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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
6 Story by Hal Cochran

When Scouty fired the hunters gun, the Tinymites began to run. "Oh, ho," exclaimed the hunter, You have played a joke on me.
 T saw the lad who pulled the trick and 1 will catch him mighty quickI Tn just about q minute he'll be sorry as can be-"
 Wee Dotty felt so sorry for poor Scouty, she began to roar. "Oh, please don't harm that little lad. He's really very nice."
 "Ha, hal" The hunter laughed in glee. "He may be nice as he can be, but I am going to make sure he won't pull that gun trick twice."
 He then took after Scouty, who was scared. The next thing that he knew, the hunter had him by the coat. He stopped right where he was.
 The hunter said, Well, now I'll spank you for your funny It, tie prank. A lad should be paid back for all the crazy things he does"
 Now, wait," said scouty.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-03-22

 tn ~ h t an finance of thu sh h During % Republication aotemd of 0ueum officer pnmeRo Marc n... pns%sa ,ss
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
VIM RICHARDS
HURT IN CRASH

NEW YORK, May 10 G.N.SD.
Vincent Richards. 80, professional
tennis. player and former cham
pion, suffered a fractured right
thigh and lacerated head when
the automobile he was driving
crashed into a pole in the Bronx
today. He was reported in a Seri-
Gus condition in a private hos
pital.
The accident occurred, police
believe, when Richards was blinded
by the lights of an oncoming car,
or dozed momentarily at the
wheel. The pole was snapped off
by the impact and all windows in
the automobile shattered. Two
police officers, standing outside
a nearby police station, heard the
crash and called an ambulance,
then took Richards, bleeding and
dazed. from the wreckage to Nor
risania Hospital. Later he was
removed to the private institution.
The former champ has had con-
sistent bad luck with automobiles,
having been fined at various times
for speeding. passing a red light
and overparking. He is married to
the former Claremont GuShee and
the father of a two-year-old son,
Vincent, jr,
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
FIREMAN BEARS
CHARMED LIFE

Percy Graves, if you are to be.
lieve his fellow firemen, is the
unluckiest, and at the same time
the luckiest man in the District
Fire Department.
For in the IL years that he has
been in the service, he has been
in ever so many accidents and
tight spots. But his luck comes
in then, for he always has man.
aged to escape serious injury.
His latest escape was Wednes-
day night when the fire truck
he was driving was struck by a
street car, and he escaped with
minor injuries.
Two years ago he escaped in a
similar crash, and his whole
record is studded with accidents,
all Of which have periled his life
but he always has escaped.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
International News Service

The worlds greatest authority
on art believes America soon will
be the art center of the universe.
He is the eccentric, immensely
wealthy Sir Joseph j. Duveen,
owner and president of Duveen
Brothers, operating branches in
New York, London and Paris. The
firm is one that will buy kings
treasures has frequently done
just thiS-and not blink an eye
lash, so to speak.
Duveen appeared here as a de-
fensive witness for former Secre-
tary of Treasurer Andrew w. Mel
lon, attesting to the value Of the
art collection which the aged
financier has declared he intends
to present to the nation. The col
lection figures in the Mellon tax
suit, in which the Government de-
mands 100000 back taxes for
1881. Mr.. Mellon, on the other
hand. claims he overpaid by
$139 900.
Duveen after his testimony was
concluded talked freely of art to
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
Charles T. Jesse
Files Candidacy

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, May 10.-The first of the
Democratic candidates to file
with the county Democratic ex-
ecutive committee and pay the
entrance fee set for the primary
is Charles T. Jesse, county treas
urer, who is seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for reelection.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
i. S. TOBe Art Center
Saws Great Authority

