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The Washington times., 1936-10-19
TEMPERATURES
Jap officer Is Suicide
VOTE AMERICAN

TOKYO, Oct. 10 U.N.SD.-For
his part in the army revolution Of
last February, Capt. Watsru
Tanaka, a member of the army
general staff, today committed
hara kiri.
The Washington times., 1936-10-19

Plenty Of comforti That's the keynote Of the Ksrpen
Living Room Suites. Luxurious sofas and chairs deep
seated and with just the right pitch the backs insure
comfort Plenty Of style, too! Whether you prefer the
oungy club types the Chester6eds LawsOns, Modern,
French other designs you will find distinction and
good taste in our showing
The Washington times., 1936-10-19

Accumulated excess of tempera-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20
Alderman


 William Leggett. chairman of the Community clubs committee on the park proposal, answered questions in connection with the plan.
 Mrs. Leggett explained the terms which will be offered to the city. The arrangements calls for $5,000 the first year and $3,000 the next ten years, making 8 total purchase price of $36,000. Alderman Locffler explained again last night that his idea in connection with an open meeting was to find out exactly what the sentiments of the residents were before taking any action.
 Several members of the clubs at the meeting asked questions as to the manner nj which the purchase of the park would affect the park department budget and the like and 1t was sohwn that the entire Idea is feasible. It was also pointed out that the purchase of the park by the city would not result in any special tax inasmuch as the amount of 5000 per year could easily be af- forded by the city. /
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20

ance. He was arrested by Detective Sergt. Henry Johnson and Detective Anthony Mariana while allegedly at- tempting to see the tire, 34 by ' truck tire, for $40.
 A nolle was given Anthony J. Green, 35, of 35 Ives street, charged with breach of peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20
BAY STATE COPS SEEK VANTANCOLI

Arrested here at the request of Plymouth, Mass, authorities, Paul Cantangoli, 4e, of 10 Poplar place, was held at police headquarters to- day awaiting the arrival of police from the Bay State town. Police here arrested Vantangoli on Q war rant charging non-support.
 Allen Watt, 36, of o9 Rose street, charged with theft of an automo- bile tire, received Q days continu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20

other scene Tibul, the acrobat, wh\ has harangued the crowd to revolt against oppression, is pursued by guardsmen as he makes his escape across Q wire high above them. while cannons on the rainparts opel fire on the populace. Young audi eiices cheer the miniature hero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20

theater has been constructed with ale the stage equipment necessary
 for the operation of puppct shows on large scale. Many of the set- tings are spectacular. Scene One fills the entire stage. with two houses, the gates and the walls and ramparts of a town. Tn ah-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20
Doll Spectacle Staged

Eighty-tiye puppets appear in "The Three Fat Men" staged in
 Moscow, Russia, as a doll spec tacle more elaborate than any of its kind since. the Chinese pre-
 sented E similar entertainments 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-20
RECORD SENTIMENT PARK PROPOSAL Only One Dissenting Vote for Park in Bunker Hill
 Section

Only one person out of more than 100 members of the Bunker Hill Community club and the Bunker Hill Parent Teacher association who met last night at the school to dis cuss the propdsal for a city owned park In that section of the city ob- jected to the measure last evening. Following the almost complete unanimous vote in favor of the plan Alderman William Loeffler and Mrs.
Evening star., 1936-04-27

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together with our children. I beg your
pardon. ask your mothers pardon
and that of all those to whom I have
caused trouble and suffering. Above
all, ask the pardon of our children.
I ask Gods forgiveness. Have courage,
my dear and good Louise. Good-by."
Wife Is Frustrated.
Mrs. Emanuele, whose daughters all
are under Z years of age, was prostrat-
ed by the news of her husbands death.
Friends said Emanuele, who oper-
ated barber shop at 1926 Wiscon-
sin avenue, next door to his home, re-
Gently opened a second shop on Fiji
teenth street. near L street. The
second shop. it was said, had failed
to prosper, and Emanuele had been
worried by financial reverses.
Police were unable 70 find any wit
nesses to the plunge, which was the
first from the new span, dedicated last
December.
The body was removed to the Dis
trict Morgue and Coroner A. Magru-
der Macdonald issued a certificate Of
suicide.
In addition to his wife and daugh-
ters-Josephine, 7; Louise, S. and
Annette, 4-Emanuele has a brother,
Joseph. also barber, of 1246 Elev-
enth street.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
1,845 Foreign-Born Students
Attend characterization School
Young and Old Taught
Good Citizenship at Un-
usual Institution.
Miss Alton, Principal,
Wins Vide Praise For
Her Work Here.

