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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25
NOTICE
Taxpayers
Attention Attention
Liens
Taxpayers
Liens

All persons owning property in the city of Wa
terbury who have failed to pay their taxes on the
grand list of the year $780, which taxes, were due
and payable in the Office of the Tax Collector on
May LIST and October list, 1881, are hereby notified
that Liens will be filed on March 31st, 1882.
The cost of filing said Liens will be Three DOL
lars and Seventy-6ve Cents ($3.75) each, and in
addition the rate of interest on unpaid Taxes will
increase from Ten Percentum Per Annum Q0ea)
to Twelve Per Centum Per Annum (129o) in ac-
c0rdance with State Statute.
The expense of filing Liens and the additional
increase in the rate Of interest on unpaid taxes
can be avoided by paying at the Office of the Tax
Collector Immediately.
WILLIAM A. ENNIS,
Tax Collector.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25

moment. II the pains have begun.
they are stopped in seven minutes!
No woman need be martyr to her
monthly periods. One Midol tablet
will convince you. It can't harm you,
for It is not q narcotic. All drugstores.
Simply ask for Midol.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25
CHURCHES PLAN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
National Academy
Of Design Makes
$500 in Awards

New York, March rs - (UP)-
Prizes totaling $4,000 have been
awarded to winners in the 10th
annual exhibition of the National
Academy Of Design. The largest
single award, the first Altman prize
of $1,000, went to Victor Higgins,
OF Taos, N. NJ, for his painting,
winter Funeral"
other awards included: Thomas
B. Clarke prize, $500, to Robert
Brakeman, Noank, Conn, for
painting, Portrait"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25
How Does
an Actress
Manage?

Matinee and night,
two performances.
atthetime of month
that her menstrual
flow Is at its height.
An actress often
must submit tosuch
an inconvenience,
but does not suffer
the usual pal n.
Midol blocks all
possibility Of any
menstrual pain, for
hours at a time.
Taken in advance,
you will not have
one uncomfortable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25

wet-dry test vote In the house Of
representatives The Literary Digest
notes that public opinion as reflect
ed by Its prohibition poll Is decid-
eddy wetter than public opinion as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25

With a swift encircling
movement, police rushed upon
the scene, revolvers in hand.
Most of the rum runners
surrendered at once, dropping
their sacks of liquor. Some
escaped.
ARRESTS BEGIN
On information furnished
by Stamford authorities,
Greenwich police arrested
Louis Pope, As, of White
Plains, said by authorities to
be known as the ringleader
Of Westchester county, N. Y,
bootleggers.
With Pope, and also arrest
ed, were three men describing
themselves as Isadore Sculky,
A.. Portchester, N. Y; Jack
Saunders, 81, 1923 Hazel
street, Brooklyn, N. Y; and
Harry Gordon, 26, of Hotel
Forest, West 49th street,
New York city.
Stamford police said they
suspected Pope had been in
charge Of the landing at
Stamford.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-25
BOAT DISGUISED

The tugboat had steamed
down the New England coast
In the ,guise of a stone car.
rier. Its cargo of cOntraband
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

