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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

now, more splendid. Even her fathers case looked hopeful, since this other worry was going to De
 "oniy what would I do if she lost the emerald to-night? Cor rinne suddenly wondered: HOW could prove anything? But she can't tonight. It has to be safe. And tomorrow she'll take it to the bank"
 She decided to forget the trouble some elements of the emerald epi- sode and tell Sarah the story.
 "So you see," she finished when the stone is safely in her box I'll tell Harry's agency and then they can cover for themselves that Harry is guilty. Sarah, whatever made me take that job? Who would have thought that I was going to exactly the right place? Such things simply don't happen.
 And then when it's all cleared up l. what will you do?" Sarah asked. window and looked into the rain drenched street. Just go on as I am. After the trial I'll go home and tell my family. of course. But 1t can't make any difference now -. since Harry wouldn't trust me-"
 She had been riding on the crest of her discovery and had forgotten that everything would not be all right when the case was cleared up. Harry had had her watched. He knew that she was clerking in the bargain basement. He suspected her. Nothing could make that right. He had doubted her honor, and that was something she could not for give.
 Bob called her and she told him that she was busy. He seemed too young, too eager now. She hoped he and June would stick to each other, and wondered why she had thought she liked Bob just few days before. She fell asleep. wondering how she could explain her absence at the trial the next morning. She couldn't leave the store until Mabel put her ring in the bank. After all, she had been foolish to take 0 job and forget that the trial was starting almost immediately. But if she hadn't the emerald would still be mystery: At noon next day Mabel waited for her.
 NEXT: Sue hunts her pocket book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18
WHAT COLOR, PLEASE?

Moscow-Old maids with cats can now have their felines colored any shade they desire through a system worked out at the laboratory for ex- perimental biology at Moscow zoo- logical park. The color of Maltese, Siamese and Persian pussies can be changed by merely regulating the temperature at which the cats hair grows, it is said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

crying. Not really crying! I'm just excited-and surprised-and so many things have happened. I don't see people look as nice as that very Often.''
 Ginger" It was Phil's cool low voice from below.
 "Y-yes," was the fluttering an- swer. I'm on my way"
 (TO be COntinucd)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

After tke cabbage had stood for twelve hours she drained it, poured over 1t tine spiced vinegar and let the pickle stand in d covered jar for three days before using. Then the relish was ready. It was beau.i- full red cL'or. crisp and pleasantly spiced. The family liked it eXceea- ingly well, either served as a salad or as d relish with cold meats.
 Nancy has a lcafct on Salads. Write to her, care of this paper, en- closing stamped. sclf-addrcssed envelope, and asking for her newest Icafict On Salads
 Copyright 1881. Publt tSers
 Syndicate
 A bag ..: carrying bathing suits has been invented that can be in- Hated to serve as pillow or float fo sitprort n per:.ou's head in wa ter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

Send your money and order to Pattern Department, Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18
NEA Service Writer

NEA Service Writer
 Every homemaker who buys and handles food should realize the im- portance of sanitary food protection and the danger of health risks through food contamination.
 There seems to be no question these days that any person suier- ing from a cold shall isolate him. self from his fellow workers, but too little attention is paid to this measure in the home kitchen. It is true that it is often impossible for the woman who does her own work and has "just a cold" to keep out of the kitchen. However, If she will take the simple precaution of covering her nose and mouth with several thicknesses of cheese cloth mask-fashion. while she is baking and cooking. she will do
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Ill DEFENDANT T
D|SRUPTS
ACTIONS
Burroughs, One Of 4 Accused,
Stricken With TonsiIitis;
18 Are involved

The third-degree trials, which
involve 18 suspended policemen,
were delayed for a week today by
the illness of w. C. Burroughs,
one of four indicted for the al
legged brutal beating of James H.
Harker, robbery suspect.
Burroughs counsel explained
h. Gle = was suffering from an
acute attack of tonsilitis. which
was verified by the testimony of
a doctor who attended him. The
other three accused men. James
A. Mostyn, William r. Laflin and
w. C. Grooms, were ready in
District Supreme Court to stand
trial.
Leo A. Rover, United States
Attorney. moved for the post
ponement until next Monday, ex-
planning that he did not want
to risk any interruptions to the
story to be told by the prosecu-
tion's IS witnesses.
A group of Department of JUS
tice agents who have been aid
ing the District Attorneys office,
at the request of President Hoover
and the District Commissioners,
were in court.
The Harker case is considered
the strongest by the prosecution
among the large group ready for
trial.
Police Deny Beating
The nature Of the defense evi-
dence has not been indicated. Evi-
dnces of the alleged beating are
in the form of photographs and
statements made by Harker after
the alleged third-degree. These
claims we're denied at the time by
the accused policemen, who said
the prisoner had been in a drunk
en- brawl.
The indictment charges Harker
was beaten by fists and a rubber
hose by the four men, all attached
to the First precinct, after his ar
rest on a charge of entering a
lunchrOOm,
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
District Fete Group
Holds MeetiIlq TOdGH

