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Evening star., 1935-04-24
MARKS GOTH BIRTHDAY
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LAYTONSVILLE. Md, April "a
Mrs. Columbia ]. Waters celebrated
her goth birthday anniversary here
on Easter Sunday at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Samuel H. Riggs.
In addition to many friends, men,
bers of her family from Michigan,
New York. Virginia, Baltimore and
Washington visited her. Mrs. Waters
cut a large birthday cake bearing the
dates 1845 and 1895.
Evening star., 1935-04-24
CROSS COMPLAINT FILED
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 24.-J
Leslie Bowling of Silver Spring, whose
wife, Mrs. Laine Marie Bowling sew
eral weeks ago instituted proceedings
in Circuit Court here for a limited
divorce, charging desertion, has filed
a croSs-bill in which he asks that a
limited divorce be granted him on the
ground that he was the one deserted
He also asks to he awarded custody
of their only child, Joseph Leslie
Bowling, jr.
Evening star., 1935-04-24
Has this man a

Has this man a
record?"
r he sergeant
unfolded papers he
had obtained from
the B ur au of
Identification and
read statistics in
dicating that Jen-
kins over q period
of rs years had
been arrested as a
pickpocket som e
six times. The po-
liceman added re-
luc t q n ly that
there had never
been a conviction.
What do you
recommend. Mr..
Prosecutor? asked
the Judge quietly.
Still jenkins didn't
lift his head.
The prosecutor
glanced quickly
about the court.
saw that he had
an appreciable au-
l.
Evening star., 1935-04-24
HUNDREDS of
IL SIlhllrhanites


ira m p e d
through the main
terminal at the
downtown station,
intent on reaching
their offices before
the minute hand
of the clock made
them a few min
utes late. T h G y
had no time to
watch the Stealthy
actions Of a mid
dle-aged, ray
haired man.
He sidled up to
a pompous- looking
business man and
reached a hand
into his pocket af-
ter jostling him
for a moment.
with a hastily
muttered apology
the elderly man
crept away. But
Detective S er g {.
Than q DillOn
Evening star., 1935-04-24

Skirts that bow you brilliant contribution to the
ming scene-he place under the and the aung Hindu
mode inspired by Kapurhas lovely little prominence Of
chamos among leading coors These but few Of the points you
will especially to note
Evening star., 1935-04-24

Tomorrow: Hunger Strike by
Lloyd Price. is an amusing narrative
of a fugitive who successfully turned
the tables on his pursuers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
''Lifers" Lose Job V.
 As Prison Hangn1el1
Those Selected as Executioners in Bahamas Will Not Be Given FreedOm-POlice Now Do Work

Nassau, Bahamas-UP) - For the first time in many years the custom long prevalent in the Bahamas of selecting a hangman from among the '''lifers" at the penitentiary here and freeing him in return for his services as an executioner will not be followed.
 This custom h a been followed here since the, days of the pirate, "'Blackbear whose famous well on the grounds of the British Co4 lonial hotel is one of the sights of scenic interest.
 Bahamans felt that the grue- some act of hanglnan should be suitably regarded. It also seemed logical to their reasoning. that a life should be restored when ono was taken. So the "hangman" was chosen by lot from m c n [ those serving life sentences in the jail. When he had performed his task he was given his freedom.
 Consequently when Lewis Allen, colored was sentenced to be hang ed here several days ago for the murder of James w, Carey, col- bred, at Tarpum Bay in the out is- land district, there was, much ex- citement among the 'lifers at the jail who visioned the freedom of one of their number. a
 Their hopes soon were dispell- ed, however, when the. comman- dant of police said that he would personally supervise the hanging,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
LONDON CICOLOS
 TOP BREAD-LINE
Rich Women FOrsake SO= called Dance Instructors,
 Get Self-ReSpect

