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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-08-29
By RICHARD HOFFMAN,
as If she were going to tell his fortune.
Then in quiet leisure she said:
Copyright by Richard Hoffman,
WNU Service

as If she were going to tell his fortune
Then in quiet leisure she said:
"I'm twenty-three. I was born in
massachusetts,, in Deerfeld. Both my
parents are dead. I finished high
school and was secretary to a country
lawyer for two years. I'd always
wanted to 60 on the stage, so when +
when things changed, when my father
died, got job in stock. had three
years of that round the East, without
getting to Broadway; and now I'm go
ing to try to get into pictures" She
looked down thoughtfully, perhaps re-
lievedly, at the knife in her hand, to
show she had finished. Thanks for
listenin'," she added, with a brighter
glance at Kerrigan. "You get ques-
lions, too"
"What do you like best-to do?" said
Kerrigan at once.
"Read," she said.
you've read LOTT" he said.
She smiled easily. II learned to
read when I was six, and I've read
ever since. I've learned darn-near
everything know from reading-what
1 like, what don't like, what What
I want. I copied characters in books
until one day found didn't have any
idea who really was at all. And that
frightened me little"
Lunch came then, and she seemed to
stop sooner that she had at first in
tended. Hal hoped the obituaries would
be ended too-including his question to
Barry. He couldn't ask her any of the
things he found he really wanted to
know; and such passable questions as
he thought of sounded silly. But when
the dishes were settled and the iced
tea and coffee situation Strengthened
out, Kerrigan looked at him and said,
"Now your question"
Barry looked up at Hal with a
frank, quiet confidence that gave him
unexpected pleasure.
IF you-when you make good in
the movies, and have lots of money!"
he said, "what will you do?"
Her eyes were family surprised by
interest and they stayed on his, ap-
praising the picture he'd provoked for
her. II hadn't thought" she said. "If
If should arrive. :" That pic
ture was dubious, but the light lin
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-08-29
Air and Empire

Air and empire are closely linked.
The most valuable bonds in any en-
pire are its communications. The
Romans knew that Their roads
were veins for their empires life
blood. But the speed of modern
transport has made communications
ten times more valuable. If Britons
and Americans could have used air.
planes to exchange their views In
ITS America might never have left
the empire. The more air routes we
open to keep the empire together
the fewer problems will arise to
keep it apart.-London Sunday Ex-
press.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-08-29

Pleasant Thought
Good food gives one something to
look forward to every day.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
SCIENCE READY.
To PERFORM
: MIRACLES
Synthetic Building Materials
Are Produced by Chem
iCaI Science

NEW YORK, April % GN.S0.
New materials for the new houses
Of the Governments current
building drive have been synthe-
sized by chemists, Prof. James.
H. Withrow, of Ohio State Uni.
versity, said today at a meeting
Of the American Chemical So
ciety.
Mineral woods, he said, have
recently been evolved from the
waste products of mines and the
relative cost of producing them
is so small that now entire build
ingS can be insulated against
heat and cold at little cost.
StOne-like Materials
New stone-like material which
can be fabricated into any de-
gree of hardness and tinted any
color has been manufactured
from power plant wastes.
Aerated bricks have been fabri-
Gated far lighter, yet stronger,
than the old bricks allowing for
better weight distribution in high
buildings.
Wonders to Come
Thomas Midgley, vice president
of the Ethyl Gasoline Corpora
ton, gave the American chemists
some startling predictions about
what may be expected from
chemical engineering in the next
century"
Within the next hundred years
all they have to do is:
Put water on Mars.
Give Venus new atmosphere
Find a new fuel (which will be
capable of releasing more energy
per pound than is required to lift
that pound out of the earth's
gravitational field" This will
establish interplenetary travel
without any further difficulty.
Grow chickens the size of pigs
which will lay eggs about the size
of a football.
Produce a breed of hogs the size
of cattle.
Make a bull grow to the size Of
an diversified mastodon!
The end of tuberculosis, dia'
betes and host of similar afflic'
tons.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Formosa Quake
Recalls Other
Disasters
International News Service


