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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-13

tlons-the amateur theatrical move
ments, for instance. I've chased her
about little-not nearly so much as
wanted to-but you've simply ignored
her, Owen you know you have"
The laggard in love spoke up
quickly.
"You are not saying it all, Wally-
not speaking for yourself, mean. But
you don't need to. I've known ever
since last year how it is with you.
You are in love with Betty yourself.
That is one reason why I've buried
myself in my job hereto give you
and her a chance to find out where
you both stand. No, don't make any
mistake; 1t isn't any silly knightly
chivalry on my part-just common
decency. If I should marry, I'm not
even sure I could feed and clothe a
wife. And when poverty comes in at
the door"
ooh, shush! You needn't quote
proverbs at me. Don't you suppose
know that don't stand Chinaman's
chance with Betty? What I'm beefng
about is the way you scamp your
chances with her. There's another
Richmond in the field. Did you know
that?''
Landis' face fell.
"No! You don't mean that, Wally!"
II do, indeed; this new fellow, Can
by, who is cutting such wide swath
with his wonderful development scheme
for Carthage Going to make it an
other Chicago overnight and all that.
He is rushing Betty to finish, and
she seems to like it,"
A gridironing Of fine lines appeared
between Landis' eyes.
II don't like Candy, Wally-what
little I've seen of him"
"Just the same, he Is exactly the
kind of brute to take a girls fancy
good-looking, dashing. man-of-the-big-
ger-world; that sort. Betty is plenty
sensible, but at the same time she is
human. There; I've said my say, and
now I'll toddle along. What do you
do with this priceless casket Of yours
overnight-take it to bed with you?"
mot quite that; I keep it here"
Lands knelt before small safe under
the laboratory work bench, opened it,
put the black box inside and twirled
the combination.
II see; safe bind, safe find," said
Markham, with a laugh for weak
pun. "Let me know when-or If
you want me to have talk with dad
about the financing. So long"
So much for the night when Betty
Lawson, daughter Of the physics pro-
fessor at the college, starred in their
Little Theater associations produc-
ton. At comparatively early hour
the following morning, Wally Mark
ham, getting out his roadster to
drive to town for box Of congratula-
tory roses to be taken to the success
full actress, was called to the tele-
phone. A strained voice that he bare
1y recognized as Landis' came to him
over the wire.
els that you, Wa1ly? For heavens
| sake, come around here to the house
| as quick as you can. My safes been
opened and the black box is gone!"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-13
The The Black Box Of Silence

Markham nodded slowly. Don't you
know, Owen, it all listens a good bit
like a pipe dream"
$50 it does to me. But what Is
worse, 1 can't get away from the feel
ing that I'm in the fix Of the man who
invented the Frankenstein thing"
"Meaning-w
Meaning the frightful uses to which
this contrivance of mine could be put
in the committing Of crime. You might
say there is no end to them. Noise Is
the burglars chief menace; with this
box of mine coupled to lighting
socket he could wreck the lower story
of house or blow the strongest bank
vault in perfect security, so far as
the noise was concerned. SO, also,
with the use of firearms. You see what
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-13

known as California Fig Syrup and
endorsed by physicians for over 80
years.
Children need no urging to take 1t.
They love it's rich, fruity flavor.
Nothing can compete with it as gen.
tie, but certain laxative, and it goes
further than this. 1t gives tone and
strength to the stomach and bowels
so these organs continue to act nor
mally, of their own accord. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite, helps digestion.
A Kansas mother, Mrs. Dana ALI
gire, 610 Monroe ST., Topeka, says:
Bonnie B. is absolutely the picture
Of health, now, with her rudy cheeks,
bright eyes and plump but graceful
little body and she stands at the top
In every health test.
Much of the credit for her perfect
condition is due to California Fig
Syrup. We have used it since baby
hood to keep her bowels active dur.
ing colds or any children's ailments
and she has always had an easy time
with them. She always responds to
it's gentle urging and is quickly back
to normal
Ask your druggist for California
Fig Syrup and look for the word
"California" on the carton so you'll
always get the genuine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-13
Girl at the Top
in Health Tests

Millions Of boys
and girls all over the
world, thousands Of
them right here in
the West, are being
restored to health
and strength by the
purely vegetable ton
lie and xatiYa
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-10-13

