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The Washington times., 1931-09-30
PHONE PATRONS
To BENEFIT IN
HYATTSV|LLE
Rate Reductions Loom for
700 Subscribers by Use Of
Proposed New Extension

Rate reductions for between 900
and TOO telephone users Of the
$500 subscribers served hv 1he
Hyattsville exchange win be ma le
possible by the proposed aX-
tended area service which the
Chesapeake and Poto, &C Tele-
phone Company plans 10 install
in HyattSville, Decembev 10, ac-
cording to e. P. FloranCe.
Mr.. Florance addressed the
Hyattsville Chamber Of Com
merce at its first meeting since
the summer adjournment.
A $500 contribution for the
HyattsvilIe High School athletic
field will be. sought in . drive
which the chamber agreed to .un.
dertake following an appeal by
Leland Co. WOrthington, Of the
school faculty.
The Woman's Club Of River.
dale contributed $25 toward the
fund and DR.. Robert Mccullough
and Irwin OwingS made other
contributions.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
AFTER
NEW MEMBERS

The annual drive for honorary
members of the Hyattsville Vol
unteer Fire Department will be
started October is. The organi-
zation will make a house-to-house
canvass of the four wards. Chief
Noble F. Rushe has named teams
as follows: First ward, Chief
Rushe, captain; Robert Ander-
son, Harry Wilcoxen and John
Cooksey; second ward, c. o.
Proctor, captain; Alfred Degges,
C. o. johnson and w. c. Proc
tor; third ward, Lloyd Anderson,
captain; George Wilcoxen, Earl
Dorelle and Ernest Davis: fourth
ward, Charles E. Trott, captain:
Wayne Read, Harry DeggeS and
Laurence Watson.
All town meetings where a
number of people gather will be
attended in the future by two
members Of the department in
order that fires may be pre-
vented.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Zoo Gourn,ets Keep Chefs
On Kitchen Oui- VUe

diet Of rabbits and pigeons, with
q few mice as appetizerS.
Some years ago the ZOO made
up a formula for a bread for
the bears, certain Of the birds,
and others. The bread, a mix
ture of flour, meat and vege.
tables, is baked by the zoo chef
in huge loaveS and distributed
daily among the birds and beasts
requiring 1t.
Horse Meat, Too
Horse meat, supplied by q
New York firm, is fed the meat
eating animals exclusively. Some,
however, require special cuts and
the meat has to be prepared
with more than average care to
meet their individual needs.
The ZOO pantry shelves are
lined with cases of eggs, barrels
Of apples, bins of all kinds of
vegetables and an assortment Of
cereals Of various kinds.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
State Police School
Graduates ReUieWed

Following their two-week course
Of training at Fort George G.
Meade, SO successful candidates
for the eligible list Of State po.
lice paraded before Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles E. Austin
Baughman and Col. H. L. Cooper,
post commandant, today.
The 38 men passed their final
examinations yesterday. OF the
group, Is will be placed on duty
Saturday to augment the pres
ent force, while the remainder
will be put on the eligible list
for replacements.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

Catering to fussy appetites has
been developed into a fine art at
the ZOO.
According to e. P. Walker,
superintendent in the absence Of
DR.. William M. Mann:
"Our daily menu rivals that
of the finest hotel. We serve
practically everything listed on
the bill Of fare at expensive
restaurants and even . few
courses they overlook"
$4,000 for Food
The annual food budget for the
local ZOO is approximately $3o,50o.
But it is quality, not quantity
that counts, and ZOO officials are
on their toes all the time to dis
cover new dishes to tempt the ap-
petiteS of their more particular
guests.
The lung fish in the reptile
house, one Of the most recent ad-
ditiOns to the rare collection, at
first refused to eat at all. He re-
covered from his sulkS, however,
when offered a handful Of meal
worms and since has done re-
markably well. One Of the giant
pythons will eat nothing but pork
and about every two weeks or 10
days swallows q small pig. The
other snakes are content with .
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
BANCROFT WINS
TIMES AWARD

The outstanding feature Of the
annual exhibition of the National
Capital Dahlia and Iris Society
are the exhibits staged by the
garden clubs. The exhibition
opened yesterday at the Carlton
Hotel and will continue until 10
p. m. tonight.
AS an incentive to staging most
attractive garden displays The
Times-Herald awarded a silver
trophy to the club putting on the
best display. This went to the
Bancroft Garden Club, Of Bar
croft, Va.
The silver medal offered by the
American Dahlia Society was won
by Miss E. G. Lund, of Dunn Lor-
ing, Va, while the bronze medal
offered by the same society was
given to Mrs. j. E. Willett, of
West Falls Church, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
CHICKEN DINNER

