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Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
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BEVERLY HILLS. March Is.
(SpeciaD - Dry congressman
voted yesterday not on prohi-
bition, but voted in favor Of
keeping the people from vot-
ing on it.
Now the vets are not as sore
at prohibition as they are at
the fact that they were never
in their lives allowed to vote on
it. The drys can win at a gen.
eral election now, but let the
thing drag on for four more
years and they will lose.
So it looks kinder short
sighted on the drys' part rot TO
let the people vote while the
going is good. But it's one of
those things that are out of
the hands of the people now
and into the hands of the pol
iticians.
The vets have got a hand
full of drinks and the drys
think they got handful of
votes.
Yours, ignorantly on the
subject,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
BY BATES RANEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

1OFEWELL, ~. j., March 10.
for the kidnapped Lind
bergh baby whose parents still be-
lieve he is safe and we'll, doubled
back today on an old trail-the
trail of two German servants who
vanished the day after the crime,
two weeks ago today.
The servants, professedly man
and wife, went to work for Mrs.
c. l.. Lightfoot of Franklin Park
near New Brunswick about
month before the crime. They left
suddenly after reporting they had
news of illness abroad.
Next day, Mrs. Lightfoot report
ed, she found chisel that had
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Mid-week meetings, churches.
City council, 1880, city hall.
Moose lodge. 8. Moose home.
Oasis lodge, r. and A. M,
1880, Masonic temple.
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway.
Troop 3, B.S.A., 7, Scout hut.
V.F.W., 8, Veterans hall.
Chicken dinner, 6, NJ. L. So
cial hall.
Night ball league, 1880, cham
ber of commerce.
Chamber of commerce, GAS,
Barbara Worth hotel.
Valley theatre, "She Got
What She Wanted
Fox Imperial theatre, "COck
of the Air"
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
Ten Thousand club, $3.50,
club house.
Alamo-Verde home depart
ment, II. II, Williams home.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-16

Continued On Page 81
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
z POLICE BADLY
HURT IN CRASH

Two policemen were seriouly
injured when their radio equipped
scout car crashed into a five-ton
truck at Sixth and K Streets
Northeast, while chasing rum
runner early today.
Carlton E. Thorne, and Homer
L. Pearson, both attached to the
Eleventh precinct are in Casualty
Hospital. Thorne has a possible
broken back, broken leg, and
multiple cuts and bruises. Pear
son has internal injuries, a num-
ber of fractured ribs and is also
badly cut.
The rum-runner escaped. The
chase began at Benning Road
and Kenilworth Avenue Northeast,
and continued at break-neck
speed through Northeast Wash
ington for several miles.
The patrol car was practically
demolished.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
SENATE DELAYS
MAPES BILLS

Though the Senate District
Committee intends to conduct its
own hearings on the Mapes taxa
tion bills, which have passed the
House, members of the Senate
group had no disposition today to
take up the measures one at a
time and probably will await the
full analysis of the Bureau Of
Efficiency before proceeding.
The Efficiency Bureau, to which
the Mapes bills were referred by
Chairman Capper, of the Senate
committee, is preparing its report
on the measures as fast as it's ex-
perts can check the mass of data
gathered by the MapeS investi-
eating committee of the House.
However, since the four tax
proposals are related to each
other the program of the Senate
committee now is to make one
big question of the entire lot.
This policy is likely to postpone
Senate consideration for several
weeks.
The House plan is that District
residents shall pay into the local
treasury about $4,000,000 addi-
tional per annum and that this
sum shall be raised by incomes
and inheritance taxes, doubling
of the gasoline sales tax and a
tax on automobiles according to
the weight of the car.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Police Dog Guards
TinyCanine Pal
Hurt by Auto
WRECKED POLICE CAR

Canine affection presented a
compelling and pathetic picture
to passersby at Thirty-Seventh
Street and Wisconsin Avenue
Northwest today.
Over a tiny mongrel seriously
injured in an automobile acci-
dent. a big police dog kept
watch for almost an hour, with
a protecting paw over the body
Of his hurt companion.
The two dogs were crossing
the street at the intersection
when the smaller dog was run
over.
Big Brother" police dog
dragged his companion from
the middle of the car tracks
where the accident occurred to
the sidewalk where he kept
his watch.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
ENTERING
PLACE WITH
MANAGER
Frank Price Killed in S. E.
Explosion; Fire Breaks Out
Following the Blast

