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The Washington times., 1934-07-14

Other staple foods were dlmin-
iShing rapidly.
Fresh meat supplies were vir-
tually exhausted this morning
No fresh fruits or vegetables
were available today following
the general wave of buying dur
ing the past 48 hours. Trucks
bearing fresh greens have been
halted on the outskirts of the
city by the effective blockade re-
sulting from the teamsterS'
strike.
Several stores closed today, the
owners posting signs "Closed-no
supplies"
The supply of canned goods
and general commodities con-
tinued to vanish. The Retail
Grocers' Association announced
that the canned goods supply two
days ago would normally have
been sufficient for 40 or IS days,
but by tomorrow would be cut to
20 days.
Gas Stations Dry
Caroline service stations through
out the city were dry. Motorists
began storing their cars until the
strike Is ended.
Doctors. city officials, the fire
department and police will obtain
gasoline from three service sta
tions strategically located at Cen
trail points in the city,
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BANK
To PAY OFF
MILLION
Treasury to Ignore Col. Cooper
Suit, and Relieve Long
Deprived Depositors

More than $1,OOO,00O will be
paid to depositors in the closed
United States Savings Bank early
next week, the Comptroller Of Cur
rency announced today.
The payment will be made de-
spite a suit brought against
Treasury officials by Col. Wade H.
Cooper, former president of the
bank which threatened to tie up
deposits indefinitely.
Start Paying Tuesday
In all probability the dividend
payment will start Tuesday. but
depositors were advised hg the
Treasury officials not to call at
the bank before receiving notifica-
ton by post cards.
The United States Savings
Bank closed last March with de-
posits aggregating $1,S92,4S0. none
OF which has been PAID. To0ay'S
order will result in a IS per cent
dividend payment.
Ready Two Weeks
The receiver, Carter B. Keene,
was ready to. pay the dividend
more than tWo weeks a ago. d DSit n
F9nlnvnafe NoeVaay.se casi& achin~ yan
turn of the bank to It's officers
and directors temporarily tied
it up.
An answer to Colonel Cooper's
suit was filed. in District Supreme
Court today by Treasury attor-
neys, asking dismissal and stat
ing that the bank is still insol-
vent and should continue to be
managed by a receiver.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July II
U.N.SO.-The killing Of an
escaped girl convict by a convict
posseman had become a burning
issue in the State gubernatorial
campaign today.
AS Governor Futrell and his ad-
visers went into session, extra
guards were put on duty at the
Jail where Frank Martin, the
trusty, a convicted murderer, who
shot and killed 22-year-old Helen
Spence Eaton,> is being held for
Grand Jury action.
Authorities feared mob violence
as rumors spread that Martin had
shot the girl in the back.
Yesterday the governor or
dered A. G. Stedman, superin-
tendent of the penitentiary, re-
moved from office.
Mr.. Stedman's discharge had
long been sought by several fac
tions. His critics cited the IS
killings of escaped or escaping
prisoners by truSty guards.
Governor F'utrell'S opponent for
the Democratic nomination for
governor in the August II pri-
mary is Howard Reed, State
comptroller under Gov. Harvey
Parneu. Mr.. Reed opposed Coy.
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WILL ROGERS
Says:

LAKEWOOD sKOWHEGAN,
Maine, July 14.-Did you ever
see a place that looks like it
was built just to enjoy? Well,
this whole State Of Maine looks
that way. If it's not q beauti-
full lake, it's o beautiful tree,
or a pretty green hay meadow.
And beautiful old time houses,
with barns built right in with
the kitchens.
VacatiOners and everything
have improved 30 per cent over
last year. Roads have been
fixed up with Federal money.
Newspaper advertising has in
creased over so per cent.
All these things have been
done, vet the editorials say that
the New Deal is o failure. It's
. funny world. You feed q dog
and he bites you.
(CODyFigIEt 1884. McNaught SyndicateI
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ISLE PICNIC JOY.
TOPRES|DENT

