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The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Sneak Thief Gets
! Money From Room

A sneak thief entered the apart
ment OF Miss Alice Lauer, 1117
vermont Ave. N. W., and stole $22
while Miss Lauer was sleeping last
night.
she said she retired at midnight
and discovered the loss when she
awakened. The money was taken
from the bureau in her bedroom
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
REBEKAH MEETING

Clarendon Rebekah Lodge, No
%, of Clarendon, Va, will meet
Monday night in the I. o. O.
F. Temple at Clarendon.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
DIVORCE ASKED

Helen H. Guthrie, of Mt.
Rainier, has filed suit for divorce
from Seymour T. Guthrie. of Balls,
ton, Va, in Circuit Court at
Upper Marlboro. Mrs. Guthrie
charged deSertion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
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The business of signing Babe Ruth to these big contracts has always been done with a flourish of ballyhoo, as befits a ball player good enough to be paid more than the President of the United States.
 After Ruth smashed the home run record with a total of 59 round trip raps in 1921, friends told him he ought to demand a big increase.
 The Babe had been collecting about S25,OO0 for his first two years with the Yankees. He figured he might talk about salary of around $50,000." But he didnt t pay much attention to details.
 Col. T. L. Huston, then a partner of Col. Jacob Ruppert in the own ership of the club, filled in the contract at Hot Springs in 1922 after Ruth signed it. The docu- ment called for $52,500 annually for three years, with two-year renewal option which the Yankees exercised.
 Under this agreement half of Ruth's salary was held out until the end of the season as an incen- tive to thrift. The Babe blew most of it anyway as soon as he collected
 The fragrant atmosphere of the 11th floor of Jake" Ruppert's old brewery surrounded the next big step in Ruth's financial advance ment. It was in February, 1927, The Babe came back from the west coast talking about getting Sl0O,- GOO year. He signed for three years for a total of s210,0Oo.
 The scene shifts to the Jungle Club, on the fringe of St. Peters burg, Fla, three years later. De- manding s85,000 a year for two years, Ruth had rejected Ruppert s compromise offer of $8000O.
 At breakfast the next day the .'Missus," Claire Hodgson Ruth, told him to quit being so stubborn to go in to see Ruppert and sign at
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
JACK DEMPSEY TO BE BARRED
 FROM FIGHTING
Boxing Association Says He Must Pay Debts of
 Recent Exhibitions

CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. l. = Jack Dempsey has been barred from all territory controlled by the Nation al Boxing Association until pay ment of debts incurred in connec- tion with his exhibition appearance in Mississippi.
 As result, Dempsey may not appear in exhibition in Milwaukee and Chicago this month.
 The Association officials said the promoters of Dempsey's exhibition failed to pay the debts amounting to $3,O00.
 Dempsey and his manager, Leon- ard Sachs. denied the charge. insist ing the former title holder merely acted as referee and had no con- nection with the promotion of the exhibitions. Sachs said Dempsey was to have received percentage Of the gate for his services but the promoter ran off with all of the proceeds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01

The United States is the worlds most important user of gas for heat power.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
Here Iou are, Goidie

Here 1ou are, Goidie
 Please give me your opinion as to who was the greatest baseball player within the last 20 years, ; asks a gent whose signature looks like Arthur Goldie."
 The answer is easy, anyway. It's two four letter words Babe Ruth.
 Quite a number of pretty fair ball players have been in their prime or whereabouts within the specified period. Ty Cobb, for ex- ample. Or Christy Mathewson, the greatest pitcher of all time Both, however, also belong to an earlier era. Taking the record from 1912 on, nothing can touch Ruths per- formance.
 Ruth was the best left-handed pitcher in the major leagues when the Red Sox converted him into an outfielder, subsequently, disposing of him to the Yankees for $135,O 900. The rest of his record is too well known to call for any tabulation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
WINTER HITS
 FLOOD AREAS
 IN Z STATES
Cold Wave Prevails from Canada to Gulf of
 Mexico

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1.-Winter has pressed claim for attention with rain, snow and sub-zero tenn peratures.
 Rivers in the lower Mississippi Valley basin, swelled by heavy pre- cipitation and a cloud burst, caus- ed the drowning of two persons
 At Ellisburg, Kentucky. hundreds of acres of land have been flooded
 Cold has added to the suffering of the flood refugees in Mississippi and Louiniana.
 The cold wave extends from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
 Snow and cold struck the Pacific Northwest with three inches of sncy at Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
HAMMER USED
 TO KILL MAN
Fourth Motiveless Murder Since January |, Un-
 covered in Chicago