Police and firemen today
renewed their search of the
ruins of the automobile junk
plant at Eleventh and K
Streets Southeast, destroyed
by an explosion Monday
night, in an effort to locate
the body of a woman believed
TO have been with Frank
Price, 40, colored manager,
who was, killed in the blast.
Police said they were told that
when Price was seen entering
the building Monday night at
IL O'Clock a woman was with
him.
Shakes Vicinity
A coroner's inquest will be held
tomorrow in an effort to deter
mine the cause of the mysterious
blast, which shook the entire
Southeast section and endangered
high explosives stored in the
Navy Yard m mmuntion dump
across the street.
Fire Marshal Calvin L a u b e r
said the debris indicated the ex'
plosion may have originated in
a. coal stove in the front office
of the building. It's cause, how.
ever, has not been determined.
Fire Breaks Out
Fire broke out in the debris
Immediately after the blast and
firemen battled the flames for
several hours before bringing
them under control
The building, a two-Story brick
structure, was occupied by the
Penn Auto Wrecki.lg Company.
Damage was estimated at $35, 900.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Razor Slash Holds
Man for Grand ,JlIru

Pleading not guilty to a charge
of assault with a dangerous
weapon. William Mcdowell, COL
ored, today was held for the
Grand Jury on $1,000 bond, fol
lowing a preliminary hearing be-
fore Police Court Judge John P.
Mcmahon.
Robert Jackson, colored, of 1875
L st. N. W., testified Mcdowell
slashed him across the top of the
head with a knife during an al
tercation yesterday, inflicting a
deep cash several inches long.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
S15,000,000D.C.
BU|LD|NGFUND
. UP To HOUSE
P. o. Appropriation Measure
Reported From Committee
For Construction Only

An appropriation of $15,-
100000 to be expended for
public buildings in the Dis
trict of Columbia is included
in the Treasury's Post Office
appropriation bill reported to
the House today by the
House Appropriations Com
mittee.
The District item is included in
recommendation for the ex-
penditure of 100000, 900 for Fed
eral building projects throughout
the country.
For Building Only
The appropriation of SIS, ,0O0, 900,
according to testimony at hear
ings of the committee, is to be
almost completely used for con-
struction purposes, and not for
acquisition of new land.
The bill specifically provides
that no portion of the appropria.
ton is to be used for commencing
work on the Coast Guard Build
ing and the Apex Building, and
the committee recommend that
the status Of other projects during
the next fiscal year are such that
the appropriation is a fair limi-
tation in comparison with the rest
of the country although not so
rapid progress may be obtained.
Other Limitations
In its report to the House, the
committee stated that "in view of
the large program which is
planned for washington. no great
harm can come from the post
ponement of this project for the
present, meaning the Apex Build
ing and the Coast Guard struc-
ture."
Further limitations are included
which prohibit use of appropria-
tions for reconstruction of the De-
partment of State Building or
construction of any other depart
ment to house State Department
activities.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
FUND GIVES OUT
BOOMING 1900
D. {. JOBS
Chest $3.50, 900 Appropriation
Spent; Hope for Further
Money Fades Quickly

The District t Employment
Committee, now m ploying
l, 500 persons a week, undoubt-
edly will fold its tent within
a month.
The committee asked for and
received an appropriation of
$250,00O from the Community
Chest to carry on it's work fr1m
December to April. This sum
will be entirely expende d
within "a month.
Elwcod Street, director of the
chest, said today that it is vir.
tually impossible to appropriate
more funds for the committees
work. This, he said, is a result
of the $185,954 deficit in the
campaign recently closed by the
chest and because the committee
failed to ask for funds to carry
its work beyond April l.
Chances Are Slim
The only ray of hope which the
committee has for carrying on
is an appropriation from the Dis.
trict or from Congress. Success
of such a move is conceded very
slim.
Mr.. Street said that if such a
move was. undertaken. it would
have to be done independently
by the committee, as the chest
will not petition Congress for aid.
Mr.. Street also revealed that
one or two emergency campaigns
may have to be staged by the
chest in order to carry on the
work of the IS organizations
aligned with it through the year.
Estimates Trimmed
Approximately $2,4OO,OO was
raised in this years drive. $185. .954
short of the goal. The budget
committee of the Chest, he said,
has already called upon the or.
ganization to trim estimates for
the year to the bone in order
that the funds now on hand may
be spread out as far as possible.
After this work is completed,
Mr.. Street said, it may become
necessary to stage an emergency
drive in the spring or. fall or to
havt organizations in the direst
need TO petition Congress inde-
pendently for funds.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
HoUard y. Probe Asked;
DR.. johnson ASSailed

