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The Washington times., 1931-12-16
LOW BIDS TRIP
LEM TEAM

NEW YORK, Dec. Is q.N.SO.
For the second time since their
contract bridge match against
Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby
got under way, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ely Culbertson stood on the sunny
side of the ledger today.
AS a result of eight rubbers OF
more or less uninspiring play last
night, the Culbertsons we're 40
points ahead of their opponents.
They cited this lead as proof OF
the superiority of their approach.
forcing" system over the 1913
method originated and played by
Lenz.
However, the bridge experts
who tip-toed in and out Of the
playing room during the six hours
of play could find little to extol
in the performance of either
team. Partial scores abounded.
Both pairs suffered from an
acute attack of under-bidding.
Four slams were made but not
bid. indicating that for one
evening at least an epidemic OF
INSTRUMENTATION swept over the
PLAYERS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
NEW DEBT PLAN
HITS SNAG
HI"

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 16
IIN.S). A delicate point arose
today to confound the plans of
the Young Plan advisory com.
mittee to recommend an addi,
tional reparations moratorium for
Germany.
AS reported by International
News Service on Saturday. the
committee has virtually decided to
sidestep, for the time being, the
task of determining Germany's
capacity to pay.
The various delegates planned
instead merely to recommend an
other breathing space for Ger
many.
They discovered today, however,
that they might not have the
legal power to make such a
Recommendation, as Germany has
not requested an additional rep
arations moratorium.
BERLIN, Dec. Is GN.SO.-The
political parties of Germany were
lining up today in a concerted
demand for alienation of the
burden of repara tions. The
Catholic Centrist party, Of which
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening is
the leader, last night declared for
drastic revision of the present
reparationS schedule.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
PLANNING
BIGGER ARMY

MOSCOW. Dec. 16 G.N.S)-En-
couraged by it's economic sue
cesses for 1881 under the five
year plan, the Soviet government
today made public a comprehen.
sive program for 1882, which in
cludes strengthening of the ma.
tional defenses and of the Red
army.
The program, to be presented
to the central executive commit
tee tonight, includes the following
main features:
/. Improvement. of the collective
farm system and final elimination
of the kulaks, or rich peasants.
2. Raising Of the general stand
ard of living.
3. Increasing the output Of elec-
tricity from IL billion kilowatts
to twenty-five.
4. Raising the number of per-
sons engaged in industrial pro-
duction to 16,0O0,000.
S. Drawing women into industry
until 1877 per cent of the workers
are women, thus relieving the
labor shortage throughout the
Soviet republic.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
CLUB s OPENING
STARSDE
MRS. BLAIR

Washington debutantes took a
leading part in a tango contest
which marked the formal open
ing of the Club Montmartre last
night.
Miss Margaret Pilson and Minot
Mulligan were awarded a silver
loving cup as winners of the popu-
lar South American dance.
Members of the Latin-American
diplomatic corps participated in
the contest in the beginning but
later withdrew, feeling that it
would not be sportsmanlike to con-
tinue in the finals.
Among the runners-up were
Misses Lalla Lynn. Virginia Vel
lott, Marian Jardine. Dorothea
Lane, Elizabeth Dunlop, Dorothy
Fowler and Betty Marshall Grif-
fin, all of Washington's younger
set in society.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Victim of Poison,
ROu. II, Recovering

BALTIMORE, Dec. 16.-James
Deitzel, 14-year-old schoolboy who
took poison yesterday allegedly
because he thought he was not
wanted at home, is improving at
the South Baltimore General Hos
pital.
The boys parents are separated
and he has been living with his
grandmother, Mrs. James Crea'
mer, for a week. The father
told police the youth dislikes
school and has been trying to
get a permit to go to work.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
international Photo

woman, looks forward to making
her comeback in the films.
Business Now, She Says
There will be no honeymoon
for awhile with Rex Bell, screen
cowboy, who has been her guard
ian angel for the last seven
months on his ranch here and
whom she quietly married in Las
Vegas a fortnight ago. Clara
says:
Its business first from now
on"
About a year ago trouble and
sickness and hard luck descended
upon the red-headed tornboy
beauty.
Her contract was Cancelled by
mutual consent. She was too
sick to work.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON
Worlds Greatest Woman Bridge Player
Copyright. 1881. by international
News SerVice)

