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The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Will Rogers
Says:

NOVO SIBIR SIX, Aug. Is.
These folks got an entirely diff
erent alphabet and it's only in
a few towns where there are
telegraph operators that can
send messages in English. We
are still in Siberia. If you
think it's not big, we been for
days and haven't made a dent
in it. Wish had Wiley Post
here. This is his old round
the.wOrld trail. Beautiful cOun-
try.
They are just harvesting the
wheat. Women doing the har-
vesting and the men are at the
depot. You know these folks
got some good ideas at that.
Say, you know all these big,
beautiful rivers we cross run
to the Arctic Ocean. Nine
o'clock at night and the suns
shining.
Copyright. 1894. by Mcknight
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
POtters in Parley
On New Pay Scale

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug.
Is Q.N.SD.-A conference COM
mittee composed of representa-
tives of the National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters, the organiza
ton of the employees in the pot
terry industry, and the National
PotterS Association continued
their discussions today in an ef-
fort to arrive at a wage agree
ment to bind both factions for
the next two years.
Discussions today centered on
the wage scale in the semi-porce-
lain and the chinaWare divisions
of the industry.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Farms Out of Red,
1888 Report Says
By International News Service

BY InIeFnhIIOHaI News SeTVIC0
Farming came out of the red
in 1888, the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics reported today.
A return of 1.9 per cent on the
capital of farm operators for 1888
was reported, compared with a
loss of 4.2 in 1882. The highest
return in the last 10 years was
5 per cent in 1924.
Gross income from farm pro-
duction for 1888 was estimated
at $5,985, 100000. In addition,
$271, 100000 benefits were paid
by the AAA. Gross income in
1882 was $5,331, 100000.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1884, International
News SerVice)

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Is G.N.SO.
For a moment Comedians Bert
Wheeler and Robert Woolsey had
the smiles wiped off their faces
when they received today the
strangest autograph request ever
made to a Hollywood star.
The film colony recently shook
it's head and thought the fad had
reached it's height when a pretty
girl in a night club handed Esther
Ralston a lipstick and begged the
blonde star to sign her name on
an expensive lace dinner gown.
Again, Hollywood puzzled over
the macabre mind Of a London
woman who asked Carl BrisSon to
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
WOOdring to See
Mexican POlOists

The members Of the Mexican
Army polo team who arrived in
this city yesterday, headed by
Brig. Gen. Gilbert R. Limon, will
make an official call on the Acting
Secretary of War, Harry R. Wood
ring, Monday at II a. m. They
will also pay their respects to the
Chief of Staff, General Douglas
Macarthur. They will be accom-
panied by Brig. Gen. Juan F
Azcarate, military attache at the
Mexican Embassy.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Fast Ends Radio
Fight in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug. Is G.N.SD
One of the weirdest demonstra-
tions in the history of labor dis
putes ended early today when
employees of radio station XEAL,
who staged a three-day hunger
strike, called it off on payment of
three months back salaries.
During the eighty hours that the
strike lasted, the performers broad.
casted constantly, the operators
of the station displaying an unex-
planned leniency by failing to re-
sort to the simple expedient of
shutting off the power.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
MAY END STRIKE
IN ALUMINIUM
By international News Service

Hope of ending the strike of
Aluminium Company of America
workers was seen today as the
National Labor Relations Board
announced it had arranged a
meeting of representatives of the
company, of the Aluminium Work
ers Council and of the Depart
ment of Labor.
The Aluminium Company until
this time had refused to meet
with representatives of the work
ers. The meeting will be held
Monday morning.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25

For instance, the encourage
ment given to the average wage
Garner to place his surplus earn
ings in improved real estate,
under a sound valuation, is a
movement to be applauded, &C.
cording to many observers.
Safe Investment Encouraged
Such a course, they argue, will
help to prevent the heartaches of
1929, when wage earners who had
secured expensive mortgages based
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Goat Dies to Save
Kids From Big Dog

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, G.N.SO
She was only a goat, but she up
held the tradition of a mother
giving her life in defense of her
young. The goat, property of
Michael A. Kearney, rushed to the
defense of her three kids when a
German police dog attacked them.
She butted away while the dog
chewed and, though winning the
battle, lay down to die five
minutes after the dog retreated.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Mrs. Rainey Plans
/ To Avoid Politics

