davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-06-27

Surveying the scene of battle as at
tendants removed his dead adversary
with a long, hooked wire the indigo
noticed the newcomer from Virginia
for the first time. Maybe something in
the pilots manner aroused his suspi-
cionS; maybe he merely resented the
presence of stranger At any rate. he
lunged at the pilot and another fight
was On.
The newcomer was a trifle too agile
for him, however. After a few minutes
of ferocious struggle the pilot wriggled
free, climbed to the top of the palm
and contented himself by sticking his
tongue out at his erstwhile adversary
The indigo, after glaring at the stranger
for few minutes, curled up and went
to sleep.
The fights interrupted a press con-
ference. at which DR.. Mann was an
nouncing the addition of a collection
Of pet birds. most of them rather rare.
He said 20 especially designed cages
are being installed in the bird house,
and the collection, which will be COM
pleted some time this week, will include
bul-rabS shama thrushes. Australian
and African fincheS, bullfinches, gold
flnches, nightingaleS, jackdaws, cock
robins, even a few canaries
Birds Start Trouble.
But the snake fights were not the
only interruption to the conference In
one OF the outdoor cages near the bird
house while DR.. Mann was explaining
the construction of the new cages, there
was a commotion that could be heard
for blocks.
A tiny sparrow had flown into the
kookaburra cage-and into trouble at
the same time. One Of the kooka-
burras, also known as great kingfshes
or laughing jackasses, had captured
him and was parading around the cage
with the smaller bird held tightly IN
his beak.
The four other occupants Of the
cage evidently felt they were entitled
to at least a feather or two. for a free
for-all battle quickly ensued. 1t ended
with the kookaburras converting the
sparrow into breakfast food. Then,
like the victorious indigo. they went
Evening star., 1933-06-27
ECONOMY AXFALLS
ONDRy PERSONNEL
More Than 1900 Employees
Face DismissaIs or Fur
Ioughs Friday.

More than 1900 employees Of the Pro-
hibition Bureau-about half the entire
personnel Of the soon-to-be-abo
agency-will be dismissed or furloughed
Friday under the first step Of drastic
reorganization planned to effect a saw
ing of s4,o0o,oo0, Attorney General
Cummings announced today.
The remainder of the force will be
divided between the Justice and Treas
ury Departments as soon as an execu-
tive order splitting the bureau in half
becomes operative a few weeks hence
Clerks Heaviest Affected.
Among those to be dropped with the
close of the fiscal year Friday will be
81 employees, mostly clerical, in the bu-
reau's headquarters here, and eight 9TH
ers connected with the District of Co
lumbia enforcement district. The Mary
land Office will lose SO employees and
the Virginia district "a.
The doomed employees range in rank
from administrators in charge of en-
forcement districts in various parts of
the country and its possessions to at
torneys, investigators, special agents,
secretaries, stenographers, typists and
clerks, it was stated.
The entire prohibition forces in Alas
ka, Hawaii and Puerto Rico will be
eliminated, and the enforcement work
will be turned over to United States
marshals in those areas.
Result of Survey.
The shake-up was made as a result
of survey completed under the Attor-
ney Generals direction by A. v. Dali
rymple prohibition director, and John
F. Hurley, assistant director Letters
have been mailed notifying those slated
for discharge or furlough.
Congress appropriated $8,400,000 for
prohibition enforcement, but Budget
Director Lewis Douglas ordered a saving
of $4,00O,0Oo, and the retrenchment
was arranged to bring the brueau within
the reduced expense limit.
The names of persons to be dropped
from the roles were withheld by Justice
authorities ito give the affected en-
pioyes time to receive the letters of
dismissal now on their way"
Status in Doubt.
A. " Dalrymple's future status under
the reorganization. which will result in
abolition Of the Prohibition Bureau as
an independent agency, remained un-
certain today. Under the Presidents
special order sent to Congress on the
last day of the session, the investiga-
tive functions Of the bureau are to be
turned over to the new Division of In
vestigation of the Department of JUS
tice, while the permit and revenue ac-
tivities will be transferred to the new
Division e Internal Revenue, Treas
ury Department.
There is said to be little likelihood
that Dalrymple will be taken into the
Department of Justice because of the
duties of the prohibition
force.
Evening star., 1933-06-27
BEATS BIKE ON FOOT
Policeman Catches Colored Man
After Being Knocked Down.

