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The Washington times., 1937-08-10
British Offer
More Food
To Recruits

LONDON, Aug. 10 QN.S.) jim
an effort to bring Britain's army
strength up to rearmament SEIZED
ule, the war office today made pub
lie new conditions for enlistments,
including pensions after 81 years
of service.
The war office is particularly
hopeful Of attracting the cream of
Britain's $4,000 reservists.
In its attempts to make army
life more appealing, the war office
already had authorized four meals
a day instead of three for troops,
more comfortable living quarters
and real cream for coffee and tea
in lieu of skinned milk.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Still Alive
Babe Clings to Life
In Elephant House

Old Babe may be down, but
she's not out yet.
That is the latest report from
the National Geological Park on
the condition of the Oldest ele-
plant in captivity, the ponderous
8,5O0-pound pachyderm left here
several years ago by the Ringing
Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Circus.
Between 80 and 100 years old,
Old Babe is lying on a bed OF
straw, being fed liquids, because
she cannot get up. Her aged feet
refuse to hold her up. And, al
though it is only a matter Of time
before death comes, she is still
doing nicely" today.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Bay State Races
Show High Bets

BOSTON, Aug. 10.-Horse and
dog racing, among the biggest of
Massachusetts industries, has
prompted wagers of $4O,253,62O
since the first Of the five regular
tracks started operation May "a.
A record total of $5O,O00,000 be.
fore the race year ends November
l is indicated by figures from the
State Racing Commission.
The Commonwealth will take in
taxes of at least $4,000, 900 as a re-
suit of the third straight year of
legal betting on greyhounds and
horses.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
JEAN De KOvEN
CHECKS FOUND

PARIS, Aug. 10 G.N.SD.-Fears
for the safety of Jean De Koven,
22-year-old Brooklyn dancer,
mounted today when police re-
vealed that six Of her travellers
checks, with her name forged on
them, had been passed at two Paris
banks August 6.
Miss De Koven has been missing
for more than two weeks, and,
according to Mrs. Ida Sackheim,
her aunt, the girl was kidnapped
and is held for $500 ransom.
Repeated newspaper advertise
ments have failed to gain any re-
Spouse from Miss De Koven or the
alleged kidnapers.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
F. ". ELDRIDGE,
HEARST EDITOR,
DIES ON COAST
Alexandria Native Won
Fame as Writer

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.-Fred-
erick William Eldridge, widely
known veteran newspaper editor,
was dead here today on his six.
tieth birthday.
Eldridge, who was supervising
editor of all Hearst newspapers on
the Pacific Coast, had been i'll only
three weeks.
Born in Alexandria, Va, on Au.
gust 10, 1877, Eldridge was educa.
ted in the schools Of that city, then
entered newspaper work in Phila-
delphia, becoming night editor of
the Inquirer in that city.
Joined Hearst Staff
In 1914 he became managing
editor of the New York journal,
and the following year went to the
New York American in the same
capacity, remaining there until
1908. when he went to Los Ange-
les as the managing editor Of the
Examiner. Later he became editor
and vice president of that paper.
From 1924 to 1927 he was super.
vising editor of Hearst papers from
New York to Seattle, and then was
appointed as supervising editor of
all Hearst papers on the Pacific
Coast, post he held up to the
time of his death.
Keenly interested in the crime
problem of the nation, Eldridge
was one of the founders of the
Los Angeles Crime Commission.
Wrote Two Books
He was the author of 1.-THE
Eternal Triangle" a medy
drama, 1.-THE Social Cockatrice"
and a number of short stories. He
was a member of several clubs in
Southern California.
In 1899 Eldridge married Miss
Isabel Murphy of Philadelphia.
She died in 1919. He is survived
by a son, Frederick William Ed
ridge, jr.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Uses Purse Bait
To Catch ShOplifter

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-A few min
utes after Miss Mae Fox, police
woman attached to the confidence
game detail, laid her purse on the
counter in a store a woman
snatched it up. Miss Fox caught
her before she got outside the store
and took her to a police station.
On the way her prisoner offered
Miss Fox $50 to let her go. She
gave her name as Leonora Schnit-
ger, As, who police said has a rec
ord as a shoplifter.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Struck by Train,
He Gets Headache

