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The Washington times., 1936-08-26
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Lanahan Capitals Proudest Boy as He Was
Made Fireman, But III Luck Kept
Him in Hospital for a Year

The boyhood ambition of Cor
nelius Bernard Lanahan was to
drive fire engine.
And the proudest young man in
all of washington was Lanahan,
when, on January /, 1908, he was
appointed to the department and
became driver of No. 7 engine.
But ill fate pursued him. Fight
ing the fire at the ball park on
March II, 1911, he was seriously
injured when struck by falling
timbers and sent to the hospital.
Then in 1918 during the great
Seventh Street fire he was trapped
with several others when the Sec
ond floor fell in, and for two
hours was pinned down, half Suf-
located and in danger of being
burned or crushed to death before
being rescued.
He was in the hospital a year
from the injuries suffered there,
and when returned to duty was
unable to drive. So they made him
inspector in the Fire MarshalS
office, and he performed excellent
service until his retirement in
1892.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
ASKS
$1,117,492
BUDGET
Health Chief Ignores
Commissioners Plea
For Economy

ignoring the plea Of the District
Commissioners for rigid economy
in preparing the 1888 fiscal year
budget, Health officer George c.
Rutland submitted estimates $780,.
522 in excess of current appro-
priationS.
The current budget for the de-
partment is $507 $40. DR.. Rutland
asks $1,117,492 for the coming
year.
Outstanding is an item of $780,
900 for construction of two re-
gional health centerS. The build
ingS are to be three stories and
basement, air-conditioned and fire
proof. He suggested that three
other centers should be built later,
each to serve 10000 to 100000
persons.
Death Rate High
To justify the boost in his esti-
mates, DR.. Rutland cited the
high death rate here and COM
pared it with that of other large
cities. He declared the local per
capita budget of $1.88 was far
under the American public health
standard, which ranges from 81 SO
to $2.37. Describing the health
centerS, DR.. Rutland said:
"SuCh health centerS are
planned to provide facilities for
diagnosis, consultation, and
treatment of clientele that is to
be served. The building provides
housing for a group of public
health nurses and welface work
erS, together with clerical staff
attached to these services"
DR.. Rutland asked for $95,174
to hire 81 new workers.
Wide Range in Aides
The new employees would include
eight sanitary and food inspectors;
a director of health education: a
statistician; two clerks: two stenog.
raphers, and two chauffeurs for
the administrative staff; three ply
Sicians; a bacteriologist; three
clerk-stenographerS; a caretaker
for treatment of INDECENT persons;
a director, a supervisor and 10
nurses for the nursing service. and
an assistant director; four medical
inspectors: two dental operators;
a dental hygienist and a physi-
otherarist for the public school
sanitation program.
Consolidation of the chemical.
archaeological and sociological
services into a department Of
laboratories was proposed by DR..
Rutland in a request for $40,755,
an increase of $11,333 over the
current appropriation.
For child welfare and hygiene,
he asked $30,840, which compares
with the present $25, 900 budget.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
WIDOW INL0VE
TRIANGLE IN
SECLUSI0N
Mrs. Thomas in Hiding
After Husband Kills
Rival and Self

Sole survivor Of a love triangle
death ride that came to a
macabre end in the early hours
yesterday when her eStranged
husband shot and killed her adj
mirer and then took his own life,
Mrs. Lille B. Thomas, pretty o.
year-old beauty shop employe, hid
from friends and interviewers in
the home of a relative.
Death came to the admirer,
Gilmer L. Snyder, 81, a Washing
ton automobile mechanic, as he
rode at pistol point through Alex,
andria, Va, with the jealousy.
crazed husband, Clifton D.
Thomas, at the wheel of the auto.
mobile and Mrs. Thomas an un-
willing passenger and witness.
Snyder Slumped in the seat of
the small coupe as he was shot
Instantly killed, doctors believe
as Thomas continued the wild
drive and the wife pleaded that
Snyder be taken to a hospital.
The gruesome journey ended in
King George Court House, Va,
where the husband stepped from
the car and sent a bullet from
the rs caliber pistol into his own
brain.
The ride began shortly after
midnight yesterday when Thomas
met Snyder and Mrs. Thomas as
they storped in front of Mrs.
Thomas apartment in the 1400
block of belmont st. N. w., after
an automobile ride.
He forced the couple back into
Snyder's machine and took the
wheel himself. keeping the death
weapon pointed at the rival"
Thomas, an attendant at st.
Elizabeth's Hospital. had been
estranged from his wife nearly
a year. Snyder. too, was estranged
from his wife, Mrs. Lillian
Snyder. 1000 block o st. N. W.,
an employe at the State Depart
ment. Thomas lived in the 800
block Maryland Ave. N. E., and
Snyder's last known address was
1900 block F st. N. w.
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Washingtonidn Hurt
In VIRGINIA Accident

