davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Subscribe To-day

II costs only about IL cents
per day and cents Sundays TO
have Washington's best newspa-
per delivered to you r-yularly
every evening and Sunday morn
ing.
Telephone National 5000 and
the delivery viii start tmmedi-
ately. The Route Agent will coll
lect at the end Of each month.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Robbers Chase Victim.

Chased four blocks, Benjamin Tray
ton, 327 T street, was overtaken last
night and robbed of $35 by several coll
ored men, he told police. The chase
street and ended when he was caught
by the men four blocks distant,
Evening star., 1931-06-23
HUTCHINGS TELLS
EDUCATION IDEALS
Young Chicago U. President
Restores Ideas to Place
in Exam System.

Robert Maynard Hutchins was the
youngest college president in the United
States when he was called to head the
age Of so. He sees three related tasks
in education. the cultivation Of inde::
pendence, elimination of the unessential
in the educational scheme. How he has
put his educational beliefs into practice
is told in the following articIe-one o.
World Today"
Evening star., 1931-06-23
AvIATRlx ENDS FLIGHT
Amelia Earhart Lands at Newark
on Transit. s. Autogyro Hop.

NEWARK, N. j., June % ~
Amelia Earhart arrived at Newark
Metropolitan Airport yesterday after
noon in her autogiro. completing .
flight to the West Coast and return.
The aWatrix. the wife Of David Palmer
Putnam, said her fight was huge
success"
Evening star., 1931-06-23
HOOVER ASKS "TALKIE"
EXPERIMENT ASSISTANCE
Boy and Girl From States to Visit
Washington for
Tests.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover mas asked the Gov
ernors of each State to cooperate with
the Once of Education in determining
the value of sound films in public
school instruction.
Walter Newton, one of the Presidents
secretaries. has written to each Gov
ernor asking him to have State super
intendents of schools select a boy or
girl to come to Washington July 6,
when tests will be applied at George
washington University.
film company has agreed to pre-
pare a number of educational films to
be shown to the group. and If the tests
should convince of1cials that the films
have a definite educational value, the
once Of Education will begin the task
of working up subjects and subject
matter for such films.
pTThA eynvaPnraank ~ Goa,fA Artaa
Evening star., 1931-06-23
By ROBERT MAYNARD HUTCHINs

President, University Of CHICAGO.
Copyright, 1891, by the Associated Press)
CHICAGO, June 23.--It is obvious
that the crisis through which we are
now passing is the result Of our own
folly and Incompetence.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

While waiting for buses in different
parts OF Cambridge, England on a re-
cent day, two men dropped dead
Evening star., 1931-06-23

The government Of South Africa
plans to contract for 100000 railroad
ties year.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta. and
founder Of the Key Sunday School
there, returns to find his home town in
a stew because Of remarks attributed to
him. He never made those remarks, he
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
STAREXPLOS|ON
EXPLAINED

DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 10.
Periodic explosions of stars were
described before the American
Astronomical Society at the Per-
kins Observatory of Ohio Wes-
leyan University, as explaining
the behavior OF certain lines in
the spectrum of stars of the type
known as B. E.
DR.. Dean B. Mclaughlin, of the
University of Michigan, pointed
out that these stars, which ex-
plode every few years, were pecu.
liar in that their spectra were
crossed by bright lines instead of
dark lines, as in the spectra of the
sun and most other stars.
The relative intensity of the
two halves of each bright line
changed as they shifted, he added.
sometimes being equal and some
times one being several times
brighter than the other.
Periodic explosion, he suggested,
would explain this behavior.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
All Hands Get Laugh
Except DR.. Nein's
Poor Goldfish
Photo by International

DR.. Julius Klein, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, today
stands amazed at the efficiency
of his own department.
Several years ago, Commits
sioner of Fisheries Henry O'Mal-
ley suggested tagging ocean fish
so that when they were caught
their migrations, growth. ages
and other factors might be
checked. DR.. Klein thought
that was laughable and said so.
But the commerce official has
just returned to Washington
with a joke on himself. While
fishing off the coast of Maine,
he hooked a cod which bore one
of O'Malley's tags, No. 83,418.
Within a few minutes, another
member of the party landed a
cod with No. 83,427, and shortly
a third tagged fish, No. 83,412,
landed on deck,
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
KINDERGARTEN
KNELL RINGS

