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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

cosmetics when not working ir Q picture.
 Loretta Young has a replica o1 of her new home.
 Sharon Lynn once played the piano in the theater owned by Jackie Cooper's father. Quiet, Please All the rooms in Joan Bennett's s house have sound-proof walls.
 Helen Vinson is an accomplished archer.
 Warner Baxter never attended college, but he is an authority on ancient history and chemistry.
 Ann Harding takes Q plunge in her swimming pool every morn- ing, regardless of the weather.
 Mae West goes to church almost every morning.
 Dorothea Wieck was born in Switzerland, spent her childhood in Sweden, was educated in Ger many, and made her stage debut in Austria.
 Chester Norris first ambition as boy was to become a garbage collector. With Ginger Ale A film company on location ir the desert consumes 25 pounds o1 | ice to the man per day. When Ken Maynard was eight years old, he could initiate al the horsemanship stunts done by the ,cowpunchers on his fathers ranch.
 Victory Jory played in 51t stage plays before coming into pictures.
 When she was a youngster Clara Bow could outrun or lick any kid in her block in Brooklyn. The shipment he just received from Paris gives Josef vOn Stern. berg. the largest collection ol neckties in Hollywood. Because they were required tt
 slid down an ice covered bof sled course, each of the 60 chorus girls in "I Am Suzanne" was in. sured for $20,000. Warner Baxter used to be { l typewriter salesman in San Fran | cisco.
 Stuart Erwin is more success | full in taking care of his baby than any nurse he yet has beer able to hire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
OFFERS INSULTS
 AT 25 CENTS
Texas Firm Will Criticize or Heckle Rivals in
 Novel Venture

Houston. Tax, (UP)-For 25 cents you can insult anybody in Houston. That is the gist of q proposition offered in q circular being distributed in office buiid- ings and other places.
 It appeals to the critic who de- sires to aim his shaft at another while remaining anonymous him. self. All the critic does is send 25 cents, tho intended recipients name, and the criticism.
 The organization, which gives a post office address; promises / to forward the subscribers" com- plaint in the form of a neat letter on plain stationery, guaranteeing that the sender's name is not re- vealed.
 Prospects are invited to heckie their nefghbors by mail for play ing the radio too late or too early, neglecting their yards, talk ing too much, using slang express sions, complaining of illness. bor- rowing money, matches and cig- arets, thinking their children "too good" to play with other children, and smoking smelly pipes.
 Other targets suggested arc "the woman who talks continually while playing bridge, or is too slow in biding and playing; tho woman who tells everything she hears, regardless of the truth, and the woman who uses too much rouge, perfume or lipstick."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
MoUies Playing
 To-day
STATE

Performances this evening con- clude the record engagement of Warner Brothers smash hit musi- cal ssFootlght Parade". If you haven't already seen this picture. do so tonight. Many state patrons | have seen 1t twice. It's knockout with song hits galore.
 Who killed Archer Coe? That is the most baffling qucs- ton that Philo Vance, the famous and debonair detective character
 created by s. s. Van Dine, and ifn-
 personated by William Powell in
 the Warner Brothers picture, "The
 Kennel Murder Case" which heads
 a splendid double feature program
 at the State starting tomorrow,
 ever has been called upon to ans- wer.
 Archer Coe is found dead in his bed room with a revolver in his
 hand and not a sign of struggle
 and with the door locked. He has
 bullet in his brain and Q scalp abrasion.
 The police consider 1t a case of
 suicide until Philo Vance walks in-
 to the scene and through a series
 of deductions, proves that. it iss a
 murder and not suicide and then
 proceeds to discover the murderer.
 Not only is "rhe Kennel Murder Case' one of the most mysterious of all of Van Dimes stories in which seven persons are found to have both a motive for the crime and an opportunity to have com mitted it, but it carries Q strange love tangle which is eventually un-
 raveled by Vance.
 The picture has a strong cast in
 support of Powell and. includes such noted players as Mary Astor, Eugene Palette, Ralph Morgan, Helen vinson, Jack La Rue, Paul
 Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Arthur
 Hohl and Henry O'Neill. The companion feature will be | the comedy sensation "Aggie Ap- pleby" with Wynne Gibson, Charles l Farrell, Zasu Pitts and William
 Gargan heading a large cast oi l fllnmakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
L, The Local
 7heGtey:s
PALACE