Members of the District BiceI1-
tennial Commission are holding
the semimonthly meeting in the
board room of the District Build
ing this afternoon. This is the
first time that the board has
gathered as whole since the ap-
pointment of DR.. George B. Haven
ner executive vice chairman two
weeks ago.
It will probably be the last meet
ing in the District Building also,
as DR.. Havenner has arranged to
move the commission headquarters
to the National Press Club Build
ing.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Scouts Will Honor
= UnknOMn Soldier

A group of Scouts representing
the troops of the District Coun-
Gil will participate in an Armi-
Stice Day ceremony at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, in Arling,
ton Cemetery. They will assemble
at the west gate at 1O:3O o'clock.
A wreath will be placed on the
tomb on behalf of the nearly a
million. Scouts and -Scouters Of
America.
Following the service at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the
Scouts will proceed to the grave
of the late vice president of the
District of Columbia Council Boy
Scouts of America, Brig. Gen.
Lloyd M. Brett, where Taps" will
be sounded by Laing Sibbett,
Troop 6, ,.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09

Oliver Martin, IS, leglesS shoe
maker, today started to Occoquan
for q six-months' term, smiling
ut the prospect of food and shell
ter for the first time in many
months.
Martin, for a long time out Of
work and living on donations
from policemen. was found yes
terday at Seventh Street and
. Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
by Park Policeman w. E. Riley.
The man was almost unconscious
from hunger and exposure.
From sheer pity, Riley took the
man to the First Precinct and
locked him up on a technical
charge of vagrancy. Police at the
station took up a collection and
bought Martin food and cigar.
cites.
Today, in court, Martin told
Judge Ralph Given:
'SYOur Honor, 1 am a shoe
maker, and am supposed to be
q good one. But 1 can't find
work. God knows J have tried,
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
MANY ON LISTS
FOR WORK Of
ALL SORTS
Times Readers Urged to Cite
Needs in Coupon As Aid
to the Unemployed

Those odd jobs about the house
you have been wishing were done
can be finished with the aid Of
qualified labor through the use
of a coupon published in The
Washington Times today.
The Washington Times has ar.
ranged with the United States
Employment Service to meet the
requirements set down in the
coupons. The Federal-District
service will send a worker to fill
each job.
Specialists on List
The service has the names of
hundreds of persons who are
qualified to do any kind of work.
Specialists are included in the
list. Whatever your need the
service will fill it.
The upon provides space for
telling what kind of work you
want done and the number of
persons you will need. Have the
job done by persons who are out
of work. They DO not ask for
charity but for work to enable
them to live.
Women For HOuSewOrk
Remember that roof can be
patched. that cracked ceiling ra.
paired and those steps fixed. Use
this service to get the workers to
do the job.
Perhaps your wife needs some
one to help her with the house
work. A competent woman work
er can be supplied.
Perhaps it is necessary for your
firm to send out sales letters this
Christmas. Why not let the serv.
ice send you competent aid?
There is no charge for the
service,
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
ACCIDENT KILLS
CYCLE RACER

William Pugh, 20, motorcycle
racer, of Kensington, Md, was
killed yesterday in a speed trial
at the Milford Speedway near
Baltimore.
Pugh, warming up his machine
in preparation for the races, lost
control of the motorcycle on a
turn. He was thrown to the
track while his machine skidded
off the soft dirt into the woods.
At the University Hospital in
Baltimore, he died a short time
later of a broken neck,
Leo J. Cornell, Philadelphia
race promoter, who had charge
of the races and six racers were
arrested following the accident
and charged with maintaining a
nuisance and with violation of
the Sunday blue laws. They will
be given a hearing at the Pixies
vile Police Station next Friday
night. The police said they
told Cornell last Wednesday
that if the races were held he
would be violating the law.
Pugh was the son of the late
Judge William B. and Viola
Pugh. of Kensington.. His mother
died January last. She worked
for years in the Land Office
and held a position that gave
her right to sign the Presidents
name to documents. Funeral
services will be held in Rockville
tomorrow with burial in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
None to Lose Jobs
In Veterans Bureau

