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HOPE ON YOUNG DETECTIVES Jurtman, Surprised by Ran- som Talk, Tells of Kind- ly Treatment. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, 1., August 27—John J. *Jack” Lynch, weslthy turfman, who was reported to be kidnaped last Thurs- day, returned to his home in Lake Geneva, Wis., early today, in his own car and unharmed. Lynch said his captors .treated him 55?&%1" i ; | fi i Scientist’s Device Turns Dry Earth Into Water Pump Cornell Professor Puts Natural Forces to Work to Overcome Gravity. By the Associated Press. vard to plant roots in & mew water- apparatus at Cornell University. This ing force comes from the 30 Members of Secret Service Squid Con- sidered Chief Reliance in War to President Pack of Nature So- ciety Describes Thrill in Arctic. azfigi ] i T | i i E i E g §Z§E§E§E itz T il : g géig sin E : 3 i 33536 ] B a3 %;gé? PP feli Bicentennial Year to Make Washington a Center for Conclaves. iy T, At P £ i "8 I 1 i g | —— - S. BAND TOURS TO CUT CITY’S CONCERT SEASON Wi 's concert season in the lormerly, three service bands will be away from the National 1 on tour. coneert be held ot the Sylvan Theater on the Office of Public Parks inced £ ington . but in two days it road again, for about DUE AT CLEVELAND Udet to Fly From New York Today to Rejoin Group of Noted Pilots. By the Assoclated Press. — | N. M., but arrived here at 9 p.m. m&t will fly from New York, where he went yesterday from Wash: !;mm and a reception by President loover, | wind. h ‘W. E. Musgrave, jr., of San Francisco russe of | the men’s division in acore points, was ‘Warren. ‘The pllots will fly at the air races, but will not enter competition. “ DELAYED BY WEATHER lane | return. star, | comet, a ball of white-hot gas, speeding jog | at 100 miles per second and perhaps - | discovered the comet August 14 with a R small telescope at comet post. The five fiyers, members of their | Jotaled or party, and representatives of their re- ive embassies and legations in were guests of the Aero of Washington, chapter of the Tuneheon 1 the Willarg Hoter vester day afternoon. DERBY FLYERS IN MISHAPS. Three Women Delayed; Leaders on Way te Oklahoma Towns. AMARILLO, Texas, August 27 (#).— led by Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif., the entrants in the Santa Monica-Cleveland air derby took off here this morning for Enid, Okla. Mys. O'Donnell left at 8:04 am. The | | other ines got away at one-minue 1nf , pfter & luncheon stop at Enid the .’!l‘»'fll continue to Bartlesville, Okla., t coni . of the season will | Amarillo, ed this cit blew out tires in la k two ships remained definitely in race. Ruth Stewagt of St. Louls made a You Pay No More For This Better ”Eastman Way " WHEN you bring your exposed films to Kodak Headquarters for devel- oping and printing, you can be sure of prints of the quality kind. Our skilled derkroom workers use only the very best photographic ma- terials, and each negative is given individual atten- tion. Yet you pay no more for this better East- man way. Tune in on Kodak Hour Fridays—9p. m. (E.S.T.) N. B. C. Red Network EASTMAN KODAK 607-14th Street, N.W. Channel in Nasty Mood, Crossed by Austrian on Skis By the Associated Press. August 27.—Karl an Al the world, com- ing ashore at Shakespeare Beach here at 4:30 p.m. forced fanding in s field near Roswell, Stabilizer Is Broken. Mrs. forced down by the breaking of a sta- bilizer, made repairs with birbed wire, Within sight of the Amarillo Airport, Mildred Morgan of Beverly Hills, Calif., headed her plane toward Claude, 30 miles southeast of Amarillo. She re- turned here later. Mrs. Blanche Noyes, Cleveland en- trant, who was delayed in_Arizona by motor trouble, arrived at El Paso late yesterday and said she hoped to over- take the other fiyers at Bartlesville. Stays in Lead. Mrs. O'Donnell, consistent leader in flying time, flew the average hour. She was aided by a strong was the first man to cross the marker. His fiying time of 1:10:34, however, was by E. B. Christopner cf Chicago, ‘who landed less than a minute later, his fiying time be! . Lee B Calif., first in twenty-seventh to land. NEW COMET SPEEDS OVER U. S. TODAY Recently Discovered Wanderer 3 Flashes Across Heavens on Way to Outer Space. By the Associated