I.ondon-(UP)--London's gigo- los are on the bread line.
 Summed by their friends, ban rcd by the high-tone hotel man. agements, they are forsaken by inc rich women who kept them in the lap of luxury. ;.
 A tour of London's white-nght district on any night will fail to reveal a single gigolo-and they gre not hard to recognize. Inn Iaaculately dressed, wearing ex- Densive jewelry, good-looking, usu- ally in a dissipated sort of way, they used to be seen by the hun Areds in the swank resorts.
 With an almost regulation ex- nression of the deepest boredom, their job was to dance with ana pay attention to women reputed to have money.
 Three factors have led to the gigOlos' downfall:
 First is the scarcity of rich pa trans: second, the unudeniable fact that the woman of means who pa tronized them has discovered her normal seIf-respect; and third, and most important: is the exist ence of the dance instructors un- ion.
 Dance instructors otday cannot f,nd employment at the best hotels, or the fashionable night clubs, ur- less they hold the diploma of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, or of the National Asso- citation of Teachers of Dancing. Gigolos who prey on rich and sus- ceptible women, generally speak- ing, have little or no knowledge of the technique of dancing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
.YMCA Notes
MBall . Chain Dance

A steady flow of acceptances in- dicate a banner turnout for the ball and chain hop as the latest married couples dance at the cen tral YMCA which will be held Mon- day evening Is being called. Scores of invited guests are stgnifying their intention of attending this novelty dance which is being held strictly to married couples.
 A novelty feature which will be attempted by the committee in charge ins to actually harness a ball and chain to each couple as they dance in the feature dance of the evening. Other novelty num- bers are being planned to enter tain the husbands and wives.
 The convict band which will fur uish music for the evening will be decorated with prison numbers and the band leader will be in full con- yict uniform.
 As the guests arrive a guard will place around their neck their prison number. The lucky number dance will award a prize to the person whose number is finally chosen. The patrons and patron esses for the evening are: MT and Mrs Herbert s. Root, Mir and Mrs Warren S. Robbins, MT and Mrs Fred Lux, Mir and Mrs Alfred Mcy- Nrhans, Mir and Mrs Robert E. Johnson, Mir and Mrs Herbert $. Smith, Mir and Mrs Idris E. Alder son, Jr, Mr and Mrs Louis z. 1.ougee. Mir and Mrs Leland L. Stacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
BIG AIR DERBY FOR VANCOUVER

vancouver, B. C.-(UP)-An air derby, rivaling the great race from London to Melbourne last year, IS suggested in tentative plans sub rnitted at the first meeting of the executive council of the Vancouver Golden Jubilee Celebration.
 The race, one phase of an elab- crate program designed to attract visitors from all parts of the world for the celebrations in 1886. would be for a prize of $25,000. The starting point would be Croydon, England, and the route would be via Moscow and Tokio, terminating at the, vancouver airport.
 \ The jubilee celebrations are ex- pected to satrt May "A, 1886, and will continue until Aug 15. They N i'll include naval and historical epectacles; reenactment of the ar rival of the first train: week Of eoprts, during which boat races, eross-country marathons and 8 Ha. rade of athletes will take place; international week, when vessels of war from Italy, Russia, France and many other nations will visit the harbor; a carnival week, and reenactment of the Klondike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
.BUDDHISTS SPLIT
 OVER PLANE RIDE
Progress of Science Is Cause of Controversy
 Among Communities

Rangoon (UP)-The progress of science is causing a heated con- troversy among the Buddhist com munity here over the question of whether an airplane should be used in a burial service..
 A dead pongyi, or Burmese Bud- dhist monk, is the cause of the controversy. Before his public cremation can take place, his re- mains must be transported in a bullock cart seven times around the Shedagon Pagoda, as the ancient ceremonial rites require that the coffin shall be continuously in mo- tion before being placed on the funeral pyre.
 It, has been proposed by a sec tion of the community that an airplane be hired from the Imper- ial Airways to fly the coffin around the Pagoda. They contend that the dead monk will be all the more honored if the rites are performed in the most up-to-date fashion. He
 The suggestion shocked the more conservative clements of the com munity and was the signal for an outbreak of wordy warfare in the local newspapers. Meanwhile the embalmed body of the monk lies in state while the elders deliberate on the question of whether this innovation can be admitted to their time-hopored burial rites.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
ENGINEER PLOTS
 THRILLER TALES
Louis E. BOOtE's Second Book Just Published By
 National Firm

