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Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06
OF
FRUIT TREES IS
TOLD BY EXPERT

New methods of vegetative pro-
pagation for fruit trees were re-
Gently explained to the agricultural
section of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Sci
ence by DIR. w. l.. Howard, profess
sor of pomology and director of
the branch of the College of Agri-
culture, of the University of CAL
ifornia. DR.. Howard, who last year
spent Sabbatical leave of absence
in England studying this subject,
told of the adaptation of old
methods and the development of
new ones, that he found in Eur
ope.
THE chief reason for wanting to
propagate fruit trees SeXually has
been to secure own-rooted varie-
ties, and the reason for wanting
idents as well as to tourists and
the packing sheds are a revelation
of speed and efficiency.
One of the high spots in the ex-
citement of the melon season is
that revealed when the cars are
iced and packed by crews of men
working at frenzied speed in sum-
mer temperatures at one time con-
sidered too torrid for members of
the white race to endure.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
UTILITIES TAXES
:. UNDER STUDY

The Public Utilities Commits
sion is drafting report to Con.
gress on Senator Capper's pro.
posal to increase taxes on local
utility corporations, and plans to
send it to Congress next week.
The form Of the report will
depend largely upon the outcome
Of conference with the District
Commissioners. according to Mai
Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chair.
man Of the commission.
Utility representatives, the
chairman said, had raised the
point that there would be diff.
Guilty in administering such a tax,
The proposed bill would tax util.
tiles for their personal property
at the same rate that is charged
to individuals. This would be in
addition to the per cent tax
on gross earnings.
The commission has under ad.
visement protest by the local
street car companies against In.
Stalling safety glass in theil
buses whenever requirements are
made or new buses ordered, The
contention of the companies is
that the additional safety insured
by the glass would not justify
the added expense.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
RABBI, DOCTORS
BACK BILL ON
BIRTH CURB
Mrs. Sanger AppIauded at
Senate Hearing on Measure
Sponsored by Hatfield

Dissemination of birth con-
troll information by the medi-
cal profession was urged today
before Senate Judiciary sub
committee by a Senator and
authorities in medicine, ma
ternal and infant welfare,
sociology and religion.
The committee was told 40 per
cent of the population are
desperately trying to get birth
control information. 1t is con,
sidering the Hatfield bill to per
NIT licensed medical agents to
disseminate this information
Senator Hatfield CRO of West
Virginia said:
"The purpose Of this legisIa-
tiOn is to teach the uninfOrmed
mother there is a rational limit
that should control her in the
reproduction of her kind"
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, interna
tionally known birth control advo
cate, said:
Enactment Of this bill will
directly affect the quality of fu-
ture generations. It will directly
affect the health, happiness and
future development of $4,000, 900
married women Of child. bearing
age in this country.
Nearly 100 smartly dressed wo
men attended the hearing.
Mrs. Sanger Applauded
A remark by Mrs. Sanger that
the existing laws concerning birth
control "are relics Of an outworn
concept Of morality which tries to
make people moral by legiSlating
against knowledge" brought forth
applause.
Others who appeared in support
Of the bill were: Rabbi Edward
S. Israel, Baltimore; DR.. James S.
Klumpp, Huntington, w. Va, Eel
low, American College of Sur.
geons; DR.. John H. Stokes, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; DR.. Paul
j. Zentay, st. Louis, of the Ma
ternal Health Association; Prof.
James Herbert Bossard, Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, and Prof.
Henry Pratt Fairchild, New York
University.
Not Immoral, Says Rabbi
DR.. Fairchild declared the more
prosperous classes of society in
the United States have under
stood and practiced birth control
for years.
Intelligent supervision of nor
NAL sex impulses was urged by
Rabbi Israel. He declared:
at is not immoral to control
divine nature"
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
MEANS DENIES
BANKING CASH
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from Mrs. Mclean by fraudulent
means.
He is now free on $4,000 bond,
and returned promptly to his
home as soon as he had been re-
leased. He was incensed at the
havoc wrought there in the search
made by agents of the Department
oof Justice.
They had smashed his safe and
this perhaps disturbed him most.
He would willingly have given
them the combination, he said,
if they had asked for it.
Got No Shepard Money
Other developments in tn e
Means case included a statement
by Ralph M. Easley, of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, to the
effect that Means did not obtain
any money from Mrs. Finley P.
Shepard, of New York, and a
statement by Representative Ham
ilton Fish of New York, who,
like Easley and Mrs. Shepard,
has been engaged in anti-Com-
muniSt Investigations. to the ef-
feet that Means had told him
fantastic stories about "bolshevist
documents.
He told of a raid carried out
by Means at q Baltimore ware
house, where alleged "red" papers
turned out to be merely crates
of lettuce.
Agents of the Department of
Justice said also that there
seemed no ground for Federal &C.
ton so far as Mrs. Shepard was
concerned, and that If anything
were done, it would be up to the
New York authorities.
Means declined to maze com
ments regarding his case, other
than to deny that he had said he
had paid 100000 to an alleged
agent of Mrs. Mclean who whis
pered the words Number IL" to
him. To tell more, he said, would
be to reveal his defense.
Means indicated he, will con-
tend Mrs. McLean's legal recourse
rests in the civil and not the
criminal courts. Surveying a
cracked safe and a wrecked doll
house at his Chevy Chase home.
he lost his composure momentarily
and shouted:
what Is this anyway? A
civil case or a criminal case?
Is the Department of Justice a
collection agency for Mrs. Nc
Lean?"
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
De Cast Is Elected
Head of Lions Club

