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The Washington times., 1932-10-11

keep man faithful; but chang
ing to dinner clothes, every eve
ming, seems to change his affec-
tions.
This is an age of self-made
men, homemade drinks, hand
made beauties and machine
made laws.
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Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1932-10-11

Many marriage has with
stood the undertow of poverty
for years-and then been all
washed up on wave Of pros
perity. Shirt sleeves seem to
The Washington times., 1932-10-11

The perfect fall ensemble is
one that is flattering enough to
make all the men love you, and
swank enough to make all the
women envy you.
The Washington times., 1932-10-11

Every beauty specialist knows
that what the serpent said to
Eve when he offered her the
apple was, MY dear! 1t will
make you look 10 years
younger!"
The Republican party ap-
pears to have been almost as
shocked and surprised when
Maine went wet and Demo
cratic, as the average man is
when his wife stops threaten
ing and actually DOES go
home to mother"
A model son" is usually The
kind that has to be entirely
The Washington times., 1932-10-11
And is it not wilful waste
When millions are in need,
To squander money on law
That never can succeed?
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.

RE-modeled, before he becomes
much of a husband.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
Deficiency Measure
Due to Pass Senate

The first deficiency appropri-
alton bill. carrying items for
practically all Government de-
partments and several local prof.
ects, was expected to pass the
Senate late today. It was re-
ported this week by Senator
Jones, chairman of the Appro-
priations Committee. Debate on
the measure will be brief.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
REED ADANANT
On ALIEN DEBT
international Photo

Members of the Senate today
gave careful study to a statement
by Senator Reed (R) of Pennsyl'
vania declaring the United States
should "give sympathetic consider.
alton" to temporary adjustments"
of debts owed by certain foreign
nations. Reed said:
'T have in mind, for example,
the situation of Great Britain at
the present time. Every one
knows the difficulties there un.
der the very heavy taxation, and
knows that if the depreciation
of the pound continues, it will
probably greatly affect the Brit
ish capacity to make payments
due next December.
"What I have steadily been
trying to bring out is that the
debts are in a totally different
status from reparatiOns. There
should be no reputation Of the
principle that they are valid and
sacred obligations"
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
Mew Milky Way
AStOnisheS
Scientists

Two "island universes," in
the form of spiral nebulae, esti-
mated to be moving away from
the earth at a speed of $4,000
miles a second, have been dis
covered, the Carnegie Institu-
ton announced today.
This discovery, by DR.. Milton
Humason, of the Mt. Wilson
Observatory in California, is
hailed as one of the most amaz-
ing discoveries in the field of
astronomy.
These bodies, speeding 5000
miles per second faster than
any most distant nebulae ever
photographed, are similar to
the Milky Way system, and it
is largely on account of their
discovery that DR.. Albert Elm
stein and DR.. Wilhelmde Sitter,
noted scientists, are at Mt. viii.
son this winter.
The discovery carries observa-
tions to a distance of about
1876, 100000 light years from the
earth, or the distance that
light, travelling at 10000 miles
per second, would come in that
length of time.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
LEvEE
DUE To BREAK

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 16
G.N.SO-A vast section of the
Mississippi delta region was swept
by surging flood waters today,
endangering the lives of thou
sands of persons.
A break in the Patterson
Bayou levee, eight miles south
of Charleston, Miss, sent a wall
of water IS feet high through a
giant gap in the dam.
Having already inunated some
100000 acres, the deluge was
characterized by pioneer residents
as the worst in the history OF the
region.
A new levee break was ex.
pected today one mile south OF
Charleston, where the dam was
rapidly crumbling before the
force of the rising water. This
break would inundate an addl-
tional $4,000 acres.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
FETE IS MADE
To AID IDLE

