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The Washington times., 1932-09-17
GAINS BY CANDIDATES
IN PRESIDENTIAL POLL

The tabudtion oop the total Oote thus
corded Roosevelt in the nation
ide Times and other Hearst
papers hoOs the majority that each candidate has in each
State uhich he is leading.
In 0tUes gain of each candidate the latest
returns State compared NTH the last
cedng the State These State reports are usually
Ueek apart.
The table the net gain Of each cGnd
date tulproued his position
pared Nth the preceding report from that State.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
CIRCUS SPONSORED

The Parent Teacher Association
of Philadelphia Avenue Grade
School, Takoma Park, will spon
sor the appearance Of Hunts
Circus on the school grounds
next Tuesday, Mrs. Vernon Aud
president of the association, an
nounced today.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17

Did You Know:
That Sally Blame got into the
movies through a dancing con-
teSt?"
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
Dolores Del Rio
In IoId-Over
Movie

Richard Walton Tully's highly
successful old stage play, Bird
of Paradise" has finally reached
the screen after years of plagiar-
ism suits.
Made in actual locations by Di-
rector King Vidor it's a pictorially
beautiful and languidly entertain
ing South Seas romance with the
decorative, olive-Skinned Dolores
Del Rio as the Hawaiian Princess,
Luaha. and the handsome, touSel-
headed Joel McCrea as the
American boy. Johnny.
Native dances, picturesque Poly
neSian ceremonies and eXquiSitely
photographed sea and island
shots overShadow the familiar
East-iS-East-and-W est-is- West story,
now at RK-O-Keith'S.
Director Vidor devoteS a great
deal of footage to the admittedly
beautiful scenery. to sequences
of under-sea swimming, sharks,
flying fish. tribal rites, a whirl-
pool and volcano in eruption.
The rest concerns the fable of
Luana, daughter of a South Sea
king and therefore tabu, and
Johnny, who falls in love with
her and leaves a yachting party
to pursue an idyllic existence un-
der palm trees until Luana feels
it her duty to offer herself as a
sacrifice to Mt. Pele.
Miss Del Rio. who speaks what
may be perfect Polynesian until
she rapidly learns English from
Johnny, is we'll cast as the allur-
ing Luana and McCrea rompS off
with Johnny WeiSmuller honors
in a role that will probably in
crease his film popularity.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
"Drifting Souls" Is
Coming to Columbia

Drifting Souls" featuring
Lois Wilson and Theodore Won
Eltz win be the feature offering
at Loew's Columbia Theater the
week beginning Friday, Septem-
ber %.
This is a Gold Medal produc-
ton and is Miss Wilson'S first
picture since her appearance in
Jackie Cooper's recent Divorce
in the Family"
The Washington times., 1932-09-17

DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1, 1882, 766 degrees.
Excess of temperature since Sep
tember /, 1892, 81 degrees.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
tion since January 1, 1882. 2.46 inches.
Excess of precipitation since Sep
tember /, 1892, AT inch.
TIDE TABLE
Today-High tides, 9:32 a. m. and
$3.50 p. m. Low tides, 4:03 a. m.
and 4:07 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides. 1O:OS a. m.
and 1927 p. m. Low tides, 4:44 a. m.
and 4:42 p. m.
THE sun AND MOON
The sun rises today at 5:51 a. m.
and sets at 6:14 y. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 5:52
a. M and sets at 6:12 p. m.
The moon rises today at 1911 p. m.
and sets at S:29 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at 7:42
D. m. and sets at 9:S1 a. m.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
Boulevard Topics

