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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-02
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Colonial Council

FOR ST. CROIX
Continued from Tribune Oct 24Ih.
5th Appointed Member (P. Jyseph):
Mr. Chairman I would like to know
what plan the Administration his in
mind to control?
HIS ETcellency Governor Laurence w
CrGmer: AS stated before | am now
drafting series of regulations which
will submit to the Council OF the Alcohol
board.
No one desiring the word further 1st
discussion closed.
lst Member for Christiansted Country
District (Chabert) moved that End dis
cusslon come To-Day.
The motion was put to the vote and
unanimously adopted.
With Governments consent End dis.
cussion opened.
Bird Member for Christiansted Country
District armstrong; moved the follow
ing amendment:
10 Section ] after distilled" insert
in st. Croix" and at the end of said
Section insert ''and in which no alco-
hol has been added"
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-02

a lop'ed
No ore requesting The word End dis
Gus ion oStd
Is; Ne mher for Christiansted Country
D>tlic (ChaF ert) moved that 3rd dis.
cu's on come on today.
The vote was taken on the motion
win he re>u that members voted
fOI: none ag inst
1 he nee ary number of votes having
been obtained and Government having
given its consent 3rd discussion opened
No one desiring the word 3rd discuss.
sion coseo the Secretary read the Ordin
ance in It's amended form and the vote
was TAX On II.
1t was unanimously adopted.
The Chairman: The Ordinance is
passed
The Chairman: | ask permission of
the Councll TO Introduce Resolution
Colonial Council Bill No. 10. A three
quarter vote is necessary.
A vote was taken as to whether the
Resolution should be put or the order of
the day for today.
10 members voted for; none against
Accordingly the Resolution was enter
ed 90 the order of the day.
Item G.
Colonial Council Bill No. 10.
Discussion on Colonial Council Bill
No. 10. Resolution requesting the
Cvernor TO summon the Coun-
ellis 10 joint session for the consid.
GRAFTON and enactment of a tax
law. Proposed by lst Member for
ChristiansIeJ Town (Canegata).
Colonial Colonial Bill No. 10.
Eleventh Council Second Session
1936-1937
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the Congress of the u. S,
has passed an Act Establishing a Real
Property Tax for the Virgin Islands;
and
WHEREAS Sec. 3 of this Act provides
that the legislative authority Of each
Municipality may enact laws for the
levy, assessment collection or enforce
mem of such tax within definite period
of its 1acment; and
WHEREAS il is expedient that the
tax laws De uniform throughout the Y. |.
of the u S.
THEREFORE be it resolved by the
Colonial Council of ST.. Croix in Session
assembled. that the G vernon be and he
is hereby requested TO summons the
Councils in JOINT sessions for the consid-
Grafton and enactment of a tax law for
the levy. assessment collection and en-
forcement of Real property tax in
accordance with the Act of Congress.
within IA days of the approval of this
kesolutiol.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-02
Notice
FROM THE POLICE

Notice is hereby given that STOP
SIGNS are being placed at important
CROSS ROADS leading into the CEN
T Err LINE.
All vehicles entering into said CENTER
LINE from CROSS ROAD must
STOP and then proceed into the CEN
TER LINE as carefully az possible.
Violations Of this Notice will be dealt
with according to law.
D. S. ARMSTRONG
Director of Police
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-11-02
Nj AlLS CLOSE

MAILS CLOSE
Friday, November g. 900 m.
VIA -. 'MayarI"
for the Leeward and Wrndw I'd Islands,
Barbados. t:ioldad. and the bulanas.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Eleven Petticoots on Hot DAYS
Were Some Of the Trials
In Gorgeous Hussy'
Dear Andy Kelley,

