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New Britain herald., 1930-08-30
Flashes of Life

By the Associated Press.
 Winnipeg - Dr. Charles W. Mayo is convinced that religion can be Of great assistance to medicine. Here at the meeting of the British Medi- can association he said: When a man is about to go on the table in an operating room, if he wishes a visit from a minister in whom he has faith, it gives him confidence which no science can furnish New York - Alexander Hamilton, wet republican, is running for the state senate. He is a great-great- grandson of the first secretary of the treasury and a grandson of the late J. P. Morgan.
 Easton. Md. Senators will be able to shoot at fish and gun club in Chesapeake Bay Senator Mil lard E. Tydings has bought Poplar Island. 229 acres, for the purpose.
 Berlin - If a German can't locate party on the telephone, he will be able to leave a message for him. The government telephone monopoly has developed a method of recording spoken messages on ticket tape. When it will be put into general use is uncertain.
 Manchester. x Mixture knows how to stop an endurance sitter. Alfred Narcotic was up tree 33 days and l4 hours till lightning struck. The boy tumbled down, but escaped serious injury.
 Paris - The former residence of Mime. Pompadour at Versailles, the Hotel des Reservoirs is to be razed for a new 90-foot building which the French call skyscraper. There are a lot Of protests over "Ameri- canizing" the locality.
 Baltimore - The executive con- mittee of the American Legion de sires the words 100 per cent Amer icanism" in the preamble of the Le- gions constitution changed 10 pure Americanism,' The matter will be considered at the Boston convention next month.
 Philadelphia - Lost, strayed or stolen: Steam shovel. 4O feet long with steel bucket and other appa- ratus; weight 1o tons. 4 construc- tion company has reported the mat ter 10 the police. All of it vanished from sewer job, though it seemed like Humpty Dumpty; that it would take 40 men, a truck and a trailer to get away with II.
 Columbus. o. - Time was when Miss Marian McIlhenny did noth- ing to house flies but swat them. Then she began to study them and learned so much about them that she has received the degree of mas ter of science at Ohio State univer- sity. where she specialized in ento- mology.
 New York - John Hamilla. 10, is an honest bootblack. He found two Sl0 bills in front of Trinity church and turned them over to the police. John will have them eventually uu- less the ownership is proved
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sagacious. patient, dreading praise
 or blame
 New birth of our new soil, the first
 American
 Q. When was the first public reading of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, and who read it?
 4. The first public reading was on July s, 1776, in the State House yard. Philadelphia, from an observ- atory erected by the American Phil- osophical Society in 1769, for the purpose of observing the transit of Fenis. The reader was John Nixon. a member of the Council of Safety Of Pennsylvania. It was publicly read at New York city. July 9. It was also read to General Wa.h,ng- ton and his army, by one of his aides. It was read at Boston, July IT, at Williamsburg. Virginia, July 25 at Charleston, South Carolina. August ,. and at Savannah, Georgia, August 10.
 Q. How did the members of Tammany Hall set the sobriquet, Tigers?
 A. The title was applied to ths Tammany Society on account of the emblem of a tiger adopted by tha order. AS an attribute of TammanY it dates back from 1871. at the time of the downfall of Boss" Tweed. Tweed has been a foreman Of Engine No. 6 of the Old Volun- teer Fire Department, which en- zine company carried a stuffed tiger on it's engine. Thomas Mast, the cartoonist, during the crusade against the Tweed Ring. having the engine company in mind. combined with Tweed's prominence in that company as we'll as Tammany, symbolized the latter in his car- toons as a tiger
 Q. Which of the presidents made no inaugural address?
 A. Fillmore.
 c. How many vice president of the United States have died while in office?
 n ot'tIi' btOlSt Hinton, olt. Elbridge Gerry, 1874; William Ru- tus Kir g, 1853; Henry Wilson, 1875; Thomas A. Hendricks. 1885; Garret A. Hobart, 1899, and James S. Sher. man, 1912.
 Q. Who discovered and first occupied the Midway Islands now owned by the United States?
 A. The islands were discovered by Captain N. C. Brooks, July 5,| 1859 and were first occupied byI the Pacific Mail Steamship com- pany in July 1867.