Polly Moran, bless her heart is
always good for laugh. The
other night someone got off a
high-brow remark. Yeah" snaps
Polly. II know who said that
first-the great philosopher, Con-
fusion"
Lou Golden phones to say he
is going to st. Louis to manage
the R-K-O Theater there. Sandy
Roth will be another we'll known
Hollywood figure to head East.
He's going to Europe. And then
there's the romance note about
the coming marriage of Vivian
Newcom, Irving Thalberg'S Secre-
tary, and Kenneth Gjerstet, local
broker. They'll take the vows
next month.
That michophone announcer at
the recent premiere of Rain" is
still blessing his luck.
He saw beautiful star ap-
preaching and addressed the air
audience:
Here comes Mary Duncan
Mary won't you step up and
say something to the fOlkS?"
Already seated and with her
wraps off in the theater, Mary
Duncan listened amazed as the
announcement came over the in
side amplifier.
The star outside-it was Fay
Wray-swept by the microphone
in natural Indignation.
Just then. Mary Doran, limo
cent of the by-play, came up the
fore-court. GaSping with relief,
the announcer exclaimed: Mary,
step right up and say something"
And Mary, used to being asked,
spoke the words and went on
into the theater. With deep
sigh of relief, the announcer
turned to the next star.
Did You Know:
That Sally Blame got into the
movies through a dancing con-
test?"
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
Preston Foster
Wins His Way
to Good job
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate Incl

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept. 16.
Cruelest place in the world if it
doesn't want you, Hollywood can
give quick recognition if it does.
Several months ago, Preston S
Foster, young Broadway actor,
came out here 10 play Eddie
Robinson's pal in Two Seconds" "
Yesterday, with only few
more parts behind him, he was
chosen to play Barbara Stan
wyck's leading man in Women
In Prison" 1t is his first straight
lead but Warner Brothers say he
has that magic quality-camera
personality. They believe he will
be an important Hollywood
figure.
The role in which he gets his
big chance is that of reformer-
the man whom the heroine be-
heves frames her into prison.
Warmers hope to get a good
deal of authentic atmosphere into
this story. One of its authors is
Dorothy Mackaye, who had
tragic personal experience in
California prison.
The director, as matters now
stand, will be William Dieterle.
Take it from Clarence Brown,
Hollywood has its own agrarlan
revolt. He cites the neighborhood
theater which recently displayed
upon its marquee:
Marion Nixon in 'Rebecca of
8. B. Farm"
The Washington times., 1932-09-17

Rooms, aRd many Of them with
boarding eOnveBiencea, are listed for
Room Hunters convenience in the Rem
tai Columns of tOday's Classified Sec
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
RAILROAD DODGES MARYLAND |
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
STATE OF MARYLAND CLAIMS
SOLE JURISDICTION IN CASE
Claiborne Annapolis Argument
Hits Franchise Order by APP
plying to Federal Board

Opening of a ferry across Ches-
apeake Bay by the Chesapeake
Beach Railway was opposed
Thursday in the Supreme Court by
the Claiborne Annapolis Ferry
Company, and the State of Mary
land. Philip B. Perlman, counsel
for the Claiborne ferry, contended
the Chesapeake Beach Railway had
obtained an invalid order from the
Interstate Commerce Commission
for the running of a ferry, insist
ing it had gone to the Federal
commission to dodge the authority
of the State of Maryland. Con-
tending substantially all the bust
ness of the proposed ferry would
be the transportation of automo-
biles and persons in automobiles,
he insisted no question of inter
state commerce was involved and
that the railway company should
have applied to the Maryland Pub
lie Service Commission. John Lord
O'Brien, assistant to the attorney
general, encountered opposition
from the court when he asserted
the Claiborne company had no
right to maintain the suit He ar
gued the Interstate Commerce
Commission had jurisdiction over
the Chesapeake Beach Railway, an
interstate carrier, and that, under
the law, it was necessary for the
railway to go to the Federal COM
mission before undertaking the ex-
penses incident to putting on the
ferry. The evidence before the COM
mission warranted it, he asserted,
in granting permission for the fer
ry. 1t was not a matter complete
ly within the control of Maryland,
he added, declaring the railway,
under the commissions order, was
free to establish a ferry, even
though, as claimed by the Clai-
borne company, its operations
might reduce the earnings of the
latter. Maryland filed brief in
the case, challenging the jurisdic-
tion of the Federal commission and
asserted it had exclusive jurisdic-
tion in the matter. The ferry
would connect Chesapeake Beach,
Nd, with a point almost directly
opposite on Chesapeake Bay in
Maryland and would provide trans
portation across the bay from
Southern Maryland to the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and Virginia
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Fra 2cois VilGon First
Great Poet of Nation

