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New Britain herald., 1930-03-17

town. Mrs. Guernsey got herself named to the library's governing board and helped ban or approve Mrs Stich's books.
 The husbands indulged in busi- ness and political battles. Stich oe- came mayor. His opponents, re- putedly aided by Guernsey, forcei adoption of the commission form of government and Guernsey defeated Stich by go votes to become mayor- commissioner.
 The stichs Puilt-a big home. The Guernsey's elected q mansion.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-17
Town Split Into Rival Fac tions Because Mrs. Stich Corrected Grammar of Her Travelling Compan- ion.

Independence, Kansas, March IF (UP)-The proud house of Guern- sey, undaunted through 20 years Of social, financial and political feud with the Stich family, met it's bitter est hour bravely today while q con- mittec of bank officers, financiers and federal bank examiners gather cd in the Commercial National bank to devise reorganization plans.
 George T. Guernsey, president of the bank which closed ThursdaJ,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-17

From 11,OO0 brains weighed, Topinard finds an average weight Of 1861 grams for men and 1,29O tor women.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-17

Synopsis: The day of rcckonins 7 for Enid Howard arrives on the third day since she started out to find her missing brother. Meeting Phil Martins accusations in silence she forces him into another room as the Big Shot returns. The hat she wore on her latest adventure gives her away. He promises she will feel the vengeance of gangiand. Phil springs at the Big Shot and fight follows. the Big Shot gaining tn" upper hand. The Big Shot summons help. He believes Martin and Enid conspired to capture him. Enid grows to hope the Big Shot is not her brother. Billed with hate the Big Shot makSs q wish come tru"; he has q web foot: her brother hal no physical blemish.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-17

An improvised prison awaits Enid and Phil tomorrow,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-17

Copyright, Frank L. PackarD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
CAECILIAN CONCERT APPRE-
GATED.

The auditorium of Trinity College
was crowded to its limits with an au-
dience that overlooked into the halls
last night when the Caecilian concert
was given by students, and received with
warm appreciation. Every number had
its due of hearty applause. No encores
were allowed.
The two groups participating were
the Glee Club and the Eurydice Club.
The officers of the former are Marga-
ret Burke, president; Mildred Wolber,
vice president: Ruth Dooley, secretary,
and Alice Duggan, treasurer. The Of
ficers of the Eurydice Club are Marie
Keller, president: Mary Knapp, vice
president; Dorothy Hayes, secretary,
and Eleanor Hurley, treasurer. The
conductor of the Glee Club is Nation
Boyce. organist and choirmaster at st.
Matthew's Church. The conductor of
the Eurydice Orchestra is Ludwig
Mandy, head of orchestral groups in
the local high schools.
The orchestra opened the program
with a selection from Donizetti's opera
La Favorita." They closed the pro-
gram with works by Drigo and Victor
Herbert. The ensemble work was adj
mirable
The glee club gave two groups of
charming, rarely heard songs including
Ave Maria" from Mendelssohn's opera
''Lorely"; You Ask Me for Song.
Henry Hadley; Morning Wind" Gena
Branscombe; Ashes of Roses" by Har-
vey Gaul, and 'Nymphs and Fauns,
Bemberg- Matthews. The club was much
praised for fine coordination in sing
ing the selections.
Solo artists of the evening, each of
whom was awarded keen attention and
applause were Helene Beliveau, Marie
Keller and Eileen Hogan.
The orchestra has 10 members and
the glee club has 70 members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