Just few lines while I'm resting after strenuous but
most enjoyable experience with the fine cast of my newest
picture, "The Gorgeous Hussy."
The story is laid in the period 1926 to 1888, and
assuming the dramatic role have had in playing
the deathbed wishes of Mrs Rachel Jackson the seventh
throne in this coorfu story, and while it is decided de-
parure my previous roles and has demanded of
than any of them, am quite thrilled about it.
And I'll admit that during the past few months have
actually been turning the hands of the clock back than
hundred years and enjoying being odfashioned girl
more than anyone might imagine
Most of the picture has been filmed the during the
hottest days the past 10 years. and to girl wearing 30
pounds of clothes sometimes IL pettlcoats,
curs and additional hair crowned with large velvet hat
certainly have not been very comfortable. However,
have been than compensated for this by having Fran
chot and many other congenia and interesting players
with
Bob Taylor is my first sweetheart in 'The Gorgeous
Hussy" and we'll understand why he rapidly gaining
in popularity and why he virtually smothered with
feminine attention when he took few days off recently to
fly to the Texas Centennial at Dallas.
My second sweetheart James Stewart fine natural
actor and also winning deserved recognition with every
performance.
Ny third sweetheart in the film is Melvyn Douglas who
plays with such sureness such grace and that is
pleasure work with him. Francho my fourth sweet
heart and marry, sail away to Russia and live happily
after.
Some of the laughed when Franchot proposed to
in the picture for seemed strange for real husband to
have rehearse love and ask to marry him. but
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Franchot profted by his real experience and enjoyed
working together so much.
great many of my have been with Lionel Barry
more who plays Andrew Jackson brilliantly Mr.. Barry
gave his character very thorough study and in add
ton to looking exactly like him he makes "Old Hickory"
beloved and deeply respected man.
"Unce Andy" called President Jackson in the pic
ture must have been wonderful mana of Deep
sensitive emotions of great personal courage and of print
tive strength of character.
While I have read much and heard Of jackson at
school and in general discussion, revered the
have in the past few weeks when, working in the spirit
of his days and enactng with Mr. Barrymore, have
exceeded by but few historical charac
ers His devotion to the memory of his wife, who actually
hurried to her grave by malicious gossip in the pre
Dental campaign has touched His of balance and
of fair play and his masculine sweetness humanness
and absolute sincerity and the later years of his public
life must have been inspiring to his friends His nature
embodied the best characteristics of number of pres
dents and his struggles and rich in color
and drama.
know have "raved" just bit in this letter. but am
grateful that it has been good fortune bring
the such interesting and dramatic page of Amer
history that cannot resist expressing myself.
In few days I starting Glove the Rum with
Clark Gable, and "Parne" will follow in short ORDER so
you I'm going to keep busy these next few months
With personal salutations,
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

it. Imagine that these days! At
that time films were considered
cheap things that couldn't pos
Sibly last.
THE first picture in which I
ever appeared with Mr.. Bunny was
THE New Stenographer." Florence
Turner was the stenographer who
was leaving, and I was the cousin
who took her place. This was a
new kind of comedy, because it
wasn't Slapstick, and it met with
tremendous success. So much so,
that at meeting of theater own
ers in the Vitagraph yard, some
one saw me and called out The
New Stenographer!' This drew so
much applause that I went to
Albert Smith, who with Stuart
Blackton was the owner of the
company, asked for a raise and
got it.
Teamed With Bunny
From then on I was teamed
with John Bunny, I wanted to
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Flora Finch Recalls The Good Old Days
Making The Devil sissy

