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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30
DRINKS DRIVING BACK TO
PROHIBITION

The man who flung his hat in the
air and gave three cheers when the
eighteenth amendment was repealed
ought to be leading a campaign these
days to rid the roads of drunken mo-
florists. For if there is one thing
that could conceivably restore ma
tional prohibition, it is the deadly
mixture of alcohol and gasoline.
Anyone who thinks that the Amer
lean people will put up with this
menace indefinitely is crazy. Traffic
is dangerous enuogh even when all
hands are stone sober. Add to it
those half wits who don't see any
thing wrong in getting behind the
wheel after they have had a few
drinks, and you create an intolerable
situation.
Continue that situation long
enough and you will find new senti-
ment for prohibition, just as surely
as night follows day.
Here's an example. In Ohio the
other day some 80 young members of
a church organization hired a wagon
and team of horses and went out for
an old-fashioned "hay ride" along
country highway The wagon was
lighted adequately with lanterns,
fore and aft. The night was clear
Up from behind came an automo-
bile. There was pelnty Of room to
pass, but the driver apparently never
saw the wagon. He smashed right
into it, knocking it into ditch,
where it overturned and pinned the
young people beneath splintered
wreckage. One lad was killed and
IA others were severely hurt.
The driver of the auto admitted
that he had had two beers and two
highballs" before starting out to
drive. Police said bluntly that he
was drunk.
Now if you would go around
among the survivors of that accident,
and among their families, you might
find a surprising amount of senti-
ment in favor of restoration of pro-
hibition.
You could talk yourself blue in the
face about the evils of bootlegging,
about rumrunners and gangsters and
the failure of enforcement, and all
the rest. 1t is very doubtful that
they would listen to you. They
would feel that anything would be
better than the present situation
and you could hardly blame them.
The traffic situation as whole is
bad enough, heaven knows, without
being made more grevious by alcohol.
Since the race contains a cetrain per-
centage of fools, we probably always
will have drivers who cut in, pass on
curves, and do the other things that
cause accidents. But alcohol is a
complication of our own addition.
Unless we do something drastic,
and do it soon, to keep DRINKS from
behind steering wheels, we are very
likely to see demand for prohibition
"a demand that will amaze every
one who assumed that the question
was settled for good when the eigh-
teenth amendment was repealed
Lancaster Sunday News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

writer's Of our Constitution knew how
important it was. They wanted
America to be country in which the
question should never arise. So they
wrote the Constitution In such way
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

No. Whesbosos III inches In Terroplone, l22 and
1872 inches In Hudson No. 7 Horsepower 20 and
ol in Terrapone lol, lo7 and l22 in Hudson. Double
earbvreton In Super TerapIone and ali Hudson Skies
and Fights No. Roominsss :. SIS full inches Of
front seat comfort for three No. Driving ease
with exclusive Seleeive Automatic Shift (an optional
exro) No. Sofeiy with exclusive Dvo-Avfomate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

as to- assure the independence of the
Courts and the protection of the
citizens rights by the Courts.
Yours truly,
J. ]. HANNA.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

Hydraulic Brakes and bodies oil of Steel including roofs
New DeubIe. Drop "2-x Frame No. Economy
~ miles per gallon for Terapane; 227 for Hudson In
Los Angeles Yosemite Economy Run Hydraulic Hill
Hold optional all models As models of
II beautiful eoles also q complete line of Terroplone
Commercial cars Ask about the Iow-eosi Hudson
c. L. T. Time Payment Plan suit your income.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

In the New Hebrides islands, where
cannibalism still prevails. dieting by
the ladies is a matter of life and
death. The at one all so into the
kettle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

3 Three separate broking systemsl Only
Hudson and Terraplane have brakes like
these. Big, powerful hydraulics with
safety reserve braking system operating from
the same foot pedal if ever needed. Plus
third system in the handy parking brake up
at the instrument board with extra easy
fin9er-touch release.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

Best hydraulics ever suwl" Tipping along
at 40, Bill Burgess steps lightly on the brake
pedal as the No. Car crosses a line on the
pavement. Duo-Automatic Hydraulic Brakes
by Hudson bring the car to a stop in record
time. Measure it," says the dealer. Wowl
Only 50 feet, inches :. less than half the
distance legally allowed!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

