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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02

William c. Johnson of 52 Meri- den road. member. of Company D. 1O2d Infantry, 2sth division. known as the "Keystone" division. is recipient of the Purple Heart, !" ono of the outstanding awards the United States war department con- fers for bravery.
 Johnson who enlisted in Maho-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02

Bridgeport, Dec 2---(UP) Tine court fight over the 21st district state senatorial election, with the control of the state senate as the prize, assumed new aspect today with the apparently successful democratic candidate taking the offensive.
 William Conley, who was re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02
A TRUTHFUL MAN

San Francisco--ImaGine a man who had been shot three times pleading to have the one who shot him set free! James Baker ex- plained to Judge Lazarus that he was drunk, and had tried to force an entrance into Harry Patterson's house after having been evicted. Baker considered the shooting as self defense and so the Judge freed Patteson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02

Miss Jennie M. O'Neill, principal of Duggan school, this afternoon denied all rumors and stories stat ing that she was intending to re- sign as principal at the current year.
 When asked regarding this ques- ton, Miss O'Neill stated, That's news to me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02
THE HAND OF FATE

Falmouth, Mass-"I.a Luck" sure stood behind Tony Ferriera recently when hc stopped and pick ed up q moldy old wallet contain ing $16. Two years ago while Tony was blowing his corn field he had lost the wallet. At that time he had badly needed the money for the winter. but this year he is doubly in need Of tho money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-02

The drought in Portugal is re- ported to have damaged the grape. corn and olive crops.
Evening star., 1932-10-02

Czechoslovakia has increased its lux
ury tax rates.
Evening star., 1932-10-02
TAKOMA PARK CITIZENS
MAY REGISTER OCT. Ali
Those Who Previously Declared
Their Intentions to Become Voters
Must Present Certificates.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
.TAKOMA PARK. Nd. October l.
Persons desiring to become voters in
Maryland. and who have not declared
their intentions, may do so on October
and IL, according to the Board OF
Election Supervisors.
Persons who declared their intention
q year ago, and who are not on the
register of voteres will be required to
take their certificate of declaration OF
intention to the registration officers on
October 4 or IL, in order to vote IN
the approaching Presidential election.
Those persons who registered in 1890
under the law that has since become
invalid. and who declared their inten-
tion one year ago in order to safe
guard their 1880 registration are re-
quested to present their certificate of
declaration Of intention to registration
officer on; the above dates
Registration officers will be on duty
from am. until 8 pm. One day has
been set aside for revision only, and
that is October 18. The registration
points in Takonla Park are as follows:
Fourth Precinct, Takoma Park Presby-
terian Church; Sixth Precinct, Takoma
Park Volunteer Fire Department build
ing: Ninth Precinct, Columbia Hall
Residents OF Prince Georges County are
scheduled to register at the fire house
ut Brentwood, Md.
Evening star., 1932-10-02

woven into a cloth closely resembling
weighted silk. Individual fibers range
from to feet in length, compared to
seven -eighths of an inch. the average
length of an individual cotton fiber.
Continue Experiments.
The two Louisiana chemists are con-
tinuing their experiments in an effort
to work out cost figures for ramie pro-
duction to enable 1t to compete with
textile fibers now in use and with pres
ent rayon materials.
I'm the Orient" says the report,
large quantities of the fiber are pro-
duced in carefully tended plots, har-
vested, purified and consumed locally
Only cheap hand labor allows this fiber
to compete on price basis with other
fibers, and almost none is available for
export Relatively small quantities are
consumed in Europe in the manufac-
ture of specialties, but no expansion in
this direction can be expected until the
price is materially reduced.
From the growers point of view, the
crop is attractive. 1t propagates from
the roots, is free from pests, yields
heavily. 1t should yield readily to me-
chanical methods of harvesting"
Climate and soil conditions are IA
vorable for the culture of ramie in
States where cotton now is the staple
crop, it is said Its fiber yield per acre
is approximately 1,500 pounds per year
Evening star., 1932-10-02

compared to approximately $50 pounds
for cotton. Unlike cotton, which must
be hand-picked, it can be handled me-
chanically.
Separation Is Problem.
The problem of producing ramie in
dustrially has always been to separate
the bark from the nber by mechanical
or chemical means The new method
accomplishes this through cooking the
material for four hours in combina-
ton of ammonia and sodium sulphite.
The first step in the manufacture Of
purified ramie fiber" 1t is explained,
Consists in stripping the combined fiber
bundles and bark from the stalk. the
second of removing the bark from the
Evening star., 1932-10-02
HERED|TY TRACED
IN G0|TER STUDY
Partial Solution Revealed by
D. c. Scientists in Georges
Creek Area.
BY gOMAS r. HENRY.

