davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-04-28

companion-way stairs. He looked at
her, then at the coffee pot in storm
cleats on the messroom table.
Thought you'd got your wish and
had gone overheard in that sea-" be
said thickly. His eyes were stony.
scornful. His shoulders sagged from
weariness as he flung his dripping
sou'wester on the seat. might have
known better" he added, staggering
around the messroom table and
reaching for the coffee pot.
His hand paused in midair. He
stared at the injured man on the mat
tress under the swinging cuddy lamp.
Brandon said that he'd gone over.
board. How -" Dropping to his
knees. he examined the bandaged
injury. felt the mans pulse. The girl
turned her face away. He arose. Said
nothing. Poured himself q cup of oof-
fee. Drank it. As he raised the pam
nikin to his lips, she saw that his hand
shook.
'Nelson has a wife and two chill.
dren." he said.
She forced herself to meet his eyes.
They were no longer hard, accusing.
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Continued from page seven

specimen is lost to some xoological
park.
But even supposing the man en-
deavors to take the snake alive. there
are difficulties. For all his deadliness
and dangerous qualities. the BUSH
master has an extremely delicate neck.
The commonest method of catching
snakes is to pin their heads down with
forlked stick. and almost invariably
that procedure. If attempted with q
bushmaster. causes the snake to
squirm and twist and there il q
soft ''crackr and still another speci.
men will never be exhibited. He may
languish a few days. but death is
inevitable.
Still third explanation of the bush.
masters rarity Is the tendency Of
almost all of them to refuse food in
captivity. There Il 4 record in Trim
idad Of the late r. r. Mole - from
whom. by the way. obtained all the
bushmasters the Geological Park ever
had until I brought back one last year
having induced very young BUSH
master to feed.
At present. Prof. F. w. Urich Of the
Imperial College Of Tropical Asricul-
ture in Trinidad Is holding our new
young bushmaster, and if he manages
to get it on a regular diet and it sur.
wives, he will send it to US. Then we
shall really see what can be done in
the way Of making a good exhibition
snake out Of the bushmaster.
It ID true that our most recent Trim
idad bushmaster fed in captivity. but
he did it only because food was forced
down his mouth. That sounds like .
rather difficult job. but in actuality it
was not.
After the snake had been ON ex-
hibition about . month and allowed no
signs Of feeding. decided that it was
. choice Of letting him starve to death
o. Of taking the risk Of killing him by
a broken vertebra in the process of
force-feeding. That chance seemed
worth taking and one morning called
in Fred Taggart, one of the expert
enced keepers in the Reptile House.
and instructed him to kill and skin a
young rabbit and then to carry the
bushmaster out to table in the studio
at the end of the Reptile House.
In q few minutes Fred placed the
carcass of the rabbit on the table
before me and came back with six
feet of rather nonplussed snake draped
over the end Of a long pole that
terminated in a large iron hook. He
gently deposited the snake on the
table and slowly withdrew the hook.
The bushmaster was not alarmed or
angry; he was merely curious about
this sudden transition from the jungle
dimness Of his cage to the bright SUM-
light of the studio.
Before he had time to collect his
thoughts" reached out with a small
1T" stick and pressed his head to the
table Before he knew what was hap
Evening star., 1935-04-28

I shot the glass door panel home.
In recent years I have made several
collecting trips to bushmaster territory
in Central America. and the men down
there have had the same sort of exper-
iences with that snake. Abe Halliday,
a driller with the Army gang that has
been working on Madden Dam in the
Canal Zone. has killed eleven BUSH
masters and he noticed that they
travel with their heads well up in the
air ready to strike before you know it.
Abe had the unpleasant experience
one hot day Of sitting down on a shady
bank to cool off and finding a bush
master right behind him.
II heard something kind Of buxzing
back there. but I thought it was some
kind Of bug" Abe told me. 1T kept
on busting 90 loud that I turned
around. and there was q seven-foot
bushmaster coiled and ready to let 20
with his head. about two feet behind
me.
Il don't know to this day how got
of that bank. I must have jumped
straight up from a sitting position,
and changed directions in the air. BE-
cause I landed five feet away with my
gun in my hand and III swear I was
shooting before I felt myself light.
That was my Number Three BUSH
master. and I've killed eight more
since. But none As close ~ that"
The ''buzxing'' Abe heard was the
bushmaster's tail rafting On the dead
leaves. Bushmasters are not "rattlers."
in the sense that a rattlesnake 10 -
that ID. they don't have q series of
rattles ON their tails - but they have
q hard tip on the tail and they beat it
rapidly on the jungle floor and it
makes rafting sound.
But the interesting thing. to me.
about the bushmaster il not his agsTes-
siveness Or his capacity to kill. but the
very quality that up to now has made
him an extremely poor exhibition rep
tile. That il: his paradoxical fragility
and the difficulty in keeping him alive
once he has been caught.
Bushmasters are not at all rare in
the American tropics. The engineer
making contour surveys and clearing
out the jungle on the site Of Madden
Dam, only fifteen miles from the
Panama Canal Zone. killed seven in
one brief season. and in Trinidad last
summer I heard that no less than q
dozen had been killed in BRUSHING
around one Of the cane plantations the
season before. 1t is simply an ex-
tremely rare reptile in captivity, and
for two or three very good reasons.
In the first place. natives do not like
to handle it. When an Indian OF Negro
laborer in the tropics sees a BUSH
master. his instinct is to kill it as
expeditioudy and with as much safety
to himself as possible. He generally
has a machete in his hand, or stick.
One vigorous slash and the bush.
master is dead - and another fine
Evening star., 1935-04-28