 Q. Why was General Grant bur.l jed in New York city?
 A. He expressed a wish to be buried either at West Point. New York city, or Galena, Illinois. AS itI vas also his request that his wife, b: buried with him, the interment could not be made al West Point. His second choice was New York and. the request regarding his wife being compiled with. New York vas selected b} the family.
 Q. When was the indcpendence Of the Republic of Texas recognized by the United States
 A. March l, 1887.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing 10 the Question Editor, New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let- ters are confldential.-Edit
 Q. What was the original mean ing of the term, aborIgines?
 A. IL was first used by the origi- ral inhabitants of Italy, and after wards was extended to the inhabi- tants of other countries when first known. Now it generally means the natives found in a country by Flu ropean Colonists-as for exam ple, the North American Indians; the Maoris of New Zealand, etc.
 c. Was there ever a time when the highest officer in the United States Navy held the rank of Cap tain?
 A. No rank above that of Cap tain was actually conferred until 1882, when the grades of Commo- Gore (hitherto only a courtesy title given to the commanders of squad rons) and Rear Admiral were suc- cessiNely created by Congress. In 1864 the rank of Vice-Admiral and in 1866 that of Admiral were estab- lished.
 Q. Does ar artichoke grow un- Ger or above the ground?
 A There are two different plants called artichoke, The globe artichoke is grown for it's large flower heads, the edible parts being the large fleshy bracts and the fleshy axis from which they grow. The Jerusalem artichoke is an underground stem tuber resembling the potato.
 Q Is there city named Ath- lone?
 A. t is located in Ireland. on the banks of the shannon river.
 Q. Is Balachong a food
 A. It is a condiment. used in China to season rice, and is made O shrin-ps or small fish pounded with salt and spices and then dried.
 c. When was the United States Department of Labor esta ablished?
 A By Act Of Congress, February A, 1903.
 <, Who applied the name The First American" to Abraham Lin ccln?
 A. James Russell Lowell in the closing lines of an ode to Abraham Lincoln" recited at the Commemor- ation of the Living and Dead Sol dier6 of Harvard University. July q, 1865 The quotation is;
 The kindly, earnest. brave, forsee-
 ing man,
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to meet us here at eight o'clock or thereabouts."
 Whats coming off?" Collier wanted to know. Can't you think up anything else, for me to do?"
 "Annell tell you all about it." Ban ca led from his room.
 Some minutes later he joined Arms and Collier in the kitchen. He had slipped into a freshly pressed light suit, and Paul. look ing him over, said, "Johnny's com- ing. My, but you're pretty"
 Collier added that Anne had told him the news. I'm going to do a column 2n her, too-tonight. Am l invited to dinner with you?"
 Well, I'd rather not have you" Dan said with a grin, but I sup pose you can come"
 Paul appealed 10 Anne. His hands were busy with the shaker and he gestured with his head. "I ask you, Anne, if he isn't a tough guy 10 get along with?" And Anne laughed and said that she thought h. might be.
 Got any swell pictures of your self. Annc?" Paul asked You know. to go with the story. What's Grand United got?"
 Anne said the publicity depart ment at Grand United had a few. And I've had some new ones made at Preston Duncans"
 Swell; Hov's Mona and Eva ."
 Oh. all right, Evas rather down in the mouth. though" Anne looked a little troubled.
 Collier said that was too had. Whats the matter, can't she find arything ?" and Anne shook her head.
 You know" said Dan. swinging one leg across the table corner. T thlnk Eva ought to change her name and talk with a Polish ac- cent or something" H. frowned. NO kidding You know what mean? If Eva had come from War saw or Berlin or some place, in-
 
 these producers would be jumping al! over themselves to give her q joh"
 "A foreign accent wouldn't nelp q whole lot in talking pictures. . Collier reminded him. and Dan smiled ruefuliy
 That's true, too. I guess I'm all wet as usual Only, Eva just - just misses, somehow. When you look at her you sort of expect her tc be something else than she IS. But l still think if she had d for o,gn label on her she'd do better. ."
 She might try it." Collier said, but t wouldn't be anything new. Eyerything's been tried in Holly ood"
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TRAIN OF JOLLY BISHOPS

Liverpool, Aug, 30 CUP) - One bishop Was smoking big meer- schaum and another a corncob pipe and most Of the others were puffing contentedly at their various favor ties, a railway porter said in de- scribing the departure of n bishops after the Liverpool diocese jubilee celebration as the 'jolliest trainload I ever saw
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

Dan 'Rorimer. temperamenta young man Of Hollywood, cant get along with a studio executive at Continental Pictures and tears up hts contract as scenario writer and asks to be fired But he isn't. Dan Is interested ln Anne Winter. q girl from Tulsa. Okla, who has shown enough ability 10 warrant a screen test and q decent part in picture.
