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Evening star., 1934-03-25

New life insurance totalling more
than s2,0OOG0O was written by Wash
ington underwriters during Financial
independence week." which ended yes
terday, according to announcement by
J. E. McCombs. chairman of the as
sociation's special committee on the
six days activities. This compares
with $1,300,000 new business secured
in the corresponding week a year ago,
or a gain of 100000.
Members of the District Of Colum-
bia Underwriters Association opened
the weeks campaign last Monday
morning with special hotel breakfast
attended by more than 200 insurance
leaders. At the end Of the first two
days the combined output Of the
agencies here had reached the $780,
900 mark. Two days later it was stat
ed by John H. Snyder, chairman of
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Baltimore Trade
Upturn Indicated
By Phone Gains
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 24.-Regard-
ed an indicator of the trend Of local
business was the report issued this
week by the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., showing a rise of 3l1
telephones in service in Baltimore
during the first half Of March. This
followed a gain of 166 in February
and 220 in January.
Contrasting with these increases so
far this year was a decrease of 805
telephones in service during the first
l6 days of March. 1893; a decline OF
958 in February and of 1,172 in jan
uary Of last year.
For the State Of Maryland the COM
pany reported increases of 459, ,314 and
1853 in the three respective 1884 pc
riods, against decreases Of 1874, 1882
and 1,74s in the like intervals Of q
year ago.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
RECEIVER APPOINTED
FOR PAPER COMPANY
BY the Associated Press.

ASSUCIaLtu
PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-Fed-
eral Judge w. H Kirkpatrick today
appointed receivers for the Jessup g.
Moore Paper Co. as move to enable
the company to effect plan for re-
organization.
1t was pointed out that, although
the company, which has mills at Elk
ton and Providence, Md, and at Rock
land and Wilmington, Del, had as
sets of $7,366,100 as of December 81
last, the assets are not liquid enough
to permit it to meet current bills and
obligations of $1,811,025.
Eugene w. Fry, president OF the
company, and T. Mexican Chidsey, an
attorney, were named receivers.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
SPECIALISTS ALLOWED
TO SUBMIT RECORDS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-The New
York Stock Exchange has authorized
members who act as specialists to
show their books in connection with
any official investigation of the ex-
change, it was disclosed today.
The authority was granted last
Saturday by the board of governors.
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the
Senate committee investigating the
stock market, was q guest on the
floor of the exchange on that day,
but It was not revealed whether his
| visit occasioned the governors action.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
ALL MARYLAND BANKS
CLOSED FOR TOMORROW

BY Staif Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, March "a
All Maryland banks will be closed to-
morrow, when Maryland day will be
officially observed in the State.
The banks also will be closed Fri
day, as Good Friday is. a legal holiday
in Maryland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
STATE EZRA STAFF
 TO ISSUE NOTICES
"White COllar' Projects Reported in Readiness
 For Immediate Action

With Arthur J. Maloney, super visor of the local state employ ment office, in Hartford on a busi- ness mission today, and the an- nouncemen at the office of Miss Eleanor H. Little, relief admins trator of Connecticut, that plans have been completed .for the first of the white collar" projects, it is believed that action on local ap- plications may be taken this week.
 According to the announcement at the state office several projects will be run on statewide" basis and will be the responsibility of the state administration. At the same time there will also be local projects. Hartford. for instance, will be given an appropriation and a staff of workers for the reap praisinS of real estate valuations, and also for a traffic survey, sim liar to that tkaen here under the CWA last spring.
 The monthly appropriation for Connecticut for this work was $16,- 900 in August. but this was just the beginning of the new relief program. and it is understood that the appropriation will be increased as projects are developed, Miss Lit tie says.
 Special departments for the reg istration of white collar workers have been set up at the Field street armory during hte past week. The two new offices are equipped with signs reading white collar depart ment" and veterans" respectively Several new clerks have also been added to the staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage inten- tions have ben filed at the office of the town clerk:
 Clement J. Blanchard of 292 West Main street and Estelle H. O'Loskey of Rowland street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
General Disapproval Has Been Expressed
 By Waterbury Trade
Order Takes Effect Immediately Any Club in Which Lottery System is Used Must Cease Operations;
 Interruptions Statesmen Taking Advantage