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Aug. 26.
William H. Hearst, 81, of 604
Tenth st. S. w., Washington, was
recovering in Alexandria Hospital
here today from injuries received
in an automobile accident on the
washington Richmond highway at
Snake Hill, three miles below here,
late yesterday.
Hospital attendants said Mr..
Hearst was suffering from frac-
tured ribs, cuts and bruises.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
AUTOS INJURE
3CHILDREN

Three children were injured in
traffic accidents here yesterday.
Hugh Campbell, 8, of 507 B
st. S. E., was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital for cuts and bruises
suffered when he was knocked
down by a car near his home.
Joseph Goverman, 7, Of 900
B st. S. E., suffered a fractured
shoulder and cuts and bruises
when he was struck by car
near his home. He was treated
at Casualty Hospital.
Constance Morton, colored, 3,
of 1856 Corcoran st. N. w., was
in a serious condition in Freed
mems Hospital, suffering from a
fractured skull received when she
was struck by an automobile
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$5OO,OOO IT f NJ
LEFT OUT OF
BUDGET
Stephens Backs Move
To Remove Branches
From Lump Sum

Expense of operating two local
courts, which amounts to approx
imately 100000 d year, may be
transferred from the budget of
the District government to the
Federal Government when the
next local appropriation bill is en-
acted by Congress.
This was revealed today when
the office of District Auditor
Daniel ]. Donovan failed to sub
NIT to the District Commissioners
budgets for the United States
Court of Appeals for the District,
formerly known as the District
Court of Appeals, and the District
Court of the United States for the
District of Columbia, formerly
known as the District Suprme
Court.
Justice Backs Move
At hearings before the Senate
appropriations subcommittee for
the District, Justice Harold M.
Stephens fostered the move of
having the two courts carried on
through Federal Government ex-
penses rather than by the District
government.
Justice Stephens commended that
since both courts had been trans
ferred into the status of United
States courts, the operation ex-
penseS should be borne by the Fed
eral, rather than the local govern
ment.
1t was also recalled that when
the late JA5tice William Hitz and
Justice Dac1iel w. O'Donoghue, of
the District court, won out in a
suit before the United States Su-
preme Court during the 1888 fiscal
year against a Is per cent cut in
salaries of the courts magistrates,
the high tribunal held that both
local courts were Federal inStitu-
tionS.
S470,690 Item Out
In the current appropriation an
Item OF $47O,69O was included in
the District budget to carry on &C
Invites of both courts.
1t is contemplated that here
after the municipal government
will bear only the expense of car
ing for prisoners and other minor
expenses in the activities of the
two courts.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
SPORT 5 MAN
INDICTED IN
LARCENY
O'DonneII Is CHARGED
With Taking $1,000
Diamond Rinq

James Seth O'Donnell, we'll
known sportsman now serving a
two-year prison sentence at Lor-
ton Reformatory for counterfeit
ing, was indicted by the District
Grand Jury today on charges of
embezzlement, grand larceny, and
larceny after trust.
The new indictment against
O'Donnell is based on a charge
of Edgar T. Updyke, a Front Royal
(Va) horSeman, that the former
took a $4,000 diamond ring from
him on May 81 under a pretext
that he would sell it to an inter
ested person, but never gave an &C
counting in the transaction.
O'Donnell was introduced to Up
dyke by former State Senator Au-
brey G. Weaver, of Front Royal,
according to reports in the file.
Sometime later Updyke told O'Don-
nell of his desire to dispose of the
ring and on May 81 the latter
made the proposition that he
would sell the ring for $1,000 to a
friend or would return it not later
than June 7, Weaver told officials.
He has not seen O'Donnell or the
ring since, he said.
So Bills Returned
Fifty-nine true bills were
handed up to Justice James M.
Proctor today. They include the
following charges against the
following persons:
Leo G.. Simmons, Harry L. Ben
nett, Andrew R. Morton, Andrew
S. McCray, George H. Whiting,
E. A. Middleton, Warren S.
Brown, Richard E. Budd, Walter
Rhine, jefferson Lewis, Robert
Lewis, William Calomeris. Ber-
nard Vitale. T. P. Burdette, Will
bur B. johnson. N. H. Caldwell,
J. S. MISUNDERSTANDING and
larceny.
Richard Adams, Carl Dixon,
William Waites, Joseph Williams,
J. H. Lowe-grand larceny.
John Gillespie and James Bo-
land-grand larceny and joy-rid-
ing.
James H. Cathey, Monroe john
son, Morris Johnson-joy-riding.
Indicted for Robbery
]. H. Kirkhill. Frank johnson,
J. L. Simpson, E. R. Burkhead,
Sonny Marshall, Roy WilkerSon,
Georgianna Hamilton, Gladys
Green, John Snort, C. A. Jenkins,
Levi Jenkins, James Mitchell,
Stanley Hawkins, William Win
ston, j. w. Haarer, George Will
liams, A. R. Stepney, Richard Cas-
selle, H. C. Petty, A. H. Tucker,
R. A. Tucker, r. w. Morrow, c..
w. Marshall; robbery.
James C. Henry; assault to rob.
Marvil Spicer, Anderson Bling
ham; larceny after trust.
Anderson Bingham, Eunice Rob-
inson, Grady Hall, Thomas Vance.
James Owens, William A. Holmes,
Virgil Whitaker, Thomas Morgan,
Georgianna Mcdowell, John
Continued on Page IS, Col. p
-V0TE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
Record of Convictions
In Traffic Court