That Suspicious Five
Office Boy-Your wife called and
said she wants to see you about
Boss-About what?
Office Boy-About s, sir.
Boss-H'me-O'clo or dollars?
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

Free spelling continues to be the out
standing feature Of the back-seat
driver.
Women who drive q great deal are
well aware that a certain portion Of
the male element awheel adheres to
the idea that woman's place Is in the
home. 1t Is for this reason that these
woman drivers are particular not to
do anything that furnishes an oppor-
tunity for criticism.
I have just heard of q woman who
decided that II she hurried little to
pass some parked cars she could assist
a man who was taking chances trying
to pass her. But he took it as a chal-
lenge to race When she had passed
the parked cars he cut in so close in
front of her, by way of retaliation, that
she was too alarmed to take his license
number and report his violation.
have always liked the term usage
of the road" because it suggests the
wisdom Of keying your driving speed
to that of traffic in general on par
ticular road at any given time. A wom-
an who had been accustomed to the
rapid transit of Manhattan found that
when she moved to q smaller city she
was dashing in and out of other cars
and getting nowhere in particular. She
was out of step. Shifting into the tempo
Of the time and the place has helped
her to avoid accidents. But she is care
ful to revamp her driving habits when
ever nosing into metropolitan traffic
again.
The weeks safety hint stresses keep
ing the windows easy to operate so
that in cold weather you can lower
them and signal quickly. Usually put
ting a littel graphite along the felt
channels will be sufficient to make the
glass run up and down freely.
A woman reader has written me to
suggest passing along the tip to lock
the doors and raise the windows when
ever sitting in the car while it Is parked.
She said this rule helped her escape the
1nsolence Of an intruder the other eve
ming. I might add to this the reminder
to unlock the doors when starting off
In event Of an accident it Is well to be
able to make quick exit.
1t took mashed rear fender to make
me lose complete confidence in the
ability Of byStanders to tell me what I
should do when trying to drive in a
ticklish spot. I was backing up to a
hotel entrance and they egged me on
until I tried to bend a concrete post.
Knowing this. wanted to tell woman
the other day not to take too seriously
the instructions Of a self-appointed
guide when the left front fender of
her car caught into the rear right fen
der Of a parked machine. She should
have stepped out to look over the Sit
uation herself and then should have
driven forward. Instead she took the
guides advice and backed up, ripping
up things in beautiful shape.
Last Winter a woman who is rather
Evening star., 1932-12-04
District National Guard

The 29th National Guard Division
Staff. headed by Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, who commands the militia
brigade OF this city, will assemble at
Fredericksburg next Saturday morning
to spend a day on the battlefields in
that vicinity for the purpose of study
ing the battle problems Of the Civil
War
The officers Of this staff are composed
OF National Guard officers from this
city and officers of the militia from
all parts Of the States Of Maryland and
Virginia. The assembly Is the regular
one for the purpose of carrying out
plans for instruction made when Gen.
Stephan assumed command of the di-
vision.
The officers who will go from this
city, In addition to the general, will be
Col. John w. Oehmann, commanding
the 12lst Regiment of Engineers, the
Division Engineer officer; Lieut.. Col
Peyton G. hewitt, division adjutant;
Capt. F. F. Bernsdorf, division quar-
termaster, and Maj. L. Med. Sylvester,
Regular Army instructor assigned to this
organization. The party will leave here
early next Saturday morning in auto
mobiles, and, If the weather permits,
will spend the entire day in the field
Pvt. George w. McClain, Com
pany F. 12lst Engineers, has been pre-
sented with the Purple Heart. Accord
ing to the citation, accompanying the
decoration, McClain, on September 27,
1918. while a private, first class, 10th
Infantry, received q bullet wound in
the arm and shoulder.
1t was during the second day Of the
Meuse Argonne offensive that Pvt.
McClain had taken the automatic rifle
from the hands of q fallen comrade,
and had scarcely fired a dozen shots
from the weapon when he, too, was
struck down. After five months in the
hospital he came out with a steel plate
in his shoulder and still retains the 79
millimeter projectile that rendered him
a casualty. Prior to this he was twice
wounded, July 80 in the hand and
August 10, in the leg. These were
dressed at the front.
Gen. Stephan has received notice
from the adjutant general of the Army
that a letter of conditional appoint
ment has been sent to Pvt. First
Glass; William G. Hipps, Company D,
12lst Engineers, who was the success
full candidate in the competitive ex-
animation recently held for appoint
ment to the United States Military
Academy at West Point from the local
National Guard.
The competitive examination for en-
trance will be held at the Army Medk-
cal Center before board of officers on
March Z, next.
Pvt. Wayne c. Trackler and Ran
dolph Canter have been ordered pro-
NOTED to the rank of corporal in the
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, upon recommen-
dation Of the detachment commander.
The following have been ordered
trAnsfered from the sstive 70 the re.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

