Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1931, Page 12

A—12 RO0SEVELT BOON AT BY WYBRDE ry Leader Sees Challenge sc 'a’smyaggga P ‘harged with having a still in his plight of Kropidlowskl's two in Indorsement of Gov- ernor by Wets. F. Scott McBride, general superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon League of Amer- ica, today declared “the steady stream of indorsements of Franklin D. Roose- velt for President which are being made ublic by outstanding enemies of pro- bition are at once a chall and & ‘warning to the friends of the eighteenth amendment.” wl:lwly“'h t0 be acceptabl - 'wet _eno Z7of the Middle West,’" sald McBride, “—#the question arises as to whether he '4s dry enough to be acceptable to the drys of the friends of ‘prohibition greatly outnumber its enemies. Equally important would ‘be the question as to whether he is " dry enough for the dry Democrats of ! the South. A parallel statement of Joseph F. Guffey, the old-time wet Pennsylvania Democratic leader, pledg- ing Franklin Roosevelt over 60 Pennsyl- vania dclegates long before his choice by delegates to the D>mocratic National Convention ought to put the Democrats of Pennsylvania on their guard. Ap- +parently Mr. Guffey believes that any ne acceptable to him or to the liquor rowd of Pennsylvania will be swallowed by the Democrats of that State. “The people of the country unnnthe e of of his blamed for wondering whether ' Roosevelt's silence means . the Cermak-Guffey interpretal candidacy.” ‘FICTION OUTRANKS = OTHER U. S. BOOKS < Federal Office of Education Points " to Increased Publications in Last 12 Months. Ficticn outranks all new book titles produced by American publishers dur- ing the past six months and alone con- stitutes one-fourth of all titles combined, according to the Federal Office of Education. The number of titles appearing at the end of the first six monthe of this year exceeds those for the corresponding riod in 1930 by 45. Additional in- . ormation was furnished as follows: A total of 4,801 new titles and new editions of old titles were produced up to July. Of these, 1,053 were fiction titles. Fiction reading, always heavy in the United States, continues to be the most popular. Religious and theolog- ical works follow. So far, 420 books bearing religicus titles have been manufactured by American publishers. Biographical read- ing in recent years has attracted an in- creasingly large reading pubiic, in conzequence of which many biograph- cal works are appearing on the market. A total of 366 separate titles were pro- duced during the six-moffth period. In June 48 new titles and 6 new editions appeared on biographical subjects. Poetry and drama ranked next with PARDONED BY PRESIDENT, MAN IS ARRESTED AGAIN Max Kropidlowski Charged With Possession of Still in Basement. By the Associated Press. cl ment. The --852 new titles, while juvenile ones fol- |. lowed closely with 322. Sociology and economes mustered 288 titles, history 240, general literature 223, science 216 and geography and travel 205. The least number of new titles was on domestic economy .with only 26, while law titles stood at 35. During June a total of 586 new titles and 117 new editions of old titles com- prising 703 titles produced for the month represént an increase of 115 over the 588 produced that month in 1930. HIT-RUN DRIVER FINED Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 29.—James H. Brownley, Portsmouth, Va., a hit- and-run driver with three other charges against him, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge William 8. Snow in Police Court yesterday. Brownley, with three companions, was caught yes- terday afternoon after an exciting chase through the city by Alexandria police. The hit-and-run driver collided with the automobile of Willie V. Terry, 131 East Lloyd avenue, at King and Colum- bus streets yesterday afternoon and sped away without heeding a policeman's ‘command to stop. Brownley was charged with colli 2 speeding and driving without a t in addition to the hit-and-run charges. ‘Two of his companions were charged with being drunk and fined in court .this morning. Ouch! My Corn! Try This Safe, Easy Way to End Painful Corns Quick. safe rellef to sul agonizing When corns. u are in misery. this ~ unnecessar; Simply apply & drop or twe Korn Remover and the most immediately. After Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star ever day. The great ma- Jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at a cost of 13 cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advane tage of this regular service &: this low rate, telephone National 5000 now and service will start tomorrow. A Soothing Agent : That Insures Safe : Feminine Hygiene ! 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You can identify it uly 20.—Max Kropidiow- one of the few Federal ichigan ever to receive a was arrested officers yesterday, base- | sought to recuperate from a fatal lll- THE EVENING mn: sons, after their mother had been found dead while their father was setV- ing a term for bootlegging last Spring, was ht to the attention of Presi- dent Hooter and resulted in issuance of a pardon on May 10. Kropidlowski had three weeks of a four-month sentence to serve at the time. Al G. Barnes Buried. INDIO, Calif., July 29 (#).—Al G. Barnes, former “king of the white tops,” was buried in an Indio cemetery yes- terday near his desert home, where he ness. He died cancer. last Saturday from STAR, WASHINGTON, HUDSON NOW FACES CLAIMS FOR ALIMONY “Ma” Kennedy's Recent Husband Freed of Bigamy Case—Sued for $250,000. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 29.—Guy Ed- ward Hudson, whom Mrs. nedy, evangelist, called “what-a-man” during her { marriage to him, today D. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 29. 1931. found himself free of & Washington bigamy charge, but not of the necessity of responding to alimony claims of a previous undivorced wife, " Mrs. Mar- garet Newton Hudson. ‘When a message was recelved from Sherift G. H. Gray of Kelso, Wash,, advising local authorities that extradi- tion rorr Hudson had &een retlu:ed be- cause of the expense, the central figure in the recent whirl of legal action entered conference th his attorney concerning Mrs. Hudson's divorce and alimony suit. She asks $250 monthly alimony and attorney fees. The hearing is set for today. The Kennedy-Hudson marriage was annulled last week. Hudson, as another aftermath of his marriage to Mrs, Kennedy near Long- view, Wash., June 28, faces a $250,000 breach of promise suit filed by Tehel Lee Parker Harbert of Los Angeles. $4,000 IN GEMS STOLEN Patent Attorney Reports Loss of Gems From Hotel Room. 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