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The Washington times., 1932-01-02
Advice to the
LoveIorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Dear Miss Fairfax:


After father remarked, it
was hard to get along at home,
so I secured work and have
been successful. My boy friend
has had many hardshipS to
face, trying to get an educa-
tloE He is now a senior. AS
he had to go 10 miles to his
classes he bought small road
ster, and a few weeks ago acci-
dentally struck woman with
his car and killed her. The
court has acquitted him from
the charge of criminal negli-
gence. This last year we have
had so many expenses that I
have helped him to pay some
of them, now that I am work
ing and he is not. He wor-
rieS so continually over his
troubles that he is making him.
self i'll. Is it wrong for me to
help him pay his expenses, so
that we can be together, as
there is no other way? We
have planned to get married,
but there is no hope of that
within four or five years.
Since I have no mother to
confide in, I hope you will
help me. Life has been so
hard to us both, Thank you.
DOT.
My dear child, you seem to
have had more than your share,
and I congratulate you on keep
ing your head and bearing up
under it all. The boy has had
a horrible experience, and the
only question in my mind is,
would it not be more to his
interest if you braced him up
and made him more Self-re-
liant, at this time, than to do
the things that are likely to
make him weak and dependent.
After an experience such as
his, he's got to help himself
more than you can help him.
Encourage him, stimulate his
ambition, but-there's always a
but-Td hesitate before 1 con-
tinued to hand out money. A
little help now and then would
be no more than what one
good friend might do for an.
other. But to make practice
of tiding over an able bodied
young man with cash over a
long period. does something
detrimental to him. Isn't there
something he could do to earn
a little extra money? So many
boys in college do that these
days. and it's a wonderful
character builder.
The Washington times., 1932-01-02

Mr.. Jacoby, as z, made an
opening bid of 1-Spade. Mr..
Culbertson (A) overcalled with
2-Clubs. Mr.. Lenz (Y) bid 2
Hearts. Mrs. Culbertson (B)
passed. z bid 3-Clubs in
weak attempt at a slam. But
when Y bid 3-Hearts, 2 raised
the contract to 4-Hearts. The
opening lead was BIS j of
clubs. AS the cards lie how
many ticks can be won?
The declarer will win the
first trick with dummy's K.
Probably the six missing spades
are divided ~, and probably
also the five missing trumps
are divided 80, between the
adversaries. Those two factors
are the first to be considered by
the declearer. The type of hands
held by the declaring side do
no all for immediate trump
leads. Perhaps spades can be
established, to enable one or
more losing diamonds to be dis
carded upon them by the de-
clarer. If so that will be fine.
Certainly some of Y's losing
diamonds must be trumped
while the process of establish
ing rs spades is in progress.
The first thing to do is to
lay DOWN dummy'S Ace OF dia-
monds, to prepare for later
ruffs of declarer's low dia.
mods. Exist from dummy is
not as easy as might be inn,
agined. AS A doubtless has at
least five clubs it would be
poor strategy to play out rs
top club and then trump the
third lad of that suit; B can
lIot hold more than two clubs
and he would also trump the
third club lead. Everything
considered would lead the
Ace of spades, followed by rs
lowest spade, believing that A
has more chances than B to
hold the missing K, because A
has done all the adverse bid
ding.
The most unpleasant return
lead that A can make, when ne
wins with K of spades, is a
trump. Y must win the trick,
in order to lead one cf his los
The Washington times., 1932-01-02
When Manners
Are Correct
Note of Thanks
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
l. When sending thank-you
noCe for a wedding present re-
ceived from a man and his
wife, how should the envelope
be addressed, and wolrld the
salutation be just to N s., in
Guiding in the note N ng
would it be Dear Mr.. nd
N..rs."?
2. Also, is it correct TO. 81
bride to head notes to the
groom'.s aunt and uncle as
Dear Mr.. and Mrs?"
READER.
/. Write the note to Mrs"
and address the note to Mrs
and in the note itself inclune
Mr." in the expression of ap-
probation. Like this:
Dear MrS. Thompson:
You and Mr.. Thompson were
SO very kind and thoughtful to
r''-.n to make John and me so
happy by sending us such a
beautiful lamp for our new
home.
2. If she addresses them as
Mrs. and Mr.. then she should
use this form in her letter to
them. That is, her letter
should begin like the one I
have suggested in the first
answer.
The Washington times., 1932-01-02
Rhymins
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIS
THE MOON TONIGHT


