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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
COLORA

A flower thief took quite nice
cactus plant from the yard at the
home of Mrs. Agnes Reese one night
last week, it being much priced by
the owner, and no doubt by the pres
ent owner
Many beautiful ,dahlias of several
varieties have been much admired
at the homes of Mrs. Lawson S. Love,
Mrs. Hartman Matthews, Mrs. j
Frank Foster and Miss Helen Aiken
The tomato cannery closed here on
Tuesday this week.
A COW belonging to ]. H. Hawley
gave birth to twin calves last week.
Miss Mary Riley is visiting Mrs.
VIM. G. Reynolds, Rising Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hassell and
children, of Quarryville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Sprout and Owen Sprout
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Granville Harris.
Chester Love has returned from a
visit during his vacation.
Thomas Davis called on friends
and relatives at Bay View and North
East last week.
Some of the boarding students of
West Nottingham Academy, also a
teacher, Fred Reburn, his lister Miss
Ruth, the secretary and Mrs. Susan
w. Henderson, will occupy the Wiley
house, West Nottingham, lately va
Gated by the Riley family.
Mr.. W. w. Kirk, of McDonough
School, spent the weekend with DR..
and Mrs. Ernest Rowland. Mrs. w.
N. Wilson and Mr.. Fred Reburn were
dinner guests on Sunday.
Lewis A. Coulson, Hochessin, Del,
spent the weekend with his home
folks here and West Nottingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Jenness
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Jenness,
Sykesville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood Brumffeld
visited Maurice Woodrow and family.
Also Mrs. Brumfields aunt, Miss
Bertha M. Tyson.
Mrs. Howard Pauls and daughter
Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens,
Robert and David, of Lansdale, Pa,
were guests of the Maurice Wood
rows
Fred Taylor and son Wilson, left
here Sunday for Tennessee, taking
a large truck load of moving, down
for j. Harvey Gray, who left by auto
with his family on Monday for Tenn,
where they expect to reside for some
time.
The trustees of West Nottingham
Church held a meeting in the Chapel
Monday evening.
The meeting held in Octoraro
Peoples Church, Sunday afternoon,
was we'll attended, some there from
Bay View, North East and elsewhere
quite a distance away. The address
OF LnG dIC6ruOOu Was lHduo NY M1oo
May B. Macken, of Germantown, Pa.
Mr.. w. c. Fulton and daughter, Mrs.
Clinton England, sang beautiful
duet. Another meeting is to be held
in the Peoples Church Sunday af-
ternoon, October 21st.
Rev. T. P. Mckee preached at
West Nottingham church last Sunday
morning.
Those from this section attending
the Maryland w. G. T. U. conven-
ton being held at Hagerstown, Md,
are Miss Bertha Balderston, Miss
Bertha M. Tyson. Accompanying
them were Miss Virginia Abrahams,
Miss M. O. Jackson, of Woodlawn
Union; Mrs. R. c. Shippers, of North
East Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Wiley, Rising
Sun, spent Monday evening with the
Eli Coulson's, West Nottingham.
Mrs. Jacob Torbert and daughter
were callers here Monday afternoon
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

The scenery one remembers most
fondly will be what he saw while
sitting serenely in contemplative
meditation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

In youth, credulity is enormous,
and skepticism is enormous; there is
no underground: and both are
amusing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
MRS. MARY r. HEMPHILL

The funeral of Mrs. Mary E.
Hemphill, SO, who died Monday at
her home near Kirkwood. Del. was
held Thursday. with interment in
Bethel cemetery. near Chesapeake
City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

If an old man looks distinguished
in the kind of clothes he wears, he
doesn't need to be IN style.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

Deliver us from the man who tries
% ruah revolving door,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
WEST NOTTINGHAM PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH

Rev. A. H. Hibshman, PHI. D., Pastor
Sunday School, 1000 A. M.
Worship, 1900 A. M.
Next Sunday will be Rally Day.
You are cardially invited to all
these services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
FOR RENT