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 U.N.S0.
John Abrams, As. walked into a
hospital today and complained Of
a slight headache Questioning
by a physician revealed he had
been hit by a railroad train 80
minutes earlier. Examination in
dicated no injuries.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
ZiOncheck Widow
Not Yet Engaged

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10 GN.S0.
Mrs. Rubye Nix Zioncheck, widow
Of the madcap Congressman, and
Loe Fields, Baltimore, Md, and
New York theater owner. are
well. not exactly engaged"
That is how they put their half
admission, half denial today after
they were seen together frequently
since his arrival to vacation here.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
SOcialites ElOpe,
Dodge Big Fete

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, Aug. 10
Q.N.S0.-ProSpective guests to a
gala society wedding tore up invi.
tations today, after discovering the
principals had eloped. Scoring
formalities of a big wedding. Miss
Helen B. Winslow, %, North Shore
society girl and junior women's
golf champion at Tedesco Country
Club, eloped last Saturday to Sea-
brook, N. H., with her f1ance of
three months, Minot M. Shaw,
Lynn Coal Company executive.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
President ApprOves
Flood AuOtments

President Roosevelt yesterday
approved allotment of $44, 437 900
for A flood control projects. OF
the total, $l1,437. 900 went to Los
Angeles county, Calf. other prof.
ects are scattered in a score of
States. Thirty millions of the full
amount will be drawn from the
1887 civil appropriation act Of the
War Department, the rest from re-
lief funds.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Blow at Policeman
Puts Picket in Jail

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 QN.SJ.
David RubinSky, 81. newsstand
picket, hit the wrong man when
he punched John Bou on the chin
for disregarding his admonition
not to buy a paper at the stand.
Bou turned out to be a plain
clothes patrolman. Today Rubin.
sky was in jail.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
BritOn Belttles
NOrmandie Mark

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 G.N.SO.
Capt. J. C. Townley, relief COM
mander of the Queen Mary,
learned that the rival Normandie
had chalked up a new transatlan-
tic record, and Snorted:
Records? You can't eat them.
What good are they if you have
to anchor five hours before land
ing paSSengerS?"
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
40 Are Arrested
In AutOmat Strike

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 Q.N.So.
Forty striking employees of the
Horn & Hardart Co., operators ot
a chain of automats, were ar
rested last night and early today
after they prevented pedestrians
from entering or passing the auto.
mats, and booed ana Missed diners
inside.
About 500 pickets invaded the
Times Square area at the height
of the theater rush, FASTING stick
ers on the cafeteria windows and
adjacent stores.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
TREASURY CONDITION

Q.N.SO. Treasury statement
August 7: $2,S27, 777,357.9S; inter-
nal revenue, $4,000, 1882; Gus.
toms receipts, $1O,364,155.75.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
JEALOUS SUITOR
SENTENCED FOR
Staying GIRL, IS
IA Years to Life Term
For Glenn Barker


