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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
GOVERNOR
 GIVEN ONE
 MORE SLAP
Favorable Report on Bill
 That Would Abolish the SO-Called ''POcket Veto" Compel Him to Report
BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR.

BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent
 Hartford, Conn.,, May 8.-CUP).- The house of representatives receiv- ed favorable report to-day on a bill which would abolish the so- called pocket veto" in Connecticut. Under the terms of the measure. the governor would be compelled to re- port any objection to bill to the secretary of state within 15 days of receiving the bill from the assem- bly,.
 The bill is expected to arouse op- position from democrats, who al- ready have sought strenuously to give the governor an effective veto power by requiring a two-thirds ma jority of the assembly to override a veto instead of a mere majority.
 The house passed several appro- priation measures just before ad- journment. They included:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
INDIA PRINCESS
 HAS WON VICTORY
Estate of Her Late Husband Worth $5,OO0,OOO Will GO to Her

London, May S.-(UP)-An un- usual romantic tragedy of the Far East was given a happy ending" to- day when the appeal of Rance Chat tra Kumari Devi to the highest court of the British empire was decided in favor of the beautiful Indian prin- cess. The judicial committee of the privy council decided that the Rance was a princess. entitled to the estate of her late husband, rather than a penniless beggar. Estate is worth $5,000,00O.
 The case had been under consid- eration since March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
MILITARY STILL
 CONTROLS TOWN
Evarts in Kentucky Still in Fear as l2 Have Already. Died

Evarts, Ky, May S.-(UP)-Min- CTS and citizens went to work appre- hensively to-day as national guards men patrolled the streets, ready to put down any disorders such as have already claimed 12 lives and caused nearly all of the women to evacuate. Nearly 400 officers and militiamen guarded the town in regular shifts. dispensing any street gatherings and ordering loiterers to move on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08

Women in business who take only slight repast at noOntimet will be well nOurished if they include q glass of Worden's Safe MIX.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May S.-(UP)--The net treasury balance for May was $264 274 002.97.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
COUNTY POLICE
AID RUM WAR:

With more than 10 liquor con-
victions to its credit since the
organization the first of this
month, the Prince Georges coun-
ty police force in the future will
continue it's war on the liquor
manufacturer in the county and
the rum runners from Baltimore,
County Police Chief ]. j. Crow
ley declared today.
Chief Crowley declared his Of
ficers at the present time are
working on complaints received
from residents of the county per-
tanning to disreputable roadhouses
and private homes where bootleg
liquor is being sold.
Liquor on sale in the upper
portion of Prince Georges coun-
ty is Smuggled in from Balti-
more while bootleg served over
the barroom counters in the low
er section Of the county comes
from a nearby county.
A steady patrol Of the highway
inlets to Washington are being
made by county police in an ef-
fort to shut down on the liquor
flow from Maryland, Chief Crow
ley said.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
ARMY OFFICERS
TEST TANKS
Times staff Photo

The campaign to mechanic
the cavalry" is advancing steadily
in a series of tests of tanks and
armored cars being conducted by
the War Department.
A VickerS-ArmstrOng type IF
armored car, pushed by aggressive
British statesmen, is being given
the severeSt kind of proving ex-
perimentatiOn by local cavalry
and ordnance officers, under the
direction of Gen. Guy v. Henry,
and Maj. G. A. Patton, on the
staff of the chief of cavalry.
It is a light, three-man tank,
capable of mounting a 3-pounder
or 47-n1illimeter gun, and pre-
sents certain features that give
it superiority over competing
American tanks, Army officers
said. It was exhibited yesterday.
An armored car for scouting
has also arrived in Washington.
It is extremely mobile. and can
mount an anti-aircraft gun as
we'll as a machine gun. 1t car
ries one inch of armor, has six
wheels, and can make SIS miles
an hour when necessary. Later,
tests of both will be held at the
Aberdeen, Md, proving ground.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Kills Himself
As Golfers Watch