New York (UP)--RuIes for writing successful books are proved 'buncomb by the paradoxical ca- reer of Louis F. Booth, who Is an engineer by training and profes- sion. and a writer of detective books by avocation. His second book "Brokers,y End" has Just Leen published by Dodd, Mead, His first, .,rhe Bank Vault Mystery" was published in England and France las well as this country-a dtstinc- tion few first books achieve. t24
 Mfr Booth at no time in his life thought of a yfpiting career. The nearest thing to authors he ever approached was as ilewsboy in Indianapolis, when his route in, cluded newspaper deliveries to |fBpoth Tarkington and Meredith Nicholson.
 In. hisv early thirties, i. Booth turned to- writing three years ago when he lost his jobg as engineef with a large construcfion com pany whose, activities had been .Elrtailed by the depression. Unsuccessful Ut findl3ig a Job fin the only business he knew, he- turned to writing without the faintest;S.idea of what itslwas;ail about s,,5 &s,A This tialyete is paralleled only by, his method of$selling his first |books HeR took 1t to the first pub- fisher that came into his mind. And that, because he happened one bright day to be in the neighhor- hood of the publisher. He carried his manuscript into the publishing offices--unheralded and unsung.' He was an amazed young man when he received word, within a. few days that his book had been accepted--without benefit of rules, red tape or literary agents. K
 A shy young man, Booth still denies he ever, felt, or now feels, the great urge" to write. Writing Is d business with him, like eng gineering. He does; however. admit that he enjoys writing, and ex- plains that he goes about 1t in J
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
BIRTHDAY BALLS
 SET NEW RECORD
600 Parties Enjoyed By Four Million Americans
 on January 30

New York-(UP)-A final ac. counting of the returns from the 1895 Birthday Ball for the presi- dent probably can be handed MT Roosevelt and the American peo- ple within the next four to six weeks.
 That is the announcement of Col Henry L. Doherty, chairman 0G the national committee of the birthday ball for the president, who said officials are bending ev- cry effort to complete the big task of compiling the records from the 7,6OO parties which more than 100000 Americans attended on tho night of January 30.
 To this end an expert corps of accountants is working day and night under Keith Morgan, na- fionAl treasurer of the birthday ball organization. Meantime the army of other workers through ont the country who contributed 10 the success of the parties rep idly is being demobilized. Said to have been the greatest mass pro- motion campaign since the Wor.d war. the birthday ball mavement fhis year embraced organized ia+ Dor. and civic, industrial and fra ternal groups who cooperated in the work of raising funds to aid America's 100000 sufferers from infantile paralysis.
 Unofficial reports already re- ceiyec by Col Carl Byoir. who handled the task of organizing the country for the birthday balls. show that Miami, Fla, has netted S6.80O this year as against $4.1So last: Columbus, o, raised $4,OO0; and Chicago, with a total attend ance of 32,000 staged the biggest birthday ball in world history; Record breaking events were held also in New York, Washington, Denver, Kansas City, Boston.
 Involved in the accounting 1ob this year is the fact that 70 cents of every dollar raised is to be re- tained by local communities Tor rehabilitating victims of the dis- ease. The remaining 30 per cent will go to the Presidents Birth day Ball Commission for Infantile Paralysis Research under the chairmanship of Col Doherty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
WOMAN, LIES HURT :. HALF HOUR

Cleveland-CUP)-Mrs Tena Cal lahan, 67, lay with broken arm 30 minutes on an icy sidewalk in freezing temperature while a. stream of automobiles passed with in a few feet on a buoy boulevard. For half an hour Mrs Callahan waved her injured arm and called vainly for help until @ pedestrian. hearing her, took few seconds. of time to call police, though he was en route, to take a train.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

systematic way. jost as he nnght tackle any other Unable job.
 He believes that his engineering training has been of help in hts writing. Not becausct he utili1ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

'hnd tecanical knowledge in his books. but because he approaches
 his writing unemotlonally--- wieh a
 plan for construction, which ho works out carefully and logically,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

step by step. g.,
 Booth claims no illusions about becoming great writer. He. reaif lzes there are only a few greet writers iR the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01
:DATELEss "TWo BITsn OK.