No employees of the veterans
administration will be dismissed
in the proposed division of the
beneficiary work among the field
district offices, Brig. Gen. Frank
T. Hines said today.
The decentralization will in.
volve only the payment to bene.
ficiaries of adjusted compensa.
ton certificates, death compensa-
ton and insurance claims. and
burial awards. There are about
10000 such claims now on file
here, and they will be divided
among the 81 regional offices
gradually.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Starring Cripple Smiles,
Jail Term Means Food

but there seems to be nothing
for me to do. Can't you send
me to OccOquan? 1 know can
earn my meals and lodgings
there"
The man held up the stump of
a mutilated hand, on which only
two fingers remained, to empha-
size his plea. When Judge Given
suggested a 6O-day sentence, Mar
tin pleaded with him to make it
six months.
The Judge agreed and told Mar.
tin he would be released if a job
for him turned up before the end
of the term,
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Advertising Club
HOnOrS E.. Y. Smith

The Advertising Club Of Wash
ington has called off its regular
luncheon meeting scheduled for
tomorrow out of respect to Elmer
v. Smith, advertising director Of
The Washington Herald. who
was killed last week in an air.
plane crash. The club also sent
a wreath to his funeral.
Mr.. Smith had been a regular
and active member of the club
and had a wide circle of ac-
quaintances among the advertis-
ing cult in the city.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Depression Driving
PeODLe to ReLi0iOn

The depression has at least one
thing in its favor, according to
Evangelist Ben Hardin, of Chi
cago, in that hard times are driv-
ing more people back to church
and religion.
Speaking at the Full Gospel
Tabernacle yesterday the evangel-
ist said that success and expan-
sion depleted the ranks of wor-
shippers. Poverty, humility and
suffering he described as suit
able garments" for followers of
the Saviour.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Rose Bern1Gn
Wins Divorce Decree

Justice Jennings Bailey in Dis
trict Supreme Court today
awarded an interlocutory decree Of
absolute divorce to Mrs. Rose Ber-
man, 18, of 727 Quincy st. N. w.,
against Sidney Berman, l112 New
York Ave. N. w.
Custody of their child, Beverly
Iris Berman, also was awarded to
the mother.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
STAGGER LABOR
FOR DISTRICT
BANNED
WhitehurSt Announces Plan
Affecting 600 Per Diem
Workers of the City

Collapse of Acting Engineer
Commissioner D. A. Davison'S
plan of half-time winter employ.
ment for municipal per diem
workers was indicated today with
the announcement of the winter
working schedule for 600 per diem
employees of the highway depart
ment.
The Dawson plan, which drew
severe indictments from civic,
welfare and charitable organiza-
tions, called for placing 800 per
diem workers on half time pay
employment in order to pro-
vide similar employment for 800
new workers.
Capt. II. C. Whitehurst, en-
gineer nf highways, announced
the winter working schedule for
the highway department, which
affects 900 per diem workers. Un-
der normal conditions, he cx-
planned, $50 of the workers would
lose their jobs at the end of the
summer working season.
This year the entire 900 will
work six hours each day and four
hours on Saturday. Under the
Saturday half-holiday law they
will draw pay for eight hours
work on Saturday.
AS a result Of this new system
the lowest paid workers will draw
a salary of $17.15 a week for "a
hours of actual work. Their sal
ary on full time amounts to
$21.50.
Last year the men were en-
gagged on a 5-day working week
and only 10 Of the entire 900 were
laid off.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Shoes May Be Clue
To RObber of Shop

There is at the Tenth precinct
a pair of old. worn-out shoes
which police are trying to trace
to, identify the robber- of a shoe
repair shop.
Nunzrio Cascio, of 3116 Eleventh
st. N. W., told police his shoe
shop was robbed last night of
several pairs of shoes. The in
truder left his old shoes behind.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Drug Store Looted
of $1,000 JeLUeLrU

