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Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17

June Lang In tn e
scenes where they
battle against a
tropical hurricane.
The hurricane was
made right in the
studio, of course,
but was none the
less violent because
of that. Baxter and
Miss Lang spent a
whole day with that
storm, what with re-
hearsals and re-
takes and one thing
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
HAS SMOKED OVER TWO
BILLION POUNDS OF MEAT

More than 80
years ago, s.
Eugene Colgin,
Texas farmer
boy, discovered
what 1t was In
the old smoke
house that pre-
served the meat.
This scret led
to cor snsing oe
smoke IA quaint.
ties, and, with
certain additions
to improve the
49, - A.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
First Engineers

The engineer on the first steam
locomotive in the United States was
Horatio Allen, who agreed to make
the trial trip Of the "Stourbridge
Lion" August 8, 1929. The second
was Peter Cooper, builder of the
"Tom Thumb" on its trial trip on
the Baltimore & Ohio, August 28,
1880. The third engineer was Mich
olas w. Darrell, who ran the Best
Friend Of Charleston" on its trial
trip. November 2, 1880.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
The Beautiful

REAUTY has been the delight
- and torment of the world
ever since it began. There is
something irresistible in the
beauteous form. The most Sc
we're cannot pretend that they
do not feel an immediate pre-
possession in favor of the hand
some. At the same time the
handsome should bear this in
mind-that not any can bestow
this gift on themselves, nor re-
tain it when they have it
Steele.
The freer you feel yourself
In the presence of another, the
more free is he.-Lavater.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
WHEN WARM SPELL COMES LOOK OUT FOR
SHIPPERS IN POORLY SMOKED MEAT

1t penetrates every crevice and pore
Of the meat surface. 1t positively
PREVENTS shippers, green mold,
rancidness, or hardening. And fla
vor7 FIGARO-smoked meat is the
finest you'll ever eat.
AND COSTS NOTHNGi
Actually FIGARO-smoling costs
you nothing. The average farm
loses 80 pounds Of meat every year
through improper smoking. At 80
cents per pound, that's $16.OOl To
protect your meat, to guarantee ev-
cry pound Of 1t keeping perfectly,
will cost you less than one-third
cent per pound, the FIGARO wayt
And using plain salt in the cure,
then brushing FIGARO ON the meat
afterward, actually win cost You
only HALF the cost Of using
smoke salt"
HAS SMOKED OVER TWO
BILLION POUNDS OF MEAT
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
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Ask Me Another
@ A General Quiz
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/ What is the difference between
"prone" and "supine"?
Z. Who were the Phoenicians?
3. What is fishplate?
A. What is weevil?
S. How many dry measure
quarts in. a bushel?
6. Into what sea does the Nile
flow?
7. About how far is the earth from
the sun?
8. What is the figure head of a
ship?
o. In Irish tradition, who were
the Milesians?
10. What is a sumpter-mule?
II. Give the line following: "Bless-
ings on thee, little man."
Il. What NEUROLOGICAL animal ap-
pears on the British coat-of-
arms?
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
Answers

xxIbWCA6
/. Prone means or. the face; SUI
pine, lying on the back.
Z. Inhabitants Of a country near
Palestine.
3. A device for joining rails.
A. A destructive larva.
5. Thirty-two.
6. The Mediterranean.
z. 93,000,000 miles.
8. A carved ornamental figure on
her Prov.
Q. A race of invaders from Spain.
10. A pack-mule.
II. Barefoot boy, with cheek of
tanl" From John Greenleaf
Whittier's .'The Barefoot Boy"
II. The Unicorn.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17

meat, this is FIGARO Condensed
Smoke. 1t has smoked more than
two billion pounds Of meat since
that time. Your dealer has FIGARO,
or can get It. The 82-oz. size smokes
500 pounds, and costs only $3.50;
the 1907. size smokes $50 pounds,
and costs only $1.00.-Adv.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17

Durbin, the thirteen
year old girl whom
Eddie Cantor re-
Gently added to his
Sunday night broad
casts over CHS.
Little Miss Durbin
is really young =
quite unlike some of
the girls fresh from
Hollywood who have
conveniently forgot
ten half a dozen
years. If you have
heard her on the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1936-12-17
STAR
DUST
Movie Radio
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ITO COSTUME Designer
Il Roger went all Of the research
information on wardrobes for the
10th Century-Fox production
"Lloyds of London" which en-
braced four distinct fashion peri
DDS between the years l771 and
1906.
The overflow work for the ward
robe department caused an annex
to be appropriated to house the
day and night shifts of seam
stresses, numbering eighty to each
shift, and other wardrobe workers
required to create the costumes.
The newest and one of the love-
liest celebrities of the air is Deanna
Evening star., 1936-09-29