to the camera or he'd be out Of
focus. With the result that six or
seven people would all be standing
in line on the 12-foot mark, trying
to squeeze in toward the center,
gesticulating and turning madly
from side to side.
Florence Turner was known as
1.-THE Vitagraph Girl" land I'd
like to say something very nice
about her." said Miss Finch. "She
helped with the settings, the set
dressing and the costumes. And
she was the cashier who gave us
our pay each week. Later her
mother took over some of these
duties. Florence Turner and
Maurice Costello was the famous
dramatic team of the period. It
was Maurice who first upset all
precedent by absolutely refusing
to carry a hammer around with
him. All the men were supposed
to carry a hammer, for they never
knew when they'd have to turn
carpenter and help nail the
scenery together. But Maurice
won his point, and actors became
just actors, and carpenters just
carpenters. Dolores and Helene
Costello, Matrices young daugh-
tiers, then about and 7, appeared
in the Bunny-Finch comedies.
They were very sweet.
"Of course, I was always being
mistaken for Mrs. Bunny, though
John was married. He had always
intended to have a picture taken,
showing Mrs. Bunny on one side
of him, and me on the other. But
the picture never was taken. The
terrible thing is, that I haven't a
single picture today, which shows
me with John Bunny. I've often
thought Of placing an ad in some
of the out-of-the-way papers, in
the hope that somebody who has
such a picture might be able to
send it to me. Someone once
took q of them from me, and I
never did get them back.
Returned to Stage
After her five years at Vita
graph, Flora Finch returned to the
stage, principally musical comedy,
the freelanced in pictures, several
of which she made at the old
Famous Players studio in New
York. Her first Hollywood effort
was in Quality Street" with
Marion Davies, on the M-G-M lot
10 years ago. And now she's in
stock at that same studio.
And why shouldn't I still be in
pictures?" she demanded, in an
Swer to a question. What about
May Robson? What about my
old friend Marie Dressler, who
was proud to die in harness? Yes,
of course lost all my money in
real estate. How old am I now?
No, I'm not going to be dated like
that.
Ben Greet always told me that
Bernhardt herself couldn't hold
an audience, if I first made it
laugh. And just as long as I can
make people laugh, I'll be salts
fled"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
tie Bits of News From HOLLYWOOD Lots

and "Indiscretion," by Chef For
rest and Bob Wright.
Robert Presnen will produce
"Class Prophecy" for Universal,
as a musical. Eve Greene has
been borrowed from Paramount
to write the screenplay, Which will
be based on a story by Eleanor
Griffin.
While on his visit to the Hawai-
ian Island, Buck Jones spent a few
days at the Island of Maui, shoot
ing several thousand feet of cat
tie ranch scenes for backgrounds.
Arthur Hornblow, jr., Paramount
producer, has gone on busman'S
holiday to Yosemite. A change in
plans necessitated his bride, Myrna
10y, M-G-M star. going on loca-
ton.
Clarence Brown is proudly dis
playing a lengthy telegram from
his chief, L. B. Mayer, compliment
ing him highly on his production,
1.-THE Gorgeous Hussy," which the
studio head saw just previous to
his departure for New York.
W. P. Lipscomb, British play
wright-scenarist, has purchased
Lady Grady" and Home Plate"
two polo ponies from the stables Of
John BoleS. Several months ago
Lipscomb imported four colts from
Argentina.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

such remembered triumphs as
THE First Little Show" Flying
Colors" and LAS Thousands
Cheer"
But the old serpent slipped
into his garden one day behind
screen test and that 5000
contract and Mr.. Webb, as many
a lesser person has done, yielded
to temptation.
And now that it's all over he
eats no sour grapes. Some Of the
ingratiating virus Of Hollywood is
in his blood and he'd just as soon
go back as not, some day, to take
some more of his ease in what he
discovered was land of endowed
vacations.
My experience may have been
unfortunate, but it really couldn't
be helped. The only silly thing
about it was the long time it took
to find out that nothing whatever
could be done.
Life Is Charming
'But that's the way they are out
there. No drive. Everything slow.
But the life is charming. They
give the grandest parties. It's para
disc. You become beachcomber
at heart. When they say 10 days
they mean 10 months"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

do dramatic roles but couldn't, for
every time appeared on the
screen, people would start laugh
ing, regardless of what / was
doing. We did 50 one-reelers a
year for three years. So that when
people say, oh, I remember you
in such and such a thing my
self probably can't remember it
at all.
my most vivid memory is Of
the time we were shooting scenes
at Coney Island and my red flan-
mel petticoat dropped around my
feet, whereupon the director, very
calamity, dashed over, picked it
up and hid it under his coat. How
long has it been since anyone
wore one of those things?"'
For four years, until John
Bunny decided to return to the
stage with his own company, he
and Flora Finch were costarred.
Those were the days of the IA
nous "12-footline" when no actor
dared step nearer than IL feet
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

