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The Washington times., 1932-08-23
WIFE, 10, SEEKS
ANNULMENT 7
Times Staff Photo

Married at II without the con-
sent of her parents, Anna Moore
Johnson Orme, of the 1900 block
Columbia Rd. N. w., today asked
the District Supreme Court to
annul the marital bonds between
herself and Theodore S. Orne,
81, a resident of Santo Domingo.
The young wife states that on
April 10, 1881, she, Orme and a
party of friends motored to
Ellicott City, Md, where she
went through a marriage cere-
mony with Orme. He returned
her to the home of her mother,
Mrs. Lucinda P. Converse, and
her stepfather Immediately, the
petition states.
The couple never lived to-
gether, the court was informed.
Shortly after the ceremony.
Orme went to the home of his
parents in Santo Domingo, the
petition states, but has returned
here, living in the 2100 block
Florida Ave. The petitioner as
serts she is unable to pursue the
duties of a wife, because she is
busy with her studies.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23

trial is confused by further cOntuSlons,
you need a new name-something to
suggest the square or cube or the
power of red-herringness. The pres
ent example is the prohibition ques-
tion in the national campaign. 1t is
genuine and it is important, but the
economic system of the country is
actually what the parties ought to be
fighting about and the control of
power is what they are fighting about
and no matter how Mr.. Hoover fea-
lures his departure from dry Repub-
lican, or damp Republican principles,
the liquor question remains blind.
Given the specific statement of the
Democratic platform, he had little
choice.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
BALLOU ISSUES.
OFFICIAL LIST
Of DATES
Two to Five Day Advance
Registration Ordered by
Education Heads

Public school pupils will be
required to enroll between two
and five days before District
schools open September ~, de-
pending upon the school to be
attended, DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent Of schools.
announced today.
Pupils wishing to enter senior
high schools must go to the
Thompson School Building,
Twelfth and L Streets Northwest,
September IA. Is or 16.
They should take with them
certified copies of their last re-
port cards, so that a determine.
ton of the work covered during
the previous year can be made.
Examinations PrObIematical
Pupils transferring from ac-
credited high schools are not sub
ject to examination, but those
applying from other schools of
an elementary grade for admis-
sion to tht high schools may or
may not be subjected to exam.
ination as the Board of Admis-
Sions in the Tompson School de.
termines after examining the
creditentials of the applicant.
Pupils desiring to enroll in the
seventh or eighth grades of the
Junior high schools will apply d.
rectly to the principals in the
schools they wish to attend.
In the case of ninth grade
pupils, the same procedure is fol-
lowed as that outlined for senior
high school admissions.
Principals On Duty
Elementary principals will be
in their offices on Friday, Sep
tember Is, and Saturday, Septem.
ber II, to issue cards of admis-
sion to pupils enrolling in the
elementary schools for the first
time.
This also applies to elementary
pupils enrolling from other school
systems, or from private schools.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
WORKERS
ACCEPT GUT

Accepting a wage reduction,
representatives of the Stage
Hands Union, Local %, of Wash
ington. have signed a new two
year contract with the Erlanger
and Shubert interests in New
York.
The new scale, which will af
feet the stage hands of the
National and Belasco theaters
here, was proposed by the pro-
ducers. according to George Don
aldson, business representative of
the stage hands here.
Representatives of the local
union at the conference in New
York were John Hurley, presi-
dent: George Donaldson, business
representative; Charles Sturbitts
and John T. Hurley.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
3 Awaken Policeman,
Ask for Lift Home;
They Go to Jail

Three Washingtonians paid
$40 each in Fairfax County
Court yesterday to find out
that it pays to find out who
you ask for a lift.
Sergt. Haywood Durer, of the
Fairfax county police, said the
men knocked on his door late
Sunday night, told him they
had driven their automobile
into Holmes Run and asked
him to drive them home.
He dressed and drove them
to Jail on a drunk charge.
They gave their names as
Hunter Munter, 1400 block of
Fairmont st. N. W.; J. M. Tan
aver. 1400 block of Maryland
Ave. N. w., and M. G. Cannon,
900 block of A St. S. E.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Soldier ErOnerated
In Death of Child

