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Evening star., 1933-12-24
SeaguH Loses Life
Trying to Perch on
Searchhight Beam
Navy Reports Bird Sought
to Land on Rays
in Fog.

The Navy has Just brought to WASH
ington one of the saddest' saltwater
tales in a long while. It concerns a sea
gull who killed himself trying to perch
on searchlight beam.
The Seagull, 1t seems, was caught in
a fog and was weary Buzzing through
the fog on the way to home and
mother he chanced on the U. s. S.
Texas, which was just finishing up a
series of anti-aircraft gunnery exer-
cises with the battle force.
The Texas was drilling the fog with
one Of its big searchlights when along
came Mr.. Seagull.
AHA" says Mr.. Seagull to himself,
"a nice soft place to sit"
Let the Navy finish the sorrowful
tale. Here's the way it appears in the
news letter of the Navy Bureau Of Aero
nautics:
'"rwice he carefully folded his wings
to land, only to find himself falling.
The third time he failed to recover In
time and hit the deck, injuring himself
50 badly that he had to be killed."
Evening star., 1933-12-24
ROBBERS GET $500
FROM 5 VICTIMS
Downtown Shopper Loses $140
Cash in Billfold-Hold-up Man
Armed With Knife.

Bandits and pickpockets operating in
Northwest Washington yesterday and
last night robbed their victims Of near
ly 5000 in cash, according to police.
A billfold containing S140 was taken
from the pocket of Francis j. hilbert,
$50 Thirty-first street southeast, while
shopping in the downtown section, he
told police
william Paris. eos Fifth street, re-
ported he was held up by colored man
armed with knife in the rear of his
home and robbed of S5.31.
Two armed colored men held up Ruby
Lucas. colored, 100 block S street, near
her home and robbed her of $38, she
told police. A pocketbook containing So
was snatched from Grace Meir, 1431 S
street southeast, while she was walking
in the 900 block of Sixth street She
gave police a description of the robber,
a colored man.
After capturing a colored man sus-
pected Of picking his pocket in a store
in the 1900 block of Seventh street,
Raymond Carper, 220 Indiana avenue,
reported to police he was compelled to
free the man when surrounded by a
group Of colored persons. He lost So.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Chevy Chase Physician Freed
in Cancer Cure Case Again
Defendant.
MAKES $1,000 BOND
FOR HEARING JAN. 4
Violation of Law Requiring Regis
tration Alleged, as mot Guilty"
Plea Is Entered.
Two days after being acquitted by a

Two days after being acquitted by
jury in Rockville, Md, of manslaughter
charges in the now famous cancer
cure" trial, DR.. N. Sherwood Ferris,
Chevy Chase, Md, physician, was ar
rested last night by Federal agents on
a narcotics charge.
He entered plea of not guilty when
arraigned before United States Com
mission Needham c. Turnage on q
charge of violation Of section of the
Harrison narcotics act, which requires
that registration be made with the COL
lector of internal revenue before a per-
son Is permitted to deal In narcotics.
DR.. Ferris was released under bond
OF $1,000 for hearing before Turnage
January 4 at 10 am.
Watched Some Time.
According to the Federal agents who
made the arrest, the physician had
been under surveillance for some time.
He was exonerated Thursday in Rock
vile. where he had been tried jointly
with DR.: Harry R. Street in connection
NlJ1 lQO QeaLn IN BaltlmOre last May
of Mrs. Cora L. Britton of Mays Land
ing, N. ]. Mrs. Britton had undergone
treatment by them for what the ply
sicians had diagnosed as cancer of the
breast.
DR.. Ferris, who resides at 200 Shep-
herd street, Chevy Chase, Nd, was
taken INTO custody on Connecticut ave-
nue., Just south of Chevy Chase Circle,
by Narcotic Inspector Letcher 3. Con-
nell and United States Marshal Gus
Cerimele. He had been called at his
home by Connell, who asked the ply
siclan to meet him at a designated
point on Connecticut avenue ito dis
cuss some prescriptions.
Connell was armed with a warrant
issued Friday by Commissioner Turnage.
Prescriptions Referred To.
The papers issued in the case refer
specifically to prescriptions said to have
been written by DR.. Ferris for NOR
phine sulphate
Dr.. Ferris was tried with DR.. Street
who conducts the Washington Cancer
Sanitarium, following the death Of Mrs.
Britton, who had been a patient in the
Ferris home in Chevy Chase prior to
her death. They were freed by a jury
which deliberated only 10 minutes after
States Attorney Stedman Prescott dra-
matically announced that he could not
conscientiously ask the jury to return
verdict of guilty" in the light of evi-
dence presented by the defense.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
TWO CLARKE COUNTY
P. w. PROJECTS.APPROVED
County Poor House Improvements
to Employ 21 Workers and
Supervisor.
Special Dispatch to rhe Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRYVILLE. Va, December 2s--
Word has been received here of the ap-
proval Of two projects for Clarke County
by the Civil Works Administration
These are for improvements on the
county poor house and street improve
ments at Boyce.
Twenty-one men and a supervisor
will be used at the poor house and IL
men and a supervisor will work on the
Boyce project.
Approval of the other county and
Berryville projects that have been ap-
piled for is expected to be forwarded
here this week.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Gas Mask Exhibited.