More than $1,000 in jewelry
and $35 in cash were stolen last
night from a drug store owned
by J. j. Norton. at Laurel, Md.
= was learned when employees
opened the store for business
today.
The looters had pried open the
rear door with a crow bar. The
tewelry vas removed from show
case and the money from the
cash register.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Girl Reserves Seek
Xmas TOUS for Poor

Do you have any toys-broken
ones that might be mended?
If you do, they might make
some poor child happy if you
will send them to the Christmas
Toy Shop, conducted by the Girl
Reserves of the Y. w. c. A., at
Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K
Streets Northwest.
The members of the organiza-
ton will repair, repaint and
otherwise recondition toys for
distribution on Christmas Eve
to orphanages, hospitals, homes
and associated charities.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
DR.. Thatcher Guest
At Dinner ThurSdUu

The annual dinner of the
Alumni Association of Massachu.
sets State College of Washington
and Baltimore will be given Thurs
day evening at the Beaver Dam
Country Club, Landover, Md. DR..
Roscoe w.. Thatcher, resident of
Massachusetts, State College, will
be the guest of honor and prin-
cipal speaker.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
YeGr-OLd Injuries
Kill Auto Victim

Charles Scherer, SO. of 1109
Four and one-half St., S. W., died
today of injuries suffered almost
a year ago, when struck by an
automobile.
The accident occurred at Four
and one-half and M Street, South
west. The automobile was driven
by Margaret Stevens, 1910 Lyman
Pl., N. w,
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Unemployed Man
SUnLLOLUS Poison

William C. James, 48, of 1447 V
st. S. E., was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital today after he had
swallowed poison at his home.
DR.. Vincent Gould, of 2015
Nichols Ave. S. E., gave first aid.
Police said James action was a
suicide attempt because he was
out of work.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09

unique and extremely ueIlcaIe rtsPO1s1OIHr!
of being press liason official for the French
Premier This is the first time in the knowl-
edge of Washington that a foreign visitor
of the rank and Importance of Laval turned
to a representative of the country he was
visiting to assist him during his stay.
That the French Premier did so, and that
Pel achieved such notable and acclaimed
success in his difficult job, is significant of
the caliber and character of this young
free-lance in American diplomacy. For Pell
is not member of the State Department.
In fact, when he first went to France with
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
MRS. BISHOP
BURROUGHS MEETING

The Burroughs Citizens Asso-
citation will meet tonight in the
John Burroughs School. Patriotic
exercises in commemoratIon of
Armistice Day will be held in con-
junction with Bunker Hill Post,
American Legion.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
BOSTON CARDINAL GUEST

His Eminence william Card
inal O'Connell, of Boston, who
will preside at the annual meet
ing of the hierarchy at Catholic
University. Wednesday, is a guest
at the House of the Oblate
Fathers.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
PROF. DUNCAN TO LECTURE

Prof. George S. Duncan OF
American University, will speak
on "The Egyptian Pyramids and
Their Inscriptions" at Wells Col
lege, Aurora, N. Y. Wednesday
evening.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
esprit OF IDEALIsM"

Prof. Edward E. Richardson
will speak on The Spirit of
Idealism" before the Society for
Philosophical Inquiry in the new
building of the National Museum
tomorrow afternoon at 4:45.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
MORGAN MADE MAJOR
staff Photo

Sidney Francis Morgan, 2118 o
st. N. W., has been appointed a
major in the Engineer Reserve
Corps of the Army, it was an.
nounced at the War Department
today.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Capitol Hill
LAVAL'S VISIT TO HOOVER
A TRIUMPH FOR HIS .......
PRESS EXPERT 49,.
ROBERT s. ALLEN

ONLY time will tell who if anyone the victor in
" the recent pouparIers between President Hoover and
Premier Laval Capital agreed that to young
participant they brought success and glory
Robert Pe former Washington correspondent and ecre-
tary to Walter E. Edge Ambassador France had the
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
La TOILETTE BABY DIES