Full advantage of the bicen-
tennial years will be taken by
the work creation division of the
District Committee on Employ
ment in it's campaign to place as
many persons in employment as
possible, Col. E. G. Bliss, chair
man of the division, said today.
Home owners, who are plan
ming on renting out rooms to
bicentennial visitors, will be
urged to hire jobless men and
women for interior decorating
and outside work of painting and
cleaning up the landscape.
AS means of making the
campaign a success, the services
of civic organizations, churches,
clubs and similar organizations
will be solicited to aid in putting
across the principle that "every
dollar spent in wages will come
back in the form Of business
through restored confidence"
In addition to mapping out
this campaign. the division is
studing a "block a man" system
employed in Buffalo and
Rochester, under which each city
block is made responsible for
giving employment to one unem.
ployed, with a view toward
attempting the system in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
8 DIFFERENCES
REMAIN To Be
|RONED OUT
President Is Highly Pleased
BY Big Vote Accorded
Measure in House

The $2,OOO,OOO,OOO recon-
struction corporation bill, ac-
claimed by Admins t r a t i o n
leaders as a harbinger of bet
ter times, was ready for con-
ference between Senate and
House today, with indications
that it will reach President
Hoover for signature the
middle of next week.
The measure passed both Sen
ate and House by overwhelming
votes, but because each body
acted upon it's own bill, it must
be passed again.
President Is Pleased
Senator Walcott (R) of Con-
necticut, handling the bill in the
Senate, planned to move substi-
tuition of the text of the Senate
bill for that passed by the
House and ask for a conference.
President Hoover was reported
highly pleased by the huge vote
of 335 to SIS rolled up for the
measure in the House after five
days of debate.
Anxious to sign the measure,
the President pressed his inves-
tigation of names of proposed di-
rectorS of the corporation so that
it can begin functioning soon
after the bill becomes law.
Three important differences
between Senate and House bills
may possibly delay completion OF
the bill. The Senate bill carried
$50 900 900 for direct loans to
farmers through the Department
of Agriculture, which is not in
the House bill. The House set
aside 10 per cent of the corpora
tion's funds for agriculture.
Glass Idea Rejected
The House made paper of the
reconstruction corporation sub
ject to discount by Federal re-
serve banks, a provision knocked
out of the Senate bill by Senator
Glass CD of Virginia. He
planned to renew his opposition.
The Senate also provided that
the corporation can accept drafts
or bills of exchange drawn on
it for export trade, provision
rejected by the House Banking
Committee.
AS passed by both bodies, the
corporations capital stock, to be
subscribed by the Treasury, is set
at $500, 900, 900. Bonding power to
the extent of $1,5O0,000,000 is also
given.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
BAD MAN HART.
CAPTURED

BALTIMORE, Jan. 16.-Police
here have been informed that a
man believed to be Jack Hart,
leader of the Norris murder gang
who escaped from the Maryland
penitentiary in March, 1929, has
been arrested at Ely, NeV.,, unoer
the name Of C. E. Mitchell as a
vagrant. .u
Fingerprints and other identifi'
cation details have been sent to
Ely authorities. .
Hart made several attempts
to escape and finally was success
full in 1929. On March S, 1880,
he was arrested in San Francisco
for stealing a $11 watch, posted
collateral and never appeared for
trial. Identification was made too
late.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
CIRCULATE CASH
URGES WALSH

Financiers, business men, and
members of Congress tday
awaited a reply from Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon to the
request of Senator Walsh d. OF
Massachusetts for a heavy in
crease in Government currency.
Walsh wrote Mellon, pointing
out that only $700,0OO,0OO OF
national bank notes are in cir
culation although the law allows
81 SOC, 100000. Walsh said a
sharp increase in the currency in
circulation would go far toward
relieving credit stringency.
He suggested floatation Of a
billion-d long-term bond is
sue through the national banks,
allowing the banks to issue cur
rency to pay for the bonds.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
BALLOU URGES
SCHOOL MD

Expansion Of the vocational
education program in the Dis
trict and the construction of new
vocational schools are urged in
a four-fold legislative program
laid before the House District
Committee yesterday by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools.
DR.. Ballou asked that voca-
tional schools and students be
given a junior high school status
and urged funds to elevate the
local teachers colleges to- the
uniformly accepted standards for
accredited teachers colleges"
The school. official also re-
quested enactment of legislation
which would give part pay for
leaves Of absence under certain
conditions.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
9TH vA.D|STR|CT
IN LIFE FIGHT