With the opening of schools
September 81, the last of the
underage kindergartens, which
Washington mothers and edu-
Gators battled to retain, will
suspend.
The Webster Americanization
School kindergarten for children
of pre-school age will be changed
to a nursery for children whose
mothers attend classes at the
school.
The 1882 appropriation pre-
cludes the possibility of retain
ing this kindergarten. Children
must be 5 years of age before
November l to gain admittance
to the kindergartenS.
Mrs. Luck Agnes Powers will
be matron at the Americaniza-
.tion school nursery.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
SCHOOLS READY.
. FOR OPENING
LISTED
Major Robb Corrects "FaISe
Impression" by Crane; Says
As Projects Undertaken

A report on the various school
buildings which will be ready
for occupancy at the opening of
the school terms was sent by Act
ing Engineer Commissioner Major
H. L. Robb today to Jere ].
Crane, school business manager,
as a means of correcting a false
impression" which the manager
had concerning some of the build
ingS.
A statement attributed to Mr..
Crane declared that many of the
buildings would not be ready
when school opens on September
81. The report shows that some
Of the buildings mentioned by
Mr.. Crane will be ready for
occupancy.
Young Not Ready
Major Robb said that the
Charles Young platoon school
will not be ready for occupancy
because the sewer system has not
been completed. The Western
High School athletic field, he
said, will not be ready because
of certain delays incident TO
changes.
New and improved schools
which will be ready for occu-
pancy include Gordon Junior
High School, Stuart Junior High,
Powell Junior High, Congress
Heights School addition, John
Greenleaf Whittier addition, A.
j. Bowen addition, Lafayette
School, Ben w. Murch addition,
Francis Scott Key addition, Wood
ridge School addition and the
Bernard T. Janney School ad-
dition.
Were Hurry Jobs
Major Robb pointed out that
in a number of the foregoing
school improvement jobs addi-
tiOnS had to be erected between
June Fl, when school closed, and
the opening day of the term.
He said that in a few instances
gymnasiumS and similar rooms
would not be completed, but in
each building class rooms will be
ready.
During the past fiscal year, he
said, more construction contracts
we're awarded and more work
was in progress than any year in
the history of the District En-
gineer Department. More than
As separate building projects were
under construction and super
vised by the municipal architects
office from July l to date.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
PORTRAIT
IN DISPUTE

Charges the commission had
copyrighted an "officiap bicen-
tennial poster which Albin Bar
anowiski, Polish painter, claims
was stolen from his original"
copy of the Houdon bust of Wash
ington were denied yesterday by
the District Bicentennial COM
mittee.
Answering the charge, Arnold
Kruckman, director of the COM
mission, declared the local organ
ization merely gave its sanction to
. poster copyrighted by the
''Bicentennial Studios" a CONNER
cial organization headed by Alex
Winecour.
Mr.. Kruckman said that Bar.
anowiski's so-called original" was
never submitted to the commits
sion for approval. The design
sanctioned, he said, was painted
in gold on black velvet back
ground by Albert Nelson Davis, in
.structor in art at George Wash
Sington University, on the order of
the "Bicentennial Studios"
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
COIOred Lake Water
Sold as Anti-Freeze

CHICAGO. Sept. 10 G.N.SD.
Selling carload lake water for
S. a gallon is a profitable busi-
ness-until you are caught. That
is the discovery of nine rack
etters. Six are under arrest and
facing charges of conspiracy to
violate Federal patent regulations.
In a raid on the headquarters
of the ring, Federal agents found
g 600 one-gallon water-filled cans,
which were exact duplicates of a
type distributed by the makers
of a widely known antifreeze
preparation for use in automo-
bilaS,
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
G.W, EXPECTING
BIC CLASSES

If depression comes in the
door, does higher education fly
out the window?
That question constitutes a
problem for DR.. Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, president of George Washing
ton University, who has no way
of determining how the present
economic distress will affect the
enrolment at his institution this
year.
Despite this fact, however, DR..
Marvin is making preparations
for a per cent increase in en-
rollment, he said today.
Last year, he pointed out, the
enrolment increased by II per
cent.
Since enrolment last year, he
said, the university has been
listed as a class A college by
the American Association of Uni
verSities.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Wife TUice Blocks
Suicide bH Husband

Gelbert NJ. Angel, 34-year-old
World War veteran, of 908 New
York Ave. N. w., is undergoing
mental observation at Gallinger
Hospital today following two al
Neged attempts at suicide.
Shortly after noon yesterday
Angels wife discovered him in a
gas-filled room at their home and
called the Rescue Squad. He. was
revived and remained at home.
According to Mrs. Angel, he was
overcome again two hours after
ward when he reopened the gas
jets. Police then arrested him.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
MISSING MAJOR
FOUND, HOLE
IN HEAD
Pistol in Right Hand When
Searching Party Comes
on Body Near County Road