Inc shall be reduced from IOc to Sc
per mile
5. If the county agent is to be re
tatrfe11, VIC recommend that the ann
al budget of his office be limited to
S2,5OO.W and that his mileage be re-
dueed to Sc per mile
g. In a the County Manager
plan should not receive approval, We
recommend that q janitor be employ
ed at not to exceed 500 per month.
z. We further recommend that the
commissioners ask for bids to fill the
office of County Physician and Health
Officer; the mileage of these Officers
shall be placed at SC per mile.
& ta) We recommend that the
sheriff administer the affairs of his
office with one assistant or under
sheriff and a clerk who will divide
time in the Sheriffs office and that
of the Clerk and Recorder, each
officer to bear one-half of such
clerks salary. The sheriff's mileage
on criminal cases shall be reduced
from 12hc to &c per mile
tbl The sheriff appoint four dep
uties in outlying towns. These depu-
ties TO serve without pay except on
call.
8. We recommend that the Clerk
of Court conduct the affairs OF his
office without extra help, excepting
during Term of Court. of other EN-
ergences.
To- We recommend that the County
Superintendent conduct her office
with n clerk except that additional
help may be granted during examin-
ations. The mileage of the County
superintendent shall be reduced from
1212c to Sc per mile.
IL. We recommend that the Coun-
ty Attorney shall conduct the affairs
of his office without a deputy, his
mileage is to be reduced to Sc per
mile.
H. In case the county Manager
form of Government proposal should
fail to receive the approval of the
voters, We recommend the following
measures for economy in the office
ct Clerk and Recorder, County Trea-
surer, and Assessor.
(a) The Clerk and Recorder shall
Use his Clerks in conjunction with the
Assessor and and Treasurer, between
the various offices, as required, max
ing it possible to eliminate clerks
wherever practical. The mileage Of
eft the Clerk and Recorder to be re-
duced from 12hc per mile to Sc per
mile.
(bl The Treasurer shall work in
conjunction with the Clerk and Re
corder and the Assessor, dividing the
time of Clerks as much a possible in
save in salary. The Treas
urers mileage allowance shall be re
duced from 12hc to Sc per mile
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Fishbeck wers
Sunday dinner guests at the DIR. Stor-
kan home The occasion was In hon
or OF DR.. Storkans birthday ami
versary.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Roy were hosts
at a bridge dinner Saturday evening.
There were twelve guests. After tha
serving of dinner, bridge filled the
evening hours.
Olga Lodah was dismissed from
the hospital first of the week. Miss
Olga IS getting along fine after an
appendicitis operation and expects to
be back to school next week
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Sam Christ
Ianson came over to attend church
They we're dinner guests at the c..
e. Christensen home after church
services
Your tractor fuel dollar xoes far
thest ut the WestlAnd Oil Company.
he sure and sce your nearest West
land agent before time for spring.
Mrs. Paul Kitterman underwent 4
gladstone operation at the Sheridan
Memorial hospital last week Thurs
day and Is getting along as we'll as
be expected 1t this time.
Mrs. Rodney Salisbury is enjoying
a visit this week from her sister who
arrived from Minneapolis to stay at
Salisbury home for a couple Of
weeks
Miss Ede Matkin is home from
to spend q week with her peo- !
PIE ear Redstone. Miss Matkin Is
attending school at Hayre and this
IS her Easter vacation
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

You can get The na=a gallons fer
your tractor faei dallar nj tkr West
land Oil Company. Ask fk< sezrut
Nestiand agent. 1boua has volatile
high gravity tracfor fnd hefswe yea
get ycur spring ssppliex-
Mrs Art Grayson Of Antelope wxs
operated on at the local hospital Iast
Friday from appendicitis The patient
Is getting along nicely and w1l be
able to return 10 her home In ahcut
another week
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

FOR RENT.Corner ground floor To-
eafaaa IN Hotel. Heated, suitable
for mercantile business. No general
dy-gDods store in town. Irrigated
district Mrs Martha Cannon, Fair
view, Montana 29-3tp
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the many kIndnezs<s
shown III dear mother during her
last illness and for the assistance
given Us during cur bcreavemeut-
We Also wish TO thank for the far
al offerings and Cancellations re-
EvinA Peterson.
Albert Petersen
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Four young
hrs 100 to l400 pounds. viii
trade for cattle. See F. ID. Morck in
Fenfywood 29-1tp.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

Mrs Jack ROCKWELL arrived from
Billings Saturday, called home to her
parents Mr. and Mrs As Barnes,
neal R~edstone, ON account of her
brothers Illness Her brother Galen
passed away Monday night He was
taken sick with flu which developed
INTO pneumonia
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24

L0ST-Ten dollar bill on streets in
Pfentywood Leave at Herald Of
ice Tor reward tip.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24
TAXPAYERS MEETING

Continued from page II
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
GRANT REFUSES
PAY GUT REVISE
Times staff Photo

Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, re-
fuses to alter his pay-slashing
plan for guards at all public build
ings, according to a letter made
public today.
- The director Of Public Build,
ings and Public Parks was reply
ing to a resolution of protest,
adopted by Federal Post No. 6,
Disabled American Veterans of
the World War, and also to pro-
tests of the District Department
of the veterans organization.
The veterans had claimed that
Grant was in effect, using the
military retired pay and disability
compensation of the over SO per
cent of war veterans among the
389 guards as additional appro-
priations for his office and re.
ducing them accordingly.
In his letter to the veterans
post. Col. Grant stated he found
a reduction of about 81 per cent
Of the total payroll of the guards
Should have to be made by ad,
ministrative furloughs. Because
more than so per cent of the
guards are veterans, he though
it advisable" to apply the reduc-
ton on q basis of total income
from all Federal source, including
compensation for war wounds, he
said.
After totalling all the salaries
and retired pay and compensa.
ton of all the guards, he de-
Quoted 13 per cent from the total
income of each. his was the orly
thing to do, unless he cut the
entire office salary of all guards
81 per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
1000 Of B.E.F. F.
. STILL HERE

More than 2,c0O members of the
evicted bonus army are still in
Washington awaiting the payment
of the soldiers bonus.
OF this number, there are 1876
families with children. The vet
erans are scattered all over the
city, some living with sympathetic
families, while others occupy
cheap rooming houses and pay the
rent by occasional jobs.
Food is gathered daily by a COM
mittee of veterans at markets and
stores and is distributed from a
commissary in the 200 block of
Indiana Avenue N. w. Each
Saturday night a weeks supply
is rationed to each veteran and
family while milk and bread are
issued daily.
The veterans say they took
refuge here soon after the B. E.
F. was routed from the camps,
and have stayed on because they
had no other place to go.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
SCHOOL APPEAL
FAILS VILLAGE

Residents of Foxhall Village
lost their battle with the Board
of Education today for purchase
of a new site for the Foxhall
Village school, when DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, made a recommendation
to the District Commissioners urg-
ing retention of the present site.
In a letter to DR.. Luther H.
Reichelderfer, president of the
Board of Commissioners, DR. Bal
lou declares that the interests of
public education would be best
served" if the commissioners pro
ceed with the awarding of a con-
tract for construction Of tn e
site already purchased on Foxhall
Road between Volta Place and @
Street Northwest.
A group of residents of the COM
munity have been urging purchase
of a new site on Reservoir Road,
on the ground that the present
location of the proposed school
will depreciate the value Of prop
erty in that section.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
U.S.. TAKESOVER
ISLAND

Notified officially today that
Roosevelt Island now belongs to
the United States to be admin.
istered by the Office of Public
Buildings and Parks, the Ma.
tional Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission laid plans for
its development as a public park.
Clearing of paths and picnic
groves will be the first step next
spring in grooming the memo
rial. formerly known as AnaloS,
tian Island, Capt. E. N. Chisolm,
jr., planning engineer, said today.
Later recreation fields, boat
landings, and elaborately planted
flower beds will be used to in.
crease the islands attractiveness.
Meantime Federal officials will
await the plans of John r. Pope,
famous landscape expert, who
was engaged by the donors of
the island, the Roosevelt Memo
rial Association, to draw up COM
plete plans for Identification of
the shrine
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
CHAMBER PLANS.
SEASON WORK

Activities for the coming year
will be mapped by the directors of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce tonight at the first regular
session since the annual meeting
In october.
In addition to receiving com.
mittee reports, the directors are
expected to indorse the principles
Of a co-ordinated transportation
plan being worked out for the Dis
trict by the transportation COM
mittee and to recognize officially
the emergency relief situation in
the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
POLICE SHIFTS
INVOLVE 26

Reassignment Of 26 members
of the police force, recently or.
dered by Major Ernest w. Brown,
was effective today. They are
the only changes contemplated
at present, and no further police
shake-up is under consideration,
the new chief said.
AT his own request, Capt. Ed
ward j. Kelly was transferred to
the Third precinct. He, was for
merly in command at that sta
ton, but was put in charge of
the crime prevention bureau by
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford.
former superintendent.
Kelly replaced Capt. jeremiah
A. Sullivan, who was transferred
to the Fourth precinct. The COM
mander of that station, Capt. j.
E. Bobo, was reassigned to ad-
ministrative headquarters.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
36 BURGLAR|ES,
5 HOLDUPS ON
HALLOWEEN
Trio Tries to Enter Apartment
But FIees When Paul Boehn
Puts Up Fight