Mcqueen Davis, 1920 Twelfth
St. N. w., $40.
Harry P. Teller, 1881 Maple Pl.
S. E., $40.
Alexander Lyons, 3706 Ninth st.
N. w., $40.
Gordon L. Beaman, Ala Fourth
st. N. w., $40.
Fred Manset. 2124 Pennsylvania
Ave. N. w., $40.
John C. Hammett, 4O4 Twelfth
st. S. g, $40.
John A. Harrington, $685. Thirty,
first st. N. W., $40.
Fourteen Lose Permits
Fourteen out-of-town drivers
were denied driving privileges in
the District by the Board of Re
vocationS and Reservations be-
Continued on Page Is, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
Reckless Driving

Reckless Driving
John F. Owens, 14O6 Girard ST..
N. w., $25 or Is days.
Second Offense, Speeding
Ellis R. Wilsoncroft, 1921 Col
umbia Rd. N. w., $25.
Julia G. Ransome, 1903 Georgia
Ave. N. W., SIS.
First Offense, Speeding
Wheeler Wilkins, 1854 Nine
tenth st. N. w., $25.
Joseph Malkins, Pennsylvania,
SIS.
Gertrude v. Harley, 724 Forty
fourth st. N. E., $40.
Bert E. Stone, 1912 New Hamp-
shire Ave. N. w., $40.
Charles Jacobsen, jr., S1O1 Abe
marie st. N. w., SO.
Julius R. Judy, $40 Seventh st.
S. w., $40.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
Health Ratings Made
AID. {. Child Camp

The last weekly health ratings
for SIS children at the summer
health camp were made yesterday,
and next Monday, when x-ray re-
ports are completed, will tell the
story of whether the outdoor &C
tivity has defeated the tubercular
menace that hangs over the young
sters.
Mrs. Margaret Craig Marsh,
superintendent of the camp
which is conducted by the District
Tuberculosis Association, eXhib-
tied individual charts to parents,
and DR.. Alexander Lenardo gave
final Instructions regarding bal
anced diets, rest and health
habits.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26
Phone Officers Toast
Charles A. Robinson

Charles A. Robinson, general
manager of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company,
was guest of honor yesterday at a
luncheon given him by fellow Off
Gals in celebration of his compile
ton of 80 years service with the
company. Mr.. Robinson was pre-
sented a sapphire service emblem
by John A. Remon, vice president
in charge of operations.
The Washington times., 1936-08-26

-YOTE AMERICAN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Popular Young Couple
Married Here TuesdaV.

Miss Agnes Pucel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Pucel, ST., and Albin
Gorshe, son of Matt Gorshe, of this
city, were united in marriage at the
Catholic church on Tuesday morning
the Rev. Frank Mihelcic performing
the ceremony. The couple were at
tended by Mr.. and Mrs. John Rom,
Mrs. Rom being a sister of the bride.
The bride wore a coral dress with a
corsage of yellow roses and lavender
sweet peas. Her attendant wore a
powder blue dress with a corsage of
pink roses and pink sweet peas.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served to relatives and
immediate friends at the home of
the brides parents. They will make
their home in this city.
A pre-nuptial shower was rendered
the couple at the home of the brides
parents on Saturday evening at which
a large number were present and left
many handsome and useful gifts.
HoSteSSeS for the occasion were Mrs.
John Rom, Mrs. Peter Kotzian and Mrs.
Michael Klobuchar, sisters of the bride.
Many friends join in wishing them
the best Of everything.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Noted Aviator Presents Novel
Exhibition Sponsored by j.
A. Rothman Garage.