A congressional investigation of
Howard University was demanded
today by Representative Robert
S. Hall. Cd, of Mississippi, to
determine the cause of the con-
tinuous state of educational tur-
moil and unrest at the educa-
tional institution during the last
three years."
Representative Hall urged that
the subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Com mittee in
charge of the Interior Depart
ment Appropriation Bill. which
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
WOuLd-Be Burglar
Gets I2O-Dau Term

Convicted of attempted house
breaking, Albert Fisher, colored,
"a, of 2205 Champlain. st. N. w.,
today was sentenced to 100 days
in Jail by Police Court Judge
John p. Mcmahon.
Policeman William McEwen, of
the Third precinct, said he ar
rested Fisher last night as, the
man was trying to pry open the
rear door of a restaurant, 2477
Eighteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
JOyriding Charges
Hold Pair for Juru

Two colored men today were
remanded to the Grand Jury un-
der $1,000 bond each after a hear
ing before Police Court Judge
John p. Mcmahon on a charge
of joyriding.
James Middleton, 20, of 243
Fourteenth st. S. E., and William
Bailor, II, of 324 D st. S. E.,
were accused of having taken a
car belonging to Sam Bonadona,
1907 I st. S. E. Police arrested
them last night after a chase
of several blocks. At Fifth and
K Streets Southeast, the men
are said to have jumped from
the car and were overtaken a
short distance away.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Acacia Bill Wins
Committees F1DOr

The House District Commit
tee today agreed to report out a
bill permitting the Acacia Insur.
ance Company to write various
forms OF insurance instead of be-
ing restricted to it's present status
of issuing policies only to mem,
bers of the Masonic order.
This was the only action taken
by the committee at its regular
weekly meeting.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Trial Board Delays
w. A. Johnson Case

william A. Johnson, colored
policeman attached to the Second
precinct, had a pitcher Of gin in
his hands when police officials
raided a bootlegging establish
ment at 1912 Vernon st. N. W., it
was testified at the officers hear
ing before the Police Trial Board
today. johnson was caught in
the raid, conducted on February
Is. ...
Johnson's defense was that he
was investigating a robbery at the
time of the raid. Decision of the
board has not yet been completed.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
EARL WILEY SUCCUMBS

Earl Wiley, 219 S. Payne St..
contractor, died suddenly at
the Alexandria Hospital today.
He is survived by his widow and
two sons. Mr.. Wiley was a
member of Alexandria Wash
ington Lodge of MaSons, Acca
Temple Shrine and the Old Do
minion Boat Club,
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Gen. Frank Webster
Dies at LeuDenIDOrth

Brig. Gen. Frank D. Webster,
U. S. A., retired. died at Leaven-
worth, Kan, last Saturday, the
War Department was advised to-
day.
General Webster was born in
Rolla, Mo, in 1866 and received
three Silver Star citations for
gallantry in action against in
surgent forces in the Philippine
campaigns.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Sergeant Johnson
Retired bu District

The District Commissioners to-
day ordered the retirement of
Sergt. Joseph S. Johnson, of the
Eleventh precinct. Sergeant John
son served with the department
for 36 years.
Pvt. John C Riley was relieved
of further assignment as a street
railway crossing officer because
of i'll health and Pvt. Luther
C. Bowers was assigned to re-
place him,
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
IOWG State Society
Guest of Senators

Senator and Mrs. Smith w.
Brookhart and Senator and Mrs.
L. j. Dickinson will be hosts to
the Iowa State Society at a dance
and card party Saturday might
at the Willard Hotel. A prize
will be awarded to the Iowa
congressional district which has
the largest representation.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Los Angeles Here
On Training Flight

