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ment relinquishes the former direct
connection it had with air line oper-
alton. The next six months, it is
confidently promised. will show
amazing totals of passenger miles
and pound-m through the air.
In the field the governments role
from now on, as Director Young
sees 1t, will be to supervise condi-
tons to the end of building justified
confidence in planes as means of de-
pendable transport.
Its inspectors are seeking to in
sure the airworthiness of transport
planes; the competency of air trans
port pilots; and the establishment of
airports and landing fields on regu-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-19

lar air routes protected by naviga-
tional aids Of beacons, markers. and
the removal of distractions. Mean
while, with amazing swiftness, the
re-design Of flying machines in the
manufacturing industry has removed
defects and set up standards which
have helped reduce the disaster. haz-
ard tremendously.
In the first operation Of the air
mail, back in 1922, there was one
crew death for each 13S,600 miles
flown, but by 1925 the death rate
had dropped to one for each 7s9.110
miles of flight. In 1926 the best
record OF all brought but single
Fatality for 2,292,273 miles flown.
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Sues on Judgment
Made ID Years Ago

New York, July 10 P-A fourteen
year old Judgment was the basis to-
day of a motion in supreme court for
the appointment of a receiver in
supplementary proceedings made by
John H. Drexel, against Joseph NJ.
Hoadley Of New York. Counsel for
DreXel charging that Hoadley owned
the entire stock of the Manhattan
Transit company, explained that
service of the execution of judgment
had failed and th@t current citation
was accomplished through publica-
ton on a supreme court order.
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Lightning Twists
Spines of Trout

Hartford. July 10 R-About 100
young trout at the state hatchery at
Burlington have their spines curved,
forcing them to swim in circles,
the skins blacke. ed md their eyes
blinded. according to Superintendent
John w. Titcomb Of the state de-
partment of fisheries and game. The
abnormalties have killed some. and
others are dying, while a few have
recovered.
Superintendent ntcomb and the
hatchery employees who tell the
story have an explanation, but they
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-19
Passenger in Sleepy
Drivers Car Nav Die

Waterbury. July 10 R-Marcisso
Herbert. "A, of Waterbury, who was
seriously injured when the automo-
bile in which he was riding with two
sleeping companions, collided with a
machine operated by Armego De
Michael of Torrington, containing
two passengers on the Torrington-
Thomaston road late yesterday
afternoon. according to officials at
the Waterbury hospital is still on the
danger list with less than an even
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do not claim 1t to be an accurate or
scieotific one. They believe the fish
were shocked b. a bolt Friday dur
ing an electrical storm. Several men
working near the shore Of the pond
in the rain are said to have felt q
distinct electrical shock simultan-
eously with a nearby flash Of light
ming. The back twisted fish were
noticed soon thereafter.
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chance for recovery.
Three other persons were injured
In the accident which occurred at
4 curve in the road above the Sail
or's home. They are:
Romeo Marcel of Waterbury. a
bad cut on the head.
Ronald Marcel. brother Of Romeo,
also Of Waterbury. cut under the
left ear.
Armego De Michael of So High
street, Torrington, also cut under the
ear.
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The party numbers about 20 includ'
ing Prince George and Mrs. Baldwin.
The Prince Of Wales Is expected
to stay in West Canada for an IN
definite period, but his itinerary u
still incomplete. being largely In thu
hands Of the CANADIAN government.
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PRINCE SAIL SATURDAY

PRINCE SAIL SATURDAY
London. July 19.-R1The Prince
of Wales, Premier Baldwin, and
party will embark at Southampton
Saturday aboard the Steamer
Empress of Australia for Canada.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Hassard Short /
Sending a New
Musical