erratic in her driving suffered the ex-
pensive experience Of having the radia-
tor core freeze and burst. She had
started the season with ample anti-freeze
in the cooling system. What happened,
as q service man cleverly diagnosed 1t,
was that she made so many sudden
stops much of the cooling solution, to-
gether with the anti-freeze, was forced
out the radiator overflow. She made
the further mistake of adding only wa
ter and no anti-freeze to compensate
for what was being lost.
Our exploration trip today covers a
visit to the self-starter, that well worked
unit Of the car that Is understood so
little. 1t is, as you doubtless know,
electrically operated. There was a
, time when it operated on compressed
air, acetylene gas and other sources
of power.
When you step on the starter button
circuit is closed between the battery
and the electric motor of the self
starter. A special pinion gear immedi-
on the circumference of the flywheel.
As the starter-motor rotates, therefore,
its motion is transmitted to the main
shaft of the cars motor. Because the
starter-motor rotates SO many times
for each rotation of the f1ywheel the
former Is able to do a man-size Job Of
cranking. Just as soon as the cars
motor starts the pinion snaps away
from the flywheel and comes to rest.
That Is, 1t is supposed to. Frequently
1t becomes jammed. Considering how
hard it works and how often 1t is
brought into the picture, its eccentrici-
ties are forgivable.
On some cars the pinion gear is me-
chanically meshed with the flywheel.
Also where starting is automatic the
business OF stepping on a starter button
Is dispensed with. In this case the
starter switch and ignition switch are
combined. The current goes through a
device that automatically completes a
circuit with the starter-motor.
1t ought to be obvious from the above
that II you step on the starter button
while the cars motor is running there
may be trouble. That starter pinion Is
forced to mesh with moving fiywheel
gear. You need never wonder II the
motor Is running. Just glance at the
ammeter. If the pointer wiggles the
engine Is still idling.
Having to be towed home is bad
enough without further complicating
the matter by not knowing anything
about the busines Of handling a car
when 1t Is at the end Of rope.
Don't, for instance, use too long q
towline. Alternate between the foot
and hand brake. Stop both cars and
go into second gear with the clutch en-
gagged If downgrade is encountered.
Be sure to hand signal to drivers fol-
lowing. Don't apply the brakes sud-
denly. If unable to stop quickly
enough don't try to turn out 40 the
right or left.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

serve lists Of their respective organiza-
t1ons for the reasons given: -
Business interference with the per-
formance of military duty: Pvt. First
Glass; Joseph L. McCawley, Head
quarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 26th Coast Artillery; Pvt.
Elmer w. Holland, jr., 29th Division
Military Police Company: Pvt. Law
renee c. Robey, Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery.
Temporary removal from the city:
Pvt. James J. Walling, 29th Division
Military Police Company.
Company B. 121st Engineers, held
its annual banquet last week at the
Burlington Hotel.
The armory training program for the
260th Coast Artillery for the current
season provides four phases of instruc-
ton. The geneal objective provided in
the instructions is to maintain the
regiment in condition to function ef-
fectively, at existing strength and with
out further training when employed in
minor emergencies by the State or Fed
eral authorities and to provide a suf-
ficiently trained force capable of rapid
expansion to war strength, which, with
the minimum of delay, can be employed
in time of war as an effective COM
ponent pod.aa Of the Army Of the United
The first phase is to train the SOL
dier and the squad in basic subjects
the second phase to complete the train
ing of the battery of similar unit in
basic subjects and in the fundamental
principles Of artillery drill; third, to
complete the training and perfect the
functioning of the battery or similar
unit in artillery drill; fourth phase, to
perfect the functioning or the battery
as an integral part of the regiment, and
the regiment as unit in the field, in
cluding the preparation of the COM
mand for field training period.
The training objective of the regi-
mental headquarters will be the basic
training of the members of the head
quarters personnel and staff In COM
mand and staff duties to which assign
ed This training will include theo-
retical instruction in anti-aircraft tao
tics and practical instruction in train
ing methods and administration.
During the armory training period,
each unit of the command is to con-
duct one rapid assembly, to demon
station on short notice, equipped for
prolonged field service, and at least
one overnight maneuver in the field;
not less than two command post exer-
cises and communication drills to be
conducted by the regiment during the
armory training period, one in each Of
the third and fourth phases
Days and hours for special ceremo-
nies and demonstrations are to be an
nounced by Maj. Walter w. Burns, the
regimental commander.
The batteries and detachments are
to be trained In the defense against
chemical warfare, the individuals to be
instructed In the use Of the gas mask
and other protective measured
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Utilities Pay for Hospital.