THE MOON TONIGHT
The moon tonight, so cold, so,
far,
Fled on without one handmade
star.
She scurried like a lonely maid,
Who through the dark must
run, afraid.
watched her speed among the
hosts
OF clouds, that went like clutch
ing ghosts.
I saw her haste, so pale and
- wan.
To shelter of the horizon.
The Washington times., 1932-01-02

hi. darling infant ook hope j" her heart MELl Boy
He he will. Sure he will! hope he does the New
Year darling of hopes bright a silver dime
hope all of youthan the old last years
boy did,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The Washington times., 1932-01-02

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inchdeep knitted 1882 He is the
the card which ha. from her door for the
half year-"BOY WANTED. Even the snow-birdsthe
chckadees-Osed him-he dOggOne new! He is
10 a wonder he has that inch sweater
steel her but taken with
The Washington times., 1932-01-02

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The Washington times., 1932-01-02
HIGH SPEED GIRL -
A Sensational Novel Of
PIeasure-Mad Youth
what Has Happened Before

Laurel 49, thoroughly modern finds that she will be
with Roger SartOrS 49, blaSe jaded
who infatuated with her. ImOgene Gay invites her
to moonlight party"
Laurel drives her deserted house where
she finds a cOnvivial party.
Laurel fees party which wild
Finding fees dOWn the road and
rescued by a stranger
(Now Go On With the Story
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
Gambling Case
Again Deferred

LOS ANGELES, Aug. l. UP)-
Superior Judge Elliot Craig today
dismissed writs of habeas corpus
issued on behalf of Sam Clarke and
Claude Williams, both of whom
were Jailed last Friday when they
refused to testify against 13 Off
ials and employees of the Culver
City Kennel club.
The dismissal was made upon the
stipulation between attorneys for
the prosecution and the defense
that the two men were in Sacra-
mento but would return tomorrow
when new writs would be filed.
The two dog owners were jailed
when they were called by the state
in an effort to prove by their test
imony that the "option system"
conducted by the club officials con-
stituted a violation of the state
gambling law, with which the 13
men were accused.
Defense Attorney David H. Clark
advised the two men not to testi-
fly on the ground that their testi-
mony might reveal a public offense
with which they could be charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
COMPROMISE BY
ATTORNEY WINS
POULOS FREEDOM

Christ Poulos had regained his
freedom today because of COM
promise between his attorney and
the attorney for Mrs. IT. M Bump,
who secured his Incarceration IN
the county Jail when he refused
to turn over to the sheriff a 5000
cashiers check to satisfy a super
ior court judgment.
Poulos, IL superior court Friday,
sought to obtain his freedom on the
grounds Mrs. Bump had not pro-
vided money to pay for his main
tenance at the Jail, but this move
was blocked when Hugh l.. Mac
kinnon, Mrs. Bumps attoney, de-
posted the necessary funds.
Mackinnon and Ray johnson, at
torney for Poulos, were instructed,
however, to attempt to reach some
agreement whereby Poulos should
be given part OF the money rep
resented by the check, in order that
he might buy food and prepare his
wife for the hospital.
The attorneys finally agreed. It
was learned today, to allow Poulos
to keep 5000, and TO pay an equal
amount toward satisfaction Of the
judgment.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
DEATH CLAIMS
PUBLISHER OF
FILM MAGAZINES

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. /. W.D-
James R. Quirk, New York pub
Usher, died today in Hollywood hos
pital.
Death came to the prominent
publisher of motion picture fan
magazines at a. m. He had been
suffering from bronchial pneu-
monia and heart disease.
May Allison, former screen act
ress and wife of the publisher, was
at the hospital when he died.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. /. U.R
Physicians today practically aban-
doned hope for the recovery of
James R. Quirk, New York motion
picture magazine publisher, suffer-
ing from bronchial pneumonia and
heart disease.
Although last night reported
Slightly improved" his condition
took a serious turn for the worse
today, DR.. Harry Martin said.
Five physicians were called into
consultation.
"Mr. Qunrk probably will not live
through the day." DR.. Martin said
after comforting with the other ply
sicians.
Quirk is publisher of Photoplay
Magazine, one of the most prom
inent devoted to chronicling the ac-
tivities of the film colony. The
publishing company recently was
sued for $1,000,0o0 libel by Mrs
Theresa Rubens, mother of Alma
Rubens, late film star. The suit
alleged that the magazine pub
lished an article stating that Mrs.
Rubens had not informed Ricardo
Cortez, the actress husband, of her
serious Hines and that no one of
Importance had attended her fun
eral.
Quirk successfully defended the
suit, taking the witness stand HIM
self.
The publisher was taken to Hol-
lywood hospital last week seriously
Ill, and although he appeared to
rally under early treatment his
condition became worse over the
weekend.
His wife, May Allison, former mo-
ton picture actress, was in Holly
wood to be at his bedside.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
M& R1~~.
a issl. HsNsasht sysdIests. Ia
ROOSEVELT WILL
CAMPAIGN OVER
ENTIRE NATION