IL per cent, instead Of between IA
and Is per cent"
Either way, 1t sounds like q lot Of
money.
The answer seems to be that. so
long as the Government tries to 20
through with a set schedule Of "con-
tracted' benefit payments as large as
those specified in the act, it Is heading
for o headache. And since a man
and wife can now draw under the
Federal-Stste straight pension system
$50 month without making any
contribution at all, which Is more
than tho average contributing work.
Evening star., 1936-09-29

living. The fact that q person would
have to retire before receiving an an
nuity would tend to create more jobs
for the young to succeed the retir-
ing old.
A somewhat ironic factor is the
steadfastness with which all politicians
on all sides of the fence seem to avoid
a sales tax" for balancing the budget
and whipping the Nations financial
house into shape. Yet they placidly
accept what amounts to pyramided
sales tax masquerading under an
other name, like the pay roll taxes
and the A. A. AS invalidated process
Evening star., 1936-09-29

ing taxes. It's q case Of q rose by
another name smelling sweeter.
In discussing the reserve fund, We
have referred to what it would" do,
rather than what 1t will" do, be-
cause Congress, If it Is to be continued,
must appropriate for it every year,
and can drop it any time 1t pleases.
There is nothing in the law which
requires Congress to do anything but
finance the annuity system by some
method computed on reserve basis
in accordance with accepted acturial
principles" 1t is up to the Secretary
Of the Treasury each year to recon-.
Evening star., 1936-09-29

mend how much should be laid aside.
And 1t Il . fair guess that, when and
If the trust fund mounts to . dizzy
height. Congress may balk ut piling
1t up still higher.
But there's another angle that has
not been generally considered, which
is the ace-in-the-hole argument Of
those advocating the reserve plan.
They ponit out that, by taking the
national debt out Of private hands,
the government makes it unnecessary
to pay interest except to itself. BY
going to . pay-as-you-go plan, the
taxpayers would eventually have to
Evening star., 1936-09-29

furnish an amount equal to from 10
to u per cent Of payrolls to finance
the annuities, and would have to pay
the interest on the government debt
besides.
IF YOU invest the debt in the
reserve fund, your interest not only
carries the debt but helps carry the
annuity plan," says Edwin z. White,
who was secretary Of the Presidents
Committee on Economic Security.
"The s per cent payroll tax, plus the
4 per cent that will be paid anyhow
on the debt, will do the job. 1t will
make the total cost between 10 and
Evening star., 1936-09-29

man can get under the annuity pro-
gram If he kicks IN his payroll tai
for 40 years, it would be q strange
move to try to reduce the benefits.
'copyrisht. 1895. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1936-09-29
This Scientific Medication
S.p.f.e-a.d.S

you have a big danger area In
i your nose and upper throat
where ; out of 4 colds start.
Vicks Va-tro-nol is specially pre-
pared to stimulate Natures defenses
in this area.
When you apply Va-tro-nol-a few
drops up each nostril-you can feel
the tingle as this scientific medication
spreads through the trouble zone.
Used in time (at the first nasal irri-
tation, sniffle or sneeze) Va-tro-nol
helps you to prevent many colds, and
to throw off head colds in the early
stages.
Quickly Relieves "siuiFy Head"
If neglected irritation has led to a
stuffed-up nose, Va-tro-nol reduces
the swollen membranes, clears the
.clogging mucus, lets you breathe again.
Evening star., 1936-09-29
ENDLESS BURDEN
IN ANNUITY PLAN
Sweeping Economic Effects
Hit Financial Structure
Many Ways.

