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Page Two THE TIMES Tuesday, July 28, 1931V Looking Backward "Death Valley Seotty" an effort to confirm It. They had received no answer today. There Is nothing: In Lamb's papeis to disclose the source of his Income the past 19 years and," apparently, no funds to pay for his burial. thoroughly exhausted trying to get that brief bit of dialogue right." Dix, aside from his work in "Cimarron," "Young Donovan's Kid" and "Big Btrother," has completed work on the "The Homecoming," a pictur with a background of Shanghai and San SETTER ISES ELEVATOR AUGUSTA, Me. (U.P.) "Skipper," a black and white English setter, always waits for the elevator when he wants to go up or down stairs at the State House.

He is a frequent visitor at the capitoL being owned by Governor William Tudor Gardiner. Do You Recall These its of News Culled from WAS HE SCOTTY'S PARTNER? Pages of The Times 1 0 and 20 Years Ago by scooping up the dead hoppers, packing them and selling them to fishermen for bait at 20 cents a pound. One of the moet serious aspects of the situation was that livestock in scores of counties were being robbed of food. More than 3,000 head of cattle were shipped last week from South Dakota counties to northern Nebraska. In South Dakota, a long drouth had almost ruined the crops when the grasshoppers swarmed in to complete the destruction.

Within the last few' days It has become a common sight In that state to see whole families moving northward in covered wagons, driving their half starved herds before them. WHY HE COULD NOT ESCAPE HERNANDO. July 28. Because lie thrived on prison diet, and grew fat. Fred Groom failed to escape from the county Jail today, behind-three cellmates who did escape.

The jailer found him stuck In a hole cut through a cell wall. Ke was pulled free only after considerable yanking-. The three other prisoners negotiated the small hole ahead of Groom, but Horn Lake, another, who had hoped to follow Groom to freedom, lost out be cause of Groom's avoirdupois. this morning by Frank Hartzer. The building will contain 14 apartments of two rooms each.

FARMERS PLAGUED BY HOPPERS Invading Hordes of Grasshoppers Sweep Section Bare of Vegetation SPRAGUE ARRIVES IN BERLIN TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY WHITING. Burt Johnson, of Kew fork a butcher for Luta and Qulnlan, who dropped a cleaver on his foot while cutting meat about two weeks ago, was removed to St. Margaret's hospital, Hammond, yesterday, when blood poison was detected in the wound. Final Clearance of Queer Story Is Told As suit of Death of Dallas, Texas, Man UNDER 4 MINUTES TALK IS DAY'S WORK FOR OIX EAST CHICAGO. George W.

Ivan, a for Verne W. Parker, of Hammond, fractured his hip bone when he slipped and fell while attempting to turn the tongue of a sand wagon. The accident happened at 151st et. and Northcote in East Chicago. "Modernette" Summer Shoes iiiiiiiiiiiiiniujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiimiHfir.

StUl a good selection if you shop now. Dont wait at these clearance prices, these "Modernette" shoes famous for their styleing and wonderful comfort are going fast. after he died last Sunday that evidence waa found to Indicate that he HOLLYWOOD. Calif. (I.N.S.) (Bf United Press) LINCOLN, July 27.

On the (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE DALLAS, Texas, July 21. An story, as strange and Iusive as the history or "Death Valley Scottjr," with whom bis name lias been linked, was being unfolded h.re today as an undertaking- company tried to establish the identity of a man known in Dallas as Jack Lamb. In the 19 years he lived here. Lam never spoke of his past. He lived quietly and avoided making acquaintances.

It was not until A few minutes of dialogue is a good day's work for Richard Dix, star of "Cimarron" and other successes. The odd thing is that efficiency experts approve of the brief working day. "The supervisor, director and the business office are content, if we complete three and one-half minutes of dialogue daily," Dix said. "But It isn't 'as simple as it sounds. I have arrived on the set at 9 a.

ro. and stayed until seven, worked continuously, but- when the day's work was done I was $.85 iiiiimiiiiiiiiiinir WHITING. Howe S. Landers, an insurance expert of Indianapolis, whose business activities take him to all parts of the United States, will, give an address before the Whiting Commercial club at the regrular- meeting of that body this coming Thursday evening In the Slovak Home lodge halL Mr. Landers' subject, will be "Our Government." HUNT FOR $60 VAIN, BOY, JMACK HOME NEW YORK.

(I.N.S.) Jimmy Neumann, 10, son of a New York banker.is home again, bis hunt for 60 in "conscience money" with which to repay his mother for a loss which he caused her having proved fruitless. Two weeks ago Jimmy was late In returning home. His mother went out to search for him, and during the bunt lost 60. In order to earn the money for the loss of which Jimmy felt responsible, the lad left home, leaving a note telling his parents not to seek him. MEXICO'S NEW JONETARY LAW MEXICO CITY, July S8 (LN.S.) Mexico abandoned the gold and silver standard today as the new monetary law went Into effect.