International News Service. He
said:
"Why this country has the
greatest appreciation Of art in
the world. There arr more peO-
pie here who appreciate art
numerically speaking - than
anywhere else on earth"
The connoisseur conceded the
qualification that America does
not have the knowledge of art
that there is in Europe. On the
other hand. this country. fresh
and young, has begun to drink in
art" and is rapidly acquiring an
expert perception of things that
are really beautiful, he said.
The art dealer likes American
architecture even now. He calls
the Washington Monument the
Obelisk," and the reflection pond
in which the shaft is mirrorred,
a "big pond" but he thinks they
are beautiful. They are, he added,
the most beautiful things in the
CAPITAL.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10

THREAT.
Of WAR MET BY
ABYSS|N|ANS
Emperor SeIassie Ready to
Mobilize 100000 Men,
London Hears

LONDON, May 10 GN.SD.-
Emperor Halle Selassie of Abys.
sinia today stands ready to fight
Italy's army of 100000 man for
man.
The Daily Telegraph quoted him
as saying that, if the League of
Nations Council meeting May 20
cannot settle the Italo-Abyssinian
frontier dispute, and Italy con-
tinueS war preparations, Abys-
sinia will mobilize every fighting
man.
ROME, May 10 G.N.SJ.-The
newspaper Giornale d. Italia to-
day charged Germany has sup
piled AbySSinia with much war
material to fortify her in her
quarrel with Italy. Modern chem
icals, rifles, machine.guns, anti.
aircraft guns, armored cars, and
airplanes all have been shipped
to Abyssinia lately from Germany,
the paper said.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
Dead Love Blamed
For Murder, Suicide

QUAKERTOWN, Pa, May 10
G.N.S0.-A love that burned it.
self out in two years of clande-
slime meetings and ended in jeal-
ousy was attributed today to the
murder of Ethel Strawn, Is, and
the suicide of Charles Campbell,
26, former hired man on the farm
of the girls father.
Campbell shot the schoolgirl
and then turned the gun on him
self in front of the village store
at Pleasant Valley, near here, po-
lice said. The girl had spurned
his attentions.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tollo1O-
ing names were in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
M. ]. KallOk
Charles r. Gay
Warren D. Robbins
DIR. Franklin Thorpe
Eric LudendOrff
(AnSWerS on Page y
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
SENATE To VOTE
9MONTHS MIRA
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Roosevelt would accept the short
extension, was expected to throw
cold water on the announced in
tention of the House to pass an
MIRA bill extending the Blue Ea'
ele'S life for two years.
Mr.. Robinson conceded that the
House might go ahead and pass
such measure, but indicated that
in the ensuing conference figh:
the Senate proposal would win out
Works for Speed
Mr.. Robinson made an infor-
NAL verbal statement at the con-
clusion of the meeting which was
called with the object of speeding
up Senate action. The Democrat
ic leader said:
"The conference considered
the necessity Of speeding up the
work of the Senate.
"There was unanimous con.
currence in the proposal of the
chairman (RObinson) that all
members of the conference CO.
operate insofar as they are able
to do so to that end.
cat best it is believed that the
Senate cannot finish its IabOrS
prior to some time between the
first and the fifteenth of July,
EARLIER IMPROBABLE
"AlI Senators would like to
see an earlier conclusion. but it
does not appear that that is
probable.
"The extension of the NRA
was the subject matter of spe-
cific consideration. Some Sem
atOrS expressed themselves as
personally in favor of amending
the joint resolution in certain
particulars. All, however, agreed
that in view Of the limited time
between now and the date of
expiration June 16), it is prob
ably impracticabIe to do so.
Specific amendments were
suggested as follows: Extension
for a period of two years in
stead of until April l, as in the
pending joint resolution in the
Senate. A large majority took
the view that this would be cal
Culated to prOlong the debate
and that it might endanger
final action on the subject be-
fore the sixteenth of June.
WON'T PRESS CHANGE
"AnOther amendment was
suggested relating to the pro-
vision in the pending resolution
providing that no code of fair
competition shall be applicable
to any person whose business
is wholly intra-state. While a
number of senators thought
the incorporation of this pro-
vision may result in confusion.
It was decided not to press the
amendment proposed to change
1t.
"A third proposal to amend
BY incorporating the six-hOur
day bill (3O-hOur week. was
proposed. It was recognized
generally that it is impossible
IL determine the issues in
that bill in connection with
the Joint resolution extending
the NRA.1 - -. -. -
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
HOP
TERMINATED
HALF WAY
Navy Sky Fleet Lands at
French Shoals, 500 Miles West
of Hawaiian Archipelago
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Sunday-just as the fleet slipped
secretly into San Francisco Bay
several weeks ago, under cover OF
darkness.
What effect the delay in the
nasSed flight would have on the
elaborately-planned war games was
not known.
Naval officials here refused alb
solutely to comment in any way
on the flight or on the fleet ma
neuvers, saying merely that As
planes had taken off on routine
flight.
It was not until today that the
exact number of planes in the
armada was revealed. They took
off yesterday shielded by a smoke
screen, with spectators barred from
the vicinity Of Pearl Harbor.
Comdr. Wayne E. Todd headed
the aerial pioneers.
Plans for the massed flight to
Midway were discussed last year
following the flight of a squadron
Of Navy planes from Oakland to
Hawaii.
Midway Island, a series of four
dots-coral reefs-on the map, is
the second stopping place in the
Pan American Always new route
across the Pacific, the first lap Of
its flight to Honolulu from Oak
land and return.
The flight was expected to have
been completed in II or II hours.
Therefore the planes should reach
Midway about Z p. m. Friday
U2:30 Friday Eastern Standard
Tine),
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
Navy at San Francisco
Refuses Armada Reports