They cali it the Land of Promise, i"
sometimes, but everybody doesn't
know Just what 1t promises. Some
1,845 residents Of the District, how
ever, who were born in foreign lands,
daily are learning what America
means. Each day they go to school
even as little children-and learn
Americanism. They are the pupils Of
the Americanization School Associa-
ton, with headquarters in the Web
ster School Building at the corner of
Tenth and H streets.
Each morning at 8 o'clock the old
school bell rings. Up the stairs come
various members of the various
classes-young men and women in
their early 20s. old men and women
approaching the COS. And with them
come babes in arms, and babies in
carriages. For there Is nursery
where the good mothers may park
their babies while they, the mothers,
are learning the elements Of Ameri-
canisnl.
N1Iss AtOH fFinCipdi,
Miss Maude E. Alton, administra-
ton principal, has charge of this
school. one Of the most unusual in
Washington-and she is mighty proud
of her work. She has in the making
certain citizens whom she seeks to
make worthy followers of Washington
and Jefferson. Grant, Lincoln and all
the other patriots.
And to prove that this school is a
valuable part in the city's life-as
well as the life of the Nation-the
late Judge Mccoy of the Supreme
Court once told Miss Alton that no
one graduate of the Americanization
School ever appeared before tribunal
of justice. That is, indeed, record.
This is the only school in the city,
undoubtedly, where nobody ever plays
hockey"
They go to the Americanization
school, primarily. because they love
America-and want to learn about its
Evening star., 1936-04-27
Harvard Denies
Rebuff to Senate
Over Invitations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 81
Harvard University put an end today
to reports the United States Senate
had attempted to intrude upon the
university's tercentenary celebration
next September and had been re-
buffed.
In telegram to Vice President John
N. Garner, Jerome D. Greene, director
of the celebration. explained:
AN erroneous report in a Boston
paper that the resolution, as passed
"a resolution naming committee Of
Is to cooperate in the tercentenary
plans) included a provision for invi-
tations issued by authority of the
United States Government, led to per-
sistent inquiries by the newspapers,
which drew their own differences as
to the propriety of such invitations"
Greene said the Senate omitted a
section of the original resolution au-
thorizing the President to invite such
governments and individuals" as he
desired.
He told Garner: Harvard Uni
versity emphaticadlly repudiates the
implication that it rebuffs or resents
the action of the Senate recognizing
the tercentenary of Harvard as being
also that of the beginning of higher
education in the United States.
"On the contrary. it is honored by
and is sincerely appreciative of that
action"
Evening star., 1936-04-27
S3,OOO,ODO SAVING
CLAIMED bYE.C.C.
Phone Subscribers Receive
Benefit During Probe,
Walker Asserts.
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Communications Commissioner Paul
A. Walker said today telephone rate
slashes resulting in savings to sub
scribers Of more than 100000 an
nually had been made since the F.
c. c. launched Its investigation into
the far-tuns American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. last Fall.
Director of the inquiry, Walker said
the reductions included revision Of
long distance charges which cut per-
son-to-person rates at night and in
augurated a new lower rate on Sun
day.
Although this particular conces-
sion was initiated by the telephone
companies" he said, "it was coinci-
dent with the informal inquiries ini-
tiated by the commission with respect
to overtime charges on person-to-per-
son calls"
This rate change alone, Walker said,
reduced telephone charges by about
100000 a year.
He said that the Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Co., an A. T.
e. T. affiliate, had reduced interstate
long distance rates that meant a
sl25, 900 annual saving and that intra-
state rates in its territory also might
be reduced later, bringing about
another saving of approximately
s400, 900.
In addition, he continued, numerous
specific rates were cut, particularly on
calls between outlying suburbs and
metropolitan centers. AS an example
Of this, he cited a reduction from 10
to cents on calls between Alexandria,
Va, and Washington, estimated to cut
telephone bills by $4,000 a year.
The commission now is cooperating
with several State regulatory bodies in
rate cases, Walker said, supplying
them with information received in the
F. c. C. investigation of the parent
telephone company. He remarked that
one of the chief purposes of the F. c. c.
Inquiry was to gather data which
might be useful to State and local
authorities.
At hearing tomorrow the commits
sion will start study of the A. T. & T
long lines department to determine
what portion of A. T. & T. revenues
long distance service provides and lay
the groundwork for an examination Of
these rates.
Evening star., 1936-04-27

