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The Washington times., 1933-10-27
Helen Thinks Quickly

One of the little queens in
Mary of Scotland" fell in a
dead faint last night during the
second act of the play at the
National. Helen Hayes covered
The Washington times., 1933-10-27

Due to Charlie Chaplin'S mike
fright, all spectators were barred
from the room when the comedian
The Washington times., 1933-10-27

The assistant society editor
drops in for a couple Of passes
and to report that one Of the
flossier society weddings will have
bridesmaids dressed in the Mae
West manner. That is the gowns
of the fair attendants will feature
The Washington times., 1933-10-27
Quick Glimpses

%WAON OAAIIIPoC0
When Jean Harlow quits the
hospital-and it may not be as
early as Thursday-she returns to
her Beverly Hills home instead of
the honeymoon apartment where
she and Hal RoSson have been
living. Fiji Dorsay is very happy.
Her boy friend, Maurice Hill, will
be here in about two weeks.
The Washington times., 1933-10-27

Here is an item that 1 hope
gets to the right eyes. Alice
Lake, who one time starred with
Viola Dana, May Allison and
ALA Nazimova on the old Metro
lot, is down on her luck. She
can't even get extra work.
people seem to be afraid to
call me because they think 1
might want too much money"
says the actress. But I'm not
living in the past. I'll cheer
fully work for anything. I'll go
anywhere they call people,"
How about it, Hollywood?
Paramount has shut down on
further interviews for Charlotte
Henry, the little girl who finally
was chosen for Alice" The
ordeal of her first screen appear
ance has the youthful actress on
the verge of a breakdown. She
has been ordered to eat lunch
in her dressing room instead of
in the studio commissary and to
lie down and rest as much as
possible.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
FOR KIDNAPPING

ATLANTA, July :, CPl rJames Prye4- Bowen. farmers son and-a
 higII-@school- boy. who helped to kidnap John Ottley sixty-five year old banker and sportsman. said that he did ii so that he could gain the victims gratitude sby helping him escape. He offered .to help hunt for his companion in the abduction The youth told the officers that the older man engineer
 ed the plot. The banker was hail ed by fruit peddler as he drove to work. who poked gun in his ribs. He was driven to the woods near Suwanee and forced to write forty thousand ransom note to his wife. The peddIer left with the, note. Ottley talked the boy into letting him loose.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
MAYOR OF NOME DEAD

PITTSBURGH, July }, (Rs-- Harry Campbell, aged seventy-two, reported to be the first. mayor of Nome. died after a short illness. He. was a resident of his birth place, Morgantown, West Virgin ia, where he will be buried.
 In the early, days of the Klon- dyke gold -rHs4t,- Campbell went North to-4seek- his fortune.-The prospectors and traders of Nome elected him as it's first mayor. He returned home aftef-the- rush and was employed by the Morgan town Glass Company for about forty years, A widow and five children survive him.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
FARLEY CALLS SMELL.
 ATTACK MERE DJD

WASHINGTON July 6, VP)-
 Jus, q ru hless. reckless exhibi- ton of petty, partisan politics" Y" was the way Postmaster General James A Farley today character ized the criticism of the admin istration made week ago by Rep II. Shell of New York, Republican leader in the House.
 The Postmaster, General declar- ed the country as whole was marching solidly behind President Roosevelt and was rejoicing in the generous and continuous revival of business. .
 Mr FaI ley said the attack pre- sumably was intended as the op- ening gun of1~the next Congress sional campaign. He called ii a dud.
 He asserted the people wou'd not countenance distractions tn the administration policies. He declared he felt no need 10 answer Representative Shell s-attttek in de- tail. cofft ending it was being an swered daily ''by reports of steady rises commodity Ipriees5-feePett- ing of factories, increases in em- ployment and wages and in the betterment of railroad business. the improvement of retail trade and advances in quotations on se- curities
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
.zz- MATTHEW'S PLANE WRECKED

According to q message picked -up-in Nome last night-by an ana teur it is learned that the Anadyr radio station sent out a message which was broadcasted in the hopes that the Nome station migt pick it up.e The information was to the effect that Mattern's plane was wrecked about 80 miles from Ana dyr and that he was found July 5th and taken to Anadyr where he annouced to the world tat he was safe. The message also said that he was uninjured
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
HOOT GIBSON IS BADLY .. 7 HURT IN AERIAL RAGE

