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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05
Heres S a belly laugh.

Here's belly laugh. When Jim Carr read Dan Parker Don G for fishing in of his columns, Jim smiled It recalled incident last spring which Dan played the roe h riding through Geyone when he bridge rearing the bridge Mons Parker. He held pole his hand danged bait into the Any luck, Dan' said Jim. Not yet answered Dan with smile Well don't think you'll have any back Jm that brook dry all last summer. (Daily Mirror Daily News, please eopy)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05
THE BICENTENNIAL
Good evening.

You must be patriotic,
 In dress this spring, tis true, Which means your new ensemble, Is red and white and blue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05

Dialinq When the St Johns Catholic church is erected of the aa will be donated by the Children of Mary the parish Individual members devising ways raising the necessary funds On April 29 dance will sponsored by the Children of Mary the Water Community house. Here's something worthy of your sup port local banana company believes in advesing itself Its wormen special uniforms with the of the any brightly iettered on the back Bill Driscol ong and easns the family preparatory to the spring drive Frankie Holeran supplied the Holleran canya with markers will the trail of the trailing arbutu
 Members the legion picking their horses for the Meoa day parade Gerald Mooney and Major Mike Galullo will swap mounts this year. Bill Carroll will ride Better Times e watcf if turn the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05
Bill Sullivan returns to St Thomas
Here and there

Here and there Bill Sullivan St Thomas seminary this week Frank Kenney, we'll known banker. pulled triple strike the Elks alleys He finished with IT, At the the eighth box Frank only had 65 It Bill Pol lard completed chairman of the Ek entertainment committee with credit balance the books It the best year the Elks have had in long time That's why Bill tossed many bouquets the weekend
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05

City prisoners and city .laborers are being used to construct streets iii Manila, P. |. |.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05
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BY VIM F. MCKINNEY Secretary American Bridge League Failure to unblock partners suit in no trump will only too often allow the declarer to go game as today's hand shows,
Evening star., 1932-12-02
Gift Time Keepers,
Elgin
Watches

Women's rectangular watches
with plain or engraved nickel
chromium cases. 7-jewel. .$15.o5
A. Women's 7-jewel Elgins with
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Evening star., 1932-12-02
Practical Gifts
Women's Gloves
$1.95 $2.95

$1.e5-Fine lambskin or cape
skin in black, brown, beige and
navy and green. Pigskin in
black, brown, natural and white.
Pull-on or clasp styles.
$2.o5-Soft kid gloves in clasp
or pull-on styles. Plain, stitched
or appliqued. Black, brown,
beige, green and wine. Velvet
evening gloves, black or pastels.
STREET FLOOR
Evening star., 1932-12-02

A gift that will receive hearty
vote of thanks from any womanl
Beautifully sheer chiffons with
dainty lace or picot tops. Fine,
practical service weights with
silk or Isle tops. Every shade
on the Winter fashion calendar.
STREET FLOOR.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Owning Building for Washington and Suburbs
MIDDLE ATLANTIC TOTAL
$1O4,8O2,6OO UP TO JUNE
Contracts Awarded for First Half of Month Tota
So, l36, 100, an Increase Over Core
spending Period of May.

CONSTRUCTION contracts the Middle Atlantic
ritory during the first half of toaed accord
ing to F. W. Dodge Corporation. This contrasts with ST 12 700
the corresponding period May $160640C the
half of June last year.
Middle Atlantic territory produced total of
<ring May
either the preceding month 1881 occasoned
awards for large governmental projects the District Columbia
the first five months of the construction
this this than
ed in Ike O
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Samuel TTopea, owner and builder;
w. B. Honey, architect; to erect one l.
story brick addition, 1921 Connecticut
avenue; to cost 81 900.
Mary Borisen, owner; J. B. Smith
builder; to make repairs, 1904 Seventh
street; to cost $500.
Charles Fischer, owner G. Hammer
builder; to erect one 1-story brick ad-
dition, 1927 Pennsylvania avenue south
east; to cost $500.
D. j. Dunigan, Inc. owners and
builders; to erect retaining walls, 5400
to 5420 Kansas avenue; to cost $500
Robert z. Kendrick, owner w. D.
Spicknall, designer; c. G.. & w. D.
Spicknall. builders; to erect one 1-story
frame addition, 3213 Massachusetts
avenue southeast; to cost $500.
Marie Fey, owner; c. Hammer. builder
TO make retpairs, 309 Twelfth street
northeast; to cost $500.
Edward H. Johonsen. owner and
builder; to make repairs, 430 Rhode
Island avenue; to cost $500.
M F. Burton, owner and builder: to
erect retaining wall, 1912 Twenty-sixth
street northeast; to cost $500.
Daniel P. Hyland, owner; Jacob
Weber, builder; to make repairs, 4214
Third street; to cost $500.
The Samuel A. DeSkln estate, owners; (;
to move frame dwelling back on same
lot, 5122 Conduit road; to cost $726.
Jerome J. Morley. owner; Aloysius
Wesley, builder; to make repairs, SOFT
Fifth street; to cost $500.
M. P. Church, owner; to make re-
pairs, First street and Rhode Island
avenue; to cost $780,
A. w. Hatswell, owner; l.. w. Giles,
architect; @. v. Seek, builder; to move
frame dwelling in rear of same lot, 5067
Conduit road; to cost $500.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