T Use the one razor which reproduces his
u long, gliding, scuf1ess stroke: buy a
Gem and learn to shave r;ght from the start.
Gems flat, taH-eonteet top tightens every
contour like the barber's stretching fngers)
and gets every bristle at root level. This
enables Gem to work so closely that once
over will control the heaviest stubble for "a
hours. No need to explain how that protects
tender skins from needless irritation.
Dual-Alignment locks the blade uncreep-
ingly at five points in exact shaving position
and prevents dis6guring scrapes. You can't
Evening star., 1935-04-28
Dos'f shb this

Don { skib this
Ons.pises Csn Mjess.
sssfie Rsssr kss 10 asis.
dsws 1Syts. Otsss ed
closes ND . Gsssr-sUiri.
Ossrssiss Ssebssiss(es
essIst In kssiis) ess's
esrrsis ~ ct est f0ksek.
Csssessest forever.
Evening star., 1935-04-28

maui yourself With this
simple, fool proof, one
piece razor.
Gems straight, tugless
sweep gets all the stubble
without need of the twisty,
criss-cross strokes that
cause irregular beard
growth and encourage
Evening star., 1935-04-28
take a tip from the barber!

ingrown hairs irresponsible for most of the
unsightly blemishes usually credited to
approaching maturity. Men who use Gems
have clear, healthy, unmarried skins.
500 thicker, Gem Micromatic Blades are
made of surgical steel so toughly textured
and tempered that 1t withstands 4S40 sep
arate stroppings. That's why Gem edges
remain keen 50 much longer that no substi-
tute at any price is cheaper.
Your dealer will supply handsomely
boxed outfit with gold-plated razor guar
anteed unbreakable for lifetime with
Evening star., 1935-11-04
LEGION PRESSES
UNIVERSAL DRAFT
v. F. w. to Ask Congress to
ConScript Capital in
War Time.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Campaigns for the universal draft
and conscription Of capital in war
time were shaping up today for the
next session of Congress.
The American Legion, an official
said today. will renew its 14-year fight
for the universal draft plan providing
for non-proft wartime service by all
classes.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars an
nounced support Of plan to con-
script capital and industry "on the
same basis as armed forces"
The V. F. w. will push program
designed to strengthen American neu-
trality. to bring about Federal control
or regulation of the munitions indus
try and to require political candidates
TO make public their position on for
eign entanglements."
New War Feared.
Victor E. DevereauX, director OF the
Y. F. w Department of Americanism,
said today European nations ARE ap-
parently on the verge of a new war
ulSplltu SOlelN lol SlSeu 4ol lclllloiS.
Declaring that while seeking profits
to be gained from coveted oil and
mineral resources" these nations
"have already made deliberate efforts
to involve the United States in the
intrigue of Europe" Devereaux added:
The destruction Of life and prop
erty in the World War and subsequent
economic depression provide convinc-
ing proof that those who are forced
to do the fighting are also called upon
to bear the burden of cost"
Would Ignore Investments.
He said the organization would seek
10 have Congress "repudiate any re-
sponsibility on the part OF the United
States in the protection OF American
investments in foreign nations or OF
anv citizen who deliberately travels
aboard a foreign ship that is open to
attack by an enemy"
The V. F. w, he added. will seek
constitutional amendment to give
the Nation a permanent neutral policy
Of isolation "in controversies between
other nations
Evening star., 1935-11-04
WASHTUB DAYS ENDED
FOR WOMAN BY LEGACY
Modest Fortune Left Relief Client
Who Had Seen Aunt
Only Once.
n the Associated Press.

