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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
COAST GUARD MAKES
BIG SEIZURE

According to an I. N. S. story, carrying
a New London, Connecticut, dateline of
January Is, between 900 and 1000 cases Of
liquor, valued from $4,000 to 100000,
were added to the huge total of coast guard
liquor seizures when the destroyer Thetis
brought the speedboat Cadet into port.
The Cadet with her crew of nine men,
was captured after a short chase south of
Nantucket island
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01
TRUST CUSTER!
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

pmmand the hearty approval of every thoughtful person
! tho reads it. We give it in full below:
PROHIBITION
The people of Illinois, convinced, concerned
this time primarily in finding some solution for economic
nd governmental problems which will result in putting
back to work and reducing taxes. There some,
how who think that the prohibition question is the most
4nportant ISSUE | do not agree with them.
"The Eighteenth Amendment part of the constitution
the United States and enforced under the provisions
act of congress- large proportion of citizens
eve that enforcement under the Vostead act is unsas
factory and there strong sentiment for modification But
any modification change repeal of prohibition laws must
effected by the United States senate and house of repre-
sentaves Washington That is where the issue be
decided Until congress has acted, know of nothing
state executive officer do about it way the other
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1932-03-01

Former Representative William D. Up
shaw, of Georgia, aroused the audience to
high pitch of enthusiasm in his brief adj
Dress He declared that any man who has
the smell of liquor on his breath should not
be elected to office
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
SANITARY. POST
DELEGATED To
v. T. OFFUTT
Montgomery Commissioners
Also Pick 0. w. 0dorian
Aid Supervisor

W. Ernest Offutt, of Rock
vile, was appointed by the
Montgomery, county commits
sioners yesterday to the newly
created post of sanitary in
spector for Montgomery county
and his position as supervisor
of county aid was awarded to
Odorian W. RObey, of Fair
land. The sanitary inspector
gets a salary of $3.50 and the
supervisor of county aid, s., 700.
A native of Montgomery county,
Mr.. Offutt was graduated from
Washington and Lee University
in Lexington, Va, in 1903 as a
civil engineer.
He was a member of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Delta Levee
Board at ClarkSdale, Miss, for
three years. From that time
until 1913 he worked as an engi-
neer in several Mississippi towns,
constructing sewer and water
works.
He was in the real estate and
insurance business until June of
last year, when he was chosen
for the new office of supervisor
of county aid.
Mr.. Robey, a former member
@f @F &c
sioners, is member of the Mary
land House of Delegates, and has
been working for the Maryland
State Roads Commission.
Among Other Business
Construction of concrete road
way and concrete curb on Cedar
Street in Eugene B. Smiths ad
dition to Silver Spring, was au-
thorized.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
AU THOR FLAYS
STOCK TAX
NATALIE

A flat and arbitrary tax on stock
exchange transactions, as pro
posed in the House tax bill, would
be a sad mistake" according to
Bruno Lessing New York author,
whose letter to Senator Royal S.
Copeland CD of New York, was
inserted in the Congressional Rec
ord:
Mr.. Lessing wrote that:
The stock exchange is
mere dot upon the map of the
United States. Its pulse, its
temperature, and it's blood pres
sure are regulated entirely by
the whole body polite of the
country.
''If the natural fIux and flow
of investment securities be Grip
pied or even hampered, the dis
astrOus effects will ultimately
be felt in every State in the
UniOn,'
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
CHARLES euRTLs. MeE=Peeslp
Mary's Lamb in Contrast;
Setting Hen in School

The new instructors desk is a
special nest, placed in the class
room with the approval of Miss
Josephine Riordan, principal.
Fidgeting boys and squirming
little girls will be instructed in the
care of domestic pets while watch
ing and waiting for tangible re-
suits in the demonstration of
patient setting.
The peeps" when they come
probably will be transferred to
more conventional surroundings.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08

ANNAPOLIS, Apr. 8-First-grade
pupils of the Annapolis Grammar
School are learning the value of
patience and quiet from a mis-
tress of the art of watchful wait
ing.
An old setting hen, expecting to
hatch a brood of Is chicks within
the next 81 days, was added to the
faculty yesterday. She will serve
as assistant to Miss Charlotte
Perry, the regular teacher, for
the coming three weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
HISTORIC SPANS
FACE RAZ|NG