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. l. U.R-
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has de-
cided to make his campaign nation
wide and starting in September he
will begin a tour which probably
will take him as far west as the
Pacific coast.
This drive, as tentatively map
ped, will be an effort to turn the
tables on the Republican admins
tration which has been labelling him
radical"
Roosevelt. members of his man.
agerial group said, already has COL
lected material to support his con-
tention that President Hoover is
the radical" 1t is expected the
farm board will be singled out as
an example, Roosevelt arguing that
this agency actually put the gov
ernment into the business of bar
gaining in grain futures.
Roosevelt's speech Saturday night
also was considered likely to form
the theme in several of his address,
es on the far western swing. In
that address the nominee read the
entire party platform, then COM
mented briefly on certain issues
chiefly fiscal policies and prohibi-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
Border kidnapping
Involves Chinese
And White Man

When a white man smuggles a
Chinese into the United States, it
is news of the everyday sort, but
when white man is arrested in
Mexico for kidnapping an Oriental,
it is an event of cataclysmic pro-
portions.
It also was an event about which
little could be learned, other than
that it was an actual occurrence.
Frank Goodell, inspector in
charge of the United States GUS
toms service in Imperial Valley,
was informed of the event by a
Mexican officer.
According to the Mexican, the
white man kidnapped the Chinese,
bound him, and drove away from
Mexicali. For some unknown reas-
on the American and his captive
got out of the car near canal. A
Mexican officer was passing. The
American forced the Chinese to
sit down on the canal bank, but
when the officer came near the
Oriental broke away.
The American was arrested. The
course of Mexican justice, how
ever, saw fit to release him. United
States immigration officers, who
wanted the man for questioning,
arrived too late to secure custody
of him. No trace of him could be
found at MeXicali today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01

country" in his seaty under present
conditions.
I'm in the middle SIXTIES" he
said, land I've got wife and
three children to provide for.
There are compensations for poli-
tical service, but they aren't finan-
cial."
The doldrums in which congress-
men now find themselves stagnat-
ing, he said, we're the result, not
of the party system, but OF the
increasing breakdowns of the party
system" Lack of regularity within
party lines was responsible, he
said, for absence of concrete legis.
lative programs and for "ham-
stringing of potential leadership"
Cites Causes
Principally to blame for the in
surgency and intra- party strife
were the direct primary and the
choice of u. S. senators by popular
vote. he held, adding, however, that
no cure for the situation was i'm
mediately apparent.
Satisfied that start toward bet
ter times at Washington may be
made by rallying Republican strength
at the forthcoming elections, Tilson
has undertaken the management
of the eastern bureau of G. Q. P.
speakers for the campaign.
He is vigorous six-footer OF
athletic frame and of a carriage
reminiscent of his service in the
Spanish war and on the Mexican
border. In a khaki shirt, frayed
serge trousers, and pair OF what
once probably were. A. E. F. trench
shoes, he was welding pair OF
brush clippers today, shipping dead
limbs from frs and hemlocks up
and down the winding footpath to
his lakeside chalet, "Dreamland,"
He laid aside his tools, and
lounged in an easy chair to discuss
few things currently wrong With
the national government.
Conditions would be worse than
they are, said he, if the country
hadn't been lucky enough to have
a saver" in the White House when
times were good and a "spender"
there when prosperity jelled.
Back before '29 when the treas
ury had a surplus, Cal Coolidge, a
born economizer, was grimly whit
tling governmental costs in spite OF
pyramiding national wealth" TIL
son said.
Hoover, in the department OF
the commerce, was the fellow who
wanted to expand. He could think
of ways to use money almost as
fast as Coolidge could think of ways
to cut him down.
Then, after Coolidge, like the
good guesscr he is, had chosen not
to run again, Mr.. Hoover inherited
the impending crash. The penny
pincher had run things when
spending was epidemic; now the
openhanded fellow found himself
at the head of an administration
which was sagging into the red"
Praises Hoover Courage
President Hoover, he added, "has
the courage to use our resources
to meet the economic crisis"
The last session of congress
passed IAN unusual amount of
good legislation in spite of itself"
Tilson said, land nothing like as
(Cnr4sv.uaL ~. Da
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
SLAIN VETERAN
WILL BE BURIED
AT ARLINGTON

