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The Washington times., 1932-08-05
D. c. WAGE QUIZ.
SOUGHT BY
BUILDERS
Employers Ask Doak to Make
Inquiry; Cite U. S. Cuts,
Say Pay Is Too High

An investigation of wages
paid in the building industry
in Washington was asked to.
day Of Secretary of Labor
Doak by the Building Trades
Employees Association OF
Washington.
The association. through Charles
J. Columbus, executive secretary
asks the Government, through
Secretary Doak, to establish
wage scale in conformity with
existing conditions.
U. S. Cuts Cited
The petition, in part. reciteS:
"The Congress of the United
States, in a move for economy,
has brought about wage reduc-
tiOns for all Government en-
plOyes. Industry generally has
found a new level while the ad-
ministratiOn Of the prevailing
wage law in building operations
has made 1t possible for labor
unions to maintain an unrea-
SOnable scale Of wages in the
District, and its envirOns to the
detriment of the Federal Gov
ernment as well as individual
welfare"
The petition further says hun.
dredS of men are denied employ,
ment because the investing pub.
lie is refusing to build while la.
Dor costs are so far out of line
with labor reductions. Fictitious
wage scales, the petition adds
are being permitted on Govern.
ment work and building construc,
ton, forcing excessive costs in the
current building program.
Labor UnreSpOnsive
1t was recommended by the
w h in gton Building Trades
Council, it was pointed out, that
all trades whose present scale is
$40 a day should make a 10 per
cent reduction and a IA per cent
reduction of scales over $40. Only
a very limited number have re-
sponded, the petition says.
John Locher, secretary of the
w S h in ton Building Trades
Council said:
"The contracts for the build
ing program have already been
let and the money taken from
the labor class would revert to
the pockets Of the contractors"
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Bandit Thrown Out
By Irate Filling
Station Man

Edward Macummin, %, of sos
Newton st. N. W., told police
he found it does not pay always
to harken to the commands of
bandits to stick 'em up"
Macummin, who is manager
of a gas station at Georgia Ave
nue. and Lamont Street North
west, said a young man ap-
peared last night in the door
way of the station with his
hand in the side pocket of his
coat as if he had gun.
The bandit ordered him to
put up his hands. Instead, the
manager said, he grabbed the
bandit by the nape of the neck
and threw him to the street.
The robber scrambled to his
feet and escaped with a com.
panion who had been waiting
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
TOYSH|P FOUND,
GIRL, 4, HAPPY

Little four-year-old Nancy Lou
Perkins, Of Lyon Village, Va,
is a happy girl today and she
can now take back her title of
captain" for she finally recov-
cred her Peggy Ann" single
masted schooner.
Captain" Nancy Lou was sail
ing her tiny ship in the reflect
ing pool of the Lincoln Memo
rial last Sunday, when some
thing happened and the schooner
sank. Her walls could not raise
it, however, so she was taken to
her home to forget the tragedy.
Imagine the happiness and
surprise for the little captain"
when she recognized her lost
ship, Peggy Ann" from a pic
ture appearing in The Wash
ington Times yesterday!
Nancy Lou hastened to the Of
flee of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, where the little
ship was awaiting its owner.
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mlndedness is not; finally, because |
am not so convinced that being broad
minded is so entirely merftorious. You
can lose all your prejudices and be-
come weak minded as we'll as broad
minded; your mind may become so
broad that it runs to fat, and few
sinews of provincialism might be a
good thing. 1t almost seems that
travel, being a delight, had to be hid
den under the cloak of "doing good,
improving" and other ethical ideas.
A hundred years ago travel was educa-
tional because certain things could not
be understood unless you went to see
them. But it is ridiculous for people
now to pretend that they are travelling
for any high purpose. They are travel
ing for fun.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