The tar-reaching effects OF the
new social security program, notD q
leading topic In the national po-
liticdl field, are discussed here In
the tenth OF series Of articles
based on frst-hand surrey OF
the operation OF the system In sep-
eral States, as well as OF the cen-
tral administration in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-19
Rentals
Apartments UNFINISHED
$50 and up
Houses for Rent-Unfurnished 30

PETwoRTH-6 rooms. 2 Elassed porchesl
available Oct. l. SIS. NET. 540O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-19

cIS IN s. E.-6 rooms. Colonial porch;
YtOsOU newly papered. painted; hot.
water heat. gas and cleo; brick garage;
adults Apply 512 9th st. s. z.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

Board from holding hearings in q
labor dispute at the company's plant.
The board is now free to 60 ahead
with the hearing.
The Associated Press case involves
an order by the board directing the
reinstatement of a discharged news
writer. This order was sustained by
the Second Circuit Court. The board
held the writer had been dismissed
for union activities, although the press
association said he was discharged for
ineficiency.
The first railway labor act was
found invalid by the court last year
In its action in this matter today, the
tribunal consented to review q ruling
by the Eastern Virginia Federal Dis
trict Court and the Fourth Circuit
Court Of Appeals requiring the vir-
ginian Railway to negotiate concern
ing disputes with a unit of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
1t was contended by the carrier that
the legislation, passed in 1925 and
amended in 1884. deprived it of lib
erty and property in violation of the
Constitution and attempted to regu-
late labor relations with employees en-
gagged solely in intrastate activities.
In an election conducted by the
National (RailwaV Mediation Board
the railroads machinists, boilermakers,
blacksmiths, electricians and sheet
metal workers voted to be represented
in collective bargaining by System
federation number 40" of the Railway
Employees Department Of the American
Federation of Labor instead OF by an
Evening star., 1936-10-12

were not used ofiicially until former
President Theodore Roosevelt had the
name monogrammed on his stationery.
During Grover Cleveland's term of
ONCE words similar to White House"
were used when Mrs. Cleveland had
the silver melted down and remolded
with the words Presidents House"
inscribed on their handles.
Each administration has left its
mark. Each First Lady has had the
fortunate experience Of carrying out
at least some Of her plans.
1t was the charming. young Dolly
Madison who caused the great stir
throughout the land concerning bath.
tubs. She was the first First Lady
to have rooms set apart for bathing,
and bathtubs, Of crude nature, were
placed therein.
But when Andrew Jackson, the
fiery, hot-headed man of the people
was swept into Office a few years
later. the bathtubs were all removed.
1t was undemocratic to bathe, said
Mr.. Jackson. Not only that, but ply
sicians said it was injurious to the
health and clergymen credited 1t as
another of Satan's wicked lures.
The scandal was revived, however,
at the beginning of Millard Fillmore's s
term. A broad-minded, farseeine
man. he totally disregarded public
opinion and had a bathtub installed.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

sitioned from Maor;d stores, over his
overalls.
The haggard warriors. attempting
to block the surging Fascist advance,
struck out at insurgent columns
around Navalperal de Pinares. Valde-
maqueda and Casa del Quejido.
The battle front-all along the
waterlogged mountain road to Ell Es-
corial-was sodden from days Of driv-
ing rain. Conveys Of dripping. rag
ged refugees plodded the winding
routes east of the fighting zones.
Both sides were spurred to greater
efforts to achieve victory to celebrate
on Columbus day. The government
high command laid claim to domina-
ton of four-fifths Of the insurgen:
stronghold of Oviedo in the far north.
The officers expressed hope the fa.l
of the provincial capital before con-
certed Socialist drive could be an
nounced definitely before sunset.
In the capital, war preparations were
taken over by q militia defense coun-
Gil. which was attempting to co-ordi-
nate activities between the Madrid de-
fense units and front-line divisions.
The council declared every man,
woman and child must cooperate in
building Notifications and providing
food and clothing for fighters.
Police pushed a search for a 'phan-
tom car" which, filled with alleged
Fascist gunmen. has been making
nightly trips through the streets,
spreading terror in the capital.
The automobile. squirting fire. has
been pursued for days, but has always
managed to disappear, carrying its oc-
cupants to safety and leaving wounded
residents in its wake.
Evening star., 1936-10-12
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Court
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a ruling by the Court of Appeals fol
the District declining to hold up trial
of cases brought by the North Ameri-
can Co. and American Water Works &
Electric Co., Inc, in the Federal Dis
trict Court here to test the validity OF
the legislation. Arguments will be
heard November 8.
Center of months Of controversy
while under congressional considera-
tion, the act was intended to regulate
holding companies and to abolish those
considered undesirable.
Representing the Government. So
licitor General Stanley Reed asked the
Supreme Court to review the contro-
versy and to protect the Department
OF Justice against a flood of ''compli-
Gated and expensive suits"
He said the Government would be
burdened with 40 similar suits in IL
different courts If the appellate tri-
bunal's decision were permitted to
stand.
Replying. the two companies said
Government officials wanted to delay
action until their own single case
against their own specially selected
defendant is finally determined by this
court"
Labor Action Significant.
The ruling in the labor relations
question raised by the Bradley Lumber
Co. was not regarded as particularly
significant, since it did not involve the
constitutionality of the act itself The
appeal was taken after the Circuit
Court of Appeals in New Orleans had
refused to enjoin the Labor Relations
Evening star., 1936-10-12
FRENCH REDS MAP
NEW ALSACE TOUR
Border Region Quiet as
Riqhtists Claim Propaganda
Meetings Failure.
~ tie Associated Presa.

