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DISEASE AND FAMINE
 FOLLOWS HAVOC WAR
 THRuOUT THE ORIENT

SHANGHAI, Mar. 30.-Disease and famine rode rough shod over China in the path of the havoc of war. AS a result of the croWding of millions of refugees during the hostilities at Shanghai, an epidem- ic of smallpox is now sweeping the Orient, according to Dr. Wu Lien, the director of the Chinese mara tme service. Sir John Hope-Simp- son, British director of the China famine commission, said at the same time that famine conditions had again reached such a pass in some parts of the country that the people were eating bark from trees, the chaff of threshed grain and weeds.
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PLANES USED sMUCGLE
 ALCOHOL FROM MEXICO

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Mar. 30.-A plane believed to be one of several planes engaged in the practice of smuggling alcoholic liquors from Mexico into the United States was seized here Monday by customs agents. The pilot, Arthur Gowan, was arrested and charged with smuggling. In his place 175 gall Ions of liquor were found.
 Another plane was recently seized near the Mexican border. The customs officers did not catch the aviators with any goods" but they charged them with conspiracy to violate the liquor laws.
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ANYWAY, THE MAN
 WAS NOT A LIAR

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-A man carrying a large tin can was stop ped by Customs Guards as he saun- tered along the pier of the Spanish Steamship Line. The man insist ed the can contained soused mack erel and when guards demanded he open it and prove his statement the man left to hunt a can opener, leaving the can behind.
 A half hour elapsed without his return and when guards forced the can open with bale hook, they found the informant had been only half right. The can contained three Soused and three bottles of Scotch.
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TROUBLE |S BREWING
 AGAIN IN NICARAGUA
 ELECTION PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 30- Fresh trouble seems to be brewing in Nicaragua as the presidential election and subsequent withdraw al of American marines draw near.
 The United States has politely but definitely served notice on Monado that unless the elections are held according to plan, the out come will be that the marines will be sent back and, like nature, fol- lowing events will takes it's own course.
 President Moncado has sent to Washington, his personal repre- sentative. Two delegates respect ively were appointed by the fiber al and conservative parties.
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CLARION GALL IS
 SOUNDED. BY GARNER

WASHINGTON, ,. C., Mar. 30.- A rallying call was sounded yester- day by Speaker Garner in which he urged all members of Congress to support his remarks which, he said, would go a long way to balancing the budget.
 The gist of his clarion call was an impost be made on every form of taxation including increase in postal rates, amusement tickets, stocks and bonds and innumerable other items, so-called luxiries such as radios, photographs, automo- piles, electrical appliances, etc.
 If this is not done, he added, the country VII face the worst panic in it's history.
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JAPANESE STEAMERS
 TH9T TO BE LOST

LONDON, Mar 30.-Two Japan csc steamers with total of 160 pas sengers and crew. were believed to be lost today, the Kobe correspon- dent of the Daily Herald report ed. The coastal steamer Choan Maru struck submerged rock in dense fog near Chefoo Thursday and had disappeared. There were no passengers and seamen aboard. The steamer Takei Maru, with 50 aboard, had not been heard from since sending a sos call during a blizzard' several days ago wbile en route to VladivoStok.
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POWERFUL LOCAL
 ANAEsTHET|C FOUND

NEW ORLEANS, La, Mar. 30- At a meeting of representatives of the medical profession here the discovery of a new powerful local anaeSthetic was announced.
 The new substance, called dio- phane,, is described as being more effective than cocaine or other commonly used local anaesthetics in that it takes longer to start ac- tion and it takes longer for the an- aesthetic effects to disappear, thus reducing the pain following an op- eration or the extraction of tooth. The new substance is not habit forming, it is said.
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THOUSANDS COOL|Es
 FORT|FY|NC FRONTIER

TOXIC, Mar. 30. - Fertilization of the Siberian -Manchurian iron tier was recognized in an official announcement yesterday by the Japanese government.
 The announcement said semi permanent entrenched fortifica- tions were being built on the bor- der near Pogranitchnaya and that thousands of coolies had been brot to Vladivostok for the work.
 A simultaneous announcement said peace negotiations at Shang- hai were making little progress owing to Chinese public opinion.
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SHOWDOWN VOTE ON
 PROHIBITION APR|L "A