SANDY SPRING, Md, December %
(SpeciaD "A demonstration of a gas
mas used by fremen in rescue work
was given at the monthly meeting of
the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire De-
partment preparatory to equipping the
rescue squad under Comdr. A. Douglas
Farquhar. Chief Spencer ]. H. Brown
presided.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Police Boys Club
Fund Given $1,000
By Inaugural Unit

A check for 81 900 was received
by Police Supt. Brown yesterday
from the Washington Inaugural
Committee as a contribution to
the. Police Departments Boys
Club fund.
Mai. Brown said the money
would be used to equip the clubs
to be established during the year
at various police precinct stations.
The first club, to be established
in the fourth precinct station
house at Fifth and E streets
southeast, will be opened within
the next two weeks.
The Inaugural Committees
profits from the various activi-
ties still are being distributed,
although the major portion was
turned over to the Community
Chest. Some Of the money was
tied up by litigation.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
DOLLFUSS GIVES DUCE
HORSE FOR CHRISTMAS
Stallion From Historic Riding
Academy in Vienna Figures IN
Odd Coincident.

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, December 23.-Chancellor
Dollfuss played Santa Claus to Premier
Mussolini today and sent the italian
leader a pedigreed stallion as a Christ
mas present.
The animal came from the historic
Spanish Riding Academy. which for
centuries has been one Of the sights
in Vienna.
It was a curious coincidence that the
little chancellor, who shelved the Aus
trian Parliament, picked out for II
Duce, who abolished parliamentary
democracy in Italy, splendid animal
bred in the riding academy, which
housed Austria's first Parliament-a
revolutionary congress.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
PASTOR IS FOUND DEAD
In BED AT STAUNTON
Rev. Newton Campbell Rice of
M. E. Church Was Native of
Montgomery County, Md.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va. December 23.-Rev.
Newton Campbell Rice, pastor of Mount
Solon Methodist Church, was found
dead in bed this morning.
Born In Montgomery County, Nd,
1888, member of Baltimore Conference
South Methodist Church.
Survived by his widow, one son,
Newton Hidy Rice; five sisters, Mrs.
C. L. Tschiffiy. Washington, D. c.; Mrs
s. Montgomery Misses Elizabeth. Jen-
ME and Alberta Rice of Rockville, Md,
and two brothers. Fred L. of Washing
ton and George r. of Rockville.
Funeral will be held Sunday al
Mount Solon, conducted by DR.. Selwyn
K. Cockren of Staunton and Rev. o. D.
Lambert of Bridgewater. Burial in
Jamestown, Md, Monday. He was q
member Of Odmgton, Md, Masonic
Lodge.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
FILM DIRECTOR ILL

HOLLYWOOD, December % R.-
Edward Sutherland, motion picture
director, was critically i'll at his home
here tonight.
Sutherland became i'll with pneu-
monia several days ago and was forced
to give up direction of the screen ve,-
sion of George Whites Scandals" He
recovered slightly but suffered a re-
lapse, physicians said.
The director was born in London and
was an actor on the New York stage
before coming to Hollywood.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
ORATORICAL CONTEST
SCHEDULED JAN. 19
Miss Frances Metca1f to Represent
st. Mary's Seminary in County
Competition.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, December
23.-Miss Frances Metcalfe, daughter
of DR.. c. H. Metcalfe, Of Sudlersville,
in Queen Anne County, senior at the
st. Mary's Female Seminary, Will rep
resent the school in the County Orator.
ical Society contest to be held here on
January 10, 1884
William Sterling, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lynwood ]. Sterling, will represent
the st. Mary's Academy. He Is in his
senior year. His alternate will be Miss
Elizabeth Stone.
The subject of the contest Is The
Significance of the Maryland Ter-Cen-
tenary"
DIR. Charles v. Hayden Is chairman
Of the affair.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
BLAZE FIGHTERS JAILED
Trio Arrested in Theft of Golf
Clubs During Fire.