LOS ANGELES, July $, (P-- Hoot Gibson who rode to fame in motion pictures on a~ horse and took up flying as q ,pastime, was seriously injured in 'a match air race late Monday against Ken May hard. another screen actor. who is an aviation enthHSiast The two were competing for q. trophy don .ated by Will Rogers, cinema star and humorist
 Gibson suffered 8 .concuasion of the brain, severe cuts and .contus- ions. He is reported by attend ing physicians -b'e-rt'$timg easily
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
RELIEF PLANS UNDERWAY

From advices received today it is learned that the relief plane is still in British Columbia awaiting orders from Mattern. An NAT pontoon plane may be sent from Nome to Anadyer to bring Mat tern here. Providing a plane does not make the trip it is likely that the cutter Northland may be re ouested to bring Mattern to Nome. Now that Mattern is safe plans are going slowly ahead to finally bring him back.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
NEW OFFICER TO
 ------rB ' BlTTEE- G.NNGI4AND

WASHINGTON. July 6. (R- Joseph B. Keenan, lawyer of Cleve land, was appointed Monday to be assistant attorney general He will lead the governments efforts to quell the activities of organiz- cd crime. He declared he would go after gangland's leadership first. Attorney General Homer s. Cum mings promised that the drive against gangsters would be thor ough and intensive even if it should not be spectacular.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
POST Is liEADY FOR
 HIS SOLO WORLD FLIGHT

NEW YORK, July $, (P)-Wiley Post. famous aviator, and his Lockhead- Vega monoplane Winnie Mae" are ill New York ready to start On his-sele fight-af -afound-the world as soon as he makes minor compass adjustments and as soon as the weather is favorable.
 The route of the fight will be virtually the same as Post and Gatty took in 1881, when they circled the globe in the record time of 8 days, 15 hours and 51 min utes,, namely, from New York to Europe, thence to Siberia,, Alaska, Canada and the States back to New York
 Two stops are scheduled in AL aska, Nome and Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
RUSSIANS AN BRITONS
 AeiREis Fro 0-TRADI9-AGaI

MOSCOW, July {. (Pl-With the fet4ea-t--ffom a. soviet prison of the two British- electrical engineers, LC. ThorQton and W.L MacDon- ald who had been convicted of sabotage; trade relations have beea, reaumed between Russia and Great. Britain
 The two Britons, who were found guilty by Russian court of having committed sabotage in ] Moscow factory, which was engag- ed on government work, were re leased before the expiration of the terms fixed by the court.
 A the time 1of the passing Of the sentences on the two Britons, England, which claimed the char ses were unwarranted and the trlal unfair broke off trade with the Russians and declared they would not be resumed until the two prisoners were restored to liberty.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
OED SKIPPER
 ~ NEARLY DROWNED

TACOMA. July 8, (P)-C. j., O'Brien, aged ,seventy-five; San Franciscan whi narrowly, escaped from drowning Tuesday. when he fell of the dock. identified himself Friday as the captain of the Puget Sound Alaska Service of early days, He said he was master of the City of Seattle and five years later commanded the old Dolphin.
 He was paid off here this week as second officer of the freighter Westira He was released from the hospital Friday to go home to friends in Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
AMERICA, WILL
 MAKE PROPOSALS

LONDON, July ', tP)-Ame"ica , first big contr bufion to the re- yived World Economic Conference, which her delegates saved from death, is exnec;ed to be a sen sational proposal for world wide action shortening the hours ' of labor, increasing wages and rais- ing agricultural prices. The dele- gates. are working on a draftSof the proposal. While the entire group have not approved it yet it's spon- sors said that they believed it would be presented to the confer ence shortly.
 The conference radiated an at titude of purposeful a,tivity, which has been lacking in the past few days.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
BANDITS USE GIRLS
 AS BULLET SHIELDS

CLINTON. Okla, July $. R)-- Having obtained more than $11, 900 in cash and $2,00O in bonds in a raid on the First National Bank of Clinton, five robbers ab- ducted two girl clerks of the in stHution, Georgia Loving and Sneelefreed, and used them as shields against the gunfire of police officers. After releasing g Ethe girls several blocks from the |bank, the robbers effected their escape.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
GOLD BLOC LOSES FIGHT

LONDON. July 2, tP) The European gold bloc lost the fight for the inclusion of monetary questions in, the renovated agenda of the World Economic Conferen- ce, when the subcommittee on inn mediate measures for financial re- construction voted to discontinue the discussion of monetary pro blems. It will be threshed out by the steering committee. The French fear that Britain is on the verge of breaking openly with the gold bloc and casting it's lot with the American imitation program. The British deserted the French yesterday on the question Of ad- -iournment. The French today found the pound falling, the first time in months.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
NORTHIAAND MAY SAIL
 FOR ANADYR