No attempt will be made by Mrs.
Henry T. Rainey, widow of the
speaker, to succeed her husband in
Congress, it was reported today
by her close friends. Following an
established custom she will receive
a years congressional salary
which is $4,000 and her annual
salary of $4,620 as secretary to the
Speaker, which will continue until
she resigns or is replaced.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
BaltimOrean Dies
After Fist Fight

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Aug. 25
GN.SO. Charged with fatally
injuring Howard Smith, 81, Bal
timore, in a fist fight, John Don
ovan, 80, Philadelphia, today was
held in $1,000 bail to await the
action of the coroner. Smith
died from a fractured skull re-
ceived when he was knocked to
the street during a fight.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
State Troopers Rushed
To Scene of Jail Riot

NORRISTOWN, Pa, Aug. Is.
q.N.SO Every State trooper at
the Collegeville barracks today
was dispatched to the new East
ern State Penitentiary at Crater
ford, ten miles from here, follow.
ing a report of serious rioting at
the prison.
Meagre details reaching here
stated that the rioting convicts
had set fire to buildings and were
out of control of the prison au-
thoritieS.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
MenjOu to Marry
Veree Teasdale

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, Aug. 25
G.N.SD D.-Adolph Menjou, who
on Monday received final divorce
decree from Kathryn Carver, to-
day will marry Veree TeaSdale,
in Judge James Pope's chambers
in municipal court.
The only witnesses will be Men
jou'S mother and brother.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Women Jockeys
Race in Maryland

BALTIMORE, Aug. 25.-For the
first time in Maryland a horse
race with women jockeys will fea-
ture a racing card here. The
women will compete in the second
race on the Long Green Valley
Horse Show and Carnival card
today. The show is a benefit for
the Long Green Valley volunteer
fire department.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
NRA Adjustments
Aid 30 Employees

Back wages totaling $532.57
were obtained for 80 employees
in the District of Columbia dur,
ing the six weeks ended August
18, as a result of adjustments by
NRA officials of complaints based
on alleged violations of code
wages and hours, according to
NRA statistics.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25

on an inflated valuation of prop
erty were faced with foreclosures;
or when wage earners who had
invested heavily in stocks and
bonds peddled through the back
door found themselves with a lot
of good wall and kindling paper
on their hands.
Nothing in the national housing
program is intended to prevent in
vestments in worthwhile securi-
CONTINUED on Page IL, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
10000 to Work
In Oyster Fields
Nv International News servic,

BY international News Service
The oyster harvest, which will
start in September, will give en-
ployment to approximately 10000
persons, the Department of Com
merce announced today.
The area effected includes
every State on the Atlantic Coast
and the Gulf of Mexico and also
many points on the Pacific
Coast,
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
TAILOR SHOP ROBBED

Clothing valued at $40 was
stolen from the tailor shop oper-
ated by Daniel Donofrio i'll the
200 block Seventh st. S. w., early
today. Mr.. Donofrio told police
the thieves had broken through
the back door.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Phillies Purchase
Galveston Pitcher

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 25
N.S0.-The Phillies National
League Baseball Club today an
nounced the purchase of Harry
Gumpert, a right-handed pitcher,
from the Galveston Club for an
undetermined amount of money.
No players we're involved in the
transaction, the club announced.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
COACH is SENTENCED

WASHINGTON, Pa, Aug. IS.
George Bartholomew, 40, athletic
director at Washington and JEFF
ferSon College, was sentenced to
from three to six years in Jail here
yesterday, after pleading guilty to
voluntary manslaughter"
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Daughter Willed
MCCallum Estate

Disposing of an estate valued at
$685., 900, the will of Mrs. Mary
Sherman McCallum, who died
August 10, was filed for probate
in District Supreme Court today.
The bulk of the estate is left to
Mrs. McCallum's daughter, Mrs.
Cecilia McCallum Parker.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Mellon Returns,
AS Fit as a Fiddle

