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Evening star., 1932-01-29
Basis of Loans Wrong.

Experience proves that not infre-
quently loans are based upon the size
of the buildings rather than upon their
quality In several instances applicants
for loans who informed the loaning
officers of the amounts which they eX-
pected to secure, based upcn speciflca-
tons requiring materials harmOniously
selected for long service and hard usage
combined with low upkeep, have been
advised to go to other architects or to
obtain bids from other contractors,
naming in each instance individual
firms or corporations that have either
designed or built structures Of similar
size, but at lower cost.
"Loanlng officers have in this manner
actually demanded shoddy and cheap
construction, thereby creating short
lived collateral for their loans. AS
result. when they have had to foreclose
they have taken back buildings requir-
ing constant repairs and costly upkeep.
Furthermore, by promoting shoddy
buildings they have found it necessary
year after year to lower the loaning
percentage
Evening star., 1932-01-29
Appraisal Methods Scored.

THE tide has turned and prosperity
has its hand oustretched and ready to
knock at the door, and will surely enter
if we but heed the signal, instead Of
hearkening to cowardly fear. Now let
us fully eliminate a potent investment
evil, which fattoned and grew Opulent
during our prosperous years and has
proven a terrific burden during our
lean days.
Reference is specifically made to
conditions affecting the extensive loans
made by some insurance companies on
improved realty, wherein fraudulent ap-
praisals have resulted in extensive losses
during the recent past. especially to
several insurance companies. the largest
group of lenders on improved real
estate. Pohcyholders eventually pay
these heavy, avoidable losses. Thus, it
is urgent and necessary that effective
work be done to acquaint executives Of
insurance companies, passing upon
mortgage loans of the Cogent fact that
a vast difference exists between slip
shod work and dependable structural
details, combined with high-grade ma
terials," MI Davis said
Evening star., 1932-01-29
AFTER CALL.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Barber & Ross Inc. 612s...... so .....
Columbia Country Club 5l2s,... 100 lo3
W. NJ. Cold Storage SIS ......... "a
Evening star., 1932-01-29
DAVIS CONDEMNS
HIGH APPRA|SALS
D. c. Insurance Head Urges
Changes in Methods to
Protect Public.

In an address before the Insurance
Club of Washington at the Hay-Adams
House, Herbert L. Davis, superintendent
of insurance for the District of Co.
lumbia, discussed Undesirable Under
writing Phases" pointing out serious
faults in the present situation which
he declared call for immediate atten-
ton. Mr.. Davis said, in part:
1T is evident that with some insur-
ance companies, unwarranted, excessive
appraisals and erroneous valuations are
insepar2bly connected with investment
schemes which developed to such large
proportions during the height of our
prosperity. Such reprehenSible prac-
tices should be eradicated, by appropri-
ate legislation if needful, after which it
will be reasonable to believe, and it will
be wise to believe that the year 1882
will be, in every way better and more
prosperous that the year 1881.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-27
AT the MOVIES
Finds Romance in
Spite of Her Home

Murderers to right of her. Burglars
to left Of her. Gunner behind her.
And gangsters before her.
So what can poor prison warden's
daughter do about boy friends? Sur
rounded by men, she still is as isolat-
ed from romance as if she were a lone
castaway.
The "neighbors" are not the kind
OF chaps a girls parents would care
about having her seen with. And she
can't ask any boys from the outside
to drop in at the prison for a week.
end. They might fear they would get
no return ticket.
Even should she be tempted. 1t
really wouldn't be safe for her to be-
come interested in a prisoner. He
might be up for bigamy. Or imagine
her embarrassment at learning that
he was serving time for shooting his
sweetheart.
Despite all these dangers, blonde
Betty Cradle takes a chance by start
ing a romance with a prisoner In
Hold EN- Jail" the RKO-Radio
comedy now showing at the CAPITOL
Theatre with Bert Wheeler and Rob-
ert Woolsey In the starring roles.
Love, she tells her warden father,
Edgar Kennedy, laughs at locxsteps,
jeers at jails, and even applauds her
becoming some mans ball-and -chain.
Especially when the hero Of the ro-
nance Is handsome star Of the PEN
itcntiary football team.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-27
Neighbors' Lies
Endanger Life
OF Accused Man