And your side it is blessing that you do have
to be concerned all these things. Who Mrs X"
you ask when you have left her house Mrs
to be who has lived through tragcdy-her own
husband backmang her and her lover killed before her
1t is merely story to yOu if you had to Mrs
twice week for the five years you would have
feel deeply about it. Why does drink fourteen ponies
Of brandy every afternoon has deep he has
been trying to drown for years. but he also has the
constitution of horse and liquor does affect him.
Why does dislike her mother much? Because her
mother mislad her the age of ten in dressmakers
shop, off to lunch with else and and
turned twenty four hours later saying: Didn't leave
parasol-or something-behind yesterday?'
Americans particularly, are fFanker and abandon them
selves to intimacy rapidly when they go abroad At
home they think you may be coming out to Seattle
Moline day and they had better tell you all.
But meet them airport train and they become
efusve almost the English (whO the average
the most talkatve and communicative people have
metz French people, seeing that you foreigner talk
about abstract things like the qualities of the sunset in
the south the architectural beauties of the district
passing through. Between the Engishspeakng
there is such reticence They tell all.
This is good thing for you, because living at home
you may get believe what foreign observers say of
Americans they do not the right things They
only the things which right for foreigner. They tell
you that American women nothing about love-lve
heard that for twenty and discovered the in
remarks of Stendahl made century ago. But the
Americans you when they have thrown the fear
Of their friends living encyclopedias of of
making sacrifices performing acts of unparalleled
courage giving up their lives for love- One doesn't talk
about such things at home. One talks about business.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Held Under Lumber,
Boy Dies of Injuries

Claude J. Hodgkins, II, of 29O1
Seventh st. N. E., died today at
Children's Hospital from injuries
received yesterday when a piece
of lumber fell on him in stone
yard at Eighth and Franklin
SITS. N. E.
The boy at the time was striv-
ing to the top of a pile of lumber
when several pieces fell. He was
pinned beneath one of the pieces
of lumber and sustained a frac-
tured pelvis and internal injuries.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
MacArthur to Watch
EurOpe's Army Work

Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief
of staff of the United States
Army. will sail August % on the
Leviathan to observe military
training in several countries of
centrol Europe. He will visit Po-
land. Czecho-Slovakia, Austria,
Hungary, Rumania and Turkey
by invitation OF the governments
of thos, countries. He will be
absent about month.
Last year General Macarthur
visited France and YugoSlavia
for the same purpose and his
present trip is in the nature of a
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
". Y. Firm to Erect
Junior High School

A contract for the erection of
the William Howard Taft Junior
High School on site between
South Dakota Ave. and Eight
eenth st. at the intersection of
Quincy st. N. E., was awarded to
day by the District Commission
ers to the Prescott-White Cor,
poration, of New York, which
underbid 10 competitors with a
price of $338.O96.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
D. G. Woman Heads
D. 4. r. Affiliate

Miss Elizabeth Malott Barnes,
of the Kennedy-Warren Apart
ments, has been appointed ma
tional vice chairman and State
chairman of the Sons and Daugh-
ters of the Republic, which is
sponsored by the National So
ciety of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Miss Barnes will have charge
of the organization in the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
GETS 13 DAYS IN JAIL

Convicted before Judge Charles
w. Woodward in Police Court at
Rockville, of diSorderly conduct
yesterday, Charles Wright, color
ed, was sentenced to 13 days in
Jail. He has already served the
sentence.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
"OUR MISSIONS" TOPIC

Our Missions" will be the sub.
ject discussed at the monthly
meeting of the Young Peoples
Fellowship of st. Johns, Sandy
Spring, Sunday evening at the
home of Miss Margaret Lans-
dale. The fellowship plans a
dance August IL at the Sher-
wood High School.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
AYERS
. 7 STATES WILL
BILLET VETS
That Many Pledges Already in
Hand, Says Commander;
'Disperse,' His Order