the dado with a series of oil paintings
done on canvas and presenting scenes
of Colonial inspiration. The figures, all
in keeping with the Colonial era In
motif, are executed in silhouette and
are of a restrained rather than of a
striking character, forming a back
ground rather than disturbing note.
The plan of this residence Is Colonial,
with q center hall running the full
depth of the house and having door
way at the rear, giving vista OF the
garden and the public park area TO the
rear Of the property.
Corner Fireplace in Library.
To the right Of the hall Is the living
room, which has a door leading to the
library at the right side of the room
and another to the porch at the front
of the dwelling. The fireplace OF the
living room Is one of Colonial simplicity,
and has distinctive note in its marble
facing.
The library Is paneled In knotty pine
and has a corner fireplace faced with
brick of simple Colonial form.
There are four bed rooms. a childs
play room and two baths on the second
floor. in addition to a convenient linen
closet. and on the third floor are two
additional bed rooms and bath OF full
size.
The house was erected by W. G. &
A. N. Miller. realtors and developers,
and was designed by its architectural
force with Gordon E. MacNeil as con-
sultant architect.
The house was awarded the Silver
Star Medal by the committee consisting
of James S. Taylor, chief Of the division
of building and housing of the Depart
ment OF Commerce; DR.. Louise Stanley,
chief of the United States Bureau of
Home Economics: Gilbert L. Rodier,
architect: Frederick v. Murphy. fellow
of the American Institute of Architects; !;
E H Rosengarten, past president of
the Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation; j. F. M. Bowie, president OF
the Washington Real Estate Board. and
John H. Small, Sd. landscape architect.
Evening star., 1932-06-25


The bill passed the House June Is
without a record vote and was sent to
the Senate. On June IA the Senate
Committee on Banking and Currency,
after considering three measures, the
House bill sponsored by Representative
Reilly, Democrat. Wisconsin, the like
bill introduced in the Senate at the
beginning of the present session by Re-
publican Leader Watson. and a substi-
tute measure proposed by Senator
James Couzens, Michigan, recommended
the House bill to the Senate for
passage.
Meantime, also, the platform adopted
by the Republican party June 16 at
its Chicago convention states: I'VE
pledge that the measures creating a
home loan discount system will be
pressed in Congress until adopted" The
proposed Federal Home Loan Bark sys-
tenn, advanced by President Hoover as
one of three major measures for eco
nomic relief, has been framed as to
details through cooperation of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans.
What the Treasury Department
thinks Of the way the bill would work
is expressed in a letter from Ogden
Evening star., 1932-06-25
QUARTERS LEASED
IN HOMER BUILDING
Cleveland Firm Takes Store and
Basement at 1928 F Street
for 10 Years.

Store and basement quarters at 1928
F street, in the Homer Building, have
been leased by S. Kann Sons Co.. own
ers of the property, to Adeline Shops,
Inc, Of Cleveland, Ohio, it was an
nounced today by the Office of H. Cliff
ford Bangs, which negotiated the trans
action.
The concern, dealing in women's
clothing, plans to establish the twelfth
unit of its chain organization here
about September l.
S. Kann Sons Co also has leased
premises at 1921 F street, in the Homer
Building, to the Queen Quality Boot
Shop. Inc. of Boston, Mass. The con-
Germ is TO move into its new quarters
there about February /, next year.
The leases are to run for terms Of
10 years
Evening star., 1932-06-25
PROGRESS ON HOME LOAN
CREDIT CHEERS RSPROPONENT
Realty Dealers Hail Action Taken in Congress on
Proposal to Create System of Federal Banks
for Discounting Mortgages.