From today on the silver peso will be the sole recognized legal tender. Finance minister D'Oca granted the request of Mexico City bankers that they be allowed to pay more than thirty per cent on gold deposits. By kekdau ross IfTArr CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE PERL1N.

July 28. O. M. W. Sprague, 'of Harvard, American adviser to the Bank of England, arrived in Berlin yesterday to take tap.

his task of Investigating financial and' economic conditions In Germany, as propose in the recommendations made by the London seven-power conference last week. The banking situation here was regarded as critical. Over the weekend the Reiehsbank, with the cooperation of the government and 11 other banks, established the "Acceptance and Guarantee bank, with a capital of 200.000,000 marks, for the purpose of alleviating conditions under which depositor may withdraw their funds from banks In event the present withdrawal restrictions are removed. Since the failure of the Darm-staedter Und National bank 10 days ago the government has maintained in effect a series of banking restrictions which prohibited the banks' paying more than a fraction of the money en deposit. These restrictions may be lifted today.

The lie bank, Is, In effect, a loose union of several banks, the largest and most important financial institutions of the city. Its functions will be largely those of a clearing house. HAMMOND. C. H.

Stewart and wife returned last night from a two weeks Journey through the east. They visited many of the principal cities in the east, having made an extended stay in New York. Mr. Stewart first prepared to make the trip by automobile, but later decided to go by boat and rail. I HAMMOND.

On the heels of the windstorm that blew ships about in Lake Michigan like chips, came a cool wave last night that registered within 25 degrees of freezing. The temperature dropped to 6T at 1 o'clock this morning, a far cry from the Fourth of July, when the temperature registered 102 and ten persons died from heat. With a sixty-mile wind that stripped trees of their branches, came intermittent rainfalls. PUMPS STRAPS TIES LINEN KIDSKIN REPTILES plains and In the in the air and on the farmers and statesmen of the midwest rallied their forces today for a bitter fight against an invading; horde of grasshoppers which waa sweeping the section bare of vegetation. While political leaders took their appeals for aid to the state and national capital, farmers battled Individually and in groups along many fronts and airplanes droned through the air, spraying poison over fields where the hoppers were thickest.

Devouring- everything that contained vegetable fiber as they marched, the grasshopper horde had laid barren many counties In South Dakota and Nebraska, caused much damage along the borders of Minnesota and Iowa and still was marching on. It waa estimated that millions of the hoppers had been killed, but farmers said that as fast aa the Insects were slaughtered new onos were hatched. Bonfires dotted the plains of many counties as farmers raked the dead hopper into piles and burned them. Many strange stories were told of the hoppers, eating wagon tonkuea, fence posts and clothing. Around Buffalo, farmers made a feeble effort to recoup some of their losses was, in fact, the Dr.

L. De Laarance. who once was a partner of "Death Valley Scotty." In his effects waa found a trunk full of books by Dr. De. Laurence, Hindu mystic.

Pictures they contained of De Laurence resemble Lamb. Among- Lamb's papers were found torn pieces of telegram, addressed to Walter Scott (Death Valley Scott), who now lives in Ryan, CaL Lamb lived modestly here at the home of Mrs. Mollie Collier. He never volunteered information about the source of hi income, but he always bad money to satisfy any need. The few people who knew him were Impressed by his scientific knowledge.

"I talked to him a great deal." Mrs. Collier aaid, "and an air of mystery always prevailed. He was well educated and seemed to have traveled a great deal. He was exceptionally well versed in scientific matter. However, he seemed always to be holding back, trying to hide his past." More than 20 years ago, it was said, De Laurence entered into a partnership with Walter Scott, forming- the company known as Messrs.

De Laurence, Scott A of Chicago. This firm published medical and scientific books, many of which, were written by De Laurence. De Laurence was said to have made a fortune and to have filed a will in Chicago, naming bcotty heir. The undertaking- company holding Lama body is convince! that he was De Laurence and wired to SHE SEES ALL KNOWS ALL MISS ZOE AC One Week Starting Sunday, Aug. 2 WARNER'S PARTHENON Good Oak HALF SOLES Put On for SHOE REPAIR DEFT.

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OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla, Jnly (CP.) A new declaration of martial law, extending the Ttxas-Oklahoma avar son to Include the free bridge connecting the two states over the Red river, was announced late yesterday by Governor w. H. -Alfalfa Bill' Murray. Tha f-overnor. already maintaining a detachment of state troopers on guard at the toll bridre, parallelling the free span.

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