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar 30, [P) Senate committee consideration of four resolutions to amend or re- peal the Eighteenth amendment and 10 bills to modify the Volstead act was set to begin April IA. Chair man Blaine of the Senate judiciary committee, which will h ol d hearings on wet proposals, said it had been impossible to fix an ear Her date because some witnesses wanted fortnight to prepare briefs for repeal. The hearings are part of the Senate vets pro- next month on wet and dry issue.
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MISSOURI DELEGATES
 INSTRUCTED VOTE WET

ST. LOUIS, Mar. 30.-Delegates from three Republican Congress sional districts of Eastern Missouri were instructed to vote for an anti prohibition plank in the National Republican platform at the party convention in Chicago.
 The six delegates and six alter mates were elected in Congressional conventions in the 10th, 11th and 18th Districts Friday. President Hoover's name was mentioned at only one of the conventions.
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PRETTY GRASS WIDOW
 LAYS TRAP F0R MEN

What happens when a young man meets very, very pretty grass-widow on a crowded railroad train with his fiancee'S friend looking on? Wouldn't one like to know? One can, Saturday evening, April 2, when the Sophomores' play, "The Woman Who Under stood Men," will be presented. It is directed by Miss Hope Hennessy.
 The play is a one act comedy by John Kirkpatrick. The scene is the living room of the Carter home, late afternoon in Spring.
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HOOVER RE|TERATEs
 STAND 0N PAYMENTS

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 30.- President Herbert Hoover Tuesday reiterated his opposition to pay- ment in full of the soldiers bonus.
 He said that he would be opposed to any legislation seeking to secure further payment of this bonus and also said he had made this clear at the American Legion conven- tion in Detroit a few months ago.
 Any such action would have a harmful effect in attempting to balance the budget, the President said.
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"G|RL MARKET" IS
 UNDER INVESTIGATION

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 30.-In- veStigation of an alleged "girl market" thru which San Francisco High School girls were supposedly enitced to forbidden parties with men," is under way here by police and juvenile authorities. A wom- an about 30 is being sought, say the officers, for questioning in the case. Chief of Police William J. Quinn says the investigation is the result of a raid on a "Tenderloin" hotel several days ago in which two young girls, both 16, and two men were arrested.
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REDUCES RATE

LONDON, Mar. 30.-The Bank of England reduced it's discount rate from 4 to 31-2 per cent. The cut surprised the market, which was not prepared for luther reduction after the two recent declines. The monetary situation has grown so easy, however, and revenue has been coming in so steadily that, apparently the bank directors de- cided to give trade and commerce the benefit of a further half of 1
 per cent reduction.
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TWO MEN GET LONG
 TERMS, KIDNAPPING

WARREN, Ohio, Mar. 30.-John De Marko of Youngstown, the sec ond of the two men indicted in connection with the Kidnapping of 11-year-old James De Jute, IT,, of Niles, today pleaded guilty to a charge of harboring and conceal ing a kidnapped person, and was sentenced to from one to 20 years in the state penitentiary. Dowen Hargraves, aged 31, of Youngstown. has been given life sentence for his part in the abduction of the boy.
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DOG 'MUsHER' CAREY
 LEADING NOME DERBY

NOME, Mar. 30. P)-The elapsed time of dog drivers arriving at Golovin Tuesday at the end of the first half of the derby were: Carey, seven hours, 13 minutes and 40 seconds; Kikatelluk, seven hours 24 minutes and 10 seconds; Top kok, seven hours, 27 minutes and 30 seconds; Braadladt, seven hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds.
 The teams left Nome five minutes apart.
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HURLEY'S TEAM WON

FAIRBANKS, Mar. 3O.-The Si- berian husky team of Julian Hur- ley won the Signal Corps trophy in race run last Saturday. The trail was in bad condition with some bare ground showing in many instances. Despite the bad trail the dogs made the 60-mile trip in five hours, A minutes and 24 sec- OndS.
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RESUME OPERATIONS

SEATTLE, Mar. 0.-Announce- ment was made here that logging operations of a big lumber camp in Thurston county would be resumed within few days. About 300 for mer employees will be put back to work.
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FIVE YOLKED EGG

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 3O-Mrs. J. c. Williams, chicken rancher who lives on the outskirts of this city, in examining the daily egg produc- tion of her hennery, found and un- usual egg. Upon opening this egg, it was found that it contained five yolks. An attempt is now being made to find the super hen who laid this super egg which is be- lieved to be the first of it's kind.
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WORST IS OVER