what q treat you'll be missing if you fall to sec the double feature bill that will be shown for the last times today, My Weakness starr ing Lillian Harvey and Lew Ayres and Raftef Romance with Ginger Rosers and Norman Foster.
 The now bill to open Saturday win be Eugene OsNeill's master piece Emperor Jones. Filling the same role he played in the revival of the stage play is Paul Robeson, famed actor and singer, who fills every requirement. of the exacting title part in a magnificent manner. Also in the cast is Dudley Diggs, noted stage and screen player who makes his character of Smithers, the Cockney trader. second only to the Robeson performance. Fred Washington and Frank Wilson. both of whom have many successes to their credit as stage players, al- so have important roles in "Em- peror Jones'"
 Robeson's acting has selfom, if ever, been surpassed in stage of mo- ton picture history. He is mag nificent, bragging, swaggering fig- ure through the South Carolina, Harlem and Haitian scenes, and Is ut his finest in the difficult jungle se- quences where he is pursued by Authorizations and- ghosts of his own imagining, his mind filled with the trail of murder he has left behind during his checkered career Robeson is also given an opportun- ity to sing several numbers in his robut baritone.
 Dudley Murphy. the director has taken advantage of every oppor- tunity to make Emperor Jones" as great a screen play as 1t was on the stage, and has really achieved a wider sweep than was possible in the limited confines of the stage technique.
 This screen attraction will play four days only at the same Poli popular prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
THE MATTATUCK
 COUNTRY CLUE

The Mattatuck Country club has reelected the following officers: Charles E. Mcdonald, president; vice-president, Arthur J. Lunny; vice-president c. Walter Chi1ds; treasurer. David Meth; secretary, Fred J. Carr.
 Two additional holes, eleven in all, will be ready for play next spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
LONDON FORECASTS |CLU CLOTHES
Dress Experts Say Women Will Look Slightly
 Mrs Grundy-ish"

London (UP) fash. ions are going to be clumsy this winter. say London dress experts. {
 Not only will there be all the top heavy frilsl and furbelows oi the EdwardIan era, but modern touches will tend, by their 1incon- gruity, to make the fashlonnble women look slightly Mrs urundy- ish.D
 There are heavy evening cIoaks, more fitting as a Moroccan sheilk'f burnous, higin-cut backless frocks and huge collars which have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
|P0E'S ORIGINAL
 HOME RESTORED
Philadelphia Estate of Re- n0wned Poet Opened
 as a Public Shrine

Philadelphia, (UP) - Restored in every detail to its appearance of a century ago, the Philadelphia home of Edgar Allen Poe has been opened as a public shrine.
 It wae here that he wrote the poem, "The Raven," end sS1-c stories, Including "The Gold Bug" Many original manuscripts, first editions and other valuable pieces from collections of POe's works now are on display in the restored. three-story cottage.
 The building was purchased by Richard Gimbel, who employed an architect to refurnish 1t as it ap- peared at the time Poe lived here with his wife, Virginia, and his mother-in-law and aunt from 1888 to 1844.
 included among the original arr ticles arc a stove desk and bed- room furniture. A bust of Pallas has been placed in the study in which Poe worked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

nick manned ''suicide" because they obstruct their wearer's view. The most fashionable color and mate rial is prune velvet-which was all the rage In the 's0s.
 Mannequins at recent shows here have. been mincing, or striding around, .overladen with tucks and kilted pIeAts and foarny friiled skirt hems and bodices. Trim innings at the top and toes of dresses are c general trend-- just those old dirt gatherers of tho unhygienic past. The frocks arc skin-tight except where the frills float and foam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

So grea tis the demand to see the broadcasts of the Sinclair Minstrels from the Chicago NEG studios that there is a waiting list of 15,000. Expectant auditors wait months before tickets can be al- 1otted them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
Indian BIuebIoods Here for Dance Tour

Here to show Anerfcans how |xndiaD blue blootls exc onte Oriental steps are these charm Ing
 m . m D . rs Of 2
 troupe Of high easte Hindu
 dancers and zn,us siciaus, shown as
 they arrived in
 New Fork to be-
 gin . concert
 tour. Mlas si.n-
 Kie tIeft,, a
 French girl who
 . n, hraced fY,<s
 Hindu faith and
 bears the red cir cle on her fore
 head. is shown with Miss Kain- al<-Lata.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