A fried chicken dinner will be
given Thursday at the Rockville
Christian Church.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
BAN ON PARDON
RESENTED AS
P|T|LESS
"Christ Was MercifuI, Why
Not the Slater" Killer De-
mands in Plea to Public

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Sept. 3G.-"Christ was mercifuI
enough to give a man q chance
to reform. I don't see why
the law couldn't be-"
This was the parting state
nent of Battle c. Shiflett, IS,
convicted murderer, as he left
here to enter Virginia's State
penitentiary at Richmond to
spend the remainder Of his life
for the Staying Of his former
mistress, Mrs. Lula Shiflett, here
August 8.
ResentS Anti-PardOn Edict
He made the statement in
reference to a written recommen-
daticn Of the corporation court
grand jury that found him guilty
and asked that he never be par.
doned under any consideration.
This recommendation was con-
CURED in by Judge A. D. Dab
ney, who said from the bench:
II will strongly urge the
present governor and all sue
ceeding governors that no ex-
ecutive clemeTicy ever be shown
you"
Following his two-day trial last
week, in which his defense Of not
c11iIfv hv roo con Nf insanity c01.
lapsed upon the testimony Of
psychiatristS, Shiflett wrote a 500
word letter in which he reiter-
ated that he was "out of his
mind" when he walked into the
restaurant and mortally wounded
the young mother Of two children.
He pleaded with the public to be-
lieve he was telling the truth.
Cites Earlier ''PIOt"
He also confessed that two
years ago the woman almost
persuaded" him to murder her
husband, Thomas L. Shiflett, and
collect his insurance.
p. This plot is alleged to have
been constructed while they were
living as man and wife in Balti-
more.
Shiflett stated he had aban-
doned all hope Of new trial, and
said:
II put all my trust in God
and will abide by the prison
- rules"
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
MONTGOMERY
OPENS CLINIC
ON TYPHOID
III Have Expressed Willing
ness To Be InnoCuIated; Mild
Epidemic Is Quickly Halted

A typhoid clinic, at which III
persons rave already signified
their intention Of being present,
will be started tomorrow morn.
ing at the Gaithersburg school
by DR.. william T. Pratt, Mont
gomery county health officer.
Applications have been fire.
ouent because Of the recent
typhoid outbreak in that vicinity,
occasioned by a typhoid carriers
being employed in the milking
Of cows.
He was quickly detected by
DIR. Pratt and forbidden to handle
foodstuffs. Some persons, how.
ever, were infected before DIR.
Pratt was notified.
The epidemic is now over, the
health. officer said, and no more
cases are expected from this
source as the period of incuba-
ton is ended. More than 200
persons have been vaccinated.
These clinics will last until all
who wish the treatment can be
Vaccinated,
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Wesley J. Talley,
81, and Eleanor r. Smith, 10,
both Of Louisa county Va: John
T. Empey, 50, and Marie Rose
Ohm, 20, both of Seat Pleasant,
Md; Daniel Bruynell, SO, and
Bertha Shillingford, 10, both Of
Elmer, N. j., and Gilbert L.
Owens, 80, Of Quantico, Va, and
Lenora r. Haggarty, 90, Of Wash
ington.
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of County
CHARGED With Theft

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. 30.
Charged with embezzlement Of
$30,373.19 Of the funds Of Mel
son county, John T. Fitzpatrick
surrendered yesterday to the
sheriff and was released under
$1,000 bond for his appearance
in court November Is. He was
indicted by a special grand jury
Monday. Fitzpatrick was county
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Discrimination Laid
To 3. & D. in Suit

BALTIMORE, Sept. 30.-Charg'
ing officials Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad with discriminat'
ing against the lines own en-
ployes by employing other rail-
roads employees, representatives
of trainmen operating between
Washington and Jersey City
have brought suit to abolish a
policy which they claim is
against custom.
An official of the B. & o. said
that the company had entered
into agreements in 1926 in rout-
ing its trains to Jersey City over
Reading and Jersey Central
tracks, to use crews Of these lines
between certain points.
City and Suburban homes for sale
all sections, all prices, are ad:
vertised for sale IN today's Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
WOMEN TO ELECT

The Wheaton Women's Club
will meet at the home Of Mrs.
James Pierce, in Montgomery
county, on September 80. At this
time the annual election Of Of
ficers will be held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
STUART WALKER
TAKES SLAM AT
GOTHAM STAGE
Insults Its Patrons, |
Charge He filings
From Hollywood.