81 Got Bored
1.-THE check was knocking mer-
rily at my door every week. I was
having a marvellous time. But I
got bored"
It all simmered down, Mr.. Webb
explained, to the futility of try
ing to fit Joan Crawford into a
role for which even her manifold
talents were just short of adequate
the somewhat second-fiddle role
Of dancing partner to Mr.. Webb in
a story in which Mr.. Webb was to
combine the best features of
Svengali and Mr.. Fred Astaire.
Miss Crawford" he said, was
the only dramatic star on the
M-G-M lot who could dance.
But she couldn't dance well
enough for the part of this girl.
She admitted this"
Mr.. Webb was quite frank about
all this, in the confessional of his
Lombardy Hotel suite, where ne
sat with his African parrot, Goo
Goo, perched like a falcon on his
wrist.
And, Of course" he added,
there was some question of her
MORT boiSon cJ1hOrIipofo r. r,oioo
80 they spent 100000 for
writing and rewriting costs alone,
fattening up Miss Crawford's
part and giving her more film
footage.
They also tried to simplify
the dancing for her.
All to No Avail
But all Of this was to no avail.
You see, the chief character in
the story really was the man,
and his life from start to finish.
ending in his death, was the
central theme. It was a story of
a world-famous dancer who dis
covers a girl in a dance hall and
by his Svengali-like dominion
over her creates a dancing phe-
nomenon, an automaton of sheer
perfection. It turned out that
this was an impossible ideal, and
after 10 months the studio big,
wigs decided to drop the whole
thing"
Mr.. Webb hadn't really wanted
to go to Hollywood in the first
place. His heart was in the
Broadway theater, wrapped up in
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

HOLLYWOOD Is Too Wosteful,
Ayers Clifton Webb,
Bored at S., 900 Per-

NEW YORK, Aug 22-That impeccabe hoofer and man
Manhattan Clifton Webb, home from his Hollywood
pilgrimage with what may we'll be accepted the permanent
majority report that center of art culture and kudos
And the voice of his experience rings with strong overtones
from the quoted remarks Billy De Becks immortal charac
ter, Snuffy Smith
"Out there said Mr. Webb, "tmes a-wastin."
Not the fact that for Mr. Webb the flying minutes were
fly in the golden wings of $50OOaweek contract
ufced assuage the grief of artist such prodga
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
BY LEO LYONS

by LEU A4OENO
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 22.-John
Bunny and Flora Finch!
Remember those names?
Back in the days of the old Vita
graph Studio, when some Of the
earliest motion pictures ever made
were filmed on the roof Of down.
town New York building, John
Bunny and Flora Finch were
names to conjure with. Whenever
a show gave signs of Hopping"
the theater manager dug up a
print of a Bunny:Finch comedy,
and the audience went home
hilarious.
John Bunny died in 1915. Flora
Finch, who made So one-reelers a
year with him, for three years,
and then a series of two-reelers,
today is playing the part Of New
York East Side scrubwoman in
M-G-M's 1.-The Devil Is a Sissy"
which teams for the first time
Freddie Bartholomew. Jackie
Cooper and Mickey Rooney.
and the funny thing is" she
said on the New York street set
between shots, that we had a
boy at Vitagraph who was just
as popular then as Freddie
Bartholomew is now. Kenneth
Casey was his name. He did all
the child roles. And to think
of it: I hadn't seen him from
the time I left there until just
couple of days ago when he
walked up to me as I was wait
ing for the bus. He's a pro-
jectionist at this very studio"
Biograph Beginning
It was at the old Biograph
Studio on Fourteenth Street, New
York, that Flora Finch started
her film career. A stage comedi-
enne of 10 years standing, had
made her mark with Ben Greet
in England, making her debut in
Midsummer Nights Dream" she
was sent one day by her New
York agent to see D. w. Griffith,
who Immediately picked her from
waiting group, as a likely
screen candidate.
Florence Lawrence was the
star and we were doing a dining
room scene" Miss Finch recalls
of that first day before the
camera. WED only been work
ing a half hour or so when Mr..
Griffith came up to me and
asked me if he had my telephone
number. I assured him that he
had. And yet twice again that
day he repeated the same queS-
ton. And was I tickled!
"Those were the days when an
actor did stage engagements dur
ing the winter and sometimes ven
tured into pictures during the
summer for want of something
else to do. But the better-known
stage stars were SO ashamed of
pictures that they would turn
their backs on the camera and
make others less we'll known face
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. %.