PITTSBURGH, Aug. Is 0.N.SD.
Andrew w. Mellon today returned
home from a vacation in Scot
land. Feeling fit and declaring
he had a fine time" the 76-year-
old financier said he would give
all his time in the next few weeks
to accumulated work
The Washington times., 1934-08-25

Seaboard Air Line Railway operates the
only air-conditioned trains in the South,
Florida, Atlanta, Birmingham, Colun1
bus. Leave 2:20 p. m. 1859 p. m. Agent
III 14th st. n. w. National O6S1 S1-Advt.
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
THIEFS BODY LEFT IN STOTESBURY YARD
Benefits Of Mutual
Mortgages Listed
For Owners

This is another of series of articles the Federal
Housing Administrations The Washington Times is the
only newspaper in the United States giving complete in
formation this project
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
By JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN

Most of the benefits to property owners in the mutual
mortgage pan that phase of the national housing
that the Federal Housing Administration will put into opera
ton within five six months, Immediately obvious.
1t has long since been explained that the plan will enable
property either to finance buying home
finance oppressive trusts existing homes.
1t has also been explained that the regulations for placing
mutual mortgages by private financial institutions have
not yet been announced but that by law they must not call
for amounts of $60O0 bear than five
cent true interest in most and must be amortzed
over long period not to exceed 90 years.
R1lt thnroo o+bor
The Washington times., 1934-08-25

Full Weather Report on Pas
The Washington times., 1934-08-25

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair tonight and Sunday; cooler tor
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1934-08-25
Weaver on Hill
In Effort TO
Stop ROwe
TODAY's PROBABLE LINE-UPs
WASHINGTON
DETROIT

Figures for pitchers indicate games
won and lost.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
FARMERS PROFIT
GUARANTEE ASKED
Olson to Send Appeal OF
Western Conference
to Roosevelt.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, March l2.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt again will be asked to
peg prices at minimum levels to guar
antee the farmer a profit.
This appeal will be transmitted In
q letter by Gov. Floyd B. Olson OF
Minnesota as the sentiment Of 200
farm organization constituents from
10 States who concluded two-day
parley here last night.
Cows. Schmedeman Of Wiscon-
sin and Herring of Iowa, and Lieut.
Gov. Townsend Of Indiana also in
dorsed the price fixing plea.
The three will form the nucleus OF
a Midwestern Governors Association
designed primarily to further the
price-fixing request Gov. Olson said
The association would include from
10 to 20 corn belt States.
The three Governors and Cows.
Berry of South Dakota and LANCER OF
North Dakota personally conveyed
their request for fixing OF basic farm
prices to President Roosevelt after ar
agricultural parley here last october.
At that time, however. a program
for monetary imitation, an N. R. A
code for agriculture and ultimate con-
troll Of markets by the farmer through
co-operatives was coupled with the
price-flxing plea.
The present appeal for price-flxing
Gov. Olson said, is not connected with
any other demand or program.
Preceding the meeting called BY
Gov. Olson, about so farmers unior
and Farmers Holiday Association
delegates Endorsed a program for ar
N. R. A. code. William Hirth, Mis-
souri, farm leader. called Secretary o.
Agriculture Wallace Impractical bu
honest"
Evening star., 1934-03-12
Read Will Support
Ex.WifeinLOve Suit
Against Movie Star
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March Ia
Alfred Read. former Oakland
broker now serving a 30-day jail
sentence for stealing $11 from
Claire Windsor, plans to be "on
my ex-wife's side" when Mrs.
Miriam Reads 100000 heart
balm suit against the screen
actress comes up for retrial.
when I get out of here. look
for something" Read said yester-
day.
The court held Mrs. Reads
$4,000 heart balm Judgment
against Miss Windsor was ex-
cessive and ordered a new trial,
the date for which has not
been set.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
TWO MASKED BANDITS
SOUGHT FOR HOLD.UP
Miss Ann Lee Lyon Robbed at
Falls Church as She Steps
From Bus.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. March Ia
Search for two masked men who held
up and robbed Miss Ann Lee Lyon
as she stepped from bus here Satur-
day night was being maintained to-
day by local police under instructions
from Mayor L. P. Daniel.
Miss Lyon was stopped by the men
after she had left a bus at the Lee
Highway and Brown avenue about 10
pm. She said one of the men pointed
a pistol at her and took her pocket
book, which contained several dollars
In bills, keys and papers.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
BODIES RECOVERED
Three Victims of $780, 900 Mon
treal Fire Found.