Policeman G. N. Nicholson of the first
precinct won foot race with bicycle
yesterday, even though he was knocked
down by hit-and-run automobile in
the course Of his pursuit
While walking in the 500 block of
Second street, the officer a saw a col
ored man carrying a jar which aroused
his suspicious. The man jumped on q
bicycle and started pedaling up an alley
as the policeman approached.
Then the race began. At First and
G streets, Nicholson was sideswiped by
an automobile, but he picked himself
up and overlook his quarry.
The colored man was booked as
James Porter, 81, 100 block of Pierce
street, and charged with breaking glass
in the street. He had dropped the jar
IN the course Of the chase Nicholson
went to the police clinic for treatment
OF Q hruiSe on bis lee. -
Evening star., 1933-06-27
PRESIDENT IN D. c.
BY FIFTH Of JULY
Roosevelt May Return by
Night of Fourth, Says
Secretary Early.

President Roosevelt probably will re-
turn TO the White House from his
vacation cruise along the New England
coast the night of July or the morn
ing Of the 5th, according to Stephen p
Early, one of his secretaries, who left
the cruising party Sunday night and
arrived in Washington last night.
The President left Washington with
the intention of returning from his
vacation about July or 2, but, accord
ing to Mr. Early, he has become so
enthusiastic over his first vacation since
becoming President and is having so
much fun sailing the Amberjack II that
he has decided to extend his trip a few
days.
The President is In the best of health,
Mr.. Early said. He had a tentative
engagement to make an address In
Charlottesville, Va, on Independence
day, but this has been Cancelled.
President in High Spirits.
When Mr.. Early left the Presidents
party Sunday night at Rogue Island
harbor, which is about 80 miles south
of the Canadian line. the Presidents S
vessel and the others in the f1otilla were
logged down, but this did not seem to
lessen the Presidents enthusiasm and
high spirits. He was looking forward
to sailing up into the Bay of Fundy to
"play around" watching the famous
tides, which have rise and fall of 20
feet. Mr.. Early said the President will
sail into the Bay of Fundy before going
into Eastport, Me. which will be his
base while visiting his mothers Summer
home at Campobello
Mr.. Early, accompanied by James
Roosevelt, the Presidents eldest son,
who was first mate on the Amberjack
and John Cutter, who was cook and
able bodied seaman, left the presiden-
tial party at Rogue Island harbor Sun
day night aboard the destroyer Ber-
nadou. Boston was reached in the next
forenoon after plowing through heavy
seas and thick fog along the coast
throughout the night, where James
repeal convention to which he was a
delegate. Cutter went into Boston to
buy additional supplies to take back to
the Amberjack.
Met by Col. Mcintyre.
Secretary Early was met by Col
Marvin H. Mcintyre, another of the
Presidents secretaries, who had left
Washington the day before and who
was to join the presidential cruising
party today. Col. Mcintyre left Wash
lngton with an armful of papers re-
quiring the immediate attention of the
President, which he will study when he
arrives at Campobello.
Col. Louis McH. Howe, the other
White House secretary, left Washington
this morning to join the President at
Campobello. He will return to Wash
ington with the President aboard the
cruiser Indianapolis.
Secretary Early went aboard a Navy
plane at Squantum Naval Reserve base,
just outside Boston, at l so O'Clock yes
terday afternoon and alighted at the
Navy field in Anacostia at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The plane was
piloted by Lieut.. Baker and Mr. Early
went directly to the White House,
where he conferred for long time with
Secretary Howe.
Evening star., 1933-06-27
D. c. PERSONNEL BOARD
WEIGHS CUT IN FUNDS
Dismissals From Service to Be
Avoided by Use of Furlough
System.

The District Personnel Board is
meeting again this afternon to COM
plete studies of what steps must be
taken by each local government de-
partment to bring personnel costs with
in appropriations during the new fiscal
year.
1t is likely the boards report will be
laid before a special meeting of the
District Commissioners for action to-
morrow. Adoption of the furlough sys-
tenn for departments where reductions
must be made in expenses. it is said,
will avoid dislnissals of employees ex-
cept fer the cases Of several depart
ments.
Evening star., 1933-06-27
ROUTS ROBBERS
Storekeeper Raises Barrage {
Groceries to Repel Thieves.