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April
8.-West Virginia's old cc~ered
bridges, which historical societies
had hoped to preserve as land
marks, are due for destruction un-
less those organizations under
take to keep the wooden spans in
repair, it was indicated by the
State road commission.
The commission has neither
authority nor funds to preserve as
historical relics any of the old COW
cred bridges, it was learned after
a hearing at which Barbour
county residents protested against
retaining the old covered bridge
still in use across Tygarts Valley
River at Phillip. Several chap
ters of Daughters of American
Revolution had asked that some
of the old bridges be spared,
notably those at Phillip, at Cald-
we'll in Greenbrier county and
across Cheat River in Preston
county. Having outlived their
usefulness, the commission is
faced with the necessity of replac-
ing them, either by tearing the
bridges down and building new
structures on the same site or
moving the roads to other loca-
tions.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
Washington Couples
Licensed to MarrY

Marriage licenses we're issued
in Rockville yesterday to William
Lee Overstreet, %. and Elizabeth
Marie Loreto, 81, both of Wash,
ington; George F. Montgomery,
81, and Mary E. Decker, 65, both
of Riverdale, Md; Charles H.
Strobel, 20, of Washington, and
Edna V. Crider, 81, of Harrison
burg, Va; Aubrey C. Martin %,
and Gertrude Fiefer, 18, both Of
Washington, and George Ira
Southland, 30, and Luther Lenor
Loving, %, both of Richmond,
Va.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
.FERRARA VIEWS
CUBA ADVANCE

Development of Cuba as a
sovereign nation, was the subject
of an address delivered last night
by Senor Don Orestes Ferrara,
ambassador of Cuba. during the
weekly Washington Times Treat
Hour. over VOL.
Thirty years of independence
for a vigorous people are 80
years of a blessed character"
Sen0r Ferrara said. "Inde-
pendence is the great school for
progress. Cuba is a vivid ex-
ample of the fact that a nation
left to develop its own life will
find means for the cOnsumma-
tiOn of its happiness"
During the musical program
which followed, Alfredo Salmaggi,
director of the Manhattan Opera
Company, of New York, and a
dramatic tenor of international
reputation, sang several arias. He
was accompanied by Elizabeth
Gardiner Coombs. Miss Anne
Arlen, violiniSt; Miss Peggy Hurdle
and Lulu Jones Downing, pianiSts,
also played.
Senor Ferrara was introduced
by Dolly Cameron, society editor
of The Times.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
PLAN FOR FESTIVAL

Teachers of rural schools of
Prince Georges county will. meet
at College Park April % to COM
plete plans for the May music
festival.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
EAGER SUCKERS
PAY S5 EACH
FOR TIME
Expecting Money Back, They
Buy 50-Cent Watches With
GrinS, But Joy Turns Sour

Some Takoma Park resi-
dents, apparently unaware
that you can't get something
for nothing, are incensed at
three confidence men who got
between 5000 and $400 from
them last night.
Police of Montgomery county
and Washington have posted a
lookout for the trio, one of whom
is said to have shot at a Gus
toner" who attempted to pursue
him.
"ClOser, Gents"
Setting up a small stand on
Carroll Avenue about a block
from the District line, the men
called a crowd together. They
won the crowd by giving away
and selling cheap articles, later
refunding the money and letting
the residents keep the trinkets.
Having started with small
things, the men produced some
watches which they explained
were worm DuC 5O CenLS. 1ney
asked would anyone like 70 give
IS a piece for them.
Five-dollar bills began to rain
in, and were welcomed by the
confidence men, one of whom
asked:
Nov, would you rather have
the watches or would you like
your money back?"
The crowd wanted the watches.
The three men wanted the
money. Obtaining it, they drove
off, with a bewildered crowd,
suddenly realizing the money
would not be returned. Over
into the District the two auto
mobiles sped.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
MUtes to Compete
In LiD-rendinn Test

Teams from the Washington,
Richmond and Baltimore leagues
for the hard of hearing will COM
pete in a lip-reading tournament
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at
the Arts Club.
The winning team will be pre-
sented with a silver cup donated
by Miss Elizabeth Witherspoon,
president of the Richmond
league.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08

Don't look for For Rent" signs
:. :. consult the vacancies advertised
daily in the Rental Columns of the
Classified Section
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
Gypsies Mulch
Fln0ncier
Of SIS
CONSTANCE
The price of good luck ha'

The price of good luck has
gone up.
Four gypsy women visited a
Takoma Park financier, who
crossed their palms with silver,
receiving assurances that he would
have good luck all day.
That worked well, whereupon
the youngest and prettiest of the
four told him that if he would
put some bills in a handkerchief
and let her wrap it up he would
have good luck the rest of his
life.
He came through with the bills
and she worked the handkerchief
trick on him. He is out SIS.
Frank Lane, Takoma Park po-
liceman, found the four women
at Seeks Corner later and brought
them back, but they we're re-
leased when it became evident to-
day that no warrant would be
sworn out against them.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
THURSDAY SEES
CADET FETE