 Dan lives with Paul Collier, who writes daily movie column for a string of newspapers. Anne lives v'ith two extra girls. Eva Harley and Mona Morrison
 A famous director named Garry Sloan has shown some interest in Anne. hardly enough however. 10 warrant any hIgh hopes Louise Watkins. writer for movie fan magazines. informs Dan that she heard rumors of the sale Of Con- tlnental Pictures 10 Lawson Broth CTS
 Meanwhile. Anne is making good at Grand United. Sloan sees her on the set one day and asks her f she has q contract. When she says no. he says something must be done about that
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XXII
 Sloan had sad nothing more. 4 smile. 2 glance al his wrist watch, and Anne moved on, and the direc- tor followed her progress toward the dressing room before he turned away to stride through the litter Of the vast interior toward the ext.
 Throughout luncheon. words Kept forming themselves in Anne Winters brain. words tha- Garry Sloan had spoken: Something ought 10 ne done about that They were words 10 repeat over and over again. to ponder on deliciously 10 experiment. with. using different infections n quest Of different sig nlficances.
 She ate lunch rth couple Of zlrl. from -he chorus-NeH York girls, both ot them. from Broad way musical shous. Their laugh ing wlsecracklng chatter was a noisy accompaniment 10 the meal hut Anne made ahsent-minded re- plies. fooled around with her fruit salad and glass of milk.
 One Of them said. T see you made & hit with Garry Sloan. Tell me how it's done. will you9'
 Anne forced q smile. T wouldn't say q hit, exactly"
 Didn't I see him giving you a lot of time? And he was using hls eyes on that costume Of yours, too. '
 Anne shrugged and made no re- ply A light wrap nov covered her bare legs and arms, flesh that she had been conscious Of beneath Sloans cool scrutiny
 The other girl sad something about giving her right arm 70 have Garry Sloan the biggest shot" a- Grand United. take notice Of her. Maybe you don't know t, Anne. hut you're in luck"
 Anne said. You're beng silly. He only said q few words 10 me, I've talked with him before"
 But he had said something ought 10 be done about q contract
 She bore the exciting news 10 Eva and Mona that evening Mona had worked that day-her first job in more than q week. Eva had not. Eva hadn't seen the inside Of q studio for nearly a month. and she vas rather more discouraged than usual these days. Anne worried about her Eva could be very bit ter - bitter toward herself, Even Mona's unfailins cheertulness could not always chase that hard look from the blond-haired Eva's eyes and force her unwilling lips 10 smile.
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Unless what" Anne urged.
 "Oh, I don't know. Unless lt's because you're doing 50 well that i. makes things seem all the moro hopeless for Eva, Know what mean?"
 T think I do" Anne said.
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ABANDON TRIP

Newcastle. Ind. Aug. 90 UP)- Eighty-five miles of canoe tril which was to have taken thre' Newcastle men to New Orleans. wa enough to threaten the canoe ant dampen the spirits of the trio Charles Wood. William Highley ant Glenn Cooper abandoned their jour ney at Louisville. after embarkatior at LaUrenceburg
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She vas kept waiting for an inn prcsslvelN long period in q care
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And he began q story about q young girl who had come to Holly wood and had had little or no sue cess as an extra. T. became neces- sary for her 10 go to hospital for an operation, and while there she decided that she voull emerge from the hospital with a new name and a new personality.
 So when she came cut of the ether she was Sonia or Olga some thing -other-I forget the actual name now. She put on q swell Rus sian accent. and she got by; con- pletely fooled one producer, and he gave her plenty Of work. But the producer went broke, and then she fell in love with some guy and went back 10 New York I guess Holly woods lost track of her now
 Eva Harley, Paul added, might try tha' But I think it would be pretty hard to put over now"
 They went to dinner then, and shortly after they returned 10 the apartment Jonnny Riddle came in.
 Hi folks he greeted. What's all the shootin' for?
 m tell vou." said Dan. who was at the telephone, as soon as put !n this long distance call to Tulsa. . What's the number. Anne ?"
