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New Britain herald., 1929-06-07
TObacco-Drug Store
 Merged. Is RumOred

hundred million dollar tobacco merger bringing together the Duke and Thomas Fortune Ryan inter- ests was reported underway today in Wall street.
 United Cigar Stores company of America, Union Tobacco company and Tobacco Products corporation, worth $250,000,o00 at present mar ket values, are to be brought to- gether under one company-Tobac- co and Drug, Inc, according to the report.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-07
Renewed Rumblngs of Vesuvius
 Cause Alarm as Villagers Return
FIGHT 10 FINISH SEEN
 IN SCREEN CONTROVERSY

President Of Actors Equity Ass0cia-
 ttOn Sees Dinic,llty In Enforcing
 Rule Laid Down to Producers.
 Los Angeles, Cal. June ! R = Frank Gilmore. president of the Actors Equity association, today predicted fight to a finish" with the Association of Motion Picture Producers over contracts for talking pictures.
 Two members of the Equity asso- ciation. Gilmore announced, have refused to sign motion picture con- tracts under the producers terms. Gilmore declined to reveal the &C., tors names but added that Equity did not plan walkout in the con- troversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

the conditions that beset his fellow
young Americans fifty and sixty years
ago, and he knows the chances that lie
before their successors today. He sees
the bright youngster OF 1929 stepping
forth into a far more inviting field OF
business chances than lay ahead OF the
contemporaries of his youth. q
There are failures and disappoint-
ments nowadays, of course. There are
times when not even the most capable
of young men can find places" in
which advancement is possible. And
there are great numbers OF young men
who are "misfitted," who slip into the
first openings that they see. only to dis
cover that they are :lnsuited, or that
they lead nowhere, and whose lives are
consequently disappointing, nigh to
failures. That will always happen, in
some measure. Not everybody can make
the grade to business success, to afilu-
ence. But more are making it now than
could make 1t in Mr.. Melons youth.
He estimates that ten times as many
are making 1t. His estimate should
serve as distinct encouragement to
those who are inclined to despair be-
cause of the lack of instant opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our Informa-
ton Bureau in Washington, D. C. This
offer applies strictly to information.
The bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial matters. 1t does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles.
nor undertake exhaustive research on
any subject. Write your question plain
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is sent direct to the inquirer. Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. Is the rodeo held in Chicago al
annual affair2-V. M. H.
A. The rodeo has been held in Chi
cago for the past four years. We I'M
derstand the dates for this year are
November l6 to "a, inclusive. at the new
Chicago Stadium, Madison and Wood
streets.
@. How much Pennsylvania crude oil
was produced in 1928?-C. F. M.
A. About 10000, 900 barrels Of AZ gal
Ions each Of Pennsylvania crude oil were
produced in 1928.
@. Please list some films suitable for
children to set. o.
A. Among recent films listed by the
Parents Magazine as especially good for
children are THE Rainbow Man." In
nocents of Paris" Annapolis" "China
Bound" Christina" CLOSE Harmony, >
"Evangeline," THE Flying Fleet" His
Lucky Day." 'The Great White North,
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A split.second Murder Defense.

At White Plains, N. Y, young man
is on trial for the murder Of his wife.
He has confessed to killing her and at
tempting to burn the body to conceal
his crime. His defense is that the STAY
ing was not premeditated, but was the
consequence of an impulse. His plea,
in effect, is that of insanity. In the
examination Of talesmen for the assem-
bling of jury his counsel repeated the
admission of the act Of killing and
stressed the point of mental irresponsi-
bility, avowedly to the end of securing
a qualified verdict Of less than murder
In the first degree. Now that the jury
has been found and the trial is in prog
ress the examination Of witnesses pur-
sues a line in accord with this plea. The
witnesses summoned by the prosecution
are questioned with reference to the
length of time required for the strangu-
lation of a person. The defense aims
to show that death ensued in very
brief space of time, the prosecution con-
tending that even though the impulse to
slay came suddenly and without pre-
meditation" the act Of strangling per-
son with the hands is necessarily sum-
GENTLY protracted to indicate q main
tanned purpose" TO kill.
This fine fair-splitting is character
istic OF the tendency to thwart the law
by definition and evasion that has pre-
vailed for some time past, with the re-
suit Of frequent fragrant miscarriages
of justice and the escape Of nurderers
from the penalty Of their crimeA u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