singer, and the comedy which Bert
Lahr (now of Flying High" fame)
injects is not so funny when appro-
priated by Mr.. Brown. However.
the latter has some improvisations of
his own which couldn't possibly be
improved upon, and the fight scene,
as eulogized above. is unique.
The romantic theme of the story,
which is slight peg to hang a
production on, has been wisely sub
merged by allowing Joe Brown to
do double portions of Glowing. and
Winnie Lightner to sing as much
as possible. once upon time, so
goes the tender fable, there was a
young fighter who was prepared to
beat the lightweight world champion
by outpointing him instead of hit
ting him firmly on the jaw. Called
"a cream-puff boxer" by a sage
paper, this young buck at the last
moment, against the advice of his
trainer, leaps into the breach, so to
speak, and thus lays his opponent
low, to the delight of his girl friend,
who had advocated such deed.
All of which sounds like fairly
thin yarn. Still, the best of the
story concerns the efforts of the
Waterfront Terror" Cor terrier" as
Mr.. Brown calls himself) to vanquish
his opponent. after going through a
series of reducing sequences to get
down to the proper weight. These
sequences, with the help of Bert
Roach and Miss Lightncr, get fun
nier as they progress. until, with
the fight, almost limit of laughing
has been reached.
Apart from the Waterfront Ter
rior," his girl friend Winnie and
Bert Roach. the cast hasn't much to
boast of. Georges Carpenter does
some splendid fighting, but seems a
sheer loss at anything else, and Sally
O'Neil is lost as the vapid heroine.
However, the picture is we'll worth
seeing. "A laugh a minute" is no
exaggerated estimate in this case.
Graham McNamee announcing
The Evening Star-Universal news
reel events, with his usual satisfy-
ing results, and short Vitaphone Sc
lectlons complete the amusing bill.
E. de S. M.
THE Light of Western Stars"
At the Earle. Light But Amusing.
THE Western" deluge that Holly
wood has been promising is
upon us, and if the first is an
indication of what is to follow the
days ahead are likely to be bright,
brisk and unutterably foolish.
THE Light of Western Stars" now
playing at the Earle Theater, is Just
that. 1t is, to boot, pleasant Spring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington 5 Theaters.

entertainment. The film is, of
course, Zane Grey rehashed for the
nth time. But out of its midwest
soul energies face and figure that
belong to Harry Green, who is
responsible for making the picture
what it is. No fraction of an inch
of the shots that have to do with
this absurd person haven't got a
laugh. He is, to be plain, uproarious.
without Mr.. Green, this picture
would be like hundreds of others
that are playing in small towns to
the tintinabulationS of century-old
pianos. 1t has girl from the East
who inherits ranch after the foul"
death of her brother, and comes
there to live. 1t has cowboy who
falls in love with her, and kisses
her rudely, even before that. And
it has villain. who has robbed the
dead brother of some money. so that
he can buy the ranch in which the
fair "heroyne" has settled. There
are besides the usual Zane Grey
hoofbeats, scowls, cigars and a fight
at the end, which has no suspense
whatsoever.
Nevertheless, the whole thing
manages TO be pretty amusing. Harry
Green is the star, Mary Brian, look
ing lovelier than ever, is the attrac-
tive lady in question, and Richard
Arlen plays the part of the Romeo
cowboy with little conviction outside
of youthful enthusiasm.
The remainder of the program is
devoted to the Earle Orchestra, Eddie
BuzZell in comedy and the Pathe
and Paramount news reels.
e. de S. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
ST., 900 FUND is RAISED
FOR RELIEF OF LEPERS
Offerings Are Taken at Meeting of
Woman's Missionary Fedora
ton of District.

