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The Washington times., 1932-05-26
BLOCK DEFERS
QUIZ COMMENT

NEW YORK. May 26 G.N.SO.
Paul Block, publisher, stated to-
day that he would wait until he
was called before the Hofstadter
city investigating committee be-
fore making an explanation of
the joint stock account which he
and Mayor James J. Walker
shared during 1927 and 1929.
During testimony of the mayor
before the committee it was
brought out that Mayor Walker
made a profit of $246, 1927 from
the account without investing
any sum on his own part. Block
said:
"InaSmuch as may be called
before the committee by Judge
Samuel Seabury Counsel for
the cOmmittee) 1 think it would
be unfair to the Judge for me
to make any statement before
such hearing.
'Tf I am not called, I shall
be glad to give a statement for
the newspapers"
A friend of the publisher, how
ever, said Block had never asked
for any favors from the mayor
and had never received any.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
5-Day Week to Aid JobLess
Gains FAVOR in Congress

A pronounced movement to in.
clude the five-day week in unem'
ployment relief legislation was re-
ported in the House today as
pressure increased in both Senate
and House for congressional
action.
Advocates Of the shorter week
seized upon the proposal of
Speaker Garner and the Senate
Democratic public works program
as a means of furthering the
five-day principle.
Leaders in the movement for a
shorter work-week declared the
Government should set an
example for private industry.
Among drastic proposals con-
Sidered was virtual stoppage of
all Government business on the
same day to force private in
dustry to the shorter week.
Garner Bill Due Today
"AOAA UAAC p1,CVV'OUO1UOU UuSl-
ness rehabilitation program Of
Senate Democrats completed,
Speaker Garner expected to have
his $2,10O,O0O,OO0 plan reduced
to bill form and introduced in
the House today.
A mass meeting of members of
the House to promote sentiment
for> Congressional legislation will
hear President William Green of
the American Federation of Labor
and others tonight.
Representative Kelly (R0 Of
Pennsylvania, said:
"The five-day week could be
enforced on all contracts for
public works and on all projects
for which the Federal Govern
ment may loan money to States
and cities"
Representative Mead CD of
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
MANIAC STAYS
CHILD, HURTS z

CLEVELAND. May 26. G.N.S:0
An eight-year-old girl was fatally
stabbed and two others were Sc
riously wounded today by a man
police said went insane and at
tackled the girls as they were go
ing to school. The dead girl was
Elaine Macken.
The injured are Rose Marie
Parker, 8, and Lena de San, IL.
They were taken to st. Luke's Hos
pital
Police said the attacker is Jack
Gordon, 38. He was arrested and
taken to county Jail under heavy
guard.
Gordon, police said, ran from
behind a house as the girls were
passing and welded long jack
knife.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Girl From Wisconsin
To Present COLOrs

ANNAPOLIS, May 26 GN.sJ.
Miss Mary K Douglas, of Mani
towoe, Wis, will be the color girl
at the Naval Academy's gradual
ing exercises Tuesday.
Her selection was announced
today by Louis j. CBullet-Lou)
Girn, Of Milwaukee, whose Eighth
Company will be presented the
colors for having won the COM
petition in various activities.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Z CYCLISTS DIE
IN CRASH

NToN, Va, May 26.
Charles Curry, %. and Isaac Rid
die. Is, were instantly killed last
night on the Waynesboro high
way. near Staunton, when their
motorcycle crashed into a car
driven by John w. Minor, of
Charlottesville. Both youths were
from WayneSboro.
The impact of the crash caused
Minor to lose control of his car,
which turned over and was COM
pletely demolished. Minor escaped
with slight injuries, but Joe K.
Alexander, son of DR.. j. L. Alex
ander. Staunton physician, who
was in Minors car, received a
badly sprained back.
An investigation exonerated
Minor and revealed the motor
cycle was travelling without lights
on wrong side of road.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
PROSECUTOR
:. HINTS WRIT
RETURNED
"Hunterdon JurieS Do What
They're Told" Says
Attorney HauCk

FLEMINGTON, N. j., May
26 (IN.S. 1.-THE Hunterdon
county grand jury took a vote
today on an indictment charg-
ing John Hughes Curtis, Nor
folk boatbuilder, with inter-
fering with the processes OF
justice in taking negotiations
during the hunt for the kid
napers of the Lindbergh baby.
The result of the vote was not
announced and will not be made
public until the grand jury sub
mits its report to Supreme Court
Justice Thomas w. Trenchard
Saturday.
After the vote the Jurors were
disissed until Saturday.
Following the vote, Prosecutor
Anthony M. >Hauck. jr., came out
of the grand jury room and
said:
'T am very happy"
One juror said:
Grand juries usually give
the prosecutor what he asks
for in New Jersey"
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
j. 8. MINISTERS
CAR STONED

