Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1933, Page 11

KANSAS PRISONERS LIVE ON ISLAND Honor System, With 300 Men Under One Unarmed Guard, Proves Successful. Candidate MILWAUKEE'S CHOICE FOR ALL-AMERICAN GIRL. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LANSING, Kans, January 2 (N.AAN.A).—Work has just started on the Kansas State Prison Island in the Missouri River on the last unit of an outside camp, which will round out the | program of the honor system undexi which more than 300 prisoners have| been maintained outside prison walls| with virtually no guard between them and liberty. | That unit. wil] be a dormitory, made | of cottonwood lumber cut from the| timber on the is!> _ will provide | sleeping quarters for ancther 100 men | who then will remain ou:side the walls both night and day. The honor system s the outgrowth of an industrial ¢ of the pricon made by Warden Prather. Rich Land Reclaimed. From the rich soil of the island, the eonvicts, working under the honor sys- tem, have delivered this year '15.000[ gallons of canned vegetables toward maintenance of the institution. In one camp more than 100 men live ently outside the walls 5 miles m: prison. One guard, unarmed, remains there to keep order. The camp buildings have been made by prison labor from trees cleared from the island. There are beautiful lawns, a base ball fleld, a' water system, kitchens, stables for the live stock, tool houses and & | large sawmill In the other camp, more than 75 men stay without a guard. A prisoner is| eneral foreman. Since it was estab- shed 16 months ago, no prisoner has sttempted to escape. | Earned $50,000 in Year. Others who make up the ‘“outside tion” are details of men from e prison who drive out in trucks and Join in clearing away the underbrush. Prison labor paid its dividends to Kansas taxpayers to the tune of $50,000 this year and laid the base for further | savings that may run up to $200,000 an- | nually, At one of the camps the prison- | ers cut timber from the island, built| an enlarged canning factory, in_which | the 75,000 gallons of vegetables, 15 times | more than ever had been canned be- fore, were put away and now are stored | in the basement of the main building. V‘ The inside industrial’ system co-ordi- | nates with the outside program. Every | department has been put on a daily report program exactly as depln‘.menu‘; in large industries. Prisoners are made foremen of their respective gangs and | are allowed extra “good time” for their | services. Those who work extra hours | also are allowed extra good time. All | who make good records inside are eligi- | ble for the outside details, under which the outside population is five times ui large as a regular trusty system. | ‘The popularity of the honor system is shown among the prisoners who now | have a petition signed by every one in the prison asking Gov.-elect Landon to keep Warden Prather on the job. ‘The warden, a Democratic appointee who will be replaced by a Republican, has told them of the futility of their effort. | (Copvright, 1933. by North American News- | paper Alllance, Inc.) . IAEDICAL FRATERNITY SELECTS WASHINGTON} Phi Lambda Kappa Presents Dr. || Schick Medal for Conspicuous Achievement. By the Assoclated Press. | NEW YORK, January 2.—Dr. Bela | Schick of New York, discoverer of the | diphtheria test bearing his name, was | presented last night with the gold | medal awarded annually by the Phi Lambda Kappa Fraternity for conspic- uous achievement by a Jewish phy- &ician. | The medal for the best undergrad- | uate thesis on a medical subject went to Myron G. and Maurice Rosenbaum, brothers, and University of Buffalo students. ‘Washington, D. C., was selected for the next annual convention, Among those at the speakers’ table tonight were Drs. Isidore Kaufman,| jamin _Rittenberg, Louis Edeikem, | Mulford Pischer and Willlam Gash, all | of Philadelphia, PLAN TO SEE ROOSEVELT DENIED BY UNTERMYER Bpilkes Report of Conference on Possible Methods of Regulat- ing Stock Sales. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—A report| that Samuel Untermyer, who was coun- sel to the congressional Stock Exchange | inquiry several years ago, expected to| confer with President-elect Roosevelt on possible regulatory measures regarding stock selling was met by the attorney last night with the statement he had no appointment for the purpose. “I am not going to Albany and I have no appointment with the President- elect,” Unterniyer said. He leaves today for a short vacation st Palm Springs, Calif. BOY FOUND DEAD OF GAS Note S8ays He Was Despondent and | Intended to End Life. i NEW YORK, January 2 (P).