Combination of exercises cele-
brating Pan-American Day and
the annual presentation of COM
missions to 155 cadet officers of
the Washington High School
Cadet Corps next Thursday after
noon on the EllipSe was announced
today by DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of District schools.
Original plans called for the
presentation of commissions at
the Wilson Stadium. Central High
School. at 4:3O p. m. Under the
new arrangement, the Pan-Amer-
lean celebration, beginning at
2:30 p. M, will be followed at
$3.50 by the cadet exercises.
Selected cadets from each of
the five high schools will partici-
pate in flag raising exercises for
21 countries in the Pan-American
ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
Concrete Fall Fails
To Hurt Is WOrkmen

ANNAPOLIS, April 8.-Fifteen
yards of concrete fell from the
top of the new Glen Burnle
High School, now under con-
Struction, late yesterday, narrowly
missing a crew of workmen.
One workman sustained an in
jured ankle and was taken to a
Baltimore hospital. He was hurt
while running from the falling
material.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08

Transportation worries can be over
come economically through the pur.
chase of good used car one OF
the many GOOD BUYS listed in to-
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The Washington times., 1932-04-08

W. ERNEST OFFUTT
THE APPOINTMENT of Will
liam Ernest Offutt, of Rock
vile, as sanitary inspector for
the new county health depart
ment was announced yesterday
by the Montgomery county
commissioners.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
MAGRUDER TAKES OFFICE

The Prince Georges county
board of commissioners met in
special session yesterday to ap-
prove the $85,OOO bond re-
quired before Thomas N. Ma
gruder could be sworn in as
county treasurer. Directly after
the bond was approved Mr.. Ma
gruder could be sworn in as
county treasurer. Directly after
the bond was approved Mr.. Mag
ruder took the oath of office be-
fore Brice Bowie, clerk to Circuit
Court.
The Washington times., 1932-04-08
4-H CLUB PARTY

The All Club of Brookmont,
Montgomery County, will hold a
benefit card party the evening of
April IA in the home of Mrs. C.
B. Norton, near Brookmont.
Evening star., 1932-05-05
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TWO CITIES MAKE
IDEA OF AMERICA
California Trained Resident
of Buenos Aires Gives
Conception of u. S.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, February 2o.-Here
Is the Argentine credo about the United
States as summed up by Margaret
Crooke de Lopez, graduate CT the Uni
yersity of California and resident Of
Buenos Aires:
That all American girls are tall, beau
tifui and without restraint; that they
rule their husbands and their country,
but support themselves.
That in the United States one can
get divorce quickly, anywhere and for
any reason.
That Americans are conceited. patri-
otic and intolerant of criticism, but are
democratic and without snobbery.
That the inhabitants talk only Of
business and sport.
Only Two Cities.
Many an Argentine" writes Sonora
de Lopez in La Nacion, has a general
idea that the United States consists
of two important cities. New York and
HOLLYWOOD with a great blank space
between which is traversed rapidly by
bootleggers in armored cars and oandlts
escaping in airplanes."
She attributes the inadequaCy Of un-
derstanding largely to the fact that
the best examples of United States life
and culture are not available TO Argen-
tina because translators into Spanish
have touched its literature so scantlly
Most American fiction translated to
Spanish is decidedly second rate. and.
aside from a few cinematic or technical
reviews, there are few translations from
the rich field of American magazines.
Lurid ROmances First.
"Lurid romances have come ahead of
the thoughtful books of Dresser. Lewis.
Sinclair and others, though one should
beware Of accepting too literally the
picture which even these paint OF con-
temporary America and of mistaking
critical literature for the truth about
the United States
"One sometimes hears that. Argentina
Is being Americanized by the talking
pictures. but perhaps Americans are
equally the victims of presentation OF
their men and women as consisting
largely of handsome morons, racketeers,
drunkards, criminals and clowns.
Evening star., 1932-05-05

MOUNT VERNON. March "a (N.A.
N.A).-This was but a plain and mod
est farmhouse Of only eight rooms and
an unfurnished attic when Washington
brought to it in 1859 IAN agreeable
partner for life" He had yet to enlarge
it into the mansion now more familiar
than any other home in the land, ana
to plant the trees and gardens that
remain a memorial to us Of his sense
of beauty
Our first President remains the only
dirt farmer in the entire presldentla!
line No other gainful employment dld
he ever have except his boyhood sur.
veying. Yet he made himself one OF
the wealthiest men in the country.
To be sure, he had to be more than
a farmer to win that success. He hao
to be also a n anufacturer Of much that
he grew. Moreover, to profit in mar
ket 5000 miles away he needed TO be
as able a business man as there was In
the counting rooms of Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
Starting out landleSs in world OF
landed aristocracy, all his days he COW
Evening star., 1932-05-05
Along Washington's Path
Mount Vernon's Wide Acres Broddened Under
Untring and Scientific Efforts Of Ndtion's
Only Dirt Farmer President.