~ tie Associated Presa.
PARIS, October 12.-Frencf1 COM
munists. their propaganda tour OF
Alsace-Lorraine ended quietly. an
nounced today they would reinvade the
region for l22 meetings In the near
future.
Rightists ridiculed the Communist
party rallies, asserting the "mobiliza-
tion of the masses" brought only $4,000
persons to propaganda meetings IN
region with 100000 population.
THE striking thing is the enormous
expense. trouble, discredit and loss Of
time these Moscow gentlement I'M
posed upon France to obtain their pitt
full results" commented the newspaper
lie Matin.
The eastern border region was calm
as strong forces of mobile guards pre-
vented the Leftist partisan sessions
from developing into political riots.
The dominant Catholic party in Al
SAGE urged its followers to prevent dis
order by avoiding future demonstra-
tions on both sides.
Premier Leon Blum, criticized
strongly for forcing the Communists
to curtail their rally schedule, made
bid for continued support in a speech
at Lens.
He declared his government is not
composed principally Of Socialists, but
is "a government of all parties of the
Peoples Front"
"A majority in the Peoples Front is
possible only through the loyalty of all
OF U.S." Blum declared.
Through the region strong detach-
ments Of mobile guards kept careful
watch during the propaganda as
sembles.
Anti Communist demonstrators were
forced-without serious disorder-vo
break up attempted marches on Conf
nnunist sessions, but were permitted to
hold their own meetings.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

His administration is also credited
with the installation of the first
library. Mrs. Fillmore, quiet un-
assuming woman, was great lover of
books
During the administration Of James
Knox Polk. manners of the Executive
were drastically changed. His wife,
a staid church-going woman. pro-
hibited all further drinking and dane
ing. This was quite contrast to the
gay balls and dances given by Harriet
Lane, niece of James Buchanan.
The greatest contribution, however,
came in 1908, when the late President
Theodore Roosevelt requested in his
message to Congress to restore" the
White House ito what it was originally
intended to be by George Washing
ton"
The last scaffolds were erected. And
103 years after the death of the
Father Of Our Country" construc-
ton began on the long unfinished
east and west wings.
Calvin Coolidge put in the first
radio. Herbert Hoover realized a
cooling system for the executive wing.
And the present administration has
polished of the rough spots by re-
modelling the rooms that were con-
demned several years ago.
Thus the White House" stands
today one Of the most interesting
national institutions in America.
Evening star., 1936-10-12
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Evening star., 1936-10-12
RED CROSS SEEKS
$4,000 IN 5 DAYS
Workers Start Final Push
to Bring Enrolment to
$4,000.