NEW YORK, Dec. Is
(I.N.S.) ).-Perhaps there is
more in luck than l have ever
believed.
Certainly, in the first few
days of the match being
played by Ely and me as rep
resentatives of the approach
forcing of contract bidding
against Sidney S. LEM and
Oswald Jacoby as representa-
tives of the official system, I
have been overwhelmed with
messages from believers in the
system and personal friends,
suggesting ways Of stemming
the flood of adverse aces and
kings and favorable distribu-
ton.
One of these pointed out my,
psychological faux pas Of dress
ing Ill q I1cuGId1 CO1O4 4AAC SAoJS
while others have only expressed
their fervent hope that the
Goddess of Luck would smile
rather than frown.
Old Gamblers Advice
There was one person, signing
himself can Old!Time Gambler"
who gave Ely hints as to how to
cut the cards to assure the choice
of the cards and seats. These
kindly and well-meant suggestions
may have borne subconscious
fruit. .... ....- e..
In any event, the first rubber Of
last evening saw us in the lead
for the second time.
I prefer, however. to believe this
result was brought about not by
any change in luck, for I have
been reasonably satisfied with our
(Continued on Page Is, Col. p
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
By MARIAN RHEA

SERRCHIIGHT, New. Dec. 16
GNSJ.-A new, brighter, re.
juvenated and slender Clara Bow,
once the playgirl of Hollywood,
today began travelling the long,
hard road back to fame and
fortune, and a million or more
friends wished her well.
Tom Flint, grizzled old proSpec.
tor and rancher in the sagebrush
country of Nevada, says he knows
she'll make it.
. Play Days Past
That's how Clara Bow is viewed
in the primitive sand-blown settle
ment of Searchlight, New. She
says:
"I'm all through my play
days. I'm settling down to real
hard work with a new slant on
life.
'The weeks and months 1
have spent in the outdoors seem
to have made me all over, and
I feel like a million dollars"
At the age of 25, Miss Bow
transformed by the outdoor life
from a carefree flamboyant gir.
into a serious-minded young
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Inquiry Into White SlaOe
Traffic Begun By u. s.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Reports
of widespread evil practices, in
volving false advertising, dance
halls and employment agencies in
an extensive white slave" traffic
between the Atlantic Seaboard,
Havana, South and Central
America and Bermuda, were under
Federal investigation here today.
United States Attorney George
z. Medalie, upon receipt of orders
from Washington, assigned an
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Not Hospital,
His Fate in Crash

Escaping uninjured from a 30
foot crash down an embankment
over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad near Silver Spring early
today, William Henry Burke, 913
M St. N. W., is held at the
Silver Spring police station on
a charge of driving while drunk.
Burke crashed through a
bridge railing on the Grace
Church Road between Woodslde
and Monkey Hollow. He was ar
rested by County Policeman
Robert Howes.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Derby Club Plans
Annual Dance FridQu

The annual winter dance of
the Derby Club will be held Fri
day night in the Masonic Temple
according to announcement made
today.
Those in charge of arrange
ments are Edward W. Howard.
DR.. Harry Honesty, Charles A.
Cornish, William T. Washington.
and A. L. Taylor.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
December rs Legal
DC. HOLIDAY Planned

When the Senate District Com
mittee holds it's first meeting
Friday the first business on the
program will be consideration Of
the bill of Senator Henry F. Ash
urst CD of Arizona, which would
make December 26 legal holiday
in Washington.
The bill is expected to be re-
ported favorably and passed be-
fore Congress adjourns for the
Christmas holidays on next Tues
day.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
School Traffic Aides
Dined by A. A. A.

Thirteen school boy patrol Of
ficers and Major Pelham D. Glass
ford, Superintendent Of Police,
were guests today at a luncheon
at the Raleigh Hotel rendered by
officials of the American Automo-
bile Association.
During the luncheon several
speakers lauded the work being
done by the school boy patrol in
protecting children from acct-
dents at intersections.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
S225, 900 for Stadium
Urqed by Citizens