Safesf stopping is only one of dozens of
No. FEATURES you'll find when you take
the wheel of a new Hudson or Terraplane.
They are No. in performance, endurance,
economy /. . already holders of Al OFFICIAL
A.A.A. recordsl Ride, drive and you'll
discover why SO many thousands, like Bill
Burgess, are changing to the No. Cars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

Now diseonneef those hydraulics" And
back they 60 over the same route, for special
test with hydraulics purposely cut off. WHAT
No brakes at alll Wait and see. Again, as
they come to the line, Bill puts his foot down
:. and again, quick, smooth stop. The
same foot pedal did the trick. No furnbline
for the emergency brakei
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Look Alive!
Photo Contest
Offers Prizes

Watch for the Lucky Stars Film
Contest photographer today.
He is taking pictures all over
Washington. He's looking for
Lucky Stars" people who will find
their faces in Mondays Times.
People who, with The Times and
Loew'S Theaters, are ushering in
the NEW MOVIE SEASON.
The Lucky Stars Film photog-
rapher probably will be around the
Capitol Theater today. He's going
to take a peek at the new season
opener, Broadway Melody OF
1885," which gives the Palace
Theater its new season premier in
starring Robert Taylor. Eleanor
Powell, George Gould and others.
BUT and this is important
. if your photo appears in Mon
days Times with a star around
your face you may win a TEN DOL
LAR prize or a FIVE DOLLAR
prize, or you may win a pair of
tickets to see Broadway Melody of
1885,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Blow Torch Burns
Cause Boys Death

Peter Vakas, 10, an inmate of
the National Training School for
Boys, on Bladensburg Road, NE,
died in Gallinger Hospital early
today. He was burned when a
blow torch exploded late yesterday.
Vakas was one of five boys
standing around the blow torch
which had been adjusted and
lighted by G. Lancaster Lloyd, SO,
chief of the mechanical service OF
the school. Gasoline was sprayed
over Vakas and Lloyd by the ex-
plosion. Lloyd, less seriously
burned than the youth, attempted
to tear the boys clothing off him,
but, screaming with pain, the boy
fled. Willie Becker, IT, received
slight burns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
JOBLESS READY
TO MOVE CAMP

Members of the workers ALI
ance, now encamped in the Wash
ington Monument Grounds, will
move today to a location in West
Potomac Park facing the river
upstream from the polo oval.
Temporary sanitary facilities,
lacking in the Monument Grounds,
have been installed at the West
Potomac Park location in prepare.
ton for the encampment, for
which the members of the alliance
have been given permit.
David LASER, president of the
alliance, said he expected the num-
Der of campers to increase to
between 5000 and 1000 over the
weekend. Police estimated the
number will not exceed 1000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
D. C. TO SHARE
HOUSING FUND

A proportionate share for the
District in the 500 million dollar
national housing bill was virtually
assured today as Congress pre-
pared to vote on the conference
report for Slum clearance and low
cost housing construction.
Under terms of the conference
report adopted at midnight last
night, it was agreed that the Dis
trict definitely shall be given a
stable grant for housing, to be
administered by the District Alley
Dwelling Authority.
At his press conference yester-
day, President Roosevelt said the
local housing fund should be ad-
ministered by the Alley Authority,
which, he said, had been doing a
fine job.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
HOUSE ENDORSES
CENSUS OF IDLE

QN.S). The House today
unanimously passed a revised bill,
providing for the first national I'M
employment census.
The mes assure, which was
changed by the House Labor Com
mittee to meet the desires OF
President Roosevelt. was sent back
to the Senate for concurrence in
House amendments.
Mr.. Roosevelt's plan, it was ex-
planned, is to conduct largely a
self-registration of unemployed.
Post Offices and other facilities
would be utilized.
The bill, which gives the Presl-
dent power to fix the method of
conducting the census also author
ICES use of relief funds and accep-
lance of aid from State and local
agencies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
BEAUTY IGNORES
DOG LEASHLA