4 monument to Hinkler. the Aus tralian airman. was unveiled re- centiy in the Alps at the spot where he crashed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

Snow fell for the first ime in living memory in Southern Africa recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

It is now against the law for . milkman to uncork bottle of milk in a London street, but he may open 6 ni1kcan if necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27

Radcliffe, England, with 25,000 population. boasts 1t has no slums.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27

many years, was the third person
to head the association.
In later years, many civic
leaders of Washington have
filled the presidential chair.
Among them are James Y. Yaden,
chief clerk of Civil Service Com
mission, and now president of
Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions, and Charles I. Stengle,
former member of Congress. The
association today is one of the
largest civic organizations in the
District of Columbia. It's roster
includes 800 names.
Educational Work
This newly-formed organization,
undertook the study of extending
and paving of poorly lighted
streets. inadequate transportation
facilities north of Florida Avenue,
and the question of education.
Since a small four-room school
building, poorly equipped. was ex-
pected to care for the educational
needs of the community, educa-
ton received first consideration.
AS a result of this interest, an
active school committee went to
work and the present 16-room
Petworth School on Shepherd
Street, between Georgia Avenue
and Eighth Street was finally
erected. This school and the
Barnard, and Mcfarland Junior
High schools care for 2,427 pupils.
The census taken in 1920, by
women members of the associa-
ton disclosed 2,373 homes in the
PetWorth area.
The census of 1888 listed $500
residences, not including apart
ment houses.
When the Petworth Association
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
BARS OPPOSED
IN MARYLAND

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 27.-Charac-
terizing as "indefensible from
any standpoint" the provision in
the proposed administration liquor
control bill permitting the sale of
hard liquor by the drink over the
bar, State Senator Ridgely P.
Melvin CD of Anne Arundel
county, said today he will seek
to have that section eliminated
from the measure.
This tavern" provision would
commit Maryland to the policy
of returning to the hard liquor
saloon which is a direct repudia-
ton of the party platform, Melvin
asserted.
He pointed out that under the
local option clause of the measure,
counties could exempt themselves
from this provision, but added he
believed it would be wiser if the
tavern section were stricken from
the Statewide bill, and under the
local option clause Baltimore City
and the counties so desiring could
permit the return of the open
saloon.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
WHISKY BILLS TO PROLONG MARYLAND SPECIAL SESSION
PetWorth Civic Group
Fights to Further
Education Aims

was organized, Varnum Street
was the upper boundary of the
subdivision and Taylor Street was
the only paved thoroughfare.
Since then, improvements have
been so rapid that the Petworth
area links with Silver Spring as
one continuous residential zone.
Street improvements in Pet
worth followed in quick success
sion; the old gas lamps were
replaced with electric lights; ex.
tended street car and bus trans.
portation followed and general
growth was rapid.
The association has been active
since its organization in further,
ing all civic improvement projects
and successfully led the fight to
check the removal of Gallinger
Hospital to the site now occupied
by Roosevelt High School.
The bill calling for the Calm
ger removal had been passed by
the House and was awaiting Sen.
ate action when the Petworth
Association enlisted other civic
groups in its fight to defeat the
measure. It won.
The Petworth citizens aided
the Chillum Heights Association
in defeating the attempt of the
Washington Gas Light Company
to erect a gas storage tank at
Terracotta, Md.
The association has requested
the removal of the steps and
portico on the south side of the
old Patent Office building in a
move to aid traffic on F Street
between Seventh and Ninth
Streets. Construction of side
walks along the south wall of
the building. with a roadway be-
tween the sidewalk and the line
of trees is also Endorsed by the
PetWorth group.
In the event of the removal of
the Tubercular Hospital from it's
present site at Fourteenth and
Upshur SITS, the Petworth citi-
zens will strive to secure the
grounds for recreation purposes
The association has joined
with other civic bodies in a
plea for Public Works funds for
the erection of an overpass. arch
ing the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks on New Hampshire Ave
Efforts are being made by the
association to secure funds for a
branch library to be built on
land already owned by the Dis
trict Government. This project
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The Washington times., 1933-11-27
TAXES WAIVED
ON LAND SOLD
BY COUNTY
Potential Burden on Buyers
of Tracts Removed by
State Action