Colonel Arthur c. Goebel, inter-
nationally known aviator, who won the
Dole flight from San Francisco to the
Hawaiian Islands in 1927, and who has
gathered many other aviation records,
appeared over Ely Saturday at about
IL 30 in a novel exhibition of skywriting
and aerial acrobaticS for which he
has gained national fame during the
past three years.
As in the past years on his visits to
the Iron Range, Colonel Goebel flew
approximately 10000 feet above the
city and left a trail of white smoke
which spelled Phillips &C." The let
tiers We're a half-mile high and the
entire inscription spread for a distance
of four miles across the sky.
After winning the dole fight prize
of s25,OO0OO, Colonel Goebel, who was
backed in the venture by Frank Phil
lips, president of the Phillips Petroleum
company, toured the Orient in 1928, and
during that year he returned to the
United States and set the first non
stop record from Los Angeles to New
York, making the flight in l8 hours and
80 minutes. He won the International
Air Race from Mexico City to Kansas
City in 1929, and during the same year
was awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross by President Calvin Coolidge
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Some SlUin,nier Should
Not Go Near the Water.

There are people who may hang most
OF their clothes on hickory limb but,
like the girl in the song, must not go
near the water.
Members of the Public Health Educa-
ton Committee of the Minnesota State
Medical Association put people who
suffer from sinus trouble or ear in
fections first on this list.
Even healthy nasal passages are
likely to be irritated when water from
the lake or swimming pool is forced into
them violently as it often is in diving
or under water swimming When the
sinuses or passages leading to the ears
are already inflamed or diseased, seri-
GUS damage occurs. Many grave middle
ear and maStoid infections are traced
each year to unwise swimming and
particularly to swimming under water.
People with head colds are particular
ly warned to stay out of the water until
the trouble clears up.
Swimming is a healthful sport, ac-
cording to the physicians, if it is in
dulged in intelligently and with sensible
recognition of the risks involved.
Even expert swimmers should not
make long distance swims alone and
without knowledge of anyone who could
come to their assistance in case of ac-
cident. Neither should they dive into
unknown waters where unsupported
rocks or timbers might be in their way.
In case Of illness of any kind all
swimmers should be certain, first, that
the trouble will not be aggravated by
swimming before they go near the
water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
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10 VIE Safety Man HS

Contrary to public opinion, more &C
cidents occur in the country and on
our open highways than they do in the
city. At rural intersections the death
rate for accidents exceeded the average
for all accidents combined by nearly
20 per cent and was IA per cent
greater than the death rate for ac-
cidents at street intersections.
The higher speed prevailing on high
ways accounts for the difference.
It stands to reason that the faster we
travel the greater viii be our chances
for a serious accident.
Controlled speed is required. Un-
necessary chance-taking should be for
hidden.
The outlook, however. is discouraging
because Of the high speed motors now
being manufactured It is I'D to all of
us TO train our minds to decent driving.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
NeIU Land "FOund"
in Mobiles C0untu

Worthington-A 25-acre plot of
ground in Mobiles county that does not
exist, according to government records,
was surveyed last week by two men
from the U. S. General Land Office in
Washington. The piece of land is on
the shore of Lake Ocheda and for many
years has been cultivated by Andrew
Doeden as part of his farm which it
adjoins. The survey resulted from a
claim filed on the land by Frank Little
and was found the maps of the original
survey did not show the land. The
reason for this is probably because the
lake at that time was at a high level
and water was backed up into the
slough between the 25-acre plot and
the shore, making it an island. The
first surveyors neglected to put the
island on the map.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Raises TlCO OLULs
As Backyard Pets.

ISle-A pair of young owls he is
raising as pets is providing Neubert
Swanson Of Onamia lot of fun. Cap
tured in couple of nests near Braham
this spring, the birds are now housed
in wooden cage back Of the store in
which is employed. They stand about
10 inches high and have a wing spread
OF nearly three feet. Il feed them
sparrowS and blackbirds, Neubert saws.
II I put q swallow head-first in their
mouths they viii swallow him at one
gulp. Other birds they tear up with
their claws before eating. They seem
TO have the most trouble swallowing
their wings. Sometimes they have to
pick all the feathers off wing before
they can get it down" Swanson plans
to use the owls as decoys in crow hunt
ing this fall
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Makes Fatal Error
OF RObbing Judge!