Walter w. Waters. com
mander-in-chief of the B. E. F.,
announced today he had
promises from seven States
that they would erect State
encampments for veterans now
at Johnstown. Pa.
They are Texas, California,
North Carolina, Florida, Michi-
gan, Alabama, and Georgia.
Waters announced that r. B.
Ellison, former national contact
officer of the B. E. F.. would be
in charge of carrying out the
Khaki Shirt" movement.
"Disperse Tonight"
Waters said he had ordered
every man now at Johnstown to
disperse to his State before 8
o'clock tonight. He said:
"The people of the United
States have profound sympathy
for our movement. However, 10
behOOves every man to 60 to
his State Immediately. If he
does not, he might do some
thing that might mislead the
public on our cause for which
two veterans already have laid
down their lives"
Records for Hoover
The records of the B. E. F. we're
offered today for inspection by
Representatives of President Hoover
and Secretary of War Hurley as
an answer to their statements
that a large number of the So
called bonus army were not vet
Grams. Commander Waters said:
There were $4,000 b. E. F.
cards issued to men who pro-
duCed indiSputable evidence of
honorable discharges from the
service.
These record are now at our
headquarters and are open to
tnpection by President HOOverS
representatives, Secretary of
War Hurley. or any other Of
ficiaIS.
mo one was allowed to STAY
encamped over "a hours with.
out presenting the camp COM
mander an honorable dis.
charge"
Statements of Administration
officials on the number of service
men in the B. E F.. have varied.
While Secretary of War Hurley
said not more than half OF those
driven from Washington we're ser
vice men, Director Hines. of the
Veterans Bureau estimated that
al but 500 had seen service.
AdVices to Waters said only
a few of the World War veterans
who still remained at Johnstown,
Pa, were following Doak E.
Carter, late chief-of staff who re-
fused to obey instructions.
Orders to AtwelI
Edward F.. Atwell, former COM
mander of Camp Marks. Ana
costa, who succeeded Carter as
chiefof-staff. was under instruc-
tionS from Waters to insist that
all men return to their reSpec-
tive States and not follow Carter
to Huntingdon, w. Va, where he
plans to set up an insurgent
camp.
Bonus headquarters officers
were confident the whole group
would be demobilized and there
would be no more trouble.
Commander Waters announced
that if necessary he would fly to
JohnStown and scatter the rem
nant of his force.
Court action in regard to the
veterans was deferred until next
week following yesterdays ses,
sion of the Grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Intimate Strangers

Part of the fun is in the avalanche Of Names
stories characters which fall upon you You
strangersand it is almost impossible talk to strangers
about the weather You have to be really intimate with
people before you be trivial with them Strangers al
ways tell you the important things about themselves
right away when you know them better they become
entertaining and talk about their health, their ideas (or
lack of them) and about the situation in Europe China
At first meeting they give you directly obscurey, their
standing in society (by dropping the of important
frends) their business their incomes their wives (or lack
of wves and their ambitions. They feel safe pre-
csey because among strangers take advantage
Of their frankness You have just America you
just going back to America So they tell you how
they smugged, dsgraced the family, off with
IL.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
True to Type
BROADENING EFFECTS
OF MUCH TRAVEL
DOUBTFUL
BY GILBERT SELDES-

HAVE never been quite about the meaning of the
phrase which that travel broadens the mind
for thing because have lived all their days
In villages and have been owmnded for another
because travel is fairly modern invention. and broad
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Who's .X2 Who Cares?