R1DGEVILLE, Md. June ga
holiday throng was playing nina
ture golf when Duke Davis, 81,
strolled up to the course after
hitch-hiking from Baltimore. He
said:
'T'm going to commit sui
eide"
The players gathered around
him. They saw him taEe out a
pen knife. He placed the point
against his throat. Then he struck
the knife with his fist.
"Send for a doctor. I've cut
myself"
The golfers laughed. Again
Davis plunged the knift into his
chest. Again the crowd laughed
It was a good t1ick. they agreed,
but what was the catch? In an
swer. Davis jabbed himself = third
time.
Then he slumped to the ground,
dead,
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
old Mac,' National Press
Club Figure, Dying

in talking about the change in
the times, with prohibition m
everything, and women voting and
smoking; and in arguing with
fellow employees about anything
from history to the Scriptures.
Knew Bible Well
MAC" knew his Bible well
and literally quoted 1t with ac-
curacy.
He was entertaining, courteous
in love with life and humanity
and was faithful and efficient in
his sphere and hence will be long
missed, if the death comes that is
now expected.
Good habits, Mac" said, shoulc
cause him to live to be hundred
or so, but he explained he'd take
an earlier call philosophically anc
confidently.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Pardon Considered
For StralUndernldn

RICHMOND, Va, June 26
GN.S).-Although Frank Bane.
State welfare commissioner, has
recommended the pardoning of
Jesse Strawnderman, of YoungS-
town, Ohio, Governor Pollard said
today he would reach no decision
in the case until after he conferS
with Rice M. Youell, State prison
superintendent, later in the week.
Strawnderman. when 18, was
sent to prison for one year on a
charge of robbing a freight car.
He escaped from a road gang in
1919, went to Youngstown, mar
ried and made good. Identified
last week in Youngstown he vol
UNFAIRLY returned to prison.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
HEDR|CK PICKED
AS COUNTY s
DELEGATE
Supervisor to Attend Hearings
On Organization Of County
At the University of Virginia

B. M. Hedrick, Arlington county
supervisor, has been named as
Arlington's delegate to the public
hearing on organization and
management of county govern
ment July at the University
of Virginia, Charlottesville. Va,
under the auspices of the Vir-
ginia Commission on County jov-
ment.
The commission is anxious to
avail itself of the views of as
many interested parties as posi-
BILE before presenting its findings
to the general assembly of 1882,
and plans to devote most of the
discussion to the development of
new forms of county govern
ment adopted throughout the
State.
The Enabling Act
The enabling act, passed at the
last session of the legislature,
under which new forms of gov
ernment are permitted, was au-
thored by State Senator Frank
L. Ball, of Arlington, and was
sponsored in the house Of dele
gates by Hugh Reid, delegate
from Arlington.
Following the leadership of its
legislators, Arlington was the
first county in the State to avail
itself of the opportunity to
change its form of government.
adopting a county-manager syS-
tenn at the last election by a
large majority.
Five Commissioners
The form of government adopt-
ed by Arlington was prepared by
the legislative committee of The
Arlington County Civic Fedora
ton.
1t provides for a board of five
commissioners to be elected from
the county at large to replace the
present board of supervisors, md
a county manager to be selected
by the board of commissioners
after taking office on January
l, 1882.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
SECOND VICTIM
i DIES WITHIN
8 WEEKS
Three New Cases Reported in
Other Parts of Maryland Put
Authorities, Doctors on Guard

The slight outbreak of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever in Prince
Georges county has given indica-
tions of becoming more serious,
with the death of Mrs. George
Baker, of Laurel, the second
fatality in three weeks. Mrs.
Baker died in a Baltimore hospi-
tai.
The first death, that of
woman from Piscataway whose
identity was withheld by county
health officials, died in a Wash
ington hospital. A boy in Laurel,
who contracted the disease, is
said to be on his way to recovery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Baker
will be held in Laurel Saturday.
She is survived by her husband,
George Baker. and son, Lewis.
Spotted fever, similar to typhus,
Is fatal in from 10 to 80 per
cent of the cases. It was only
definitely diagnosed in Southern
Maryland a few weeks ago. One
new case has been reported in
Ann Arundel county, near the
Prince Georges line, while two
others have been found in South
ern Maryland.
DR.. A. B. Hooton. health officer
in Prince Georges, is cooperating
with physicians in an effort to
prevent and cure the disease.
According to DR.. Hooton. the dis
ease may only be contracted
through the bite of wood ticks
and other insects. A vaccine has
been prepared, he said, and is
available.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
FRANCIS
Bx THEODORE TILLER