Hassard Short will present his
new musical comedy entitled
sweet Daddy at Polls for one
week. beginning Sunday, Janu-
ary s.
This production has been law
ishly staged, II Is reported, and
among the many in the cast are
Frank Mcintyre. Lynne 0verman,
Jeanette Macdonald. Billy B. Van.
Carl Randall, Rosalie Claire, Aus
drey Maple. Margie Finley, Mau-
rice Holland. Peggy Cornell, Evan
geline Raleigh Bob Lively, Sid
ney Hawkins, Peggy Dolan and
many others.
The hook and lyrics are by Clif-
ford Grey and William Cary Dun.
can, the music lys Jean Schwartz.
and the additional numbers by
Eleanor Dunsmuir. The dances
were arranged Hy Earl Lindsay.
the book staged by Marcel Var
mel and the settings are BY Wat.
son Rarratt.
The chorus numbers over 100
well trained girls whose singing
and dancing form q perpetually
moving background for the plot
and the song numbers throughout
the musical comedy.
Hassard Short has staged and
produced many well-known mu.
sical comedies In the past. among
the former sbeing the famous "Mu-
sic Box Revue"
The plot is taken from 4 French
farce, Mile. Montmarte, which
was an acknowledged success
some years ago. The opening
scene Is a flower shop in Paris,
and the colorful background has
heen used for many elaborate and
beautiful tableaux.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Tea Dance Today
For Young VisitOrs
at DaviS Home

TlHE Secretary Of Labor ana
= Mrs. James ]. Davis are en-
tertaining at a tea-dance this
afternoon from S to o'clock in
their home in Massachusetts Ave-
nue. in compliment to the latter's
niece, Miss Esther Ford Jones.
of Sharon. Pa. who win spend
the holidays with them.
Mrs. Davis will be assisted by
I MI. Dwight r. Davis, Mrs. Will
liam M. Jardine, Mrs. Henry f.
Dimock. Mrs. Clyde Kelly. Mrs.
Albert johnson and Mrs. Harry X.
Dougherty. There will be no
debutante aides, for the younger
group have been asked to enjoy
the dancing which will be con-
tinEoug through the afternoon.
THE Army and Navy Juniors
composed OF bachelor officers
of both services stationed here and
the daughters OF service folkwilI
give 4 Christmas Eve dance at the
Carlton tonight. Many Army and
Navy officers who are visiting in
w WdSHiIlBtOufW Will De .pI6SSht, dS We'll
as cadets and midshipmen from
West Point and Annapolis.
Service flags and signal flags
will be used for decorations in the
ball room and in the patio where
refreshments will be served.
Mrs. James r.. Curtis has left
Washington to join Mr.. Curtis at
their home at Roslyn, +. l., where
they will spend Christmas. Their
children, who have been In school
at Aiken, S. c.. are already at
RosIyn for the holidays.
Il
Representative and Mrs Rich
ard Aldrich will entertain at
dinner this evening in compliment
to Miss Katherine Wilkins and
Miss Louise Spencer.
Miss Marion Grimes will give
dinner tbs evening at the Club
st. Marks and later will take
her guests to the dance Of the
Army and Navy Juniors at the
Carlton.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Carpenters More
and More Film
Requisites

Every big moving picture has q
set or two which those who see
II carry away Ia remembrance
and which plays q very cOnaid-
erabIe part IN its larger success
IN moving picture houses. Fool
ish Wives had Monte Carlo;
'sThe Hunehback Of Notre Dame, =
the Cathedral: The Thief OF
BaRdad, wonderful Oriental
palace: The Phantom OF the
Opera the Paris Opera House:
Helen Of Troy, Prianl's Tropan
Palace. The Man Who Laughs ?
which Is advancing with amazing
ceieritv at Universal City. has
multiplicity Of settings, almost
any one Of which would be suf-
ficient to denmark moving pic.
ture as super. classic. road
show, or what have you.
The first monumental building
operation which Paul Leni. the
director. and Paul Kohner. the
supervisor. undertook. was the
chalk cliffs of Dover ana 4
seventeenth century brig. But
far more pretentiOus and difficult
was the construction Of the House
OF Lords. IT would have been
task to daunt moving picture
c0nstructionist to rebuild the
House OF Lords az 1t exists now.
but to construct It AIS It existed
before the great fire, and that
from rather slketchy plans OF the
great Sir Christopher Wren which
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Specially Dances
To Be Featured at
onfr1cl,a, Cnci.ofA, RnII