MONTREAL, March II (P).-Three
bodies were recovered yesterday from
sn1ouldering ruins of 100000 fire
which swept through a block OF
houses in Outremont. a suburb OF
Montreal. Saturday night.
The dead we're Mrs. P. D. Durkin.
So; her husband, 10. and Frank NC
CURE, 10,
The fire was believed to be Of In
cendiary origin. Five fremen were
overcome by smoke.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
Passion Play Actors Hurt.

PITTSBURGH tP.-Alfred Yo-
chum. %. was playing the role Of
Christus and Elmer Hartlep, al, was
a Roman soldier in a passion play at
st. Michaers Church. While the
playing was in progress brace gave
way and the cross fell, inluring
both youths and creating a near
panic among l 200 spectators.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
Minute Mystery
Solution
See page B-8)

ScC pdsC 0-oJ
Eordney doubted the black
mailer was the murderer because
the blackmailing note had the
word address" in 1t. Hardly
any one would have used the
word address" If the rendez-
vous was on a desolate spot on
a moor. Rather the word place"
would have been used.
Macdonald later apprehended
the murderer and found there
was no connection between him
and the blackmailer. Again
Prof. Fordney's attention to de-
tail In crime detection started
the police on the right track.
(CopyriRht 1e340
THE WISE ARE INSTRUCTED
BY REASON.-Ctcero.
Evening star., 1934-03-12
1000 Bridges Unsafe.

One thousand road bridges unsafe
for modern heavy transport have been
found recently In England by experts.
Evening star., 1934-03-12

B-A little boys double breasted
tailored tweed coat with velvet col
lar =. cap to match. Sizes 2 to 5
years, in tan or blue checks. S6.95
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19
A Good Start

! planning board has been appointed for the city
Of PlentyWood and one Of the first things it did was
70 arrange for the planting of several thousand trees
in the city The planting Of the trees will be carried
on as a work relief project.
The time is here to plant trees. Every home owner
who possibly can should observe it. whether he lives on
q farm o. IN town. Trees, are worth more money. per
tree. n his particular section of the country than any
where ii the west. They can be successfully grown
Here 20 better proof Of that is necessary than the
dozens 80 better proof Of that is necessary than the
Oh tae county. And they have nor received SO much
attention
Trees ae cheap. Several Forestry experiment sta
Ions supply trees . those Who will set them out for
merely sHe cost Il transporting them 10 their destina.
ton Even i they must be purchased. they are still an
Investment tai viii Yield big returns on the invest
n4at
n sisea good start. trees are i most important
f4Ffuf "a increasing precipitation. The state of Nebras-
- pr3yai this There millions OF trees were set out in
] sssa tree Planting campaign a few years ago. Ne.
hrasAas aFoatA problem has been reduced 10 a degree
s5st e fAe western states well envy.
Eas STATE Forestry department. county agents. the
extension department Of The Agricultural college all
49, given ! great deal Of valuable service towards the
Sc seioTneAt q trees. They are still willing to extend
Co. COOPERATION e any who are interested.
Tie Herald hopes We may have more Of inst such
planning as 4a7 been started through the ordering of
ssses 81 o. planted n Plentywood. This IS the kind of
ptaahszE mar y really constructire-vith vision that
leafs aaF into the future when other generations viii
T. easa54Hg 51e fruits ofsour labor.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19
Just Two Old Men