A petition asking Congress to ap-
propriate 1926, 900 for completion of
the stadium at the new Roosevelt
Junior High School was signed last
night at a joint meeting Of the
PetWorth Citizens Association and
the Business High School Parent
Teacher Association.
R. A. Williams, president of the
parent-teacher organization, said
he and other members of his asso-
citation had persuaded Budget Blu,
reau officials to provide $4,000
in the 1888 estimates for the sta.
di1m
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
MRS. z; WRIGHT

assistant. Harry Sullivan, to su-
pervise the activities of 80 special
agents who have been detailed to
ferreting out the ring. Boston.
Philadelphia and other seaboard
cities are also investigation cen.
ters.
1t was charged by one COM
plainant that 800 girls were hired
each month for resorts in the
tropical countries during the win
ter.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Texas C.. of C.. Head
Talks to Road Board

William H. Furlong, highways
secretary of the San Antonio,
Tex, Chamber of Commerce, was
the speaker at a luncheon at the
Cosmos Club yesterday given by
the Highway Education Board.
Motion pictures showing the con-
struction of the Pan-American
Highway, from Laredo to Mexico
City, were shown.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
arlington Manager
COMDLeteS SUrDeu

Roy S. Braden,, Arlington's first
county manager, who will take
office January l, completed his
two-day survey of local conditions
yesterday afternoon and left for
Hopewell. where he has been
serving as city manager.
He will return to the county
Monday. December %, to remain
permanently. -i-
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
ACTRESS BARES
ROMANCE WITH
JAP ACTOR
Ruth Noble Begins Story of
Her Strange Love Life
With Japanese Star

Follo1Ding is the first install.
ment OF the story of the amazing
romance betUeen Ruth Noble,
louely blonde, Dhite actress, and
SeSSue HGy1kGDG, the japanese
former film star, as told for The
Washington Times to InternG-
tiondl NeDS SerDice By Miss Noble
herself.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
Clara Bo1O Ready to Start
Road Back to Fame

Clara Bo,U, of the flaming hair
and perSonitied "It," has come
back. After months of illness,
she is ready to start on a rlelD
nIoUie career. Miss Marian RheG,
the first reporter to reach the
BoD ranch in the desert after
ClGrG'S marriage aOith Rer Bell,
has written a series of SeDer1l
articles exclusively for The Wash
4ngton Times and International
NetOS Service, of which this is the
first.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
BY RUTH NOBLE
Copyright. 1881. by lnterna tional
News SeryiceO

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16
(I.N.S. ).-I love Sessue Haya-
kawa with all my heart and
soul, and nothing ever can
change that beautiful affec-
tion.
People say that east is
East and West is West, and
never the twain shall meet, "
but they're wrong; oh, so
wrong.
In the case of Sessue and my
self, I know that he loved me
with the same soaring, binding
devotion that I bore for him.
More Precious Than Gold
And why should we not have
been bound by all the ties that
bind?
I have given him everything
my youth, my beauty, my love.
I have even gone down into the
shadow of death for him, to bear
him a son, a son he said was
more precious than all the gold
and honor since time began; a
son to fulfill his Oriental con-
viction that without a male heir
his progress in eternity is halted.
True, Sessue, my beloved, is
now on the high seas bound for
Japan while I who tried des-
perately to follow him ran into
emigration restrictions. to be
stranded here in San Francisco,
heartbroken. alone, and prac-
tically destitute.
Doesn't Regret 1t
Last week I stole aboard the
liner Tatsutu Maru at Los An
geles just to be near Sessue, but
I got into a passport tangle here
in San Francisco.
Now I'm just drifting with the
tide, as Sessue goes on without
me, and our baby remains with
his japanese wife in Los Angeles.
I don't know what I'll do. But
I know one thing-as I look back
ONCA G11C OCdUG14 U1, SACd11 AONC
that has been mine from Mr..
Hayakawa-and that is that I
don't regret one minute Of it all.
If anyone doubts that, or doubts
that love such as ours could have
been beautiful, let them read on.
I'm going to lay bare the entire
story in all it's details, feeling
that public opinion will be with
me and with SeSSue, when our
side is in.
I'm going to start with my
girlhood on a Missouri farm, then
detail my school days at pri.
vate school, my start in small
parts with a small town stock
company, my arrival finally on
Broadway, and then my meeting
with Sessue while playing with
him in vaudeville.
We met, we loved, we have
paid, but no fiction could be
stranger than our situation was
at times.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
MAsONS TO MEET

Cherrydale CVa0 Lodge, No. AZ,
A. F. and A. M, will meet to-
night in Masonic Temple in
Cherrydale. Officers will be
elected and installed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
NEW PARKWAY OPENS

