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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-16

Destiny takes some queer turns and Miss Nellie Senuta of 31 Grand Street, Hartford, is glad that it does. Four years she was lying on what her medical adviser believed was her death bed. She was suffering from what physicians de- fined as rheumatic heart. All the weapons of medicine were used with no results
 And then new factor entered her destiny. The discoverer of Beirs Therapy happened to ac- company Nellie's physician to her home. Her life was despaired of. Curiously, the physician had tried everything except Beirs Therapy. He discussed the case with his friend.
 Why not try Oxynol? The suggestion was made. The open-minded physician decided i'm mediately to give Nellie another chance at life. And so he prescribed Oxynol now known as Beirs Therapy
 In three weeks time Nellie was out of bed. It was considered medical miracle by physi- clans who had attended her.
 "It was no accident" said Nellie last week. "because another girl who had the same condi. ton also became well. The girls mother was vis- iting my home. When she heard what Beirs Therapy had done for me, she went back to Thompsonville and started giving the capsules to her daughter She, too, became we'll That's why say that Beirs Therapy saved my life"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-16

Ex-Mayor Francis P. Guilfoile of Waterbury appeared before the committee on cities and boroughs to-day to argue for the substitute bill placing Peter Coughlin, ex-
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
HOSPITAL RULE.
LACKSEEN

Recommendation of the District
Health Department that the
license of the Washington Cancer
Sanitarium be revoked has brought
to the attention of District Off
cials the startling lack of regula-
tions to govern private hospitals
here.
Under an act of Congress, the
District Commissioners are en-
powered to promulgate rules and
regulations governing such institu-
tions here and there is a section
in the local regulations for this
purpose.
Perhaps the most striking thing
about the local law is that it con-
tains no defining clause" In
other words, the law is set up to
govern hospitals, but fails to de-
fine the term hospital under the
law.
AS far as regulations are con-
ccrned, a hospital need have no
medical equipment whatever. The
only specific requirements are
proper fire escapes and strong
room for the detention of violent
patients. Hospitals are not diff
ferentiated from nursing homes.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
OFFICER FELLED
BY FUMES

Following a brave attempt yes
terday to rescue a woman he
thought was trapped in a laundry
filled with sulphur fumes, Police
man Emmett R. Waters, Is, OF
the Third precinct, was overcome
by the fumes himself and was
taken to Emergency Hospital late
last night. He was recovering
there today.
A witness who saw what he
thought was smoke, reported
there was fire in the laundry
in the HOO block of Eighteenth
st. N. w.
Waters and Policeman Warren
S. Rinker were sent there. The
building was being fumigated by
sulphur fumes. There was no
fire, the police and firemen dis
covered.
All occupants were supposed to
be out of the building. Someone
shouted:
There's q woman still in
there"
Waters climbed through a win
dow. When he did not return
for several minutes, rescue
squad was organized to rescue the
would -be-reScuer.
Waters was found overcome by
the fumes. There was no one
else in the building, the woman
the bystander saw having left
unaSsisted.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
HINTS
END MEETING

National rehabilitation through
vocational training and recreation
were taken under discussion to-
day in the final sessions of the
two-day .oint conference of the
Washington Council of Social
Agencies and the Maryland State
Conference on Social Welfare in
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Speakers at the early session
today included we'll known vel
fare and educational heads from
New York, Washington. Maryland
and Virginia, with Miss Lavinia
Engle, member of the Maryland
House of Delegates, presiding.
William Hodson, of the New
York Welfare Council, last night
told the conference that the need
for public and particularly ma
tional relief funds will become
even more urgent in the near
future. Only the prior needs of
food, clothing, shelter and med
ical attention can be provided in
these times. he said.
The return to occupational
groups, such as the ancient guilds,
was advocated in an address by
the Rev. John A. Ryan, director
of the National Catholic Welfare
Council,
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
HOSPITAL FACES
REVOCAT|ONO Of
ITS LICENSE
Cancer Sanitarium Manager
Must Show Why He
Should Conduct 1t