WASHINGTON. July s, (P)- The Coast Guard headquarters said Friday night tha' definite ad- viies were awaited from .Mattern as to- wether he needed immediate assistanie, before negotiations would be started through diplo- matii channels for sending the cutter Northland to Anadyr. They said, however, that the Northland would be sent, sould need arise.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
MATTERN SAFE BUT PLANE WRECKED
RAISE. IN PRICES PREDICTED .QrEEE REASON

LONDON, July (4J-s-A raise in prices in both the British pound sterling and the American dollar, by experts, as Grea1 Britain@for- sock the gold bloc and stood by the American program in the World Economic Conference. Even high gold bloc authorities admitt- ed that this may be the conseque- nces of te latest battle over the continuation of the full confer ence agenda. .s..
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
RO( TO
 CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY

TARRYTOWN, N. r., July s, lP)--A dinner party today, with Ithree generations of the family present. will he John D. Rocke- fnllers only departure from his routine This is the ninety-fourth II anniversary of his birth. and it's observance will be even simpler than in recent years.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
F. NJ, BLACKWELL, S4,
 EX-AIIASKAN DIES

SEATTLE, July $. tH9 Eugene NJ Blackwell, St years old. died Monday in Seattle of a!wents 3a- ' dent to advanced age4 Hsss tugs ,fraI was held today fMfS black well was pioneer of the North. For long time he was engaged in the Gurio business in Alaska. He is survived by three sisters and four grandc hildren
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
ROOSEVELT DRAFTS
 CONFERENCES MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, July s, (4o,.-A message outlining the plan of this for a Ii endeavor to raise world prices as an immediate objective for the World Economic Conference, was drafted Friday night by Roosevelt, for dispatch to the American delegation. Detail Of the plan will be made public from London , a4 ,ss
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
CAPTAIN MURRAY'S
 FUNERAL TO-DAY

SEATTLE, July :. (P,-The funeral of Captain John Murray, aged sixty-three, who died June 25 while operating the steaDer Keno. on the stewart River, will be held here today The body arrived from Dawson last night.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
BEER REVENUE RUNS
 CLOSE TO $15O,OOO, 900

WASHINGTON, mly,z=s, R}--- Tn the revived beer business, now some three months. old. Uncle Sam has his fourth largest source of in come. From the beverage, the monthly revenue receipts are av- eraging close to the annual yield of $125,0O0,000 to $15O,0OO,0 that was estimated by federal of ficials when legalization of the brew was under consideration by Congress.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
sToe'N SESSION BUoIANT

NEW YORK. July ', (Pl--Pro- fit taking stemmed one of the most bpoyant stock sessions of the year. The leading issues, after cancel ling the earlier profits of one to four, or more. turned around in the last few minutes and gained some of the yielded territory. They closed moderately irregular.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
VICTORIA SAILED FOR
 NOME THURSDAY EVENING

. SEATTLE. July [, tP, The S. $ Victoria of the Alaska t4tne, sailed from here for Northefn points at five PM yesterday with A passengers. The vessel will call at Sand Point, Dutch Harbo or, Nakeen, Nome St. Michael and Golovin, The trip is expected to take ten days Following are the 32 Nome passengers.
 Chas, D Brewer
 JennieJ Brower
 Marie Brewer
 George l. Davis
 Andrew Nyland
 Mrs M Powell
 M Seliyanoff
 James Keenan & wife Ira D. Orton
 Mrs G k Jackson
 T K Chang J
 s W Taggert
 Mrs o Cochran
 Miss Cordley -sza----Mf Mfs%Jee- -NNallaee--=====-===== Miss Evelyn Wallace
 A G Blake
 Mrs. w Haerring
 Miss Mae Wilder .. August Homberger
 Mrs. Emma Forsgren
 Bain N Delauro
 W w Nurf
 R W Rasmussen
 W. L Slack
 Fitzgerald
 J Calvin ,.
 Sister Mary Louise
 Sister Laurentins There is one name missing in the llsta&s
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
COPPER HIGHEST
 IS TWO YEARS

NEW YORK, July S, CP)-Dom- estic copper sold for nine cents, up. half cent from Thursday. It is the highest in two years.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
COMPTROLLER ISSUES CALL

WASHINGTON. July L, (P)-= The Com ptKoller of Currency issued a call conditional that all National banks close business Friday, June 3Oth.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08
ALASKAN WILL WE'D
 MONTANA GIRL

TACOMA, July '. (P,--A mar riage license was issued to Elmer J. Caton of Anchorage, to wed Mary K. Fox, of Forsythe, Mon ,tana.
The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08

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The Nome nugget., 1933-07-08

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There is one name missing in the list.A,
Evening star., 1933-08-14
MRS. SARAH A. THORN
DIES AT HOME HERE
Descendant of Joseph Addison,
Essayist, Resided in Capital
for 20 Years.