The Night of June 49, a drama
set in the suburb of a large eastern
city, and featuring Give Brook, Lila
Lee, Charlie Ruggles, Gene Ray
mond, Frances Dee, Mary Boland,
and Adrianne Allen, opens tonight
at the Paramount theater.
The story deals with the manner
in which the lives Of four families,
living in adjacent houses on a
suburban street, are tangled together.
>sook Is In the role Of young
husband whose wife, Miss Allen, is
Historically jealous of him. When
abe suspects him Of an affair with
Miss Lee, the next door neighbor, she
commits suicide.
Brook discovers her body, and be-
side 1t . note in which she accuses
Miss Lee OF having been responsible
for her act. To protect the girl,
Brook destroys the note. The result
4 that authorities charge him with
murder.
AZ the trial. each Of the neighbors,
- cover up some petty deficiency OF
III OWN, testifies damagingly against
1Kpck. Mis- Lee has disappeared
nA4anWisile. and knows nothing OF the
happonlnGs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-27
FARM COOPERATIYES STRONG

FARM COOPERATIYES STRONG
In 1891 there were $50 coopera-
tive marketing associations in the
United States having combined
membership of 100000. They did a
years business of $4,000 100000.
COLD CUTS RESISTANCE
At 452 degrees below zero some of
the metals, such as silver and copper,
lose their resistance to electricity and
become super-conductorS.
From the extreme south point of
Texas, due north to the boundary of
the United States. the air line dis
lance is about 1900 miles.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Hawaii SCORED
BYFORTESCUE

NEW YORK, March Is QN.S0
Major Granville Roland Fortescue,
whose socially prominent wife
will go on trial for the murder
of one of the alleged Hawaiian
attackers of their daughter, Mrs.
Thalia Massie, today gave his
first interview on the case. He
has been confined in Presbyterian
Hospital with a stubborn case of
pneumonia that caused ply
sicians to despair of his life
twice.
Major Fortescue said his wife
was much cheered by the ar
rival in Honolulu of Clarence
Darrow, who will defend her at
the forthcoming murder trial.
He said:
'Tn two months and a half
of thinking things over, l have
concluded that a Federal inves-
tigatiOn of conditions in Ha-
wail should have been con-
Quoted Immediately after the
attack on my daughter. Ger
tainly an investigation should
have followed the arrest of
Mrs. FOrteScue, my SOn-in-Iaw,
Lieutenant MaSSie, and the en-
listed man in the car with
them"
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
FEARED
MURDER CLUE

With the finding by Mrs. Mary
E. Burns, of Germantown, Md,
of a rusty 45-caliber automatic
pistol with three bullets in it,
Montgomery county police believe
they have their best clue to the
death of Horace D. Waters, 49,
year-old Germantown storekeeper,
who was killed the night of Jan
uary 20.
Mrs. Burns, who lives less than
a mile from the scene of the
fatal shooting, was cleaning her
front yard Wednesday when she
found the weapon near hedge
fence, close to the Germantown
pike.
The automatic was found about
200 yards from a railroad bridge
where a 1920 pistol was found
the night of the murder.
Waters was killed with a As
caliber bullet.
The gun was found just be-
fore the case was presented to
the grand jury. More than 20
persons, mostly colored, have
been questioned in connection
with the murder of Mr.. Waters
and the wounding of his clerk,
James Bennett, after an attempt
to rob the store.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
.UNWR|TTENLAN|
DARROW PLEA

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March Is
S0.-Clarence Darrow, noted
attorney, planned a conference to-
day with island attorneys to de-
termine how much time would be
needed to prepare adequately the
defense for Mrs. Grace Fortescue,
her son-in-law, Lieut.. Thomas H.
Massie, and two naval enlisted
men, charged with the "honor
Staying" of Joseph Kahahawai,
accused of criminally attacking
Mrs. Thalia MaSSie.
A large crowd at the dock well
coined Mr.. and Mrs. Darrow.
Darrow said he probably would
ask the Territorial Court today
to postpone the trial date from
March % to April 4.
He intimated the defense plea
would be based on the "unwritten
law"
Darrow condemned the Terri.
torial penalty which demands
death for convicted criminal at.
tackers on the ground that it en-
courages the asSailant to murder
his victim to destroy all posi-,
bility of evidence against him.
Darrow ascertained that public
opinion was divided sharply for
and against acquittal of the four
defendants.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
NEAR
MINE COAL

LEXINGTON. Va, March 25.
Despite the threat of County
Attorney Walter B. Smith, of
Pineville county, KY, to Jail
them if they became incendiary,
the travel-stained college stu
dents who left New York Wednes-
day to investigate conditions in
Harlan and Bell counties, KY,
continued their journey today
after a brief stop here.
Travelling by bus and making
only occasional stops, the group
of 20 from New York admitted
they we're dog-tired but refused
to rest, pushing on in order to
arrive on schedule with other
groups from other universities
now en- route.
Other groups are en- route to
Kentucky from other New York
institutions, Wellesley, Smith, the
University of Chicago and the
University of North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
z GIRLS IN GIN
ORGIES JAILED