The District Commissioners
today instructed Daniel E.
Garges, their secretary, to serve
notice on DR.. H. R. Street, 1400
block Girard st. N. E., to show
cause why his private hospital
license under which he operated
the Washington Cancer SAM.
tarium should not be revoked.
Revocation of the license has
been recommended by DR.. Viii.
liam C. Fowler, District Health
Officer, who said the institution
has not been operated for a hos.
pital for several years and that
he has had previous complaints
about it.
A Health Department inspec.
tor will serve notice on DR..
Street today or tomorrow and
he will be given until May 20
to show cause. If he fails to
reply within that time, the Com.
missioners said, the license will
be revoked automatically.
If, however, DR.. Street asks
a hearing on the matter, the
Commissioner will grant the re-
quest and will fix date for the
hearing, the outcome of which
will decide the question Of revo-
cation.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
S198,58O [EF 7
CHURCH UNITS

An estate of $2O9,5SO was left
by Mrs. Alice Weakley Chaighead,
who died April 81, and the bulk
of it will go to religious institu-
tions, according to terms of her
will filed for probate in District
Supreme Court.
Maria w. Craighead, a sister-in-
law, was left $1,000 and j. Bar
rett Craighead, nephew, $4,000
in cash and $4,000 in trust. Other
beneficiaries included trustee of
Union Theological Seminary, New
York, $4,000; Church of the
Covenant, $4,000; board of minis
terial relief and sustenation Of
the Presbyterian Church, $4,000;
and the Board of Home Missions
and the Presbyterian Church
board, $1,000 each.
She directed that the rest of
her estate be used for establish
ment of a school for Indians,
Mormons and mountaineers or
some other worthy cause.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
Patients Defending
"CanCer SaIve"

Montgomery county is divided
in its sentiment concerning DR..
R. H. Street and DR.. Sherwood
Ferris, who are charged with
manslaughter in connection with
an alleged cancer cure tried on
Mrs. Cora L. Britton, of Mays
Landing, N. j., which Baltimore
medical authorities blame for her
death.
While many professional men
condemn such treatment, a num-
Der of persons have come to the
aid of the doctors.
States Attorney Stedman Pres
colt has been visited by more
than IS persons who have gone
to DR.. Street for his treatment.
Some said they had cancers on
the face, some on the head, and
some on the breast.
These persons are steadfast in
their declarations that the treat
ments, many times taken as a
last resort, have proved beneficial,
one even going so far as to bring
what he said was a cancerous
growth which had been removed
from him to Mr.. PresCott's office
in a glass jar.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
T|PUBL|SHER SEES
TRADE UPSW|NG
RUM BOATS GET.
BREAK NOW

Rum-runners along the Atlantic
Seaboard will profit by the sharp
reduction in Coast Guard facili-
ties necessitated by the economy
program, officials admitted today.
While the perennial campaign
against liquor smugglers, who are
as active as ever, will not be re-
laxed, officials said that neces-
sarily the decommissioning of al
destroyers and patrol and picket
boats and reduction of 1850 in
personnel will mean that a smaller
amount of territory will be
covered.
The rum-smugglers are now
operating from the islands of st.
Pierre and Michelon, off New
foundland. Cargoes of liquor are
brought down to the American
coast and the liquor is landed
when opportunity presents.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
N.F.F.E. FACING
REAL CRISIS
TH|SYEAR
Kansas City Convention Is
Considered Most Important
In Its History

The convention call has been
issued for the twelfth convention
of the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees, to be held in Kan
sas City, Mo-, beginning Monday
morning, September 4, at the
President Hotel.
Members of the federation be-
lieve this will be the most i'm
portant convention in the history
of the organization. Numerous
attacks launched upon Federal
employees in recent years have
eliminated now in attacks on the
entire merit system, as a result of
which the classification plan has
been placed in imminent danger,
and new Federal units are being
opened to patronage rather than
civil service control.
Seek Big Turnout
The largest possible representa-
ton of delegates is urged upon
local unions, in order that the
convention may act as the legis-
lative body for the entire mem
bership.
Representation in the conven-
ton will be on the following basis:
Unions having a membership of
100 members or less shall be en-
titled to one delegate; 101 to $50
members, two delegates; 251 to
500 members, three delegates; SOL
to 1000 members, four delegates;
1,001 to $500 members, five dele
gates; 2,501 to 5000 members. six
delegates; 5,O01 to 10000 mem
bers, seven delegates; 10,O01 to
$4,000 members, eight delegates;
25,O01 to $4,000 members, nine
delegates; over $4,000 members 10
delegates. Unions affiliated after
the close of the fiscal year and
prior to the convention shall be
entitled to one delegate each. The
fiscal year closes on June 30.
Based on Tax
Representation in the conven-
ton is based upon the average
per capita tax paid to the ma
tional for the fiscal year preced-
ing the convention.
No union shall be represented
by proxy.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
Drains to Put Stop
To Wadinq at School