- Federal Home Banks the dscounng
dwellings, designed make
has cheered those favoring the plan
rapidly the Federal Home Loan Bank bill
measure of Importance ownership
National Association of Real Estate Boards Of
of the meas
Evening star., 1932-06-25

OF the States in the territory May
contracts showed a gain over April in
New Jersey, Maryland, and the Dis
trict of Colum bia the National Capital
was alone to show gain in May over
May, 1881, due to large awards for
May in Pennsylvania were somewhat
smaller than in April and were only
half as large as those placed in May,
1881
Various agencies of the United
States Government awarded contracts
during May for buildings to cost $29,-
241 ,856. This valuation was more
than twice as high as for either April,
1882, or May, 1881.
$22,OOO,OOO Work Here.
Contracts we're awarded by the su-
pervising architect, Treasury Depart
ment. for an addition to the post office
in New York to cost $1,800000; in
Washington, for various public build
ings to cost over So, ,000 900; in Chat
tanooga for a post Office to cost over
$500 900: in Knoxville, for a post Office
and Federal Court House to cost over
5000 900. contract was awarded by
the Veterans Administration for hos
pital in Wichita, KanS., to cost over
S700 900.
New private building projects for the
District of Columbia, having total
estimated construction cost Of 100,30O,
we're approved during the past week.
Permits were issued for five small apart
ment buildings and for seven dwellings
Among plans approved were the fol-
lowing:
Kennedy Construction Co., owners
and builders; George T. Santmyers, ar
chitect; to erect five 2-story brick
apartments, 429 to 437 Kennedy street;
to cost $35,000.
E. w. James, owner; r. L. Wood
designer: Edwin L. Taylor, builder: to
erect one 2-story stone dwelling, 29le
Forty-t1ird street; to cost $4,000.
Charles <. Dillon, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling
3034 Tennyson street; to cost $1,000.
Charles Sturbitts, owner and builder;
Charles E. Dillon, designer to erect
one 2-story brick and frame dwelling,
5000 Tennyson street; to cost $1,000.
$1,000 Home Planned.
@. H. Ankeney, owner; A. G. Tolson,
tr.. designer; TolSon, Kemp 81 Nix,
builders: to erect one 2-Story frame
dwelling, 3619 Twenty-sixth street
northeast; to cost $1,000.
Breuninger 81 Phifer, owners and
builders; H. P. Baxter. architect; to
erect one 2-story brick and frame
dwelling. 2611 Otis street northeast; to
cost $4,000.
Breuninger & Phifer, owners and
builders; H. P. Baxter. architect TO
erect one 2-story brick and frame
dwelling 2615 Otis street northeast; to
cost $1,000.
National Broadcasting Co., owners;
Boyle Robertson, inc, builders; to make
alterations, Riggs National Bank Build
ing (branch), at Fourteenth street and
Park road: to cost $4,000.
Walter Brown & Son, owners; H. W.
Gaines, designer: Walter Brown, BUILDER,
to erect one 1-story brick and concrete
addition to garage, 1l10 Maryland ave-
nue. southwest; to cost $4,000.
Shoreham Investment Co, owners; c.
L. Harding, architect; J. w. Preston,
builder; to make repairs, 806 Fifteenth
street; to cost 81 500.
F. P. Nash, owner. Designer and
builder; to erect one 2-story brick dwell
ing. 1886 v street; to cost 81 200.
Mrs. G. W. Ray, owner; Jesse T.
Baker, builder and designer; TO erect
one 1-story brick addition, 1888 M
street. to cost 81 100
Evening star., 1932-06-25
MORTGAGE BANKING
CONVENTION THEME
Annual Session of National Asso-
citation Will Be Held at Niagara
Falls in October.

Mortgage Banking in the Recon-
struction Period" is the theme chosen
for the nineteenth annual convention
of the Mortgage Bankers Association of
America to be held at Niagara Falls,
October 11-13.
This subject was announced following
a meeting of the board of governors in
Chicago last week, where it was decided
that the coming convention might well
devote its major time to the new prob
lens Of real estate management, refl-
nancing and reorganization which con-
front even the most conservative leaders
Ss the result of disturbed economic
conditions.
At the general sessions of the con-
vention much time will be given to
the consideration Of current economic
questions. since the payment of interest
and liquidation of Indebtedness depends
Evening star., 1932-06-25

Mills, Secretary of the Treasury. ad-
dressed to Senator Norbeck OF South
Dakota, chairman Of the Senate COM
mittee, under date of June 10.
Mr. Mills said: THE Treasury be-
lieves that a better organization Of IA
cilities for financing home mortgage
loans would be highly desirable and
that the provision of a nationwide
system of Federal Home Loan Banks
for the purpose Of extending credit ac-
commodations to member institutions
engaged in making home mortgage
loans would greatly improve the coun-
try's financial structure. The organ
ization of such a system of banks should
relieve the pressure not only upon saw
ings banks, insurance companies and
other institutions operating in this
field. but also upon present owners of
home properties 1t should, moreover,
promote home ownership.
"The Treasury, therefore, fully sp-
proves the purposes Of the proposed
legislation"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
Arkansas License Act Upheld.