ABOARD u. s. NEW ORLEANS.
OFF COCOS ISLANDS, July IA
Q.N.SO President Roo sevelt,
cruising through Southern waters,
took time off from his fishing to
disembark and enjoy a picnic
lunch with his party on the his
toric and picturesque Cocos Is
lands.
Accompanied by his sons and
officers of the Houston, the Presi-
dent pressed through the jungle
foliage of Cocos Island, examining
its vegetation and wild life, and
then had lunch on the tiny beach.
The President and his party will
leave tonight on the long run to
Hawaii. Today the Executive en-
joyed his first fishing in the Pa"
Cific.
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BILLION ASKED
IN DAMAGES

WILMINGTON, DEL, July IA
QN.s0-A suit for more than
1000 dollar in damages was filed
in the United States district court
here today.
The action was brough by
John M. Landberg, Philadelphia
attorney, on behalf of the Federal
Government and Robert A. Gill
christ, of Philadelphia.
Defendants are a group Of 80
Federal and private corporations
and individuals. Five of the cor
porations formerly were affiliated
with the Federal Farm Board.
The 43-page bill of complaint
charges the defendants with hav-
ing "conspired to defraud the
farm board out of $564,766, 500.
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New Relief Corporation to Offer Lou Cost Housing
Truck kDriiuer
SqwhSaw
Dizlinger

G1RARD, Pa, July IL I.N.Sa.
John Dillinger. notorious Indiana
gunnoan, was reported to have In.
vaded Pennsylvania with two men
companions and a woman today.
An unidentified truck driver re-
ported to the State Highway Pa
troll here that he was stopped by
a man he thought was Dillinger
on the Cleveland-Erie Highway
near Girard. "Dillinger" offered
$3.50 for a gallon Of gasoline for
q sedan, bearing Illinois license
tags, stalled with an empty tank.
The truck driver followed as far
as Girard, where he reported the
incident to the highway patrol. A
Statewide broadcast for all Off
GERS to be on the lookout for Dill
hnger and his companions was
Immediately sent out.
Seated in the parked sedan, the
truck driver said, were two other
men and a woman. While pour
ing gasoline taken from his truck
into the sedan, the truck driver
said he saw several sets Of license
plates. a machine gun and q
sawed-off shotgun in the automo-
bile.
AS soon as he completed pour
ing the gasoline into the sedan, he
asserted he was told to go to
he'll for your money" by the man
he said was Dillinger. The party
Of four then sped away in the d.
rection of Erie.
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Susan O'Neill, Noted
As LalUyer, Is Dead

WOODBURY., Conn, July IA
Q.N.S0 Miss Susan c. O'Neill,
So, first woman attorney to argue
a case before the United States
Supreme Court and first woman
lawyer admitted to the Connect
cut bar, died today.
She was admitted to the Con-
necticut State Bar Association in
June, 1898, and she appeared be-
fore the United States Supreme
Court April "a, 1904, in the case
of Brennan VS.. Berlin Iron Bridge
COmpany.
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ALLEN BARES
new RENT
SCHEME
Il. ~VAh@HHh@
Small Wage Farmers in Capital
s.+ 10 Get Homes at Rental
w. Within Their Means