Arlington county road forces to-
day were completing installation
of drains to remove surface water
from sidewalks near the elemen-
tary school at Fort Myer Heights,
Va.
For some months after every
rain there has been a virtual lake
formed near the school and STU
dents have been forced to wade
to reach their homes. Shoulders
of Wilson Boulevard have been
raised and drains installed and
it is hoped the nuisance will be
eliminated.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
MAY CONCLUDE
LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
Outlook Is That Projects Will
, Go Through Much As
=
X First Outlined

Delay in the presentation OF
Federal reorganization plans to
Congress has led to much specu-
lation as to whether changes will
be made in the plan, and to what
extent trial balloons" have fig
ured in it's progress to date.
Present indications are that the
reorganization program will go
through pretty much as originally
contemplated, and that the delay
is partly to prevent mussing up
the program Of legislation now
before Congress.
Balancing the budget is con-
sidered essential by the Admlnl-
stration as preliminary to buS1-
ness recovery, reduction OF op-
pressive taxation and floating OF
new bond issues.
Must Cut Expenses
That means that expenses
must be reduced, and if expenses
are to be cut, employees must be
discharged or furloughed.
Reorganization in the Com
merce Department, 50 far as can
be learned, is going through ac'
cording to schedule, and the vari'
Gus requests to business inter-
ests for advice on the plan will
not m 3tter much. In the first
place, the plan will meet the
approval of business generally,
and in the second place it will
have to be undertaken, anyhow.
It is sound policy to get the ap-
proval Of bu7ineSs interests before
lrrevocatle steps ars taken, OF
course.
Cutting Production
AS for tie Department Of Agrl-
culture, the Admin 'stration is
committed to the policy of re-
ducing production. That means,
obviously. that agencies primarily
concerned with increasing it will
be less useful than they have
been in tfe past, and that some
of them, at least, will go by the
board.
The War and Navy Depart
ments are going through with
their plans as rapidly as possible,
and the independent offices bill
shows that considerable tasks
confront the boards and commits
E!ons.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
BRINGS.
ER'SK|N HERE

There's always romance in the
air when the biggest show on
earth" puts up the big tent; but
when Ringing Brothers and Bar
mum and Bailey bring their circus
here May 81 and June they
bring with them another romance
of English nobility.
That romance is the story Of
Con Colleano and his pretty
blonde wife, Winnie, grandniece
of the Earl of Derby. Con is the
tumbling and somersaulting wire
star of the circus, the only man
in the world who accomplishes a
forward somersault on the tight
wire.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
QUOTA SYSTEM
NOW FACES
DEFEAT
Figures Show Endless Chain
of Possibilities, With
New Jobs in Danger