The japanese earthquake Of
1923, with 99,331 lives lost, was
the worst disaster of it's kind dur
ing the present century and one
of the greatest in history. Major
earthquake tolls since 1900 fol-
low:
st. Pierre, Martinique-30,0 900
dead in quake and eruption of
Mt. Pelee, 1902.
San Francisco-1,5OO dead in
quake and fire, 1906.
Valparaiso, Chile-1,500 dead,
1906.
Kingston, Jamaica-1,1OO dead,
1907.
Sicily and Calabria - 76;483
dead, 1908.
Cartago, Costa 5000 dead,
1912.
Turkey-3,0OO dead, 1912.
Central Italy-29,978 dead, 1915.
Guatemala City-2,500 dead,
1917.
Java-5,oOo dead, 1919.
Mexico-3,0OO dead, 1919.
Persia-4,60O dead, 1928.
Japan-99,331 dead, 1928.
Japan-3,274 dead, 1927.
Persia-2,OOO dead, 1929.
Persia-2,OOO dead, 1880.
Southern Italy-1,475 dead,
1880.
Japan-1,535 dead, in quake,
tidal wave and fire, 1893.
California-13O dead, 1888.
India-6,O0O dead, 1884.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
BALLOON SCARS
$4,000 FEET

FARRAR, Mo, April % Q.N.SO.
Capt. Orville Anderson today SUI
pervised packing of scientific in
struments carried in a successful
balloon flight into the substrato-
sphere yesterday.
Accompanied by Capt. r. P. Will
liams, Captain Anderson scared 26,-
900 feet in the huge Army balloon,
taking off from Scott Field, Belle
vile, ILL.,, and landing on hill
side on a farm near here.
The delicate instruments, de-
signed for use on a flight into the
Stratosphere this summer and
tested yesterday, functioned per
fectly, Captain Anderson said, and
were undisturbed in the landing.
Within As minutes of the take
off, Captain Anderson said, the
balloon reached height Of $4,000
feet, a thousand feet higher than
they had planned to ascend. They
were in the air three hours and
thirty7six minutes.
The principal instrument carried
on the flight was an air conduc-
tivity meter, designed by DR.. o. H.
Gish, of the Carnegie Institute, to
study the electric conductivity of
air. The meter and other inStru-
ments/ are to be shipped to the
Institutes washington laboratory
TODAY for study.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
PARIS IN FEAR
Of CALL FOR
WAR AID
Laval Postpones His Visit
to Moscow As Negotiations
! Are Temporarily Halted

MOSCOW, April % G.N.s).
Memel, the territory taken away
from Germany to provide a sea-
port for Lithuania, provided the
principal cause of the collapse OF
negotiations for the proposed
Franco-Russian pact, potentially
strongest of the anti-German ALI
ances, it was learned today.
Russia's demand that the treaty
include a French guarantee of the
Baltic countries frontiers would
mean, the French feared, that
their troops would have to defend
Memel in case Germany tries to
regain that lost possession.
AS a result, it was officially an
nounced that negotiations for the
pact had been temporarily
stopped" and that Foreign Com.
missar Litvinoff was coming here
from Geneva to report.
The visit of Foreign Minister
Laval of France to Moscow has
been postponed from April Is I'm.
til some time in May. No explana-
ton was given, but it is thought
here that even his coming will
not make possible final consum-
nation of the treaty.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Z|HLMAN DIES
At IS At TER
|. LONG ILLNESS
Former Member of Congress
From Maryland Known as
Mayor of Washington

Frederick N. Zihlman, of Cum.
berland, Md, former member OF
Congress and known for years as
the Mayor of Washington" died
yesterday at the Memorial Hos
pital in Cumberland.
During his tenure as chairman
of the House District Committee,
Mr.. Zihlman aided in the enact
ment of much legislation bene-
ficial to the District and strongly
opposed all attempts to reduce the
Federal Governments lump-sum
appropriation toward the District
budget.
The former Representative had
been in failing health since he was
defeate dior Congress four years
ago by Representative David j.
Lewis. He suffered from a form
of sleeping sickness known as
encephalitis. He was Sc.
Funeral Tonight
Funeral services will be held at
the Moose Home in Cumberland
tonight. The Moose ritual will be
observed at the services. In 1881
Mr.. Zihlman was elected Supreme
Dictator of the Loyal Order Of
Moose. The eulogy will be deliv.
cred by Associate Justice David
A. Robb.
Burial will be in st. Johns
Church Cemetery at Forest Glen,
Md, Wednesday. Governor Nice,
of Maryland, will attend the
services.
Born in Carnegie, Pa, in 1879,
Mr.. Zihlman moved to Cumbe1.
land with his parents when three
years old. At the age of II he
became an apprentice glass
blower. At Is he was elected
president of the Flint-glass Work.
er'S Union and two years later
president of the State Federation
of Labor.
Elected to Senate
Mr.. Zihlman made his political
debut in 1909 when he was elected
to the Maryland Senate and
served as Republican floor leader
from 1914 to 1916.
His first attempt for seat in
Congress was made in 1914 when
he opposed Representative David
J. Lewis, Democrat, and was de-
feated. Two years later, however,
he again opposed Representative
Lewis and emerged victorious. He
held this seat until the election
of 1880.
The economic depression of
1929 and general dissatisfaction
with Republican office holders
were largely due to his defeat in
1880 when Representative Lewis
regained his seat. Again last No.
vember Mr.. Zihlman attempted to
wrest the seat from Representa-
tive Lewis, but was defeated by
close margin.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
THREATSL|NKED
WITH GLORIA