Two would-be robbers were routed
last night by John Trilling, proprietor
of a store at S0S First street, by a
barrage Of groceries.
The pair boarded the cab Of John
s. O'Brien, COL II Fourth street. at
Thomas Circle and asked to he driven
to First and H streets. There they told
O'Brien to wait while they went into
Trillings store
Driven off by the storekeeper, they
Jumped into the cab and one of them
pressed a gun against O'Brien's back
and forced him to drive them to Fourth
and East 0apatQ akeetk .--..'
Evening star., 1933-06-27
IA ': ::: :::;:: ;::: : {: :$:::::
fluttered over. her head. almost

N pretty scared" she admitted,
when large black something
f1uttered over. her head, almost
grazing her hair, and perched
on a fence post a few feet away as
she learned over wedding her flower
garden
Il thought it was the devil himself"
she said, land I got out of the way
just as quickly as I could. You can
still see the skid marks out there in
the yard'
The visitor proved to be nothing more
satanic. however, than a raven-or, at
least, that's what everybody who has
seen the bird says it is. After Mrs
McNamee had half-rlin, half-slid as far
as the somewhat limited confines of
her back yard at 35 Longfellow street
would permit, she stopped and looked
back
The bird still was perched on the
post, cycling her interestedly and max
ing strange, clucking noise 1t sat
there for minute or two-during which
time Mrs. McNamee decided he must
be a raven-then flew into the next
yard, in the rear of No. 81. A neigh
Dor captured the bird and turned it
over to Mrs. McNamee, who made a
place for it on her screened-in back
porch.
The bird, which Is about the siza
Of full-grown pigeon, was first seen
Evening star., 1933-06-27
BOY HIT BY TRUCK

Roscoe Robertson, ID, colored, 22o G
street, was injured today when the
wagon in which he and two other COL
ored boys were coasting was struck and
smashed by heavy truck at South
Capitol and C street He was treated at
Emergency Hospital. The other two boys
were uninjured Louis B. Reedy of
Baltimore was driver of the truck, police
said
Evening star., 1933-06-27
in the neighborhood three or four days

in the neighborhood three or four days
ago.
Il saw it light on an electric pole in
the alley" said Mrs. McNamee. AT
first I thought it was crow, but after
while I decided it was too tame for
that Then some boys chased it away,
and I didn't see it any more until to-
day, when it flew over my head as I
was pulling weeds from around my
flowers. OF course, it didn't occur to
me at first that it was the bird I'd
seen, and, I don't mind admitting, I
was pretty scared"
Mrs. McNamee's husband, George J.
McNamee, asked police to institute a
search for the birds owner. 1t has a
band on its right leg. inscribed with the
number 30" and the foot is minus a
toe. 1t is tame and loses no time
making friends, and has all the other
characteristics of the raven
Evening star., 1933-06-27
LAUDS PORTLAND CREW
Admiral Pratt Sends Message ot
Praise to Cruiser Personnel.

Admiral William " Pratt, chief of
naval operations, has sent commenda-
tory letter to the commanding officer of
the u. S. S. Portland In conjunction
with the communication work done by
that vessel during the search for the
dirigible Akron.
Admiral Pratt wrote: The excellent
work done by the Portland in radio
communications in connection with the
recent disaster to the U. S. S. Akron
has been brought to the attention Of
the chief Of naval operations and he i:
pleased to note the accurate and expe'
d!tious manner in which this emergenc!
tgafhc, was handled
Evening star., 1933-06-27
POLICEMAN WEDS
Charles j. Sullivan Marries Miss
Rose E. Fitzmorris at Brookland.

Policeman Charles ]. Sullivan, 80 OF
loO7 Varnum street northeast, attached
to the Crime Prevention Bureau, was
married this morning in St Anthonys
Church. Brookland, to Miss Rose E.
Fitzmorris, "a, who gave her address as
Catholic University. Rev. p. e. Conroy
performed the ceremony. After the
wedding the couple left for Boston on
their HONEYMOON. sullivan originally
was from the Ma1sachasetka city,
Evening star., 1933-06-27
Club to Tour Gardens.