Suit clubs and any sale of mer- chandise in which a lottery system IS employed are outlawed locally in an order sent out today to 264 local concerns by the local retail code authority of the MIRA. The order takes effect immediately and will be closely enforced.
 "Suit Club'' Popular
 The ''suit club" plan has been used to a comparatively extensive degree in this city by stores, tailor ing shops and by itinerant mer- chants and has long met with the open disapproval of the general re- tail trade. The usual suit club pro- cedure is to secure number of members, each one paying regu- lar weekly sum. A name is drawn each week and the fortunote one receives his suit or other piece of apparel without mG king any fur ther payments, while those not so fortunate must pay for weeks and weeks before they received any mer- chandise. The one whose name is drawn last often pays sum whose total is much Irore than the value of the Carb which he finally re- ceivcs
 Tn addition to the general protest against the plan for business req sons. merchants have complained that the club plan gives an oppor- tinity to interruptions salesmen, who organize their own clubs but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
PARK BECOMES
 WAR MEMORIAL
Battle of Monocacy Near Frederick, Md, Com=
 iiiemOrated

Washington-U a me-
 morial to one of the most strate-
 sic battles of the Civil War
 Monocacy National Military Park
 has been established on the site
 of the conflict which saw Union
 forces repulse a Confederate drive
 to capture the nations capital, Di-
 rector Arno E. Cammerer. of the
 National Park Service, announces President Roosevelt has signed q measure authorizing develop ment and preservation of this his toric area for park purposes. Be- sides its historical features. how
 ever, the new park possesses con- siderable senic charm. It is flanked by the Catoctin Noun tains, while the Monocacy River flows directly through the battle field.
 The park is located on the Fred erick- Washington boulevard, about
 three miles south of Frederick
 Md. It is expected that land will be donated by patriotic organiza tions and individuals.
 The Battle of Monocacy began on the morning of July 9. 1864
 when a contingent of 1000 Union
 men under Gen. Lew Wallace en-
 countered 14.0O0 Confererate sol diers commanded by Gen. Jubal A Early.
 Although outnumbered two tc one. Wallace's men fought dog gedly and succeeded in holding their ground until 4:30 P. M. How ever, Wallace retreated only after the Confederates were delayed ir
 their march on Washington and
 Union endorsements could be dispatched by boat from Grants army at City Point.
 General Early and his troops
 c tually reached Washington | about II o'clock, July II. They i'm
 mediately began reconnoiterins l the city's defenses, preliminary te penetrating them.
 | Meanwhile, however, Genera | Grants troops reached Washing | ton and a bottle ensued at Fort Stevens. on the outskirts of tht
 city. Following this engagement | General Early withdrew into Vir' | ginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
DUGGAN

The seasons activities at Dug gan playground will conclude with varied program. The principal attraction this evening will be ten bouts of boxing. This will be the final card of the season and those who desire to see the aspiring tu- ture champions in contest are ad vised to arrive early. The bouts will start at o'clock.
 Tomorrow will be Playground day. All of the events staged dur ing the season will be repeated and the children who have been at tending the daily classes will find that recreational activities are plentiful. There will be all sorts of foot races, odd races. beauty contest. baby contest. doll contest, costume parade. spaghetti and pie eating contests and about every thing imaginable The children are requested to cooperate with Direc' tors Cliff McHale, Ambrose Shea and Mrs May Riely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
IN
 CLOSING PROGRAM
Final Exercises Saturday i; DerWin to Address Sue
 pervisOrS at Meeting