WASHINGTON, Aug. /. U.P)-
William J. Hushka of Chicago, who
came to Washington in quest of a
bonus and got bullet in the heart
instead, will be laid to rest in Ar
lington National cemetery with
military honors.
Some of the same troopers who
drove his fellow bonus marchers
from their billets will fire a salute
over his grave tomorrow.
The war department granted per-
mission for Hushka's burial in Ar
lington after checking his finger
prints and establishing beyond
question his identity as a veteran
of the World war. A squad of
soldiers were ordered to escort the
body, as is customary at all Arling-
ton burials.
Hushka was slain last Thursday
in rioting between police and bonus
marchers. Shortly after the clash
in which he wac killed, President
Hoover called out troops to evict
the bonus army from Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
ARGENTINE RUNNER SHOWS HIS
COURAGE IN ENTERING COLD

Los ANGELES, Aug. 1. W.P)-
Fifty thousand spectators ap-
plauded Alberto CardosO, Of
Brazil, as he plodded three
times around the track at Olym-
pic stadium, although all of his
opponents In the 10000 meter
race had finished.
But the grit of the stocky
Brazilian became more praise
worthy today when the true
story of his spirit was revealed.
Cardoso ran the race after
hitch-hiking from San Fran
cisco and riding all night on
a truck from the northern city
to Los Angeles. He did not get
a moments sleep enroute.
He dashed into Olympic sta
dunn exactly four minutes be-
fore the long race was to start.
A teammate had taken Car
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
Slot Machine
Owners Warned

Slot machine owners in Imper-
ial county will have few more
days in which to dispose of. their
machines before those machines are
confiscated and the owners pros
ecuted, District Attorney Elmer w.
Head said today.
The district attorney, in an
nouncing that owners of the ma
chimes will be given another
chance, said he wishes to be as fair
as possible, allowing a reasonable
length of time in which to dispose
of the machines.
Once action is begun, he declared,
all machines will be confiscated,
and every bit of evidence will be
gathered to use in prosecution.
Many machines already have been
taken out, Head said, but some
are still being operated.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
FIVE KILLED BY
AMMONIA BLAST
in new YORK
Fashionable Park Avenue
Rocked By Force Of
Heavy Explosion.
BY OTIS PEABODY SWIFT
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. IAN explos-
ion rocked Park avenue today,
shattering windows, hurting man.
hole covers into the air and fright
ening fashionable shoppers. Clouds
of black smoke poured out of the
Ritz Tower, 35-story apartment
hotel which houses a glittering
world of wealth. beauty and fash
ion.
Beside its porte cochere, the win
dows of the fitzpatrick Jewelry shop
had crashed to the pavement. A
quarter of a million dollars worth
of jewelry lay open to public view.
Traffic light flashed red along the
avenue and policemen with drawn
clubs ran up to protect the jewels.
Two stories beneath the pave
ment, in the sub-cellar of the big
hotel, leaking ammonia fumes in
the paint shop, had been ignited,
causing the blast. For three hours
men from a dozen fire companies
fought 1t, at the cost of at least
five mems lives, and score of Sc
we're injuries.
Struggling forward with hose
lines far below the surface, fight
ing their way through the cata-
combs of vaults, boiler rooms, air
vents and subterranean gangways
under the skyscraper, Fire Lieuten-
ant James Harnett and Fireman
Tom Finn were killed. Harnett
died somewhere below; his body was
taken out by comrades wearing
gas masks.
Finn died on the sidewalk. a
priest bending over him to admin
lister the last rites of the church.
Hotel lackeys, a few minutes later,
were sweeping up the blood stained
glass, dumping it in laundry
hamper, to be sifted for the scat
tered jewels it might contain.
Those who died in hospitals of
their injuries, all firemen, were
Louis Hardin, James F.. Greene
and William L. Platt.
Thirteen men, gassed below, were
taken to hospitals. Three of them
may die.
One-time home of Arthur Bris-
bane, scene of gay dinners to
Lindbergh and other transatlantic
fliers, home of opera stars, actors,
bankers, brokers and a cross-sectior1
OF the fashionable world, the Ritz
tower houses many luxurious apart
ments, decorated by the first artists
Of the day.
Smartly dressed women climbed
down fire-escapes today when the
elevators stopped White-haired
bankers, in gay scarfs, linen suits
and panamas, groped through the
richly furnished lobby with hand
torches. Lights were out through
out the building. Maids in caps
and aprons in upper windows,
waved at firemen below. A line of
a dozen unconscious firemen was
stretched along the pavement OF
Fifty-seventh street, site of art
galleries, antique shops and smart
courturiers, while white clad am
bulance surgeons toiled over them
with respirators.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
HUSBAND SLAYER
CONCERNED WITH
PROPER STYLES