EElqE y TIC great collapse in 1929, Samuel insult
- aas q he most powerful Of The utility magnates
Ea Fae Tilted States. Along with him to wealth and
Prestige IL carried his brother. Martin ]. Tnsull.
] t~Fa-afllioH dollar empire IN utility companies was
created sIt s. foundations we're faulty. and it finally
COLLAPSED and carried down with it the savings Of him.
EFsds q thousands Of citizens who had invested their
Aeaes ID CO. varioas subsidiary dream houses
Aash Ehs crash came, the two insult brothers fled
- &c country. afraid to accept the responsibilities
A0f TIT aefs u connection with the ruthless exploita-
an q ~ f45A put in them BY these investors
q c. weeks ago Martin J. insult was brought back
rom Canada bg Officers Of tie Law to stand trial on a
eaaEs= q having emhezzled SS65.o00. As this is written
O. brother samuel il on his way back to America I'M
&C. guard ct the american consul after a fruitless
f1zaE against e~Straaitfon from Greece. He too will
&c asagv charges.
Aaag men probably enfied the insults. their wealth
- aRpa9anf success, but the pathetic sight Of these
IFp Ola men aearing the end Of life. fugitiyes from
s4srsaa being arrested and dragged back for trial
should once more emphasize the Injunction fiat
honesty i The best policy
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19
DO YOU REMEMBER
Msus nems U1ksn from rles IL
ne Hsuywood Herald Il
- x AGO

W H Gottlteb Of Antelope was among the business
visitors here ha Friday.
The pientywood Hotel received a couple Of coats
OF paint which made 1t seem like new again.
Emil Dist struck out for his claim last Saturday.
He located one last fall
Ax VIM Erickson entertained the vespera club
Thursday afternoon
The Star restaurant Is being remodeled this week
and the appearance greatly improved with a fine glass
fronk-
The work of plasterinE the new school Is rapidly
aesring completion and the finishing touches win soon
- put on
= r Hanson Of Coalridge and Harry Loucks OF
Rsdstone. two Of the county commissioners. arrived ON
Monday to attend the meeting o. the commissioners
thix week
A move to have the Republican state convention at
Angnst1- Ne, Recommending the nomination Of Theo-
dn~e Roosevelt - = candidate for president in 1916 met
with failure.
Some Of the leading members OF the band met IN
Tie Riha bank oaiIding Wednesday evening to discuss
some hNnlness matters and began rehearsals on the
nw Mnstc just received.
Al hopes Of curing cancer by ad1um has haen
2~.Aoaed BY some Of the foremost surgeons and -
search workers f the country who declared tr.t TIA
niarr q radim outnumberH the cures ono hundred
to &C
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19

People who talk about wal do not always volunteer
when the fighting begins.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19

though he has lost an old frsena The
wind makes music In them al suzn-
mer nights. Birds come to sing their
songs In Jun The fields outside the
grove are always moist for several
rods even II the season Is dry Trees
give moisture 70 the air by franspor.
tation- Trees 90. are gamble In ms
country. but N this season OF plant
ing As. men Engage In the great
gamble. they are n crop thai shoulr
perhaps recete more attention than
they are receiving
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19

One OF the proudest possessions OF
a fine old farmer friend down I'm
Richland county is a grove OF cotton
woods which he planted with his own
hands 40 years ago. They surround
his comfortable farm home. He no
ticed that they shaded his garden
spot and 1t became more productive.
he noticed too. he says. that on days
Of excessive heat they keep the air
around the house cooler and when
winter, storms developed they kept
the farmyard fairly clear OF drifting
snow. They have been important as
a source OF wood supply. both for fu-
81 and other purposes. When one or
those trees is felled BY storm, or vi
'tners "a dies, the farmer feeas IS
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-19
READY TO ENFORCE NRA
TO AID HOME BUILDING
SILVER QUESTION ALIVE
PLANS LONGER VACATIONS
WRIT HEARING SILLY
BUSINESS GAINS

Encouraged By a fine OF $I.pto re
Gently imposed On a New Jersey vio
iator Of a Mr. ode. General JOhnsor
ordered All field agencies and
authorities TO lake active steps t.
bring yiOlators ef the codes into Fed
erai courts. For the first time evt
dence of wiItal violations Viii Be
submitted diret TO district attorney
instead of 10 NRA Headquarters
The Administration Acknowledges
much criticism 10 the effect that th<
government N4s not giving proper
backing TO The SRA by u prc-
ceedings. TheFe is. it is said .lsf1le
justification D for argument fhax
employers dc not understand the1r
code obligation. State directors viii
continue efferf 10 adjust complaints
wi will refer flagranf cases, where
there y no effort made toward real
Il district attorneys FOR
prosecution