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 GIN.
SO.-Naval authorities here, un-
der orders Stimulating wartime con-
ditions, refused absolutely today
to disclose whether they had
knowledge of the whereabouts OF
the aerial armada of As planes be-
lieved winging from Pearl Harbor
to Midway Island.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
DIES WEIGHING 600

BOSTON, May 3 CUPD.-Heart
disease complicated by obesity
caused the death of 29-year-old
Sylvia de Lucco, of Brighton, who
was buried today. She weighed
600 pounds,
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
Fleeing Hornets,
Man Is Drowned

GOPENG, Malay States, May
10.-Attacked by hornets, whose
nest had been disturbed, a Chinese
mining coolie jumped into a pool
in order to escape from the horde.
He vanished under the surface
and never reappeared.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
PLANE MOTOR FOUND

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May 10
Especially The motor, lost from a
Central Airlines plane several
weeks ago while in flight between
Washington and Detroit, has been
found by a farmer eight miles
south of Berkeley Springs and ap-
proximately two miles from the
point where it was observed in ap-
parent distress on the night Of the
accident.
The Washington times., 1935-05-10
1000 MENIN BIBLE CLASS

SHELBY, Ohio, May 10.-More
than 1000 men are expected to
attend the Mems Union Bible
Glass here this month. It will
be the eighth annual merged
class of the city's eight Protes-
tant churches.
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
%AutomobiIes for Sale
CLEARANCE SALE

Eords. Chevrolets, Dodges. Plymouths.
Cadillscs, Packards. Nashes. Bucks. La
and Chryslers, in RoadSters, Coupes, sedans,
Coaches and PhaetonA
Priced from S45 up.
RoBT HERSoN AUTO EXCH.. INC.
72 Florida Ave. N. z. NO. 1O4OS, NO. $3.50
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
TODAY7S BEST USED-CAR BUYS
rWHIPPET

1928 Whlppet Sport Roadster, Q7E
Model 98-A peach Of a little ID u
car and will give about 20 miles to
the gallon. Attractive; has almost
new tires and runs fine
POHANKA SERVICE
1928 goth st. n. w. Dist. s14I
The Washington times., 1935-10-30