The body of Major Coleman w.
jenkins, Coast Artillery, was found
shortly before noon today in a
clump of bushes off the Washing
ton-Richmond highway, in Arling-
ton county, with .38-caliber pis-
tol in his right hand, a bullet
wound in his head.
Major Jenkins had been miss
ing from his station at the Army
War College since early yesterday
morning.
Had Breakdown
The officer recently underwent
treatment at Walter Reed Hos
pital for a nervous breakdown.
Major jenkins was from Nor
folk, Va. He left > wife and
three children here.
The body was found by detail
from the Army War College and
County Policeman Edward Dun
can. who had been searching since
yesterday, when military and po-
lice authorities throughout Wash
ington and the vicinity began
combing the countryside.
Found Near Road
The men came upon the body
just off the road, between Murray
Avenue and >. Columbia Pike, ap-
prOximately mile and a half
from the District. 1t is under
stood his car was also found
nearby.
Coroner H. B. Swain was asked
to view the body.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Railroad Is Opened
To Boulder Dam Site

BOULDER QTY, New. Sept. 10
U.SO new chapter was added
to the epic. of the Southwest
with the running of the first
passenger train over the new
11-mile railroad line from Boulder
City to the site of the $165, ,0O0,-
900 Boulder Dam project.
Government officials and Rec
lamation Bureau engineers were
among the passengers.
The railroad vas started Febru-
ary II and was completed three
days before schedule. 1t cost
$3.50. 900.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
MISSING Army OFFICER FOUND SHOT DEAD
Mrs. Pitts Held on $780, 900 Bondin Conceang ofAssets
Caesar and Hoover
AnSwer Names
In Court

Famous names are called
almost every day in the District
branch of Police Court. Some
of the names go back to the
most famous ones in history.
Recently Mark Antony and
julius Ceaser appeared in court
to answer charges of drunken
ness.
George Washington is a fire.
quent visitor, while Herbert
Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Ma
poleon Bonaparte and others
often appear in the dock.
Court officials say that for
some strange reason drunks
usually want to appear in
court under another name.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
COIOred Children
Will Use Monroe
Schools BuiLdin0

Although the Board Of Educa-
ton at its first meeting of the
school year yesterday was ac-
cuSed of a "lack of efficiency by
irate citizens. the school body
voted to reaffirm it's former de-
cision transferring the Monroe
School to colored children.
The decision was made in the
face of protests from BIT citizens
of the section who, through their
spokesman, w. j. Kanof, asserted
that the school board was show
ing discrimination against the
Monroe School in favor of the
Park View School.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Bazaar Is Planned
For Carroll Hall

A bazaar, entertainment and
dance will be staged October 2
and 3 at Carroll Hall, Tenth and
G Streets Northwest, under aus
pices of the Curley Club.
Roland ]. Hyland, club presi-
dent, is chairman of the commit
tee, and is assisted by Miss
Gretchen Baden, Miss Stella Nc
Garvey, Miss Monica Gordon, Miss
Dorothy Barrett, Miss Margaret
Freedman, John Donnelly, Joseph
McGarvey and William Boyd.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Champion SOybeGn
Produces 267 Pods

RISING, Ill, Sept. 10 1NS0.
John Dunlap has the champion
soybean of the world, as far as
citizens around here have been
able to determine. A plant raised
by him bears 267 full pods Of
beans. The average stalk is said
to bear from 100 to 1870 pods.
Dunlap, who has been raising
Soybeans for five years. says his
crop this year is far superior to
anything he has ever yet har-
vested.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
TWO EUnngeLists
Sailing for Spdir,

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee Odom,
former students of Washington
Missionary College, Takom a
Park, sail tomorrow from New
York for Spain where they will
engage in evangelistic work.
Mrs. Odom is the daughter of
Elder and Mrs. o. Montgomery,
her father being vice president
Of the General Conference Of
Seventh Day Adventists. Elder
and Mrs. Montgomery have been
on a tour of India and Africa
and will meet Mr.. and Mrs. Odom
in Europe before returning home.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
JUSTICE AGENTS
SEEK OTHER
CACHES
Wife, Confidential Agent and
Chauffeur Of Jailed Realty
Man Arrested at Shore