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 3O.-A F. Glannini, chairman of the board of the Bank of America, in a state wide radio broadcast last night. ex- pressed the belief that the worst of the depression is past. Governor Jas. Rolph, IT,, opened the broad cast, the first of several scheduled in a prosperity campaign sponsor ed by the Bank of America.
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ONE PEANUT A MONTH

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3O.- pr. Frederick Wolter, now in the 18th day of a self-impoSed fast, faces new troubles. He has only enough money to pay one more weeks rent at the Salvation Army hotel. But he is confident some one will come to his aid. He is fasting as a protest against unem- ployment for those with scholarly educations. He declared he has eaten nothing but one peanut since February 28.
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COFFEE URN BLEW UP

CHICAGO, H., Mar. BOA coffee urn in a cafe on La Sale street blew up Tuesday injuring two peo- pie and caused considerable dam age to the place. The fire depart ment responded to an alarm.
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ORDERED TO LEAVE

LONDON, Mar. 30--Many jobless foreigners who went to Russia in search of employment under Com munism, including many Ameri- cans, have been ordered by the So- viet authorities to leave the coun- try, according to Moscow dis patches.
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MOST FAITHFUL FRIEND

, HARRINGTON, Kas., Mar. 3O.- Boomer" a dog, meets every pas senger train arriving in this city. In 1928 his master boarded one for the East, where he was to undergo an operation. He never returned, but Boomer" is still waiting for him.
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MISSED TOO MANY BOATS

FAIRBANKS, Mar. 30. (P)-John Worcester, mining engineer, is back here after making trip to inves- tigate the meteor reported to fallen near the Alaska Railroad, south of here. He said he was unable to find it and believd it to be a fig ment imagination on the part of the man who reported it.
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GIRL RETURNS HOME

CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Mar. 3O.- Miss Laurel Morrison, 30, Aurora beauty parlor operator, is home with her parents after being miss ing two days. She told the author lties she was kidnapped and held captive in Lincoln.
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SUIT FILED

OAKLAND, Cal, Mar. 30-Claire Windsor, screen star, was made the object of $1OOo9O alienation of affection suit filed by Mrs. Walter Reed of this city. Reed is a local realty broker.
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WAR INEVITABLE

MOSCOW, The official army newspaper Red Star" said Sunday that war between America and Japan for domination of the Pa cific ocean is inevitable.
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LARGE ESTATE UAx

ALBANY, N. Y, Mar. 3O.-The state tax department estimated unofficially that New York state would receive s2,eOO,Ooo as an es- tate tax on the property of the late George Eastman, Rochester financier.
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JOBS FOR MANY

NEW YORK, Mar. 30-Thirty states contributed to today's total of 5,558 jobs in the united action campaign, bringing the nation wide total for the entire campaign to 341 ,559.
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POLE IN THE ROAD

FL PASO, Tex, Mar. 30-Injur- ed when she lost control of her car, Mrs. Grace Tibbett, wife of the Me tropolitan opera tenor, is recover ing in a local hotel, Her auto ran into a telephone pole.
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PLANE CRASH

DIES MONIES, Ia, Mar 3O.-Wil- liam Lawrence, aged 20, of Norwalk was killed yesterday when an air plane in which he was riding crashed mile south of the Des Moines airport
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GLORIA SWANSON ILL

LONDON, Mar 30.-Gloria Swan son was reported ill with bronchitis in London Tuesday. Gloria and her husband, Michael Farmer, re- gently went to Europe to await the arrival of the Stork.
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CHILDREN GUARDED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 30.- Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard 300 children of prominent families who were spe- cial guests of Mrs. Hoover at the annual egg rolling on the White House grounds Sunday.
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GRAF IS HOME

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Mar. 30.-The Graf Zeppelin ar rived here Tuesday afternoon af- ter completing a commercial flight to Pernambuco, Brazil, and return.
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JEWISH ATHLETES MEET

PALESTINE, Mar. 30.-Twenty- five thousand spectators watched the first annual Jewish athletic games. Four thousand Jewish athletes participated in the events.
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TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES
COP RUN OVER