OIdsmoblIe "6' 1884 Sport Coupe oE7E
Practically a brand-new OOS u
car; the mileage is its only telltale:
we actually looked twice: next to
new one this is II! Liberal terms
and trade. &o-day write-your-on-re.
pair ticket guarantee. Open evenings
LUSTINE-NICHOLS0N
Hyattaville. Md. Greenwood 2e00
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
CHEVROLET

ChevrOlet 1880 ROadster-This G1CS
car is in good condition ana VAS~
Is good value at S125.
RUTLEDGE MOTOR GO.
GS Maryland Ave-, Hyattsville' Nd
CIR. 2412
The Washington times., 1935-10-30

Automobiles for Sale
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
PONTIAC

Pontiac 1882 Sedan - 4-door. QO0O
blue finish, with red wire UOAO
wheels; spotless interior; fine Cubber.
LEE ID. BUTLER, INC.
113s Conn. Ave. n. w. DI. Oll0
The Washington times., 1935-10-30
Automobiles for Sale

Automobiles for Sale
USED CAR BARGAINS. RUTLEDGE
MOTOR, Hyattsville. Nd. OR. 2412.
NO MONEY needed 70 6ul used cara
All Won need 10 q lob R0Val Motor
Inc. 172% i4th - Y "
CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE
ssrry Pate Motor Co., 1880 Conn Ava
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
The China Clipper
Wallace

The Pan American Airlines have
built a giant sea plase called ''The
China Clipper. Beginning in Feb
ruary 1886 this ship will make reg
ular trips from San Francisco, Cal
ifornia, to Hangkon, China. She
will make two trips month.
Last week the ship flew from
Alameda, California, to the Eaw-
allan Islands, a distance of 24O0
miles in 21 hours 3 minutes. Some
times the plane was travelling at
the rate of nearly miles a minute.
The plane carried 100000 pieces of
mail and crew of seven.
The body of the ship is about
twenty-five feet in length with
wing span of sixty feet. She is
powered by four fourteen-cylinder
motors mounted on the wings. and
{ is capable of going between one
hundred and seventy-five to two
hundred miles an hour.
Westward the caravans for the
air will eventually wing their way.
The European countries are get
ting closer and closer to us every
day.
L. Stewart
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Why / Prefer a Happy Ending
to a Story

After a strenuous day, when
everything has seemed to go wrong
I like to take magazine and set
tie into a comfortable chair to en-
joy good story. Sometimes, 1 am
sadly disappointed. Although prac-
tically all the stories of today are
rather engaging, I enjoy much
more the stories that end happily
than those that have a tragical
ending. For after all, isn't there
enough unhappiness in life without
adding more to it by writing such
stories.
Nellie Wallace
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
The PIanetariunn

When the Delaware State Teach
ers' Association held its annual
meeting, we pupils were given a
short vacation. Since 1 was spend
ing those two days in Philadelphia
I decided to visit the Fels Plane
tarium in the Franklin Institute.
The Planetarium is a circular
room with dome-shaped ceiling
In the middle of the room there is
a scientific instrument which, when
the room is darkened, flashes on
the ceiling dots, of light, represent
ing the stars. These dots of light
hold the same position on the cell
ing as the stars do in the sky. The
instrument is so constructed that
1T can show the skies as they APP
pear at any time from sunset to
sunrise. A lecturer points out, by
means of an electric arrow, vari-
Gus stars, giving the size, weight
and position of each and telling the
peculiar things about each. Sew
eral times during the lecture,
groups of pictures taken of the
same part Of the sky at intervals
of several years are flashed ON the
ceiling showing the slight changes
in the positions of the stars. 1t
would take many years for some
of these changes to be great
enough to be recognized by the
naked eye.
The lecture and pictures, which
lasted about an hour, were inter
esting and educational. / enjoyed
both very much and believe that it
is worth ones time to visit the
Planetarium.
E. Phillips
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
The World Without Iron