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 G.N.S0 l..
Lovely Marion Hughes Whitehead
Pierce, 26-year-old former wife of
"Conky" Whitehead, heir to soft
drink millions, today was one-up
on the police department and
Magistrate Abeles, Of Yorkville
court.
Arrested for walking her boxer
dog on Park Avenue without a
leash, which she termed "ridicu-
lous," the society beauty tore up
the ticket and blasted the patrol
man with:
How'd you like to have to
walk around with a leash on
your neck in this hot weather."
But I'm going to keep on
walking Rip Van Wrinkle with
out leaSh-whenever the police
aren't looking"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
DISTRICT GUARD
is HEADED HOME

CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE,
Md, Aug. 21.-After two weeks
of intensive training the District
National Guard broke camp here
today and boarded a special train
to return home.
The train pulled out at $50
a. m. and was scheduled to
arrive in Washington shortly be-
fore noon. The Guardsmen then
will march to the armory, put up
their equipment, pass inspection
and draw their pay.
The final regimental parade,
scheduled last night, was called off
because Of rain. The last day in
camp was spent in a general clean
up and in a field day for special
troops, which was won by a med
ical detachment under Lieut..
James Bradley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Lost Four Days,
Child Found Safe

ARLINGTON, VT, Aug. 81
G.N.S0.-After spending four
days and four nights alone on
Bald Mountain, 20-months-old
Alice Baker, missing child of Mr..
and Mrs. Kimball Baker. Hudson
Falls, N. Y, was found alive and
in good condition by a searching
party of four men late yesterday.
The child was found in a wooded
glen over two miles away from
her summer home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Daughter Dead;
Remains Outcast

CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 21.-The
body of Evelyn Norman Lyons lay
unclaimed in the Camden morgue.
In South Plainfield, her father
firmly shook his head when police
told him Evelyn was dead.
No, he told them, he did not
want her body. He disowned her
three years ago, he said, when she
ran away from her husband and
her three children to live with
another man in Camden. She no
longer was his daughter, he said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
VicerOy in Farley
On Troop Shifts

SIMLA, Ida, Aug. 81 QN.SO.
Dispatch of native Indian troops
to bolster the British garrison at
Shanghai was discussed today at
a meeting of the viceroy, the Earl
of wilmington, with representa-
tives OF the Indian legislature.
The Fifth Battalion of Rajpu-
tana Rifles and the Fourth Bat
talon of the Hyderabad Regiment
already are under orders to pro-
coed to the Far East. They will
replace Hongkong and Singapore
British units sent to Shanghai.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Faster COnfesses
Tale Was Fiction

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug.
81 QN.SD-"George Jones'" the
man who. according to his diary"
tasted AZ days so he could send
money to his wife and children.
left a hospital here today after
admitting to his nurse that he had
eaten two meals daily.
Police and physicians agreed his
diary" was a masterpiece"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Helen Archibald
Killed in Plunge

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 (C.TP.Sn.
4 plunge from her seventh-floor
room of the Hotel Aston at 4 a. m.
today killed Mrs. Helen Ruth Ar
chibald, SIS, internationally known
playwright and actress of Deal,
N. j., and Los Angeles. Police
said the fall apparently was acct
dental. The body landed in the
street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Court Cancels
Cady Annulment

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. 81
(C.TP.SO.-Virginia Lee Cady, IT.
year-oId screen actress, today
found herself still married, despite
an annulment granted last July 1
which several marital ties which
bound her to Edgar Medley. stage
actor. A petition to set aside the
annulment on the grounds Miss
Cady's complaint did not state suf-
ficient facts to constitute an &C.
ton was granted by Superior
Judge Joseph M. Vickers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
CHARGE SHE HIT,
KICKED HUSBAND
inks MRS. HAHN
'Madder' at That Than
At Murder Allegation
By ELGAR BROWN