leone else S wife.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

mad been found that their father was
dead but their mother is living. They
would not state where she lived.
After searching through the trunks
for the second gun, Deputy Sheriff
harry Beatty went back into the cells
and commanded two boys to take off
all OF their clothes. The gun was found
concealed in the athletic supporter
Freddie was wearing.
Two Redwood Falls boys. Row
Hewitt and Everett Monson. en-
ployees at the Redwood Rendering
plant, who were going to take the two
gunner to Window, were not held.
The chief Of police, chief of de-
tertives and two men who are employ
ed in the Gamble store at Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, Tuesday identified the
brothers who are in the county Jail
here waiting trial, as the bandits who
robbed the Sioux Falls Gamble store
April 18.
The Sioux Falls officials secured a
confession of the Dakota job from
Marshall Groves. The other brother
wouldn't talk.
Fred Pennock is managerand C. F.
Scott, assistant manager of the
store which was robbed of more
than 1915 in small change and cur
rency. Marshall Groves last night
revealed that he took $3.50, authori-
ties said.
Officials questioned the two boys
about Sioux City, Iowa, Gamble
store robbery committed April 9, and
the Tyler Bank robbery May 8.
Police officials there asked to have
their pictures sent there instead of
making trip here.
Eight men from Tyler, including
the sheriff, bank employees and wit
nesses of the bank robbery were here
this afternoon to examine the boys.
They stated that the bandits who
robbed the bank there were older and
larger men. They returned after the
examination.
A preliminary hearing was given
the boys Tuesday morning at the
county Jail before Municipal Judge T..
F. Reed. The penalty is from 5 to
40 years in the state prison.
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Track Men Meet
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the athletic field, Jim WEIGH and Jack
Sullivan tied for first and Johnny
Finn and Bill Mahoney tied for sec
ond. The time was 1000.
Hoepner Wins Half-M Mile
In the half mile race, Frank Hoop
ner, Redwood Falls, won first IN
2.O9h, Harold Daily was second and
Jim Inglis, third. In the shot put
event Cuff threw 40 feet, one inch
for first place, Corbett was second
with 38 feet, four inches and Daily
third with "a feet, three and one-half
inches.
In the 440 run, Albert Corbett
placed first, Erwin Smith, second and
Joe Richland, third. In the jayelin
throw, Cuff threw the spear 15S feet,
eight inches, for a first, Daily won
second with 126 feet, four inches and
w. Corbett third with 124 feet, SIX
inches.
After pole vaulting for nearly half
an hour, Daby eliminated Jack Lau-
terbach at the eight feet, IL inch
mark. Garman of Morton finished
third. Jack Sullivan and Ed. Ma
honey Of Morton finished first and
second in the 220 run and Jim WEIGH
captured third from a field OF ten.
Wyman Corbett won first with a DIS
Gus throw of 95 feet, II and one-ha1
inches, Cuff placed second with u
feet and Garman third with 81 feet,
10 inches.
Following the discus throw, Gun
went to the broad jump pit and cap
tured a first place there by jumping
10 feet, four and one-half inches. Dale
Byram followed Cuff with II feet,
five and one-half inches and Mahoney
finished third with 16 feet, II inches.
The Redwood Falls relay team con-
sisting of Cuff, Wyman Corbett,
Lloyd Melges and Ray Tenney ran
the relay on an unofficial half-mile
track and lowered the district record
Is seconds.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12
Grand Jury Drawn
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Continued From Page IL
and down the street, saw his confed-
crate in the sheriff's car and think
ing it was the one they were going to
Window in, he ran into the trap set
by the officials.
After taking the brothers to the
jail and searching them for the guns.
they started talking smart to the Of
fcials about their personal belong
ings and how they should run the
Jail. The officials searched them for
the other gun and not finding it, lock-
ed them in individual cells.
Find Other Loot
The officials then went down to the
house and brought their trunks and
suitcases back to the Jail, where they
found several belongings which i'm
plicate the boys in other robberies. A
large scarf was found in the large
trunk filled with pennies, nickels,
dimes and quarters. In the pockets
of the pants which were found, quart
ers and so cent pieces were num-
erous. Two hunting knives and a
tile of ether were among the find
ings besides a South Dakota fishing
license and probate notice. The
boys said in their cells after the gun
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12
Cemetery Association
Reflects Officers

All officers were reelected at tbe
annual meeting of the Redwood Falls
Cemetery association held at the
home OF Mrs. E. A. Pease. Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. P. M. Fuller is president
Mrs. Julia Glassco, vice president:
Mrs. Ida M. Carruth, secretary and
Mrs. Oscar Goethe, treasurer
Trustees elected were Mrs. E. A.
Pease, Mrs. Anna Ward, Mrs. Julia
Glassco,, Mrs. P. M. Fuller, Mrs. A
u. McRae, Mrs. w. C. Starr, Mrs
Ida M. Carruth and Mrs. George
Ellison.
1t was voted to keep the cemetery
gates unlocked all day Sunday as well
as week days and locked every night
at dusk from May 1 until September
l. The caretaker will be at the
cemetery Sunday afternoons during
May. The rest of the year the gates
will be locked when the caretaker is
not there.
1t was also voted to retain Max
Karo as caretaker.
Reports of the secretary and treas
urer showed the following receipts
during the year: For perpetual care
from May 1, 1881 to May 1, 1892,
SALT; from sale of lots, $163; opening
graves, $3.50; annual care $282; other
sources $235.4O, making a total of
$1,347.40.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12
Take Case Exam

Harry Warner and l.. P. Winter
took the annual case examination at
the post office Tuesday. c. A. Nc
Cabe, chief clerk of the railway mail
service at St. Paul, was here to con-
duct the examination. Mr.. Winters
record was perfect as he handled the
725 towns in % minutes for an aver
age of 33. Mr.. Warner made one
error while he completed the list in
II minutes for an average of 43 per
minute.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12
Late Spring? Wabasso
Has Ripe Tomatoes