LAWTON, Okla, December % (P.-
Three men, described by Oklahoma
City officials as young tourists from
New jersey" who aided in fighting
flames which early today destroyed the
Lakeside Golf and Country Club near
Oklahoma City. were held here today
after go golf clubs were found in their
possession.
Police Chief D. Moncrief of Lawton
said he believed the clubs had been
taken from the Lakeside Club during
the confusion accompanying the fire,
which started from a carelessly tossed
cigarette.
The men gave their names as Victor
Ungirs, Sam Miller and Frank Cava-
rel, all Of West Paterson, N. j.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
THREE DIE AS FLAMES
SWEEP VIRGINIA HOME
Mother, Son and Her Sister Be-
1ieved to Have Perished in
Their Beds.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ZUNI, Va, December ga mother.
her infant son and her sister died in a.
fire that swept their home early TODAY.
Another child escaped.
The dead are Mrs. Fred Pittman, %:
Fred Pittman, jr., 2. and Elsie GAY. 8.
The child who escaped was Ethel Cav.
She said she woke up and saw a big
fire and ran"
Neighbors discovered the blaze, but
were powerless to help the sleeping oc-
cupants who apparently burned to death
in their beds.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
DRIVER STABBED IN ARM
Unknown Assailant Escapes After
Attacking Brown.

While driving his automobile at
Eighteenth and Columbia road last
night, Walter Brown, 81, of 1914 I
street, was stabbed in the arm by a
man who jumped from another car
and then drove away after attacking
him, Brown told police. He was treat
ed at Georgetown University Hospital
Brown told police his assailant forced
him to stop by driving in front of him.
He said the man was driving coupe
with Virginia tags.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
1READ THE STORY, THEN COLOR THE PICTURE)
IS KARAT

"Why, sure," said Scouty. "You're so small, you wouldn't have a chance at all. unless you had a fort to hide behind. Let's
 "Come on, roll snowballs, everyone, and don't stop till the fort is done. Then, when some body hollers go. we'll start our little row."
 "Go to it." shouted Dotty. Gee. wee Goldys going to stay with me and watch the battle when it's on. We're girls, and we don't fight"
 And so the bunch worked hard and fast upon the fort until, at last, twas finished and one elf ex- claimed, My, it's a pretty sight"
 The Tinymites then ran outside and very shortly Coppy cried, ..We're ready, now. The battles on! We're going to wreck your forti
 "You'n soon be buried under snow." And then they all began to throw big snoWballs and wee Dotty said, ''Gee. what a crazy lSCopyrisht 1883. NEA Service Incl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

"A flying sled! Oh, my, how great" cried Duncy. T can hard ly wait until we try 1t out. guess we'll travel, now, in style.
 Just think! We'll sail out through the air and land = well no one knows just where" And then a little elf exclaimed, "Oh, please stay here awhile.
 "We'd like to have some fun with you. Gee, there are lots of things to do. We get quite tired of playing all alone. It is a shame
 ssAll right" said Windy. Don't you fret. We promise we won't leave here yet. Twill be a lot of fun to play. Now, you suggest a game"
 The funny elf thought for a while and then his face broke in a smile. .Tn tell you what" he shouted. Why not have a snow ball fight?
 say. that will be a heap of spsrt. We elves win build a lit tie fort and you lads fight out in the open. That should work out right
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03

the II. c. Prick Coke Company, most recalcitrant of the operators opposing unionization, which was accepted by the United Mine Workers of America as complete union recognition.
 Phillip Murray, D. M. W. A. vicQ president, wo mover the leaders Q! the Captive" Mine Ca mine owned by an industry which absorbs all of its productl locals In q stormy meeting last night.
 A general re-opening of closed mines was expected by Thursday, as soon as "the word is passed along" to the strikers. It was be- lieved that in some cases union officials might be forced to exert pressure on dissenting factions.
 Step by step the soft coal min- CTS have won these points since they first went on strike last July.
 i. Promise by the federal gov. ernment that they would Do pro. tected in their right to organize in any method they wished.
 2. Adoption of c soft coal code by commercial companies --- those mining and selling on the competi- tive market.
 8. Signing of union labor wage agreements by commercial com. panies, including such firms as the Pittsburg Coal Company, long non- union.
 soft coal code by captive com- pafieN,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
CHICAGO PLANS
 NEW AIRPORT