HOLLAND, Mich. UP).-Holland, q
city of $4,000. makes its electric and
water bills help pay the cost of govern
ment. The city-owned plans made pos
siblc hospital costing $183,000. Funds
contributed by the two utilities to other
city departments have totaled $463, 900
since 1928
Evening star., 1932-12-04
CHAMPION" BENCHED
Record Breaking Summons Ignorer
Gets License Revoked.

Max Goldman Of New York City,
champion ignorer OF trafiic laws and
Trafic Court summonses, has been
shunted into the background by Deputy
Police Commissioner Muldoon's blunt
order of license revoked"
How many summonses have you is-
nored to date?" Goldman was asked.
II think its l5,' he replied
The plea Tor another chance went
unneeded.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
BULB FARM PAYS
Farmer Gets Tired of Raising
Nothing but Wheat.

CARRIER, Okla. UP.-Finding con-
tinuous wheat growing Improbable. the
E. z. Volens turned an eight-acre plot
into a garden for dahlias and gladioli,
and in a few years have built up a
business that brings in several thousand
dollars annually.
This Fall their harvest" consisted OF
hundreds Of thousands Of bulbs, which
were stored in underground caves await
ing Spring.
The Volens have shipped bulbs to
three-fourths Of the States and their
cut flowers are sold in markets at
Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Tulsa
Evening star., 1932-12-04
AVIATION
By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON,

VATIONS big Four which hold between 60 per
~ of all domestic United States
powerful Big Three" be-
coming more and more persistent q
ton in fact.
The rumored combine dragged open bitter
struggle Waged by Erre L. Cord for control of American Arwa
INKS tha system with Eastern Air Consolidation Of
these two systems would create the greatest Of all aviation combines
huge unit serving all Of the Eastern
from New England to Florida California
such combination would leave the only "compe-
ton IN the transport field the other
Big An serving transcontinental
and Pacific
of the nidd
Evening star., 1932-12-04
SHORTAGES STIR BRAZIL
Federal, State and City Treasures
Found Looted.

RIO DE JANEIRO P).-A series Of
shortages in federal, state and city
departments, climaxed by one of 1900
contos, or about $1,000,000, in the
State of Sac Paulo, has startled Brazil,
The series started several months ago
with defalcation of $4,000 in the
federal treasury.
Next came shortage of 100000 In
this citys receipts and Col. Jose Muniz'
chief Of the department. was suspended.
smaller shortage in the state treasury
of Rio Grande do Sui followed.
The big Sac Paulo case involved
several officials who were charged with
taking money over a period OF years.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
GARDENS AID J0BLESS
Elderly Men to Benefit Under Gov.
-
Murray's Plan. -,

Murray's Plan. ~
TULSA, Okla. CP.-Jobless grand
fathers. unable to swing pick and
shovel, will have chance to earn re-
lief under Gov. w. H. Murray's plan
fer 1,000-acre garden here. ~
Food will be raised by elderly mem
unable to find other employment and
then canned for distribution to the
needy.
The Governor suggested the plan fer
other cities, promising to furnish high-
way trucks to transport laborers to and
from the gardens. He said he intended
to ask the Legislature to appropriate
funds for free seed.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

The Australian government has ap-
pointed committee to investigate the
wool industry. from production to sell
ing, and to formulate paans Tor II re-
hAbtlttatio
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Canned Salmon Is Money.

According to Fred Parrish, Astoria,
Greg, camera man, in one place In tie
South Sea Islands canned salmon 10
used as a medium of exchange.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Van Duzer's Report.