/ y n Il : &
A RRANGEMENTs have been
"A completed for the kentucky
Society costume pall, TO Be given
at the Willard Hotel, on the eve
ming Of Tuesday, December n, at
$40 o'clock, according to an an
nouncement made by Mrs. Maurice
H. Thatcher, president Of the so
ciety.
Assisting Mrs. Thatcher in re-
ceiving win be G. B. Likens, treas
Irer, and Mrs. Likens; Miss Lillla
Baird, financial secretary: Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John w. Moore,
Representative and Mrs. wv. VI.
Gregory, Representative Kate
Langley and Mrs. Ollie James
Promptly at $50 dancing viii be-
gin and some speciality dances will
be presented. Miss Jean Kinche-
loe. talented daughter OF Repre-.
sentative Kincheloe, will give .
Spanish dance in costume. Miss
Marie Gloria Hill, of Washington.
a highly accomplished little dance
artist. win present an intricate toe
dance, and the Mexican national
dance, the "Jarabe Tapatlo." She
learned the latter in Mexico, and
her costume was made by the Mex
lean Indians. After tho grand
march, at 10 o'clock. prize awards
willibe made by the award commit
tee. Of which the well-known Ken.
lucky washington artist. Clifford
X. Bergman. Is chairman. The
other members Of this COMMITTEES
are Miss Catherine Critcner and
Mrs. =. =. Harrington.
General daneiag and -eardo VII
ecmplets the rrograF.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24

Dcglnnlng OnElStMas Lay.
The stage Of the Earle has been
raised. the orchestra pit torn out
and elevated and enlarged to take
care OF Daniel Breeskin's aug
mented concert orchestra: huge
batteries OF powerful lights have
been installed around the rim Of
the balcony to illuminate the gala
stage numbers, and intricate re-
mote.control boards of switches,
levers and DINNERS have been in
stalled back.stage.
1t Is really q, new Earle that
opens it's doors tomorrow. The
exterior of the house. Stanley.
Crandall Theater under the direc-
tioT OF the Stanley Corporation Of
America. has been changed. too.
in the installation of new, huge
electric signs and flood lights,
Thirteenth Street, just below f,
will become new white way and
the reflection OF the lights will
be visible many miles at night.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
News from BeIascO
Hidden : Is
Coming

What promises to Be an inter.
esting dramatic event Is the com.
Ing Of David BelascS,s new play.
Hidden to the NationaI Thea.
ter. beginning Monday. January 2.
The piece comes direct to wash.
inston following its New York
run, and as usual with Mr.. Belas-
cos productions. he has retained
the entire New York company.
Beth Merrill, who win be re-
1Qembered for her appearances IN
lily Sue, Is the featured femi.
nine star, while Philip Merivale Is
cast Ii the leading male role.
These artists names are house,
hold words wherever drama Il dis
ehssed, ana under the famous Be.
lasco banner it Is safe to assume
that their efforts in Hidden viii
be more sistinctiVe than ever be-
fore. Other players include Mar.
1orie Gateson. Mary Morris and
Mary Wall.
Hidden was written BY william
Hurlbut, who has asked his audi.
ence to accompany him, into the
private lives Of typical Ameri-
can family where the most inti-
mate thoughts and actions are re-
Vealed. Ii IS an absorbing play as
the characters are thoroughly
American. and so finely drawn
that i Is quite likely you can
recpgnize one Of your next-doon
neighbors.
Elinor Glyn. novelist. who won
fame for herself years aeo with
her book entitled Three Weeks, g
and who has recently been pron1i.
neIit In the newspapers Id her dis.
covery OF I, attended per-
formance OF HIDDEN ia New
York. and was SO impressed BY
the play that she wrote a letter to
Mr.. Belasco saying, Al word OF
thanks for a delightful evening
last night at Hidden. think
this IS the most interesting study
Of female psychology 1 have ever
seen on the stage, and wish that
every woman would 20 and see it;
many WOW learn a great lesson.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Childrens Country
Home Bal To Be
Delightful EDent