 Anne went over to stand beside him. and when he hung up she told Riddle about her offer.
 Johrry sad, coolly: How much?' and when Anne informed hIm, he shook his head
 Not enough" he said positively. If yol have any luck at all youm h. worth four Or five times that much maybe, and they'll have you tied up for three years"
 He began 10 name actresses Of note Wnc had found themselves in similar prediCaments and had be- come involved in lawsuits.
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there was qulet DuZz, and the pretty secretary looked up with a smile and held open the door for her. and Anne felt as if she were approaching a throne.
 Mir Johnson was not brief. He shook hands with her, led her. to comfortable chair and, leaning back from the large and magnifi- cent and severely tidy desk, he asked her many questions.
 The executive smoked as they talked, And finally he brought up the subject of a contract; explained i,9 terms, its advantages. Told her she was 10 he congratulated on ob- taining a contract. especially with ar organization like Grand United.
 Not many succeed in doing what you've done. Miss Winter"
 Anne listened quietly conccntra- ton forming tiny frown between her eyes.
 "Wen?" llr. Johnson said. and Anne blinked a little and smiled.
 She said. hositantly: It sounds pretty wonderful. Mir Johnson. Id Id like to let my father know about it. He's lawyer, in Tulsa. I feel that he ought 10 know about it"
 You're not a minor. are you?'
 No, I'm 21."
 so I understood. =. Well. do what you think best And he smiled. No harm in consulting your lawyer especially if he hap pens 10 he your father too
 Mir. Johnson arose. However, those are our terms. Miss Winter. We wouldn't feel like changing them"
 And he escorted her to the door, shook hands with her
 The contract, Mr. Johnson had explained, was for three years. In her sudden baviIderment and in- decision Anne wanted someone to talk 10. and she turned 10 Dan Rorimer. She sought a telephone
 "I want 10 talk with you. Dan, shc told him when he answered. Can l sec you this evening""
 "Tu say you can, How about having dinner vi,h me" And he added, anMously. "Nothing's wrong, I hope"
 No. l just van. some advice"
 I'll pick you ID at the studio, then. Give mo q ring when you're ready"
 And later sitting beside him in the roadster with grateful breeze flaming her hot cheeks, Anne told him what had happened. T wanted to see you about it."
 That's groat, Anne Great You Gont know how glad am. I told ycu you'd do lt, didn't I2"
 But he said "Of course, it's not much money they're offering you, as movie salaries 20 Maybe you'd better not rush at IT,
 That's one reason I wanted 10 talk 10 you I'm gong 70 call my ta'her on long distance this eve- h-nC but he doesn't know very much about how things are done jn Hollywood
 Al least though nell know you've made good before your year Of probation vas I'D" Dan remind ed her. and Anne nodded and laughcd.
 Hen be as thrilled over f as [ am"
 Rorimer chewod his lip thought fully "Iu tell you what I think ve'd better get Johnny Riddle in or this, Johnnyll know what to 60. Mayha." ian added with a chucE1e 'Johnnyll want 10 sign VOL up right away as a client. You could do worse"
 He stopped the car at his apart ment building. If you don't mind. I'll slip in and put on fresh shirt. This ones rather the worse for hcat Want 10 wat here, Or will you come up2 can offer you something cool and it won't be bad, either
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Anne smiled. "Is Paul home?"
 "Nery likely. unless hes got [ tee dato with some actress He generally tries 10 write his column before 1lnner. SO he can have the evenings free
 Paul was in. banging on his type writer. "Company," Dan an- nounced ushering Anne in. Paul. you can get busy with the shaker and entertain the beautiful young lady while the master Of the house dons fresh ralment. And you can call up Johnny Riddle and tell him
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I'm not that way myself" Mona confided. If I see another girl get q break. it sort of encourages me. Oh, I'm not kidding myself about
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But Eva tonight tried to be as un- seltishIy enthusiastic as Mona and for a while she succeeded. Later or. though. she brought up an un- pleasant topic. She was thinking, she said. of leaving Hollywood
 Anne stared at her in dismay. But why, Eva
 "Because," Eva shrugged --"oh, because"
 Quit singing the blues" Mona advised
 But Eva sad she vas not sing ing any blues. I'm jusr talking sense. I'm not getting by out here I'll never get py, What's the use Of staylng?"
