Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1931, Page 36

AIS WENT Y ONNETS OWNAT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, JAPANESE PILOT, WHO FLEW-KITES AS BOY, WILL HOP OFF FOR U. S. Youthful “Seagull”” Starts in Few Days; Selects Danger- ' ous Route Across North Pacific. Prohibition. Bill to Halt-Drys’ | Measure; Forced: by Wife,. ! Now 50-Year-Old: Law.. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, May 1.—The part the “wets” unwittingly played in the outlawing of tie liguor traffic in Khn- sas was recalled today by its fiftieth anniversary of prohibition in the first State o strike at the business through constitutional amendment. The Chief Justice, now 82 years old, ‘was & member of the State Senate in 1879 when the Legislature voted to sub- | mit to & popular vote & constitutional amendment prohibiting manufacture and sale of intoxitating liquor except for medical, scientific and mechanical purpeses. “The Senal L3 to amend the Dramshop law,” Justice Johnson related: *“The wets. be- came apprel ive, and one of their supporters in the Senate moved as & substitue for the bill the prohibitory amendment resolution. Drys Passed Wets' Own Bill “The drys at first belleved the wets were up to a trick, but after a confer- ence we dcided to:call their bluff and take our chances on the amendment resolution being adopted in the House, where the wets believed they could bring about its defeat. “With the assistance of the wets, the resolution carried in the Senate without a dissenting vote. “Days later we received word the amendment was up for a vote in the House, and we: went over to Representa- Down. hall walked Mrs. George W. to the seat of her husband, who had voted against submission. Deciding Vote: “Leaning over him she whispered in his ear. ] voters adopted the amendment by an 8,000- ‘;z':y . » The law became effective 1881. At least a dozen States enacted pro- ADMIRAL BYRD’S ANTARCTIC SHIP “City of New York” TOKIO; Muy 1.—Seijl: Yoshiwara, 28~ 'Jear-olt’ Jepanese; who plans to leave in & few days for a.flight in easy stages fromi Tokio to Sam: Francisco via they North: Pacific islands, was known as: & boy as “Kite Crazy Seljl.” {m in: & seacoast village, Yoshiwara’s favorite pastime as s kite flying. When he was 14 years old his uncle i the navy took up aviation and the boy’s mind turned from kites to airplanes. He learned about them in the employment of the Kawanishi Air- araft Co. Yoshiwara will fly alone in a light Junkers plane, the undertaking being sponsored as & good will flight by the Hochi Shimbun, Tokio daily. Picks Hasardous Way. The “Seagull” as the Japanese call ihim; is & small, youthful loeking chap "dicted he would b:come ‘of slight build and modest disposition. The route he has chosen is hazardous Because of thick fog ‘and mist which hlanket its islands simost 365 days in the year. A forced: landing on the sea would entail aimost certain death, as the route is off the ordinary track of otean vessels. Even the destdoyers which are to keep a lookout for shiwara are liable to miss him by reasen of the fog banks. ‘When Yoshiwara obtained a pilot's certificate in 1927, his instrictor pre- greatest aviator in Japan, saying he possessed aviator brains, courage and enthusiasm. Flew Aeross Siberia. Yoshiwara's widowed mother sold her land and presented him $5,000 so he might study aviation in Germany. Last Summer he flew a light plane from Ber- lin to Tokio through Siberia in a little more than 1» days. In the immense crowds which greeted him on arrival in Tokio was his aged mother, ceremonially attired in & black kimono. OVERHEAD WIRES T0 G0 FF STREET Alexandria Council Passes Ordinance Ruling Lines Off Boulevard. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 1—City Council, at a special meeting yesterday afternocn, passed the ordinance pro- viding for the removal of all overhead wires and poles on Washington street here, which is a part of the Mount Vernon Boulevard route, and for widening the street in the vicinity of | its intersection with King street. Reguirement in Ordinance. Under the ordinance public utilities companies are required to place under- ground all conduits and other fixtures between First street on the north to the corporate limits of the city at Hunt- ing Creek. Two slight changes were made in the ordinance before its passage. The pro- bring a smart clothing man with you! —and he’ll tell you that the | difference between the cost and the selling price of Bell Clothes can’t serious- ly be called Let him examine the fine ma- terials; he knows them when he sees them. Let him compare the skillful designing and hand-tailoring; he appreciates the details at a glance. Let him explain to you how impossible it would be to put so much value in Bell clothes unless we figured on selling a tremendous quantity at just a small profit on each garment. q the kind you look for Yes, sir—100% all-wool fabrics— rich in coloring, beautiful in de- sign and dependable for wear are in $35 and $45 clothes . . . and find in Bell Clothes at $22.50! 