MRs. ALEXANDER LEGARE,
NA president Of the board OF
managers Of the children's Coun-
try Home, win head the receiving
line 1T the Christmas bali to be
given at the Mayflower on Mon,
day evening for the benefit Of this
appealing charity. She will be as
sisted In greeting the guests by
Mrs. Joseph Hines, the vice presi-
dent. and Mrs. Joseph Letter,
head OF the board for q number Of
years and chairman OF the box
committee for this yeaiss BALL
All OF, the boxes so OF 'em have
!. been sold. and there has been 4
last-minute rush for tickets. Many
dinners win precede the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Legare win enter
tain At the picturesque AIIbi Club
for the girls on the debntantes'
committee and a group Of young
men. Mr.. and Mrs. Letter will
also give q dinner, having among
their guests Lieut.. Mason Wright,
who is with them for the holiday.
and Thomas Letter. son Of the
hosts, who is home from school.
Mrs.. John Ballantine Pitney
have arrived from Aiken. S. C.,
to be with her mother. Mrs. John
r. Williams. for Christmas.
nR. AND MRS. ALBERT II.
~ PUTNEY will entertain at
tea Tuesday afternoon from 5 to,
q o'clock in their apartment at
1725 II ST., in compliment to Mar
cellus b. Redlich. Persian vice con.
sui in Chicago, who is in town for
!. a few days
Presiding. at the tea table will
be Mrs. Charles McNary, wife of
Senator McNary; Nine. Lipa. wife
of the counselor OF the CzechoslO.
wax legation; Mime. NOury. wife
of the counselor OF the Persian
legation, and Mime. AjemOvitch,
wife Of the secretary OF the lega-
tion Of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lansing
have gone to New York. where
they will pass the Christmas
holidays.
MISS CAROLINE THOM. chair.
WA man of the girls COMMITTEES
for the BelIeau Wood Memorial
Association tea-dance 70 Be given
at MadriIIon Restaurant New
washington Building, THURSDAY.
December 20. from to o'clock.
and Miss Alice Cuts. vice chair.
man. announce the following com.
mitteA: Miss Evelyn Walker. Miss
Adelaide Henry. Miss Sarah Ma.
ior. Miss Helen Clifford. Miss
/ Helen Strauss. Miss Nancy Ham.
ilton, Miss Olive Sherley, Miss
Eleanor Smith. Miss Mabel Mead
Allan Dougherty win give 3 party
Miss Carol Henderson. Miss Lou
ise Conkey, one OF this seasons
debutantes. viii entertain 4 large
Marty. Mrs. Charles BOughtOn
Wood will have q box. party for
Miss Graves. while Mrs. Harold
Walker, Mrs. Thomas w. Phil
lips and Mrs. Henry +. Dimock
also win entertain box parties.
Ns4
MLLE. MARIA PADII1LA.
lNA daughter 0f the Spanish
Ambassador, and Countess Alice
Szechenyi, second daughter Of
the Hungarian Minister. are
among the girls from the dipIo-
matte group who will ride In the
society horse show to be given at
the Riding and Hunt Club on
January s for the benefit OF the
Soldiers. Sailors ana Marines
Club maintained by the Wonian's
Army afd Navy League Others
who have sntered their mounts IN
the various classes ars Miss LYDIA
Afchbcld. Miss Aliea Cuts ana
Migs Heian Robinson.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
JEAN ELIOT'S NEWS OF SOCIETY
Parties Arranged
For Mrs. Mestd's
Pretty Visitor