Offerings for the relief of lepers in
many foreign countries taken yesterday
afternoon at the Spring meeting of the
Woman's Interdenominational Mis-
sionary Federation of the District in the
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church,
South, under the auspices of the WASH
ington Auxiliary, Mission to Lepers,
amounted to 81 ,000
Miss Rose McNeill of the Belgian
Kongo mission in Africa, addressed the
meeting, telling of the new work being
done for the lepers there by the M. E.
Church South under Bishop James
Cannon. jr. The federation voted to
send Testaments and Bibles to chill
dren in Liberia under the supervision
of Miss Matte M. Davis of the Mount
Airy Baptist Church.
A tribute to Mrs. John Nicholson of
the Presbyterian Church of the Cow
enant, a generous giver to the work for
lepers. was presented by Washington
Topham. the assistant treasurer. Mrs.
John Newton Culbertson, president,
presided.
Mrs Charles Roads of Foundry NJ E.
Church gave a Bible talk: Mrs. Hamil-
ton E. Clark gave talk on African
maps and Mrs. j. j. Rives of Francis
Asbury M. E. Church, South, gave a
piano recital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
SUPPORTED
BY WOMAN VOTERS
League Decides to Strive for
Cruiser Reduction Pro-
gram in U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-Having
sweepingly celebrated the tenth ami
versary of suffrage, the League OF Wom-
en- Voters today neatly totaled its "legis-
lative support" slate and started scat
tering to As States and Hawaii.
Way for today's passage OF resolu-
ton Heartily supporting" the treaties
which resulted from the London Naval
Disarmament Conference had peen
paved by a hard-won victory IN behai1
of national measures relating TO such
treaties. The league thus stands pledged
to work, not only for the international
disarmament treaties, but also Tor Such
legislation as national reduction through
cruiser bills.
Miss Grace Abbott chief of the
United States Children's Bureau. was
present to hear the leagues vote of
stanch support to her bureaus ad-
ministration of the pending maternity
and infancy act
The bill passed by the House, and
pending in the Senate, for parity of
women's nationality and citizenship
with mems was Endorsed for speedy
passage without hampering amend
ments' in another resolution.
Judge Florence E. Allen of the Ohio
Supreme Court addressed the league,
complimenting the members on the
national program and on work i'll the
States.
The election committee reported re-
election of Miss Belle Sherwin, preSi-
dent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
|L|NDBERGH STARTS
/ NEW YORK FLIGHT
Colonel Is Not Expected to
Make Stop En- Route
From Miami.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, May 3-Flying his spe-
cially built plane in which he estab-
lished a new transcontinental speed
RI cord, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh started
northward from Miami today at 6:38
am, E. S. T. While he made no an
nouncement, it was understood at the
airport he would head directly for New
York without any stops en- route, trav-
ersing the same route he covered on his
Journey here last week.
Lindbergh described Inauguration of
seven-day airmal between New York
and Buenos Aires as IAN uneventful but
very pleasant" task.
LAS far as I know, only faster air
planes now will reduce the time for air.
mail between the United States and
South America" he said.
Leaving Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua,
at SIS am. yesterday, Lindbergh set
his big amphibian plane down at Ha-
vana at 1880 and an hour and 81 min
utes later took off for Miami, arriving
here at SOB pm. The distance was
S99 miles and the average speed 81
miles an hour. Unfavorable winds be-
tween Havana and Miami put him three
minutes behind his schedule.
His cargo of seven sacks of mail was
transferred here to a regular plane for
dispatch to New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
THREE POLICEMEN
FACING DISMISSAL
Trial Board Reports Convictions on
Charges and Recommends Pen.
atty in Each Case.

The Police Trial Board announced
verdicts of guilty in the cases of all
three policemen tried before it last
Wednesday. In each case dismissal of
the officer was recommended
F. w. Steele, seventh precinct, was
found guilty of desertion. He is said to
have been absent from the department
without leave seven days after charge
of simple assault on a young woman
had been lodged against him last Oc-
tober 8.
Claud Evans and j. H. Foster, second
precinct. were found guilty of conduct
prejudicial to the good order of the
force. The specification behind the
charge was undue familiarity with the
operators of numbers games. The men
we're arrested by Capt o. T. Davis and
charged with petit larceny, but this
charge was not sustained in Police
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
TRIUMPH IS WON
BY CAST IN 'HEROD'
Skill Shown by Columbia
Players in Presenting
Difficult Drama.

The Columbia Players, under the di-
rection of Miss Aurora Poston, pre-
sented Stephen Phillips ''Herod" last
night at the Wardman Park Theater.
The final production on their theatre
cal calendar of the year proved to be
difficult one. Even the most seasoned
professionals might have had trouble
with it. Last nights company, however
came through with flying colors. With
Robert D. Chace in the main role there
was little that was wanting after the
first uncertain moments. Life within
Herod's palace seemed as complicated
state of existence as Mr.. Phillips must
have intended that it should be.
AS the program explained, "Herod the
Great lives in the popular imagination
as little more than a suspicious and
jealous tyrant, known chiefly as an in
stigator of atrocity and Woe
"But the life of this Judean prince
was a tragedy, the tragedy of heart
broken and remorseful man." And so,
indeed, it seemed last night. For, after
killing his wife's brother, and thereby
losing her love, then jealousy turning
against her he found at the end that
he was nothing more or less than
raving maniac, imagining that he could
summon once more his wife to him.
The poetry of the piece suffered
little through uncertainty of cues. but
on the whole the players handled their
parts with skill. Mr.. Chace, who earl
Ter in the season, did so well in When
the Ship Goes Down." portrayed Herod
with imagination, and Grace Meyer, as
his luckless wife, played the part as 1t
should have been. Others in the cast
who distinguished themselves were
Helen Burton. Edith Dresden and Paul
Alexander. Esther Cloyd. as the sing
ing minstrel, added, furthermore, good
bit to the evenings entertainment, as
did the Katheryn Dunkhorst Dancers
In Oriental dances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
NJ u S | C.
VIOLIN PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.