 T wish you wouldn't say such things, Eva" Anne pleaded,
 Yes" Mona said, snap out of it." She went over to Eva and sat beside her and put her arm around her. Cheer up. YouIl get a break sometime, and then you'n wonder why you ever thought of giving Up"
 Eva stared moodilv at the floor. Yes" she said scornfully. I'll get q. break, all right. I've been kid ding myself about that for three years"
 Well. you will Anne got one, didn't she?".
 Eva made no answer.
 Didn't she?" Mona insisted and Eva turned on her patiently.
 Yes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

CATION to determine whether they are
produced by convict labor.
The first products to be made the
subject Of q survey are Soviet man
ganese, lumber and coal. The Amer
lean Manganese Producers Association
announced yesterday, through j. Car
son Anderson, its president, that the
American manganese ore industry was
being ruined by Soviet agents dumping
extensive quantities of cheaply mined
ore on American markets.
Neither the Treasury nor the State
Department had received formal COM
plants from American manufacturers
up to last night, 1t was said. Condi-
lions have been made known to the
Treasury sufficiently forcibly. however,
to cause prompt steps being taken TO
relieve the situation, regardless Of
threats from Moscow to terminate trade
with the United States If embargoes
are applied.
Following announcement by the
Treasury yesterday that an embargo
wood because proof had been obtained
that 1t was a product of prison labor,
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign min
lister, declared In Moscow his govern
ment would forbid trade with any
country which barred Russian goods.
Trade between the United States and
Russia has been growing It Is now
six times what it was in 1921.
The law forbidding admission Of i'm
ports made by prison labor, MFR. Low
man said, Is IS years old, and Is not
a product of the new tariff, as some
sources claimed. The greatest difficulty
in the case of Russia, he said, would
be to obtain proof that prison labor is
used. AS the United States has no
diplomatic relations with the Soviet
government, there is no off1cial OBJ
server In the country to report condi-
tons.
Two weeks ago the Treasury forbade
the admission Of two cargoes Of Rus
sian lumber when customs oficials were
told 1t was product OF convict
laborers.
In an effort to settle the question Of
doubt, the Treasury is making arrange
ments to send an Official investigator
to Russia to observe whether convicts
are being used in the lumber camps
and ore mines. The decision to take
this step was made, despite advice to
ment. There is serious doubt, however,
whether an investigator would be adj
mitted to the country.
One American ofhcial, who has
Travelled widely in Russia, reported that
the present Soviet regime is finding
abundant free labo: by arresting Kulaks,
or rich peasants, and forcing them to
work in the lumber camps and
manganese mines.
Considerable skepticism is attached
to Soviet threats to cut of trade with
the United States. Russia, it was said,
is too sorely in need of American cot
ton and agricultural machinery to COM
gram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

tCOnClnueo From F1rSL Page.)
are mostly routine, customary affairs.
Park boundary commissions, inter-de-
partment advisory committees, etc.,
come within this category. On June 16,
Senator Watson Of Indiana, Republican
majority leader, had issued as a Senate
document q compilation by William
Adams Slade, chief photographer of the
Library of Congress, of the Federal
commissions, committees and boards,
and similar bodies created during the
period between September, 1901, and
March !, 1929. Altogether In that time
All Of them were established, or an
average OF II year. Contrary to
only 10 commissions during his Is
months in office. which works out a
yearly average to date Of fraction over
z commissions. The bodies created by
Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson,
Harding and Coolidge dealt with almost
every conceivable subject of inquiry
alphabetically, the gamut runs from
accountancy to Yakima Indians and the
Yorktown Sesquicentennial.
The President makes no bones about
his belief In fact-finding commissions.
He's publicly acknowledged his definite
intention to name "a lot more" before
he's through. One idea now understood
to be engaging his thought is COM
mission to look into the decline OF
me-building in the United States. Mr..
Hoover wants, particularly, to find out
why there is no steady fiow of capital
to the home-builder as one Of the most
vital segments Of credit from o social
point Of view. He told the United
States Chamber Of Commerce at Wash
ington In May that I'VE need right now
an especial effort by our loan iiistitu-
tons In all parts of the country to In
crease the capital available TOR this
purpose, as o part OF the remedy for
the present situation" =
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