davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1932-02-12

FL secretario Hurley perdi6
aver los eStriboS al calificar de
cobarde ell proyecto de ley de
los s~enadoreS Halves y Cutting
concediendo la independence
I las iSlas Filipiras,
Probable esta cue esos sena-
dores quieren la independence
de FilipiDas, defendierdo 'os
5es de los agricultoreS "a
opociddnos que ansian librarse
de la competencia de esa isla {;
pero la palabra "cobardemen-
ha Sido NAL apIicada por eli
ecrotario.
GSeria una demonstration de
emor e, conceder la indepen-
lencia a las Filipinas, por la
)roximidad de esas islas al ia
D6n?
ESos senadores no temen a
a guerra con Ell Jap6n, como
0 la tome ell pueblo america
lc, aunque no la quiere LO que
SIS padres conscriptoS' an
olar es co 'ocar a los fiIipinos
aIO los desastrosos efectos de
taIifa arancelaria hacer con
os filipinos 10 que Sc ha he
no con los cubanos, arruinar !.
los, obligandoles a pagan "ele-
vados derechos'' en- las adua-
mas.
Los filipinos estan bien en-
torados del "motivo" que hace
mover los hilos del "enredo;"
pero prefieren la Independent
ella. la libertad, a su actual de-
pendiente situaci6n.
La gaceta., 1932-02-12

tienda asi. La intencion de esta
ley es para destruir y Sc hasa
por complete en- el tenor.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
COAST OFFICIAL
KIDNAPPED

SAN FRANCISCO, May
UN.SO.-Statewide search for
Frank j. Egan, city public de
fender, was under way today
following his frantic telephone
call to police announcing he had
been kidnapped.
Captain of Inspectors Charles
Dullea said Egan called him at
9 o'clock last night and cried:
''These men have got me-.
this is Frank Egan. I'm at
the Ferry Building"
"The men let me phone my
wife, and I'm phOning you in
stead"
Before he could say anything
more, Egan was apparently
wrenched away from the tele
phone, Dullea said.
Egan was a close friend of
Mrs. Jessie Scott Johnston
Hughes. whose crushed body. was
found Friday night in the fash
ionable Forest Hill district.
Police said today they were
convinced Mrs. Hughes was
either beaten to death or poisoned
in her home and her body was
then dragged from the house
and run over to give the appear
ance Of q hitand-run accident.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
S5,000,000,000
BILL IN HOUSE
MRS KEITH-MILLER

Declaring that the Government
can start prosperity by strating
work, Representative Loring Black
CD Of New York oday intro
duced a bill for a gigantic public
works program to be financed
by a $4,000, 900, 900 bond issue.
He sadi he wuold use his power
to block an adjournment of Con-
gress until the measure is passed.
Expert Aid Called In
The measure was drafted with
expert aid to provide jobs for
millions of unemployed and unite
the nation in a fight for new
prosperity, Black said. Bonds
would be sold direct to the
people.
The measure provides:
Issuance of bonds as needed
to carry on the work eyredi-
tiouSly.
Building of three trans-conti-
mental highways, one to be
named Rod to Prosperity"
mother Rod of Pece," a third
Road of Glory" The routes
would traverse the Northern,
Central and Southern parts of
the country.
Loans to States
Public buildings, rivers and
harbors, and similar needed
works.
Loans of $500 100000 a year
to states, counties, municipali-
ties to encourage emergency
construction to provide jobs.
Bonds would be for 10-year
maturity with interest not over
Az per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
IVDIUM STUNTS
GOLD ASIDE

NEW YORK, May 3 U.N.sO.
Development of a process which
will bring into commercial use
the rare element indium was an
nounced today by DR.. William S.
Murray. Utica, N. Y. of the
American Chemicc! Society.
Indium, although. discovered
nearly so years ago. has been so
rare that up to 10 years ago
there was not more than an
oupce on earth. Since then it's
production has increased until it
now is sold for $240 an ounce,
which made it "a times as
precious as gold.
BY DR.. Murray'S new process,
however, it is expected that the
metal, notable for it's hardening,
stainless qualities, will be obtained
so cheaply that it can be used in
automobiles, electrical devices,
jewelry, and dentistry.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
GENEVA WARNED.
BY SWANSON
LANCASTER