Mrs. Sarah Addison Thorn. 90. q
resident of Washington for 10 years,
died yesterday at her home, 300 Con-
necticut avenue. She was born in Balti-
more, the daughter of Samuel Scott
Addison, descendant of the essayist and
poet, Joseph Addison, buried In West
minister Abbey, and a second cousin
Of Francis Scott Key, national anthem
composer.
In 1864 she came to Washington as
the bride of Columbus Welch Thorn,
proprietor of store which IS now Guy
Curran & Co. Mr.. Thorn died in 1888.
Mrs. Thorn is survived by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Helen Thorn Mclaughlin, q
son, Charles E. Thorn. member Of the
New York and Washington bars; q
granddaughter, Mrs. Philip G. Alien
baugh, and great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at IL am. at the home of Mrs
Atenbaugh, 3611 Patterson street.
Chevy Chase. Burial will be In Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
CLEANERS CODE AIMS
. TO FIGHT RACKETEER
Industry Agreement Will run
Him Out Of Business" Trade
Leader Says.

A code for the dry cleaning indus
try that will run the racketeer out of
business" will be submitted by j. r.
Ridley, president, at meeting of the
National Association of Dyers &
Cleaners tomorrow at noon at the May
flower Hotel, statement by the asso-
citation announced today
Probably no other industry in Amer
Sea has been so cursed with vicious
labor leader types who have attempted
to control the business solely for their
own personal gain," Ridley said in the
statement.
The national association is for labor.
The only quarrel we have is with the
1nprincipled labor agitator who has
| betrayed both the labor union which
he represented and the plant operator
lie pretended to protect.
The national recovery act has been
~ godsend to our industry, and we are
Viking swift advantage of its provisions
10 clean house and to build up strong
~ tional organization
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chair
4 an Of the Democratic National Com
ittee and director of the United States
lint, will address the meeting as Off
al representative of the N. r. A.
fter open-forum discussions in the
fternoon, the code, in its final form
Ill be submitted to the National Re-
tVovery Administration.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
'Chute Jumper, Non7S'oin'n'er,
Takes to Water to SAGE CrOlud
Quick Decision Lands
Ed,Uard Butler Into
Potomac River.
Freak Air Current Causes
Man to Nearly Hit
Watchers at Field.

It was q quick decision which Ed
ward Butler had to make yesterday,
sweeping down on Washington Hoover
Airport with his parachute caught In
q freak air current.
At 500 feet the exhibition jumper
realized the unexpected current was
strong enough to carry him into the
5000 spectators at the edge of the field.
Falling is feet q second, he might
injure some one In the crowd on land
ing. In addition, the chute was full
of wind and might drag him among
the spectators, once he reached the
ground.
Beyond lay the Potomac River. and
Butler had never learned to swim. He
chose the river, however, and opened
q spare parachute, using 1t as sail to
carry him over the heads of the crowd.
From the ground Buffers plight was
realized by George W. Wenkenbach
5816 Chevy Chase parkway; ]. Patrick
English of Hornor's boat house, and Ed
ward Graham, 206 Ascot place north
east.
The three put out in q speedboat
and Wenkenbach was able to toss But
ler q life preserver the moment he bob
bed up from his first plunge under the
surface.
Beyond a wetting for his parachutes
and harness, Butler was none Ghe worse
for his experience While he dried the
'chutes today, he admitted that after
seven years of exhibition jumping, ne
had learned something new about air
currents.
"But are you going to learn to
.Oh, mo-" said 1atler. swimming
Evening star., 1933-08-14
RUSH FOR \. R. A.
STAMPSFORESEEN
Mooney Makes Provisions for
Collectors Tomorrow at
Post Office.