MRS. GEORGE MEsTA WIN
W1 entertain dinner party of
young people tonight at the Club
81. Marks. IN compliment % her
subdeb niece, Miss Doris Husted.
who Il visiting her.
Last evening Miss Hnsted was
the guest Of honor at 4 dinner.
also At ST. Marks, given BY Rep
resentative ana Mrs clyde Kelly.
The other guests on this occasion
were Miss Phyllis Hight. Miss
Faith Adams, Miss Esther Ford
Jones' niecessnd guest Of the Sec
retary Of Labor and Mrs. Davis;
Miss BIna Day Deneen Miss Vera
Bloom.s Miss Theresa carmalt,
Miss Elizabeth Ransley, Mcclure
Kelley. John Miekie, William
Rodenberg Robert ROdenberg,
Richard G. Drun.Hunt, George
M0fEett, George Abell and William
CIemenfson ana Merrill Clement.
son, sons OF the hostess
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
"The Last Waltz

The very romantic Balkans
where intrigue and love and life
are always intermingled one with
the other, is the scene of The
Last Waltz which will be shown
at the RiaIto for the New Years
attraction The story was adapted
from the operetta.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Noted Singer

Cantor Josef RosenbIatt is an
nounced as furnishing one of the
big moments in Warner Brothers
presentation of Al Jolsen in Tlle
Jazz Singer" at the Metropolitan.
The famous cantor's voice Is
heard in the synagogue sequence
OF the picture in which he sings
"Yahrzeit.r 2
AS a concert singer Cantor
Rosenblatt has had a great deal
Of success in this country, prov
ing a sensation in a number Of
the big cities.
The Washington times., 1927-12-24

Mrs. Mary c. Waters, At ths
Mayflower. has been ioined by
her son. Daniel Watsrs. Of New
York. whc will ramain here dirs
ins ne hnlidavA
The Washington times., 1927-12-24
Fortune So ent On
Earle Ia s Days

Seyntfive thousand dollars the bill for the sday
job OF changing the construction of Theate Thirteenth
Street Just below for the change policy bringing to Washing
ton motion picture audiences popular
The Washington times., 1927-07-28

1This same caddiN accompanied
Voigt to the national amateur cham.
pionship in 1925. ann the authorities
would not permit him to caddy.
Voigt and the caddy made the trip
from Bar Harbor, Me-, where Nc
Lean was spending the summer, TO
Baltusrol, N. j., where the national
amateur was held. Mclean said he
did not send his caddy with Voigt,
but gave his caddy permission 10
90 to New Jersey and play In =
negro tournament held about the
same time the national amateur was
held.
'sVoigt did not pay his caddy at
the Indian Spring 1927 tournament,
but told him to seee Mclean for his
fee.
"voigt practices great deal on
the private golf course Of McLean's
when In the city, according to his
own statement. He and Mclean
say the latter no longer plays golf.
I'm 1926 at professional tour
nament in Baltimore Voigt objected
to the prize he got.
''Your COMMITTEES makes the FOL
lowing recommendation:
That George j. Voigt be declared
ineligible to play in any tournament
held under the Jurisdiction of the
District OF Columbia Golf Associa'
ton. in that he has acted in a
manner detrimental to the best in
terest and spirit OF the game.
The Washington times., 1927-07-28

plan Of dismaTtling his team be-
fore the 1898 season rolls
around. HOWley In now handling
players turned over to him. He
brought with him Stewart. Otis
Miller, Steve O'NeiII and Frank
O'ROurIxe. He had nothing to
do with the others, but he's gO-
iag to have q lot to do with
getting rid Of most Of them.
TIE Browns lack q capable pitch.
ing staff more than anything else.
Another can't be found In q year,
either. But most of all the Browns
lack spirit, excepting that youngest
OF all veterans, Jimmy Austin. II
the regulars could show Just one
half Austin's pep and fire every
around the top instead Of saggfng
around the bottom. HoWley seems
to have reached this conclusion, too,
and means to put some youth into
his lineup.
The Chicago White sox close their
visit to the Capital today T0n1or.
row George Moriarty with bring his
ferocious feilnes from Detroit into
town for four games. Sundays
throng will undoubtedly be d whop-
per. the Tigers having many sup.
porters here. Next Monday win ne
an open date, u sort Of breathing
spell before the bis Walter John.
con celebration on Tuesday.
Ben Weaver, q busher, recently
with Portsmouth in the Virginia
State League, ii working out at the
Griffith Stadium In the hope Of
inducing President Griffith to find
him a berth. Weaver il a pitcher,
belonging in Gainesville, Tenn,
home also OF Lizzie Lisenbee. He
may be useful as practice finger
here for q while, replacing Leon
Riley, now with the Norfolk club.
The Washington times., 1927-07-28