"A pa.r luton of the riddle Of
goiter unced by the Carnegie
Institu y largely on an inten-
siye s. les in the Georges
Greek tern Maryland.
IT, lie OF ;. endemic goiter re-
rios .le United States. where con-
81 UiiaN numbers are affected with
.ement of the thyroid gland in the
Den, with attendant nervousness ano
..dgh metabolism The study was dl-
rected by DR.. Charles B. Davenport
head of the institutions department OF
genetics. whose report has just been
Published.
Unusual Near Sea.
Endemic goiter long has been a
puzzle to biologists. One cause IS well
known-a deficiency of iodine in the
drinking water or in the atmosphere
It very rarely occurs close to the sea
which is the great source OF iodine, or
in an area where traces Of this element
are found in the rocks On the other
hand, it sometimes affects quarter OF
the popuiace in iodine-deflcient regions
1t can he largely prevented by adding
traces 6f iodine to the drinking water
source;
One of the primary functions of the
thyroid gland is to form iodine combl-
nations necessary for the body. When
there is not enough iodine available it
Is overworked trying to make the most
of what it has. AS result. it enlarges
but a%must enlarge as a whole This
means all its other functions are in
creased.
But mere iodine deficiency cannot be
the entire cause, DR.. Davenport points
out. Otherwise everybody in a nom
iodine region would be goitrous
Actually three-quarters of the populace
escape this gland enlargement. He
set out with his assistants to find an
hereditary factor and discovered a
very curious combination, at least IN
the Georges Creek area.
Two Genes Revealed.
Examination Of the incidence of
koiter in relation to family pedigrees
showed two genes, the hereditary units
controlling physical development in
volved. One is described by Dr. Daven-
port as a "sex-linked dominant. Sew
eral curious diseases are "seX-linked
recessives,' skipping the females of each
generation. but appearing in their sons.
The hemophilia of male descendants OF
Queen Victoria is the most famous case.
The goiter incidence in Western Mary
land is one of the few instances yet
found of the reverse. 1t skips the
sons, but appears in their daughters.
It may operate, DR.. Davenport believes,
through some unknown hormone. prob
ably by lessened resistance to its chemi-
cal action.
But he found men also are affected,
although much less frequently. There
should be none at all if only the sex
linked dominant" was concerned.
Furthermore, men do not require SO
much iodine. Analysis of the pedigrees
showed another gene which occurs alike
in the two sexes and which is respon-
sible for some imperfection in the con-
struction or chemical action of the
thyroid gland itself, such as make il
unable to meet even the relatively small
demands Of the male organism.
Even a great deficiency of iodine, DR..
Davenport believes, is not likely to pro-
duce goiter unless one or both of these
genes is present in the individual.
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Dali Paw Goes to Sweep.

Frank MacDermot. a descendant of
King Roderic OConner, refuses any re-
muneration for acting as member OF
the Dali Eireann. the parliament of the
Irish Free State. When the depart
nlent of Finance insisted on presenting
the $3.50 month salary because, it ar
gued the amount was really an allow
ance toward expenses, MacDermott said
Evening star., 1932-10-02
PLANS MUSIC PROGRAM

A musical program will mark the
opening meeting Of the Petworth
Parent Teacher Association at . pm.
Tuesday in the Petworth School, Eighth
and Shepherd streets. The program viii
be conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Harland
Randall.
Oficers Of the association are: Mrs.
Fred Blood, president; George Norris,
first vice president; Miss Mary w.
Frank, second vice president; Mrs.
Mrs. John Fersinger, corresponding sec
retary, and Peter Dusinberre, treasurer.
Evening star., 1932-10-02

ne would buy Irish sweep tickets with
the money in the name of Roscommor
County Council, and if lucky the win
nings will be used to benefit Roscom-
mon farmers. either through lower
taxes or welfare projects.
Evening star., 1932-10-02
SORORITY TO INSTALL
Chi Sigma Officers to Be Seated at
Meeting Tuesday.