Robbers eel ebrated Hal
loween in the District by
staging 36 burglaries and five
holdups.
Paul A. Boehn reported that
three men came to his apartment
in the 600 block of F st. N. w.
One of the men, he said, pointed
a pistol at him, but Boehn fright
ened them all off when he struck
at the armed men.
Walter Wilson, a taxicab driver
of the 14O0 block Clifton st. N. W.,
said three men engaged him at
Georgia Avenue and Allison Street
Northwest, and told him to drive
to Lenox Street, Chevy Chase, Md.
There they robbed him of $5 and
his taxicab.
Taxi Man Held Up
Steven Butterfield, a taxicab
driver of the 800 block Of Carroll
Ave-, Takoma Park, Nd, said that
when he responded to call in
the 1900 block Thirty-first ST. N.
W., two white men held him up at
pistol point and robbed him of 81
and his taxicab.
Clyde Jackson, colored, of the
100 block E st. N. w., said that
two white men held him up at
pistol point at First and H Streets
Northeast, last night and took
$3.50 from him.
Herman Cohen, of the 1900
block Morse st. N. E., reported
that someone broke into his
garage in the rear of the 1900
block of Florida Ave. N. E., and
stole 80 cases of eggs and 800
pounds of butter valued at $160:
Clothier Robbed
Bernard Sackerman told police
that someone forced an entrance
to his clothing store in the 800
block H st. N. E., by breaking q
window and stole clothing valued
at $412.
Mrs. Alberta Havens said that
when she went to her apartment
in the 1900 block r st. N. w.
early last night to don her Hal
loween costume she found that a
burglar had visited the apart
ment and left with the costume
as we'll as other clothing valued
at $185.
Thieves broke into a Baltimore
and Ohio freight car in the Ben
ming yard last night and stole
candy and cigarettes valued at
$168.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
5 5PERSONSHERE
DIE SUDDENLY

Five sudden deaths due to
natural causes were reported in
the District yesterday:
Henry D. Malone, so, of the 800
block Indiana Ave. N. W.. was
found unconscious on the bath
room floor of his home last night
by his sister, Miss Sarah I. Ma
lone, who summoned the Fire
Rescue Squad. The firemen pro-
nounced the man dead.
Susanna Jones, 81, Of the 27OO
block Fourteenth st. N. w., was
found dead in bed by Raymond
Pierson, resident of her home.
She had been ill.
Louis Holson, At, who also had
been i'll, was found dead by his
mother. Mrs. Julia Holson, yes
terday afternoon in his bed in
the first block of Bates st. N. w.
While wanlking early last
night in the 1900 block of Thir-
teenth st. N. W., Miss Emily A.
Baldwin, 65, of the TOO block
Longfellow st. N. W., was striok
en- with a heart attack and fell
dead to the pavement.
Henry C. Metcalf, of Rosslyn,
Va, an assistant foreman in the
office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, became i'll on a
Capital Traction street car last
night while en- route to work
and died when the car stopped
at Fourteenth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue Northwest. Traf-
fic was tied up when the car
was held for the arrival of ply
sicians who pronounced the man
dead
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Nativity Holy Name
To Hold Card PUrtu

The Holy Name Society of
Nativity Catholic Church, will
hold its annual card party in
the church auditorium, 5000
Georgia Ave. N. W., Thursday
night, where progressive bridge
and 500 will be featured. The
funds derived will be used for
the church building annex. Ar
rangements for the party are in
charge of the Rev. John F. Fan
non, spiritual director Of the
society.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
DEGREES
DEWEY RELICS
To HIS SON
Cup Made of Coins Melted at
Battle of Manila Is
Among Trophies

The personal property Of
the late Admiral gorge
Dewey, hero of the battle Of
M mill a Bay, was ordered
turned over to George Goodwin
Dewey, his only son, in Dis
trict Supreme Court today.
The property was in the pos
session of the widow, Mrs. Mil
dred Mclean Dewey at the time
of her death, and since has been
in the possession of the Ma
tional Savings and Trust Com
pany and Frederick Stohlman,
collectors of the estate. ,
Anon gthe long list of trophies
Of the admiral to be turned over
to- his son was mentioned "a
covered silver loving cup made
from a bag of money melted at
the Battle of Manila"
Other articles listed included
the commodore's pennant flown
by the flagship Olympia during
the Manila battle: the Dewey
Loving Cup, presented by 10000
American citizens as a token of
their gratitude. with a volume
containing the names of the con.
tributors; a tankard presented by
the Japanese government: a
punch bowl, ladle and base pre-
sented by the citizens of st. Louis,
and a large urn-Shaped vase pre-
sented by the citizens of SaVan-
nah, Ga,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
FIND. No
CLUE To PAIR,
HOWEVER
Jack Smith, Salesman, Shot
In Car on Road Near
College Park