HAMMOND, Ind, March Is
Q.N.SD.-Wild parties held in a
Whiting, Ind, apartment after
school let out, sent two girls in
their teens today to a correc-
tional institution and two young
men to the State penal farm.
Description of the orgies was
given by more than a dozen
high-school students in Judge
Frank Sheehan's juvenile court
in East Chicago. Five girls we're
implicated in the highly Sensa-
tional testimony.
The Whiting youths admitted
they had staged their revels for
months without the knowledge of
their parents.
The downtown apartment where
the gin parties were held was
rented by Ray Jordan, 25, and
Darrell Jordan, %. Each was
sentenced to 80 days and fined
$25.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
WILLMOTT LEWIS, Jr.
TWO FACE TRIAL
IN ASSAULT

Charged with assaulting a po-
lice informer who was seeking
bling information, Karo
Smith, 35, of 413 o st. N. W.,
and Milton Marshall, "a, of AT
o st. N. W., both colored, today
demanded jury trials when ar
raigned before Police Court Judge
Isaac r. Hit.
The informer, Henry Dirrand,
colored, %, of 613 M st. N. W.,
had called at a house suspected
of being a gambling establish
ment. Police, who we're waiting
for him outside, became SuSpi-
cious when he did not appear
after some time and went to seek
him, but found the house empty.
A short time later Dirrand was
taken to Police Headquarters in
a taXicab driven by man whose
identity is unknown. He said he
had been beaten with an iron
bar. At Freedmens Hospital, Dir
rand was found to have severe
bruises and lacerations on his
head and a fractured arm.
He is said to have identified
Smith and Marshall as his assail-
ants. They will go on trial in
jury court March 80. On recon-
mendation of Assistant United
States Attorney Milford F.
Schwartz bond for each was set
at $500.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
MILLER AGREES
To TRUCE WITH
ATTORNEYS
Elderly Colonel Only Wanted
To "See How Fast
Lawyers Could Run"

MARYLAND, Okla, March
25 G.N.S.).-A temporary
truce was in effect today be-
tween receivers attorneys and
Col. Zach Miller, militant
white-haired plainsman, who
defended his 101 Ranch home
stead with a shotgun yester-
day.
The armistice was arranged by
County Attorney Bruce Potter
who called on the picturesque
survivor of the famed Miller
family after he had routed two
receivers lawyers from his white
house" with a blast from a shot
gun.
Shoots At Feet
Colonel Miller rose from a sick
bed to meet the two attorneys
r. o. Wilson and Neal Sullivan
as they entered the house to
arrange for it's sale, along with
other ranch properties, at a public
auction.
The lawyers fled when the aged
colonel discharged his shotgun at
their feet. Sheriff's deputies
rushed to the scene, but by that
time Colonel Miller had barricaded
himself in the house with two
former employees of the defunct
101 Ranch Wild West Show. The
veteran plainsman pointed his
shotgun through q second-story
window and warned the deputies
that he was prepared to resist to
the last.
Truce Arranged
Later County Attorney Potter
was permitted to enter the white
house" and arrange the truce
Potter said no criminal charges
will be filed against Colonel
Miller. He quoted the elderly
colonel as saying:
II didn't try to shoot them.
/ just wanted to see how fast
they could rum"
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
VETS LEADING
IN POLL, 8 TO |

NEW YORK, March Is Q.N.S0
Kansas remained the solitary Sa-
hara among the 33 States thus
far casting 3,O4O,036 votes in the
Literary Digest's nationwide pro-
hibition poll, latest tabulations to-
day slowed.
The ballots favored repeal Of
the Eighteenth amendment by
only one-tenth of / per cent less
than a 3 to l majority. The wet
vote represented 74.9 of the total,
the dry, 25.1.
Although eight of the States
registered a vote of more than 4
to / for repeal, those favoring
continuation of prohibition scored
their fifth consecutive gain this
week. Their percentage of the
total vote in the first weeks bal
loting was only 1885. Last week
it was 24.46 per cent.
North Carolina was within a
fraction of / per cent of joining
Kansas in the dry column. In it's
total vote of 51,671, the drys re.
corded 25,589. Arkansas, Okla
homa, and Tennessee voted more
than As per cent dry. Idaho,
home of Senator Borah, was the
dryest of this group, with 32.16
per cent of it's vote favoring pro-
hibition.
The District of Columbia voted
22.09 per cent for continuance of
prohibition.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
RENO BECKONS
MR.. HARDING