CHICAGO, Aug. 1. (JP)-The
woman whom attendants at the
county jail have christened "Chi-
cago's handsomest husband slay-
err" will leave her cell under heavy
police guard today to attend the
funeral of the man she shot to
death.
She is Dorothy Pollak, g. bru-
nette, vivacious and sparkling -eyed.
Today she was much more inter-
ested in the style of her fashion
able black ensemble than the pos
sibility that she may stand trial for
the death of Joseph Poilak, the
middle-aged southsi0e alcohol deal
er who was her husband.
Since she put a bullet in her
husbands head with an automatic
pistol and calmly called police to
her home last Wednesday night,
Mrs. Follak has been busy.
First there was the visit to an
undertaking establishment. She
made the trip in a patrol wagon
in company OF several guards and
selected $500 coffin for her hus-
bands body. Then cane frequent
conferences over a .suitebly modish
costume, endless interviews with
reporters and lengthy sessions
with photographers.
Amid protestations of love for
the man she shot, the widow ex-
piained her motive as her hus-
bands affair with another woman.
II wouldn't have minded SO
much" said Mrs. Pollak, "if the
woman had been pretty, but she
wasn't"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-08-01
JEALOUS WATCH
MAINTAINED ON
u. S. TREATIES
Important Documents Of
State Depart t m e n t
Known To Small Group
BY JOSEPH II. BAIRD
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. /. = Revolt
in South America, trouble in the
Far East and conferences in Europe
have emphasized anew during re-
cent months the Importance of
various treaties which the United
States has signed
Secretaries of state may come
and go-there have been five since
the war-but small group of men
in the state department keep zeal
GUS watch over traditional doc
trines.
Not that these are allowed to pet
rify. They are altered slightly from
time to time to suit changing con-
ditions. They. are buttressed now
and then by new treaties. But
moulded in the fire of history to
meet definite American needs, they
remain fundamentally unchanged.
Secretary Stimson recently told
Japan 'in effect that the United
States would not admit the legal
ity of the Manchurian conquest"
Here he introduced novel ele-
ment. for he based his statement
partly on the Kellogg peace pact.
Yet Secretary Bryan, more than
Is years earlier, had made similar
representations when Japan took
Shantung.
Basically, both secretaries were
upholding the "open door" doctrine
to protect American trade, first laid
down by Secretary Hay three de-
cades ago.
Chile has a new government
Will Stimson recognize it? That
depends on the Davila regimes
ability to hold public support, car
ry out international promises and
effectively control Chile. Stimson
did not originate this policy. He
resurrected a doctrine followed al
most continuously by the state
department until the wilson ad-
ministration, when it was tempor-
arily altered.
Some observers hold that this
policy has not been followed with
respect to Russia. But the state
department contends that the Sow
let state does not respect its inter-
national obligations.
The United States has four cardi-
nal doctrines of foreign policy:
/. The Monroe doctrine of non-
interference by Europe in the af-
fairs of the American continent.
2. The "open door" in the Far
East.
3. Freedom of the seas.
4. No 'entangling alliances" with
foreign nations.
Some Of them have been modi-
fled in special instances, but their
basic intent has been preserved.
This is true, in large measure,
because each new secretary of state
finds in the state department a
nucleus of men who know, back
wards and forwards, the history of
American policy and are equipped
to give advice and resurrect pre-
cedents.