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. %.
Summer production at the War
ner studios has reached a high
point, with IL companies before
the cameras and 1,400 extras on
the pay roll to supplement the
regular casts of principals.
Bert Lair will play the comedy
lead in Universal's Top of the
Town." The company has placed
Lair under long-term contract.
Sapphire" by Norman Reilly
Raine, has been purchased by
Paramount, as a possible George
Raft starring picture.
Reginald LeBorg is directing
mo Place Like Rome" a two-reel
musical, for M-G-M. frankie AL
bertson and Suzanne Kaaren head
the cast. Jack Chertok is the
producer.
Bonnie Zeidman has changed
the titles of angels In White" to
white Legion" The picture will
be distributed by Grand National.
C. C. Buddy Coleman, for
several years assistant to Frank
Capra, is directing Gross Fire."
for Columbia. Charles Starrett
and Mary Blake are playing the
leads. Miss Blake, whose real
name is Caroline Houseman, so
impressed studio officials by small
roles in Trapped by TeleVision"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Universal. Catherine Doucet has
been added to the cast.
Republic will loan William
Newell, contract comedian, to M
GIN for a role in "Libeled Lady"
Film stars are going to play top
roles in the racing at the new
track at Santa Monica of which AL
Green, Columbia director, is preSi-
dent. The first stake planned is
the Hollywood Derby" suggested
to Santa Anita last year by George
O'Brien, now filming Daniel
Boone" for George Hirliman-
RKO. In this event, a star from
each studio will ride his own
mount, the winner to receive $780,
900 in cash, making it the most
valuable race in the world. The
purse is to be made up of en-
trance moneys paid in by the con-
teStants and the track owners.
Universal stock players are
being kept busy. Michael Loring
and David Oliver have been as
signed roles in Flying Hostess"
while Diana Gibson, Jean Rogers
and Dorothea Kent have been
given parts in 1.-THE Luckiest Girl
in the World"
New songs completed this week
by members of the M-G-M music
department are Smoke Dreams,
by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb
Brown, and IF This Is Goodby"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

and "Craig's Wife" that she was
awarded this important assign
ment.
Edward Buzzen is directing
"Luckiest Girl in the World" for
La gaceta., 1936-01-14
N0MBRADO Ell DIR. Lam
CASTER DEL
TEMPLE EGIPTO

Ell Temple Egipto, de la Lo.
gia Shriners, de esta ciqdad, tu-
VIC aver ell acierto de ele2ir Po-
tentado al DR.. w. j. Lancaster,
jefe de ciruianos de la compa-
MIA ferrocarrilera Atlantic
.Coast Line.
Junto con ell DR.. Lancaster,
que es muy querido en- la c1lo-
MIA latina, fuerOn electos los Sc
hores s~iguientes:
Ross c. Mckinney, jefe reb-
ban; w. l.. Blocks, asistente
rabban; Leslie H. Blank, alto
saeerdote Y profeta; Henry H.
Cole, guia oriental; Riley j. Me
Master, tesorero, y C. M. Da-
Wis, recorder.
Para representatives al con-
sejo imperial fueron escogidos
C. M. DAVIS, DR.. Laneater,
John PhSlip SAaddick, cody
Fowler y Harry B. Roberts.
La gaceta., 1936-01-14
REUNIoNEs DE LOS PAR
TIDARIOS DEL PLAN