HOLLYWOOD, March Is GIN
SO.-Harry Bannister, $4,000 a
year actor, who tired of being
known as "Mr. Ann Harding" to.
day planned to establish a res
idence at Reno, New, to divorce
Miss Harding, the wealthy film
actress.
The couple separated and an
nounced that Bannister, the actor,
was losing his identity under the
radiance of Miss Harding's career
as film actress.
She'll Keep Daughter
With a property settlement
effected, it was known that Miss
Harding would retain custody Of
their daughter, Jane, who will be
4 years old in June. ,..
Hollywood recalled that Jaime
Del Rio, tiring of being known
as "Mr. Dolores Del Rio" de-
serted his beautiful actress wife
and died in Europe. Dolores now
is Mrs. Cedric Gibbons.
Other Instances
Nancy Carroll and James Kirk
land. a newspaper man, were
happy before she attained star.
dom, after which they were
divorced and she married Bolton
Mallory.
Ina Claire and Jack Gilbert
parted when Miss Claire became
a star wider known than Gilbert.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
MAYOR WALKER
FACES QUIZ

NEW YORK, March IS G.N.SJ.
Indications that the Hofstadter
legislative committees biggest
sensation, the calling of Mayor
Walker, was scheduled for the
near future was seen today in
the issuance of a subpoena for
Mrs. Nan Walker Burke, the
Mayors sister.
Mrs. Burke, a resident of Far
RockaWay, was summoned for a
private hearing today. Because
it is Good Friday, and because
knee injury compelled her to
visit a. physician today, she told
the committee it was impossible
to attend. She will appear in a
few days.
1t was learned Mrs. Burke was
to be questioned regarding the
activities of Mayor Walker.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
RELIEF CREWS
SPEED WORK
IN SOUTH
Energies Taxed by Burden of
Battling PestiIenCe As
Death Toll Mounts

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March
25 (LN.S.).-Relief crews,
working among tornado sur
Vlvors, today concentrated
their energies on the task of
preventing spread of disease.
Throughout bama and
Northern Georgia, where the dev-
aStation was greatest, medical
stations have been established to
administer to the sick and in
jured and check the growth of
pestilence.
Latest checkup today showed
that at least $50 persons were
killed by the tornadoes which
struck sections of Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee, South Caro-
lima and Kentucky.
Some 5000 persons were in.
jured and 10000 were made home
less by the disaster.
Food. provisions, and medical
supplies continued to pour into
the numerous refugee camps, set
up by the Red Cross, American
Legion posts, and other organiza-
tions.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
King DoLes Out
Maundy Pence
In Person y

LONDON, March 25.-For the
first time in 200 years, the
King of England yesterday in
person distributed the tradi-
tional Maundy Thursday pence
to the poor, in symbolical rites
in Westminster Abbey.
Since the time of King James
II no king had handed out the
aims in person. Yesterday,
King George and Queen Mary
went to the abbey, and sur
rounded by court and cathedral
notables, handed to 81 men
and 81 women (the number
representing the Kings age) a
pouch of so shillings instead of
provisions given out centuries
ago, also the Maundy money
in another pouch,
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Relief Work Reports
To Be Heard TuesdGy

BALTIMORE. March 25.-Pre-
liminary reports on the State
wide relief survey now being con-
Quoted will be received by the
Maryland Conference of Social
Workers at a meeting Tuesday
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
The survey was started as
social workers, Governor Ritchie,
Mayor Jackson and other city
and State officials held their
conference last week on the re-
lief problem in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Pedestrian, Struck
By Car, Is Injured

Mrs. Mary Delaskaki, so, of
1437 Ridge Pl. S. E., is in an
undetermined condition at Emerg,
eney Hospital today from in
juries received when struck down
by an automobile on Eleventh
Street Northwest, between F. and
G Streets last night.
Police say the automobile was
driven by Avery D. Barner, 25, of
2918 Twenty-ninth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Dry LGp Hearings
In Senate ADriL II

Hearings on resolutions and
bills relating to the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead Act
will be opened April IA, accord
ing to an announcement today
by Senator Blaine (RO of Wis
consin, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Husband Willing
To Pau $50 Ransom

MADISON, Wis, March 25
U.N.SO Russell Smith today in
formed police he would pay $50
for the return of his wife, Grace.
He said that last October two
men visited his wife in his alb
sence and took her away. He has
since been unable to find any trace
of her.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
ENJOY Mellon Sees
No Change in Debt