Mrs. Gladys T. Pitts. wife Of
the former head of the F. H.
Smith Company, who, with Henry
o. Hart, Pitts confidential agent,
and Patrick j. Clancy, Pitts
chauffeur, was arrested in At
Iantic City on charges of con-
cealing assets with intent to de-
fraud the Government, today is
at liberty on $4,000 bond.
The two men also were released
on posting of similar amounts.
Internal Revenue agents, on
the trail of missing assets to
satisfy the Governments claim
of $4,000, 900 in back taxes against
Pitts, arrested the trio and took
over $15O,OOO in securities and
jewelry valued at $5OO,OOO, which
had been placed in a hotel safe.
They also recovered $4,000 of
Investment Building bonds Sat-
urday when Hart attempted to
cash the interest coupons on
them here.
See Other Seizures
Suspecting that valuables in
various forms had been concealed,
Department of Justice agents
have not only made a thorough
search of all likely hiding places
since Pitts was brought to trial
in the $5,0OO,0O0 crash of the
realty firm, but they have had
former associates, friends and
relatives under close observation
in their efforts to locate these
valuables. The present seizure is
regarded as only the forerunner
of others.
Estate Caken Over
Other holdings by Pitts, includ-
ing his Florida estate, have been
taken over to satisfy the back
tax claim against the former
chairman of the board of the
F.. H. Smith Company.
Pitts is in jail awaiting the out
come of his appeal from the IL
year sentence given him follow
ing his conviction here last win
ter.
Hart is under indictment
charged with aiding in the COM
mission of perjury in connection
with the trial of his former chief.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
st. Thomas Moves
For DrH LQlU RepeQL

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands,
Sept. 10 (U.SD. - The colonial
council here has adopted an ordi-
nance repeating a local prohibi-
ton law, in effect since 1918, as
the first step in a move to ask
Washington to abolish prohibi-
ton on the islands.
The ordinance awaits final dis
cussion and sanction by Governor
Pearson, who is reported to op-
pose the move, thinking the Is
lands should not meddIe in an
issue reserved for politics in the
United States!
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Sugar Chief Factor
\ In Cuban Problem

The treaty relations between
the United States and Cuba
should not be used as a "red
herring" despite their obvious
Importance to the general eco
nomic problems of the island re-
public, DR.. Philip G. Wright,
economic expert of the Brook.
ings Institution staff here, warn.
ed yesterday. DR.. Wright de-
clared:
"The real problem relates to
! sugar. Until the sugar indus
try is put on a safe and sound
basis, or until Cuba ceases to
be dependent for her very life
ON the prosperity of that single
industry, reciprocity and COM
plete sovereignty are minor
issues"
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
New Left Turn Goes
Into Effect Tuesday;
FOIlow the Arrow

Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock,
the new left hand turn goes
into effect in Washington.
Major Henry j. Pratt, super
intendent of police, has ordered
all policemen to study the new
turn SO that they may assist in
directing traffic safely and
intelligently.
On Monday night 300 inter
sections will be painted with
arrows indicating where and
how to make the new turn.
The painting will be done by
an automobile association,
which will put IA crews to
work, it was said,
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Atlanta Oil Plant
Burns After Blast

ATLANTA, Sept. 10 G.N.SO.
Damage estimated at $3.50 900
vas inflicted by a fire that razed
the four-story storage plant of
vegetable oil company here
yesterday.
Thousands of gallons OF highly
inflammable oil were sprayed
over the structure, endangering
surrounding buildings end adding
fuel to the flames wten metal
storage tanks in the rear of the
building exploded in rapid sue
ceSSion,
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Washington Women
To FiQht for ReDeQL

When the executive committee
of the Women'S Organization for
National Prohibition Reform
meets in New York next week to
plan the fall and winter cam
paign for the repeal of the dry
law, Miss Bell Gurnee and Mrs.
William Beverley Mason will be
in attendance, representing the
council,
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Philadelphia Bid
On ROQdUGU LOCest

The Union Paving Company of
Philadelphia was low bidder for
the contract to pave the roadway
OF the new Arlington Memorial
Bridge, it was announced this
morning by John L. Nagle, de-
signing engineer for the Airing
ton Memorial Bridge Commission.
The company offered to do the
work for $4,000, using granite
block, or for $4,000, using btu
minous material. Mr.. Nagle said
he had not decided which mate
rial to use, and will postpone
awarding of the contract until
this is decided.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
MAN TRIES TO END LIFE

Two attempts to end his life
by asphyxiation were made by
Gilbert Welsh. "a, Of the 900
block of New York Ave. NV,
yesterday. His wife found him,
on both occasions, in a room in
which he had turned on all gas
outlets. He was removed to Gal
linger Hospital for mental OBJ
serVation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Moratorium Pact
SigH1ed bY Germany