In a recent speech, William A. Van
Duzer. traffic director, brought out the
results of an interesting study Speak
ing before the Highway Research
Board Of the National Research Coun-
Gil here, he said, in part:
with the increase in trafic, there
has grown the need for laws and regu-
1ations to govern the traffic. The list
of regulations has now grown to con-
siderable length due to additions from
time to time as the need arose While
the only excuse for traffic regulations
is the protection of the driver and the
pedestrian or the relief of traffic con-
gestion, there has been little study Of
the rules to see If they accomplish the
desired results. The lack of real rea-
son for some rules becomes obvious as
soon as the practices of different COM
munities are compared. AS one In
stance, in some cities It is required in
n left turn to pass to the left of the
center point Of the intersection. In
others 1t is strictly required that the
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Airmail Campaign Renewed.

The once familiar air1nail develop
ment work of the Post ONCE Depart
ment and air transport lines, put aside
a few years ago, has been resumed as a
result OF the depression and the in
crease In airmail postage rates.
The publicity campaign in behalf of
the Airmail Service. which was side
tracked when the Airman Service be-
gan to settle down" and interest was
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Attention, Col. Grant.

A short time ago this column COM
mented on the conditions at one Of the
entrances to the new Parkway near
Twenty-second and P streets. 1t was
pointed out that intersection was en-
tirely too narrow, and that it was
easily possible to improve conditions
there by chopping of some Of the tri-
angle plots. At the time attention to
this was called to Capt. H. c. White
hurst. director Of highways, District
of Columbia. Since then it has been
learned that such work, although on p
street, is under the jurisdiction of Col
U. s. Grant, Sd, in charge Of public
parks and parking. That being the
case, 1t is hoped that Col. Grant will
give the matter his consideration.
According to reports the new Missis-
sippi license tags which went on sale
last week are introducing something
new for automobiles. They feature a
lock which makes it impossible for tags
to be removed from machines without
defacing the tags.
The purpose of the lock tags Is to
minimize stealing of automobile tags
from cars for which they were issued
and placing them on stolen cars, as
well as to keep owners from removing
tags and placing them on other cars
than which they were intended.
This seems to be good plan.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

The following have been ordered
trAnsfeyTed from the sstive 70 the re.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Pvt Wayne C. Trackler and Ran
dolph Canter have been ordered pro-
moted to the rank of corporal in the
Headquarters Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, upon recommen-
dation Of the detachment commander.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Observation-Disclosures
The Nome nugget., 1932-03-19
COMING UP IN RANKS

NEW YORK. March 1s. tAPl-- sammy Fuller, Boston youth. won a technical victory in the seventh round. last night in his bout with Billy Wallace native Alaskan. Ter Richards godson, and now of Cleve land
 Fuller is continuing CD steady march toward the lightweight tit- le. He will have bout here April 1 against Jack Borg of Lon don Wallace fought tee to toe for six rounds with Fuller and then took the count of nine in the seventh He came up all right but the referees stopped the fight.
The Nome nugget., 1932-03-19
BLUEBEARD Is HANGED

BROWNSVILLE. Va, March IS (P)-Harry F. Powers, the noun tain "bluebard". who slew two women and three children. died on the gallows Friday night.
 The trap was sprung at pm. and he vas pronounced dead II minutes later.
 Although Powers declined to make any statement before he went to the galloUs Tr. N H Hayn es. Clarkesburg physician. an- nounced after the hanging that Powers had confessed to the crim- es alleged to him. Powers lured his victims by love notes to his home and then robbed them of their money and buried them un- der the garage. He was hanged on only one of the onenses. the killing of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke. of Northboro. Mass.-a divorcee
The Nome nugget., 1932-03-19
MORE CLUES
HOPEW ELL, N. J. March aa

HOpEW ELL, N. J. March go Henry Johnson, the Lindbergh babys nurses sweet theart. is again back in the limelight Of the kid mapping. He was brought here rom d jail iD Jersey City. for personal interview with Lindbergh. rhnson was never really complete ly absolved, said Colonel SWart.- off head of the police. Johnson was a sailor aboard Thomas La. mont's yacht which made a cruise to Alaska a year or two ago. He lis reported to have met the nurse lat Vancouver, B. C. The police explained today that he is held fo, deportation. They charge he came here illegally from Sweden.