Seven room dwelling. Bath, cleo
trio light, new heating system.
Apply to
Mrs. John l.. TOsh,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05
FOR RENT

Two Garages for rent. Apply to
Mrs. Jennie w. Taylor,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

An indispensable modern cons
yenisnee' can also be a nuisance,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-10-05

L. E. STEUART, Sec.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Detailed Story in Sports Section,
WINDS D|SPEL
DUST CLOUD

Northwest winds, moving over
the District during the night,
served to carry off most of the
dust cloud which blanketed this
section yesterday.
The dust, part of the huge storm
which has covered the Middle
West for several days, extended
more than 10000 feet in the air,
airplane pilots reported.
Doctors say they do not believe
the dust will cause any serious ILL
ness here. although there may be
some cases of eye and throat irri-
tation.
The dust obscured the sun and
thus brought relief from the heat
Of the last few days.
The winds drove the tempera-
ture down to At degrees during
the night. BY 8 a. m. it had gone
up 9 degrees to Sc and was rising
gradually.
Fair weather was promised for
today, with cloudy and showers
forecast for tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
FATHER SOUGHT.
AS 'K|DNAPER'

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn, May IL
G.N.SO Search for 10-year-old
Percy Lamar Armstrong, missing
grandson of the late Gov. Austin
Peay of Tennessee, taken from
school yesterday by two men, to-
day turned toward Jackson, Tenn,
where his father, P. L. Arm
strong, has lived since discharged
as a professor at the State teach
erS College, Memphis.
Police said today they believed
the boy was in the hands of his
father and secuted belief he had
been kidnapped.
One of the men who took the
boy from school was said to re-
semble the father.
Mrs. Amarylliss Armstrong, the
mother, divorced from the profes-
sor and given custody of the
child. was near collapse.
Representative Byrns CD of
Tennessee, House majority leader,
has enlisted the aid of J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the Bureau of In
vestigation in the Department of
Justice, in the search for missing
10-year-old Percy Lamar Arm
strong.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
ALCORN k|DNAP
ALARM FALSE

The reputed kidnapping Of Ray
mond Alcorn. 5-year-old son Of
Mrs. Margaret Alcorn, who was
shot by her husband, and is in a
critical condition at Casualty Hos
pital, turned out to be a false re-
port today.
Police, who have been investi-
eating a report that the child was
abducted, today learned that Mrs.
Susie Fenity, of the 200 block of
F St. N. E.. friend and former
roommate of his mother, took Ray
mond to the home of his grand.
father, Norwell Brooks, in Dumph-
ries, Va.
Last night, Mrs. Jennie Bloom,
landlady at the house where Mrs.
Alcorn lived in the 600 block of
North Carolina Ave. N. E., told po-
lice woman had, called up the
home and had carried the boy
away.
Some hours later, Mrs. Bloom
became suspicious and reported
the incident. The police report
classified it as kidnapping.
Mrs. Alcorn's condition today
was described as unchanged. She
was shot in the abdomen Thurs
day by her husband, Jack Alcorn,
43. who was enraged because she
would not live with him.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
BY INEZ BROCKWAY
Copyright. 1884, by International


CHICAGO. May IL G.N.SJ.
Another Hollywood myth goes
boom! Cor Pfft.)
Screen queens, far from being
the worlds best dressed women,
lack chic and originality in priv
ate life, according to Irene Castle,
first to bob her hair and give
American womanhood the free
dom of the treSSeS. She says:
SmartneSS Rare
"On my recent visit to Holly
wood, found the clothes of the
picture stars very disappOint-
ing; when I arrived, 1 was
afraid that 1 would be consumed
by envy, that I would want to
snatch their dazzling gowns for
my own wardrobe.
"Seeing them, l wasn't envi-
Gus at all. There was little
individuality and real smartness
was rare"
Miss Castle, known to society as
the wife of Major Frederic Nc
Laughlin, was a colorful proof
of her own theory that chic
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
b. S. Golfers
Win Cup
Again