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Mar. 30. Police officer Clyde Raymond was struck by a hit and run driver Tuesday and seriously injured.
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Fire, caused by the explosion of gasoline, last week destroyed the small power boat Kewanee at Ju- neau.
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Bids for new equipment for the Alaska Road Commission will be opened in Seattle April 8-9.
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John Bolstad, 81, an oldtimer of the Territory, died last week at Ju- neau of ailments incident to ad- vanced age, reports the Empire.
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HOOVER ENDORSED

ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 30.-Func- tioning under white leadership and control, the Georgia state Repub- lican convention endorsed Presi- dent Hoover for renomination elected four delegates at large to the national convention and in- structed the state central commit tee to meet and consider the ad- visibility of putting out full tick ct in Georgia in the November election.
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THE LID IS OFF

SHANGHAI, Mar. 30. LII Though peace seems some distance away, and. occasionally rifle fire is ex- changed between the Japanese and Chinese forces still entrenched on the outskirts of this city, resump- tion of night life is under way; the curfew will be abolished Thursday
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ADVISED TO TAKE REST

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-The New York Boxing Commission Tuesday advised Christopher Eat" Battal- ino to take a 6O-day rest. Battal- ino was badly beaten by Billy Pe- trolle in a recent Madison Square Garden match. He was to have met Tony Canzoneri in May but this fight apparently will have to be called off.
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21O MILES AN HOUR

CHICAGO, H., Mar. 3O.-H. M. Laird, designer of racing airplanes, announced that he had designed a new high speed cabin plane for pri- vate owners, which will have a top speed of 210 miles per hour. It will be able to land at 58 miles an hour, he said.
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PECULIAR ACCIDENT

EUREKA, Calif., Mar. 30, Hit by a rabbit which jumped thru the windshield of his car while travel ing as 40-mile rate on the high way near here, w. B. Sherman of Oakland suffered cuts on the face yesterday.
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TEXAS TORNADO

ALhho 1ON1VADO
 HENDERSON, Tex, Mar. 30- Eigh persons were injured and a score of shacks were demolished by a tornado which struck Selmon City about o'clock a. m. yesteray.. The town is about ten miles from here in the East Texas oil fields.
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TELEGRAPH BREWT|Es

bKEvlHE1.
 WAR INEVITABLE MOSCOW, The official army newspaper Red Star" said Sunday hat war between America and Japan for domination of the Pa fife ocean is inevitable.
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 COFFEE URN BLEW UP CHICAGO, H., Mar. BOA coffee lrn in a cafe on La Sale street blew up Tuesday injuring two peo- ole and caused considerable dam age to the place. The fire depart nent responded to an alarm.
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 SUIT FILED ' OAKLAND, Cal, Mar. 30.-Claire Windsor, screen. star, was made the object of a $1OO,o9O alienation of affection suit filed by Mrs. Walter Reed of this city. Reed is a local realty broker.
 POLE IN THE ROAD FL PASO, Tex, Mar. 30.-Injur- ed when she lost control of her car, Mrs. Grace Tibbett, wife of the Me opera tenor, is recover ing in a local hotel. Her auto ran into a telephone pole.
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 JOBS FOR MANY NEW YORK, Mar. 30-Thirty states contributed to today'S total of 5,558 jobs in the united action campaign, bringing the nation wide total for the entire campaign to 341, ,559.
 CHILDkEN GUARDED WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 30.- Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard 300 children of prominent families who were spe- cial guests of Mrs. Hoover at the annual egg rolling on the White House grounds Sunday.
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 THE LID IS OFF
 SHANGHAI, Mar. 30. LII Though peace seems some distance away, and. occasionally rifle fire is ex- changed between the Japanese and Chinese forces still entrenched on the outskirts of this city, resump- tion of night life is under way; the curfew will be abolished Thursday.
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 PECULIAR ACCIDENT EUREKA, Calif., Mar. 30, Hit by a rabbit which jumped thru the of his car while travel ing as a 40-mile rate on the high way near here, w. B. Sherman of Oakland suffered cuts on the face yesterday.
 TEXAS TORNADO
 HENDERSON, Tex, Mar. 30.- Eigh persons were injured and a score of shacks were demolished by a tornado which struck Selmon City about 5 o'clock a. m. yesteray.. The town is about ten miles from here in the East Texas oil fields.
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 21O MILES AN HOUR CHICAGO, H., Mar. 30.-H. M. Laird, designer of racing airplanes, announced that he had designed new high speed cabin plane for pri- vate owners, which will have a top speed of 210 miles per hour. It will be able to land at 58 miles an hour, he said.
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 ADVISED TO TAKE REST NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-The New York Boxing Commission Tuesday advised Christopher Eat" Battal- mo to take a 60-day rest. Battal- mo was badly beaten by Billy Pe- trolle in a recent Madison Square Garden match. He was to have met Tony Canzoneri in May but this fight apparently will have to be called off.
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 HOOVER ENDORSED ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 30.-Func- tioning under white leadership and
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
DRIVE To SEEK
TAX RELIEF
MARY