GENEVA, May 3 QN.SO.
Delegates to the world disarma-
ment conference were inferential-
ly accused today by United States
Senator Claude A. Swanson Of
attempting to tamper with the
London Naval Treaty.
In the midst of discussion re-
garding offensive naval weapons
befo e meeting of the Naval
commission, Senator Swanson
served notice that the disarma-
ment conference cannot re-
distribute naval forces without
consent of the signatories Of the
London accord"
Swanson's warning came after
he had protested the right Of the
conference to interfere with air
plane carriers before 1885 without
consent of the London treaty sig
natories.
In answer to this protest,
Henry Dumont, formerly French
minister of marine, called atten-
ton to Article XIII of the Lon.
don treaty, which made provi-
sion for a general disarmament
conference.
AS this touched upon the vital
point in the American position
namely, preservation and exCen-
sion of the London pact-Sen-
ator Swanson made the attitude
of the United States clear.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
PREMIER FACES
OPERATION

LONDON, May 3 Q.N.SJ.
Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac
Donald will enter a Park Lane
nursing home tomorrow night and
on Thursday will be operated
upon for glaucoma of his right
eye, it was stated officially at
No. 10 Downing Street today.
The prime minister was ex-
amined thoroughly today by his
oculist, DR.. w. s. ke-Elder; his
physician, Sir Thomas Horder,
and two specialists. Drs. John Her
bert Parsons and William T. Lis
ter.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
NIGHT BATTLE.
FACES BILL
IN HOUSE
Democratic Leaders Demand
Session Till Measure, as
Amended, Passes ..

The House launched its at
tack soon after convening to-
day on provisions of the econ
omy bill that restrict benefits
to veterans, as Democratic
leaders issued the dictum that
the measure was to be COM
pleted tonight before adjour-
ment was permitted.
More than half a dozen mem
bers indicated they would offer
amendments designed to strike
provisions from the bill that would
limit veterans benefits by preclud-
ing claims for pensions to those
receiving more than $500 in
come, if single, and $4,000 If
married.
The restrictive provisions would
also limit to $40 a month the
amount of pension which could
be claimed by a, single man If
receiving free disqualification and
$75 for married men.
Debate Precedes Amendment
Two hours general debate will
be permitted on the title pertain
ing to veterans legislation before
amendments are permitted to the
various sections.
Representatives Gordon Brown
ing CD of Tennessee. Alfred L.
Bulwinkle CD of North Carolina,
and John e. Rankin CD of Mis-
sissippi will be among those who
will offer amendments to elimi-
nate the provisions applicable to
veterans.
Blasted at its foundations by
varied political interests, the
omnibus bill that first stood as
Q 5000, ,000, 900 monument to the
eight weeks work of the economy
committee has crumbled to a
$50, ,00O,0 headstone for the
prospective grave of party leader
ship.
Back to IL Per Cent
Chairman McDuffie will seek to
have the first pay cut provision
restored to the bill, so that it
would provide for a salary reduc-
tion of IL per cent for all Federal
employees after allowing a $1,C10
exemption i. their wages.
The House raised the exemp-
ton on motion of Representative
Fred L. Britten (RO of Illinois,
during the first debates.
McDuffie. however, hopes that
q roll call before final disposition
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
CAROLS "ALice"
Gets College Degree

NEW YORK. May 8 Q.N.S0. q.
While Columbia University today
prepared to observe the Lewis
Carroll centenary tomorrow it
had quietly honored Mrs. Alice
Hargreaves, who as a girl served
as the inspiration for Alice In
Wonderland" DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler bestowed the degree
of doctor of letters on Mrs. Har-
greaves, who came here from Eng
land to attend the centennial fes-
tivities.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
RANSOM NOTES
SENT FATHER

JOLIET, H., May 8 Q.N.Sa, -
Two ransom notes, each purport-
ing to be from the kidnapers of
Gustav Miller, %, but containing
conflicting instructions were re-
ceived at the Miller home here
today.
simultaneously, Gustav's father,
Max Miller, wealthy merchant,
for the first time called for po-
lice assistance in effecting the
return of the son, kidnapped last
Thursday. Up until now he had
asked police to keep out Of the
case,
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
65O,OOO u. S. Cotton
RaLes Set for Sale

The cotton stabilization corpora
tion will be authorized by the
Federal Farm Board to sell not
to exceed 650,000 bales Of it's pres
ent holdings during the fiscal
year beginning August l next.
This amount is approximately
one-fifth of the total quantity of
cotton now being withheld from
sale by the stabilization corpora.
tion and by cotton cooperative as
SociationS.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
7 IA TCHER
CABLE IS
. SENT To
JUDD
Grip, Rainey, Mrs. Kahn, and
Linthicum Among Those to
Demand Governor Act