4-Piece Sports Suits COAT—VEST—TROUSERS—KNICKERS Natty tweeds and clevef herringbone weaves in rich grays and tans. Lux- $272.50 uriously lined with celanese. A wonder- ful four-piece suit at no extra charge for the extra value—just $22.50—the Bell price. St. The biggest difference between Bell Clothes and those t cost more is . . . the price. 715 @h St. D. C.. FRIDAY, vision aboll curb gasoline pumps was amended to. include section No. 1 in the vicinity of King street only. The arnmanf; vummnw W (g con- ue the Wi ‘ashington street from Prince narut south all the way to Duke street on the west side of the street. This skie of the highway will only be widened' 212 feet, while the other portions to b widened, which have already been Andicated, will be set back 7 feet on each side. Passed Unantmously. ‘The resolution was jyassed on motion of Councilman Clyde (. Lamond, sec- onded by Councilman. .Arthur . Herbert. It was carried unanimously. | Application of Mrs. Eliwbeth B. Nash gasoline. for a permit to establish & - filling station on Duke siweet extended opposite Washington-Lee School was re- ferred to the City Zoning Commission for a recommendation. South Africa’s gold outputi in Febru- ary was 843,026 fine ounces, or nearly 25,000 ounces greater than in the corre- sponding month of last year. ‘What a happy, contented, at-peaces with-the-world feeling . . . after @ wholesome,meal of Prudence | SI.ENDER-WISB women today are keenly alive to the healthful benefits of the daily salad . . . NOW the pleasure of slenderizing is enhanced by serving all salads with Best Foods Mayonnaise. A whipped-creamy lightness all its own ... a new piquancy of flavor. MAY 1, 1931. « CAPITAL STUDENT WINS SCHOOL 10B IN FRANCE Roger Craven, at American Uni- versity, Selected for Honor by In- stitute of International Education. Roger Craven of this city, who will be graduated in June at American Uni- versity, has been selected by the Fran- co-American Relations Committee of the Institute of International Education to u;chl z gb Innu :‘l;!nch normal school for the mnext scholastic x 'Ié'l-elrn!d 'D.‘gIY- bty ven is the son of Herman W. Craven, principal clerk of the Senate, and resi at 4709 Piney Branch road. He plans to go to France this Summer o continue his studies of French at the ——— e Real Estate Loans | (D. C. Property Only) % No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to | ~ay off your loans without the expense of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month, including | interest and principal, Larger [ ll or smaller loans at proportion- Il ate rates. Il Perpetual ** Building Association Established 1881 i Largest in Washington | Assets Over $24,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES BERRY. EOWARD O BALIZ Sodent,, University of Dijon before starting to teach English at a school in France, not yet designated. He is a graduate of the J. R. West hool and of Western High School of has participated years and was the editor this year of the American Eagle, the college news- paper. Although many more acres in Porto devoted to to- that the 1931 than that of 1930. Beech-Nut CREAM CRACKERS NEW CREAMY-CRISP CRACKERS . that transform the humblest salad into a party dish Whydoesa[ifie' 0XYDOL make a lot of sudsy suds? Telling the Senate | the Facts About Food Prices . - A United States Senate committee has Been looking into the prices of bread. The Senate wanted to know, in the interest of the public, whether the retail cost of a loaf had come down with the price of wheat. Not in all cases, the committee answers." It says, however, that: “The. chain stores are demonstrating their ability to bake and sell at a profit a pound loaf of bread at 5 cents, using the best materials and approved metheds, and paying the prevailing scale of wages.” A&P cannot tell the story of all its foods better than the Senate committee tells it about bread. The Great ATLANTIC & PACIFIC Tea Co.