Il a gigantic nationwide scheme
TO insure low-cost housing, both
In rents and in ownership. ap'
pears to be on the way, the first
indication of it coming by chance
from Commissioner George E.
Allen today.
Mr.. Allen intimated that the
new District Rehabilitation Cor
poration would be the leader in
The procession. Just what the cor.
poration will do was not divulged
by the Commissioner, who was in
conference all morning with Dis
trict relief officials.
Can't Incorporate Here
At the same time it l came ap.
parent to the legal staff employed
to draft the papers of incorpora-
tion that the cooperative scheme
can not be incorporated in the
District of Columbia, but will have
to find legal birth in the Stats Of
Delaware. This opinion was ex-
pressed officially by Elwood Seal,
Assistant Corporation Counsel,
after a consultation with District
Attorney L. c. Garnett.
Commissioner Allen made only
O brief announcement of the low
cost housing plan. 5! .s
''YOu may, say that We Safe
about to engage upon plan for
lOw-cOst housing that will insure
low rents or lOw-cOst homes to
people Of low incomes"
Refuses to Comment
Although Commissioner Allen
refused to make any further state
ment, it Is known that the money
for the plan is to be furnished by
the Government: that it is not q
part Of the Presidents general
housing corporation plan nor the
alley-clearance crusade, but will
fit into any Of these general
plans.
Asked whether the ''low.cost
housing would interfere with the
present private business Of rent
ing houses" Mr.. Allen said:
"There is q shortage Of houses
now for lOw.income people. The
/ alley clearance program will in
crease that shortage. This plan
is to meet the situation and
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Onion Field Strike
To Hit Three States

KENTON, Ohio, July Il.
U.N.S0-The walkout Of 400
union onion weeders in the Scioto
marshlands today threatened to
spread to Indiana ard Michigan.
Okey O'Dell, pre- ident Of the
agricultural workers union, the
newest American Federation Of
Labor affiliate, said he would is
sue a call to strike early next week
and predicted that 2,500 to 5000
farm hands would lay off.
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Fugitive's Staying by Trusty
Issue in Governors Race

ernor Futrell in the last election,
and when defeated was immedi-
ately removed from office as
comptroller by Governor Futrell.
Mr.. Reeds supporters have
seized the killing of Helen Eaton
as an opportunity to strike at
the State penal system, particu-
larly at the custom Of using trus-
ties as guards at the three State
prison farms.
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MISSING BABY
MYSTERY
DEEPENS
Clues Indicate Connor Child
Wat Hit-Run Driver Victim; {:
Ransom Note Conflicts 1

HARTSDALE, N. Y, July IA
U.N.S0-The discovery Of an
apparently bloodstained hand
kerchief and the receipt of a ran,
som note, possibly the work OF
a crank, today deepened the
mystery surrounding the fate Of
21.months-old Bobby Connor,
who has been missing since
Thursday afternoon.
The handkerchief, marked with
the embroidered initial 3D." was
found about $50 feet from the
sand pile where Bobby last was
seen after he had wandered from
his home in Hartsdale Manor,
N. Y.
Note Discounted
The ransom note, which asked
for $50 or 500 in 81 bills,
aroused little hope among in
vestigators although Frank K.
Fay, in charge of the Depart
ment of Justice agents in this
district, said it would be care
fully considered.
Police pointed out that the two
clues seemed contradictory.
The handkerchief, partly COW
cred with reddish-brown stains,
suggested that Bobby might have
met with foul play. One theory
was that he might have been run
over by an automobile, the driver
Of which disposed of the body
elsewhere.
But the ransom note, If genu.
Inc, indicated the child was alive
although his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles II. Connor, had
no assurance on this point.
Peddler Sought
The kidnapping theory hinged
on the appearance in Hartsdale
Manor of an eccentric peddler of
toilet articles at about the time
Bobby vanished. Despite the
questioning of suspect, later
released, the search for the ped
dler continued.
No definite trace Of the child
had been found after an all-nicht
search by official and volunteer
hunters.
The child's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Connor, and
their daughter, Julie, seven
old, returned to their
home this morning after having
spent the night at the home of a
neighbor.
Mother In Tears
Mrs. Connor wept when the
police told her the baby was still
One of the handkerchiefs con.
tanned the initial 3D." embroid-
cred in the corner with cotton
thread.
The handkerchiefs were found
near a tree shaded roadway,
known locally as Lovers Lane"
The roadway is a favorite ''prac-
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Frisco's Grocers Enforce
Food Rationing System

SAN FRANCISCO, July IA
UN.S0-Retail grocers today
enforced a rationing system of
staple foods to alarmed house
wives who flocked to stores with
long purchasing lists.
AS a result of the spreading
strikes and q threatened general
walkout each purchaser was linn
tied to five pounds Of flour and
sugar.
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Prince Georges Suit
ChUrQeS DeSertiO1l