A girl. born at 1:25 a. m yester'
day to Senator and Mrs. Robert
M. La Toilette. jr., died at dawn.
Hospital officials said Mrs. La
Toilette was doing well.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09


treated him with aooness and disapprovs They even
refused him desk in the embassy until Edge nterceded
and made clear that Pel to be given respect, If
courtesy impossible.
Make Mark in Paris
Pel early showed "his stuff in the French capital
Where before the French nwspapemen had had
contact with the American ambassador he soon had them
seeking him for news tips and information When Edge
made the French industrial explaining the
American tariff SYSTEM Pel by preparing advance mate
rial and arranging interviews and speeches. able to get
many columns of publicity for Edge wherever he went
something that until then unheard of in France
In the first months of Pe work in Paris the French
press evncng much hostility the United States and
its ambassador who had retired from the Senate to accept
the diplomatic post because Of the Smoo Hawley tariff
bill which then under consideration in Congress- Pel
through his Influence and friendship with the Paris
porters able get much material in the French papers
giving the American side Of the controversy.
Counter Attack Effected
On the day the President signed bill and the French
bitterly assaied him for doing Pell ceverly
ranged interview for Edge with the French newspaper
thus getting counter attack In Paris, both
French and American circles widely held that what
Edge has achieved there ambassador due
in part to the background work and goodwill building of
No better atestation of this fact from the French sde
could be had than Lava request for the services of Pe
when he decided to to this country He asked Edge
to assign Pe to his party ason officer both
for the French correspondents and their American col
leagues Pels remarkable in this extremely deli
cate and difficult post the talk of the Capital He
ceved the personal congratulations and thanks of
Laval and the entire French party.
Before taking up his work with Edge in Paris Pe was
Washington correspondent specializing in foreign affairs
He member of foreign affairs service and
editor of AFFAIRS small intimate weekly publication,
which he helped found.
Former Correspondent Here
He is young in the early thire married and has
several children. His wife is the daughter OF W. T. IT,
Harding former governor of the Federal Reserve Board
In he Mrs Pell reside in beautiful old house
on the Left Bank that residence of the Spanish
bassador during the days of the monarchy Its rooms are
Pells family is Of old colonial stock The famous Pell
Street. in New York city, the most fashionable part OF
the town. named after the family which owned exten
sive property the neghborhood He is relative OF Ad-
ira Bristol head of the Navy General Board His father
and grandfather welknown nanciers and bankers
Despite his notable diplomatic Pell looks forward
to returning newspaper work He considers this his real
The Washington times., 1931-11-09

"'1 . ' Edge, the career men in the Paris embassy
treated him with aoofness and dsapprova. They even
refused him desk in the embassy until Edge nterceded
and made it clear that Pel to be given respect if
courtesy was impossible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
ARMOUR Chief
Dies IN FALL
Seven Story Plunge From
Window Accidental.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Philip d.
Armour III and Philip L. Reed were
the men most prominently men,
toned. today to succeed r. Edison
White, 81, as president of Armour
g. Co.
White was killed Thursday night
in a fall from his seventh floor
apartment at 10 East Scott street.
Relatives, company officials and
police agreed that the fall was ac-
cidental.
Reed, who has been treasurer of
Armour & Co.. one of the largest
packing concerns in the world, was
the last person to see White alive.
He agreed with others that the
financier probably had fallen
through a French window while
leaning out to get air or had top
pied through it whehb he tainted.
Evidence that White was i'll and
subjected to fainting spells was seen
less than twenty four hours earlier
when he fell from the speakers
platform and bumped his head
severely while arising Wednesday
night to address the annual meeting
of the Armour plant executive club.
White was a native of Peoria, ILL.,,
and had been with Armour g. Com
pany for thirty-f1ve years. He
began as a car checker at $iS a
week, after working for packing
companies in Peoria and San Fran
cisco. He became president in 1928.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
Bandit Binds
Woman and
RObS House
Victim, Alone in Home, Is
Knocked Down, Tied;
Thug Gets $22.

Forcing his way into her home
this morning, a Negro bound Mrs.
Theo Giles, 236 South Addison
street, robbed her of $6 and escaped
after searching the house and tax
ing SIC from a roomer's clothes.
Six police squads under Lieu
tenant Forsythe searched railroad
yards in the vicinity without sue
cess. The Negro was about 40,
short, stocky and wore a long black
overcoat and dark cap.
His knock at the front door in
terrupted Mrs. Giles preparations
for lunch. She was alone in the
house. He thrust the door open
when she unlocked it, bound her
hands, knocked her to the floor and
bound her fet with a strip of cloth.
He took Sc from her pocket and
searched pockets of clothing be-
longing to Lawrence Kahn, the
rooner.
Unable to free herself. Mrs. GILES
attracted attention of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Bundy, 234 South Addison
street, who occupy the remainder
of double house, by kicking on
the wall.