Cleveland-(UP)-Those silver quarters that bear no dates and which are so, soft the design has worn away. are all right. They, are not counterfeit and you may spend them, said William G.. Harper, chief of the Cleveland U; s. Secret Service Staff. Harper said the coins bore'no dates because the metal was not of the correct hardness and took no impression of the date.die.s.ss;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

MOTHER OF 22 CHILDREN
 Cleveland (UP)--With the Birth of twins, Mrs. Inez Anderson, 80, became the mother of !22 children, IT living, " l,. s -t's "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

On the leg of a seagull found at Hennstedt, Greenland, was wrap ped a ring which had been at- tached two years ago at Foegloe in the Aland islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-01

use the services of. one or two conyicts in his work, but send them back to their cells when the job was finished. A % s4sH4@ 5s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
MADDEN TELLS EMPLOYERS

JOSEPH WARREN MADDEN, quiet, cheerful law
school professor who is now chairman of the
National Labor Relations Board gave the National
Manufacturers Association advice that en-
poyers everywhere heed with benefit.
Let the employer make known by word and
conduct to his workmen that they have the right to
organize and meet without interference, that any
employelnaay act like man and take mans part
in the determination of his affairs, and sound lead
ership will inevitably emerge" Madden said.
IF this be not a sound prediction, the whole
basis of American democracy is false"
Madden cited examples of employer intimidation.
Under these conditions it is remarkable that
among the leaders of the newly organized groups
there few hot heads and zeaots as there are"
ne commented.
He gave of Chief Justice Taft's most famous
Supreme Court decisions authority for the neces-
sites of labor organization. "A single employee is
helpless in dealing with an employer" said Taft
The Wagner act, which Madden's board admins
ters is law until the courts decide otherwise,
and employers should obey it. Justice Tafts decision
established the right to organize. Congress has SIM
ply provided machinery to protect that right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
OTHER OPINION
Poker Face Loses
La Porte Herald-Argus)

The Indiana State Police Depart
ment possesses lie detector, one
of those new devices of science
which, it is claimed, reduces the
value of poker face to practically
nothing. No matter how bland or
blank the prisoners facial express
sion the lie detector jots down on
its unanswerable chart just when
the prisoner tells a falsehood.
Heart action and blood pressure.
the infallible guides to emotional
reaction, afford the means whereby
the lie detector tallies its story. The
reactions as registered by the heart
and blood pressure can not be con-
trolled, even by the most hardened
criminal, it is claimed.
The lie detectcr, does not have a
high legal standing, but it is rec
ognized as valuable adjunct to the
questioning of prisoners. 1t is not
a court of justice, it does not rate
as conclusive evidence, but it does
give aid to those who try to solve
crime by questioning men and
women suspected or implicated,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
SATURDAY. DECEMBER I. 1895.
A REPUBLICAN REVIVAL?
"a scRIPps-HowARD NEWSPAPER

INDIANA Republicans in grass root convention as
sembled at Fort Wayne, showed an inclination to
get at the roots of of their troubles when they
moved to abolish the state convention proxy evil
The meeting clinic. The members, chiefly
editors and party officers, were in the role of con-
sulting surgeons. They recognized that the party
was sick and wondered if they should operate
For many years delegates to the state conven-
lions who had no intention of serving have been
elected Their proxies would be gathered by party
powers who at the right moment would use them
for trading purposes This practice has not been
confined to the Republican Party. 1t has been an
accepted part of the whole political picture
If the Republicans can make their proxy decla-
ration stick they will GO a long way toward repre-
sentative conventions. Whether or not they can is
question. The habit of comforting power on leaders
is strong. We not optimistic about its being
broken in wear
The chief value of the meeting was to interest
Republicans of standing in the needs of the party
In recent years many leaders of ability retired from
the scene, chiefly to attend to their private affairs
This helped turn many counties and the STATE over
to the Democrats The tendency began long before
the Roosevelt landslide.
healthy, vigorous opposition is good for the
state The Fort Wayne session may prove such a
forerunner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson


AM charged with narrow mndedness by San
Francisco physician for saying that chastity is a
good thing for girl to bring to marriage.
Every man has his past" contends lie doctor,
and every woman should have right to hers Let
her count it to errors to improve herself to live
more conventionally in the future"
Now could string right along with him if I
could believe We always benefited by our Ger
rors" Unhappily the opposite is too often true In
stead of improving these errors sometimes de-
grade.
There is this much to be said about the past.
We can overcome its handcaps, and rise above its
mistakes, but we can not ever wholly escape it. For
we are now the beings whom our past has made
Our characters the result of former habits of v-
ling and thinking.
many women come through pre-marital experiences
without apparent harm. They settle down and make
excellent wives, good mothers and respectable all
round citizens But let us not forget that for each
one so fortunate at least two travel to complete
DEGRADATION by the process.
by lurid pasts. legend which has certainly done
more harm than good. Plenty of boys are ruined
by promiscuity
Perhaps you will not agree with my last word
on the subject. But here it Is: I deplore the ex-
tremes to which the modernist has rushed Instead
OF letting down all the bars for women, why not
begin to set up a few more for menu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
HAUSKAA JOULUA!

an Dec is Finland will pay her semi-annua
~ war debt installment of about a quarter of
million dollars.
1t isn't much compared with the accumulated ar
rears from our big debtors. These of course like
Brer Rabbit amt sayin nuthin' One reason they
can't pay up, of course, is that they're spending
what they have on preparations for new wars Eng
land, Germany, France Italy and Russia are aver
aging about one billion each on the national de-
Tense in 1886.
But Finland isn't mad at anybody. And nobody
is mad at her, So, she meets her debt payments
every six months
It's sure nice to think one nation will drop a.
remembrance in the lean old sock this year In our
best Finnish we wish her Merry Christmas Haus-
kaa Joulua!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
FANCY FEES

THEIR depression-proOf profession having waxed
fat on receiverships and reorganization fees,
lawyers should harken to the sage advice of West
ern Judge regarding the danger of killing their par
ticular golden goose,
While slicing sl50000 off the sS5OO0o LAWYERS
bill in a business reorganization case in Oklahoma
Federal Judge vaught pointed this moral:
"A reorganization such as involved in this case
would be OF little benefit to those whose investments
1t is to protect If the fees and expenses allowed
by the court are so exorhtant as to cripple the new
organization and make another proceeding in bank
ruptcy necessarily imminent"
Philadelphia lawyers we're cut from $4,000 to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

SIS 900 and New York lawyers from $4,000 to s125oo
Remaining fees went for high-priced home talent.
But legal services were not the only high priced
labor, the judge found. There was s9l76 service
charge by the Pennsylvania Co., depository for Con-
sodated bonds.
These services included receiving, examining
and recording of bonds, clipping of coupons issuance
of certificates of deposit, storage, stamping the
bonds, stationery and postage.
There apparently is charge for heat. light and
isnitor service" Judge Vaught commented he cut
that bill down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT

VXTHEN the President comes to Indiana Monday
W to receive an honorary degree he will see the
work Of great school builder. The Rev. John F.
OHara had the the leadership and courage to go
ahead with the needed plant at Notre Dame when
most universities standing still He took up the
program where the Rev. Charles ODonnell laid it
down when stricken and pushed it forward.
Nor has he neglected the teaching in favor of the
buildings He has strengthened the faculty and has
brought distinguished men from Europe. When the
two presidents meet on the platform they will be
equal in one respect. Each faced hard job fear
lessY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
THANKFUL THAT NATION
is THINKING
BY Alex Littman

By Alex Littman
Since 1885 is coming to a close I
only can give thanks for one reason:
the American people are thinking
more than ever before. Once YOU
start to think you are bound to IN
derStand the real issue which con-
fronts the American people today.
am deeply concerned over what
President Roosevelt will do at the
coming session of Congress. Right
now he is between two fires, the
reactionary element, which claims
that he has gone too far, and the
liberal element which claims he has
not gone far enough. But I am
certain that our President will not
go over to the reactionary element.
If he does he alone will be RESPONSE
BILE for his failure and defeat.
One question that sooner or later
America will have to solve is, Shall
our democratic form of government
surrender to economic desperation,
or shall the economic desperation
surrender to our form Of govern
ment?" This question must be settled
at the 1886 presidential election, and
if it is not, anything is liable to
happen.
In conclusion, I wish to say that
it is the duty of every American who
is a student of economics and poll
tics to express himself as to what
he thinks would be best to lift the
nation out of the present economic
fog, in order to save our democracy
for the future.