Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1935, Page 22

Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events-and Things. This Arouses Memories. HE hancbill-delivering business, once a fairly steady source of in- come for enterprising youngsters, has been incorporated by a Washington ‘woman. No longer do merchants intrust their “throw-aways” to strange lads who might succumb to the call of pleasure and toss the cumbersome cir- culars down a sewer. The aforementioned miss keeps a staff of messengers who can be as- sembled on short notice to deliver anything you care to name. 5 \J Telegraph companies also cater to this sort of trade. e WINS BY A NOSE. The smallest house in Alezandria, @ brick dwelling at 523 Queen street, exactly 7 feet 6 inches wide, was used more than 50 years ago as a private school. It earns the “smallest house” distinction by a scant 6 inches over another miniature residence in the historic city, @ home in the 400 block Prince street. Both are occupied. ST Hard on Mainsprings. \\/'ASHINGTON'S much-abused cli- mate is even blamed for stop- ping the watch of a feminine traveler who told a Conecticut avenue jewel- er her timepiece fails to function every Summer when she comes here. The jeweler's explanation was that the hot weather plays havoc with mainsprings. removed when the Memorial Highway | was constructed, found its position | cannot be sltered except by an act | of the Virginia Legislature. It ma.ks the spot from which 700 Alexandria veterans left to join the Southern forces in 1861. * ok Kk X THEY DON'T MOVE OFTEN. Prominently displayed at a coal yard on the corner of Twenty- ninth and K streets is the legend “William King & Sons, on this corner since 1835.” Incidentally the King family is one of Georgetown’s oldest. L ‘THIS REQUIRED THOUGHT. THE prisoner was given her choice —a fine or probation. Standing before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court, a young white woman j who wished to have the monument THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, entered & plea of “guilty” to intoxica- tion. She was smiling the-while. “Which would you rather do—pay & fine or be placed on probation,” the court inquired. “I guess I'll take probation,” replied the prisoner, after some thought. “Well, it's cheaper,” the court as- serted, as he called the next case. U. S. SALES IN CUBA SHOW 60 PCT. GAIN By the Associated Press. HAVANA, September 9.— United States Ambassador Jefferson Caffery announced last night a 60 per cent in- crease in the dollar value of American sales to Cuba during the first 11 months of the new reclprocity treaty. Making public the results of an em- said, “Cuba has regained her position as one of the leading world markets for American goods.” Advantages given Cuba under the treaty, the envoy said, had stimulated Cuban purchasing power to the ad- vantage of American export trade and | had reinforced “the entire Cuban eco- | nomic structure.” bassy survey of treaty effects, Caffery | VETERAN AND STUDENT PILOT DIE IN CRASH By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ill, September 9.—A veteran flyer and a student pilot were instantly killed here yesterday when their plane crashed into a bean fleld adjoining the local airport. The victims were Harley Miethe, transport pilot and instructor, and Fred Snyder, to whom Miethe was giving instructions. Both were mar- ried and lived at Georgetown, Ill. Airport attendants said the men had been in the air only a few min- utes when the plane’s motor balked. Efforts of Miethe to effect a landing were unavailing, the attendants said, and the ship crashed. 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