Scenes Of January /, 1882, when the
George Washington Bicentennial stamps
went on sale are expected to be re.
peated tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
when the new N. r. A. Scent issue
first becomes available to the public
at the City Post once, Massachusetts
avenue and North Capitol street.
Postmaster William M. Mooney has
prepared for q record breaking crowd
of stamp collectors and f1rst-day cover
fans He has arranged to have 10 win
dows open in the main lobby Of the
building.
Asks Cooperation.
I'VE ask the cooperation Of COL
lectors in general" he said. 1T will be
a great help If patrons will have theiI
lists organized and have exact change
ready. Our clerks will do their part
I am sure, and If collectors will meet
us half way all will be well.
There will be no official cachet, but
patrons desiring philatelic cancellations
will be accommodated If they will apply
to the window marked 'Philatelic Mail.
IF the main office Is overwhelmed
I suggest that collectors go to the
several branch stations in the city
where they will find the new stamps
on sale.
Il recommend that frst-day cover
enthusiasts stuff their envelopes with
paper or cards Of suitable size so that
the cancelling machines may give clear
and distinct impressions"
VIII Sell First Stamp.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
will sell the first stamp. His customer
will be Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. Johnson Post ONCE, Treasury De-
partment and Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing officials will be present
Michael L. Eidsness, superintendent
Division Of Stamps, and Mrs. Myrtle
c. Shaughnessy, assistant philatelic
agent, will be on hand throughout the
day to help the local office staff.
Mr.. Eidsness said this morning that
out of town orders amounting to SIS, ,00O
already have been received for the
new stamp.
Evening star., 1933-08-14
Will Be Guest at Tea Given
by National Geographic
Society Officers.
STOPPED IN WASHINGTON
ON HER WAY TO ATLANTA
Woman Atlantic Flyer 1nspects
Shops of Coastal Air Line
in South.

Mrs. Amy johnson Mollison. noted
English flyer who recently spanned
the Atlantic with her husband, Capt.
James A. Mollison, will land at WASH
1ngton Airport at $50 pm. tomorrow
on regular airline to pay an informal
two-day visit to the Capital.
Mrs. Mollison stopped at the airport
here for 10 minutes yesterday en- route
on the airline from New York to At
lanta. She was accompanied on her
flight South by Capt. Thomas B. Doe,
president of the line; Miss Elvy Kalep,
EStonian woman aviator and close
friend of Mrs. Mollison and Miss Madge
Cahill, Mrs. Mollison's nurse.
The principal social event in her
honor is to be an informal reception
and tea by officers and trustees Of the
National Geographic Society at 4:30
pm. tomorrow at the societys admins
tration building, Sixteenth and M
streets.
Studying Transport System.
Mrs. Moiuson and Miss Kalep, who
are studying the Eastern Air Transport
System, will be welcomed at Washing
ton Airport by Dr. John Oliver La
Gorce. vice president Of the National
Geographic Society. and escorted to the
headquarters. Oficials of the British
embassy and the Estonian legation will
attend the reception to the two woman
flyers.
Capt. Mollison has returned to Eng
land to supervise the construction Of q
new airplane to replace the twin
motored ship he and Mrs Mollison
wrecked in Connecticut at the end Of
their ocean flight.
Today Mrs. Mollison Is inspecting the
shops Of the Coastal Airline at Atlanta.
She also Is studying the Department
OF Commerce aids to air navigation and
expressed keen interest in the radio
range beacons which mark the airways
on the main air transport arteries.
She flew from New York to Atlanta
yesterday. making regular stops at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
n m ond, Greensboro, Charlotte
Spartanburg and Greenville. Her flight
tomorrow will bring her back over the
same route.
Will Leave Thursday.
She expects to remain in Washing
ton until Thursday. returning to New
YORK as an airline passenger to prepare
for her return to England
Although no formal program has
been arranged for the visit, she
Is expected to call ON Federal avia-
ton ohcials and probably will inspect
the Department of Commerce aero
nautics branch exhibit She and her
husband were received by President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park.
| Mrs. Mollison, as Amy johnson, has
been flying since 1923, when she took
her first lessons as pilot at London.
In 1880 she first became internationally
known when she flew alone from Lon
don to Australia in 19 days, a new
solo record for the 9,900-mile journey.
During the following year she few from
England to Toxic, Japan, in approx
mately 10 days.
She was married to Capt. Mollison
In July. 1882. and in November of last
year bettered her husbands record from
London to Cape Town, Africa, by 10
hours and 26 minutes. making the trip
in days, 6 hours and 26 minutes.
Their greatest joint exploit was their
flight together from Wales to the
United States.