—James Douglas Massey, 18, yesterday was found dead of {lluminating gas poisoning in a furnished room he had occupled since last Thursday. A passport found in the room described him as an organist of Berkeley, Calif. The boy left a note addressed to his uncle, Edward V. Douglas of New York. in which he said he was despondent and intended to commit suicide. Great Britain ii‘inds Her Drinking Tastes Are Less Expensive Consumption of High- Priced Wines Shows Great Falling Off. By the Associated Press. LONDON.~—Drinking tastes have be- come less expensive in Great Britain How the consumption of higher glced wines has fallen is revealed by | e customs and excise commissioners | in their reort for the fiscal year. During this period 491,383 grlions of mglm. wine wers retained for con- | sumption, compared with 817,07 lons in 1928-29 e The same falling-off tendency was seen in regard to spirits. The total ,unnmy of duty-paid spirits retained or consumption in the last fiscal yeir ‘was 10,116,642 gallons, ;mmnons‘m 1923-24 consigned o Great B:itain from France, Portugal and Italy de- creased in quantity, the amount re- ceived from the Brmfi\ ?ommlons and colonies was appreciably larger than in tbe previous fiscal period, MISS RUTH PETERSON, Nineteen, of suburban Wauwatosa, is Milwaukee's candidate for all-American girl. She will represent the city in a national contest sponsored by the Na- tional Collegiate Association. Announce- ment of the choice was made at a dance of the Wisconsin Collegiate Asso- ciation. Miss Peterson has been study- ing and appearing on the stage in Lon- BANDITS GIVE BARBER'S PATRONS CLOSE SHAVE Robbers Overlook $150, Left in Pockets of Men Occupying Chairs. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 2.—Anyway you | members predicted that proposals to | look at it, the two men who occupled chairs in Benjamin Adler's barber shop Saturday night had a close shave. As they were being shaved by Adler and his assistant, three men walked in, | flourished revolvers and took $115 from | the till. When it was all over, the two men solemnly shook hands. One had $50 on | his person, the other $100. “A pretty close shave,” said one of them, feeling of his face, then pockets. Irish Turkeys May Stay Home. Thousands of turkeys and chickens | which have been reared in the Irish| Free State for the English market at| Christmas time, will probably never | cross the English Channel, and may have to grace Irish dinners. This may | be one of the results of the recent in-| crease by Britain of duties on imports | from the Irish Free State. The in-| crease is to 40 per cent, and applies on | all animals, poultry, meats and poultry | products. | [13 ... here’s the sale all well dressed Washington men wait for...!” THE EVENING PERSIAN ANTIQUES LOST BY LIBRARY | Thieves Steal Rare and Valuable Collection of Sixteenth Century. By the Assoclated Press. PLAINFIELD, N. J, January 3.—A rare and valuable collection of Persian antiques dating back to the sixteenth century was stolen during Saturday night from the Plainfield Public Li- brary, police learned yesterday. The theft was discovered yesterday by the janitor, Robert Minnick. The col- lection had been loaned to the library | by Dr. A. D. Yussef of Fifth avenue, New York, widely known as a collector. Among the articles reported stoler: to lpouce were an illuminated page of the poem “The Rubaiyat,” by Omar Khay- am; a number of Persian classics, three water pipes, one trimmed in gold and the other two in silver; a large shawl, said to have come from the throne room of the Shah of Persia, and a number of rugs. The entire collection was valued at | $50,000, police said. The thieves le |only two prayer rugs. The pipes alon were valued at $10,000 police said. basement window. o TENNESSEE SESSION FIGHTS BIG DEFICIT Legislators Reach Capital Pledged to Cut Salaries and Excess Offices. Ey the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 2.—How | to plug an $11,400,000 hole in Te) nessee’s treasury is the major prob the General Assembly will have to 'stnnln{ today. Legislators arrived with pledges to cut salaries and eliminate some branches of government, in conformity with the campaign platform of Gov.- elect Hill McAlister, and awaited the latter’s message for specific recom- mendations of economy. Official estimates placed the excess of expenditures over revenues for the blennium ending June 30 next &t $10,- 588,911.66, and to this deficit was added a carryover of $821,584.27 from the previous two-year period. A $5,000,000 6 per cent bond issue, secured by the revenue from one cent of the seven- cent gasoline tax, funded the rest of the last blennial defict. Until the financial knot is untied, amend the State’s dry law to conform with any changes Congress may make in the Volstead act would have to wai Delay also was forecast for the regular biennigl efforts to repeal the law | against teaching the theory of evolu- tion in public schools, and the statute requiring couples under 21 to give five days’ motice of intention to marry be- fore obtaining marriage licenses. 