Chicago (UP)-Estab blishment of q lake front airport for Chicago at- traeted tho attention of tho city's plan commission and mayor as agitation for completion of such q project grew and plans were made to seek federal cooperation lock- ing toward its completion.
 As outlined by John Wentworth, member of tho commission, the project would entail establishment of m island of made land," in Lake Michigan, just south of what now Is the northerly island at the Worlds fair. Airplanes would land on the island, bringing passengers on the airlines of the country to within a few minutes bus, or taxi, ride of the loop.
 As the city now is served by air via the municipal airport, 1t is at least 45 minutes Journey from downtown hotels to the airport. and this in some cases Is a large part of the time reqNired for the intended air Journey.
 James Simpson, president of the plan commission, Wentworth and Mayor Edward J. Kelly plan to seek department of commerce ap- proval of the project and some means of financing 1t. The most optimistic predictions, however. view the development as one that likely will require at least two years before realization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
FRANCIS PERKINS
 OUTLINES PLANS AT CONFERENCE
Gives S-Point Program for Economic Security
 in the Future

New York, oct 3--(U.P.) An eight-point program guaranteeing economic security to the worker was advocated by Secretary of La bor Frances Perkins in an address before the National Conference of Catholic Charities.
 stressing the need for intelligent planning to avoid q repetition of the present unemployment situa- ton. Miss Perkins declared that American industriallst are gaining new concepts of their obligations to the public.
 Her proposals included social and industrial provisions for work ers' old age: establishment of re- serves for payment of supplement tal conpensation during inyolun- tary unemployment; the planning of public works far enough in ad- vance to furnish Q stimulant to dormant business during depres- sion times: and national chain of free public employment offices.
 Industries should develop their own plans for mobilization of enl. ployn1ent, the woman cabinet member said. Tn addition she re- commended an agricultural pro. grafa .Integrated with an indus trial prosram;" good housing pro. visions for wage earners; and adult
 @Ths National Recovery Act has provided the machinery whereby. t has become possible to make rulee. designed to promote the welfare oi labor and protect the dignity oi the status of labor on Q national basis" she told several thousand delegates last night.
 Properly gafeguarded, unem' pioyment insurance would consti. ute c certain definite measure oi security for many workers and their families. If they had such in. surance, loss of jobs would not leave them destitute and almost | immediately the objects Of public | or private charity, as has been SC often the case in recent years"
 Mgr John A. Ryan, of the Cath: olic University of America, told the delegates that the success of the presidents recovery program depended upon higher wages paid to labor, even at the expense of smaller profits to employers.
 "Higher wages will necessarily bring about higher costs of pro- duction," the prelate said. "Thh will mean sof1c increase in prices but not necessarily such . high level of prices as would defeat the NRA program unless bus-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
Tomasaitis Gets
 Prison Sentence
Jury Finds Oil Co Burglar Guilty - Term to Years
 -Stanaitis, His Companion, Sent to Cheshire

The jury deiiberated Is minutes on Tomasaitis' case.
 Supernumerary Policeman Thom- as A. Lynch described how he sec reted himself in the warehouse of the Beacon oil Company on South Leonard street on the evening of last August 22nd In an attempt to capture thieves who had broken into the place several times to steal automobile accessories.
 He was successful on that eve- ming when two persons entered the warehouse but fled when they heard his footsteps. He fired shots after them, One of them got away over the fence. He caught the other, Stanaitis, 20, of this city and called the police patrol.
 Stanaitis Is on trial before Judge Newell Jennings in superior court on charges of breaking and enter ing. His alleged companion that night, Joseph Tomasaitis, 25. Is be- ing tried by e jury.
 Tomasaitis was captured two days after the warehouse incident by Motor Patrolman Joseph R. Me- Carthy after he had fired several shots after him. The officer stopped q New York bound truck on South Main street near Il o'clock on the evening of August 24th and found Tomasaitis, he said, attempting to hide under the dash board of the truck, Officer Mccarthy said he was looking for Tomasaitis, accord ing to instructions received at headquarters.
 Assistant States Attorney Will- fam B. Fitzgerald is presenting the states case. Public Defender w. w. Gager Is defending. Disposition of the cases was expected to be had this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
Cuban InterUenti0n Is Causing Worry
Scheduled to Address Catholic Charities Conference Tomorrow, Roosevelt Hurries Home to
 Face International Problems