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May
IL 0N.S0.-Carrying everything
before it in an amazing sweep
of sheer power, the United States
team once more won the Walker
Cup from Great Britain's golfers
today, this time by a margin so
great as to leave not the slightest
shread of doubt that this is a
vastly unequal series.
The final score was 9I2 for
America to 21a for Great Britain
Goodman Beats Scott
Johnny Goodman, American
open champion, beat the Hon.
Michael Scott, British champion,
by the tremendous margin Of 7
up and 6 to play.
In the second match, Lawson
Little, playing marvelously this
morning in the wind and rain
oAAN CA1Ao dA CCA AAOAA Al CAAC SOAAoAA4AAC,
won from Cyril Tolley, former
British champion. by and 5.
George Dunlap, American cham
pion, came in with a 4-and-3 deci-
sion over Jack Mclean, the former
shooting the best half round o.
the tournament this afternoon. a
"a to the turn.
Then the team captain, Francis
Ouimet, won easily from Leonard
Crawley by and 4.
Jack Westland. Chicago, finally
was overtaken by Eric McRuvie
on the late holes, the match end
ing all square. and each man con-
trihuting a half-point to this ma
tons total.
Gus Moreland finally outlasted
the troublesome McKinlay to win,
3 to /, on the thirty-fift green,
closing out the series.
Detailed Story in Sports Section)
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
MRS. LYTLE
KEEP 7 OFF
STAND At
INQUEST
~ Didn't Do It," Wife Says;
Police Sergeant Reveals
Her Two Stories
81 didn't do that. He was
nv baby"

81 didn't do that. He was
my baby"
Sobbing and close to hysteria,
Mrs. Eliza E. Lytle, attractive
blonde held in connection with
the death of her husband, Law
renee Lytle, jr., so declared dur
ing the coroner's inquest into the
case at the District Morgue today.
Mrs. Lytle did not take the wit
ness stand on advice of her attor'
ney, Charles Ford.
The morgue was packed and a
crowd of almost 300 persons stood
outside, eager to see the woman
who police allege was found
clutching her dead husbands
necktie yesterday in their base
ment home in the 1900 block
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
Butcher Knife Shown
Mrs. Lytle shuddered and
turned her eyes as Detective
Sergt. John Dalglish of the homi-
eide squad introduced a large
butcher knife found in the room
where the husband was found
lying dead on the floor.
Sergeant Dalglish repeated to
the jury the two statements made
by Mrs. Lytle. The chief point
of difference in the statements
was that in the second she said
she had not been drinking while
in the first she admitted drink
ing beer.
Attorney Ford said that he
hoped to prove that her arm was
numbed and that she was unable
to get it free from her husbands
necktie.
Jealousy Motive Seen
The body of Lytle was found by
Fifth precinct police who broke
into the house after neighbors had
been aroused by Mrs. Lytle's
screams.
She told homicide squad de-
tectives yesterday she began to
scream when she suddenly realized
something was wrong with her
husband.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
$4,000 TO SEE.
PREAKNESS;
8 TORUN
Fast Track Hints New Record;
CavaIcade, High Quest
Odds-on FaVoriteS
BY PADDOCK