Press. Ryves' Comet, & newly discovered wanderer of the solar system, flashed over the United States today and on into cuter space, probably never to The Naval Observatory said the even faster, probably was not visible to gkl eye anywhere in the United It has been seen through telescopes at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and the University of Cali- fornia Observatory at Berkeley. P. M. Ryves, a British amateur sstronomer, Saragosa, Spain. ‘The passed closest to the sun, y L low it is speed- ing into outer space. SAYS TARIFF REDUCED EGG SALES TO CANADA " Canada has | the Hawley- | Shipment of oge to been greatly curtailed by Smoot tariff act, it was charged yes- y by Representative Cannon, | PR s stasement aied n a it issued through the Democratic National Committee. Cane | non said that during the first four months of 1930, when “Canada had a reasonable tarif of 3 cents against | shell eggs, we exported to that market | a total of 2,728,500 dozen eggs.” | “After enactment of the Hawley- | tariff,” he added, “Canada,. in | iation, increased ~the duty” on | cents .a dosen. four months of this that these were almost alto- | for hatching purposes.” ROAD PARLEY PLANNED Utilities Commission to Study Change With Transit Line. Plans for a conference soon between | the Public Utilities Commission and officials of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Raflway and the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. for dis- | cussion of forthcoming changes in Benning road were announced today. The ley will be held within the next urmfil.butmdeflmudauhuboen[ fixed. The improvement contemplated will | include widening of road from | Pifteenth and H_streets northeast to | Kingman's Lake. The Washington, Bal- | timore & Annapolis Station at Pifteenth and H streets will be eliminated. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. probably will be required to relocate its | tracks so as to run in the middle of the new road. Members Master 4 One C. E. Shankle cf Fort Sill, dent "Macrado 3 . E. ¢f Fort Okla., an American, cousin of the famous Sergt. Alvin York, whe, in the World ‘War, captured siderable arm. 3 32, n(mfinnl‘limflumm American War Veteran Has ' Charge of All Communica- tions on Island. Special Dispatch to The Star. [VANA, August 27 (N.ANA)— qul m"m officers in the Cuban single-] a con- segment of the German . He is Maj. York is chief military censor, hottest offices hn of messages, news dis- patches and_other things to censorship. - He often was on job 38 hours at a stretch, a cup of coffee and & only when s e gray ok , gray of hair and showing in the droop of h¥ shoulders the strain of recent days, Maj. York laughed when he saw & cable ing the truth of a rumor that he was one of the rebel leaders. He asked for a copy of the cable that he might have it framed. President Machado and | chief of staff, Gen. Alberto Herrera, also were amused. k was born in Atlant He enlisted in the United e served under chief telegraph Entered Cuban Army After hostilities with Spain ceased, York was mustered out of the service, and immediately took an examination for the Cuban Army. Passing the ex- amination, he was assigned to the infantry, the Cuban Army at that time having no Signal . He was promoted to second lieuten- ant, lleutenant, and captain, and in 1918, when the Signal of the Cuban Army was orga , he was placed in charge as captain. In 1900 he married Senorita Aurora Valmana, member of a well-known Cuban family. He has seven children, two boys and five girls. Maj. York is former president of the Cuban Boxing Commission, president of the Cuban National Radio Commission, a member of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars, and a Master Mason. Having been here so long he spesae English with a Spanish accent, and sometimes must pause to grope for an English word. (Copyright. 1931, by the North Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) American, Burglars Get éold Guns. CHICAGO, August 27 (#).—Burglars with expensive tastes brcke into a Loop gunshop and stole three gold-inlaid shotgrns valued at $1,500 and cwned by Ji Leiter, millionalre s n. EoawaRiam, 3333305333 UNION BUS DEPOT 1336 New York Ave. N.W. 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