Andrew w. Mellon, newly ap-
pointed ambassador to the Court
of st. James, today said he had
no knowledge of ANY change" in
the foreign debt situation. Look
ing refreshed by a rest and cheer.
full after having observed his
seventy-seventh birthday yester-
day, Mellon visited the Capitol
today,
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Baby Weighing Less
Than Pound Is Born

BERLIN, March IS U.SO.
Berlin medical authorities believe
the worlds smallest baby has
been born here. The child. tin.
lest ever recorded in vital stats.
tics on record in Germany, is
less than foot long and
weighs less than one pound.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25
Auto Gunner Sued
For Fatal Injuries

Eliza B. Reed, of Laurel, ad'
ministrator of the estate Of the
late Charles A. Reed, yesterday
filed suit for $4,000 against
Andrew P. Vorrath, of Mt.
Rainier, in Circuit Court at Upper
Marlboro,
The Washington times., 1932-03-25

4 SAN FRANCISCO GIRL, who
has been awarded the coveted
bronze medal for excellence by
the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art. at London. She is the
first non-English student to win
the prize. Photo by Interna-
klonal News Photographic Ser
vice.
The Washington times., 1932-03-25

Many AutOm ohile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Directory published In the Classified
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-06-10
duty they should initiate movements
for their own benefit"

duty they should initiate movements
for their own benefit"
Mark T. Mckee, executive director
of the Legion's War Against Depres-
sion, declared the Legion ready to
take the lead in buying campaign if
it appears there is sufficient support.
He spoke warmly Of the Legion-labor
cooperation in the employment cam
paign which has now found jobs
for more than $4,000 unemployed
workers.
"We are being asked to go forward
with national buying campaign"
Mr.. Mckee said, "and we are willing
if you make it clear that you want us
to do that. We are here to perform
every possible patriotic service"
Both men emphasized the need for
action to end the depression before
next winter, pointing to the reports
coming to both organizations regard
ing the volume of unemployment and
desperation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-06-10
LEGION
Considers Buying Drive;
Labor to Support Plan

New York City ULNS)-Respond-
ing to requests from many sections
of the country, the American Legion
has under consideration here the pro-
motion of national buying cam
paign.
In preliminary meeting held this
week to sound out and survey the field
Vice President Matthew WoIl assured
support of the American Federation
of Labor. II bring you that word
officially" he said. 1--WE need not
think we can change everything by
such a campaign, but we can, feel
sure, stimulate buying where buying
power exists and help to change pub
lie psychology. In nation where
the people have the power and the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-06-10
CULINARY WORKERS
PUSH CAMPAIGN

Cincinnati, Ohio (ILNS)-The Ho-
tel and Restaurant Employees and
Beverage Dispensers International
Alliance are making progress in diff
ferent sections of the country, head
quarters here reports.
Two new local unions were char
tered during May, at Decatur, H.,
and the Twin Cities-Champaign and
Urbana, III. They were installed by
Organizer Madge Argo.
international President Edward
Flore addressed mass open meeting
at Chicago on May Is, and some SO
new applications was the result.
President Flore spoke over the Chi
cago Federation radio station, VIGIL,
May II, and attended conferences in
Cincinnati on the goth.
Local unions are on the firing line
in different sections over the United
States and Canada, full Of pep, "Bob''
Hesketh, general secretary-treasurer,
reports.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-06-10
DOCTORS
Forced to Drive Taxis to
Earn Living

New York City (ILNS)-Depres-
sion continues to take it's toll.
President-elect Charles Heyd, of the
Medical Society of New York state,
has just said that number of physi-
clans in large cities have been forced
to take jobs as night watchmen, taxi
drivers or elevator operators.
Meanwhile apartment house jani-
tors and assistants tell heart-breaking
stories of the extra work piled upon
them, and the 12-hour shifts follow
ing in the wake of reduced stats.
Meanwhile there is here new type
Of homeless woman-the young bust.
ness woman. Because of lay-offs IT,
business houses there are hundreds of
highly skilled office women not only
out of work but homeless.
At the Central Registration Bureau
for the Homeless many of the 1,400
applicants of the last seven months
have been Of this new type.
During March and April 800 newly
homeless women applied to the Trav-
elers' Aid. Some were in their teens,
80 were over so years Of age, 70
were trained in highly skilled occu-
pations, and half had never before
sought aid.
Dr. Heyd predicted a rise in the
number Of tuberculosis cases, cases
arising from malnutrition and gastric
intestinal disorders.