PIMLICO RACE TRACK. Nd,
May ia crowd of 10000 was
expected here today to witness the
forty-fourth running of the Freak
ness, the $4,000 added feature on
today's program.
The weather was ideal. A cool
breeze swept across the course
and the racing strip was at its
best.
Of the eight starters, the Brook
meade Stable had entered two
Cavalcade and High QueSt-An-
archy was scratched this morning.
The race today does not hold
the interest the Kentucky Derby
did a week ago. The reason is
that it looks too much like a GER
tainty that the winner will come
from the stable of Mrs. Isabel
Dodge Sloane.
Trainer Bob Smith. of the
Brookmeade Stable, said that
Cavalcade and High Quest would
be certain starters. Mr.. Smith
processes to be in doubt as to
which is the better colt, Caval-
cade or High Quest.
OF course, Cavalcade won the
Derby hands down, but High
Quest won the Woods Memorial
at Jamaica. --.,a
Last year, Trainer Smith con-
sidered High Quest the smartest
two-year-old in the Brookmeade
barn.
Both colts today will carry equal
weight, and Trainer Smith has
issued instructions to Mack Gar
ner, the rider of Cavalcade. and
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. S,
Second Section)
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
|GETTLE ASKS
RANSOM
BEPA|D
Writes Business Associate
To "FoIIoW Demands"
of Kidnapers

LOS ANGELES, May IL
G.N.SO.-A letter from William
F. Gettle, kidnapped millionaire.
has been received by a close
friend and business associate,
it was reported today.
The missive, in Gettle's own
handwriting, was understood to
have told the friend to follow
out the demands made by the
gunner who "snatched" the mil
lionaire from his Arcadia country
estate wednesday night.
Attorney Ernest E. Noon, in
termediary for the family, has
also received a note from the
kidnapers themselves giving him
definite instructions, it was said.
This letter was understood to
have been delivered to Noon
yesterday after the first contact
was made by telephone and $751;
900 ransom demanded.
Three Ransoms Named
Confusion has arisen from the
fact that three ransom figures
have repeatedly been set in tele-
phone calls and letters-$40, 900,
$45,O00 and $4,000.
The great manhunt under way
for Mr.. Gettle was called off to-
day, according to Mr.. Noon.
Mr.. Noon said he had had a
serious conference" with Fed
eral, county and local peace Off
GERS who assured him they would
not search further for Mr.. Gettle
until at least Monday noon, thus
allowing the kidnapers to estab-
lish contact with Mr.. Noon or
members of the family.
"PayOff" Is Arranged
A "payoff" was understood to
have been arranged following a
contact between the abductors
and representatives of Mr.. Get
ties family.
Mrs. Fleta Gettle had an
nounced through Mr.. Noon that
she would pay any price demanded
for the safe return of her hus-
band.
The letter to Mrs. Gettle was
one of a series of communications
supposedly emanating from the
kidnapers.
First Asked SIS, 900
The first was a telephone call
to Noon in which "seventy-five
grand" was demanded as the price
of Mr.. Gettle's liberty.
Another phone call followed but
Mr. Noon was away from his Of
flee in conference with Mr.. Get
ties bankers.
The other alleged communica-
tions were yelled in mystery but
they were believed to have been
delivered by some means to the
Beverly Hills mansion where Mrs.
Gettle lies seriously i'll.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
D. c. HEADS BACK
M0STYN,LAFL|N

Favorable report on a bill to re-
instate two policemen who were
dismissed because Of the alleged
use of third degree" methods
was made today by the District
Commissioners.
The bill would empower the
Commissioners to reinState Will
liam R. Laflin and James A.
Mostyn to the Police Department.
They were released from the Dis
trict Jail after serving terms of
one year each for mistreating
prisoners in an effort to force con-
feSsions.
Representative Howard Smith
CD, Virginia. introduced the
bill in the House yesterday, with
the provision that the men would
not be paid any salary for the
time they were off the force.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Automobile Injuries
Fatal to Woman

Dora Bentley, colored, 80, died
last night, apparently of injuries
received when she was struck by
an automobile Tuesday night at
First Street and Florida Avenue,
Northwest. She died at her home
in the 2100 block of Eleventh
st. N. W.. after being released
from Freedmen's Hospital. Mary
c. Fallon, 81, of the 600 block of
New Jersey Ave. N. w., alleged
driver of the automobile, has
been released in custody of her
attorney pending a coroner'S in
quest.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
ELISE BARTLETT
WEDS PICARD