Grand Rapids Hickey Morgan, claim
ing Oregon as his home, made a serious
blunder in his profession" when he
picked the shoe repair shop Of Justice
of the Peace James Dawson for a bit
OF plundering in Deer River last week.
Mrs. George Thorson, who lives near
the shop, heard the breaking glass as
Morgan entered, and called her hus-
band, who caught the young man and
held him until officers arrived. Brought
before the bar of justice, Morgan found
the man he had attempted to rob was
presiding. Fortunately, however, for
the culprit, justice Of peace has only
the authority to bind the offender over
to the district court in case of felonies,
but you may be sure this was done by
Justice Dawson with a good deal of
enthusiasm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16

L E. Powell of Morrison, Illinois, a
Rotarian visitor at last nights meeting
spoke to the Rotarians very interest
ingly on the Indian chief, Blackhawk,
who held sway in this section of the
country in the 18th century. Douglas
Wray Of Chicago, z. L. Thiess of DR.
bana, Illinois, Ralph r. Farrand of Des
MoineS, Iowa, and Otto Swanson Of
Omaha, Nebraska, were other Rotar-
ian guests. The meeting took place at
the Forest Hotel and a turkey dinner
was served. An invitation was extended
the club to participate in an inter club
golf tournament at Eshquaguma later
in the month
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Kittens Haze Legs,
Tails of q Rabbit,

Only mother could love and cherish
two of the kittens born to a cat owned
by Bob Green of DeGraff, near Benson,
the other day. For the pair are half
kitten and half brush rabbit, according
to surface indications. Part of the
litter Of five, three of which We're nor
NAL, the two freaks have hind legs like
a rabbit and no tails. In the place of
tail, they have small bunch of hair.
But to the mother, her five kittens are
all the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Freak Wind Carries
Hay Rack 20 Rods

Albert Lea-A freak in a storm took
place In Nunda township near Albert
Lea at the White Brothers farm re-
Gently. The hired man with a team
ana hayrack had just backed up to the
hayload when a twisting wind struck
just as the haystack was being lifted
INTO the air, the hired man jumped.
Inc rack was lifted high in the air.
carried twenty rods over a fence, and
set down without damage done to it.
Inc nlred man suffered a badly injured
shoulder when he struck the ground.
Inc horses stood perfectly still during
the whole proceeding
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Arrowhead NJ. E.. League
Institute Getting Along.

BY letter from the Rev. L. S. Sloan,
who with Mrs. Sloan is in charge of the
Arrowhead Epworth League Institute
being held at Hanging Horn lake near
Barnum, We learn that the registration
at the Institute is larger than last year.
The institute opened on July Is and
will close next Sunday. The letter also
stated that the weather is hot and
necessitated a change in the regular
program but that a shower Tuesday
cooled things considerably.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
Art Goebel tSkywriting Ace
Appeared Here Saturday

Since winning the dole prize and
setting other records, Colonel Goebel
has gone back to his first love of dotting
''fs" and crossing It's" two miles above
terra firma.
Colonel Goebel's flight here at this
time was arranged by j. A. Rothman,
distributor of Phillips 66" products in
this territory. The flight was witnessed
by the entire populace who braved the
midday heat to witness the daring
aviator's faultless work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
SECTION THIRTY

Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Lomasney and
daughters, Kathleen and Eileen, are
yacationing on the North Shore of Lake
Superior for a few days while Mr.. Lo-
masney is attending sessions of the
county board at Two Harbors.
Mrs. G. F. Lundgren of Duluth, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Opel for the past week, returned to
her home on Friday.
Two tourists from Indiana paid penal
ties totaling 81 for fishing without
licenses when brought before Justice OF
the Peace w. o. Lomasney by Game
Warden GilbertSon. Two others from
Missouri, apprehended by Wardens
Hanson and HaSSel on similar charge
paid penalties totaling SIG
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16

Lieutenant and Mrs. Arvo T. Thomp-
son arrived Monday from Manila, P. l.,
where Mr.. Thompson has been stationed
with a cavalry detachment as veterin-
arian. They will spend a few weeks
with relatives in this city and at the
lakes before leaving for a new station
in the south.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-07-16
deviation

The word levitation is defined as the
phenomenon or Illusion of maintaining
or moving heavy objects. as the human
body. In the air without support; also
the subjective Illusion of arising into
or moving through the air without sup
port, as In dreams. The art or science
OF levitation goes back into the mists
OF history. The tradition is ancient
and even today, widespread. In the
puranas of Mother India there Is a
precise Sankrit equivalent for Ievita-
ton. This is Iaghiman. from laghu
thgho. The Buddhist suttas describe
similar power.