3v the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. N. Y, November 4
iP).-Half and possibly all of a sl6.-
TIA fortune means the end of eight
years on home relief and taking in
80 washings a week for Mrs. Eliza F.
Crowell. so.
Mrs. Crowell yesterday made plans
TO 20 to Florida with her husband,
Seneca. and open tea room or deli
catessen when the estate of her So
year.old aunt, Miss Anna H. Fielder
OF Bridgeport. Conn, is settled.
Located at her washtub. where for
years she has supplemented the
monthly stipend received from State
relief. Mrs. Crowell was told of the
inheritance due her from the estate
of Miss Fielder, whom she had seen
only once and then at the age of 6
while in an orphanage.
Evening star., 1935-11-04
BLINDED YOUTH RESCUED

LEBANON, Greg, November'4 (Pj.
Totally blind and with his feet so
badly frozen they may have to be
amputated, Claud HUI. 19. of Leb-
anon, was found yesterday after
spending two nights lost in the snow
on the side of Blain Mountain, near
here.
Already blind in one eye. Hultz
bumped the other against a limb. 1t
swelled shut and a physician said he
probably would lose it.
Because Hultz was unable to see
James Cronin. his hunting COM
panion, left him to seek aid after they
became lost. The searching party
found Hultz about a mile from a
cabin.
Evening star., 1935-11-04
New Airlines.

New air services are to be operated
between London, Amsterdam and Ber-
LIN.
Evening star., 1935-11-04

A big savings all week
on this nationally known
soup. Regularly priced
at 3 cans 25c.
Evening star., 1935-11-04

Lombardy Poplars, 1914 IT,,
Csc each; 3 for S1.00
Silver Naples, 1912 it., must
be seen to be appreciated:
balled and burlapped, $3.50
each.
Weeping willows. $40 It.
balled and burlapped. $2.25
Evening star., 1935-11-04

yIGORO, 5 lbs.. 45c: 10 lbs. S5c;
IS lbs. x1.50; 30 lbs, $3.50: 100
lbs. $500.
sheep Manure. Is lbs. e0c; 80 lbs,
$50; 100 lbs, Ss.50.
Cattle Manure. e5 lbs. S0c: 80
lbs.. &1.50; 100 lbs, $3.50.
Imported Peat, large 22-bu. bale,
$3.50.
Rome Meal. Is lbs, soc; 50 lbs,
$3.50; 100 lbs, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
To GIVE
THREE PLAYS

Washington's Negro repertory
players will give three one-act
plays at Lincoln Temple Congre.
gational Church tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock.
The plays will be Dreamy Kid, :"
by Eugene O'Neill; THE Man Who
Died at Twelve O'Clock" by Paul
Green, and Dead Men Don't
Dance" by Willis Richardson, a
local playwright.
The plays will be under the d..
rection of James Butcher, form.
erly of the Howard University
Players, and the cast will include
Sterling Brown, Louise Pierson,
Grace Desmond, Valerie Parks,
Merrill Booker, Henry Hudson,
william Robinson, william Bev.
erly and James Booker.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
Mellon Wins Opening
- /. Oust in Tax Fight

said members "felt the subpoenas
are too broad and were improp-
erly issued"
May Apply Again
Mr.. Van FoSsan'S order was is
sued without prejudice so that the
Government can apply for other
subpoenaS. He suggested Govern
ment counsel and attorneys for
the Mellon interests agree on what
records are essential to the case
in which Mr.. Mellon seeks a re.
fund of $4,000 on his 1881 pay
ment.
The Government sought records
of the banking institutions TO SUBJ
stantiate allegations that the for
mer Secretary Of the Treasury
used the banks, especially the
Union Trust Company, as a clear
ing house for many sales designed
to avoid taxes.
Called 1t Hardship
John G.. Frazier, attorney for
the Mellon banks, argued:
ut would be a hardship on
the banks to be compelled to
produce and keep In court great
masses Of records, many Of
which are in daily USE"
He said the subpoena lis in the
nature of a fishing excursion" by
the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue who hopes to find something
to aid his case.
Robert H. Jackson, Government
counsel, replied:
This is not a fishing expe.
ditiOn. We've got our fish"
Mr.. Mellon Spectator
Mr.. Mellon and his Son-in-law
David K. Bruce, were interested
spectators while counsel argued
on the motion for quashing the
subpoenaS.
The records desired by the Gov.
eminent cover a variety of trans.
actions in which Mr.. Mellon al
legedly made shadow sales" and
took fictitious losses to reduce his
taxable income. Mr.. Jackson ad.
mitted his case depends largely on
these and other records, assert
ing:
what we want is right in
those books. We don't need wit
nesseS."
The Washington times., 1935-02-19