A delegation from the Alex
Andria Chamber of Commerce will
go to Richmond Monday to pro
test against the elimination of
the Eighth Congressional district
under the proposed reapportion-
ment plan under consideration by
the General Assembly.
Representative Howard w. Smith
of the Eighth district, is expected
to meet with the delegation in
Richmond.
All counties in the district have
taken action IN protest against
cutting up the district which is
considered as another evidence of
the unfair treatment given north
ern Virginia by the State govern
ment at Richmond.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
D|SABLES
DESTROYER

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Jan. 16
G.N.S0 Listing badly with a
gaping hole in her side, caused
by the prov Of the steamer
Lemuel Burrows yesterday in a
crash off Montauk Point, the
Coast Guard destroyer Herndon
arrived here today after a weary
all-night tow.
With her 96 men and six of.
ficers aboard, the battered Hern
don was towed at a snail's pace
by the destroyer Acushnet.
Several of the Herndon'S crew
suffered minor injuries in the
collision.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
MAY BE VICTIM
Of SIMILAR
DISEASE
British War Veterans Story
Reads Like Chapter in
Poe Romance

NIILLERSBURG, Ohio, Jan.
Is I.N.S.) ).-James Stenhouse,
British war veteran and
"mercy killer" of his 2-year-
old son, who was absolved of
the consequences of his deed
by the grand jury which re-
fused to indict him, will be
examined for his sanity.
He may be suffering from the
same ailment that made the life
OF his two-year-old son, oscar
David. a burden-inflammation of
the brain. If he is found to be
80 he will be placed in an asylum,
not for punishment but for the
safety of himself and the com.
munity.
Reads Like Poe
Stenhouse killed his baby son
one night in September, 1928, ac-
cording to his confession to Sher-
IF James A. Stevens, which reads
like a horror chapter out of Poe.
The child was a congenital
idiot. He walled increasingly.
walls that pierced the heart of
his mother. For two years, STEM
house said. he endured the wall.
Then he decided that he would
end the baby's sufferings and. at
the same time, save his wife's life.
There were four other children.
He thought of them. too, of the
shame that would attend them
all their lives as the brothers and
sisters of an idiot.
Waited For Courage
So he went to a drug store.
bought some chloroform, and put
1t away until he could get up
courage.
That courage came one night in
September, 1923. It came mostly
from liquor he had drunk for the
purpose.
He took the chloroform out of
the closet, saturated a cloth with
1t, and laid it on the baby's face.
His home, stem house told
Sheriff Stevens, suddenly bright
ened. His wife recovered from
the rundown condition that had
resulted from knowledge of her
baby's sufferings.
RemOrSe Sets In
But remorse gnawed at the
husbands heart. He told his wife.
She advised him not to say any
thing. Then one night when
drunk he told his 13-year-old
daughter, Ellen.
Now new worry beset him.
He was afraid the girl would not
understand, would hate him as a
murderer.
So he went to Sheriff Stevens
and told him that he had chloro-
formed his baby.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
COURT OPENS MONDAY

The January term of the
Montgomery county circuit court,
a non-jury term, will start Mon
day.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
DRIVER FINED $1O0

Found guilty of reckless driving
after an automobile accident on
Hills Bridge, near Upper Marl-
boro, Md, Victor David Bennett,
of 2719 Georgia Ave-, was fined
500 in police court in Upper
Marlboro, yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
PICTURES ARE HUNG

Fifteen pictures of George
Washington which Representa-
tive David ]. Lewis. of Maryland
presented to the Rockville High
School, have been framed and
will be hung on the walls of the
classrooms.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
BIDS TO BE OPENED

Bids for the resurfacing of Ian.
sing Street, Colmar Manor, Md,
will be opened tonight at a spe-
cial meeting of the mayor and
town council. The project in
wolves about $100 worth of cinder
laying and work is to start
town officials said.
The Washington times., 1932-01-16
Federal Employees
Pau Chest Pledges