Faced with the task OF signing
up 23,sl5 members in the next five
days, Red Cross volunteer workers
started q final push today to bring
the Capitals total enrolment up to
IS 900.
With the campaign scheduled to
close at midnight Friday, latest re-
ports show an enrolment Of l,l85
since the drive got under way Sep
tember 81.
In the II reporting days during
that period, the daily increase in
membership has been 3,744, with the
actual funds received slightly higher.
Officials figure that the daily gain
for the next five days must be 4,763
If the goal is to be reached.
Hope was expressed at campaign
headquarters that returns from large
downtown business houses. public
utilities and the Government units,
which have not yet completed solicita-
ton. will supply the needed members.
Lloyd B. Wilson, Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. president and
chairman Of the campaign, urged that
no one wait for a solicitor to make q
personal call before joining. House.
toulouse workers are covering only
certain sections of the city this year,
he pointed out, and they are not at
tempting to canvass those commune
ties completely.
The campaign chairman said the
same applied to proprietors and en-
ployes in small shops and stores, many
Of whom will not be covered by the
special uniformed workers. He ex-
planned that hundreds of letters were
sent to those in these divisions urging
that memberships be mailed to cam
paign headquarters unless roll call
workers called for them.
A check-up last night revealed all
divisions of the roll call organization
were prepared to open up" during
the next five days. Members Of the
House to- House Committee, Of which
Mrs. Cary T. Grayson is chairman.
planned to hold a meeting today for
final instructions and reports. The
Booths Committee, headed by Miss
Mabel Boardman. made a good start
during the latter part of last week
and is prepared to cover 20 or IS
downtown department stores and
banks this week.
Enrolment by divisions over the
week end totaled: Government. 30,795;
financial, 1887; utilities. l.44l; pro-
fessional. 1888; business. 2,024; resi-
dental, $50; booths, 7s7 miscellaneous,
929.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

northern, southern, eastern and west
ern fronts today.
From Olias Del Ray, on the Toledo
Madrid road. Socialist guns began al
intense bombardment OF Bargas. &
little more than mile across tie
highway.
In the south an official report ad-
mitted a strong insurgent column had
launched drive on Hinojosa El Duque,
in Cordoba Province, but the high
command said the attack had been
repulsed.
Militiamen also were reported with
standing assaults on their concentra-
tions in the Caspe and Alcaniz sectors
Of the Aragon front.
Advance in Oviedo.
Dynamite throwing Asturian miners.
fighting on within the northern city
Of Oviedo, captured several strategic
positions and were trying to reconneCt
circle around the city, broken by des-
perate Fascists at one point.
Strong government forces. holding
stubbornly to mountain positions. re-
pulsed insurgents attempting today
to gain control Of the road between
San Martin de Valdeiglesias and
Madrid.
A few miles north. additional d.
visions of Socialist militiamen massed
around Robledo de Chavela awaiting
renewal of the Fascist drive which
forced them from Cerbreros yester-
day.
Drenched and shivering in the
wintry wind. relief units poured into
the government positions high in the
Sierra de Guadarrama Mountains.
Each man wore q raincoat, requi-
Evening star., 1936-10-12

tCOnLlnueQ tTOm f1TtJ FdRe.D
sedan sideswiped q parked car in
Norfolk .s.
Edward r. Galloway. IS. Norfolk,
died when the motor cycle on which
he was riding collided with an auto
mobile near Surry. -
Jim Stone, "a, Kingsport, Tenn,
was also killed in a motor cycle acci-
dent. His machine was In collision
with bus near Gate City. None Of
the bus passengers were hurt.
Fred Ruby, so, Woodstock, a World
War veteran, was fatally injured
while walking along the road near
Woodstock.
George Parramour, jr., of Cheriton
was working on his stalled car near
Cape Charles when struck and killed
by passing machine
Woodrow Wilson, II, Eastville, was
riding on truck near Eastville when
the driver suddenly put on the brakes
and he was thrown beneath the wheels.
William johnson, colored, Mas
sawaddox, died and two panions
were hurt when a car he was driving
collided with a truck south of Mas
sawaddox.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

WORKERS FIGHT REBELS.
Evening star., 1936-10-12
Spain
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tCOnt1nueQ from f1fSC fdSe.D
Fascist officials warned. against pur-
chasers not only in Spain, but also In
other countries. Those who buy from
the Socialists will be barred from fu-
ture trading with Spain-the pro-
visional government asserted-after
the Fascists seize control of the gov
ernment.
Gen. Frances Fascist armies wound
up q week of steady advances with
the capture of Cebreros, the fifteenth
town taken within the past few days.
Incessant hammering, Fascist head
quarters said. beat back the spirited
but ill-trained government militia un-
til the insurgents western front was
welded into an unbroken semi-circle
around Madrid, at some points within
IS miles OF the goal.
Capture of Cebreros and Tiemblo,
on opposite banks Of the Alberche
River. about 40 miles due west OF the
capital, closed the flanks OF the north
ern and southern armies in an arc
from Navas del Pinar northeast OF
Madrid, to Toledo, southwest OF 1t.
WORKERS FIGHT REBELS.