Few are unfamiliar with the more
dominant aspects Of the career of
Francois YilIon, student brawler,
tavern knight, tosspot, rowdy bur-
glar and homicide who became the
first great poet of the united French
nation. But outside of France it
is not always understood that.
transcending the ballad singer who
was at once an immortal figure and
a miracle of disorder. Villon stands
out as the first of the great ma
tional singers of a united France.
Before him there had been Bur
gundians and Armagnacs, poets of
Poitiers and poets of Normandy,
but it needed the sacrifice of Joan
of Arc in the year of Villon's birth
to reconcile the warning factions
that constituted the French state,
and to restore the loyalty of the
mobiles and the trust of the people
to the French crown. 1t was this
new and united France which vii
Ion sang in his blazingly patriotic
poems.
1t is to Villon, too, that the lat
ter time owes its most vivid ac-
counts of life in the Paris of the
Fifteenth century. From the un-
lighted streets. wolf ridden and un-
guarded in the cruelest storms of
winter, from the foul sinks of vice
where half the brigands and beg
gars of Europe foregathered, from
the Rive Gauche, ruled over
by Jennat de Hainnonville and Aris-
tOtle, from the shrine of the Church
of the Celestines and the innumer-
able belfries of the city, from dun
geon and brOthel, gallows place and
kennel, from wherever there was
life, movement and vital impulse,
Villon drew material for his docu-
ments of perfervid realism, the dry
point etchings of a half forgotten
age.-Boston Herald.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Day OF "EuII Dress"

How many undergarments should
be worn in cold weather." was one
of the great problems of the belle
of the nineties. Doctor Everett of
New York city, author of Health
Fragments" thus expressed his
opinion: From the first of Novem-
Der until the first Of May, three suits
should be worn. First: a full suit
of wool flannel from neck to heels
and wrists. Second: a full suit of
heavy unbleached English canton
flannel, entirely covering the suit Of
wool flannel. or first suit. Third: a
light suit of pretty muslin, extend
ing to knee and wrist. If. over all
these. a lady desires TO adorn her
self by an exquisite chemise. which
buttons in front from top to bot
tom, there is no objection TO her do
ing so. She will be neither warm
er nor colder by the addition."-De-
troit News.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Long Welsh Name

Does it not seem curious that any
place should be named "Llanfair-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
antysiliogogogoch"? but to a Welsh
man this is one of the most pO-
etical names on his map. To the
stranger who goes there and sees
the place it is also a locality of
charm and beauty. But the name
itself is poetry. Liam is church"
Fair is ''of Mary" pull gwyngyll is
1.-THE pool of white haZels," goger
is rather near" while chwyran
drobwll is "the swift whirlpool and
Tysilio gogo goch is "of Tysilio Of
the red cave" Is it not, therefore,
suggestive of romance and beauty
enough to visit the village of the
church of st. Mary by the pool OF
white hazels. near the swift whirl-
pool of st. TysiliO's church of the
red cave?
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
"Pure" English Defined
as of Elizabethan Era

The oft-quoted saying that the
purest English is spoken in Dublin,
particularly at Trinity college, is of
unknown origin, says the Pathfinder
Magazine. Inverness, Scotland, and
Belfast, Ireland, are often linked
with Dublin as places where excep-
tionally pure and correct English is
spoken by the inhabitants. The say
ing probably means little more than
that the common speech in these
places contains an unusually large
number of Elizabethan words now
regarded as archaic" or classical"
in England and the United States.
Speech in small countries or iSO-
lated communities seldom changes
as rapidly as it does in the more
populous centers. Both Dublin and
Belfast were settled by colonists
from England and the speech of
their descendants did not undergo
the same development that the Ian
guage Of the parent country did.
The English language of the periods
of Elizabeth and King James was,
as it were, kept in cold storage in
Ireland and many words and phrases
were retained in everyday speech
which became obsolete in England.
Thus it happens that the language
of Belfast and Dublin more nearly
approaches the language in use dur
ing England's golden era of lit
pratnrp
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Eamoua Tea SET

