Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1931, Page 12

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1 3 tural Most E:m- pral Lazative ,TH FOOD CO,, 3121 14th 8t. N.W. iambla. 2080 for Detlvers MAGAZINE STORY LEADS TO ARREST Policeman, Detective Yarn Fan, May Have Caught Wife Murderer. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISOO, May 20.—A pa- trolman's retentive memory and his fondness for detective story magazines may bring him a reward of $500 if Frank J. Moran, whom he arrested here yesterday, proves to be George H. Perry, known as the “marrying brakeman” of Eagle River, Wis Perry is wanted for the murder last | July of Cora Belle Hackett at Lac du \l-'lambcau Wis. She was one of the six women he had married. Moran, business agent for the Inter- national Brotherhood, figured in an au- $2.00 to Fredericksburg Account Memorial Day (WEEK-END) HOLIDAY Pickets good going May 29th, 30th, and for trains scheduled to arrive destination not later than 3:00 p. m., May 31st. Good returning to leave destination wl midnight, Sunday, May 81st, in- within e Childben malf fare o baggage checked. RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC R. R. tomobile accident here recently and Po- lice Inspectors James dJohnson and Richard Hughes went to Moran's office to get his version of it. Picture Attracts Attention. Monday Johnson was perusing a mag- azine. His attention was attracted to a story of the murder of Cora Belle Hackett and a picture of her husband, Ferry, who had disappeared. The picture interested him. He noted facial peculiarities of Moran and Perry, which were similar. Yesterday he tele- | graphed Wisconsin authorities. They asked that Perry be held. | Moran denied he was Perry, said he was never married before and that he was in New Orleans at the time of the murder |STRAYER SCHOOL GETS | CUT-FARE FOR STUDENTS Business Pupils Under 18 Given Special Street Car and Bus Rate. The Public Utilities Commission has granted the request of Strayers' Busi- ness College bringing students of that | school under the age of 18 within the | provision for reduced car and bus fare. The application stated that the school had about 100 students under 18 years old. The action of the commission ap- plied specifically to the petitioning (D. C. Property Only) 6% No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to | ray off your loans without the expense of renewing. for $10 per month, including | interest and principal Larger il or smaller loans at proportion- [ 4L ate l’lfi l Building Association Established 1881 Largest in Washington Assets Over $24,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. | AMES BERRY. President EDWARD O. BALFZ, Becrotary we o $1,000 > | school only, and apparently other similar J| | schools must make similar applications il | before their Muidflnu will be given the fl leduced fare privileges. mmfislon also granted a re- quub of the Capital Traction Co.. for ion to rehabilitate its car tracks tween Eighth street and Pennsylva- nia avenue southeast and the end of the line at Seventeenth street southeast. ROWE TO GIVE LECTURE Director General of Pan-American Union to Conduct Seminar. Attendance at a seminar conference in Latin American relations, which Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, will conduct daily from June 29 through July 3, will be permitted a selected group of George Washington Summer students. This privilege was arranged for students in- terested in the Pan-American field. Preliminary registration for George ‘Washington University’s Summer ses- sion began this morning and will con- tinue through May 27. Students who do not register in this period must en- roll during the regular registration, June 12 and 13. The Summer classes will open June 15 for the nine-week courses and June 29 for the six-week course. er 3[?!8!/’ Vacations lowest cost oo ¥ C & THE C.N. Hale 201 Franklin Trust Bidg. 15th and Chestnut Sts. W/a’e;f variety No other Railroad nor any other method of travel serves so much of the Wesi' Wi SE!VE |5 NATIONAL 'AIKS \ # Chicago & North Western.Union Pacific serves | /8" § more of theWest than any other railroad—including § Zion-Bryce-Grand Canyon Yellowstone-Grand Teton Rocky Mountain National Parks Colorado Californic and Hawail Pacific Northwest and Alask: Waestern Dude Ranches Hoover (Boulder) Dam N.w or UNION PACIFIC H. L. Lauby 508 Commercul Trust 15th and Market Sts. Philadelphia, Pa. Please send me complete information and booklets H OVERLAND ROUTE Chicafl & NorthWestern I THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ROBINSON EXPRESSES Many Three-Dollar Bills Are Cherished As““Red Dog” Relics By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 20.