institutions. Consequently, the teach
ers take a different tack In teaching
subjects. 1t is not enough, for in
stance, to tell the students there that
every person in America is born free
and equal. It must be explained why.
Nor are silly questions asked-to be
answered willy-nilly: How many legs
has the Constitution? How high is
Bunker Hill? Can ladies sit in Con-
gress?"
Strange as it may seem, these are
some of the questions actually asked
non-Americans by some naturalization
examiners.
Reason for Program.
II, argue teachers in the American
ization school, we want foreigners to
become good citizens we must start
by intoxicating in them the sound
principles of Americanism. AND the
first step is to teach them what
America is. what America means.
There are so many strange notions
abroad in the land.
So, each day in the school rooms
Miss Alton and her able band of as
sistants. take in hand a goodly num-
Der of the foreign-born and lead them
gradually into an understanding Of
America.
Last year. 399 persons obtained
American citizenship after attending
this school. This year the number
may be greater.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
CarniraI Monkey
Skates A,oay But
Returns in Sack
"PerfOrmer'' Is Recap.
tured Following Tracks
in EckingtOn Yard.

With new silk hat and no trousers,
Bimbo roller-skated in circles today
on a Florida avenue lot and sighed.
Bimbo's lifelong yearning for some
straight-away skating was temporarily
satisfied yesterday. but not tor long.
He disappeared Saturday night from
Dodson's Carnival, where he works,
at Fifth street and Florida avenue
northeast.
Yesterday, police found him skating
northward along the road bed of the
railroad tracks leading out of Ecking-
ton yard.
Everett S. Roop, carnival manager,
dropped a sack on his head and re-
turned him to his cage with the
other monkeys.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
Ships
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No word from st. Quentin since radio
room flooded. Expect to reach her
1880 Greenwich mean time Q2:30
pm, Eastern standard time)"
About 30 on Board.
Disiatches from the St. Quentin did
not tell the number of men aboard. but
freighters of that size usually carry
a crew of about 80. The vessel was
believed to have no passengers.
The radio on the 3,528-ton St.
Quentin went dead after the Bremen,
Germany bound from New York, inter-
cepted her call at 8:34 o'clock (E. D.
t., last night.
I'VE are now busy with the st.
Quentin, in distress" the message read.
Wireless station now out of action.
S. S. Pilsudski and S. S. Washington
are also going to the ST. Quentin, lati-
tude 49:08 north 37:25 west. We heard
only that wireless under water and
calling distress"
Noon Arrival Predicted.
Six minutes later the Bremen added !:
"St. Quentin steering gear damaged.
Radio room flooded. S. S. Pilsudski
proceeding to her at IA knots and the
S. S. Washington at 16 knots. We ex-
pect to reach her tomorrow at noon. 4"
That was the last heard until the
Pilsudski reported the Ivanhoe In dis
tress several hundred miles northeast
of the st. Quentin, whose supposed
position was about third of the way
from England to Newfoundland.
The Ivanhoe, owned by the Norasi-
attic Steamship Co.. Ltd, is a 4,668-ton
vessel. Sne sailed from Havre, France.
March 81, for Vancouver, British
Columbia.
In 1925. while chief officer of the
President Harding, Capt. Stedman of
the Washington directed the rescue
of 26 men from the italian freighter
1gnazion Florio in a storm in mid
Atlantic.
In 1888, as master of the American
Merchant, Stedman supervised the
rescue Of % members of the crew of
the storm-battered British freighter
Exeter City, in the Atlantic.
He has received the Navy Cross,
gold medal of honor awarded by the
Treasury Department.. the City Valor
Medal from the Mayor of New York,
a gold watch from the Life Saving
Benevolent Association and an hon
orary degree of doctor of science from,
Colgate University.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
FORMER RESIDENT
OF DISTRICT KILLED

Bernard L. Stringer. 40, a machinist
model maker formerly employed at the
Washington Navy Yard, was fatally
injured early today in an automobile
accident in Los Angeles, according to
word received here by his brother,
George F. Stringer, 2426 Monroe
street northeast. salesman for Judd g.
Detweiler, Inc.
The brother and mother, Mrs. VIII
liam Boiling, planned to leave this
afternoon by airplane for Los Angeles.
Besides his brother and mother, Mr..
Stringer leaves his widow, Mrs. Kath-
crime Stringer, who was with him in
California.
Mr.. Stringer held an executive posi-
tion with Los Angeles firm. He left
Washington shortly after the World
War.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
CENTRAL SENIOR WINS
DREXEL SCHOLARSHIP