The pink Spode tea set in the mu-
scum of the ID. A. Il. Memorial
Continental hall was owned by
Colonel Marsteller, aide-de-camp to
General Washington. The officer
was distinguished resident of AL
exandria. The tea set, used in
entertaining Washington, was in.
herited by the late Mrs. IL. A. Multi
ken. member of the Army and Navy
Chapter, ID. A. r.: descendant of
Colonel Marsteller. Mrs. Mulliken
bequeathed the pink Spode tea set
to the ID. A. Il. museum.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Trapped Muskrats

The story about the muskrat
gnawing off its leg to escape from
a trap is only partially true, trap
pers say. The fur bearer does not
chew through the leg bone with its
chisel-like teeth as is universally
believed. but merely sewers the flesh
after the bone is broken by it's
foundering and struggles. Scores of
three-legged and even two-legged
muskrats are trapped every year.
The stumps have healed perfectly,
due to the cleansing action of the
water. The front legs are the mem
bers most often missing.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
WEEKLY SOCIETY STORY FOR
EVENING ROUND THE LAMP
READING TO WHILE AWAY
TIME AFTER DAYS CHORES
assIalxe 1t a Fairway for Two," An
Interesting Short Story Written
by Leete Stone

JERRY ENGLISH thought he was
dom from a daily and yearly job
that had come to him with the leg
acy from an almost mythical Cali
fornia uncle. That was a year ago.
His first thought, naturally for
Jerry, had been of his frail mother.
So he spent a slice OF the fifty thou
sand dollars to buy back the little
old New England homestead where
she had been born and brought up,
for her.
He could not leave her there alone
TO struggle with a Berkshire win
ter; and. though he was able
enough, he hated to hire the typical,
fnssy companion" so they arrived
together. and they stayed there to-
gether. Jerry. who had spent his
spare time writing little stories for
several years. now dreamed of writ
ing half the time, and gardening and
woodchopping the other half.
His mother basked in the gentle
light of her sons affection for the
next year. Another autumn had
come, with its glorious coloring re-
splendent and vivid on the hillside
back of the tiny farm. With it
came to Jerry deep loneliness. He
missed the job and the occasional
avapinp "a tho tbaotar or ,n0via HE
mother gave him a very dear COM
panionship; but he longed for that
different companionship with his
own age. Now that he could well
afford it. he mused rather bitterly,
He had of his own accord placed
himself In the backwoods, where
homes were two miles apart, and
callers so few as to give the impress
sion Of living in a wilderness.
One morning Jerry rose from his
typewriter and looked out of the
window behind at the white birch
grove and semi-circular driveway
that lay in front of the house. This
semi-circular driveway of ashes, dirt
and gravel, connected on each side
two country roads which reached
ont in parallel form from the state
highway a quarter mile above.
Jerry had the surprise of his life,
that moment Emerging from one
country road and turning into his
own driveway. he beheld the trim
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24