Through the many newspaper
offices here-there isn't a News
paper Row any more-the tidingS
were passed along today that
"Old Mac" is dying.
And editors, correspondents and
reporters paused awhile to lament
the inevitable swapping of an
other link between the old lines
and the new.
Daniel III. Mcdowell is the
name of the aged colOred man
whose life ebbS at his little home
in the southeast, but for many
years as dOorman at the National
Press Club and before that as a
waiter at Harvey;S on the Avenue,
hundreds of statesmen, newspaper
workers and professional men
knew him just as "Mac."
Once Slave Boy
He's lived 88 years; was once g
slave boy, born in Lexington. "ir
the Ole Dominion, suh"; learned
his Bible in Sunday school fol
colored children taught by the
then Prof. Jackson, who became
the famous Gen. "Stonewalr
Jackson and whose bodyguarc
Mac" was during the civil war;
saw the V. M. 1. cadets fight the
Yankees" at the battle of New
Market; led Lees horse, Trav
eler, at the funeral of Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee; later was a servant in
the home of Samuel J. Tilden
whom he always believed was
counted out" for the presidency;
and then came on to Washington
and Harvey's and the Press Club
About a half-century Mac
lived here, a generation at Har
vey's and nearly 20 years at the
club. In the noted Seafood place
he claimed to have served severa'
Presidents, from Grant on down,
and at the Press Club he has
greeted and made sweeping bows
before the notable visitors from
many lands and the cub reporter
dropping in for a bite to eat be
tween assignments.
An Impressive Figure
'Mac" was a tall man of large
frame and when attired in his re
spIendent uniform, made to order
so big was he, his very size ana
erect figure (he'd never permit hi
shoulders to StOOp even as HI
passed fOurSc0re years., made his
SalutatiOns and bows more impreS
Sive.
He loved his job and held or
until a few weeks ago when ar
intestinal operation was followed
by weakness and the illness
which it was said today would
take him out within few hours
a coma having already set in.
MAC" was at his best wher
telling ''you young gentlemen
about the things that happened
long ago; in reminiscing about
Jackson and Lee and Traveller
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Pickett's Division
Veteran, 90, Dies

RICHMOND, Va, June 26.
Henry C. Jennings, believed to be
the last surviving member OF
Pickett's division, famous for its
charge at Gettysburg, is dead at
Radford, Va. He was SO years
old. He was taken prisoner at
the battle of Gettysburg and held
81 months.
After the war, Mr.. Jennings
was a locomotive engineer. He is
survived by his widow and six
children.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26

At 4 o'clock you win be surprised how
much better you will feel how
much more attractive you will be to
your associates after you have
added New Strength to your blood.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
OPEN HEARINGS
URGED ON TAX
EXEMPTIONS
Maryland Lawyer Says Public
Is Denied an Opportunity
TO Express Its Opinions

ATLANTIC CITY, June 26.
Public hearings in all cases where
tax exemption laws are up for
consideration should be held in
order that taxpayers may voice
their own views, George Hender.
son, of Cumberland, Md, de-
clared before the thirty-SiXth an
nual meeting of the Maryland
Bar Association here.
During the last five years the
Maryland State legislature has
passed q tax exemption laws, he
declared, and yet there is no
provision in the law to require
public notice being given before
such questions are acted upon.
He said:
Certainly there is nothing
unfair in requiring notice to the
taX-paying public that a special
favor of tax immunity is being
sought. And what our war
time President used to call
'pitileSs publicity will tend to
make more reasonable the re.
quests of those asking for tax
favOrS."
Where public utilities seek such
legislation the requests should
first be passed upon by the Pub
lie Service Commission, the
speaker said, in view of the fact
that that body has all necessary
facts and figures at hand suffi.
cient to make its advice worth
while.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
HOusebOdt Dry Raid
JaiLS LynChburg Man

Times staff Photo
TA DVyTTT

Ernest Pettigrew, 80, of Lynch
burg, Va, was arrested last night.
Arlington county police charged
him with violating the prohibi-
ton law after a raid on a house
boat moored on the Virginia side
of the Highway Bridge.
He was held for the grand
jury after a preliminary hearing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Scouts of Troop 80
Plan JULH 4 FrOLiC

Members of Boy Scout Troop
No. 80 will hold a field meet and
celebration at Twelfth and Terry
Streets Northeast, July 4. Prizes
will be awarded and "eats" fur
nished the boys. John T. Early,
scoutmaster, is in charge Of the
arrangements.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
s316,e84 BID ACCEPTED

Albert Brothers, of Salem, Va,
the successful bidders for the
contract to construct a highway
in the Shenandoah National Park
between Panorama and Big
Meadows. The bid was $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16