CHICAGO, H., Feb. Another apparently motiveless murder, the fourth since January l, was uncov- cred today when Earl Davis, aged p, was beaten to death with a hammer in a garage where a watchman, in the same manner, met his death.
 The garage is about two blocks from the office of Dr. James Shaf- fer, beaten to death on January 24.
 The police theorized that a mar cctic addict is responsible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
EARLY GRID BIRDS;
 TRAINING IS BEGUN

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 1.-If the early bird catches the worm, Mill saps football players ought to gral a lot of victories next fall.
 They were out for spring train- ing almost before the last of the country's post-season games had been played.
 Although Coach T. L. Gaddy does not expect to start early training is ever until after bas- ketball is over, all football men not playing on the hardwood floor are out for limbering up practice.
 Coach Gaddy intends to gel down to real business this month when all candidates for the '3t team will be required to report.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
MILD WINTER IS
 BIG BOON TO GOLF

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. What ever an unusually mild winter may have meant to other lines of en- deavor in the south, it has been good for golfing in Georgia Put ting greens remained smocsh, fair ways were in good condition and many who never played golf in the winter have kept right at it.. In some cases winter rules have not been put into effect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01

the colonel's generous offer. This
 correspondent car being handy for just such an emergency, the wife's orders were carried out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
TRAVELLING MEN HERE

Sam Baker and Sam Shucklin, travelling 1een, arrived in Juneau aboard the Admiral Evans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
ADAMS OPPOSES
 TO MERGE. ARMY AND NAVY
Secretary Tells Congress- men Scheme Is Funda-
 mentally Wrong

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. l. Secretary of Navy Charles F. Adams opposed the Democratic sponsored opposes the Democratic sponsored Navy Departments as measure which would throw overheard all past experience and start on new adventure.
 Secretary Adams said: There is a theoretical thought that the merging of the two great defense departmentes will achieve econ- omy That will be proved only by costly experience. Creating of the unit is too big a proposition for any one person I know of and it would be the running of the pres ent organizations"
 Secretary Adams said England studied the merger twice but decid- ed against it.
 Referring to the proposed Sec retary of National Defense to sup plant the present Secretaries of War and Navy, with additional Secretaries for the Army, Navy and Aviation, Secretary Adams said that "by consolidation, you are doing something fundamentally wrong in principle. Think of the political power a secretary of Ma tional Defense would have? You are creating a power against good principles of Government" the Secretary told Congressmen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
Battle Cry

California is not satisfied with moral victories" clarions Carroll tKy) Ebright, the head crew coach of the Golden Bears. California is on her way, and close observers have already sensed it. The fight that Bill Ingram has injected into the football team will move on to the crew house I know we will have powerful and smooth row. ing crew. We need confidence, ambition and fight. It looks like we will have. them too"
 Fight, fight, FIGHT!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01

Four thousand lambs were sent as Christmas presents by Austral- ians to friends in Britain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
PACIFIC FOR TEBENKoF

With a large cargo, the motor ship Pacific. Capt. Paul Kegel. de- parted from Juneau Saturday for Tebenkof and way ports. She is scheduled to be back here We'd nesday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
CARD PARTY

The Women of Mooseheart Legion No. 439 will hold card party at the Moose Hall February II (Thurs- day) at pm. Both bridge and whist in play. Admission 35 cents.
 -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01
VILE GOES TO KETCHIKAN

Albert Vile, merchandise broker who makes his headquarters 1n Juneau, is on a business trip to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-01

Hard Times Dance, Feb. 4th, Eagles Hall, Douglas. Admission, gentlemen $1.O0, students sos. Aus pices D, !. w. c. -ady.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
To MEET
HERE IN 1888