figure of young woman riding a
beautiful sorrel horse. Any eques-
trienne would have been a marvel |;
but this was a miracle-the very
girl of his dreams.
"She'll go on up to the main road
and I'll never see her again." he
fumed.
The vision turned into his own
semicircle driveway. But doubt still
aSsailed him. Sometimes casual
passers used this as a quick cutoff
to the other country road instead of
going out to the main highway. She
was doing the same, undoubtedly.
Then came his mothers voice
from downstairs.
"A young lady to see you. Jerry !"
Jerry could have been bowled
over by a feather when that call
registered.
"Comingr' he replied
Jerry hurried down to the big
garage door that he kept open dur
ing the day. He had forgotten that
he was wearing old clothes and
with more than days stubble on
his chin and cheeks. but he remem-
bered these details when he was
greeted by the visitor, lithesome
blond who sat cross-legged on the
turf; a one-time race horse casu-
ally munching the already frost
bitten grass.
"your names Jerry English"
she said. amazingly. Mines Jane
Duganne. | heard at the village
store of you. They say you write.
l just got home the other day from
year abroad at school. I'm lonely.
What I heard about you sounds as
if you were an interesting person.
VIII you play a round of golf with
me this afternoon?''
Jerry but managed a reply, Of
sorts. "Holy Geel" he said boyish-
ly. "but you're a good sport. Say,
I didn't know there was a golf
course within 80 miles,"
"Ten miles-a nine-hole beauty
at Emsden." she replied.
That was how it all started. They
played golf every afternoon for a
week. Jane usually beat Jerry by
several strokes because she had
taken lessons from a professional.
But Jerry kept creeping up with
just one idea in his consciousness
to beat Jane decisively before the
season ended.
1t became an obsession, almost,
for upon that victory depended his
future. Jerry thought.
The day finally arrived.
Don't you think you're the
glamorous golf idol, now that
you've beaten me?" Jane inquired.
'TG-rd like to play around
again. And I'd like to have you
think of the last fairway as a fair
way for two. D'you mind?"
Continued on Page Seven
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Shaw Nlemoral l

The annual BENIN,
Memorial Dinner vas.
nesday evening Fsdl'
at the Beebe Hospid
guests present incluia!
ons Richardson, Ms 4
Rowland, Mrs. Villa 1
Mrs. Jones, Miss A-
Ruth Dean, Dr.. Cati5
Mr.. &C. Marshall. Sa1
ton Maull, Mr.. Bsliazl
3Td, Dr.. William I VI
Hooker. Nj. Joss9i !
DR.. James Marvl, u
be, DR.. R. c. Beeoe u
L. Stambaugh.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
BRAZIL FINDS THEY CAN USE
SURPLUS COFFEE FOR FUEL
EXPERIMENTS SHOW 1T GOOD
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL
Tons of Surplus Crop Coffee Will
Be. Pressed Into Bricks and
Used For Fuel

Washington. - Coffee, not coal,
may soon haul passengers and
freight on Brazilian trains. After
dumping tons of coffee into the
ocean and burning other tons to
avert a crash in the coffee market,
Brazilian government officials an
nounce that coffee will be pressed
into bricks and tried out as fuel in
locomotives.
Coffee is a prolific stepchild of
Brazil, for the original home of the
coffee plant is Ethiopia" says a
bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society.
But coffee has by no means been
given the proverbial treatment of
a stepchild," continues the bulletin.
Its beans have been fondled to build
up enormous fortunes, cities, towns
and railroads. The coffee bean start
ed its worldwide rambling from
the Ethiopian hills centuries ago.
Tradition has it that its stimulat-
ing effect was discovered by
priest when he investigated the
plants consumed by his herd of
goats because the animals refused
to take their proper rest. His tests
led to the cultivation of the coffee
plant.
Used in Fifteenth Century.
Shortly after its discovery, cof-
fee jumped the Red sea and began
sprouting along the southern coast
of Arabia. home of the famous Mo-
cha coffee. In the Fifteenth cen
tury, the aroma of coffee rose from
European coffee pots and when col
onization got under way in the West
Indies and South America, coffee
beans were among some Of the early
cargoes from Europe.
There are about eighty species
of coffee, but only a few are culti-
waited for commerce. The cinchona
tree, from the bark of which quinine
is produced, is one of coffee's bo-
tanic relatives. So is gambler, which
furnishes tanning material and dyes
that bear the same name.
''In its meteoric rise coffee has
had its ups and downs. Its first
use was in the form of a paste
which was eaten. Moslems, pro-
hibited from drinking wine, took
to aoffaa Moclam laadarS uDon
learning coffee's stimulating effect,
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Laurel Home Destr7..