Police today had found no
clues to the idenity of the two
hold-up men who early yester-
day shot and seriously wounded
Jack Kenneth Smith, 22-year-
old-salesman, of Baltimore, on
a side road near College Park.
Prince Georges County Police.
man Ralph Brown, who Is hand.
ling the investigation, secuted
the rurnor that Smith had been
shot in Washington during an
affray here and then carried to
Maryland.
He said:
1--WE have checked Mrs.
Smiths story with Baltimore
and Washington police and
find no reason to disbelieve
her."
The salesman's bride Of 10
months, Mrs. Ruth Smith, told
police that she and her husband
were returning from a day of
sightseeing in Washington. Be.
coming tired, she said, they pulled
their car into a side road near
College Park, and went to sleep.
Several hours later two armed
men held them up and one of
them attempted to drag her from
the machine. When her husband
resisted, she said, one of the
thugs shot him twice. She tainted
and when she recovered consci.
business, it was broad daylight.
She then drove her husband to
Washington.
!. Smith was reported recovering
today at the Emergency Hos
pital from bullet wounds.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Halloween Lantern
Burns Girl at Home

Katherine Summers, 10, of the
700 block of F st. S. W., is at
Casualty Hospital suffering from
serious burns on her left thigh
and knee, received when she was
playing early last night with a
pumpkin made into a jack o'lan-
tern. Her dress. caught fire when
it brushed against the lighted
candle in the pumpkin.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to Grant w. Clinton, %,
and Elizabeth v. Harris, 81, both
of Arlington, Va, and Spencer
Henderson, q, and Virginia
Lefeged. 16, both of Rockville.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
MISSION LECTURE

F. A. Stahl, a missinory among
the wild tribes of the Amazon
River basin, Peru, will lecture on
his experiences tonight at the
Takoma Park Seventh Day
Adventist Church,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
ANNUAL INSTITUTE

The fourth annual Farmers In
stitute and Exhibit of Montgomery
county, held for colored persons,
begins today at Laytonsville, Md,
and lasts through Thursday. o.
w. Anderson, county agent, is
dean of the institute,
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
FURNACES ON, FIRES FEW

Despite the starting of fur
naces throughout the city, only
13 fire alarms were answered by
the Alexandria fire department
last month. The total damage
was less than $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
Make Sacrifices
ToSupport Chest,
Banker Urges
Nelson O'Neal, Assistant Vice President,
Riggs National Bank

The Community Chest, as an
organization c. many activities,
can accomplish far more than
individual groups, because Of
cooperation involved. It costs
much less to collect and diStrib-
ute funds through the chest,
and, therefore, more funds re.
main for the use of relief pur.
poses.
Everyone should give to the
chest campaign and not just
what he can afford. With the
present needs such as they are,
he should be willing to make a
personal sacrifice.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01

voyages ana, II you are worried,
"The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire" although the
latter might make you forget cleo
tion day and the former might per-
suade you that election was not
important. For light reading, !
have no new detective stories of
exceptional merit and, as l have
not yet seen the new novel by E.
F. Benson, l fall back ON his old
ones, "Queen Lucia" Lucia in
London" "Miss Mapp," and "Mapp
and Lucia" (the last of which was
published by Doubleday about
year ago). For economics there
are "The New Deal" by Stuart
Chase and Interpretations" by
Walter Lippmann (both by Mac
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
MISSING SOLDIER HUNTED

Alexandria police have been
asked by his wife to search for
Thomas A. Howard, %, a soldier
missing since Wednesday of last
week.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
COURT FINES, $234.70

Fines, forfeitures and costs, to-
falling $234.70, were collected ina17
cases disposed of in Laurel police
court Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-11-01
True to Type
BOOKS FOR WEEK
LEADING TO
ELECTION
By GILBERT SELDES

EoR the few days remaining before election, you
have your choice of light reading a few classics
or a strong dose of economics For the classics /
suggest Gullivers Travels. especially the first two