Por los partidarios del plan
de pensiones Townsend sc efec
tuaran hoy las siguientes reu-
niones: Club de Moody Heights
en- Armenia Y carretera Memo
rial; club No. 4, en- ell taber-
naculo batista de la ig.e.ia ST.
tuada en- el 29O9 de Nebraska;
Club no. 2, de Hyde Park, reu-
mon en- la Primera Iglesia Girls
tiana; Glib Nc. 1, de Port Tam
pa, en- la iglesia Metodista de
Nesa municipalidad, y Club
Townsend de Brandon, en- la es-
cuela superior de ese lugar, a
las echo de la noche. Hablaran
en- esas reunicnes los Sres. E.
A. Brack, Rev. C.. w. Mathison,
Henry IRosenthal y Virgil D.
Beckner, uno en- cada lugar.
La gaceta., 1936-01-14
ESTA LISTA
PARA o LAS SAN
CLONES PETROLERAS

Ginebra, Enero 14.-Si la
Sociedad de Naciones 10 desea,
Inglaterra esta lista para lie :
gar a las sanciones petroleras,
seg1n Sc dijo anoche en- esta
ciudad.
Antonio Eden, ministre de
negecios extranjeros de Ingla-
terra, ha recibide instrucciones
para asistir a la reunion del
.Consejo de la Liga, ell dia 90,
" apoyar la implantaci6n de
nuevas sanciones, 81 ash Sc de-
sea.
La camara de diputados de
Francia Sc reunira hoy y en-
contrara a Laval mantenieHdo
una polftica de manos afuera
en- case de guerra. Mussolini
exige ahora que la Liga retire
laacusaci6n de potencia agre-
sora, hecha contra Italia, an
ties de prestarse a hablar de
paz; pere este Laval 10 censi-
dera impossible. Durante ell dia
de aver ell primer ministro fran
ces conferenci6 con los emba-
jadores de Estados Unidos e
Italia. Los oficiales franceses
.discutieron la defensa de la CO.
.lonia de Tuner, en- case de un
ataque por parte de Italia. I'm
Observador neutral que ha pa
sado dos semanas en- ell frente
italiano del sur, en- Ethiopia, a.
segura que las principles d.
ficultades en- ell avance son Ell
calor, la malaria y la carencia
de aqua. Los aviones italianos
bombardean los poblados etio-
pes; perO con POGO exito.
La gaceta., 1936-01-14
R EXHIBIDOS Sc.
LLOS DE GRAN VALOR

En- les terrenos de Ia Feris
de Florida, durante los dias 4
y Is de febrero, ell capftulo tam
peno de la Scciedad Filatelics
de America exhibira en- Tampa
raros y v~aliosos sellos, valrados
en- centenares de miles de pesos
por 10: co'eccionitas. Ell gobier-
no de 10 Estados Unidos exhibit
"a todos los seIlos que ell depar-
tamento de ccrreos ha impreso
desde su fundaci6n.
La collection de Florida Sc
presentara dentro de 80 mar
cos cada unp de los cuales tiene
nueve pies cuadrados.
Esfuerzos Sc hacen para To-
grar que ell presidente ,Roose-
welt mande su collection, que Sc
dice es una de las mas valiosas
del mundo, OrganiEan la exhi-
bicion los Sres. H. M. Metzger,
Russell Kay, William C. Ben
nett, jr., E. M. Mcleod y w. A.
La gaceta., 1936-01-14
DE RADIO

Estaci6n de Clearwater y ca
dena Nacional: 6 80, noticias
6:45, The Characters; TOO.
conciertos; 7:3O, comentarista
Hill; 800, orquesta de REFS
man; 800, Ben Bernie; $50,
Jumbo en- ell aire; 1880, or
questa de Wilson; IL 100, or
questa questa de Gasparre; IL:
30, orquesta de Stern; IL 100,
violinista Shandor; 1903, or
puesta de Rines, y IL 80, Luigi
Romanelli.
Estaci6n WDAE Y cadena
Columbia: 5:15, Jimmy Farrell
$50, Burton Rogers; 6:35, en-
tendimiento de la opera; 7:3O,
Kate Smith; 500, banda de la
marina; $50, baritone Law
renee Tibbett; 900, Walter o.
Keefe; $50, Warning; 10 80,
de lTiempo; IL :15, or
questa de Nelson, Y IL 80, or
questa de Armstrong.