An intensive program for relief
of Washington home owners
from unjust taxes" is one of the
aims of the Home Owners Pro
tective Enterprise, which yester-
day launched nationwide cam
paign to organize the 100000
home owners in the country.
The District program follows:
A reduction by law in the tax
on owner-occupied homes.
Amendment to the tax law pro
viding for personal service on
home owners before their prop,
erty can be sold for taxes.
Provision that no sale for taxes
shall be legal when such sale is
due to an error on the part of
tax officers.
Extension of time for payment
of taxes on dwellings upon evil
dence of emergency.
Effective cooperation with bust
ness recovery committees.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
INQUEST CALLS
CAPT. CALHOUN
Times staff Photo

Capt. Clarence C. Calhoun, of
Chevy Chase, a prominent attor-
ney, has been ordered to appear
tomorrow at an inquest into the
death of Henry C. Littlefield, of
Clarendon, who was injured fatally
yesterday when an automobile he
was driving was in collision with
a machine operated by Calhoun.
Littlefield, who was 40, was en-
ployed in the United States Ship
ping Board as division chief.
The collision occurred at Tenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
and Littlefieli was hurled from
his machine and struck his head
on the street, fracturing his skull
Calhoun surrendered to police
and was booked at Traffic Head
quarters, but released in the Gus
tody of his counsel.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
PROTEST STAYS
SCHOOL BIDS

Awarding of a contract for the
erection of the Foxhall Village
school has been held up by the
District commission pending set
tlement of complaints against the
school site filed by residents of the
section.
Bids for the building have been
opened. The low estimate Of
$75,4OO was submitted by the A.
Lloyd Goode Company, of Char
lotte, N. C. The building is to be
erected, according to present
plans, at Foxhall Road and @
Street Northwest.
The residents have urged the
commission to erect the building
on Reservoir Road, declaring that
building on the present site would
stifle the growth of the com
munity and would attract an "un-
desirable" class of children to the
school.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
8 LOOTED AUTOS
ADD To WOES
Of POLICE
Southeast Grocer Robbed
BY Gang of Five; Several
Homes Are Entered

Police today have one new
hold-up, another attempted
hold-up, burglaries and eight
lootings of cars on their in
vestigation list, swelling the
large number of major crimes
which have kept them 'wor-
ried during the last few days,
Jake Sholnick said five armed
colored men held him up in his
grocery store in the 1900 block Of
B st. S. E. last night and took
about SIT.
William H. Simons, of Silver
Spring, Nd. said that on Blair
Road, near Bates Road, last night,
two armed men in another car
drove alongside his and ordered
him to halt. Instead. he stepped
on the gas and outdistanced them.
Long list of Burglaries
Burglaries being investigated to-
day include the following:
Store of Spero Vlohos, of the
5000 block of Georgia Ave. N. W.,
125 cartons of cigarettes, worth
$112.
Earl j. Davis, manager of a
filling station at Rhode Island
and New Jersey Avenues, found
all of his hose cut and $50 taken
when he opened up this morning
Two days ago, when he opened
up. he found $35 missing. He
suspects two former employees.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
SCHOOL CADETS
BOAST 1888

The largest Washington High
School Cadet Corps enrolment for
the first semester in it's history
was revealed today with the an
nouncement of an enrolment of
1893.
According to Col. Wallace M.
Craigie, U. S. A., retired, profes-
sor of military science and tao
tics, reports from the five high
school units show that this year
will be a banner year" for the
cadet corps.
Enrollments for the various
schools are as follows: Central,
SIG; Mckinley. 524; Roosevelt,
1863; Eastern, 800, and Western,
285.
Colonel Craigie expects an in
crease of upward of $50 for the
February term.