EASTON, Md, April % I.N.s).
Police investigation of the fire
which yesterday wreaked $1,000
damage on the estate of Mrs.
Glenn Stewart, godmother of lit
tie Gloria Vanderbilt, today had
failed to connect the blaze with
several extortion letters recently
received by the well-known East
ern Shore sportsWoman.
Cause of the fire traced def
nitely to overheating of a chicken
brooder heater. Stables housing
thoroughbred horses valued at
$4,000 were imperiled by the
flames.
Mrs. Stewart believes all the
threatening letters she has re-
ceived apparently were written by
the same party and that all de-
manded money on a "share-the.
wealth" philosophy. One de-
manded $4,000.
Recently two strangers loitered
around the estate and were ar
rested for trespassing.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
EASTER PARADE MAE WEST WE'D?
JA|LS 81 IN n. y. THERE'S DOUBT

NEW YORK, April % G.N.sO.
Broadway was frankly mystified
today by the news from Mil
waukee that relief workers had
discovered among dusty public
archives a certificate purporting
to show the marriage of Mae
West and her stage partner,
Frank Wallace, on April II, 1911.
Most of the Broadway old-tim-
ers knew a Frank Wallace, who
used to be a vaudeville song and
dance man, but few of them
were able to connect him with
the early career of the famous
blonde siren of the Screen.
Several of his friends recalled
that he had played a minor part
in Macs sensational stage success,
Diamond Lii" and a checkup in
newspaper libraries confirmed
this. He portrayed the part of an
old-time Bowery tough.
HOLLYWOOD, April % G.N.SO.
''I've never heard of the
fellow I'm supposed to have
married and I never was in
Milwaukee until four years ago."
That was the comment of Mae
West today on Milwaukee reports
that a Mae West, then 10, had, in
1922, married Frank Wallace, 81,
Brooklyn, actor. Denials also came
from James A. Timony, the actress
manager.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22

NEW YORK, April % (U.S).
Manhattan's Easter parade yester-
day was more than just stylish
promenade along Fifth Avenue for
prominent personages and the so
cially elite, for 80 men and women
were arrested.
When former Gov. Alfred Smith
and Mrs. Smith strolled out Of St.
Patrick's Cathedral at Fifth Ave
nue. and Fiftieth Street and swung
southwark, a crowd estimated be-
tween 1000 and 1000 followed.
Disturbance was created by a de-
termined band of about 100 men
and women, with placards protest
ing unemployment. who marched
with the Easter CARRIED crowds al
most elbow to elboN. Thirty-two,
including 10 women, were Jailed.
Their placards bore the inscrip.
tons.
Zone Fifth Avenue gown
equals a years relief. We're not
nudists. We need clothes. We
want jobs"
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Of ARCTIC
SEEN IN SHOW

Carrying the solace Of religion
into the waste lands of the frozen
Arctic, Roman Catholic priests
are forced by the cold to adopt
the garb of the natives of the
region.
Garments worn by the mission
airy priests in the northern regions
and in other strange lands are on
exhibit in the gymnasium of Cath
Ole University.
The Rev. Father Francis Flana-
gan. B. NJ, is in charge of the
exhibit. The showing includes
other articles used in the daily
life of a missionary.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
StOckyards Strike
Feared in Chicago

CHICAGO, April % G.N.S).
Extra police squads were stationed
in the stockyards today to guard
against disorders threatened by
elements of the Livestock Hand.
lers' Union, who are seeking a re-
newal of last summers 12-day
strike.
Stockyards officials denied the
existence of a walkout, declaring
today's shipments are being han
died on schedule.
Union officials, however, said
some of the livestock handlers
have walked out, and announced
union meeting for May 3, to
further consider the employment
situation at the yards.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Powers Back Reich
In Memel DISPUTE

LONDON, April % G.N.S0.
Nations that led in "condemning"
Germany's rearmament at Geneva
last week today made an impor-
tant move il favor of the Reign
when Britain, France and Italy
dispatched strong representa-
tons" to Lithuania over the sit
uation in Mcneil, formerly Ger
man territory.
The western powers, referring
to the Reich's charges that Lith-
uania Disseminated against the
German majority in Memel, sug-
gested that the territorial director
ate, which governs Mcneil, be
made more representative of the
policital and national makeup OF
the elected Memel chamber.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
French Insist Russian
Pact Will Be COMPLETED