Prompt and unconditional
pardon of Lieut.. Thomas H.
Massie and the other three
d f e n d ants in Honolulu's
"honor Staying" case, was de-
manded today by 35 members
of Congress in a petition
cabled to Gov. Lawrence M.
Judd, Of Hawaii, by Rep. NJ.
II. Thatcher (R.) of Kentucky.
The petition was freely signed
by members. Thatcher said, and
many more names will be added
soon as he can visit the offices Of
the members.
Will Serve Best Interests
The petition declares that the
signerS believe the pardon win
serve the interests of Hawaii as
well as meet the demands Of ilis
tice. The signers include:
Representatives Thatcher, Fin,
ley (R.), Gregory CD, Cary CD,
May CD, all of Kentucky; Bar
bour (R), Mrs. Florence Kahn
(R0, w. E. Evans (R0. Free (R0,
all Of California.
Linthicum D.), Of Maryland,
chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Rainey of Illinois,
Democratic leader; Cochran tD.D
and Ronjue CD of Missouri, Mrs.
Wingo Id, Ragon CD, Driver
D.), all of Arkansas: McDuffie
Cd, Bankhead CD, of Alabama;
Montague CD, Hill (D0. of Wiz.
ginia; McReynolds (D), Byrns
CD, of Tennessee.
Crisp Among Signers
Summers (R.) of Washington.
Buchanan CD, Patman CD, Of
Texas: Mcmillan CD Of South
Carolina, Crisp Cd, Vinson CD,
of Georgia; Cooper (H.) of Ohio,
Reed (R0 of New York, Strong
(R) of Kansas, McKeown CD Of
Oklahoma, johnson (R.) of South
Dakota, Warren CD of North
Carolina, Martin CD Of oregon.
Thatcher said he believed q
prompt pardon by Governor Judd
''is the most effective way of deal
ing with the awful situation in.
volved. He said:
"In my judgment, the Ameri-
can people will never permit
the intOIerable conditions to
continue and, If necessary, Con-
greSS will legisIate to change
the whole form of Hawaiian
government in order to bring
about q better condition Of af-
fairs.
A GRAVE INJUSTICE
'Tt was a very grave injus-
tiCe to try Lieutenant MasSie
and his associates before retriaI
Of the men accused Of the
awful crime against Mrs. Mas.
sic, and / find this sentiment
concurred in by members Of
Congress"
Thatcher said those backing
the pardon move not only want
Hawaii made safe for American
women of Army and Navy fami.
lies, but want the same protection
for native women, however
humble or lowly."
Representative Ramspeck CD
Of Georgia, said:
'The bill introduced by Rep
resentative Crisp to pardon the
defendants in the Hawaiian
case should, in my opinion, be
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Er-ThOn1psOn Aide
Faces Fraud Trial

CHICAGO, May 3 G.N.S0.
Christian P. Paschen, building
commissioner in Mayor Thomp-
sons cabinet. went on trial in
Federal court today on a charge
of income tax fraud.
Government attorneys indi-
Gated sens tional disclosures
would be made regarding large
bribes said to have reached his
office.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Send Protests On
Hawaii Situation
To Congress

Write your representa-
tives in Congress to take
the necessary steps to pro-
tect the honor of Ameri-
can womanhood in the
American possession of
Hawaii and also to COM
pei decent respect on the
part of the Hawaiian rab-
BILE for our American
nation and our nations
patriotic defenders.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
| LANCASTER'S
GUN KILLED
CLARKE
Net of CircumStantiaI Evil
denCe Woven Around
Accused Man