Leonard w. De Cast, general
secretary of the Washington Y. M.
CA, was elected president Of the
Lions Club at a meeting at the
Mayflower Hotel last night. He
succeeds Edgar N. Brawner. Other
officers chosen at the dinner were
Charles w. Hoover, first vice pres
ident: DR.. George T. Sharp, sec
ond vice president; r. E. Myers,
secretary; David J. Barry. treas
urer; F. w. Loetsch, lion-tamer,
and B. G.. McGinniss, tail-twister.
Myers and Barry, both of whom
were reelected. were also named
delegate and alternate to the an
nual convention in Los Angeles,
July 10 to %.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
100, 600 Defy Rain to View Masonic
Ceremonies in Alexandria

Nelson Gray. W. NJ. carrying the five or
ders Of architecture; committees Of
Fredericksburg Lodge (VirSinia), Alex-
| andria- -wasrington Lodge (virginia),
Potomac Lodge District Of Colum bia },
st. Johns Lodge (New York city,. and
the Grand Lodge OF Massachusetts,.
carrying the Washington relics.
s. Eugene Osgood representing the
architects. carrying the square, level and
plumb; James c. Drinard. grand pursuit.
want: James N. Cliff. grand secretary.
and W S.. 8 Petit; grand treasury
ing the great lights: Rev. H. L. Wes-
ton, grand chaplain. and Rt Rev. W.
Bertrand Stevens, bishop Of Los Angeles
Rev. William j. Morton. D. D.. and Hon.
Melvin NJ. Johnson P G M; president,
officers and directors of the George
Washington Masonic National Memorial
Association: grand master Of 1urtsdic-
tions other than Virginia: L P. Harrell,
grand senior deacon and c. Vernon
Eddy grand Junior deacon: William NJ
Brown. grand senior warden, and
Thomas w. Hooper. grand Junior war
den: Ben W. Beach. p. G. M. carrying
the constitutions: ]. c. Padgett. deputy
grand master; Charles H Callahan. P.
g. M. acting grand master. and Harry
X. Green. grand master.
Following the dedication, the
Memorial was opened to visitors
until 4:45 p. m. .>.
Fifteen minutes later the Grand
Commandery Of Virginia knights
Templar held the opening session
of its conference in the audito.
rum of the Memorial.
At 8 p. m. Alexandria. w Washing.
ton Lodge, No. %, will hold a
stated communication at the audi.
torium, at which the Master
Mason's degree will be conferred
by Washington Lodge, Of st
Louis.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
YOUNG FAVORS
ROBINSON s
PROPOSAL
Finance Experts Backing Of
Relief Loan Aids Dark
Horse Boom, Is View