+ Y s q.
Mr.. Voigt was not put TO work
on the Washington Post. He has
not been on the Post payroll, accord.
ing to Voigt, Mclean and the bust.
ness manager Of the Post. Mclean
informed a member Of the COM
mittee that he tried 70 place Voigt
on the Post, but found there was
nothing there he could do: that he
then made him one Of his secre.
taries.
AT the hearing aforesaid voigt
stated he was employed as secre.
tary; that he was not q stenographer.
ana that he did not write any
original letters. He stated that he
opened mail, made out some checks
and did some typewriting. Mclean
made q statement to the same effect.
VoIgt said some days he did no work,
some days as much as two hours
work, and on few occasions worked
as long as five hours q day.
your committee, by careful check
ing, found that for weeks at a time
1t was impossible for Voigt to render
any service, az he was playing golf
each day during the periods many
milea from Mclean. This occurred
several times during the year. In
1925, after Mclean and Voigt went
to Bar Harbor, Me-, VOigt was
away from Mclean several days at
time, doing nothing but playing
golf. In the winter Of 1926.27, after
Mclean and Voigt went to Florida,
Voight was away from Mclean
weeks at q time, participa ting In
-.
Voigt spent many days in Rich.
mond. Va. playing in exhibition
matches and practicing for the
elimination matches preceding the
national open. He participated in
all the spring and summer tourna.
ments in 1925 and 1927, except the
1927 tournaments at the Congress.
sional and washington Country
clubs.
AFTER the tournaments he gave
more exhibitions at the Hermitage
Club in Richmond. Va. He spent
some time at the White sulphur
Springs and wilmington, Del. Voigi
stated he was not ct Mperty all
the time to play, but most OF the
time he was able to do so.
ssMr, Mclean informed q member
or the committee that he paid ali
OF voigt's expenses when he took
him away with him, but that Voigt
paid his own expenses when bic
was away playing golf. Mclean
also said that he paid Voigt q sal
airy only a little larger than he
got from the Government.
voigt told the COMMITTEES that
ne, Voigt. paid some OF his ex'
penses, and some Of them Mclean
paid. voigt also stated TO the com,
mittee that bic got much more
from Mclean that he got from
the Government. He stated, how
ever, that he augmented his salary
BY his winnings on horse races.
''Voigt stated before several golf
ers in the locker rooms at the Ban
noclxburn Club. following the clubs
tournament in October, 1926. thai
he had resigned from the Govern
ment and gone TO work for Nc
Lean; that he did not intend to a
anything but play golf here ant
The Washington times., 1927-07-28
District Polo Four
In TitllIar Match

The War White poloists leave Sat-
urday morning FOR Rumson. N. j..
where they are TO engage the Old
Oaks four tomorrow to decide the
southeastern circuit championship.
The War whites won the Southern
section title when they took top
honors In the recent high-goaI
tournament on the Potomac Park
oval. Old Oaks was the dnalist
In the Northern division. The
winner win compete in the inter.
circuit at Naragansett Pier, r. T.,
on August Is.
Col. Nelson Margetts, back, Is
captain Of the District team. Others
who viii play for the local team are
Major r.. s. Thomas, No. /: Major
CortIandt Parker, No 2, and Major
n. r.. Hoyle, No. 8. Captain Hough.
ton win serve Is substitute.