Margaret P. Hopkins, Of Up
per Marlboro, has started suit
for an absolute divorce in the
Prince Georges county circuit
court from Phillip Fl. Hopkins Of
Washington on o charge Of de-
Sertion.
In the bill Of complaint filed
by the Hyattsville firm of Ryon
and aSSal, she asks the court
to restore her maiden name,
Margaret P. Wilson, and the Gus
tody of their son, Melvin.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14
Woman Filler Lands
Amid Herd of COlUs

ELYRIA, Ohio, July il G.N.sJ.
Miss Jeanette Lempke, Is, flying
a small biplane from Indianapolis
to Buffalo, was forced to make an
emergency landing among a herd
of cattle near here today when
her gasoline supply ran out. The
pilot, whose home is in Bay City,
Mich, landed successfully and
TAXED gingerly through the pas
ture without hitting any of the
cows. Mrs. Rose Settler, owner
Of the farm, helped her replenish
her fuel supply.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14
Rockefeller Cousin
We'd TO DR.. Webster

NEW YORK, July II G.N.SO.-
Geraldine Rockefeller McAlpin,
daughter of Mrs. D. Hunter Nc
Alpin, of New York, and grand
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rockefeller, was married
today to DR.. Jerome Pierce Web
ster, son of the late Rev. Lorin
Webster, former head Of the de-
partment of modern languages
at the Peking Union Medical Col
lege, China.
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u. s. Greets France
In BQStiLe D0u Note
BY International News Serv

BY International News Service
The State Department today
sent a message to the President
Of France, on behalf Of President
Roosevelt, felicitating the French
nation on the anniversary Of the
fall of the Bastille, 145 years ago
today.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14
Had No Lights, Horn
On Car. Don Admits

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, July
IA Q.N.SO.-Kaye Don, famous
automobile and speed boat racer,
on trial for manslaughter, admit
ted today his car had no head
lights and horn when he crashed
on a curve on the night Of May
%, killing his mechanic, Francis
Taylor. He admitted carrying no
automobile insurance, also.
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II. S. to Make Loans
To TurDeHetine Men
Bv TmternatiOnal News Service

7 ny 4MCDEWdg1UAaIA 1VOVVD SOA s10o
Loans to producers Of gum
Eurpentine and gum rosin who are
signers of the industry'S market
ing agreement were made possible
today when the RFC advanced
S6, 900 900 to the Commodity Credit
CORPORATION for this purpose. The
loans can be made on warehouse
receipts on vhe 1884 crops, within
the limits Of producers a1lotments
under the marketing agreement.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14
QiEaiatO Ope1e
rs VpI; DiRT,eZasEzrieS

RICHMOND, July 14.-Fifteen
new State liquor stores are to be
opened in Virginia, the alcoholic
beverage control board has an
nounced. Among the first will
be stores at Norton, Appa1achia,
Winchester. Leesburg and Front
Royal. Later stores will open at
Warrenton, Harrisonburg, Suf-
folk, South Hill, Emporia, Lex
ington, Williamsburg, arsaw,
Waynesboro and Wytheville.
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Liability of County
Officers Affirmed

RICHMOND, July Il. = The
State may hold county officers
other than treasurers accountable
for money, but not compel them
prior to the settlement date, to
disclose whether or not they
have the cash to meet the obliga-
tion, Edward H. Gibson, Of the
attorney generals office, ruled in
response to questions in the
Roanoke audit now in progress.
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MARTIAL LAW
LOOMS ON
COAST
Trucks Bringing Food to City
Overturned by Pickets; More
Ready to Join WaIkout
BY RALPH b. JORDAN