Federal and District govern'
ment employees yesterday paid the
first installment of their pledged
contributions to the Community
Chest. The second payment is
due on February Is and the last
on March is. The Washington
Community Chest will receive
ST ,007 900 and welfare agencies In
Virginia and Maryland will get
$73,616.96.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
THE AMERICAN JUNGLE

1t is not pleasant thing to think about
or to write about, but the fact is that the ap-
palling increase in violent deaths in the Unit
ed States is a severe indictment of our sup
posed civilization.
The record for 1881 shows approximate
ly $4,000 dead from automobile acct
dents, $4,000 burned to death, and $4,000
homicides. The homicide death rate has
doubled in the last 80 years, reaching 1913
per 900 of population in 1881.
In the same year Canada's homicide rate
was only 1.6, while London's was 0.8 and Liv-
erpools 05. In other words, population con-
sidered, the United States as a whole had
more than Is times as many murders last
year as London, and more than Fl times as
many as Liverpool, and nearly seven times as
many as our neighbor, Canada.
While remarkable progress has been
made in the reduction of the death rate from
disease, this has been largely offset by the
increase of deaths from external violence,
which claim total of more than 100000 an
nually.
Considering all the dangers which sur
round us, it would seem that life is less Sc
cure on an American city street than it
would be in an African jungle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
DIST. CONVENTION

Granite Falls will be host to the
Seventh District American Legion
Convention and Washington BIZ
centennial celebration on June 5th
and 9Th.
These conventions have in the
past attracted thousands of peo-
pie and it is an assured fact that
Granite Falls will prove no excep-
ton. This town is centrally To-
Gated in the district, which makes
it quite convenient for the many
legionaires and others who will at
tend. Granite Falls is a pretty
spot situated in the valley on the
Minnesota River and makes an
ideal place for a celebration.
It also has a number of points
of interest which will be well worth
seeing. The Northern States Pow
err Company has an electric plant
there that cost two and one-half
million dollars, and there was re-
Gently a new grade and high school
completed at a cost of quarter of
a million dollars. Granite Falls al
so boasts one of the most beautiful
theatres in western Minnesota.
Every one is welcome to attend
this celebration. 1t is not restrict
ed to legionaires alone.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
State News Briefs
From Our Exchanges

MORRIS-It cost Stevens county 81 cents for
the Minnesota Rural Credit Bureau to send one tax
report to the county treasurer of Stevens county
And it cost just cents for Carl Buckentn, county
treasurer to send the report back to the Rural
Credit Bureau. Which perhaps illustrates what IL
lustrates to two ways of doing public business
Anyway, here is the story. Last Saturday Carl
Buckentin, county treasurer, received a blank tax
report from the Rural Credit Bureau piece of
land which the Bureau owns here Instead of being
sent by ordinary letter post the sheet enclosed
in large envelope and sent by railroad express col
ect-36 cents for express charges and IS cents for
delivery charges. total Of 81 cents. When Mr..
Buckentin had filled out the blank he returned it by
u mail at cost of cents and then enclosed there
with bill for 81 cents with letter stating that
hereafter he will honor no more tax reports sent
to him by express collect.
BLUE EARTH-Gold and greenbacks for many
years hidden in the walls Of the old part Of the
McCardle homestead in Danville township
found recently by members Of the family. Some
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05

at was worth it," sighed T. H.
Rising of Portland, Ore, as he
paid a $3.50 fine in city court for
kissing a girl while driving with
one hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Heigham
of Albany, N. Y, Argued so hard
about a quarter that police came.
1--WE may be thankful" said Judge
Rogan, that it was not dollar"
Because she "just felt mean"
Miss Floy Misses of Stockton,
Calf, speeded up her car and
gained the center of the road
whenever another automobile at
tempted to pass, the officer who
arrested her reported.
Josephine Knoll of Chicago is
suing Earl Dufrane of Hammond,
Ind, who saved her life two years
ago at the risk of his own after
his motor boat struck her.
Joseph Viewer of Mishawaka,
Ind, &c years old, is cutting his
third set of teeth.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
MAY SLASH THE SALARIES
Browerville Blade Democratic,