After hearing several witnesses
who saw the car driven by Syl-
vester Daugert hit Marian Louise
Dodd Sunday, Coroner w. E.
Beattie issued a verdict that the
child came to her death from
injuries in an unavoidable acci-
dent.
Daugert. a soldier from Fort
Meade, Md, was released.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Car PLunges DOUn
2O-FOOt En1b1nkn1ent

Miss Helen Fullmer, of Ypsi-
lanti, Mich, escaped with a
sprained wrist yesterday evening
when her car plunged through a
guard rail of the Richmond High
way and dashed down a 20-foot
embankment and came to rest in
the middle of Sims Greek, two
miles north of Woodbridge.
The car was but slightly dam
aged and two companions of Miss
Fullmer we're uninjured.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Slain Policeman;s Wdow
Sees Him In Vision

hausted, on her bed when she
saw him standing before her.
Says Mrs. aShinault:
"He told me how he had been
taken from the children and
me; showed me just how the
bullet had entered his body.
"He always promised me he
would come back if taken f. ON
lis suddenly come back for
just one last word with me-"
Mrs. Shinault, who has five
children, is planning to take her
family back to her old home in
Richmond. The eldest is Is and
the youngest was 18 months old
the night his father was shot.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
That Old Saloon

But the herring which the herring trail is even
suspect That the cry about the return of the
saloon | am not going melancholy rhapsody over the
gentle ovcness the old saloon good saloon
boy and this subject will not take the word of other
people But haven been able to shut eyes to the slow
changes in the character of the speakeasy and when poll
tcians say mo matter what happens matter how much
liquor be sold and consumed the saloon must not come
back want to know whether they that the speak
easy can't stay. BY speakeasy any place in which
liquors sold for instant consumption want to know
whether all liquor will have to be carried away bottles
and kegs to be drunk privately and if what will pre-
vent from forming drinking clubs with lockers-and
making speakeasies Of own?
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
ALIMONY CANCELLED

Frederick C. Priebe, Of Bethesda,
was released from paying $3.50
maintenance to his wife, Lillian
Priebe, each week at a rehearing
before Judge Charles w. Wood
ward, in Montgomery County
Police Court, yesterday. Priebe,
street car operator, charged his
former wife with unbecoming con-
61lpt
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
DOG OWNERS WARNED

Dog owners of Prince Georges
county were warned today by Tax
Collector F. w. Norgle to pay
their dog tax by September /.
A fine of from SIS to $25 is the
penalty for failure to pay the
tax, he said,
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
GETS TODAY SENTENCE

Unable to pay a $40 fine for
driving without a permit, Pur-
nell Owen Wright, 2700 block of
Sheridan Rd. S. E., was SEN
fenced by Judge J. Chew Sheriff
in Laurel Police Court to serve
10 days in the Upper Marlboro
jail. He was arrested by Sergt.
M. D. Brubaker, of the Mary
land State police.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
) DIE IN PLANE;
j. s. STARTS
INQUIRY
Condition of Controls Seen as
Evidence of Interference
BY Scared Passenger