CINCINNATI, Aug. 81 GNS).
Mrs. Anna Hahn was madden to-
day about the charge that she
kicked her little husband than
about the stories that she muir.
dered IL persons.
The story of her alleged abuse
Of Philip Hahn, "a, at a time
when he was i'll with paralysis
was obtained by Assistant Prose
cutor Gordon Scherer from Mrs.
Philip Hahn, ST., his mother.
Mrs. Hahn, ST.. said Anna took
a large insurance policy out on
Phillips life a year after their
marriage. Shortly there fter,
she said, her son became very i'll
and was partly paralyzed.
NO SUSPICION THEN
The gray.haired Mrs. Hahn, ST..
went on:
AT that time we had no suS-
picion what had caused his i'll
ness"
During this period. she ex-
planned, Philip and Anna were
operating a small restaurant in
Cincinnati.
And it was while at work around
the clearinghouse, Annals mother
in-law declared, that she saw Anna
kick, shove and otherwise abuse
her son.
The plump defendant stormed
when told of her mother-in-law'S
statement.
They're not satisfied" she
said, ito call me a murderer
many times over. They must
say now I was a bad wife and
kicked my husband. Let them
ask Phil, he'll tell that I never
raised a hand against him, nor q
foot, either"
COURT BATTLE MONDAY
After a weekend lull the hard.
fought legal battle to determine
the future of the self-styled Angel
of Mercy" will be resumed before
Judge Sell at p. m, Monday.
when counsel for the defense ex-
poets to present witnesses from
hospitals to prove the prosecutors
had warned attaches against Civ.
ing information to the defense.
Later in the week will come rul.
ings on an expected motion for
change of venue and a motion to
force the State to submit its rec.
ords and evidence for defense per-
Lsal. Before Wednesday, Judge
Bell has decreed, the prosecution
must file a bill of particulars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
hoy" MEETS "GIRL"

GREENSBURG, Pa, Aug. 81.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mink, 88, and
Harvey Davis, 63. applied for a
marriage license here and said
they would be married in their
home town of Shingles, Ale
gheny county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
CHICAGO NURSE
FOUND SLAIN IN
HOSPITAL ROOM
Killer EIudeS Police
Down Fire Escape

CHICAGO, Aug. 81 Q.N.S).
Her skull crushed by paving
brick, the nude body of Miss Anna
Kuchta, 19.year.old student nurse.
was found in her second-floor room
at Chicago Hospital on the South
Side today.
The killer fled down the fire
escape, thus adding to a long list
of such slayings that have terror
lied the fringes of Chicago's Loop
and the South Side for a year.
MAN SEEN TWICE
Police said the murderer appar-
emily was the same colored man
who had been seen on the fire
escapes of the building twice in
the last two weeks, and who fled
when nurses screamed.
The body Of Miss Kuchta was
found by Miss Florence PalmowSki,
10, another student nurse, at 5:35
a. m. today. AS she approached
her friends room to waken her
for duty, she noticed that the door
was ajar, and she pushed it open.
On the window ledge was man,
one leg out of the window. On the
floor was the slain girl, her skull
crushed and the corner Of a pill
low stuffed in her throat.
Squads from the detective bu-
reau rushed to the scene, but the
killer had made good his escape.
KILLED IN SLEEP
Miss Kuchta slept near the win
dow, and police said apparently
she had been struck and slain with
out being awakened
Police physicians said the girl
apparently had been criminally
attacked after she was beaten to
death with a savagenesS which led
them to believe the assailant was
a maniac.
When the mother, Mrs. Chris
tine Kuchta, learned of her daugh-
ter's death, she rushed into the
bathroom of her home and at.
tempted to hang herself, but other
of her children prevented it.
Miss Palmowski saw a man on
the third floor of the hospital two
weeks ago, and last week Miss
Irene Busch, %, a senior nurse.
screamed for help when a prowler,
believed to be the same man, re.
moved a screen from her bedroom
window.
Detectives were confident that
this man was the killer of Miss
Kuchta, and at once they began
a roundup Of all suspected men in
the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Beauty Contests
Barred to Mothers

Mothers no longer will be per-
mitted to participate in beauty
contests Of the Showman's Variety
Jubilee, according to a ruling in
Atlantic City last night by George
Tyson, executive director.
Helen Greene, 24-year-old di-
vorced mother, who won the
beauty contest sponsored here
Wednesday night by Gordon Hit
tenmark. will represent Washing
ton in Atlantic City next month,
despite complaints from two con-
teStants. But this is the last time
a mother will be eligible for the
national beauty crown. Tyson said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
TransOCean Plane
Hops for Portugal

LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 81
G.N.SO-The survey clipper of
Pan American Anyways, flying the
southern route" between New
York and London, took off from
Horta, the Azores, for Lisbon,
Portugal, at 6:02 a. m. local time
(1:02 a. m. ES.T.) today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
SHOWGIRL DIES
BY CAS-; BROKE
and DEPRESSED
Failed to Make Good
on big Chance"

NEW YORK, Aug. alike a
moth that fluttered too close to
the flame, Adelaide Hughes, beau
tiful young showgirl, was dead to-
day, a victim to Broadway's eter-
nal quest for fame.
With her blond head couched
upon a pillow, and her slim form
draped in a flowing blue silk XII
mono, the 20-year-old beauty was
found lifeless from gas on the
kitchen floor of an apartment she
shared with two other showgirls
in the fashionable Southgate
apartments, in East Fifty-second
Street.
PATHETIC NOTE
A pathetic note told of her fu-
tile struggle to find the pot of
golden success at the end of the
Broadway rainbow, and of her
final decision to take the easiest
way out.
Addressed to her roommates,
Florence Baker and June Burdi,
it read:
Dear Kids: I'm tired of life.
Tired of the struggle. Please let
my mother know, and tell her
my death was an accident"
She left another note, adj
dressed to Frank Lentz. Union
City, N. j., but this was sealed
and police did not open it. They
listed her death as a suicide.
FRIEND TELLS STRUGGLE
Joyce Duskin, a showgirl at the
Paradise Restaurant and close
friend of Adelaide, told of her
losing fight against the brittle
uncertainties lurking behind the
Broaeway glamour. Miss Hughes
had Deen dazzling member of the
Paradise floor revue until six
months ago.
Then, so she thought, the great
chance arrived. She was offered
a job in q road edition of the
"Follies," and upon her return
from this, she envisioned a real
part" in a Broadway show.
FAILED IN TRY-OUT
But the great chance, which
every showgirl dreams of, never
came. She returned to New York
broke" and while she got try.
out in Sam Harris musical pro-
duction, then in rehearsal, she
failed to make good.
On July /, she moved into the
Southgate apartment with Miss
Baker ana MISS Burdl, ana was IN
such reduced financial circum-
stances that she was forced to
borrow their clothes to make the
weary daily rounds of the theatre
cal agents, seeking work.
Miss Duskin was with her until
about $50 last night, and said she
appeared depressed.
Other tenants detected the gas,
and William H. Green, a special
officer attached to the building,
found the body when he traced
the odor to the second-floor apart
ment and let himself in with a
passkey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
Inventor, Gamma
To Visit America

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 81
G.N.S0.-Harry Grindell-Mat-
thews, 57-year-old British in.
ventor, who is shortly to become
the fifth husband of Nine. Gamma
WalSka, today told International
News Service his bride and he
probably would spend this winter
in the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21
TREASURY CONDITION

G.N.S). easury balance
August 10: $2,842,061, O49.O2; In
ternal Revenue, $5,752,328.11: Gus
toms Receipts, $23, 1855, 306.96.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-21

Fashions From Paris" by Bettina
BedweIl, direct every day by cable, IL
a new Times feature. Call District
1000 for home delivery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11
Sprague Graduates
 To Receive Honors
Parent-Teacher Association to Fete Class April IA;
 Mrs. Ralph Darlington Elected President
WATFRVILLE Hsss R. v. HsnIOn-l7ss ThOmsstOn Ave.-TsL s.Stes

Weterville. March 1.-The Parent Teacher Association held 8 monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at the Eprague School gymnasium. At the completion Of the routine business, the annual reports of officers and chairmen were given, after which election Uf officers took place. Those who will be in office for the coming year, are Mrs. Ralph w. Darlington, president: Mrs. Frederick Hoadley, first vice-president; Mrs. Alfred l.. Eniu1ons, second vice president; Mrs. Russell c. Atherton, reelected secretary: Mrs. Ralph L. Bates, re. elected treasurer. also reelected delegate 10 the Waterbury P. T. A. Council, for a term of 3 years.
 Plans were discussed for the next meeting, which will be held Wed- resday evening, April l4 at which time the members of the two grad-