Chances of knocking out the
apportionment provision from
the Independent offices Bill ap-
peared considerably brighter to-
day, as a result of the discovery
that if all employees from the
five States now over quota are
dismissed, % States will then be
over their quotas for the reduced
number of Federal employees.
These statistics show that the
opportionment question raises an
endless chain of possibilities. I'm
mediate dismissal or extensive
furloughs would involve only en-
ployes from the District, Mary
land, Virginia, Iowa and Ver-
mont, some $4,000 in all, or a
little less than one-fourth the
number included in the Federal
establishment in washington.
Would Increase Number
Applying the quota thereafter
to the reduced number of Federal
workers, however, % States would
be over their rightful number of
Government workers in the de-
partmental service, and these
States would include such good
Democratic jurisdictions as Mis-
souri,, Montana, Tennessee, Colo
RADIO, Indiana and Massachusetts,,
as we'll as the big industrial State
of Pennsylvania and a host of
others.
In other words, elimination of
overquota employees now would
merely put lot more States over
their quotas, more than a ma
jority, in fact. The prospect of
placing home folks in new jobs
would be out of the question, SO
far as the Civil Service was con-
cerned, and apportionment dis
missals would only help a few to
hold their jobs a little longer
than they might otherwise.
Washington State Leads
Moreover, if the number OF
employees in the fiel dand de-
partmental services are included
in a tabulation Of Government
workers, the State of Washing
ton has a larger proportion of
it's residents working for the Fed
eral Government than has Mary
land.
Figures show that 81 out Of
every 10000 inhabitants of the
State of Washington are work
ing for Uncle Sam, and only 81
MarylanderS.
In view of the suggestion from
the White House that furloughs
instead of dismissals be utilized
to reduce the Federal staff, it
is of interest that civil service
regulations provide that miximum
furloughs of three years can be
given. To relieve an employe
from duty for a longer time con-
stitutes dismissal.
For furloughs longer than 80
days, of course, the usual dis
missal procedure is adopted; that
is employees must be furloughed
for long periods on a basis Of
efficiency ratings, etc.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
5 D. C.. Navy Officers
Removed bv Orders

Five naval officers on duty
here ordered to sea are: Comdr.
j. C. Byrnes, Bureau Of Ordnance,
to U. S. S. Melville; Comdr. H.
F. D. Davis, Bureau Of Engineer
ing, to battle force; Comdr H. G..
Donald, Bureau of Engineering,
to battle force; Lieut.. Comdr. p.
W. Fletcher, Bureau Of Ord
nance, to scouting force, and
Lieut.. M. A. Sawyer, Navy Yard,
to U. S. S. Minneapolis.
Three officers ordered here are:
Lieut.. Comdr. G. B. Sherwood,
U. S. S. Oglala: Comdr. H. A.
Flanagan, battle force, and Lieut..
G. r. Will, U. S. S. Whitney.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
Citizens to Meet
At FLOlUer ShOU

The regular meeting of the
North Woodside Citizens Associa-
ton will be postponed until May
26, to coincide with the annual
flower show, it is announced by
Chester I. Finn, president. The
Judge of the show will speak at
the association meeting.
Nomination of officers will be
the feature Of the business ses-
sion, with election in June.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13

Lee Maxwell, president of the
Crowell Publishing Company, told
the departing delegates to the
American Association of Adver-
Using Agencies convention that
magazines in America constitute
a great factor in the unification
and standardization of life He
said:
"They have enabled our ma
tiOnaI merchants, the national
advertisers, to reach a national
market. And by their patron
age have enabled the magazine
publishers to make constantly
greater and better magazines
for the nations readers"
Contrasting the Importance OF
quantity and quality of a publ
cation, Mr.. Maxwell said:
"The heart and soul of the
publishing business is edving.
What the editor does with a
magazine is much more i'm
pOrtant than what the circula-
tiOn manager does"
Henry T. EWald, retiring chair
man of the board, said:
Business is on the up-SWing."
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
Maryland Relief
Conference Elects

Miss Anna D. Ward, of Balti-
more, was elected president of
the Maryland State Conference
of Social Welfare at a meeting
held at the Powhatan Hotel. last
night. Capt. George H. Marshall
was named first vice president,
Miss Gertrude Click, second vice
president, and Mrs. Adolph Gutt-
macher, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
TRAFFIC FINE SIS

Charged with passing another
automobile too near the crest Of
a hill, James Proctor, a me-
chanic, 2200 block Alabama Ave.
S. E., was fined SIS in police
court at Upper Marlboro yester-
day. An additional fine of 81
was imposed upon Proctor for
driving with no registration card
in his possession.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13
MEMORIAL SERVICE

A memorial service will be held
for deceased members of the For
est Glen Council of the Knights
of Columbus next Tuesday night.
The Washington times., 1933-05-13