—When Clem Ivey of Cincinnati announced on May 14 that he had the only $3 bank nott in the United States he started something. At least 20 persons in Chicago sald today they hnd $3 bills saved as relics of the “red dog” and “wildcat” money days, so called because Michigan banks once used wild animal pictures to dec- orate their currency. One Chicago man sald he had 65 $3 bank notes. G. 0. P. CLUBS TO MEET ‘The annual meeting of the League of | Republican State Clubs, of which United | States Marshal E. C. Snyder is presi- dent, will be held tomorrow evening at the rooms of the National Capital Re- | publican Club, 1331 G street, at 8 o'clock. Officers for the year will be elected, reports of officers will be received, and arrangements will be made to partici- pate in the coming presidential cam- paign. S SILVER MONEY NEED Tariff Also Prosperity Deterrent, | He Tells Alabama Graduates. | By the Associated Press. | AUBURN, Ala., May 20 —Downwardl revision of the United States tariff and restoration of the value of silver and its use as money in India were de- scribed in an address here yesterday by | Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas as_essentials for return of prosperity. He predicted, if tariff rates are low- | ered, it will be done by Congress and {not by the Tariff Commission. __Establishment _of a gold basis in TORAGE ¢ Safe, Modern nrpmlwrv lnr v» Your Valuables. o) Rates, {Q KRIEG’S EXPRESS & & STORAGE CO. & 616 Eye St. Dist. 2010 & —The Original— : [ Igmnot- Smedley Butler tells who’s the Greatest L HIS red-headed, freckled-faced, scrappy Marine General...stick of «..who has ranged from Peking to Philadelphia in a hundred battles, relates to you his absorb- ing experiences with the world’s greatest liar. A relentless foe who has pursued him through- out his career. ‘You may or may not like Smedley Butler, but you can’t help enjoying what he has to say in the June American Magazine. HAWKS wants to Outfly the SUN! APTAIN FRANK HAWKS . . . split second salesman of speed . . . has a mis- sion in life. He wants to race the sun . . win! He plans a midday lunch in New York, World’s IAR! followed the same hours! human dynamite % / And it looks as if some day he'd do it. For Captain Hawks has captured countless flying records. In fact, he can’t remember them all. This exhilarating story is in the June Ameri- MAY 20, 1931. tants of the globe, or less than $1 each. | is realized this n it is pif not evenly distributed,” he said, * | necessity for restoration of the value of | silver and its use as money in India | and China becomes apparent.” — e | Minnesota showed a gain of pearly 7,000 farms in the decade 1920 to 1930. | India, he said, and the decline in the value of silver in China has cut in half the purchasing power of those countries and of more than one-third of the world’s population. With a few countries holding most of the gold, the Senator said, a billion and a half dollars are left for the use of the 1,600,000,000 remaining inhabi- WANTED Jewelry Saleslady —must be competent, pleasing personality; wonders ful opportunity; state experience and salary ex- pected references. Our sales organization knows that this ad is appearing in paper. All an- swers strictly confidential. 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You’ll enjoy every word. * * * YET THIS IS ONLY ONE of thirty interesting features in the June issue of The American Magazine, Some are listed on this page. Ine spiring, thought-provoking biog- raphies about the known great and the great unknowns. Every page is waiting with something that will entertain...stimulate...inspire you! 00TH TARKINGTON has done it again! His new novel...up-to- the-minute in tempo, yet written with mature skill...is bound to be a best seller! But you can read it in The Amer- ican Magazine months before its publication in book form. “High Summer”...beginning in the June American Magazine... offers an intimate and penetrating study of a family that steps outina modern summer resort. For three months each year they emerge from the drab obscurity of their winter hibernation. You can imagine what Booth Tarkington does with a situa- tion like this! They Said RUTH CHATTERTON was Through! WHEN Ruth Chatterton chucked her stage career, they said she was through. She went to Hollywood. And couldn’t get a job. Down to her last eight dollars, she grimly fought for her chance. She won. Her story...with all its heartaches and triumphs...is in the June Amer- ican Magazine. Don’t miss it! . and by a midday lunch in Los Angeles day! A cross-country flight in three can Magazine. It's another of those interesting stories of human beings always found in this magazme. Read this month’s unusually good issue. It's full of entertainment for you. merican THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY 350 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY Other articles and stories by . . . RoBerT W, CHaMBERS ArcHALD RurLEnGE ParTErsoN DiaL Ocravus Roy Comen Dr. JuLis Fagn . Epcar Warre MonTAGUE GLass James R. CrowrLL P. G. Woperouse W. O. McG=EnAN | CLEMENTS ‘RIPLEY GERALD MYGATT Magazine Y .

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