Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-12
Lights Of Network
by |. l. STEVENSON

A young grocer, accompanied by
nineteen-year-old girl, parked his car
in one of those open spaces in queens
much frequented by PETERS. A masked
man appeared, shot the grocer dead
ri1ed his pockets and escorted the
girl, at the point of revolver. TO
bus line mile away. Three days
later. the city editor Of a newspaper
received letter saying that the BODY
of young radio engineer would DC
found on a dump near Floral PARK
The body was found. The radio engi-
neer had been in company with
policeman's daughter. A note, en-
closed in an envelope, was taken from
the pocket of the slain grocer. 1t was
signed "3X." Immediately the ''3A
murders" became a front page sensa-
ton. Other insulting and haunting
notes were received signed in the same
way. Then they stopped, and there
were no more killings. That was five
years ago. Detectives have worked
constantly on the case, but the mystery
is as deep as it was then.
Local broadcasting stations continue
to pipe in" dance music from outside
the city because of the musicians
unions demand that a charge OF W
man be made for each orchestra that
goes on the air, the money to go to the
relief of unemployed musicians. AS
a result Of the deadlock, New Workers
listen to dance music from as far away
as the Pacific coast It's great break
for the bands of the hinterlands since
they are becoming well known in the
metropolis. But it isn't so good for
local leaders. In fact, they're pulling
hard for a break. Their plant is that
they are getting no radio build up, so
when they take to the road, they can't
demand the prices they did when adj
vertised over the air.
For the first time in many years, the
front doors of Trinity church are
locked. Visitors and worshipers, how
ever, are admitted through the side
doors. The reason Is that the tower Is
undergoing repairs. Lowering of the
water level, due to the presence Of SO
many tall buildings in the vicinity, to-
gether with the constant vibration Of
the subways have made alterations in
the base necessary. The work will
take three months.
Kent Thurber, stage manager of
something Cay" doesn't enjoy the
rain drops on the roof. Thurber was
stage manager of "Rain" when the
late Jeanne Eagels played Sadie
Thompson, and part of his duties were
to supervise the torrential rain effect
which persisted throughout the play.
The run of this show continued on
and on until finally Thurber would be
awakened in the middle Of the night
merely by the dripping Of faucet.
Time went by and the memory dimmed.
Then Rain" was revived-and again
he supervised the rain effect. To COM
plicate matters, during the revival,
there was a song plugged constantly
BY radio and dance orchestras and the
title was 1.-THE Pitter Patter of the
Rain Drops" Thurber is thankful
there is no rain in the present produc-
ton.
In the summer edition Of the Man.
haitian telephone directory-the New
York telephone book comes in vol.
umes-Robin Hood is listed as a physi-
clan while Alexander Dumas is in the
insurance business. There is no Abra-
ham Lincoln, but there is an Able Lin.
coin and while there are number
of Adams, there is only one Eve. The
book has 1850 pages and 415,O00 list
ings, 10000 of which are new. 1t
took six months to get it ready for
the public.
The doors of the cars of the city's
subway, the Independent system, are
the toughest in town. On the l. r. T.,
customer has merely to pinch the
rubber bumper on the door edge and
if it hasn't gone too far, the door flies
back. But on the city system, the
door just keeps on coming. A number
Of patrons, not swift enough to escape
being grabbed, have had narrow es-
capes, but so far there have been no
fatalities.