G.N.SJ An ex-college boy and
scion of a well-to-do Wisconsin
farm family was sentenced to
from IA years to life in Waupon
Penitentiary today for the fatal
stabbing of his sweetheart at a
country dance hall.
The trial lasted five minutes.
Shortly after his arrest, police
announced that Glenn Barker, "a,
a former student at the Univer.
sity of Wisconsin, had admitted he
had killed the girl in a jealous
rage.
Stabbed Dancing
The victim of the attack, Helen
Wellhouse, 10, died Sunday night
shortly after she had been stabbed
in the neck while dancing with
Barker on the crowded floor in a
country hall.
Fortified by blackberry brandy,
Barker went to the dance to get
even with Helen for giving her pic
ture to another youth, police
quoted him as saying.
According to his confession, as
announced by authorities. he said:
I'VE started out to dance. I
opened my pocket knife while
had my left arm around her
shoulders. I pulled out the knife
and stuck it in her neck. All
she said was don't Then she
fell to the floor and ran"
In the ensuing confusion, Bar
ker escaped and fled home. He
told his father, George Barker,
owner of large farm once owned
by Hart P. banks, composer of
"Silver Threads Among the Gold"
near Ellington, Wis. The father
advised his son to surrender and
drove him to the police station,
but when the youth found the girl
was dead he leaped out of the car
and vanished in the darkness.
Planned Suicide
There's no use of my living
any longer" he cried to his
father when told Helen had died.
Intending to end his own life,
Barker said he had tried to drown
himself in the Fox River but swan
to shore when he got cold feet"
He wandered around the rest Of
the night and most of yesterday,
he said, and at last decided to
come to town last night. There
he was recognized by Patrolman
Clarence Hoppe from newspaper
picture.
At the station, police said he
impassively admitted the killing
and related the circumstances ir
detail. He had been driven to a
frenzy, he said, because Helen de-
manded her return her picture so
that she might give it to another
youth.
Young Barker said he had gone
to the dance alone, but knew that
Helen would also be present. He
danced several times with her, he
said.
I'VE had the last dance just
before the intermession," he was
quoted as saying. eve were
dancing cheek to cheek. She was
a beautiful dancer. She could
follow anything, and for while
I forgot I was mad at her. But
the thought that she was loving
someone else more than me and
that was losing her, drove me
crazy, I guess. The music
stopped and we started to walk
: off the floor. I still had my
left arm around her. I reached
in my pocket with my right
hand and opened my knife. I
jerked it out and in the same
motion stuck it in her throat"
States Attorney Raymond P
Dohr and Sheriff John Lappan
said the youth would be held on a
first-degree murder charge.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
D. C. Reorganization
Amendments Sought

group of District officials today appeared before the
Senate Reorganization Committee and proposed several
amendments prevent the scattering of municipal depart
mens among several Federal bureaus the Presidents
mental reorganization plan approved by Congress.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

Fashions From Paris" by Bettina
Bedwell, direct every day by cable. Is
new Times feature -. call District 1000
for home delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

How smart are you? Turn 10 "YOur
T. a." by Shirley Spencer. And then
be smarter and call District 1909 for
home delivery.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

1I!S FROM MIR. KOCKEFE1,.
tER'S WINDOW. The haa,,-
IiIul Ormond Beach estate Of
% Sonn D. Rockefeller, ST., where
another Winter is carrvino
nun nearer to his cherishe3
goal Of 100 years of lite. ~
GA p. Photo.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

Right: HOME ON
WHEELS. Sojourn
erS of the big
trailer community
at Dade City, Fla,
in the living room"
of their $5,000.00
trailer. They are
M r. a n d M r S.
Charles E. Buck of
Chittenango, N. Y.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

- &. +
Florida Lures Them Au
FROM John D. Rockefeller, ST. his pamy Ormond
Beach, down the owiest tourist in his homemade
trailer, foot-ree Americans making big in the
nsula State Here's of that famed Florida sunshine
they're drinking in.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

NO ICE TO
BREAK. Fishing
cruisers leaving the
Miami Rod a d
Reel Club docks on
Hibiscus Island for
a tusSle with the
big ones in the Gulf
Stream.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23
Odds and Ends

Daniel PETROL of Buffalo, who
visited his estranged wife once a
week and gave her 81 for a kiss,
objected when she boosted the
price to SIS.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

A passenger was caught by the
foot in an. airplane taking off in
Vienna and carried head down
ward until rockets caused the pilot
to land him unhurt.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

A postal card mailed by a sol
der in a French infantry regiment
in 1925 has just been delivered to
M. Foques at Martigues, France.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23
LOCAL cHoIRs WIN

In Maryland's fourth annual
Mountain Choir Festival, at
Mountain Lake Park, the A Capel-
la Choir directed by Raymond
X. Hollinger won first prize of
500 and the Cumberland Valley
Choisters, under the direction of
Charles M. Cassel, received the
second prize of $50.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

Mrs. Esther Middleton of Not
tingham, Eng, set aside $4,000
in her will for the care of her two
pet cats.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

Professor Frank L. Smith, of
Hillsadle, Mich, has devoted 43
years to the stydy of earthworms,
and says the subject is so vast
that he has "only made begin
ming.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23
MEDICAL MEETING HEpn

Dr. Frank H, Lahey and B,
Samuel H. Marshall of the T.h
Clinic in Boston, will be gnas.
speakers at the meeting Of ths
Medical and Chirurgical sociot,,
Of Maryland here at it's semi.an
nual gathering on September 81 ~
Some of Americas most famon ="
physicians and surgeons will h.
guests. O0
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23
SWIMMING POOL
REGULATIONS GIVEN
State Board of. Health
Issues A Timely
Warning