Officers of zeta Chapter, Chi Sigma
Sorority, will be installed by Mrs. Mar
garet Reith-F Fitzgerald, retiring presi-
dent, at meeting Tuesday night.
The following officers will be installed:
Elsie Mandley, president; Evelyn Riley,
vice president; Mary Schlag Turner,
treasurer: Katherine .Schlag, recording
secretary; Clara Sorrell Magruder, CORE
spending secretary; Katherine Kinds
father, initiation chairman; Margaret
Smith, historian-li librarian: Alma Bell,
sergeant at arms. and Dorothy Amin,
custodian of property.
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Whales. Dead or Alive, Wanted.

Following an appeal made by the
Royal Scottish Museum of Edinburgh
Scotland, Coast Guards along the Brit
ish coast are keeping sharp lookout
for stranded live or. dead whales, ma
rooned porpoises and dead dolphins
When one. is foHnd the museum is wired
and detailed reports sent by mail. The
museum pays the expenses. The mu-
scum wants the information because OF
the scientific interest and possible eco
nonic inheritance
Evening star., 1932-10-02
RAM|E IS STUDIED
AS CROP FOR DIXIE
Research Report Sees U. S.
independence of Silk Sup
ply of Japan.

American independence Of Japanese
silk and replacement of surplus cotton
acreage in the South with fields OF
ramie. or China grass, is seen as a
possible result of the discovery OF a
chemical process for debarking and puri-
flying ramie fiber, described in re-
search report made public by the Amer
ican Chemical Society yesterday.
The new process has been worked out
by Prof. P M. Horton and G.. l.. Carter
of the Louisiana State University.
Ramie, according to the report, yields
strong, glistening fiber which can be
Evening star., 1932-10-02

fiber layer and the third Of removing
the gums and other impurities from the
fiber In the Orient the wet green
stalks are stripped and the bark re-
moved by hand
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Rectors' Aid Will Meet.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, October !
Especially The first Fall meeting of
the Rector's Aid Society Of Pinkney
Memorial Episcopal Church, Mrs. John
H. Hollingsworth, president, will be
held Monday night at o'clock in the
parish hall Of the church.
Evening star., 1932-09-19
FISH THAT WALKED
. HELD MISSING LINK
Scientist Bringing Remains
of Species From Greenland
Exploration Trip.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, September 19.-The
missing link in the chain Of evolution
that falls between fish and toads was
fish that walked on four legs, Lauge
Koch, noted Arctic explorer, claimed to-
day on his return from Greenland.
DR.. Koch, holder of the American
National Geographic Societys Charles
P. Daley medal, said he found the re-
mains Of the quadruped fish near an
estuary Of Franz Josef Fjord.
Scientists have divided animals into
five main groups" he said. fish, toads,
reptiles, birds, and finally mammals.
The connecting link between these
groups has been missing. The link be-
tween the fish and toads is that which
claim to have found. The petrified
remains are of incalculable value"
DR.. Kock sailed for East Greenland
last June at the head of an expedition
OF young scientists and veteran Green
land explorers. They were accompanied
by cruiser carrying number Of air
planes. Prince Knud, younger son of
the King, was second in command Of
the cruiser.
He said he believed his researches
would prove that the theory that Green
land is gradually shifting westward is
wrong.
Evening star., 1932-09-19
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

Gayety-"Girls a Ia Carte" bur-
lesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
EarIe-"The Purchase Price" at
II: 20 am, 1:55, 4:3o, 7:2O and 10 pm.
Stage shows at l, 335, $50 and 9 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Bird of Paradise, :"
at 1885 am, 1:35, 3:35, 535, 7:35 and
9:35 pm.
Paiace-"Grand Hotel" at II am.
lilo, 800, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Chaudu, the Magician. -
ll:05 am, lao, 4:35, 7:3O and 9:55
pm. Stage shows, with Edmund Lowe
in person, at 12:45, $40, $50 and 9
pm.
Blessed Event" at
1888 am, 1876, 3:34, 5:32, 730 and
9:29 pm.
Columbia - "Congorilla," at 11:3o
am, lis. 3, 4:45, $50, BIS and 10
pm.
Tivoli- -"Blondie of the Follies," at
?, $50, $40, 1885 and 9:25 pm.
Central-'Two Seconds from II
am. to II pm.
Ambassador-"The Purchase Price" "
at 6:15, and 9:55 pm
Evening star., 1932-09-19
NAVY ORDERS