VIENNA, May 26 G.N.S..)-Six-
teen persons were arrested today
when a demonstration against
the scheduled execution of seven
negro murderers at Scottsboro,
Ala, interrupted Inauguration Of
the new model tenement settle
ment here, known as George
Washington Court.
Scores of demonstr-- tors, with
their faces blackened with burnt
cork, shouted down with Amer
ican lynch justice" and free the
innocent negroS" while United
States Minister Gilchrist Stock
ton was replying to the inaugura-
ton speech of President Wilhelm
MiklaS.
Some of the rioters stoned
Stockton's car but no damage
was done.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Nic0rGgGGn Guards
Kill Fifty Rebels

COLON, Panama, May 26
GN.SO-More than so Mica
raguan rebels were killed by
soldiers of the National Guard in
Jinotega Providence today, ac-
cording to reports from Blue
fields.
The National Guard detach-
ment surprised the rebels while
they were asleep in camp. No
casualties were reported among
the guardSmen.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
NAASO' NAHAAVA II A4OA
GARNER TWLTS
SENATE ON TAX

Speaker John N. Garner today
twitted the Senate-and the
newspapers-on the breakdown
of the tax bill fight which re-
suited in the billion dollar meas
ure being recommitted to the
Senate Finance Committee.
Garner likened the Senate Situ-
alton to that in the House when
the sales tax was beaten and the
Ways and Means Committee was
forced to hold hurried sessions
to recommend new excise taxes.
He added:
'T didn't notice any stories
about the Senate leadership
breaking down. Nor about mob
rule When the sales tax was
beaten we supplied $500, ,OOO,-
900 in new taxes and we passed
q bill to balance the budget"
At the time of the collapse of
the Ways and Means Committee
tax bill in the House, that body
was widely criticized throughout
the country.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
DRY POLL PLANK:
PREDICTED

Resubmission of the Eighteenth
Amendment will be demanded by
the Republican National Conven
tion in Chicago, Representative
Britten (RJ of Illinois said in a
statement today. He declared:
Because Of conversations 4
personally have had with Cabi-
net officers of the Presidents
official family, and with pro-
spective members of the reSOlu-
tiOns committee of the Republi-
can National Convention, am
as certain as it is possible to be
that President Hoover will run
on a platform that will provide
in no uncertain terms for a re-
submission to the people of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
"NO one knows better than
the President himself Of the
tremendous unpOpularity of pro-
hibitiOn in every State of the
Union. Any failure to take a
decided stand against the un.
popular and costly VOIstead
law, as well as the Eighteenth
Amendment itself, would be
suicidal"
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Detroit Engineer
Wins Soviet Honor

KHARKOV, U. S. S. r., May
26 Q.N.S0.-Leon Swadjian, an
engineer Of Detroit Mich, today
was awarded the Order of Lenin,
highest honor of the Soviet
government, for his work in plan
ming and building a tractor plant
here. He was the fourth De-
troiter to be so honored during
the past week.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Nebraska Tornado
Kills 3; Spreads Ruin

NTON, Neb., May 26
Q.N.S0.-Three persons were dead
and a score or more farm build
ings were in wreckage today fol-
lowing a tornado which last night
struck the village of Cornell, near
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newport
were killed here by the wind
storm. Mrs. Ward Carey was
killed at Paxton when a small
building struck her.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
COT
$4,000
OIL POOL
PROFITS
Seabury Brings Out Admission
of Cosden Affair; Money
Went to His Wife

COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
NEW YORK, May 26 Q.N.S.).
Mayor James J. Walker ad-
mitted on the witness stand
before the Hofstadter legisla-
tive committee today that he
participated in the Gosden oil
pool, a stock transaction, to-
the extent of $4,000.
Late yesterday Walker admitted
he had drawn profits of $246,692
from a joint stock account which
he shared with Paul Block, the
publisher.
Accuses Seabury
Mayor Walker threw the hear.
ing room into turmoil when
he charged that Samuel Seabury
was conducting IAN examination
before trial" which was prelim-
mary to asking the Governor to
remove him as Mayor of New
York Walker shouted:
Nobody is fooled by this
examination. thought this
was an inquiry. but it looks as
if somebody wants my life.
Nobody doubts this is an exam
inatiOn before trial-a preIim-
mary to asking the Governor
to remove me from office"
The smartly attired Mayor of
the largest city in the country
was aroused. He glared at Sea-
bury as he voiced the charge.
Applause swept the crowded
court room.
seabury's lips curled and he
retorted:
That's stump speech"
Chairman Samuel HofStadter
rose and pounded his gavel for
order. He threatened to have
the demonstrators put out Of the
room.
Questions Annoy Him
Mayor Walker had been calm
enough the first hour on the
stand this morning. But then
Seabury's questions began to an
noy him. Seabury had ques-
toned Walker closely concerning
his testimony of late yesterday
when he brought out that the
mayor, without putting up any in
vestment of his own, drew $246,-
692 as his share of the profits
from a joint stock brokerage &C.
count he held with Paul Block,
the publisher, from 1927 to 1929.
Wa lker, explaining Blocks
"beneficence" today, said "Mr.
Block had manifested very close
and sincere friendship for me-"
Seabury sarcastically inquired if
the mayor didn't think the
"beneficence" a "trifle unusual"
The mayors reply was:
II might say that it was most
unusual for me to be the
Continued on Page 2, COL p
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
THE WEATHER

Fair and continued warm
tonight, followed by showers
an d thunderstorms Friday;
cooler Friday afternoon and
night; m d crate south and
southwest winds.
Temperature yeste e rday
Highest, SO; lowest, 50, (1931
Highest, IS; lowest, S4.)
Humidity yesterday - Highest,
IS; lowest, IS.
Full uOsather report on Page S.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
: MOTHER
GOES HOME

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., May &c
T.N.S0 Life in the Hopewell
household of Col. and Mrs,
Charles A. Lindbergh has set.
tied down to normal, it, was
learned today with the return of
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, mother of
Mrs. Lindbergh. to her home
here.
Mrs. Morrow had spent every
day and night by her daughters
side since the evening when a
telephone call informed her baby
has been kidnapped"
The Washington times., 1932-05-26

New York said consideration Of
the five-day week is certain.
Hearings to Be Speeded
Hearings by the Ways and
Means Committee on the Garner
program are expected quickly.
Conferences between Democratic
leaders of Senate and House to
harmonic their party programs
are expected.
Senator Wagner CD of New
York, who presented the $780,
100000 program, was confident
Senate and House differences
could be compromised.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
MdnchukOu Troops
Hide After Revolt

HARDIN, May 26 Q.N.SJ.-A
garrison of the Manchukon gov
ernment troops on the Sungari
River revolted today and put
themselves out of communication
with headquarters by cutting tele-
graph wires along the southern ex-
tension of the Chinese Eastern
Railway.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Border Consular
Sh1keUD Is Hinted

MEXICO CITY, May 26 GN.SO i.
A general Shake-up in the Ameri-
can consular service along the
Mexico United States border was
predicted today with the an
nouncement Consul General Rob
ert Frazer will leave next Wedncs-
day on q tour of inspection Of the
consular posts.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Policeman Kills Man
Trying to Rob Him

CHICAGO, May 26 G.N.SJ
One of three bandits who at
tempted to rob Policeman John
F. Kelly was shot and killed early
today during gun battle with
the officer. The dead bandit was
identified as Earl j. Strauss. The
other two fled.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Old Cotton Firm
SHSDendS PAYMENTS

NEW YORK, May 26 Q.N.S0
Hornby Hemelryk & Co., Liver
pool cotton brokers for more
than 81 years, suspended pay
mentS, the secretary of the New
York Cotton Exchange announced
today. Directors feared liquid
assets insufficient to meet further
market differences.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
Henry Glue, Artist,
RecOnciLed With Wife

HOLLYWOOD, May 26 Q.NSO =.
Henry Give. artist and maga-
zine illustrator, and his wife,
Helene Give. eastern stage act
reSS. have become reconciled after
a separation of two years, it
was disclosed today when Give
purchased a large homs in the
San Fernando valley.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
BROWNE READY
FOR TOKYO HOP

SEATTLE, Wash, May 26
GN.S0 w a t h er permitting,
Nat c. Browne, Texas aviator,
planned to take off today in his
airplane, THE Lone Star" on a
projected nonstop flight to
Tokyo.
Browne said he hoped for a
south wind today, necessary to
get his heavily loaded plane off
the ground.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
TUO Boys in Ice Box
SuffOcQted to Death

SCOTIA, N. Y, May 26 U.N.S0.
Two little boys were dead today
because they crawled into an ice
box in an empty flat in this city.
The door swung shut and they
were suffocated to death while
their parents were searching for
them.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of MAY
"a, $442,S79,895. expenditures,
$6,33O, ,985.38; customs receipts,
$14,275, ,809.28.
The Washington times., 1932-05-26
THOMAS w. WRIGHT