CINCINNATI, Dec. 2 G.NSD.
Called upon by President William
Green to arouse the fighting
spirit of labor" and carry the
struggle to the doors of industry
until the jobless are given jobs"
the American Federation of Labor
today began winding up the busi-
ness of its annual convention
here.
Reelection of all officers was
scheduled today. Washington was
expected to be chosen as next
years convention site, since a
statue of Samuel Gompers, pio-
neer labor leader, is to be un-
Velled there next October.
The 300 delegates to the con-
vention were stirred into a noisy
demonstration last night when
Green. the militant leader of or
ganized labor, served notice that
labor is ready to fight with eco
nomic force" to obtain unemploy-
ment insurance and the 30-hour
week. He said:
I'VE have served notice on
the world that we will fight
with our economic strength for
the six-hOur day and the five
day week. In making this fight
we are fighting for the unem.
plOyed and for the nation it.
self. We are going to fight for
all those who want to earn a
decent living"
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
BY WILLIAM GREEN
President of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor
written Exclusively for international
News Service)

NWHtten Exclusively FOR InternauOhhi
News Service)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 2
'UNSO The effect of the five
day work week and the SiX-hour
day fundamentally should be to
adjust the tremendous change
that has taken place during the
past 20 years as a result of the
inventive genius of mankind and
the great advances in chemistry
which have made it possible for
a constantly reduced need of the
human element in relation to
production.
A Revolutionary Age
Power devices, augmented by
chemistry, have practically revolu-
tionized the ability to produce
when compared with the amount
Of work formerly done by a single
workman.
1t is because of these funda-
mentally recognized facts that as
a service to society and to our
general social status the shorter
week and. fewer hours per day
will strike balance between the
unit of production as measured
on the basis of 20 years ago and
our present ability to meet the
needs of the nation.
Based on the approximate num-
her of workers in industry and
agricultural pursuits and taking
into consideration the number of
unemployed in this country as be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, 900,
1t is simple arithmetic to arrive
at an approximate definite con-
clusion as to the number of days
per week and hours per day that
would close the gap between the
conditions offering employment
for those who are willing to work
and that of the 100000 now
unemployed.
Cannot Be Tolerated
We do not approach this ques-
ton from an altruistic point of
view. We face a condition that
cannot be tolerated, and our be-
lief is that any analysis of this
important question must lead to
the conclusion that the reduction
of hours is not only necessary but
absolutely essential to the we'll
being of the nation.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
SURVEYS
S0-HOUR WEEK
PROPOSAL

In the tollotDing article, pre-
pared exclusively for International
NetDS Seruice, William Green.
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, outlines the DieD OF
organized labor on the 3O.hour-
tDeek proposal as adopted recently
bU the federation.
The Washington times., 1932-12-02
Cord Gains Control
Of TrUnSUnlericnn

NEW YORK. Dec. 2 QN:SD.
Control of Transamerican Air
Lines, Inc, today passed to the
Cord Corporation with purchase
OF $4,000 shares of the Thompson
Aeronautical Corporation, accord
ing to announcement of E. L.
Cord. Cord Corporation holdings
IN Thompson now total approx
mately 95 per cent of the out
standing stock, Cord said.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
ALL FORD WORKERS
GET PAY REDUCTION
Minimum of so Cents Per
Hour to Be Paid for Labor
at Dearborn.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 30.-The Ford
Motor Co. yesterday announced pay
adjustments" affecting all employees of
the company from the highest execu-
tive down.
The statement said the new minimum
for common labor will be so cents an
hour, but the majority of the factory
employees will .receive 62la cents an
hour.
Company's Statement.
The statement in full, said:
Prom the highest executive to the
ordinary laborer, Ford employees will re-
ceive pay adjustments, which it is
hoped will be temporary, based on a
reclassifcation of the types of work
performed.
For common labor, a 'hiring-in
minimum of SO cents an hour has been
scheduled. The new minimum for semi
skilled labor is 62l2 cents an hour.
Skilled labor receives its former mini
mum of rs cents an hour, unchanged.
The actual wages paid will range
from the minimum figures upward.
This leaves the Ford Motor Co. wage
schedule the highest in the automotive
industry.
Eight Hour Day.
"a comparatively small number of
men will = be affected by the lowest
brackets, the ma jority receiving 81 e
cents per hour and upward"
The Ford working day is eight hours.
At the Dearborn factory most of the
men are employed three or four days a
week and some work five days
Henry Ford announced establishment
Of minimum of IS day for his en-
ployes nearly 20 years ago. This sub
sequently was raised to s6 and, in the
Fall of 1929, to ST. A return to the Sc
scale was announced about year ago.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Married 50 Years
COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY HERE.