MIAMI, Fla, May 8 (I.N.S.)
CircumStantial evidence was
gathered today by States At
torney N. Vernon Hawthorne
to secure from the Dade
county grand jury first de-
gree murder Indictment against
Capt. William M. Lancaster,
British flier, In the death of
Haden Clarke.
The 26-year-old writer was shot
to death in the winter home Of
Mrs. Jessie M. Keith-Miller, Aus
tralian aviatrix, where all three
resided.
Five principal points of evi-
dence which Hawthorne declared
indicate that Clarke's death was
not suicide will be the basis of
his prosecution of Lancaster, the
States attorney said.
Woman Fliet Not Involved !
No charges are contemplated
against Mrs. Keith Miller, Clarke's
fiancee and close associate of the
British /. flier since 1927, when
they made a record flight from
England to Australia, but she
will be held as material wit.
ness.
Hawthorne said today:
Clarke was killed with a
pistol which Lancaster pur-
chased together with a box Of
cartridges in st. Louis before
making a hurried flight to
Miami, when he learned Clarke
and Mrs. Keith-MilIer were
planning marriage"
No Motive for Suicide
Mrs. Clyde Clarke, mother of
the young writer, had insisted
that her son had no motive for
committing suicide. When re-
leased from Jail, both Mrs. Keith
Miller and Lancaster visited the
mother to assure her they had
no connection with her sons
death.
Two notes were found beside
Clarke. One was addressed to
Mrs. Keith-Miller, known as
"Chubbie," and read:
"The economic situation is
such I can't go through with
it. Comfort mother in her sOr-
row. You have bill. He is the
whitest man 1 know. Haden."
Notes FOrgeries
The other note. addressed to
Lancaster, read:
''BilI, / can't make the grade.
Tell Chubbie Of our talk. My
advise is never leave her again.
'H."
In placing the charges against
Lancaster, Hawthorne said:
''ThOSe notes are fOrgeries. J.
b. Hearing, one of the worlds
most skilled experts in eXamina-
tiOn Of fraudulent documents,
reported to me that the suicide
notes are both calpable fOrgerieS.
Captain Lancaster admitted he
wrote the notes, but denied he
murdered Clarke"
Hawthorne said Lancaster told
him the notes were written after
he had found Clarke near death
to throw suspicion from himself
and Mrs. Keith-Miller, and after
he had tried to revive the young
writer so the latter could sign
them himself.
Insists He's Innocent
Lancaster, taken to the county
Jail here, said:
81 am absolutely innocent and
/ know that the outcome will
prove this.
II Thave been treated with the
utmost fairineSs by States At
tOrney Hawthorne, but there is
a certain amount of circ m
stantiaI evidence agaCnst me.
At the right time an expIana-
tiOn will be made covering this
evidence. Voluntarily gave
Mr.. Hawthorne an exact ac-
count Of the notes, and he is in
possession Of all the facts.
''Mrs. Keith.Miller is a de-
voted friend, and she. at the
right time win tell the truth
about the death of Haden Clarke
J as far ~ she knows" !"
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Spain to Punish
JUd0eS for LGritY

MADRID, May 8 QN.SO-The
government today decided to pun
ish so judges for allegedly allow
ing proceedings against extrem-
lists to lapse.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Pullman Co. Valued
At SII9,75O,OOO

The Interstate Commerc Com
mission today placed final valu.
alton, as of June 30, 1919. of
sis, 100000 on the property
owned and used for common car.
rier purposes of the Pullman Co.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
% Dead in TyphOOn,
Toll Still MOuntinu

MANILA, May 3 G.N.S0-The
official number of dead in the
typhoon on the Island of Jolo
today was placed at %, although
refugees arriving from the de-
vaStated isle declared many more
were killed outside the city of
Jolo proper. The island was COM
peltely destroyed.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April
30, 2,465, ,209.19; expenditures,
$23, ,328.287.76; customs receipts,
$21,383.3 .329.67.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
This Summer
You Can Live
Out Where
The Breezes Blow!

If a six-room, completely
modern dwelling, located
in Seat Pleasant, Md,
will offer you and your
kiddies additional summer
conveniences, plan now
to live in this S34.50 per
month house advertised
today in the Rental Clas-
sification of the WANT
AID SECTION of this
newspaper.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

Herald and Times Want Ads.
Reach Washington's Greatest
Circulation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22
Gamblers Throw
 L, EtoT 1dox,.1
bH Ehatacs [. Adat,tA-

SYNOPSIS: Jerry Calhoun, finds himself launched sudden ly into adventure, when he is unable to prevent the kidnap- ing of Nancy Wentworth. He cnlists his friend, Emory Bat ties, in campaign to rescue her, which is complicated when the gang that captured Nancy carries out a series of abduc- tions of wealthy men of New York and Chicago. A new form of ransom, board money" is demanded of the relatives of the Kidnapped persons. In un- usually shrewd letters the gang orders the money to be left in a rowboat off the coast, and forbids any boat to approach the spot. Jerry and Emory, both war pilots, fly over the scene and see the money taken away in a hydroplane. They start pursuit but are out distanced and forced to land because of gas shortage. News papers announce gangster. One Shot Lucci, among the kidnapped men. Stevens, gov ernment detective, comes to see the boys.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22
Tests of Public Opinion.
CNew York Times.D