BETHESDA, Md, June 27 Especially
The June meeting of the Bethesda
Community Garden Club tomorrow will
take the form Of tour Of gardens In
this area. The tour will close with q
luncheon In the garden of Mrs. Edward
M. Willis at o'clock
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
ONCE OVERS

children have become suddenly
unmanageable when informed
that they have foster parents.
Unfortunately when such a
fact is made known to a child
it is generally done in an un-
kind manner and this adds to
the pain and modification
which is experienced.
Adopted children in most in
stances are a joy and a great
comfort in the homes where
they have been adopted.
They pay their way by foll-
ing the void that would exist
without them.
They should not be sensitive
about being an adopted child.
They must have been lovable
and loved to have been taken
into another home.
copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
MOntevideO Conference
Agenda Limitations
BY James T. Williams, Jr.'

ing between the three Amer.
icaS.
AS for the Platt Amendment,
this is an engagement between
the United States and Cuba
that is the exclusive business
of these two countries. 1t has,
therefore, no place upon the
agenda of any international
conference anywhere at any
time.
The Platt Amendment in
fact is "a permanent treaty
between the United States"
and Cuba and perpetual part
of the Cuban constitution.
Similarly, the Panama Canal
is exclusively the business of the
United States. BY the treaty of
1908, which the first President
Roosevelt negotiated with Pan
ANA, that republic granted in
perpetuity to the United States
exclusive canal rights through
out it's entire territory. These
rights were essential to the
building of the canal. They are
no less essential to it's successful
operation and its effective de-
fenSe.
Any attempt from any source
to bring up at Montevideo the
relations of Panama and the
United States growing out of the
Panama Canal would rightly be
regarded by the American peo-
pie as an intolerable interference
with their domestic concerns.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28

From Paris comes the news
that a sure system has been
found to beat the bank Of
Monte Carlo, and that an Eng
lishman will soon set forth to
give battle to the worlds great
est gambling house. His sys-
tenn, he says, has been dug up
from ancient Chinese texts. He
believes it to be infallible, pro-
vided sufficient capital can be
found to give it a fair trial.
But to this writer, who has
paid many a visit to Monte
Carlo and watched the players
come and go, there can be no
doubt as to the outcome. The
spinning wheel laughs at "sys-
TENS"
Nor is there anything new in
the discovery of a system. Hun
dreds have been tested, at the
cost of untold fortunes. All
have failed. Ever since the day,
almost SO years ago, when an
other Englishman broke the
bank three times in the same
day, while employees of the Ca
Sino scurried about to scrape
enough money together to cover
his winnings, hundreds of thou
sands of people, from every
country in the world, have
whirled away their money at
the roulette tables.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
The Human Side of the News
Monte Carlo Defies the System Player
'Bu EdUin G.. Hill

the worlds greatest gambling
center before the war.
The place itself is as heauti-
full as ever. The golden sun
still beams down on the glisten-
ing sapphire of the Mediter-
ranean. The soft wind still
plays through the palm trees
a tuneful accompaniment to
the distant sound of the
whispering violins in the
nearby Cafe de Paris.
All of the glories with which
nature endowed the town are
still there, free as the wine
like air. There is probably no
more beautiful spot or more
wonderful roads on the face
of the earth. But the days of
great gambling have vanished,
probably forever. Monte Carlo,
where the rich of the world
rubbed elbows with the unfort-
unates and the crooks, is now
down on its luck. The famous
gambling house has been the
mecca, not only of the rich
and the elegant, but of wastrels
from the shady side of life.
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
Not Pan-American

AS has been pertinently said
by the Honorable j. Reuben
Clark, jr., in a memorandum
recently published, at the sug-
gestion of the Department of
State by the United States Sen
ate:
"The doctrine does not con-
Germ itself With purely Ameri-
can relations; it has nothing to
do With the relationship be.
tween the United States and
other American nations, except
Uhere other American nations
shall become involved with
European governments in ar
r0ngements which threaten the
security of the United States;
and even in such cases, the doc.
trine runs against the European
country, not the American ma
tion, and the United States wiU
primarily deal Hereunder with
the European country and not
lUith the American nation con-
cerned."
Fortunately for the success
of the Montevideo Conference,
President Roosevelt, upon the
recommendation of Secretary
Hull, has asked Mr.. Clark to
accompany the Secretary of
State as ranking member of
the American delegation at
which Mr.. Hull will be ex
officio chairman.
Throughout the length and
breath of Latin America, Mr..
Clark is highly respected as
an eminent jurist, who, as So
licitor of the Department of
State, as Undersecretary of
State, and recently as Ameri-
can Ambassador to Mexico,
has rendered manifold serv-
ices of incalcuble value in
creating a better understand
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
On Guard