What do you suppose the Booklover
was reading when we opened the door
and caught him at 1t?
No, it wasn't "Chic" Sales 1.-THE Spe-
cialist," the real best seller" in the
United States today. Nor was it the
unexpurgated testimony in the Shocks
trial, clandestinely circulated through
out the country.
1t wasn't Galsworthy's Modern Com
edy," finishing the Forsyte saga, nor
Claude Bowers 1.-THE Tragic Era"
He didn't have in his hands copy
of Herbert Germans good, but poorly
named, book about Alexandra Dumas,
THE Incredible Marquis"
His eyes were not gazing at the ne, far ar
OF Love-: his hands did not hold Dom
Byrne's last novel, THE Field of Honor;
his hair did not curl, as Harry Hansen
declared his did, over Edward Smiths
You Can Escape"
The Booklover was porting over a
COPY of the Quilt Pattern Book" is
sued at IS cents per copy by the Ladies
Art Co. of st. Louis.
BY that book we knew him to be q
true booklover, for all such persons will
read anything. that falls into their
hands, from the wrappers that come
around cakes of soap to the very Bible
itself, from the great mail order cate
logue, a thousand pages thick, to a
neighbors letter blown down the alley
from the ash wagon.
One ought to be very careful about
permitting letters to get into trash
baskets whole. Some persons are utter
" careless about such things. Trash
baskets must go to the trash wagon,
and trash wagon employees are notori-
ously indifferent to the fate OF the pa
ners they collect. A certain percentage
must inevitably fall out, and be blown
along the alley.
It is interesting to pick up letter at
ones gate and discover that the Man
Across the Alley has such funny name.
So Aunt Sally is coming to visit, Is
she?
A nice time, and they don't leave you
so much alone as they do their own
child, that Is all we have 10 say apout 1t.
And here is the interchangeable Mrs.
Smiths ice bill. Bless her heart, so
She gets per cent off for being in the
Army, does she? That Is interesting,
indeed.
Sometimes we wish We were In the
ARMY too. and got per cent OH on
ice and things. 1t would be rather
nice, Ell? No ice man ever gives us a
cent of.
X \ X X
To get back to the quilt patterns.
The Booklover looked up as we came
in. Interest cleaned in his eyes. We
knew that he had discovered something.
Nothing that the Booklover read ever
caused us to wonder, after that mem
orable day we found him reading a
boiler catalogue with enthusiasm.
| He knew nothing at all about boilers,
but II he had been an engineer he
| could have read the work with no
more real interest
So it was with the Quilt Pattern
Book"
What intrigued him was the names Of
the 500 quilt patterns included in the
work
"You ought to see the names of these
| things" he said displaying pages upon
pages of intricate. involved and zigzag
| designs for those old fashioned bed
| coverings now once more the vogue.
+ ~
"a panorama Of our country's his
tory" he chortled. turning the pages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