FAMOUS ALASKAN DOG TO BE MOUNTED
FRANK J. TOBIN, assistant taxidermst of the Ceve-
land Museum has mounted Bato the Alaskan husky that
led the dog sled to Nome Alaska in 1925 with dphthera
antitoxn that halted epidemic. The dog will be ex-
hbited at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
May 29. International News Photo Service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-14

runner-up to David BurnStine, who
won the national masters indivi-
dual contract championship in New
York recently.
The bidding was South one heart,
West pass, North one spade. East
pass, South two hearts, West pass
North bid four hearts, and Miss
Murdoch, in the South, passed.
Vests opening lead was the king
of clubs, which Miss Murdoch won
with the ace. The opening lead
showed West with the queen OF
clubs, and this was the important
card.
Miss Murdoch now played the
ace and king of hearts, picking up
the outstanding trump. She could
see that she must lose one club
her problem was to keep from los
ing three diamonds.
CHE cashed the ace and king of
~ spades in dummy, led a small
spade and trumped in her own
hand. She then led a heart, win
ming in dummy with the queen, and
then led the last spade from dunn
my, trumping in her own hand.
Her next play was a small club
which she knew West must win
with the queen. West was helpless
if he led a club, Miss Murdoch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-14
4 BOX
4 DM
eY BRUCE CATTQN

"WoNDER HERO" by ]. B.
w Priestley, is a gay and satiric
comedy-but it has a savage bite in
it, down toward the bottom of the
glass.
1t has to do with young me-
chanic in an English factory who
gets caught up in the frenzied pub
Lefty machine Of yellow journalism
There is fire in the factory
where this lad works, and through
an odd little mistake he energies
as the hero of the occasion.
A London newspaper, addicted to
stunts" Immediately makes a ma
tional hero out of him. He is taken
to the metropolis, given check for
500 pounds, wined and dined, put
into the newsreels, led up to the
microphone mi a broadcasting
studio-and, in short, thrust into
the limelight in every way possible
Naturally, there is no sense to
any of this, and the young man has
a level enough head to realize it
perfectly well. Presently, chance
yanks him out of London and takes
him to a manufacturing town in
the midlands; and there he gets a
look at the diverse side of the
shield.
The town has been ruined by the
depression. 1t contains thousands
of skilled workmen who have not
had jobs for five years and prob
ably never will have any again;
factories that are eternally still;
young men who have never worked
for wages in their lives.
In this town there is the extreme
of hopeless poverty; in London
there was a spendthrift madness
which could spend a small fortune
making hero of chap who didn't
really deserve it.
And Mr.. Priestley suggests that a
society which presents these eX-
tremes is fundamentally so cock
eyed that it is almost beyond hope.
His book, as I say, is a comedy
but some of its laughs are pretty
grim,
The book is offered by Harpers
for $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-14
MEMS CLUB
TO HAVE DINNER

Members of the Mems club and
congregation of the Carrollton
Avenue Reformed church will unite
in attending the October family
dinner to be held in the social hall
of the church, Forty-fourth street
and Carrollton avenue, Thursday,
Oct. 10, at $50 p. m.
John B. Schramm, president of
the club, has announced that Albert
Stump, local attorney, will speak,
following the dinner, on "Pruduc-
ton and Distribution"
The Rev. E. G. Homrighausen,
D. D., pastor of the church, will
preside. Entertainment features
will include instrumental solos, and
orchestral numbers under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Rosalee Spong.
Residents of the community are
invited to the dinner, for which
reservations should be made with
Mrs. Scholer, Wa. 0953, or Mrs.
Griggs, HUI. 1880, before Tuesday
evening.
Those who can not attend the
dinner are invited to come at 1880
for the evening program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-14
MEN BUILDERS
TO HEAR TALK
ON FOOTBALL
Maurice ShadIey Will Be
SoloiSt for Third Chris
tian Church Class.

The third in a series of football
talks will be given by Merle Sidener,
leader and teacher Of the Christian
Men Builders class of the Third
Christian church, Sunday morning.
Mr.. Sidener's topic will be You've
Got to Know the Signals"
The Minnesota squad, headed by
Captain Russell Mackey, is in first
place in the Big Ten standing, with
the Illinois team holding second
place. Coach Harry Painter will
hold another pep session Of the
teams Sunday.
Jesse Mcclure, conference, an
nounces that this membership drive
has created more enthusiasm among
the members than any contest ever
staged by the class.
Special music will be provided by
Maurice Shadley, trombone soloist,
who will be accompanied by Fred
Koehrn. The service will be broad
cast by WFBM beginning at $50
o'clock