PARIS, April % GN.S0-De-
spite present delays and disagree
mentS, the proposed Franco-Rus-
sian pact of mutual assistance
eventually will be concluded, for.
eign office circles insisted today.
The same quarters laughed at
reports that Germany had con-
cluded a secret treaty with
Frances erstwhile ally, Poland.
The rumors were branded as
''either a fake or maneuver."
The F'ranco-Polish alliance story
came to light again in the Lyons
newspaper Salut Public, and
brought denials from Berlin and
Warsaw as well as Paris.
The Lyons publication printed
what purported to be the complete
text of the secret treaty, which
was said to provide for pooling Of
Germany's and Poland's military,
economic and financial resources
to repel an unprovoked attack.
Provision also was made, the
paper said, for Poland to permit
free passage of German troops
through Polish territory in case
of an invasion from the north
east.
Copies of the London Sunday
Times, received here today, carried
an almost identical story original
ing in Russia.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
New Deal Fails,
Says DR.. Ladder

NEW YORK, April 22.-Dr.
Harry w. Ladder, executive direc-
tor of the League for Industrial
Democracy, in a pamphlet. Amer
lea in the Depression" issued to-
day, describes the effects of the
New Deal on labor in the United
States. He maintains that, while
child labor has decreased, and
hours reduced under the New
Deal, the army of the unemployed
is still nearly twice as great as
any time during the crisis of
1920-21. 4
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Plane Crash Kills
2, Probe Is Started

PITTSFIELD, Mass, April %
G.N.SD. - Following the death
here of the second victim, au-
thorities today opened an inves-
tigation into the airplane crash
at West Lebanon yesterday which
took two lives.
Raymond Severn, 81, pilot Of
the plane, died in a hospital here
today. Edwin Griswold. jr., Is,
student flier, was killed when
the plane plunged into Kinder
hook Greek.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Capital Churches Packed
For Easter Services

'The Lord is risen. He is risen
indeed"
A rain-swept Washington, packed
with thousands Of visitors from
all parts of the country, assembled
in it's churches yesterday to cele-
brate the greatest festival of the
Christian year, Easter, signifying
the triumph of life over death.
It was a disappointing day in
that the annual after-church par.
ade on Connecticut Ave. was can.
celled, owing to the storm. But
inside the churches, the affairs
decorated with lilies and spring
flowers, there was beauty and SOL
emnity.
Despite the downpour, thous-
ands of persons, including Mrs,
Roosevelt, went to Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery for the sunrise
service held by the Knights Tenn
plar. Mrs. Roosevelt then placed
a cross of lilies on the tomb Of
the Unknown Soldier.
Several thousand perso S
gathered at Walter Reed Hospital
for the annual sunrise service
held there for the patients, doctors
and nurses.
Early risers listened to a radio
broadcast of Easter services in
Rome, eliminating with a blessing
impaired by His Holiness. Pope
Plus XII.
The Capital was packed with
visitors. Every hotel room was
filled and there were appeals for
residents to open their homes to
accommodate the crowds.
The road around the Tidal Basin
and Hams Point was packed with
cars as the visitors drove to see
the cherry blossoms.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
ManWhOCO
Is Bremen Witness

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April %
Q.N.S).-High point of the Gov
ernment's fight to convict 10 de-
PENDANTS of the 100000 ransom
kidnapping of Edward Bremen, St.
Paul banker, was expected to be
reached today when prosecutors
placed Byron Bolton, confessed
members of the kidnap gang, on
the stand.
Bolton is expected to divulge
the details of the kidnapping, and
name the members of the gang.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Card Party Tonight
For Bugle Corps

A card party to raise funds to
send the Fort Stevens Post drum
and bugle corps to the American
Legion convention in st. Louis will
be sponsored by the wives of mem
bers tonight at 8:15 in the audi
forum of the Paul Junior High
School,, Eighth and Oglethorpe
Streets N. w.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
'RACKETEERS
GUT RATES At
EGG ROLLING
Boys and Girls Fare Well
Escorting Adults Through
White House Gates
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