SOUTH SALEM, N. Y. May IL
G.N.SD Elise Bartlett Porter.
stage star, and Michael Picard,
Broadway night club manager,
were married secretly here Thurs
day, a search of the town clerks
records revealed today.
The bride. who acted on the
stage under the name of Elise
Bartlett, formerly was the wife of
Joseph Schildkraut, actor, and
Horace Liveright. the late book
publisher. She and Mr.. Schild-
kraut were divorced after a suit in
which she alleged he called her a
rotten actress" and ruined her
performances by pinchng her
while she was acting with him.
Several years ago Mr.. Picard
was divorced from Leota Amilli-
can in Alba, Iowa.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Robles Girl Replies
To Daddy's Query
About 'Bunrlies

TUCSON, Ariz., May IL G.N.S0
Proof that June Robles, six-year-
old daughter of Fernando Robles,
who was kidnapped 16 days ago,
is still alive has been definitely
received, police revealed today.
Two replies to five questions
submitted to her captorS by her
father have been made public. A
note received from the kidnap
gang Monday but kept secret until
today was also made public.
In answer to her fathers ques-
ton:
What do you do with your
bunnies in the morning"
The little girl told the kid
napers she got up and took them
to bed with her until her pa
rents arose.
Replying to the question:
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
WIFE IN STRANGLING KEPT OFF STAN
Woman, Hung;
Is ReuiUed
By Squad

Mrs. Sylvia B. Powers, At, today
owed her life to work of the fire
rescue squad.
Found hanging from the third
floor banister railing, Mrs. Powers
was released from the moose by
the janitor, Alger Smith, and one
of her sons, Robert B. Powers, 23,
an employe of a local newspaper,
The rescue squad revived her.
Mrs. E. w. Shook, who resides
in a third floor apartment at the
address in the 1400 block of New
ton St. N. w., witnessed the re-
lease of Mrs. Powers from tn E
loop, which had been made with
a piece of clothes line.
Mrs. Shook asserted that Mrs.
Powers. who. resides on the second
floor, took the rope with which
she made the moose from another
apartment in the building.
Emerging from her kitchen door,
Mrs. Shook found Mrs. Powers
stretched out along the banister
railing, with the loop tied around
a post.
Immediately afterwards the jan
itor and Mr.. Powers arrived and
cut the woman down.
Mrs. Powers was removed to
Emergency Hospital after being re-
vived. She will recover, it was
stated,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
TAKEN
FOR RD|LL|NGER
II am not John DiIlinger."


These words availed John H.
Cannon, official of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation,
little when a squad of Is deputy
sheriffs from Denver, Col, stopped
him recently while he was travel,
ing in that part of the country
for a rest"
The sheriffs had mistaken Mr..
Cannon for the notorious outlaw,
and detained him and his COM
panion for more than three hours,
grilling them as to their identity
and business in the section.
Mr.. Cannon. who returned to
his office in Washington several
days ago, explained that he and
his son, William, and a Mrs.
Louise Cannon, a friend of the
family, were travelling several
miles out of Denver when sud-
denly they were confronted by a
posse of police in radio cars.
When he stopped his machine
more than a dozen men hoped
out of the cars, armed with ma
chine guns, sawed-off shotguns
and revolvers.
Mr.. Cannon reported:
"We were having a fine trip.
The boy in the back was singing
Heading for the Last Round
up," accompanying himself on a
ukulele. And then we thought
that somebody had gone nutty.
1 never saw so many guns in my
life"
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
BANK PAY.OFF
DUE To AID
JOBL.ESS
Author Scores Partisanship of
House Leaders Holding Up
Vote on Measure