The final meeting of the year for head playground supervisors will be held Saturday morning at the aldermanic chambers in the City Hall building, when reports will be made and final business of the playground season dis cussed. All playgrounds will be officially closed Saturday, William J. Derwin, director of recreation said to-day.
 A most successful season not only from the standpoint of attend ance, which has been unusually large, but also of recreation, has been reported from each of the plaYgrounds. Block dances and children's entertainment hay" proved especially popular, record crowds turning out for these af- fairs which were weekly features at several of the larger recreation centers.
 To-day and tomorrow as the closing feature of the season Play ground Day" is being observed in all the playgrounds. Special pro- grams of athletic events. games and entertainment have been planned by supervisors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30


 fail to deliver any suits. There have been several arrests in this connec- tion here in recent months.
 Official Order Out
 The official order banning sales by lottery is as follows: '.-,
 Amendment to article LX, sec tion 1-suit clubs:
 The national retail code author ity, Inc, with the approval of the national recovery administration. announces the. following amend. ment to article TX, section 1 of the retail code: .,...,.,... .........
 No retailer shall sell or offer for sale any merchandise upon a con- dition which involves lottery. gamble or element of chance simi |. lar to what is commonly known as a suit club plan" provided, however, that his subsection shall not apply to non-profit organiza- tons not definitely constituted to carry on retail trade"
 This amendment effectively dis. poses of suit clubs and similar forms of merchandising. Note, however, that it applies only to the sale of merchandise,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
CARROT ASSEMBLED HAND

Centerbrook, Conn. (UP)-A perfect likeness of a human hand. with the four fingers ans thumb in natural size, was embodied in a carrot pulled from the garden of Carmalo Di Cara.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30

to be that her rendition of Kiss Me Again" in the same play was perhaps it's highlight, that isn't quite so. FritZi Scheff sang a num- Der of songs in that grand old play of Victor Herbert and one of which was the equal of the other. A good many old timers recall her rendition of the more militant air. The Mascot of the Troop, as the one which really brought them to their feet at the close of the act. Clapping and cheering as no New York audience ever had before and seldom did after that.
 Those were glorious days for Fritzi Scheff. Her name was on everyone's tongue. She continued to star in current musicals of the day, but the fortunate chain of cir cumstances that attended her de- but in Mile Modiste" was not always present. The name of Fritzi Scheff, though, was still linked with the musical world.
 City to Welcome Her
 It is today, too, as she contin- ues to pour her still magnetic voice into the microphone. Wa terDury IS pdItlculaIiy ueilSHteu to have her in it's midst once more. Many pleasant summers she spent on the shores of Lake Hitchcock. It is safe to say that thousands of radios in Waterbury will be tuned in Sunday to catch the initia, broadcast in the series that brings Fritzi Scheff back to Waterbury.
 When notified that she was to begin a series of air programs here and over Waterbury's own station. she wired her extreme pleasure in the following message: II regard it as special favor to be able to broadcast for all my dear friends in Waterbury and especially over your own radio station, WATR. l hope to renew many acquaintances I made while summering there. -"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Fritzi Schen Returning
 As WATR Guest Soloist

Fritzi Scheff is coming home. The one-time Viennese opera1ic star and darling of the New York stage" will broadcast for four sue cessive Sundays, commencing Sun day, September 2, from WATR under the sponsorship of Fulton Market chain. The broadcast will be heard in the early afternoon and will help introduce WATR to Sunday audiences.
 The program in which FritZi Scheff will appear is most ap- propriate one. It is to be entitled. Memories of Victor Herbert That the popular prima donna of stage and radio will be quite at home singing the lyrics of the i'm mortal Herbert is an assured thing.
 Just at present Fritzi is conclud- ing stage tour of the midwest. Her months stay in Waterbury will be in the way of an interlude, for she is scheduled to appear in Kansas City October l to continue in a radio and stage revue.
 Recently NEG Star
 Her last appearance on eastern networks was during the spring when she was featured in the Stars of Yesterday program. Her voice has long been familiar to radio listeners. Perhaps the occasion she best remembers. though, is the night she faced an NEG micro phone and sang in memory of Vic tor Herbert, whose songs she sang so sweetly to the theatergoefs of two decades and more ago that she achieved immortal fame herself.
 Columns could be written about Fritzi Scheff and her rapid rise to stardom on the American stage She came to this country, the toast of Vienna. where at an age most young ladies are acquiring school ing she had become a ruling musi- cal comedy favorite.
 "IntrOduced "Kiss Me Again"
 Mile Modiste" catapulted her to instant favor on the New York stage. And while concensus seems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Trolley Co. Named
 Defendant In Suits
AutOTrOley Collision on East Main Street Results in
 Claims of Women For S3O,OOO Damages