IL Fitted Cases with all veneer frames
covered with Dupont fabricoid. Each
case is 16 inches long, and fitted with six
toilet accessories. In black or brown.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Bay State to
Give Dance
Tuesday
Senators and Representa-
tives To Be in Receiving
Line for Large Reception
Tuesday Evening

The Massachusetts, Society
will hold its third meeting Of
the 193O-31 season Tuesday eve
ming at the new Shoreham
Hotel. This affair is to be a
big reception, entertainment
and dance in honor of the
congressional delegation from
the old Bay State.
Prominent Persons to Receive
The reception to the honored
guests will take place at 10
p. m. Among those in the re-
Ceiving line will be Senator
Frederick H. Gillett, Senator
David I. Walsh and Senator
elect Marcus A. Coolidge. Also
Representatives Allen T. Tread
way, Frederick w. Dallinger,
Frank H. Foss, George R.
Stobbs, Edith N. Rogers, A.
Piatt Andrew, William P. Con-
merry, Charles L. Underhill,
John j. Douglass, George H.
Tinkham, John w. Mccormack,
Robert Luce, Joseph w. Mar
tin, Richard B. Wigglesworth,
Charles L. Clifford and William
j. Granfield.
Committees Are Named
The receiving line will be
headed by the Director of Fed
eral Prisons, Sanford Bates, who
is president of the society, and
Mrs. Bates. The entertain
ment committee includes, Lewis
w. Hart, chairman; John L.
Mcdonald, Miss Grace Cham
berlain, Charles F. Sharkey,
Miss Ruth M. Noyes, Mrs. Pat
rick J. Murray, William T.
Russell, Miss Eleanor Carleton,
Miss Barbara M. Butler, Rob-
ert H. Kempton, John Nesline,
John T. Slattery and Wilson
McCray.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
LetSAWGO
Shipping
BY Patricia Lee

For names OF the shops Dhere
you can find the articles de-
Scribed beloU, address Patricia
Lee, care OF The Washington
Time, or telephone District
$3.50, Extension 165, betDeep, the
hours of $3.50 and S.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
.aIrus Club Bags
SI6"5o We're $25

Splendid Club Bags of genuine walrus
over strong frames, reinforced on corn
ers. Leather lined and finished with
three pockets. The popular 18-inch size;
in black or brown.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Special Sale
Of Baby Clothes

We found a store that has a
wonderful sale of beautiful
little handmade dresses, in
white and colors. Blankets, bibs,
sheets, knitted jackets, beauti-
full little cashmere sacks, and
many other items. A splendid
opportunity for the young
mother and for gifts. Beauti-
full quality and a most unusual
variety is offered.
Your apartment needs can always bC
through the Classified Rental
Ads
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
WaIrus Gladstone
Bags '|7.'o We're -$s5

12 Walrus Gladstone Bags, made on steel
frames. They have cloth Innings, pockets,
center partition and short straps. Sewed-
on corners and nickel-fnished trimmings.
Sizes "a and 26 inches.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Silk Mules And
Slippers, $1.65

These are manufacturers
samples and that's why they
are such marvellous bargains.
Most Of the sizes are rather
small, but some are large.
Mules and slippers Of the new.
est and Smartest cut. Made of
satin, velvet, or silk crepe.
Some trimmed with gold or sill
yer. kid. They are really re-
markable, and in quite an as
sortment of colors.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Italian
Pottery, $1.50

We found a counter Of the
most delightful Italian pottery.
Tall, slender vases, short squat
ones. They come in yellow or
blue, and there is the raised
figure of a woman on all Of
them. The workmanship is
beautiful, and we have not seen
this same vase before.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Leather Fitted
Eases Special $3.50

Fitted Cases of black or brown cowhide
over sturdy frames. Six fittings in a
choice Of colorings to suit your taste.
Complete with two bottles and pockets.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
DO YOU KNOW THAT

aviation, it is said. is that it
will render the flight of a
plane absolutely silent and re-
move all danger of fire.
Grating artificial pupils in
the eyes of Earl Musselman,
aged %. of Norristown, Pa,
has enabled him to see after
being blind since birth. The
medical miracle was performed
by DR.. G. H. Moore, of Phila-
delphia.
Steel of high quality is to be
made from sand on the west
coast of the north island of
New Zealand. The beaches of
this coast are composed of
heavy black sand, which is
really pure iron oxide. There
are millions of tons of 1t.
A machine for metering hail
has been invented which not
only prints the amount of the
prepaid postage upon each
envelope and records the num-
ber Of pieces Of mail and the
equivalent of postage, but also
seals the envelopes and per-
forms other tasks involved in
preparing correspondence for
mailing.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