The newly-completed stretch of
the Rock Creek and Potomac
Parkway between Constitution
Avenue and K Street Northwest
will be opened to traffic today.
The Washington times., 1931-12-16
CONCEDESLUCK,
BUT GIVES It
M|NORR ROLE
EIy's Wife Views JaCoby and
Lenz as Victims of
nder-Biddinq

FOLLOWING is a description OF
play last night in the contract
bridge match bettDeen Josephine
and Ely CulbertSon and Sidney
S. Lena and OSW1ld JGcoby, eT-
preSsly tOritten for The Washing
ton Times and International NeDS
SerDice By Mrs. CulbertSon::
The Washington times., 1931-12-16

Tomorrow Miss Noble will tell
exclusively in The Washington
Times what led up to her infatu.
alton with this talented son of
the Orient,)
The Washington times., 1931-12-16

--INItTHdITOHdI T -HVIV
MRS. WILLIAM c. HAMMER
THIS is the new vice presi-
dent and general manager of
the Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company. She has been gen.
eral director of the company
since it was organized in 1926.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
NOU Go On With the Story
Bv Fannie Hurst

WhOse novels have her place the foremost OF
modern wrers)
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

adolescent! Ramon was wait
ing.
Avery, I cannot stand the
strain of the role of go-between
for you and your father any
longer. Isn't it manlier for
you to face him yourself? This
is too serious for me. You
yourself must ask him for what
you want"
Sadly Misunderstood
why, mother, do you know
I've never really wanted any
thing before? It is you who
have always wanted for me.
That's what makes it impos-
sible for me to really get at
father. He thinks I'm the fel-
low who has wanted al the
things I've never really waited"
So! 1t had come home to
her. So much sooner than she
could have dreamed.
Avery Rarick," she said,
with everything reoroachful in
her voice that she could mus
ter, Il cannot believe my ears"
Copyright, 1881. by Fannie Hurst.
Distributed by King Feature
Syndicate. Incl
docs Jenny allow her anxiety
to meet Ramon to overcome her
desire to help Avery solve his
problem? Read tOmOrrOw'S alb
SOrbing inStaIlment.)
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
DIET AND HEALTH
BY DIR. Logan CIendening-

The eructation of gas from
the stomach-called in private
conversation and less elegant
terms belching-has not gone
without some study by the med
ical profession.
The explanation of the phe-
nomenon which is held by all
orthodox physicians, does not,
however, satisfy most patients
with this complaint. The pa
tient wants to know where
all this gas comes FROM" and
is usually indigant when
the physician says 1T is gas
you have swallowed" He is
entirely unconscious of swal-
lowing the gas, is usually
welded to a theory that it
arises from fermentation CT
food in his stomach, and is We
hement and sincere in stat
ing that if this trouble came
from simply swallowing air he
would stop it and get the
trouble over with.
Doctor Has Proof
But it appears the doctor is
right and has good proof on
his side. The experiment has
been tried many times, and al
ways with the same result.
A belcher, one who eructates
gas every 10 minutes, and even
his best friends will tell him
about it, is made to sit with
his jaws propped open with
a mouth-gag so that he can
not swallow at all.
So long as he remains this
way he has no gas or fermenta-
ton, even if he has just had
a meal. Nor is there any feel
ing of accumulation of gas on
the stomach which cannot be
eructed on account of the gag.
A person can belch with the
gag in place even if he cannot
swallow.
Gas Was Analysed
The gas eructed has been
analyzed and always found to
be air-not gases which might
arise from fermenting food.
Food seldom forms gases in
the process of digestion, either
by normal or abnormal diges-
tion, at least in the upper
(stomach) portion of the diges-
tive tract. Fermentation may
give rise to some gas in the
lower bowel. although there is
good authority for the state
ment that even this gas is air
absorbed into, the. lower bowel
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