Iron is one of the most durable
and pliable materials we have The
industrial revolution would have
been utterly impossible without
iron. Our present means Of trans
portation and all metal machines
would not have existed. The adap-
tation of iron to Transformation
into many different forms has
greatly increased our standard of
living. Our modern inventions are
almost entirely made of this metal.
Wood has declined as a material
for anything to which iron is bet
ter suited. Metal is even taking
place of glass in the latest inven-
tions. Take any instrument or in
vention made of iron and see if
this could have been made possible
without this metal material. Our
skyscrappers and airplanes
as well as our large ships could not
have existed. The immense prac-
tical use of this metal is unlimited.
George Thawley
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
The Value of Study Hall

Did you ever stop to think how
deluged with work you would be if
we were assigned work with no
study halls at all. Or perhaps you
are one of the many who would not
be affected by the absence of study
hall. An idea of how time is vast
ed can be gotten from the follow
ing example.
| A girl at my table constantly
tried to get the attention of a girl
at the next table. She called her
about five times but she couldn't
hear. Next she tried to rattle pap
ers, drop a pencil, but that only at
tracted the attention of the teach
er. She finally resorted to cough
ing, which succeeded. After all
that work I expected the message
to be Of some Importance. But in
stead she leaned over and whisper
ed, Your dress IS awfully pretty.
Where did you buy II"
That is only one way of wasting
time. Those more commonly used
are: looking out of windows,
watching others at work, dreaming
and talking about unnecessary
things.
Study hall with accessibility to
information needed is good place
TO accomplish your work. Every
minute you spend at work in school
means minute less to spend at
home.
Ruth SVdal
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Through an Organdy Veil

1t began years ago, when 1 was
tiny. Dresses are so much more
easily torn than trousers.
mustn't climb; and the best apples
are always at the top of the tree.
The sweetest berries always grow
among the thickest thorns, and
thorns are so cruel to pink ribbons
and organdy tucks.
How nice it would be, used to
think, to be a barefoot boy in over
.alls, with nothing to tear but skin,
skin which one didn't get spanked
for tearing because it would grow
back together again.
All the way down the road, from
that long ago day to this, I have
been following the gleam; things
have way of equalizing them
selves; life is fundamentally fair
So, at least, 1 have always believed.
It's a long road that has no
turns, but there may be such
road, and I'm afraid 1 have found
it. 1 am sure, at last, that there
will never come time, when being
a girl will have its advantages.
One must sit back and wait For
what, don't know exactly. The
best berries, figuratively speaking,
still grow among the thickest
thorns, and thorns do such terrible
things to organdy and lace.
Nellie Wallace
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19

HONOR NJ
SMYRNII
a. In Schobs
"ent for at3
ihoSE WHO 70 70
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Honor Roll fl, 1'' hor
advisory az period. s..a
81 81. by supt c. TFN
First Honor sta,s,
only to those S,n@
that grade berry, s,5@
rsnsng their n
ments IN ali sts' =
however, that ae
5l1 grade in one subts4
3" for that ~.
honor list is as t95f
Gsads Cad. l2. Nj IL
Elizabeth Atta II
Grade III. MIS- 4
Dorothy Haltls "
Grade 1l-2, Ms. r.. III
Nellie Wallacs
Elizabeth PILLS
Grade l0-l Mis-, s.
Daisy Darrell
EstelLe Ednoldss / :
John Sa9rtall
Grade 81 Ms. III
Nettie Burns.
Grade 90 Nr Nh
Elmer PassEats' b
Grade SO, Miss E..,I psa
Leslie Silpath -
Grade 4, Miss Scout 70
Jimmy Edmond:r er
Grade 81, Miss I'll oo1
jamie Lamb heI
didue 81, Miss N.s q
Irene MofHtt ~
Eleanor Nowlsni
Grade %, Miss En-
Billie Kenworthey
Gerry Lamb K.
Grade II, Miss Gm
Doris Mae Bige
Grade II, Miss Sa:s
Elizabeth Ann kin
Jean Snow
Second Honor Roll "a
Second Honor j
granted only to thls
have attained a sctali
so per cent Of whida /
no marks below 3,
ever, where 5 sutigs
must be AS,
Grade z, M. Kg
Elizabeth Hughs
Grade Ill, Mss Gaa
Anna W. Davis
Grade 11-2, Miss R,l:a
Marianne Weoo
Erika Reimaln
Grade 1O-1, Mis-; Sa-
Phyllis ArmstnE
Priscilla Collins
Irene Oros
Grade 1912, Nj. GsaI'
Mary Eta West
Naomi Urian
Grade 81, Miss B'a
Dorothy CoOper
Bar 5ara Ann Ei:a
Grade 9-3, MISS Ina
Rhesa Walton
Grade So, Miss HaS
Mary Louise Pom
Ruth Ellen Rein
Grade Al, Miss Sod
Betty Lou ADdE'n
Jack Brown
Grade 81, Miss E
Sylvia Harris
Grade 80, Miss N'
Myrtle Morris
Jean Spence
Margaret SprHH
John P. Walker
Jean zacheis -
(COntinnsi o.
Gus SM1I
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Waxed Floors
E. Phillips