The Bureau of Sanitary Engi-
neering today released the follow
ing bulletin which contains
Worthwhile suggestions to those
who frequent public swimming
pools. The Municipal Swimming
Pool is operated under regulations
of the State Health Department.
The article follows:
Going for a swim? Public
pools are taking the place of the
old swimming hole in every Sec
ton of the State and it is no
longer necessary for you to go a
long distance to enjoy your ia
vorite recreation. But, take a
look before you go in to be sure
that the place meets the sanitary
requirements of the State Depart
ment of Health.
Because the water in such
pools can be easily contaminated
and thereby become a carrier"
of disease germs, regulations de-
signed to protect those who use
the pools, from avoidable haz-
ards, have been adopted by the
State Board of Health.
The regulations require that an
operating permit shall be obtained
from the State Department Of
Health before the pool may be-
opened to the public. Such per-
nit is issued only after an inspec-
ton has been made by the Bur
eau of Sanitary Engineering and
the sanitary conditions of the
pool have been found to be salts
factory. Follow-up inspections
are made during the operating
season and if conditions are UNI
satisfactory, the permit is revok-
cd until they are corrected.
A permit is for one seaso /
only 1t must be renewed annual
~ and the operator is required to
have it framed and conspicuously
displayed.
The regulations of the State
BOARD of Health apply % all
swimming pools operated in
Maryland outside of Baltimore
City. Pools within the city linn
its are under the sanitary super
vision of the Baltimore City De-
partment of Health.
Since an improperly designed
or ineffciently operated swim
ming pool can be classed only as
a health menace, the State De-
partment of Health takes this
means of warning the public
against the use of such pools as
are unable to exhibit an official
operating permit.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23
NOW WE KNOW WHAT

After ages of research and in
vestigation, simple definition ~
love has been found. DR.. g 9
Reed of Rochester, N. Y, states Il
thus; Love is psychic hyner.
metamorphosis leading to hyper.
cenesthesia and megalomania 70
sulting in an angiopathic neuras.
thenia."
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

Emblazoned on the front Of his
sweat shirt are the letters of the
future alma mater of two and
one-haIf year old Norman Scott
Barnes, son of Joan Blondell, screen
star, by her former husband. When
Norman reaches college age. the
University of California, Los An
geIes, is to be favored with his
patronage.
The broader the mind the mar
rover the conscience.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

William Kloss, thirteen, of Greater
Canton, Ohio. grins broadly after
being crowned national marble
champ after playing off tie for the
title with Andrew Tanana, thirteen,
of Throop, Pa. The Canton boy held
the best average in the tournament,
winning 40 of the 81 games.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

Nine years after their wedding
in Russia, Mr.. and Mrs. Boris Kre-
muck were remarked in London
to make sure the union was legal.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23


week and gave her 81 for kiss,
objected when she boosted the
price to SIS.
A postal card mailed by a sol
der in French infantry regiment
in 1925 has just been delivered to
NJ. Foques at Martigues, France.
Professor Frank L. Smith, of
Hillsadle, Mich, has devoted 43
years to the stydy of earthworms,
and says the subject is so vast
that he has "only made a begin
ming"
Mrs. Esther Middleton of Not
tingham, Eng, set aside $4,000
in her will for the care of her two
pet cats.
R. iMcColling, director of the
Salt Lake City zoo, reported that
man drove up in truck, opened
the mountain lion cage, coaxed
two of the beasts into his vehicle
and drove away.
Nine years after their wedding
in Russia, Mr.. and Mrs. Boris Kre-
muck were remarked in London
to make sure the union was legal.
Captain D. c. Mcleod of Scot
land who visited in New York re-
Gently. declared that he came to
America because he was sick of
Scotch whiskey.
A passenger was caught by the
foot in an. airplane taking off in
Vienna and carried head down
ward until rockets caused the pilot
to land him unhurt.
Jack Farrell of Livingstone, N.
j., who suffers from rheumatism,
refuses to enter a hospital be-
cause there are too many women
around that kind of an institution
and his dog would be deserted"
Mrs. c. H. Nesbitt of Detroit,
filed suit for divorce, charging her
husband with cruelty because he
made her walk home from automo-
bile rides.
The shoes of ]. H. Anderson, Of
Charleston, S. c., were stolen off
his feet while he was taking a
nap in a railroad station in Au-
gusta.
T. NJ. link of LeMars, Ia. left
his 100000 estate for library
which must contain no books by
women and to which no women
are to be admitted.
Charging her husband with
cruelty, Mrs. Isabelle Mitchell of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, who weighs
$50 pounds sued for divorce when
he bought a midget automobile.
BY fixing an alarm gun which
was fired by the opening of the
door in his barn. George Holtz-
man of Desplaines, Ill, caught two
corn thieves.
Although he served throughout
the world war without a scratch,
Stephen Catalina of Luling, Tex,
broke finger in two places
when he jerked off a sock.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