Prices were as low as 10 cents
q throw as a goodly number OF
egg-rolling "racketeers" did g.
thriving business for while at
the White House today.
The "racketeers" numbered
somewhere between 40 and SO
and they were on hand as soon
as the gates we're opened at 9:15
q. m. for the annual Easter Mon
day egg-rolling festivities on the
White House grounds.
Contrary to the popular con-
ception of a racketeer, the White
House "racketeers" are little boys
and girls were added to their
business today-Who stand at the
White House gates and, for slip
ulated sum, stake in" any adults
who haven't their own children
for escorts.
White House Rule
The White House regulations on
Easter Monday, you see, provide
that until $3.50 p. m, when the
gates are opened to the public,
the only grown-ups who can join
in the egg-rolling are those who
come accompanied by children
with Easter egg baskets.
But, if you're a groWn-up ana
don't have any children, you can
get in if you can pay the piper"
Of course, it isn't legal. and
when the White House police see
youngster coming in and out
with a different adult each time,
he knows the child is a racket
eer," and puts an end to the
racketeering.
Prices Vary
Last year, the price was Is
cents to all corners. But this year,
it was 10 cents or is cents, or rs
cents if you could get it.
There were approximately 15,'
900 children and adults crowded
on the White House lawn when
Mrs. Roosevelt made her first visit
through the mob.
She was pushed and crowded
and, although she wouldn't admit
it, crushed by the milling crowd
who wanted to look at her and to
say a few words to the First Lady
as she made her rounds.
New Spring Dress
Attired in a brand-new spring
print dress, she made her way
around the grounds, accompanied
by Mrs. Hall Roosevelt, her sister
in-law, and her two little girls,
Amy, 9, and Diana, z.
Speaking from the south portico
of the White House, Mrs. Roose-
welt said:
"Good morning. This is a
beautiful day in Washington
and the lawn is already crowded
with children and grown people.
They all seem to be having a
lovely time, and I hope all the
youngsters throughout the cOun-
try are having a lovely time,
too"
Girl Scouts, Girl Reserves and
District playground department
directors were on hand as early
as 9 a. m. to supervise the games
and to help in the return of lost
children.
Shouts of glee were heard
from all corners of the vast
White House grounds as the chill
dren joined in playing '"The
Farmer in the Dell" and "Ring
Around a Rosy and in throwing
their eggs down the slopes on
the lawn.
There was the usual number of
lost children, crying Historically
for mama" and the usual num-
Der of sprained wrists and over
loaded tummies. The ailing chill
dren were given first aid by the
American Red Cross motor corps.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
40 Fugitives Safe
From Chinese Reds

SHANGHAI. April % G.NSO.
Fleeing from the menace of COM
munist troops at Chengtu, 40
American and British women and
children arrived by air today at
Chungking, $50 miles south of
the threatened city. Many others
are leaving the city by boat, but
a few elected to remain in
Chengtu.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Home Town Honor
To Farley Today

HAVERSTRAW, N. Y, April %
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley will come into his home town
here today to lay a cornerstone
for the new postoffice. In honor
of the occasion Mayor Charles D..
Engle has proclaimed a holiday.
The Washington times., 1935-04-22
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tolloW-
ing names Were in the head
lines. Can you recall then?
Martha IjamS
James III. Collins
Stellita StapletOn
John Cavanaugh
James DOnahue
(AnSWerS On Page ~
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-03-29
MAN NOT ALWAYS
HELD ENEMY BY
WILD CREATURES

There was once time OF unlver-
cal friendship. or at least mutual
tolerance. between man and the AMI.
mails, declares DIR. Walter Hough.
curator OF anthropology OF the
Smithsonian institution. This sltua-
ton Is contrary TO the theory that In
the early days there was mutual an
taEonlsm between man and the low
er creatures. causing a tooth and
claw" relationship.
There are still remnants OF this
original Eden in Isolated parts OF
the world" states Doctor Hough.
who has been tracing the method by
which man domes;Icated animals.
The trail OF most OF the domesticated
animals leads back to central Asia.
There. Doctor Hough believes, early
man had temperament especially
adapted 10 inspire friendship and
confidence among his fellow crea-
lures.
observers In new countries" Doc
tor Hough says. have recorded with
surprise the lack OF fear by animals
There still remain I'm remote
parts zones OF peace. where animals
are unaccustomed 20 fear. One such
zone was found In Tibet by natural
lists Of the British Mount Everest
expedition. Another instance
was called to my attention by a
member OF our own stan. who OBJ
served the lack OF fear among the
animals during his exploration OF ST.
Lawrence island. Alaska.
The above leads to the generalIza-
ton that domestlcation is not the
province OF cruel and fear-engender-
Ing men. Domestlcatlon came about
In zones Of peace and was accom-.
plished by peaceful men through
kindly methods. The coming togeth-
or of such fortuitous circumstances
az animals suited for domestlcatlon
and men OF the peaceful. patient
type undoubtedly was found In Asia.
where our domestic animals origi.
nated.r