Ensign Richard N. Antrim, detached
U. S. S. Trenton about November Is;
to U. S. S. Portland ard on board when
commissioned
Ensign William R. Franklin, dispatch
order August 81 revoked: detached U.
S. S. New York in September; to U. S.
S. Indianapolis and on board when
commissioned.
Ensign Alfred E. Sharp. jr., detached
U. S. S. Trenton about September 16:
to temporary duty instructor, Optical
School, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C.
Warrant Officers.
Chief Boatswain Owen J. Maloney,
detached U. S. S. Whitney about Sep
tember 18: to Receiving Station, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Chief Machinist Frederick r. Kalde,
detached U. S. S. MeduSa; to temporary
duty Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calf.
Asiatic Orders.
Lieut.. Glenn F. De Grave orders July
20 to U. S. S. Black Hawk revoked;
continue duty U. S. S. John D. Ford.
Evening star., 1932-09-19

This sale Is At our Warehouse
only - in alley rear Of 918 M
Street NV. Large 4-story brick
building, plenty Of parking space.
Take Seventh, Ninth or Fourteenth
st. cars and get of at M st. NV.
Short walk. Inquire for Wood
ward & Lothrop's old warehouse.
Evening star., 1932-09-19
SHORTHAND

also Typing, English, Spelling, Dictaticn
at any speed. Shorthand Review. You can
any speed in dictation Evening courses
only. Price for entire course q, or 8
Evening star., 1932-09-19
W. T. McGINLEY EXPIRES;
NOTED AS CIRCUS MAN
Pennsylvanian Was Head Of Oil
Company in Recent Years.
Took Show to Europe.

By the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA, Calf, September
19.-Walter T. Mckinley, 81, oil man
and former circus executive, died here
Of heart attack yesterday.
Born in Mauch Chunk, Pa, McGin-
ley joined travelling circus as youth
He became an executive with Ringing
Brothers, Sells-Floto and Wallace
Brothers circuses. and in 1906 attracted
international attention by gathering an
American circus for a European tour.
At the time of his death he was presi-
Gent of the Mckinley Oil Co.
The body will be sent to his birth
place for burial
Evening star., 1932-09-19
MUSIC STUDIOS,

Professional music studio-cornet. trumpet,
trombone. tuba. Modern methods Rates
reasonable: Beginners, advanced. AT 5499-J.
Evening star., 1932-09-19
$40 PER MONTH

for evenings q week. or s2.4o per half
refunded If dissatisfied. Courses. given as
an advertising feature instrSctons M were
vertising. For further information apply in
person only. mo letters, no phone calls:
Entire fifth floor National Press Bldg.' the
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
NANERS
To REPORT

The question Of whether Ar
lngton County will adopt a uni
form system of naming streets
similar to those in effect in
Washington and other cities or
just eliminate the many dupli-
cations now existing, will be con-
Sidered by the street remaining
committee at a meeting in the
courthouse next Tuesday.
The committee was recently
appointed by the county board of
commissioners to study the mat
ter and report its recommends
tionS.
County Manager Braden today
said there has been considerable
agitation during the past few
years for clearing up the street
name muddle, pointing out that
there are 18 Arlington streets and
avenues, IL Washington streets
and nine Lee streets in addition
to scores of other Implications.
Public hearings will be held on
the new names after the board
receives the committees report.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
s. c. PRISONER
NOT KILLER Of
MRS. |LSLEY
Fingerprints Of Man Held at
0rangeburg Fail to Check
With Those of Crawford

Andrew Rowell, colored,
held in Jail at Orangeburg,
S. c., is not George Crawford,
wanted in Loudon county, Va,
for the killings last January
13 of the wealthy Mrs. Spen-
Ger Ilsley and her maid-com-
panion, Mrs. Nina Buckner.
Announcement Of this was made
today by Commonwealth Attorney
John Galleher after a check OF
Rowelps fingerprints had been
made in washington with those
of Crawford.
Slugged to Death
Mr.. Galleher received the
fingerprints of Rowell late yeSter'
day at his office in Leesburg,
county seat Of Loudoun county,
and brought them Immediately to
Washington, where 'Crawford's
fingerprintS have been kept.
Mrs. Ilsley and Mrs. Buckner
were slugged to death with an
iron bootjack in the tenant cot
tage of the formers town estate
at Middleburg, Va.
Rowell was arrested following a
Staying at Orangburg in which
the victim was slugged.
Two Indictments Faced
Crawford allegedly was seen
near Middleburg the day before
Mrs. Ilsely and Mrs. Buckener
were slain. Since then he has
been reported in various places.
Crawford faces two indictments
for the killings in Loudoun
county. Authorities are inclined
to believe he has met with foul
play.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
OBSCENE SHOW
TRIAL OPENS IN
POLICE COURT
Four Women and Two Men
Accused of Offering
Indecent Show