NEW YORK, May -
(I.N.S.). - Politicians W e r e
speculating today on the ac-
tion of Owen D. Young, poten-
tial clark horse" candidate
for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination, in coming out
in favor of Senator Joseph Z.
Robinson's proposed $2,000,-
100000 unemployment relief
bond issue and of an equaliza-
ton fee on wheat as "an ex-
pertinent. 1"
Young's rather sudden plunge
into a DISCUSSION of national
questions was regarded as of high
political significance in view of
the movement-which seems to
have gained momentum in the
! past few dayS--to promote Young
as a compromise candidate for
President in the event the Demo
cratic convention in Chicago next
month becomes deadlocked.
See Young as Receptive"
Tnasmuch as Young has been
virtually silent on national issues
and problems, politicians are now
taking the view that he had sud.
denly entered the political arena
and that he will be a receptive
candidate.
Young'S Endorsement Of Senator
Robinson's bill did not surprise
observers because Of the ia ct
Young already had made a SINH
lar bond issues suggestion to
members Of Congress. In some
quarters the Robinson bill even
has been referred to as THE
Young Plan" Said Young:
"The experiment with the
equalization fee on wheat 1 be-
lieve worth making in the inter.
est Of the farmers. If success
full there 1t can be extended
by experience to other agricul.
tural commodities"
Senator Robinson's advocacy of
the $4,000, ,000, 900 bond issue also
had the hearty approval of AL
Smith.
Cites Similar Proposal
In a statement, Smith pointed
out that he had made a similar
proposal at the Jackson Day din
ner in Washington, January 8.
Prosperity would be restored
most quickly through inaugura.
ton of a large scale program of
public works construction, the
American Society Of Civil Engi
neers said in an appeal to the
Federal Government to undertake
such work.
It also urged that the Treasury
reinforce the credit of States and
local administrations to permit
them to carry out their own pub.
lie works programs through bond
issue financing.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
'DESPOT' MINE
RULE RAPED

Coal operators Of Bell and
Harlan counties, Kentucky, were
assailed today before a Senate
subcommittee as ruthless despots
determined to break the backs of
American miners"
The subcommittee is investiga-
ting cond itions to determine
whether the Senate should make
a detailed inveS tigation of
charges that peonage' exists in
the central Kentucky coal fields.
Allan Taub, of New York, at.
torney and member Of a group
of writer's forcibly escorted from
the coal fields, declared the only
issue at stake in these counties is
the right of the miners to
organize peacefully.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
STAKES REPUTE
ON VALUE Of
F. NEW TIP
Supt. Crowley Believed to
Know Gang or Those
Who Got Hoax Ransom

BOSTON, May IL (L.N.S).
Superintendent of Poll c e
Michael H. Crowley today
transmitted to the State police
of New Jersey the name of a
man he said either actually
kidnapped Baby Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr., or collected the
$4,000 ransom in the unsuc-
cessful negotiations for his re-
turn.
The veteran superintendent
admitted that. although his In
formation definitely linked the
name he gave with the kidnapping,
he was not sure of the mans
exact connection with the case.
Crowley revealed he forwarded
his information week ago to
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
head Of the New Jersey State
police.
The information, he said, came
through a personal friend, who
pledged him to secrecy regarding
its source. He added:
"The name Of the man given
me was supposed to have done
the kidnapping or to have col
lected the ransom money. ! for
warded this information to
Colonel SchwarzkOpf in regular
police procedure. 1t was in
formation which could not be
handled by local Investigators.
'sIn the letter I told him that
the information sounded very
positive to me and asked him
to give it special attention"
NORFOLK, Va, May IL UN.S0
Tidewater Virginia, which has
played an important part In the
nationwide hunt for the kid
naped son of Colonel and Mrs
Charles A. Lindbergh, was out Of
the picture today, except insofar
as the activity Of one of her
citizens, John Hughes Curtis,
working off Long Island, N. Y,
was concerned.
Curtis, chief of the group here
seeking the eaglet, left Norfolk
last Saturday, and since then
has been seeking contact with
the kidnapers.
." The yacht Maroon, which has
been used in the negotiations for
the past two weeks, was today In
Curtis boat yard awaiting repairs.
Her skipper, Capt. Frank H.
Lackmann. was confident she
would be used again in the Lind
bergh baby hunt.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
2 Girls Attackers
To File NeU ADDe1L