The New York stage would not
be losing all its talent and patron.
age to talking pictures if it haG<
been courteous to its patrons and
attended to its own business of
developing talent.
This opinion was expressed by
Stuart Walker, for many years a
noted theatrical director and stage
manager for the late David Belasco,
and we'll known i'll Indianapolis be-
cause of his work with stock COM
panieS here.
"a year ago." said Walker, who
now is at Paramount's Hollywood
studios, II stated that would never
leave the legitimate theater.
Il felt that talking pictures and
stage plays would each benefit from
the other. Today, only motion pic
lures are benefiting. The condition
of the American stage has been
brought about by itself"
1t was partially disapproval of
Broadway productions and partly
because of the wider scope of mo-
ton pictures that Walker recently
signed a Paramount contract and is
now engaged in directing his first
screen effort. 1.-THE Secret Call"
with a cast composed mostly Of
players who have left Broadway
in the lurch within the past month.
Richard Arlen, Ned Sparks, Jed
Prouty and William B. Davidson are
the only "old timers" of the screen
in the cast. All but Arlen were pre-
viouSly on the stage.
Peggy Shannon, who is co-star-
ring with Arlen, is enacting her first
screen role. Others fresh from New
York are Charles Trowbridge,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
TOMMY WONDER
IS peter PAN
OF VAUDEVILLE
Diminutive, Curly Haired
Chap Has Been on Stage
Since BabyhOOd.

Tommy Wonder, one of the stage
stars in the Indiana'S Fourth an
niversary revue, is the Peter Pan of
the vaudeville world-the child who
refuses to grow up. His diminutive
stature, the way his hair curls back
from his forehead making a frame
for his large brown eyes, open wide
in childish innocence, and his
charming boyish manner combine 10
make him seem like a 12-year-Olds
although he has actually seen eight
cen summers.
Little Tommy is stage veteran.
His mother and father were stage
stars in musical comedy, and they
taught Tommy dance routines when
he was hardly old enough to toddle.
He liked dancing, however, and has
been on the stage ever since.
Paul Ash, the man who has never
been known to make mistake in
judging coming star, introduced
Tommy Wonder to the audiences Of
the Granada theater, San Francisco,
as youth who will make his mark
in stage work. Since then Tommy
has devoted most of his time to APP
pearances in Publix theaters all over
the country.
Several years ago he Travelled with
John Murray AnderSon's Canoes"
and recently completed tour with
the Publix stage show, Now and
Then"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18

Charles D. Brown, Frances Moffett
nd Claire Dodd. All but Miss Dodd,
who played in one other picture,
are making their screen debuts.
THE New York theater insults the
audiences on whom it is dependent"
said Walker. IF you want to get
seats for successful play, you pay
high premium. If the show is a
failure, you can get all the seats you
want.
1.-THE stages great weakness is
that it is not developing playwrights
or actors. A bad cast can ruin a
good play and a good cast can not
save a bad play. Broadway has a
marked scarcity of both.
'"The stage will enjoy comeback
in popularity when the plays are
better, the actors more capable and
the prices are reduced"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
MOVIES INVADE
DARING FIELDS
Age of Sophistication' Is
Cause, Says LaSky.

An age of sophistication is carry
ing motion pictures into daring
fields which to date have remained
undiscovered, in the belief of Jesse
L. Lasky, pioneer film producer and
production head of the Paramount
PubliX Corporation.
"Stories now are being built
around characters that would have
frightened producers in the past"
Lasky said in a recent interview.
The public has arrived at a point
in entertainment where it demands
facts and realism rather than fan
taSy. Audiences want their dra-
matte screen favorites in human
roles.
To be human is to be imperfect.
That is the only explanation of the
popularity Of roles far from the
hero type in which the public now
prefers leading men and women.
Roles which in the past could
only be made into villains, are con-
stantly being awarded central char
acters in stories today. The public
has come to realize that the most
despicable of characters are, after
all, human beings. Audiences see
sympathetic sides to them and want
to know more about them. These
characters are more interesting
than heroes who seem to have no
other reason for being than to win
the girl"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
JUDITH WOOD is FIND
"Vice Squad" Actress Is Hailed as
Discovery by Chiefs.