Dentists everywhere recommend DR..
Lyon Tooth Powder, because-teeth
simply cannot remain dull and film
coated when it is used.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder cleans off
all stains and polishes the teeth in a
harmless and practical way that leaves
them sparking-many shades winter.
Free from all grit or pumice, DR..
Lyons Tooth Powder cannot possibly
scratch, or iniure the softest enamel.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder keeps
your teeth REALLY CLEAN and
clean teeth mean-frm, healthy gums
and the least possible tooth decay.
Powder leaves your teeth feeling so
much cleaner, your mouth so re-
freshed, and your breath so sweet
and pure.
Once you use powder you will never
go back to tooth paste. People by the
thousands are changing daily.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder is not
only doubly efficient, but it costs only
half as much to use. Even a small
package lasts twice as long as a tube
of tooth paste.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
MAN IN SECOND
H|T-RUN CASE

The distinction" of being the
first man ever arraigned in Traf.
fic Court on a second offense
charge Of "hit-and-run" driving
fell to the lot of Charles F. Crock,
%, Takoma Park, Md, yesterday.
Crock also was accused Of reck.
less driving and operating on a
revoked Maryland permit. He de-
manded a jury trial and Judge
Ralph Given set bail at $1,100.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
George D. Nelson was told that
Crock was arrested several days
ago after an auto he was driving
collided with a car operated by
Lorraine Deffee, 200 block Chan
ming st. N. E., and then left the
scene. He was convicted on q
hit-and-run charge and a charge
of driving while intoxicated a
year ago.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
GARRETT |RKED
At CHILLING
(continusd from Page -

(Continusd from Page -
mer on the subject of postpone.
ments in pending criminal cases.
Gambling Cases
Making it clear that he did not
wish to critic his predecessor,
former District Attorney Leo
Rover, Mr.. Garrett told the COM
mittee there had not been a gam
bling indictment for a year and a
half prior to his advent, and that
since he came to office there had
been 81 indictments for this type
Of crime with II convictions.
Part of the morning hearing
was consumed in dealing with
personnel matters in the Police
Department. Mr.. Garrett char.
acterized Civil Service require
ments for police officers as
"farcical." Agreeing with testi-
mony previously given by George
M. Little, lieutenant of the Vice
OAAdS1S 444 ~ o. IL Y NCNA1AV GA
many efficient officers are being
held back because of their in.
ability to meet scholastic require.
mentS. He said:
"They are holding back Lieu.
tenant Little because he can't
answer foolish questions. The
examinations given by the Civil
Service for police officers are
farCical.
Common sense, courage and
faithfullnesS count for more
than q knowledge of the class
ics."
DIR. Fitzpatrick then asked how
the merit system for police officers
could be maintained if Civil Serv-
ice requirements were eliminated.
Mr.. Garrett said he was not in a
position to answer that question.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
Bill Would Abolish
Hidden Bar in D. G..

A bill abolishing the hidden
bar" was introduced in the House
yesterday by Representative Al.
fred F. Better CD New York.
The sponsor obtained the ap-
proval Of Chairman Mary T. Nor.
ton, Of the House District Com
mittee. He stated he was advised
Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen
and Dan I. Sultan favor abolition
Of the hidden bar.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 d.N.SJ.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 UN.SJ.
Andrew w. Mellon, multimillion-
atre financier, emerged victorious
today in his first clash with the
Federal Government which seeks
$3,075, 103 in taxes and penalties
on his 1891 income.
Subpoenas ordering two Mellon
enterprises - the Union Trust
Company and the Mellon National
Bank-to produce their books at
the hearings before the U. s..
Board of Tax Appeals were
ordered quashed. Ernest H. Van
FoSsan, chairman of the board,
The Washington times., 1935-02-19
.BlantOn Opposes
New D. G.. Judge

Representative Thomas Blanton
Cd Of Texas opposed a bill to
provide an additional justice for
the District Court of Appeals yes
terday, declaring it unnecessary
If the present justices worked as
they should.
A measure to extend life of the
DiStrictVirginia Boundary Com
mission for one year and appro-
pirate $4,000 for its maintenance
also failed to reach q House vote.
The Washington times., 1935-02-19