The Arkansas Supreme Court in a
recent decision upheld the constitution
ality of the Arkansas real estate license
act. adopted in 1929 for the protection
of the public against irresponsible or
unscrupulous real estate agents.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

so directly upon such factors as employ
ment and commodity prices. The more
technical phases of city and farm mort
gage financing will be discussed at
separate group meetings of urban and
rural bankers.
Evening star., 1932-06-24
DEATH OF CAPONE
SYNDICATE SEEN
Civil Warfare in Chicago
Gangland May Bring End
to Reign OF Terror.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. .., --.
CHICAGO, June 24-The next rattle
Of gangland's deadly machine guns may
also be the death rattle of the gigantic
crime syndicate built by "Scarface" Al
Capone.
That civil warfare may wreck the
syndicate and free the city from its en-
circling talons was the theory advanced
today by a high enforcement ofncial.
On his desk lay a diagram of all
branches of the vast Capone empire
from which the jailed gangster derived
his princely income. They spread,
talon like, from the heart of the Loop
to the outermost limits and suburbs.
May Be Imminent.
The underworld, he said, at this very
minute might be sitting on a powder
magazine Of gang strife unequaled In
intensity since the bloodshed that &C
companied Capones rise to power.
And the gangster whose followers Ca
pone men were believed by Investigators
to have decimated in the st. Valentines
day massacre" Of 1928-George (Bugs)
Moran, mortal enemy of Capone-may
be the man to set the spark.
Public Enemy" George (Red) Barker
was moved down by machine gunners
Evening star., 1932-06-24
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

It's hard Job teachins a sea lion 10
swim.
Although this animal for many thou
sands of generations has spent Its life
in the water and appears as much at
home there as a fish, 1t comes into the
world helpless and afraid OF water, and
acquires its ability to swim awkwardly
and with great difficulty.
Such is the case at least with the
baby sea lion at the National Geological
Park. He was born two weeks ago In
the rock shelter high and dry above the
pool in the sea lion inclosure. When u
was three days old the mother began
its swimming lessons, to the great dis
comfort OF the infant. She has been
keeping them Up ever since, but the
baby has not made much progress.
The practice, as described by Dr.
William M Mann, director of the Zoo,
is to lift the baby on a rock overlook
ing the pool and then push 1t OF. 1t
struggles desperately in the water, cries
In fright. and starts to sink. The
mother leaps In right behind 1t, grabs
1t with her teeth by the scruff of the
neck. and holds 1t UP so that its nose
Is Just out OF water. After a few min
utes she helps it back on the rocks.
Apparently the baby has no natural
ability to Est along in the water, al
though 1t might be easier in the more
bouyant sea water, which Is the natural
environment of the animal.
Originally n Land Animal
Within few days, DR.. Mann believes,
the baby will start swimming sud
denly" Just as the ability comes to a
human being. The mothers practice
seems to be something like the old
custom of throwing boy out of a boat
in deep water. But she has been care
ful not to frighten him too badly or
destroy his confidence in her.
The sea lion. DR.. Mann explains, is a
land animal which has gone back to
Evening star., 1932-06-24
Sea Lion Can't Swim at Birth
afraid of Water When Born and acquires Ability
With Difcnlt,-One at Zoo Nov
Taking Lessons.

the water, Just like a whale or por-
poise, but probably much later. 1t Is d
carnivore, believed to come from the
same general ancestral stock ss the
bears, from which 1t diverged millions
OF years ago. The sea environment
has produced great physical changes,
replacing the legs with fiippers and
adapting the creature specifically as a
FISH eater, so that 1t could not survive
very long outside the water.
Sea Lion Intelligent
But the millions Of years in the sea
apparently have not affected markedly
the creatures innate mental qualities.
1t is far from being able to swim at
birth, like a fish. or even a whale, and
requires a safe nursery on land. Iiks
its distant relative, the bear, however.
gent of all animals.
The coming of the baby, DR.. Mann
says, has caused the disruption of the
sea lion family at the Zoo. This con-
sisted previously OF the father. mother
and an "old maid aunt" The three
got along very well together. The male
was a model Of rectitude, entirely de-
voted to his mate and treating the
other female with polite indifference.
With the arrival Of the baby, however,
both father and mother were so de-
voted to 1t. rushing toward 1t at the
slightest whimper, that Zoo attendants
feared for the safety Of the odd female,
who showed clumsy aptitude for get
ting in the way of the parents. 1t was
necessary to place her in another pool
The Zoo is q real nursery this week.
The largest family is Mamma Scorpion
with her IS newly-born offspring,
which she carries riding in a cluster
on her back. The latest birth Is that
OF a mule deer, a rare event with these
animals In captivity.
Evening star., 1932-06-24