Maryland'S comptroller, William
S. Gordy, jr., has waived the right
of the State to collect back taxes
on property now being offered at
private sale by Prince Georges
county. and the Board of County
Commissioners tomorrow will be
asked to adopt the ruling.
In an opinion from Assistant
Attorney General William L. He'll
derson, which Gordy declared
would bind his office, it was
asserted:
"After title is vested in the
county by forfeiture, taxes do
not continue to accrue. I under
stand that the county paid the
State taxes up to the time it was
taken from the tax books and
no taxes having since accrued.
it would seem that the State
could raise no objection to pri.
vate sale of property and would
be entitled to no part of the pro-
ceedS."
The opinion frees several thou
sand parcels of land, which the
county is offering on liberal terms
from :; large burden of taxes which
might make prices of the lots pro
hibitive.
Thomas Baxter, supervisor of
assessments, who will present the
statement at the commission
meeting tomorrow, said that if the
tax were not passed on to the
buyer the county would have had
to pay the taxes. thus eating up
the proceeds of the sale.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
Women LegiOnnaires
HOStesSeS At Tea

Past commanders of U. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, American
Legion, were hostesses at a tea
yesterday at the Thomas Circle
Club. 1925 Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w.
The U. S. S. Jacob Jones is the
largest women's post in the Le-
gion, its membership of nearly 500
being composed of women who
served as yeomen in the Navy dur
ing the. World War. For several
years the post has engaged in an
active welfare program, aiding
families and obtaining employ
ment for hundreds. Past Com
mander Jane Breen was chairman
Of the committee that arranged
the tea.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
DELUGE LOOMS
AS MEMBERS
ASSEMBLE
Lottery Measure Among Those
Likely to Be Presented
At Meeting Tonight

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 81.
That the special session of the
General Assembly will last 80
days appeared certain today as
members began arriving for the
session tonight.
A deluge of local whisky and
beer control bills is expected.
Most House and Senate members
have been waiting the introduce
ton of the administrations mea-
sure before offering one of their
own.
Lottery Bill Expected
1t is possible that the admins
tration will offer it's State lottery
bill tonight, according to in
formed circles. This would per-
NIT the State to conduct a lottery
such as the Irish Sweepstakes
on one of the Maryland tracks
once a year.
It is expected that an early
Tight will develop on the proposal
OF Governor Ritchie to impose an
excise tax of $1.10 a gallon on
all hard liquor and fortified
wines. A large number of mem
bers have expressed themselves
opposed to the.tax on the grounds
that it would make the price of
whisky prohibitive
COad To Lead Fight
j. Allan Coad is the leader in
the Senate of the movement to
eliminate the tax. He issued
public statement Friday in which
he said that the proposed State
tax, together with the Federal eX-
else tax, plus the high license fees
to be charged, would enable the
bootlegger to sell whiskey cheaper
than legitimate.
Governor Richie, in his mes
sage, said these taxes would be
necessary to keep Maryland from
facing a deficit in the treasury.
Senator E. Milton Altfeld, of
Baltimore, said today he expected
to re-introduce his measure which
would legalize bookmaking in Bal
timore. At the regular session
this bill was fought hard in the
Senate and killed. A number of
Senators who supported it are alb
sent this term.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
NJ ARTHUR SAYS
ARMY IS BELOW
'DANCERL|NE'
Chief Of Staff Raps Congress
For Cuts; Outlines Plan
For Adequate Defense

Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief
of staff, in his annual report,
available to Congress today,
warned that body and the nation
that the United States Army is
now below the danger line" He
outlined a plan to make it the
equal in man-for-man effectiveness
of any army in the world.
BY implic a t ion, Macarthur
charged Congress with RESPONSE
bility in some degree, since he
called attention to a $65,000,000
slash in appropriations for the
current fiscal year, the actual
funds available for the Army being
only $270,000,000.
MOtOriZation Obsolete
Because of the cuts, he said, it
had been necessary to check the
program for complete mechaniza.
ton and motorization, and even
to replace airplanes. Target
practice had to be reduced Most
motorized equipment now owned
by the Army, he declared, is OBJ.
solete.
He called for an increase in
the strength of the regular Army
from 10000 to 10000 men,
motorization and aircraft devel.
opments to cost $170.000,0O0, re.
moval of the Is per cent cut in
pay of enlisted men getting less
than $50 a month (aS a means
of checking desertionS). quicker
promotion for commissioned of.
ficers. and increase of the organ
lied reserve to 10000 officers.
For Mobile Force
He wants the National Guard
maintained at its present strength
and a military training program
equivalent to that of 1882.
Heavy and ponderous armies,
he said, are on the way out with
mobile and powerful forces in
the ascendant. Cavalry today is
practically eliminated in battle,
but he recommended retention
of some cavalry units because the
horse is useful in detailed recon.
Nuisance and on difficult terrain.
eating at the family table can be
rented through the Rental Columns Of
! the WANT AID SECTION of This news
paper.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
School at HerndOn
Seeks More Books

Increase of facilities of the
Herndon CVaD school library is
sought in a drive which opened to,
day. The Parent-Teacher Associa.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
BY A. j. DRISCOLL,
Citizen Associations Editor

The Petworth Citizens Associa-
ton was organized, October %,
1902, when a large delegation of
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
Maryland Youth
On Bond in ShOOtinQ

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 81.
Guy Rotruck, of Fort Loudon, near
Mercersburg, Pa, just north of
Hagerstown, who is alleged to
have shot Mrs. Myrtle Kelly, Ct,
when he mistook her for a hawk,
according to his statement, is be-
ing held under $500 bond for court
action on charge of assault with
intent to kill.
Mrs. Kelly is still at the Cham
bersburg Hospital with a bullet in
her neck.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27

Rooms some with privilege Of
eating at the family table can be
rented through the Rental Columns Of
paper.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27
Treatment at Prenatal Clinic
Prevents Incubator Babies
Hospital Finds Many
Premature Births Are
Unnecessary

Because mothers are either
careless or ignorant, there is an
incubator room in Children's Hos
pital that is never empty.
Children fighting for their lives
in the hot room could be healthy
babies if mothers would only take
advantage of modern science in
the many prenatal clinics through
out the city. Ironically enough
this treatment can be obtained for
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The Washington times., 1933-11-27
AHfeLd Joins Fight
On High Liquor Tax

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. Ex-senator
Milton E. Altfeld CD, Baltimore,
today joined the fight started
last week by Senator J. Allan
Coad CD, st. Mary's, in opposi-
ton to the administration recon-
mendation that a State excise tax
of $1.1O a gallon be placed on
liquor.
Altfeld expressed the belief that
the social implications of the re-
turn of legal liquor far outweigh
the revenue features.
The Washington times., 1933-11-27

residents of the
n e i g hborhood
met at the
home of Will
liam F.. Guide.
Au S tin P.
B r o W n, was
elected presi-
dent. He W a S
succeeded by
Terra ce v.
Powderly, who
&c headed
the knights of
Labor.
William F..
GUIDE, leading
m nrchqnt, for
The Washington times., 1933-11-27

ton of the. school has approprl,
ated $50 and the State $40 for the
work
Two hundred and fifty books on
the approved State lists already
have been obtained. A party will
be Given November 20 to raise
additional funds.
The Kusko times., 1933-10-07
THE NEW DEAL
r:,l3 = \ nor

MT. c. J. Todd, of Valdez, was . candidate for the office of United States Marshal of the Third division. He had the endorsement of the Demo ratio divisional committee, of the Territorial committee, of Governor Troy, of the National committeeman, of Delegate Dimond and of every bus mess man in Valdez. His appoint ment appeared certain, but it was far from it. The Department was sorry, but MT. Todd's age was against him No question as to his integrity, no question as to his qualifications, just his age proved bar, and he could not be appointed. And this in the face of the fact that but few days before a man older than MT. Todd had been appointed to 2 similar posi- tion in the Territory.
 Mir. Todd was not too to do effect i've work for the party during the last campaign and for twenty years previ- ously. He was not too old to be one of the first to insist that the delegate from Alaska to the Democratic na- tional convention be instructed for Franklin D. Roosevelt for President and to fight until that object had been accomplished. His age proved no bar to the acceptance of his contributions to the Democratic campaign fund, but when the vicory was won he was too old to participate in the fruits there of. If that is the "new deal" we were to get, it looks to us like it is about time for a new deck.