An appeal to the Supreme
Court in behalf of seven young
Negroes under death sentences
for attacks on two white girls
near Scottsboro, Ala, may be
filed within the next few days.
A representative Of Walter Pol
lax, New York attorney, today
obtained information from the
clerk of court on the cost of
printing the record in the case
and indicated that the appeal
would be filed soon.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
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Special trains were run from
washington to accommodate Dis
trict MaSons and visitors who are
quartered here, while at Alex
andria most of the throng was
forced to eat at lunch counters
specially erected for the occasion
on the lawn Of the memorial and
on side streets.
President Hoover and his party
arrived promptly at o'clock, the
Chief Executives appearance be.
ing announced by 21-gun salutes
from the frigate Constitution and
other Naval and Coast Guard
vessels lying at anchor in Alex
andria Harbor.
Salute Is Returned
AS though in echo, land bat.
teries located on the hills to
the south and west Of the me
mortal took up the salute.
The Presidents arrival was
timed so that he made his ap-
pearance on the dedication plat
form simultaneously with Grand
Master Harry K. Green, of Vir-
ginia Masons. and Acting Grand
Master Charles H. Callahan.
Grand Master Green and Act.
ing Grand Master Callahan
brought up the rear Of the grand
procession which, with pomp and
panoply, marched down the 100
steps leading from the memorial
portico to the platform.
Replica Is Dedicated
The procession was formed in
Memorial Hall five minutes before
the arrival of the President and
25 minutes after special com
munication Of the grand lodge
had been called to order in the
auditorium Of the Temple by
Grand Master Green.
Due to the fact that the
memorial is not completed a
model Of it. built absolutely in
proportion. was dedicated.
This replica, covered with a
satin cloth and other emblems
and utensils used in the dedica.
ton, including five priceless
Washington relics, two of them
Bibles, were carried in the pro
cesSion. s
Acting Grand Master Callahan,
a past grand master in his own
right and generally acknowledged
as the father Of the memorial
officiated at the dedication, tax.
ing the part Of the grand master
at the direction. Of Grand Master
Green.
Grand masters of the District
Of Columbia and the 4s States
also took part.
A Special Ritual
Those from the IL original
colonies besides Virginia were
given particular roles in the ritual
especially written for the occasion
by DR.. Robert s. Barrett, general
chairman Of the arrangements
committee.
The memorial. represented by
thc replica, was dedicated to
virtue, universal benevolence, ri.
sonry and Ito the memory of
Am -1ica'S greatest son and Ma.
sonry'S brightest star-Washing.
ton"
Col. Louis A. Watres, president
OF the George aShington Ma,
sonic National Memorial ASsocia.
ton, Inc, which holds title to the
property, presided, introducing Rt
Rev. BeTrand Stevens. Bishop Of
The Washington times., 1932-05-12

S@OS &AAASSANSO WAAO NN4ANNASS OAAN AAA
vocation.
Likened to PharOs
Melvin M. johnson, past granC
master Of Massachusetts,, was the
principal speaker. He likened thG
memorial to the Pharos Of Alex
andria, Egypt, one of the sever
wonders of the ancient world.
He said in part:
'"This PharOs, sufficiently COM
pleted to become utiIitarian, is
today cOnsecrated to the mem.
Ory Of Washington. 1t has an
even greater value. It Is q
shrine, a Mecca, for the Free.
masOnS of the world. 1t is .
symbol to all humanity of the
ideals and purposes Of Free
masonry. Millions of feet will
tread its halls. Myriads Of eyes
will gaze upon its majestic
beauty. Through daylight hours
it will carry its message to vast
muItitudeS. AS the beacon light
upon its summit will send out
its rays to all the compass in
the hours Of night.
I'm ancient days FreemasOnry
was concerned primarily with
building structures made with
hands, incidentally inculcating
a moral philosophy.
TO BUILD CHARACTER
For the last two centuries its
mission has been to build char.
acter, the sum Of the active
moral forces mOtivating an in.
dividual's career.
Hence, after leaders of our
fraternity in 1910 had organ.
ICED for the purpose Of erecting
a safe depOsitary for the price.
less relics Of our Worshipful
Brother George Washington.
owned by Alexandria-WashinR.
ton Lodge No. 22, there came
to the craft of our country a,
mighty vision and inspiration,
This solemn ceremony of
dedlcation Is q proclamation to
the world that millions OF Am.
er1can FreemaSOns are de.
termined to preserve in our
civic structure those primary
pOstuIateS basic in MaSOnry.
OaSlc in WaShingtOn's life.
which are and must remain
basic In our Government and
In the lives Of its citizens IL
our nation. indeed our CiviIixa-
ton, is to endure"
Anthem EndO Service ,.
Following Mr.. Johnson's od
dress, Colonel Watres introduce
the distinguished guests ATE,
which the Rev. w. ]. Morton
Rector of Christ Church Alex
andria. where Washington wor
Snlped' pronounced the bene
The ceremonies were brought
70 a close with the singing n
Inc Star Spangled Ranr1er ;
ming. eiA4
In the procession will be tn,
- robert s. Barrett. grand marshal: o.
car a. Adams. grand tiler; Thomas p
cochran and J c. Whitehead, assjstsn,
s, Erann stewards; A w. Baker. Crane
rying the gold pitcher containing corn
~ L. Cunningham, p. G NJ. carryins
the silver pitcher conta lining wine: JobT
Z. Bottimore. p. G 81. carrying the sill.
Yer pitcher containing oil; W. L. Davis
@ NJ. John T Cochran, P. G. M. DR.
F. T. McFadsn, P NJ. and DR. A M
Showalter. P. G. NJ. carrying symbolic
lodge; 3 L. Odenthsl. tr.. W. M, Ed
ward H. Cam, W. NJ, 7 J. stubbs. jr.
W. NJ. Alfred L elEs. W. n. and s
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
Rear Adm. Robinson
Sneaker at Bdn0uet