Captain D. C. Mcleod of Scot
land, who visited in New York re-
Gently. declared that he came to
America because he was sick of
Scotch whiskey.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-07-23

R. lMcColling, director of the
Salt Lake City zoo. reported that
a man drove up in truck, opened
the mountain lion cage, coaxed
two of the beasts into his vehicle
and drove away.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-07

Glenn Uphus and Arvilla spent
Sunday evening at the Anton Bent
field home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Marthaie,
spent Sunday at the Mike Bosl
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Deters and
family were Christmas Day dinner
guests at the Anton Marthales
home.
Miss Arvilla Uphus spent Monday
afternoon with Miss Mile Bent.
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Coppack, of st.
Cloud, Miss Margaret Kane, OF
Minneapolis, and Miss Helen Kane
Of Sank Centre, spent Christmas
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Matthiesen
and son, Elmo. motored to st.
Cloud Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Marthaler
and sons, Vernon and James, and
Glenn Uphus and Arvilla spent
Monday evening at the Nick
Marthaler home.
Anton Bentfield and Paul, Nor
bert and Millie spent Thursday ev-
ening at the Frank Marthaler
home.
Russell Matthiesen came home
Saturday to spend few days at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Matthiesen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Marthaler
spent Sunday afternoon and were
supper guests at the Frank Marth-
aler home.
Miss Marie Matthiesen was q
guest Of Miss Arvilla Uphus New
Years Day.
Miss Isadore Scanlon, of Sank
Centre, was supper guest at the
Anton Bentfield home New Years
Day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-07

were New Years dinner guests
and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kind and
family visited last Tuesday evening
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Weinberg.
Joseph Doege spent the past
week with Grandma Pauly.
George and Carl Poppe spent
last Tuesday with Vernon Kind.
Mrs. Ella Lloyd visited Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Henry Lloyd.
Earl Gamradt was q Monday
night guest at the Henry Lloyd
hcme.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-07

opened Monday with . fair enroll
ment.
Phil DeI.ong. who took the
Jimmy Petit and Carl Holmquist
families TO Pennington, to attend
tbs funeral Of Mr.. and Mrs. Or
VILE Perry's baby on Dec. %. re-
turned Christmas evening.
Jerome johnson went back to
Aitkin, Mimi, Sunday afternoon
having spent his Christmas vaca-
ton at home.
The Misses Sylvia and Lillian
johnson had their schools postpon-
ed one week. They will start next
Monday.
Mrs. Henry Thierschafer and
daughter, Lydia, spent Sunday ev-
ening at the 8. e. johnson home.
Ruth Eager took the bus I'd
Long Prairie Sunday evening to
continue her studies at the high
school.
Miss Blanch Ames Is spending a
brief vacation at the VIM. Holt
berg home.
Donald Pommerenke motored to
Long Prairie Monday, thus doing
his bit to break through the drifts.
Many improvements were made
at the local school during the vaca-
ton period. Possibly the most Inn
portant was the building Of two
closed cupboards in the Libraries,
each 7kx16 feet, with a total Of
approximately 100 feet Of shelves.
Miss Alice Sweno is at q Long
Prairie hospital suffering from an
attack Of pneumonia. Her many
friends will be delighted to hear
she is improving.
The music class scheduled to
meet at the A. o. Undem home on
Saturday was postponed indefin-
itely on account of bad weather.