SAN FRANCISCO, July IA
UN.S0.-A general strike ap-
parently was descending today
on the populous San Francisco
Bay region with the likelihood
of spreading to the other great
ports of the Pacific coast.
Union labor was applying its
fiercest weapon to force en-
ployers of maritime workers,
$4,000 of whom have tied up
coast shipping for 66 days, to
come to terms with the Long
shoremen's and Seamen's unions.
Thirty.Six Thousand on Strike
The strike tally today stood:
On Observation-Disclosures and
Seamen affiliates in San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Seattle, Portland,
Los Angeles and San Diego,
$4,000 men; eleven non-marine
unions in San Francisco and
cities on the Eastern shore Of
the bay, 5000; striking today
six non-marine unions in the San
Francisco Bay area, 5000.
Only awaiting the word from
their delegations were more than
200 other unions in San Fran
cisco and Oakland, with mem.
berships of more than 100000
men, ready to join the walkout
and clamp a terrifying general
strike on 100000 people.
Unions to Confer
The decision on q general
strike in the San Francisco area
was to be reached today at a
conference of five delegates from
each union,E chosen last night
when the strategy committees"
of labor councils on both sides
of the Bay refused to take the
responsibility of ordering a gen.
eral walkout and passed the de.
cision back to the unions.
AS a result of the pressure al
ready applied, the San Francisco
region was threatened with
hunger as food supplies rapidly
were depleted and perishables and
meats virtually exhausted because
of the walkout of teamsters and
the resultant inability to have
stocks moved to stores from ware"
houses or the country.
Gasoline and oil for motorists
were practically unobtainable,
most of the service stations
closing or making ready to close
as their tanks ran dry.
Pickets Block Roads
To make sure that the pres
sure was not eased, thousands Of
strike pickets had established q
blockade of all roads leading into
the Bay region, enforcing their
in fights and by over.
turning trucks.
Violence broke out in Los
Angeles last night when 300
strikers and strikebreakers en-
gagged in a wild melee at the
harbor, and were finally routed
after four men were injured and
IL others arrested.
None of the injured was seriously
hurt in the rioting in which a
lew shots, which apparently went
wilc. were fired, bricks thrown,
and pipes and clubs welded.
Acting Governor Frank F. Mer-
ram, whose National Guard
;roops now patrol the waterfronts
around San Francisco Bay as q
'esult of riots last week, warned
hat he will extend martial law
throughout the affected area if
he flow of food to the cities is
lot resumed. He asserted:
"There must be no shortage
Of food in or around San Fran
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F RE n Gil TRAP
HITLER, NAZ|S
BY TOM WILHELM

BERLIN, July IA Q.N.SO.-His
domestic political fences repaired
by his epochal speech to the
Reichstag in which he openly pro-
claimed himself "the law" in Ger
many, Chancellor Adolf Hitler to-
day faced from inside the circle
the ring of security pacts France
has drawn around the Reich.
One of the problems Hitler
must decide is whether he shall
acquiesce in the "encirclement"
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. s.
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Department Store
Collections Better

Department store buyers are
paying ther bills at a much faster
rate than they did a year ago.
The Commerce Department an
nounced yesterday collection per-
centages or open accounts for May
were 1876, compared with 1871 for
May Of last year.
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Beer Dealers Meet
To Fi0ht Price Boost

Arlington county, Va, beer
dealers are requested to meet in
Moose Hall, Clarendon. Wedues-
day night when plans will be
formulated for fighting increases
in the price Of the beverage to
dealers. It is claimed that dis
tributors have boosted their prices
to dealers, although there have
been no increases by breweries.
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OGUNQUIT, Me-. July IA.
U.N.S3.-Far from the madden
ing crowds" 62-year-old Maude
Adams, Americas beloved peter
Pam" returns once again to the
boards, but only "in the sticks" in
one-night stands in New England.
This the famous actress re-
vealed today as she faced another
self imposed 14-hour rehearsal of
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night" !"
revised into but two acts by
Walter Pritchard Eaton. Miss
Adams will portray Maria.
The Washington times., 1934-07-14
Buck O'NeiII Joins Times Sport Staff