Although the Mic araguan
Canal has not yet been started.
the United States and Nicaragua
have entered into a treaty that
gives to this country permanent
and exclusive can al rights
throughout Nicaragua. When
that canal is to be built, as we'll
as it's control and operation, are
matters that concern exclusive
ly the United States and Mica
ragua, and therefore have no
place in the deliberations of an
international conference.
There is no disposition on the
part Of responsible statesmen in
the republics to the South to in
troduce into the deliberations at
Montevideo the purely domestic
concerns of any participating
power. But responsible states
men there and here will do we'll
to guard against the mischief
making activities of walking del
egates for the League of Nations
and of other war-breeding alli-
ances of the Old World.
Copyright. 1888. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1933-10-28

WAO44 O44OOO Vi @1ASAO ASOOAADO@-
one who has never lived out
side the slums."
And so on, and on. Silly
bilge, isn't it? Makes you want
to slap her. Sure! Me too.
But wait minute!
Is this really the first time
you and I have heard reason
ing like that? Honest, now;
haven't we used just such a
line ourselves, many and many
a time? Alibi out of it if you
want. But you might as well
know MY face is red!
Kidding ourselves about the
other fellow; ducking our re-
sponsibility a nd abiding our
cussedness by saying that we're
"different"-it's our favorite in"
door sport.
Ever read Frank Swimmer
toms "Nocturne"? Remember
that scene between Emmy and
Jenny, squabbling over the
tasteless bread pudding in the
dingy little kitchen! Pretty, inn
patient Jenny, hungry for gilt
tering horizons, rebelling
against the pettiness of her job
how she hated to eat that
bread pudding! Plain, aging
Emmy, too slow and timid to
even dare dream of great ad-
ventures but loathing the sor-
did, hopeless routine between
sink and stove-hoW she hated
to cook that pudding!
Each one rebellious, each one
resentful, every night the con-
flict flared.
What about me?" cried En-
my, her lips thickening, her
eyes flooding with angry SELF
pity.
"Well, it's just as bad for both
Of us!" Jenny did not think
so, really, but she said it. She
thought Emmy had the bread
and butter pudding nature, and
that she did not greatly care
what she ate as long as it was
not too fattening. Jenny
thought of Emmy as born for
housework, and the cooking Of
stew and bread puddings.
"For herself she had dreamed
a nobler destiny, a destiny of
romance, of delicious unknown
things, romantic an@ indescrib-
The Washington times., 1933-10-28
Another System"

The latest scandal to be un-
covered was that Of the marked
cards, by means of which over
five hundred thousand dollars
is said to have been won. With
the connivance of two employees
of the Casino, hundreds Of
packs Of cards were removed
from the Casino safe and
treated chemically, after which
they were put back in place.
The players who were in on
the secret wore special eye
glasses with magnifying lenses,
permitting them to see marks
on the backs of the cards not
visible to any one else. And by
this means, a killing was made
before the scheme was discov-
cred, the police brought in and
six arrests made.
Another Swindle, practiced
around the roulette tables, net
ted thousands to two clever
Spaniards. whose system was
based not on the laws of
chance, but on larcenouS sleight-
of-hand. The two rascals
painted the palms of their
hands with birdlime. When
some careless player, intent on
the clicking revolutions of the
wheel, turned away his gaze,
one or another of the chip
thieves would cup a hand over
his neighbor's valuable chips,
one Of which would adhere each
time to the hand of the manipu-
lator.
But even the thieves are
leaving Monte Carlo, and per-
haps some day in the not too
distant future the place will
attract visitors for what it
really was intended to be-one
of the loveliest garden spots in
the world.
Copyright, 1893. King Features
Syndicate, Incl