journal which he had kept for
three years, and which locked
with a key he kept on a chain
with its fraternity symbol.
She had felt deeply the spirit
which prompted the confidence.
but was conscious of having
failed miserably to understand
what to her had seemed the
rather embarrassing vaporings
of a young mind floundering to
climb out of some sophomore
moraSS.
Was she about to fail again
of her coveted place in the
eyes of her son? If Avery were
impelled to once more put be-
fore her the difficult and even
embarrassing tormentS, of his
expanding and maturing mind,
would it not be better, after all,
to evade the issue, than to fail
in it?
Let Avery have it out with
his father! Let them become
acquainted and find a Common
language. It was not even fair
to continue to stand as buffer
between them.
But, in her heart, Jenny
knew that the source of all this
hurried disposition of her i'm
mediate predicament was the
fact that Ramon was waiting
Mother, I know I'm putting
the cart before the horse, to
try to make you understand
the result first, and then give
you the reasons that led up to
the decision, but the fact is
I'm done with college"
Something SchOOlbOyiSh
Then it was something school.
boyish! Let him have it out
with his father. Eastern was
the ideal college for a son Of
the rich. Important ccnnec'
tions. Socially right. Proper
setting. Rich men with sons
about to inherit vast response
bilities, chose Eastern for their
boys.
Ramon was waiting 10 min
utes by now. High time Avery
and his father were making
each others acquaintance.
"You talk as if such decisions
were a matter Of course, Avery.
I'm surprised"
"I knew you would be, Mother.
That's why I want like the
dickens to talk to you before
the explaining to father begins.
Or maybe you'll talk to him.
Mother?"
II cannot always be taking
sides with you against your
father. Avery. After all, he is
your father and my husband,
and must be respected"
That, ever since the advent
of Ramon, was part Of her new
psychology of atonement to her
husband.
"Out of whose book of life
have you torn a new page,
Mother? Not your oWn?"
Now he was going to be alb
Stract! That was the difficulty
about being able to understand
Avery.
His Urgent Request
you've only three more years
at Eastern, Avery. There is
something about the idea of
a college degree! It's an asset
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

in after.life. Avery T. Barick.
Century Club, Racquet Club,
Eastern Club. It's fine to hear
one man say of another. We
finished at Eastern together. We
made the polo teams together
at Easternn (Ramon was capa-
BILE of going, after waiting
half-hourD
Mother I want a couple of
years to myself"
"Yourself?"
Eyes. Alone. Mother, want
terribly some time to myself.
In Europe. On my own. I i'm
agine Paris is as good a place
to get ones bearings. Or, bet
ter still, some off-the-beat places
like Sicily or Greece. I'm fed
up. College is all right for a
certain sort of fellow; I'm vast
ing my time at it,"
That's ungrateful, Avery.
I've almost won your father over
about your boat"
Mother, I need to tell you
a few things about myself. I'd
have told you long ago; you're
so sweet. But you lodged; and
I do hate like the dickens to
say them :"
Then it was to be in the key
of the writings in that locked
journal of his. Darling, silly
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
These Modern Lovers

These Modern Lovers
From the present outlook, the
Younger Generation will leave
a great many more footprints
on the dance hall floor than on
the sands Of time.
According to a woman's count,
she is always at least ten or
fifteen years younger than all
the men she went to school
with. But then, women always
WE'RE haZy about figures.
A stroll under the dalliance
of the May moon used to in
Spire a man to love-making;
but, now, just stepping into a
sport car or sitting in a rumble
seat seems to be all the inspira-
ton he needs.
A change of air and a change
Of diet are an occasional lux
ury; but a change of heart and
a new love-intereSt are, to some
men, an annual necessity, like
a spring tonic.
When a gold-digger tells a
misunderstood" married man
that she can read him Ike a
book, she means, of course, like
a bank book.
Women are expensive. The
first woman cost Adam a rib;
then she cost him his peace of
mind, and finally his place in
q the Garden of Eden. A woman
cost the King of Portugal his
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
AdUice to the
LOUeIOrn
He Didn't Call Her Up
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I read your advice given to
others every night and I think
you can help me. About two
months ago, I met a young man
who called on me several times.
Each time upon departing he
made an appointment to see me
again, but the last night he
merely said he would call me
and he failed to do so.
Do you think it is wise for me
to give him up? 1 am not a girl
interested in everyone who
wears trousers. 1 love this man
dearly but I would rather give
him up sooner than later. am
26 years of age and 1 have
good position with a salary of
$140 per month.
TODDY JOAN.
Better give him a little more
time; then. if he doesn't call or
ring you up-you might give
him the benefit of the doubt
and phone him-once. If he
doesn't respond, better drop
him. Men act the way you de-
scribe sometimes because they
realize a girl is becoming inter
ested in them-and they're not
in a position to ask her to
marry them. 1t doesn't do to
show your hand too early in the
game,