Anne Lyddane, 16, Central High
School senior, yesterday was awarded
a two-year scholarship to Drexel In
stitute, Philadelphia, according to the
Associated Press.
The award, based on academic rec
ord and character. was given for work
in home economies at the scientific
institution. The winner is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Alice Lyddane, 1921 Cri-
tenden street, formerly public schools
teacher and now manager of a pri-
vate school for young children. Miss
Lyddane, who is to be graduated at
Central this Spring, will take up her
work at Drexel next Fall.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
STAR WASHINGTON, C, q,
NASKSA.E.t.
T0SHUNP POLITICS
Plea Follows Formation of
Berry-LeWis Non-Parti.
san League.

By the Associated Press.
William Green. American Fedora
ton of Labor president, today exhorted
member unions to shun ANY po-
litical movement designed to serve as
Evening star., 1936-04-27

SAID in letter to union leaders, Labor
should avoid division even in the pur.
suit of its political policies.
Such division can be avoided il
working men and women, loyal to the
American Federation of Labor, will
refrain from identifying themselves
with any political movement designed
to serve as substitute for the nom
partisan political policy of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor"
Formed by Berry and Louis.
The new Labor League was formed
by George L. Berry, president Of the
Printing Pressmen's Union; John l.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers. and Sidney Hillman. presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America.
Lewis already had pledged mine
union support for the President in
the campaign ahead. Shortly after
the formation of the league, Hill
man, in New York address to cloth
ing workers, urged the union men,
bers to back the President and COM
bat enemies of organized labor"
Berry, who is head of the Presi-
dents Council for Industrial Progress,
said the league intended to campaign
vigorously"
Urges Traditional Policy.
Green said in his letter that "the
highest and best interests of labor
will be served through a strict ad-
herence to the traditional nom
partisan political policy"
When the occasion seems appro-
priate,' he said, when candidates
have been nominated, when it be-
comes publicly known who the candi-
dates are, upon what platforms they
stand and what social, economic and
political principles they espouse, the
Executive Council will officially
communicate with all organizations
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor advising them regarding
the qualifications and public records
of candidates for political positions. +"
In the past, the federation has
scrutinized the labor planks in party
platforms, and has sent memorandums
to union locals concerning the labor
records of candidates for Office. No
out-and-out Endorsements have been
included.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
DR.. LEWIS APPOINTED
Former st. Elizabeth's Official
Gets Post at Columbia U,

VeIS 1USI dL CUIUmUId q,
DR.. Nolan D. c. Lewis, formerly
director of laboratories at St. Eliza
beth's Hospital, has been appointed
professor of neurology at Columbia
University Medical School. according
to an Associated Press report from
New York.
DR.. Lewis left the hospital here in
January to accept position on the
staff OF the Neurological Institute Of
New York. He had been connected
with st. Elizabeth's since shortly after
the war.
Evening star., 1936-04-27

a substitute" for
the federation's
non-partsan pol
icy.
The labor chiefs
action followed
the for m a t i o n
several weeks ago
of "Labor's Nom
Partisan League, "
the avowed pur-
pose of which was
to support Presi-
dent Roosevelt
and fight enemies
of the New Deal.
For obvious
reasons" Green
Evening star., 1936-04-27

Panama Tourists Increase.
Disturbed conditions in the Mediter-
ranean have caused an increase in the
number of tourists to Panama.
Evening star., 1936-04-27
PSYCHOLOGISTS MEET