last week. His funeral was typical Of
gansland. Seventeen auto loads Of fiow-
ers followed him to the grave. Capone
lieutenants-his friends-carried the
caSket
who killed Barker7 Gangland or
hard-ridden racket victims?
Time to Tell
The official, who declined to be named
TO preserve the efficiency Of his en-
forcement unit, says: only. the men
who pulled the trigger and the men
who hired them. But the next killing
will tell"
Barker's ambition was to control
everything in Chicago that moved on
wheels, Barker was author of % sep
srate rackets and exacted tribute with
an iron hand from truck and milk
wagon drivers alike. Small business
men in as rrany lines Of endeavor
breathed with relief at his assassination.
Barker. the official said, apparently
wasn't killed because he aspired to the
throne of Capone. He was the racket
arm" of the Capone syndicate. one OF
its "enforcerS" along with the West
Side" ODonnells, Three Fingered
Jack White and "Dago" Dan Tagnotti
War Is Seen.
"Dago" Dan was slain just few days
before Barker dropped under 18 bullets
Tagnotti belonged to the Capone 10y
alists"; Barker, the OyDonnells and
White reputedly to the faction of rebels
allied with Moran.
Ever since Capone was put away
at the Atlanta Penitentiary the under
world has rumbled Of this split and q
war for succession. Ofhcials fear II
has come. If it's war, the next victim
will be "loyalist."
The men killed in the "St. Valen-
tines day massacre" were seven Of Mo-
rams ablest lieutenants. Moran disap-
peared. Ran away from Capone, >
sighed Chicago with relief. Gangland
knew better. "Capone bought him of -
It answered. Moran feared no man."
Evening star., 1932-06-24
WEIGHT CHANGES
IMPROVE MINDS
Children in Group of 40
Measured" in Experiments
With Averdupois.

~ the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. June 24.-Science
has q new lure for reducing-more
mental efficiency.
Likewise. it has discovered the same
rainbow for the overly thin-better
mental performance by putting on
weight.
Both miracles" actually happened
to a group of 40 New York children.
The fat youngsters jumped their men
tai scores by getting thinner, the thin
ones by getting fatter and the degree
of Improvement was surprising.
These measurements were reported
to the American Association for the
Advancement of Science by John Levy
NJ. D., Of Columbia University, in
paper on the relation between change
of weight and mental and physical ef-
ficiency in children.
1t is well established that intelh
sence is not affected by weight. But
mental efficiency is the application OF
intelligence and this Is what DR.. Levy
measured.
Made Normal by Diet.
Half the children were too fat, half
thin and al around 10 or IL years old.
They were brought TO normal-the
commonly accepted weights for age
and height-by diet alone.
All increased physical eficiency with
approach to proper weight, but the
mental improvement was greater still.
The mental qualities tested were MEM
ory. learning, recognition lof familiar
obiects) and alertness.
A boy Of IL coming up from 10 per
cent underweight improved his learning
ability "a per cent and alertness / per
cent. His mental average went up 8
per cent. An overweight boy Of IL re-
duced So per cent and gained 80 per
cent in learning ability, in recognition
and 2 in alertness. HIS average rose l3
per cent.
The thin children were brought up to
standard by living in a country outdoor
camp. DR.. Levy is now studying
whether a similar increase in mental
efficiency can be produced by bringing
children up to weight in the city.
He said the studies may throw some
light on whether city or country Is
better for child mental development.
Evening star., 1932-06-24

City children are sometimes considered
brighter" But he said this expert
ment suggests that in the country chill
dren learn to mobilize" their intelli-
gence better.
These 40 children, he said, were Off
weight due to faulty environment, so
that the findings do not necessarily ap-
ply to those of standard weight for
other reasons.
Evening star., 1932-06-24

he was taken from the t,outh Point,
Ohio. jail.
The defendants are Lawrence L.
Massie, 10; Taylor Napier, "a Theo-
dore johnson, 30, and Clyde Elkins. 90
Evening star., 1932-06-24

Three others are held. They admitted
taking Murray from jail. but said he
fell from a rowboat in which they wera
transporting him to the West virFinis
! shore.