Department Of Commerce
inspectors today are conduct
ing an extensive investigation
to determine the cause of the
airplane crash last night
which caused the death Of one
woman and two men in Hybla
Valley at the Alexandria (Na.)
airport.
M. P. Hanscomb, an inspector
from the Virginia district, with
headquarters at Camden, N. j.,
is in charge of the probe.
Those who died we're:
James F.. Howell, pilot, of
the 800 block Eleenth St.
S. w., a clerk in the District
Supreme Court; Fred w.
Ehrenfeld, of the 5000 block
Thlrty-fourth st. N. w.. clerk
in the Court of Claims and
Customs Appeal; Ann White,
1900 block Columbia Rd. N. w.,
a nurse.
Burned to Death
The trio was burned to death
when the plane caught fire after
crashing.
Howell, who owned the plane
jointly with Reginald Schrader,
a mechanic, adertised it for sale
in newspapers early this week.
1t was understood from friends
OF the pilot, however, that Mr..
Ehrenfeld and Miss White were
friends and not proSpectie buyers.
Schrader could not be reached
today, but at the motor company
where he is employed his friends
said he was interested in avia-
tlon, but was agreeable to the
sale of the plane.
Blame Dual Controls
The plane crashed at dusk YES.
terday after Howell had taken
his companions up for flight.
He circled the field twice at a
nigh altitude, but when 100 feet
above the ground the ship went
into tailSpin, causing the dis.
aSter.
Attaches at the airport are of
the opinion that the dual con-
trols of the plane had been used.
Under the laws of aviation. only
one set of controls are supposed
10 be IN use at any time.
Sharp Bank Fatal
Howell obtained his pilots
licenses about three weeks ago
and was planning to apply for a
limited commercial license after
ne had gained more hours in the
air.
The license which young Howell
won such a short time ago did
not become valid until signed by
the pilot. At noon yesterday,
Harry Hull, another deputy clerk
called his attention to the fact
that no signature had been af-
fixed. AS Howell signed the Ii
cenSe, Hull told him:
"The best thing you could do
with that paper is to tear it
up-that's what would do if
1t were mine"
Howell laughed and declared
flying today is safe as riding in
an automobile. Besides his plane,
Howell owned an automobile, two
motorcycles, a motorboat, an out
board motorboat and a Skiff.
When the craft careened shC.tly
after the takeoff Howell succeeded
in leveling the ship so feet from
the ground, but it pancaked and
crashed, bursting into flames.
Before officials of the field or
friends could move, the gas tank
exploded and the pilot and pas
sengerS were trapped.
A verdict of accidental death
was recorded by DR.. G.. A. Ran
som, coroner of Fairfax county.
Va, following an inquest last
night.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
GIRL FELLED BY CAR

Edna H. Weinecke, 18, of Bla-
denSburg, is in Casualty Hospital
today with injuries sustained last
night when she was hit by an
automobile while alighting from
street car at Hyattsville. She
suffered a broken hip and posi-
BILE internal injuries.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23

The shouting against the speakeay has only sound
foundations the human feeling that drinking by itself is not
enough food conversations light music and attractive
settings desirable that is why drinking at home with
the radio) attractive. The faacy in the argument
however, serious Like all the arguments of the pro-
hbitionsts and like all the of politicians about
everything the new, halfway policy liquor substitutes
facts and slogans for human desires 1t discusses
drinking without discussing the drink the drinker
drinking mathematical formula in which x equals
1t that people drink in order to be
drunkards "a few do) annoy the AntSaoon League
(why not but yields the TRUTH that people drink
because they like drinking.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
True to Type
ONE RED HERRING Il
AFTER ANOTHER If
IN POLITICS
Nv GILBERT SELDES

TWONDER what red herrngs say, to another, when
Athey discussing mystery stories Do they say white
drawn the trail confuse the detectves
1t ism impractical question am asking; want to know
because when red herngs appear politics and then their
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
"He always promised he'd
come back"

come back.
Convinced that her husband,
Policeman George w. Shinault,
returned to her in a vision the
night he was shot and killed Mrs.
Helen Shinault recalls that he
had promised, in the carly days
of their marriage, to come back
if taken from her suddenly.
Mrs. Shinault says the vision
appeared to her between l o'clock
and 1:30 the night of the shoot
ing. She had been informed of
his death several hours before
and had thrown herself, eX-
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Mr.. Turpin Is In
Hurray for hollywood

The Mlion-Dollar Legs from its title the buresque
of the Olympic shows such intelligence and such
bright attitude Of mind, that feel like shouting public
in honor Of Hollywood. (Freaks and THE Mlion-Dol-
lar Legs in easOn The idea of casting LYDIA Rober
international spy, and calling her Mata Machree, and
having her stink through endless marble halls the
of thing Mack Sennet might have done years ago. And
when the movies get back Mack Senne they making
progress.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Name Your Antidote

The speakeasy, from being dark, nosome hole full of
loud dull angry has become in large cities,
social of which the only defects those traceabe
the Eighteenth Amendment Insufficient quantities. du
bious liquor forcing of drinks raising checks and the e
Before is destroyed something good will have to take
its place something WILL just the early speak
easy which than the saloon took the place of
the saloon. The time invited not to think of
the unemployed and think only of BOOZE let elder
statesmen tell what they will substitute for the speakeay
Mr.. Turpin Is In
correspondent writes that I probably dead, be-
said recently that hadn Ben Turpn in years.
He right The worlds best air Of crossed eyes visible
in this exravagany funny picture but not often enough
Turpn is good enough comic to play leads and his
rent picture would have seemed great mistake il it had
not been for the of w. c. Fields who is mag
nflcenty comic that Turpn is needed For about
20 years Fields has been of the most amusing human
beings in the world in the early days he, like the movies
was silent; unlike them when he found his voice. he
even funner Almost unique among funny men, he is also
actor.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Drinking Without Drink

akIng Speakeasies Of our own :
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09