The Order of the First Crusade,
national genealogical organization,
whose members are required to trace
their ancestry back to 1926, met for
its annual one-day convention yes
terday at the Mayflower Hotel and
adopted as campaign for the coming
year, a war on all "isms."
Evening star., 1936-04-27
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New York, Sept. 19.-Lunch with
Frank Ntzhugh, the flicker comic, and
what a sane and feet-on-the-ground
mime he is. From the time I saw him
as the most convincing drunk ever
unreeled by the cinema, in a piece
called "One Way Passage which he
pilfered neatly from Francis and
Powell, the stars-I had included him
in my thin gray line of tolerable
movie personages.
1t is significant that his best friend
in Hollywood is Pat O'Brien, because
McHugh and O'Brien are the two
movie performers who, acting aside.
make sounds for the sound-tracks
most resembling human speech. Nc
Hugh's philosophy of life and the &C
tors niche is worth stating, too, for
it is so far removed from the slant
usually associated with his tribe.
He has been an actor since he was
four. His father was one; his mother
was an actress. His two brothers and
two sisters from childhood never en-
tertained any idea but that they
would earn their bread on the stage.
II never thought of acting as a
means to fame, notoriety, fortune or
art. We were taught that we must try
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to be good actors because otherwise
we were apt to- lose our jobs. A bad
actor was not only an object of pity,
but he was a dangerous member of
the group. He might borrow all our
money"
1t makes a good story, as a rule, to
recount the occasions upon which the
hero. in old dark days of misfortune,
found himself in a garnet with a crust
and an empty coin purse-and the
drama accompanying his successful
tilt with starvation. McHugh, who
sklrted the edge of insolvency for
years and considered a road company
that paid off regularly a miracle to
De regarded with the utmost sus-
picion, denies he was ever in the
slightest danger of starving
Ihere was always somebody I
knew who had a job or couple of
dollars to lend. never heard of a
real trouper starving.
About ten years ago, after the
broadway show I was playing a bit
part in folded, Chicago stock COM
pany came to me and offered me a
job. They said they could guarantee
no money, but would insure my re-
turn trip to New York. This amazing
philanthropy put me on my guard
from the first.
signed up and for the first eight
weeks got paid $25 every Tuesday. I
was very suspicious. A stock com
pany that paid off all acts every
week! There was something screwy
somewhere. There must be a fly in
the ointment
we vent on tour The first week
on the road 1 saw our manager car
RED on the train feet first after a
WISH to ten or fifteen saloons. I
preathed easier. So this was it. We
would go to pieces now and fail to get
our money
But was wrong. We played seven
ty-two weeks and every week of the
time collected $25 The first thing
l saved was $50-my passage money
back to New York when and if we
were stranded. got it in one $50 bill
and wore it in a pounch around nv
neck. All the troupers did that i
didn't even remove that pouch when
l took my morning bath-down the
hall in some theatrical boarding
HOuoe. IL was 100 dangerous.
An actor down on his luck might
swipe your $50, although of course
he would lend you $45 of it imme-
diately. Anyway over a year later
when I tried to get that $50 bill chang
ed, the bank cashier refused It was
so worn and stained that he couldn't
make out the denomination. But at
last talked him into it,
I asked him about his life in Holly
wood, the gay whirl of the movie cap
ital. He gave me his eerie giggle,
which, say the press-agents, is insured
for 100000.
"Shucks, man, Hollywood is just a
small town. I've got a wife and three
kids. I like my home and the young
sters.e Sometimes the Pat O'Briens
will drop over, sometimes the Jimmy
Cagneys, or Albert Hackett. We sit
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TODAY,S YESTERDAYS

Sept. 10, 1783-King Louis XVI
Queen Marie Antoinette, and Benja-
min Franklin gaped with $4,000 9TH
ers at Versailles, at the first ascent
of living creatures The worlds first
air passengers were a sheep, a cock
and duck. Joseph Montgolfier, 43
and his brother Etionne, 80, built the
balloon of waterproofed linen, 46 feet
in diameter, and let it fill with smoke
from a straw and shavings burning
in a pan beneath the envelope. It rose
$4,000 feet, drifted 2 miles, stayed up
eight minutes.
The first human flight was not to
be made until two months later, al
though the parachute was already
800 years old. On was sketched by
Leonardo da Vinci in a book he pub
lished in 1895.
Sept. 10, 1859-Traditional date that
Dixie was first sung at Bryan's Minis
trel Theatre, New York, by the sup
posed author-Daniel Decatur EN-
mett-of the words. Herman F. Arm
old composed the music from a sketch
theme suggested by Emmett.
1t was Arnold, whose home was in
Montgomery, Ala, who caused it to
become the anthem of the Confeder-
acy. He returned to Alabama at the
outbreak of war and organized a
band which played at Jefferson Davis
inauguration at Montgomery. The
stirring performance he gave Dixie
caused it to catch on Immediately as
a battle song.
Other Emmett songs: Old Dan
Tucker Turkey in the Straw