VIOLIN PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.
Music week started very auspicious1y
last evening, when Josef Kaspar pre-
sented a violin program at the Masonic
Auditorium which was well chosen and
highly appreciated by large and mu-
steal audience.
There were five soloists. The first
movement of the Mendelssohn Con
certo" was played by Jean WeStbrook;
the first movement of The Symphony
Espagnole," by Lalo, played by Paul
Brightenberg two movements of Saint
Saens' Concerto by David Legum; the
first movement of the d'Ambrosio Con
certo" by Milton Schwartz, and the first
movement of the Brahms Concerto"
by Isaac Minovich. Every one of the
young artists had a message to convey
and did it artistically.
Perhaps the outstanding performance
last evening was the playing OF the
Brahms Concerto" and the Concerto"
Of D'Ambrosio. to which young Schwartz
wrote his own cadenza. These two
young men, scarcely out of their teens
showed extraordinary talent and fine
musicianship. There we're several en-
semble groups. The first was bril-
liam little caprice by Trouselle, which
opened the program. The second was
group of three old favorites-"Dri to
Me Only With Thine Eyes" 1.-THE Volga
Boat Song" and MacDowell's ITO
Wild Rose'-all arranged for four vio-
Inns and played effectively by Mary
Parks Clements, Miriam Buchalter,
Julia Robertson and Mr.. Kaspar.
Milton Schwartz also appeared as
composer of a concerto for two violins.
1t is melodious work in modern style
and has some effective harmonies. This
was played by the young composer and
Isaac Minovich, and their ensemble was
near perfection.
The recital closed with the ever-fa-
vorite "Thais," played by 40 young vio-
linists. Mr.. Kasper brought out all the
and the players responded to every ges-
ture of his baton. The difficult task of
accompanying for the evening was ably
performed by Dora Minovich and Mrs.
Alexander.
The young Washingtonians playing
the MaSSenet number were: Arthur
Avignone, Minnie BaIarsky, Priscilla
Barrows, Bernadette Berard, Elizabeth
Bernheimer, Leila Bolls, Harry Bralove,
Paul Brightenberg, Miriam Buchalter,
Helen Carter, Barbara Cation, Pauline
Gather, Mary Park Clements, Margaret
Compton, David Cooperstein, Gladys
Cowsill Gertrude Cowsill, Bernice Davis,
Henry Davis, Theodore Epply, Helen
David Legum. Hildur Lehn, William
Leishear, Abraham Lynn, Isaac Mino-
vich. Albert Pergament, Julia Robertson,
William Rodier, Milton Schwartz, Marie
Siegrist. Katharine Sloat, Lillian Su-
rasky, Elizabeth Toole, Constance Ellen
Tyler. Julia Warner, Jean Westbrook,
Chester Villains. w. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, May 81
That Chamber of Commerce of the
United States that is in session In
Washington now is running true to
Chamber of Commerce form. They
have the maximum of objections
with all the minimum of remedies
for all our national ills. OF all the
things that this country is suffering
from the greatest is overproduction
of organizations organized to help
somebody that don't need the help
as bad as the organization itself. It's
not taxes that keep us fiat. Its dues.
When a failure, form something.
When the Judgment day comes half
of America will be on their way to
some convention and the other haE
will be signing application Slanks.
Yours, WILL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
LAW CHANGE NEED
CITED BY BAR HEAD
Sims Says Time Has Come
for Material Revision
of Statutes.
By the Associated Press.


PINEHURST, N. c., May 3.-Tne
time has come for material changes in
the law of the United States, Henry Up
son Sims of Birmingham, Ala, presi-
dent of the American Bar Association,
told the North Carolina Bar AsSocia-
ton here last night.
Through the ages, Mr. Sims said, &he
question of the need of law reform has
been answered by the clamor of the
public, mature opinion of students and
experts in the practice of existing laws
and by investigation and comparison of
other bodies of law.
Stressing some of the complexities CT
the legal code, not only in the United
States but in the world, the speaker
declared, THE time has come new when
the supervision of the administratio ton
of justice in all its phases should be
made the charge of the organized bar"
When the need of reform has been
established, he said, the next thing is to
remedy.
1.-THE law must be reformed by stat
ute" Mr.. Sims continued land INTEL
ligent committees of the bar, including
the judges in the several States contin-
uing their observation and research to
tell what sort of reforms and how ex-
tensive reforms the law requires"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
Hold Everything"
Metropolitan's Laughfest.