Starting Monday nations glamorOus
will the Gffmen and the major league Washing
Times Frank uck" Oe for 20 years Journal and
American staff writer with the Yankees Giants secured
give Washington breezy
cOlOrfm stories
The Washington times., 1934-07-14

WEATHER FORECAST
Generally fair today, tomorrow, with thunder.
showers late Sunday. "Details ON Page ~
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

On top of the Arlington roof
on May 80 new night spot will
open. The music will be by a
John Slaughter-Bill Strickland
unit. Diversion seekers will find
a newly decorated rendezvous so
far up in the sky that the torrid
waves of summer will have to
do some soaring before they are
met by cooling breezeS.
The Washington Hotel will
keep it's cocktail room open all
summer. 1t is air-cooled, I'VE
could make it like an ice-boX,"
says Manager Bonneville. The
roof garden will open in a week
or two. There will not be an
orchestra atop the Washington.
just the usual dinner resort, with
the lovely view and cooling
breeZeS.
Shoreham Terrace
Decoration Day will see the
opening of the Shoreham terrace.
A very much enlarged terrace,
where Barnee and his musicians
will disport during the torrid
months.
1t has not been decided whether
the floor shows, so popular this
winter, will be continued in open
air, but there will be singer or
two, anyway. Joan Moss, petite
Songstress, has been the floor hit
this week.
To send the terrace off In great
The Washington times., 1934-05-12

The most interesting Mae Rea-'
ney transferred her hostess-ing
from her attractive Westchester
apartment to the uniquely differ
ent surroundings of the Wizards
bamboo room and entertained a
party including Mrs. A. P. Nc
Bride, Mrs. George Dewey, Miss
Elizabeth Packard, Miss Ann Car
roll, Miss Bess Bradley, Miss Lena
G. Duehay, Miss Mary Smith, Miss
Lucille Kessler, Miss Jane Lorillard
and Mrs. Harry w. Spaulding.
Turning from this party there
was Mrs. M. Webster DaWley
tucked away in an intimate little
corner honoring Mrs. Donna Har-
ter and having with her Mrs. Amos
Beatty, Mrs. Carl Toller and Mrs.
F. F.. Mack, who were all bemoan-
ing the fact that there was not a
single gentleman in the party to
share the John Slaughter rythmns.
However, the Alfred Oddon vocals
helped little.
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Closes
Season Next
Saturday

The spirit of "Auld Lang
Syne," presaging the official
closing next week. Of a most
notable after dark season" per-
vades the ever gay Continental
Room Of the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Despite the announcement that
the curtain will be drawn on
Continental Room activities next
Saturday, May 10, this haven
for nocturnal revelry continues
to satisfy every desire for those
seeking something different"
with their dining.
Those who haven't as yet
danced to the inviting music Of
Tommy Tucker and his Califor.
mans, are urged to do so before
this aggregation leaves for other
parts. This Tucker outfit has
taken capital diners and dancers
by proverbial storm"
The floor show, presented
thrice nightly, is now featuring
the ball room classics of La Nova
and De Mast, whose dancing is
graceful and novel. George
Cartwright, specializing in &C.
centric dance routines, is also
one of the current features
rounding out a well-balanced
show,
The Washington times., 1934-05-12
ModriI|ion Begins
Amateur Nights

Monday evening at the Madril-
lon has been set aside as "Oppor-
tunity Night" for new talent. Am.
ateur entertainers are invited to
appear at the Madrillon floor show
at the supper dance hour. They
may register between 3 and 5 on
Monday afternoon with Miss
Thomson, secretary. The limi-
tations are only that they must be
strictly amateurs between the
ages of IS and 80, singers, dancers
or inStrumentaliStS.
Madrillon's floor show this
week includes Ada Winston in
Congo" number and other mod
ern routines; Susan Hall, aero
batic daancer: Libby Rowland,
torch singer, and Ray Beck, vo-
caliSt.