Who celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary Wednesday with mass at
the Sacred Heart Church in the morn
ing and a reception at their hcme, 1885
Eighteenth street, in the afternoon.
Rev. Joseph Edwards, a cousin of Mrs.
Murray. said the mass, coming here
from Chicago for that purpose.
The couples celebration was partici
pated in by three sons and a daughter.
Edward c. Murray, John w. Murray
and DR.. Francis Murray of Washington
and Mrs. Charles P. Conway of New
Rochelle. N. Y, and three grandchil-
dren. The couple was married at Fall
Brook, Pa, September %, 1882. The
bride was Miss Nan Dwyer. Mr.. Muir
ray is retired hotel man.
Evening star., 1932-09-30
Dance to Benefit Seniors.

LEONARDTOWN, Md. September 80
(SpeciaD For the benefit of the senior
class of the Great Mills High School. a
dance will be given at Piney Point to-
morrow at pm
Evening star., 1932-09-30
TWO WOMEN ARE SHOT
BY ANOTHER IN FIGHT
Wife of Missouri Political Leader
Accused One OF Being Friendly
With Husband.
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, Mo-. September 80.
Two women were in serious condition
today after they were shot by Mrs.
Ward De Field, wife of the Mississippi
County assessor and a prominent DEM
ocratic politician in Southeast Missouri.
Mrs. Rosa Rummel, 80. was taken to
a Cairo, Ill, hospital with "a wound in
the abdomen. The bullet which wound
ed her passed through the chest of her
sister. Miss Myrtle Layton, who had
interposed her body between Mrs. De
Field and Mrs. Rummel in an effort to
protect Mrs. Rummel. Miss Layton will
recover.
Officers said Mrs. De Field explained
her act by accusing Mrs. Rummel of
being too friendly with De Field.
All Chambers of Commerce in the
Evening star., 1932-09-30

All Chambers of Commerce in the
Philippines are reported to favor re-
duction of the sales tax
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-06
PROBING TYPHUS FEVER,
u. S. DOCTOR is VICTIM
Catches Dread Disease While Max
ing Tests With Vaccine.

Catches Dread Disease While Max
ing Tests With Vaccine.
By Science Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. Cracked
by typhus fever, DR.. r. E. Dyer, As,
of the United States public health
service is lying i'll at the United
States naval hospital here, victim
Of the disease, which he has been
investigating for the last two and
one-half years.
DR.. Dyer, working in the labora-
tories of the National Institute OF
Health, discovered that the Ameri-
can variety of typhus fever, from
which he now suffers, is carried by
fleas, and not by the body louise
which transmits the European va
riety.
He lately has been working on a
vaccine to give protection against
the disease. The vaccine has been
successful in protecting guinea pigs,
but has not yet reached the stage
of human application, so unfortu-
nately, DR.. Dyer himself did not
have any benefit from it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-06
Dry Reading
Scotch Is Removed from
New Volumes at City
Library.
THE liquor problem came K

THE liquor problem came to
i the fore today t hee pub
lie library, and vigilant librarians,
ever ready and able to stand be-
tween the reading public and
temptation, went into action with
censoring scissors.
Copies of Wee Droppies," a new
book of anecdotes by Sir Harry
Lauder, famed Scotch comedian,
arrived.
Upon opening the books, librar-
ians found a bottle shaped hole
had been cut through every page,
allowing space for the storage of
a small bottle marked SCOTCH"
in capital letters.
Luther l.. Dickinson, head IL
brarian, ordered the containers of
liquid removed before the books
go into circulation.
Il feel sure that the first bor-
roWers of the book would open the
bottle to learn whether the con-
tents are as advertised" Dickin-
son said. Although members of
the library staff probably can not
perform such an expert test as
could many readers of library
books, still the staff will do the
Job"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-06
CITY
is GIVEN NEXT
PRISON FARLEY
Officers Are Elected; Clinics
to Be Visited Today by
Medical Section.