THERE is nothing known that
will clean and polish teeth so
Il quickly and leave them so
cleaning white-as POWDER.
That is why your dentist, when
cleaning your teeth, as you know
always uses powder.
Asst is only the powder part of any
dentifrice that cleans, a dentifrice
that is ALL POWDER just naturally
cleans best.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder is
ALL POWDER-1OO% cleansing
properties. This is more than twice the
cleansing properties of tooth pastes.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
WHEAT PRICES
NARROW

. CHICAGO, Sept. 10 G.N.SO.
Wheat prices held to a narrow
range today in light, early deal
1ngs.
Relative firmness at Liverpool
and a moderate upturn at Win
nipeg brought a furry of buying
shortly after the opening, carry
ing prices moderately higher, but
the market fell back on scattered
offerings and hedging pressure.
December reacted to 931s from
935s.
Corn moved up a major frac-
ton to 565s for December on
short covering,
Near mid-session wheat was un-
changed to 1sc off, corn 2s to Sec
! up, oats "a to Pc up.
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
COTTON HIGHER
AND ACTIVE

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 G.N.SO.
Reflecting the relatively strong
cables, cotton futures in the local
market today moved higher in
moderately active trading.
There was some better Wall
Street and domestic trade demand
in evidence. A few scattered
hedges were present.
Spot houses ught near
months, but the principal support
came from the trade, Far East,
Wall Street and Liverpool. Locals,
commission houses, New Orleans
and the South were lined on the
selling side.
At midday, the list was to II
points higher. October was up
6 at 10.47; December up 8, at
10.49; March up 8. at 1888; May
up 7, at 1854, and July up II, at
1911,
The Washington times., 1935-09-10

Tn the last l reported week. steel production saggcd
little but renewed gains already reported The prospects
for increased fall demand good enough to offset
statistical indications of little overproductlon during
August
AS expected, automobile production has reacted and a
week ago deceased little than seasonaly. But de-
vere have continued to hold up surprisingly and the manu-
facurers buying steel for the new models which
to be brought out earlier this year.
Lumber production has increased building activity has
risen textile production is about holding its
and wool manufacturing is expanding
AS usual would emphasize carloadings Here find
good gain of proportions carrying the
total cent above year ago Not only COAL but also
miscellaneous freight shipments increased In fact livestock
showed the only decrease.
While retail trade has spotty and backward particu
arv in the East notable that wholesale trade has perked
up considerably This usually anticipates better retail business
And bank debts last week to level over 20 per cent bet
ter than year ago.
Wholesale commodity prices touched high average to-
ward the end Of the weekthe highest since the bottom
of the depression Livestock d and grains higher Even
cotton gained little Wool strong and hides and leather
firm The chief weakness in such international commod
ties rubber tn silk and brap But lumber off, and
gasoline and kerosene weakened under the influence OF large
California production.
The fixing of high price wheat by the Canadian
outstanding This for the present
the danger dumping the Canadian wheat surplus The final
outcom Of such artificial is doubtful but for while
ut will strengthen our market
The decline in foreign currencies and particularly the pound
is easily explained but the less disturbing Certainly
foreign trade of the business draWbacs War threats
the gyraons Of crazy slverbuyg policy and seasonal
conditions the general Probably there is tendency
ito transfer foreg funds this country and when quit
semg dollars to buy silver the pound declined The French
franc fell below the gold shipping point for the first time since
it "'saved' last June.
Of course, Mr.. Roosevets remark about breathing
spelp eagerly seized upon by business Whatever
his motives and intent he at last recognizes that the finan
ca condition of the country such that is necessary to
stop squandering credit advised reform schemes
he do much make the current recovery further than
the earlier New Deal spurts.
Such change of mind however, remains to be In his
actions We should that he made pledge promise
whatsoever He merely said that breathing spell SIS here
Maybe Is But he does not commit himself to anything
cept to try enforce the many must bills he forced through
Congress.
just of those "swings the right"
The Washington times., 1935-09-10
Cotton Goods

NEW YORK. Sept. 10 s).-De-
spite the somewhat bullish raw cotton
crop report and the subsequent strength
ening in prices, coarse yarn cloths
markets continued comparatively in
active. There was moderate trading in
standard numbers today at prices show
ing little or no change from the previ-
Gus session. but buyers generally were
still showing some concern over the
processor tax difficulties. With a de-
riSion on the COnstitutiOnality of the
AAA due next month. several feel that
there Is a. definite Likelihood that ths
supreme court will uphold the Boston
ruling heidinE the act UNCONSTITUTIONAL