Canada may shortly produce
radium in commercial quanti-
ties. Samples from a pitch
blende discovery at Echo Bay,
Great Bear Lake, Northwest
Territories, have been analyzed
by the department of mines,
and the uranium-radium con-
tent in these samples is re-
ported to be very promising.
For the first time in the
history of the United States,
liquid helium was recently pro-
duced at the Bureau of STAN
dards. The liquid was developed
by boiling helium at low pres
sure. The boiling point was
$50 degree Fahrenheit below
zero, and once this was reached
the point of liquification was
found to be only six degrees
lower. The liquid helium will
be used for scientific purposes
to study the nature of matter
at low temperatures.
A silent motor, of Russo-Ger.
man origin, has been developed,
which, it is asserted, will revolu-
tionize aviation, as we'll as all
automobile transport. The ad-
vantage of the new motor for
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
ADVERTISER ENr
THE PENALTY
of GRAY HAIR

Gray air-age-slipping. All these
unpleasant ideas seem to go to-
gether. Yet, it is not at all neces-
sary. Gray Hair often comes to g
young head and people who have it
are neither old nor incapable. But
how often you hear people say,
why, she has gray hair!' and
she is, on the shelf.
This penalty need no longer ham
dicap the woman who uses Canute
Water. This is a clear, spring-like
water, of wonderful properties which
actually restore hair to it's original
girlhood color. No complicated
''color PLAN" no danger of getting
brunette shade when your hair is
| blonde. Not only the one kind but
the one bottle is enough. 1t really
is surprisingly what successful,
youthifying results it gives.
Apply Canute Water yourself. in the
privacy of your own home. Many wo-
they sin simply DO not mention it. You
bottle from any good druggist-and
get rid of the "age-penalty" in gray
hair. Canute Water is so safe, so sci
entific and sure that your dealer knows
it will satisfy you; If not he will re-
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mended by Hecht Co.. Peoples Drug
Stores. Whelan Drug stores or your
| own druRgist.-The Canute CO., Mil
w"ukee, Wis
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
By Beatrice Fairfax
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

} bottle with a prewar label and
turpentine taste.
The old-fashioned mother used
to weep into a duchess lace
handkerchief at her daughters
wedding. But, the modern
mother feels more like waving a
flag and singing the Marseillaise
when daughter signs up to kiss
only one man-for a little while.
One way to test a mans
affection, is to set the house
on fire and see whether he
rushes, first, to save his wife,
his bank book or his golf clubs.
Lots Of men never have had
adenoids, fallen arches or hay
fever; but the man who has
never had crouch. gone off
into the silence and the garage
and begun POUNDING things,
just isn't human.
A gigolo, like a milliner's
mirror, must always be flatter-
ing-and prepared to make q
century-plant feel like a spring
violet.
Copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
THE SECRET SIX -
By Frances
Marion

) matter with you?" they chorused.
Jones shook his head stub
bornly.
Hes snake and ought to
be hanged"
Battle RACES
HE gave ten thousand to the
Children's Home! He feeds
starving people-look at his
bread lines! He feeds thou
sand poor devils a day!"
Hes a big-hearted guy in
sisted another juror.
Jones Snarled at them.
"Horsefeathers! Horsefeath-
erS!" he retorted.
From then on the battle had
ragged in the jury room. Jones
had stuck Stubbornly to his idea.
He sat in chair, coatless, dis
heveled, while by the hour the
others hammered at him with
arguments, with cajorlery, with
appeals to his generosity"
you'd see an innocent man
hung-sent to his death on the
lies of guttersnipe rats!" de-
manded Miller. you're stick
ing up for the bootleggers who
lied about him?"
"I'll fight to see him hanged"
What bootleggers doSyou get
yours from?"
st don't-I make my own"
They sent out for a dinner.
They resumed the battle of
words. And into the night it
went-Jones still holding out,
the one man stubbornly set on
conviction.
Copyright, 1881. by Cosmopolitan
Productions)
(Can Jones be won over for
acquittal? Read tomorrow's ex-
citing inStallment.)