THOMAS w. WRIGHT
AFTER swallowing poison,
Thomas Wilbur Wright, "a, Uni
versity of Maryland athlete,
stepped in his automobile and
started on a wild ride which
ended in a collision with a NOV
ing van. The youth died a
short time later. His fiancee,
Mrs. Mary V. Perry also is
shown.
STORY ON LOCAL PAGE
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25
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DID YOU EVER STOP
TO THINK?
BY Edison r. Waite

David Gibson, publisher of the
Lorain (C,hio) Journal and the Mans
field Ohio Journal, says:
did you ever stop to think that
the true basis Of prosperity in every
community is the home?
I'm the past we have believed that
business must prosper before the home
could prospective have been putting
the economic cart before the horse;
for sooner or later, directly or in
directly, everything that exists is for
the home.
I'm these American cities, even the
| smaller ones, within the past IL years
we have been building elaborate COM
mercial structures that are in large
per cent vacant, and monumental
public edifices that are now tax
burden to citizens of reduced incomes.
"All the while these same cities
have been so per cent underhoused-
that is, below a decent Standard
often IL persons sleeping in single
room and frequently two families
within the same space separated by
an improvised partition or curtain.
This is what banker friend of mine
calls the inharmonious distribution of
expenditure.
"These blighted areas in which too
large a percentage of our populations
are forced to live are the basic cause
of crime; for we cannot expect
child to grow up in such an environ
ment and control its conduct. 1t is
the cause of crime in the same sense
that bad social sanitation was once
the cause of typhoid fever and which
today is medical curiosity.
"All this to say nothing of the fact
that people who live in miserable
physical surrounds have no incentive
to buy the comforts and n ties of
life from the stores, and tie store is
just one economic step away from
manufacturing industry where jobs,
plus wages, equal purchasing power.
1.-THE flow of capital in these cities
must be reversed from commercial and
monumental public structures to home
building if they are to maintain their
populations and restore their pros
perity.
ut is well to remember in our bust
community life that he who
standeth in the light of his neighbors'
prosperity maketh his own poverty"
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introduced, Is not braced. The base
Is Slated so that II the floor is damp
the eggs are protected,
On the top Is placed galvanized
iron pan of the same sizez and about
4 inches deep. This is kept filled with
water. The frame is covered with bur-
lap, the edges Of the burlap being
covered by the water In the pan. In
this way the burlap acts as a wick and
draws the water out of the pan. AS
cnis water eyaporates from the bur
lap, 1t cools the interior OF the humi-
dor, keeping the eggs in a cool, humid
condition.
III you do not have time to con-
struct an egg humidor Just now, at
least you can help improve your egg
holding conditions by covering your
filled cases with moistencd burlap
bags Or blankets, This will do much
toward preventing egg quality losses
during short holding period" de-
clares Mr.. Brazie.
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only because he knows by experience
II pays him.
TO illustrate: A national adyer-
Users sales In 1000 small cities are
s2,0000O0 annually. He spends for ad-
vertising an average of 500 in each
small city, or 100000 in all. His $500
in each city must bring $4,000 in
sales.
On the same basis, a retailer with
sales Of $4,000 should spend $500;
with $4,000 he should spend $l,25O;
on $4,000. his advertising should
amount to $4,000; on 100000 it should
be $4,000.
In addition, the merchant secures a
lower rate, SO his money buys more
advertising, which makes his adver-
Using sales cost lower.
Now, who can afford it?p
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Who Can Afford 1t?
BY BRUCE B. BREWER Vice Pres Feyany Advertising COMPANY

"Ihey can afford 1t = can't"
That argument, used by local mer-
chant when he is reminded that large
national concerns profitably use small
city advertising space, simply doesn't
hold water.
In the first place, the big national
concern probably grew to largeness
from o start In using small city adj
vertising. Secondly, 1t costs the ma
tional advertiser far more to use the
paper than 1t does the local mer-
chant.
The big advertiser must use thous-
ands Of papers. Divide the number
Of papers used into his total sales and
you quickly see how costly 1t Is for
him, and yet. he uses this advertising
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25
STATE COLLEGE HAS
LARGE COLLECTION OF
BIRDS AND MAMMALS

