Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1931, Page 6

MAN ASKS ANNULMENT, |Robert Zipt. .!‘O-“l-::-& b & the country, 4 Wite Mentally Unsound, Alleges|Jme Ot to aneul bY Toaiie ot L "FISEAL SIPLLS Credited for Exceptional 1930 Showing. ' Government economies and general pdministrative efficiency under Gov. fTheodore Roosevelt have produced a treasury surplus for Porto Rico, accord- ing to an announcement today by the th Rico Bureau of Commerce and ndustry, at New York, on the fiscal year of 1930, Although the report did not make w the amount of the surplus, Hector , chief of the New York bureau, ‘characterized the improved finances of the island as “but one instance of the ‘made h'): the island during the three years. » Internal revenue collections at Porto , Mr. Lazo declared, totaled $5,497,« 61, which was $150,392 more than was HARRIS F. MIRES, Assistant to the commissioner of in- Many Lives Lost as Flooding Results Over Wide Area. Four Die in Tampico. By the Associated Press. TAMPICO, Mexico, August 5— Torrential rains which flooded Tampico | and other cities in Vera Cruz and| Tamaulipas with the loss of many lives ended today and gave inhabitants an opportunity to take stock of their sses. The flood water, reaching a depth of | populous _districts of Tampico, receded | sufficiently for resumption of street car | and automobile traffic in the center of the city early today. Many Die in Deluge. Three men and a woman were caught | in the swirling flood in Tampico and | swept out to sea, and residents reported | seeing numerous bodies floating down | over three feet in some of the most| | A vast extent of the Tamaulipas and Verg Cruz oil flelds were under water and crop dub:rucdon in the zone was to be enormous. The American tanker Nevads, which went aground in Tampico harbor, was freed by tugs after 7,000 barrels of its cargo had been dumped into the river. It is estimated that in an average year 5,000,000 people in the country suffer from diseases of the nervous system. Lift Out Torturing CORNS With Fingers NO PAIN! NO BOTHER! After other m that stubbern e comfort to those corns. Robert Zipf. Try toh match TIMKEN OIL BURNER for Mariufacturing responsibility--for’ eperation—for fuel economy—for price 01 more critically you compare, the mose surely § Timigen, too. We will gladly demonstrate st any the preceding year. Gasoline tax lections were 60 per cent-fidur in O ‘Thaking public the statement of e making pul e s 'ment_ o Porto Rico's financial condition Mr. E id tribute to Gov. Roosevelt's tration. “Gov. Roosevelt,” he sald, “was con- Oil Burner Corponation ! - of Washi D. € v Nérth 3701 the swollen Panuco River from the | interior, as well as hundreds of drowned cattle. | The Panuco River, which overflowed | ternal revenue, has resigned from that post to return to the practice of public ;:;ounung. it Wllt ~ at Lge asury . Mr. Mires, Who |5 o wide zone in the interior of the | entered the Government service in 1908 | country and buried numerous villages | as an employe of the War Depart-|ynder ‘its waters, still was rising and ' &.5 = MFURNITURE CO. STEIN’S SHOE REPAIR CO., INC. 627 E St. N.W. Second Shop From 7th St. Eases the Pain Removes the CORN on all sides with gloomy pes- ‘when he took over the reins of ent in October, 1929, ~Since even the most pessimistic concede and many see distinctly various 3 of hope. Education and child wel- fate and nutrition alone is an inspiring chapter history of the island in the last three years. And our treasury ] lus is the more noteworthy because A has been a year of world-wide de- teies. The liams in an accountancy firm which will specialize in matters of Federal and State taxation and in matters before Federal departments or bureaus. Mr. Mires was sent to the Philip- pines during his service with the War ment and stayed in the islands until 1918. 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