2 IMOTORS THREEATEN CARTS MANILA, P. 1. (#).—Motor vehicles are beginning to threaten Manila’s tra- ditional cabs, the pony-drawn, two- wheeled carts, called ‘“carromatas” or “calesas.” Fleets of small taxis of both ‘Ameri- can and English make have gone into service, carrying two passengers for 10 | cents a mile. | Another type is a combination motor cycle and passenger cab dubbed an “auto-calesa.” The smallest types of vehicles are | favored, because gasoline costs 30 cents & gallon. \ % ce Sale! e THE GREATEST SALE OF THEM ALL! e TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS IN BOTH STORES! Doublewear Suits (“They Hold the Press”) Topcoats OVERC O ATS Tuxedos « « « reduced to Grades up to $45.00, Now $28.75 Grades up $2 3.7 Grades up to $50.00, Now $33.75 to $40 Hundreds of styles, including our famous HOLLY- WOOD and Eng dresser...and BANKER type many with TWO trousers. Fashion Shops’ Nationally Famous WORUMBO OVERCOATS Reduced to 328.75 LAST YEAR THEY WERE $55 { pared with I Drape models for the the advance for conservative men... HOME OF THE FAMOUS WORUMBO OVERCOAT Entrance was gained by means of a | | wrestle with during its 75-day session | May 1933 bring to each and every one of you more happi- ness than you have ever known. 5¢ SALE SUNNYFIELD PANCAKE or Buckwheat Flour Pkg. 5 C SNIDER'S Tomato Juice COCKTAIL Bottle 5 C 5¢c VALUES Quaker Maid Beans. ........an5¢ Van Camp’s Tomato Soup.. . .= 5¢ Van Camp’s Sauerkraut. ... .en 5¢ Dried Black Eye Peas........m» 5¢c Oole taw Coektafl. ... 0. e oo ibots5E Phillips” Vegetable Soup. ... .en 5¢ Rajah Salad Dressing. . . . .30 far 5¢ Rajah Mustard .. .4on far 5¢ Honey Bunch Raisins. .. ... .o 5¢ A&P Waxed Paper.........»s 5¢ Regular Low Prices Dried Prunes.............3m 19 Sunsweet Prunes.......2n s 17c Dried Peaches............3ms Del Monte Mixed Fruits. . . .o 22¢ NavyBeans..............3m 10c Blue Rose Rice...........4m 19¢ Dried Lima Beans Waterground Corn Meal. .z-m. pks. 7¢ Encore Noodles. . 3 ks 19¢ Stringless Beans 4 mea. cans 25¢ Del Monte Asparagus, 2 picnic cans 29¢ Encore Spaghetti.......160 nur 10c ENCORE OLIVE OIL GO T A5 can S.O.S. . . 2¢pk2lc Magic Cleaning Pads for Aluminum Center Slices n. 19¢ | Swift’s Premium Canned | SAVORTITE DAISIES , A Boneless Smoked Pork—Cut, Sealed and Cooked in Natural Juices Shoulder Lamb Roast....... Breast of Lamb. ... .. Skinless Franks. ...... Sausage Meat, Auth’s n. 15¢; Briggs ». 20c e aN N e Phillips’ Original Sausage. . . Small Westphalias Tender Beef Liver. . ... STEAK SALE ROUND = 2Ic SIRLOIN STEAK . . PORTERHOUSE . . Flight Bird Gravel Rain or shine— keep that schoolgirl complexion. 2to3 Average ce..m 12V5¢ Shoulder Lamb Chops.............m 15¢ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1933. s A L E Happinei;%(‘ The value of a nickel is even greater this week, when used in this remarkable sale. 5¢ SALE ENCORE SPAGHETTI MACARONI Pkg. SC STANDARD TOMATOES pesodlhs Webster’s Fresh LlMA BEANS med'. can 5C Grandmother’s SWEDISH RYEBREAD = Bc Specially Priced All Week Octagon Soap Powder. ....... .ms 5¢ .vks. 5¢ GOLD MEDAL—PILLSBURY’S or Ceresota .. FLOUR bag 4l7c 32c 241b. | o 63c Special Prices All This Week 12-1b. bag Very Specially Priced PURE THE LOWEST PRICE at which we have eve: offered PALMOLIVE SOAP 5¢ SALE 3 e |7cC in providing the family food supply is always reasonably assured where the homemaker depends regularly on their A&P Food Stores. 5c SALE CAMPBELL'S Pork and- BEANS e 5C SUNNYFIELD QUICK OATS 5c 5c VALUES Supreme Chicken Soup. . ... .cn 5¢ Rittet’s Beans..............o¢ 5¢ Sultana Red Beans.....:....an5¢ Bob White Baking Powder. . .can 5¢ Hershey’s Choc. Syrup. .st-ox ean 5¢ small pkg. Leake 5¢ Kirkman’s Cleanser.........=n 5¢ Sweetheart Soap. ... Regular Low Prices Grandmothet’s Sliced Bread m. 1oat 5¢ Sunnyfield Sliced Bacon. . .. .» 2lc Wildmere Selected Eggs. .. .ex 35¢ Sunnybrook Fresh Eggs. . . .= 39¢ 8 O’clock Coffee. .. .........m 2f¢ Red Circle Coffee...........n.23¢ Nectar Tea. . %-b. pke. 14¢3 %-. pis. 276 Granulated Sugar... ...10 »s 45¢ Creamery Butter. ... .. 2 M 59¢ Sunnyfield Print Butter. . . .2 s 63¢ Royal Baking Powdet. . .6-or. esn 25¢ Nutley Nut Margarine. .....n 10c MELLO-WHEAT Cereal 2 Pkgs. 25C Uneeda Bakers Fruit & Nut Cakes Lb. 25¢ FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES FLORIDA JORANGES . . . . . 6w 25¢] b. [9¢ . f GRAPEFRUIT . . . .. wa5c| | TANGERINES . . . 21.29c| Stayman Eating Apples.......... White Potatoes. ....... Fresh Peas. . .. Stringless Beans. .. .2 ms. 9¢ .10 ms. 15¢ <an.2 e 25¢ POy . W .m. 19¢ - 35c 23 . 2l c i W-33¢ S St et il Iceberg Lettuce............2 heats 13¢5 17c Emperor Grapes ... Crisp Carrots. ...... Yellow Onions FRESH wents s s 33 MR 206