former times there was but one "de-'
gree" OF murder. The question at. the
trial Of q person accused of that crime
was whether or not he took the life
Of the victim. The question Of "how"
was only incidental to that Of the iden-
tity of the slayer. Motive was likewise
subordinate. Little by little the plea Of
justification was admitted, and even
tually the law was broadened to per-
NIT q subdivision of the charge until
now there is q wide range Of plea,
manslaughter. justifiable homicide. ac-
cidental killing, second-degree murder,
self-defense, the establishment OF any
Of which saves the life of the defend
ant, In States where capital punishment
is provided for hrst-degree murder, If
not absolute acquittal.
To differentiate between strangulation
by irrational impulse and death by de-
sign is a dangerous opening of the door
of opportunity to slayers. In this pres
ent case the defendant is being pictured
by MS counsel rs a long-sunerlng nus
band, maddened by his wife's repeated
misconduct and sinister actions toward
him, suddenly turning upon her, with
out generalization" and choking her
in his rage, not realizing until she was
lifeless that he had slain her. Just
so may the "impulsive" murderer seize
deadly weapon and shoot and Kill,
with no generalization" between the
first reaction of deadly purpose and the
pulling of the trigger. 1t is as though
the law were holding a split-second
watch on the tragedy, to determine
whether the killer has had time to rea-
son out his purpose. How long is re-
quired for such reasoning? A minute,
thirty seconds, fifteen. ten, two, or one?
Life is taken. The law requires pun
ishment. 1t prcscribes that punish
ment, in terms Of imprisonment, or
death. The court sits in judgment
upon the accused. 1t gives him full OPP
portunity to defend himself, in terms OF
facts and psychological conditions. But
1t should not permit the law to be
fiouted by turning the courtroom into
laboratory for experiments for the pur-
pose Of confusing the Judgment OF the
Jurors. II this White Plains case eS-
tablisheS a differentiation between a
ne-minute manslaughter and three
minute murder a premium will be put
upon "brainstorms," such as were ex-
perienced by emotional slayers a quar-
ter of a century ago without penalty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Listen to this-Beautiful Star, Eve
ming Star, Aunt ELIAS Star, Chicago
Star, Yankee Puzzle. Washington's
Puzzle, Columbia Puzzle, Log Cabin
Pickle Dish, Little Red House, Cleveland
Lilies, Worlds Fair Puzzle.
Here's Toad In Puddle, o plain
white square in the center Of some
triangles, etc. Think of the pioneer
imagination which named that! Nc
woman who smoked cigarettes ano
turned off the radio set the moment
Friend Hubby left the house coulc
think up such name.
IF a modern girl were naming thai
one. she would call it--well DOM
know what she might call It, but you
bet YOUR last dollar 1t wouldn't be Toac
in a Puddle.
Here is the Drunkard's Path, show.
ing the devious way of one who Is ad.
dicted to strong drink. And here's the
good old Crazy Quilt, as crazy as any
one would want 1t.
"Washingtonians will be interested ir
the Washington Sidewalk pattern, 9
neat aggregation OF squares and slim
rectangleS.
cit seems to be q variation Of Rocky
Glen. Lincoln'S Platform Is four-squarC
TO the world. Beneath Is Turkey Tracks
and over here is Bears Paw and there
Is Devils Claw.
This one labeled Nonsense is one
of the most sensible of these patterns
it seems to a mere male, who perhaps
has no business at all inspecting such
work q this meant only for ladies ir
the privacy of their homes. Maybe II
is called Nonsense because 1t Is easy
to make.
Take this one named Robbing Peter
to Pay Paul. I guess that 1t Is sc
called because a part cut off from one
side is put on the other, or something
along that order.
1.-THE Practical Orchard must be {
sly dig at scientific farming, for it is g
rather neat pattern as 1t strikes my eye
merely series Of alternate squares with
two triangles in hourglass fashion SCI
up in the center.
"Puss in the Corner is one Of my
selections, although it might just as vel
have been named -Boat-on- tn,
River. Over on another page you will
see one called Churn Dash, which
looks suspiciously like it.
X X X
"I wonder IL Georgetown Circle ha!
anything to do with a part of Wash
ington, and if Coxey's Camp ever wa
laid out so.
Look at Grandmother's Dream, OLE
Maids Ramble, and Tangled Garter
Texas Tears looks more like base bal
diamond. and Wild Goose Chase a mod
ernistic design showing pyramids gont
wrong.
Shell Chain resembles a pattern fol
a floor covering, and Cherry Basket ont
of these trays for ice cubes in an cleo
trio refrigerator.
There are all sorts of puzzles
Devils, Old Maids, FOOLS. Dutchman's
Worlds Fair. Bachelors, Irish, etc.
Listen to these nameS-Spider'.
Den. and Spiders Web; Goose in thu
Pond. and Steps to the Altar: Kansa:
Troubles, and Stars Upon Stars; the
Mayflower, and Solomon's Temple
White House Steps, and Rocky Road Il
California
II would hate to see a psychologist
get hold of this book, because he woulc
read all sorts of things into Girls JOY
and Ladies' Fancy. This one called
Tangled Lines would be enough to LAND
any one at Gallinger."
The Booklover grinned. II DOM
know which I like the best-this Toad
in Puddle or Farmers Daughter" he
said.
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Member of the Associated Press.
Smoothing Traffic Flow.