Many thousands of persons
would be reemployed by industry
should Congress enact the Mcleod
100 per cent bank payoff bill.
Such was the prediction last
night of Representative Clarence
j. Mcleod (R.) of Michigan, au'
thor of the bill, in an address de.
livered at a large mass meeting
of depositors in Atlantic City,
N. j.
House Leaders Raped
Criticizing Administration lead
ers of the House for refusing to
permit a floor vote on his bill
and decrying attempts of Demo
Gratis to make bank relief a po,
litical issue, Representative Nc.
Leod said:
"This is a nOnpartisan relief
measure which has the support
of outstanding members Of both
political parties. The cOmpan-
ion bill, for instance, was intro
duced in the Senate by . mem
ber Of the Democratic party.
"The Congress should rid itself
Of the ShackleS of partisan
motives which are binding it
and preventing the will of the
people from being expressed by
their duly elected representa-
tiveS."
How Voters May Help
Mr.. Mcleod then told his hear
ers how people back in the States
can aid in the fight for enact
ment of bank relief legislation,
saying:
"If voters make it plain to
their duly elected representa-
tives that they wish this meas
ure to pass, it will pass.
"The time has come for Con-
greSS to make a new declara-
tion of independence"
Returning to Washington to-
day, Mr.. Mcleod will renew his
attempts to secure the 81 sigma
lures necessary to complete the
Weideman petition calling for a
mandatory vote on his measure
May %.
Steagall Amendment Waits
On another front similar bill,
the Steagall amendment to the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Bandits Hunted
In Taxi HOLduDs

Police early today were looking
for two white men and a colored
man who held up two taxi drivers
last night and robbed them of
$23. E. w. Morten, 1870 Mon
tello Ave. N. E.. told police the
men hailed him at First and K
Streets Northwest and asked to be
driven to the 47OO block of Kane
Street Northeast. There one
pulled a gun and robbed him of
$40. Frank Tralius, $500 block K
st. N. w., reported the men held
him up at Third and o Streets
Northwest, taking So,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

"Where is your little box with
the key in it" the child said:
"It is on daddy'S desk"
The authorities said both an
swerS are correct, and known only
to the child and her parents and
could not have been given except
by June herself.
Making good their pledge Of
Thursday, the county, state, and
federal officers have withdrawn
from the case to give the kidnap-
erS the chance to collect the ran
som money in Sonora, Mexico,
where clues are being followed.
Mexican posses are still in the
hills of northern Sonora, and are
still confident that the hide-out
of the kidnapers lies in some for
lorn wilderness seldom visited by
man,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
DOrOtheQ Week
GOinQ to Gern1Qnu

HOLLYWOOD, May IL G.NSO
Expressing her disappointment
over screen roles assigned her
here. Dorothea Week, German
actress, announced today that
she would depart for her native
land next week. Her contract
here expired several weeks ago.
Her husband. Ernest Won Decken,
will return with her to Germany.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Jealousy Motive Seen
Mrs. Roosevelt Film
To Open Worlds Fair
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will reopen the Worlds Fair in
Chicago on May 26 through the
medium of the so-called silver
screen in a talking motion pic.
ture. The ceremony was re.
corded at the White House early
today and the picture will be
shown only at the Worlds Fair
reopening. The mechanism has
been so arranged that when Mrs.
Roosevelt's image on the screen,
after making brief speech,
waves her hand, the new electric
fountain ill be automatically il
Illuminated.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Freezing Weather,
SDrin0 in Indiana

INDIANAPO LIS, May u
GN.S0 1.-The Weather Bureau
here reported temperature of %
degrees above zero at Wheatland
today. At Warsaw, with the tenn
perature around 80 degrees early
today ice was reported noticeable
throughout the lowlands of KOS
ciuSko county.
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
Dalton and Miller
Head NeW AAA Units

With the organization today of
two new sections of the Agricul-
tural Assessment Administration,
Chester C. Davis, administrator,
announced the appointment of the
officials who will head these sec
tionS.
John E. Dalton was named chief
of the sugar section and Charles
G. Miller was named chief of the
rice section. Their appointments
are effective today,