Following election of officers
Wednesday, the American Prison
Association opened the fourth day
of its convention today with gen.
eral discussion at which the Rev.
John P McCaffrey. chaplain of Sing
Sing prison, presided.
This afternoon the medical sec
ton was to visit clinics Of the In
diana university hospital, while the
wardens' association and the COM
mittee on crime prevention met for
discussion,
Dr. Walter T. Thayer Jr., commits
sioner of the New York state de-
partment of correction, was elected
president Wednesday afternoon, sue
ceeding Oscar Lee, warden of Wis
consin state prison.
John A. Brown Honored
John A. Brown, secretary of the
Indiana state board of charities, was
elevated from assistant secretary of
the association to one of the five
ice-presidencies.
Two new vice presidents. Charles
S. Reed, warden of Connecticut
state prison, and William j. Ellis.
commissioner of the New Jersey de-
partment of institutions, were
elected.
Mrs. Blanche La Du, chairman of
the Minnesota board of control, and
Harold E. Donnel, Maryland prison
superintendent, were re-eelcted.
George G. Erskine, Connecticut
reformatory superintendent, and E.
r. Cass of the prison association of
New York, were reelected treasurer
and general secretary, respectively
Atlantic City Chosen
Atlantic City was chosen by the
delegates as the location of the
1888 congress of the prison associa-
ton. The convention here closes at
noon Friday.
At the night session, a joint meet
ing will be held with the National
Conference of Juvenile Agencies
with Clarence R. Martin, Indiana
spreme court judge, presiding. Ad-
dresses will be given by Thayer, and
Daniel Pyle, circuit court judge, st.
Joseph county, South Bend.
Honor City Man
DR.. Amos w. Butler of Indian
apolis, former head of the state
board of charities, was honored at
a testimonial dinner given Wednes-
day night at the Claypool by friends
and delegates attending the con-
greSs.
Forty years of activity by DR..
Butler in the field of penology and
sociology were lauded by speakers.
A bound volume of expressions
of friendship from leaders of the
association was presented DR.. Butler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-06
Lifelong Error
u. S. Resident From In
fancy, City Man Finds
He's Not a Citizen.
nOING good deed for a friend
- today had painful results for
and IndiananOIiS co,lr1e

AAA'Of q SpOO 0CCh III lIlCIlu
- today had painful results for
and Indianapolis couple.
While appearing as witnesses
for the friend at a naturalization
examination, the husband and
wife learned that they, too, were
aliens, although the wife had
been born in this country.
When the husband. who was
born in Germany and was brought
to this country as an infant, tes-
tilted before w. A. Kiefer, dis
trict director of naturalization,
he was asked for his naturaliza-
ton papers.
why, this is nothing more than
a lawyers statement saying he be-
lieved you were eligible to vote, &"
Kiefer remarked.
Questioning elected the fact
that the mans father ~had taken
out first papers, but never had
completed the process of becom-
ing an American citizen, which
would have conferred citizen
ship on his minor children.
Il have been voting all these
years and 1 thought 1 was an
American citizen" said the crest
fallen witness. Guess 1 will need
a couple of good witnesses for
myself"
Kiefer pointed out that the wife
lost her citizenship when, in 1912,
she married an alien. Under a
new law, all women marrying
aliens after 1922 retain their citi-
zenShip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-06
S25 in Cash Waits for
Smart Crack CoinerS;
DeadIine Near.

Have you written your gags for
Laurel and Hardy? If you haven't,
get busy. This is your last chance.
The Laurel and Hardy full-length
comedy feature, Pack Up Your
Troubles" finishing its exclusive
engagement at Loew's Palace the
alter tonight, is so full of gags that
the comedians must have more of
them before they can begin work on
their next feature.
Don't forget that this is your last
opportunity to see Pack Up Your
Troubles" in this city. After this
engagement, it is gone from this
city, never to return
Because of the lack of gags for
their next feature, Laurel and
Hardy are offering readers of The
Indianapolis Times $25 in cash, di-
vided into four prizes of $40, $3.50,
SIS and $3.50 and ten additional
prizes Of two guest tickets for Loew's
Palace theater each, for the best
gags submitted for their next pro-
duction
Gags" are anything which will
make an audience laugh, and may
consist of dialog, action, or both.
Have you gotta gag?
If you have, don't forget to send
it in. You may be the lucky per-
son. Rules are simple. First, it is
suggested that you see Pack Up
Your Troubles" so that you'll have
the Laurel and Hardy brand of hui
NOR fresh in your mind. Then
write from one to five gags and send
them to the Gotta Gag Editor, in
care of The Times, being sure to
have your letter in the mails not
later than midnight, Friday, Oct. 7,
when the contest closes.
Winners in the contest will be
announced in The Times as soon as
possible thereafter.