wten Capt. Whitehurst, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, in charge Of
highways, speaks of the lack OF CO.
nrdInation between the various Dist
riot departments having to do with the
movement of trafic over the streets, a
few illustrations serve to strengthen his
arguments that a co-ordinating board
Of some sort is necessary.
Widening of Connecticut avenue from
K street to Florida avenue, for instance,
has provided an eighty-foot highway
that handles a great volume of trafhc
daring the day and especially during
~ morning and afternoon rush hours.
BM concrete street-car loading plat
iorr1is, permitted by the Public Utilities
Commission, and parking between these
platforms and the curb, permitted by
the police and traffic officials, serve
to create a number of "bottle-neckS"
along this avenue with resulting con-
Restions to trafic.
At Connecticut avenue and Mckinley
street, near Chevy Chase Circle, there
is a bus stop directly opposite a street,
car stop. When the street car and the
bus are loading passengers at the same
time. traffic on one side of Connecticut
avenue must come to complete nalt'
IS automobiles cannot pass between the
street car and the bus. On Mckinney
atreet. a narrow thoroughfare, parking
"a nermitted on both sides. A bus line
is routed through this street, and wnen
automobiles meet a bus, one OF the
VITO must come to halt while the
other edges slowly past.
The highway department has round
ed of about $50 curb corners, thus per-
hitting a wider turning radius for au-
tomobiles. But automobile parking Is
suu permitted up to the turning point
OF The curb, thus making the turning
radius for automobiles as narrow as
ever.
Can't. Whitehurst believes that proper
coordination regarding the movement
of trafic-and resurfacing or repair OF
streets, widening streets, parking, speed
turns, loading platforms, bus routes, ETC.
are all concerned with the movement
of trafic-would eliminate difficulties
such as those listed above, and the
list above is by no means complete.
Before any street is repaired, careful
thought should be given to routing traf-
fic around the closed area. Before bus
routes are determined, careful analy-
sis should be made of the streets on
that route, to determine whether park
ing can be permitted. Before street.
car loading platform is set down, as
much thought should be given to Its
effect on the stream of traffic as to the
convenience of the street-car passen-
gers. Capt. Whitehurst has made good
progress in his efforts to coordinate
the work of various departments con-
cerned in highway construction and re-
pair. His suggestion of another CO.
ordinating agency, controlling all traf-
nc movements, should be adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
"Ten Times Better. "

When asked whether in his Judgment
business opportunities for young men
are as good today as they were when
he began his own career, Secretary
Andrew w. Mellon is reported to have
replied: LAS good? Why, they are ten
times better!"
This states the case emphatically
and correctly. The business opening
for youth is certainly ten times as good
now as fifty or sixty years ago. In the
first place, there is more business. In
the second place, it is bigger business,
calling for more active participants.
Again, business seeks youth in recruit
ing It's forces. rather than age-seeks
plastic material, rather than experience.
In Mr.. Melons youth-he was born
in 1855 and was therefore fifteen years
old in 1870-business in this country
was in a sorry condition. A great de-
preston had developed after the close
of the Civil War. Bankruptcies and
failures occurred in great numbers. For
nearly a decade hard times" prevailed.
Young men we're sorely handicapped in
starting their careers. for business was
laying of" rather than taking on
personnel. That, to be sure, was a
passing condition. The country re-
covered from the depression, recovered
wonderfully, advanced in commerce and
trade remarkably when the bad
economic conditions leading to the
slump were corrected. Prosperity ruled
again, and business chances for the
younger generation frightened.
other changes were occurring at the
same time. Educational opportunities
were widened. Inventions were making
life easier. The "city movement" had
set in, and young men were seeking and
finding their chances in the centers oil
population rather than on the farm OF
in the rural communities. In the
schools and colleges and the technology
cal institutions youths =ere being
trained fav ssssaaess and commercial
anS scientific careers. A great food
.. printed matter designed to awaken
tine mind, to sharpen the wits. to arouse
. ambitions was pouring forth into all
sces- .ons and quarters.
Mr.. Mellon himself had no difficulties
in the casting of career. He was born
to opportunity and his credit Is that
he made the most of 1t. But he knows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Strong Boy" and THE Winged Horse
man."
@. Where is the Willard Memorial to
be?-H. L.
A. A memorial bust of Frances Will
lard will be placed in the Capitol at In
dianapons on September % by the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
This act will commemorate the flftieth
anniversary of the election of Frances
Willard to the w. G. T. U. presidency.
@. Who invented the creeping bar
rage which was used during the World
War?-H. C. N.
A. Gen. Lord Henry Horne Of Stir
koke, England, who died recently, is the
famous artillery commander whose
name is associated with the first use OF
the creeping barrage." Gen. Horn",
however. is said to have given the credit
of its invention to Brig. Gen. =. W.
Alexander, v. c., at the action at Flers
on September IS, 1916.
@. Where was DR.. Hugo Eckener
born?-L. S.
A. DR.. Hugo Eckener was born Au-
gust 10. 1878, at Flenstedt, Schleswig-
| Holstein, the northernmost town III
Germany.
@. What town has Sauerkraut
| Festival each year,. L.
! A. The Sauerkraut Festival at Spring
| field, MINI, has attained fame all over
| the Northwest. 1t is stated that as
many as $4,000 people gather for this
celebration. Prominent speakers, STIR
| ring music and a sauerkraut-eatine
contest are features of the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
Plea for Blue-Cray Reunion
Made Despite C.. A. r. Action