Who called this a late spring?
Reports are that few farmers are
still husking last years corn crop
and that rain and cold has delayed
farm work but over at Wabasso home
grown tomatoes are ready for the
table.
Mrs. Nels Zeren has carefully cared
for the vine which has already pro-
duced ripe fruit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

Disbursements for the year amount
ed to $1,572.80. Receipts after the
books were closed would have bal
anced the account. The cash balance
on hand May 1, 1882 was 81 ,496.30. (
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

William LAWN, Redwood Falls, was
arraigned in municipal court Tuesday
afternoon on a drunkenness charge
and given ten day sentence sus-
pended for a year on the condition of
absolute sobriety, payment of court
costs and good behavior.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Two pure
bred Hereford bulls coming 2 years
old. 31s miles S. E. of Evan. 6 miles
N. W. of Sleepy Eye. Inquire of L. E.
Anderson, R. Sleepy Eye. 42-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Farm Seeds. Alfalfa,
Clover, Timothy, Seed Corn, Sudan
Grass, etc. Also Roses and Shrubs in
paks carried in stock. The Schmidt
Shultz Seed Company, Springfield,
Mimi. 42-4ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Seed Corn grown in
Redwood county, properly cured and
thoroughly tested at depression pric-
es. See the corn l " blocks north OF
the court house. S. o. Mason, Phone
445, Redwood Falls. Att.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Siberian and German
Millet Seed, &c per pound. E. f..
Wichman, Clements. 41-6ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Early Murdoch Seed
Corn. Test SO per cent. Price $500
per bushel. Arnold Kramer, Sea-
forth. 42-6ts.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-State Tested Seed
Corn. Silver King, $3.50 and Early
Murdoch $3.50. $500 per bushel.
Matthew Bower, one mile east of
Wabasso. 43-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

HAY FOR SALE-Timothy or Up
land bailed hay. Car loads or truck
loads ready to ship. For work horses.
Winthrop Hay and Straw Co. Box
402, Winthrop, Mimi. 45-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

WANTED TO RENT-Small acre
age, equipped for poultry. Close in
to Redwood Falls. Phone 432 of
fee. 44-4ts.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

SEEDS FOR SALE-Sweet Glover
Seed, Grundy Co. and common white;
Seed corn, large MINI. Is, Murdoch
and Red Gold. New early variety.
Also alfalfa and timothy seed. C. A.
Marsh, Delhi, Mimi. 4O-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-New Slower Engine 12
H. P. Enclosed run in oil. With
trucks. Sell for $45. Joe. Muehl-
bauer, agent. 44-ots.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Seed Corn, Improved
No. Is; Silver King, No. 455; Early
Murdoch; White Dent; also White
Blossom Sweet Clover Seed. John
Arnett, Phone 1925. 37-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED TO RENT-Suburban re-
sidence: barn, chicken house and gar
age. Moderate rent. Give details.
Redwood Falls or North Redwood.
Write @K" care of The Gazette. 45-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Whippet Six Sedan, low
mileage, good rubber. May be seen
at Fathers Garage. 4o-lt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-One new ice box $500
and one second box $4,000. May be
seen at Kemnitz Meat Market. j..
A. Storts. 4o-l9s.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Tomato, Cabbage and
Flower Plants at the Alvin Duncan
Greenhouse. Mrs. F. C. mickey. Red
wood Falls. 45-2ts.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-12

FOR SALE-Silver King Seed Corn.
William Nell. 44-2ts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-09
Single Bliss to Come High
 Under Turkish Celibate Tax

ISTANBUL. Turkey, Jan. g. The emancipation of Turkish men, almost as big an achievement of the Kemalists as the emancipation of Turkish women, has received it's first setback.
 To the sons of Turkey, whose mothers always used to choose their brides for them, the new right to marry whom they please or not at all-was as heady a freedom as any that the daughters of Turkey gained. Under the new regime it became merry and popular thing to be bachelor.
 Now government pressure is to replace parental; celibate tax, just proposed before the Angora parliament, will take all the joy out of bachelordom.
 The Nationalist Government is sincere enough about equal rights for men to impose the tax on spinsters and widows who fail to remarry, as well as on bachelors and widowers. The women are merely given ten years of inn munity as bit of baksheesh. The proposed tax will hit all unmar-