S@@A <~S ~~ T
windows and doors, pours the CHR
ring of crickets and the repitious
song of katy-dids. The house is ur-
rounded by an orchestra of cicada.
The rooms have filled with the fresh,
clean breath of night that promises
easement of slumber.
Barbara BoWeML
ALL HE KNOWS.
To The Editor:
All I know is what I read in papers
and what l see and hear as I stroll a.
round. Unless we can't believe our
own eyes the eclipse was about as
perfect as some Of the politicians ad-
ministrations. g
I'd like to have seen Mayor Walker
and Roosevelt discussing the eclipse
and have seen if they got much
pleasure u of it as they did i'm poll
tics. elts 4iaeJ ta go
1.-The dissolution of the Bonus ex91
petition did not erase cause. Priest
Coughlin sent $4,000 to the boys in
Washington who were land still are)
fighting for the bonus. He said he
had to borrow the money. We won
der what was in the thousands of en-
velopes that came in as a response to
his radio appeals. The Priest under
stands propaganda. That money will
come back multiplied many times.
G. M. Fulbngbt.
She Suggests That Chain Stores Might
Haze Caused The Depression
To The Editor:
Did it ever occur to you that may
be the chain and cut-rate storey are
partly responsible for the present de-
preston? 1t seems to me that a few
years ago when such stores were I'M
known financial conditions were con-
siderably better. Almost all men and
women At that time had an equal
chance to succeed in business and
money was more evenly distributed.
Now, however, the main boss receives
all, while the working people-what
few there are remaining-take all the
bumps and are given cuts in salary.
1t is a fight to the death when a
person is contemplating opening a
new store. When he does, he is met
with so much keen competition by
cut-rate and chain Aores that it is
no wonder he can just about keep his
head above water. IS. /. P.
Pertleximg Questions Which Would
Require More Wisdom Than We
Possess To Answer.
To the Editor:
There are a few things which I wish
you or some one would explain to me.
Perhaps being just a oma taxpayer
I am not expected to understand, but
when everything possible is being done
IN decrease ~incornec how can WE nav
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09
A BANKRUPTCY

Between 1913 and 1929 the national wealth in
creased from 1912, 500, ooo, 900 to $361,s73, ooo, 900
an increase of S8 per cent.
National income increased from $4,000, 0 $1,000
to So, 200, 900, 00O-an increase of ia per cent.
During the same period total governmental expendi-
lures, Federal, State and local, grew from $2,919,ooo,-
900 to 3d. 4S, 900, O0O-an increase of 347 per cent.
Governmental indebtedness increased from $780,
600, 900 to $50, 1874, 600, OOO-an increase of SIS per
cent.
In 1913 governmental expenditures represented S5
per cent of the national income, and in 1929 represent
ed 1873 per cent.
Bad as this may seem it by no means tells the worst.
Since 1929 taxes have steadily risen while incomes have
sharply declined. 1t is reliably estimated that this year
government will absorb not less than 80 per cent OF
the national income.
. 1t is apparent that we are facing tax bankruptcy.
There is a point beyond which we cannot pay-a point
at which taxation ends and confiscation begins. All
over the country farms, homes, real estate, even fac
tories, have been taken over by the states in lieu OF
taxes. We are at last paying the price of government
waste and extravaganza. Only a decisive tax revolt
that demands economy and efficiency and government
r~etrenchment, can save us from the inevitable conse-
quentes of the present trend.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09