eted land as other men coveted money,
which was never to him token of sue
cess, and he was forever borrowing
cash. BY the time he was 20 he had
picked up 1900 acres with his earnings
as a surveyor. At that early age he
became half owner of Mount Vernon,
upon the death of his brother,
Lawrence, and he became sole owner
of it in 1850.
It's 1900 acres had been in the
family ever since his immigrant great
grandfather. and he steadily expanded
the estate to some 5000 acres with
10 miles of tidal waters washing its
shores.
His farm was mostly clay land-he
called it "heavy'-and no one else. be-
fore or since, has succeeded in making
it pay. But he loved its red soil, not
merely the title to it. BY close study
of his lean earth and of all the books
he could import from England, he made
himself a scientific farmer long before
farming was a science with agricultural
colleges to teach it.
Only by hard work-usually getting
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away" with the hope that if he was
kept clean and trimmed up little
when offered for sale" he would sell
for enough to bring In exchange "one
hogshead of molasses, one ditto Of best
rum, one barrel of lines, one pot of
tamarinds, two small ditto Of mixed
sweetmeats and the residue in good old
spirits"
With no reward for special merit, the
slaves had to be driven, and with no
opportunity to own anything, they had
to be watched lest they take whatever
they wanted. Washington had overseers
Evening star., 1932-05-05

up at a o'clock-could he have extorted
profit from such land and with the
help of slaves, that most costly system
with which men ever deluded them
selves in their everlasting struggle for
cheap labor. His problem every day
was to keep them from eating their
heads off and eating him out of house
and home.
Often his patience with the human
element in slavery was tested and
proved in a patriarchal consideration OF
the welfare of my people" But he
showed no conjunction in shipping off
to the West Indies "a rogue and run
Evening star., 1932-05-05

to do the driving and watching. but he
had to drive and watch them.
Anticipating the Taylor system Of
stop-watch efficiency by more than
a century and half, he sat down on
a log one day and timed to a minute
the motions Of a crew of slaves In fell
ing a tree, cutting of its branches,
hewing away its bark and turning it
into a beam.
He originated also cost-accounting
system, when his fields, fisheries and
his whole village of workshops were
producing in q year, besides large
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quantities Of cereals ana potatoes and
fax. SO. 900 pounds Of tobacco, s15
yards of linen, 365 ,of wooden cloth. l44
OF hnsey and 40 yards Of cotton cloth.
In one certain night $4,000 herring
were caught in Mount Vernon's waters.
AS England tightened her monopoly on
the tobacco trade, he stopped growing
any more tobacco than was needed for
consumption on the place, but he him
self consumed none Of 1t, and he
abominated its smell and taste.
No; John Adams envy blinded him
when he demanded: Would Washing
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ton have been commands In chief Of
the Revolutionary Army er President
Of the United States If he had net
married the rich widow Custis?"
The indonitable spirit of the young
militia colonel had caused his name to
shine afar through the Colonies before
he ever saw Martha. The varied
abilities he displayed in making 2
success Of Mount Vernon marked him
out for precisely the role he was to
play when the curtain should rise on
greater stage.
(Copyright, 1882, By the North American
Nevspaper Alliance. Inc)
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WOULD LIMIT BISHOPS
African Methodists Consider Plan
at Cleveland Convention.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. May 5.-A proposal to
limit the number of bishops OF the
African Methodist Episcopal Church to
IA was studied today by delegates at
the church's Twenty-ninth Quadrlen-
nial Convention here.
The limitation was proposed by the
present IA bishops, but several laymen
and ministers expressed doubt OF It's
advisability, fearing approval would
limit the church's growth.
Many subjects were discussed by the
bishops in their Episcopal address, the
reading of which required 5l2 hours,
Yesterday. They urged that marriage
be upheld as sacred rite, denounced
companionate marriage, opposed COM
mon-law marriage and said the human
race could not remain strong If birth
control were allowed.
Evening star., 1932-05-05
Parachute Jumper Killed.

ATLANTA, Ga, May P).-Bonnie
Rowe, 81, a parachute Jumper. was
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feet from plane on which ne was
practicinC stunts
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