Browerville Blade (Democratc)
President Hoover. much maffgned because Of
circumstances which he has had little or no
control and which have brought period of depres-
sion unequalled in the nations history has earned
ton to eliminate upon of bureaus and
departments in Washington and to insist upon a
reduction of salaries all down the line in the govern
Senators are going to have chance to vote them
selves lower salaries and predict when this time
comes that the malodorous Brookhart, of Iowa. is
going to suffer an apoplectic stroke. Iowa may not
send Brookhart back to Washington and while we
don't know who will replace him. know that Iowa
will be better represented the irreconcilable is
sent back to private life Hoover is sitting tight
the throttle and insisting upon sharp pairing of
penses in every department. The navy, the COM
merce, the postofce and other departmental heads,
are all yelling murder and predicting bankruptcy.
but the President is adamant and better still,
to have both the House and Senate behind him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
\ SCHOOL NOTES
Win Music Honors


Saturday morning happy
group of girls, representing the
Girls Glee Club of Sank Centre,
went to Alexandria to compete
against seven other schools in the
District Music Contest which was
held in that city Friday and Satur-
day. Seventeen schools participant
ed in this event.
Friday was Chamber Music Day.
This chamber of music consisted of
trios, quartets, and solos in both
vocal and instrumental divisions.
Saturday the larger groups such
as. mixed choruses, boys and
girls glee clubs, school bands, and
school orchestras competed for dis
trict honors. The district was di-
vided into two groups B and c.
Sank Centre was registered as a B
school and therefore had to COM
pete against larger schools like
Fergus Falls and Alexandria. In
spite of this fact, the Girls Glee
Club of this CITY was among those
to win honors. The awards offered
in the B. division for girls glee
clubs went to the following
schools: Alexandria first. Pelican
Rapids second, Sank Centre third.
Other schools participating in
this division were Fergus Falls,
Morris, Benson and Glenwood. The
Judges in all the contests were Mr..
Pepinsky, vocal division; and Mr..
Kileen, instrumental division.
In the evening all the schools
taking part in the contest partici-
pated in a music fectival in which
Mr.. Kileen and Mr.. Pepinsky were
the directors. At the close of the
music festival the awards were
presented to the winners.
The following girls represented
the Sank Centre High School:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05

factory workers raising their own vegetables could
save $500 year.
They could, but not everybody has Henry Fords
versatility.
Thousands Of men born FARMS working all
their lives farmers. do not raise their vege-
tables, because they are farmers not gardeners"
This is an age of specialists, nevertheless, every
worked that can should have his plot of ground,
chickens and vegetable garden for the health and
education of his children.
The directors of big Steel" decided to pass the
dividend on common stock. The company has money
to pay the dividend but decides not pay what it
hasn't earned.
Those that hurry to sell their stock will be sorry
when business starts again.
The latest delcacy in London is penguins' eggs
sent from South Africa, selling for So Dozen and
twice as big as hens eggs
Hens eggs are cheaper and fresher, but taste
should not be criticized The Chinese like eggs many
years DID, the British like dry cigars
Bismark was fond of povers' eggs, sent to him from
England. The penguins eggs like Them in hav-
ing transparent white" nearly hard rubber
when boiled
When the British governorgeneral entered the
ballroom in Dublin all the Irish ministers left The
French minister to the Free State gave the party
The new Irish government apparently is deter
mined to have fight with England Such fight
has not been enjoyed for time and if the Free
State government wants it, it will have it.
If you have felt the depression you will be happy
to learn that stop prices" for the Max Schmelng-
Jack Sharkey prize fight have been reduced to $23
concession to present conditions" Hoi polloi will
be delighted to hear that they can get in for as
little $3.45 A special stadium 700 feet long and
LOO feet wide is being built in honor of the event.