HE DIDN'T FIGHT H ENEMY, EITHER
In his speech notifying Mr.. Hoover Of his renoni-
nation, Representative Smell said:
upon you, sir fell the responsibility of exerting all
the powers of government to protect this country Tin
the depression) =. We recognize that it has been
impossible for you to impart to the people all the de-
tails of the dangers that have confronted them. In
the thick of battle it is not the generals business to
issue bulletins; it is his business to fight the enemy
(the depression).
The following record shows how Mr.. Hoover spent
more than two years fighting the enemy" and with
holding from the people the "details Of the dangers
that confronted them:"
October "a, 1929. New York Stock Market crash.
October Is, 1929. The fundamental business Of the
country is on a sound and prosperous basis.-Statement
by President Hoover.
November Fl, 1929. There is no reason why bust
ness should not be carried on as reimbursement by
President Hoover.
December 3, 1929. The sudden threat of unem-
ployment created unwarranted pessimism and
fear. We have reestablished confidence. A very large
degree of industrial unemployment has been prevented.
President Hoover's message to Congress.
January Fl, 1880. The tide of employment has
changed in the right observation-disclosures by Presl-
dent Hoover.
March 7, 1880. All the evidences indicate that the
worst effects of the crash upon employment will have
been passed during the next sixty days.-Statement by
President Hoover.
May 1, 1880. We have now passed the worst
Statement by President Hoover.
October 2, 1880. The depression is but a temper
airy halt in the prosperity of a great people. The in
come of a large part Of our people has not been re-
duced.-Statement by President Hoover.
December 2, 1880. We have already weathered the
worst of the torm.-statemen by President Hoover.
December g., 1881. We find fundamental national
gains. There has been a distinct gain in public health.
Statement by President Hoover.
December, 1881, marked the convening of the Sew
enty-second Congress with a Democratic House and
only a nominal Republican majority in the Senate.
This marked the beginning of the fight on the de-
preston after two years of the issuance of bulletins by
the General (FIoover).
Mr.. Hoover did nothing to help matters until he
was prodded by the Democrats. He knew full well
that such measures or others similar to them, ae were
finally approved were necessary, yet he refused to call
Congress together. He was trying TO hill the people
with a lot Of Pol1yana stuff when the people in reality
were in great distress.
If the Democrats hadn't gained control of the House
we might still be fighting the depression with a bunch
of silly, inaccurate statements from the White House.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09
NORTH CAROLINA'S LAND RESOURCES

North Carolina has a land area Of nearly %forty-nine
thousand square miles, and ranks twenty-eighth in size
among the states. On this land live more than three
million two hundred thousand inhabitants, North Caro-
DINA being one of the more densely settled states of
the Union. although we rank twenty-eighth in size,
two states have more farms, and only one state has
more jewellers. This would naturally lead one to as
sumo that much of the states area is under cultivation.
Yet strange as it may seem, only one-fourth OF our
land area is devoted to the production Of crops, which
is less than the national average Furthermore, it is
interesting to note that North Carolina farms are the
smallest cultivated farms in the United States. This
strange fact is largely the result of much poor land,
wet land, rough land, and the intensive nature Of our
system of farming. The natural result of these small
farms is that North Carolina farmers are relatively
poor, have relatively small annual incomes, and have
relatively small tax paying capacity.
Due to the fact that four-ffths Of our land area is
not yet under cultivation, and taking into considera-
ton the natural conditions neccessary for the utllza-
tan of land, it is safe to say that not more than two
states can bring more land under cultivation in the
future than can North Carolina In other words
North Carolina. paradoxically, is both a densely
settled state and a frontier state. We could easily sup
port a farm population from two or three times as
large as our present farm population without reducing
the size Of our farms, and still have plenty of land for
forests and for other uses.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-09-09
To All Rowan County Rnral
School Authorities:

To All Rowan County Rnrd
School Authorities:
You have not forgotten, of course.
the several tragic ACCIDENTS of last
year involving school buses, resulting
in a number of deaths in the state.
With the opening of a new school
year, every possible precaution a
gainst accidents should be taken. AL
buses ought to be thoroughly in
spected frequently to discover and
remove any defects in brakes or other
parts of the mechanism. Drivers
should be selected with the greatest
care and thoroughly familiarized
with their duties and the law regua-
lating their work. The public should
be reminded of the law which re-
quires that approaching automobile:
or other motor vehicles pause when
about to pass a standing bus. Child
rem should not be permitted to play
and tussle in the buses.
1t is to be hoped that such care and
precautions will be taken with tht
operation of the buses this year that
no serious accidents will occur.
Governor Matthew Rowan