BERLIN, Sept. 10 (US0-The
German government has signed
the protocol of suspension of in
ternational obligations under the
Young plan. The documents
were dispatched to the Bank Of
International Settlements. where
PRONUNCIATION of the moratorium
protocol is expected to be made
within a few days.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
$4,000 Bond Asked
; On StGbbing Charge

Agnes Tull, colored, was held
under $4,000 bond for the action
of the Grand Jury by Judge Gus
A. Schuldt in Police Court to-
cay on a charge of assault with
. deadly weapon.
It is claimed she stabbed Ed
ward Cole, also colored, at 1922
Temperance Alley, on August 80.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Vienna Exhibits
ShdkeSpeQrinn Data

VIENNA, Sept. 10 UNSO "A
unique exhibition proving the
cultivation of English literature
in Austria has recently been
opened in the National Library
in Vienna. It is of old and new
literary and pictorial documents
on Shakespearian plays.
1t contains a series of folio
editions. possessed by the Aus
trian National Library, and a
Chronicle of Nuremberg, older
than Shakespeare's Midsummer
Nights Dream" describing SINH.
lar characters.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
NEW LIEUTENANT

A commission as second lieu
tenant in the QuartermaSter Re
serve Corps Of the Army has been
ISSUED to Richard Arnold Burr,
1434 Parkwood Pl. N. W., it was
announced today.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
CLUB PLANS OUTING

Members of the Derby Club will
enjoy an outing and dinner at
Hoods Cottage, Ednor, Md,
Saturday afternoon and evening.
The committee on arrangements
includes Edward w. Howard, Will
liam T. Washington, C. A. Cor
nish, A. l.. Taylor, L. C. johnson,
and Kermit Ross.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
Reports
Come UD Tomorrow

Several important reports are
to be considered by the board of
governors Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association at the
first fall meeting to be held at
2::30 p. m. tomorrow, according
to President Mark LanSburgh.
The Washington times., 1931-09-10
CURLEY CLUB TO DANCE

The Curley Club will sponsor a
card party and dance September
10 at the Continental Hotel. Pro-
ceeds will be applied to Arch
bishop Curley's scholarship fund.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-24
/ ]Rl(l[llB5Y
FOWL POX QUITE
SERIOUS DISEASE
Carried by Common Variety
of Garden Mosquitoes.

Fowl pOx in chickens Is not
chicken poX, according to Prof. Rob
ert Matheson of the New York
State College of Agriculture, who
explains that this troublesome poul-
try disease is carried by mosqui-
toes. Fowl pOX appears as warty
nodules or LESSONS on the comb,
wattles, and skin of the heads of
fowls, he says, and causes decid-
ed lessening of egg laying. In more
serious cases, it kills.
Speaking from the Cornell univer-
Sity radio station, Professor Mathe-
son states that while the specific
cause of the disease is unknown.
Investigations at the Rockefeller in
stitute of medical research and at
Cornell show that the disease is
carried by mosquitoes. Whether it
may be contracted in any other way
has not yet been determined. Other
blOOd-Sucking insects besides marsh
mosquitoes and the common garden
variety of early spring mosquitoes,
that hatch in April and live all sum-
Hler, may carry the disease IrOn III
fected poultry to the healthy ones.
Apparently a mosquito which has
become infected will continue to be
a spreader of the disease through
out her natural life. The male
mosquito is of course, harmless,
Due to the heavy losses that re-
suit from fowl pox, a reasonable
precaution is to use up-to-date
methods to prevent mosquitoes
from breeding in the vicinity
of poultry plants. Immunization
against epidemics of the disease
can be assured by vaccination, but
this is expensive for the CONNER
cial poultryman, considering the
present price of eggs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-24
BraziPs Experiment in
Solving Race Problem

Brazil today is one vast ethnOlOg-
ical experiment. In spots the expert
ment has become a perfected demon
stratiOn. Most of us would call it a
mOngrelizing process. By the philos-
Ophy of the Brazilian, it is an ANAL
gam evolved out of the needs and
the conditions of the land. He looks
on miscegenation not as a social error
but as a social necessity.
For proof that he has come nearer
than any to solving the color prob
lem which so veXes US, he points to
the incontrovertible facts that mulat-
to statesmen have helped to shape
his national destinies; that half
breed Indians have made capable
generals and admrals for his army
and his navy; and finally, that out
of this welter and fluX of blOOds, a
brilliant and luxurious literature has
arisen, and a school Of true national
humOr begins to emerge and a har-
mOny and tolerance as between the
various elements-call it a hOmogene-