DtcllVltl
The residence Of M
on the Laurel-Seatrs /
miles north Of Laars. j
ed by fire at / oc.p.
morning while the tarI
iting at Vienna. Nd \
of the fire is not kl,7'
door of the house vg !
the blaze was discover
the personal propertv l
The home Of Tice. III
site, was burned abanll
The Laurel fremen N
call but the fire w;
vanced when they ann.
to save the building. d
estimated at $1,000. vn|
by insurance.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Entertains Senatn J

Senator TOwnss1a !
gave a surprise oiI.i1
Friday afternoon 70 !
anniversary Of his 2a-
Senator Walcott O
Other guests wsrf y
son, Kean, Bar0on i
Carey and Paul Io'-.1| 4
tor Carey, who COME
ing. traces his ans' ]
Delaware, of which . /
a native. Senator l''
Of the three senat' 4
the emergency crs1
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24

called a meeting at Mecca and
banned it's use in 1911. Fanatics
burned the coffee houses and beat
the shop proprietors with their
brewing utensils.
Sultan Lifts Ban.
"The ban lasted only thirteen
years in Egypt where Sultan Selim
denounced it, and further impressed
his feeling upon his subjects by ex-
ecuting two Persian doctors who
warned against coffee drinking.
Egypt now is among the worlds
leading coffee consumers. Some Egyp-
tian peoples even use the beverage
in connection with religious rites.
"The worlds leading coffee pro-
ducing region is a pear-shaped dis
trfct on the Atlantic coast of Brazil
in the backyard of Rio de Janeiro.
The prosperity of Sac Paulo state
rises and falls with the rise and fall
of the coffee industry. Coffee built
its fine modern capital which bears
the name of the state, it's excellent
railroad system and its good roads.
The railroad leading from Sac
Paulo, the so-called coffee capital of
the world, to Santos, the worlds
greatest coffee port, is one of the
richest steel highways in the world
because it is literally a coffee fun
mel with the small end of the funnel
set In ShinS, holds of Santncn
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24
Completes Wreesi.,

Completes Wrsc.i,,
G. T. Johnston s..
ing wreck d ,..,,'
Heath from tas -.
Fear River FsbrS,~
American DredgiDrc.. \.
an attempt to re5'r
1885, and in 1877 i.
erment worked On
the fact the hull sss
nto the bed Of tbs :
was abandoned ,Irta y
when a contrac. Va,
Mr.. Johnston for i,
nloVal' including tis
the bottom in Ii. VI.
wreck to q depth af B
ship of iron copstrr-
feet long and was mi
federate authoritis, ).
Of Fort Fisher. IN B-r
nel Of the Cane Fss,
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24

'''NS sAlssrP>N
in DevaloSOf Hn.
nrdlD The annual : -
presented eacs @l&
was given At ss'a's !
Sunday s. to fo,r.lP9p pull
ognitiop i he ass1
develor-oo 7 his lsasS.
er and the u, y b
obscure = laI0a u
saa - : boat landi,,~
second port. T5,.9 ~
mayor in 1917 /. !
becan1a Vo-6 |,
aeS development dutias
night for appropri,sst, 81
was presented !. Ssss :
tre by D.. WT1i.,.' q
principal Of saIi.s...
mai n, J.. School. Estss'.5..
" an UNNAMED
IS the proceeds - s.aa
trust fund if i. '''a
ed of S225 ii - - sa''
priately inscribs5
nominee is cbo...S S@''
trustees for M =. VI
Walter S. sbsnn..sa ~.
W. Woodcock r.. =. :
William S. Gorsy w.
Grier and crsS,.' y
the SIX who has rec.5,.
men.
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24

Continued on Page Seven
Smyrna times., 1932-02-24

There is a branch of the public
library, on East Fifty-eighth street,
which makes a speciality of theatrical
literature. It has a special room
devoted to books on theatrical mat,
ters. Among the least frequent
visitors seem to be actors. l never
saw one in there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-17
THOMPSON & KoTHE
SHERIFF's SALE

CHAHLE5 L. SUMMER,
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