While the automobile was mo- tionless, a trolley car, following the automobile, came along at rapid rate of speed and struck the rear of the car in which were seated the two women plaintiffs. alleges the complaint.
 Mrs Pixley suffered a severely sprained back and a major opera ton was necessary at the Water- bury hospital to repair the injuries to her left leg she charges. She al- leges further that her vision has been impaired because of the in- juries she received.
 Miss Wooster sustained a wrench- cd back, lacerated hand and injur- ies to right leg. The cases are re- turnable to court the first Tues day of September,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30

The Connecticut Co. is named defendant in two civil actions in which damages totaling $30.00O are claimed according to papers filed today at the office of the clerk of the common pleas court. Marion Wooster asks $500 in her suit and Maude l.. PixIey seeks $25,000. Both actions arise from an auto mobile trolley collision on East Main street.
 Both women were passengers in a car owned by Charles L. Pixley and driven by his son, Charles, Jr. The automobile. says the com plaint, stopped on East Main street. Dec. 27, 1893, because the traffic light at East Main and Welton streets had changed from green to red.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Suit Clubs Banned by Local Retail Code Authority
Justice Or What?
 SheriFs Euicted

Local deputy shcrjffs who frequently are called upon to dispOsscss families and move household effects into the street. had the tables turned upon them yesterday and to. day and found themselves 'sdispOsscssed." The order Of eviction moving the personal effects from the office Of the sheriffs was not issued by a judge but by painters who arri'ctl to dress up the office along with otheR offices in the court house in preparation for the opening Of the fall term Of court. Desks, chairs. typewriters. rugs and papers. were all piled in a heap in the hall outside the office while the painters applied the paint. The contract for the work was awarded the \. F. Taylor Go of this city by the county commissioners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
SHOE INDUSTRY
 MADE PROTEST

New York. Aug 30.-OP)-Re- sentiment developed to-day in the shoe industry over reports that the tederal emergency relief admin lstration contemplated production Of footwear for the needy from the drought slaughtered cattle.
 A telegram of protest was sent by George F. Johnson, chairman or the board of the Endicott- Johnson Corporation. Binghamton, N. 4. to President Roosevelt, Sec retary of Agriculture Henry A. wallace. and Senator Robert F. Wagner. democrat. N. Y.
 Roger A. Selby. head of the Sel- by Shoe Co. of Portsmouth. O., and president of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Asso- citation added his protest-as an individual and not for the associa ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Boston, Aug. S0-(UP)-Weather forecast:
 Massachusetts, Fair and ocn- tinued cool tonight. Friday fair; slightly warmer in west portion.
 Rhode Island-Fair and continu- ed cool tonight and Friday.
 Connecticut-Fair and continued col tonight. Friday fair and slight ly warmer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
NEED NOT HINT OUAu,

Michigan City, Ind-(UP)-Mr and Mrs John M. Reynard hope to have quail on toast this fall with out troubling to hunt the birds. A pair of quail took residence in the Reynard garage and several days later a family of nine was pro- duced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-09
SCHOOL HEADS IN TIFF AT HEARING
Conn.Aue.M Movie
House Gets
Court o. K.

Permission to erect a motion
picture theater on Connecticut
Avenue Northwest, between
Newark and Ordway Streets,
was granted in an opinion filed
today by Justice F. Dickinson
Let's in District Supreme Court.
The proposed movie property
is owned by the Parkwood Trad
ing Corp, which had plans
drawn for the amusement house
and obtained a building permit
when Ivan j. Beers, an adjacent
property owner, petitioned an
injunction to restrain the build
ing. The property owner
pointed out that the nighbor-
hood, known as Connecticut Ave-
nue. Highlands, was subjected to
a covenant barring mercantile
and manufacturing establish
mentS.
In denying the injunction,
Justice Let's pointed out that
apartment buildings, cleaning
and pressing houses, shoe
repair shop, delicatessen, res
taurant, grocery and other COM
mercial houses now exist in the
neighborhood. He held that the
section had been changed from
strictly residential neighbor-
hood to a commercial area,
which gave ground for discard
ing the covenant restriction,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-09
Ken MURRAY
Says:

If that Director of Public
Welfare in Illinois has his way,
everybody will have to obtain a
drinking license" before being
served. Evidently he thinks
there are too many accidents
due to RECKLESS imbibing."
According to his plans licenses
will be issued only to those
capable of handling their liquor
=. Well, even if you don't pass
the test, it'll be lots of fun
trying.
OF course, they can't expect
to have any more success with
liquor than they have with auto
mobiles. =. unless they find some
way to control the "backseat
drinkers"
So Remember:
In the future, If you don't
want your drinking license"
revoked. don't park too near
the fire-water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-09
Brief Case Theft
Nets Year in Jail

Convicted today in Police Court
of petit larceny, James Bell, col.
ored, %, first block Francis Street
Northwest, was sentenced by
Judge Isaac R. Hit to serve one
year in Jail.
Bell was arrested yesterday by
Policeman ]. A. Burgess of the
First precinct as he was walking
on Second Street Northwest, with
brief case in his hand. Mr..
Burgess said Bell admitted he had
stolen the brief case from parked
car belonging to Goodwin P.
Graham, public accountant with
offices in the Metropolitan Bank
Building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-09
CHILD WELFARE
COORDINATION
PROPOSED
Series of Conferences Called
at SuIgrave Club; DR..
White to Speak

Coordination of all child vel
fare, health and educational or
carnations in Washington will be
attempted tomorrow at series Of
all-day conferences at the Sulgrave
Club in the 1900 block Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. w.
The conferences are being held
under the auspices Of the Phoebe
Hearst Parent Teacher Foundation
established last February in an
effort to eliminate duplication OF
activities.
Speakers at a dinner tomorrow
night will include DR.. William A..
White, noted scientist; Judge Fay
Bentley of the Juvenile Court, and
DR.. Louise Stanley of the Bureau
of Home Economics, Department
of Agriculture.
Speakers during the morning
and afternoon sessions will be DR..
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant su-
perintendent of schools; Prof.
Anna Halberg, of Wilson Teach
ers' College; Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle; DR.. Robert A. Bier, of the
District Medical Society: DR.. G..
Albert Smith, of the District Den
tai Association; DR.. Paul Ever
hardt, of the psychiatric clinic;
DR.. George F. Bowerman, Of the
public library; Miss Sybil Baker,
director of Fairgrounds; Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Peoples, community center
director, and Judge James A. Cobb,
of the Municipal Court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-09
BACK
PLAN To SPEED
D. {. CENTER
Bar Also Joins Move to Build
Smaller Unit With Fund From
Sale of Part of Site

Representatives OF. civic organi-
cations and the two local bar as
sociations today promised their
full support to Commissioner Mel
vim C. Hazen's plan of selling two
of the four city blocks purchased
for the Municipal Center and using
the proceeds for immediate con-
struction of the small court unit.
Gathered at the invitation OF
the Commissioners, the citizens ex-
pressed their willingness to scrap"
the present plan for the center as
entirely too lavish.
CarrutherS Backs Plan
L. A. Carruthers. vice president
of the Federation of Citizens
Association, said that, although
his organization had not acted on
the plan to sell some of the
property, he favored such plan.
Quick action for the sale of
half of the present site was urged
by A. j. Driscoll, president of the
Mid-City Citizens Association, who
endorsed the project and promised
the support of his association.
Representing the Board of Trade,
Arthur Heatom, chairman OF the
Municipal Center committee of
the trade unit, declared:
"The original plan should be
modified, by all means"
Thomas Littlepage, of the Dis
trict Bar Association, gave the
endorsement of the legal body to
the plan. He said:
"The first consideration is to
erect a proper building to house
the small courts, and the Dis
trict should reserve enough
room for all the District depart
ments. The rest of the land
should be sold and the money
.usedt,EO start construction"
The only dissenting voice raised
against a less expensive Municipal
Center was that of L. R. Maddox,
of the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association, who said the present
plans should not be curtailed. He
said:
"The District shouldn't be
penny wise and dollar foolish"
Although in accord with the
general principle of less ex-
penSive building, representatives
of local architectural organiza-
lions expressed themselves in
favor of use of the site of the
present old Pension Office as the
location for the Municipal Center.