Everybody agrees that in the end, public senti- ment rules in this country What the majority of the American people desire and demand they Will finally get. But the preliminary and burning ques- tion always is how to find out at any given time the set of the popular will We cannot take anybody's word for it-not even that of the most expert ear held to the ground. It will not Ido to accept the findings of the first politician Tor newspaper that along Cries of 10, here! or To- there! may be only misleading. There should be applied a series of tests or criteria before 1t lean reasonably be asserted that the people are thinking and wanting thus and so.
 It is clear that opinion in order to be a guide to political action, must be determined to be pervaSive Sporadic merely regional mani Ifestations will not do There must be at least an Iapproach to universality. And the movement or popular thought should be something than tenn lporary Pickle and fuctuating expressions do not lmeet the case There must be steady curve up- ward before be sure that the charts record ing the direction and progress of public sentiment are to be trusted. Another good test is one that takes note of extraordinary changes of attitude or conviction When large numbers of intelligent ana influential men confess that they have been wrong, and announce willingness to support in the future what they have strongly opposed in the past, the observer is warranted in concluding that victorious trend is surely developing. Ten conspicuous con- verts are worth more than a hundred assertions
 Making use of these and other fair tests, the impartial student of public opinion in this country today can no longer doubt that it is showing a remarkable change the subject of Prohibition Dissatisfaction with it's working is now almost na-
 tion-wide. Wherever you take sample you lind It. Nor can there be doubt that it is steadily ncreas- ling Every sounding of the general mind shows
 that it is mounting year by year As for prominent
 citizens who have manfully acknowledged that they
 must yield their old convictions to new evidence 1t
 is needless to mention their names Every day
 brings added ones into the news. The whole
 amounts to a demonstration that a radical and haS
 of the American dreams about Prohibition It is
 thus far little more than a sweeping mental trans
 formation. But this is certain to bring about in
 time a transformed law
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22
WELCOME TO THE NAVAL
 RESERVISTS.

Today Juneau will be privileged to be host to some two hundred members of the United States Naval Reserve Corps who are aboard two naval destroyers on their summers cruise to Southeast Alaska waters These young men, most of them students of the Universities of Washington and California, combining vacation trip with train ing to be of service to the country in the time of national peril It is not, however, pleasure cruise in the purest sense of that term, They have num- erous duties perform and studies to continue and their assignment to the tour represents personal sacrifice to each of them
 It is real pleasure for this community to greet and welcome them, and to endeavor to make theil stay within it's gates enjoyable one. In the two days allotted to this visit Juneau people can be depended on to nothing undone to that end
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22
With Pride and Alarm.
Cincinnati EnquirerO

Senator L. J. Dickinsons keynote address to the Republican Convention entirely common place If it really strikes the keynote of the G. summer and fall The Iowa Senator pointed with pride to virtually everything his party has done in three years and viewed with alarm everything the Democratic opposition has done tried to do This procedure of course is sanctioned by tradition
 It must be said for Senator Dickinson that he did a good job of his defense of the Hoover Ad- lminstraton pointing out cogenty the constructive work it has achieved, although the necessity for Ipraising even the work of the Federal Farm Board was a strain on the credulity of the listening public.
 The keynote of every convention IS harmony, naturally So Dicknson's failure to mention Pro- hibition the discussed issue of the gathering, lis not astonishing The keynoter was caught mid way between the dry proclivities of the Adminis- tration and the wet stampede of the professional politicians Rather than irrtate either faction he merely talked of other things
 The Senator handled the tariff question skill fully sliding unostentatiously over the actual re- suits of the Hawley-S Shoot law and laying his em- phass on the fact that Democrats, while railing against the high tariff still voted for protection on the products of their localities. He hit the opposi- ton at their weakest point.
 As clever example of saying pleasant things with discretion Dcknson's keynote address was not too bad But if the object had been to enlighten the public or the delegates present the Senator might as well have read a few chapters from Don QuiXote."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22

to animals It is widely used against sucking in sects As cats and dogs have keener sense of smell than humans they smell the spray even when it is applied so thinly that people are un- aware of it's presence.
 Commercial preparations usually contain 40 per cent of nicotine suphate Such preparations should be used at the rate of one and onehaf teaspoonful to gallon of water. The spray evaporates and should be renewed after rains, about once every two weeks in ordinary weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-22
INSECT SPRAY KEEPS CATS AND DOGS
 AWAY.

The problem of keeping cats and dogs out of flower beds shrubbery, and in general where they are not wanted appears solved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
 Simply spray the flowers, shrubs or premises with a dilute nicotine Sulphate spray and cats and dogs will avoid them. the department says The spray is harmless to plants and is very offensive