The Charles r. Conner museum
maintained by the state college, at
Pullman, contains one Of the largest
collections Of birds and mammals In
the Pacific Northwest. More than
1000 birds and $50 mammal skins are
exhibited, according to DR.. Arthur
Svihla, curator.
The museum came into existence in
1893 when Charles R. Conner, presi-
dent of the board of regents, obtained
two carloads of specimens at the
World Columbian exposition in Chi
cago. In 1909 the Aaska-Yukon ex-
position out of Seattle presented the
museum with specimens of birds,
mammals, and fish. DR.. w. T. Shaw,
at that time curator of the museum
contributed his extensive biological
Alaskan collection.
The museum obtained its present
name In 1918 when the board Of re-
gents named 1t after It's founder, a
well-known retired Spokane lawyer
and Civil war veteran.
Geological, chronological, and geologi-
cal specimens Of all types make up the
collection. Fossil remains of pre-
historic creatures which roamed the
Palouse country are displayed, one set
Of mammal tusks forming horseshoe
nearly twice the height of a man.
A generous collection of Labrador
relics was presented to the museum
last year by w. D. Vincent of Spokane.
Mr.. Vincent collected the trophies
when he went to Labrador at the time
of the first Grenfell expedition in
1892 to secure an Eskimo exhibit for
the Chicago Worlds fair.
Also included in the museum col
lection are weapons of the Philippines,
of the Mexican bandits under Villa,
and of the Little Big Horn battle.
Weapons of early Spanish and Ameri-
can colonists are also shown.
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WASHINGTON INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW.
REVIEW.

SIS y y
Seattle--Bailey Construction Co. re-
ceived general contract for construc-
ton of 100000 addition to Hanford
Bldg.
| Yakima-Division Terminal to be
constructed here at cost of $225,0oO.
seattle-Bids opened for improve
ment of Sixteenth Avenue southwest.
Olympia = Approximately s1,os7 900
to be spent on Federal forest highway
project In state.
Tacoma-Bids called for improving
and widening present pavement on
Point Defiance Blvd. from N. 45th ana
Stevens streets to N. IS and Peal
streets.
Observation-Disclosures g. Turner of
Yakima submitted low bid of $lO,67O
for construction of 4.013 miles per-
manent Highway No. II.
Kent-Permission to appropriate ten
second feet of water from Beaver
Creek outlet of Bear Lake in King
County to furnish private water SER
vice to residents of this place and
Renton, being sought by Irving G.
Clark of this place.
Brinnon-Washington Electric Co.,
Seattle applied to division of hy-
draulics for authority to develop ST.
100000 power project on Dosewallips
River, two miles west of here.
Enumclaw-S10O,0OO allocated for
grading four miles road from Park
boundary west toward this place In
Pierce County.
Bellingham-New factory, Consoli-
dated Furniture Manufacturers, open
ed for business.
Wenatchee-Fruit shipments from
Wenatchee- okanogan district during
week ending Angus IL, totaled 81 cars.
Bremerton-Newly erected plant of
Kitsap Cooperative Canning Associ-
alton, located at tidewater end of
Wychoff Street, formally opened
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25

pared gelatin over 1t. Serve we'll
chilled with whipped cream.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25
STORAGE OF FARM EGGS.

Washington State College, Pullman,
Probably the two most economical
and satisfactory places for the storage
OF farm eggs in warm weather are
either in cool. well-ventilated base
ment. cellar, or underground cave, or
else in an egg humidor, according to
Donald Bregie Of the state college
poultry husbandFy department.
This humidor can be very easily and
cheaply made, and can be made avail
able to every poultryman. A humi-
dor for X egg cases would have a
framework OF one and one-half inch
iSAterial, the frame being 4s inches
high. So inches square at the top. and
braced on the base and three sides.
The fourth side, where the eggs are
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25
APPLE DELIGHT.

Peel and core an apple and cut 1t
into eightll9, stew until tender IA a
cupful OF UGter to which has Leen
added n p!n,h OF salt and sugar to
taste, Soften enc teaspoonful OF gel
attn in four tcaspoonfuls Of cold water
add four teaspoonfuls OF hot water
and stir until the gelatin is dissolved,
Add one teaSpoonful of grapefruit
juice, two tablespoonfuls OF the s,rup
in which the apple was cooked, Place
the apple in cup and pour the pre-
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25
STANDING cusTaRp.

Soften one tablespoonful OF gelatin
in two tablespoonfuls OF cold milk.
scald one cupful of milk in double
boiler, add one beaten egg and cook
until thick. Pour this custard over
the softened gelatin and add sugar
and flavor to taste. Pour into small
mold and chill. Serve plain or with
fruit sauce.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-25

Porto Rico has Just completed the
largest sugar crop it has ever pro-
duced total Of 902,432 short tons.
This is an increase of more than 2OO,-
900 tons over the last crop and is l2O,-
600 tons larger than the crop Of 1880,
the greatest previously produced.