several of the most important republican leaders had at some time or other in tho past said very harsh things about MT Hoo yer, who had become the party can-' didate. Including Charlie Curtis, Hoover,s running mates So day after day their publicity staff quoted em- inent republicans in an attempt to show that MT Hoover was utterly unfitted for the White House.
 slams Didn't Hut Hoover
 It must be admitted that all those blows below the belt-which the republicans naturally had trou- ble in countering-did not exactly swing the country to the democrat ic ticket. The fact that in 10 or 12 years MT Hoover had been slammed by all the big politicians, republican and democratic appeared only to increase the size of his majority. And that, leads to the disquieting | thought that the voters are not wor- rying very much about whether | Chairman Tess is going to prove Chairman Shouse a. liar, whether Chairman Shouse Is going to prove Chairman Fess a liar or, whether again, both Chairman Fess and | Chairman 'Shouse are going to prove each other liars.
 l The democratic propaganda b,i- reau had, been recalling <. day after 1 day that Mir Hoover and his party had promised national prosperity thereby qualifying Charlie Michel. | son. democratic cnleI propaSanuiSt as the worlds meanest man;
 That Tariff Dispute
 And in speech after speech and mimeographed release after mimeo, graphed release. the democrats have been requoting the ringing words oi Senator Jim Watson of Indiana, re- publican floor k ie.y who assured the country as 4hei Hawley- -Smoo, tariff bill passed nearly. a year ags that within 30 days. as q result, tht country would be on the upgrade financially economically and com mercbially and that within a yeai the peak of prosperity would have been regained.
 Lately, Republican Floor Leader John o. Tflson of the house as serted that no sensible person had ever claimed higher tariff dutiel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
PEERLESS POTATOES
tHartford Times)

Farmers in' Aroostook county.
 Maine. are planning this year to raise | the biggest and finest crop of po- tatoes they have ever taken out of Ithe soil. Working hand in glove the Ipotato exchange of that region and the Bangor 6 Aroostook railroad have mapped out ther policies. the one as .o production. weather per
 hitting. and the other as to ship X Let 1t be- remembered that Aroos- took county is not just another county. It comprises an area as large as the whole of Connecticut and Rhode Island added together. The lpotato dominates its prosperity much as tobacco does that of the l lConnecticut valley. But unlike the tobacco growers in this region the Aroostook potato planters cooperate closely for. their marketing activities | in which the railroad accommodates them to the fullest extent.s
 Distribution is arranged for almost lyear-round continuity, thus avoiding gluts and peaks in the market. Last year 48.000 carloads of this popular
 foodstuff were shipped \ out of the county and many no. doubt were un- loaded in Connecticut. One might Al-
 most sernionize a bit on the fact that there should lie within easy reach l of. the densely populated and high- | Iy urbanized region of New England such q mammoth potato field. Its lpr0ductivehess may be seen In the fact that, whereas Aroostook county comprises one acre out of every 26 1 planted to potatoes ip the United States, ittprQducehS fully One-tenth of l4he total f'spud' yief& Of the coun. try{ Plenty of fine, meNly potatoes in Iif Q !. and until he 2 crop comes ko thA kitcl1en, VIII be q great aid iz
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05

New YYork.--Julian Duguid, the young Irish writer, adyenturer, ex- plorer, told me this strange tales " He was on his way basck to the Jungles of South America. His friend. s"Tiger Man. fascinating character of Duguid's current best selier. "Green, He'll" had. cablcd him to- return for another expedition to the Bolivian and Paragpayan wilds. Some movie people and scientific men were down there, it seemed; and "Tiger Man" was busy at his task of guiding. them into a country where he is. something of a white god...
 | It was one of those ."drop-in' teas {. mid-afternoon and outside green and. white clusters from the trees and bushes of Gramercy park. The parkway paths were cluttered I with romping children, ,awith nurse- maids and with governesses.
 l It would have ensimpossiblest to get further from the jungle. Yet q quiet voiced, socially-t -timid young man sat on n window ledge, tapping q pipe against the palm of his hand.
 T think that this time Tiger Man will kill his enemy" the voice was saying. ."He Is closing sins sshal Il probably be there for the finish of the story. 4 This time--yess not so ] far away--there will be violent death somewhere in the neigh borhoodaof Matagrasso." E There was no effort at melo- drama, lust calm recitation of some inevitability. The words pos- sessed that particular quality of un- reality attached to strange tales told against a metropolitan background. l You See. Tiger Man is going to have his revenge sooner or later.
 Yes, on our little adventure out in the jungles, I got to know this strange fellow very well. .t's.. k His name is Allesandro Siemel. He is a Russian. He ran. away from home when a boy, and made his way to America. He didn't even have . passport. That's something. I've got to find out about him when we meet soon--how he ever slipped in with
 out passport! He landed in New York and for years did every sort of work. from shoe shining to selling papers. <. ,.t l aTIe drifted out to South America and became a mechanic in Ruenos Aires. How did he happen to go l into the wtlds? We'll, he found him. self in love with the wife of his best l friend. The situation was critical.
 for she was falling in love with him. There was nothing to do. but go away and forget. He took quite a l library of books with him-ynost Of them philosophical writings. He wanted to grow mellow and phfloso-
 phicai about things. To o-day he is q I jungle philosopher.
 "The natives gave him the name of Tiger Man because of his
 prowesss In running down and sho0t- ling the jungle beats. They came tQ
 haye ya tremendous respect for hiiIa I--zthey sstill have. He can get ip ,lwliere no oSothe V ht te man mig &ht: E6,, and lie win 1es certaihH 0f help. 2 %s's s. sss s ss9ss ;s's s' s ' sEst sss's %