home where ho planned to com- plete tonight the speech he will deliver tomorrow before the Na- tional Catholic Charities in New York.
 That address will be. . review of the work being done for unemploy- ment relief, particularly the scheme for purchase of surpluses of food, coal and other materiais for distribution among the needy, 1t was reported. On such a pro. gram the president was prepared to spend more than f300,000,000, hopeful that political subdivisions would contribute q like amount.
 A White House staff on the train prepared replies to Q flood of tele- grams that poured in on the pres- ident congratuiating him for his Chicago address.
 Some messages were from veter. ans who felt that the presidentf principles of veteran relief were fair.
 Mr Roosevelt also was immense iy cheered by the riotous reception accorded him by Chicago. Mrs Roosevelt did not return on the train but flew to New York from Chicago yesterday afternoon in order to be in New York City for the opening o fthe Tod Hunter school of which she formerly wal c faculty member.
 MT Roosevelt will leave New York fate tomorrow night foi Washington. lie will reach the cap. ital early Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
SATIRE SEQUEL
 OPENING HELD
"Let 'Em Eat Cake" Play- ed to Boston Audience
 Last Night

Boston, Oct 3. (UP)-Continuing the adventures of the debonnaire | President John r. Wintergreen and the genially befuddlod Vice-Prosi- dent Alexander Throttlebottom, "Let 'Em Eat Cake" sequel to "Of Thee I Sing" had its premiere at the Shubert theater last night.
 An audience of Boston's chief first nighters passed judgment on the production of typical fashion, apparently enjoying 1t as Q whole but occasionally displaying the celebrated "cold roast" Boston dis dain.
 Belittling reference to first family" names, such as the Cabots, fell rather flat. Satire aimed at tho senate, supreme court, and interna- Qonal debts won more hearty re- sponse.
 The plot. kept secret until tho raising of the curtain, with rehear- sais held behind locked doors, con cerned the defeat of Wintergreen and Throttlobottom in their cam paign for re- -olection and how they and their cabinet hit upon an oc- cupation.
 The outgoing president, admit ting he has nothing but the shirt on his back, decides to enter the business of manufacturing and selling Mary Blue" shirts, named for his wife. As for market, wintergreen declares that shirts are always used by revolutionists. black for Italy, brown for Ger many-why not blue for the Uni- ted States.
 The business slogan became "shirt. complete with collar and revolution, for s1." After bad start, sales boom and the army is won to the revolution by prom ising 1t tho war debt. Wintorgreen becomes dictator.
 The entiro regime becomes ob- 1oet of u counter-rovolution for not collecting the wAr debts and is sentenced to the guillotine. Just us the general execution Is to start with tho vice. -presidont--delightod to achieve historic prominence at lnst--Mrs Wintergreen interrupts the proceedings by bringing on Q troupe of Mannequins in stylo show. This causes the leader of tho counter-revolution to abandon the affair in order to soil gowns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03
BRITISH PLAN
 AIR LINES TO
 SIAM,SHANCHAl
Regular Service Will Reach as Far as
 Australia

London (UP)-Regular airlines, linking London with Siam, Hong Konk, Shanghai and Tolsio. are ox- pected to be in operation within the next two years.
 Plans already are completed for tho inauguration of the much dis cussed British-Australia air ser vice in March of 1884. The pres ent British-1ndia airline, which terminates at Calcutta, is to bo extended to Rangoon in Septem- Der and before the end of 1888 Imperial Airways liners will be flying regularly between London and Singapore.
 the. Australian terminus of tho main airline, the service will bo b ytho Australian government. As soon as this main line is estab- iished, tho organization of fur ther extensions and auxiliary ser- vices will be begun. Tho linking of the Australian airway with siam, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokio already is under considera- ton.
 A satisfactory survey flight over tho London-Sydney route recently was completed by Major II. C.. Brackiey, Ar Superintendent of Imperial Always covering 23,540 miles in "Astraca." ono of tho fleet of eight four.engined Arm strong Whitworth monoplanes, designed specially for operation along the extra- European routes of Imperial Airways. Neither tho machine, nor its several $40 horsepower motors. received moro than tho ordinary care and atten- ton usually bestowed upon regu- lar airlixers.
 Further Improvements are being considered for tho planes, how. ever, which will give them c cruis- ing speed of 135 m. p. h., with Q load of 23.000 pounds--a rate of climb of 1000 feet per minute and seating accommodations for 20 pQSsengerg,