A new Hollywood screen person
atty was christened when Judith
Wood was added to the contract list
at the Paramount studios.
Formerly known as Helen John
son, Judith Wood became the &C
tresS' official film name when ex-
ecutives of the corporation urged
her to select a more appropriate one
after they witnessed her perform
ance with Paul Lukas and Kay
Francis in THE Vice Squad" and
announced that in her a potential
"star discovery" has been found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18

up to the highest point in order to
make it a big success"
Ed Resener and members of his
stage band also have been working
for weeks on the show and have a
speciality, Impressions" that is
promised to be entirely different"
Paramount officials consider "Vice
Squad one of the best of their
spring releases. In addition to g
strong story it also presents in Paul
Lukas and Miss Francis two of to-
days outstanding screen favorites.
The picture features Judith Wood,
a newcomer to the Paramount lots,
in whom the Paramount directors
believe they have stellar material.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
GALA REVUE TO MARK BIRTHDAY
Simple Thing!

Forbidden Adventure" new
Paramount picture, was pre-
viewed in Glendale recently.
Naturally Mitzi Green, Jackie
Scarf and the other members
of the cast were present.
AfterWard, Director Norman
TaTog was talking to Jackie
and his mother.
What is your ambition,
Jacke?" he asked.
Jackie replied, Il haven't any
ambition. 1 just want to be
a director.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
Film Monkey Works

When not working in pictures.
the organ grinder and his monkey
who appear in Paramount's WON
en- Love Once" wander the streets
of Los Angeles collecting pennies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-18
New Orleans Locale

Modern New Orleans, with its gay
pleasure haunts and cosmopolitan
life, provides the locale for Ruth
Chatterton's new Paramount star
ring picture, The Magnificent Lie"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

under which Washington officials and bureaus issue restrictive regu- lations and make withdrawls of public natural resources without consulting their Alaska represen- tatives, as was evidenced by the order of President Hoover of last August curtailing the migratory bird season to 30 days.
 We urge the amendment of exis- ting Federal statutes so that hold CTS of Forest Service permits for summer homesites may obtain pat ents after they have established substantial improvements upon the sites.
 We approve the action of the Alaska Legislature in assuring To- cal labor equal opportunity with nonresident worktnen for employ. ment, and pledge ourselves tt provide similar opportunity to Ala ska industries, particularly the lum. Der industry, in competition witt nonresident manufacturers.
 Believing in the American prin. ciple of representation based ol population, we favor applying tha principle to the Alaska Legislature
 fe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

Johnson. He also served as off, cial reporter of the Senate and it was at that time that he formed his association, which continued until his death, with the Atlanta Constitution.
 In 1878, Dr. Small was appointed by President Hayes as Secretary of the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition, returning to newspaper activity at the con- clusion of that assignment. He founded the Pilot at Norfolk, Va, in 1881, and after publishing that newspaper for two years sold it. going to Oklahoma territory to es- tablish the Daily Oklahoman at Oklahoma City. Two years later he returned to Atlanta to devote all his time to the Constitution.
 Joins Gospel Band
 It was in that year, 1885, that he became a convert of Evangelist Sam Jones and joined the Jones Gospel Band on a tour of the United States and Canad a to preach both religion and prohibi- tion. During that period Dr. Small continued his writings for the Con-
 stitution, specializing in polite and soon gained distinction as a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

political prognosticator and ob- server.
 When war with Spain was de- clared, Dr. Small enlisted as a chaplain and with the rank of cap- tain served in Cuba with the Third Regiment of United States Volun- teer Engineers. As military super visor of the public schools after the war he helped reorganize the shat tered educational system in Cuba. Returning to the United States, he resumed his evangelistic work as well as his writing for the Consti- tuition.
 In 1873 Er. Small married Miss Annie l. Arnold, Of Greenville, Tenn They had two sons, Sam w. and Robert T. Small. The latter, whe died several years ago, was a wide ly-known newspaperman and fol many years was a member of the staff of the Associated Press. Mrs Small died in 1915.
 -.-- Spccia. Writer
 pr. Small spent many of hi. later years in Washington, where h, wrote a column of political com. ment under the heading "Lookins and Listening" which was feature of the editorial page of the Atlants Constitution He was one of tn. veteran reporters of national DO litical conventions, that of tn, Democratic party in 1928 being tn. first he had missed in almost hal a century. While at the Republi can convention at Kansas City h. fell upon the sidewalk and suffered a fractured hip, being obliged t. cover the remainder of the pro ceedings from a wheel chair. He was member of the Nationa Reform Association, the Anti-Sa loon League. the Military and Ma val Order of the Spanish-Americal War, the Military Order of Foreigl Wars, the Spanish War Veteran: the Masonic Order, Knights o Pythias and the Red Men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23
PARTY VICTOR
 TO AID AL ASK A, SAYS PLATFORM
Democratic Convention Halls National Victory
 Tn l932 Elections
tContipuea rrcin rage One)