Visiting Washington for the
first time under the command
of Comdr. F.. T. Berry, the
U. S. S. Los Angeles cruised over
the city today shortly before
noon.
The airship left Lakehurst at
TIA o'clock on training flight,
destination unannounCed.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Union College GiUes
HOnOrS to ID. e.. BOUS

Four Washington youths are
among honor students at Union
College, Schenectady, N. Y, &C
cording to adviceS received here
today. They are Othniel Alsop
Pendleton, jr., Edward Alexander
Stephenson, Dorsey F'ollin Hughes
and David Ebert Wallis.
Stephenson, Hughes and wal
lis are graduates of Western High
School, while Pendleton was
graduated from Central High
School.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
II. K. Green to Speak
Before Monarch Club

Harry K. Green. grand master
Of Masons in Virginia, will be
the principal speaker tomorrow
night at the annual ladies' night
Of the Arlington County Monarch
Club at Windsor Arms. The ban
quet will begin at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
8 FIREMEN APPOINTED

Appointment of eight privates
in the Fire Department was ap-
proved today. The new firemen
are William A. Heflin, Thomas
w, Belland, Robert H. Kirchmyer,
Russell s. Hayman, Howard E.
Rhine, James F. Reilly, Paul e.
Sanders and John H. Barnett.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
MID-CITY CIVIC MEET

The Mid-City Citizens Associa'
ton will hold its regular meet.
ing Monday night at the Thomp-
son Community Center, Twelfth
and L Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
DOGk Will Address
Plumbers Smoker

Secretary Of Labor William N.
Doak and County Manager Roy
s. Braden will be the principal
speakers tonight at the annual
smoker of the Arlington County
Master Plumbers Association in
the Odd Fellows Hall, Clarendon.
Doris RoSedale and Billy Sever
ance will dance.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24

ment, sustained by flow OF Amerl-
can tourists, and deprived, by law,
of motor cars. This month they
have eliminated the major vexation
to the renters of their charming
houses; they have inaugurated a
water system. 1t hasn't made its
way all over the islands as the little
railroad has done, but it is be-
ginning; Bermuda has water, And
since l suffered there one winter for
the lack of water, / am not sure that
/ approve. It added something to
the excitement of my stay there that
we should be perpetually worried
about water; it added a great deal
that we were twice completely with
out water.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
d. C. Heads Approve
PrODertu Purchase

Purchase of property at ATS
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W., for $52,-
653 for the Municipal Center site
has been authorized by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
GLObe-TrOtter Guest
OF. ALer1ndrin1S

Robert S. Barrett, Alexandria
globe trotter, will address st.
Johns Lodge, No. II, Masons, Fri.
day night. He will speak on
Masonry at Home and Abroad"
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
True to Type
BERN MUDA, UNVEXED,
HAS WATER WORKS
AT LAST .'
By GTLBERT SELDES

VTNHE poetic, but inaccurate, Shakespeare re-
ferred to 'the vex'd Bermoothes and the citizens
of the Bermudas have often wondered why. They are
peculiarly happy people, living under mild govern
The Washington times., 1932-02-24

contains items for Howard Uni.
versity, should conduct the in
quiry.
Representative Hall attacked
Dr., Mordecai johnson, president
of the university, for his "arro-
CANT and overbearing disposition;
his meager experience in execu-
tive and educational matters, as
is evidenced by his frequent open
breaks with the trustees and
other members of the university's
educational and business organi-
zation."
The charges against the uni
versity that Hall makes are Sall
directed at DR.. johnson, and allege
that frequent designations of i'm
portant members of the educa.
tional personnel have been caused
by him, that he is administering
the public funds in an irregular
manner
The Washington times., 1932-02-24
Probes 'Payron PADDING"