Y Asst years successful musical
comedy, Hold Everything. has
been revamped. recast and
IL thanks to Winnie Lightner
and Joe E. Browns cavernous
jaws-has been allowed to emerge
as a good old film laughfest. In fact,
once firmly established on what
seemed at first to be somewhat wob-
bling feet, this current feature. at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
CANADA WILL SEND
MASSEY TO LONDON
Minister to U. S. viii Be
Named by Government as
High Commissioner.
BY the Associated Press.

DS bHp hcoOCldJeu FISbS.
OTTAWA, May 3.-Premfex Mac
kenzie King announced last night that
the government intends to appoint
Vincent Massey as Canadian high com
missioner at London. Mr.. Massey will
remain at Washington, where he is
now Canadian Minister, until after the
Summer vacation, about September !.
Mr.. Massey will arrive in London in
time to be in readiness for the i'm
pcrial and economic conferences, which
open on September 20.
Mr.. Massey is of American ancestry.
Nine generations ago his paternal an
cestor landed with the Pilgrims in
Salem, Mass, and the family continued
to live in the United States until about
1900. when the ENJOYS great-grand-
father moved to Ontario.
Mr.. Massey's mother was born in
Illinois. the daughter of the late Bishop
Vincent. founder of the American
Chautauqua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
Rev. J. L. May to Preach.

Rev. Joseph L. May of New York will
preach on the question Are We For
getting the Volunteer in Social Work."
at the quarterly meeting of the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society," tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock at the Immaculate Concep-
ton Church, Eighth and N streets.
George Cleary will preside at the meet
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

Warmers Metro
politan proceeds
with fast and
furiously funny
re S ults. The
com &c fight
scene in it is
one of the "Eu-
rekas!" of Gin
ema history.
The graz d
music that was
part and parcel
of the original
pr o d u C t j o n,
however, h a S
b e e n handled
disappointingly,
Georges Carpen-
tier proving him.
self a better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

Along the edges of the carpet on each
side of England's House of Commons
runs red line. BY an unwritten law
no member may pass these lines when
speaking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

A 100000 dormitory to accommo-
date 100 students is being erected at st.
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

People of Germany ate 10000 bar
rels of American apples last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03
Directions

Directions
Left from Connecticut Ave., west on Brad
ley Lane, two squares right into Maple Ave-
Follow signs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-03

Under the Auspices of the
Operative Builders Association
Washington Evening Star
OPEN UNTIL 10 PM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
EX-OI[ OPERATOR
COMMITTED TO JAIL
Jacob Berman Unable to Give
$780, 600 Bail Required on
Old Indictments.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 12.-Held in
default of $3.50 900 bail, Jacob BermaA,
former Julian Petroleum Corporation
omcial, today was in the county Jail
awaiting trial April % on an old In
dictment charging forgery and embez-
element in connection with the flnanc-
ing which led to the collapse Of that
company.
Berman was arrested yesterday on
an order from Superior Judge Marshall
r. McComb, invoking an indictment re-
turned by the grand jury In 1898.
Bail Assessed by Grand Jury.
In setting the $780, 900 bail, Judge
McComb said he was guided by the rec
omnendation Of the 1928 grand jury.
It is the highest BermAn has faced
since his first arrest in connection with
the $100, 900 900 stock overissue which
caused the collapse of the Julian com.
pany In 1927.
Until his arrest yesterday, Bernan
had been at liberty under $780, 900 bail
pending decision on his appeal from
a Seven-year prison sentence for con-
viction on a mail fraud charge.
Bermans arrest caused sensation
among agencies engaged in an investi-
CATION of the Julian debacle. The grand
jury charged that the arrest threat
ened the collapse of the revived Julian
case probe, which recently resulted in
the returning of nearly 70 indictments
against brokers and flnancierS involved
in the corporations stock transactions.
Indicted on Berman Testimony.
The indictments grew out Of testi-
mony given the grand jury by Berman.
District Attorney Buron Fits
charged the action of Judge McComb
was IAN inexcusable abuse Of judicial
power" and said the charges against
Berman we're Obsolete" McComb re-
piled that Fits was "reSorttng to poll
tics" in the Julian case revival. Ber-
man made no comment.