Government of Alaska, and by Fed eral bureaus and agencies in Alaska of local products wherever possi- ble in their operations, and that local contractors be given an opp ortunity to bid on all government construction.
 We believe that 50 per cent of the gross revenues accruing to the United States from the seal fish cries of Alaska should be covered into the Territorial treasury and urge the passage of suitable legis- lation by Congress to that end
 We favor liberal appropriations for public schools in Alaska, in- cluding those conducted by both Territorial and Federal govern ments.
 We believe that the prosperity Of the mining industry is essentia to the development of the Terri tory, and we favor the enactment of laws for the encouragement O prospecting and the continuation of financial assistance to bona fidS prospectors.
 We pledge ourselves to maintain adequate funds for Pioneer pen sions and the Pioneers Home:Y fol the Relief of Dest..ution: and fol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23
CHAMBER IS TO.
 GREET MEMBERS. OF 6 AM E BOARD.
Local Business Men Will Be Host to Game Com
 missioners Tuesday

Members of the Alaska Game Commission, which convened here today for it's annual meeting, will be guests of the Chamber of Com merce at that organizations weekly noon luncheon meeting at the Ar cade Cafe at noon tomorrow, it was announced today.
 The Commissioners are: w. R. Saafridge, Kstchikan; Frank P. Williams, Nome; Andrew Simons, Seward. and Irving McK. Reed Fairbanks.
 Several important and interesting communications will be submitted to the Chamber tomorrow. One is a copy of a letter from Delegate Wickersfam to the Secretary o1 War relative to the projected sale of. the Alaska cable. system.
 The Executive Board will also re- port on the subjects it has asked the Western Division of the Ma tional Chamber of Commerce to take supporting action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23
Zynda

Mir. and sIrs. George Reynolds, retchikan,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

Old papers at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23
Dencunces Capitalization

The worst menace to the welfare of the United States and to Alaska is the prevailing tendency to cent ralize authority in the Federal Government. This has resulted in burdening the people with med dlesome and mischievous bureau cratic control and the very seri- ous impairment of the fundamental American system of self-govern- msnt. we believe, therefore, that the issue of greatest importance con- fronting the people of the Nation, as in Alaska, is the re-establish- ment of local home rule in the country. This can be done only through complete recognition of the Constitutional provision that all powers not specifically granted to the Federal government are reserved to the separate States ad the application of the Jefferson- ian principle of State Rights.
 We strongly protest against the proposed sale of the Washington Alaska Military Cable & Tele- graph System or any part of it by the Federal Government al this time
 We condemn the practice of wage cutting On public works that seem: to be growing in direct violation of Federal and Territorial laws ane urge the responsible authorities tt take the necessary steps to brin: this to an end.
 Silver mining is one of Alaska industries and we look with favo upon the movement to have ou National Government in coopera tion with other Governments t lbring about the utilization of silve as monetary unit.
 Condemn Hoover Policy
 We especially condemn the polio
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

SPEND Sunday, Tuesday. Thurs day and Friday evening at the Bible Chautauqua, Odd Fellows Building. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

Ninety percent of Ecuador's pop ulation is estimated to be depend- ent in some measure on agriculture for their living.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau

Irving Mex. Reed, Fairbanks; Andrew Simons, Lakeveiw, Alaska :; Robert E. Wheeler, Oscar Hart, Be- attle; R. J. Packenbush, Anchorage; 1; Mrs. Anna Tompkins, Seward; D. c. Miller, George Sarvels, Juneau; Mrs. May White, Gloria White, Mrs. Fred M.tson, Gustavus.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-23

aid to needy children.
 We favor the enactment by tn, Legislature of a Community Prop erty Law.