Rear Admiral S. M. Robinson,
engineer-in-chief of the Navy, will
speak at the annual banquet Sat
urday night of the American
Naval Society of Engineers, to be
held at the willard Hotel, on "En-
gineers, Ashore am AfloatO"
The Washington times., 1932-05-12

e r n m en- t.
wanted W ar
in 1914. but
t h ey were
drawn into it
by their stu
pidity an d
blin d ness"
t h e la t e
Prince Bern
h a I'd on
Buelow. one
time German.
C h a n c ellor,
wrote in the
long awaited
po S thumouS
third volume
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
RGdiun1 Water Peril
Cited bv Health Chief

NEW YORK, May IL U.NS).
Health Commissioner Wynne to-
day issued another warning
against indiscriminate use Of
radium water and radium salt
emanationS such as caused the
death recently of Eben M. Byers,
millionaire, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12

walker, oper-
attic prim a
donna, gave
up q stage
career for q
prom Use of
m a tr imony,
she said to-
day.
D isillusion.
ed and heart
broken, tn e
former star
of Earl Car
rolls "Fioret-
ia" ca us e d
papers to be
The Washington times., 1932-05-12

Ved on IHEI. "ALhEH
Norman Whiteside, wealthy
sportsman, whom she describes
as occupying a luxurious suite
at the Hotel Taft.
Miss Walker is seeking $50,-
900 damages for alleged breach
of promise. She charges that
they became engaged last No
vember and were to have been
married shortly after. White
side has since Tilted her, she
SAYS.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12

Of his memoirs, just published
by Little Brown & Co.
Prince Won Buelow strongly
condemned . both Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg and
Foreign Minister Gottlieb Won
Jagow for the manner in which
they handled the situation in
the summer of 1914. He ac-
cused both of gross incompe-
tence.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
Missing School Head
Bellies Kidnnn Fears

CHICAGO, May IL UN.SJ.
After being missing for 70 hours,
DR.. Lucian Koch, youthful head
Of Commonwealth College, Mena,
Ark, reappeared today. allaying
fears he had been kidnapped by
persons not in sympathy with his
radical views. He did not explain
. his disappearance.
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
Won BueIow Book Says
Kaiser Was Blind

NEW YORK. May -12.-Nei-
ther the German kaiser nor
the official heads of his gov
The Washington times., 1932-05-12
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Prima Donna Seeks
$50, 900 Love Balm

NEW YORK, May 12.-Heark-
ening to the Establishments
The Ely miner., 1932-06-03
STATE CAPITOL CHATTER

But with 35 Farmer-Labor aSpirantS,
Loeffler having withdrawn from the
Democratic list), it really isn't surpris-
ing that the guesses should differ.
What mean by the strange" thing
about these guesses is that some of
the self-appointed prophets omit from
their lists the names of some candidates
whom I, for one, believe are almost GER
tain of nomination-but the guessers
don't see things in the same light as I
do.
The lists of guesses that have seen
differ widely, agreeing only on the
following: Republicans Christianson
Burnquist, Chase, Harold Knutson;
Democratic -Hoidale, Vic Anderson,
Quamme, Anna Dickie Olesen; Farmer
Labor-Kvale, Arens, Teigan, Gaaren-
Stroom.
Can you tell me why, for example,
Holmberg, Hougen, Rines or Nolan
should be counted out among the Re-
publican candidates? Or Silas Bryan,
Holmes, Dick Bell or Kohlars among
the Democrats? Or Townely, Magnus
Johnson, Erling Swenson, Vic Lawson,
or j. L. Peterson among the Farmer
Laborites.
Seems to me that among these groups
are to be found some of the strongest
candidates of all three parties-yet
some of the guessers omit them from
their lists of winners. Maybe the
guessers are just as wild" as some
voters will be when they come to vote.