Charges of payroll padding"
at Howard today were presented
to the District Grand Jury, which
may return an indictment as the
result of alleged payment of $75
to an assistant janitor" who was
not at the school during the
period for which the money was
paid. :
District Attorney Rover said no
high officials of the University
are involved. It is understood
that a janitor and his son were
involved in the alleged pad
ding" -...
Evening star., 1932-01-10

yard of the Mosque of the Kaaba, the
sacred temple" the most revered spot
In the world to 25O,OOO, 900 Moslems-a
spot where $4,000 of them can PROSTATE
themselves at one time-have recently
been covered with roofs of galvanized
sheets manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio.
Under these colonnades are the booths
of Meccan merchants who sell to pious
pilgrims holy objects for the perform
ance of their religious rites, combs and
toothbrushes, some of them products OF
American factories, and strings Of
mother of-pearl beads-Moslem rosaries
or "tespehs"-made in Palestine from
the remnants of Mississippi River shells
exported by our pearl-button factories.
The Kaaba itself, that black meteoric
stone believed by many Of the faithful
to have been hurled down from Heaven
to Father Abraham by the Angel Ga
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Free State Proud of Little Army
That Proves Loyal in Real Tests

DUBLTN-If the Irish Free State
which has just celebrated its tenth
anniversary, possesses one of the worlds
smallest armies-477 officers and 5,904
non commissioned officers and men-it
nevertheless has cause for pride in the
efficiency and appearance of its force
of regulars. Nor were the recently
suppressed seditionist groups able tc
cause any disaffection in its ranks
The army is absolutely loyal" said
Desmond Fitzgerald, minister for de-
tense, when I asked if any anxiety
had been felt about the effect of SUBJ
versive propaganda on the men in va
rious commands. I'VE know who the
soldiers were that were approached
but we also know that their allegiance
was In no way affected. The army had
no sympathy whatever for the disrup-
tionists''
If any one in the army has a griev-
ance against anybody the minister for
defense thinks it is himself.
1T has been necessary to cut down
expenditure in the interest of the
state" he added, land these economies
have not been popular in some quar-
ters. which was what had to be ex-
pected. Also in a new army, COM
prlsed of SO many young men, it has
been necessary to have strict discipline
But the results obtained, believe, have
warranted it,
NarrOwest Escape.
At first sight the minister for de-
tense suggested the poet more than the
dlSc1plinarian. But he Is one of the
seasoned members of the Cosgrave re-
gime, one Of the Sim Feiners who,
during the strife with the crown, was
"on the run," a much-wanted man,
in the closest contact with the late
Michael Collins during those months.
On more than one occasion was
with him when the crown forces
raided premises to find him, passing
right by him without knowing who
he was. His closest possible escape,
as he has just reminded me, was on
the occasion when he was nabbed and
taken to Dublin Castle while in pos
session of important communications
While being questioned by the Brit
ish military he reached into his pocket
for packet Of cigarettes, but it was
empty, and as he casually tossed it
into the fireplace nearby an officer Of
fered him one from a case.
The message I vas carrying was
written on the inside of the empty
cigarette packet" said Mr. Fitzgerald
The evidence against me was de-
stroyed In the fire.
Irish-Speaking Band.
Just now one OF the immediate tasks
of the minister for defense is to re-
cruit an Irish-Speaking band for the
crack Irish-speaking battalion of the
Free State Army.
Il think" he said, I'VE will be able
to recruit the whole band In the Dublin
area. At first I thought there would
be difficulty in obtaining them from sew
eral areas"
While the army as q whole Is being
encouraged to master tae intricacies Of
the native language-fhrough lectures,
books and gramophone records-the
members of the crack battalion are all
proficients.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Hard Times Stops Duel,
Now Termed a Luxury

VIENNA, Austria. Reconciliation be-
tween two duelists has just occurred
in an unusual manner in Budapest.
A well known Hungarian actor, Paul
labor, considered a woman friend Of
his insulted in criticism of play
written by the Budapest critic, zoltan
Egyed, and challenged Egyed to duel.
The two were stripped for action,
heavy cavalry sabers in their hands,
when one of the seconds, DR.. Szlony,
advanced, appealing to both bellig-
Grants not to fight.
When the whole country is bleed
ing we can't afford the luxury of a
private duel" he exclaimed. I'VE must
show in these hard times that two
Hungarians should save their strength
for others"
Jabo and Egyed threw down their
swords, embraced and kissed each
other, weeping.
Under the present martial laws de-
cree, the victor in the duel, had he
killed his antagonist, would have been
tried for murder, with death sentence
possible.
Copyright, 1922