Some people think how nice it
would be if they only had waxed
floors. Nice, shiny, slippery, wax
ed floors. Others think how proud
they are to have visitors come and
compliment them on their beauti-
full waxed floors. And still others
think how they hate waxed floors.
As you get out of bed, jumping
from rug to rug instead of having
to walk on nice, shiny, slippery
waxed floor, you feel as if you
were on a banana skin. The rug
flies up on one end and you land
fiat on the floor.
The only sympathy you get when
you go down stairs is that you
should have put on your bedroom
slippers and you would not have
had to have jumped from rug to
rug; and anyway you should know
by now that rugs slip. When you
slip and fall few more times, you
will remember that waxed floors
require caution.
Marie Heinold
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Smyrna High
School .ActiUitieS
Contributed Articles By Pupils Covering Literary
Efforts Sports, and News of School Interest

dropping jaw.
Make what you like of it!
find these pictures interesting be-
cause of their uniqueness, but the
fact remains that they are queer.
The last I heard of Artist Dali, he
was sailing to Europe with his
wife, after a hilarious farewell
party, which was attended by
prominent New Workers. May he
live there in peace; that is, if he
can live in peace among his pic
lures which are so grotesque.
Dorothy Handloff
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Should The High School Graduate
Continue His Education

Many of our high school grad
yates think when they have taken
the required twelve years to get
their diploma that they have suf-
ficient education to carry them
through the world. With some
graduates this may be true, but
thousands of others think different
ly.
Many students who graduate
from the country high school may
(Continusd On Pare sevsn)
Smyrna times., 1935-12-19
Surrealisn

Have you heard of Salvador
Dali? No? He's the Gertrude
Stein of the artistic world. Of
course he doesn't repeat himself in
painting in the rose is a rose is a
rose is a rose" fashion of Miss
Stein, but ideas result in such
fantastic works, that the compar-
ison Of his paintings and the old
writings of Gertrude Stein is not
forced.
The first picture 1 saw of his was
very strange and bit exciting. In
the foreground was a queer looking
animal which seemed to be a COM
bination of a horse and an ant
eater. A large watch, partly hang
ing over the edge of a table near
the animal, was playing host to a
half dozen small black ants. Ir
the background stood a solitary
barren tree.
Another picture proved more in.
teresting as it was in color. All
attractive figure of a woman is
the center of attraction. Clad in q
aovely gown, she is topped off with
a bouquet of roses in place of the
conventional head of woman. Re.
placing the belt of her gown is ar
arm with large hand. The gown
being slit at the skirt, allows 6
view Of a leather leg. A garder
chair nearby is supported by bone.
OF legs AS in the first picture
Dali presents a bleak background
this time, an immense skull with !