A Police Court jury and
Judge Ralph Given today were
slated to begin hearing evil
dence against three women
and two men who are charged
with presenting an obscene
show, while a fourth woman
is waiting sentence as the re-
suit of a guilty plea entered
late yesterday.
Those on trial are Bernice
Eeona, 81, Baltimore; Teresa A.
Boyle, %, of 1901 Eleventh st.
N. W.; Lena Marella, 81, Balti-
more; Thomas Mckay Fox, SO, of
726 F st. N. E., said by police to
have been promoter of the show,
and Robert A. Anderson, SO, of
1915 Neal st. N. E. Helen Ben
son, %, of 1907 N st. N. w.,
pleaded guilty yesterday.
Inc detenuanCS were arrested
April 81 at hall at 423 G St.
N. w. Policemen w. D. DeGroot
and r. E. Blick attended the show
and stopped it during the per
formance. :
A surprise move on the part Of
the defense was an announcement
by Attorney F. j. Donahue
that he would call Assistant
United States Attorney Milford F..
Schwartz as a defense witness.
Schwartz was to have assisted
United States Attorney Michael
F. Keough in the prosecution. No
idea of the nature of Schwartz's
expected testimony could be
gained.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
P POLICEMAN IS
EXONERATED

Three assault charges against
Policeman E. z. Thompson, of the
First precinct, were dismissed in
the HyattSville police court by
Judge ]. Chew Sheriff after three
of the policeman'S superiorS, and
Milton Kronheim, local bondsman.
had appeared as character wit
neSseS in his behalf.
Thompson was charged with
assault and battery and at
tempted assault with a dangerous
weapon on his divorced wife, Mrs.
Mabel F. Thompson, 5000 Perry
ST., Mt. Rainier, and assault and
battery on her colored maid, Mar
garet Davis.
Testimony failed to substantiate
statements of Mrs. Thompson
that he had struck her with a
blackjack, the maid with his fist,
and that he had invaded the Mt.
Rainier house with drawn pistol
in his hand.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
WERNTZ WIDOW
SUES ESTATE

ANNAPOLIS, May 10. - Mrs.
Genevieve Carr, divorced wife of
a former Naval Academy bands
man, today filed a claim against
the $1,0OO,O 900 estate of the late
Robert l.. Werntz, capitalist and
known locally as a bachelor, as
his alleged widow. She gave no
tice she would claim her widows
rights.
Werntz died November 7, 1881,
and disposed of his huge estate
by a few bequests but left the
major portion in a trust fund, to
be held for the benefit of several
beneficiaries, none of them being
Mrs. Genevieve E. Carr.
Werntz was known in Annapo-
lis for 40 years but was never
known to have married. Mrs.
Carr -Werntz did not state any
specific date of the alleged
marriage. She is now said to be
living in Philadelphia. AS far
as could be learned there is no
record of the alleged marriage on
file here.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
SON Of SHERIFF.
IN BR|BE TRIAL

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 19.
Thomas Prout, son of Sheriff R..
Glenn Prout, and also a deputy
sheriff, was put on trial for al
legged bribery today.
A jury yesterday was unable to
reach a verdict in the bribery trial
Of former Deputy Sheriff John
Muhly and the case was declared
a mistrial.
Muhly was found guilty today,
however, on two charges of pass
ing bad checks and fined $25 and
costs on one count and given a
suspended sentence on the other
count.
Prout is alleged to have received
$50 weekly from Morris Legum, a
bondsman, for protecting slot ma
chine operators in the county.
The Washington times., 1932-05-19
.CURB ON DANCE
|. HALLS SOUGHT

A public hearing will be held
in the Fairfax courthouse June
7 on the proposal to regulate
commercial dance halls in the
county, it was decided by the
board of supervisors at the regu-
lar bimonthly meeting yesterday.
Action on the dance halls was
urged by commemorative Attor-
ney Wilson M. Farr, who said that
many serious crimes have oriyi-
mated in them.
Authority is given the board to
enact such ordinances under a
law passed at the last session Of
the general assembly.
Under the proposed ordinance
all permits for dance halls must
be, obtained from the board of
supervisors, effective July /.
A bond of 1000 shall be posted
by the owners to guarantee peace
and order, and all halls must
close at midnight. A fee Of $500
a year is charged for places mold
ing three dances a week and $500
for more than three dances
weekly,