South surrendered at Appomattox, and
we have the Union. Is it not now time
for the North to surrender-and have a
reunion?" The Admission Star holds that
sit is to be deplored that this gesture OF
good will was turned down by the
Northern veterans" The GAINESVILLE
Gazette declares the present "a time
for peace, forgiveness and remem-
brance." The Topeka Daily Capital
comments, What Lincoln in his first
inaugural described as the mystic cords
Of memory, stretching back from every
hearthstone to every patriotic grave,
more than ever binds the Union together,
and no Southern or Northern man is
ever likely to desire to see them broken"
Acceptance of the verdict is indicated
by numerous papers. They may feel, +"
states the New Bedford Standard. that
the Grand Army, as an organization,
should not In any way compromise with
the former foe on the principles for
which the war was fought. Such a
decision. even if we wish 1t might have
been different, We are bound to respect"
The Harrisburg Patriot believes that "it
Is for them to decide" and the New
York Evening Post concludes: "They
may be right. We can at least admire
them for having Spunk and passion
enough to decide to go down flying with
the flag of the great cause for which
they fought almost three-quarterS of a
century ago."
These men are not Lincoln-he who
covered all with the breadth Of his soul, y
AYERS the Milwaukee Journal. They are
not even Grants-he who at Appomat-
tox could forget about terms of Surren-
old days in Mexico. No, they are just
the boys of 81 and 80 who had a single
idea SO strong in their minds that they
still have it," And the Lansing State
Journal is convinced that IF the truth
were known, the rank and file of the
Southern veteran organization doubt
less feel the same way"
II they seriously expect the Confed-
crate veterans to go back by one jot or
little on their leaders and principles of
the past, why, 1t is evident that they
don't know the breed" asserts the Roa-
noke Times, while the Savannah Press
adds its testimony, I'VE are not quite
ready yet to give up our monuments and
our memorials and our memory days.
The Lynchburg Advance proclaims:
The men who wore the gray will never
admit they were wrong. The battle
flags of the Confederacy will never be
unfolded. The entire Southland will,
every year, when it pays homage to its
and rejoice in the glorious memories
of a Lost Cause" But the Birming-
ham News states, Hereafter let it not be
said that ungenerous feelings touching
the war Of the COS are cherished more
ardently at tie South than they are
at the North"
Hope for a reconsideration of the ad-
verse action is expressed by the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. the Dallas Journal
and the Albany Evening News. The
Chattanooga News concludes: "In the
Rainbow Division, youths of the North
and South fought side by side. But
let us not ask the men who fought in
the Sos to make gesture which would
cost them a loss in dignity and in
precious memories -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHMANDER JOHNSON.

Over and Over.
Over and over we 60 on the way
Through Winter unruly to poisoning
May
The story life tells bids US smile or COM
plain
And we're hearing 1t over and over
againl
One song will be happy and one will
be sad.
We learned the old lays Of the lass and
the lad;
Each old-tine refrain tells of pleasure
or pain
And we're singing them over and over
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

One of the important functionaries
in affairs is the Observer. With the
high-class truth-writing reporter al
ways on the job. it is hard to see ex-
actly why he should be deemed
necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

Detroit has grown rapidly. but it be-
comes plain that 1t does not know how
to run a night club. New York hostesses
have their troubles. They succeed at
least in avoiding such carnage as the
Study Club brought into evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-21

Quantico is not quite so large town
as Philadelphia. Gen., Smedley Butler
may succeed in making 1t an example
of what can be done in the way OF
creating a model community.